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1IENRY A. TAESONS, 3a , Editor and Publisher
ELK COUNT Y THE llEl V BL1C AN PARTY
Two dIixaws. 1"Kk Aknuh.
VOL. I.
RIDGWAY, PA., TIIURSpAY, JUNfc 27, 1871.
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BY LOUIBB CUANDI.EB MOULTOJt.
rL tllv ,onR.,oncly times, poor soiling heart t
When dnys are Blow, and Bilcnt nlRlitR nre siul,
mMtuirr, wraiK ueurt. rcinumberuiiabogluri,
r ur SOU10 ono lovuU Wee.
Borao one, Indeed, who cared for fading face,
For time-touched hair, and weary-falling nrm,
uu iu niy very snnncs ionna a cnarm,
To make him lore thee.
Ood knows thy dnya are desolatc.poor heart.
as mou aoet Bit alone, ana anmuly wait
For what comes not, or comes, alas I too late,
dui Htmo uuu iuveu mee.
Take cheer, poor heart, remembering what
ne saia,
And how of thy lost yonth he missed no grace,
jiuh buvt auiuu Buutiur ucnuLy id iny lace,
So well be loved thee.
It may be, on Time's farther shore, the dead
uiuto uiu sweet Bunaes 01 inoso tuey missed on
this.
And dream, In heavenly rest, of earth's lost
Ul IBS
So he shall love thee.
Till then take cheer, poor, silent, achlug
Content ttiOR with ilu r,.A i.a .,.. . . .,
- - u urn tj luuilll mirt
Mourn not for lading bloom, or time-touched
J1UII ,
Since ho hath loved thee.
II1HI1 nunBea U1S nolCIlDnr.and tlin HIKTll. A tunnlr tilimiul nvnr .T;mt, A
guish bluo-eved boy grinned in a ghast- week of as rare June weather as 'ever
THE JIMTOWN ROMANCE.
A iloo.ler ltoundeluy.
BY JAMES MAURICE THOMPSON.
The corner brick storehouse in fact
we ouiy brick building iu Jimtown
was to do soia at auction ; and conse
quently, by ten o'clock in tha mnrnino-
a considerable body of men had collect-
ly, self-satisfied wav.
"A going at fifty dollars I Think of
it l A. Louse worth four or five thou.
sand dollars at the leimt I Pshaw I bid
up lively, men " cried the auetionnnr.
" Six hundred dollars," said he of the
green glasses, in a soft, pleasant tone.
" bix . hundred dollars 1 eohoed thn
auctioneer triumphantly; now, then,
wim sounus like business 1 Agoing
guiug diu up or you lose a bargain
" Hooray for hoorav and hoornVa r
dy I" shouted the tallow-faced vo.it.ri
The frogs pitched their song an octave
higher, the blue-birds and pee-wees
wheeled through the falling floods of
yellow sunlight, and lower and sweeter
rose the murmur of the tide of pulsating
r " "iiea ana swavea the fresh
sprays of the oaks and elms. The well-
dressed stranger took off his Green srlass.
es, wiped them carefully, and put them
iu his pocket.
lue Roman face of Bit? Medicine was
just then a most interesting one. It was
expressive of more than words could
rightly convey. The stem of the clay
pipe had settled back full three inches
into the firmly-sot mouth, so that there
was imminont danger to the huge
brown mustache that drooped over the
nery oowl.
bix hundred and tn dollars." s;iid
iiig Medicine.
" A going, a began the auctioneer.
" bix-twenty," said tho stranger,
"Ago"
"Six twenty-one," growled Big Medi
cine.
" Six twenty-five," auicklv added his
nui-ttguilist.
Big Medicine glanced heavenward.
and for a moment allowed his eyes to
lingered about the cool places of the
woods, or shimmered over tho sweet
clover MossoniB where the field-larks
piped and the ladened bees rose heavily
to book their Homes, liy this time it
was known by - everybody that Mr,
Golding would soon bring on a stock of
" dry goods, groceries, boots and shoes,"
and set up a " store," in the old corner
The mail hack stood at the post-office
door, and Mr., Golding was coming
thence with a letter in his hand. Big
Medicine stopped and glanced up at tho
window, mere stood Uarne. He
smiled and muttered !
' Right wher I fust saw tho sweet lit
no thing r
lr. nU J 1 . .
iur. uoimug passea aim nastily, a
great excitement flashing from his face.
Big' Medicine gazed wonderingly after
Sonic Needed Inventions.
American invention has done its full
share in redncing the sum of human
misery. The world is debtor to it for
much that has simplified labor bv But
planting or supplementing muscle with
mechanism and machinery. The cotton
gin, the steam-boat, the sewing-machine,
the mower and reaper, and many other
lugouiuus uuuiuinations or appliances
a brick; but Big Medicine knew more his partner, till he saw him disappear UD V?,Son..e outworn us to gladden the
r than any of his neighbors, for he and the stairs, then went into the i store- w ona.a id receive tho g rate iul reoogni-
liul- I f nl (1 1 n cr fnrmorl . tt.itna..1tln I TT. ai U L I. 1 i ., , I tlOn of mankind. Tint, f'tinnoli la 1 fit f
i . o , . -wwu.. Liiun,,. uj ucwu n wiiu cry I
inis a oner uoiaing naa lately been a
prominent retail merchant in Cincinnati,
but had failed, saving only the merest
remnant of his goods and a few hundred
dollars. Thus he came to Jimtown to
begin life and business anew.
