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CHAPTER II.


When the month of October had
come, Eleanor Mildmay pale and res
olute, had just begun to determine to
live. The shock had been fearful
one, and the long heartbreak afterl-
for Sir Hartley Davenport had made
no sign,
That three weeks which preceded
her fall into the Niagara ki1er had
been full of unspolsen devotion end
apparent love on his part, and Flea
nor had found her ideal. After that
evening, when, alas. he had not saved
her, but only poor, despised Stratton
how that CALLED her! he had never
written or spoken, ,aad the girls heart
was breaking.
Where now was her once too hated
color, the unrivalIed strength, the
glorious health, the ovarplus of hap
piness?
Every post time was her torture,
every ring at the bell gave her an
anguish at the heart. Why why
had she fallen into the water that
lovely evening, when he had been
talking such love and nonsense, and
she had been SO wildly happy, or, if
she fell in, why did they not leave
her there? Why,why had he left her
80 unkindly, Sir Hartley-why had
he not written? A ring at the door,
She started up snd pressed her hand
on her heart. Could it be Sir Hart,
ley?
Eleanor, dear, Mr.. Stratton de-
sires to see you.
"Oh, mammal said the disappoint,
ed girl, II cannot-I cannot-see
him.
"You must, dearest-you must Re
member he saved your life,' said her
mother,
Eleanor rose up to her full height,
and drew down the belt which con-
fined ner row too slender waist; she
put her hands up to her hair, Itwas
an old movement of hers, and hel
mother watched her with painful anx-
iety.
Eleanor, dear, remember al! his
DEVOTION
The girl staggered, rather than
walked, to the parlor.
Mr.. Stratton rose to receive hel ,and
extended both his hands.
How could the afectonate soul re-
sist a groan as he saw her?
"Oh, dear Mss Eleanorl' said he
gently, chow you have sutfered'
"Oh, Mr.. Stratton,' said she weep
ing, "why-why did you save lay
life? To have died then would have
been so sweet
That was all poor Stratton got.
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CHATTER ".


One day the bell rang for the right
man, and the color came back to Flea"
nor's cheek 1t did not take Sir
Hartley long to make the matter
right.
The marriage was a splendid one
in every respect, but that necessary
little outfit, which Mr.. Stratton had
provided. And he bad managed it
so delicately that Eleanor meyer knew
Of it at all.
The gigantic young pair went of
grandly in one of Mr.. Strattons $ car
riages, which was all dressed up with
white flowers.
There goes his idea" said Susan
Jones to herself, watching his pale
face, as Mr.. Strattcn threw slipper
after the carriage.
There goes my ideal' said he,
echoing her thought, and, turning to
her as she stood by his side, be said,
Miss Jones, you have heart OF gold,
Come, take walk by the river with
me.
Susan was very tremulous and pale,
but she looked unusually pretty, and
ladylike in her bridesmaid dress, and
Gainsborough hat. She had some
fresh bridesmaid tears or her deli
cate cheek, and few fell on her lily"
of-the-valley bouquet.
Miss Jones" said Mr.. Stratton,
chow few Of us marry our ideals
"Ah, how few said Susan. 1t am
sure | never SHALL
"Well, now, have you an ideal? -"
asked Mr.. Stratton, looking at her
curiously, as if she was scarcely large
| enough 10 COilld'L oio'
"Yesl" said Susan, II have always
had onel"
"How stranger' said Mr.. Stratton'
"Might ask if he was six-feet-six?'
"Nol' said Susan, rather short of
stature, but hero as to his soul!
And she looked up deprecatingly at
Mr.. Stratton, and then it all burst
upon him.
"Susan-may I offer you the half
of very poor, mistaken heart, and
the devotion of lifetime?' asked Mr..
Stratton.
"If can replace your ideal?'' said
Susan.
They walked home arm-in-arm.
Father-"Have you watered dot
vinegar ?"
Sou-"YahT' y
Fatber-"Has you sanded dot su-
gar"
Son n-"Yah y
Father-"Den COON IN to prayers. y
"Th:s is brief and to the point as
the man remarked when he got up oft
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The DAYS of Forty-Nine.

