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.KLK COUNTYTHE nKVUELICAX TARTY.
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Vol. il
RIDGWAY, PA,. THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1872.
,:: NO. 13.
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At lVE THY.
GOOD-BY.
t t i I . t . w. aiimo.
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.(liwd-by, proud worM I I'm oln noino ;
, Jnott art not my mind, mud I'm not thlnr.
I f . nr t)lrou1 nr weary crowd. I ronni i
A rfvbr-tttk on the ocenn bi-inr.
'Lonir X vo boon tostl llko the diirun foam !
But now. proud world ! I'm going homo.
tf:jUoo4-by to fliilttiry'n fiwrtilwr fnce ;
y rajri-indVitr with hi wie frrimaro;
t To upstart wealth'! nvi-rted fyp;
To npvle office, low uDil Midi ;
To Crowded halln, to conrt Mid utreet :
" -To frozen heart! a:vl haftlntrfeet !
p 1 To thoe who iro ;;nd thoio who conic
4uod-by, proud world ! I'm icolng home.
1 am going to my ou-n hearth-stone,
hoaoincd tu yon green hill alone
. A secret nook In a nlea.-ant land.
' Whose frroros tho frolic fairies planned ;
' Whcfo archos irreen. tho livelong day,
Ken. the blackbird, roundelay,
' And vulgar feet have never trod
- v A ot that Is sacred to thought and God.
l)li, when I am safe In my sylvan home,
. .1 troad on the pride of Greece and Rome !
"And When I am stretched beneath the pines
' Wh.fe the evening star so holy shines,
' I lautAi at the lore and pride of man.
At thetfephlst schools, and the learned clan ;
Fur what are they all, in their high conceit.
When a man in the bush with God may meet ?
THE STORY-TELLER.
, v, i. WASHED ASHORE.
, " Baysido," as its owner somewhat am
bitiously christened the incongruous ag
gregation of discomforts and wooden
balconies at tho head of the little cove,
was one of those numberless salt-water
summer refuges with which the shore of
Long' Island Sound is studded.
It was a quiet sort of place, and the
neighborhood wus good ; but the most
remarkable feature of Baysido that sum
mer was tho presence of Nellio Martin.
Of course, there were other girls enough,
that came and went ; but the steady
possession, week niter week, of even one
undeniable beauty, is a windfall for a
small watering-place. Old Bowers and
his managing wife frankly admitted tj
each other that they could have afforded
to board Nellie for no'.'iing.
" But not her mother," added the good
lady; 'J thoso tall, thin people are awful
caturs.". ti
! But I r-tther like the old gentleman,"
responded her spouse. " lie's a good
fisherman, and he brings home his fish ;
but I don't believe he's rich."
" If they ain't pretty well off," said his
wife, " they've no business to have
spoiled Nellie to that degree."
And beyond all doubt, tho willful
beauty had been spoiled "to that -dr
groo," so that she frankly accepted nU
mule attention an J duvotion as no niuiu
than 'her due, without the leapt appar
ent idow that it could. rightfully demand
repayment iu more serious coin than her
own smiling approval.
To do her justice, however, her fmlt
extended to her dealings with even the
children; .and she seemed as happy
among tho veriest babies that came to
Baysido as with the most persistent of
her grown-up admirers.
Even 'when her palo -faced mother
chided Nellio on her behavior, she could
obtain no more than a kiss of peace, and,
" Nonsense, mamma ; I'm sure it won't
hurt either of them."
And Mrs. Martin shook he r head lov
ingly, and held her peace, for when,
among so many young gentlemen as ap
peared and disappeared at Baysido, a
young j lady like Nellie could say
' eitlicr of them," it was very clear that
there were two in particular.
Both of them knew very well which
two, for Nellie's other worshippers were
undecided whether Jack Loutrel or
Murray Nesbitt were' most deserving
their bitterest resentment. One at least
of the more favored or skillful pair was
sure to be . in tho way of anybody else
who- dreamed of aspiring to a tete-a-tete
with Nellie Martin's bine eyes and gold
en hair.
Fine, presentable fellows ' were they
both, ftnd old Mr. Martin knew all
about them, and their fathers before
them. -
"Either would do," ho had said to
his wife, more than once.
Yes J but husband"
" Oh, now, Nellie must choose for her
self ; and I ain't at all sure she fancies
either of them."
No more was Nellie ; but they both
amused her in just the way she liked to
be amused.
Jack and Murray gallantly maintain
d an outward semblance of personal
good-will to each other, through all the
ups and downs of thoir doubtful rivalry ;
but who shall blame Jack if he expe
rienced a keen sensation of triumph at
finding Nellie Martin actually in his
boat, one splendid July morning, wheu
he felt sure ho was bearing her away
fronj'J aiofresponding devices on land'f
Alas I for Jack's triumph ! If ho could
only have known that the feeling up
permost -in the heart of his companion
was "one' of merry anticipation of tho
disgust of Murray Nesbitt, when he
should drive up to Bayside with his new
turn-out, and find that sho and Jack
had " gone to sea." . .
