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THE CAMBRIA FREEMAN
A Ebensbarg, Pa., by H- A. McPike.
Circulation
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- ,inc rur. rh in advance II. W
ecoPi- ',. f net p'd wlihin 3 miw. 1.75
if not p'd within 8 ram. )!.iO
.. if not p'd withiu year. .
r. r.,ind rcsldinir outside tb? oniintv
X . ' i-u-ional per fir will he I luirjred to
,lC, vn' wil! th" a tin vp term bp de
r P V an'-l tii' don't rnnrii 1 1 I heir
'.'m'i bf mvitiir iti advance raut not
i ;n , , (.,! en the a:n footinir timt
0 ten-
..el !
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I , t tti! frt hc J'ftinctty undorstood
fi in- forward.
,iur iniK'f before yon stop It. If
N ine nut Fc.iinivnir no oth
h i a -thz ii te s loo short.
,.i in 1 1 -t .
H. A. McPIKE, Editor and Publisher.
H IS A FREBM AN WHOM THR TRTJTH MAKES FREE, AUD ALL ARE SLAVES BESIDE.
SI. SO and postage per year, In advance.
VOLUME XTII.
EBENSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1879.
NUMBER 4(3.
Advertising Itnten.
The Iirtomd rapidly Hicresin circulation
o- Tt Vf.ttii foirroniil. It to tbe faoraUe
eonlderatlon of dertter. ATert Isertients
will bp inerfe at tbe following rate:'
loch. 8 time.
1 8 month
1 6 month,
1 " 1 year
t 6 months
" 1 year
S " S month,....
3 " 1 year
H col's 6 month,....
H " 6 month,
H " 1 year
1 " month,
I " 1 year
Administrator', and Rircutnr'i Notice..
Auditor a Notices I. no
Stray nd similar Notice l.io
DuHines, Item,, flint Insertion 10c. per Una;
each snoaequetil ioeertion So. per hoc.
w7iMii ft'on, or i;rii-ref ino tit any mrrrm
ft.m or iKirt.-fv. an4 f"tnniumfn(ifmi fri7iiecf tv
call attention t" any matt ernf limited "r n.diridwa (
nfrrrf. must l-r j-aid for a alxertmn-mtt.
Job Pristiko of M kio4 neatly and expedi
tiously eieculed at lowest price. Iion't yoo
forrat It.
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WE ARE STILL ON DECK.lPIANO
AND PROPOSE TO REMAIN THERE!
A Perfect Tornado in Low Prices.
and ORGANS
nt
i run
.15
TUB LARGEST AND CHEAPEST HOUSE IX PEl'A
To tli'" nuiiiprourf i-o1m-? of" 1" rctt'iiimi
V. S. BARKER & BROTHER
Hill. :i"'i
tent ion
tin
to
i iTinttr of" in(erfl to in'r"T-
the induceiiiunts Iiclv:
itivitei lit-
.,. i rl 'nrt ami nio.t i"inplete JfO-tmfnt or HOOTS ever seen In this or tiny ather roun
. . . :i u .jiifi lit in.) in the cniirji-.l n the tinir. :md at prii'i" whiidi e.? roinjiftltion.
! r '. r tun, or iji'-e to fsivn a full prii'r list. Iiut append an example or two ol our low
' . , i-';.'ir:ii!''i.t : Fit 2 W m Mil a ninn's hunt, made trom whole stork, with kakhi k
"i'-.n'.t" ' l i' li t' rrnts cdrqxT than I'n-it of U:e same )iiiiiity ran l-c hoiiirlit from any
v . i ".mi Ai-n. a miin's i'nlf h'jot ( warrant? I ). with tap olir. nttu-r eewrd or pftruc I, for
' '.. .-. i I (.. sin.! at tli Minn Ii.t ritc. and If customers tail to find our pri'-es tar be
,l.-:il
t ir.'ti'
'. HID Mill
n:i
PI k
: l.,K- ii
Haines Brothers.
S' WEBER,
t NEWTON & CO.
MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT. C3 O - "W
1 1 1 v will not. le ii-t il tolniv .V eomiilcte st-i.'k of Imv, and yoiitli" Pool,
l,. sj,ips nruni ioots at pri-r. a Tittle cheaper th.m othor d:iliT? demand.
liiive h.i-.ti! Lamiiij ! offer, in we keep a lull -t;-k of inediiitn prin-d irar
j r t finer aoo.?. an I will take your order Inr any kind of a fine uit. wh-eh e
if-, m miv ti. ui v.u .;i n n:iv the fame k ind of uouls in Alt-xma or .lolinstow n.
i: ii in it l.-ir'saln,. In V Kli ' UTS we earrv- tit.; oil v e. .m pi etc ."'nek in town.
: ete with 'j ir pri.'rj. while in I'ASSIMKKlN and ( i.orifS we have the inot
' ; v .? ! a rt:n;.t n rr exlii'dted in Kh"titmrjr. and ran have suit, made t) order on
f '. Z n'r to -ei' otir i-ant jtwhh Hetore luivinyr.
. w; x :n: a Mil line of I'MIKKWEAK. from the eheape,t to the be,t. and a, an exam-
-ui thee ifiiu li. nnd the only one we hare room tor. we iiote (rood, heavy under
.' .!. ad tu:i mi it- t i"J rent,. W ho ean heat lliene tiurr.4
W i dies' J3e pc'ii'ti ncn i .
VK W TO CAM. S1ECIAI. ATTENTION Tt I'l'li
srii-:ieit stock r xvTII:H', c)Arrs,
it varletv and at al! prices from $-.'0 up to the highest. We eertainly bve w....i
f line, ar'l to tn.-e l.tdies who need e ml? lor the con.inz Winter, hut do not wifh
. we w..u'. I eo.nc ami examine our ct.K-k now a ri 1 m-leet what you want and
I, w : ; be d.ir.i with pe,-iire. s lv so doinp yon will liave a larae aorlin"nt to
v not l-e tlie e-.-.- loi;. a we xpeet tn rcluro the Moek very much before the '2bth
r-.w when joii vi-it oi:r store d .n't luret to look at tho roat,, which we will be
i i.i,i'I)it v.iii i. Nh to hiiy or not.
