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HENRY A. PARSONS, Jr., Editor and Publisher. NIL DESPERANDUM. Two Dollars per Annum.
VOL. IX. EIDGWAY, ' ELK COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, JULY, , 24, 1879. NO. 22.
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I Go to Bed.
Whon I have loot nit faith in man,
Or Inilect to consummate some planj
When womon Inir nre cold, unkind,
And things Record not with my inind,
I do not rashly seize mjj pen
And in a flurry there and then
Dcclnre this gladsome world to be
One endless round of vanity (
Ah! no, for this were mockery
1 go to bed.
' When through my head there darts a pain
And life seems an more-Ming bane,
When triends their patronage withhold,
And creditors become too bold,
I do not in seclusion mourn,
And curse the hour when 1 was born
I go to bed.
When some D. D. doserts his creed,
And quacks their many victims bleed ;
When editors write sharp replies,
And moneyed men keep back supplies,
I do not then, in prose and verse,
Implore the gods mankind to enrse
I go to bed.
When couples marry in great haste,
And servants pilfer, tret and waste;
When general oourts their terms prolong,
In short, when things get somewhat wrong,
I do not bite my lips and scowl,
And at the children snap and growl
I go to bed.
I go to bod and soundly sleep,
While friendly angels vigils keepi
Hut it, however, I awake
Before my ailments me forsake,
I do not of my life complain,
Bat try the remedy again
And bock to bed.
Tc who have griefs (and who has not?)
Let past prescriptions be forgot,
My panacea for old and young
Is given in the Knglisli tongue,
It hath to untold millions wrought
Sweetest relief, nor cost them aught j
And now if you, like those, would bo
From every pain and trouble free,
Light a small lump and come with me
I go to bed.
The Wreck of the " Pioneer."
Ralph Keystone was one of those mrn
who combine a talent for practical
things with nn active imagination. He
was :it t'ie same time a most unpractical
man in affairs of business. Like all im
aginative men. he early found a woman
whom l:e could clothe in ideal charms,
and then fell in love with her. Jane
llcsatit was the only daughter of Farmer
Bes.int, who owned and operated an im
mense wheat farm not far from the vil
las;" of Muskalontie. To Farmer Besant
went Kalpli in the lirst flush of his love
for Jane.
' You wish to marry Jane?"
The young man replied. " Not immedi
ately," for just at the time he was out of
employment.
' That's just it, Keystone," said the
farmer; "you are out of work for the
fourth time since you came from the
East. How can you marry on bo un
certain a prospect? You are too un
stable j you do not stick to anything."
Ralph admitted he had been unfortu
nate in his ventures; hut lie still hail a
little money left, and lie would now go
into some in iimfaetunng business.
" Manufacturing, indeed! There's
nothing but farms within fifty miles.
Wheat is the only thing that pays hen',
unless it be lumber, and there isn't a
sawmill within a hundred miles."
" Then 1 migjit start one," said Ralph,
eatchiiigfat this straw, for he felt him
self sinking. He could make no head
way against this hard, practical man,
who knew nothing byond wheat.
"Start a sawmill! Where's your
power? And, if you had it, how could
you compete with the mills up the
river? Ixjok here, Ralph, I doD't want
to be hard on you. I see you love Jane
and Jane loves you at least she seems
to think so."
" That's the truth." said Ralph. " We
love each other dearly."
" Now I'll make a bargain with you,
If you will go into some business, and
make it a success, you shall have Jane
that is, if she wants you."
" Thank you, sir," said the young man.
" I'll start the sawmill at once."
The road to the village followed the
river for some distance through Farmer
Besant's land, and then turned east
through the woods toward the village.
Ilalnh walked along in a dazed fashion.
mentally numb with his refusal, his body
walkinir automatically, just as it will
when the mind is absorbed in contem
plation. A t the turn of the road his feet
took the right direction lor home, but
after going a few steps he stopped
abruptly, and turned back to the river.
Tho Muskalontie is a wide, shallow
stream, winding sluggishly through the
country, its banks being hereabouts
heavily fringed with woods.
The young man left the road and fol
lowed the shore down stream, walking
nnicklv. ns it loosing lor something
Like all imaginative people, he had been
riven to wandering about the country.
and was familiar with the land for miles
around Muskalontie. He remembered
bavins seen falling into the river, be.
tween two low lulls, a slender brook,
half lost in the woods.
Just as no nan supposed, it was a
living stream, still running, though it
was August, lie looked at the tiny run
for a moment, and then started briskly
up its winding channel, carefully noting
the slope ana character 01 uie ground.
After walking a short distance he found
the little valley narrowed, and then
spread out into a slough, a marsh, where
the stream was lost in pools and sedges.
Like a prospector searching for pre
cious metals when he finds a vein, he
threw ud his hat with a cheer.
" I've won her! I fancy the old gen
tleman will let us marrv now."
Just then there came through the
woods the sound of a passing steamer on
the river, ana tne young man smiled.
" I'll beat those fellows yet. They
take all this trade up the river, and leave
this farming region to stagnate. We
must have manufactures here, and they
gnau oegin witn a sawmill.