The week had been a long one to
David Cook (Big Medicine): why, it
would not be easy to tell. He was often
standing out before the corner brick
gazing up at one of the vacant windows,
where pieces of the broken lattice were
swaying in the wind ; and occasionally
ne muttered to nimselt,
" Ther's where I fust seed the gal.
Four big wagons (loaded with boxes.!
three of them containing the Btore goods,
and one the scanty household furniture
ot Mr. Holding and his daughter Carrie,
came rumbling into Jimtown. Big
iueaicine was on nana, a nerlect ller
cules at unloading and unpacking. Mr.
Golding was sadly pleasant, Carrie was
roguishly observant, but womanly and
quiet.
In due time the goods were all placed
on the shelves, and Mr. Golding's house
hold furniture was carried into the npper
rooms, where ne purposed living, Uarrie
Keeping bouse,
Un the hrst evening attcr things had
of joy, but it might have been the wind.
W hen an hour passed, Mr. Golding
and Carrie came down to the store
room. How strangely beautiful the
girl was now I
"Mr. Crook, I have glorious news
this morning," said Golding.
' And what mought it be f said Big
Medicine, as a damp chilliness crept
uver mm, ana nis iace grew almost as
paina as tne spotless bosom of his shirt.
" Ane oanking-nouse of Kelly & Krof-
ton has resumed payment, which will
give me back nearly all my lost wealth."
iJig iiieatoine was silent.
" I have determined. On tTlA mnmAtif
to give you this house and all that's in
it. 1 can t take the time to write the
deed and fix np the matter now, but I
will not neglect it. Carrin
nasten at once to Cincinnati. The hack
is waiting, so good-bye, my dear friend :
God bless you!" Mr. Golding wrung
his partner's cold, limn hand without
uouuing now ieanuuy Haggard that
''Oman tace had suddenly grown.
" wood-bye, Mr. Urook ; come to see
us very soon. It will be so lonesome
without you." Carrie spoke thus frank
ly as she gave him her hand also.
iiig Medicine smiled
ed near the somewhat dilar.ir1.if nrl 100 follow the flight of a great blue heron been nut to richis. Mr. Goldintr .mi,, tn .m:i v.. , i "ami.n
(Hrantl ir, i.r:LrT, r. tW. im.A i." u:,.u T: ivl-j:-. T ' " "uu. i"". " woru. Carrie 8
""m. ui wiuou ine auction- "j " -"s " "'6" " mo ""uoi woman s heart sank under hnt
eer, a fat man from Indianapolis, mount- Bumnier glories, toward the distant
ed on an old box. betran r.rvirnr. nnrHir swamps, where the white sycamores
i u i.- x.u ' "7... r. er J I A 1 iL. J 1
vuiuugu uis toDacco-nllea mouth, and moir biuib buuvo me aarit green
partly through his unmusical nose, as
luuuws :
' Come up, gentlemen, and examine
me new and bplendid property I now
oner ior Baie I walk round the house,
men, and view it from every side. Go
into it, up stairs and down, and then
give me a bid to start with. It is a very
t i . .. ...
uioii nuiu uuuse, inaeea, gentlemen I
With such a nreliminarv tintT. iha
speaker paused and glanced slowly over
mo auuience witn tne air of a practiced
physiognomist. The crowd before him
was, in many particulars, an interesting
one. Its most prominent individual was
wave uook, sometimes called Dr. Cook,
but more generally answering to the
somewhat savage-sounding sobriquet of
Big Medicine, a man some 35 years of
oge, stanaing six toot six m his ponder-
i ' i . . . .
uus uoois ; Droaa, oony, muscular, with
a strongly-marked Roman face, and
brown, shaggy hair. He was dressed in
maples and dusky hazel-witch thickets.
The auctioneer, a close observer, saw an
ashy hue, barely discernible, ripple slow
ly across the great Boman face as Big
iueuicine saia, in a jerking tone :
eix twenty-nve and a half
The stranger smiled and threw out his
chew of tobacco. No more imperturba
v,i . 1 J i ,
uio uuuubeiiaucu couiu De imagineu.
isix twenty-six r ne said gently.
' Take the old house and be derned to
you I cried Big Medicine, looking furi.
ously at his antagonist. "Take the
blamed old shack-a-merack, and all the
cussed blue-birds and peer-weers to boot,
ior an l care 1"
"A-going, agoing bid ud. menl
ROing, going who says five more 'i All
doner1 Going, going I last call gone
to Abner Golding for six hundred and
tteenty-tix dollars, and cheap as dirt !"
