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IraVelers on the Long Island Sound,
ABOUT tnlr'y-seNen years ago might nav"
observed on BOARD lhe steamer then run
hne between froFluehce ana New orA,
an uhuer-slZed, uelCately oult, sanguine-
IooklnS young man VINO accompanied the
vessel on alternate trips and constantly
earned IN his hand small carpet-bag Of
hal oushei capacity. lie was " illlam r.
harhdeh' ana ms oaS contained the begin
hlhgs OF the express forwarding business
oil the hited states winch, with the eX-
ceptioh oi the fa!i"ays ana teiegraphs
now surpasses all other private euterprls-
es IN Tue world
Born at heading' Massachusetts, In lsl2,
ne was empioyed as conductor of the nr>t
passenger tram lhat ran IN Ne" England
anu ".s ai'el" "aiu Pto'h"ttu 10 tue posi-,
Ion Vi t'Chet agent on the boston auH
"o[ce>ter ha""ay, ihe sedehtafy utsA-
"oLh u!u MOI su'I nlih' however ana ia
io-' ne came 10 Ne" iorA Ill seaFch OF
hhoTe couSehlaI employ heht. AT tue cor
het ot All anu earl streets stoou Tue
o'u loillihe Nouee 'HouSe' d FAMOUS resort
/ Tor the merchants anu shlp-o"hers ol
those uays, anu III connection with 1t 'hete
was An auhlraoIe hewo-room-a sor' ot
I-ioyu OF uatra"ay = conducted ny
James w. maze iocai csieorlty' VINO ait
er"aro extended MS iaule ny promoting
cheap postal system IN opposition 10 the
government hF' maze was man OF VA
rieu experience ahu eehiai disposition.
ne was one OF the most active men oi ms
aay, anu hatiiueh went 10 nun ior au'lce
III seeking employment. maze oecoile III
tetes'eu III nun. anu III the course oi lie"
udyS auNiseu nun " es'aoi.sh nIniseh a.
an eAPressihah oet"eeh We" lorh anu
bostoh-a business meyer before trahacteu
anu name never before assumed
As 'heFe nave oeeh other claiihahtS 10
the hohor oi ha.ih2 originated the enter
PRISE, anu as MT Hale IS stlll living
Will repeat a statement Whlch ne maze 10
NE IN July lasI' inere was never day'
ne said' 'hat inquiries were not made at
tne he"s-foom lor some person gong TO
boston OF fFo'Idence, some wanted TO
sehd shaii parcels To thelr friends others
letters or circulars, out they most Ire
quent applicants were money-orokers
VINO "antea To lorWaru packages OF East
" cru oahA-ho'ea " Dos'oi lor reue'hplioh'
iran acq'alhtalce was louhu on the oo@t'
he was pouhced upon WITHOUT ceremony
and ouraeneh with the packages which
were sometimes worth many thousand
dollars. but IL a TREND did not appear
th- thlhes were oiteh entrusted 10 ehtire
strangers, Win the modest request that
they would deliver them Immediately after
their arrival. Merchants ana brokers
seeking gratuitous transportation Tor their
letters contributed largely to the excite =
ment attending the departure OF the steam
er, and many persons will remember the
nights of anxiety they have passed on the
Sound, when such unexpected wealth has
been temporarily thrust upon them.
when Harnden called upon me for sd-
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An InquisitIye and Unpleasant Gus
toner.

He slipped into all ice-cream saloon very
softly. and when the girl asked him what
he wanted he replied:
Corn beef, fried potatoes. pickles and
mince pie"
This is not restaurant, this is an ice
cream parlor," she said.
Then why did you ask me what want
ed for? Why didn't you bring on your Ice
cream?''
continued:
You see, my dear girl, you must infer
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CONFESSIONS 8
.E a VICTIM.

oT "A ~ I I'M.
PUBLISHED AS A WARNING for the benefit of young
MEN and others who suffer fTem Nervous DE-
BII.ITY, LOSS OF MANHOOD, etc, GIVING HIS
RULES OF sELF.CURE, after undergoing much
suffering and expense. and mailed free on receiy-
ing postpaid envelope. Address NATHAN
TEL MAYFAIR, z. o. Box, l53, Brooklyn \. L.
8 mos 26
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poetrp.
The Noon and the Hare.