Keystone sat up all night over his
drawing-paper and pencils. Two days
after saw three woodman felling trees by
the little brook. The land belonged to
Farmer Besant, and he had consented
that a dam should be erected thereon. If
Keystone was fool enough to sink his
money in improving the bit of water
Dower he thought he had found v.
at liborty to do so, provided he gave half!
the work when finished to the landowner,
with half the lumber cut on the land.
If lie failed, then all the lumber was to
remain on tlio land. Pretty hard terms,
but Ralph accepted them on the spot.
Axe in hand lie headed the woodmen,
directing the fall of each tree, so as to
save labor in hauling tho log. When
about a hundred trees were down lie or
ganized his force into ehoppers.and began
to get out logs of every size. A pair of
oxen were hired, and things began to
assume shape. Heavy logs laid end to
end in a double row stretched across the
little vailey, and marked the foundation
of the dam" Stout stakes were driven on
the low side, and shorter logs laid up
stream, witli the ends resting on the heavy
timbers, raised the dam about one foot.
The news quickly spread through the
country round about. Young Keystone
had found water power in other words,
wealth in the little brook. Within
three weeks the dam had been raieed
three feet, and the water began to back
up behind it, spreading out over the
marsh in a slowly widening pond. Then
the people began to laugh. Keystone
was a fool, after all. What could lie do
with only three feet fall of water?
The next day a small army of labor
ers appeared in the woods, and by night
they had dug a long ditch or canal from
the river up the bed of the brook. Two
days after it reached the foot of the dam,
and brought the river water close up to
the logs. At the upper end it was five
feet deep. Five and three make eight.
Eight feet fall in the clear. Here's
power in abundance. Thereupon the
on-lookers said the young man was a
smart fellow, a good engineer, etc., etc.
Within a week the village carpenter had
constructed a water-wheel from Ralph's
designs. Within two weeks saws and
gearing arrived, a shed was put up, nnd
the sawmill was opened for business.
The first iob was for a lot of two-inch
plank for Farmer Besant. He claimed
that lie was half owner of the mill by
their agreement, and would only pay half
the bill. Keystone took the job, and
soon had it finished, and even ran through
a lot of logs and piled ud the nlanks on
sale. Sundry small jobs enme in, and it
began to look as if lie had started a good
business. One morning a stranger nr-
ived, and introduced himself as a lumber
ealer from a town fifty miles down the
lver. He was in search of a lot of small
tuff, licht scantling two inches wide nnd
an inch nnd a half thick, in lengths of
twelve feet nnd upward. He wanted a
million feet, and he offered a good price,
and gave his name and references. The
otter was tempting, and Ralph took it,
and agreed to have the stuff ready in two
weeks, j-.ncourngeu by Ins success, he
ired more help, nnd started on the new
order. In ten days he wrote to the party
to say that the scantling was nearly all
eady, ana could he put on a raft and
oated down the river, reply came.
:ind he wrote again, and in a few days re-
eived a notification ot the failure of the
lumber dealer, and an account ot the
winding up of his affairs.
Discouraged nnd sick at heart, he
wandered down bv the river and sat
down on a fallen tree alone. Everything
was lost, lie could never marry Jane.
A large part of his lumber had been cut
up into a useless nnd unsalable shape,
nd ho was in debt to bis men. In fool-
-hlv trusting tho word of a stranger lie
lad made a wreck of everything. When
the mind is ill at ease a trilling eircum-
tance will often absorb the whole atten-
lon, nnd as lie sat gloomily brooding
over the ruin of hopes, he saw a steam
boat rounding the bend ot the river
ibolit a mile up stream. She was steer-
tig dangerously near a half-sunken
and in the middle ot the river, lie
watched her with a vague curiosity as
be came swiftly onward. Suddenly she
urned. anil with apparent purpose ran
lirectly across the upper end of the
and, struck, and grounded, lie could
see the wheels reversed, and in a mo
ment after saw the wildest confusion
nmong the passengers on board. Spring-
ng u-p, he ran at lull speed along the
ank till lie came opposite the stranded
oat.
It was a freight and passenger steamer
the Pioneer" by name. She blew her
whistle loudly, and a moment nftcr lie
saw a boat lowered. For an instant
here was some confusion on the steamer
is if the people were demoralized, but a
all lellow interlered. nnd order was re
stored. The boat came slowly ashore.
nnd bv the time it reached the bank all
i . f 11 I l 4 1 r
us nun nanus ami several tanning pi'u-
ile had arrived in an excited crowd on
the bank. In the boat came the captain
of the steamer. As he sprang ashore he
said to Ralph: -
Are there any boats or barges about
here?"
Nothing but a punt or two. Can t
you bring your passengers ashore in your
own noatsr
"Bother the passengers! I enn land
them easy enough. It's the cargo. The
steamer will never come oil. The tiller
rope broke, and she ran nose on at full
speed. The old Pioneer had laid down
her hones torever. roor old tub! l pity
her."
I'll take your cargo ashore, or down
stream ' to any point you say, in three
days, for five hundred dollars."
'Oh. vou ve a barce or two. Wh
didn't vou say so?" I'll hire 'em of vou.
" I have no barge, but I'll make one
in twenty-four hours for cash. I have
a sawmill mst back of here."