The sale was over, and the crowd
broke into small fragments, comnosed
u soiled suit of blue jeans, and toDned off generally of three or four individuals,
with a plug hat that it would have made " Go"y- doctor," said the tallow-faced
an antiquarian frantio to see. He stood youth to Big Medicine : " Golly, doctor,
quite still, near the auctioneer, smoking but didn't that 'are gal make that 'are
a clay pipe, his stalwart arms folded n ob shanty look pooty when she oeened
his breast. As for the others of th out?"
crowd, they were, taken individually "You see this ere bundle of bones '"
and collectively, about such as one will Big Medicine, holding up his
always see in a " dark corner." such bh enormous fist for the young man to in-
parts of Boone county were a few years pect.
ago. before the ditchincr law unri thn T "Guees so," was the renlv.
B. & W. Railway had lifted the fnrr. anil " Well, would you like a small mess of
lb
" I suppose we ought to advertise."
" Do how r
" Advertise."
" Sartinly," said Big Medicine, though
he had not the faintest notion of what
was meant,
" Who can we get to do our fence-ad,
vertising f
A gleam of intelligence Bliot into the
eyes of Big Medicine. " O, I know what
ye mean now I 1 11 hnd some feller
what 11 do the thing." he said: then.
after musing a few seconds, he added,
with a Btart and a curious grin. " The
moon shines to-night, don't it'r"'
" les ; why r
" I'll do the paintin' tonight. I'll fix it."
So the thing was settled, and Big
nri-j ..... u
iueaicine was gone ail nignt.
The next day was one sluice of rain.
It poured incessantly from daylight till
dark. Big Medicine sat on the counter
and chuckled. His thoughts were evi
dently very pleasant to himself. Mr.
Golding was busy marking goods, and
Came was helping him. The great
gray eyes ot isig Medicine followed the
winsome girl all the time. When night
came, and she went up stairs, he said to
uoiding :
" mat gal of your n is a coortv little
tning.
"Yes, she's all I have left." reolied
r ti it- .
iur. uroiaing in a sad tone.
Big Medicine stroke his brown beard,
look.
though she knew not wherefore.
ihe hack passed round the curve of
the road. They were gone. Big Medi
cine Btooa aione in tne door ot the cor
ner-brick. He looked back over his
shoulders at the well-filled shelves and
mumbled out : " She ain't here, and
what do I want of the darned old store
The wind rustled the elm leaves and
tossed the brown locks of the man over
his great forehead ; the bine-birds Bang
on tne rooi, tne aust rose in little col
umns along the street, and high over
head, in tho yellow mist of the fino Juno
weather, sailed a heron, going to the
distant lakes.
He closed and locked tho door and
went out into the woods. A month
passed ere he returned. Meantime
where had he been ? Only hunting for
Mr. Golding and Carrie. He found
them, after a long s.arch, in a splendid
cottage on tne nights just out of Cin
cinnati. Mr. Golding greeted him cord
ially, but somehow it did not seem to
Big Medicine that Mr. Golding was
really before him. His heart did not
realize it.
" Carrie is in tho garden. She will be
glad to see you. Go out through the
hall, you will see the little gate."
Mr. uoiding waved his hand after the
manner of a rich man, as he spoke and
smiled patronizingly.
with a hesitating step arid a heart
be done to Ocoupy the most inventive
genius ; and in directions which promise
ample remuneration to the fortunate
discoverer. Of these needed inventions
we may name a few. not necessarilv
wonderful or as widely influential as
those above referred to, but which are
none the less desirable. Moreover.there
is a fortune in store for the happy man
or woman who shall first introduce any
of them to a waiting world.
Let us, first and foremost, in behalf of
the housekeepers of every civilized coun
try, bespeak the invention of some safe
contrivance for the washiug of dishes,
which shall do this branch of domestic
work with the least possible drudgery.
ery lew nusDanas know now large a
Bhare of female human life is now worn
out both by mistresses and maids
this least showy but most constant of all
household occupations. One of the
greatest of woman's wrongs, to-day, is
the compulsory sacrifice of her time and
temper to the inexorable claims of each
meal s crockery. Even if her own hands
are not obliged to undergo parboiling in
the process, her cleanly tastes must be
outraged, and her nerves shattered, and
her purse depleted by the slovenly or
careless mode of procedure whereby Bid
dy bedaubs or breaks the fragile cups
and plates. That this work, or most of
it, can be done by some nicely adapted
mechanical appliance, certainly spems to
be among the possibilities. The only
wonder is that it takes so long to hit
upon it.
Another great want of the honHehnlfl
is the invention which shall render in
odorous the kerosene which has oome to
be the mainstay of most reitle outside
of the cities as an illuminating agent. In
whatever shape it is used, the " scent of
tne kerosene hangs round it still," and
round everything else as well. It dots
little credit to chemical science and nro-
gress that so many thousands of homes
spouid be obliged to implore, in vain, re-
tiei irom tnis ever present nuisance.
The man who will supply this desidera
tum is sure of being huilod and paid as
an almost universal benefactor.
Another want is a smoke-nreventing
apparatus, wnicn win permit the con
sumption of bituminous coal in furnaces
and Btoves. The essentials of a perfect
combustion are well enough known, and
the necessities of this special case can be
theorized on ad libitum by nersons who
profess to be able to do what is wantod.
But in practice all their promises fail, or
it tue tning is secured, it is at an expense
of money and complexity which makes
it useless. Elso why do our steamboats.
locomotives, and stationary furnaces con
tinue their pernicious and disgusting
uauusoi smoking r if the invention
enlightened the swamps and miasmatic
ponas ot tnat region of elms and burr
oaks, frogs and herons.
Big Medicine seemed to be the only
mieny complacent man in the assem-
" Can't say as I would."
" Well, then, keep yer derned mouth
snet r
jumping down from the counter, went
out into tne arizziy nignt. a lew rods
from the house he turned and looked up
at the window. A little form was just
vanisning irom it.
" Ther s wher 1 fust seed the gal." he
About this time the nnrrhaoor nf iha muttered, tnen sighed and went his wav.
bly. All the others discovered evidence corner brick walked slowly in the direc- It is quite probable that no fence ad-
ot much inward disturbance, muttering tion of 'Squire Tadmore's office, accom- vertisements ever paid as well or stirred
vu uauii otner mysteriously, and casting pamed by the young woman who had UP greater muss than those painted
eager inquiring glances at an individual, looked from the window. As Bit Medi- that night by Big Medicine. If sDace
a stranger in the place, who, with a pair cine saw them enter the office, he picked permitted I would copy them all for
of green spectacles on and his arms up a stick and began to whittle it with your benefit, but I must be content with
crossed behind him, was slowly saun- his iack-knife. a few random specimens, taken from
tering about the building offered for " Orful ioke on me the bova Ml huva memory, with an eve to brevity. On
sale, apparently examining it with some now," he muttered to himself. " Wonder Deacon Jones's fence was scrawled the
it the 'omen's the feller's wife V
A tew minutes later. 'Souire Tadmnro'a
nttie ooy came running irom the office
to where Big Medicine stood.
" Mr. Big Medicine," said he, all out of
breath, "that are man what boue-ht thn
oiu nouse wants to see you perticler."
whistled a few notes of a jig tune, and, full of unreal sensitW Bi MH,Vin nas been introduced into English use, as
care,
"Awful good clothes he's got on!
Must a' come from Missouri, or some
other big city I" one remarked.
" Chaws mighty fine tobacker, I tell
you," said another.
" Them there boots I" observed anoth-
" On it generally, I bet," suggested a
fourth man.
Meantime the subject of these very
characteristic if not over-lucid expres
sions continued his examination of the
old house, the while some happy frogs
in a neighboring pond rolled out a rat
tling jubilant chorus, and the summer
wind poured through the leafy tops of
the tall elms and athletic burr-oaks
with a swash and roar like a turbulent
river.
"What d'ye offer me for this magnifi
cent property V Come I give me a bid I
Speak up lively ! What do I hear V"
The auctioneer let hi eves wander un
the walls of the old brick building, to
wnere tno blue-birds snd pee-wees had
built in the cracks, and along the warp
ed window-frames, and just then it
chanced that a woman's face appeared
i one or inoso staring boles, which,
with broken lattice and shattered glass,
still might be called a window. The
face was a plump, cheerful one, rather
pretty, and certainly wiuning and intel
lectual, after the manner ot good, true
womanly intellect.
"iF?Fft dollars for tne house, 'oman
and all! ' cried Big Medicine, ga,I-g up
at the window in which the smiling tace
was for the moment framed.
The man with the green spectacles
darted a quick glance at the speaker.
" I aiu bid forty dollars, gentlemen,
forty dollars, d'ye hear? Agoing for
forty dollars! Do I hear fifty t" cried
the auctioneer.
The crowd now swayed earnestly for
ward, closing in solid order round the
store-box. Many whiskered, uncouth,
but not unkindly faces were upturned
to the window only in time to see the
face disappear quite hastily.
" Hooray for the gal I" cried a lusty
lad, whose pale blue eyes made no show
of contrast with his faded hair and
anguish complexion. "Dad, can't ye
hid agin the doctor, so's I kin claim
herW
M Fifty dollars !" shouted the sunburnt
man addressed as Dad.
This made the crowd lively. Every
Mibchiff, he does I Tell him to go to
: no. hold on. I guess I'll tell him
myseii. '
With these words Big Medicine moved
at a long, shambling Dace down to the
door of the 'Squire's office. He placed
his great hirsute head inside the room
and grullly said :
" btranger. d ye want to see me ?"
Mr. Golding got up from his seat. and.
coming out, took Big Medicine familiar
ly iiy tne arm.
" tome one side, I wish to speak with
you, Bum ue very pleasantly.
Big Medicine went rather sulkily
along. After they had gone a little dis
tance from the house, Mr. Golding
smiled and remarked, with a shrug of
ins nneiy-cut snoulders:
" I out-bid you a little, my friend, but
I'm blessed if I haven't got myself into
A. TMimilmia lif lk an or t'
" How so 't" growled Big Medicine,
" Why, I'm short a half-dollar."
" You're what '"
" I lack a half-dollar, and I thought I
would rather ask you to loan me the
money than anybody here,
Big Medicine stood for some moments
in silence, whittling away on his stick.
Dreamy gusts of perfumed heat swept
by from the shining fields of blooming
wheat, little whirlwinds played in the
dutt at their feet, ana tar away, faint
and tenderly musical, were heard
Deacon Jones's
following: "Dern yer ole gizzard, ef
ye want cheep coffy, go to Goldin' an'
Cook's new store 1" John Butler, a nice
old Uuaker, had the following daubed
on his gate : " Ye thievin' duck-legged.
ya and na ole cuss, ef the sperit moves
ye, go get a broad-rim hat at Uoldm' an'
Cooks great stand at Jimtown." The
side of William Smith's vig-pen bore
this : " Bill, ye ornery sucker, come and
traid with Goldin' an' Cook, corner
brick." Old Peter Gurley found writing
oi tne iouowing import on his new
wagon-bed : " Ef yer dry or anything.
ye'U find a virtooous kag of rye licker in
the back room at Goldin' an' Cook's."
On a large plank, nailed to a tree at
Canaan's Cross-roads, all passers-by saw
the following : " Git up an' brindle I
Here's yer old and faithful mule ! Come
in, gals, an get yer do-funny tricks and
fixius, hats, bonnets, parrysols, silk petty-coat-sleeves,
and other inducements I
Rip in, we're on it! Call at Goldin' an'
Cook s great corner brick."
borne people swore, some threatened
to prosecute, but finally evervbodv
laughed, and went to the corner brick
to trade. Jimtown became famous on
account of the corner brick.
Ihe sun rose beyond the auae-mires
of Jimtowu, and set past the ponds and
and maple swamps to the west The
winds blew, the weather was fine or
bad, tho herons flew over, the blue-birds
twittered and flew away, the pee-wees
went ana came, tin a whole year had
rolled round, and now tho brick store
nourished, and there was a talk of
railroad through Jimtown.
During this flow of time Big Medicine
had foasted his eyes on the bright curls
ana ongnter eyes ot uarrie Golding till
strode into the flower-garden,
ly a vision, such as be had seen in
dreams of childhood, burst on his daz,
zled eyes. Flowers and vines, and
statues and fountains, on every hand
rich colors, perfumes so mixed and in,
tensinea tnat nis senses almost gave
way, long winding walks, fairy bowers,
and music. He paused and listened.
A heavy voice, rich and manly, singing
a love ballad to the tinkling accompani
ment oi a guitar, ana blended through
it all, like a silver thread, the low sweet
voioe of Carrie Golding,
Two steps forward, and Big Medicine
towered above the lovers thus reunited
after a long separation,
Uarrie sprang to her feet with a start-
tbe
notes of a country dinner-horn.
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Big Medicine burst at the mouth with ni &eart f " cora tender and happy went away ; and the places that
a laugh that went battling and echoing
rouna tne place, mr. uoiaing laughed too.
1 say, mister, said the former.
" ain't you raily got but six hundrod
and twenty-five and a half?"
" Just that much, to a cent, and no
more, was the reply, with a pleasant,
comical smile.
Big Medicine roared again, louder and
longer than before.
" Well, I'm derned if t aint quare."
said he, musingly, " you out-bid me a
nait a dollar, and didn t have the Half a
dollar neither wha, wha, wha, wha-eel"
At the end of this be took out his
leather wallet and handed Mr. Golding
the required money in silver.
as a child s. ihey rarely conversed
more than for him to say, " Miss Carry,
look there," or for her to cry out.
" Please, Mr. Cook, hand me down that
bolt of mushn. But Big Medicine was
content.
It was June again, about 10 o'clock.
and Big Medicine was slowly making
his way from his comfortable bachelor
quarters to the corner-brick. A pecu-
iar smiio was on nis laoe, nis Heart was
fluttering strangely all on account of a
little circumstance of the urei-edina-
day, now fresh in his memory. Great
led cry; then recognizing the visitor.
sue Held out her little hand and wel
com id him. Turning to her lover, she
said
" Henry, this is Mr. Crook, papa's late
partner."
Henry Marshal was a real gentleman.
bo he took the visitor's great hard hand
in a cordial way, and said that he was
giaa to see him.
Big Medicine stood for a moment
holding a hand of each of the lovers.
He did not. speak, but putting the sweet
girl's hand in that of her lover, he turn
ed away. As he did so a tear a great
bitter drop rolled down his haggard
cheek. A few long strides, and Big
iir.j. ,
jueuicine was gone.
bhrilly piped the blue-birds, tdain
tively sang the pee-wees, sweetly through
tne elms and burr-oaks by the corner
uriua Diew tne iresn Bummer wind, as
just at sunset, Big Medicine once mom
stood in front of the old-building, with
his eyes fixed on tho vacant, staring
window.
It was scarcely a minute that he stood
there, but long enough for a tender out
line of the circumstances of tho past
year to rise in nis memory.
A til.. V . ...
a rustling at tne Droxen lattice, a
sudden thrill through the iron frame of
the watching man, a glimpse of a sweet,
womanly face no, it was a fancy.
Big Medicine raised his even toward
heaven, which was now golden and
flashing resplendently with sunset glor
ies. High up, almost among the burn
ing clouds, a great heron was toiling
heavily westward. Taking the course
choosen by the lone bird, Big Medicine
once
Sudden- 80010 insist' how haPPens t tnat the Cu-
i dk;i.iucid iiBvoi uave uuuuteu Buy
tne fl,in r,f U.J V. r -i.-
how the thing is done ? This Question
is one of great concern to all of our
country lying west of the Alleghanies,
and iu the districts where bituminous
coal so largely t)redominates. A nrant.i.
cal solution of the difficulty would be a
blessing to Pittsburg, where a white face
is an ephemeral vision, and a clean shirt
is never seen. Seeing that this fuel is
vastly more plentiful in the United
States than anthracite coal, and in some
sections is the sole dependence of the
people, there surely are sufficient incen
tives for the development of some simple
process of eliminating its only disagree-
nuio cuaractenstio. Here, then, are
Borne fine openings for ambitious invent
ors. And when this order is filled, we
shall be ready with another list. New
low j. me.
tedious speaker, as for no one to re
port him. Owing to the increasing cir
culation of the leading journals, and the
urgent necessity of getting to press ear
lier than formerly, most of them find it
necessary to condense, if not omit alto
gether speeches of members after mid-
. , ' o l, A a a; vaci.lt th.. n . f
ooy that he was, he was poring over a nrriM at. that hour, and , v.
single sweet smile Carrie Golding had adjourn earlier. The same plan might
given him ! be tried with good effect in
Nervous Disorders and Good Living.
A man somewhat nast middle life, but
wnose years do not imply senile decay,
becomes unfit for business, fidgety, irri
table, depressed, or even melancholio to
the extent of insanity. We hear that he
has been a hard-working man of busi
ness, always nervous, and very probably
an indifferent sleeper. Being most
heavy for sleep in the morning, he has
risen at the latest moment, and, snatch
ing a mouthful of breakfast, has hurried
off to catch the train or omnibus, wor
ried and anxious lest he fail to reach
his office at the hour appointed. At
lunch-time, if he be really hard-worked.
he takes, not a meal, but a sandwich or
biscuit, eaten perhaps standing, and of
ten bolted in so great a hurry that di
gestion is difficult ; he tells us that he
dare not take more of a meal in the mid
dle of the day, for he would be rendered
unfit for the remainder of his work. In
the evening, with what appetite he may,
he eats his dinner, perhaps not before
half-past seven o'clock. Now, granting
that his dinner is amply sufficient, such
a man lives on one meal a day with very
little besides. These are the persons who
cannot go on without frequent holidays ;
nervous by inheritance, they break
down because they are insufficiently fed.
A holiday, during which they live bet
ter, builds them up again for a time,
again to break down ; often to fall into
the condition above mentioned. Anoth.
er class among whom we may frequent
ly witness the same result and corres
ponding svmntnma &ta t.ViA rtlorcroman
The London Parliamentary reporters who for various rAnnnna rlanv thamaalDA.
have discovered that there is no plan an adequate amount of food. Whatever
wmcn sucoeeas so wen witn a long and the causo, certain it is that many of the
knew him know him no more forever.
N. Y. Tribune.
clergy break down in one or other of
the forms of nervous disorders already
enumerated, and an enlarged dietary is
to them a necessity. In low nervous
depression or melancholia; in hysteria
and neuralgia, the importancn of aim-
plying a large amount of nutriment to
the nervous system can scarcely be over
estimated, as in many cases it wilL be
found not only an alleviation, but a rad
ical cure. Good Health.
How Bodies May bo Frozen by Heat.
The fact that there now exists soveral
machines which through the consnmp
tion of coal produce ice, is one auite in,
explicable to many ; and perhaps while
we are enjoying our iced drinks, so
grateful in the hot weather suddenly
come upon us, an explanation of this
apparent paradox may not be unaccept
able. That heat should direotly or in
directly produce cold seems, at first
thought, an impossibility : nevertheless.
in the laboratory of nature this is an
operation constantly going on ; and it
a in iuib wise :
Whenever a body changes from
solid to a liquid Btate, or from a liquid
to a vaporous condition, large amounts
of sensible heat disappear. Either the
temperature (sensible heat) of the body
itself falls very much lower than it was
before in its change of state, or sensible
heat is abstracted from surrounding
Doaies to maintain tne expanding sub,
stance to its former temperature. The
heat abstracted and stored np iu the
body, so that it no longer produces the
enects popularly included in th term
" heating," has been called latent heat
Its amount varies greatly in different
onus, nquius, ana vapors.
Now there are two ways in which
bodies may be expanded, namely: by
adding to their heat sensible or latent,
or both or by removing tho pressure
their surfaces sustain. Or we may, if
we choose, both impart heal and remove
pressure simultaneously.
Thus the gas chlorine, when submit
ted to a pressure of about four atmos,
pheres, becomes a liquid, and will re
main so as long as the pressure is con
tinued. During the act of compression
it gives off a certain amount of heat.
whioh is the exact equivalent of the
mechanical power employed in reducing
its volume. When the pressure is re
moved, it expands to its original bulk as
a gas, and in so doing takes the same
amount of heat, from other bodies, as it
lost when compressed. Air, when com
pressed, gives off heat, and absorbs the
same amount again when it expands.
In reducing the volume of bodies, we
may not only use compression, but we
may also abstract heat by bringing
them into contact with oolder bodies,
thus powerfully aiding tho mechanical
power in bringing about the desired result.
But mechanical power is only another
name for heat, the terrestrial power. If
we employ a water wheel to generate our
power, we find this possiblo only because
heat has raised the water for us. If we
use wind as a motor, it is heat that cuts
the air in motion; and if we employ
steam, we must do the same thing. If we
use an electromotor we find our materials
prepared for us through the same agency,
Ihe various ice machines employ
volatile materials such as expand into
gas at ordinary temperatures, or at
least do so when atmospherio pressure
is removed from their surfaces. In thus
expanding they abstract heat from water
placed in suitable vessels, brought in
contact with the absorbing bodies. The
expanded gases are next compressed.
the heat given off during the compres
sion being absorbed by some other body
most generally water. The condensed
and cooled materials are then allowed
to expand in contact with the vessels
containing the water to be frozen again,
ana so on repeatedly until ice is pro
duoed.
Thus we see that heat indirectly pro
duces cold, and this is only an expression
of a general law. Nothing can gain
heat without loss of heat in something
ohe, and though the gain or loss may be
latent and not appear in the tempera
ture, yet we may be eure that the sum
totai is always tne same.
The Karrow-Gauge Railways.
The first locomotive built in thin nnnn
fru fill, a Tcmn..-.a..na -oil.nJ I
been completed at Philadelphia at the
Baldwin Worlra. far tTia naa tf fh. Tkan
ver and Rio Grande Railway. Its total
weigntm running order is 'Jo,300 pounds,
of which 20.500 is carried nn trmrlrivino.
wheels. The gauge is three feet. The
wheels ara nt in mini her fmii. nf tham
of a diameter of forty inches, being cou
pled as drivers, with the one pair of
leadiner wheels an nrrdticrorl aa fn cn.M
0 u w
11.. ' i. - , . ...
lud engine to run Bnort curves readily.
The . tender has four wheels. fl,nH Ann
carry 500 gallons of water and about
uue ana a nan tons ot coal, in the va-
construction or under consideration in
mis country tnree feet seems generally
to be taken as the standard of gauge ;
but it doM Hot. RAAm fhnf. Ilia nuaotmn
has been as fully discussed and under
stood as its importance demands. The
famous FpHtininir Tfdilnm-ir in Wilu I.a
o ' J - I VUU
first line of the kind to go into opera
tion, is oi oniy two leet gauge nominally
in fact it is half un inr-h Wa. Ttnf tliio
road was not built with the intention of
using steam on it. It was constructed
in 1832 as a horse tramway, and was so
operated until eight years ago, when it
was turned into a locomotive passenger
railway, and, contrary to the expecta
tions of flAftrlv AVArvhft1. nunt V
- J tttw.j vt.j .avv bUO
self-reliant innovator who effected the
change, proved a most remarkable suo-
cess. Thn rAnn.rtmAnt rf T,.V,); Wl.
in India, after a long investigation, re-
punou in iavor oi a gauge lor 0,000
miles of road of t WO fAT. ann ii rr I inin.
es, but finally adopted three feet and
tureu incaea. An iN or way two roads of
three febt and six inches are in success
ful oneration. (Iwirmi KtAnt.on.nn a:
i. O Wt.J'tlCUDUU U11K.
inally adopted the four-foot nine-inch
gauge, uouause 11 was used in all horse
vehicles in Eno-lund Wkon
of the first locomotive were put togeth
er, for some unexplained cause it proved
to be only four feet eight and a half
inches in gauge, and that was at once
without question accepted by railroads
generally as the best standard.
At a Certain hotel in Ohio. a. lnro-o
mirror is Placed at thn un l.rftndu nf tho
dining-hall, which is so constructed that
you see yourself a thin, cadaverous, hun
gry person; but when you oome out
from the table and look ap-ami in fh
glass, your body is extended to the ex-
a !i .. . a i
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. v
The recent census returns for Ireland,
couti asted with those of the past thirty
years, show a steady decrease in the pop
ulation. In 1811, the population was
8,196,597. In 1851 it was 0,574,278, while
this year it is but 9,402,858, nearly 400,
000 less than ten years ago.
Farmers in Wisconsin have engaged,
to a very considerable extent In tobacco
raising, the fields ranging in extent from
the garden-patch to forty, acres,, with
the majority from five to ten acres. So
many children have been placed at work
in the fields as to seriously affect the
schools.
A merry, light-hearted damsel rushed
into a citizen's arms at Savannah, ex
claiming, " Oh, you are my long-lost
brother 1" She soon discovered her mis
take, and rushed off in a confused man
ner, accompanied by her long-lost broth
er's pocket-book.
Quilp and his wife had a bit of con
tention, the other day. " I own you
have more brilliancy than I," said the
woman, " but I have the better judg
nient." " Yes," said Quilp, "your choice
in marriage shows that!" Quilp was
justly informed that he was a self-conceited
brute.
A clergyman was lately depicting be
fore a deeply interested audience tho
alarming increase of intemperanoe,when
he astonished his hearers by exclaiming :
" A young man in my neighborhood died
very suddenly last Sunday, while I was
preaohing the Gospel in a beastly state
of intoxication."
A dreadful catastrophe is renorted
from the State of Zacatecas, Mexico.
In the Quebradilla Silver Mine, on one
of the three gveat veins in that famous
region, a fire has occurred by which over
one hundred miners were suffocated.
The machinery and equipment of tho
Mexican mines are quite primitive ; but
fatal accidents from fires are not common
there, nevertheless.
A Cincinnati newspaper man. finding
himself in the neighborhood of one of
Brigham Young's wife, and having heard
of the terrible life the fragments of that
compound entity lead, burned with an
ambition to reveal her woes to the world.
He called to interview her, therefore,and
she went for him in words to the follow
ing effect: "I -will have nothing to do
with you. I am perfectly contented. I
get everything I need, and have an easy
pleasant life. Clear out I"
Connecticut has a superior class of
dogs, if we may judge from a canine
specimen owned by J. S. Trowbridge, of
Canaan. Trowbridge made a journey
on horsebaok one day. and missed his
dog. The next day he missed his wal
let, containing f C50, and on the second
day the faithful beast was found in the
road watching the money, which was
entirely safe. Suoh a dog would not
live long here unless bullet and poison
proof.
The lion and the lamb have no exensa
for not lying down together any more.
At Woonsocket, the other morning, a
cat, domiciled in a store, was found care
fully nursing three kittens and a young
rat. The kittens through the day were
removed, but the cat continued her
motherly offices to the rat. and when the
foundling was able to walk led it out
with her own progeny, showing no par
tiality, as becomes a proper parent.
There is a sharo rivalry iust now in
Alabama among different guano dealers.
One of them, by way of showing the su
periority of his guano over any other,
says that a farmer recently put a sample
of it into his pocket, in which there hap-
Eened to be a carpet tack, and started
ome on horseback. Before reaching
his house his steed broke down, and the
farmer was at a loss to discover the
cause until he found that the carpet
tack had grown to be a long bar of rail
way iron.
At the recent reunion of the class of
18G8, at Yassar College, the following
statistics were presented: Of the 25
members of that class, 1 is dead, 4 are
married, 1 is studying law. 2 have en
tered upon an advanced course of astro
nomical studies in Cambridge, 6 are pur
suing an extended course in the lan
guages, and 14 are teachers. To the
young mothers of the class, four daugh
ters have been born, the senior of whom
was adopted by the class, and received
as a present a massive silver cup.
Mr. Barnum is most resneo.tfullv in.
formed that the minutest manikin of a
baby has been born in Manchester, Vt.
It weighed, upon entering this creat
world, only 24 ounces ; its face may be
covered by an old-fashioned cent, and a
lady's finger-ring can be slipped on its
arm . It is a little baby and no mistake,
and what a contrast it would make to
even the smallest giant in Mr. Barnum's
menagerie I Yet all things go by com
parison, for the Vermont midget would
nave Deen a monster in Ijiliput.
They have horse flies in Atkans&a.
These arrangements are not, as the name
might seem to imply, ranked among the
sports of the turf, but are winged mon
sters, a size smaller than prairie chick
ens, with nozzles like well-augers, capa
ble of boring clean through an average
equine and clinching on 'tother side.
At far as heard from, the horses do not
seem to like them, but fly as soon as the
tormentor appears. This accounts for
the name, also for the fact that the far
mers are obliged to do their nlouehinir
by moonlight, when the insinuating
bores are at rest.
The Hartford Time tells of a Boston
man lately in that city, who ate raw
oysters off the shell till the waiter nearly
dropped from exhaustion ; then looked
at his watch and exclaimed, " By Jove I
I've only got ten minutes to get to the
cars in, and must break off right, in the
middle of a lunch. It's too bad too
bad. Just my luck. Can't never get
enough to eat outside of Boston." He
was only charged the ordinary price ot
twenty-hve cents a dozen for nice, large,
fat bivalves, and yet his lunch cost Jive
dollar and fifty cent. ' He made away
with two hundred and sixty-four oys
ters, which only served to whet hi an.
treinuy or corpulency.
petite.