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Jos rsnTins ef all kind eeatlv and erpedttf oa sly executed at lowest prises, lias 'l yoa target . .(,f tri cutsidn the county ..:,.::..T.r7-rwill e charged to Vn'r'even twill tba above terms be de narrel roro. and thnea "ho den't eongnlt their o mtprwts by paying ic advance must oot TDf to be placed 00 tbe sami footing as thoe who Let this faot be distinotly understood rTi i-.ii time forward. -Pay for your paper before y oa stop It. If it m 't y 11 must. None bnt cili'iii do ntb arw.s. Don't be a ioa!awag Ufa It ton short. H. A. McPIKE, Editor and Publisher. 'HI IS A. TBIKM AX WHOM TBS T1UTH M1IIS TBKK, AID ALL ill SLATES BKSIDX. SI.50 and postage per year, In advance. VOLUME XYI. EBENSBURG, PA.. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1SS2. NUMBER 415, THE CAMBRIA FREEMAN Is Pobllabctl Weekly at EBENSBURG, Cambria Co., Ta., BY H. A. McPIKE. Guarantee Circulation - 1,15. (Mm . 11 1 SAT A . MS ' re U I in A Few Frozen Facts for Clothing Buyers. A. loufir and active tiiitiens experience ren ders it yossille for GODFREY WOLF, NEXT DOOR TO THE POST-OFFICE, ALTOONA, PA., To fit and plea everybody in CLOTHING. He believes that he has absolutely the very BEST READY-MADE CLOTHING IN THE STATE. Tlie Best because it is the finest. Tlie Best because it is Better Made. The Best because it is Better Fitting. The Best because it is Lower in Price. The real gootlneHs of our Clotliingf is mani ieHt. "We keep the Harris Globe Mills, or Ray Worsted Goods, Heady-made in Men's and Hoys9 Clothing. There is NONE BETTER for WEAR. yowhere elf is there such a superb stork of silk-lined, elegantly shaped, for eifjn fabric OVERCOATS. Tlie eulorings are beantiful and attractive beyond description. Clothing' for "Young" Men and Boys. Ihe same thoughtful attention is apparent in these departments,' the stock being complete in the finest and most elegant garments. COMPARISON OF OUR STYLES AND PRICES KUOff UOW WELL OCR PATRONS ARE NERVED.; Underwear and Neckwear. We have a splendid stock much of it imported. Prices low. THE BRISK BUSINESS AT THE OLD STAND TENT1FIM TO OUR CLOTHING IS JUST WHAT THE PUBLIC DESIRKS, TV II 1 1. E OCR STKTF.M OF OOI ni SINFSS, HAVING BUT ONE PRICE AND GUARANTEEING SATISFACTION, piiotkcts thi: m;vr-;n. "We have all our Lest goods manufactured to order, and our prices will be found lower than at anj other respectable clothing house. GODFREY WOLF'S PIQHEER GLGTHIHG L1P0RIUL1, NEXT TO POSTOFFICE, ALTOONA, PA. GREAT BARGAINS TO I)K HAD couch's rviirvv i5iTn .diivc, Corner Eleventh Avenue and 13th Streets, ALTOONA, PA,, WHIEE HAS JUST BtEM KKCEITEH ABOUT $28,11(10 WORTH Of tie BEST QUALITY wA BEST MADE CLOTHING, HATS, CAVS, Gl-XTS FURNISHING GOODS, KTC, Which wo guarnnte ts fell at 20 per rent. 1 than any other Clothing House in the etty. Bay ers may therefore rejt assured that lliey can m e from two to tive dollars In the purchase of a suit of ot clothes or an overcoat by dealing with us, So please give us a call and examine oar goods and learn oar prices before Investing your nuney elsewhere. Mo trouMe to show goods. II. 3IARC1I, Proprietor. ALTOONA, PA., OCTOBER 27. lSf-J.-tf. GEIS.FOSTER&QUIiMiM, 113 & 115 CLINTON STREET, JOHNSTOWN, PA., -ALWAYS LARCESTI AND CHEAPEST STOCK OF Dry ojllcL Dress Groocls, NOTIONS, MILLINERY, CARPETS, ETC., to be found in Cambria or adjoining counties. ITorget not the street and numbers and fail not to call, buy and be happy. H . i. . O. T. ROBERTS, UEAI.KU IN IUCKS, WATCHES, JtVlLRY, BOORS, STATIOHERY, BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, CAPS, GROCERIES, Kotioin Maiicines, Wall Paper, Ciprs, Toteco, Fancy GooJs, Toys, k VARIETY STORE, EBENSBURG, PA. RELIABLE GOODS. 1IOXE8T TRICES. FA.IR DEALING. HAS lti:cr.NTI,Y ItKOI'KNED 1IIH TIN-SHOP DEPARTMENT CNDER THK SUPEBIN TKMIIR.N'CE OF A PROFICIENT AND ACCOMMODATING WORKMAN. REPAIR WORK. HOUSE SPOUTING ami ROOFIXG ATTESDKD TO OS SHORT trOTlCE i.VD AT LOWXST PRICES. rHra,r y-n Bora. Guenther's Lung Healer. fyr the Cure of Consumption, Spitting ol Blood, Bronehitla. f-oi' jrs. CcHv Csisrrh of ths C'ht Dvapepaia, and an Pulmon ary Orrana. Prica, 35a, 50c and $1.00). Sold all by Druggists). GTIETJTH.EH. St CO.. Prtsyriator-s. PITTSBURGH, PA. Tr--i,- ItT Jfl'iXsUN HOLLOWAY A CO., Wholesale Hgenu, I'hlladolp hia. lililtl 1" 11111 if I 1 V Uur, and Cattle Powders sold hers are worlh- lIsYltta 1 la I J J LE4 I less trash, lie says that Sheridan's Condition vain. . .-7, . mu Powders are absolutely pure and immensely tol t Bi imj j if n "rt5 n"lk h'a, UT llk Sheridan's Condition Powders. Ise.l teanpoonful .ntlood. i-oidevsrywhere. or s.ot by mail lur t leUer-stampa. L S. Jousoa Co ikroTLkjev r-10ON S?n.?a?:r.i5 WHITF m " '-"T A'i!:nirai.n liom ASMINtiT'lN la ir prnrni time. nh imr JJ AW lel l'r,rll..( l-ailleaol :l,r V kllr il.aw. ,tk ,ir, of m.ay SJ B UKAULLV iu, l .V I'nnk strnt, I'hlaWWptla: I lUUwCl THE FACT THAT AT THE 1GL0TMNG HOUSE HAVE THE- The Secret cf the universal success of Brown's Iron Bitters is sim ply this: It is the best Iron preparation ever made; is compounded on thoroughly scientific, chemical and medicinal principles, and does just what is claimed for it no more and no less. By thorough and rapid assimilation with the blood, it reaches every part of the system, healing, purifying and strengthening. Com mencing at the foundation it builds up and restores lost health in no other way can lasting benefit be obtained. 