1 11 give you hvo hundred dollars if
vou 11 put the cargo on a Hat within
three days. I can't ge,t a steamer up here
in less than two days, and it will cost
nlmost as much, though I don't see how
vou re going to make a flat in that time."
" That's my look-out. I'll have a barge
'longside before to-morrow night."
"It will take two barges. Heavy
cargo this trip."
" ir Heave a single barrel behind, I'll
forfeit a hundred dollars. You can take
the passengers to the village. Some
of the folks, will give them lodging till
the ooats come up on Mondav."
xiiecnpuiiu ngreeu 10 tne nnrgain, ana
put off to bring his passengers ashore.
"Johnson," said Ralph to one of the
young men, "go to the painter's, and
nn . .. i . -i i .
tell him to send me threo men nnd a lot
of white-lead paint. Then get two kegs
of sixpenny nails and bring them to Uie
mill. Take my horse. Pick up all the
men you can una. i want all the car
penters in the place to work day and
night on a good job."
Ten minutes later a dozen men, with
carpenters' tools, stood ready in the mill
yard waiting for orders,
" I was born next door to a Massachu
setts shipyard," said Ralph, "and
know something about boat-building.
am going to make a barge big enough
ior a steamboat, jet every man do ex
actly as I tell him. and we will have her
launched before to-morrow niiiht. Everv
man shall have double pay wh ile at work
on uie ooai.
The men gave a cheer, and saTd they
were ready lor anything. It seemed as
if it might bo true, for in a moment after
they were carrying long two-inch planks
down to the river bank. Here a space
was cleared next the water, and four
lines of timber " ways," or slides, were
laid down heading into the water, se
curely fastened together, and then liber
ally spread with grease and oil. Then,
under Ralph's directions, two-inch plnnks
were laid side by side on the ways till a
platform was made one hundred and
eighty feet long and about twenty feet
wide in tho center. More men negan to
arrive, and every one who could drive
nails was promptly engaged, and within
an hour forty men were at work on the
new boat.
With chalk and line Ralph struck a
line throueh the center of the platform,
and from this struck out a curved lino
on each side, and then bade the men
aw oft tho planks to the curved lino.
This gave a long slender platform, ten
feet wide at the upper end, or stern,
twenty feet wido near the center, and
running off to a long slender point at
tho lower end, or bows, of the future
boat. Then upon this platform was laid
much coat of paint, a dozen men plv-
ine the brushes at once, and then came
more plnnks, laid lengthwise. The two
platforms were cut to the same form,
and were quickly spiked together.
The men suggested that such a long
and slender raft would never hold to-
ithor.
" Wait and see." said Ralph. " Now
for the scantling wo have been getting
out at tho mill. Bring it down by the
cart-load. Now, men, have your bits
eadv for boring nau-lioles in the stuff.
Make the holes a foot apart the whole
length of the strips."
In a moment or two several pieces of
scantling yere ready, and taking one in
hand Ralph laid it along the edge of the
raft and nailed it down, then another,
till a strip had been laid entirely round
the rait. As tne strips were long ann
flexible, thev were easily bent to ht the
curved lines of the platfoim. At the
upper end the cross-pieces were nailed
together, and at the bow end the strips
were brought to a point and littedtoan
pnght piece set up at the end of the
platform. Then through the center of
the plattorm was laid another strip -from
nd to end, wlulu at intervals ot about
live feet cross-pieces were laid from side
to side.
" Now. men. vou see mv idea. Lav
strip over strip, and nail them firmly one
to the other through the noies, tin the
sides are six feet high : break the joints
of the strips and nail-holes; lay on the
paint freely as you go, and we shall
soon have a steamboat without ribs.
The cross-pieces will brace her, and
she'll carry a big cargo, even if the isn't
very pretty.
The men. unaccustomed to marine
architecture, greeted this novel system
if bojit-buililing with pleasant surprise,
mil went to work with a will. More
nu n arrived, and the clatter of twenty
lanimers going on at once made the
woods ring. the sun went down, arid
torches nnd bonfires were lighted. A boy
was sent round lor the men s suppers
that there might be no delay. The pas
sengers of the wrecked steamer were be
stowed in sundry farmhouses, farmer
Besant taking his share at two dollars
ach. llie news of the boat-huiiding
pread quickly, and the people flocked
own to the mill-yard to see the work,
ml with them came all the passengers.
Among them came Farmer Besant and
the captain of the Pioneer. The farmer
walked about the curious structure now
rapidly rising, and seeing the enormous
onsuniption of scantling, he remon
strated in no pleasant mood.
' hut right have you to use up your
ustomor's stuff in this way?"
" He's failed," said Keystone, without
opping his work.
"How do yon know? He may claim
t, and vou are spoiling thousands of
feet ot good stutl on a piece of folly."
"Jion t know about that." said a bie
fellow near bv. " It's about the smart
est idee I ever seen. Guess you belong
East, young man?"
Massachusetts. J ve seen manv a
x:it built without ribs, though none
quite so big. Mie 11 carry your cargo,
aptam.
"Oh. she will when she's decked. I
say, young feljer, don't you want to sell
lcr iust as sue stands." '
" No. She is to be a steamboat."