VMM t.RF.N we lriv i nu e line, an I are eirin sreat bara'n In them at well
tuiiiNiil ar - ori'-tle' ;ind texture.. M Sll A WI.s we shall keep a Kill nrt-
nt hi. of ill ,trte and price,. We a! h te a neat and eoiantete stock or La
in S Hi isl UK V. f MiKliVKAK.(;i.ll KS. .sc.. a well j tie tft line of WAT
r i i liet' cloak and ekildrcn'a wear ever brought to Khennniirji;.
Ilmxlnar reeentlv reeDtert the (irnfral Atrener for Otatral Petaowylv am I
addition to our old territory), with hfadqaarter, aod
UIK.'I! STORE ROOM IT !40i ELEVENTH AVE.. ALTOOXA.
IN CHARGE OF MR. CEORCE W. COOD,
And balntr dealroo of extending our already Immense Bale of to moa cel
ebrated and moat desirable
I P I . V iVOB and OEG-ANS
I ETfr Introdnccd to a maslc-IOTlntr pnbllc, we respectfully In, Ite all who aro
! dealrona of purchasing m
H'irst-Cla.ss Instrnixient
OF EITIIFR KID TO (ilTE VH A CALL.
WE SELL NO PIANO OR OllGAN
THAT WE CANNOT FULLY WAIIKAXT. AND BETXG THE
OUR PRICES ARE THE LOWEST.
Our House u a eptbtis7ied in JS.ll in riltsbttrgh , trhere tffl will con
tinue at Xo. 7i Fifth Avenue.
Instruments Sold on Small Monthly Payments.
H.VFI SFACTJOX GUARAXTEFD.
II.'
PALACE.
STERLING.
iMason&Hamlin.
GOOD,
THE FATE OF THEFAKT VOCSH MAS.
WRITTEN IN THE STATK'8 PRISON.
It's curious, isn't it. Hilly,
The chances that twelve months may bring;
Last vear I was at Saratocra,
As liappy and rich as a king.
I was raking in pools on the races.
And feeing the waiters with "tens,"
And sipping ntint-jnleps by twilight,
And to-day I am here in the pen.
"What led nie to do it?" What always
Leads men to destruction and crime?
The prodigal son, whom you've read of,
Has altered somewhat in his time ;
He spends his substance as freely
As the biblical fellow of old,
But when it is gone he fancies
The husks wiil turn into gold.
Champagne, a box at the opera,
High steps, while fortune is flush,
The passionate kisses of women,
Whose cheeks have forgotten to blush ;
The old, old story, Hilly,
Of pleasure that end in tears :
The froth and foams for an hour
The dregs that are tasted for years.
Last night, as I sat here and pondered
On the end of my evil ways,
There arose like a phantom tiefore me,
Hie scene of my boyhood days,
I thought f"f my old home, Billy ;
Of the school-house on tin-, hill ;
Ot the brook that Mowed thro' the meadow
I can e'en hear its music still,
Again I thought of my mother
Of the mother wrio taught me to pray
Whose hive was a precious treasure
That I heedlessly cast away.
I saw again, in my vision,
The fresh-lipped, careless boy.
To whom the future was boundless,
And the world but a mighfy toy.
I thought of all this as I sat here ;
Of my ruined and wasted life ;
And the pangs of remorse were bitter
They pierced my heart like a knife.
It takes some courage, Billy,
To laugh in the face of fate,
When th yearning ambitions of manhood
Are blasted at twenty-eight.
2 w:
ial at?
ii'i-i 111
erti. n to ttur f ARI'ETS. We have completed arranementi with
Nc v V -rk whereby we are enabled with the n id ot a wonderful lu-
l el
Vi';" f..
:t i ur .-t--
. as ! vere. the entire foek o( a N.w Y Tk W rule
. ,.f tM -i.v,,hito"-." tu't wit! take jrert p.
h - !! tr i - e you an ..portunity to rc'.-u .ir.y carpe
int pattern''.
hoiee ,.t of m.ANKKrs. whi.-h we are utl.-r: n-;
, ,.,,r t.j,"k a !i a !:.! 'Hi- lit e ol Cl.i iCKS. and ar-" n.
: ' .' ':.' " " .:ii!i."-n or how elaborate, at price- fui
,-'i. t'o" i- ini mal-.e and ti iish.
If'l.i .THS v.e ;re nrlel inir un-.".) a i lied
k th"." Urs.-t and bc-t tu '.own. .-otr.pr:-.
t!'Mie. W e have
!' ia -lii-win you
i::;iv li'iri from
; e pr.re. r-iriinp: 'rum
n. prepared li:rn'?h
fuiiy -Ci p. r eent. cheaper
i .merit-", mr ) rl.'es bein;
i w: ttl.s 1:1 1 patt'-rii" tor
re-27.
1404 Eleventh Avenue, Altoona, Pa.
M ELL OR & H ENRICKS,
70 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, ?a.
THE
1; ii 1 MM 11
nimrv goods in endless im.ofusion.
ews m BE
fll
caue 01 uie ai
5 9 I force was tlesr
I I or l'crson
k'2 3 ' ; village, whose
I pon learning
,-t
hi
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the
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.1 - . r 1 1 re inire ion nv
v. ki ep. .Villi-,- it to
nr." tua'.i .lo'i'-li- wh it any
,le m.tr.y ..( the v'.d were
s we r.o'e l 'antoii Flannel",
v e.iiiid bi 1 m 01 tl t ' for now.
fundi whi. h lilijht bo nien-
- of 1'ir--? 1. u 1 . i i ia". TM, i,
n ii-e Ku-ine-.-. H know ome
ariMin I our ; ri"e with tnwirn.
in t-wn, nn I we not only intend
nd he.t stoek of IIKOI l.HI a well a. 1 1. u k.