Nevertheless, for she was fond of boat
ing, she fully appreciated the skill and
vigor-jof Jack's rowing, as the gay little
craft ' darted forward over the glassy
water. Nellie herself could pull very
well, but Jack Loutrel was an athlete of
no mean fJrder.
" It's a splendid morning for a row,"
he said ; " but we' muBt not stay out
too long. Tho sun will be very hot by-Hiid-by,"
"Not too long, indeed," said Jack;
" but I've a notion there's a storm brew
ing." Parhtps there waa; but Jack had
made up his mind that some things
should be attended to that morning,
storm or shine.
"There's that desolate-looking little
island, at the mouth of the cove," said
Nellie. " Did you ever go ashore there '("
" Island '(" replied he. " Yea, desolate
enough. " It's dry now, at low water,
but tho waves go clean over it when the
tide's up. Shall we land, and take pos
session, and make believe there's a chance
of finding something '("
" I don't care," said Nellio, and in a
few minutes more thoy were seated co
rily on the low ledge in the centre, and
Jack was silent for a little space, as he
looked dreamily out to sea, with his
great brown eyes.
When he turned them again at Nnllio,
they had a look in them that almost
frightened her, and she could have wish
ed herself in the boat again.
." What is the matter, JackW' she ask
ed, with an attempt at banter. Are
you "
" Hush, Nellie ; don't laugh at me
just now," interrupted Jack, in a voice
that was deep, even for him, but very
low and sweet ; " I've something I want
to sny to you."
And so he had, and he said it nil bJl
fore Nellie could muster courago to stop
him. It was hardly a fair advantage
for Jack to take, away out there on the
half-sunken rook, so far from Bay-side,
and a good quarter of a mile from either
Bhore. Perhaps Nellie herself had some
such idea, or it may be she was sturtlod
and bewildered.
At all events, when her eloquent com
panion pleaded for an immediate an
swer, she sprang to her feet with a laugh
that expressed a world of willful mean
ing. " Do you mean to mock me, Nellie
Martini' Do you not know can you
not feel that I am in earnest V It is a
matter of life and death with mo! An
swer me ! oh, Nellie !"
" Mr. Jack Loutrel. will you have the
goodness to -null mo ashore, or shall I
take the boat, and go alone :" .
"l want to he your oarsman tor life,
Nellie, but not just nsw."
Nellie was already standinff bv the
boat, as it rocked gently at th edge of
the little islet.
" Shall I wait for vou '(" she said, and
there whs half a tremor in her voice.
Jack Loutrel could not have snoken
at that moment to have saved his life.
and ho sunk back upon his seat, from
which he had partly risen, but with his
back toward the boat. He justly felt
that he had said something which was
worthy of more serious dealing, coming
from a man in earnest.
Perhaps if he had snoken. or had
turned his great brown eves tinon her
for a moment, tho result might havo
been different ; but ho sat, without voice
or emotion, more like a human barnacle
than anything else.
A moment more elhe waited. She
would have given something for an an
swer, for any sign of yielding ; but nono
came, and her proud will carried her
into the boat, and seated her at the oars.
Sho pulled very slowly, and it was
itlf a mile to the beach in front of tho
;an: l i Hotel, but a curve in tho land
1. 1 lur.i hid fhe rock from her sight, with-
slightest change of posture in the figure
sho had left sitting on the ledge.
It was a tremendous experience for
Nellie, ultogcthtr unlike any sho had
ever had before ; and it may have been
tho tumult and excitement of her feel
ings, even more than carelessness, that
led her to accept so eagerly tho offer of
a drivo with Murray Nesbitt, which
waited for her acceptance as she
stepped on shore. Little change was re
quired in her simple seaside costume,
and in a few minutes sho was whirled
away behind the new team.
Meanwhile Jack Loutrel had remain
ed, in almost sullen fixedness of musing,
for a much longer time than thoso who
knew him would have dreamed of, for
he had ri- ked much on one cast, and he
had failed to win.
He was not physically uncomfortable,
for the fast-rising clonds had now
eclipsed the summer sun, and with a
gdod provisiou of fishing-tackle, per
haps the rock wonld not havo been so
bad a place.
Not so very bad, with due allowances,
for now the sore-hearted watcher was
suddenly aroused by tho plash of little
waves that were breaking at his very
feet, and he felt tho fresh wind of tho
sea upon his face. '
" Hullo !" he exclaimed, " tho tido
coming in'r' Of course it is ; and what
am I to do, now Nellio has carried off
the boat ':"
Black and heavy the clouds were
gathering overhead, and a sort of mist
had settled on the water away to wind
ward. " Looks like something rough was
coming. Drown, sure, if I stay here.
