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RrtolMtiont or proccetitne of any corporal-s or aocietv.and communication aentr-d to fai: often tion to any matter of limited or nttvAuol intmetl. must ot paid or as advertisement. Job PBiHTma of all kind neatly antf eioeJlf' onily executed at lowest prices. l3uot.cu r It. H. A. McPIKE, Editor and Publisher. HK IS A FREEMAN WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FREE, AND ALL ARB SLAVES BESIDE. SI.50 and postage per year, In advance. ' .rr'!,',HiIr nivlnir in advance must not " ''T ' , .... i n'n the same footing as those Tn-ct tii i p- . , ho distinctly understood . n rn S tl'l urn in'T noiore you itinn n, it VOLUME XVI. EBENSBURG, PA.. FRIDAY, JULY 14, ISS2. NUMBER 24, . I-m m ij -t . Vne but scalawags do nth- ' ti. i mh a rnwjt life's too short. THE CAMBRIA FREEMAN I paMKhnl Weeklj at BESSBURG, Cambria Co., ri., UV II. A. MoPIKK. ' I 1 I E Z I NT to it o ei . . .w i re-tit I tie I 0: CE 10 rnt no. X. RKS, eela Jdr. .1.1. I l1 ;' 1 u CHEAPER! CHEAPEST! GEO. HUNTLEY H S MW f H AND THE 'JSGET, BEST ; MOST VARIED STOCK OF Pin v cL"WTL:re sitovoM, Tinwnre, loasefarnisliing Goods, k. .'I' n , f'nim! In any one tarllph ' ,,,. ,.nnvlvnla. His stock oomprtse :::: was am bjaibs stoves, r.i i-.iri'.nJ stylos :m.l patterns: !nnillo'!-'' Hardware HRPENTERS' TOOLS! i t!'" i'"t In the market. Als. a in-jo t.icW of tFJ.EAnrorKETCFTLKRY. stri1. ((in'P'Kn (irp. l t ver. ff nt fl ,r, ...! 'if ! Hlllnw Ware. M'nll r Trnnks i -i I ValliM. HstitUrr. 1 1 -,j i.es. llnrsf Shop, llnr Iron, Ttnll l'. Itursic i arrlasc Itoltw. KIT. a ifill ii-lnI"-n. Steel S ti o v - WMIWES. MSEHIY RAKES, ,r,r ifiT I'lirlis, I?p- and Pntleys, rn ( nlf Ivnlnrs. nn t n full linen) llarv rlnTnoli. Ai-n. a i:irire assortment ot Me, llnnravd Stair Oil Cloths, ('arvi 'r- ("il dotVi. rri- .s iitt. i t.i iTM in VTK'W SH MVT'Nt or!'F: KIT'i:i-'S: f.iTrPiwii ASHTN r t .... ... ff..r. fur Ti Irv an.1 Tal-1" 't-. --. -, ;i .( K A I.T. the ch.irt nn.) ........ 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A; PEDTiiH TJMRTV-FIVE YEARS. AY BROTHERS MamiiauUirerH, HOLES ALE AND RETAIL -OF- -AND eet Iron Wares AKD DEALER IN :MG, PAELOR and COOKING s p STOVES, NTS -t .It n TI05 I i. - i IEET lETALS, AND U-FlHMSIIINC goods CENERLLV Iollintr iii 10 r M.TLY ATTtNDED TO. St. JOHNSTOWN. PA. l3 NEVIN &l YEACER, tREsi SHEET-IRON WARE, ff E L E H A I?l 'IIKATIXG STOVES, MS. llRiluis. Ar., -'""'h A v hi no, . AHoona, Ia. U( wr we,t or 0ppr, House. FNi AND SPOUTINO y;':.V ATI E!tKD TO. :-.:.-tf. SAVED! S20 .. . y- -T mi;NFc,.. ..rnT or 1.4 I "u -I'M. T" IoIiATII. IN4 V- rcr HVS"'AKAIrD8rRfltOX. AtTOOSA,P. !""t J'f r,n r'-iirteenfh street, near V '" a .."'"nt calls can he made. . ' K '. ; M frm 5 to 4 e'.r ,, l "'"rtion paid to Dls-';t-"vi. r' J wel1 ' to PuriHeal N-:.ne. re- Sl P"i 1 . "o.e manner 'oij2! Noted Men ! Dr. John F. Hancock, late President of the National Phar maceutical Association of the United States, says : "Erown'i Iron Bitters hu a heavy salep is conceded to be a tine tonic ; the character of the manu facturer it a voucher for its purity and medicinal excellence." Dr. Joseph Roberts, President Baltimore Pharmaceutical College, says : "I Indone ft A a fine medicine, reliable as a strenpheninff tome, free from alcoholic poisons." Dr. J. Faris Moore, Pir. D., Professor of Pharmacy, Balti more Pharmaceutical College, says : ' Brown's Iron Bitters is a saf and reliable medicine, positiveiy free from alcoholic poisons, and can fce recommended as a tnic for use among those who oppose alco&ul." Dr. Edward Earickson, Secretary Baltimore College of Phar macy, says " I Indorse it as an excellent medicine, a good dicestire arent, and a non-intoxicant in the fuiiest sense." Dr. Richard Satington, one of Baltimore's oldest and most reliable physicians, snys : All who have used it rraise its standard virtues, and the well known charactercf the house which makes' it is a sufficient guarantee cf its being all that is claimed, for thejr are mta who could not be in duced to offrr anything else but a reliable medicine fur public uie." A Druggist Cured. Boonsboro, Md., Oct. 13, Gentlemen : Brown's Iron Bit ters cured me of a bad attack of Indigef tion and fullness in the stom achy Having tested it, I take pleas tire in recommending it to my cus tomers, and am glaa to say it givee entire satisfaction to all." Gbo. W. HorjiiA, Druggist. Ask, your Drupgist for Brown's Inor Bitters, and take no other. One trial will convince you that it is just what you need. FlTPtVtaves.oner-SS. te Reeds, Eight Stnptt, Including S.iH-ftaxit, fie'nre Coupler, fitool. Suck, and music, lu SvLi.l black Walnut Caso J4 lV k tcf stw - o in-.-.u a. .i r . '- Fnncu itigh Tnt, at a bore. HL7S30. This Ohoais is Era.t osf tsb Oij Fui. The I'nmt l;e thoverv Organ 27 Stops, 10 Sets Reeds, $90. toon to arlvan'-o to t !05. Or lernow. Remit by Bankliraft. -mt Office Order, or Registered Letter. D.jxed and ebtpped without a Moment's lelay. Catalogue Free. Ad Jresa or eaU upoa "DAN!EL F, EEAm.Washirgton, Kew Jersey.-. oisrxr $20. -w "fsi , ..ri-..yr f'tt Piura-VDnLPiiiA SINGER MACIIIKE wu4tl to any Sinarr in the JHarkrt. Thn it.".e cut rfTP.jnit ttit '-uiar pt16 for thi iipoj-i t h H-ii tt;e un-t-T' .'nivl ofTors tor fftle at the wtin tt-rftjl it jiri': ot Thi mnohine hai tfiven piii-t -aTi-Litt ion nhrper us,l, and ! irai-runt J for th trrm nf thrrr yrr. Kmeii hrr th2t wt art hm nil the time .iri1 that you not oniv hne e 'ry oi orrimity to ex.uiiin the ma chine mul .--1 it in o.pr.tiln, tuit you kn(w where to come to Ki-i y ..ur finnn-y f'ack if the machine d'n't d' tnt.;v a- rt-pre-ent -J . Yon will there fore rtiTisul t ;ir o n tn iar"'t? by buy tiiv the I'hil 1M()hia Sirnjcr M ;i'-h i 11 e nm ttuvMntr iriin no one but V. J. Ul K, (-J. fm.J ll;i k Mills. Allegheny Twp. THE INVALUABLEJJCW.STiC FEMEDYT PIIKJOL wSODIQUE. Pnrpnewrs: HAS. 1 BE0T3Sil.S a TEiTS, Ftualphis. Invalual le a an astrlntrent an l stvt.tic applica tion in HKMi r.:lIA'lKS. as BlVr KX1 KACTIuN of TKETH, Bil l to prevent subsequent soreness of the mm.; ns a wash fr the mouth, in cases ot l.i-f..SKI i.t'Ms or ATHTHors eonditiolw.orto I1SINKI 'T an Ur FKNSI VK HKEA I il : as a par e'.e in THROAT AFrK. HONS. SCARLATINA, Iill'HTHKI'.IA: as an application In PARASITIC AFFK TIuNd and K It I VT I V K 1 I w K A s , and as an injection ft all abnormal discharges, and FKMALECOMl'I.AI.Vr-l. 108 SALE IT Dt60 STI ANS GLttRAL MEROHANC'SE CEALUU. CRHSC1;NT PLUG This i.ratid of Tt.l iicen. thutivh t.ut a short time on the tnurki t, i.- iilre.u1i ttte f.tvorite with many Chester-. M tde Irmn selected leal an. I with hest ewecteniti. it l n c'iii:tl art el anl specially suite. I to tt,e l'ennylvania laste. F or calo hv all di alers. Send for ynmple to the manufacturers. '. A. JACK MUX CO., l'eterlurc. Vsi. EVERY ONE S?? Will sxet talnahle Information FREE hy lend'. nx lor circular to K. Tut'it.iiiE, xtostoD, Mass. rnyr Ier Week can l e mde In any localltv. SLiuetliiim entirely new for auent. t!J out u i iree. ti. W. I.MiKAHAM U., Hr ton, Maes. AUT s KTISKKS 1 send f' I cur Select List or Local .auers. Oeo. Y. Kowell k. Co., 10 puce bt., K. Y. t . v:.rr fit vl r ' .- r. j 1 nEATISU SHADOWS. Why sit with arms folded, Brood in e ovpr care, Mournful fancips weavine;, Cloudinf? all that's fair ? Darker ttrowa the rrospect To the mental traze. While the eye rests on it, Deeper grows the haze. Weaker prows the spirit, Losine eourap; all. Gloom its mantle flinging O'er us like a pall Fed hy fanced troubles. Nursed within the heart, There it makes its dwelling, Makes us feel its smart. Let not erief o'ermaster ! Bravely up and do, Soon the bitter torrent MiaM be lost to view. Soon the shades shall vanish, And affritrht no more, Ilope's awakened smile shall (ireet you as before. AH the dailv duties. Life presents to vou, Have a secret power. Ever fresh and new. They restore the brightness Sorrow fain would steal, And the wounds it ?auses They will quickly heal. Blest the path of duty ! None so safe to tread, Virtue's holy lustre Gently on it shed. Precious acts of kindness, Fillintr up our day. Leave no time for sadness, Gild life's dreary way. Brighter seems the future, Floweis that sef-med to fade Have regained thpir freshness, Are anew strayed. Sit not weaving shadows While the genial light Long to penetrate them Did vou hut invite. "Moimeme," in Cork Eramincr. A LAWYER'S SECRET. Curious cases in my profession ? Yes, plenty. I often smile to myself when 1 find the novelists taking up old family incidents and working them up Into storips ; and then I think of what plots I could have furnished if they had not heen family secrets of a pri vatp and thoroughly confidential character. Wills, row, for instance. What a favorite stock subject they form wi'h writers, both for books and plavs, and I don't wonder at it for if there is anything that excites people's curiosity, it is the question of how some rich man'4 money it- to b distributed. I remember one caso that, changing th5 names, it will be no particular breach of con fidpnoe to mention, and I tell it the more frankly because It is a little acn'nst myself, for I must own that I did not a-t quite npon what is called the square. In fact, I played a part a negative kind of part for I did nothing else but hold my tongue. If I had spoken it would have been ..V.000 or so out of a truly honest man's pocket and into ft rogue's ; so. somehow, I let my feelings get the better of my professional conscience, and I said not a word. I was old John TTendricks solicitor, and looked affpr his property, for I had known him when he was a struggling man and I was a young lawyer with none too much practice. Then T lost sight of him for twentv years, at the end of which time I was still plodding along respectably just holding my own, and nothing more, when, going into one of the city taverns for my regular daily chop, whi-h I ate at the same table for so rr.anv years that I had become one of the institutions of the place, I found myself opposite to a yellow-looking, thin, gray-haired man, who kept on looking up from his plate to 6tare at me very rudely, T thought. I did not resent his star? at first, but at last it became so unpleasant that I determined to look him down, and I gazed firmly into his eyes. "Why it is !" he exclaimed, "Diet, old boy, don't yon know me ?" "That's Jack Hendricks' voice," I exclaim, ed, nearly upsptting my plate ; and the next moment we were si'ting there, hand clasped in hand, with tears in our eyes, looking very foolish and weak, I dare sav, to the other oe enpants of the room ; but that did not trouble us, for we had too much to say to each other. John Hendricks told me that he had been in the north of India, close to Nepaul, for over twenty years. He had gone out as a factor to an indigo grower, and he had be come a grower himself. "And now," he said, "I've come to look after mv dead sister's sons and to die." "Well, old fellow," I said, "the first part's right enough, but as to the dying, T think it's as well to leave that alone. It will be all set tled for you. The only thing with reference to that, speaking as a professional man. Is to make your