Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 50, Number 32, Jasper, Dubois County, 24 April 1908 — Page 7

Uncle Eben's Mistake

By Clara

(Copyright, by tally atory Pub. Co.)

Kucnoxor CronHnmn and his wlfo Luclmlu, wore ut out. "Thoro'a no doln' a thing to ploaso yo! Yo'r as cross as two Btlcka," complulncd Aunt Vlruln. 'Yo don't try! Jeat look at this loast burned to smut on one sldo, und 'tother hain't been next or uour tho Art?," ho grumbled. "I've hod to cook for yo for nigh on to 50 year, an' yo ain't goln' to Instruct mo In cookln' at this lato day," replied ahe. He aroHO from the table, loavlng hin brcakfaBt untasted, and throwing hin chair vlcloualy across tho room left the house. Aunt 'Clnda looked after him with troubled eyes. "I don't know what'a got luto Eben lately over alnco M'llndy camo back," sho said with a algh. When Undo Ebon camo In to dinner ho had In no wise regained his good humor. "Fat pork and cabbage! I'm Jest Ick of that kind of fodder! If things ain't better I'll go to M'llnda's to live." Mcllnda waB his nleco. "I wlsh't you would; mebbe then ono would hov' a minute's peace; now It's nothln' but Jaw, Jaw, Jaw, from mornln' to night," angrily retorted his wife. "Shoo! Shoo!" waving her apron at a flock of chickens. " 'Pears like we might hev' fried chicken onco In. awhile M'linda hod a great plattor full for dinner; he as't me to stay, an if I'd a-known we was to hov this mesa, I'd a-dono It." "Ye better trot right back, Eben frosstnan; I raised them chickens to buy me a new dress; I ain't had nothin better'n calico in ten year, an I won't hev' 'em o't, so thero!" From the tlmo of her marriage Aunt "Clnda had been obliged to practice the most rigid economy, as tholr only capital had been health, hope and willing hands. Little by little they paid for their farm, and in tho samo way they had accumulated a competency, but the habit of persistent econ"Fat Pork and Cabbage, I'm Just Sick of That Kind of Fodder." omy had morged Into miserly parsimony, especially was this tho case with Ebenezer. Aunt 'Cinda's very soul hankered for a new carpet, and the old cord bedsteads with round posts nagged her leslre persistently. Uncle Ebon grow wrathful at tho mere mention of her wishes. "Them bedsteads hev' been good -nough fur 50 years, an' they're good nough now; you're Jest beln' o't up with new fanglcd notions. If ye want carpet why don't ye make one? There's rags enough in tho gnrret fur half a dozen." "I don't want no rag carpet! M'linda don't hev' that kind of floor klverln', an yer alius quotln' her to p!" retorted Aunt 'Clnda. "I ain't got nothln to do with her housekeepin': snappishly. "Oh, I thought mebbe yo had, ye nontlon It so frequent," answered Aunt 'Clnda sarcastically. "I'll bo consarned if It isn't gettin o I can't hev' a single thing as I want t' And 'Cinda's all tho time naggln' fur ginger-bread furnltur an sich useloss truck, till I'm sick of U," grumbled Uncle Eben to M'linda, of lato ho went io her with all his grievances. I wouldn't stand it if I were you You come right along and live with us, and it shan't cost vou a cent. o know you'll lie perfectly, welcome, said sho. Two weeks later Uncle Eben moved hla belongings to Mellnda's. Ho bad Installed her In tho house opposite tho homo place which Aunt 'Clnda was to retain. "I wlBh't the house was a mile off, muttered Aunt 'Clnda, hor old voice thick with tears. "'Clnda shan't hev' it to say that I took tho best end of tho bargain," remarked Uncle Eben in a tremulous tone. For the first month thero was no friction, but after ho made a deed, giv ing Mcllnda tho houso and ten-acre lot for his 'keep' somowny things were not so smoothly. For olTu thing Uncle Eben was not used to children, and Mfllndn's four boys were entirely be yond restraint, and delighted in teas lng and annoying tho old man. Then If he pulled off his hoots and put his feet on an opposite chair, as he had boon accustomed to at homo, Molimin would sarcastically remark:' "It's tm to sco when people have never had a bit of good furniture !'."Aml ft

H. Holmes ho Illli'd his old cob plpo for a comforting smoke: "Oh, goodness! That filthy tobacco li enough to turn ono'a stomach!" So ho would put out tho Uro with his t tubby fore linger and silently leave tho room. Thero appeared to be no chango in Aunt 'Cinda's mode of living, but when sho sat down to breakfast and glanced across at tho vacant place, sho Hot her cup of coffoo dowa untasted. " 'Pears liku I hain't no appetite lately. Shoo! shoo, there, now!" to tho chlckena. "I've a good mind to cook ono of yo. What does an old woman want of anythin' bettor'n a calico, anyway?" Presently she added: "Twouldn't benouso; I couldn't eat a whole chicken, an' 'twouldn't tasto good, no how!" She was out cutting kindling for tho night, and a Btick flew as all struck It, and gave her a blow la tho face. "Oh, fly, if it suits yo bettor," she grumbled. "I uater think I didn't need any man's help, but now" "Here, here! GIvo mo that ax aforo ye kill yoraelf ; I never did see a woman that could chop wood!" said old Joslab White. "Wall, I don't want to l'arn," said 'Clnda, handing him tho ax. "There," ho remarked, "that'll last ye nigh on to a week. I'll cut some more for ye by tho time that's gone; it's a shamo there's no one to look artor ye." "I don't need no one," rosenting tho Implied censure. Uncle Eben, watching behind his window blind, muttered wrathfully: "Blast his ornery hide!" Tho following week 'Clnda was up In the garret sorting rags for a new carpet. "Might as well come to It; It's all I'll ever git now," sho muttered disconsolately, as she picked up an old coat. "Land sakes! If 'taln't Eben's weddln' coat! Mor'n 50 year," she mused. "He did look nice, an' how ovln' he was! 'All tho rest of our lives,' he whispered to me. Oh, men forget," sho sighed. Sunday came, and Eben saw Joslah White walk up the little path to where Clnda sat shelling peas. After a few words he sat down beside her and commenced helping her. Uncle Ebon, half burled In a hay stack across the road, watched him angrily. He had takon to strange habits of late, hiding around to see what Aunt 'Clnda was doing, and llstonlng eagerly to every remark concerning her. "Now, what's that old wretch doln there ag'in? He's mighty spruced up. He kin Just keep hlsself awy from Luclnda or I'll lick the hide off'n him. I did It when we was boys, an' I kin ag'in," he muttered. That night the children were unusu ally annoying, and when Undo Eben made a faint protest Mellnda flew Into a passion. "I don't suppose you over was a boy! You are so cantankerous that It's no wonder 'Clnda couldn't live with you," she threw at him as a parting tauat. "I guess you're about right as to Clnda," answered tho old man totterng from the room. Her huslxwid laughed: "Well, you put your foot In It that time," said he. "I don't care; I'm sick of him, and there's no more to be got out of tiro stingy old wretch." Uncle Eben had turned back for his handkerchief and overheard this. "She's right about that, too; she won't get any more out o' me." The very next day about nooa as Aunt 'Clnda was feeding her chickens a van drove up to tho house. Where'll you have these things un loaded, ma'am?" "Them don't belong here," eyeing the shining brass bedsteads and the plump-looking mattresses longingly, and a glimpse of a roll of brlght-huod carpeting filled her eyes with tears. She shook her head. "No, no! Thero Is some mistake!" "No. ma'am; I was told to leave them with Uncle Eben's wlfo. That's you, I reckon?" Uncle Eben lnld his hand on 'Clnda s shoulder. "Land-o'-massy, whero'd you come from, Eben?" "Up tho barn lot way. I guess I am t fit to come in the front door." Ho tried bravely to mako a Joke of it, but his voice was tremulous with emo tion. 'Clnda laid her withered hand on his arm. "It was nwnu lonesome without you, Ebon. We Jest mustn t bo so techy. Wo know each other's ways an' wo don't need uo third per son to tell us, do we?" "No, no! I mustn't be eo teeny, l give M'llndy the house an' ten-acre lot to find ou some things, but the knowledge Is dirt ctoap at that. Now let us take this s,tuff Into tho house an' seo how It look J," said ho. "Goodness! I never thought I'd havo things so nice,' answered Aunt Clnda gratefully. Uncle Eben iut his nrm around hor. "Together wtj 'nrnod tho money, an' together we'll hev' the pood of lt. Wo won't leave it for others to squander, Clnda." Undoubtedly. ti, Pinn One If you persist in your evil courses you will shorten . n- tii,. it to wrlttott that your im'. - ------ the wicked shall not live out half their days." Tho Wicked Onc-G'wnnl I've lived mv whole life, so fart Cleveland Leader. ' '

Practical Fashions

LADIE8' JUMPER DRESS. Paris Pattern No. 2350, All Seamb Allowed.-Copenhagen blue mercer ized poplin has been made up Into this charming frock. The front has a princess panel formed by wide tucks. stitched for a considerable depth below tho waist line, these tucks being seen only in the waist portion at tho back; the slde3 of the skirt being without either plaits or fullness over tho hips, aud closing under an Inverted box-plait at the back. The neck and sleeves are trimmed with insertion and edging of coffee-colored lace. The pattern Is in six sizes 32 to 42 Inches, bust measure. For 36 bust the dross requires yards of material 20 inches wide. 8y3 yards 27 inches wide, Cls yards 30 Inches wide, or 5 yards 42 inches wide; 1 yard 20 Inches wldft, 1 yard 27 inches wide, soven-olshths yard 3G Inches wide, or three-fourths yard 42 inches wide extra, for bias band; 3V& yards of applique trimming, 7Vi yards of In sertion and 2 Vi yards of edging. To nrocure this pattern nond 10 cents to "Pattern Kdttor," oMee of this paper. "Write name and address plainly and be sure to jjlvo size and number ot pattern. No. 2350. SIZE XVrtlK ADDRESS LADIES' TEN-GORED FLARE SKIRT. Paris Pattern No. 2354. All Seams Allowed. This pretty model Is excep tionally suitable for skirts ot linen. pique, duck, khaki, or In fact all wash. ablo materials. The center-front clos ing enables it to be Ironed without anytrouble, and an Inverted plait orna mentB the center-back. For 26 waist the skirt made of material with nap, roquires nine yards 20 Inches wide, 5y? yards 3f Inches wide. 4U vards 42 Inches wide, or 3 yards 54 Inches wide; without nap it needs 8U. vnrds 20 inches wide. V yards 3 inches wide. 4 Vi yards 42 inches wide. or three vards 54 Inches wide; 14 yard 20 inches wide, three-fourths yard 3C inches wide, live-eighths yard 12 Indies wide, or one-half yard 54 Inches wide, extra for bias band. Width of lower edge about 4V& yards To procura this pattern send 10 cents to "Pattern Editor." omco oi mm pin.-i. Write natno and address plainly and bo sure to rIvo bIzo and number ot pattern. No. 2354. size NAMK ADDRESS. Gathering Galax Leaves. Galax loaves are packed In bunches of 25 each and sold to florists in cities. They sell in Mount Airy, Md., for 25 cents for 3,000 leaves. Women and children orten mako ono dollar and $1.50 a day gathering them In tho mountains of Maryland. Difficulty Defined. Diniculty Is only a word Indicating the degree of strength requisite for accomplishing particular objects; It Is a more notlco of tho necessity of exertion. Samuel Warroa.

0AM E OLD PLATFORM PROMISES.

3tand of Illinois Republicans on Tariff Revision. Tho Illinois Republican convention, under tho guiding hand of that sly old standpattor, Speaker Cannon, adopted a tariff plank in their plat form beginning with a stump speech that eulogizes the present high tariff as the cause of prosperity. It does not explain, however, why this tariff did not continue its beneficent work so as to prevent tho panic or tho oresont business depression. The tariff plank bears the earmarks of tho standpatters of the Protective Tariff League, tempered by tho fear of Payno and Dalzell that tariff revision Is coming and tho only hope for continued pro tection to tho trusts Is to try to so moderate tho demands that the voters can again be fooled Into support of the Republican standpatters and their allies, tho tariff protected trusts. It Is very interesting to see the standpatters now so anxious on pa perfor tariff revision. Uncle Joe's platform tells us the secret that: "Tho benefits conferred by the present tariff havo produced an Industrial situa tion that suggests the possibility of securing by the revision of tho tariff additional benefits for tho people of the United States through a wise con tinuance of tho policy of protection." Of course, there Is a "possibility" that a Republican revision of the tariff might inure to the benefit of thö people, but it is very improbable. Rut this Republican platform admits that tho tariff has not given the people a square deal for "it is now apparent that in order to maintain the scientific accuracy of the tariff, remove Inequalities and prevent Injustice, some new schedules must bo added to the law, some of the present rates mtiBt be lowered and some must be repealed altogether." Whether the people of the protected interests would benefit by such a revision will perhaps never bo known, for It would be evident folly for the people to Intrust tariff reform to the Republican party which has notoriously protected the trusts at the expense ot the people It Is evident that the Republicans of Illinois so love protec tion and the campaign contributions from the trusts that they have no in tcntlon of discarding the policy of protection, for the platform further says: "We believe that the people of the Unltod States will profit by a new tariff, but it must be a Republican tariff, a protective tariff." That shows how hard it is for standpatters to sur render to the Inevitable and how lm possible It will be for Republicans, such as Speaker Can -on and the other leaders who now control congress, to give relief from trust plundering un dor any revision of the tariff they would vote for. That can bo readily seea by anyone who will take the trouble to read this Illinois Republican platform, which has evidently been carefully prepared by the standpat faction of the Republican party as a more ex plicit pattern for the national conven tlon to follow than tho RooseveltTaft platform adopted by the late Ohio convention. Both platforms do clare for revision "after election," but neither declares for tariff reduction. In fact, the Illinois convention de clares for "minimum and maximum rates the minimum rates giving full protection," which must mean that the minimum rates of the proposed new tariff law will not be any less than tne present law provides and on top of that much higher maximum rates to be charged on imports from those foreign countries that exact high rates on American products. That can only mean revising the tariff higher. Democrats are all agreed that the tariff must bo re duced, so that the tariff will not pro tect the trusts that sell cheaper to foreigners than to our own people. It is hardly possible that those Rer.ub llcan voters who believe in a reduction of the high rates of the present tariff and who have waited so patiently for their own party to undertake it, will longer be fooled by such specious promises that on their face are in tended to deceive. Tariff Hocus Pocus. One of the best arguments against any tariff bill ever made was that of Senator Heveridge in his reply to Senator Newlands, on January C, 190S. .Mr. Deverldge declared that congress could not of ltaelf find out the facto nnd make the classifications necessary as a condition precedent to framing a Just tariff hill (See record, pago 1595). Yet the people's representatives alone are authorized to frame such a bill. If they cannot frame a just tariff bill, why should they frame any at all? If the committee on ways and means cannot discover and correct tho Ine qualities of the iron and steel schedule. the wool schedule, the cotton textile schedule, the wood schedule, tho pottory schedule, and two or threo others which do all the real damage, then pop ular government is a failure, Indeed. This Heveridge bill is a snare and a delusion. It was conceived in sin and born In Iniquity. Its object Is to allow the trusts to continue to charge our own people not only the dlfforenco between tho price of any article abroad and the price ut home, but o sell steel rails and other products from 20 to 50 per cenL cheaper abroad than at homo. It will not fool anybody ouLsldo of Inrtinna, however. It is too Falstafflan too gros3 nnd palpable a fallacy. Tariff revision right after election, Days' Mr. Fairbanks. Wo trust that the vlce-nresldont has had tho polite ness to consult tho speaker of the house in this matter, The announce ment,- besides, would carry niör

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HORSE DRAINAGE STABLE. An Arrangement Which Will Prov Very Satisfactory. In its relation to hygiene, tho sub ject of stable drainage is among tho most Important, and this, too, apart from ventilation, a subject of equal importance; for, without proper ven tilation, no system of drainage will avail much. The average architect of barns and stables too often leave tho above factors out of his plans and calculations; hence, it is absolutely necessary that the breeder should understand the principles of drainago and ventilation, in order that ho may .bo able to give advice, nnd also to correct" errors when found. For want of this knowledge, the proper hygienic effeots cannot be produced; neither Sectional View of Stall and Ci6tern. can sanitary" measures bo fully carried out. ' In the case of all animals kept In confinement, whether in health or dis ease, drainage and ventilation may, in fact, be called ground rules. ' Stable drainage is most Intimately related to hygiene and stablo management, and it Is also one of the most valuable auxiliaries In the assistance It renders ventilation in keeping the air pure. Much may be accomplished by strict attention to the regular and thorough cleaning of stables. It Is only half performed when ma nure Is dumped outside and allowed to "accumulate, heat, rot and poison the air with Its fumes. It is still worse if the liquid matter of tho stable Stable Drainago Into a Cistern. is allowed to soak tho floors, drip through and saturato tho earth below. and become putrescent, thus giving rlso to tho most deadly germs. In drainage, tho first necessity nat urally Is that the stalls must be ar ranged with reference to whether the animal be male or female. In the case of males, the lowest part of the stall must be between the fore and hind feet. In the case of female an! mals, It must be Just at the rear. For horses, says the Pralrl Farmer, the floor of the stall may be cut across midway from the point where the fore and hind feet rest, with a shallow groove, say four Inches wide, and de scending from tho sides to the cen ter, when it ends in a grating fine enough to prevent the escape of the bedding, etc. Here It falls Into a plpo running unrfer each stall aud connecting with each, having inclination sufficient to carry away the moisture quickly and emptying on the open ground, as far away as possible from the stable; nevertheless. It Is worse than folly to adopt a system of underground staWe drainage unless there Is an abundance of water for flushing the pipes. In the country this Is difficult to obtain; hence, sewage drainago is not prac tlced except In cities having public water works. The Illustrations wl show the Idea we wish to convey. One of these represents stalls arranged for gelding and for mare, a3 to position for gathering the liquid. . Neglect often arises from the Idea generally entertained that stable ema nations are not Inimical to human be ings. It Is, however, a serious nnoy nnco, as must bo all disagreeable odors, and, then, it is very injurious to carriages, affecting tho varnish, as well as impregnating the cushions with a subtle odor, and oventually rot ting them. When stablo drains can be attached to a regula-i sewerage system, or be run Into a properly ventllnted wasting cesspool, thero is llttlo or no trouble about vapors and odors; but wliere the liquid has to drain Info a closod cesapool, considerable thought and in genulty are required. It need hnrdly be told that stablos ought not to "be drained Into the same cesspool as the hor?e sewerage. I thero is only liquid matter to be deal with only one cesspool Is necessary and this ono, to bo completo, should be made with a movable pump and an air-shaft ventilation. Much in the Feed. Tim nan of allaco. roots, etc.. wl nooict in making tho cream come quickly. Of courso, with tho cream snniirator thero is nractlcallv no fllfferenco In tho time .equred to. sepa rate tne cream. , .

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FROM SUNNY ORANGE GROVES

The Twice-Told Experience of a San Bernardino, Calif., Man. From Sunny San Bernardino, In tho midst of orange groves, writes Lionel M. Heath, of 158 Eighth Street; "For fifteen years I suffered with pains In my back, frequent calls to pass the secretions, dropsy, rheumatic aches and other symptoms of kidney trouble. I could get no relief until I used Doan's Kidney Pills. They cured mo five years ago, and this Is twice I have publicly said bo. The cure was thorough." Sold by all dealers, 50 cant3 a box. Foater-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. WANTED THE WORLD'S OPINION. Prisoner Had to Have That, Though He Went Without Luxuries. A certain prisoner landed in Jail al most penniless. He was a man who had figured in a number of tho town's shady transactions and his namo was pretty well known, A few days after his incarceration ho wrote to a friend asking for a monthly allowance of tea tllars to be continued during his term of Imprisonment. Tho friend, re membering past favors, remitted tha amount each month during a period that covered two trials and tho long time Intervening. Ono day it occurred to him to Inquire Into tho manner ot expending tho allowance. Ho sup posed It was used to buy occasional extra meals, a few cigars and newspa pers, but just as a matter of curiosity, he asked for parltculars. Ho found, to Iiis astonishment, that tho prisoner md never ordorcd an extra meal and had not smoked a cigar all the tlmo he had been in jail. "Then what In thunder," demand ed tho man, "have you been doing with that ten dollars a month?" "I subscribed to two press clipping bureaus," replied tho prisoner coolly. 'You don't suppose, do you, that I am going to pass through this, the most critical time of my life, without fine ng out what everybody has got to say about me?" No Trouble to Show Goods. Old Gentleman (to beggar) Who do you do for a living? Beggar I make post holes, sir. Old Gentleman (absent-mindedly) Yes? Well, I never give charity; bring mo along any you have on hand and I'll buy them from you. T-on-iH Sinulo Hinder straight 5c. Yot pay 10c for cicars not so good. Your dealer or Lewis Factory, Peoria, 111. Whenever we will what Is good, we are better because wo willed. Howson. Ganses Ihn ovslem JLTTec l ually-.-Uispcis uoiasanaiienur actios due to Constuiaiiort; Acts naturally, acts truly as a Laxative. Best forMenVt)mcn ana tnila ren-younpana Old, lo et its j3eneficialEjjecta Always duv the Genuine vhich has ihojull name oHhe ComCALIFORNIA fio Strup .Co. bytohom it is tnanufacturea' .printed on the front of every package. SOLD BY ALL LEADING DRUGGISTS one size only, regular prlco 5fKp collie. What a Settlor Can Soouro In WESTERN CANADA 160 Acrai Gr.in-Growin Und FREE. 20 lo 40 BuihaU Wheat to the Aero. 40 to 90 BuaheU Oatt to tha Acre. 35 to 50 Buihala BarUy to tha Acre. Timber for Fenclnf and Building FREE. Good l-awi with Low Taxation. Splendid Railroad Facilltiee and Low Rata. School and Churche Convenient. Satisfactory Market for all Production. Good Climtte and Perfect Health. Chance for Profitable Investment. Some of the choicest frraln-produclnsr lands In Batkntchewan nnd AUwrta may nuw tw acquired In Ihme moat healthful aud prosperous lections under tho Revised Htmtstead Regulations by which entry may l made by proxy (on w aln condition) , by tho father, mother, 8)n, aaiiRhtcr, brother or aUtor of Intending hotaaMKntry fee In eax-h cavj ta 110.00. For pamphlet, 'Lat HeMtWeHt'partlcnlurn aa to ratc!,nutei, bent time U iro and where to locate, apply to S. S. CtAWfOtt. 125 W. Illnth Si., Sanjn City. Mo. C J. BIOUOuTMf. Sota 430 Qlncy Bid., Chicago, III. uAlTUE.fl .lV.hlj. I Inrnlahfd LIlW. ttroef a.-id-PLOW Weeder nod Wrtech till poaads-llfbt mouth tor child. Tbc best lisple meet mide lor work In lardcai. Writ fr price aad llaetr ItttraieJ r waalct Ifa. a7 Hm l OnENOORFF CO, CANTOCrlllliOIS More Money for Wool Stil four woel where price ara hi jhit. Shipdirect and iare mlidla piofiti. Srnalllou aimo vtito at largo lpt1. Price and full Information tree MYERS-B0Y0 COMMISSION CO,, St. LoulJ,

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