Farmer Besant felt confirmed in his
views ot young Keystone, lie was a
born fool come from the very home of
lunatics and visionaries.
" I'll give you three hundred dollars
tor her just as she stands, and finish her
myself."
"The Jane is not for sale."
" Jane for sale? Don't insult the girl.
Mr. Ralph."
A little more paint lay it on thick!"
Then lie turned away to drive more
nails.
Farmer Resnnt went home, intending
to tell .1 ane of the insult she had received.
He would never speak to Keystone again,
neither should Jane. Luckily Jane I mil
ione to bed when he returned nnd knew
nothing of the building of the boat.
Morning came and saw the sides of the
boat well advanced. Some men left for
home and rest, and others took their
places, j-vven some ot the passengers
volunteered as painters ana nail-drivers.
There was no thought of the Sabbath.
The excitement of the wreck, the arrival
of so many strangers and the boat build
ins brought everybody out of doors.
and the yard was filled with people
watching the progress of the work.
Among them came one with shinine
eyes and a rosy blusli upon her face. The
name of her lover was on everv toncue.
The marked approval of the captain of
the steamer, and the enthusiasm ot his
engineer, won the confidence of the rural
population. Keystone had always been
considered an eccentric sort oi lellow
but now, after all, there might be some
thine in him. These things she heard
and treasured in her heart. She kept
out of sight in the crowd, but saw every
tiiincr and heard everything with the
greatest interest and pleasure. There
was a man painting letters in blue on
the stern of the new boat. lie had made
a J, nn A and an N, and was at work on
Another letter. Ah. Jane her name!
There was quite a company of people
watering the man, nnd when the name
was finished there was a little shout of
annroval.
" I allers said he was dreffle sweet on
Squire Besant s darter.'
" Sho! That's a pretty idee, anyway
She blushed scarlet, and slipped awn
.ml went. ii n to the deserted sawmill
nd mt down on a lo2 by the little water
fall. Suddenly some one stood beside
'""Oh. Jane! It's all over. I have
f..ilod nnd to-morrow your father wi
take the mill. That lumber dealer has
failed, and that brings me down."
"Can't vou sell the lumber?" said
Jane, with ready common sense.
I have used a part ot it in making
the barge. If I get the money for sav
ing the cargo. L snail nave just enough
to pay every bill, but with nothing left."
She stood up, and placing a hand on
each shoulderealmly kissed him.
"Thank you, love, for the compli
ment."
" I heard the engineer say the tho
Jane would make a good freinlit steamer
if she were engined."
"Did her That's not a bad idea. I
had t hought sho would make some kind
f a craft. Oh! Perhaps I could hnv
the engines out of the steamer. They
will sell them cheap.
I thought you had failed and lost
everything."
"No. I can't fan while I have you."
What further sentiment ho would
have indulged in ennnot be known, for
some one called them.
She's 'bout ready to slide." said tho
big captain. Seeing Jane, he took oft
his hat nnd said, politely, "Will the
young lady name the boat?"
"The boat is named the Jane Besant.
Let me present my friend Miss Besant,
captain."
" Glad to meet vou. miss. I called mv
boat the Nancy K., after my wife. It
brings luck."
The built-up sulos of tho boat nnd the
interior cross-work that braced her and
held the hull together in everv direction
had been raised six feet hioli. Boards
were laid down on top to form a deck.
and she was ready to be put afloat. The
captain and the engineer, Ralph nnd
about a dozen men armed with long poles,
mounted the deck. The word was given,
the blocks were knocked awav! and
own she slid swiftly into the water
amid the cheers of the people. She set
tled down in the water with a slight list
to one side, and the rural population
gave a little cry of alarm.
' "The cargo" will ballast her," said
Ralph. "Get out your poles, men, and
push her along the shore till we come to
tho steamer.'
The Jane Besant was quickly brought
ound, and went up stream, followed bv
an enthusiastic multitude on the shore.
Shortly after, the barge was secured
alongside the wreck, nnd the men began
to put the cargo on bonrd. Mie did not
leak a drop, and appeared to be as stiff
nnd strong as the best ribbed boat afloat.
She was very buoyant, and readily
minded the rude rudder that had been
hung at tho stern.
' I shall be glad to consider your pro
posal, sir, to-moiTow!"
"Unmc in mv cabin l guess it isn t
wholly wrecked. Come, Bates, I want
ou too."
The young man followed the captain
and his engineer into the cabin nnd sat
down, while the captain ordered some
viine nnd lunch- When the lunch came.
the captain began to bo txpansive.
"She only wants a little moro sheer.
and a deck and house and engines.
She'll not bo a 'fust boat, but she'll go in
shallower water than anything on the
iver.. She'll be runninir reirular trips
when the, biglbottts nre laid up for low
water. Tell Jou what I'll do, young
man, I'll put engines in her, nnd make
her a stern-wheeli r. Mebbe you can
aise enough to put a house on her. I'lf
halves with you in the business.
We can haul her ashore nnd sheathe her
bottom to make it smooth, nnd make n
good thing of it. What d' you say ? Is
t a bargain.
1 hen it would be a bargain if it
wasn t Sunday. All right. e 11 go
ashore this evening nnd hear the parson."
