THE CAMBRIA FREEMAN
..... rrinc riuniY lllllMVn
.A. 1 vert i sine Ratet.
Tie lrr, ao4 rell.bie tetrralatlcn of tit Ci-
id.ratlon of .lr.rt.iMn. kj urori will M tl-
Mrtxl at lh following lew rat el :
1 lnch.ttlm.tj I M
1 " t month....... J ,0
1 month,.... to
1 " 1 y.r o
S " month, i
t " 1 year lo.no
S emontht eo
a " 1 year 11 oo
i corn month, la o-
12 " a months. w e.
$4 1 year
I - t month, o a
1 " 1 year t&.oa-
Admlntatrator'i .ml Executor', Notleea o
Auditor', Noticed ISO.
Stray and ilmllar Notice, l.aa
Hustness Itemn. flrrt Insertion loc. per Una ; aaafe.
ubseqnent lnertlon be. per Una.
W Retolutunu or prorreiinf of any rwjwr.W
or tocietf. and mmmnnirattan ienynrd to call atten
tion ta any matter of Ixmxtri or tnf rridual inirrrat,
wwtt be paid for at ailvartttrment.
Jon Pmitniro of all kind neatly a4 .ipoditl
ously.exeenlod at lowest price. lKa't yovlorrat.
It,
prBUHtl' t' '" "
w Ebsnsburg, Pa., by H. A. McPike.
,rinteed Circulation - l.OGS
C ANDSIlU- A BOOMING. MATCH IT?
slI5StKIPTIO.N KITES.
ne vear. cah in advance 1.rn
p-.-cfn- ,. J .. if not pM witliin 3 mos. 1.75
- " .. if not p'd wiihin 6 raosj. 2.)
" .. if not p'd withiu year.. 2.25
i, nprnn residing outside the county
...hiliional per year will be charged to
f'ilo'evpnt will the above terms be de
trnr m and those who don't consult their
p,ri,.,i in j iHlnir in advance must not
, ti I , ,, .;,.,) oil the sam- footing as those
''"' i ft tnis fact be distinctly understood
' l - t'.ine forward.
'""I r r.'.r v.ir pper before yon stop it. if
r hi mi'i-t. None but soalawairs do nth
'! r 1 ' .n't be a scalawag-life's too short.
H. A. McP IKE Editor and Publisher.
"HK IS A FBEEMAH 'WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FREE, AND ALL ARE SLATES BESIDE.'
SI.50 and postage per year, In advance.
VOLUME XIV.
EBENSBUEG, PA., FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1SS0.
NUMBER 27.
ant ieo
to
STILL LATER AND BETTER!
2vEW SPRING GOODS
in ;ni:.vr profusion at
FREtOHOFrS CHEAP STORE t
jr ".'.'" hkinf, tfnrrmra to the coming Presidential election in hopes of
i. ;!,. i,.. k:i wan, the tuhscriher in.s concluded to remain in the mercantile
V'-i'" '.l'rr ,f "xdiredtd attention lnj sijiphi,,,, friend-1
t;i? the 'i'Hh'.lc qemrnll'i trith ALL KiXD 0' (iOOIiS
AT PRICES SO LOW
THAT SOSE VAX Oil I) AUK COMPETE WITH niM.
t . yrs vi'J (d-nyJnd a full md elegant stock of everything to he f mind in a generul
ft'ire, comprizing a conqdctc line of
DRY GOODS, DRESS GOODS, NOTIONS, HITS, CAPS,
Boots, Shoes, Groceries, Hardware, Tinware,
OTara, Glassware, Meaware, Ciprs, Totecco, aM Goals, to, to
V... FI.'-'I'i:. CHIN MKAL FISH, SALT by tho bushel an.l barrel. DRUGS, NAILS
' tri.A-S, PUTTY, BRUSHES, BROOMS. &c. I have likewise added to my stock
15IK D'S PATETVT CORN HIIIT.lli,
vh ii 'i fi'l be sold at the remarkable low prxce of CO cent each. Alto for tale, the
EEST AND QUICKEST BUTTER-PRODUCING CHURN EVER INVENTED, j
j-A lnrp Increase of business has necessitated the enlarement of my store-room and the eree- j
. i t-n ad-l.tmr.al wircroom. and still my establishment Is literally crowded with choice goods and
t r . tsr- after bargains, f-till being determined to aeeom inodate all who come, and especially
- t r "'? country, to when the hfirhestp rices in trade will be paid lor all kind ol produce, j
t !: '-pen my larc ami commodious stable for the free use of ail who may wish to put op !
t-t.r st-'-s. l'hankful lor past lav&ra ana hopeful fur nuov futaie ones I remain as ever.
IIU Mrrrt. r.lenln rpr March, 1SSO.
DON'T, GENTLEMEN, DON'T
T3TJY J STITCH OF
WEARING APPAREL!
1
UNTIL YOU IIAA'E SKEX THE IMMENSE STOCK OF
WARM-WEATHER CLOTHING,
Triniks,"Vctlises, &:c, fec.
JUST RECEIVED AT THE
Young America Clothing House,
Corner Eleventh Avenue and Eleventh Street,
ALTOONA, JEJ.9
mi: ruoiMMirrons of which make it their con
stant AIM TO
KEEP A STOCKanpSELL AT PllICES
WHICH FEW I'AX I.UI A1. ASB SOSE C AS EXCEL.
Ti-re.-..re w r".-nt it: !v,nt inrest one cent In Sl'KI.NO or ST7MMKK ( T, )T1UN . HKNT'S ITIi
MsilI.NJ OL)JjS, 4t.-., 4n-., until you have seen what they can dj for you at the
Vo uncr America Clotliino: House,
( - J Cor. 11 tl A
nntl
venue
IMPORTANTANNOUNCEMENT.