H.ASS of all Miz. NAII.S. (HI.S A.C., .Ve.. to be
p-. I- r ; ";'!. c a fill i!
;i:er"'" ndi-'e in Eienbiirir ' 1
li'it rt tb" .ii"t e-.-h prie - -f
:idv.t:i"e pri". It' t; I- lat'ei ' ! 1
v au-i at i.Tii---. .nil"1! Piivei linn ft
:!.! I Si o'-. a- !! nj m ill
I a n -1 01. r :n 1 I rii
iir.f.-er f "'!! otl.er
or. out .1: ve :.'k i-i :
nur.er ih::n nr.v other firm
FALL and W INTER GOODS
While ' Jii mv rr hicl i
"R TERMS
If (-ii !
ARE STRICTLY CASH, or Country Proilnce at Cash Prices.
'n. I
j ii ! 1.
. ehe-t nut..
roo.i j rid
and other pri
intorrniii' o'
dnee. fall at nnr stnra and
of our prtee.. w :iet her you
;ii7 forward to the coming T'rfjeidential flrclinn in hopes of
hdnq th Iw ky r.iar. (he mtlfcri'icr Imx cnnciwird to rfyimin in the mcrcaixiue
bu.-ine.s fld girr it hi und've'lrd attention LJ fn.,j,lii,i'i ." friend
and the public 'eneralh with ALL KlXli'uF (iUOUS
F i.e. ,-.!,,! m. Ortobcr . I'HTW-.tr.
!ri fo
di" f:' -.
.. h. J
k.i
0r
& Sectional Vlev ii
r .
iiti.,:., .vrto. ATPRICE8SOLOW
THAT AO.YK VAX OR DAJtlZ COMl'KTE WITH Hill.
IUiers will h'icuvs fJi-7 "full tnd cho'tnt siO'k f fri'ii'i'''! to bt found in a general
store, comprising a complete line of
DRY GOODS, DRESS GOODS, H0TI011S, H&TS, CAPS,
Boots, Shoes, Groceries: Hardware, Tinware,
Qrasiare, Glassware, ffooaeniare, Cigars, Tolacco, Camieil Goods, k, &c.
NINETY-FIVE PER CEFJT. STERLING
BOOT.
Tpper and
. .. ,- j 1 r 1 11 T.1.W Tf?t lnrl u rile" 1. ri V nul-
.'k',. of Ituloier tne tahre or Knun of whieh u cto- I .' r.-ht nele. whereby .epar--:;
. - rarJ, i Bide iinpo.hle. Ordinary KubberBoot. .nTarLb.y wnnkla, le.dj.Bg
h::r.? the f. t nd ckle. u 1 werinn ou.
cbT:rd by th Double 1 pper nn
ia. lie ucnoini
irn of .'liiJ KitlhT,
half inert thl. k.
ad not txV.'i with
ft$. hk eetr.mon
Rubber liont.
In the rut below,
theblai k part mark
ad " Sokd l;abbr
r.lhn?." in or !inry
P.iih'oer Hoot i
n.aile of (rroiind-up
rir,, c.r cloth, ami
reirher durable
rirrwater-proof: hut
th " ine'y-FiT9
95 Per Cent. Sterling
RUEBER BOOT.
?r:Z3 the Polid Ribber
in p.-aoe of the
f-j ..t.s u-e i ia ordinary
1.-1' r
:i ut :nrr' a. of bulk or weight.
.. of cuuuoa Kabber itoou
Pnr Tent. Sterling
B..ot." when the tao
o'.n rd lonsi ol
n . worn throu"h.m
f third aole all olid
Ru bber rrejent
itj-If. and RlTe 100
per rent, ad.'.itiontkl
Tlil tolas will cut-
Warraxitefl Tlireo Montlu,
:n . f"' v 1 nrmr for fferr !, month
dart :hrt-f. r4 J t.i lfx.! 4 will in
I -rmun-iit rcorl of that ciat. (S
r itiiar.i tr Boot bir tb wr-
'.- "ti r 0:1 tn 1-
fi4V.i! ; ' ..': . Jt'fl-..'7!'.t?fe.
fai l f f'''
jo ;.. TV
A No. FLOl'i:. CORN MKAL FISH, SALT
tn.ANS, l-UT'l'V, l?KlTSHKS, HKOOMS.
by tlie bushel and barrel, T),U?. XAH.S,
itc. I have likewise added to mv t-tock
;,'!..-v 1.."..
.sy-'!.t:;..v.'iv.'
'' ,3lfclfSffv:
k-i-.r:y. fjV
:..A-
IJIRIVS 1ATI5T CORN fSI T1Z1 ,
tvh:cfi iriil br told at the r'mcrkablr low price of nf rcrh. Also for Hale, the
BEST AND QUICKEST El TT ER-PRODl'CING CHURN EVER INVENTED.
yr" A Urs'e Increase ot lnifne has reerfitted the enlargement ol my it ore. room and tho ereo
tion of an additional warerooni. and fill my establishment la literally ernwded with choice iriod and
eaticr seeker alter baryalns. - r 1 1 1 heinif determined to accommodate all who comn. and especially
mv friend from the ennntr. to whom the hizheat j rices in trade wiil be paid lor all kind ot produce,
l hare thrown open my larVc and eotnmodiou t le Tor th free ne of all who may wiah to pot up
their tock. Thankful tor past favors ana nopetu mar futnr ones I remain as erar.
llih street, KlM-nalitars. Oct 3. IS7.
X. J. FRBlDHOFIi
at tnaa
T--e Poor Mans Boot.
