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cancer, but previous TO her death she con-
signed tie care of little Julia to Ms. Geo
i. Nice. residing az 1926 Sevbert street
Nondelly. however. has refused to give un
the care of the girl, and since shat time she
has been drifting about. first under fhe
care Of one ana tbeu another. WouGerly
has never paid for her board, though uu-
I'll recently. he managed 20 retain his in-
t+0tlcc over her by visiting her, the child
sulUn>iue him 90 be her father.
About two months ago Julia insist ed ON
living with Mrs. Nice Nhum Size calls
Aunt Many. the reason Of her taking this
action Is on account of the cruelty Of Won
derly, whom she lived with at the time
He is said 20 be dissipated wau. s0uan-
deriuE all the money that comes into his
handles for drink. Besides this. as if the
ill-iaied child had not already seen enough
Of sorrow, the iuhumaH being whom she
has bCcu taught to call Father fold MIS-.
Nice that he intended taking but one room
for himSCN. his son ,abput Eiucieeu wears
Of age aud julia. ana that he intended
having them an sleep IN one bed
This state of facts becumiuu known to
DR.. Turner that gentleman has referred
the matter 20 the Society 60 Protect Chill
dien from Cruelty. who have taken stems
10 protect The child from further ballaruus
treatment. Bu;h Mr.. and Nus Nee are
very fond Of the child, and. al hourh thew
are poor are arN1puS to keep charge of
the girl aud send her to school.
She Is now eight years of we. but does
no, even know the alphabet. Dc thera were
any doubs as fo the geuuiueuesS Of ltF
mothers high birth aud education tl-v
would be di~peliod by look into her il-
terestiug face
Julia has "a beautiful face 2 rich growth
OF dark brown hair; cle8r bright hazel
eyes, with louE, dark la~Les: Grrcl-1
nose; skin as p1re as alaLaster. aud ulth
checks resembling iu culora half iil.e cher
~. In her manner she is frank and mod
est and, although she las been accustomed
during her short and eveutful life to lis
teninE to- bad language, vet one Ignorant
ot her history might suppose she had hg..u
reared IN the lap oT luxury.
i singular fac. connected with tie
SilanEe history OF -HlS wDlse than urFlarI Il
cl'ld IS ilat no legal rIau>fcr pT the .rf-l
was made 10y ile mother to Mrs. WoudorI-.
so ihat, aE tie case ROW stands. She IS
without legal lrHtegtyI. co. was rufI .fe
Society assumed The charge Of her.
Her history could not well have been n
darker one than it has been, and the fl,r-s
gives but ifte promise Ct "a BRIGHTER sky
al She had been caild'af shame she m5ri.f
in after years have forgiven guilty uo1i.rr
ior trying 10 preserve her IurufafIau rrr
virtue even at tile cost of saclffciua fIte
welfare uf Der child, hut what iurerrf5v
ot Wlhd ol generosity ul hcalt can frame
an excuse Tor mother casting Ler l.li i-
l-ate offspring % the mercy of "a heartfg,s
"ol-l lE-t size IuuE THl. DOB rypaIiH3
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on ,S0fuFd0y. 4DriE 9th, IS

o.. conrad Raab, in Johnstown,
on saturday, 4pTU 9th, 1873,
n. . O'CLOCK, p. NJ, the following real estate,
to wit:
Arr the right title and interest Of William
Tsav Of i'm and TO a piece or parcel of land Situ-
rr.T fu Washington township Cambria county.
nr- adjoining lands of James Conrad. Il. J. Nor
p. g. and others. containing l29 acres. more or
loss having % coal mine opened thereon and hay
f- thereon erected a. uue-dud-a-half story frame
3 .--e n.sa. smith shop and stable not now Oc
rIu..f. also. piece or parcel OF land situated
'-,--a- I-,fsofC g. l. Davis LANES Conrad ana
a.Ier lands OF VIM. Tilry. containing SO acres
r.are " less. having coat mine opened thereon.