The Moon and the Hare.
HoTTENToT FABLE.
The moon. IN pity 10 the race
OF man in his despair.
Sent 10 them from her shining place
Her messenger, the hare.
"Go nimble one. aud say to men
That As / fade and die,
Then rise and brighter shine again
Above them Ia the sky;
So they must fall aud fade away,
But only die TO rise
Where resurrection psyes the way
To iairer, friendlier SKIES"
But out of dullness. trick. or feud,
The message which was sent
The reckless little hare construed
With most malign intent,
80 race of men. the moon hath said
That as she lives and dies,
So unto death shall you be led,
And neyermore shall rise"
Now when the moon had heard the case.
Her axe. with force and grip,
She siruck into the meek hare's face,
Which caused the split hare lip.
The hare. incensed. with claws upborne,
scratched back with right good grace,
And since that day the moon has worn
A rough and ragged face.
.Joel Benton. in The Galaxy for August,
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The Ship Of Solomon.
BY JOAQUIN MILLER.

Bf JOAQUIN MILLER.
By Arizouas sea OF sand
Some bearded miners gray and old.
And resolute in search OF gold,
Sat down TO tsp the savage land.
They tented In a canyons mouth
That gaped against the warm. wide south,
And underneath a wave-wsshed wall,
Where now nor rains nor winds may fall.
They delVed the level, salt-white sands
For gold, with bold and horny hands,
A miner stood beside his mine.
He pulled his beard, then looked away
Across the level sea Of sand
Beneath his broad and hairy hand,
A hand as hard as knots of pine,
1t looks 50 ike a sea- said he.
He pulled his beard and he did say.
"lt looks just like 4 dried-up sea-
Again he pulled that beard Of hi.,
But laid no other thing than this.
A stalwart miner dealt a stroke,
And struck buried beam Of OAK;
An old ships beam the shsfi sppeArej,
" i,h storm-worn. faded iigure-heAd.
The miner twisted his long beard.
Leaned on his pick-axc n he spoke
IT'S from some long-lost ship" he said.
some laden ship Of solomon
That sailed these lones )me seas upon.
In search Of Ophir's mine; ah, me
That sailed this drled-up desert sea"
II July Overland.
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Pauper Notice,

i has contracted with the City of Ellsworth for
the support Of the Poor during the ensuing year
and has made ample provision for their support.
He therefore forbids all persons from furnishing
supplies to any panper on his account, as with.
out his written order, he shall pay no bills so
furnished. NC. REYNOLDS.
Ellsworth. May is, 1875. 20u
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THROAT and Lungs.

Colds, Coughs, and Catarrh.
ron RRIIEUuArIsuA AHEADACME
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-10-01

How IT CAME ABoUT.-There is a bit
of romance quite racy in the early life of
the two elder members of the family now
very eminent in French affairs. 1t is rela-
ted thus
In the middle of the winter Of 1888 fire
broke out in the female seminary at Limo
ges, France and spread with such rapidity
that it was feared all the inmates would
perish. The firemen, however, brought out
all, as they supposed, and then, as is usual,
the crowd watched, the destruction of the
building. Suddenly there was a cry that
one little girl had been left in her room
There was an immediate rush for the doors
and windows but the flames drove every
one back. AS the excited spectators were
beginning to pray for the unfortunate child
tall girl, with disheveled blonde hair and
flowing nightgown, cut through the crowd,
and with shrek of, ''I'll save her ~ that
rose above the sound of cracking timbers
and falling masonry, dashed into the door
way. Many of those apparently never
ending moments elapsed. The populace
prayed for two6ouls with closed eyes, A
loud hurrah, that was prolonged to the echo
only to be repeated again, attracted the at
tention of the devOtees, and the pale faced
girl was seen skipping through the flames
with the terrified child. A few days there
after, King Louis Philippe sent the hei oine
gold medal for her bravery, and a captain
of the French army, who had witnessed the
girls pluck, begged an introduction. The
captain is now President of France, and
the brave girl Madame MacMahon.
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A PRETTY ToUGH PLUG.-One tlay last
month, when trade was dull, a Vicksburp
grocery clerk procured piece of sole-leatb.
er from shoemaker, painted it black, and
laid it aside for future use. Within few
days an old chap from back in the country
came in and inquired for a plug of chew
ing tobacco. The piece of sole leather was
tied mp, paid for, and the purchaser started
for home. At the end of the sixth dav he
returned, looking downcast and detected.
and walking iuto the stole he incurred of
the clerk:
"Member that terbacker got here the
other day?"
"Yes''
"Well, was that new brand? 30
''No-same old brandt
Regular plug. erbacker, vas it ?"
"Yes''
"Well, then, it's me; it's right here in
my jaws, sadly replied the man, II knowed
l wus gittin' purity old, but 1 wus allus
handy an bitin' plug. Inever seed a plug
afore this one tina: / couldn't tear to pieces
at one chaw. l sot my teeth on to tb,s
one, and bit and pulled and twisted. like a
dog at root and I've kept biting and
pulling for six days, and thar she am now
the same as the day you sold her to me p
Seems to he good plug" remarked
the clerk, as he smelled of the counterfeit
''She's all right it's me that's falling e''
exclaimed the old mad. PASS me ont
some fine cut, and I'll go home and deed
the farm to the boys, and git ready for the
grave ~
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POETICAL GEMS.

