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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-09-03
NUMBER 81.
a Tierd Story from AJ6any

The Albany Argus tells this story: 'eOne
evening week or two since, a lady residing
in one of the southern wards was returnino
to her home from a social gathering at a
private house near the hour of midnight.
She was accompanied by male relative
who lived in the same house. As tbev
were about to ascend the steps, both
glanced up toward the windows of the sec
ond story, and at one of them both saw
with perfect dstinctness a human face
pressed against the pane. The features
were not known to either; but presuming
1t to be friend of their neighbor, las there
was more than one family in the house
nothing strange was thought of it at the
time. Before retiring, but after both had
barred their feet, the lady and her compan-
ION oethought themselves of some article
to be procured from the lower part of The
house, and as its exact location was known.
they descended without a light. On re-
turning, just as the young gentleman placed
his foot upon the landing at the head of
the stairs, lie felt beneath it a Welding
substance the shape Of which he so CLEARLY
Defined that he exclaimed sWhy, aunty.
stepped on somebody's tbumbr AT the
same instant the lady, putting down her
loot' responded, Il have stepped on the
hand No sound of retrcating stems was
heard, and such examination as the dark
ness permitted failed to discover any bu-
man being near them. On procuring a
light, moment later, both soon satisfied
themselves that no creature of flesh and
blood was In the immediate vicinity.
wondering and trembling at the contac.
with these mysteries, the witnesses retired
to their beds. In the morinp a simnle in
quiry, which attracted no attention. elicitad
the fact that there had been no living per-
son In the house the previous night other
than the usual members of the family. and
a critical comparison of the features of each
one with the face she had seen, a sl,arn
impression OF which was fixed in her mind
convinced the lady that it was not that Of
any one of them. The most STARTLING and
mysterious CT the phenomena remains to
be told. As if to convince them that their
imagination had not been worked uno, h1
any means to create the impressi,n ,ve
nave detailed there appeared upon the
bottom of the gentleman's foot the next
morning, plainly printed in color quite
like bioodred, the fac-simile of the tbumb
he had felt beneath it, and upon the foot
OF the lady was as clearly discernable the
likeness of the inside of a human hand.
The parties are of an age and character to
make their statements worthy OF full credit.
and the marks left upon their persons by
the singular occurrence were seen by sew
eral Witnesses
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-09-03

A CHECK THAT CAN'T BE FoRGED.-A
gentleman deposited a package in the safe
this morning, says Long Branch hotel
correspondent, and asked for check for
il. Our affable and obliging clerk gave
him check which he himself invent ed and
put in vogue at Saratoga fifteen years ago
Hastily writing the gentleman's name on a
square of paper, the clerk as hastily tore it
in two. He gave the gentleman one part
and pinned the other part on the package.
This was the check, and an unforgeable
one at that. For observe: often as you
may do this thing to duplicate it is lmpos-
sible. You might succeed, perhaps,
though with extreme difficulty, in making
an exact re- production of your own writing;
but to tear apart two pieces Of paper in the
same way so that a fragment of one will fit
fragment of another is something you
can't do, but you have my permission to
amuse yourself by trying.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-09-03

LOVE AND MULE.-The Newark EUen
ing Courier, a newspaper remarkable for
its veracity, says of one Of its citizens He
rose early and gulped down his morning
cup of coffee as if his life depended upon
his haste. Then he rushed to the grand
delivery window of the postofice, and in
quired for letter. The clerk handed him
perfumed missive, directed in a fair round
hand. He ripped open one end of the en-
velope with his lead pencil sharpener, and
commenced to read as he crossed Broad
street toward Centre Market. What to
him were the country wagons, with their
loads of beets and cabbages? He read !:
GAS sit by the open window and hear the
waves thunder upon the Shore There
he stopped suddenly and tumbled into a
basket of sqnashes, as if a thunderbolt had
been launched at the seat of his 30-inch
pantaloons. That was where it struck.
''Hello, mister. Say, cart you keep away
from that mewl ?'' sang out bronzed ag-
riculturist from Caldwell. 'IHelp yourself
to squash,'' yelled one of Lew Francis
students from the tonsorial chambers of the
market building. He gathered up his
girls letter, dripping with black mud, sur
veyed the photograph of the mules foot
upon the base of his pantaloons, and limped
disconsolately away. The course of true
love never did run smooth
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KISSING ron THE CHILDREN.

Kisses in the morning
Make the day seem bright,
Filling every corner
With a CLEAN of light;
And what happiness he misses
Who affections impulse scorning,
Departs, and gives no kisses
To the children in the morning.
Many think it folly;
Many say it's bliss;
Very much depending
On whose lips you kiss!
But the truth l am con:essipg,
And I'd have you all take warning,
If you covet any blessing,
Kiss the children in the morning!
Kisses in the evening,
When the lights are low,
Set two hearts a-dancing
With affections glow;
And the angels swarm in numbers
Round the pillow they are pressing
Who are wooed to peaceful slumbers
By dear ones fond caressing.
Kisses in the morning
Are not out of place;
Kisses in the evening
Have a special grace;
And it seems to me that this is
For indulgence lawful reason;
Sweetest tulips-I mean kisses!
He are never out of season!
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-09-03
Il L4WYER'S STORY.

A great many years ago, when l was
comparatively young man, and still un-
married, | resided in certain city in
Pennsylvania, and enjoyed the reputation
of being the cleverest lawyer ever known
there. 1t is not for me to say the praise
was merited, but certainly found myself
able to discover loopholes of escape for those
men whom l defended, which surprised
even my fellow lawyers. l possessed by
nature those qualities which would have
made an excellent detective, and l was a
thorough student of the law. There was
no mystery about it, but among the more
ignorant classes l gained a reputation for
more than human knowledge. Perhaps it
was not polite for them to say that the
devil helped, but they did.
However 1 began to tell you about Mad
anne Matteau.
She was an old lady, who owned little
house in the suburbs of the city. She
herself was of American BIRTH but her bus
band had been a Frenchman, and SO the
title madame had been bestowed upon her.
She was now a widow and her daughter
Gabrielle and son Henri were her only living
relatives. Her income was slender, and
she eked it out by taking in few boarders,
generally steady old people who had known
her for many years. These respected and
liked her ; but the city generally had a
prejudice against her. There had been
two sudden deaths in her house. Each
time the victim was a stranger who came
-, Il; 4
the morning. Each time the jury was di-
wholesome believing that strangulation
was the cause Of death, some that the man
had died in fit.
1t was terrible thing that two such
deaths should have occurred beneath her
roof. Madame's friends pitied her. The
rest of the little world limited that these
were strangers, and their trunks, with no
one knew what amount of money and other
valuable property remained in Madame's
possession. No one said she was a mur-
deress, but every one said it was Every
strange" in an odd tone, and no one since
that second death bad visited Madame
Matteau.
myself-perhaps because admired her
great uedl, duu ueT uduSuteT InuCu t1OTe
had always insisted that it was merely a
coincidence, and that in a world i'm which
apoplexy and heart disease were SO CON-
mon, it was no great marvel that two men
should have met sudden deaths in the same
house. But my faith in this theory was
shaken when one morning it was published
over the city that another transient boarder
had been found dead in Madame Matteau's s
house, and then she was arrested on sus-
picion of having murdered him, his watch
and chain having been found in her posses
sion.
Before 1 had recovered from the shock
of this terrible piece of news, message
came to me from Madame Matteau. She
desired to see me. OF course l went to her
at once.
She had been taken to prison, and found
her in little room with a barred window,
and an insufficient fire upon the hearth.
The logs had burnt in two on the andirons,
and the white ashes were scattered over
the hearth. Almost in them sat Madame
Matteau, in her widows dress Of sombre
black.
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A LITTLE MIsTAKE.-He took the even-
ing train mp from Cleveland. and i'm looking
through the cars discovered a female sitting
alone in a seat, and it instantly occure TO
him that she might be lonely. veil
dropped over her face, hut there was no
reason to suppose that she was not good-
looking, and he gallantly raised his hat and
sat down beside her, remarking, with a
lovely smile:
''lt's lonely travelling alone''
She just murmured reply, but the ac>
cent was captivating, and he was won at
the start.
He was practised in all the arts Of polite
tactics, and spoke 60 her softly of the great
desolate world, with appropriate allusfons
hungered and thirsted after the affection nf
true heart, and had ycarned to feel the
breath of the heavenly flame of love.
mo" he sighed, he had no wife. no one
to love and caress him and mend his sus>
penders, and when he inquired if she was
treading the path of life single and alone,
she murmured so pcnsively and sad that he
wv SO"PShSu W put arm on the baciS
of the seat lest she should fall ont of the
window-which was closed.
They reached Norwaik, and Just rs the
train stopped he heard grating, kissing
sound close to his ear, and then the words:
"1-o-u william You old hypocritical
Skinner! I'll make you think you' We
been struck by breath of heavenly fame,
you old owl -
He looked around just far enough to get
glimpse of pair of flashing eyes and the
face of lis wife, who had murmered so
fondly to him along the journey. sudden
spasm seized him, but lie managed to &C
company her from the train, and. as they
moved in the darkness toward home. her
flashing eyes lit up his pale face with
spectral effect.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-09-03

"A meek-looking stranger was sitting
on the station platform reading a newspa-
per, last evening, when he suddenly let it
fall from his hands and burst into tears.
"What is your grief, my dear sir ?'' hastily
asked an astonished and sympathetic by
stander. The afflicted man looked up,
with eyes streaming. stranger" he
gasped, ''do you know that there hain't a
single ex- President alive?'' and again he
bowed his head and.wept. Nescs.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-09-03
THE PUZZLED DUTCHMAN.
BY CHARLES F. ADAMS.

BY CHARLES f. ADAMS
I'm a prokep-hearted Deutcher,
Not's villed init Grief und shame;
l delis you vot der drouble is
Idoosn't kno,o my name!
You dinks dis fiery vunny, eh?
Ven you der sthory hear,
You will not vocder den so mooch,
1t vas So sthrange und queer.
Mine moder had dwo liddle dwins,
Dey was me und mein broder;
We lookt so fiery mooch alike,
No one knew vich vrom toder.
Won ov der poys vas "Yawcup,"
Und "Hahs" der oder's name;
But den it made no tifferent-
We poth got called der same.
Veil, Won of us got tead-
Yaw, Mynherr, dat ish so!
But vedder Hans o. Yawcup,
Mein moder she tou't knowi
Und so / am in droubles;
| CANT git droo mein he'd
Vedder l an. Hans Uot's iifng,
Or Ydtccup rot ish tedd!
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-09-03

A LAssIE wrote to young man she had
taken a fancy to, ''Come and meet me in
the cleaning, john" and when the time
came John wasn't there. He subsequent
ly explained that he couldn't find such a
place.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-09-03

A LADY having been ordered by her ply
sician to warmer climate, her husband re-
marked that if there was warmer climate
than he had been living in since his mar
riage, he was no aware OF il.
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-rTrTRG'S NOTICE !

- ID r..y gwen that the following
guy u .,,fi1ts have been passed and filed
a y, q" 49, Once. at Ebensburg, in and
t-.,t,.t ~ 4 tsu brt;tr H'ld VIII De present.
;. ,',rD.u-' Iourt Of said county Tor
,...,, 'l.E 3'Iowuucc. on WEDN ESDAY,
~, ,r .rprFNEEI,, \. ID. l3I1- To wit:
s-.. .,.e.,,rr Of George Meyer, guardian
Do ,.,a Annie and John Heimgart mi
.-.-.s fgnu Hcimgart late of Cambria
7 ! go. f-., aid partial account of Cornelius
... t'.,rrr. llrr, executors OF llmOthy HUNT,
y ~. .gs.n township, deceased.
] '' ...f .rr-.fal account Of Margaretta
-.rrr.s Cd. pthu Hellc, late of wash
.r. tagl account Of Peter Urban,
.r., I...ph 4 Urban, late of Chest
...T F-..is'i.
f. .. .''. '.'...u- of Jacob r. Stull. admin
..-.. IIl- Ggaw. late oil Adams township,
..r,, ur James Litzinger, guardian of
No. r..-,t.... a amor child of Henry McDer-
,..,t. a.ri.tI -.vrship. deceased
.-.- r. amt ui Ann Adams and John
..r.I.- TIt"rS "l THOMAS Adahs' laIe
-s .. ... .Fu-l %. Oh a.'"'i''ra.
,....... .t.r..tl account of Mary NJ. kope-
. ..Dry 90 Abraham kOpelin, late of
!, .... r..-. ugh. deceased
.....au. 70 W. Horace Rose. executor of
OIL. .r..yr. are Of Johnstown borough.
-.-.nl arJ dulI account Of James y.
... .rm.I .-ulDa. me flJtt, a minor child
i...r -,f. % Cambria township, decd.
g.. .-...u. TuH' account of William Ger
-.Ta... -.r...r OBJ. J. p. ". Gerhart, la'e OF
ID f.tr. b. IH.."'--i
H.. ..-. ..r.uu. 90 william J. Dawson and
E..r .Elrtu.Fs rf Jerome Dawson,
a. l...f towns lip. deceased.
.-- ami GrH. account OF James Null,
30 Robbers G.u.vin. a minor child of
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to be possible. l thought of all the old
tales that had heard of trap doors au6
sliding panels, and secret entrances to trav-
elers' rooms. l was not coward, but l
felt strangely nervous, and singularly
enough for man in my perfect health, my
hands were growing cold, and my feet
were Jumps of ice, while my head was burn
ing hot.
Fifteen minutes had passed, and the fire
was kindled but the room was not warm.
The blue flames struggled among the black
Goals, and flung forked tongues, tipped with
yellow tints, into the room. There was
nothing cheerful about the stove though
it was of that open style now called the
Franklin. Yet l drew a chair toward t
from habit, and sat with my feet upon the
hearth. l do not know how long l sat
there. Suddenly 1 became aware that L
was not myself. / was losing my senses.
If unseen hands ha6 been clasped about
my neck, and an unseen knee had been
pressed against my chest, my sensations
could Eot have been different.
A thought of the evil spirit which my
friend had suggested family struggled into
my mind. AS staggered to my feet a
noise like the roaring of the sea was in my
ears. The flames Of the candle turned to a
great yellow blue. l barely retained
and fling it open. The fresh, cool winter
air rushed in at once. 1t gave me intense
pain, but it relieved me. In moment more
/ was able to Chamber out of it upon the
shed below.
There l remained until the day dawn.
With my returning senses the truth came
to me. That which had murdered the
three men who had slept before me in the
blue chamber was nothing more or less than
the coal stove.
1t was provided with what is called a
damper, and this being caught in man.
ner which closed it sent the poisonous gas
into the room. 1t had been kindled as a
wood fire would have been at the hour of
retiring, by one ignorant of the danger pos
sible from coal gas, and they had slept never
to awaken. Had / thrown myself upon
the bed, also should have been found dead
az Jay iiSHt, III dil nuIndil pIODdOllfIy.
AS for the fact that neither doctor nor
coroner discovered the truth, have but
to say that they were not deeply scientific
men-that coal stoves were scarcely used
in the place-and that it had not been men,
toned tina. the blue chamber was thus
heated.
OF course rejoiced the household by my
discovery next morning and equally, OF
course, Madame Matteau, who was not only
freed from suspicion, but became the OBJ
ject of universal sympathy. She was al
ways grateful to me, and she proved her
gratitude by giving what asked for, the
hand other daughter Gabrielle in marriage.
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: F,fEFBRB
TO YOUNG MEN.

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.uHal author. in this admirable
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.'. ..u--uu ur"s oft Self A buse may he
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.-..' .IgrItiuus. hOugies instru-
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uoWs. ADVERTISEMENTS.

luNNr = likAlS T. VI Il y y.
-Nu3.- is her 10y given that the fol-
....-.. p .I.,...;,l#... ..Duf- uf personal pro-
& -..... mis-. selected and SCI apart for
v-. .. .5r, .Hrrr. riut. the Act OF As
.t Jn. ifr. no, 90 April, y II. 1851, have
"a 900 ru. DC s.~' r- tticc at EheuSburg
4. n,. r.r -.ai.I r1 the orphans Court of
...f..,. tor e.. riiru ttiun aud allow
r H r..-rrN- the S,li day OF SEPTEM-
j., I-.r. 80 wit:
r.rta-y aHI Iurraisomcnt of certain per
....I. p. APPRAISED ami set apa for Annie
..... ..H .f Adam hurtz, late of Cam
"- r-.l-JI.
.u - Ha. arpra!s'mcnt OF certain per
Il .....r .rurJ.-.H Jui set apart for Mary
-...r u...rv ui S. iI!iam Larimer, late of
h ..ur. g.. deceased.
...rr a.# aurr, .scmeut OF certain per-
n -....H ,..rt 81. and set apart for Jane
.. samuel Stuy, late OF Allegheny
y g..--y .uf aupr4isement of certain per
/; .-. .pr7r -.I and set apart for Henri
j h..U"r. w cow of =. \ hephart, late of
..rr r-f deceased.
U'.r. |u. INIrt cement OF certain per
4 H.r. r.rus,L dut set apart tor Ellen
\ r. .r "t ELIAS EimistOn, late of Sus-
r".-. %. deceased.
.lWES ". SINGER, Register.
tNror- ..l.u. Lnru-hur-, Aug. @. 1915.
f. or CAUSES set down for
3. t. rh. ensuing term of Court, com
\ ra t.e lIs-r ,ioHDNY Of SEPTEMBER
FIRST Eek.
\ ................vs. Allegheny Mountain
Coal and Lumber Go.
y l-Tto ...-. vs. Ihristy.
SECOND Nt--E
GO ...--....... 80. krise.
y 90. e I-a...-. rs. ScImon.
u .............gS . .IlinS.
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3. ...-..-.....y-. Adams EXT.
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...- ...-... vs. Davis et al.
.-...-.--. -.--.y~ Walker.
a .--....-.-.-.... vs. Dunn.
.-....... ......vs. TrrNlcr ct al.
-....--.....-..vs. DriSkcl.
l-. .-..-----y-. knrppcr.
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u T. NfrLGNN, PruthOnotary.
''tll ~N"... EueuSrurE. Aug. 9, 1875.
, 1875-03-07


THE STOCK AID FIXTURES or A FIRS1.ILA IS
cor:.ce grocery saloon 1ur rale na the Hust ia
doing cash basinc owner got oie- business u 1t.ead
TO. Adlteaa ] e, T1ibune office.
, 1875-03-07
MISCELLANEOUS.

IOGhApACHES EXrEKMINATED FROM no
given froa. Call 2ddrexs ARTHCR DAKIEV
6D St1te-at., Chicago. AAs
, 1875-03-07
MARRIAGES.

TE0nEa-HO the rcsidsncs of the bttda's
III is South De4plsia.s%s, suaday eveninK Feb.
e ~ tae nv. r J.. Goodspeed. Ransoms e. Rhodes
I'd njst Nellis w. Hodgou-
M 1EAp1N-FOSTER-Att the se4idenee Of tho BRIDES
,nth.T Col E, ". Fot:er. Bloonaaakton. H. March ;
is ii. d. Chaplin. OF Chapio Bros. .od Nay T. Fostes
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-06-17
Caution.

w L. PRITCHARD, AND ALL EN-
w pioyes are hereby forbidden against
taking any timber, cordwood, etc., from with
in the Enclosures ii the Monitor Mining Com
pany at Chimney Station, and belonging to
any or all Of the following mines, viz: Ala
bama, Caledonia, Monitor, Merrimac, kear-
sarge, Evening Star, Indian Queen, and II igh-
land Chief. Any wood taken from the above
named places and found at any of W. j.:
pritchard's stations, will be replevied and
the same.
nyl2 ID. MCMURCllI.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-06-17
Mining Tax.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, THAT
~ the taxes on the proceeds of the mines, for
the quarter ending March 3lst, 1873, are
the law with regard to the collection Of the
same will be strictly enforced,
j. G. POWELL,
County Assessor of Eureka County.
Eureka. New, May 9TH, lS75 my
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1875-04-16

ABOUT HATING.-Hate not, it is
not worth while. Your life is not
long enough to make it pay TO cherish
ill-wi,l or hard thoughts toward any
one. What if that man has cheated
you, or that woman has played you
false What if this friend has for
saken you in your time of need, or
that one, having won your utmost
confidence, your warmest love, has
concluded that he prefers to consider
and treat you as stranger Let it
all pass. What difference will it make
to you in few years, VIXEN you 90
hence to that undiscovered country"
All who ill-treat you now will be
more sorry for it then than you, even
in your deepest disappointment and
grief, can be. A few more smiles, a
few more tears, some pleasure, much
pain, little hurrying and worrying
through the world, some hasty greet
ings and abrupt farewells, and our
play will be ended, and the injurer
and the injured will be led away and
ere long forgotten. Is it worth while
to hate each other?
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1875-04-16
SrCCESS IN EFf.

Benjamin Franklin attributes his
success as public man, not to his tai
-nts or his power Of speaking-for
these were mo ierate- but to his known
integrity Of character, Hence it
was, he says, " that | had 80 muoh
weight with my fellow citizens. |
was but a bad speaker, never eloquent,
subject to much hesitation in my choice
of words, hardly correct in language,
and yet generally carried my point. "
Character creates confidence in men
in high station as well as in humble
life. 1t was said Of the FIRST Emperor
of Russia, that his personal character
was equivalent to constitution
During the wars of the Fronde, Mon
taigne was the only man among the
French gentry who kept his castle
gates unbarred, and it was said of Rim
that his personal character was worth
more to him than regiment Of horse
men. That character is power, is true
in a much higher sense than that
knowledge is power. Mind without
heart. Intelligence without conduct,
cleverness without goodness, are pow
ers in their way, but they may be
powers only for mischief. We may
be instructed or amused by them, but
it is sometimes as difficult to admire
them as it would be TO admire the
dexterity of a pickpocket or the horse
manship OF highwayman. Truth
fulness, integrity and goodness-qual-
tiles that hang not on every man s
breath-form the essence Of manly
character or, as a very old writer
has it, that inbred loyalty unto vir-
tue which can serve her without a
livery" When Stephen, of Colonna,
fell into the hands Of his base assail-
ants, and they asked him, in derision,
"Where is now your fortress p his re-
ply was Here, placing his hand upon
his heart. 1t is in misfortune that the
character Of the upright man shines
forth with the greatest luster; and,
when all else fails, he takes stand
upon his integrity and upon his cour-
age.