O C) U N Sc CO.
HAVE IECIIKI) TO
STOCK?STJSIMEB GOODS
At L''ER I'liK'ES than articles of the V'nd Invn ever hrcn offered at, as will be seen fy the follow
ing quotations al cash figures :
: rr'r-Tvnied H.it "!'
ll .ts -" "
r I! "
Tr.mrt.-.l H;,t "
H it- "
Li('ni4 "
n I : t. r- 1
'!"-. I: ,i u .us. '1 ,. oil.nrs. Ijh-c., Kmlimid
. s sai.,n ;ln.l Tria other Notions t'
-r ! t. iiK-nrion. all of which will heboid at
Men s U fx.l Huts. iw. no: JIcu's Fur
n :ti i-rirc
Also, ii lull Unc or 3Icn's Iinllei- CJoods,
r.M-n, ..I Pants and Vests, together with a lar-.-e and varied s.w;k ot yJJ.J,,1
- i. ..I M. h i rl. .s have N-. n greatly rcdu. cn-so much so indeed, that we will sell some
- - a.id below -t in order to make P-mi t .r oth-r r.xis we are daily receiving.
- Th .nkfal lor pa.t lavor" an.l hoping to he
-x-j ia t;.e iuturc, we remain.
lteispect full
CO TIN & CO.,
2SI Main St., Johnst-oirn, -TV.
ote -T'.ea' . r. Vr. i..-Wv toor Bran'li Store in Johnstown, but it should be remembered
y;UH H; iLVli, C'AlsUe.,kc..waich we ecil at pnecs th.t cu.not sn;a lor
STitt HOUtHO THE FOT t
Tin; npav sToiti; ijt;ii.dino of
S, TEITELBAUM, Carrolltown, Pa.,
v,.. trlTII i UPl FMlIII STOCK OF
HAS JLS1 lit-l-i urr..ir.i.
sppiisrasTJiViMJiiR goods,
trrx invit " - r ,''7T;.e.lvhr,n:uV!.a
'; :..:--rin'-?1- v.".r,j:"". J otlVeir "....is from mV. The rea-n 1
i i-r , ...... ,m..i.u lv i.c ravel bv
can
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f. Dou't t ike rii v word for this, however, but
'AKi.r.LT.)'.va, Mav 21, l0.-tf.
n i.
" . . m ir.wTF.TffdiT. bow ar.d wonderful remedy wh-.ch i
b.f-"- EKln-y di0f Uilrty yoara.tanding b"'rc7i-- T of.ti wonderful cmnw
aleh have ditnwd the n-tlm, for yeara. Wtbw .umr "T, drti0 pau, but we nature
ITolscreru, AlcUc'.lc Hitter., which ofVo o r Druggist, Price, 1 1 .
""7. ETDh-l.T-WOUT. and healtii will be VY-Ii?,', CuonOsWiO.. ITrfS n-rllnrton. Yfa
1 i:i ma port paid.) WI.H-. kkiiaj,
AJITICI.K OF
HtH Street, Altoona, Ia. H-tl.l
SKI.I. TI1EIK ENT1KE
rents' Shirts fmm
' White Shirts from....
" Striw Unts iroia
" NiH;ktie? Irom
Hoys' Hats ln,in
' Suspenders from ....
Men's Suspender? from
I ver;ills from
" Working l'ants from...
" Sorks trom
Collars Irom
" i "nil from
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Hats, l.o0 up: Men t l aps,
, up.
luun.l worthy ol a continuance
- , Yours",
tliojc wi.o our "V." .:'; 1- . i l .
for c-h d meni "" "Ti"?.r":7.1.'.: "
... . . thin mir tu icr increnuui ann-na
come and see lor vouisciye..
aw '
CGSGT!PATiCFJ
rn.rr.tn nil tTC
It?
'A--Js't
iAa
HOW TO
GET almost
Everything.
Do you know how to get
in the easiest way and to best
advantage what you want for
dress and house-furnishing?
First, how: Write for a
catalogue ; see what you can
learn from it about the things
you want. If samples can be
useful to you, ask for them
and state your wants so
plainly that exactly the right
samples can be sent.
Second, where : The place
where goods are kept in the
greatest variety ; where they
are sold for what they really
are in respect to quality ;
where prices are lowest ;
where most care is taken
to serve customers accept
ably; and where you have
the right to return whatever
is not satisfactory.
There no matter where
you are if you make your
wants known and avail your
self of your privileges, you
will get the best things in
the best way, promptly and
without trouble or risk;
sometimes by mail, some
times by express, almost
always at less cost for car
riage than the money you
save in the price.
John Wanamaker,
Philadelphia, Pa.
CbMtont, Tblrtec&th, Uuket t&a Juniper.
WANAMAKER & BROWN.
ROW TO
GET Clothing
under Price.
If we could sell a "little
more of this and a little less
of that, ve could make
things come out even the
last man that came in would
carry off the last suit; but
we can't. Out of every
stock there are a great many
sizes left when some are
gone. The best we can do
with these incomplete assort
ments is to mark them low
enough to set a great many
people looking among them
for bargains.
This we do every day at
this time of year ; and just
now we have enough of
such to stock a little store.
Besides, odd parts of suits
get left coats, vests and
trousers. Vc have a room
in which there is nothing
else. There is in that room
cheaper clothing than you
have any notion of. We call
it the Bargain-Room.
These marked-down suits
and garments are of all
sorts; they may be among
the best in the store.
We force a continual clear
ance of such articles as
would only embarrass us;
and keep our stocks always
fresh and full.
Wanamaker & Brown,
Oak Hall, Sixth and Market,
Philadelphia.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
F.stato of Mien a Ft F.xKn. dee'd.
Letters of administration on the estate ol Mich
tol Krncr. late ot "hcst townhip. deceased, hav.
insrbcen granted to the undersigned, all persons
indebted to said estate are hereby notified that
immediate payment must be made, and those hav
ing claims airaint the same will present them
properly authenticated for settlement.
JOHN . (rll.L., Administrator.
Chest Twp., June 2S, ls;su.-6t.
STRAY STEER. Came to the prem
lses of the nndcrsigned, in Oallitzin township,
t'amnria county, and was encloerl by me on the
Crsth ol .lone, a thrce-year-olrl dark brinrlle steer,
without any marks. The owner Is hereby notified
to come forward, prove property, pay ehanres and
tako him away; tailing in which, he will be dis
posed o! as the law directs.
July . Is .-:;t.$ Mia. JOHN t'ASSlDY.
7p V. DICK. TTORNF.Y-T Law.EL
A . Kbensburg. Pa. Office In front room of T.
.1. Unyd'a new building. Centre street. All man
ner of legal business attended to satisfactorily,
aul t-vlloctious iccijlty. L10-H.-U.
THE OLD OAKEN BICKET.
REVISED FROM A SANITARY FOIST OF VIEW.
With what anguish ol mind I remember my child
hood, Recalled In the light of a knowledge since gained;
The malarious farm, the wet, fungus grown wild
wood ,
The chills then contracted that since hare re
mained ;
The scum-covered duck pond, the pis-stye close by
it.
The ditch where the sour-smelling honse-drain-nirc
fell :
The damp, shaded dwelling, the foul barn yard
niirh it,
Bnt worse than all else was that t rrible well,
And;theold oaken bucket, the mold crusted bucket.
The moss-covered bucket that hung in the well.
Just think ot it ! JIoss on tho vessel that lifted
The water I drank in the days called to mind,
Ero I knew what professors and scientists gifted
In the water ol wells by analysis Bad.
The rotting wood-fibre, the oxide ol iron,
Tho algae, the frog of unusual size.
The water impnre as the verses ol Hyron
Are things 1 remember with tears In my eyes.
And to tell the sad truth though 1 shudder to
think it
I considered that water uncommonly clear.
And oltcn at noon when I went there to drink It,
1 enjoyed it as much as 1 now enjoy beer.
How ardent 1 seized It with hands that were orrlray '.
And quick to tho mud-covered bottom It fell.
Then soon, with its nitrates and nitrites, and slimy
With matter organic, It rose irom the well.
Oh I had 1 bnt realized. In time to avoid them.
The dangers that lurked in that pestilent draught,
I'd have tested lor organic germs and destroyed
them
With potass permanganate ere 1 had quaffed ;
Or perchance I'd have boiled it and afterward
strained it
Through filters of charcoal and gTavel combined.
Or after distilling, condensed and rcuainod It,
In potable lorm, with its filth lilt behind.
How little I know or the dread typhoid fever
Which lurked In the water I ventured to drink !
Hut since I've become a devoted believer
In the teachings ol sclchce, I shudder to think.
And now far removed Irom the scenes I'm describ
ing. The story for warning to others I tell.
As memory reverts to my youthful Imbibing.
And I gag at the thought of that horrible well.
i And the old oaken bucket, the lungus-grown bucket.
In fact, the slop-bncke . that hunir In the well.
J. (i. ftnylet in the Sanitarian.
A TRIE STORY.
HV MARY KII.K DALLAS.
In the town of Lynn every man is a shoe-
maker. That, is not quite an exact statement j t'ilt : "C must all .lie some nay, i.ui sue s i.-u
but it is so nearly the truth that I will let it "'-" lier money, and I've feefty thousand dol
staml. Certainly, in almost all the little j hirs to spend."
houses soiiKbodV is at work either binding ! ' I I had," said the fanner's w idow,
shoes, hammering soles, making heels or ; whose hair w as gradually growing grey under
Ktitehinir nrmor And ainono them mniiv ! the weight of a thousand dollar mortgage.
years ago, none could have been found more !
busy and more contented tlum a quiet, red- j
haired Scotchman, called Sandy Mcl'herson.
He lived alone.lieing cither a bachelor or a wid
ower probably the fust in a little two
roomed house on wheels, and whenever the
owner of the ground on which ho had cstalv
lished his residence asked awkward questions
or demanded rent, lie simply wheeled his
mansion away. Tims he spent next to noth
ing, and though he did not make much money,
saved the best pnrt of what he made.
He had lived soveral years in his quiet way
whonnc day there appeared in the village n j
tall, serious gentleman in a black coat, who
inquiring diligently for Mr. Alexander Mc
l'herson, soon discovered the object of his
search in simpie Sandy McPherson, hammer,
ing away at his Ik-ik-Ii, find thus addressed
1 him :
"Sir, I am one of the firm of Dunn fc Der
ry, lawyers, and I bring you the sad news
that your uncle, Mr. Donald Mt-rherson, has
departed this life."
Sandv laid down his lap-stone, shook liis
j head, and gravely remarked :
j "I never thought Uncle Donald was along-
lived man. And thinking his duty done, set
to work again. But once more the lawyer
spoke :
"And it is also my pleasant duty, Mr. Mc
Pherson, to inform you that your uncle Don-
aid has left you a legacy amounting to five
j thousand dollars, which, after the necessary
: formalities, our firm will take pleasure in
J paing into your hands."
Sandy put down his work again, looked at
i the lawyer, and after a pause, remarked :
"It was weel meant of Uncle Donald, mid
you mean weel to me in telling me of it, but
it will be aye dreadful trouble spending sic a
sum."
The lawver laughed ; he thought his client
intended a joke, but Sandy was in soIht earn-
est. Having received the necessary instruc-
j tions he shut up his little house, fastened the
lours ana sliutters well, stored it wim an ohl
fanner just out of town, and went to get his
money. For three years no one in Lvnn saw
or heard anything of him, but at the end of
that time Mr. Gasic, the farmer with whom
Sandy had left his house, was surprised by
his re-nppea ranee in a good suit of clothes,
with a very red face and a very portly person
to claim his house again.
"I'm glad to get back," he said. "I've had
hard work to spend my live thousand dollars,
and I could na do it w ithout eating and drink
ing more than was aye gude for me ; but I've
lived through it, and mayW I'm no the worse
for a bit o' holiday.
And once more the door of the little wheel
ed house stotid open, and Sandy McPherson
worked beside it from dawn until sunset.
Two years passed. At the end of that time
the village gossips once more saw the tall,
spare form of the member of Dunn & Derry
in the streets of the little town. This time
he made no inquiries, but walked to the door
of Sandy's house and knocked.
"Come iu," cried the shoemaker, and in
walked the lawyer.
"Oh! and it is you, Mr. Dunn?" cried
Sandy, "Sit ye doon, 111011 ; and what new
news hae ye for me ?"
"Much the same as Wforc, Mr. McPher
son," replied the lawyer. "Your Uncle Dun
can has left this world for a Wtter."
"Oh, aye, I saw the old man was failing,"
said Sandy.
. "His property," continued the lawyer, "has
Wen equally divided amongst his four neph
ews; aim your snare, my near sir, i am nap
py to tell you, amounts to two thousand
pounds, or if you like the sound Wtter, ten
thousand dollars."
"That's twice as much as Uncle Donald
left me," sighed Sandy. "'Twill W hard
work spending it. The five thousand nearly
killed me, but a' is as God will, if it's come
on me. I'll W with you to-morrow morning,
sir. Sooner Wgun, sooner done."
Again the little house was stored away be
hind the bam of Mr. Gage's farm ; bnt this
time the fanner having died in Sandy's ab
sence the bargain was made with the Widow
Gage, a comely woman of forty, who gave
Sandy some good nth ice on the subject of his
fvituue, wlacliltc received iu biltnee. ay
lie went, and for throe years Lynn saw him
no more ; hut when another year was on its
way the wonder-stricken inhahitants saw
Sandy attain at his licnch. But Sandy was an
altered man. lie had grown fat, his eyes
were red and watery, his nose the shape of an
onion, he had symptoms of the tfout, and as
he worked he made his plaint to any one who
would listen to him.
"Ah ! you may laugh none of you have
tried it; spending ten thousand dollars in
three years is hard work for any man. And
I made a mistake. I hegun wi" whisky.
When I took to poit wine I pot on faster.
It's a fine wine, the port wine, on, aye, hut
you elm hae too much of it. It's put me al
most past the work."
However, five years of oatmeal porridge,
hacon and weak tea, with hard work, reduced
Sandy to his former condition of skin and
hone. His health was good, his eye clear,
and he was more contented than ever, until
one day through the streets of Lynn walked
once more tho tall, grave, serious gentleman
from the firm of Dunn fc Dorry.
This time Lynn was actually excited, and
as the lawyer entered the door Sandy turned
upon him a face longer and more solemn
than he had ever shown before, and cried
out :
'"Mr. Dunn again ! Weel out with it, unm!
Bad news, I supiose?"
"Yes, sir," replied the lawyer. "Your
Aunt Jean is dead. She departed this life
very suddenly. It was a shock to all the
family."
"Aye; I thought Aunt Jean would live to
he a hundred," said Sandy.
"So did she ; but she had made her will
notwithstanding, and as you were her favor
ite nephew she has left every farthing to you.
Sir. I congratulate you."
"Don't do that, moil," said Sandy. "You
mean weel, but it's adding Insult to Injury.
Let me know the worst. She must hae lx-en
an unco rich woman my Aunt Jean."
"You are now possessed of more than fifty
thousand dollars," replied the lawyer. "In
deed, coolly as you take it, I should like to
stand in your shoes, Mr. Mcl'herson."
"Ah, weel," replied Sandy, "you may call
it cool, but I feel pretty warm. How is a
man ever to spend feefty thousand dollars?"
The lawyer departed, laughing. In an
hour Sandy stood in Mrs. (lage's dooryard.
"I'm in trouble airain, Mrs. Gage," said he.
"My Aunt Jean is .lead, im.no, tisn t
"It's flying in the face of Providence to talk
that way of a fine fortune." j
"I5ut how is a moil to spend it?" continued j
Sandy. "I couldn't get through the ten !
thousand wi'out makin' a lteast of myself, j
and feefty thousand at my age will be the j
end of me. What's a single mon like me to J
do wi' it all ?"
"Oh ! there are plenty of ways, Mr. Me
Pherson," said the funnel's widow. "You
could lie licnevolcnt."
"I'll never give good money to beggars ; let
them work for their bread," said Sandy.
"Ah ! you dinna know, Mrs. (iaixo. A mon
can eat but nve meals me iay n ne (iocs ms
! best, and to 1k aye drinking is all that is
i left."
"Dear, dear ! what a pity it is you haven't
a good, sensible wife to show you how to use
; your money," said Mrs. Cage. "You'd find
, no trouble then."
! "But, you see, I'm a bachelor," said Sandy,
j "You needn't remain one," replied Mrs.
j (lago.
"And who would I marry?" asked Sandy.
I "It's not for mr to say," replied Mrs. Gage,
j "Some- sensible, middle-aged woman, Mr.
; McPherson."