This is an awkward piece of business ;
but I've swam twice as far as that, and
carried my clothes, too. They got
wretchedly wet, though. Well.here goes !"
Jack Loutrel was a man of action,
and his outer clothing was quickly
enough rolled in a neat, compact bun
dle, and fastened at the back of his
neck. Then, as he stood and watched
the swift eurrent of tho tide sweeping
into the covo, a thought seemed to strike
him, and he suddenly snatched off his
light chip hat, and sent it spinning out
upon the water.
" It's one of those varnished things,
and I'm sure it'll float. I've got an
awful pull to get ashore, and I'll see
which'll bo at Bayside first I or my
hat." .
If ho had any deeper thought, he did
not put it in words, but dashed gallantly
into tho fast-roughening water.
And now the wind was beginning to
bo something more than a breeze, and
Jack's work was all cut out for him, for
he did not care to bo carried too far
into tho cove by the tido.
Ktill, there was nothing so impossible
in the feat, for a man like Jack, but
what, in due time, though pale, and
dripping, and exhausted, he dragged
himself out on dry land. And then he
found it no contemptible job to coax
himself onco more inside of bis water
soaked clothing..
Beyond him, at a little distance, rose
the bald, weather-beaten knob that they
called " The View," and which formed a
stock attraction of the Bayside " drive."
The road itself passed near where Jack
had landed, and he waited a moment in
the bushes at its edge, for his ears had
caught the sound of coming wheels, and
he hesitated about making an exhibition
of himself. It was a rising tide he had
breasted, but within his own heart
things were at a torribly low ebb.
Nearer and faster u.uiiu the rattle of
tho whee!s, uui then there swept past
him, at their best gait, the new team of
Murray Nesbitt, and Nellie Martin her
self was sitting beside the handsome
driver. She seemed to bo looking up at
him, too, with more of earnestness and
emotion in her face then Jack Loutrel
had ever seen there. True, it was but a
glimpse he caught as they flashed past
him ; but he cared no longer who might
see him in his forlorn predicament, and
sprang over into tho rood to make the
best of his way to the hotel.
That hud been an eventful morning
for Nellio Martin. It was a long drive
that Murray Nesbitt had planned for
her, and that, too, not without a pur
pose of his own. Tho swift motion was
a good thing for Nellie, and aided
amazingly in restoring the tone ot fter
somewhat ruffled spirits ; but, for all
that, sho was more silent, and in a
manner more subdued than Murray had
ever known her before. How could lie
have given up so good and so ho'l'ul
an opportunity 'r At all events, ho did
not, and Nellie heard him to tho end in
such a half-humble quietude, that Mur
ray s heart throbbed quick and last,
with a irlow of coming triumph.
They were not driving very fast just
then, but were coming out upon tho
seawurd slope of " Tho lew.
Nellie's luce had been half-averted,
and there was a dreamy look in her eyes
that her companion did not see. hud
denly she exclaimed, with a sort of half
elect lie start :
"Where is ' the rock 'r Why, it is
nothing but foam ; and how the wind
is blowing.
" Oh, that rock," ho snid, coolly.
" Why, that's uothing. he water has
been over it this half hour."
"Home! home! Drive back to the
hotel instantly !" gasped Nellie. " Oh !
if anything has happened to him ' I
left him on the rock without a boat !"
Even Murray's disappointment did
not prevent his obeying so serious an
injunction, and n they sped, past Jack
Lotitrel's ambush, littlo dreaming that
he would como striding on behind th:m.
It was a short drive, long as it seemed
to Nollie's conscience-stricken haste ;
and she ran breathlessly from the car
riage to tho be;.ch.
Careful hands hud hauled the bouts
up high and dry, for the waves were
chasing one another in a rough and
tumble that v. is momentarily becoming
more boisterous
No one seemed at hand to help, and
Nellie's own fair hands were quickly
tugging vainly at one of the gayly
painted wherries.
" Wait a moment, miss !" shouted be
hind her the voice of the boat-keeper.
" by, ycr into tho water yourself,
lou uoilt wntiu i. : ii i,
sea t"
" Oh ! but we must save him ! I left
him on tho rock !"
Just then, a long, crested, splashing
wave died away from around her feet,
and left behind it, on the sand, a round,
water-soaked chip hat. Nellie saw it,
and covered her face with her hands,
for now sho know that Jack Loutrel
was not upon the rock.
As for Murray Nesbitt, by this time
he measurably comprehended tho situa
tion, or thought he did, ana insisted on
doing his uttermost to get one or more
of the boats into the water, having it in
mind to row all over the covo in search
of any hope of aiding his unfortunate
rival ; while poor Nellie, after a few
moments, mechanically picked up tho
wave-tossed wreck of a hat, and turned
back toward the hotel, without vouch
safing a word of explanation to tho
curious and anxious iuquirors, who were
now rapidly hurrying down to the
water-side. So general, in fact, was the
exodus, that when Nellie entered the
veranda, she found it altogether deserted.
