VOLUME I ItlDGWAY, ELK CO. PA., FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 18G9. NUMBER 30. NEW ADVERTISEMENT'S COLBTRN'S PATENT It ED JACKET AXE Ip better tVnii our rornlfir shtipc-d Axes for thesn renpoiif: First It ents deepor. Second It dont stick in the wood. Third It doi.-s not Jur the hnnd. Fourth No time Is wasted in tnking the nxe ont of the cut Fifth With the fwtne Inhor you will do one third niore work thnn with regular nxes. Hod pnint has nothing to do with the good qiniliiies of this nxe, for nil our axe tire ptiintcd red. If your hardware store does not keep our (joods wo will bladly answer inquiries or fill your orders direct, or give you the nnme of the neiuxjst deal er who keeps our Axi s. LimNCOTT & BAKE WELL, Pitt-burgh, Pa Bole owners of Cclbnrn's and Red Jacket Patents . JjUKE! FIREM FIRKIII G-lobo Fire Extinguisher Co., No 4 Day Street, New York. Great reductions lu prices. No. I $:J3, No. it 1 40; No. 8 $43. First class Agents wanted. Address as above. 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We pay Agents from $75 to $-J0U per month and expen ses, or a commission from which twice Ihat amount cm be made. Address SKCOAlH & CO., Pittsburgh, I'a., or Hostnn Mass. CAUTION, Do mil, be imposed upon bv other parlies palming off Vorlliless cuit iron machines, under the same name or otherwise, Ours is the only Keiuine and really practical cheap machine mnii.ifucttired. " 3H4 VUh the GOTTAfiE FliEPS mid t!io priming nifttnvhil ac ronti;inyinj? it, every nmn enn do Ills own priming noiiUy, X'llrkly nnd cponply. They fi d tiro po Mnple in "construe tlon that ft boy ten yenr old con easily nmnnp' the. ardent plzo. Printed hiMmettons tire Pent with every ofllito, ennui hiil the jmroViiwser to fret nt wirk wiihmir ft previous lsnow'ude if pr'ntir-r. A circular, sontiiinin; full du pciipllonK, price, tpstiweiil dlfl, Ac, nee. to nil Our bprclnien hoot of type, cilta Ve.. ten rente, Address ADAMS Press Co, 0!) Murray Street Jsuw York. EVERY MAN HIS OWN Printer . J) ATE -NTS . 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HOWARD AT ATLANTA. nr John o. tvtiiTTiEii, Right In tlio track wliero Slierman rionghed his rod furrow, Out of tho narrow cabin, Up from tho collar's burrow. Gathered tho little black people, AVlth freedom nowly dowered, AVhoro, beside their Northern tencher, Stood tho soldier, Howaid. Ho lisloned and heard tho chi'dron Of tho poor and long enslaved Reading tho words of Jesus, Kinging tho songs of David. Behold! the dumb lips speaking, Tho blind oyes seeing 1 Bones of the Prophet's vision Warmed into being I Trans-forme ho saw them passing Their now life's portal; Almost it seomed tho mortal Put on the imniortul. No more with tho boasts of burden, No muro with tho stono and clod, But crowned with glory and honor In the image of God 1 There was tho human chatlle Its manhood taking; There, in the dark bronzo statue, A soul was making! . . The man of many but tles, With tears his eyelids pressing, Streatched over these dusky forehetids His one-arincd blessing. And he said: "'Who hears can never Fear for or doubt you ; What ahull I loll the children Up North about you?'' Then run round a whisper, n murmur Isonio answer devising; And u little boy blond tip: "ilitssn, Ttdl Vin wu'ur rising!" O black boy of Atlanta! But half was spoken; The slave's chain and lha master Alilto are broken. Tho ono curso of the racos Held both in tether; They tiro rising, all tiro rising. The black und white together! O bravo men and women '. Hi comes of halo and scoruiug; .Shall the dark iiicos only m Bo tin lied to mourning? Make Tinio your solo avenger, All heaiiug till rednssin; Meet Palo half way, and inv.ko it A joy and a blessing! AVaide Month'y. "Is 'his your unalterable nnswer, Miss Cole?" "Twioo I lavo told you that it is, sir." 'Kiln, 1 thought thiityou loved me. ' 'i'lio young nniu folded, his urins and re garded her rcproathfully us she cold'y utter ed tlio words, which decided his fato. 