The Cambria freeman. (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, November 17, 1882, Image 1

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    THE CAMBRIA FREEMAN
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'II IS A FREEMAN WHOM THE TKUTH MAKES THEE, AND ALL ABE SLAVES BESIDE."
HuvlneM Items, first Insertion iu. ier Una
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lion to any mattrr of hmitrd or mdirn'iin! utrr,,t
mutt or paid or ot adrertitrmmtt.
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VOLUME XVI.
EBENSBURG, PA.. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1SS2.
NUMBER 42.
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-life la too ibort.
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CHEAP!
CHEAPER!
CHEAPEST!
GEO. HUNTLEY
HAS NOW OX HAND THE
LARGEST, BEST s MOST VARIED
STOCK OF
S(ovH, Tinwnre,
Housefurnishing Goods,
as . thst can be fonnd In any one establish
ment In I'eansvlvanla. His stook comprlsei
t::i mm ass bum stoves,
nTrarlons styles anl patterns:
of every deeritlon ami of best qnallty :
CARPENTERS' TOOLS!
ef ill kind? anrl thbpt n the murkt. AMo, a
TABLE AND POCKET CUTLERY.
Cln.awftre. Uneenswsre. llTer.lae1
Ware, n'ond an.l Willow Ware. Wall I'a
per.Trnnka nl VaMr. BeTOlyer. Kn
vlla. Via-. Hre hM. Bur f rn. Ritll
Koit llor" ll. Vnrrlaicr Halls. Klv.
rtn. mil iwa. irlnllon. Mtrrl ttio.
1 Plnw Mnnlils. RasiI Mroops; "
ynm whines, horse hay rakes,
llore lfny Forks, Rope nnfl Pulleys,
Corn "nll I talon, snd a lull line of Mutt
.line Tools. Also, a lane assortment of
Table, Floor ami Stair Oil Cloth,
Carriage Oil Olotrt.
PAPFR fT fTT, -T. ITT1 WINIK'W SHAPTNd
in HrF. FIXTfRP'.S: T-iverpool ASHTON
PAf.T. the best in tie worl.l for fKlrr an Table
: Impoted K)'K SALT, the rh!ir1t and
t-,.t for feedlnir Live St-k : I.AMi PLASTER :
Wktt itt riTFm PTM1S. of tbe b"t quality;
PFRKTNS' P ATT-1 NT SAFETY LAMPS, which
m.t bo exploded : ChilhssV WA'IOIS
TARTS: he lnr-rot stock of MILK CHOCKS o
all '-nii en-1 ies an-1 of iinirtor ware cvr nf.
f,-.,1 for le In Fbensbnnr : n full Ilnenf PATNT
PRT'SHES of the mot iloirable onalltT: Wl.
riw nr. ss. oils, paints terpentine,
TARMSHK.s. he., toirether with a larire and com
plete stock of choice
GROCERIES, TOBACCO AMI SEUARS,
as well as thonsand" ol other u?efnl and nee.Hnl
article.. In fct. anythlnir 1 hav. n't (rot or cun t
s;et at short ntlce I5 not worth burinjr. and whst I
do offer for sale mav alwavs be relietl on as yiRJiT
cxah its qr.r.iTT, while they will lnvarlablr be
KOI.n AT BOTTOM PRICKS!
Havlnar had nearly thirtv tap.' ursRi
Bc'E In the sale of (To,! In nty line. 1 am enabled
to supply mv customers with "the very best In the
market. " lre me a liberal share of your pstron
vw. ttien. and he convinced that the bet Is alwavs
tbe cheapest, and that It never pays to huy an In
ferior article simply became tbe price Is low, as It
Is an Indisputable fact that such Koods are always
Us dearest in the end.
GEO. IIUXTLEY.
tbenjburit, Apru'll. 1S79.
ESTABLISHED FOR THIRTY-FIVE : YEARS
HAY BROTHERS,
! ti n n Fn e t n i ? i
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
-OF-
TXH, COPPER.
-AND
Sheet Iron Wares
AND DEALERS IN
HEATING, PARLOR and ' OKING
STOVES,
SHEET METALS,
AND
HOUSE-FtRMSHING GOODS GENERALLY
.IotliriLy in
TlUOPPER&SIIIiET-IRON
PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.
ta.W, 230 and '282 WasMntfon St.
JOHNSTOWN. PA.
McNEVIN 8l YEACER,
"acaxeTrRERj OF
B, COPPER anfl SHEET-IRON WARE,
AFO PBALKRS lis
COOKING & HEATING STOVES,
RA.CM, FCBSACU, ae.,
llos Elerenlh Arenne, . Altoona, P.
Oaa Doer West of Opera Hons.
tOOHNO AND SI'OUTINO
UtOMFTLT ATTKSDtO TO.
IA1KS FOB HTOTRH COSSTASITLt 051 HAND
WILLIAM A. GITTINGS,
HAN03
'E TH1
Street,
Ud . . ,on,n r Instrument
promptly
all
w.'Si-tf.
II.
L.
IHX'KLKY,
A TTOKJI E T-AT- IA W.
"Ap?;in;i2l door from l2U ,tre,t
and ORGANS! 1 al Jesters. BSassws?
e .-.... . " "" """..nnvtusiiiil I !- mji.ii jji ai
. r,m nr.srnnKES. T 1 HXIIL' IO i V I u-?-va.o I' HSJisaw
- - Kten,bra, raAls. IratC,' Vib , , , " M fHJ
" ai 4 in... . . . "u J 'nsirneuons In
fv ,7 !J"ir" '"Hal ma.le Kleeo at reasonable
" a. ,ntl v ... .1 riro sold to reliable parties
t w J I'avmenis wnen deslre1. '
AT
WANAMAKER'S
Visitors to Philadelphia are
invited to visit the store,
whether to see or to buy.