On she walked, liko one in a dream ;
but at the further end, toward the road,
a tall form, clad in garment! that clung
forlornly close to their woarer, passed
stiffly by her, us if it had been one who
knew her not.
" Oh, Juck !" exclaimed Nellie, and
she grasped him hard by the arm us she
spoke. " Jack Loutrel, i it you 'i Jack,
here's your hat."
Jack had turned upon her a pale, re
proachful, almost a stormy face ; but
Nellie's blue eyes were streaming with
tears, and her lips, that had been so
willful, were quivering as they nevor
had before.
" Oh, Jack ! if you had not como
ashore, I should havo died !"
" Nellie ! Nellie Martin !"
" Yes, Jack ; I found it out all at once,
when I saw there was nobody on the
rock. And, then oh ! whan I thought
nothing but your hat Please forgive
me, dear Jack."
Alas ! for Murray Nesbitt ! The glory
of his new team had departed, for Jack
Loutrel had got his answer.
Old Leather.
What becomes of all the old leather 'i
We know that the scraps and trimmings
that full from tie shoemaker's bench
aro collected and sold, and that these
finally reach manufacturers of leather
board, which, in cheap shoes, is used to
give thickness to a solo which has but
littlo real leather in it. But what be
comes of worn out boots and shoes, and
all other articles made of leather which
have been cast aside as of no further
use ? It was in pursuit of this inquiry
that we learned that worn out hose and
belting are cut op into soles for boots,
and that the "uppers" of boots and
shoes whereof the soles have become de
moralized, are carefully separated, sub
jected to various processes, which make
them take on the semblance of newness,
and then trimmed round, leaving them
sufficiently large to make the " uppers "
for smaller feet than they covered be
fore. Thousands of such " uppers " are
marketed annually, and it is not safe
for thoso who buy their boots without
regard to the standing of the dealers to
assume that their understandings arc
new throughout.
Princesses n Milliners.
Dr. Doran wrote a book on " Mon
archs Ketired from Business," but it ban
been reserved for tho last French Rev
olution to convert princesses into milli
ners. Iu tho advertising column of a
Loudon journal wo find an advertise
ment in the French language, announc
ing that the Princess Pierre Bonaparte
had opened a millinery establishment,
Mayatin de 3lwh, at 17 Bond Street, in
that city, and solicits the patronage of
tho fair ladies of the English aristoc
racy. An editorial notice in the same jour
nal refers to the fact, and states the rea
son to be tho poverty of the Princess,
and the urgent need of her doing some
thing to support her children.
This lady is the wife of tho Prince
Pierto Bonaparte, whose chief notoriety
has arisen trom his killing tho Parisian
journalist Victor Noir, an incident
which probably precipitated tho down
fall of the Empire, by exasperating pop
ular feeling.
He was an officer of th army, but
hits been a poor relation f the Emperor
for a long time, and dependent on the
pension granted him while the latter
had control of tho public purse. He is
ufllicted not only with this, and the
other evil of a very bad temper, but a
martyr to the gout also.
His marriage with his mistress, the
mother of his children, who was a wo
man of obsenre position, greatly offend
ed his imperial relatives when it took
place, shortly after his trial ; and it is
more than probable that they give him
and his the cold shoulder now.
The Empress still keeps up her mimic
court ut Chisi'lhurst, but, not despising
economies, lias recently advertised her
jewels tor sale, and they are now on ex
hibition t a London jewelerV. But
the poverty of the imperial pair is of
taut comparative kind which is very
comfortable, for tho diamonds alone are
worth several hundred thousand pounds
sterling, not to mention " nosi eggs"
which have tieen securely put away.
We need not condole with tem ; but
our admiration and sympathy are due to
the brave woman who has the truo
pride which prefers independence to de
pendence, and who braves scoffs and pre
judices in converting her misfsr.tunes,
and the historic name she bears, intt a
support for herself and her family.
Ail Old. Dub h City. -
A correspondent of tho TrHriiiit,
writing from tho old Dutch city of Am
sterdam, says that in tho thirteenth cen
tury the city consisted of a number of
fishermen's huts clustered together on a
salt marsh. After the siege of Antwerp,
activo merchants of the sixteenth cen
tury, and clever manufacturers, driven
by Spanish persecution, sought refuge
. ... . . tr,i..,i
where they entered into new commer
cial pursuits. Amsterdam then de
pended principally on its shipping in
terests ; and at that period it engrossed
tho carrying trade ot the whole world,
and reared a race of bold and hardy sea
men, ever ready to fight the batties of
thoir country or to brave tho tempests
of tho deep. Tho ground plan of the
city is in tho shape ot a crescent, its
walls surrounded by a semi-circular
canal, or wido fosso. Within tho city
are found other canals, running parallel
to the outer one, and called, respectively,
thj Priusen, Keigers, Hoeren and Singel
Gracht. Each is lined with very hand
some houses, and some of the public
buildings situated on these broad canals
will compare favorably with tho finest
in Europe. Two hundred and ninety
eight bridges connect tho ninety-five
islands upon which Amsterdam is built.
The daily cost of keeping in repair and
the cleansing of dikes, bridges, etc , is
calculated ut two thousand two hun
dred dollars. It is said that when Eras
mus, in old times, reached Amsterdam,
he exclaimed, " These people, like crows,
live on the tops of trees." The Dutch
East India Company build somo enor
mous corn warehouses ; and in 182:2,
having stored them with three hundred
and fifty tons of corn, tho foundation,
being laid on piles, could not bear the
prossuro, and corn and buildings disap
peared in tho mud beneath. In fact the
wholo city is founded on piles, so ithut
heavy burdens are always transported
along the canals.
All Awkward Mistake.
A curious story was current in Wre&t
End circles some years ago. The Duko
of Wellington received a note which he
believed emanated from the Bishop of
London, requesting permission "to
sketch the Waterloo breeches." Tho
Duke, though both alarmed and sur
prised, immediately ordered the " small
clothos" to bo forwarded to St. James
square, with the following characteristic
epistlo : " F. M. the Duko of Wellington
presents his compliments to the Bishop
of London, and is not aware that the
breeches he wore on tho occasion of tho
battle of Waterloo differ materially from
many other pairs in his Grace's posses
sion, but they are very much at tho
Ti T .11. i
nisuop s service, aim uo can make any
use of them he thinks proper." The
Bishop's consternation on receipt of the
above, with its accompanying parcel,
had the effect of inducing him imme
diately to order his carriage and drive
to the Prime Minister with this sad
proof of the wreck of his Grace's mental
powers, whilst tho " Duke," on the
other hand, mounted his horse and rode
to the residence of tho Lord Chancellor
with a similar announcement in respect
to tho Bishop, producing the note he
had that morning received. On a
closer examination it was discovered
that the writer was not tho Bishop of
London, but " Miss Loudon," daughter
of the great landscape gardener, and
herself an artist of some celebrity, ask
ing his Grace's permission to sketoh not
the " Waterloo breeches," but a clump of
trees at Btrathfieldsaye, known as the
"Waterloo beeches." Tho Duko had
mistaken " Loudoa" for " London," the
Bishop's usual signature, tho initials be
ing, singularly enough, the same in both
cases. Miner' Journal,
Caiise of Chills nnd Fever.
Dr. II. T. Trail nv. in Tl Vhrmnlnnl
cat Journal, that intermittent fever is
Known to prevail (except in sporadic
cases) only in districts where there is a
largo amount of vegetable matter in a
stnto of decomposition, and this occurs
more especially in times of drouth. In
dry seasons, rotting wood and vegeta
tion, usually innocuous bocausu under
water, is cxpoerd to the atmosphere,
which it attaints with the emanations
of decay. We have no evidence that
any amount of decaying vegetable mat
ter on a dry soil, though it may be. very
unwnoiesome, is especially conducive to
me lniermitient torm ot fever. Moist
ure is an essential fuotnr in hn raium
But all swampy lands are more or less
nrmliii,tin V r .1
pvuuvM.u iuo ui lever in ury
seasons, and the prevalence of intermit
tents in their vicinities always corres
ponds with tne quantity ot decaying, or
ganic matter.
Annthnr slriiirno rf tno rli'aeflur, ,rf
ten thought of, and seldom alluded to
in medical books, is rotting wood, and
other decaying vegetable matter, in the
cellars nnd door-yards of houses which
are situated in damp phicos. If wood,
or any other decaying vegetable matter,
and water are allowed to accumulate in
the immediate vicinity of houses or
stables, tho water will become stagnant,
and malarial gases will be generated,
causing intermittent fever in tho eccu
pants of tho houses, and a more obtcure,
though Hiialugous affection in the do
mestic animals.
Many farmers wonder why the mem
bers of their families are sick, and how
their domestic animals become diseased,
when, if thev would mil. lnV of tl.o
.stagnant water, decaying offal, and ac-
cumuiatea excrement in the immediate
vicinity, they would find the explanation
in an ever-present malarial atmos
phere. Saving Money.
There is, perhaps, no ono iu this world
more to be pitied than the poor man
the man who has got into the hp.bit of
saving until he saves from sheer delight
in seeing his wealth increase, and of
counting every dollar of expenditure as
though its loss was something that could
never be repaired. Yet it is the duty of
every poor man to save soniothing. The
possession of a few dollars often makes
all tho difference between happiness and
luisiTy, and no man, especially with 11
family dependent on him, can be truly
independent unless he has a few dollars
reserved for the time of need. While
extreme carefulness as to the expendi
ture of money will make a rich man
poor, a wiso economy will almost as cer
tainly make a poor man rich, or at least
make him, to a considerable extent, in
dependent of tho caprices of employers
and of the common vicissitudes of life,
mini 'than the "h:abTrorlMii,',slJlnr
thing ; but his little hoard will soon be
gin to grow at a rato which will sur
prise and gratify him. Evory working
man ought to havo an account in some
savings bank, and should add to it every
week during which he has full employ
ment, even if the addition is but a dol
lar ut a time. If he does this he will
soon find the dollars growing into tens,
and these tens into hundreds, and in a
littlo time will be in possession of a sum
which is constantly yielding an addition
to his income, which secures him a re
serve fund whenever one is needed, and
which will enable him to do many
things, which, without a littlo money,
he would be powerless to do. I'ittntmrijh
I'ort.
Indian Kelics in Indiana.
The New Albany, Ind., Itlger of a
recent date contains the following :
Mr. Samuel Jones, near New Amster
dam, Harrison county, sends ns an ac
count of having drained a lake in his
place covering over seventy acres, which
has probably existed there for hundreds
of years. The work was ono of great
labor and expense, but restores to use a
fine body of land, and Mr. Jones is cer
tainly entitled to great credit for the
work performed. Ho informs us that
after the draining had been coniplcu-d
he found that the bed of the lake had at
ono time been occupied as an Indian
camping ground, probably the site of
one of their villages. As evidence of
this, ho states that in digging a cellar
large quantities of bear and doer bones
were thrown up. At other points on
tho place, wheu digging holes to set
posts, bones of Indians were found.
Several Indian graves have been dis
covered on tho place, which appear to
have been covered with mussel shells,
taken from the bed of some of the neigh
boring creeks, or the Ohio river. Indian
implements of various kind havo also
been found on the place, and in the im
mediate neighborhood. From tho state
ment of Mr. Jones there can be no
doubt that tho locality, at ono time, has
been the homo of a large tribe of North
American Indians, every trace ot which
has disappeared except the relics thus
accidentally discovered, ibis is an in
teresting field for tho investigations of
arctiteologists, and may enable them to
gather some valuable information in re
gard to the aborigines of the country.
Not Ix. A pompous, well-dressed
Serson entered a bank one day, and ad
ressing the teller, who was something
ot a wag, inquired, " Is the cashier in i
" No. sir." was the renlv.
" Well, am dealing iu pens, supply
ing the New England banks pretty
largely, and I suppose it will be proper
tor me to deal with the cashier.
" I suppose it will," said the teller.
' Very well ; I will wait."
After sitting in a chair, with which
the teller politely furnished him, for an
hour and a half, the pen-peddler asked.
" How soon do you think the cashier
will be in r
Well, I don't know exactly," said the
waggish teller ; " but I expect him in
about eight weeks. He has gone to
Lake Superior, and told me he thought
be should be back in that time.
Peddler concluded not to wait,
Romantic Marriage.
At noon yesterday an event of unusual
intorest took placo at the Home for the
friendless the marriage ot Judson P.
Esmay, a conduetor on the Northwestern
Bond, to Martha Arlingdale, one of the
pupils in tho Industrial School.
As nearly as can be ascertained, the
history ot Miss Arlingdale is as follows :
Her father was an officer in tho rebel
army, and was killed in 1864, and her
mother died shortly attorward, at Helena,
Ark., leaving the child a helpless orphon.
She was brought to Plainfield, 111., by
Capt. James Baker, of the Union army,
and for six months had a home in his
family, when she was sent to the Home
for the Friendless in this city. Having
been taught to read and to sew, sho was
adopted into a family at Clinton, Iowa,
but tho death of her benefactor caused
her to be returned to tho Home. On
her way hither she attracted the atten
tion of her future husband, who placed
her in tho hands of Mrs. Grant and Miss
Bowman, and requested permission to
visit her. For two and a half years he
iias waw:iied over his iirotcrrt. onlv to
ciaim nor yesterday ns his bride.
Airs. Esmay is sixteen years of age,
jietile in figure, and a brunette with
flashing black eyes. She has been fairly
:.. " 1 1 . r
cumureu, in uiiuauic in Temperament,
and was a general favorite with tho lady
managers of the Home.
Air. Jiismny is twenty-nine years old,
bears a high character, nnd has two
brothers in this city who aro greatly
esteemed.
A wedding based upon such Tomontic
encumstances necessarily croatod a great
sensation. For some time the lady Di
rectors of the Home have been prepar
ing for the event, and the fair bride was
forced to accept an outfit at the hands
of those whose hearts sho had Touched.
The arrangements for the dress were
made by Mrs. Perry H. Smith. Mw. Ed
ward Ely, and Mrs. II. M. Buell, and
materia' therefor was contributed by
several parties. Mrs. William C. Dow
decorated the reception-rooms with
flower:., and Mrs. Martin Andrews sent
the bridal bouquet.
The ceremony took place at noon in
tho i".ading-room, Elder Boring officiat
ing, in the presonco of a large number
of ladies. The bridesmaids were eighteen
gins irom tho indistnal School. Tho
brido wore a drab travelling dress, gloves,
and veil, and a white hat trimmed with
drab, and relieved by rose-colored rib-
nous, in her lett hand was an elegant
bouquet. Tho groom was attended bv
his two brothers. On the conclusion of
the ceremony, Elder Boring presented
a Bible, when tho party repaired to the
residenco of tho elder brother, and last
evening repaired to Oak Park, to spend
the honeymoon with a relutive. Chiengo
Triiune, May
A Tl-i to Florida.
visiting Florida. IT is' K m.tL01".
visit. Dreamy lagoons, fringed with
moss-draped trees, and alligators thrown
in, are not to bo found in Jersey. Or
rango groves aro not froquent in West
chester County. By all means come to
Florida, if you have no disease of the
lungs or bronchia, and if you are a pru
dent and sensible man. If you aro a
nervous, fidgety 'Wall Street man, tho
lazy, tortoise life here will do you good.
A look out upon the cypress swamp wall
calm your nervos, if uny thing will.
Tho very splash of the terrapin and the
hoot ot the owl will lull you. lho bluo
heron flaps his big wings as if they were
made of lead, and the alligator lies
sprawling on the log, as in a paradise of
dream. After all, there's tho secret.
It's New York that's killing you, ye
workers. Your overwrought brains
neod a lullaby. You'll find it in Flori
da. This is the real Antipodes. Six
days will bring you here ; and the
scenery and atmosphere are such, on
this St. John's, that you can't think of
stocks and luuiu.iU.- if you try. This
is the land where tow us consist of one
house ; where steamboats make eight
miles an hour ; where railroads carry
you four miles an hour (on my honor,
they are four hours going sixteen miles,
from Tocoi to St. Augustine) ; where the
happy maxim rules, " Never do to-day
what you can put off till to-morrow ;"
whero the mail comes senu-occasionally ;
where the newspaper is almost as rare
as a snowstorm ; and where telegrams
are unknown. Jhiearil CV(ty.
Weights and Ages,
Somebody who has been "studying
our weights" reports that " upon an
avu-rugo, boys at birth weigh a little
more, and girls a little less, than six
pounds and a half. For the first two
years the two sexes continue nearly
equal in weight, but beyond that time
males acquire a decided preponderance.
Thus young men ot twenty average one
hundred and torty-three pounds each,
while the young womon ot twenty aver
age one hundred and twenty pounds.
Attn reach their heaviest bulk at about
thirty-five, when they average about
one hundred and sixty-two pounds ; but
women slowly increase in weight until
fifty, when their average is one hundred
and forty-nine pounds. Taking men
and women together, their weight at
full growth averages about twenty times
as heavy as they were on the first day
of their existence. Men range from one
hundred and eight to two hundred
pounds, women from eighty-eight to
two hundred and seven pounds. The
actual weight of human nature, taking
the average of all ages and conditions
nobles, clergy, tinkers, tailors, maidens.
boys, girls, and babies, all included, is
very nearly ono hundred pounds. These
figures are given as avoirdupois weight ;
but tho advocates of the superiority of
wuiueu luigm wane u nice point oi in
troducing tho rule that women be
weighed by Troy weight like other
jewels ana men avoirdupois. The fig
ures will then stand: young men of
twenty, one hundred and iorty-threo
pounds eacb ; young women of twenty,
ono hundred and sixty pounds.
A Hun Francisco court has decided
that opium eating in not intemperance.
Facts and Figures sii
. i' ::r
The sum of $250,001) was realized last
yoar by the sponge gatherers-, on the
lower gulf coast of Florida.
The hair of a gray-heaaett 61dk patri
arch of 88, in Calais, Vt, is tunning black
without any patent appliances.
Got. Caldwell, of North CMjKha, has
just pardoned out of the ppuitentiary a
convict who died ahputj fi?xwcfl"i.,ttg9-
Itis said that the munbor.,of Ameri
can books in tho British-Museum is
greater than fn any library iitbei ITni
ted States. , . ..; lW )MsiX,
Thieves "went through'',, a r .Fort
Wayne reporter and came out with' thre?
lead pencils, a broken Comb, ftnd a dead
head circus ticket; fyr
A little girl ; in New Hampshire go
two beans up' her nose the pther day,
A doctor and a bottle of Other were tteck
essary to save hex life. . fcj ,,
" Spank this boy and send hha home.'!
is tho label which anxious Detroit
mothers stick on their bovs when ftheV
semi them out to play :, ;! i' ,&i.ut
Smart boys in Quincy, ,111.,-.ciifc -.ort'
rats' tails, plant them in flower-pots. '
and sell them to unsophisticated fidrMs
as a new species of cactus; :1 is ,Wi-. '.
