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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-13

did 80 with beating heart; for the occu-
nant of the other side of the table was Miss
Eczardy.
Well. there we sat facing each other
across that tiny table throughout that long
italian table d. hote, and ate our respective
dinners in solemn unbroken silence. L
wanted desperately to begin conversation
with her, but I lacked the hardihood to
speak the first word, and of course l could
not expect the first word to come from her.
/ thought out dozen possible maneuvers
by which the Ice might be broken and the
conversation started; but when it came to the
rub of putting anyone of them in operation
nv heart failed me, my tongue Glove TO the
roof of nv mouth. / fancled had got my
courage quite screwed up to the point Of
asking her to pass the vinegar; that, 1t
seemed to me, would be natural opening,
and one that might lead to something; but
then, at the eleventh hour, it occurred to
me that the vinegar cruet stood within easy
reach of nv own hand, and that it would
be infinitely ridiculous to impose upon her
the supererogatory Of passing it, and so 1
dared not. This was utterly absurd. There
was no reason why we should not chat to-
gether. She knew who / was, knew VINO
guild. dwellers under the same ROOF tree; we
had even corresponded together; did not
hold in my possession one of her visiting
cards, with a note written on it
by her hand for my eyes.
There could have been no earthly
harm or wrong in our speaking to each
other, and making friends. It would have
been unconventional, ii you like, but not
unconventional in any bad sense; and be-
sides, isn't unconventionality in their mu-
tual intercourse the privilege OF artists? Yet
there we sat, vis-a-v1s, not more than IL
inches from each other; and my childish
timidity tied my tongue, and prevented my
making the first advance.
As time went on, and saw the moment
drawing nearer and nearer when she would
have finished her dinner and be ready te
leave the restaurant, my anxiety to speak
to her waxed more intense; but not SO my
courage / wondered whether she appre.
| ciated the situation as did, and perceived
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-13
CHROKOMETER OF THE POLARlS.
A Clock That Was Buried in AretIo Ice fsr
-Four Years.

Washington Star.I
In the desk of Edison R. Brace chief clerk
Of the Bureau Of Equipment and Recruiting
in the Navy Department, is q little rosewood
case. bound and inlaid with brass and
bronze. 1t is in the form of cube, about
Is inches high, and containing chronome-
ter such as Is used on all naval vessels.
This little instrument has quite tragic his
tory, and is held of considerable value. II
was the ships chronometer of the unforfu-
nate Polaris that was sent out on an Arctic
expedition by the Navy Department in 1911
When the Polaris was nipped in the ice Cap
tain Hall saved this instrument and some
other things from the vessel. As long a.
Captain Hall survived he kept the chro-
nometer with him. When he persisted il
was buried in the Arctic sneWs and
abandoned. This was some time in 1874
For four winters it lay buried in the snow
and ice.
In 1876 Captain Mares, of the British
navy, now Sir George Mares, then in COM
mand Of the last royal expedition to the
Arctic region, discovered this chronometer
at Newman's Bay. He dug it out of the
snow and took it to England with him on
his return. 1t had been buried in the snow
for four years In q region where the
mercury sinks to 104 degrees below
freezing point. It was found 10
be in perfect order, and was wound and ran
all right as soon as taken from its cold bed.
On returning to England Captain Mares
turned the instrument over to the British
admiralty ofice, from whence il was sent q
q present TO this Government With all
this experience it loses only second in
"a hours
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-13

him? It's wonderful face-like the wreck
OF a face that had once been strong, intel
lectual, almost beautiful"
"W'y, don't I tell you, it was her ole
man, her fazair; DR.. Eczardy, who leeve op-
stairs"
"WhatI' I gasped. "Hsr father2 Her
own father?"
"Yes. 1t represent him in the prison in
Rossia, were they keep him five, six years,
waiting to be tried, and w'ere e catch the
cawnsumption. You see, it was pretty
hard, staying all alone there, in solitar'
confinement, one, two, tree, four, five, six
years. e pretty near go crazy"
"Hardl should think it was. And
you'll don't see how you can sleep with
that picture in the room"
''Oh, you get use to it." he explained,
with shrug.
"But she! However she could bring her
self to paint it, 1 don't understand. Her
own father. The subject is horrible enough
in itself. But when 1t comes to ones own
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LISTENING.