The record Of the men Of Forty
teaches that only persistent prosecution
of one line Of effort can give success,
The average wages made by miners in
ls49 were from $50 to $50 per day, aud
10 rich diggiugs from $500 to $500 per
week. Most Of US would now be satisfied
with this-sl5, 900 to $4,000 a year.
But men grew credulous, because there
were so many unquestionable marvels, such
as the occasional finding of gold in mug
nuggets, or lying loose in pockets. Early
10 1850 two nuggets of gold were found,
weighing abou. y pounds each. Others
of nos quite such astonishing size were
brought to light in 1849. Each of such
cases set nearly wild the miners who were
toiliug at claim that paid less than at
first, and very soon they began a series of
what were then known as brushes.
On \ branch of Poor Mans creek,
Plumas county, in 1850, nugget of gold
weighing eighty ounces and worth 81 ,664
was found. In half an hour a party took
out $4,000 10 gold. At Vallecita the
largest chunk of gold was discovered. 1t
weighed twenty-six pounds and was valued
at about $4,000.
These rushes grew very common, aud
no year passed without one or more of
them. Hence these men became living
Illustrations of the proverb Rolling
stones gather no moss. They have many
irritations-not in mining but in practical
life; men who filter their lives away for
want of concentration, want ofpersistent eff
fort along some line. Every beginner in
life, therefore, should try early to ascer-
tain the strong faculty of his mind fitting
him for some special pursuit, aud then d.
rect his utmost energies to bring it to per-
lection. A man, says Emerson, is like a
bit of Labrador spar, which has no lustre
as you turn it in your hand until you come
to a particular angle; then it shows deep
and beautiful colors. To succeed in life
a man needs the motto Of ST. Paul ''Tbis
one thing | do" One of the most fire.
quent causes of failure in life is that
greediness which leads men to attempt to
grasp too many of its prizes.
There was the Truckee lake rush, gotten
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up by one Greenwood, among the miners
of Coloma, in 1919. He told the miners
that he had seen gold in abundance on the
shore of the lake. Hundreds rushed there,
but they found no color of gold.
There was the Gold lake rush. In May,
1850, two miners were overheard by
third telling of lake where gold lay loose
on the shore like pebbles. He guessed
the lake to be Gold lake, near Downieville.
The story was whispered about and thous-
ands left good claims where they were
making from $50 to $40 per day and dash
ed off to that secluded spot, whence they
returned in few months "dead broke.
The Yallecita chunk spoken of was
found by an Indian Some one had dug
a little hole in the bank of a creek, just
on level Of the bedrock, with an old
broken pick and then had gone away,
leaving the pick lying BY the hole. The
Indian came along, dug about foot fur
Their and found the chunk.-7erTitortdf
{ Ner.9 Enterprise
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Selert 4oetrg,
A SUNSET FANCY.

Tonight, as I sat by my window,
When the west was all agleam
With that strange and wonderful sPlendor
That is fleeting as a dream.
thought that the hands ofangels
Had flung heavens gateway wide;
And caught glimpse Of the glory
From the hills on the other side,
Is it not a beautiful fancy,
This sunset thought OF mine,
That the gates of heaven are always
Flung open at days decline,
That those whose day is ended
of early woes and ills,
May pass to the morning sunshine
That dwells on the heavenly hills
Perhaps while l sat there dreaming
ofthe gateway in the west
some poor soul went through it portal,
To long and endless rest;
Passed through the sunset gateway.
To the city paved with gold
Passed TO the new life's gladness.
To be no longer Old.
When for me the sunset gateway
shall at day decline unclose,
And pass in through its portals
Toa long and sweet repose,
I know that shall remember
In that city 80 fair and far,
Ny strange and beautiful fancy
Ofthc sunset gates ajar-
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A Coon REToRT.-Rev David Rice
settled in Kentucky, in 1888, and was
the first Presbyterian minister sent there.
His leader Of the singing was certain
Joe Davis, noted genius of the day,
whose moral character was not wholly uu-
exceptionable. He applied to Father Rice
to baptize his child for him, thinking, as
he was the chorister, there would be no OBJ
lection to it. Father Rice refused, on the
ground that he was not a church member.
Joe became indignant When church
time came on he refused to raise a tune,
aud spoke out so that the congregation
could hear him, that he would "neither
whistle nor sing for man who would re-
fuse to mark the lambs because the old
sheep went astray."
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DEPTH OF THE GULF STREAM-In his
recent dredging expedition from Charleston
S. c., across the Gulf stream, Commander
Bartlett of the United States coast survey
was surprised to find the depths much less
than was expected. This induced him,
although the trip was one primarily for
dredging, to extend the work of sounding;
and he accordingly ran line of soundings
nearly along the warmest band of the Gulf
stream, for distance of $50 miles, from
latitude 81 degrees to latitude 80 degrees
80 north, on which he OBJ tanned depths
varying from 233 to $50 fathoms, where
it was supposed that the depths would
range from 600 to 900 fathoms. At the
northeast end of this line, in about latitude
33 degrees north, the depth suddenly in-
creased, in distance of fifteen miles, from
457 to 1880 iathoms.
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NO. 1897 EQUITY.