Your parcels are checked ; a
waiting-room is provided,
where you may rest with
ladies and children; guides
conduct you througn the
house, or you wander at will ;
there are many things of
interest to see, and a wel
come. For two years, perhaps, we
have had the richest, largest,
most varied and most exhaus
tive collection of dress-goods
in Philadelphia. Before that,
we may have had the largest,
and even the most exhaus
tive, but perhaps not the
richest. The slowest trade
to come to a new merchant
is the trade of luxury. It is
the slowest to change from
one to another. But it does
change.
We may say our dress
goods of all sorts are at
about their highest now.
Second and third circles, aoutheaat
from center.
Silks of all sorts have
come; and never were silks
more acceptable. And these
words have a meaning here
beyond any they could have
elsewhere; because of the
greater variety of wants tha'
look to us for supply. We
must have all accepted styles,
and all the approved quali
ties of those styles; and, as
to colors, can you think of
one that we can do without?
A store that has only one
class of trade can get along
with comparatively few silks.
Which jstock would you
rather buy out of?
Next outer circle, south entrance
to main building.
Two damask towels at 15
and 18 cents may serve to
show what we gain by buy
ing of the makers. The very
same towels are in the whole
sale trade in New York at
about 21 and 22 cents, which
means at least 25 cents at
retail.
We are not going to say
that all our retail prices are
below New York wholesale;
nothing of the sort " More
than one swallow to make a
summer." But where such
towels are to be got for 15
tents is a good place to look
for bed and table-linen, and
all the other linens. That's
what we mean exactly; it's
true, too.
Outer circle. City-haU square entrance.
A very wide and surpris
ing!y good navy-blue twilled
flannel for 50 cents; 45-inch.
Do you remember a 35
cent flannel for 25 cents, of
which we had 18,000 yards
last fall? Afterward we got
7,000 yards more of it; and
a little of it is left yet. That
is 23-inch. This wide flan
nel is fully as good as that.
Third circle, aoutheast from center.
All the warmer sorts of
underwear are ready; for
men, women and children;
thick-cotton, merino, wool,
and silk. All the sorts need
ed for all sorts of people
with all sorts of notions;
and, for people who want it,
there is quite a little wit
lbout underwear to be pick
id up at the counter. YVhere
else would you look for it ?
Not in books surely; for
goods are changing all the
time; and so get ahead of
books.
Weat of Arcade. 1J13 Chestnut;
west counter.
John Wanamaker,
Philadelphia.
Ckestaut, Thirteenth, Market mi Jnnipet
sooeaalbie b horse eM from snrnksr.
Farmers. Look" Here!1
nave on nand. ready lor sale lot of tho.e ,..i
.. .
celebrated I i.N K li( i hs E EN bl.r.ss chain
prices
I he merits of thee l, .,.,.... - ,,
aod w
I, , ...... ...v.-wiu mi well
i-ly known mat 1 nee.l ..nit ... .i
warranted to p. r;ect :UIMotl.,n. these' Ma
chines are art of the unhulshe.i slock left anions
the effects of mv .!.- ii.- I brorhor, Joshua (lilhert
anrl therelore ihcv will he sold cheap.
sTSale risitns on ti,v Klr vronnd. near the Al
toooal '.ir l ork. r ..r lnr;tior inlonm.tion cjll on
or iid.lre-.. r Hi- IU.i:i-K (III HKKT
ept. 15, si.-'ni. II. x rs.1, Altoona I'a.
ADTI KTIst llw I it.....u 1 ... . .
a. ' . '"' '"T,,"r Select List ef I.ncal I
trie? VA'" v"- . OC' V- K0W'!l k C0- lu SPruc I
Sir..t.r.w VofM. I
t m s ii
BROWN'S
IRON
BITTERS
will cure dy-spepMa.heartbum, mala
ria, kidney disease, liver complaint,
and other wasting diseases.
BROWN'S
IRON
BITTERS
enriches the blood and purines the
System; cures weakness, lack of
energy, etc. Try a bottle.
BROWN'S
IRON
BITTERS
is the only Iron preparation that
does not color the teeth, and will not
Cause headache or constipation, as
other Iron preparations will.
BROWN'S
IRON
BITTERS
Ladies and all sufferers from neu
ralgia, hysteria, and kindred com
plaints, will find it without an equal.
LEICESTER LAMBS FOR SALE !
I IIAVK KOI I SAIJi
Ti :ntk crT5
which were dropped li Airll end M:iv six Ewe
Limbs and lour Htieks-ol i.nre Leicester blood
The sire of these Lain! aas one year old I aft
April, and I clipped l j, pom:. Is nf wool from him
last May. The ewes thai raiel these Lambs were
Imported froinl'onada hy Isaac K. Train, havinn
been selected and purchased by that gentleman
from some of the het sheep raiser? in that prov
ince. 1 may also add that the erandsire of these
Lambs was owned by Mr. Train and weighed 324
pounds.
f 1 will sell these Lambs singly or all toueth
I er. as purchasers maj desire. The six ewe lambs
would make a nice younir flock to start with. Eor
i further Information, prices, otc. call on the under
I sla-nert at his residence in Sinking Valler Itlalr
county, r.. or address l;E'l!t-N Kf )X
Sept. 29, M.-im TroiiB. I'a.
We continue to
act ss solicitors for
patents, csveste.
trade-marks, coprritrhta. etc., for
the United Btaten, and to obtain pat
ents in Canada. England, Franc-e,
Germany, and all othor connrriee.
Tlilrtv-Blx Tpsn1 nractiea. Nn
charge for examination of models or draw
big's. Advice by mail free.