| or single examples Of elegiac verse more no.
table than their authors fame, a writer In the
Boston Transcript" has given to print the fol-
: lowing, In the hope that the unsettled question
whether 1t was written by Moore or his friend
| Joseph Atkinson. or by somebody else, may be
| thereby helped towards solution
AN EPIrApH.
If every lot was prosperously cast.
or 4. .oT every s, IRE was .i Ike the gentle flow
Twas his who, mOurned by many sleeps be-
The sunny temper bright where all is strife:
Light wit, that plays along the cain OF life,
And sttrs its languid surface into smiles;
Pure charity, that comes not in q shower,
Sudden and loud, oppressins what it feeds,
Felt In the bloom IL leaves along the meads;
The happy, grateful spirit. that improves
And orightens every gift SO richly given,
Makes every place a home. and home heaven /;
All these were his. o thou who read'st this
stone,
~, When FOR thyselr, thy children to the sky
Thou humbly prayesr, ask this boon alone,
mat ye like him may live, like him may die.
Beyond religious literature proper, the SOL
emnities and memorial services of the Muse
seldom dwell long in popular esteem unless
commended by the highest genius Poems of
sentiment, passion, AID animated description
are those that people read with most avidity
and remember longest. Though they NAV
forget the singer, they de- not forget the song"
1t is not known who wrote these lines, now
about twenty years old:
THE OLD LOVE.
met her-she was thin and old
She stopped and trod with totterinQ feet:
Her locks were gray that once we're gold,
Her es chseS soiee was harsh that once was sweet;
hoo6ed or their girlish light of Joy,
Were dim II felt a strange surprise
That had loved her when q boy.
But yet something in her air
Restored me to my youthful prime;
Ny heart grew young and seemed TO wear
I took her shaking hand in mine
Its touch awoke q world of joy;
For had loved her when q boy!
Simple ana innocent as a nursery rhyme, those
two stanzas have a certainty of enviable popu-
lar applause and literary honor for the author
who should be able to do as well in succeed
ing efforts. Indeed. simplicity of expression
may be regaI ded as an inexorable condition Of
poetic long life. 1t is characteristic Of every
poem given in the presen. article, and it's possi-
Bile disregard by some of the writer's i'm later
mistaken attempts to be more sophistical, may
account for much Of the single piece celebrity
involved.
What could be simpler, for instance, than
Mrs. Barbauld's lines:
Life! we've been long together,
Through pleasan and through cloudy weather;
'Tis hard to part when friends dear.
Perhaps twill cost a sigh. a tear;
Then steal away-give little warning;
Choose your own time
Say not good night, but in some brighter cline
Bid me good morning.
Yet, according to Henry Crabbe Robinson e
Diary, Wordsworth esteemed those lines above
all other verse by the same author, and their
fame outlives the whole remainder of the vol
ume in which the first appeared.
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IT. was about to strike. A. q given signal
the statue-like figures stepped forward and
rapidly uncoiled a rope with q moose al
ready made !; they were about to slip it
over his head and hang him to a beam
which ran along the centre Of the ceiling.
The horror of facing a sudden and violent
death seized him-his death would avail
her nothing for whom he died. His senses
were in a whirl he threw up his hands
and sprang forward.
''I'n do it p he exclaimed, and fell on
his knees before her. "They will have
your life; can not save you, child but
can shield you from their rough and cruel
hands, and put you painlessly to rest. For
give me, forgive me, for it is in mercy to
you do this cruel deed"
The white hand went out to him and
closed over his in soft, forgiving clasp
the agony died out of the sweet eyes as
they rested one moment on his face then
with low sigh she closed them and turned
away her bead. In another moment her
young life was ebbing slowly away. He
remained by her side, holding her hand in
his and watching till all was over. He
would not for a second leave her with those
stern men, lest wounding word or rough
touch might disturb her on her way from
this world to the next. He was conducted
from the place in the same way as he had
entered it, and when his conductors took
leave of him they suge ested that it would
be well if he would leave Naples with as
little delay as possible. This forced mur-
der-for such it really was-lay upon his
conscience to the end of his life, and filled
it with one long remorse-a living night
mare-for that scene was always present to
his mind. The change that bad puzzled
us puzzled us no more. He could not car
ry his secret to the grave with him, SO he
gave it into our keeping.
'It's terrible story - exclaimed.
"And, unlike most terrible stories, it is
true" he answered. "Come out for a
breath of fresh air and sunshine, to blow
this gloomy subject from our Senses"
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TwINs.-Max Adeler tells a new story
the gist of which is as follows: Bill Slocum
was nominated for Mayor of Pencader. and
one day, In street conversation, he re-
marked, ''1've got to win." He pronounced
it. ''Tve got twin and old Mrs. Martin
overhearing it imperfectly, went around
and reported that Mrs. Slocum had twins
The boys at once decided to serepade Bin
and that night they marched out to his
house, with a.tand playing "iIail to the
Chief, several ward clubs, some fire com
panies, group of white dressed girls in a
wagon. lot of banners, and plenty of en-
thusiasm. Bill made a speech about the
canvass, and then there were shouts of
where's the twins - and the like. Bill
said there was mistake, but the band
sarcastically played, "Listen to the Mock
ing Bro, aud the boys shouted louder for
the twins. When the truth prevailed The
assembly dispersed in disgust. and Bin was
overwhelmingly defeated at the polls.
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A QUEsTIoN.-Twelve persons stopped
at hotel over night. On asking their
bill the next morning found it to be $12.
The old men paid "a each, the young men
paid so cents each, and the young women
paid 25 cents each. How many old men,
how many young men, how many young
ladies were there travelling in the crowd ?
Can any Of our readers figure it out aud
send US the answer?
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NOTICE.