1 wo months later the purser ol the
new freight and passenger boat Jane Be-
mt opened uie books of the boat for
business. There wnsalineof passcnirors.
headed by one of tho boat's servants, al-
cady waiting at the ticket-window.
" Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Keystone oh,
es all right free passes. Give them
he bridal-room, John; here's the key.
Next "Harper's Bazar.
Peculiar People.
Odd folks here nnd there nre described
n tho newspapers. Uoxburv. Mass..
lias an eccentric tramp who lives in a
ave during the winter and spends tho
summer in making begging excursions
to the neighboring towns. He never
says a word, and his dress consists en
tirely of old bootlegs fastened together
with leather strings. A small wagon,
drawn by two goats, and containing a
helpless, shrivlod man, attracted atten
tion in Ilagerstown, Md. He said that
lie had traveled in that manner for many
years, and called himself" tho American
tourist." lie is entirely helpless, l lis
wife and lour children accompany him
nnd attend to his wants, gettinc their
living by the sale ot a temperance song
nnd other small articles. Jefferson
Stevens, who lives near Sulphur Springs,
Ky., concludes that he is gifted with
peculiar powers, of which he lately gave
a street exhibition, lie hold a forked
dogwood switch, like those used by
wizards, m ins mouth, and told tho
crowd to ask any questions they pleased.
a pair oi tramps turned uu at lies
Moines, Iowa Peter Carlisle and wife
who were on their way to Leadville
from the .Pennsylvania cohl reirions.
They had pushed a handcart all the
way, containing their babv girl nnd
few household utensils. Carson Chit,
of Moodie, Oil., will on no account walk
a step, but always runs, no matter if tho
distance is only a few feet; while Mrs.
Main, of Chicago, will neither walk nor
run, although physically nblo to do
either, because she thinks her legs will
drop oft it Mie stirs them.
How to Swim.
The editor of tho London Truth, nfter
observing that probably not one in
twenty of the persons who indulge in
boating on a holiday can swim, proceeds
to tell his readers how to acquire this
!!..! . lT.il I.-
accompiiHiiiuvnt. iioiuing, no savs,
is more easy. Whenlthe ?air is out of a
body its owner sinks; when the air is in
the body its owner floats. Let any one
slowly draw in his breath as ho draws
back his legs and pushes forward his
arms, retain it while he is preparing for
the stroke which is to propel him, and
skiwly allow it to go through his lips as
his arms are passed back from before his
head to his sides and his legs are stretched
out. The action of the stroke should
not be quite horizontal, but should ho
made on a slight incline downward.
The real reason why people take weeks
to learn how to swim is because swim
ming professors cither do not know ordo
not choose to teach the philosophy of
breathing so as to render the body buoy
ant I would engaye to make anyjono a
tolerable swimmer in an hour, unless he
be a congenital idiot.
At this time ofyeara dish of ice-cream
in the hand is worth two in the freezer.
TIMELY TOriCS.
New England has over 230 farmers'
clubs, with 72,000 active members and
library books to the number of 21,000,
and in the United States there are nearly
2,000 agricultural societies, 58,000
volumes in their libraries, and with ac
cess to 360 different agricultural publi
cations, all exerting a direct influence on
the intelligence and future prospects ol
the tillers of the soil.
The California ranchman or farmer is
to a certain extent demoralized by the
climate, which allows him to perform
outdoor work tho year round. Unlike
t ho Eastern farmer, therefore, he is in
clined to let things go by tho board.
There is a lack of thoroughness in build
ing, in planting and in the care for ani
mals. There is little concern for ap
pesranccs; the soil of many years re
mains undisturbed upon the wagon
wheels ; no flower garden is well cared
for; they mend tho harnesses with bits
of rope, and they trust little or nothing
to the vanity of paint.
Twenty- nine years ago two boys.about
a dozen years of age, were playing
" tag " in Lewiston, Me. They were
merry and active lads, and were frolick
ing with schoolboy enthusiasm nnd
carelessness. One lad caught tho other,
struck his heels and playfully tipped
him over. His whole weight came down
upon his failing playmate, whose spine
was seriously injured in consequence.
He was conveyed home, and it was found
that he was a physical wreck. For two
years he was ablo to walk around
a verj little, and then, as the results of
his injuries gradually grew more serious.
he was obliged to be carried from one
place to another. entirlv losing the use
ot his lower limbs. At length his whole
body beenme rigid, nnd he wns power-
ess, tor twenty-three venrs Matliew
Rankins has sat fixed in his chair ns in a
vise night and day.
The New York Herald thus describes
horse-power: "This question is fre
quently asked : What is understood bv
a horse-power, and why came thit way
it reckoning to lie adopted and brought
n to general use.' uetore ttie power of
steam was generally known and applied
to mechanical purposes, horses were
used to raise coal and other iieavy
. Mr. Moots, in his experiments.
carefully compared the relative power
oi the oilierent breeds ol horses, and
found its average equal to raising 33,000
pounds one foot per minute, or. what is
uuivalcnt, to nose 330 pounds 160 feet.
or 100 pounds 330 foot during that spnc
t tinru when attached to a lever or
sweep of given length. This afterward
lecame the standard of measuring power
r force applied to mechanical purposes.
uul which is still retained in common
use." .