Patents) obtained thrfuch ne are noticed in
the SCIKItTIFIC AMERICAN, which has
the largest circulation, and is the moat influ
ential newspaper of it kind published in the
world. The ad vantagoa of such a notice every
patentee understands
This large and epleodidlv illustrated news
paper is published WEKklT at 13.20 a vear,
and is admitted to be the best paper devoted
to BcHenee, mechanics, inventions, engineering
works, and other department of industrial
progress, published in any country. Single
copies by mail, 10 cents. Sold by 'all news
dealers. Addreaa, Munn A Co., pnblishnra of Scien
tific American, 261 Broadway, New York.
Handbook about patent mailed free.
, 1 CCUTC re reap1" har-
AOLfl I O selling our
1 Vfrefcan fliieaa Cafata I mmmm
ruiMicu uggu oaisij uuupe
and other household article.
rjf J The beet selling articles erer pot
faJ on thp market. Eor PtMaspatea
J w and Tensas, address the
CLIPPER M'FQ CO,
Ml ee Wstlamt ntrwt, llaeli
i. o.
MASON & HAMLIN
1 lftareertainlTbet.ns1peeaso
U li ll 11 r l Xdeereed at ereryCreat World's
1 VW Industrial Competition
for sixteen Years; do other Amrcan organs
taaviliK heeu found equal at any. Also Cheapest.
Style 10 ; aoetares ; anfBcimt rnnsm and power,
wlta best qn.lity for popular asrrwl and snlar mnsie
In jckools r rniniliea, at only lit. Onrhnixlrnl
"tjlcs mho. 47. as, rrs.avj. sins. iu to
SMO and ap. Tkt UrrrrttpUs art cM, nriM r
aay (rr.rfaa. Also for easy payments. Kew Illus
trated fsialog-'ie free.
Tli MA RON A HAMH- Onraa ann Piano
Co- IM Tremont St. .Boston ; 4 K. 14th Stiew York :
14J A abash At.. CbiesKo.
FREE
Splendid jorrnil panrr. a Cfsrosnoa to
every snbwi ber. A -( make Isu-are
Address, Tea fan, Wadsworta. O.
- . .
HAS BEEN PROVED
The SUREST CURB for
KIDNEY DISEASES.
Xoeaalame back or ciiaorderod urine Indl-
sats that you are a Tiotim ? T1IKN DO NOT,
araij'AT; use xjaney-Wort at one, (drag
rs reootnmenrtttland it will speedily orer-i
Lr f. r - -v'cr -r;:l .Inta i.'-culiar
'.tVsivwls to TO'.r i..t. r--i
and r,-c.;'-cneast. iijdne-r-W'o-t t la nn::irmi.-t
a it will act promptly and aaTely.
ejmerSex. inoontlnenoe.rcter.Li03 fifnrin.
depoaita.andd iH dragging
yield to ita curative sower
ALL DBtrOGIST. Prle at.
A
J M IN 1ST II A T ) irs N ( )T ICE.
Letters of almmitrati on ilip mIbi, nr ru.
Troxell. late or Reads township. Cambria countyj
deceased, have been ftrsntcil lo the undersigned!
i wno iiereny ninny nn persons imieiite'l to said es-
1 tute by noie or otherwise that pnvinent of their rs-
spectire accounts mui-t bo made ivlllii.nl delay,
. and those havi'ia claims or demands against the
-'e win present rnem pn.periy authenticated Rr
settlement. il'F.KKV 1KUXKI.L. I . .
TKtJXELll Adm
01gowt'.a,Bsalerwp.,oet. i3,lM:,-t.-
.'-tM?'L". 1 ' ! sa J.
If
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THE SHADOWY HAD.
I am a traveler and collector for a large
house which executes many orders through
out the country. When I have an extensive
district, which is often the case, I frequently
have a considerable sum of money about me,
and on several occasions the possession there
of has rendered me verv uneasy ; but no
more than that of which I speak.
I had been assigned to a laree territory in
the West, a region rough and mountainous,
and which, I had cause to believe, aboanded
In lawless spirits who might possibly give me
some trouble. A person of my calling ts
always supposed to hitve a large sum of mo
ney about him when he has been out for a
number of days or weeks, and many is the
time that I have seen people look at me with
an expression on their faces that spoke loud
er than words how much they would like a
chance of seeing; what my wallet contained.
But thus far they never have had their wishes
gratified in this respect, and, so long; as my
faithful six-shooter does not play me false, I
don't mean that they shall.
One day at noontime saw me in one of the
little villages ot the West, hemmed iu on all
sides by high peaks and lofty summit passes.
I had transacted my business there, and now
soHght the landlord of the inn to learn tie
way to the next village that I had wished to
visit. From him I learned that It was t wen -ty
miles by the public road, and rough and
billv into the bargain.
"But is there no nearer way?" I asked.
" If the road is in the state vou say, it will
be long after nightfall before I can reach
there, and it looks, much as though we might
have a rainfall presently."
"There Is a road over the mountains," he
answered, after a pause, " but it has not
been much used of late years, and the way
is rough. Still, it can be got over, and as it
Is but little over half the distance it Is by the
main road, you will get toSilby fully an hour
t earlier than you could by that way."
j "Then I shall try it. for I want to get
! there before the storm, if possible."
' " Keep the road straight ahead, and keep
, your eyes open," he said.
j Thank you, I shall do so," I answered.
"Good day."
I "Good day," and the landlord waved his
I hand as I rode away.
j For hours I wound along the most wretch-
ed road I ever saw. Every now and then a
j path would branch off, leading, apparently,
; Into the heart of the forest. The afternoon
I passed away and night came on, and still
there was no change in the road, no sign of
my being near to Siloy. All was the same
dreary wilderness as that through which I
had been passing so many hours. With the
oming of the darkness the rain began to fall.
This added to the disquiet I had already felt.
for I feared that I hsd left the road aDd got
into one of those paths that led I knew not
whither.