One afternoon week or so later, while I
was at work washing my brushes in my
studio, somebody began to sing in the room
above. The voice was feminine, deep and
sweet contralto; and took for granted that
the singer must be Miss Eczardy. listened
with good deal of interest as well as a good
deal of pleasure; for, beside that the voice
was in itself agreeable, the song she sang
seemed to me to be very curious as well as
very pretty. Though the words, of course,
were quite indistinguishable, guessed that
it was Russian song, perhaps folk song.
1t had much of that savage impetuosty Of
rhythm, and that almost barbaric brilliancy
of color, which we feel in some of the COM
positions of Rubinstein. 1t was swift, mer-
ry, jubilant even, in. its movement; yet a
prolonged minor wall seemed to run all
through it, giving secondary effect of sor-
row. Here and there would occur re-
petend, consisting of a succession of tense
high notes; every new departure and varia-
tion of the tune always finished by bringing
up at this same repetend the influence
of it upon the hearer was verv strange.
1t sounded like hilarious laughter, yet at
the same time it sounded like wild, pas
sionate sobbiDg; and it moved the hearer at
once to pain and to pleasure, in way that
was very strange. Gradually, as listened.
the rhythm appeared to become more regular,
the eccentricity OF the melody to moderate
little. sit begins" thought, "to resemble
something that have heard before. WHAT?
All, I remember; it is a good deal like that
song of Carmen's, whereby poor Don Jose
is made to lose his heart to her. There Is
the same effective use of the chromatic
scale. She does it beautifully; / should
immensely like to see her. I can fancy the
way her eye flashes, the way her cheek
flushes. She must be pretty. No woman
could sing with so much fire and spirit
unless she were pretty. Hello. what is
this?" The floor over my head begun to
vibrate to the measure of a dance; the
singer had begun to dance in time to her
music. 1t struck me all at once that this
was a little singular. Could Miss Eczardy
not only sing but dance with her father III
unto death in the next, or for all knew in
| the same, room? / was pondering this enigma
in my mind, when somebody raped upon
my door.
"Come in" 1 called.
The exterminator entered. He entered
on tiptoe as if fearful of making the least
noise; and with his finger raised, his lips
purseG, and his brows knitted, as If to en-.
join silence upon me as well. looked up,
puzzled, and waited for him to vouchsafe
an explanation.
He advanced very close to me, when
bending forward and protecting his mouth
with the open palm OF his hand, he demand.
ed in whisper, "Eh, you hear that ?"
"Yes, hear it, confessed.
"Well, the ole feller- you know, the OLE
| feller, her fazair p"
"Yes? Well? What about him?
"Well, he feel better. Ca va mieux. Yor
understand 2''
| "Ah, that's it, is it ?' exclaimed. CDR
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THE TRAGEDY AT ST. PETERSBURG.

father! To work over such thing day after
day, week after weekl don't see how she
could do it. She-she must be young
woman of considerable grit"
''Yes, you right; she his" said MUSCLE.
''She tole me about that picture. 'Mr. Mu-
selle, she tole me, Il want to pent picture
witch mex people see 'ow in Rossia they
treat gentleman who is arrested only as
suspect, and before e is tried, TO find if e is
guilty or hinnocent. 'Ee is only suspect,
waiting to be tried; yet for five years they
keep him all alone there. in solitar' confne-
ment like that, till his 'ealth is destroyed,
his career in the world ruined, his heart
broken, his mind almost gone crazy, and
his family not knowing if e is dead or alive,
or in Rossia, or in Siberia, or wat or w'ere,
or anysing about him. She tole me that,
to explain wy she pent him that way"
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my faintheartedness, and was laughing at
me in her sleeve. I stole glance at her
beautiful white face; it was inscrutable.
Presently she rose from her chair,
put on her mantle, and moved of, into the
other room, into the street.
The chance was gone. Itwas too late now.
Such chance might never occur again. !
reviled myself with curses not loud but
deep.
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FAINT HEART.

A fortnight slipped away. The health of
DR.. Eczardy, as the exterminator kept me
informed, continued to improve. Every
afternoon his daughter sang and danced for
his pleasuring. conceived hundred
schemes by which an acquaintanceship be-
tween them and me might be brought to
pass; but lacked the executive ability to
carry out any one Of them. The simplest
scheme of all-namely, to ask the extermi-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-13

1t pays in Germany to coin new word.
The Rev. DR.. Zeller. Of Waiblingsn, near stutss
CART, has Just received 100 marks for the forg-
literally. "a roll Of smoke.n to be substituted
for the word "cigare," which sounded too fore
eign for the delicate ears Of the young Ger
man Emperor.
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CURIOSITY.

was owned, anu bhe
,bree lower floors were occupied, by an old
Freuchman named Archimede MUSCLE. A
large sign under the drawing room window
read as follows, in letters of gold upon a
sable field: -
ARCHniEDE MUSELLE
DIFFERENTIATION OF INSECTS.
CHANGED to be passing through ST.
Marks place one dav shortly after my ar
rival here when that sign caught my atten-
tion. 1t struck me as delightful. Exter-
minator of insects! In its ingenious in
eourruity, its fearless blending of the terri
BILE with the minute, it seemed not only In
trinsically pleasant, but very agreeably and
Enthusiastically Gallic. halted ana
stood still before it, rapt in contemplation
wondering the while what sort of parsonage
this exterminator might be. Ny imagina-
tion pictured a rolly-polly little fellow,
French to his fnger-tips, with glossy bald
nate. a blandly benevolent countenance, an
e1fusive manner, and then fierce, defiant,
black mustache, waxed and curled upward
at the ends. un Roland furieux, mais blen
netit as Grinchette is described In the play.
ANYHOW he would be, like his ensign,
auti-climacteric; a droll mixture Of feroclty
and milduess, of the bellicose and the bour-
geois: breathing simultaneously fire, venge-
ance, and a gentle odor Of soupe-aux-choux.
I almost wished had some insects to ofer
up for determination, so that might make
an excuse for paving him visit and scrap
ing an acquaintance. In default OF any, l
was at the point of moving of and continu,
ing nv journey, when ! happened to OBJ.
serve another and smaller sign, suspended
below the big one, advertising a Studio
Apartment to Let.
A studio-apartmentl The very thing that
1 was hunting for.
L climbed the steps, rang the bell, anC
told the young man who opened to me that
1 should like to look at the studiO-apart
ment.
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Indigestion

rs not only . distressing complaint OF
l itself, but, BY causing the blood 10
become depraved and the system en-
feebled, Is the parent Of innumerable
maladies. That Ayers Sarsapariila
is the best cure for Indigestion, even
when complicated with Liver Complaint,
Il proved by the following testimony
from Mrs. Joseph Lake, OF BrockWY
Centre, Mich.:-
oliver complaint and indigestion
made my life burden and came near
ending my existence. For more than
four years suffered untold agony, was
had strength to drag myself about. All
kinds Of food distressed me, and only
the most delicate could be digested as
ali. Within the time mentioned several
physicians treated me without giving re-
lief. Nothing that took seemed to az
any permanent good until commenceS
the use Of Ayers Sarsaparilla, wnlcn
has produced wonderful results. soon
after commencing to take the SarsaPs-
rilla I could see an Improvement IN LIZ
condition. My appetite began 20 issuss s;csss
and with it came the ability 70 ueT0. In.
all the food taken, my strengsn ta~ %
proved each day, and after : rou, ~
months Of faithful attention 70 yIi ysIi
directions, I found myself ssoi1
woman, able to attend to all nouSs. 1.,s =
duties. The medicine has gwen N-' :
new lease Of Hfe.n
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A ssridsus Dscos

Mr.. Mulligay = Sing louder. Maudt
They's one jist a-comin' over th' fsnce.-.
Judge.
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TIE SMOKING COMPARTMENT.

copyrighted. 1883. AN rights reserved.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1889-07-16
euuFoRo CENTRE

ME- Lulu lIoyt. ~ Portland, J. pass
Ing q few dly. in l,umiorl.
Mr. and Mr.. EdNarl Brown. 81 Wal
thim. will rrmlin here for two weeks.
George lloyt viii also spend hi Naca-
tion herr.
Rev. Mc..r.. Eaton, llhnniioui AMI
Carver also the writer aud one other
took a trip through the lake region r.
GENTLY. one ~ the most enjoyable
times that fall. 90 a person in lifetime
va. the result. We were shown many
favor. by Mandiye Brooks. Mr. and Mr..
sessions which We shall not soon forget
In fact At all the camps around the lakes
our stay wa. made very pleasant.
Mr.. Jane. :. Morse who has raised
some splendid colts In the past Ia. one
now that promises 90 excel all the
others. IN l. . week. old aud weighs jls
pounds. l. a full brother 90 II. \. 4.
This Eclilr colt surely promlses much.
Rev. e.. =. Eaton, u. H., ~ spring
field. Mass. has been visiting hi friend,
i. T.. stephens. H. kindly consented Ga
occupy the pulpit Last sunday and
preached here aud at East Rumford.
liz sermons Were packed full ~ thought
and were listened 90 With deep interest
/ At the close Of the afternoon service
/ Rev. Mr.. lIaunafopl administered the
orlinanc. of baptism to four persons
aud received one into full membership
Rev. Mr.. Carver, ~ West Peru, was
present and took part In the services
Thus passed a very pleasant day.
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\ Vouur gentleman passed ihs Corner
the fourth int. on a hisNclr D. moved
yer, gracefully bat not very rapidly,
Hirharl Ws.tcoti aud family. ~ Fort
land. Who arr nov occupying their cot
tarc by the .ide ~ ~ongo Pond, occa-
.ionally pas. the Corner.
Mr.. Alton femald. Wa prrseutei
with nic, gold watch on the Sih hy her
husband. father.
IN. dun hay weather 9. Improved Va
picking l.crrie. anil catching fi.h Charlie.
lnd gsarry Grover took about ~ To-.
pirkrrrl from the pond Melne.iay.
With sorrov frcorl the death ~ Geo.
A. Clark which occurred 40 his home Nith
hi. father Daniel clark. The event hh.
,,u.e,i universal sorrow ln che cnmmu-
uif, D. vt. energetic and cheerful, Inn
uartIur happiness to ull around him.
To- leave. father, mother and iw"
brother. Va Doe have the sympathy 81 The
community Tho Congregational sucie-
"a have ln.t a. member from whom they
rNusIts.i much IT, has hrcn "a lihcral
contributor o. their funds. lat April De-
va. elected ~ nne - their committee
AMI rhrsrfullN acceptsd the trust aui
va. iusi entering With ,igor upon IL
Iutie. hut tod has called him a. a
HIGHER service. liz va. prustrated With
Ii..a.e which hafi'ed the kill ~ several
.llllful physicians. llls suficrings were
,erv great. vet borne With patience.
a might D. eNpecie,lit was hard for him
10 Give az the world ~ early In life; the
conflict VA sharp bat BE- was enabled 20
how .uhmi.sl,ely a. the mandate 81 llim
Who docih an thing. we'll. lie gave hi'
heart a. the saviour aud thus death was
robbed 81 H.. .ting aud b. peacefully fell
.lesp la Iesus. u.
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snllrA RllckElElD

Tho weather /. 80 hcklc that /, i un-
worthy ~ notice.
n. \. Consui IA. done II. Y. chase.
Chnflie Allen la. done 4 4. Robin
.on'. having.
Me. Alice futile Ia. planted her
garden.
Ripley Futile Ia. traded hl. bronco
Tor a model mare. Ripley say. swap
ping horses still possesses all the charms
~ earlier years.
North Turner Bridge not only Ia. the
greatest horse Jockey In the state but
the .martest mason In the person of I.
:. rarcher.
The writer has Waited streaked Noun
tain aud '.OTone Cottage, = conspicuous
object upon the mountains topmo't
crest. What grand panorama i.pr,-
senied from the rugged heights OF old
strrakcd. How much of JOY aud sorrow
4. embraced within the scope III ones
vision from thl. majestic old mountain.
For YEAR We have advocated good
horse breeding aud when We fully realize
that thousands Of scrub colts have breh
raised In our state ~ a los- Ia their
owner. such advice seem. timely. And
In thi. connection will the Democrat
reader. pardon us II We again refer 10
q. &. Caswelr. sucking colt a, Norih
Turner Bridge. This colt i out OF a
winthrop Morrill, mare that has trottel
In , 30 aud sired BY Pedro Wilkes owned
by I.oyd Carver of liyeunore. THIS
colt has made remarkable growth. \
large. styli.h. finely formed colt without
a particle ~ coarseness. the paragon ot
Excellence. This Kind of breeding pay..'
Bonnie Gcrrish has traded with uardl-
ner parties for horse that stands more
than III hands weighing 100 pounds.
4 stylish aud line roadster.
EplzoOtic l. prevailing among horses
Frank spaulding's mare usually mas a
good colt regardless Of the Sire nnt We
notice that .he has an exceptionally hne
one thl. year after Mckusick.
In some Instances grass and early
sown oat. are rusting.
\ Ed.on Murlock has had q reissue
aud increase. Increased Ia sJo pr
month with $500 arrears.
| AG. Packard has handsome year
ling colt 90, by MasOn's Knox horse Al
RichmOnd's Corner.
Lon Record l. l,aylng with one Of To-
bins horses.
The name OF Still IIer-ey's stallion l.
Eyewood not Rdgewood.
4 neighbor asks ''souih Bnckheid
why he does not write news, not what
every one knows. The world deals la
platitudes not Originalitie. aud the writ
er I. no exception.
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NinnII INfInNALI.
nnIIAMnOn

