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A aood second Girl, to do general House-wo
1ln nIst rate family, where the lady of the house
apprec ates GOOD girl. y -
sep9dlw* Under Lancaster Hail
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AIDES or Gentlemen, to sell the great Ameri-
~ can Household Book, ssAbbofs Lives Of
The Presidents the United ~intes,,, com
plete in one volume. and splendidly illustrated with
over forty engravings This is, without doubt the
best book tor canvassers ever published in this
country. Exclusive territory and liberal terms to
Agents. JOHN HANKERsON.
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Hnuso Wo.4aa
Wanted, Agents

a SMALL House, Convenient tor a small family
"A within minutes walk of p. o.
sep9lw- Address, A. PHINNEY, P.O.
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Should the eye be myopic, having its far point at
eight inches s) and its near point at four (4l, we
should find ta rl.. .l..s. .Ut B.. ..
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Lancaster Hall Restaurant
READ 4 MCKAY,

HAVING leased this we'll known Eating House
to sustain s tss sgn sn% sra1
for all the good things that degnt tne eye anu an
as nrofsssonai cooks, are enabled to supply Balls,
Parties and Families at short notice, and on such
terms as cannot tail to satisfy all who favor them
with their patronage.
Meals at all hours Ofihe Day and Evening.
sep7dtf
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Wanted.

4 (HOAT and pants Makers to work in the shop on
~ Custom work. 1880 80 :. -
sep1-3ws aa 162 Fore Stra,t
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If therefore we have normal eye able to see dis
tnctly from four inches AZ its near point p, to in
finite distance t") its far point r, we have q.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
New St. Louis FlOuri

WE have just received some NEW WHITE
w WHEAT FLOURS from st. Louis whi Ii are
excellent, among them that excelsior -four
THE FALMOUTH -,
We also have some very choice GRAHAM FLOUR
made at the celebrated " Roger Williams " mills of
providence, from PURE WHITE WHEAT, in barrels
md hdf barrels. G
O'BRION, PIERCE & CO.
Portland Aug. I6. 1869. dit - =
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DAILY PRESS.
MIR. Pratt Interview.a
CORTLAND

Saturday Morning, September "a. 1890.
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BOaFders Wanted
Wanted!

1.-TWO Gentlemen boarder- wanted at 141 Oxford
u Street. Apply at the house au31 :
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Proposals for Brick
for the Construction of the U. 3. Custom
House and Post Omce, Portland, Me.

House and Post Omce, Portla nd, Me.
SEALED propose will be received at the Office of
- the undersigned, in Portland, Me-, until IL
O'Clock M Sept. goth, 1869, for furnishing and delv
erng three hundred thousand 1900, ,OOO Bricks, more
or less as the Superintendent may determine as nee
essary to complete the Government Buildings erect
ing IN Portland, Me-. said proposals to be made by
the thousand, including the cost of freight and de-
nvery at site Of buildings The Bricks to be dev-
ereu as last as shall be desired by the Superntend-
brlcks alr sound and equal in quality to the sam
pies IN the Office of the Superintendent. No prone
sas will be considered unless accompanied by sam
pie OF the Bricks the bidder proposes to furnish The
delivery OF the Bricks to begin after the sign
ing OF the contract as the superintendent shall d.
until the completion of the contract. The Depart
ment reserves the right to reject any or all bids if
deemed Tor the interest of the Government to do So
Proposals should be endorsed Proposals for Bricks
and addressed TO THO. III. OAKSHOTT, Il -
sept6d2w Superintendent
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WANTED.

VINO purchase house suitable for one or two fami-
- lies; must be central and in a good neighbor-
enc having such one will please state an JuU loca
on size Of house and lot, and he lowest price thew
will take no other letters noticed No fdncy price
paid. !, ddress tor two months. g =
au24d2mo* f s.stt HOUSE Portland Me
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FOB Sale,

CITY OF BOSTON. PUBLIC SCHooLs.-Appca-
" lions in writing for the place OF Head Master OF
the English High school, together with any written
evidence OF qualifications, will be received by the
October next. The salary of the place is $500 for
the first years service, and "a 600 per annum subse
quently. BARNARD CAPEN,
Secretary OF the School Committee.
September g. 1869 dtd Fl .s.. tf-- r .
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Borders Wantod
Girl Wanted,

i FEW Gentlemen boarders can accommodate
Awith board at No II Federal st.
1'o'-Aiso u lew table boardeTs. sep15i1ws
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MISCELLANEOUS.
How to Fit Spectacles.

@5s...~ ~
In all the recent works ON the eye the subject of
accommodation, or the fitting of glasses receives
the largest share of attention Considering IFS ex
tensive application. it is regarded as the most yalua
Die result derived from the recent advances in onh
thalmie science
structure of the Eye.
Inc eye is simply an optical instru n nent, COM
poseu OF an object glass the cornea) an eve glass
''ne crystalline teas) and screen 1.-THE retina),
WHICH Is the organ of vision. Ia order that any
o'eet may be distinctly visible, it is necessary that
"Periect PIC ture OF it should be formed upon the
rettna, which is simply mirror cover ing the back
part of the eye. The form and relative position of
the cornea and crystalline like the form and rela-
tive position of the object glass and eve glass of
telescope, may be mathematicaly determined, and
their detects may be remedied by auxiliary lenses,
or speetacles. These auxiliary lenses should cor
respond with mathematical accuracy to the defects
OF the lenses OF the eye, and to insure an absolute
ly perfect fit, it is only necessary to devise some
means OF measuring the reractye power of the eye.
Near and Far sight,
When in its normal condition, the eye is capable Of
seeing near as well as remote objects, This is ac-
compiished through the accommodative action of
the crystalline lens, which becomes more or less re-
ractve according TO the direction in which rays of
light enter the eyc-whether parallel or divergent.
When presb5opia comes on, which results in what
is called "faf-sightedness the crystalline becomes
incapable of uniting divergent rays upon the retna,
and they would, if continued, meet at point be-
hind 1t. In the myopic or near.sghted eye the
eiongaton OF the ball and the high refractive power
OF the cornea bring the rays to focus in front of
the retna. Both of these results wholly incom-
patible with distinct vision, which is only produced
When the rays are brought to focus on the retina
Inc object sought then in fitting glasses, whether
lor near OF tar slghtednes is to bring the rays to
locus exactly ON the retna, without calling into ex-
ercise the accommodative action of the cry stalne
Why Accuracy is Required.
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why Accuracy i. Required.

1t is Important that when the eye is being used
the crystalline should remain in passive state
Ii an effort is made to read with glasses too strong
or too weak, a constant tension is kept u on the
ci'iary muscles which operate the crystalline This
not only prevents the full development of the sight
but it hastens the deterioration of the eye and ne
cessitates gradual increase in the strength of the
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Wanted.

WanJCU.
A FEW FEW GOOD Agents, Ladies or Gentlemen, for a
n chronological ~; on History of the World, from tho
crea gre Ion ION Of man, until January 1869. This book
M tIes M IN new England and Agents declare it to be
nni rns peSt selng book in the market. Terms very
nperai; aod Address, S. HAYES. Publisher.
sepioui" SO Court street, Boston.
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Miss Eatham'S PuniI

VIII resume their lessons in Drawing and Painting,
on TUESDAY, Sept 2s. Room over Whitter's
Apothecary Store sep15d2w
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by Il. Representing the adaptive power by-. n
its value in any case can be determined by the for
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-01-14
History OF the Habeas Corpus.

About six hundred years ago, on an
island meadow in the river Thames, still
known as the Runnymede, on the 9th of
August, the iron>clad friends of freedom
In England met King John. and wrested
from him the same rights that have been
trampled upon by Abraham Lincoln and
the Radical party for the last seven years.
The day was the birth day of AtqnG
Chdrta. Ihe great charter of English Iib
erty it contained these words; s'No
man shall be arrested, imprisoned, or
deprived of his own househould, or of his
liberties, or of his own free customs, or
outlawed and banished, or injured in any
manner; nor will we pass sentence upon
him, nor send trial upon him, unless by
the legal judgement of his peers, or by the
law of the land"
This is the great germ Of our civil lib
erty. L was defended in England by
many bloody wars, and has been ratified
by many sets Of Parliament, and the pres
ent day no king or Parliament of England,
would dare. in any way, TO restrict the
privilege of the habeas corpus. 1t was
engrnfted as fundamental principle 10
our Constitution and our foretathers
believed it to be a sure guarantee for the
rights Of future generations.
About six years before the Federal
Constitution was adopted, remarkable
prophesy was uttered under the following
circumstances In 1879 Henry Laurens,
former President of the Continental Con-
gress, was sent as Minister TO Holland
On his way he Mas captured and impris-
oned in the Tower of London for fourteen
months. When Lord Shelburna became
Premier, Laurens was brought up on
habeas corpus and released. After his
release he dined with Shelburne, when
the conversation turned on the separation
of the two countries. Lord Shelburue re-
marked: ''1 am sorry for your people. :"
"Why so ?" asked Laurens. They
will lose the habeas corpus % was the re-
ply. 'LOse the habeas corpus ?" said
Laurens in astonishment Yes" said
Lord Shelburne 1--WE purchased it with
centuries of wrangling, many years Of
fighting and had it confirmed by at least
fifty acts of Parliament. All this taught
the nation its value, and it is so imagined
into their creed as the very foundation of
their liberty that no man or party viii
ever dare to trample on it. Your people
will pick it up and attempt to use it, but
having cost them nothing, they will not
know how to appreciate it, At the first
great internal feud that you have the mas
jority will trample npon it, and the peo>
pie will permit it to be done, and so will
go your liberty. ."-Bridgpor (COnnectj-
cuO Farmer.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-01-14
NUMBER 40.
Singular Case of EIalIucInatiOn.

Not very long ago, says the MoDopeabe-
10, (Pa., } Republican, the young and beau-
tiful wife of one Of our citizens was called To
her hnal account, leaving her husband sad.
dlsconsoiate, and bereft- She was buried IN
the adjacent cemetery and the husband To-
turned to his desolate home. but not to for
get his loved one. Size was present with
him by day, in spirit, and in his dreams at
night. One popularity cf his dreams. and
one that haunted Lim-bcing repeated
night after night--was this : that the spirit
of his wife came 20 his bedside and told
him that the undertaken had not removed
from her face the square piece of muslin or
napkin, which had been used TO cover her
face after death but had screwed down her
coffin lid with it upon her, and that she
could not breathe in her grave, bat was
restless on account of her napkin. He
tried to drive the dream away. but it biaid
with by night and troubled him by day
He sought the consolation of religion, and
his paster prayed with hun, and assured
him that it was wicked to indulge such a
morbid fancy. 1t was the subject of his own
petition before the Throne of Grace but
still the spirit came and told anew the story
Of her suffocation. In despair, lie sought
the undertaken, Mr.. Dickey, who told him
that the napkin had not been removed, but
urged him to forget the circumstance as it
could not be any possible annoyance to in
animate clay While the gentleman frank
ly Acknowledged this, he could avoid the ap-
partition, and continual stress upon- bis
mind began to tell upon his health. At
length be determined to have the body dis
inferred, and he visited the undertaken for
that purpose.
Here he was met with the same advice
and persuasion, and convinced once more
of his folly, tie haunted man returned TO his
home. That night, more vivid than ever,
more terribly real than before, she came to
his bedside, and upbraided him for his want
of affection, and would leave him until he
had promised to remove the cause of her
suffering. The next night, with friend
he repaired to the sexton, who was prevail
ed upon to accompany them, and there by
the light of the cold, round moon, the body
was lifted from its narrow bed, the coffin
lid unscrewed, and the napkin removed
! from the corpse. That night she came to
his bedside once more, but for the last time.
Thanking him for his kindness, she pressed
her c,ld lips to her cheek and came again
NJ more. Reader. this is a true story; can
you explain the mystery of dreams2
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-01-14
EBENSBURC FOUNDRY
AGAIN EY FULL BLAST!
NEW FIRM, NEW BUILDINGS, &c.

HAVING G purchased the well known EB
L ENSBURG Fol NDRY from Mr.. Edw.
Glass, and rebuilt and enlarged it almost en-
tirely, besides reftling it with new machinery,
tive subscribers ae now prepared TO furnish
COOK. PARLOR s. HEATING $40 YES,
of the latest and most approved patterns
THRESHING MACHINES. MILL GEAR
ING, ROSE and WATER WHEELS of cverv
,!eScription. IRON FENCING, PLOUGHS
and PLOUGH CASTINGS, and in fact all
manner of articles manufactured in first class
Foundry. Job Work OF all kind attended to
promptly and done cheaply.
The special attention of Farmers is invited
to two newly patented PLOUGHS which we
possess the sole right to manufacture and sell
in this county. arC which are admitted to be
the best ever introduced to the public.
Believing ourselves capable of performing
any work in our line in the most satisfactory
manner, and knowing that we can do work at
LuwER PRicFs than have been charged in this
community heretofore We confidently hope that
will be found worthy OF liberal patronage.
Fair reductions made to Wholesale dealers.
ia The highest prices paid in cash for old
metal, or castings given in exchange.
OUR TERMS ARE STR r,CrLY CASH or CoUSr@Y
PRODUCE CONVERY, NINhOE & CO
Ebensburg, Sept. 3, 1868.
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German Proverbs.

One has only TO die TO be praised.
handsome apples are sometimes sour.
1t Is not enough to arm you must hit.
Little and often make 4 heap in time.
1t is easier to blame than TO 90 better.
Would you be strong. conquer yourself.
To change and do better are two different
things.
Everybody knows good counsel except him
that hath need Of it.
Better free in a foreign land than serf at
home.
Better go supperless to bed than run in
debt.
There is no good il preaching to the hun
CRY.
Charity gives itself rich, but coyetousness
boards itself poor.
The end Of wrath is the beginning of res
pentance.
The sun dial only counts,,the bright hours.
Piety, prudence, wit and civility are the
elements of true nobility.
Gods mill goes slowly, but it grinds well.
high houses are mostly empty in the up
per story
A hundred years Of wrong DO not make an
hour of right.
More are drowned in the bowl than in the
sea.
The fewer the words the better the prayer
With patience and time the mulberry leaf
becomes a silk gown.
Take the world as il IS, not as it ought to
be.
Revenge converts little right into great
wrong.
Our neighbours children are always the
worst.
Forgive thyse,f nothing and others much.
Truth may be suppressed, but not strau-
gled.
What comes from the heart goes to the
heart,
When God means to punish a nation rs
depriyes the rulers Of wisdom.
He who blsckeus others does not whiten
himself.
Take care of your plew and your plow VII
take care of you.
He who saves IN little things can be liher-
al in great ones.
He who avoids little sins does not fall into
large ones.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-01-14

A ROMANCE OF LIFE.-The Fairfield Iowa,
Ledger, contains romonce which we con-
dense: Years ago Pennsylvania farmer
loved a charming young girl from his own
village. Time passed on. Farmer occa-
sionally got tight, or in other words, started
brick yard in his hat. Wife objected :;
farmer became angry, stabbed his wife with
butcher knife. Wife fell swooning to the
floor. Farmer leaves precipitately for the
West. Wife RECEIVERS. After five years,
marries again. Husband dies in a YEAR
She leaves for the West. Arrives at Fair
view. Stops at a clearinghouse meets
her former husband years have passed /:
she does not recognize him, and he knows
her not. He loves her, proposes. She ac-
cepts, they marry. Not twenty-four hours
after the ceremony wife disrobes and ugly
scar is visible husband sees this scar-is
utterly amazed. Truth dawns upon them
it is the long lost husband, once an assassin,
now sober, wealthy merchant of Fairview.
Everything is lovely, and "alPs well that
ends vell.0
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-01-14

The CHARMS Or LIFE-There are q
thousand things in this wide world 20 afflct
and sadden, but o how many that are
beautiful aud good The word teams with
beauty-with objects that gladden. the eye
and warm the heart. We might be hsppy
if we would. There are ills that we cannot
escape the approach of diseases and death
of misfortune the suudering of early tics,
and the caukeT-worm of grief; bat vast
majority Of evils that beset US might be
avoided. The course Of intero psrance, in
terwoven as it is with all the ligaments Of
society. is one which never strikes Us but to
DESTROY. There is not one bright page upon
the record of its progress nothing 70 shield
it from the heartiest eXecration of the hu-
msn race 1t should not exist it must not.
Do away with all this-let wars come to
an end and let friendship, love, charity,
purity, and kindness, mark the intercourse
between man and man. We are too selfish,
as if the world was made for US alone. How
much happier would we be were we to la
Dor more earnestly to promote each other's
good. God has blessed US with home
that is not dark. There is sunshine every
wherein the sky, upon the earth-there
would be in most hearts if we would look
around US. The storms die away and
bright sun shines out. Summer drops her
tinted curtain upon the earth. which Is very
beautiful, even autumn breathes her chang
ing breath u on it. God reighn IL heaven.
Murrnur not at q Being so bOuntlful, and We
can live happier than we de.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-01-14