"I wonder would you have me?" asked
Sandy. "You're a very sensible woman,
Mrs. (iage, and it strikes me I couldn't do
better ; but I hope you'll drink your share."
Mrs. Gage held her peace, and Lynn was
surprised by a wedding the next week. The
mortgage was paid off ; the boys were sent to
college ; the farm prosiorcd. Mrs. Mi Pher
... . , . i. . i . . . .
son ami anly appeared eacn .-uim.iy i
! church in black silk and broadcloth, andSan
' dy still made shoes in the little house now
J wheeled permanently to the kitchen door, up
I to the last account received of him. As for
his money, he seems to forget that a married
i man is any more comfortable than a bachelor,
nod adds :
! told me,"
"I didn't know it until the wife
which is regarded as one of Mr.
, McPherson s jokes, though it is strictly true.
- 1
I No Ghammah fvu Him. "I have been
sendin' mv darter Nancy to skool, and last
! Friday I went over to the skool to see how
she was gettin' along, and I seed things I
j didn't like by no means. The skoolmastcr
was larnin' her things entirely out of tne line
of eddycation. and as I think improper. I
set awhile in the skool house and heard one
class sav their lesson. The lesson that Nan- j as it walked proudly up and down w ith the j which she brought to show me. Its father
cv said was nuthin' but the foolishcst kind of ; sentry, or stx,d to "attention" la-side the Wx ; was evidently a white man, and the child Wre
talk ; the rediclist words she said was T love.' j when the latter was saluting a passing officer J no traces of negro IiI.mxI, but was as fair and
I looked at her for Win' so improper, but she j or guard. The feathered hero was well fed j lovely as any I hare ever seen among our
went right on and sed, 'thou loves' and "he and cared for, and a circular bath filled with . selves. Sorry for Wth, I promised the mother
loves. Aud I reckon you never heard such j water was always at his disposal. C "nildren j to take her child North with me, bring it up
a rigmarole in your life love, love, love, and
nothin' but love. Sez I, 'Who do you love,
Nancy ?' The skoolmastcr said he w ould ex
plain after Nancy had finished the lesson.
This sorter pacified me, and Nancy went on
with her awful love talk. It got wus and
w us every word. She said, 1 might or would
love. I stopped her again and sed I reckon
I would see about that, and told her to walk
out of that house. The skoolmastcr tried to
interfere, but I would not let him say a word.
He sed I was a fool, and I knockt luni down j
and made him holler in short order. I talkt j
the si rate thing to him. I told him I'd show- i
him to learn my darter grammar. I got the j
naliers together, and we sent him off in a j
hurry, and I recken thar'l W no more gram- j
mar teachin' in these parts soon."
A cossi:MrTivi:-i.ooKiNc. man, lame and
feeble and carrying a pint bottle full of some
thing, halted a pedestrian and said : "I found
this bottle on the corner back there and I
wish you'd tell me what's in it." The other
took it, removed the cork and snuffed in a
full breath. The next instant he staggered
against a wall, clawing the air and choking
and gasj ling, and it was a full minute before
he blurted out : "Why, you infernal idiot,
that's hartshorn." "Well, I'm perfectly w i!l
ing to take your word for it without extra in
sults," observed the invalid in an injured
voice, and he took his Wttle and walked off
like a man who had Wen abused w ithotit the
lca.-d excuse.
A diffiivlt thivi-j
weather Asleep.
to get oa tide tl.is
A FAITHFUL SENTRY.
THE GOOSE THAT IN TU11S SAVED ITS PKE-t-EHVElt'S
LIKE.
An interesting relic is preserved in a glass
case in the Coldstream Guards' orderly-room
at Whitehall. It consists of the head and
neck of a goose, around which is a golden
collar w ith the inscription : "Jacob 'Second
Battalion Coldstream Guards." Beneath it
are the words, "Died on Duty."
In is:w a rebellion broke out in our Cana
dian possessions, and two battalions of the
Guards were sent thither to assist in quell
ing it, the battalion already mentioned ln-ing
one of them. Both corps occupied the cita
del of Quelle, ami in their turn supplied the
guards w hich w ere ordered to be mounted in
different parts of the town and neighborhood.
Near one of these guards was a farm yard
which had suffered much from the ravages of
foxes animals that were at that iH'riod a
great pest to the colonists ; and as the farm
in question had liecn suspected of lieing the
meeting place of the rcliels, a chain of sen
tries was placed around it. One day the sen
try whose duty it was to watch the entrance
to the farm had his attention attracted by an
unusual noise, and on looking towards the
spot whence it proceeded he beheld a fine
goose fleeing toward him closely pursued by
a fox. His first impulse was to have a shot
at the latter : but this would have alarmed
the guard, and brought condign punishment
on himself for giving a false alarm. He was
compelled, therefore, to remain a silent spec
tator of the scene, while every step brought
the reynard nearer to his prey. In the height
of its despair the poor bird ran its head and
nock lM'tween the legs of the soldier, in its
frantic effort to reach the refuge which the
sentry-box could afford ; and at the same mo
ment the wily fox made a desperate grab at
the giHisc, but too late, for ere he could get a
feather between his teeth the ready bayonet
of the sentinel had passed through his 1m1v.
The i Kir gixise. by way of showing its grati
tude towards its preserver, rubbed its head
i against his legs, and made other equally cu
i rious demonstration of joy; nor could it ever
j le prevailed on to quit the post, but walked
i up and dow n, day after day, with each suc
cessive sentry that was placed there, until
the battalion left Canada, when the goose
was brought away with it, as a regimental
pet, to England.
The most remarkable thing in connection
with the story is that the goose in turn actu
ally saved the life of its preserver. Whether
the former knew that the sentry was the same
man or not must of course forever remain a
problem ; but it so happened that he was on
that particular post about two months after
ward, when a desperate attempt was made
to surprise and kill the unwary sentinel. It
w as winter time, and although it was a bright
moonlight night, the moon was hidden ever
and anon by the scudding clouds which seem
ed to presage an approaching storm. In these
moments of darkness a sharp observer might
have noticed the shadows of several men who,
unolwrved by the somewhat drowsy senti
nel, were endeavoring stealthily to approach
the post where he stixxl. Suddenly he heard,
or thought he heard, a strange rustling sound,
and bringing his musket to his shoulder, lie
shouted loudly, "Who goes there .'" Not a
sound save the echo of his own voice in the
distance, and the sighing of the winter wind
among the branches of the trees which stood
in the deserted farm-yard, responded to the
challenge.
Several minutes elapsed, during which the
soldier marched up and dow n his lonely Wat
followed by the devoted goose, until, deem
ing his alarm unwarranted, he again ."stood
at ease" before the sentry-Wx. This was
the enemy's opportunity, and the reWls were
not long in endeavoring to profit by it. Closer
and closer they stole up toward the post, the
thick snow which lay on the ground complcte
lv tleodeiiin.r the sounds of their footstclis.
lint just as twooi ineir nuinocr, one on eacn
side of the sentry-box, were preparing with
uplifted knife to spring upon the unsuspect
ing man, the bird made a grand effort, rose
suddenly on its wings, and swept round the
sentry-box with tremendous force, flapping
its wings right in the faces of the would-W as
sassins. They were astounded and rushed
blindly forward, but the sentry, fully aroused
to his danger, bayoneted one and shot the
other as he was running away. Meanwhile,
the other conspirators approached to the as
sistance of their colleagues ; but the bird re
peated its tactics, and enabled the sentry to
keep them at bay until the guard whom the
firing of his gun hail alarmed came upon
the scene and made them fly for their lives.
When this incident Weamc known, poor
old Jacob was the hero of the garrison ; and
the ofiicers subscriWd for and purchased the
, golden collar which the bird afterward wore
j until the day of his death.
j On the arrival of the regiment in London
tiie bird resmneii its out mines wuii tik- sen-
1 tinels Misted at the barrack gates, and it was
j exceedingly amusing to watch its movements
! were its osjMcial favorites, as they used to
bring the creature lots of food ; but Jacob
would never tolerate any liWrtics except
when, in military parlance, he was "standing
eay." For many years Jacob seemed to
War a charmed life : but he was at length
run over by a van. Every effort w hich kind
ness and skiil could suggest was made to save
this extraordinary bird : but it was of no
i avail, and he died like a true F.nglish soldier,
t at the post of duty, after a "sentry-go" of not
less than twelve years. Chaiilcrs' Juvrnal.
"No, Samvki.," calmly replied Mrs. Bart
lett. iu answer to his furious and sarcastic
questions, "no. It isn't because there's no j
gray cloth in Burlington that I patched your i
summer trousers with seal-brown basket
cloth, but I'm going to break you of your
loaferish habit of going in your shirt-sleeves
during business hours or I'll make you the
laughing stock of the town." And when
Mrs. Livennore makes up her list of "super
fluous women" she leaves Mrs. Kartlett out
every time.
Says the ILnrlcye solemnly : "Yes, daugh
ter, you should go somewhere this summer.
You cannot stay at home during the warm
weather and live. To be sure your mot In r,
who hasn't Wen out of town since she was
married, can .stand it, but then she is old
frishioucd and don't know any li tter, and,
besides, she has fun enough doing the wash
ing and ironing. By all means go. Get a
linen duster and basket and go at once."
E EM-HUE An ;uii ticilly ananged bow.
The Illne and the Uray for Ilaneark.
From the flowery grove, ol the Southland
And the fields ol cotton and cane.
To the wonderful lakes ol the Northland
And the pine-clad hill, ol Maine,
Hrve men are dwelling by thousands.
Who once were so hot to slay.
When some wore the blue eftbe Vnion,
And others Confederate tray.
The passions ol war hare subsided.
Its hatreds have gone with the past.
And now, like an army of brother,.
They all come together at last.
They follow a man who In battla
Was bravest among the brave.
And who, when the fighting was ended.
Was the first to console and save.
With him are his war-tried foldlcr.
And those that be faced In the fray ;
The men who wore blue are for Hancock,
With those who have worn the gray.
for peace and a perfect union.
For brotherhood over the land.
They are forming shoulder to shoulder.
And are inarching hand In hand.
IV uw, "I)ow a w Ith all thoughts ol disunion r
Say those who have worn the gray,
'Away with all sectional feeling !"'
The blue-coated veterans say.
They rally lor pence and lor onion,
A nd who shall dare say them nay ?
They rally in blue for Huneock,
For Hancock they rally in gray.
.V. 1". Sun.
A REMARKABLE CASE.
New York City is at this time excited by a
very strange case, and one that brings sad
trouble to a well known wealthy family.
The father is well known on Wall street, and
is a fine, portly-looking man. The mother,
an elegant, refined woman, has not lost all
traces of the Wauty that made her a Wile
thirty years ago, but can still Wast a pair of
handsome black eyes, dark wavy hair, almost
untouched by silver, and a stately figure,
j The daughter, Juliet, seems to have inher
ited her loveliness for while no actual resem
I blanee in features exists, the same great black
. eyes the rippling tresses and fine figure are
noticed.
j AWut a year ago, she was wedded to one
; of the leading young men of Brooklyn, and
j the match was universally pronounced an ad
, mirable one. The marriage came off with
; great ecf. Then came the farewell, the tour
j to Europe,.jind finally the return to the Wau
; tifu'.ly-apiHiinted home in Brooklyn, where,
j surrounded by all that taste and wealth can
j command, the young couple Wgun life in
earnest. The lir-t and supremely happy year
j of their married life had almost passed away,
j when on one bright day there was Ushered
, into the world a tiny stranger.
The pride of a young father was forgotten
: for a time in the anxious husbuud, but when
j a feeble wail reminded him of his new rela
tionship, he delightedly asked to see.his child.
I The family physician, notwithstanding the
i fact that his patient was doing favorably,
; looked unusually grave, and replied that the
'. little one was Wtter left undi.-turWd for a
i few days, and must especially lie kept from
' a bright light, as its eyes seamed delicate : so
' a peep at the little one as it lay shrouded in
flannel in a very dark room was all that the
j father gained, and when the impatient young
j mother Wgged that the curtains W withdrawn
j that she might see her baby, the same admo
. nition was given, the doctor also insisting that
. it would be Wst for the child to have a ftter
j mother.
j But one person Wside the discreet nurse
and physician had seen the child that was
Juliet's mother and when she gazed upon it
, her face turned w hite and cold as marble, for
' she saw an infant with a dark skin, thick full
' lips, anil a head covered with genuine wool,
j In short, a drild with unmistakable African
I blood in its veins.
j Dumb with a horror, the lady left the house
, with the physician, and when they reached
her own she implored him to explain this phe
1 nomenon. "Madame," said the doctor, stern
! ly, "there is no 'phenomenon, but two ex
I planations, cither of which may fit this case.
; The first is too painful and horrible to nien
' tion; the second is that your daughter's or
your own blood is of mixed purity, and that
in this unfortunate chil.l the characteristics
of the race of its grandfather or grandmother
are rcieatcd a fact that medical lore proves
no uncommon thing either in mental, moral
or physical attributes."
The lady wrung her hands in despair, ex
claiming: "I will tell you all, for something
must W done, and I do not know which way
to turn. Listen! About sixteen years ae-o
j my husband and I were traveling through the
: South on an extended tour for my health,
j During my brief stay in Atlanta I noticed a
remarkably pretty mulatto woman, who wait
:. ed on me at the hotel. Sim looked very ill,
1 an.l, in fact was in quick consumption, which,
; being the disease that threatened mo, roused
, my sympathies. I gave her some medicines
: ami little com torts, but the poor thing seemed
almost distracted at the thought of dying and
leaving her c hild, a little girl of two years,
j well aud have her taught to support herself.
j Matters were arranged with little difficulty.
and on our return to New York we took the
child with us. On account of her great dark
eyes I culled her Juliet. As she crew older
her Wautv, her lovable character and her Br -
, , , , ,
fectioiiforusv.-onv.pon my heart. Gradually
pon my
the prejudices of rice faded away, and at
hist, as Heaven h id denied me any children
of my own, we eon. hided to bring her up as
our cliihi. No one, from her appearance,
would have susiM-cted her descent, which
ceased to trouble me until the time of her en
gagement. Tin young people were so deep
ly in love with each other and so happy that
I had not tin- courage t tell the truth which
1 never dreamed could be found out. Now!
see my terrible mistake. What shall I do?"
"Tell the husband all," was the physician's
advice, "and let him decide whether or not
his wife shall learn the reason of (his misfor
tune or In- led t hxik upon it as an affliction
that might have taken the shape of any other
deformity."
The lady acted upon the advice, and a bit
ter scene followed Wtw ecu herself and her
son-in-law, who was almost Wsulc himself
with rage and grief.
The unfortunate young wife has not yet
W:-n told the whole truth, the child hating
been t ikon into the country, where it iscan-d
for by kind, respectable people, and as yet no
other steps have Wen taken, thoush it is un
deistinxl that I he lawyers ad ise a separation,
so the end of the ertu 1 story cannot W told at
present.
A ieLLFUL sound Long Island .ound.
CREDIT 910BILIER WHAT WAS IT!:
In iw.2, the year that Garfield vrm first
elected to Congress, that body incorporated
a company to build a Pacific Railroad, with a,
capital stock of tlOO.ooo.Ooo ; gave it the riffUt
of way through the public domain, with all.
the necessary grounds for buildings, work
shops, side-tracks etc, and alternate section
of land for ten miles on each side of the roads
and issued to it United States bonds at tUo
rate of fifi.ooo per mile for 130 miles, 148.009
Iht mile for 300 miles, and $32,000 per mils
for S.V) miles, which bonds were declared to
be first mortgages on the road. In addition,
various branches were projected which added
further millions of money and farther mil
lions of acres of land. In 1864, after Garfield
had taken his seat in Congress, another act
was passed which doubled the land grants
and relinquished the preference of the Gov
ernment bonds as the first mortgages by al
low ing tli3 company to Issue its own bonds a
such mortgages. The passage of this act wa
stoutly resisted by such men as E. B. Wash
bume, of Illinois, and as stoutly supported,
by such men as Jaraea A. Garfield, Oakes
Ames, John B. Alley, and others, who after
wards figured in the Credit Moblller opera
tions. Here was Garfield's first participation
in the business. The nature of the scheme
was fully exposed by Mr. VTashbnrne. We
quote his words in the Congressional Qlcbm:
"Who are the men who are here to lebbw
this bill through? Have the men of tain a
character and of national reputation whoae
names were at an earlier period connected
with this enterprise been here, animated by
a commendable public spirit, by motives of
iiatriotism, to ask us to pass this bill 7 f
nave not beard of such men Win" here for
that purpose; but, on the other hand, the
work of 'putting the bill through' has gun
into the hands of such men as Samuel Uallett
and George F. Train, ywir noile fratrvm.