Also. q piece ur parcel OF land situated in Wash
'iuE-Hu township. Cambria county. Pa. adjoining
.Gl- .i G. j. DAVIS thaTIjy sharp Is. j. Nor
.L and other lands OF " ~ Tiley. containing GO
a.-as more or less. diso. a piece or parcel of
aUt sIf1Htei iu w ash ngton township. Cambria
arHufv. Pa. adjoining lauts OF heirs Of Mrs
Brown. Charity sharp, W. Sharp. and others,
n h. tile and interest OF William TiIey Of in
.nt t1 % piece or parcel ot land situated in Wash
r .-uu township Cambria county. Pa. adjoining
rut- aE David Wilhelm. Charity Sharp. heirs OF
-f-, Brown and other lands Of WIN Tiley. con
aiaEng IS acres, more or less. Taken in execution
s. 0I JGusE1wn SIrin. s Bunk.
Also. uli the right, title and interest of Jacob
Layton and Adam Rose. (trUstees OF United
brethren Church, Fairview.) OF, in and to lot
b. ground 81 ua eI i'm the village of Fairvicw
scssnu Towush p. Cambria county, Pa. fronting
u1 township r'1a anu t.IoinlnS lanes OF Jonathan
us-er and Philip Custer. having thereon erected
one story building. now used by the United
I;--rH.ru c1ngrcE. tiUu. Taken in execution and
q. De ..J at the suit OF A. Fresh.
AL-r an the right, JitIe and interest Of p.
Jacob Jf.HraarIt. Of in and To a lot of Ground
situate in the Fourth ward of Johnstown borouI b;
Cambria county. Pa. fronting on Pine street. ad-
....ur lot ut John Thorn, sr-. On the south and
10 alley ON the north and west. having thereon
erected two story plank house and stable. now
90 assHccuIBuey Of l.. Jacob Geu1nart. Taken
90 execution and to bcss1ld at the suit Of NJ. W.
I...u ~ Co., for use ui John Thorn, jr.
Ag-1 aI the right. title and interest of Richard
I;g.Amuu and Jane lyckmau, of, in and to piece
parcel of land situate in the village Of Nurrell-
.e. 80 Cr township. Cambria county. Pa. front
.- .u Lincoln street and adjoining lands of j ohm
N.rayer. GturIe Beuhm. and others. containing
. acres more OF less. having thereon erected a
E. story frame house. not now occupied. Taken
o. execution and TO be sold at JEz sUlt of L. II.
Warner.
TERMS or SATE--One-third Df thc purchase
TG.u"l tu Toe paid when the property is Knocked
4 .Fu- and the remaining twO-i birds befOTe the
IliuuuJiJu OF tGe decd.
JOHN RYAN Sheriff.
Shor.f's Gfice. EhenshurE, March Is, ISIS
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a tOlTOR'S NOTICE-Inthemat
- 'rE ot 'h- account Of Bridget Brown,
Eiy"t James A. Brown. deceased in
q. .t..tH. Court of Cambria county.
.r ."- ls.H March. 1878. ON motion Of Johns
.r.rN, a. seaman. Esgs. tie court appoint Joseph
.'l.'. 81 I-- an a "a Iitor To report distribution
.rr money Iu the hands of Administrators 20
-= lhe parties entitled thereto.
rr BY the Court
f-'- ~ ,-'1eH Of the above appointment the A u,
n n ".lt s-l tt the Cuurt House in k.beusburg
rla-.- '.Nt- l1e SsH day OF APRTr.. rs S. at o.
s-a.f - ~. y. NJ when and where the parties iutcE
l--a.j ~ ''lrul % they think proper, OF be de-
''-A e.'nlnL In upon said fund.
Fba--f LbSFBH McDON i LID. Audi. or.
-.1'Shdrg, March p ISIS 3r
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Nv - CE Is hereby given to all par
.l'r.',i, Esg Assignee of Henry Ri,blet an
Fr5.hart ts-9t"r has been hled in the Once OF the
l'szs gv--y 'I the County Of Cambria and that
De- lrst f- pighs De hled thereto, on OF before
rf-ire3 oi June term. SIS the same will be
RsJ.l-..-- =. F. O'DONNELL. Prothonotarv
once, kbensburg Mar u Is7s.-5t.