NO. 1897 EQUITY.
In the Circuit Court for Carroll county sitting
as Court OF Equity.
Csrus Schweigart use Of Charles r. Roberts
IS. Eve Catharine Wilson and J. George
Wilson, her husband.
this 25,h day Of February, A.
" ID. issl that the sale made aud report
ed by Charles Il. Roberts, the Attorney named
in the mortgage fled among the proceedings
in this cause, and in pursuance Of the power
Of sale in said mortgage contained, be ratified
and confirmed, unless cause to the contrary
thereof be shown on or before the 18th day OF
March next; provided copy Of this orderbe
inserted in some newspaper Published 10 Car
roll county, once in each Of three successive
weeks before the 2lst day Of March next.
The report states the amount Of SAFE 10 be
S40OS.O 90.
FRANK T. SHAW. Clerk.
True copy,-Test;
feb post FRANK T. SHAW, Clerk.
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Notice to Creditors.

TIME undersigned, having settled in the
Il Orphans Court an account Of the per
sonal estate Of Denais Butler, late Of Carroll
county, deceased. and ascertained the balance
in his hands for distribution, according to
law, among the creditors of said deceased,
hereby gives notice to said Creditors TO file
their claims against said deceased legally
authenticated, with the Register Of Wills for
Carroll county, on OF before the 18th day Of
March, ISL, preparatory To a distribution
of the assets of said personal estate to be
made amongst said creditors under the diree-
ton Of the Orphans Court Of Carroll county,
on the Dist day Of March, 1881.
After the final ratification of said disfribu-
ton by the Orphans Court aforesaid, the
undersigned will be prepared to pay each Of
said creditors their respective dividends, ac-
cording to said distribution
JESSE NJ. BUTLER,
feb l9-4t Administrator.
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NO. 1890 EQUITY.

In the Circuit Court for Carroll County.
Daniel Baumgartner next friend to Carrie l..
Mourer and others, VS.. Jacob BankeFt
and others
ORDERED this 25th day of February, A.
~ d. 1881, that the account of the Auditor
filed in this cause be finally ratified and con.
firmed, unless cause to the contrary thereof
be shown or or before the 2lst day of March
next; provided copy of this order be insert
ed for two successive weeks, before the last
named day, in some newspaper published in
Carroll county.
FRANK T. SHAW, Clerk.
True copy,-Test:
mar sgt FRANK T. SHAW, Clerk
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ONE DRILL PRESS AND TOOLS,

Emory Wheel. Bolt Cutter asd Dies, Large
Iroa Turning Lathe, Wood farming Lathe,
Tenoning Machine. Nises, Anvlls. Work
Benches, Stoves, Green & Daniels Plaaer,
Rotary Planer, Griudstoacs, lot Of Plows,
Cupola for melting iron, Iron Rum bier, -
Spring Tooth Rakcs. II Wheat Fans. . Thresh-
iaE Machines, Powers, for or horses;
large lot Of new Castings very large qaau.
tits Of Scrap Iron. Blaekswsth's Tools aad
Forms, a great variety Of Patterns, Fiasks shd
many other articles not necessary 10 nentiou-
The sale wili be absolute. aad includes n
large variety Of Machinery aud Agricultural
Implements Persons DESTROYS Of examining
the property eau call upon The undersigned
al the shops The sale viii be continued
from dav 20 dav ruiil all is sold.
TERMS OF SALE.-AH SUNS Of SO and
under. cash above $40 credit Of ,srSe
months will be given upon notes viih approx
ed security and bearing interest from The day
Of sale. STOCCH 4 SHRlNEB.
SIXTH & MCKEiL1P. Solicitors.
r. C.. Matthews, Auet'r., iuo. I. Diiiea-
baughs Clerk. FEB l9,ts
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Paper Pulp from Wood.


