t
THE CAMBRIA FREEMAN
in iniiiiiea wKiy
j j.'.V.S.T.f.', Cumbria Co., !..
I ;y 1 1. A. M.-II KK.
(juavtitttfcd Circulation - l,1)OS.
-A.cl-vtir-tisiinp'' Ufntew.
The larre and rellaMe eirralatl'-Ti ef the Ui
pri a Fkkkw an eomiuends it to th fa.paole m.
enleration of advert faers. ihrM Ia7ors will be f
serted at the IoIIokIsjk low rates : ,,
1 Inch, S limn
8 month?
6 months....
1 rear
f months
1 year
t months
1 year
1 o
Bt
, 1 fi.no
. oa
. 1 00
. 1 "0
. 20 00
si Kst ui r tins inrrs.
ml ' n 6 month
one ycr. ea'u in advance N.50
' if nut u l within 3 moa. L7i
" 6 mont hs
V " i yr
1 " 6 months
1 " 1 year
Admlnisirat.'r's and fciecutor's Netieef
lne cony.
.. " if not u'd within 6 mos. 2.
.. if not p'd witb-iu year.. t.2'
ar-To persons residine; outsidt, the county
9 niH ammonal per year wiil be charred to
paT ritt'.'. .
Win no event will tbe above terms be de-rarie-1
from. an-1 those who don't consult their
,i interests by paying- in advance must not
expee' to t plneo.l on toe sam-; footing as those
wh" d bet this fact be distinctly understood
from this time torward.
WPay t ir tour ;aper before rna stop it, ir
6top it you r"it. None but ecalaTasrs lo oth
erwise. l.m't l a ein w j-- lif- too short.
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Andi'or s Notices 1 0
tstray and similar Notices 1
Hus'ness items, first iner' ion lac. per line ; eaa1
subsptjacnt insertion Sc. per lice.
1;" Itrrolvt ont or prorr'dtnq at any re'-jm.-eSfir-nr
tociety. end rom-Hiuii ntteru i'etirnrm to i mil atten
tion to any matter of imifrf or inifemfcei tners.f,
ami be paid or at idrtrtitemmtt.
Job I'RiTiro of all kircl neatly and tipMni
ou1t executed at lowest prices. lon t yoo forget
it.
H. A. McPIKE, Editor and Publisher.
"HB IS X FREEMAN WHOM TBI TRCTH MAKES FREE, AND ALL ABE SLAVES BESIDE."
SI.SO and postage per year, In advance.
VOLUME XV.
EBENSBUIIG. PA., FRIDAY, EE15RUA11Y 11, 1SS1.
NUMBER 4,
to
O . WOLF'S
!LD RELIABLE Cf TORES I
m
STORES I
Clothing House
In Central rennsyluanin,
XEXT TO POST-OFFICE,
ALTOOXA, PA.
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Lmrgt am. . t.r-i of S 1YUSH L L T SLITS... 19.19
All- rro.i (;) .,J ;art MLLTO.S it TS 1S.50
jotUe SrtlltcJ !i'.f Jt HITS
lint Inaganal IA IT A V SI ITS
Jj.M' l-.7fui; 'MJ COAT St ITS
hoil Lrtri lmj FfnA.VC: PASTS
PJ.V J ii r'i' i if. or A mtr.n,
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17.09
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4. 'J Oi.ve c.:i ttltt mud qualitirt up I
thtjlrt If-S Fmvrict at 3.00
Spec
Bargains
,J( SI' lil''ICIVLII.)
rr.u:.: orn large workrooms,
wi!ii or a ivunns Liaa of
BLUE, BLACK and BROWN
ALL HOOI. ri'R RElVttt
OVERCOATS,
C:a'.h Kbnad, X.Ik Telra. Collar, g"J
Sorj. Lining;, fr
e
0P EVERY II VY UNTIL 10 OXLOCK, P. M.
o I
Reversible Overcoats ! j
Tie Ksr?r ! !e tirereoat first maaif.-stej ltseir j
at rear In', did n ' rt a ?.ilr bold on pnblia i
Tivar antll tb rceat senui. It Is rr.s-.2c wifbent
lining. f caars., and tiie seams S-ry arranged in !
Each a way tht thers is to wronif side t. It. One
it ot the sloth H hnijaed la a variety ef styles, j
ices as dina!s. mixed, eta., etc., and tbe ether i
:i nsaa.'.y a auilted plaid er check. The puekets. j
tie. are la iojtn. coatrived that no matter
wij'.ih a'.C. ef tke soat is out they are always In the
: J3t plae. ready far basiaass. We will show this
iee all the R.rs:b'.e C'cats we hare : alsa, evtry
ta e la our l!ae that yoa a?k lor. It will pnizie
y.u ask for any thins; we haven't cot.
. AVOLF.
WI1 MATE JCVr HOCUCIT
AT ASSIGNEE'S SALE
A LlfOI AMr SKT.KIT STOCK Or
Overalls and Shirts,
j'ds efhei.TT.lack.sad as we have no room to
r..-p theai er leni we sill give enr patrons the
sssflt ef the hartrain itj ;jt la the pyrehase by
r :h,ai at r in T CF.MS I'EK SETT, or at
Tr,MrY MVE C'f.rs for eask arllele (epa-
,':. Tne kre went, r.t least POUBLE THE
THIS AVEEK
!': h'iW! n. si fully as our orowded condition
w;il psriBit, everything w have In
- . -
t-S rpfrj:: nvrFf'l.nS. ffo are prepared
ia,T a:-.r.o". la ue'.'rol'ed a sertment ef every-
t .a ri.trj; and 1. ndero'.cthln-,;, bnt the
sVi-ir ! J'.p .i t r ! tne week is in ( x ereoats ef tr
I ' 'f ii w:oaat tofrlk ahos'. the newest and
... -. jt lo wc,r tk.m. bnt not all of
y1 wt te ray Air xbemt. e have eqaal need
M t:. a si.i-.p -iraiet that simply keeps out the
; r sd sj .res though tkey msy ke a little
Th :jB i, wke will read th!i to day will
i I ! !e ;.ira tkit
GOOlt SAT IX OVERCOAT,
,r.T eaoaem te ( its a same el waratk ; snbstaa
i J aerfk urlt resiut w.tj., leek
t 9l taoegk for ker.sr ee. k. ka4 kere
11 I ore -.oo oh ;.oo.
tkCT nersaaats will look wiia the saaie llklag
Kj-ti'sez Fearer at lie te fis.M, sad tbe
! x et-toats at 1i to
kT ne tisse te write aor hare yeu ratieaee
t !'ii isrjsicg like an aeoeuat of what we "how
v.i . . .
