Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-04-11
A ROMANCE,
tFrom the McGeary Incubns1

c was young, ne was 1alr, and part
ed his hair, like the average beau, in
the mlddle; he was proud, he was
bold, but the truth must he told. he
played like fiend on the fiddle. Bar.
ring his voice, he was everything nice.
and his heart was so loving and lender
that he always turned pale when he
trod on the tail of cat lying down by
the fender. He clerked i'm a store. and
the way that he tore Off calico, leans.
and brown sheeting, would have tick.
led a calf, and made the brute laugh in
the face OF quarterly meeting. He
cut quite dash with his darling mus-
tache, which he learned to adore and
cherish; for one girl had said, while
she dropped her proud head, that it
would kill her to see the thing perish,
On Sunday he'd search the straiyh
road to the church, unlneeding the
voice OF the scorner; and demurely he
sat, like young tabby cat, with the
saints in the amen corner. He sang
like bird, and his sweet voice was
heard fairly Juggling away at long me-
ter; and we speak of the truth, when
we say that this youth could out-singa
hungry mosquito.
could scramble her hair like the aver
age belle of the city; she was proud
but not bold, vet the truth must be
told, the way she chewed wax was
pity. Barring this vice, she was every
thing nice, and the world admired her
hustle; and the Fayetteville boys be-
ing calmed by the ncise, walked miles
to hear it rustic. She cut quite a swell,
did this wax-chewing belle, and the
men fiOcked in crowds to meet her: but
she gave them the shirk, for she loved
the young clerk, who sang like hun
cry mosquito. So she hem,ned and
she hawed, and she sighed and
she chawed" till her heart and her
jaws were broken; then she walked by
his store, and stood in the door await
ing some loving token. She raised up
her eyes with mock surprise, and
tried to enact the scorner; but to tell
the truth, she grinned at the youth
who loved the amen corner.
s. They inet-alas! What
came to pass was soft and sweet and
precious; they woOed and cooed, he
talked, she chewed %, how they
loved, good gracious !! They had to
p,rt, he rose to start, her grief cannot
ue painted, these are the facts; she
swallowed her wax, then chOked, then
tainted. Her pa appeared, her beau
quite scared, rushed out to get some
water, the Watchdog spied his tender
hide, and bit where he hadn't "ought-
err The tale is sad, the sequel stern
81 thinks the youth thus bitten; he
sing no more, as oft of yOre-he gave
the girl the mitten.
She pined apace, her pretty face
looked slender and dejected; her father
kind, but somewhat blind, beheld her
and reflected. His income tax he spent
for waX-she smiled aud called him
clever; she went to work, forgot the
clerk, and cliawed in bliss forever.
A NEW BRoOM.-At McWilliams'
they have a new kind Of brooln-but
we don't notice our married friends,
except now and then woman, buying
these broOms. We have heard the
ladies speak in praise of this broom
called the "SiXteenth Amendment"
we believe-but they never get one un-
less they go themselves. These brooms
are stacked near the water-bucket, and
thus we came to notice them; and a
great light broke on us all of a sudden:
Il slight twist of the wrist, and the soft
end of the broom drops Off, and madam
is prepared to demand "What's the
matter, now ?''-Measure for Measure
CHARCOAL FOR VFoUNDs.-The best
simple remedy have found for sur
face wounds, such as cuts, abrasiOns
of the skin, ETC., is charcoal. Take a
live coal from the stove. pulverize it,
apply it to the wound and cover the
whole with Il rag. The charcoal alb
serbs the fluids secreted by the Wound
and lays the foundation of the scab; it
also prevents the rag from irritating
the flesh, and it is antiseptic. If, how
ever, you prefer white scab to a black
one, use quinine instead. This pos
sesses all the virtues of the charcoal,
and is, beside, astringent and tOnic.-
Correspondence Scientific american.
Coal MEASURES OF PRUSSIA. In
Prussia the coal measures are said to
be 10000 feet thick, containing III
seams; in all, 294 feet of coal. In an
other field there are l64 seams over six
inches thick; in all, 33S feet. OF work.
able seams there are II. Some OF the
seams are 10. II and IA feet thick, and
it is extraordinary that the lowest
known seams are bituminOus or cOking
GOALS, and the higher they range in the
series the more dry or anthracite do