The following interesting description of
the process of making wood pulp is from
an account of the opening of the Thorold
Pulp Paper Company's establishment pub
lished by the Thorold Post, Canada
"The wood, four feet in leng h and Of
any thickness, is brought in at the base
meut, placed in the barking jack Zone stick
at time,) where two men, with draw
knives, rapidly peel of the bark. 1t is
then carried by the elevator to the first
floor, sawed in two-Feet lengths with cross
cut saws, passed on to the rip-saw, where
it is stabbed (that is a small portion of
wood on opposite sides taken OFF, to per-
nit it resting firmly in the grinding engine.
Il is then passed to the boring machine
IAN upright one and half inch auger,
with foot attachment driven by power,)
where the knots are bored out, The wood
is then placed in racks of the same size as
the receptacle in grinding engine and car
ried out to be ground. The grinding en-
gines are upright, and receive at filing
oue-twentieth Of a cord of wood. The
wood is placed in receptacle, and by
simple, variable, automatic feed process Is
pressed fatwise between two outward re-
volving rolls, composed Of solid emery,
which are flooded with spray of water,
carrying off fibriIized pulp in stream
through revolving screens to the tank or
stuff chest in the basement II is then
pumped up into vat that forms part Of
the wet machine. 10 this vat is constant
" revolving a large cylinder faced with
fine wire cloth, which picks up the parti-
eles Of pulp out of the water and places
them on the felt (an endless piece of wool
en- goods which makes between rolls, for
different purposes, continuous circuit Of
the we. maehiue.) On the cylinder is
turning a heavy roll, called the concha;
between the two, where they meet, the
cylinder leaves the pulp, with most of the
water pressed from It, The pulp now
makes its appearance on the felt above the
eoneha roll in a beautiful sheet, thirty
eight inches in width, aud is carried along
10 a steady flow distance of about eight
feet where it passes between (the water
here again being pressed from it) but not
beyond Two heavy rollers, the upper iron
the lower wood, it adheres to the upper
roll, which is constantly turning, wrapping
I il up, and when a sufficient thickness IS
attained, is cut off by a knife being pressed
to the roll, attached to the machine fol
that purpose Ii now leaves the roll in q
thick, white sheet, 36x3s inches which i:
received by the boy in attendance On !
table conveniently attached TO the machine
and folded into sheets 1t is then placed
on scales until the weight is one hundred
pounds, when it is placed in the press anC
firmly tied into square compact bundles
1t is now ready for shipment to the pape
mill to be made into printing and tea pa
per The wood paper pulp has been place.
in the market and found ready sale
Last week contract to the amount 0
1000 was made with one of our larg
paper mills.
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No-1INsoLyENT DOCKET.


In the Circuit Court for Carroll couRiy.
In the matter of the petition Of David Shat
fer for the benefit Of the lnseiyeni
Laws Of the State Of Maryland.
ORDERED this 10Th day Of February, A.
" d. 1881, that Wednesday, the 18th day
OF May.next, be and the same IS hereby hNed
for David Shaffer, Petitioner torthe benefit OF
the Insolvent Laws Of this State, 10 the above
entitled case, to appear ia the said Court and
answer such iuterrogatcries or allegations as
his creditors, endorsers or sUretles may pro
pose or allege against him, and that said pc
utioner, or Charles T. ReifsnIder and James
A. c. Bond, bis permanent trustees, shall
give notice thereof to the creditors, end0rsers
and sureties Of said Insolvent Petitioner, by
causing a copy OF this order tn be printed
in some newspaper published in Carroll eoun-
" for FIVE successive weeks before the said
18th day of May, next.
FRANK I. SHAW, Clerk.
True Copy,-Tesl:
Frank T. SHAW, Clerk.
Published at the reques, of Chas. I. Ref
spider and James A. c. Bond, permanent
trustees Of David Shaffer, lnsolyent Petition.
er. feb i2-5t
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11HE undersigned, intending 10 dissolve
Il their CO partnership and retire from bas'
mess. will offer at Public sale, al their FoaH
drv and Machine Shops. on Liberty street,
near the Depot, IN Westminster, Nd on
HoIaeslgy, The I6ih # March, &. D. 1881,
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The fossil bones of the Atlanta sa,uas
immaras, the largest land animal known
to have existed on the globe, are now in
the museum of Yale College.
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PUBLIC SALE

Valuable Machinery, Agricultural
Implements, Patterns, Flasks, &c,
at the Foundry and Machine Shops
on Liberty Street. in Westminster,
Nd.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes inaugurated
his literary career by contributing to the
columns of the "Collegian, a journal pub
lished by the undergraduates of Harvard
University.
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There are men whose friends are more
to be pitied than their enemies.
IF you act with a view to praise only
You deserve none.
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paper mills.