Here Is the p'.aee te ase your eyes and
5 "T :lt",t- we will set tire yea with
T" ''"'"''erehand.
RCMF.MIlP'l' Tiij
j - A A A A .
?; WIihtw Mi ha fKt a. :t ,
at all. a,kw,th It the flrst Biinote
caa. Tea are ,rr if y,nha(, v,.arn.0I1.y '
-r eeek.t. Te, ,h.i hlI. y(i0r moBey
TF 'cs.t.ryea w.r.f.t: uk. go0(, Mr, j
nrrneat, for n,, ,o loej , iutt !
4 'iji ij...
GODFREY WOLF.
U KR.Mii;, ()nf of th Salesiru,,.
McfJFVIM S, VCflOi-n
. 1 rrtciriik'n r.
4 r aii aset-irm WARE,
T'.I'katixbstov-x
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FOR
JANUARY and FEBRUARY, '81.
BARGAINS IN CLOTHING!
BARGAINS IN OVERCOATS!
BARGAINS IN BOOTS I SHOES!
BARGAINS IN HATS CAPS!
LURGAIXS IN LADIES' SHAWLS COATS!
BARGAIXS l TWILLED PLAIN FLANNELS!
Bargains in all WINTER GOODS I
Bargains in Tinware !
Bargains in Groceries!
KAEIUAIlVS ill EVERYTHING !
Ovtv reason for ofrerin tliese Special B-A-H,-GHSTSri
is tliat ve find tliat Ave have an
overstock of AVinter Goods, especial
ly in. heavy Boots for en and
Boys and in heavy Shoes for
Hadies and Children, and
RATHERTH&H CARBYTHEhl OYER TG ANOTHER SEASON
r. have coMi.inr.n to oi it.x them at
GREATLY REDUCED PRICES.
In itiet, AVti hove a choice lot of JSlioef-s, estts,
C;is, iSleig-li-FJell, Ac, Avliicli avc Iijxa'o
placed on our 13nig,oin Counter at
Prices MUCH BELOW the FIRST COST of the Goods.
Our object is to yet ril of the stock, ami if jou think our price are
not low enough we trill alloiv you to name your own figures.
WT. CAHItV THE LiRtiFAT ASSORTMENT OF
LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S SHOES
in IZbensburg, anil you will always find with us any size, style or qual
ity fit the rcry loivest jtrice.
NOW IS YOUR CHANCE FOR BARGAINS!
OTE AND GATHER THEM IN BEFORE
I 1
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"V". S.
I jenbvirc, l'a., January Sil, l'r -
BEST MBOAtHa m TOWH X
FOR THE READY CASH DOWN!
New Stock of Winter GOODS
IX OUr: AT PROFUSION AT
i FREIDHOFF'S
While so nrtny ore liking forvytrd to the coning Presidential elftion in hopes of
leiriy the luvkij man. the subscriber has conclwlett to remain j,, the nurrantife
business and aire it his umlireJed attention by supjilying his friends
and the tmblic aeneralhi vilh ALL KIND OF OOObS
Arr PRICES SO LOW
TJIA.T AO.YC CAST OK TiAIti: COMPETE WITH ItlM.
Ttwjcrs cll alieays Jtnd a full and eleoant stock ef everything to be found in a general
store, conqirisimj a conndetc hnt of
DRY GOODS, DRESS GOODS, NOTIONS, HATS, CAPS,
Boots, Shoes, Groceries Hardware, Tinware,
(tasfars, Glassware, Wooflenw are, Cigars, Totecco, Canned Goods, k, k
Alio, FLOUR, (.'ORN' MEAL, FISH, SALT by Uia bushel and barrel, DRUOS, NAILS
GLASS, PUTTV, liUUSHE-S, liliOOMS, &c. I have likewise added to my stock
I3IJXjr PATENT COKN SIIKlI.ER,
leftica trili te told at the rtmat kable lev price ef . tcafi each. Alto for tale, the
BEST AND QUICKEST BUTTER-PRODUCING CHURN EVER INVENTED.
j-sw-A lr;o Increase of business has necessitated the enlargement of my st.ire-room and the erec
tion of an additional warer'jom, and still my establishnieot is literally crowded with choice (roods and
u.r seekers after haraains. Mill bclnit determined to accommodate ail who come, and especially
nir :riends from the eountrv, to whe-n the hig-hestp rices in tra le will tx paid lor ail kind ot proiiuce,
1 ha thrown open my lar,re and eomm.Hlious stable for the free nse of all who my wish to put up
! their stosk. Thankful tor past larors ana bopelul for manv fu'"te ones 1 remain ai erer,
Jllgb street, Ebentbnrg, Pecember, 10.
i:Lii,lce NO MISTAKE.
i
i rriin: NCAV STOIIE OF
S. TEITELBAUM, CARROL LTOWN,
I.H THE I'tAt F. TO Bl'Y AT lOWBiT I'RIC f.S T1IK V.I.iV 151 M
WINTER GOODS OF ALL KIND I
An 1 a cordial Invitation Is now etonded ly the proprietor to every render of the Fhkevais to call and
i se. the larte asflortnient, examine tlie various qualities, and learn the nurp.ah!e prices, which are
' s i,w that -.0 percent, can positively l.i saved by thoso who buy their troorls from ma. The reason I
J ca sell so thup Is that I bought my entire stock lor cash and intend to sell lor cash or its equivalent,
I ar.. aua therefore prepared to uiake quick sales at smaller profits than any other merchant in Cambria
euinty. Don't take my word for thi.', however, bnt coma and see for yourselves.
' Cimouiows, May 21, 18S0.-t(. . TF.ITKI.il A I'M.
w.
II. ROSEXSTEEL SON
WILL PAT
THE HIGHEST CASH PRICE
I OAK AHD HEMLOCK BM,
! HI lex, Sheep Telf s, Calf Skins, &c.
Iee. 3, lS0.-3m. JOHNSTOWN. TA.
j C'lf' KIijEyoBTifi! :A:!iJPIi.FKi.E:iA?'.
' i.:9 a year, la aivaufe.
THE BEST HAVE BEEN CAPTURED.:
IBarlvex & Lxo.
' - 'l.
CHEAP STORE.
N KW L F.PAllTU II te.
I3ooks and Stationery.
flMTK underslirned lias jnst opened In t'nrroll
X town, opposite S. Teitclbauin's store, a full
line of HOOKS and STATU I.N KUY. AIo, a lot
of cho!e f.A " 1 '1 ' N FK TION KKl !. &c.
-The patronne of the pubiic is respectfully
solicited. J'kices Ixiw.
JOSEPH FAKADAlTiH.
t'arrolitown, ct. S. 18i0.-tf.
AUrFBTISFB-SbyaddresslnstO'eB. P. BowellATo.
l.i Spruce St.. New York, ca n leiirn I lie exact cost
ol any proposed line of AllVKKTIMMl In Ameri
can Newspapers. -l0-aire I'amphlet. 2.1c.
lit Ki.ewast flirKoao OaRDS, New Styles, lfr. '
r; AftLlz "actej. L. Jo?'t- & C'c,, Xartuu. K.V, i
I.OVE'.S Qf A5ilAKV.
1 lt in ro v chamber, bewildered, and sigh !
If ever a inniden was troiiM?d, 'tis I.
I've one lover rich, though he's nwlully old.
His pockets are just running orer with itold.
Another Is handsome, and lores mo. I know,
With nil of the love that he doesn't l.estnw
On himself. The other Is poor, plain and true.
But carrien a heart thut la pure e the dew.
Rnt there are my fisters :'Now beautiful I-ou
Has married a man who Is ri'th as a .tew :
She sir.es lor a husband who is handsome and (jay,
hose fiiee is not wrinkled, whose hair isnot gray .
Kate married a beauty, yet she has no joy ;
She's head o! the house he's more !ine a toy :
He don't know s much as a boy out ol school,
I.iko all handsome men he's a simpering tool.
Meg wedded for love, and that's worst ol all,
For in a poor cottage, that's terribly sin ill,
he live.- like '-thcold woman who lived in a shoe,''
A nd irrumbleg and grumbles now what can 1 do ?
Thar.;'? Iou would give wealth if it beauty would
bring ;
And Kate, who wed beauty, would take anythirg:
And she who bus lore is the worst ol the three
Love, beautv or richer which shall it be?
I say to my sisters, I'll be an old maid.
And be sure ol the suushine, since they have the
shade ;
And all threo declare, with hands held on hiirh.
Than to be an old maid they would much rather
die
Or live as they are. Now, that's just the way :
I iro to my mother she's'nottiin to say.
The way out o! trouble 1 ne'er can descry ;
If ever a maid was perplexed, it is I.
THREE ItltAVE M EX.
l'retty Harbara Ferres would not marry.
Her mother was in consternation. "Why
are you so stubborn, liarbarn'."' sh asked.
"You have plenty of lovers."
"Hut they don't suit me," said Harbara,
coolly tyiiiR her curls before the mirror.
"Why not ?"
"I want, when I marry, a man who is brave
eiiual to any emergency. If I give up my
liliertv I want to be taken care of."
"Mlly child ' What is the matter with Bar
ney, the blacksmith ?"
"lie is big, but I never learned that he was
brave."
"And you never learned that lie was not.
What is the matter with Ernest, the gun
smith V"
"lie is as placid as Koat's milk."
"That is no sipn that he is a coward. There
is little Fritz, the tanner ; he is quarrelsome
enough for you, surely."
"He is no biKcr than a bantam cock. It
is little he could do if the house was set upon
by robbers."
"It is not always strength that wins a fight,
q:rl. It takes brain as well as braw n. Come
now, Barbara, give these? fellows a fair trial."
Barbara turned her face before the mirror,
letting down one raven curl nnd looping up
another "I will, mother," said she, at last.
That evening Ernest, the gt.nsmith, knock
ed enr!y at the door. "You sent for mc,
Barbara," he said, going to the girl, who
stood upon the hearth, coipuettishly warming
one pretty foot and then the other.
"Yes, Ernest," she replied ; "I've been
thinking of what you p?id the other night
when you were here."
Ernest spoke quietly, but his dark eyes
flashed, and he looked at her intently. '
"I want to test you."
"How?" 1
"I want to see if you dare do a very dis
agreeable thing."
"What is it?"
"There is an old coffin up-stairs. It smells
of mould. They say Raymond, the murder
er, was buried in it : hut the de i! came for
his body and left the coffin enfpty in a week,
and it was finally taken from the tomb. It
is up-stairs in the room where my grandfather
die,l, and they say my grand-iire does not rest
easy in his grave, for some reason, though
that I know nothing about. Dare you tuake
that your bed to-niglit?"
Ernest laughed. "Is th.tt all ? I will do
that and sleep soundly. Why, pretty one,
did you think I had weak nerves?"
"Your nerTcs will have good proof if you
tiudertake it. Remember no one sleeps in
that part of the hou?e."
"1 &!:ail sleep the sounder."
"Good night, then. I will send a lad to
show you' your chamber. If you slay there
all night," said the imperious Miss Barbara,
"I will marry yon."
"You vow it ?"
"I yow it."
Ernest turned straightway and followed
the lad in waiting through the dim rooms
and passages, up echoing stairs, along nar
row, damp ways, where rats scuttled before
them, to a low chamber. The !w.y looked
jxtle and scared and evidently wanted to
hurry away, but Ernest made him wait until
he took a survey of the room with his lamp.
It was very large and full of recesses, with
high windows in them, which was barred
across. !! remembered that old Grandsire
Ferres had been insane for several years be
fore hit death, sa that this precaution had
been necess.iry for the safety of himself and
others. In the centre of the room stood a,
coffin, beside it was .placed a chair. The
room was otherwise quite empty.
Ernest stretched himself in the coffin. "Be
kind enough to tell Miss Barbara it's a good
fit," said he. The boy went out and shut
the door, leaving the gunsmith alone in the
dark. Meanwhile Barbara was talking with
the blacksmith in the keeping-rootn.
"Barney," said she, pulling her hands
away from his grasp, when he would have
kissed her, "I've a test to put you to before
I give you any answer. There is a corpse
lying in the chamber where my grandfather
died, in the untenanted wing of the house.
If you dare sit there with it all night, and
let nothing drive you away from your post,
you will not ask me to marry you in vain."
"You give me a light and a bottle of wine
and a book to read ?"
"Nothing."
"Are these all the conditions you can offer
me, Barbara?"
"All. And if you get frightened, you need
never look me in the face again."
"I'll take them, then."
So Barney was conducted to his post by
the lad, who had been instructed in the se
cret, and whose voluntary stare at Ernest's
placid face, as it lay in the coffin was inter
preted by Barney to be the natural awe of a
corpse. lie took his seat, and the boy left
him alone with the darkness and the rats and
the coffin.
Soon after young Fritz, the tanner, arrived,
flattered and hopeful from the fact that liar-
bara had sent for him.
"Have you changed your mind, Barbara?"
he asked.
"No, and I shall not until I know that you
can do a really brave thing."
"What shall it be? I swear to satisfy you,
Barbara."
"I have a proposal to make you. My plan
requires skill as well as courage."
"Tell me."
"Well, in this house is a man watching by
a corps. lie has sworn not to leave his post
till morning. If you can make him do it, I
shall le satisfied that you are as smart and
as brave as I require a miand to bo."
"Why, nothing 15 sr cay," e.xciaimed
Fritz. "I can scaro him away. Furnish tue
with a sheet, show me the room, and go to
your rest, Barbara. You will find me at my
post in the morning."
Barbara did as he required, and saw the
tanner step blithely away to his task. It
was then nearly twelve o'clock, and she
sought her own chamber.
Barney had been sitting at his viil, and
so far all had been well. The night seemed
very long, for be had no means of counting
the time. At times a thrill went thro' hiro,
for it seemed to him as if he could hear low,
suppressed breathing not faraway; but he
persuaded himself that it was the wind blow
ing thro' the crevices of the old house. Still
it was very lonely and not at all cheerful.
j The face in the coflin gleamed w hiter thro'
j the darkness. The rats squeaked as if fam
! ine was upon them and they smelled flesh.
j The thought made him shudder. He got up
and walked about, but something was be
hind him, and he'put his chair with the back
against the wall and snt down again.
He had been hard at work all day, and,
in spite of everything, he grew sleepy.
Finally he nodded and snored.
Suddenly it seemed as if somebody touch
ed him. Then he awoke with a start, but
saw nobody near, though in the centre of the
room stood a white figure. "Curse you, get
out of this !" he exclaimed in a fripht, using
the very first words that came to his tongue.
The figure held tip its right arm and slowly
approached him. He started to his feet,
The spectre came nearer, pressing him into
a corner. "The devil take you '." cried Bar
ney, in his great extremity.
Involuntarily he stepped back. Still the
figure advanced, coming nearer and extend
ing both arms The hair started upon Bar
ney's head ; he grew desperate, and, as the
gleaming arms would have touched him, he
fell upon the ghost like a whirlsvind, tearing
off the sheet, thumping and pounding, beat
ing and kicking, more and more enraged at
the resistance he met, which told him the
truth.
As tha reader knows, he was big and
Fritz was little : and while puinmeling the
little tanner unmercifully, and Fritz was try
ing to lunge at Barney's ttoniach, to take
the wind out of him, both plunging and
kicking like horses, they were petrified by
hearing a voice cry :
"Take one of your size, big Barney '."
Looking around they saw the corpse sit
ting up his coffin. This was too much ; they
released each other and sprang for the door.
They never lnew bow they got out: but
they ran h. iiie in haste, panting like stags.
It was Barbara herself who came and
opened the door upon Ernest the next morning-
"It's very early ; one more little nap,"
aid he, turning over in his coftin.
So she married him, and though she sent
F'ritz and Barney invitations to the wedding,
thev diil not appear. If they discovered the
trick, they kept the knowledge to themselves,
and never willingly faced Barbara's laugh
ing eyes again. "
A SAMPLE VILLAGE.
"I write this from a country village contain
ing about 1,000 inhabitants. It is a lovely
little town, nestled on a side hill to break off
the raw winds of winter and the hurricane :
of summer. When I arrived this morning it
seemed to tne as if there could not be a br.d
nmn or a scolding woman in the village , but j
four hours hare passed and I am awiser man.
I came here to see old Mrs. Brown about a
pensi.'ii she whtits from the Government, and
w hen we had finished our buisness I said :
"I see you have four churchea heie."
"Yes ; but we never have any sermons
worth listening to."
"The men look intelligent and smart."
"Hump I They are regular pokes. There
isn't a man in Farmville who knows enoneh
to ask boot iu a horse trade."
"But the women look happy," I protested.
"Then they look what they ain't," she an
swered. "I don't believe there is a happy
woman in the whole village. If you knew
of the awful carryings on here you wouldn't
look for happy wives."
"What awful things do the men do?"
"You'd oetterask w h.tt they don'tdo : It's
a wonder to me that Farmville hasn't shared
the f:ttc of Smlom and Gommorrow."
"Do they li ink?"
"Do they ? Didn't I see even old Deacon
Harris weaving this way and that as he climb
ed the l.iil last evening ? It's a slippery path,
of course, but sober men don't climb a hill
sideways."
"Do they gamble ?"
"Gamble! What did Mrs. l'otts tell ine
that her brother's tvife told Mrs. Davis not
a month ago? Four of the leading men in
the place were caught playing checkers for
the soda water. That's a nice example, isn't,
it?"
"Is Mrs. Potts nice ?"
"Nice? Why she's the worst gossip in
town. It's a wonder the men don't duck
her in a mill pond."
"And Mrs. Davis?"
"She's a hypocrite ! She'll talk sweet to
your face and abuse you behind your back 1"
"Mrs. George is wellspoken of."
"By whom ? I've known her fifteen years
and I never heard a human being speak well
of her ! She eats opium and lies like a trol
lop ?"
"Isn't Mrs. Mclletiry -til right ?"
"All right? Why no one can live in the
house next to her."
"The postmaster seemed like agoot" man,"
I ventured to remark.
"Good man ! Why, my husband always
believed he was fie very man who threw a
yaller dog down our well. 1 don't say that
lie steals letters, but I know that when I sent
two three-cent stamps in a letter to tuy
daughter in Iliinoy, she never got it."
"But there must be one good man here ?"
"There must, eh ? We!l, I wish you'd pint
him out to me. I'd like to polih up my spec
tacles and take a good look at him."
"And there isn't one faultless woman?"
"Well, I don't want to seem vain and con
ceited, because none of us are long for this
world, but 1 expect I'm thj faultless one you
are inquiring after !"
I think I shall go out on the evening train.
Mrs. Brown says every lot and house is niort
gaged, every business man is ready to "bust,"
and every family has at least one scandal
about them. On my way to the post otlice
an hour ago I asked a grocer if lie knew old
! Mrs. Brown.
j "Know her! Why, she's a gossip, a liar, a
: hypocrite, a dead beat, and too lazy to change
' her stockings more than twice a year." Free
rrcss.
I A Nebraska farmer calls bis crop
i engr," bcc.iu.c it' whinf.
re
MINERS' GRIEFS AM) HEROISM.
SOME TOTXHIXO JXSTANCKS OK THE PF.VO
TIOS AND r.RAVEKY OK THE M K.N
WHO WORK IN MINES.
j Samuel Plimsol, writing in the JYitiefeenft
j Century, says : I remember seeing one poor
I woman a day or two after the explosion at
j the Edmunds or Swaith Main pit. The dead
i body of her husband was then lying in the
mine ; but she had children the daily work
' of life must be done, even by her. She
wanted a pan which, nearly full of dirty
i watei, stood near her door upon a stone. I
1 I
shall, I suppose, never
forcet (it is many j
r , :
i years ago nowl the far-off look in her eyes as
j she approached tbe pan ; her whole figure
I was the expression of one without hope, the
very embodiment of despair ; she raised the
j pan by the edge, utterly careless that the
, falling water splashed her dress and feet,
: anrl l!tlnc.1r innvod nvra T!r oriof u'fla
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' too deep for words or tears, and I turned i
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a tw ny nun uir.iit piv.. v., jstrt bul I suiirnui:,
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an.l to l-nnn tliuf clio n-ac lint fmo if mnr
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than a hundred in the same sad condition.
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Consider the men, their husbands, too.
What like husbands are thev? ncmcmbcr
the one whose body was found in the Hart
; ley mine, after the accident to the engine
beam, laying with his hand upon the side of I
I which with a pocketknife he had scratched a j
j dying message of love to his wife Sarah.
! Or that other husband who, going in the '
I dark in early morning to that same collierVj
in deep depression of spirit, which he could j
not account for but only felt, turned back to !
: kiss once more with tenderness his wife and
children and then resumed his walk to the (
j pit, which in two short hours became his liv- j
ing to:nl for they did not die at once in
this case, their fate hung in the balance many
days, during which our kind-hearted queen
constantly telegraphed inquiries about the
j possibility of saving men's lives. '
! Do you want to know what sort of fathers
: some of these, men are?
Bemember the man who escaping with his :
boy and a comrade only this year (I think it
i was in the Scahani colliery after the explo- ;
sion), found the ooy unable to go any fur- i
ther ; I think he was insensible. They could
not carry him, and the boy's father was urg- :
' ed by his comrade, who did escape, to come ;
( along with him. What was the father's re- !
i ply? "Nay," he said, looking at the insen- !
siii'.e boy, "I'll bide with the lad." And he j
did stav, and father ami son were found af- i
ter many days lying side by side in death.
When the Edmunds Main explosion oc
' cured which widowed so many scores of poor
; women, there was a doubt, as there often is
whether all the men and boys in the pit had
been kilied : there was a hope, very faint in -
' deed but still a hope, that there might be
some men still alive in the pit ; there was
imminent riik of a second explosion which
might occur at any moment, and the peril of
I going down then was simply awful. Stiil .
! some men might yet be then alive below.
' What happened ? ;
Volunteers offered themselves to go down;
I the needful numbers were selected (I think !
seven men); they took their lives in their t
. hands, quite unconscious of .the heroism of ?
i their conduct because their moral nttittide
was simply that of so ninny others ; they !
' went down on their errand of mercy, and i I i
a short time these men (whose names even
were not given to the published Recounts, so
little surprising did there conduct appear to
, those who knew colliers) were added to the I
: list of the slain, for the dreaded explosion
j occurred ; and now, alas ! there was no long
' er room to doubt that all below were nuni
, bered with the dead.