Major J. M. Walsh, who has become
la .turns in the Indian country ns the offi
cer of the Canadian Mounted Police, in
barge of the camp of Sitting Bull nnd
the V'neapapa Sioux, has contributed
several columns of opinion and narrative
to a (Jhicago paper lie thinks Sitting
Bull is well disposed toward the United
States, but adds this criticism of the In-
tian policy : " lou can t make two gov-
rnments one lor the Indian and one
for the white man. You don't need
lliem. Treat the Indian like a white
man from the start. Show him that you
recognize the fact that he has rights, and
point out to linn what those rightsjtre.
V 1. 1 . - .1.. .! ... . .1..
ii.n'u iijiu mat i lie wiiuu man s riguis
uul his are identical. Then show him
that he will be protected in his rights,
md that he will be punished if he in
fringes on the rights of others, and the
business is settled." And it is by en
forcing this policy, he savs. that Canada
has been enabled tolive at peace with the
savages for a generation.
To Make Ice-Crenm.
One quart of milk, the volks of four
eggs, one largo spoonful of flour stirred
to a smooth paste in a little of the milk,
and one pound of sugar: scald until
thick, taking care not to let it burn.
When cold, add one quart of whipped
cream and the beaten whites of four eggs ;
flavor to suit tho taste, and it is ready to
be irozen.
To make ice-cream nicely nnd quickly,
a suitable apparatus is lndisneusab e.
If one has no freezer, a tin nail- with a
closely fitting cover can he made to an
swer, het the pail in a basket a large
peach basket is good ; pack equal quan
tities of coarse salt nnd finely broken ice
around tho pail, nearly up to the rim;
pour the prepared cream into the pail,
taking care not to get any sa'.t into it;
cover tho whole with flannel and leave
for twenty minutes, that the cream may
chill. Freeze by turning tho pail half
way round and back, and every few
minutes open the pail and stir the cream ;
for this purpose use a smooth stick.
Work fast while the pail is open an the
air that reaches the cream delays the
freezing process. Have a damp napkin
at hand to wipe away the salt from the
freeze every time that it is opened. It
may be necessary to renew the ice nnd
salt while shaking, ns the freezing mix
ture must bo kept close to tho sides of
tho pail. When the creaiu becomes solid,
cover ngain with flannel, and if conve
nient, let it stand for an hour before
serving. Hural New Yorker.
Unshod Horses.
It has been before stated that nn ex
perienced farrier in England was advo-
eating the abolishment of horseshoeing,
and now a writer in me jxinuon U imes
has been trying the experiment, and thus
reports: When my pony's shoes were
worn out I had them removed, and gave
him a month's rest at grass, with nn oc
casional drive of a mile or two on the
high road while his hoofs were harden
ing. 1 he result nt first seemed doubtful.
The hoof was a thin shell, and keot
chipping away until it had worked down
bevond the holes of the nails bv which
tho shoes had been fastened.- After this
the hoof grew thick and hard, quite un
like what it had been before. I now put
the pony to full work, nnd he stands it
well. He is more sure-footed : his tread
is almost noiseless; his hoofs are in no
danger from the rough- hand of the
farrier; and tho change altogether has
iiecn a clear gain, without anything to
set against it. My pony. I mav add. wns
between four and five years old rising
four, I fancy, is the correct phrase. He
had been regularly shod up to the pres
ent year.
Tle big female African elephant of the
Philadelphia Zoological Garden is dead.
Investigation showed her stomach to be
filled with pebbles, sticks, bones, wads
of paper, etc.. that had been eiven to her
by visitors and were the cause of her
a.'ata.
A DnnI Robbery.
A physician, living at Cambridge,
Dorchester county. Md.. who siens him
self, " A Constant Render," sends us a
graphic description of the dual robbery
oi a iisn-nawK ny a bald-headed engie.
He writes :
"I had just left the dinner-table, to
walk-across the lawn with my children,
when my attention was attracted by
furious screams in the upper air. A
dark shadow flitted across tho grounds.
Looking un, I saw a fish-hawk flying low
in a Birnignt line, ana pursueu at, a Hun
dred yards' distance by a bald-headed
eagle.
" The hawk was moving leisurely, so
much so that I was struck by the little
dread of capture which his flight exhi
bited, and the fear that his startling cries
neioKcneti. j.ne intentions ot the eagle
were soon seen. A few strokes of his
povwful wings brought him in close
neighborhood to the hawk. The scream
ing fisherman relinquished Ins prey,
which quivered and gleamed in the sun
light like a disc of silver as it clove the
nir in its descent toward the earth. It
was a small fish, apparently a perch.
"We were a little surprised that tho
rapacious bandit should have devoted
his powers to the capture of such small
game. The fish had not fallen fifty feet
before the eagle, by a peculiar dip, rather
thnn by the use of his wings, sank below
it, and turning nlmost upon his back,
clutched nnd bore it away. Ho flew in
nn opposite direction to that the hawk
was going.
"The hawk seemed satisfied to have
escaped with the loss of his nronertv.
and kept tho even tenor of his way. But
our attention wns again arrested by re
newed screams, iook'ng at the hawk,
we noticed that he was u changed bird
as to conduct. Visibly agitated, he wns
urging his flight with surprising energy.
" A glance at the robber revealed the
cause ot the change. The eagle had
turned, nnd ngain was m pursuit. The
hawk seemed almost frantic in its strag
gles to escape. A torrent of cries,
screams, maledictions, imprecntions,
poured from his throat. He vainly bent
the air, flying now higher, now lower,
now straight forward.
" The eagle came down upon him in
swifter flight, causing us to wonder ns
to the cause of the pursuit.
In a tew moments fie came almost
n contact with his fleeing victim, witli
outstretched talons, and poising himself
above the hawk, as it to tear linn in
pieces, lie uttered n loud shrill scream
Instantly we saw, leaving the claws of
the hawk, a second fish, much larger
than the first. The eagle did not see it
until it had fallen a hundred feet. De
sisting at onco from his threatened at
tack, and half closing his wings, lie
plunged swiftly downward below the
lish. turned on his back, nnd clutching
it, bore it offin triumph.
"The hawk, with a wail of vexation
and resentment, sullenly continued its
flight.
" T ho fact suggests a curious specula
tion. Did the hawk part designedly
with the smaller fish? If so. it exhib
ited nn intelligence which we have been
lecustomed to observe only in hemgs ol
a much higher order." loum s i.om-
pinion.
A Case of Suspended Animal Ion.
Emil Bausch. of Williamsburg, N.
Y.. who has been suffering for some
lime from heart disease, sat down to his
dinner table one day recently, seemingly
in his usual health. Alter partaking
heartily of the viands placed before him
he rose from the table, but was taken
with what ho thought a fainting fit, and
said he felt sick; then, throwing up his
lands, ho fell on the floor. 1 he family.
thoroughly startled, though they had
long been expecting sueli an occurrence,
hastened to his relief and bore him to a
sofa, where after two or three efforts to
articulate both respiration and pulsa
tion apparently ceased. Tho family
physician was sent for, but being absent,
word was left for him to call immediate
ly on his return. Meanwhile no signs
of life were visible in Mr. Bausch, and
the family convinced of ins death sent
for nn undertaker, who came and was
also convinced of the deatli of Mr
Bausch. Before going back to his store
for ice and box with which to preserve
the body until the time fjr tho funeral
he attached tho usual crape insignia of
death tothe frontdoor bell
Ho was none nn hour, and then when
ho reached the house and prepared to
remove the body to the box the jar of
removal startled the supposed corpse into
life. Sneezing first, lie gasped lor breath,
and in a lew moments circulation that
had been temporarily suspended resumed
its course, and, though weak, Mr.
Bausch became once moro a man among
the living. The family rejoiced at the
eeovery, overwhelmed him with atten-
ion, anil even the undertaker felt pleas
ure in the unusual termination 10 ins
services and joined in the congratula
tions. Ile auicklv hastened the removal
oi his paraphernalia, the last tiling to
take down beinsrllio oangeoi crape irom
the door, which for two hours had been
suspended there
Leadville Gninbllng Houses
A correspondent, writing from the
irreat Colorado mining town, says
Although there are htate laws ami city
ordinances fcrbidding gambling, no
flbrt is made to enforce either. The
doors of these places stand wide open
dav and night, and everything is done
to attract l lie notice oi passers-ny.jusi
as if the business were a legitimate one,
protected by law. There is no pretence
of elcuance in any of the gambling'
houses which I visited in Leadville, as
there is in those of Eastern watering
Dittoes or liu'ce cities.
I lie inside of
plaster. The tables are plain pino ones
and are surrounded bv wooden chairs,
Tho floors arc covered with tobacco
juice and mud, and the patrons are
mostly roughly clad miners, who piay a
small or a large game as money is plenty
or scarce with them. In a prominent
place in eatdi saloon there is a bar winch
is always well patroniz.ed ; in the larger
nlaces there are two bars. One-half or
or one-third of each gambling-house is
separated from tho remainder by a low
railing and is set apart for keno.
Around tho sides of the remainder nre
tables upon which nre played faro, high
hall noker. rouge et noir, hazard, etc.
In the rear of each place a private room
is partitioned off for the accommodation
of persons who wish to " fight the tiger"
in niivtifA In tllA nilblift TOOII! tllO lllllV
is generally for comparatively small
nlilm urn anhl for from ten cent s
f no dilur etieli. nnd the bets rareU
exceed five dollars. In the daytime the
gamblingsaloori at Leadville:urc almost
deserted, iut at night and on Sundays
they are constantly tnrongcu
Little Barbara.
Pretty Barbara, ripe and red,
With sweot small mouth liko tho bees abod,
And full ol nectar nnd honey-dew ;
So pretty a thing, I dare not swear
To the art of the ribbon that ties her hair
Or the buckle that binds her shoe;
So like her each trinket she has to wear,
It peeing just as if it grew,
Like a lose in its petals and pollen duat,
Hint wears its beauty because it must,
And something likeBnrbara, too.
As si e dips her small tin bucket in
The little fountain ot woven glass,
Liko webs that tho spiders weave and spin
To hang on the shining blndosof grass,
A fnco as bright nnd happy as hers,
In the nets of tho silken gossamers,
Looks out ol the water's smooth eclipse,
As it it wns happy to hold within it
The Bolt verbena red of her lips,
And kiss and enross her just for a minute,
In the arms of the dimples, smooth and still
Ere it goes nnd soberly turns the mill.
For life to her in the honey-dew
Is nothing yet but the wayside spring,
Between the upper and under blue,
That makes a fiction of everything,
As perfectly liko as if it grew;
And she is too hnppy to see within it
The shape ol her small sweet self a minute,
From the bow in the hair to the tie of her
shoe,
To know that th3 marvelous shadows mean
Tho simple inner beauty that shows
But now in the eolor ol a rose,
And now like the water's smooth eclipse,
In hearts that hold her picture still,
As we go and soberly turn the mill.
Harper't Magazine.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
What women are doing Men. Earl
Marble.
One-third of all the coffee sold In the
United States Is said to be adulterated.
The Countess de Montijo, mother of
the ex-Empress Eugenie, is eighty-two,
and was much afflicted nt her grandson's
death.
The parlor matches of the winter now
rest their heads together over the front
gate, and tho moon makes light of it.
The I'eople.
A beheaded Kansas rooster still lives
after sevoj-al months of decapitation.
Ho is fed at tho throat, nnd is in good
icalth. The head was cut off at the base
of the brain without injuring the spinal
:;olumn.
At Kansas City, Mo., Andre Christol,
"champion wrestler." wrestled with
and defeated a man who had been travel
ing through the country and engaging
in' wrestling matches under his (Chris
tol's) name.
Ex-Governor Tilden's summer home
it Yonkers.'N. Y., is known as "Grey-
stone." 1 lie grounds cover thirty-three
acres, including lawn, meadow .and
forest. The mansion and grounds,
which nre leased by Mr. Tilden, cost
100,000.
Darwin is ns straight ns a dart nnd ns
robust as nn oak. He looks hale and
lieartv enough to live 100 years and
more. It Is said lie now confines his
ambition to the completion of two works
he has begun. One is the lite ot his
grandfather, who was an illustrious doc
tor, and the other is a worn on vcgeiaoie
life.
Field bakeries form pnrt of the train
of nearly every European nrniy. De
spite these arrangements, it lias in recent,
wars been frequently lounu liiipossimc
to supply the largo armies with fresh
bread from day to day, nnd it seems
likelv that the attempt to do so will be
abandoned, nnd biscuit issued instead of
bread.
A heavy rain-storm suddenly swelled
a Dakota mountain stream to a torrent,
and David Morton, arriving at its bnnk
with his wife in a wagon, found that he
could not cross. Desiring to get rid of
Mrs. Morton, he threw her into the
stream and drove the horse in after her,
leltinir both drown. A coronv s jury
was about to decide that the woman iiad
been accidentally killed, when a detect
ive arrived with me news uiai mere
were marks of a struggle beside the
stream.. This overwhelmed Morton,
md he confessed the murder.
The Fete of St. Fiacre.
Not tho least interesting of tho many
curious customs of the world is tlio fete
celebrated annually in iFrance, in honor
of St. Fiacre. Tho saint is the especial
patron of lViwer dealers and gardeners,
and the festival, which occurs in Sep
tember, is celebrated throughout France,
witli great honor nnd beauty; no orna
ments, however, being allowed, unless
composed of flowers and evergreens.
On the dav of St. h mere Paris is a
wilderness of flowers, every doorpost,
pillar and portico being twined witli
gay wreaths. The tables are loaded with
bouquets, and wreaths nre about all the
wino cups, nnd pendant from the ceiling
of every public room. A castle, built
entirely of the most fragrant flowers,
enshrines the small, mean-looking
statue which is his saintship, St. Fiacre.
All the gardeners contribute to this grand
castle, which is a wonderful piece oi
architecture. ' There are pillars, pyra
mids, domes, temples nnd arcades, all of
the most magnificent description. All
the floral beauties of the flower dealers
and gardeners nre brought out to pay
homage to me pan on saint.
The saint does not always appear the
same. Sometimes the insignincant statue
is arrayed in rich apparel, and wears a
. a! 1
superb crown of flowers; sometimes he
is dressed as an old man, sometimes as
a tonsored monk, while again he is not
gdorned in nny way. Jlis name always
appears in letters of brilliant flowers be
neath the riche where he is enshrined,
and, also, the words, "Priez pour nous!'1''
It is tho usual custom, on the first dav
of the fete, to bear the flower castle and
its ugly little image to the church, at the
head of a grand procession . There grand
mass is celebrated, and the cure blesses
the imagp in his most solemn manner.
I pon the nltarare hud otlerings of beau
tiful flowers and rare fruits, and the
church walls are festooned with flowers,
while bunches of ripo nnd luscious
grapes are twined about the altar rail
ing. When mass is over, the castle and
saint are borne from door to door, and
every one is asked to contribute money.
The SU111 tllUS obtained pays the ex-
I pciiseg of a grand ball, to which all the
I florists and gardeners have free admit-
wnce, ami tins winu up uie ceienrauon
of the saint's birthday. Poitland Tran
script.