79 Dearborn Are., Chicago, Not. y. I have been a great sufferer from a very weak stomach, heartburn, and dyspepsia in its worst form. Nearly every tJ ytiil nor 1 ate cave me distress. nd I could eat but little. I have tried everything recommended, have takes the prescriptions of a dozen physicians, but got no relief until I took Brown's Iron Bitters. I feel Bone of the old troubles, and am a new man. I am getting much atronger, and feel first-rate. I am a railroad engineer, and now make my trips regularly. I can not say too much in praise of your wonder ful medicine. . D. C Mack, Brown's Irom Bitters does not contain whiskey or alcohol, and will not blacken the teeth, or cause headache and constipation. It will cure dyspepsia, indi gestion, heartburn, sleep lessness, dizziness, nervous debility, weakness, &c Use only Brown's Iron Bitters made by Brown Chemical Co., Bsltirgbre. Crossed red lines and trade-mark oa wrapper. CatarrM Elys' Cream Bali "C 3 EHectually clia S8ES CftF Af sOA-ai ararriial virus, ages ot cans jrz l Ing BBJITHI SECTtB- tions, allays inflam mation, protects the merahrane from addi tional colils. complete r itkaIbI aTOvrsl i " ly heals I no tores ana restores the sen of tnste and smell. Ben ericial results are re. aiired by a few appll cations. A thorough treatment icil cure l a tarrh. Hay Fever, c. Pnequaled for colds tn the head. AirreeaMe HAY-FEVER use. Apply by the ttlo finger into the nostrils. On reeoip of 80::. will mail a package. AaT told by Ctiensbarg dr uggists. March;i7, IsSS.-e.o.w.ly. Owego. N. T. PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM A beneficial dressing I preferred to similar art icles because of its ptiri-1 tv and rich perfume. It Restores to uray Hair I the loathful Color & prevents dandruff and I f alltn; of the hair. . ! . HI-ox A Co. . N V iiwilMOM. Cjw.t Mincu in fit Mum.. 1!icm. wt lutinr. . oJjt l.kt it. B. nr. Toont fXORES- TO.S CoK-kbs, ttfQ.tar ol Hraeov a C., N. T.tott erwy UiH.1. tnl tS rti. , at druriltt .rt dnim In n.rnjmM. IS A SURE CURE for all diavaaes of trre Kidneys and LIVER It hM peoiflo stsctioii on ttuM mast Important ersn, cua)Uii it to throw oft" torpidity and tnaotiou, stimulaUnff the healthy neoretlon of the BUo, and by kfpini the bowels In free ooTiditlon, effecting it reyttJar dieeharce. fU f I i If yon areenfferiiic from I.IUlUi ItAe matoni, have the ohilla are bilioua. dyspeptic, oroonstipated, Kldnay Wort will surely rolieTo and quickly cure. in trie esprmg tocieanee toe Bytm, e one shook! take a thorough oonrse of it. 41- SOLO BY DRUGGISTS. Prlc ft I EXECUTORS' NOTICE. Estate of Matthiw McMcttss. dee'd. Letters testamentary on tbe estate ol Matthew mcmuiien, late ot tlearQeld township, deoensed naving oeen granted to too undersigned, all per sons indebted to said estate are hereby notified make payment without delav. and those havlnn claim" against tbe same will present them proper ty ..luaoiimiBu iui seiiiement, to J()HNC.McMUU.r.S, St. Augntine, ,amhrla Co., Ta, Wov: JO, Altoona, Blair Uo., Pa, EXECUTRIX' NOTICE. Estate of Riosard Coi.Ltwa. dee'd. letters testamentary on the estate of Kicbard v;owins, late ol tueameld townshlp.deeeased, h ing neen granted to tie under.igned, all person inoeDted to said estate are hereby notified to make payment without delay, and thosa havln claims against the same will present them proper ty aviibiicjuiicaveu ir BPUivni.nl. ROSE CJOI.LJXS, Eveentrlx. Cleardeld Twp., Nov. SO, 18s'i.-flt. PENSIONS t trrT'UVm, Widows. TarTTT nd Chtliircu. Any di. 'lirmi smnMhstMl Astrl r,rar. mdoi in urr eii.iie. Mil. c tDrr doajhled. 1TTTwipe tror km nde hrrrT. Fr ArnityBow. WldOW. re tr.r- :1 n-w entitlf.1 itirin wiJoir4fl Gr:gu.:.(win NC R C A S C BOUNTY n i Bsck f ,iy ind DiicbiTfea procured. iJts-ttt entitle! te lllduMminfw fcw D TT TT IM T 0 1' Jriren. trv ,is fmmnts Cll I O procurfxl, biehT and mA. Th-WORLO SOLDI E R.w'wkl PMM. Sample fpT from, Sei.JMamp for fill intrutrivn.. blank. K- bounty taMe. N. W. TITZCERALD St CO r,-.cn, pnt i i.anj A:i. Washington, t C " -a - l FA Vmt WHERE All ClSt fAHt, . P"OonrTl Srnip. Tear)-! rvf r vt IolnHm. ! J by dnikTiata urn aitaiaaaii s&a Deo. 1, 18St.-ly. STRAY CALF. Came to the premi ses of the subscriber In Washington township in September last, a white calf, wltb red spots on the body. The owner is requested to eome for ward, prove property, pay enarares and take It away, otherwise It will bedisposed of according te law. JAM.ES MUKBAY. Washlngtoa Twp., Dea. S, 1M.-M, EO. M. READE, ATORNIYATIiAW, EBisssrse, Pa. sr.0Bo on Centre street, lear High. F jJr ohlaar n U;e erld 4itftt to it for th f cnrf Bmfil, Pimp lew. Bolls Ttr, OH Sore, fceW Bam Krt, Msronrtal Dimm, Catarrh. Lorn of JtJ sW Appetite, romalo Complaint-, and all Blc F J enatrj ttor kep?r Mil lu K. C, twkn W W " Prnp, rtaHrfr-wS. on wrrrj howl. y OTER ASD OTER AGAIN. Over and over acraln. No matter which way I turn. aiwavs find in the Book or L.M9 Some lesson I have to learn. must take my turn at the mill, mast prlnd out the srolden (Train, must work at my task with a resolute ill Over and over again. We cannot meaaure the need! Of even the tiniest flower. Nor check the flow of the golden sands That runs through a sinele hour. Rut the morning dews must fall ; The sun and the summer rain Must do their part, and perform It all Over and over again. Over and over again The brook through the meadow flows, Ana ovrir and over again The pondrous mill-wheel goes. Onoe doing will not suffice, inoucn doing it be not in vain ; And, a blessing failing us once or twice May come if we try again. The path that hat once been trod is never so roueh to the feet : And the lesson we once have learned Is never so hard to repeat. Thonah sorrowful tears may fall. And the heart to Its depths be driven By the storm and tempest, we need them all To render us meet for heaven. X MIRROR FOR MARRIED MEN. OS IX WHICH MAST MAT BEK THEMSKLVKS BEFI.ECTED. "Alliert, I wish yoa would let me hare seventv-five cents." Kate Landman spoke rery carefully, for she knew that ber husband had not much money to spare ; yet abe spoke earnestly, and there was a world of entreaty in her look. "What do you want aeveaty-fiTe centa for?" asked Albert. I want to get tome braid for my Dew dress." I thought yoa had all the material on hufid for that?" So I thought I had ; but Mrs. Smith and Mr9. Thompson both have a trimming of braid upon theirs, and It looks very pretty. It is very fashionable, and It certainly adds much to the beauty of the dress." 'riague take these women's fashions I Tour endless trimmluRs and thing-a-majigs cost more than the dress Is worth. It's nothing but shell out money, when once a woman thinks of a new dress." 1 don't have many new dresses. I do i certainly try to be as economical as I cui." "It is funny eeonomy, at all eventa. But if you must have It I suppose yoa must." And Albert Landman took out bis wallet and counted seventy-five cents ; but he gave It grudgingly ; and when he put the wallet back in his pocket, he did it with an empha sis which seemed to say that he would not take It out again for a week. "Wben Albert reached the outer door, on the way to his work, he found the weather threatening, and he concluded to go back and get his umbrella ; and upon re-entering the room he found his wife In tears. She j tried to hide the fact that she had been weeping, but he had caught her In the act, and a.ked what it meant "Good gracious !" cried the husband, "I should like to know if you are crying at what I said about the dress ?" I wat not crying at what you said, Al bert." replied Kate tremulouslv : "bnt von were so reluctant to grant the favor. I was thinking how hard I have to work : I am tied to the house ; how many little thlncrs I have to perplex me then to think" "Tshaw ! what do you want to be foolish for ?" And away started Albert Landman a seo- ond time ; but he was not to escape so easi ly. In the hall he was met by his daughter. Lizzie, a bright-eyed, rosy-cheeked girl of ten years. "O, papa, give me fifteen cents?" "What?" "O, I want fifteen ceats. Do please give it to me." What in the world do you want with it? Are they changing school books again ?" o ; I want to buy a hoop. Ellen Smith has got one, and so has Mary Ruck and Sa rah Ellen. Mr. pretty ones to sell. Can't I have one ?" "Nonsense 1 If you want a hoot) bo and get one off some old barrel. 1 can't afford to be buying hoops for yoa to trundle about the streets." "Please, papa." "No, I told you." The bright blue eyes filled with tears, and the child's sobbing broke upon his ear. Al bert Landman hurried from the house with some very Impatient words upon his lips. This was the morning. At noon, when he came home to his dinner, there was a cloud over the household. Ills wife was sober. and even bis little Lizzie, usually gay and blithesome, was sad and silent. But these things could not last long in tnat household, for the couple loved each other devotedly, and were at heart kind and for bearing. When Albert came to bis supper Kate greeted him with a kiss, and in a mo ment sunshine came back ; and had the les son ended there, the husband might have fancied that he had done nothing wrong, and that the cloud had been nothing but the exhaltation or a domestic ferment, for which no one was particularly responsible, and might have banished the conviction that women's fashions was a nuisance and a humbug, as well as a frightful draft upon a husband's pockets. After tea Albert did a few chores around the house and then lighted a cigar and walk ed out. lie had gone but a short distance when he met Lizzie. In her Tight hand she araggea an old hoop, which she had taken from a dilapidated flour barrel, while with her left she was nibbing ber red, swollen eves. She was in deep grief, and was sob bing painfully. He stopped his child ;and asked her what wa the matter. She answered as well as her sobs would let ber, that the other girls had laughed at her, and made fun of her old fcoop. They had nice, pretty hoops, while her's was ugly and homely. "Never mind," said Albert, patting the lit tle one upon the head (for the child's grief touched hi;n), perhaps we'll have a new boop'some time." "Mayn't I have one now? Mr. Grant's got ODe left oh, such a pretty one 1" The sobbing had ceased, as the child caught her father's hand eagerly. "Not now, Lizzie not now. I'll think of It." Sobbing again, the child moved on toward home, dragging the old hoop after her. At one of the stores, Albert Landman met some of his friends. "Hello, Albert I Wfaat's up ?" "Nothing in particular." ; ". "What do yon say to a game of billiards, : Albert?" "Good 1 I'm in for that" And away started Albert to the billiard hall, where he had a glorious time with bis friends. He liked billiards ; it was a healthy, pretty game, and tbe keeper of the ball al lowed no rough scuffs on his premises. Tbey had played four games. Albert had won two, and his oppouent bad won two. "That's two and two," cried Tom Piper. "What do you say to playing them right off, Albert?" "All right, go in," said Albert full of an -imation. So they played the fifth game, and he who lost was to pay for the five games. It was an exciting contest Both made capital runs, but in the end Albert was beaten by three points ; and with a little laugh went up to settle the bill. Five games, twenty cents a game Just one dollar. Not much for such sport ; and he paid out the money with a grace, and never once seemed to feel that he could not afford it. "Have a cigar?" said Tom. "Yes." They lighted their cigars, and then saun tered down the hall to watch others play. Albert soon found himself seated over against a table on which some of his friends were playing, and close by stood two gen tlemen, strangers to him, one of whom was explaining to the other the mysteries of the game. "It is a healthy pastime," said he who had been making tbe explanation, "certain ly it is one which has no evil tendency." Albert beard the remarks very plainly and he had a curiosity to hear what the oth er, wbo seemed to be unacquainted with billiards, would say. "I cannot, of course, assert that any game which calls for skill and judgment and which is free from the attendant of gaming, is of itself an evil," remarked the second gentleman. "Such things are only evil so far as they stimulate men beyond tbe bounds of healthy recreation. "That result can scarcely follow such a game," said the speaker. But the other shook his head. "You are wrong here. The result oan fol low in two ways : First, It can lead men to spend money, who have no money to spend. You will understand me. I woald not cry down the game of billiards, for if I under stood is i snonia certainly try you a game now; but I am led to reflect upon a most strange and prominent weakness of human ity as developed in our sex. For instance j observe that yeung man who Is settling his bill at the desk. lie looks like a mechanic, and I should say from his manner, and from the fact that he felt it his duty to go home at this honr, that he has a wife and children. I see by bis face that he is a kind-hearted and generous man. and I should judge that he means to do as near right as possible. lie has been beaten, and he pays one dollar and forty cents for the recreation of some two nours- duration, it you observe you will see that he pays it freely, and pockets the loss with a smile, nappy faculty I But how do you suppose it Is in the young man's home? Suppose his wife bad come to him and asked him for a dollar to spend for some trifling thing ; some household ornaments, or some bit of jewelry to adorn her person ; and suppose his little child bad put in a plea for forty cents to buy paper and picture books with, what do you think he would J have answered ? Of fifty men just like him, I would not forty and five have declared that they had not money to spare for any such pur j pose? And moreover, they would have said so, ieenng mar, tney were telling tne truth. Am I not right?" "Upon my soul," responded the man who understood billiards, "you speak to the point. I know that young man who has just paid bis bill, and you have not misjudged him a single particular. And what Is more, I happen to have a fact at hand to illustrate your charge. We have a club for an excellent literary pa per In our village, and last year that man was one of our subscribers. This year he felt obliged to discontinue it Ills wife was very anxious to take it, for it had become a general companion In leisure moments ; but be could not afford It. The club was one dollar and fifty cents a year." "Aye, and so it goes," said the otaer gen tleman. "Well, that man's wife may be wishing at this very moment that she had her paper to read, while he is paying almost its full price for a year for what ? . And yet bow smilingly he does it. Ah ! tbose poor, sympathizing wives 1 How many clouds of ten darken upon them from the brows of their husbands, when they ask for trifling sums of money, and how grudgingly the mite Is handed over when it Is given ! What per fect floods of Joy that dollar and forty cents might have poured upon that unsuccessful billiard player. Ah I His well for such wives and children that they do not know where the money all goes." They had finished at the nearest table. The two gentlemen moved on, and Albert Land man arose from his seat and left the house. Never before had he such thoughts as now possessed him ; be had never dwelt upon the same grouping ideas. That very morning bis own true, faithful, loving wife bad been sad and heart sick because he bad harshly and unkindly met her request fora small sum of money. Aad his sweet Lizzie had crept to her home almost broken hearted for want of a simple toy, such as ber mates possessed. And yet the sum of both their wants amounted to not as much as he bad paid away that evening for billiard playing. Albert Landman wanted to be an honest husband and father, and tbe lesson was not lost upon him. On his way home he stopped at Mr. Grant's and purchased the best and prettiest hoop to be found, with driving stick painted red, white and blue, and in the morning, when lie beheld his child's delight, and had received her grateful, happy kiss, tbe question came to his mind, which was the best and happiest result this or the five games of billiards ? The hoop had cost thir ty cents. He could have played two games of billiards less, and be the absolute gainer of ten cents by the pleasant operation. A few roomings after this, as Albert rose from tbe breakfast table, be detected an un easy, wistful look upon his wile's face. "Kate, what ts It?" "Albert, could you spare me a half dollar this morning?" Ar.d out came his wallet end the money was handed over wi'.h a warm, genial smile. Whatl Tears at that? Was it possible she had bean so little used to such scenes on his part that so simple an act of loving kind ness had affected her. How many games of billiards would be re quired to secure such satisfaction as Albert Landman carried with him that morning to nis shop. A very simple lesson, Is it not ? But how many may gain lasting profit by glviug heed to tbe lesson ! AUST JANE'S GHOST STORY. In one of tbe old-fashioned family man sions on Arch street, Philadelphia, resides Aunt Jane, who, although now in her eighty, third year, is still as erect as a woman of fifty, and enjoying the best of health. She is the richest member of the A family, wbosel'ancestry were among the emigrants with Win. Penn, on the "Welcome." Dur ing the recent Bi centennial celebration week there was a large gathering of Aunt Jane's relations at her home, and one evening one of them said to Aant Jane, "Auntie, dear, why did you never marry ; you must have been such a pretty girl ?" For a moment a look of deep pain passed over the handsome features of the old lady, but only for a moment ; then she looked np with a smile and said : "Why did 1 never marryLucy ? Perhaps because nobody would have me." Then looking round at her nephews and n eiees, she continued : "My dears, I do nottbink any of you know bow very near I was to getting married, and how it was prevented by a ghost Come, I feel talkative to-night, so listen to an old wo man's story : I believe moat of you know that I was born in what used to be a private house on Chestnut street It stands, or did stand, near the northeast corner of Eighth and Chestnut. It has been known. I understand, for some years past as Dooner's hotel. It is now being pulled down to make room for a new and modern structure. That part of town was very different when I was a girl, and our house used to be called the End nouse, beeauie, at the time it was built, it was considered to be almost out of the city. Benedict Arnold, the traitor, was married in the very room which used to be my mother's best parlor. And now, my dears, I must go back sixty-five years to the period when I was a girl of eighteen, and as full of fun and innocent frolic as a girl could be. I was en gaged to be married to a Southern gentleman, a handsome, dashing fellow, and we loved each other with all our hearts. The day ap proached for our marriage, and it was ar ranged that we should be united in the parlor at home, in the very room in which Arnold had been wedded years previously. The traitor general had been dead comparatively a snort while, Dut there were alreailv ldi snort while, Dut stories current of his ghost haunting the plaoe ! in which he lived when a citizen of Thiladel- t phia. We wbo resided In one of the houses e frequented, used to laugh at the stories, and often jokingly asked each other whether 'the ghost' had paid a visit during the night. "On the eve ef what was to have been my nuptial day, tbe family were all gathered round the fire in the parlor iust as we ar now. Your Uncle George, whom few of vou knew, and my lover were present, and some- how the conversation drifted upon Arnold's marriage and the alleged existence of his ghoet Brother George and my lover were not the beet of friends. Your uacle was i town bred, and was brought up to the pro- i fession of a lawyer. My betrothed had ! neither trade nor profession. Hia Southern j notions scorned commerce oranv occupation other than the army or navy, as derogatory i Perat"e store. What was left after tbe to the position of a gentleman. Although a I man"cer pot into Canada was valued at candidate for a commission he had rot re- i ?350, and tnis ""Presented one fifth of what ceived an appointment In the army, and so I eftcb man put in' nw much the mana his time was passed in riding over his large ! per away with? estates in Virginia, and lookinc after hia The average cost of curing a sore throat is overseers. Lncle George it was wbo began the remarks aboutA.rnold. Turning to me be said : " 'Jennie, take care he does not visit you to-night, and frighten you out of your mar riage." "My betrothed looked up fiereely at my brother, but I laughingly replied : "!nhad best not for I shall give him a piece of my American mind if he does.' "Bed-time arrived and t wished my lover goort-nlght' There was something very tender and clinging in the kiss he resDect- fully pressed on my forehead. At the same time he showed rae a pistol which he had fetched from his holsters. In those days gentlemen traveled well armed on horseback. " 'If the ghost appears to you, dear, fire this at him, and I'll warrant you will discov er it to be some scamp of a servant or thief desiring to frighten you.' I laughed at his foolish fears, but to please I him I took tbe pistol and placed it under my pillow. I then went to mother's room. She wished to give me some loving advice, as if it was to be my lastnigbt under the roof at borne. "I cried a little while mother talked to me a nd after a loving caress from the fond arms, I returned to my chamber and soon fell asleep. I do not think I slumbered very long before I was awakened by the creaking of my room door. I turned toward it and dis tinctly saw a form moving slowly across the room. Somehow I did not feel frightened or inclined to scream. I think my only sensa tion was curiosity. A wide stream of moon lignt came from tbe window and tbe figure halted just where the ray fell upon It and I saw a man's form before me, clad in a frock coat with epaulettes on the shoulders. A sword was at bis side, and under his arm ap peared to be a three-cornered hat Benedict Arnold at onee flashed across me, and a wild terror filled my heart but I was unable to utter a sound. I thought of the pistol under my pillow. " 'If I can fire it assistance will come to me," I thought "I pointed the weapon at the?cho9t and pulled the trigger. The powder flashed in the pan with a slight report ; the figure slow ly raised his arm and threw something to ward me which fell with a thud on the bed near my hand. I mechanically clutched at the something, and with my fingers felt a round, heavy ball, Just like a leaden pistol buKet. That is all I remember, for I fell back in a swoon, tbe forerunner of a brain fever, which deprived me of my reason for many months. "When I recovered consciousneas I found I myself in bed with my mother seated by my side. I awoke as from a dream, for the re membrance of what had occurred came at once into my mind, and my first words to mother were : " 'The ghost ! The ghost I "She hushed me and tried to persuade me that I had really been dreaming and soothed me to sleep again. By slow degrees, during the following days, I realized I bad been 111 a long time, and by equally slow processes my dear mother imparted to me the terrible tragedy which bad taken place during the time of my sickness. I had to learn tha t both my lover and brother were dead. "Arnold's ghost wasa trick of my brother's, whe, had a high opinion of my courage. He had withdrawn the charge from the pistol during my absence in mother's room. He then Pressed himself in an old Continental uniform stored in a closet and entered my room in tbe manner I related, and after I snapped the pistol be threw the bullet at me. The poor fellow never Imagined the horrible fright it would give we, nor do I myself be lieve it would have shocked me so dreadfully had he not thrown the bullet. It gave me the idea that the ghost must be real because the pistol ball could not penetrate it. "When I fell back in a swoon my brother quickly hastened to my aid. and, finding his efforts unavailing, called for help. The household was speedily arousednd George's presence in my room in the stranze arrav was reluctantly explained by the unhappv culprit I bad fit after fit all that night, and j Georgia in which the tribe was located was the next day the day which was to make me j 8coure(1 by armed squads of the Georgia the bride of my lover found me raving with mii'tis, who bad orders to arrest all who re brain fever. My brother had left the house j fased t0 ,pve the country. While Boss and stricken with remorse but be lingered round ' ayne were cated before the fire In the hut the premises, hoping for good news ftom the j dof,r was suddenly burst open and six or servants. While making inquiries after me I e'Pht militiamen sprang Into the room. The he encountered my betrothed, who, without 8ldier9 ,ost no time In taking their prisoners a word of pajjey, struck him to the ground. ! way- Ross was permitted to ride his own It is not in the nature of the men of our fam- j norse- while Tayne was mounted on one led ily to tolerate a blow, even under the gross- i bT a po1llier- As the little party left tbe est provocation, and I am sure my lover bad I Dovel rain falling and continued until cause for anger. In those days duels weie , yer7 rnan was drenched thoroughly. Tbe regarded in a different light to what they are now, and so, while I was tossing on my bed of pain, the two men who were so dear to me were journeying to Virginia to kill each other. They met provided with seconds and all the necessary witnesses on what was then considered the field of honor. Pistols were the weapons and both fell one with a bullet through tbe heart, the other through the brain. "Theire were no sensational newspapers in those days, nor did gentle families care to make even their griefs public, and so only intirate friends knew of the weight of sor row which bart fallen ntwn our bouse anrl widowerl mv hAflrt. Tn a famll. nn....ii i. wa, decided to keep the matter a secret as far as possible, even among our own descend ants, a compact which has been religiously kept, as mnch for my sake as for other rea sons. As soon as I was convalescent I was taken abroad by my father, and I resided for many years In Europe. Time soothes., and 1 can think calmly, and, at yon see, speak of my great grief, but I cannot tell von how often the dead forms of my lover and brother nse re me- TneT lways smile at me, nd "oroPt'raM I love to think it is their spi- rits which really appear to me to tell me they j are waiting across the river to receive once j iimif my iovb ana loreiveness. Ther", my dears, there Is an old woman's ghost story for yon. God grant none of you will ever suffer as I have suffered." I New Akithmfticai, Problems. The i 'ength of a certain bean blower is one-third tlie length of a boy who is four feet hieh when he stands on a block five Inches thick. What is the length ot the'blower? A human body weighing lf1 pound3 falls fifty-five feet per second. How lone wiU'it take a baby weighing thirteen pounds to fall down a pair of stairs fourteen feet high ? Six men put in their capital to start a co imrty-seven cents, ana ine iinmoer OT sore throats in this country average 21,000,000 per year, now mnch could America spend for going to the circus if our throats were brass-lined ? There are twenty-four newspaper report ers in Louisville, and each one kill3 an aver, age of 150 cockroaches per day. now many victims would tbey number in 355 days? A young man about to be married figures that f 8 per week will support the family in luxury and erect a five-story building out of the savings of three years. How many j days after b,s carriage before he will turn' ble to bean soup? In a particular field are ninety-seven wa- j happy to get out of his dilemma so easily, termalons, and It is softly approached by "Are you kept pretty busy making wed five colored men in search of a woodebuck. ' dine cake ?" be asked. How many times does nlnety-6even go into 1 "Yes ; orders are coming ln all the time ; five ? ! we always have a number of cakes on hand It costs a political candidate about'$25 per ' for surprise weddings, and then the older head to retain thirty loafers to slug him fruit cake Is the better. I never want to through a convention and $1.".9 for incidental i cut a cake that is less than four months old." expenses. How much is be out altogether, and in case be Is left how long will it take him to make himself good by boelng corn at tl per day? James and Henry go fishing and agree to divide. James has two nibbles and a bit from a dog, and nenry gets two duckings and loses a twelve shilling hat What is the share of each ? One person out of every five in the United States has one or more corns, and the cost of effecting a cure Is ( 1.30. What is tbe num ber of corn victims, and what would be the cost of placing every person on a sound footing ? Every man who has arrived at the age of . . . . ... i lony jrnrs una ni, hi. ibm ten umureiins worth $1 each. Estimatlne the number of or losers at 11,000,000, and granting that one third of them have stolen seven umbrellas worth ten shillings each, what do you make the total loss ? Detroit Free Press. 'Tub Woois is Full op 'Em." This ex pression is in frequent use iu this State, both in conversation and composition, and yet its origin is probably known to only one in a thousand of those who use it A gentleman who claims to know gave a reporter for tbe yexes the following as the manner in which it was first used : In the neighborhood of Washington, Wayne county, lived a well known character named Bill Dean. He is what is generally termed a "smart Aleck," always endeavoring to perpetrate a joke at somebody's expense. One day while riding to Richmond, every foot of which he knew, he espied an old gen pied an old gentleman named Cheezum, ac coutred for a hunt, earnestly looking up a tree. Approachine him. Dean asked : "Can you tell me the way to Richmond ?" - "There was two of 'em Just runup this tree," was the response af the old gentleman, who was somewhat deaf. "I didn't ask you anything about squirrels. How far is it to Richmond ?" "One of 'em just went in that hole ; didn't you see him ?" the old man eald earnestly. Out of patience, Dean yelled out : "You must be an old fool I" "Yea," Cheezum responded, still gazing upward, "the woods is full of "em." An exchange says : There are more puns mads on Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup free of charge, than are paid for by the owners. A good thing deserves the ootiee of tbe press. A STORY OF A S05U. THS STRAS8K A PVK5TCRH THAT ONCK BE FELL JOHM HOWARD PAT5E 12. GEOBG1A. John Ilowaid Tayne, author of "noma. Sweet Home," was a warm personal friend of John Ross, who will be remembered as the celebrated chief of the Cherokee. At tlie time tbe Cherokees were removed from their homes in Georgia to their present pos sessions west of the Mississippi river, Tayne was spending a few weeks in Georgia with Uoss, who was occupying a miserable cabin, haviDg been forcibly ejected from his former home. A number of the prominent Chero- ! kees were ln prison, and that ronton of journey lastea an nignt, Teward midnight Payne's escort, in order to keep himself awake, bepan humming : "Home, home, sweet home," when Payne remarked : "Little did I expect to hear that sorg un der such circumstances and such a time. Do you know the author?" "No," said the soldier. "Do you ?" "Yes," answered Payne. "I composed it' "The devil you did. You can tell that to some fellows, bnt not to me. Look here. You made that sort, yon say. If you did and yon know you diJD't you can say It all without stopping. It has something in it about pleasures and palaces. Now pitch in and reel It off and if you can't I'll bounce frm yUr '"d 0n ,npt'1 f if j The threat was answered by Payne, wbo I repeated the song in a slow, subdued tone, j and then sang it, making the old woods ring I with tender melody and pathos of the words. ! It touched the heart of the rough seUler. who was not only captivated bftt convinced, and who said that the composer of such a song should never go to prison if lie could help it. And when tbe party rearhed Mil ledgevillc they were, after a preliminary ex amination, discharged much to their sur prise. Payne insisted it was braue the leader of the squad he.d been under the magnetic Influence of Boss' conversation, and Ross insisted that they bad been saved from Insult and imprisonment by tbe power of "norne, Sweet Home," aucg as only those who reel can sing it The friendship exis-ting between Ross and Payne endured until the giave closed over the mortal re mains of the latter. .Southern World. Iksidk nifTORT of Wedding Cask. "Do you keep wedding cake on tap beg pardon, I mean ready-made ?" asked a portly gentleman at the counter of a well known caterer's establishment The affable lady behind tlie counter an swered his question with another : "Do you wish a new wedding cake or old?" "The newest you have," he said. "How much is it a barrel I mean a loaf ?" 'Seventy-five cents a pound, and there are thirty pounds in a good sited loaf; but we have it cut and you can buy as mu?h or as little as you want" The gentleman looked relieved and bend ing over tbe eounter. said in a confidential tone : "Slice up about a pound and pat ln some of the fluffy stuff that goes with it : j you see I've been to Toledo and went to a , friend's wedding party while I was there and they gave roe a box of cake for my wife, ! and I left it in the car and it's gore on to Chicago, but she'll never knew the differ- enee." j The obliging caterer packaged a small box i with tbe commodity and the gentieman was "What time of year is the best for this business ?" "After people have been to the sea shore and made tbe matches. I know as soon as they come into the store by the way they look into the show cases and the satisfied ex pression of their faces." "Who orders tbe cake eenerally ?" "Well tbe roothtr of the bride that Is to be does the talking, but the whole family have a finger in the pie or cake, and it is quite a common thine for the mother of tbe bride to ask me to let them stir It once or twice so they can tell their friends they aiade it" "Is all weddine cake made the same way ?' -(), i ne eneapest weaning cake I ever roaae was a gingerbread. The groom gingerbread. The groom had , the cake to buy and he was a dyspeptic, and ordered plain gingerbread, frosted and dec orated." Snniors Hurts That Fail to Kill. A short time ago a shoemaker of Astoria, N. Y., shot himself twice with a heavy pistol, onee in the ear and onee in tbe mouth, ne was brought to the Roosevelt Hospital, in this city, where it was discovered that the first ball glanced from the skull. The other is thought to be somewhere in the bead, per haps in the brain. Speedy death was ex pected ; but the next day the patient walked away from the hospital, saying that he was sorry for the attempt on bis life, but appeared to bo in no immediate danger of dying. With this case as a text a writer in a morn ing paper reviews a large number of more or less marvelous cases of recovery from griev ous hurts, showing that serions injuries to the main organs of the body are not always followed by death. Men persist In living, not only with bullfts iu their brain, hole in their stomach, dislocated vertebra, and wounds in the heart but even with open wounds clear throu gb the body. During the civil war General II. A. Barnum, of Brook lyn, received in battle a wound which still remains an open passage through the bodv. For years tbe treatment of this wound baa been simply to wear in it a roll of prepared lint which is renewed daily. The suppura tion of tbe wound is constant though varia ble. General Shields, of Misconrl. had a similar wound extending through his body, and open in front and behind. His wound, it Is said, was received in the Mexicau war, and be wore, not liDt but a silk handkerchief in it This he could draw directlj through his body. Scientific Amrican. r r . 1 M t r i
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