~ Estate of JOSEPH MoYER, decd.
The undersigned Executors Of the last will and
testament Of JOSEPH MoYER, late OF Cleardeld
township, Cambria county, deceased, hereby noti-
fy all persons indebted to the estate Of said dece-
dent that payment must be made without delay,
and those having claims against the same will
present them Progerly authenticated for settle
ment. AUG. MOI ERS. Executors
Clearheld Twp, Aug. 20, 1s7b.-ot.*
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A TERRIBLE ALTERNATIVE,

"You seem to have been struck by that
PICTURE" said my old friend the Colonel
(for as don't mean to betray family Sc
crets, 1 shall speak Of him as the Colonel
only, at whose cosy nook in Buckham-
shire l had quartered myself for a few
days.
"Weli, yes" I answered Regarding it
as picture, l should say it is by no means
the best of your collection, but, regarding
it as portrait, there is something about it
that fetches' me. It is not that the face
is either handsome or intellectual, but
there is a strange, weird something about
it which the artist seemed to have caught
fresh from the living face and transferred
to the canvass, and which all after art had
some grim secret connected with that pic
ture; you may as well tell me what it is
If it is a family secret, promise to keep
it sacred"
"Well," he answered after a moments 8
reflection, ''there is a painful story con-
nected with it. The portrait is that Of my
grandfather-Dr. Matthias, let us call him.
He was one of the physicians-in- ordinary
to George Ill, which position he occupied
long before he had reached middle age.
He, was a courteous genial, kindly man,
full of those social qualities which make a
man favorite of society. So much l have
heard. When l knew him things were
different. In ITO, full of high spirits and
pleasing anticipations, he went on the con-
tinent for months holiday he came
back at the end of it an altered man-his
genial nature clouded with an ineradicable
gloom.
"He purchased and retired to this place
though he was no world scorner, nothing
would induce him to enter 1T again. He
was q widower, and his only sonny
father-was then a boy at Harrow. You
may imagine this was not lively place for
high spirited young fellow to come home
to. They saw little of each other. In due
time my father married, and was born.
Years passed, and one wintry night, when
I was about eighteen years old, we received
telegram summoning us here. We came
and We're shown into the room where you
slept last night. The old man with the
stamp of death upon his f.sa was propped
up on pillows whers he had lain for hours,
his eyes fixed on the door, watching for us
As we entered the room the filmy eyes
frightened his eager, outstretched arms
| trembled as we touched him. With the
damp death dew on his brow, his voice
quaking, and his whole soul shuddering Al
he lived over again one terrible moment o.
his life, he told N the story which bat
better Put together in my own words"
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AN industrious colored citizen of Rome
georgia, was lately overheard by, a repre-
sentative of The Commercial, of that town.
thus TO complain 'sNeber seed sicb times
since been born. Work all day and steal
an night, and blest if | can hardly make a
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JUST IN TINE.