Take another Instance. When the last
dreadful explosion took xlace at the Oaks
colliery, near BarnMy, which also killed two
hundred men and boys, if I remem'ier right- ;
ly, I went there immediately, and what had :
I happened? My friend Parkin Jeff cock, ,
mining engineer, had been sent for after the 1
. first explosion had ocenred : it was one of
extraordinary violence and had "completely
destroyed the head gear, and they were in
' momentary expectation of a second, as it is
clear that the first had uttetly deranged the
ventilation ; but here also the hope was clung
; to that some of the men might still be alive
' in the pit and. after most anxious consider- :
ation, it was decided to incur the awful peril '
of descending the other shaft to see if it were
happily so (scores upon scores of men's lives
; have been saved by these heroic darings of ,
peril.) When the decision was taken, Mr. !
j Jeff cock said : "I want eight men to go down
with me ; volunteers, stand forward." At
once not eisht but fifteen men stepped out j
j from the crowd : they then picked out and I
I rejected the seven men w ho had the largest I
1 families, and had to employ the police to put J
them back into the crowd, out of danger,
J lest the dreaded explosion should come even j
whilh they were gstting ready to go down ; ;
and Mr. Jeffcock and his eight companions j
; (heroes every one of them and this they
; would equally have been had they all return- 1
; ed alive) got ready and went down. They
i had not been dwn long before another ex- ;
: plosion took place, and they too, wero num-
, bered with the dead. i
How Young Men Fail. "There is Alfred
Sutton home with his family to live with the
old folks." said one nei-'libor to another. "It
seems hard, after his father has done all to fit
him for business, and the capital he invested
to start hiiu so fairly. It is surprising he
j turned out so poorly. lie is a steady young
I man, no bad habits, as far as I know ; be
j has a good education and was always con
j sidered smart ; but he doesn't succeed in any
j thing. 1 am told he has tried a number of
different sorts of business, and sunk money
j every time. What can be the trouble with
Alfred 1 would like to knoiv, for I don't want
j my boy to take his turn."
j "Alfred is swart enough," said the other,
" and has education enough, but he lacks the
one element of success. lie never wants to
give a dollar's work fur a dollar of money,
and there is no other way for a young man
to make a fortune. He must dig if would
get gold. All the men that have succeeded
honestly or dishonestly in making money had
to work for it, the sharpers sometimes the
hardest of nil. Alfred wished to wet his
brain in motion, and let it take care of itself.
No wonder it soon run off the track, and a
smash-up was the result Teach your boy,
friend Archer, to work with a will when he
docs work. Give him play enough to mike
him happy nnd healthy, but let him learn ear
ly that work is the business or life. Patient,
self-denying work is the price of succsss.
Ease and indolence not only eat away the
price of capital, but worse still, all a man'
nerve power. Present gratilicv.tiot, tends to
put off duty.till to-morrow or next. w-ek. and
so the golden moments slip by. It is a rare
thing for the sons of rich men to die rich.
Too often they squander in a half-score years
what lluir fathers were it life-time in accum
ulating. I wish I could ring it in the ears of
aspiring yonng men that woik, hrtrd work.
I ci tit-ad vr.-l lv.n l--. is the rr'r o:" success. "
MARRIAGE BLl'E LAMS.
ENGAGEMENTS MIST 15 E fOSTEP ON THE
COt" KT HOVSE POOR A FEEsON MAHKT
INC. A frERVANT IN THIS STATE VI ST
I'AY A HEAVY FINE OK A DEAR'S
SERVIC E TO THE MASTER.
rrobably very few, if any, of tbe thousands
of people who annually enter into the holy
bonds of mattiniouy in this Slate ever think
of examining the statutes of the Common
wealth which relate to the sacred rite. Scat
tered here and there throughout the statute
book there are numerous "blue laws," which
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tmes since l.l'l, defining who can aud who I
! cannot marry, and bristling with pains and I
I penalties for nn-compliance. j
! Servants cannot marry without the con- :
. sent of their master or mistress. So says the !
j act of 1701. Anv servant offending can be
I compelled to serve for one whole year after j
f'ie indenture or engagement has expired,
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j'.i j iu i lit; m:Mt;i , a lulu iniu 11 a mis-
I tress t'i. oi give one year's service. More-
AL b 3 '
i over, the persons marrving are llabie to for
, -
, , T uu.r.o,
j and damages to the party aggrieved, the wit-
' nesses to the marriage forfeiting 5 each.
! But by the becond section of this act it is
j provided that this law shall not apply to
! persons married in the religious society to
j which they belong if uotice is given to the
niastei-s and mistresses or.e full month be
i fore the marriage is olemnized, and if the
consent in writing of the masters and inis
j tresses is first obtained.
i The parents and guardians of folks pro
posing to marry should, "if they convenient
' ly can," be first consulted. The parties
should also procure a certificate from some
credible person wheie they have lived or do
; live that they are clear of all engagements.
. Their intentions of marriage should also be
: affixed on the Court House or meeting houc
. doors in the county where the parties reside
a month before the marriar,e.
! No Justice of the Peace can marry indi
viduals under I'l years of age unless a certifi
i cate of consent from guardians is first pro
' disced. Originally the penalty was imposed
on him whether he knew of the ag of the
parties or not. He was bound to ascertain
' it at his peril ; but a case of great hardship
I in 1871 caused an amendment to the law,
! and be is not now liable for the penalty un
j less he "knowingly or wilfully" disregards
i the law that is, unless he knows or has
reasons to beiieve that the parties are under
age.
No drunken person can be legally married.
If a Jinle, Justice or clergyman performs
the ceremony when either of the patties is
intoxicated lie is guilty of a misdemeanor
, and liable to a penalty on conviction of J.".0
fine, or sixty days imprisonment, or both.
A man mut not mairy Ms mother, fath
er's si.-ter. mother's sister, sister, daughter
: or daughter ef his s.n or daughter. A wo
man cannot marry her father, father's brotli-
er, mother's brother, brother, son, son of son
or daughter. These are the degrees of con
sanguinity. In the degrees of jiflinity a man
mi:st not marry his father's wife, son's wife,
son's daughter, wife's daughter or the
daughter of his wife's son or daughter, or a
woman her mother's hu-.l..i:il, daughter's
husband, husband's sop, or son of her hus
band's son or dsucl.trr. Violation of this
law is punishable by a i'ne not exceeding
?"oo. solitary imprioiinv ;;i Tor a period not
exceeding three v. ars, or both, and the mar
riage is void.
If a husband or a wiie, upon a false- rumor
of the d.-ath of the other, apparently well
founded, mart its again and the missing one
turns up, the party tnarrj ing is not punisha
ble when the other has been absent two
years. But the pi'.ity returning ca.n insist
upon having his f.r her Tamer husband or
wife restored or the marriage dissolved.
A husband is not now liable for the debts
of his w ife contracted before marriage. The
Uw was formerly otherwise.
The wife of a drunken or profligate man
who neglects or refuses to provide for his
offspring is entitled to claim the children
and exercise her parental rights without
molt station from her l.i-sband.
No father who neclects his children for a
year or more before death has power to ap
point the guardians during minority.
A husband who desciU his wife or ne
glects to provide fi r her foifeits all right to
her estate after death. The property which
belongs to a woman when she is married is
not subject to the husband's control, nor is it
liable for his debts, and l.er separate earn
ings while married accrue and inure to her
own benefit, and is not subject to any legal
claim on the p ut of the husband, but, in or
der to secure to her the earnings of her labor
a? distinguished from earnings of her pro
perty, she must file a petition in Court stat
ing her intention to claim them.
Two Casks of Fi re "Luck." About
fort- years ago a poor but industrious pros
pector in this country had the misfortune
or good fortune to lrsi his horse. It was
an old bay horse, and, like his master, was
a wandering Prospector, only that he pros
pected for grass, w hile the master prospected
for quartz. This particular day the old bay
wandered further than he was wont to do.
rrobably because the bunch grass was few
and far between. At anv rate the iirosnee-
tor desired to move his camp, but could not
do so w ithout the assistance of his bay com
panion, lie must needs find l.im. He was
at lst successful, and while returning with
the truant he noticed the liom of a mountain
ram sticking in the rocks Stooping to ex
amine it he saw rich looking quartz scattered
about, and following it up lie hit upon what
is now the noted Bamshorn Mine the long
est and richest silver ledge that we know of.
The district was named Bay Horse, as it
should have been, and it isthe lichest silver
(list ict in the Salmon Liver .ountry.
Or, the mountain trail in California there
used to be a big boulder which furnished a
favorite resting place for tired footman.
Thousands of men had sat on the stone and
rested their weary limbs. In fact, it was of
so peculiar shape that it seemed to fit every
one who tiied it. With long u;.age it had
worn as smooth as ivory, and was greasy
with frequent contact with miners' clothing.
One day an old prospector squatted himself
upon this favority resting s tone, and while
getting his v ind he carelessly nnd uncon
sciously pecked away at the l.nuldar with his
pick. A piece of rock flew off and revealed
the surprising .truth that he w-as sitting on a
rich chunk of quartz. He at once proceeded
up the hill and found the ledge, and it was
full of gold and brought l.i.ii much wealth. -Onviha
FrpuWica n.
Jonah a the first if
not the very worst
' conundrum the whale ;,'c
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ELIZABETH ZAJE.
HOW A BKUTin i. TOl N f.lRI. CHECKMA
1EP SIMON OIi:TT.
The wicVodst w hite man of the early pe
riod of Ohio history was Simon Giity, who
sided with the British in the wrr of the rev
olution, and conmiun.'ed the Indian allies
which were induced to fight against the Col
onist, (iirty was as cruc! as the worst red
savage, and there are many traditions in the
Scioto and Sandusky Valleys of Lis nn.ls and
outrages. A beautiful picture still shows
Elizaleth Z.inc in the act of checkmating
oirtv at Uj0 sois(. of Fort 1IcnrTi hicn w
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situated on the Ohio river, uear Wheeling..
The story runs thus :
In 1777 Imp foit, winch was garrisoned by
forty-two men, was suddenly attneked by
(iirty with a fmce of five hundred Indians
He succeeded in ambuscading and s'-argn-terino
thirty of the garrison, leaving only
twelve to defend the fort. Among the wo
men and children was youne Eiinbeth Zane,
a beautiful rirl of seventeen, lie twelvsi
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were g.xxl matkstnen, nnd knowinc that
j surrender meant death for their wives and
, children as well as ft.r themselves, they re
; solved to tii;ht to the last. Bnt alas 1 brare
; ry availed them little, for it was rot long be-
fore the small st ock of powder in the fort was
; almost exhausted, and onlva few t hai res re
! niained to each man. In ifespair tbe Colonel
1 called his brave little band together, and told
them that at a hnnse some sixty yards out
side of the fort, which their enemies hd net
' yet dared to approach, ther wr.s a keg of
i gunpowder. Whoever shonHl try to bncg it
into the fort would be in pen) of his hfe
i from the Indians. He had not the heart to
order any man to such a tak, but the pow
; der was their only hope, and therefore it was
j his duty to ask if any one of them was brave
, enouch to volunteer the undertaking. In
stantly three or four young men avowed
, themselves ready, bnt only one lnp.u ceuld
, be spared. And while they were generously
; disputing anions thesnselves for the perilous
i crand, Lli.alieth Zane approached tl s Col
onel and occged that she might beallowsd
to go for the powder. Her request was
very promptly lefused, but she pei-sitted
earnestly, even against tre lernoustraDcea
! and entreaties of her parents and friend.
, In vain they pleaded and reasoned with her.
( urging more than once that a youtig man
would be more likely to succeed through L:s
power of running swiitlv. She rephe l that
she knew the dancer, but that if she fared
her hiss would not be felt, w l,i not a i:ir:e
man could heRpsred frm the little canison.
Finally it was amecd that she should make
the fn. t trial. When all was leady the ete
opened ami Kli.aletli waited rapidiv across
the open space towatd the house e lien the
powder was stored. Those inside the fort
could plainly see that the e ee of IL? Indians
were upon her. but either iioui curiosity or
mercy thev allowed her to pass safely and to
enter the Loue. Her friends drew a breath
! of relief, and watching even more anxiously
: for her reappearance, saw her come out soon
at ter 1 er.i ing the pov. der in a la Me clot u t ed
nrou: d her waist. By th; littie the In iiars
suspected bet burden, and in a. moment more,
as she wes hastening toward the fott, they
' sent after lit r a shower of bullets a tid arrows.
They ail whistled by l.er haunt's, and w ith
wild, startled eye, but undaunted heart, she
, sped r.n with her treasure through the deadly
uu-sj;,. until at last she bote it in tiiunipH
inside the ctr. By the RiJ ot the powder
ami the enthusiast;.- courage which f"...ia
beth's self sacrifice inspired, the httle gan:
son w as enabled to hold out until rei.ef cktce
to them. And so this nob art of a yoUDg
gill SHved the lives of all within the f. rt, and
vanquished its live hundred ftusky asiiat!ts.
We have no account of tiie subsequent ca
reer of the heroine. The family be aa e well
known in Southeastern Ohio, and cave their
name to Ihr beautiful i iiy of Zr u svi He. We
shall be glad to h'-nr, on" 1 el alf of our read
ers, from s ni:e of our friends m taat section
w ho can teii us n.ore about Elizabeth Zane.
; Cliiruyo JufcTicr.
A (.00I wire.
An English Jesuit. Itev. Father Christie,
' recently preached en the subject, "A Good
Wife," and his words were so true and r
' guvacnts so logical that we cc.nmend thera to
the best attention of our rrnlers. V t learn
from the London '"nVrrse thr.t be said :
1 If we study the wavsci God we will fsi
, bow graciously lie treats us. IIts poor child
ren, and fr-:ii II s trea'.r.ei.t t f us we "iay
learn how to behave to those whom Piovi
; deuce has piaced under out charge. 1 he
, last four petit as of the "Lord's Player,"
while they teach t:s what w. stand in need
, of from Almighty ( ;tL alo bring hcuie to us
our duty to Ui...e dependent oil es. Thus
. th petition. "Cive us this day our dai'y
bread." while it causes us to realize that we
are depeuding on lmighty t.oi for our daily
sustenance, also biines home to ; u h t ate
fathers to families the lesson that it is their
duty to provide for their off. -pi ing, and that
if t'hoy neulc t that duty thev incur a terri
ble respor.sitcjity in the" sigtit of Alimrhty
;od.
The father isthe or.e on whom devolves
' the duty ot provh.i.ng f.r the family. lie is
the breail-wiimer on w hom test the blica
tion f providing the other members of ti e
household with their dailv sustenance. Bv
: the sweat of his brew and the labor of hfs
; hands, if i:eed be: by intellectual work, if
, literature be bis calling : cr else by the fruits
of patrimony inherited from his foiera'bers,
, he is bound to maintain the children whom
God has civen him. Yet ho w many ate there
, who neeiect this duty a completely as tho'
they were entirely iunorant ot its existence !
! How many fathers are there who can in no
sense be regarded as brei'd w inners for
i their familes 1 The poor man ruins his fatn-
iiy by drunkenness the rich muo sqaunilers
I his wealth in gaming, find, sins 1 it niav l
' in drunkenness, too. Wo' Le to those over
I whom this terrible vice hs gained the
j mastery ! Few of us know the extent of its
' ravages. It penetrates into circles where
its existence is least suspected. It is not
among the poor only tWet drunkenness is to
be found; it reigns among the ri. h, too ;
; and alas .' that it should be said ; ladies la
' di"s the most refine-! nol es who stand high
' in society ladies whoso names it would
: shock society to have associated with litetu
, erance are victims of this terrible vice,
j Depend upon it, the man who most uej'etts
' his duty as a parent does not love his home.
He is not domestic, and herein is to be f ound
the source of hi neglect of wife and offsprirg.
For bin: the ruddy ghw of his own te;u
possesses no charm an evenincr paJ in
i the company of w ife and iitt'e ones no at
traction. He loves club life, or the six-iety of
: "jovial companions." At any rats, h does
1 not love home, he is a cpenjthi:ft and ta
idler. lie does not work and labor as lie
; should do for those whom t.od lias given
in his charge. What i the consequence?
' One i that he loses one of the greatest he'ps
' and aids a nan can have, l'i'ssessing a
mother's love for his children, and that pow
i er of se'f-denial for which womsn are so re
, marka'.lc. a good wife is a perfect reaurei
to a sensible man. lie w ill :id his ti ife not
only one whose cheeiful eonvoe will help
l.im to mate the eve:. in-; j. -.ss plcnM'y. but
1 a fellow laborer readv to sltnr' w'tl. aim t9
' burdens of the li.ouse'iold. She will strive to
' reclaim him fr ja the evil habits be may have
j contracted she Will endeavor to tl suv!e
, him from that self ir. 'dgence w h'n-h. if pcr
' severed in, will ruin his family. And why
i should a man be averse to sck counsel of hi
wife?
i God has made them one. nnd it is His w ill
'that they should, "y mnt u.il consultation,
' prove th'tt they have couth! Mice in ea li cth
! er's sjlicitiide for the best interests 'f 'he
: home, which w ill be mii- h Iwtt-r promoted
j if husban- nnd wife pub together unitedly
; than if they live in a st ate of vim. etrancc
i ment. Tin's will tncy br'p e:vn ot er and
' forward the interests of n!!. Thn i fe wi,l
! Ic:i domestic li...'. their home w'l be a Chris
tian home : and. though Al'icghty God ; T
and again allows good f uuii es to sink into
i povertv, thev may coufnlentiy h j i...itlhsy
! will n;ver w'a'it their "dsily bre.;.l."
' z " Bc-vvvrr " is rdnt the D'l'rV.-'-t
when ne cc: man cuou .i to swear.