Faster and faster fell the rain, and with
very moment the gloom increased, until the
darkness was such that it could almost be
felt. Still I plodded on, feeling there was
little chance of reaching my place of desti
nation, but with the hope that I might stum-
ble upon some cabin that possessed human i
inhabitants, where I could find a fire and
shelter for the night. More than an hour
Dassed, and I had nearly given up all hopes
of finding shelter, when I beheld the gleam
of a light before me. Encouraged by the
sight, I urged my horse onward, and In a few
minutes found myself in front of a low cab
in, thro' the one window of which the light
gleamed that had attractedmy attention.
Dismounting, I approached and rapped
loudly upon the door. There was the sound
of shuffling feet within, then it was thrown
open, and a man, holding a candle In his
hand, apneared upon the threshold and de
manded what 1 wanted. As the light flashed
upon his face I had the Impression that I
had seen it before ; but it was gone In a mo
ment. In answer to his demand, I told him
I wanted shelter for myself and horse for
the niKht, and that if in the morning he
would guide me to Silby he would be suit
ably rewarded.
He made some reply, the burden of which
I could not catch owing to the driving of the
rain ; and then, setting the canale down upon
the floor, he came out. saying, as he laid his
hand upon my horse's bridle, " Tain't very
good quarters that you'll get here, mister
but perhaps it's better than it is out in the
rain."
"Any shelter is better than none on such a
night as this," I answered, and I followed
him round to a rude hovel, where he did the
best be could for my horse's comfort
Then we went Into the cabin. He pisked
up the candle he had placed upon the floor,
observing, as he did so, "I keep bachelor's
hall here so you are hungry, I suppose ?"
I replied In the affirmative. As I drew up
to the:fire that shorn, upon the hearth, the
heat of which was very grateful after my
exposure to the storm, I watched my host as
he placed some bread and meat upon the ta.
ble, and his very look and motion went to
confirm the impression that I had seen him
before; and then it flashed uuon my mind
when and where, it was among the rough
unshorn loafers that were hanging around
the bar.
The food being set out, he placedla rude
seat near the table, and told me my supper
was ready, making some excuse because it
was not better. I answered him that it was
as good as I desired ; and as hunger is tbe
best appetizer a man can have, I did the
coarse provender ample justice. When 1
was satisfied I resumed my seat once .-sore
by the fire, and tried to enter into conversa
tion with my host, but I made poor head
way. He did not seem inclined to talk, and
after a while I gave it up and we sat there
in silence for some time, tie ever and anon
stealing a glanca at me from under his shag
gy eyebrows, which, In spite of myself made
me feel uneasy when I reflected about the
money upon me. At last, tired of this, I
told him I would like to go to bed, if he had
a place where I could lie down. Upon this
he rose and led the way into the other small
apartment of the cabin, and setting down
the candle, went out and closed the door.
There was a rude bed In the corner of the
room, covered with a ragged quilt, and upon
this I threw myself without taking off my
clothes. My six shooter I placed beside me
where I could lay my hand upon It at a mo
roent's notice, and then I blew out the can
dle and tried to eleep. But that I soon dis
covered was Impossible to do. A nameless
something kept me awake. I could hardly
define It as fear. It was more of a nervous
ness which I could not shake off, try as I
would. My eyes would not stay shut but
wanted to remain wide open and fixed upon
the wall where the firelights shone through
craeks In the partition against which my bed
stood, played wltU a wekd sort ol light.
Try as I would, I could not keep my eyes
from the wall. Did I close them, the next
minute they would be again wide open. Did
I turn my head, I would be looking there
agnin almost before I kn?w it. What I ex
pected to see I hardly knew. Yet it came
at last.
Suddenly upon the wall, where the light
from the flame shone the brightest, there ap
peared the shadowy hand of a man clasping
a long and deadly-looking knife.
For a moment my gaze wrs riveted upon it
that I could not turn my eyes ; but a sound
in the adjoining room broke the spell.
Starting hastily up upon my elbow, I peered
through the crack that was close to my head,
and the sight 1 beheld caused another thrill
similar to that which the shadowy hand had
given me. My host, with along knife in his
hand, was approaching on tiptoe the door
which led to my room. It was the shadow
of his nplifted hand that I had seen.
That he had designs upon my life I could
not doubt, and thankful for the warning I
had received, 1 prepared to meet him.
Noiselessly I crept from the bed, and, with
my six-shooter in my hand, stationed myself
at Its foot. The door was noiselessly push
ed open, and the would-be murderer entered
the room as silently as a phantom, and ap
proached the bedside. Ilis arm, with the
deadly knife grasped in his hand, was for a
moment held above the bed, and then it de
scended with a force that would have sent
it through the body of a man, had one been
lying there.
This was ail I wanted. Surely it was evi
dence enough to justify me in what I did.
I raised my arm and fired. With a gToan the
villain fell forward upon the couch where I
had lain hardly a minute before. With my
finger still upon the trigger, should another
shot be needed, I struck a match and lighted
the candle ; then holding it out before me, I
approached the bed. The villain lay mo
tionless. My bullet had found a way through
his heart.
You can Imagine how the rest of the night
passed to me. With the earliet dawn I
mounted my horse, and as good luck would
have it, rode directly towards Silby, where I
arrived in a .couple of hours. I was not
long in searching out the proper officers, to
whom I told my story, and a little later I
guided them back to the cabin, where they
found all as I had stated it, and at once ex
onerated me from blame in causing the vil
lain's death. Western Watchman.
THE ROMANCE OF MT. VERNON.