The BONES OF BRADDOCK Among
The many things which time has brought
to light is the answer to the oft-repeated
query, "Who killed Braddock 2" Dur
ing that memorable retreat OF the British
and Provincial troops, Braddock ordered
that his men should not protect themselves
behind trees. One Joseph Fausett pre-
sumed to disobey this order, when Brad
dock, in passion, struck him down with
his sword. Tom Fauseett, who was but
a short distance from his brother, saw
the whole transaction, and Immediately
shot the General through the lungs. The
Hon. A. Stewart, of Uniontown, PennN
sylvania, says his father has often heard
Fausett acknowledge this. After Brad
dock fell his body was carried by the
troops for four days, when he expired.
He was inferred in the middle of the
road, so that all of the soldiers, wagons
and horses might pass over and obhterate
all veStiges of his grave from the eyes of
the saYages. About twenty~nine years
ago some laborers, who were repairing
the road, came upon the remains, and af-
ter taking a number of the most promi-
nent bones, reinterred the others. Somo
time afterward the scattered bones were
collected and sent TO Peale's Museum,
which was in Philadelphia at that time.
Braddock's grave is in Fayette county,
Pennsylvania, and is marked by plain
shingle nailed to a tree, where part of the
bones are inferred, This is the only mon
ument which serves 10 point out to the
travellers tie last resting place of the
proud and brave, but unfortunate victim
of Indian warfare.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-01-14

l closed the cell door with feeling of
regret that one SO young should have lost
sight of those principles that are the only
true guide of life His trial took place a
few months after his commitment to Jail,
and his conviction brought the only pen
atty affixed by our statutes,-a life sen
tence at hard labor in the State Prison.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-01-14

A SAD STORY While laborers were
demolishing an old building in Twenty
Seventh street, New York, they discover
ed in rats nest a roll of bills amounting
to $3.50. About eight years ago one of
the occupants of the house lost the money.
At this time young man named William
Cummings, clerk in tea store, was
boarding at this house. AS he was the
last one seen in the room prior to the loss,
he was suspected of the robbery, and upon
being arrested was convicted of the crime,
ruined in character and sent to prison ;
becoming dissipated, he eventually died
on Blackwelrs Island.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-01-14
62s HOOP SKIRTS 628
CORSETs, CORSE IS

WM II. HOPKINS, No. 628 ARCH
w ST., PnLA., Manufacturer of the cele-
bTated "CHAMPlON" HOOP SKIRTS for
Ladies, Misses and Chiidren-the largest as
sortment and best quality and styles in the
American Market. Every lady should try them,
as they recommend themselves by wearing long
er, retaining their shape much better, being
Lighter and much more elastic than all Others
WARRANTED in every respect, and sold
at very low prices. Ask for HOPKINS CRAM
PI9R' SKIRT.
Superior Hand made " hale bone CORSETS
in Fifteen different Grades, including the "Im
perial' and THoMPsoN LANGDoN's " GLOVE
FITTING" CORSETS, ringing in prices from
81 Gents to S5 81 ; together with JOS Beckel's
celebrated FRENCH WOVEN CORSETS,
superior shapes and quality, 10 different Grades,
from 81 10 to $3.50 They are the finest and
best goods for the prices ever imported. The
Trade supplied with HOOP SKIRTS and COR
SETS at the Lowest Rates.
EE Those visiting the City should not fail
TO call and examine our Goods and Prices, as
we defy all competition. Nov .l2 Am.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-01-14

Onions. onions in milk and
water this diminishes the strong taste of
that vegetable. For change, chop them
after they are boiled, put them into a
stew-pan with a little milk, butter, salt
and pepper, and let them stay about fif-
teen minutes. This gives them fine
flavor, and they can be served up very hot.
Onions for food are only surpassed by
their medicinal qualities.