NcWsl llick. l. getting no better ~ hi.
scrofulous trouble aud last Monday was
taken o. Portland 90 the hospital by his
physician io 49, what can De- done iur
him there H. has the sympathy ~ All
and everybody hopes be- will return
much benefited. IT, l. about y years
~ agr. an only child and ~ good hahlts.
lIi. father. \ n. llicks, l. now on the
gain aud !. doing some labor.
willard .Nmc. I. quite feeble thu sum
msr AMI erts out bat little. ILL sou,
Or,llle. Z. ,loing the work on the farm.
r.. T.. M,mtWufihi. health hts so iar
improved that b. get. out q" the neigh
hor.' occa sionally, bat does very little
work on lh. place. Walter Ui.l'c- i.
.iill living therr. bat work. most ~ the
time In the woDds
David Morgan and h. wife and -"n
Frank. together with hi. wife snd infant
child. all ~ Materhoru. arr nov visiting
Ia town for the flr.t time for ten yrafs'
We have Not seen MI Morgan bctorr
.lncc Ne used to work on the e.. 1. II.
together nearly twenty-five year. ago,
and quarter century viii 1t IT, mark
on any per'on.
Two converts, samuel ". Cummings
and Stlllman Cole, were baptized al
Shadagee ast sabbath aud a number
more will probably follow Ia a week OF
two. Amer the baptism the congrega.
ton repaired Ia the schoolhou.e aud
ll.irud To- some very Interesting remarks
by Rev. Nj. Bean.
Aud nov hurrah for having. al'
though III weather thus far has bot
been first class for that Kind ~ work
Those who have cut some ~ theil
gra.. say their la large shflnkngr 90
II In consequence of it. growing "a
much la the shade. T.. -.
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OXFORD

Rev. Mr.. Scarlc, pastor II the Congrr-
gational church, administered the rite ~
baptism a. Nil. Marcia Cash and she
Wa admitted 90 the church on sunday
Last. She started on her Journey tO her
home In Kansas un Monday.
ME- BERTHA rrndeNicr read AZ Wilton
ON the evening ~ M" Fourth.
Mr.. Brackrtt aud Mr.. Holmes have
returned from Boston.
Mr.. Jonathan Virgin. ~ Hanover. aud
VIZ. Chaplin Virgin, ~ Rumford,
Waited AZ Mr.. rncy's last week.
Dr. y. u. faunce, from Florida, Z.
visiting his father.
The telephone 4. nov completed.
The chargrs for messages o. Mechanic
Fails aud LEWISTON arr n and - cents.
Nicholas Dinsmorv for many YEAR q
carpenter Wa Ia town last week.
The Harper Manufacturing Company,
of Wclch,lllc, are putting Ia a new water
wheel.
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RnMEoRn

Rad weather for hayins hu, everybody
has some uut.
Very quiet around the streets.
Nil. MARY Ray l. az home for the SUM
mer.
Mr.. aud Mr.. Nccdham have company
from y. III.
Mr.. stevens new .tableis nearly done
aud l. a good one.
The ncW store l. plastercd aud ready
for the in.ide flnish.
Geo. n. Tuttle has taken the daily mail
routs from here To- Mexico. People go
ing down river nov will lind ample pro-
vision. made for their conveyance Ia ai'd
from Mexico. and will be- there on time
Atat a meeting IT the directors of the
Npgruscoggin Steamboat Go. u was Not-
"a 10 place the whole management ~ the
hoat In the hand. of three men, VIZ (;
L.. \. kimhall. Gco. \. Virgin, y. IL.
Roberts. which la sufficient guarantee
that the boat will bc run on business
princlplc.. aud that parties that want Ia
90 ON a picnic will iind them ready To
tan business aud make Il an Object to
patronlgr this boat. She i registered Ia
carry INV passenger. and will be- hand
ls,i bV competent men.
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MESr RrInEI.

The farmers commenced having last
Monday In full force. hut have been rcst-
Inc on their arms ever since, not for enc
mics bat Tor weather. II i now Friday,
aud no encouragement Tor them Yet.
have not seen or heard ~ good clover
field In town this summer, all winter Kill
81. bat timothy aud rel top has made a
splendid growth aud viii give nearly an
average crop ~ hay.
Mr.. francis BARKER and wife are stlll
very feeble.
\. :. Bean has thirteen horses haul
Ing spool stock from Mason "a Wet
Bethel. llls min at this place i shut
down for the present.
Geo. ". Mason has q new ferry boat
to take the place ~ the old one which
hal hccoms unsouni.
T.. 4. GruScr has few hoaricrs FROM
Portland. AMI l. expecting more soou.