5ft -'-?:-. - K;
i c -,ir;: ..-,Jt V
SI
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9
2f
If lit
STER CLOTHING
nriiK: liAitGKST stock of
MEN'S and BOYS' CLOTHING
Kter iliajila .! In
AMtoonR tn niw rMdy Tor inrtpi'etlon In
leaner nnl niieqnalletl variety at
un4nrpH'ile ele-
A TRl'K STORT.
In 1S."), wlirn the English and French
were at war with the governor of Can- t
ton, a mimbor of their ixials ascended
a creek to a town called Faater, where
the sailors amused themselves by robbing
and ill-treating the inoffensive villagers.
Ten days lalcr, a cutter from the En
glish fleet, in passing the town, was set
upon by the inhabitants, whose friends
had suffered at the first party, and the
result was a massacre from which only
i three; of the foreigners escaped.
?m. ! In the excitement consequent to the
: ti.ncs, no inquiry was made as to the
caue oi me aitacK. jvi once a strong
snatched, with a demand
son or tlie head man ot the !
hose name was Snag-Seen. ;
pon learning that ti is surrender would
save his people from further reprisals, :
: Sung-Seen gave himself up, and was
' conveyed to Macao Fort, in the Canton (
river.
"When the news reached the old man's I
j sons, four youths, who wore studying at j
; a Chinese College in Fatshan, they inir- i
ried home, iletenr.ined to rescue their j
' fa! her from the h:mds of the English, j
. The undertaking was foolhardy, and its
success seemed simply imjiossible.
i Sung-Sccn was contined in the upjier i
story of a pagoda. Tlie building stood
in the centre of the fort. The fort it-
j self was garrisoned by two hundred En- :
glish seamen and marines. Its walls !
were patrolled day and night. Notwith- i
standing this, the lioys found means to j
: send a message to their father ami in- j
formed him of their plans. i
j Upon the evening fixed for tho at- j
tempted rescue, I was on my way from '.
j Canton. Near the village my boat was j
' attacked by river pirates, and my men ;
i were obliged to seek refuge in this fort, !
where I was warmly welcomed by the ,
J lieutenant in charge, an old friend nam- j
i ed I'rown. After I was comfortably ;
i settled in his quarters, lie said j
j "I have just received a warrant to ex- j
ecute Sung-Seen. As I don't know a !
! word of Chinese, I am puzzeled how to
i inform him of his fate. lie is to be shot ,
! to-morrow. Would you mind telling
; him what my orders are ?" !
I replied that I knew the prisoner, 1
and had been active in petitioning the.
; commander-in-chief to spans his life, i
; Under tho circunis:ances it would have i
been exceedingly painful for me to com- j
ply with bis request. However, upon
learnin.r that I was the only foreigner j
i in the place that could siK-ak Chinese
j ami thinking I might be of some service !
to the doomed man, I consented. !
The old fellow received your mess-
ace very coollv,'" observed the lieuten- I
! ant, as we seated ourselves in the apart- !
ment below. "You must not leave. here j
! to-night. The nver is swarming with
I pirates. 1 will gie jou a bed ar.d you
! can leave early in the morning.1 I
i I thankfully accepted his offer, and j
' atter ordering my men to haul up their j
boat, I returned to the pagoda. It was i
i impossible for me to throw off a feeling ;
1 of depression at the thought of Sung-
' Seens fnte, ami for that reason I said s
j but little, and proved. I am afraid, very I
1 poor company for my host. :
j We heard the loud voice of a sentry, :
, followed bv the reiiort of a rifle, llur- j
rving out to learn the cause of the alarm !
The attack had been so sudden and
the incendiary's daring so astonishing
that the men had not realized the cruel
ty of their act. Uut now, as they gath
ered round the prostrate form, every
man expressed pity for him and wished
they had not yielded to the frenzy of
the moment.
Bidding them form into two compa
nies and search the lower part of tlie is
land, and extinguish tho fire, the lieu
tenant said to me
"The poor fellow is speaking. "Will
you ascertain what he says, while I look
after my people ?"
Advancing to the sufferer, 1 raised
him in my arms, when I discovered he
was Sung-Wang, the youngest son of
the .unfortunate man confined in the
fort. Then it flashed across my mind
that lie had sacrificed his life to save
Lis father's.
Aided by a kind-hearted seaman, 1
carried him into the fort, and having
placed him on a lounge in oui quarters,
informed him who I was. Upon this he
opened his eyes and faintly said
"Tell me, has my father escaped ? I
cannot die until I know."
As he spoke, my host entered the pag
oda, and hurriedly remarked that the
men had lieen unsuccessful in their
search. Then he mounted to the floor
above, but returned in a moment with
an angry exclamation on his lips and de
claring that the prisoner had got away.
His handcuffs and irons were there, but
the man had vanished. A rope was
hanging out of the windows, by which
he must have descended, between two
of the sentries.
"See w hat you can get out of the boy,"
said the lieutenant ; "he surely knows
something of the affair ;" and then he
rushed away, leaving me with the dying
lad, to whom I immediately translated
what had been said.
It appeared to give Sung-Wang mo
mentary strength, for he half rose and
exclaimed
"Now I am happv am happy ! lo
not weep for ire but rejoice in my lion- !
orablo death. Fortunate is the child '
who dies for his parent. Tell my father 1
that my last thoughts were of him." j
As he uttered these words he sank
back into my arms and died as peaceful
ly as a child sleeps. 1
"Noble boy !" said the lieutenant, 1
when he learned the full extent of Sung- j
u ang s heroism. " hat a love of his :
it must have lieen to give him courage j
enough to face that hail of bullets!!
! These Chinese are a wonderful ieople. j
' Well, we'll bury him with naval lion- !
i ors." 1
An hour liefore sunrise I quitted Ma
cao Fort, carrying with me all that was.
mortal of tho faithful Chinese lad. .Two '
months after, when tho blockade was
raised, I visited Faatee, when I learned '
from his brothers the particulars of their
father's rescue.