will, if yon have anything to leave, and then make the most of your span." John Hendricks was fifteen years my senior, but we became once more the closest of friends, for he seemed to resume his old protective way over me, yet trusting me most fully in every respect. It was all done in a most unostentious way, but from the day of John nendrieks' return the world began to smile nn me. I had a great deal of professional business to do for him, as he had very extensive connection with old indigo planters. I found them coming to me right and left, by his recommer.dation ; so that very soon. Instead of finding it hard work to keep one clerk. I had very hard work for four, and a big balance at my bank. I5ut T am getting on too fast. Hefore long I met the two nephews at their uncle's qu'pt litt'e house at Chelsea, I could not help thinking how kindly fortune was behaving to the young men to place them in the way of such expectations, and before I left it was plain enough to me which was the uncle's favorite. This was Philip, a frank-faced young fel low of two or three and twenty, very gentle manly in his ways, and decidedly good look ing, while he was full of anecdote, and, with out seeming to be toadying, full of attention to the old man, to whose dogmatic speeches he listened with the greatest deference. For old John had gTown terribly dogmatic. He had the management of hundreds of poor ryot for so "many years that he felt quite a king in his way, and would bully and snub every one when his liver was a little worse than usual every one, that is, excepting me, for whenever he was out of temper he never would speak to me, but nod and shake his head, and smoke his chillum till he felt more at ease. Samuel was the very opposite of his broth er, being a short, thick set. plain fellow, with only one pood feature or ought that to be two in his face, and that his eyes, which were, for a man, beautiful, and bestof all, In their steady, honest look, wtiich never seem ed to blanch or have anything to fear. Time went on, and at Jack Hendricks wish I took Philip as articled clerk. "And how about Sam?" I said, in my ruff and repellant way. "L,et him stop where he is and sell tea and tea-dust, and make his money out of the chests," hesald, in a hard, harsh manner that I did not like. "But you'll leave him as much as you'll leave his brother ?" I said. "That I won't, Dick. He's my sister's b03T, but I don't like him. He's his father over again the father who behaved badly to poor Jennie and broke her heart. He was a gambler and thought only of himself. Poor girl, she made a sad mistake, but let that rest." "Well, 1 don't know" I said. "I think you are misjudging Sam. I believe him to be a frank, honest fellow." "Bosh I don't tell me sir. 1 can read char acter. I haven't lived to sixty-eight fornoth ing, sir. The fellow never shows me a bit of deference. He's rough and independent, and bullies his brother just as that scoundrel his father, did my poor sister, Jennie ; I don't like him. Dick. I don't like him." Now, I too, had studied character a little. and I knew enough of John nendrieks to see that I should be doing no good by fight ing ou Samuel's behalf, but I made it my business a few days later to ask him to call upon me. and during the interview the opinion I had already formed was strengthened. "No, Mr. Brown," he said, warmly, "1 can'trdo it. I don't say but that if my uncle left me some money I should be glad of Jt, for for I am thinking of getting married, sir, but my uncle does not like me. He has taken prejudice against me because lie says I am exactlv like my dead father, and 1 can't help that, of course." "But you might try to humor him a little and let him see that you don't deserve his I am sure wrong opinion." "Thank yon for that, Mr. Brown," he ex claimed, and his eyes looked soft and sub dued, but I could not do it, pir. I never would toady to any one for the sake of mon ey that misht come, and if I were to go there trying to please mv nncle he would only de spise me for it. My poor mother taught me, Mr. Brown, and I have never forgotten her teachings." I found before long that John nendrieks was thoroughly in earnest, for he sent for me one day to take instruction to make his will: but I could not help laying down my pen when I found that'he intended to leave the whole of his property, savp some trifling leg acies to servants and others, to his younger nephew, Philip nemsley. "Now," I said, "is this fair?" 'Sir," he said, "you are now my profes sional man." "Adviser," I said correcting him ; "and I advise you to do your duty by your nephews by leaving them equal shares." "I'll do nothing of the kind," he said, "I'll leave it all to Philip." I argued and fought, and the resnlt was that he let me put down twothonsand pounds for Sam ; but the great property of a hun dred and odd thousand pounds well Invested was left to Phil. "Now. Dick," said the old fellow, chuck ling, "those boys wi11Tbe sure to ask you if yon have any will of mine, asid I want to humbug them ; so we'll deposit it at the banker's, and then if they ask you if you have my will you can say no." As I have said, Phil became a shrewdish fellow in law, and passed an examination pretty well, so that he knew what he was about in legal matters ; and one day he proved the truth of his uncle's prophecy by saying to me suddenly. "My uncle is far from well, Mr. Brown. Have you got his will ?" "No," I said, so shortly that he turned on his heel and went away. About, a month later I was with my old friend, and felt shocked at the change, for It was evident that he was not much longer for this world. He sent for me and I was In hopes that he meant to alter his will, and I was right. "What a while you have been coming," he said querulously. "I wanted you so badly, Dick." "I came on directly, old fellow," I said kindly. "Here let me put you a little more easy." "Thank ye, Dick," he said, "but it Is all over. That boy has killed me. Did he ask you if you had my will ?" "Yes, aoout a month since, and I said No. "I knew it, Dick ; I knew it," he said pit ifully ; "and ever since he has been worrying me to let him make my will. Dick, old friend, I've made a big mistake. There there, don't jump upon me. I I confess it all. I thought he was his mother's boy, he was so like her ; but but he h as his father's spirit and his ways to the very bone." "I am glad you have awakened to the truth," I said. "You should have advised me better," he retorted, querulously. "Should I, Jack ?" "No, no ; yon did, Dick. I've only found out what an old fool I am, my dear boy. We have quarrelled terribly, that boy and I, for I have found him out In sm'te of his smooth tongue. He's a scamp, a villain a gambler, and in debt terribly. He has half killed me Dick, and and " ' I tore at the bell, as the poor old fellow seemed about to have a fit, for the terrible emotions he had suffered at what must have heen the rooting up of his mostcherished be lief in his sister's child, had proved, in his weak state, to be more than he could bear. The doctor was sent for, and at the end of an honr John Hendricks was so far recover ed that he whispered my name, and I, sitting down beside him, heard him, in a whisper say : "Draw up my will quickly. A just one." "I don't think he will ever recover suffi ciently to sign," said the doctor. "He has driven it too late, Mr. Brown." The doctor was right, for my poor old friend never recovered his senses but quietly breath ed his last a few hours later. I suppose it was fiom a feeling of import ance, perhaps more from unwillingness to wound poor Sam nemsley and bis young wife by letting them hear the unjust will, that I did not hurry myself to produce it, though I don't think they anticipated much. But all at once, to my utter astonishment. Philip rose, coughed to clear his husky voice, and said quietly : "I presume you all know how much I have of late been in my uncle's confidence, no you will not be surprised that, as I was by his wish a solicitor, he should have Intrusted to me the making of his will." I am a man of the world, but for a moment 1 was knocked off my balance. Then I was about to exclaim, as I saw him briDK forth the document, "Why you scoundrel, you have forged a will !" Fortunately for Sam I recovered myself, and at with my old friend's genuine will buttoned up beneath my coat, while, with the calmest audacity, the rascal read out the document that, as a lawyer, he had cleverly forged. I saw it all now. He had asked me if I had his uncle's will, and I had said no. He must have searched the old mac's papers and found none, and feeling safe, Philip had forged a will in his own favor, and cleverly, too, making one about which there could be no dispute ; for he provided legacies to friends, and the residue, which proved to be over a huudred thousand pounds in equal moities to the nephews, Samuel and Philip Hemsley. I sat and laughed to myself as I heard him read this piece of forgery, which was all lu due form, clever in the man's cunning in contenting himself with half, knowing that if the will were otherwise it might have been disputed, when now it would be taken as perfection, and there, all the time, I sat with the genuine will in my breast, from which he was cutting himself ;by this act, while I re joiced to think how the villain was being forced, as it weie by fate, to do justice to bis brother Sam. What would you have done given the scoundrel into custody as a forger, made a terrible upset, and caused no end of trouble about the property ? Perhaps you would ; I did not, for I went home, after satisfying myself that the false one was in due form and destroyed the real one. Yes, I know what you will say that it was a felonious act and that I ought to be struck off the rolls. Perhaps I ought to have been but I pondered on the fact that, instead of the whole hundred thousand pounds going to a villain who would stoop to forge, half of it went to a truly deserving man, so I left the punishment to higher powers than those of man and kept my secret still, for I have only given fictitious names. The Nbwkr Arithmetic. If a man buys a box of strawberries with the bottom shoved tip half-way to the top for twenty-five cents, how many can he buy for 52 ? Bought, a horse fourteen years old for Zf5 and sold him to an editor for S120 as a six-year-old stepper. How much did I make? If it takes eighteen men to do the bossing and four men to do the lifting wtien a street car horse falls down, how many bosses and lifters will it take to put five horses on their feet? Julia has five beaux and Emily has three, while tho old maid next door has none. How many beaux in all, and how many would be k-rt if they should give the old maid half the crowd ? How many are flS less the ?3 you lent a Congressman's son to help him pay his fare to Iowa ? A certain city has a population of 420,000. The census man can't find but 231,.r80. What is the difference, and where did the remain der hide during the census taking? A. has an overcoat for which he paid 1 18, and his wife trades it off for two red-clay busts of Andrew Jackson worth thirty cents each. How much money will she get from Iter husband to buy a fall bonnet? If six men who talk politics and dispute on biblical questions can build a wall in five days, how long will it take two men who whistle and flirt with the widow on the next corner to do the same work ? A man pays thirty cents for three pounds of evaporated apples and gets a $14 newspa per puff for sending them to an orphan asy lum. Does he gain or lose, and how much? How many peck peach-baskets, each hold ing six quarts, will be required to hold seven bushel3 of peaches, each bushel of which is short four quarts ? Detroit Free Press. Hooping a Barrel. Putting a hoop on the family flour barrel is an operation that will hardly bear an encore. The woman generally attempts it before the man comes home to dinner. She sets the hoop up on the end of the staves, takes a deliberate aim with the rolling-pin, and then, shutting both eyes, brings the pin down with all the force of one arm, while the other one instinctively shields her face. Then she makes a dive for the camphor and unbleached muslin, and when the man comes home she is sitting back of the stove, thinking of St. Stephen and the other martyrs, while a burnt dinner and the camphor are struggling for the mas tery. He says that if she had but kept her temper she wouldn't have got hurt. And he visits the barrel himself and puts the hoop on very carefully, and then adjusts it so nicely to the top of every stave that only a few smart raps apparently are needed to bring it down all right. And then he laughs to himself to think what a fuss his wife kicked up for a simple matter that only needed a little patience to adjust itself ; then he gets the hammer and gives the top a smart rap on one side, and the other flies up and catches him ou the nose, filling his soul with wrath and his eyes with tears, and the next minute the barrel is flying across the room, accompanied by the hammer, and an other candidate for camphor is enrolied in the great army that is unceasingly marching toward the grave. Danbury News. Blank Verse and I.ove on the Tow tath. Beneath the night's bespangled arch they were strolling along unconscious of aught save the intermitting fancies of their twain hearts. Suddenly they paused, and, gazing at a ruddy star thiit flashed like a great ruby in the firmament, she said : ''Diouiedes ! what rufescent orb Is that which winks with bloody e'en from yonder dome?" "That, Andromeda," spake her courtier knight, "is Mars, the wad of gore beg par don, I mean the god of war." "Ah, yes ! and Iooks he not like some gaunt Achilles, armored for conquest, bid ding defiance to the hosts of nades?" "He doth, Andromeda, he doth 1 Or like some grim avenger furling a hoe dash it I I mean hurling a foe to the death !" Rome Sentinel. Shtminq Table of Presidents. The following table of Peesidents of the United States is given in verse, in which form it can be easily memorized : The American Presidential line Began in seventeen eighty-nine. By Washington was the list begun. Who ruled two terms, then Adams one ; Jefferson. Madison, Monroe Sat for two terms each ; and so Quincy Adams came for one, Whilo Jackson thro two terms did run ; Harrison died and left four years For Tyler ; one term next for Pierce And for Buchanan ; Lincoln then Was shot as his second term began, And JohnsoD sat until came Grant For two terms ; Hayes for one ; and scant Four months for Garfield, who was killed, And Arthur the vacant office filled. A REAL LIFE ROMANCE. TWO LOVING HEARTS CNITED AFTER MANT TEARS. A Ripley (Ohio) correspondent of the Cin cinnati Commercial tells this story : Coming down the river one evening this week, on one of the palatial steamers that ply its wa ters, a Commercial representative had related to him a romamce In real life, veryfying the constancy of true love, and the old adage that truth Is oft-times stranger than fiction. So remarkable was it in ail its details that he resolved to present it to the multitude of Commercial readers, unerobelished by any fanciful adornments or visionary flights of imagination. The scene is laid at BuenaYista, a lovely little village on the Upper Ohio, about one huudred miles from this city, charmingly situated amid the picturesque ecenery of that romantic region. Buena Vista, much like the average country village, situated away from the hurry and bnstleof the world, the inhabitants enjojing life in that content ed manner so characteristic of rural simplic ity. The village has attained a national reputation from its celebrated and extensive freestone quarries that penetrate the rngged hills around about it, the production of which being largely used In erecting the magnificent structures of architectural beau ty that embellish the avenues of our great cities. To this rural retreat there wandered in the spring of 1873 a gentlemanly-appearing stranger, his attire and speech plainly stamping him a native of England. He was called Farney. He was of a quiet, retiring disposition, seemingly not desirous of forming acquaintances. He had been in the place but a short time when he became acquainted with another Englishman by the name of Tyndall, also a recent arrival, and the two entered Into partnership and estab lished a nursety for the cultivation of fruit trees and small fruits. They succeeded fine ly in their undertaking, especially in peach growing, which develops to perfection In those rugged hills. The villagers were not long in finding out that Farney was a gentle man possessed of rare educational abilities, and in the fall of 1874, being in need of a principal for their high school, he was ten dered the position, which was accepted. Entering upon the duties, he soon proved i himself a master of his profession, and the inhabitants quietly congratulated themselves upon their apt selection. Among the pupils attending the high school was a bright, love ly and accomplished young lady of eighteen Miss Wooltan. She was a blooming bru nette, petite in stature, possessed of all the graces and virtues imaginable, and was a woman that would be called saintly among women. Under these circumstances it was not strange that the principal became Infat uated with his lovely pupil, and the infatua tion was equally as deep on her part. As they became more deeply Involved in love's meshes, Farney proposed and was accepted. It is ancient saying that there are always obstacles in the way of true love and it was exemplified In this instance. The parents of the yonng lady, who were of aristocratio deseent, bitterly opposed the attention of Farney toward their daughter, and she being of weak and vacillating disposition, they fin ally prevailed upon her to break the engage ment. She declared that she loved only Far ney, and would never marry another. Far ney lost all interest in his work from that mo men, tendered his resignation, and stated his resolution to leave. He asked the priv ilege of a last interview with his beloved, which was granted. What was said is too sacred to relate here, but as a last favor he requested her to sing that tender song of Burns. As her fingers rippled over the keys of the piano, the words came out as a heart cry in low, passionate accents : "Had we never loved sae kindly, Had we never loved sae blindly, Never met or never parted. We had ne'er been broken-hearted. Fare the weel, thou first and fairest I Fare the weel, thou best and dearest I Thine be ilka joy and treasure, Peace, enjoyment, love and pleasure ! Ae fond kiss and then we sever, Ae fareweel, alas ! forever." As the melody died away he clasped her in his arms, pressed a long, passionate kiss upon her lips, and left the house and a bro ken heart behind. Farney left the village on the first boat that came along, and a few days later the daily papers contained a brief notice of a drowned body having beeu picked up' a few miles below Cincinnati, which, from the description, was identified by the residents of Beuna Vista as their former high school principal. The young lady, upon hearing of the suicide of her lover, was in consolable, and, to all outward appearances, was dead to the pleasures of the world. Numerous suitors sought her hand, but her steadfast devotion to her dead lovei prevail ed, and they retired from the field, baffled. In 1876, while on a visit to relatives in the famous Blue Grass region of Kentucky, Miss Wooltan attracted the attention of a wealthy fine stock raiser, who was also connected with the United States Revenue Service. After a brief acquaintance, he proposed and was rejected. He took his rejection so much to heart, that he disposed of his farm and went South; but in the summer of 1881 he wandered back to the old home, and, as it opportunely happened, Miss Wooltan was again tbere on a visit. Their acquaintance was renewed, and, by persistent attentions he finally won the consent of the lady to marry him, although she frankly told him that it was impossible for her to love him, as her heaat was buried with her lover; but she would endeavor to be a true and faithful vtife, and would ue all means to make his life a happy one. The wedding trousseau was purchased re gardless of expense, and the wedding was celebrated with great ceremony, being one of the most brilliant and noteworthy affairs that ever occurred in that region, famous for its wealth and culture. The wedded life so auspiciously began was destined to be of short duration, scarcely six months passing by until the husband was killed by a railroad accident In the southern part of the State. The bereaved widow with drew from society, and lived the life of a re cluse. Three months after the death of the hus band, Farney, the supposed drowned man, unexpectedly tnrns up, to the astonishment of his Buena Vista friends, who had long mourned his decease. He hears of the mar riage of his old love, ot the husband's recent death, and immediately makes a trip to Ken tucky. He seeks out the lady and after ft long and touching interview finds that tneir former attachment has strengthened with the passing years, and goes away the accepted husband of his early love Our readers will jein us In wishing them a happy and pros perous married life. THE STATEV AMES. At a recent meeting of the American An tiquarian Society, Hamilton B. Staple, read a paper concerning the origin of the names of the States of the Union. From among other facts are taken the following : The name of California first originated in the im agination of the author of a Spanish romance, "Las Sergus de Esplandian." Here the "Island of California, where great abun dance of gold and precious stones Is found," was described. The name was probably given to the territory now embraced in this State by some of the Spaniards with Cortez, who, no doubt, had read this sensational ro mance. Oregon was a name formerly given to an imaginary river of the West. Carver, an American traveler,, mentions it in 1763. In describing the river, he evidently confound ed it with tlis) Missouri, but the name was finally applied to the present State of that name. New Hampshire was named from Hamp shire county, of England, by John Mason, of the Plymouth Company, to whom the terri tory was originally granted by the English Government. The State of Massachusetts was named from the bay of that name. The origin of the word Massachusetts is from the Indian "masses," great, "wadchuash," mountains or hills, and the suffix "et," meaning at or near. There are many conflicting opinions con cerning the origin of the name Rhode Island. Some believe it to be named from the an cient Isle of Rhodes ; others from the Dutch, Rhode Eylandt, signifying red island. It might also have been called Road Island or Roadstead Island, being near the harbor. Connecticut, spelled in an Indian dialect, is Quinneh-tuqut, signifying "land on a long tidal-river." New York Is named from the Duke of York, the original erautee. In the charter be was given all the land "from the west side of the Connecticut river to the east side of the Delaware Bay." The territory of New Jersey was given by royal charter to Sir George Carteret and Lord Berkeley. Carteret, in England's great civil war, had bravely defended the Isle of Jersey, in ihe British Channel, and his new possessions in America were named in com memoration of this fact. Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn. and it Is the only State named from its founder. The suffix "sylvania. signify ing "forest larul," is descriptive of the gen eral character of the country. Three couuties lying southeast of Penn sylvania were formerly territories of that State. In 1701 they were granted a separate charter, and named Delaware after Lord De Lewar, who first explored the bay into a bich the river empties. Maryland was named from Queen Henri etta Maria. In the charter the name in Latin was Terra Marhe, meaning land of Mary, or Mary's land. Virginia was called In honor of Queen Elizabeth, who was known as the Virgin Quoen. The territory of the Carollnas was granted to the French settlers in lnV3. and was named after Charles I. of France. King George II. of England was the spon sor for the Southern State of Georgia. The name Maine was given to that State descriptively, since in the original charter it was considered "the Mayne land of New England." Vermont was also a descriptive name, be ing formed from two French words "verd" and "mont," meaning green mountains. Kentucky is from Kentuckee, an Indian Shawnoese word, signifying "the head of a river" or "long river." Mississippi isfrom the Indian Meesyseepee, meaning not the "father of waters," but "the great water." Colorado is named from the Rio Colorado river. The name i9 of Spanish origin and means "ruddy" or "red," referring to the color of the water of that river. Tennessee is supposed to have been named from Tanassee, one of the chief villages of the Cherokee Indians, which was located on the banks of the Tennessee river. The name Minnesota Is from the Indian Minisotah, meaning "colored water." The State of Nevada is named from the Sierra Nevada Mountains, which in turn are said to have been named from the Sierra Ne vada of Granada, Spain. Nebraska takes its name from the Nebras ka river. The name is of Indian origin, meaning "shallow river." Kansas is also named from its principal river. A tribe of Indians, formerly in that locality, were known as the Kansas or Kows, and the State is probably named from them. The origin of the name of the peninsular State of Florida is told by historians as fol lows : In 1512 the Spaniard Ponce de Leon 1 sailed to the west in search of the "fountain of youth." He first saw laud on "Easter- dav," and on account of the richness and I quantity of the flowers found ou the new possessions, he called it Florida Alabama is named from an ancient Indian tribe of the Mississippi Valley. Tne name itself signifies "here we rest." Ohio takes its name from the river on the southern boundary. The word is from the Wyandotte iDdian dialect, oshe-zuh, and means "something great." Iowa is named from a liver of that name ; the river from the Ioway Indians. Missouri was also named from a river. The word is from the Indian Min-ne-sho-shay, signifying "muddy water." The name Wisconsin is of French-Indian origin. It was formerly spelled Guis-consin, meaning "westward flowing." Illinois is derived from the Delaware In dian word, "Illin" or "Leni," meaning "real men," aud the soft French termination "ois." The name Michigan comes from the Indian words of Algonquin and Chippewa origin, "Miicha," gnat and "gan," lake. Louisiana was called in honor of Louis XIV. of France and was formerly applied to all the French possessions in the Mississippi Valley. Thi word Arkansas is of Indian stock. A tribe of Indians who had rebelled and separ ated from the Kansas nationvere celebra ted for the fiDe quality of their bows. From this they were called Arcor Bow Indians, and afterwards Arkansas. Few States have been named fiom their original discoverers. The name of La Salle, Cabot De Sota, Marquette, Coronado and Fremont are waiting to be Incorporated Into history, by the naming of some new State In their honor. A TOOTHACHE is inet. always a pain invest- HOW A SErTSPAPLK PAJS. Mr. J. V. Crary, of Floiida, presentssouie of the advantages of a newspaper lu com munication to the Fensacola J.Jimce Oaxut, as follows : How a newspaper pays cue be at once sen if you will give the matttr .- .i tie thought. Surpose you take a i-ajer ti-t is only issued once a week, you get fifty-1 copies a year, each containing the general current news of the times. The educational advantages to the fauilly, derived from only a weekly paper, ere cheaper and more Impressive, useful ai.tl thorough, after children have learned V read, than the teaching iu the crdh iy schools. It is a notable fact, and iun xa inent examples might be rer-jrred to, ttist families who are never without newsj;s.prs become more Intelligent and mere influen tial than those who go through the crdis scholastic course of studies wit'iout the 1 of reading newspapers. Afte: reatiln-, writing and arithmetic are taught to a ct. I, if a choice is to be made between set. v 1 book, and newspapers. It would be ruuih more beneficial to the child to give it two ( r three well-selected newspapers to read thsa to confine it to the text books of the or.l. Newspaper education is polyttschLic end universal, and Is inaiiH3nsIb!e to a proy-sf qualification for true American cltizeifsh'p. A good newspaper saves moDey la un bui iness matters. If you want fc. sell i uy anything, jo" will likely see the cur:r,". price in a newspaper, and you will alst -- what you might want advertised ; you ooi.'t have to take hert-say, and thu3 suJer l.um mistakes and delays ; you J nut t'mto jcur paper and know all yon wii.i to r.i. You will ofsen save (he f,ihcription vt c' juur paper ty one sir tj'e ort!- f r tti cr tv". dollars' worth of goods. Yoa w:.. o'v a iu chances for good bargains a-l"ertise ::. cannat be f uim1 in pry otner way J. few months since, a meieha..i ki rn-tij.'.. .vl vertlsed to sell a certain stj.ile E-.-ikir-1: p.. visions very cheap ; there vs u'. a . lot of it, and the cont-iguer Ki.Kr-d !t scid ..t ouce. I sent an order, and whn lest" of my neighbors, in the country, saw ?i. . '. I bad gotten, and I toid tnem th. r-: e. t , y said: "If you had told us, w v t have sent orders." I aid ; "If ;jl wilt take the papers yoa wiil alwajj kno ! time, without waiting for ttrond-harA ui.t." I saved the price of my newspaper sun . r tion in Tensacola for oae year by uLit j'.ng .' transaction. Indeed, it would be I.rif-siij . to enumerate the ati'ouut of pectin!-, y i ne fits received from rewspaper a4. rii'-e- . alone, to say nothing of the gcne;ii r.t.,. . lo tion of vital iniportai.ee conti:?'i in Journalism, in all its departm i.tj, is a . icesg that requires more se!f-: ;rifo: , u. indefatigable labor, more jatii nie, e' : : ance and nice discrimination tl.tn arv ot : profession. There Is no class of m. t'. i : furnish so cheaply the int':.peri-?.b.e iu '' gence, wisdom and virtue, for the s..p;-. ' the government and the welfare of i;e pie, as the well-trained and efhciH-.: 1-ir:i.--ist. Every good citizen should t .l..- ...d p. for a good newspaper; he ov. - Vt 1 countiy, his family, Lis cvti. atJi-.. -;:.. and Interest. The Cold Jcneof 1816. - a 'iw -. days!" now eag'-r'y all classes ; v-. them in that memorable cold time, years ago. It was called a dry season, little rain fell. The wind blew svealiii the north, cold and fierce. Mot'.ete kni tra socks and mitters for thc-ir . "3re the spring, and woodpiles, that us.;li . appeared during the warm snel!, i-i fio. '. the houses, were speedily Luilt up at . Planting and shivering were deno toel and the farmers, who worked oi.'. thtir t-. on the country roads, wore ovtrco-ts mittens. In a town In Yermot a uw ' shetp belonging to a f armer bad bet as usual to their pasture. On the if June a heavy snow fell, the ccld was in!. : and the owner started e.way at noon to v for his sheep. "Better start tti neio ' after me soon, wife," he said I x je-t r leaving ; "being the middle of June i get lost in the snow." Nii.nt camt , storm Increased, and the fa-nily sit . help and started in search. On? afte: s u . the neighbors turned out to look fT t':e . ing man. The snow had covered ur tracks and not until the third f y found. He was ou the side of !. : both feet frozen, unaMe to move. A f .. who had a large field of corn ,u Tew V. ' near Lowe'l, built fires ground it a o k .' ward off the frost ; mar. n t- his men took turns watch!.ig t' en. ''.e rewarded with the only crop i f coi; :c neighborhood. Fears that the run t -ing off abounded, and all picnic. -t.' a ly prohibited. Bonfon TrarrripL A Boitovie3 I jXL. A ccrr" ; ot t.o H '. . ":i 2 Rejittrr v y t: fnr, ft sfr! pud j 't srt u:.. lr Vet town, Mitlin connt..', i. a r... body of water wh'ch has all the t; ; of a sm.'i'l pond. This pond : something of ft cm ;o?i'y. It N X, i anieter and ItiO lcet in c'rc-mft : : sides slope gra tvnl'y tov.ar l t: ; where they take r dr vnirurd cr. . ing to penetrate Irto the ry earth. It has b"n sotincV '. i i 800 feet and no bo',.. fou i-: 'i : the water is a beautifu' : vo, sr. l. pie disturbs its surtoci. Ihe - - . ant to the taste and iu de weather is cool and refresL.n;: lj worthy of remark ahon- it it ' : cattle are frequectlypastu.fi ; . not oie has ever been k:i. T f -. : This strange freak ..f na'i... !.- - r-. the property on the pr p, ; y i f : -Forgy, Jr., and car he ?. h . " any persons wishi.i to vU.i i" USEXFECTZt CRrTICIGX. O u ? i ' eloquent and p'.pu'ar cWgv ;, Texas, being about t-. asc -id - : ing to his chuick a lew Su" asked by a partinlly bi iilo'i I J: not recognize h'ni, to t-elp : -r !? With his nsual urbara'v he her request Just r.s they r-1 -steps she asked hn: ln r-as t- ii "Parson Smit'i," be re- ..t ', ;. .-. own name. "O Lord," exclaimed t' o ' i 'h me down again. 1 d rather !:': sawing wood. Tlease bo'- i t' I don't care to g i In." At first the clergyman in fuse, but, on reflection, L i.--. her down the steps again, r?;.-s i F..P. VIS s, I . e r.v, t. si:r J r :-- reached the bottom : "You a t i ' . j madam, about going Into t '- - wouldn't go In eitharlf I wai r .. r .-:.t .' Edrpir's Maf win fvr Jvn f f. I t I f r : i t i i t I I t r ! I ! 1 t i I r i i i?T 3r
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