A Washington correspondent of the New
York Sun says : It was in 18.r8 that Colonel
John Washington saw that Mount Vernon
would have to go by the auctioneer's ham
mer if something did not turn up. And here
comes in the romance of Mount Vernon A
woman who had been a confirmed invalid
since her nineteenth year raised a fund of
5200,000, and embodied a plan that gave
Mount Vernon to the nation. This was
Anne Pamelia Cunningham, of South Caro
lina. She was an onlv and Indulged daueh-
j ter. In her childhood she had visited Mount
1 Vernon, and when she resigned 'all of life
except that which could be enjoyed in a sick
room, in her early womanhood, she took hold
of a project to buy Mount Vernon, or rather,
the project took hold of her. It is one of the
most singular instances of indomitable ener
gyand practical perseverence recorded. This
frail woman, from her sick bed. aroused an j house always, manufactures a heap of wool
enthusiasm, especially among Southern wo- , en goods. I think it has a paper mill, and is
men that resulted in a splendid success. She j surrounded with beautiful scenery. Some of
inspired Edward Everett with ber spirit, and i the views from the great ridge that towers
his lecture on Washington poured money into ; above the town are very famous. The soft,
the treasury. She interested Mme. Le Vert
and Mrs. Cora Mowatt Pitchie, and in 18t0
it was accomplished ; the house, tbe tomb of
Washington, and 200 acres of land belonged
to a national organization. The Legislature
of Virginia granted a very sensible charter
to the organization. The capital stock was j
limited to 1 500,000. It was granted in per- i
petuality, and no disposition of the property
could be made without the consent of the
Legislature. None of the Washington fam
ily thereafter was to be Interred at Mount
Vernon, and the key of the vault was thrown
into the Potomac River. Around the marble
tombs of George and Martha Washington is I
a wooden flooring which if stepped upon
starts an electric alarm at the house.
Through the open iron work one looks into
brick vault where there are only the two
tembs. "Hats off" is the stringent rule at
the grave; even the most flippant are a wed
Into something like reverence. During some
of the bloodiest days of the war Mount Ver
non was treated as neutral ground, and sol
diers of Iboth armies were seen fraternizing
under the trees that guard the tomb.
Frequent description cannot destroy the
Interest of the house. Year by year improve,
ments are made by the regents. As far as
practicable every State has a room ornament
ed with relics of Revolutionary times, ar
ranged in the style that prevailed at Mount
Vernon during the lifetime of Gen. Washing
ton. Hanging in Mie entrance ball Is the kev
of the bastile, sent to Washington by Lafay
ette ; and over the door of what is called the
state dining room Is Washington's field glass
placed on its perch by the hand of Washing
tou himself, and nevor since removed. The
mantel and hearth In the dining room are of
marble and extremely curious. They were
sent to Washington from France. On the
way the ship bearing the gift was captured
by pirates. When they found that this mar
ble was intended for Washington they took
an opportunity nf landing it on American
shores, and it was forwarded to Mount Ver
non. n the South Carolina room hangs the
portrait of Anna Pamela Cunningham. She
has a refined and thoughtful face, with deep,
meaning eyes. The attic room which Mrs.
Washington chose after Gen. Washington's
death, and in which she died, is almost in the
identical condition In which she left It.
In a quaint little drawing room Nelly
Custis's drawing room is the grand harpsi
chord, as large as a modern grand piano,
which Washington gave her as a wedding
gift This was the grand-niece ot Mrs.
Washington, not hei daughter Nellv, who
died unmarried at twenty-two. In the
grounds stands a rose bush, where, tradition
relates, Nelly Custls received her first offer,
and walking around thisfrose bush six times
brings every young lady who believes in the
spell an offer of marriage within the year.
TBrC'K LEX'S AR5II1 A SALVE,
The Best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Burns, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chil
blains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and
positively cures Piles. It Is guaranteed to
give perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
Price 25 cts. per box. For sale by E. James,
sole agent, Ebensburg, Pa. 5-9. -ly.
' Salt River is the place that Bcoops
"fiesh candidates."
in
COLOMAL HISTORY.
BOB BCRDETTE WEST PEKSSYl.TAI A
BRAPDOCK'B BATTLE WITH THE FRENCH
AND 1XPIANS THE HTMORIST'B
OBSERVATION'S ON MCLE8.
"Eastward go, westward ho, everybody
takes the li & O " from Pittsburgh to Con
nellsville. At least I did, and I am the only
everybody interested in this trip. It is a
pleasant run all the way down or up, as the
case may be. I think it Is up. About ten
miles out of Pittsburgh we teach Braddock,
a town of twenty-five hundred people, more
or less and across the mn is the old Brad
dock battle grour.d. Braddock was an En
glish general, you may remember. He came
over here as long ago as 175 5. By thaftime
the good Indians on William Penn's reserva
tion were celebrating their Bi-Centennial in
advance with the most thrilling and startling
tableau whenever they caught a white man
out alone. It was necessary that the red
brother should be licked clear out of his moc
casins, and Braddock thought he was the
man who could do it. lie came over here
with an Englishman's idea about America,
and thought New York and San Francisco
were nearer each other than Wappingtonj
New-IIalf-Market, Old Street Stairs. St.
Trevenor's Terrace, City Road, Iffieswich
Cro s Station, Chororcerster Square is to If-flingham-IfRingham
on Walsingham-Wal.
Bingham. lie Intended to spend a few days
in this country and then go home and write
a book about it. Poor Brad. lie never wrote
that book , although he furnished materia
for it. Tie came out here, crossed the Yough
logheny river at Connellsville, came up to
Braddock Station, and then and there the
wild men of the woods and a lot of French
fell upon him In the ravines and hills of the
Monongahela, and they encoraposed him
round about, and treated him roughly and
smote him that he died and raised lumps all
over his arms. It was a dreadfully success
ful surprise party. From the wooded sides
of the steep hills there suddenly broke volley
Tirtfin Vnllev nf m 1 1 1 5 t-i rr mnclralnr tnlnnlinrr
iti,n,f.inf.,' . ' , " '
The men war whoops in those days. Brad- I
dock's regulars numbering one thousand,
fought this unseen foe for three hours vainly
endeavoring to employ regular tactics and
European methods against an enemv that
only fought to hurt and shoot to kill regard
less of the regularity of the thing Washing-
ton's Virginians George was along saved j
the army from total destruction by fighting I
the Indians in their own way, and checking I
v"" v"" 'I 7. . , l" "
were aoinjt an rnis ngnting. t?ir donn rst.