They had drawn lots to decide which
of them should act as decoy while the
others scaled the walls of the fort. The
dangerous duty fell to the youngest
brother and he had indignantly refused
to yield it to either of the other brothers.
I entered a sedan-chair and was con
veyed to Sung-Seen's house. In the re-
ETTI SATISFACTION.
Half an hourbefore the morning train
over the Canada Southern road was to
leave for Toledo yesterday, a pompous
fat man, with several parcels in his
arms, entered the depot with a great
rush, and made a bee line for a Grand
Trunk train. When halted at the gate
and asked what train he wanted to take,
lie replied : '
"I'm going to Toledo, and if 3-ou
make me miss the train I'll ue you'for
damages."
"Hut this isn't the train for Tolo.t ? ""vr me? j-uriai-e oi tne river, at trie
"W it isn't it ,1.5.1. n . 11 1 foot of thc from that Patch
it. - - ? .v. ' ?lf '- ' V' K1 ! iped. ali-Jititic in the foam at the edee of
SAM PATCH'S LAST LEAP.
The recent fiftieth anniversary of th
first great leap made by the i:oted Sam
Patch, has resulted in the bringing to
light of the following description, by
an eye-witness, of the great acrolt'B
last and fatal jump :
The writer first saw him in I'ochester in
the autumn of lS-Tf. Sam had spent the
preceding month in the vicinity of the Kll
of Niagara, and had made two urrestul t-ti-mptij
to "lp the cataract." as the feat
was styled. A staee waserected soinceitfhtv
feet atove the surfai-e of the river, at th
for Toledo
loudly demanded the fat man.
"Itecanse the train for Toledo stands
over on the track there."
"Then why didn't you tell me so in
the first place? I've a good mind to
report you 10 your sujieriors.
the American fall. Sam maintained a larce
Mack hear as a pet, and he always took his
animal on the s'ape and thn-w hiiti off liefore
vonturingto jump himself. The lwar always
alighted and swam out safely. Not so, how
ever, with hN master. Sooii after showing
that "some things could tie done as well a a
others" at Niagara, l'atrh and his bear came
- . - I -. .iiaiiia, 1 1111 11 rtllll III, II. HI I .1 III V
011 II nnd the Superintendent tip 1 to Ivochester. lie was hospitably received by
stairs," humbly replied the gate-keeper
Aim l II lodge complaint against
you; yes, I will ! Travelers have rights
and those rights must be maintained."
The fat man rushed half war up
stairs and the whistle of a yard engine
made him halt and turn and rush down
again. Reaching the gates of the Can
ada Southern triin, he called out : "It
is your business to give warning at least
three minutes before the train leaves I"
"And I'm going to do it," replied the
gate-keejier. "It is over twenty min
utes yet before train lime. Please show
your ticket."
Show my ticket ! Do you suppose a
man in my position means to steal a
ride on the hind trucks V"
"The rule is forall passngers to show
their tickets."
"I don't believe it, and I want vour
name. I'll go up to the superintendent
and see if tiavelers have any rights in
this depot. Vour name, sir."
"My name is Humps, sir, and I'm a
poor widower, with seven children to
support."
"I don't care a cent if you've got sev
enteen children to supjiort. I'll bump
lmmps till he'll never dare sass another
traveler !"
The fat man rushed up stairs again,
and was heard galloping through the
halls and passages and calling for the
superintendent. The janitors passed
him along until he came down the out
side stairs on the public streets.
"liave a back, sir"
drivers in chorus.
"Xo, sir; n. sir;'
ply.
"Have a wagon?"
pressmen in his ears.
".Never ! never !
" yelled about forty
he screamed in re
howled twenty ex-
I want to
sret into ;
1 the leiot. If I miss that train I'll sue '
I he v. lmle city:" '
He was t-hown the public entrance, :
and he made a rush for a Flint & l'erc
j Marquette train just making up. j
"That isn't the train for Toledo."
1 called several voices, and be hurried
j over to where Humps was standing. and ;
: sail! :
"I'll fix you for this, sir! Let me in
i this gaie !"
I ' Ticket, please."
I "Yes. I'll show yu my ticket, and as
; soon as I reach Toledo I'll make an a.Ti-
and send it back to
cention room I found the venerable fath
er. He was surrounded by a number J davit of this affair
of his friends, who were proud that the , the superintendent.
village should lie the birth place of such He passed through and entered a eoa h.
a sou as Sung-Wang. I -A. woman was saying sho feared her
Had I not understood the t hinese char- 1 irtinK naa not come down on the bag
acter, I should have
the conduct of the
told the last words of the heroic I bone it hasn't. It will serve von
just right
that portion of society called "r.ortsmen.
w ho maintained adelegatii.it then, as now,
in every larce town. The disinterested
gentry lodged Sam at a fa-0 unliable restau
rant, and kept him generously supplied with
the ardent. A day was set "for th.- leap at
the Ocnesee Falls, the principal of which
then was a copious cascade ninety-five feet
in height, within the coriorate limits of Ro
chester the "fall" of which now furnishes
water power to many mills, factories etc.,
to tbe exhaustion almost if tlie usual stream.
1'atett eamc on the ground at 10 a. m.. in
fine spirits, leading bruin by a chain. He
was received tumultuotislv by a crowd esti
mated at 4,00.1 tH-ople, llmni; the river bank
011 both sides just In-low the falls. The
performance" was designedly deferred until
the afternoon the interim lieing occupied hv
Sam's patrons in passing h:its and collecting
larey quantities of small coin ''(or the i-oor
fellow." (It was believed poor Patch neith
er knew nor eared much aUmt these contri
butions). About 1 r. M. the "cynosure of
all eyes" stepped Ix.ldly to the edge of a rock
jutting over the abyss In-low, dragging his
unwilling hitsute companion. Ily a sudden
ieikthe man sent his Vvlorcd friend" wbirl
ing in the air, descending to the misty depths,
which he pierced in a moment, a "moment
longer hid from view, and thence etiieiged
j and gained the bank with a half drow ned
aspect.