NEW FIREPRooF BUILDING MATERIAL.
The audacity of American invention,
says Chambers journal, is proverbial; it
distains belief in the impossible. We now
learn that freproof houses can be built OF
cotton and straw. In preparing these
materials raw cotton of inferior quality,
the scattered refuse of plantations and
sweepings of factories, ARE mixed aud con-
verted into paste, which becomes as hard
as stone, aud is then called architectural
cotton. 1t may be made in large slabs,
whereby the building of house would be
rapid in comparison with the practice of
laying brick after brick, and at about one
third the cost. For the other part wheat
straw is treated in a way already known,
and converted into pasteboard. The sheets
thus prepared are soaked in solution which
hardcns the fbcrs, aud are then compress
ed under enormous power into beams and
boards of any required size; and the effect
of the soaking is said to render them diff
cult Of combustion.
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The University of Heidelburg, Germa-
ny, founded by the electOr, Rupert |. in
the 18th century, boasts library COM
prisiug over 100000 volumes, besides sew
eral thousand manuscripts.
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PUMP-MAKING.

HNHE undersigned offers his services to the
Il public as a Pump Maker, and is pre-
pared to make new pumps or repair old ones.
Timber of the best quality, furnished when
desired. Prices as low as good work will
justify. All new work guaranteed from one
to three years. Win be pleased to receive a
share of the public patronage.
DAVID J. ROVER,
feb 2S-1y Westminster, Nd.
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SEVENTY-FTVE ACRES
Ratification Notice.

In the Orphans Court Of Carroll County.
FEHRUARY TERN, 1881.
Estate Of George Harris, deceased.
ON application it is ordered this 2Ist day
" Of February, 1851, that the sale ofthe Real
Estate Of George Harris, late Of Carroll coun-
ty, deceased, made by George ". Gilbert, ex-
ecutor of the last viii and testament Of said
deceased, and this day reported 10 this Court
by the said executor, be ratified and confirm
ed, unless cause be shown TO the contrary, on
or before the fourth Monday, 2sth day Of
March, next provided copy Of this order
be inserted for three successive weeks in some
newspaper printed aud published in Carroll
county, before the Sd Monday, 2lst day Of
March, next.
The report states the amount Of sale 10 be
three hundred and eighty dollars. tS8s0.00l
GRANVILLE T. Herring,
WILLIAM FRIZELL, Judges
NEIGHBOUR F. ALLGIRE,
True Copy,-Test:
J. OLIVER WADLOW,
feb 28-8t Register Of Wills.
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TRUSTEES SALE
OF
Real and Personal Property,
In Hampstead District, Carroll Co., Md.

In Hampstead District, CdITOd TO-; M"'
TINE undersigned, permanent trustees OF
Il the insolvent Estate of David Shatfer' OF
Carroll county, now pending IN tne 1 1'IT;o
Court for Carroll county, will offer at Fuohc
Sale, to the highest bidder, on the premises
On Saturday, I2th dag OF March, 1881,
at . o'clock, p M, all that parcel Of land sit,
nate on the Middletown road, in Hampstead
district, Carroll county, Nd, containing
SO Ia ACRES, More or Less,
being the same property which the said David
Shaffer obtained by deed from John " and
Joshua Murray, executors OF Jacob Murray
This property is improved BY
new stone Dwelling House, 20 3 lasSSAG4l
x so feet, with backbuilding- ia khI14
also Barn and other build k1lSss 4azsz@.-
ings adapted to farming purposes mere Is
fine Orchard of excellent Fruit, plenty OIL
Water and Timber soil is good and all been
once we'll lined.
Also another parcel of land adjoining the
first, containing
50 Acres, More or Less.
This property being the same which the SAID
David Shaffer obtained by deed from Sarah
A. Gardner, and is located partly IN Carroll
timbered and has a good meadow. These two
tracts of land will be sold together or sepa,
rately as may be found TO be to the interest OF
the Estate
Also will sell about 20 barrels Of corn, a lot
of fodder, hay and straw.
Terms of Sale for the Real Estate One
third cash en- the day Of sale or on the ratlh-
cation thereof by the Court the balance, IN
two equal payments of six and twelve months
the credit payments to be secured by me
notes Of the purchaser or purchasers to the
satisfaction Of the trustees, bearing interest
from day of sale.
Terms Of Sale of the Personal Property
All sums under So, cash over that sum .
credit of so days, secured by the notes OF
purchaser with interest. ,
C. T. REIFSNIDER,
J. A. c.. BOND,
A. NJ Ruby, Auct'r. trustees