Clair was wounded, Sir Teter ITalket was j
killed, I3raddockhad five horses killed under
him or.il v .l.
L L . : . ; . y
by a mortal wound, shot by one of his own
j panic stricken regulars. Sixty-three officers
j and 714 regulars were left in those dark ra-
vines when Washington led that shattered
remnant of the army back home. Braddock
died about six days after the battle, some
where near Fort Necessity, and was buried
in the road at midnight, Washington reading
the burial service. Some of Braddock, I be
lieve is still buried near Fort Necessity, and
the rest of him the general ."American relic
hunters stole.
Conn ellsville is a live town on the Yough.
iogheny, and it burns coke for all creation,
runs a full hand of tanneries goes to eight or
ten good churches, puts up at the Smith
yellov sandstone in these ridges Is worn and
cut by time and the weather into curious and
picturesqe shapes.
Old Ephraim Connell started this town
niuety-two yeare ago, and Col. William
Crawford used to live here. He was the
same Colonel Crawford who was captured by
the Ohio Indians near Sandusky, and put to
death with such terrible tortures. Ohionev-
or nrfiQ mnph it A Sslato ftr Punncel va i . 10 no
Maine is their best "holt" when they e mi i
grate. Blaine is a Pennsylvania!!, born down
here in Washington county. He had too
'ouch sense to go to Ohio after Colonel Craw-
rord 9 experience.
It is the land of coke. From Connellsville
we run past a few thousand miles of coke
ovens along the Hue of the Southwest Peun.
sylvania railroad. The fires glaie and glow
with a strange effect against the background
of brown fields and green forests, for the
trees are scarcely touched by the frost. Along
the tramway on top of the ovens, past the
columns of flame and smoke that leap op be-
, , , .,
side him, the patient, much enduring, long
suffering mule hoids his steady way, hauling
a few tons of coal as much as the car can
stand at a load. The mule is never over
loaded. Oh.no. Nobody ever worries about
putting on more coal than the mule can haul.
hut the capacity of the car is limited, and it
must not be loaded beyond a certain strain.
No wonder the mule is a kicker. Were I
a mule, love, I too would kick. Enery time
I got a chance I would lift somebody higher
than a kite. I know just exactly what kind
of a mule I would be. A bay mule. One of
these sad eyed old fellows that lean back.ln
the breeches and think. With striped legs
like a zebra.
And a dark brown streak down i
my back, and a paint brush tail. And my
mane cut short, and my foretop banged, and
my head as long as a flour barrel, and I'd be j
worth two hundred and a half in any market,
and I'd wear a flat harness and no blind-
ers.Jand some day when some man hitched me
up to a dray and piled on a ton and a half of
pig iron, a cord of wood, six barrels of. flour,
a good load of household goods and a steam
boat boiler, I would start off with it patent
i a b,., ,-r todii.r until I ant tn thsi ton '
. . . ., . .!
or tne grade on me new iohu am. aruuim
Noi th Hill, and right about there and then a
falling maple leaf, fluttering down in a
t i,, a -i. i,t m
9Jal a VI jiiu nuu i iiuiwu. .... .v. J .. . .. -
all but to death, and the authorities would
have to drag the Mississippi river six weeks
to find all or that load and some of tuat dri
ver, while in three miuutes after tbeemeute,
I Mould be tranquilly browsing on the gras
sy heights that smile above thesilver flowing
river. That is a kind of a mule I would be.
Not many miles out of Connellsville we
run past a tract where an earthquake bas
evidently been prospecting for coke coal.
The ground is scooped up and dug out in a
thousand directions, and beats an Arizona
mining camp for dips, spurs, leads, angles
and sinuosities. It is very charming, this
broken coUDtry, with the wealth of a fertile
soil on the bills, and the gieater wealth of
coal under them. They cultivate both sides ,
of a farm here, top and bottom, for the coal
begins growing where the corn stops. j
Pleasantly familiar this land is, too. I
see a face I knew at Scottdale aDd catch a
wave of tbe band that fills me wltn a cheery
sense of welcome. I have told you all about
these coke ovens and the mines of Scottdale.
long ago. And as we near the next station
the brakeman shouts "Tlawkeye," and I
haifjexpect him to shriek "copy !" And so,
through twenty-four miles of winding creeks
and swelling hi: Is, from fields and glowing
coke ovens until we reach Greensbnrg,
where I look out and wonder if Judge Hun
ter Is home, and wish I could just step off
the tram and find hitn.
rt, ti,o tn .1 i
main line onmou rin . - .
- 1" l. .
i . ami MiHirnes us up ann runs away
with us and lands us In a mist of rain and
smoke and soot and noise and roaring flames
and clanking hammers, and we are once
more In Pittsburgh. Burlinrjton Jftivfreve.
A Few Suggestions as to Ktlqiif-ite Tor the
Ton 11 g.
Youne children who have to wsit till older
people have eaten all there is in the bone,
should not open the dining-room doorduring
the meal and ask the guest If he is going to
eat all day. It maVes the company fee' ill vertised extensively in the newspapers
at ease and lays up wrath in the parent's j throughout the Northwest, offering a reward
heart. j or for information as to her where-
Chlldren should not appear displeased with "D0111- The girl's appearance was mlnute
tha regular courses at dinner and then fill up ,J described, and detailed accounts of ber
with pie. Eat the less expensive food first. dresses wre given, but the days slipped by
and then organize a panic in the preserves. nd t,,er ws news of the missing heiress.
Do not close out the last of your soup by j Tlie girl was discovered by a happy accident
taking the plate in your month and pouring ! in cll,pEn- A chambermaid at the Palmer
the liqnid down your childish neck. Yon 1Iouse P'ed up one of the city newspapers,
might sr'H It. and enlarge and distort the and Ule first UiinR thftt struck her eye was a
mouth unnecessarily. j description nf the missing girl. It tallied
When asked what part of the fowl you j exsct'y with the appearance of Miss Gordon,
prefer dn not say you will take the part that ! ho occupied room No. 4M in the hotel,
goes over the fence Inst. The remark is ' Gorlon had registered at tbe Talmet
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very humorous, but the rising generation
ought to originate some new table jokes
that will be worthy of the age in which we
live.
Children should ettrly learn the use of the
fork and how to handle it. This knowledge
can be acquired by allowing them to pry up
the carpet tacks with this instrument, and
i other little exercises such as the parentmind
! mav suggest.
The child should be taught at once not to
wave his bread around over the table in con
versation, or fill his mouth with potatoes
and then converse in a rich tone of voice
with some one out in the yard. Fie might
get his dinner down his traches and cause
his parents great anxiety.
In picking up a plate or saucer filled with
soup or with moist food, the child should be
taught not to parboil his thumb in the con-
tents of his dish and
to avoid swallowing
sonp bones or other indigestible debris.
Toothpicks are generally in the last course.
."......-.. .ju... uut uu aimnrii iu il a
j and children should not be allowed to pick
. thpjr tepth ard kjek th? Uh,e ,h h th
other exercises. While grace is beinn said
at table, children should know that It is a
breach of good breeding to smouge fruit
cake, just because their parents beads are
bowed down and their attention for the mo
ment turned in another direction. Children
ought not to be permitted to fino fault with
the dinner or fool with the cat while eating,
boys should, before going to the table, emp
ty all the fiogs and grasshoppers out of their
pockets, or those Insects might crawl out
during the festivities and jump Into the
gravy.
If a fly wades into your jelly up to his
gambrels, do no mash him with your spoon
before all the guest?, as death is at all times
depressing to those who are at dinner and
retards digestion. Take the fly out careful-
ly with what naturally adheres to his person
and wipe him on the tablecloth. It will de
monstrate your perfect command of your
self and afford amusement for the company. tnat s,ie had gone to Detroit, thence to Jack
Do not stand up in your chair and try to ! son an(I frm the latter point to Chicago,
speer a roll with your fork. Say "thank ' As matter of fact, she came from Toledo
you" and "much obliged" and "beg par- j directly to Chicago, and had been stopping
don" whenever you can work in these re-; at the Palmer nouse and living In style while
marks, as It tnrows people off the'r guard
and gives you an opportunity to gel in your
work in on the pastry and o'her bric-a brae
j near you at the time.
The Bad and Worthless
are never imitated or counterfeited. This is
especially true of a family medicine, aud it
is positive proof that the remedy tmttafed is
of the highest value. As soon as it had been
tested and proved by the whole world that
Hop Bitters was the purest, best and most
valuable family medicine on earth, many im
itations sprung up and began to steal the no
tices in which the press and people of the
countiy had expressed the merits of II. B.,
and in every way trying to Induce suffering
invalids to use their stuff instead, expecting
' lit it-:ii.,- iit..iie I'll II ir V I v i 1 1 i I ivi K.iru simile
j of R otnpr. tHrU.a nostrums put
i np in similar style to 11. ., with variously
devised names in which the word " Hop " or
Hops " were ued in a wav to induce neo-
pie to believe that they were the same as Hop ; one that is entitled to credence if anv are
! Bitters. All such preended remedies or T, t. .,,. . , ,
cures, no matter what their style or name is. ! Jt 19 y only servant or ignorant per
; ar.d especially those with the word "Hop " j sons who see ghosts, but in this case the ap
i or " Hops " in their name or in any way con- i parition was seen by two persons simultane-
necten witn mem or ineir name, are i.iiu- .
I tions or counterfeits. Beware of them.
! Touch none of them. Use nothing but gen
uine Hop Bitters, with a biinch or clnster of
green Hops on the white label. Trust noth
ing else. Druggists and dealers are warned
against dealing in Imitations or counterfeits.
A Treasured Lock of nxiR. Among
the dead, after the engagements during the
late war, Jay the outstretched ionn of a
youi'i; ", ma. .riU. ,
centre of his throat The stranger gazing
j I rj tin va arr is nw ui a y a asms iu s, nu
for a moment at the inanimate body, so late
ly instinct with life, thought of the loved
ones yet to hear and mourn over their lost
one, It was a strange impulse, perhaps, but
that stranger albeit an enemy a few mo- !
ments before kneeled beside the d'ad, and
separating a lock from his beautiful but
disheveled hafr, placed it carefully in his
pocket The body afterward proved to be
tliat of young Treston of South Carolina.
and the lock of hair soon afrei the report of
nls death fonn1 ,t, waT to the hmnd of ,he
young lady at Providence. Rhode Is.and, to
whom he had been betrothed, asaninvalu-
able souvenir.
The American Institute on Spker'b
Wines. A committee was appointed tovisit
Alfred Speer's Vineyards, at Passaic, N. J.,
to examine Tis wines and cellars and report.
The followiug is a part of the report : Manv
will be surprwd to learn tnat witbiu so short
a distance from thiscity has been prosecuted j
so much snnvw !
The qualities of these wines are not ex- j
celled by any producer in the world and dur- !
nK ine reason wnen me operations of hand- !
llns the cranes. enresstnr tb inlo. an4 '
ths. nlher trsstmsi.l o r. ln I I.. I. 1
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is interesting and instructive to visit the
vineyards and witness the operation.