Itruin having Wen recaught bv a fiitnl!v
; hand, his ma-ter prepared to follow in his
j footsteps. Arrayed simply in pantaloons,
I shirt and slippers, with a" kerchief of gay
(colors jauntily tied on his head. Pau-h
j iHiwed to his admiring audience on either
i side, and then, gracefully leaping out from
j the rock, spreading his arms as be assumed
position, holding his feet together and lean
ing slightly backward, he rapidly gravitated
to the waters below. As he always gradua
ted his place sii as tn strike 111 e edge of the
fail id the end ot his descent, ho v;is fully ill
sight to al! from whom Ihe river banks "did
rot hide him. ii'i'il enteting tlie river lielow.
Thus he was seen to strike the water feet
forcnior-t, having suddenly thrown his nnns
down close t" his body. I (e roup wared somw
rods down the stieam; and in su'h "tine
feather" that a little boat which was wait
ing to receive him was spurned from him
; wilh a contemptuous push, and tho triumph
ant diver swam ashore,
i This feat was so successful that its pro
jectors. Sam's keepers, determined on a sec
ond performance even more woiideiful.
They erected a scaffold on the same jutting
I rock", twenty-live feet high, soth.it the entire
height propo-od to bo lonH"d was forty yards.
' The time was s-t lor the next tent. pre. isolj
j one week from the first, and 011 thi-occasion
' even a greater crowd than Inrfoiv assembled.
1 Similar delat s and collect ing operat ions were
observed: but. early in the alternoon, poor
1 Nam climlied a ladder to his dizzy eyrie, and
assumed as t re-'t a position as l,U maudlin
.condition warranted. Tie wiiter viewed
him from the roof of a neighboring factor-,
; and memory is yet fresh as to the disagreea
' hie sensations expericncod while seeing atu
re
11 r
I
.uu-i me 111 new cnai- , me uag- t,,,,,,,,. on ,ljs diriy ,.jM However, the
ve been astonished at fMSe wagon, and he darned his parcels 1 wa4 ,,t much time for suspense. The
i Chinaman when be ! ""to a seat and said : : was loosed from his moorings, whining
words of the heroic "I hone it hasn't. It will serve you pitiful strait and ruthlessly plunge. ! pi
indication of
1
was
bov. 1 1 is face gave no
the terrible grief he felt.
Uowing gravely, he thanked me for
bringing to him the body of the child ;
and also for the visit I had made him
when he was a prisoner. After this he
received the congratulations of the as
sembly and then retired, leaving the vis
itors to take their departure.
As sixm as the crowd had left, Sung
Seen re-entered the apartment, and in
a tremulous voice requested me to fol-
low him.
i With his sons accompanying us at a
I respectful distance, he led the way
! across the fields of rice, just then devel
I oping their first green leaves, and con-
; ducted us to a grove ot trees upon a
I knoll, in the side of which was built a
j horse-shoe sha)ied tomb.
! Up tothat time he had restrained all
emotion ; but as he pointed to the grave
i tears rolled down his cheeks. "My boy
j sleeps there," he said ; and covering his
I face with both bands, he sank, sobbing,
! upon the marble slab.
I According to tho custom of the coun
j try, I decorated the tomb with boughs
i of the beautiful ieacli-l)lossom, which in
i China signifies remembrance, and thus
j paid my last tribute of respect to Snng
; Wang, who died a martyr to filial devo
tion.
The Chinese as a nation have most
assuredly secured the fulfillment of the
promise of the fifth commandment
"Honor thy father and thy mother that
thy days' may be lonj in the hind "
H13 ELEVENTH AVENUE, ALTOONA, PA.
Gri'aiirl OjjeiTiiiii: f
GODFREY WOLF'S
p rc
FASH JO !N
AS Tf QT'AI.ITY. SEA
KOCTIESTEll MAKE OF CLOTHING
Romance in Real 1,1 kk. Some fif
teen years ago Olga Eskold obtained
such fame for her vocal powers that an
u-Dwereiid.irtiiNl i hn t -a. le id v of Ch in se i enthusiastic patron removed her from
- . I.. ,-, l:l l
tlie rsweiiisii viuagc m which sue
to miss it. A iersoii who
hasn t got spunk enough to stand right
up to these railroad iolks and let "em
know what's what, ought to lose her
trunk. They tried to bluff me around
just now, and when they found thev
couldn't do it, they couldn't lio too
bumble and obliging. Co out and blast
them, madam blast their eves till thev
can't rest !" Ihtroit Free I'rets.
Th f. La w y kk Who I )i dx't Ta k k It.
Up in New Hampshire is an old ec-
; centric individual, a self constituted
i curer of all ills : a sort of universal pan
i acea, "body and soul, head, heart and
j conscience doctor," who with all bis ec
centricities has a fund of actual wit that
is hard to lieat. Not long ago the
"doctor" was called upon the wilneas
stand. The opposing counsel, who is
said sometimes to "wet bis whistle"
with "liquor j.izen," knowing the doc
tor's peculiarities, ventured in cross-examining
to show him up a bit. The 10-
j suit will be appreciated :
J "What is your business?" promptly
' inquired the counsel.
"My business is to do what little good
, I can t mv fellow man," mcd stlv re
I plied tbe doctor.
j "Hut that doesn't answer mv qnes-
tion," gruft'.y replied tbe counsel.
j "How do yon sjiend your time ?"
j "Why, Squire, it takes about all mv
i time to do what I said," remarked the
I doctor.
j "Hut I want somethingmore definite,"
stoutly demanded the counsel. "How
do
pitiful strain and ruthlessly plungeiil iTito
l lie deep. AS In lore, lie escaped scot tree,
guided by a provident ial instinct. HesMos,
the bear "was sober. Not so w ith his unfor
tunate master, who. nftcrawkwardly making
olieisancc toward the spectators. This time,
however, his form licnt to the tight and it
struck the. water below with a noise tlmt
might have ln-en heard br.If a mile. This
was on a cold, murky, dismal day in Novem
ber. The body of poor Sam was not actin
seen by human rye until the next March,
when it wan found by a li-hing party at the
mouth of the river, seven miles below, sadly
bloated by decomposition and nibbled by
fishes. On that gloomy autumn day, the
author of the adage deiiioiist rated that among
the "things to lie done as welt as others" was
not that of safely jumping the Oci esco Falls
with a skin full of whisky :
POPFI.AR PIONKF.U
EMPORIUM!
AS TO QT'AI.ITY. NIOATNF.M. DURABILITY A."I FIT, THE
dn't
:'L tiil(;!('l rrniXGia
: HATS AND CAPS! HATS AND CAPS! !
jiMimisli'o: Goods, &e.,, GOjMf WOLFS OlllllD 181811 BUUB,!
rcr uenis, iouihs iioys anu tniicircn.
I really the t'c-t in t'.e tn:ir'et. w'.ile stock and prices we defy Competition.
NO HOUSK IN HI AIR COUNTY CAN COMPARE WITH OUR'S,
il liefore inre'tin in a new suit to sail and infpect the g'.-od t
had landed 011 the lower part of the is
j land and were setting fire to everything
that would burn.
! "They will fire tho boathouses next,"
! hurriedly remarked the lieutenant, re
j ferring to some sheds that stood about
fifty yards from the fort. "Fall in, all
I but the sentries, and open the gate."
j Never for a moment imagining that
i the attack had anything to do with the
' rescue of Sung-Seen, but believing it to
I be made by pirates. I shouldered a rifle
. and inirifd niv friend.
i Meanwhile the extreme end of the ! back to Sweden
I island anneared to lxVnveloted in flames, t come ol Olga.
Twelfth S'rect. Xejrt Door to the rosfoJ)ce, Altoona, Fa.
Oflnbrr 3. 1HT!. if-
CjS-- WOLF, PropriPtor.
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niiidvari' enf irel.T itcn nn il (jnarantceJ finest, liet
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inm l.'rvtntlt Afrnue,
& CO.,
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iu lie,
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II, PA.
tii-nl educi I'm of
for i"-:it ? bi,. ire. 4
. St'iicntF r.in e:i-
M1 I'll.
-d t.
:nr-i;
reas my wife, fary
;. t ed and be:ir 1 without
ire hTolr netitied that
I n.ll i"t T-1'." anv I'M!?. a-". unt.. or ilebt eon-
;r:cti"I 1.." iter unie" eon.i -'led t.r due er.nra of
i:.. ' i i .i i;;k. .ti s." si'Ku.M hr.
Wj: hirgtur. Trrp., rnv. .'.. -tt
Hon.--wi.
StT.mr. h.t rU :
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II i"t r-iv nv J'MI?
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h ii clini'-e I v ..f viinn
H-Ilk'iore t.T. .-.!, r!il-h lie
Fl Tiiinv. . it. i .
The subscriber
i; . of t;.e '.' snd
II! 11 at im.der.ite
I'l! .l P.'A'.l'.
CASH DEALER IN' ALI, KIND OF
HEATING and COOKING STOVES
-AND MANUFACTURER OF-
TIJT- SHEET-IROjST WARE,
llovoiitli Ave., Altoona, I rv-
all
M-rilEAPMT fI. "F. WM THE ITT. Koo n(r. KpASiMiiK mil Repairing of
kind promptly Mid .-lfctort l.r n(ten1e4 tn. 10-K.'79. tf.
$10 to $1000 S
i-ii''-.
lnrefte 1 in v. st.S'.iek make
fortune-i e erv tnont h. l4.Mk Feot.
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K A XTTTH rtt . ftnnkerf 7 V ii 5?? ..". V.
W.WTKI).
Young Men up. I I.sdie. to leam Telesrraphr.
rtnrd si'ttatt.in xnari rted. Addre's with rtaitin
tiUKKl.lN n.Ll.'lli'U'll CO . Oherlln. (Mo.
s we marcheil down to the lioat-sheds
a figure busily employed in
the lire.
understand this," said the
; lieutenant, leveling bis night-glass in the
i direction of the daring intruder. "I
' only make out one of the rascals yet.
l!y the way he signals; he must have a
' number of accomplices. See whether
I sonic of you cannot pick him off.
! Tha words had scarcely passed his lips
j when the sailors and marines began to
fire, at the incendiary ; wh'Ie to our
'; amazement heslowly advanced. shouting:
I "faini'Mi lo : J inqni In : ' j
I As though bearing a charmed life, the j
j solitary figure at which they were firing
i continued to approach our men, utter
ing all the time his derisive cry.
On he came, and by the lurid light of
the burning reeds that covered the
swamp part of t he- island, we presently
saw that he was a mere boy of fourteen
or fifteen years.
Still, in "their excitement, tlie riflemen
blazed away.
"Faniui In repeating the incen
diary, folding his arms and bravely de
fying us. until he fell forward, wound-
' ed in a tlo?er. t-lace.-'.
always lived lo give bet training in the j
Hoyai Conservatory ot music, at Stock
holm. In bidding good-bye to lu-r old
home Olga told her village lover, Chris
tian Sielhorn, that be bad better think
no more alviut her, as they would soon
be very wide apart. Young Sielhorn
gtew desjicrate and that night left for
America without a word. lie settled in
liuffalo and worked for over thirteen
years as a ship cariienter. Nearly two
years ago lie made up ins mina ic go i
and find out what tie-
At New York be was i
robbed of almost all his earnings and re- ;
you go alout your business V
that deeiids on circumstances ac
cording to the nature of the case," ex
plained the doctor. "For instance if I
bad I were going to begin on vou. tbe. first
thing I should do would lie to advise
you to sign a tenijieranee pledge."