'I will not upbraid you with hixmh words,' he said, with strange bitterness in hia tone; 'but, Klla t'ole, you Know you ore a co quette. You know you have encouraged nio both iiy word and look iu time past, uutil 1 udoivd you, and until I considered you au nngul of purity uud iuuoceuee. Hut now 1 see you in a different light; hut I lore you still, and will continue to love you uutil this heart has ceased to bout, uutil the blood has ceased to flow through these veins. I am going away, but remember wheu 1 am gono that there is one heart that throbs for you throbs with endless pangs for you who have so cruelly blighted my lil'o. Henceforth life will be to me nothing but a, sud, sluggish existence, aud welcome shall be the hour wheu it shall ceaso. You will ever till my thoughts, but before 1 leave you let mo be seech you never to be guilty of coquetry again.' His expressive eyes were bent full upon her, but she did not booui to heed him. iler form was rigid as u statue, us she silently listened to his words, aud uot the least par ticle of color stuiued her marble cheeks. There was no tremor in her voice us she 6uid, in an icy tone, 'I thiuk'tuut you have said enough, Mr. Sloan.' 'Ella, may God forgivo you for your con duct to-night, 'he said iu a pained but solemn voice, and he approached her us if to take her hand. She waved him back with a proud gesturo, saying, iu a cold tone, while tho gray pallor deepened upou her luce, uud her heart al most ceased its beatings 'It is time that we should part, sir.' 'If we must part Miss Cole, let us part as friends.' Aud he held forth his hand. She compressed her lips, while nji expres sion of iDteuso ugony, which her lover did uot preceive, flitted for au instant over her face, oud then she placed her hand iu his. 'Farewell,' he said sadly, pressing her hand aud theu releasing it, while his eyes Bought her face. 'Farewell, Kilu, we shall not meet again.' Hho bowed her head, but did not respond, aud ho left her without another word. He walked rapidly dowu the gravelled walk uutil he reached the gato, and theu turued to take the last look of the being he worshiped. She stood leaning against one of the pillars of the piazza ofthe cottage, as he bud left her, and she looked stern aud for bidding. The silver beams of the moon shone lull upou her face, but as he looked the moon passed behind a cloud, and Klla was hidden from his view. The cloud soou passed away, however, and in a few moments the moon was shining brightly again. Heaving a deep sigh, he hurried ou iu reckless haste, with the air of one who cares uot what is to become of him. Klla Cole watched the departing form of her lover un til a bead ia the road hid him completely from her eight; then that uudefiued power, which had sustained her during the long in terview, gave way, and she fell prone upon the piazza in a swoon. When consciousness returned she was still alone. 'Gone, gone!' she murmured, dreamily, arising and pressiug both her hands to her throbbing temples. 'Oh, it is true! he has gone from me forever!' aud sank sobbing up on a smail rustic beuch, and covered her pale face with her hands. Ella Colo wna a beauty, and a great favorite of the inhabitants' of the quiet village of Hod ford, iu which she resided. Her father was a rich man, and Klla was the eldest of two daughters. She was nineteen years of age, with large dark eyes, and luxurnut hair of pnrplish black. Her features wore nearly regular, nnd her complexion was a clear olive. She was the belle of Hedford, and ns Albert Sloan had said, she had encouraged him until she hod won his love; and when he asked her to become his wife, Bho had decid edly refused bim. ' The next afternoon, as Ella was sitting in ber nppartment, employed with a piece of needlework, her sister came in, excluimiug: 'Ella, did you know that Albert Sloan has gone awny?' 'Where has he gone, Rosa?' inquired Ella looking tip drearily from her work. 'To some foreign country' I believe.' 1011a trembled visibly at this announce ment. 'Who told yon, Rosa?' she gasped faintly. 'His sister Martha; und, Ella' 'Well?' 'You did wrong to refuse him last night.' Ella started quickly to her feet, and a look of anger burned in her durk eye ns she de manded, 'Why did I do wrong to refuse Mr. Sloan?' 'Because he is a good young man, ana loves you devotedly. 1 . 'Loves me!' returned the elder sister scorn fully. 'Hid yon not tell me night before last that wheu you were roturuiug from Mrs. Davis' party he met you aud coufesscd hia love to you?' 'Oh, Ella did you believe that?' asked Rosa iu a hollow whisper. 'Certainly replied the eldest sister, fuiliug to understand Rosa's agitation. It was a fulshood!' cried Rosa, siuking in to a shair, nnd commencing to weep violent- Ellaclasppd her hand to her heart, aud stood as if turned to stone. Her cheek was blanched to ashy whiteness, but no sound escaped her lip3 Sho looked like a living statue, eo silent aud motionless her form, and so white and marble-like were her im movable features. Suddenly Rosa looked up. 'My sister,' she said, iu a whispering tone, tell me you forgive me for uttering that fatal falsehood, which has blasted your hap piness forever.' V ou ore forgiven,' was the reply. Hut, Ella, you loved him eveu when you refused him did you not?' 'Ves, 1 loved him better, (a- better than I shall love any m:iu again.' 'Hut, Ella, camiot 1 atouo iu some way for my falsehood?' ' , 'You cannot. ITe has gone gone gone!' She controlled herself in a moment, aud asked: 'Hot, Rosa, why 'did you toll me that false hood?" 'That night that I attended Mrs. Davis' party,' commenced Rosa, drawing her chair nearer to her sister's side, you remember I asked you to lot ie.wenr your cameo breast pin, l'ou refused to let me wear it, because mother gave it to you before her death, uiul were afraid that i would lose it. A Iter I re turned from the party, by way of plaguing you, I told you that Mr. Sloan had escort ed nie homo, und confessed to mo then that he loved me. Heaven forgive me fur utter ing that falsehood, which has led to such consequences ' And the erring girl sank back into her chair, and covered her face. Years passed on. Rosa married a prosperous young fanner, but continued to reside in her native village. Ella, who hud been a belle und beauty in her girlhood, remained a maiden, and lived alone with her i'uttier, in' her childhood's home. Sho was now tweuty-five years of ago, but very beautiful still, for the charms of girlhood were now fully developed. At first sho mourned bitterly over tho de parture of A Ibert Sloan; but, iu time, the wound healed, and shb resolved to live and dio a maiden. She had numerous admirers nnd many suitors, but sho did not encourage their attentions; and if any proposed to Lor, she gently but decidedly rejectod their offer. The story of her early love was known throughout all Hedford, but she never ullud ed to it, even to her most iutimnto friends. Hut in secret, she was continually thinking of Albert, and sometimes she would say that pet haps he might yet return to his native village. Hut then camo tho thought what if ho should? He would never Beek ber again, whom he believed so guilty aud false. Her father had made several uttempts to gain her couseut to a marriage with a partic ular frieud of his, but without success she steadily refused to marry. . Oue morniug, as Ella was busying herself with household duties, one of her neighbor's daughters came iu, asking; 'Have you heard the news, Miss Cole?' '1 have not,' was the reply. 'A gentleman arrived ut the hotel la3t night. His name is Mr. Sloan, and mother says he used to be au old beau of yours. She said that you refused him, aud so he went away, but he has come back real rich. All the girls are tryiug to catch him, aud your cousin Alice Goodwin, is among them.' 'Hush, child! said Ella, impatiently. 'Isn't a pity yoi are an old maid,' contin ued the young gossip, not heeding Miss Cole's command. 'Ifyouweio a couple of years younger you ruigtt etand some chance of winning him again; but your most earnest efforts in that direction wcnld be entirely useless now, I suppose;' aud with a tautaliz iug laugh the girl hurried away. The rest of tho day passed heavily to Ella, aud late iu the afternoon she determined to take a walk in hopes of forgetting for a time old recollections and remembrances which had engrossed Lor Uwbghts ever Bince the communication of her neighbor's duughtcr. She dressed heraelf with extreme simplici ty, wlm.! ad characteized her from her girl hood, and which had found favor in Albert Sloan's eyeu, and betook herself upon a soli tary ramble. . She had been wont to meet Mr. Sloan when he was her lover, in a large forestuot far from ber borne. . Upon a rustio bench which he had built, wilh a little gurgling brook runniug close by their feet, they spont many happy hours together, forgetful of ev erything for the time, but themselves. There she learned to love bim, and during his ab sence she failed not to visit the spot every day, when the weather was warm aud pleas ant. There in the summer time she would sit for hours, listening to tho warbling of the many birds, nnd to the musical murmur of tho little brook, thinking sudly of "hours that wero. " To this place Ella now bent her steps. She walked slowly and silently through tho forest, with her eyes fixed upon tha ground. Sometimes sho stopped to pick a wild flower or gather a few ripe blackberries, and once she broko the stillnes of the old woods by singing in a sweet though rather mournful voice a beautiful Scotch ballad, which caused tho birds to respond to her music from their leafy nest3, while tha timid rabbits fled trembling und frightened from their mossy coverts. As Ella nenred her destination, tho shndow of a man foil across her pathway. Sho glanc ed np, somewhat startled, for ho bad not an nounced his presence by speaking, but by stepping directly iu the pathway in front -of her. When sho looked up the intruder was regarding her intently with a hnppy, joyful expression of couuteuance. It was Albert Sloan. Ella knew him instantly despite his long hair, full beard and sun-burned cheeks. She controlled herself with a strong: effort, nnd held forth her hand and responded to his greeting iu a calm yet cordial tone, in which uot the least quavering could bo detected. Sho seldom lost her self-possession now. For a moment neither Bpoke, nnd Klla felt her situation becoming embarrassing. Then her lover broko tho silence. 'Ella,' ho murmured gently, 'I know all. Your sister Rosa hns acquainted me with the falsehood which caused you to refuse me six wcury years ago. When I left you then I never expected to seo you ngain; but I chang ed my mind during my absence, and I have returned to my native village once more. I nm a wealthy man; but what ia wealth com pared to bappiuess? And, Ella, I can never be hnppy without you. You rejected my proposal of marriage once what is your de cision now?' He paused nnd almost held his breath, as ho waited anxiously foruu answer. 'Albert, I 1 ' She could not articulate farther, but ho divined her uuswer, uud clasped her to his breast, where she lay for a few moments, al most iu a swoou from excess of joy. The next duy their engagement was known throughout the village, and inauy wero the exclamations of surpriso and disappointment which it called forth. Ella's cousin, Alice Goodwin, was especi ally disappointed, for she had tLe good for tune to be introduced to Mr. Sloan, at the house of a mutual friend upon tho evening of his arrival, and since then she had entertain ed hopes of ensunring him, nud eventually becoming bis wife, but now s'uo was com pelled to give up the hope. One week later Albert und Ella were mar ried; and although Alice Goodwin was con siderably disappointed at the time, she got over ber disappointment sufliicently to marry a young mau, Elbridge Mausfleld by name, who had for a long time been among ber train of suitors. TRANS-ATLANTIC BALLOON- li'0ni':itioiis Ity HIoiis. CJiovsiIior for liis Aerial Voyage to Liuoje. The Triw.ne gives a lengthy account of the plans aud preparations of Mons. Cheva lier for his contemplated balloon voyage to Europe in July. It says: Chevalier has made oue hundred and sixty five ballon voyages, and may bo presumed to have n moderately good understanding of the iM'tenlties liable to a voyage ncros.-t the Atlantic. Ho declares that these difficul ties are not.pecnliar to tho Atlantic voyage, except ns it is one of uuusual extent and dur ation. They naturally rango themselves under two heads, viz. : 1. Maintaining the buoyancy of the bal loon. 2- Keeping to a direct course. Tho. great cuuso of tho diminution of the buoyancy of a balloon, is the rising and full ing in the altitude of its course In tho case of tlio ordinary ballcou every flight taken above tho average level costs an" expenditure of both gas and ballast. The gas is lost by expausion uud consequent overflowing from tho mouth ofthe balloon, this loss of gas then causes tho balloon to sink below tho coui'30, which in turn compels the throwing ont of ballast to bring it np agaiu. Tho loss of gns iu fluctuations is a very serious con sideration in the case of a balloon of the size of that in which Prof. Chovalicris to make his trans-Atlantic trip. "L' Esper nuco," for that is its name, has a capacity for thirty thousand feet of gas. At the height of thirty thousand feet tho atmospher ic pressure is, say ouo-tenth less than aUtho surfuce of tho earth, nnd the gas consequent ly expands one teuth iu volume at that eleva tion. Jf, every time Chevalier's balloon should rise three thousand feet it were to lose one-teuth of its conteuts, equal to ninety six pounds sustaining power, it would not be two days before "1 Esperance" would sink iuto the sea never to arise again. nOV THE QARj AND BALLAST ARE SAVED. It is here thatM. Chevalier's own invention the "compensator" balloon, come3 into play. Attached to the lower part ot "H Esperauce is a secoud or reservoir balloon, which is not inflated at tha earth, but is ready to receive the excess of gas resulting from expausion at high elevation. Prof Chevelier has also devised au ingenious contrivance to secure a rebound of the balloon from tho depression consequent upon oue of these flights without any expenditure of ballast, which, of course, is most precious ou a long ocean trip. Across tho hoop, to which ia fastened the nettiug that covers the balloou above the car below, he has extended a windlass made of a hollow cylander. A ttpe of sufficient strength aud length is attached to and wound upon this windlass. At the lower extremity of the rope are fastened, at proper intervals, c "umber of small waterproof cuuvass bags, whose mouths are kept open by small rings. Hetween theso at stated distances are dispos ed a number of small conical floats, which are inteuded to serve the purpose of support ing the length of rope when it reaches the sea by the depression of the balloon. As the balloon descends the lower portion of the rope is gradually deposited upou the surface of the sea, relieving the balloon of its weight uutil a sufficient quantity has been thus dis posed of to arrest the bulloon's further de scent. Suppose the balloon to have passed through the rain showers or clouds highly charged with vapor during the night, and the ropes of the netting and other parts of the apparatus to have becomo heavy with moisture. Not less than two or three hun dred pounds weight is often added to a bal loon iu this manner, and if there be no sua to dry up the moisture, the added weight brings the balloon to the earth. As soon, however, as the rope from the car of L'Es pernnce begitiB to trail on tho surface, fie balloon cea3es to fall, nnd continues on its way nt an unvarying elevation until the sun or wind takes tho heavy moisture out of the rigging, when bo is enabled to regain her previous altitude in tho okies. Now again the rope acts as a check to a too great ascent with its attendant loss of gas. The water bags on the rope have been filled as they were trailing through the water, and tho in creased weight prevents a high flight and keeps the balloon down to her work, so to speak, with the whole original power or buoynnco of the rebound. By this simple nud beautiful arrangement of the rope with its water bass, the ballast of tho balloon is diminished or increased at will; indeed the bnllast adjusts itself without tho intervention of the aeronaut, nccording to the necessities of the moment. Trof. Chevalier is confident thnt, by means of the compensator and rope ballast with such a balloon as L'Esporance, constructed for the occasion, elevation can bo maintained for a period of one month, should circumstances require it. nOW THR DIRECTION IS PRESERVED. Tho second of the two great problems of the undertaking is how to keep the balloon on a direct course Chevalier is not by any moans a victim to a belief in balloon navi gation. In fact, he has a perfect contempt for the bnlloon, considered as an air-ship, and says it is good for nothing but for the purpose of scientific observation. A balloon he says, so fur from being a ship is not even a buoy let Ioopo from its moorings; for a buoy flonts on tho surface, but the aerial sea has no surface. A balloon, says tho Profes sor, is a jelly-fish immersed in a fluid by whose every current it is helplessly carried to and fro; the jelly-fish makes feeble efforts to direct his own course, with about as much success ns those of a balloon. How then, is M. Chevalier to know when ho ascends from Landmann's Park next July, whether he is about