young surgeon, having tried in vain
to get into practice. at last fell upon the
following expedient to set the ball to roll
ing. He sp-ang upon his horse once
day, and rode at full speed through the
town. After an absence of an hour he
would return, and carry with him some of
his instruments-thinking if he could i'm
press his neighbors that he had practice,
they would begin to place confidence in
his ability.
A wag, who mere than suspected the
deceit which he was practicing, determined
to know the truth. He accordingly kept
his horse in readiness, and the next time
the doctor galloped past his door, sprang
on his steed and placed himself on the
young gentleman's trail.
Tie doctor saw the man following at
his heels, but did not, at first, evince any
uneasiness. Atlength, however, he thought
it advisable to turu down q narrow lane
The pursuer followed on like an evil
genius but the octor was not discouraged,
as another road lay a short distance ahead
of him, down which he turned. The other
ACpt CiOoo al uiS uCcIS, 0uu tuo uOClOT
grew impatient to return home. There
was no house by the way a. which he
could afford any pretext for stopping.
In the meantime his saddle bags were
with him, and he was otherwise equipped
for business, SO that he could not return, i'm
the face of his neighbor, without exposing
the secrets of the trade in the most palpa-
ble manner. Every bound of his steed
carried him farther from his home, and the
shades Of night began to fall on hill and
dale. Still the sound of horses hoofs
were laundering in his ears, and he was
driven. to his wits end but just as he
turned the angle of a wood, he heard
low moan. A man lay PROSTATE near the
fence of a meadow, and blood gushed from
a fearful wound in his arm. He had cut
an artery with his scythe, and was in dan
ger of immediate dissolution. The young
doctor sprang from his horse and staunched
the wound. Bandages we're applied, and
his life was saved. The pursuer had also
thrown himself from his horse, ano as the
surgeon tied up the last bandage, he looked
up in his face, and said:
"How lucky, neighbor, that was able
to arrive just in time -
The wondering spectator was silent with
awe and after assisting the wounded man
home, he told such miraculous tale to the
wondering town folk, as secured to the
young surgeon a reputation not only for
skill, but also for supernatural prescience.
Thus did the merest accident contribute
more to his advancement than years of
studious toll could have done and the i'm
pertinent curiosity of a waggish neighbor
opened for him path to business which
the most influential patronage might never
have been able to provide for him.
A QUESTION. persons stopped
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N DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.

49, Estate Of SAMUEL HENRY, dec a.
Letters Of Administration the estate of
SAMUEL HENRY, late OF Ebensburg borough,
Cambria county, having been granted to the
undersigned, all persons indebted to eaid estate
are requested to make immediate payment,
and those having claims against the sa me will
present them properly authenticated for set
tlement. ThOMAS DAVIS-
Ebensburg, Sept. 3, 1875.-6t-
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A SSIGNEE'S NOTICE.
IA is hereby given that Bernard Kelly. of
Allegheny township, Cambria county. Pa. by
deed OF voluntary assignment, has assigned all
the estate, real and personal, of the said Ber-
nard Kelly to F. j. Parrish, Of Galitsiu. In said
county, in trust, for the benefit of the creditors
of thesaid Bernard Kelly. All persons, there
fore, indebted to the said Bernard Kelly will
make payment TO the said Assignee. and those
having claims or demands will make the same
known without delay. F. ]. PARRISH.
Assignee of Bernard Kelly.
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NOTICE.-All persons are hereby
~ notified not to meddle with team of
horses (black and dark brownl wagon, harness and
spreads left with Christopher Noel until We are
'''1' - '-' 'H' ' FiNNEY q JOHNSON.
Cher Creek, Sept. 10, 1s15s-at.
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NOTICE.-Patience is no longer a

Patience Is no longer q
Az virtue with me, and therefore all per-
sons indebted to me by note or book account
are hereby notined to call and settle Up before
October LIST, 1875. All who fail to comply with
this notice must not complain or be surprise q
to 1nd their accounts In tie hands OF an oncer
for immediate collection, as I MUST RAVE NOM
EY. GEO, HUNTLEY.
Ebensburg, Sept. 10, Is75.-9t: