Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-10-31

dollars, that was all. No consciousness
of the draft of that check. followed. I
did not feel my comfort diminishing; I
did not relinquish single pleasure;
there was nothing sacrificed except love
of money. But she had given her hus-
band! She, poor, dependent on his life
for the support of herself and her chill
dren, said, when his country called, Go!
And the sacrifice had been complete:
The blow must have been Terrible"
[ saidt "Poor woman! This is indeed
sorrpw.'' -..r..-.
"Shesst ggered and fell" was replied!
For week the struggle between life
and desthsEas almost evenly. balanced.
Then the Slow reaction came, aud the
poor, crushed heart began to gather up
its rent fbres, and to string its quiver-
ing nerves for new efforts and duties
The strong arm on which she had leaned
for so many years was broken and she
must stand henceforth alone How she
faltered and staggered with uncertain
steps at first! For hours she would sit
and weep. But slowly strength came,
and now, you remember the child S
words, 'She sat up most all day yester-
day, and sewed part of the time A
heavy burden has been laid upon her;
and she must walk henceforth with
STOPPING shoulders and weary feet
Her own hands must earn the food with
which her children are fed, and the
garments with which they are to be
clothed. Her toll and her care are
more than twice doubled; and with them
are the Widows sorrows. What are my
war burdens, what are yours, to tLis?-
All, sir, there is no ro ON for complaint
or Boosting. With US the sacrifice is
nothing in comparison. It is hardest
with those who are least though of, and
who get least of public sympathy
awe must do something for this wo-
man. said [. "Her case touches me
deeply"
Your possessions and mine would
lose more than half their value were
such a calamity as the dismem berment
of our country to fall" was answered.
"Ou' enemies are men in arms, and we
must oppose men with men in fierce
battle. While they fight and die we
are at home, and in their blood and suf-
feriug we find safety. Is there honor,
is there justice, is there humanity in
forgetting this service, and leaving the
wid ovs and orphans of our dead soldiers
to lear unaided their burden of want
and BORROW? l think not Yes, as
suredy, we must do something for this
womsn. She has given her all, and if
she has no share henceforth in our
abundance, then we are not guiltless in
the sight of Heaven
How small seemed all the contribu-
tions / bad made, and of which [ was
self gratulart! My cheeks we're hot
with shame. Not since have I referred
to that last subscription in conversation,
nor has a word about the coming burden
of taxes escaped my lips; would blush
at complaint now. Burdens! They
who seem to have the largest share feel
their pressure hghtest. On the poor,
the humble, the too often despised and
neglected, the heaviest OF cur troubles
will fall. Let US see to it that we sin
not in ioryetfulnesS Of what we owe
them, that we do not let widows and or
phans cast in all their living as the
price Of our safety.
s..cci;t Correspondence of the Cincinnati Gazette
AT Isnss0rts ss A AMstrl:sn Discovery
:lI lI,a Easesat Oefice--A New Ma
des;..s E0r Cso's. :ssaa Paper.
WASHINGTON, October There is
pause in the war drama to which all
thoughts are turned. The Mary yland
act is over-the last great act has hardly
come While, therefore, we wait for
the rising of the curtain, there is time
for brief reference to other matters.
The Patent Office, usually the center
of so much attraction in more peaceful
times, has of late been almost entirely
overlooked The inventors are all in
the ranks; the Examiners are left with
few models to inspect, save for new
styles of cannon, and improved cartridg-
es, and rare inventions for moving down
whole companies at single shot.
Meantime there continue to come to
US from across the water proofs that
European inventors are improving their
opportunity to come up with and even
outstrip their feeter American rivals
who have turned aside for the time to
other pursuits.
Among the latest of these European
reminders is an Austrian application to
our Patent Office for American protec-
ton for ''improved methods of manu-
g. Of ha
plant When it is explained that the
object of this improvement or discovery
is to furnish a new fiber for the manu-
facture of textile fabrics, and a new ma
terial for the use of paper makers, it
will be at once seen to possess peculiar
interest for the public.
Years ago the scarcity of materials
for paper had already become so great
that the London Times offered reward
of thousand pounds for the discovery
of new substance from which paper
could be made. Since then the scarcity
has been continually on the increase,
while thus far all the efforts to find a
substitute for rags that could be afford
ed at lower price, have failed. Even
the manufacture of paper from straw,
which at first promised so we'll, is prac-
ticaily aband oned, while still the prices
60 up, and the scarcity of piateriaIs in
creases. The Austrian invention pro-
poses to make better paper, Of frmer
and more uniform texture, and at a less
cost, out of common Indian corn husks,
than can now be manufactured from
rags.
This is not all. At a time when