The court roared, and the counsel, as
if convinced the doctor was pursuing a
legitimate and respectable vocation,
proceeded with the singular cross-examination.
mained in liellcMic Hospital, ill with
brain fever, for several months, t'pon
reaching Stockholm he learned that
Olga's voice bad broken down, that she
had married long ago and had also gone
to America. Sielhorn's old love still
burned and he came back to this coun
try. After a long search be found that
Olga had been living in Uuffalo, his
own city, for several years. She was a
widow and had. a family of eight child
ren. Last week Olga and Christian
were mirried, and started in a wagon
with all the children overland to Kan
sas.
The State Fair Thick. Soon af
ter breakfast, yesterday morning, a ne
gro who was crossing the Campus Mar
tins was halted by a run-down white
man with a bad kink in his left eye, and
asked if he intended to visit the Slate
Fair during the week.
"Yes, sah Ire guine up dar at least
fo" times,"' was the reply.
"Well, now, I want ten cents to pet a
drink, and if you give u c flint sum I'll
tell you how you can make your way
through rnv of the gates without the
least trouble.'
"Wouldn't 1 be kotched V"
"Not a bit ov it. I'll warrant you go
through without a word, and I only
want ten cents fir telling you bow. I
wouldn't give it away to anyliody but a
sharp, keen man like vou."
" ell, I'll take dat in," said the ne- i
i gro, as he handed over a dime. "Now j
American Greatest llitmt;r. A
New York journal remarks
People who cross to and from Ihooklyn by
ferry are apt to look up at the srreat" Fast
river bridge ami wonder what assurance they
have that when the heavy Hoor is built anil
loaded with travel, it will lie safeiy held tip
by the suspending cables. These cables
have just been tested by a machine which is
the most elaborate and perfect of its kind in
the world. It is the one planted on th.-i;oT-:
eminent grounds at the Waiertown, Mass.,
arsenal, designed by ir. A. H. Kim ry, and
' and is, indeed, a marvel of fkilled coilstruc
' tion, for it shows how many ounces are;
needed to break a pice of thread, and bow
'many ton to fracture a steel Nam. The
1 apparatus is microscopic in accuracy, inso
much that it registers, in a breaking 'weight
of a million pounds, within one pound of the
; mass needed. This w as the mm bine selected
j to test the susjiondiiig cables. nuiI Mesr.
; William 11. l'ayne and Isaac New ton, engi
j necrs connected with the Urooklyn bridge,
! recently spent four days in the tests ut the
arsenal", w hich is under charge of C ol. T. T.
, S. Laidley, of the ordnance eoips. Instead
of usinir small sections of the stisjndiug ca
bles, they took lengths that would make the
, results .h-cisive. Not to go into techiiieali
I ties, the tests were entirely satisfactory, and
showed that the precautions taken ifi put
' ting together the parts were ample for their
purpose. The sui ndingcables were found
j by the engineers to jmssess a strencth much
greater than is required to resist the strain
that will be put iiin ttieru in actual use. A
1 thought succc ted by this test is that it is a
j matter of regret that a machine so itsef nl
J should be left on one side of the central lim-
.of iron and s'eel construction. It cost I ho
: govermuent nearly a hundred thousand d..l
' lars, and it would be- well to have it used
freely by the people.
! den. how kin I pass the gates '
An Arab who was quarrying stone at i
a ph'ce aliout four miles and a half from i
("aza. in Palestine, recently, unearthed a !
marble figure supposed to lie a colossal !
godof the Philistines. The height istif- j
teen feet. Tin hair bangs in ringlets j
down tiion the shoulders, and the beard j
is long, indicating a man of great age. !
There is no inscription on the figure or
the pedestal, which is a huge
carved in one piece with the figure
The white man put his movth close to
the ot!i r"s ear and replied :
"Pav "cut fifty cents !"
A lh-KT I.ss.-Tho llarli.n.l eor
1 spondent of the Spriiiiifj.-ld 7.'. ."'"''
tells the fol lo win story of Imw a Hart
ford manufacturer lo-t and found -f 1,
tKHt in I'nited Mates bunds :
The gentleman in question is a heaw i ap
italist. who occasionally has tobonow lat ce
sums for a short time and uses 1 "nited st.iti-r
bonds s.s collateral on such occasion. In
1 the present instance he had ja-t paid up a
1 loan and called in his bonds which li. plac
. ed in a tin box. On his way to his ottice he
j stopped at the ooot .Maker's" r-ml tried on a
: pair of new hoot. Nothing was thought of
! the bonds for a fortnight, when another
mem bcr of the firm needed to use t hem at
the bank and searched sate in vain
The hero ot the tale was- in New Yolk, to
which Jioiiit a dispatch was scut to the effect
tluit tlie bonds couldn't l-o found, lie ret lull
ed to Hii'tford post-haste and wetit oyer
the route taken the day lie had l ist sii-n
them. Asheentsred the shoemaker's shoj
Ka ,...,. ..r 1..illw.r Lnll. . A 1. Mr
It wo-il l have bee n a pretty evrn iighl, , j am ,.n , V(, i,i(ln'-t vo" ,.ave an
old till lo here a week or so since '.' There
it is, stowed away on thvt upper shelf It
I lav here on the lloor a day or two after your
' ca'll. when 1 shelved it until some claimant
but an otbeer came
it in the blossom. -
along and p-iuelehed
Ihtroit Free Pre.
! A i.itti.b boy refusing to take a pill.
; bis mother placed it in a piece of pre-
blocV: ! served jH-ar, and rave it to mm. In a
The ' few minutes she said : "Tommv, have
j apjeared." The manufacturer eacerly p
; ened the Ikix and found his H.Vo of londs
and intact.
j uninjured and intact.
statue was found buried in
l ip of a hill near the : -en.
and on the : you eaten the pear
i but the seed."
Yes. mot !ior, all
1 1. who adveitise
1 el lew get rich W i .1'
do pi
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