Sir, on my responsibility as a Rep
resentative I pronounce this as a monstroua
and flagrant attempt to overreach the gov
ernment and the pj'ople that can be found In
all the legislative annals of the country.
When we look at tlte original law with all its
liWral and just provisions, when we look at
the company organiration under it and see
how far it has failed to meet its proper obli
gations, and consider the extraordinary
amendments here proposed, are we not filled
with astonishment at what is demanded or ua
as the guardians of the people's rights ? In
deed, may we not exclaim :
" fan such thlnes W,
And overcome us like a summer cloud.
Without our special wendT?"
"I warn the true friends of the road, I warn
Condi-ess and tins people of what will be the
result."
But the jobbers had Congress fixed and the
bill passed passed the House, June 24,
Garfield, Ames & Co. voting for it. navlng
thus put the government and the corporation
in a position to be plucked, the jobbers next
turned their attention to the mean with
which to do the plucking. It was necessarjr
for them to organize a ring. For this pur
pose the charter of a corporation granted by
the Legislature of Fennyluanl.i in and
i called the "Pennsylvania Fiscal Agency'
i was purchased and an act of the rennsylra-
nia Legislature procured changing its name
! to "Credit Mobilier of America." All the
; large and controlling stockholders in the
Union racific were stockholders in the Cred
i it Mobilier, and the object and use of the lat
ter were to enable these stockholders to eon
tract with themselves for the construction of
! the road at enormous prices and so enrich
themselves at the cost of the government and
railroad corporation. Precisely as if William
t II. Yanderbilt and his associates in the dlrec
; tion of the Central Railroad should organize
; another corporation and by contracting ono
with the other, rob the Central of all its val
: ue. The conspirators In the Credit Mobilier
'scheme made the contract with themselves
j and got along very well until lt'7, when they
I had a Niition of the road constructed and In
i operation, and Wing unrestricted were charr
ing enormous rates for passenger and freight
: transportation. They had nothing farther to
ask of Cong: ess. What they wanted was to
W let alone. Their railroad stock was of no
account, but the value of the stock of their
Credit Mobilier machine which was robbing
the nation was enormous. But Mr. Wash
burne did not propose to let them alone.
( And accordingly, in llecrmber, 1B67, Tie in
I traduced in the I louse a provision restricting
! the charges for passengers and freight to Bo
; Inore tl,an double the charces on the line, nf
; railroad Wtween the Mississippi and Atlan
j tic coast.
j "I shall," he said, "continue to pres thla
, matter upon Congress 'while I hare a seat
j here. This company, whose road the goy
rrinueiii. is oiiii.uiig oy n enormous suosiaies
! of f'.ir..oou,ooi and some 40,iini,ooo acrea of
! ianu, me company getting lite rosel without
' the expenditure of a single dollar of Its own
' money, is charging ten cents a mile for every
pnsseiiger, ami on freight one cent per mile
; for every hundred pounds, ranrv enormous
! charges than have ever been known In any
i country."
! Garlield, Dawes, of Massachusetts, and
j others oposed Mr. Washburne, who char
acterized them as "parties to the monopoly."
i It was here, at this point, that Oakes Ames
Wgan to place Credit Mobilier stock amorjir
' niemWrs of Congress, "wWrc," to use the
! words of his letter produced in the Poland
I HCl'UIt-, 1L Will lilt." llll!Si KUOU IlOl
; procure favorable legislation, for all was had
j that was wanted, but to prevent unfavorable
legislation ana to prevent threatened inres-
ligation. To quote the report of the Poland
Committee in their conclusions after investi
gation in 1K73 :
'In relation to the purpose and motives of
Mr. Ames in contracting to let mctuWra of
j Congress have Credit Mobilier stock at par,
i which he and all other owners of it consider
ed worth at least double that sum. the coin-
niittee npon the evidence taken by them and
j submitted to the House, cannot enterUin
'f.onVt -W,T,n ,h-e JW " d,a f'J'TP"
'the I nion Pacltic Company would ask
n(.P, fnrther lecisUiion !. stiH wKt 1
suppose
or
need fnrther legislation, lie stated what he
; 1h lieved t lie true. But lie feared the in
: terests of the road might suffer by adverse
j legislation, and what be desired to accom
j plish was to enlist strength arid friends In
Congress who would resist any encroach
j ment upon the rights and privileges already
; secured, and to that end wished t create iir
I them an interest identical with his own.
j This purpose is clearly avowed in his letters
to MeComb, copied in the evidence. He
I says he intend to place the stock 'where it
(will do the most good to us. And again,
i 'We want more friends in Congress. ' In
' bis letter to MK'omb. and also in his state
j oient prepared by counsel, he gives the phil
osophy of his action, to wit : that be "lias
found there is no difficulty in getting men to
j look lifter their own projerty.' The Com
I inittee are also sattsfi.-d that Mr. Ames en
: tertainod a fear tha, when the true relations
j Wtween the Credit Mobilier Company and
i the Union Pacific became generally known.
anci the means by w hich the great profits are -
expected to be made were luiiy understood,
there was danger that Congressional inves
tigation and action would be invoked."
From this recital of facts, the reader will
W able to gather the character of the Credit
Mobilier corporation, its relations to the
Union Paoitic, Railroad and the value of its
stock, and the true nature ot the tmnsac.
J tions Wtween t lake- Ames ami Garheld and
j other members of Congress who bad been
! eon- picuous champions of Union Paojfie
Railio:id interests on every ecHsiou when
they came up during IbepieVious four years;
j and having gathered this information will be
; able to intelligently consider Mr. Gaifleld'a
' bribe. -A.;(''.r I n:vn.
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