VOLUME I
ItlDGWAY, ELK CO. PA., FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 18G9.
NUMBER 30.
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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.