to cross the Atlantic or the Paci fic? Tho answer is, that though Chevalier does not believe in balloons, bo does believe in currents. Iu every ascent during his long career, he says, he found on reaching an alti tude anywhere between 3,000 and 10,000 feet, that the wind was favorable from the West or rather from the Northwest, whatever way the wind blowing near the ground; in each of his oue hundred and sixty-five ascents ho found a Northwest current in tho upper at mosphere. Chevalier believes this current to be a discovery of his own; and it is for the glory of- establishing his theory, rather thnn of sailing three or four thousand miles over the wator, (which be regards quito an everyday affair) that ho undertakes his bal loou voyage from North America to Europo. TUE GUIDE ROPE. lie will bo greatly assisted in determining the actual course which his balloon may bo at any time pursuing by tho rope suspended from tho car, described above. As the rope, when touching the 'water, will always drag iu tho rear, it will only bo necessary to observe its direction by the compass, and that ofthe balloon itself is at once indicated. Another equally important determination which the guide-rope will nfford, nud which will not be attainable by any other means, will bo the distance at which the balloons is from the immediate stir face of the earth at any timo when tho v lew was obstructed by clouds, log or darkness. The bnrometer affords informa tion only as to the height above tho mean level of the sea, and, without the warning given by the guide-rope, the balloon, might ut nny time, wheu Bailing too low, be dashod nguiust mountainous waves; and, owing to the velocity with which it would be moving on tho wings ol a storm, such a shock would bo fatal. FIXAL PREPARATIONS FOR THE VOYAGE. Mons. Chevalier may bo seen almost any moruiug quietly at work putting on tho finishing touches on his balloon at Land matin's Park. He is a quiet, uuobtrusive, yet pre-possesBing young man of thirty-three years, of dark complexion and with black hair and moustacho. He has a large nnd kindly blnck eye, and a countenance which impresses oue that its owner is a stranger to physical fear. He converses and writes in excellent English though he spouks and writes French, German and Russian ns well. Ho is very communicative entertaining in elucidating his plnus and theories. He has not determined ns to how many and what companions he will take along with him on his voyage. The applications for passage on the rare but perlions journey have been pouring in on him by hundreds. Tex Thousand Dollars Worth of Oranoe Pekl. A man from the couutiy invested five cents in the purchase of an orange and preparatory to getting himsell outside of it, threw the peel on the sidewalk. Soon after a young woman came along, slipped upon the peel and fell, breaking hfcr leg. The woman was to have been married tho next duy, but wasn't. The man who wns to mar ry her had camo from St. Paul, Minn., and was obliged to return on Hccouut of business to await the recovery of the girl. On his way back he unfortunately took a train on the Erie Railroad, which ran off the track-, aud his shoulder blade was broicu, forcing him to stop at Dunkirk for repairs. The Travelers' Insurance Company,-iu which he was insured, had to pay $258 in weekly in stallments before he recovered. On getting back to St. Paul he found that his forced ab sence bad npset a business arrangement which he hud expected to complete, at a pe cuniary loss to bim of 65,000. Meantime the injured girl suffered a relapse, which so enfeebled her health that the marriage was delayed, which had a bad effect upon the man, and. he fiually broke the engagement and married a widow in Minnesota with four small children. This so worked upon the mind of the girl that she is now in the insane hospital iu Middletown. Her father, enraged by the conduct of the young man, brought a suit for breach of promise, and bag just recovered $10,000. The anxiety and expense of the whole affair thus far has been enormous, as anybody can see. Similar cases are likely to occur so long as people will per sist in throwing dVauge peal around loose. Hartford Courant. It is estimated that forty-five thousand Americans visited Germany in 1868.
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