A. S. Heath. M
It II. Martin, S
J. Diptcrsell. S
Committee.
For sale by E. James, Ebensburg.
the Biuors.
dyspeptic or constipated, should address
with two stamps for pamphlet World's
Dispensary M.dical Association, Buffa
lo, N. .
I AX HEIRESS qt'KER ESCAPADE,
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nuw a HHttviumnu) mete OF OO
VERNOR FOTER WENT To -KF, TT! K
WOULD FOR HERSELF.
Miss Susie Pollard of Cleveland, Ohio, i
only filteen years old and is the daughter ot
: a wealthy merchant of Cleveland. Being
j an only child, she has been allowed great
liberty siuce her tenth birthbay. Extiemely
iienocous tor ner ace, she attracted much
1 t' "er enaences or
talenta, and
her literary
efforts, notwithstanding their
; crudity, were surprising. On October TtU
she disappeared from home. Her father aod
j friends searched for her in vain. There was
: absolutely no clue to her whereabouts. As
( she was unusually attractive in person, and
j as she was known to have a considerable
j sum or money in her possession, it was fear
: ed that she had been decoyed away by some
' designing villain, or had been forcibly ab
! ducted. Acting rpon the theory that his child
nna oeen Kidnapped, Mr. Pollard conferred
j wltn ttle h'1ing detective agency, and ad-
I ""u'c " uesuay, vesoner y. giving her ad-
dress as New York. She was assigned to
an apartment, but the fact that she was ex
tremely young and was accompanied by no
guardian, made the authorities suspicious,
aud induced them to watch her closely. But
although persous were stationed to watcb
I "r lw m lne paw T1 one 'ntlr Miss
rornon nerseir, ana they concluded that
i however mysterieus ber mission might be,
j her conduct was certainly irreproachable.
Some of the lady boarders took quite a fancy
to the lonely girl, attracted by her youth and
innocence, and she readily made friend
with them. During ber stay or two weeks,
however, she allowed no one to penetrate
the mystery that surrounded her. She dis
couraged ail prying auestions. and showed
that she was perfectly able to take care of
herself and keep her own secrets On
Thursday when the hotel authorities con
fronted her with the published description of
tbe missing Cleveland girl, she looked the
picture of innocence. When they addressed
- '
, ner as .Miss .sUsie Pollard." she said
I Wn?- m' nair is Dot brown, and
I have
not blue eyes, and, look at my dress, It Is
not the kind that is mentioned, is it?"
I The hotel people beit a retreat, and tele-
graphed at once to Cleveland. Intberoean
time "Miss Gordon " gathered up her effects
and prepared to depart. She gave it out that
she intended to go West, and had engaged
to join some friends in an adjacent town,
j who were to accompany her. When she ap
, rlied for a ticket, however, she found that
', the hotel people had anticipated her action,
i and Instructed the ticket agent not to sell
her one.
At this point another character appeared
on the sceue. George W. Mann a detective
from Jackson, Michigan, arrived at the hotel.
, "nd bxea upon Miss Gordan as the girl for
' whom he was looking. It seems that he had
; traced her from Cleveland to Toledo. There
j be had lost all trace of her, but supposed
the ofneers were scouring the country In
search of her hiding place. On tbe arrival
of Detective Mann, it was decided that Miss
rollard. alias Miss Gordon, be handed over
( to the care of Dr. Richard Foster, at 10 War
ren Avenue. Dr. Foster had patients at the
Palmer House and it was on their recom
mendation that the action was taken. The
girl Is now under the physician's hospitable
roof, pending the arrival of her father.
Just what incited Miss Pollard to her queer
I escapade is unknown, but it is believed that
she was actuated simply by a desire to see
the world by herself. ITer intention, a-, she
laughingly said, was to make observations of
life In an untrammelled manner, and then
write a book detailing her experience. She
is a niece of Gov. Foster, of Ohio.
Two Ghostly Storiks. Ghost stories,
which have suffered an eclipse for some time.
appear to be uudergoing a revival. Here Is
..., tr,.m ,lf
j j i " - .-'V u va, "H'l ; tuau
! common vigor of mind.
President Tyler had a sister who was reck
oned one of the most gifted women of her
day. She was the namejake of Patrick Hen-
j ry and the pet of Thomas Jefferson, She
; lived with her father. Gov. Tyler, at Green-
way, in Charles City county, Va. One night,
while sleeping in a bed with a cnnsln a
youPR woman of her own age, she awoke
and saw her mother, who had been dead for
some months, sitting in the window seat It
was a bright night in summer, and under the
window was the bed of a younger sister who
ws n infant at the time of her mother's
death. The apparition leaned over the child
and gazed Intently on it Miss Tyler remem
bered to have heard that an apparition would
remain as long as the eyes were fixed on it.
She looked steadily at It without the least
alarm. Now comes the strangest part of the
story. The girl lying by her side said quiet
ly : .Maria there is your mother. " Then
the form melted away.
Some yoars afterward, after Gov. Tyler's
death, bis daughter was at Greenway again.
She was then married, and was visiting the
first wife of her brother. President Tyler.
ne was absent in Washington, beiDg in the
Senate.
One night one of Mrs. Tyler's child
ren oecame III,
nd her sister-in-law went to
the nursery to help take care of it She sug
gested that she should get a remedy from her
own room, and, taking a candle in her hand,
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Started lor It.
On her return, as she passed
the staircase, she saw ber father standing be
fore her. The same Idea flashed Into her
mind that she could bold the apparition by
ber fixed gate. She observed it carefuPy,
and recognized a certain suit of brown cloth
which she had sometime seen the Governor
wear, and she was self-possessed enough to
look for a mole on bis forehead which was a
birth mark. Mrs. Tyier, after waiting some
minutes, called to ber to hasten, whereupon
the figure vanished.
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