The English; papers have cennd-ftol
riding the fichborne claimant, and ,ad?,
mit that his ease is " rising almost to its
former dignity and interest.' fui' MuwU
Tho American Medical Association tit'
Philadelphia has resolved that its Ipem-.
hers should discourage the use of alcouoV
as a stimulus in their remedies; ' ' '
A man in Lansing. Mich., hart a crow'
that associates with tho hens and erowsr
like a healthy rooster. Who has a bet
ter right to crow than a'crow!'' r '!- .
A female infant was fonrid' toi the
porch of a honse in Gnrmantown, P.a.,i
and carried to the poor house, where it
was registered as " Dolly Varden." ' '
A census has just been taken' of the
members of Brigham Young's family..'
which returns him G8 children, of whom
40 uro females. His wives number lit.
A queer individual at Keokuk. Iowa.
called on tho undertaker and got meas
ured for his own coffin. Ho said he
wanted no measuring tapes about his re-'
mains. .;; '
Somebody is responsible for the Ussr-1
tion that Queen Victoria has an America
can young lady as waitine-maid. She
is a Bostonian nnd a general favorite,
n W ill f LU1U. . i
An Alabama paper was not issued' iit
the regular time, latoly, one of the edi
tors being on the jury, and the other '
having been married. . Both expressed ,
their regrets in tho next issue.
Somebody in Wisconsin has discovered
that tho northwestern boundary of 'the
ommonweaitn resembles ' a profile of :
lue luopuciAjv Jt
and new it wants to be called the Wash-
--
A Kansas crack marksman was lately
acquitted on a charge of assault with
intent to kill by showing in the back
yard that if he had fired at a man in
tending to kill him, he would surely ;
have done it.
The New Albany (Ind.) Ledger says :
Fifty newspapers and periodicals are
taken by one man at this post-office.
Ho is an old farmer, and little known in
literary circles, yet ono of tho most in-,
telligeut men in the county.
The latest fashion at a church wed
ding is for a wreath of flowers to be
stretched across the aisle, instead ot the
customary white ribbon or cord, and
when the brido arrives, it is spread on
tho ground for her to step over, so that
she may literally walk upon roses.
A prudent father in Lovoll, Ky.t has
found a way of removing objectionablo :
members of his family circle, which iu
eft'ectivo enough, but not to be encour
aged on general principles. He placec a
loaded pistol in the hands of bis little
son, uged seven years, and told him to
shoot his half sister, a poor imbecile.
The child did not hit the' right sister,
but the family circle was diminished to
the sumo extent.
Santauta, tho uotable Indian chief.
now in tho Penitentiary with Big Tree, -sentenced
for life for tho murder of .
Texan citizens, has made a proposition
to Governor Davis to leave Big Tree as
a hostago for his fidelity, and let the
Governor send men with him, and he
promises to go to all the tribes, return
all the captives in their hands without -ransom,
and gather in all his wild tribes
on any reservation which may be select
ed by the Government, and that they
shall keep tho peace hereafter.
At a teachers' institute in St. Louis
county, Missouri, a school-master argued
that it was not possible to get along
with boys of fifteen and sixteen years
of age without flogging them or dis
missing them from school. It is to the
credit of the institute that none of the
other teachers present agreed with him.
One was sure that " schools could bo
controlled without tho infliction of
bodily pain ;" while another member
said that " in nine cases out of ten pupils
were flogged in the heat of passion."
Tho Vicksburg (Miss.) Herald, vouches
for this, if true, certainly very romarka
ble fact : " In the blooming, beautiful,
balmy May of 18U3, one of those dread-.
ful battle-stained years never to be for-
gotten, General Tiligham fell, shot dead, .' '
at the battle of Champion Hill, gallant
ly struggling in defence of his cherished '
principles. His noble life ebbed away
on the spot where he fell, and the sad
earth drank bis blood with greedy
thirstiness. But upon that immediate ..
spot grew a peach tree that had raolieil
maturity, while its roots steeped theni y
selves in the martyr's blood. Singular
to relate the loaves and fruit of this treo "
aro a blood-red color. The tree Vas i
transplanted and is now in the orchard
of Dr. J, L. Hebron, of this couuty
Tho propagations from the tree are oi' -.'
tho same peculiar color. There is some
thing very peculiar about this. We
have seen the leaves and must confess
they do look and even (to us) smell like
blood. The toot can be witnessed bv
those taking the trouble,1