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IS iOOL FOR TEACHERS 4
=. ,c'.aol for Young persons dr,iring to he
house f --ls viii be opened at RradIcy's school
23Ih dad. "a "a l-Shcny township on MuNDAY. the
---' fa.- b. Af EiL next. Instructions in all the
.'-A etc. address '''' ''0 NoH'i's- + u
Na- @, ,- MARY ! McDFRNIT
--' ''-',- J3reuc, Cambris Co.. Pa
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The boy who has never sat down on a
0nmb BILE bee, or stepped ou rusty hail has
not fulfilled his mission.
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DMINISTBATION NOTICE.

a
In, Estate of THOS j. LLOYD. deed.
ees.ls- gi administration on tie estate Of said
.rr-' late Of Ehensburg borough Cambria
sl +. 81 n have been gran ed 20 the undersigr.
-s r...A ail persons indebted 70 said estate
bose 49, 20 make immediate payment, and
IN. wing claims against the sine 'should pro
properly authenticated for settlement.
HARhIEF +. LLOTD.)
JOHN T. TIBBOTT ! Adm'rs
Ia.-+ ALVIN EVANS
'.'0uTg, March - ISIS -et
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-11-21
Lady GoOch's Heir.

z here is q sensation -uoveiish flavor
about the telegram concerning Lady
Gooch'S attempt to PLAN OFT an heir
upon her husband. Every one remem-
bers the famous warming pan story as
to the Queen of James Ii and the
birth Of ne Prutender, and, by hus-
band and Wife cieverly cOnspiring to-
gether, it may readily be conceived
that a fraud f his kind might be sue
cessfuily ~peTpetrated. The most no.
table cases on record is that which led
to what is known as the great Douglas
case, the facts of which, briefly, We're
that Lady Jane Stuart, sister of The
Duke OF Douglas, alleged that she
gave birth, when considerably past 80,
to twin sons. The boys were born
abroad, when their parents We're in
poverty, and various circumstances
pointed to strong leasOns for suspicion
that they were not the child en- of
Lady Jane. TIE next heir, the Duk.
Of Hamilton brought a suit Of eject
m"ot ""ainst Stuart, and gained 1t, at
E3in urgll. subsequently. Stuart APP
. d., q u the House of Lords, which
decided III his favor. An immense
property was involved, and the cause
excited European interest. The evi-
dencr WAS Of the most conflicting
character. and many people could
new. r make up their minds as to how
the matter stood. Wat chiefly led TO
the decision of the Lords was the
likeness of the children to the alleged
parents. Lord Mansfield pointing out
is scarcely seemed within human pos
siOi.ity that one boy could have been
picked up SO like the father, and the
other so like the mother. On the other
hand, Lord Shelburne. (the famous
ante-revolutionary war Colonial Score.
tary Of State us d in after wears to
declare. when these boys bad grown
to manhood, that if even there was a
Frenchman, it vas n Of them, who
had becomea peer, and he never could
believe but that he, was a false heir.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-11-21
Chapter on Cookies

Cookies have a value which every
one having a great deal OF unexpected
company can appreciate. \ jar OF
two of nice cookies form a pleasing
addition to a great many meals when
an unexpected guest calls Tor them
SUGAR COOKIES Two c~upfuls of
uga l cuptuI of butter. warmed, !
cupful OF ,hick sour cream, | egg. l
teaspoonful of sale,atus, and l tea
spoonful Of caraway seeds. This makes
80 TO 50 cookies.
BUTTER CooKIES.-0ne cupful OF
sugar. l cupful of butter, eggs. i
tpaspoonfuls of cream tartar. | tea
spoonful Of saleraluS. and caiaWay
seed or lemon eXtracJ. This makes IL
to 80 cookies, which W II keep for
months.
GINGER CooKIEs.-One cupful of
Q / of a cuptul of moiasses. / cup
ful Of butter, 1 tablespoonful OF ginger.
legg. | teaspoonfuis OF cream lartar.
and II teaspuonful OF soda.
MOLASSES COOKIES. One cupful OF
molasSes. ! cupful Of sugar, ! cuptnl OF
hot water, cupful OF lard or butter. l
egg. | teaSpoonful of alum. l teaspoon
ful of saleratus, and , teaspoontuls Of
ginger. These ingredients Nil make
80 TO 10 cookies.
CREAM IoOKIFS.-15 cupfuls of thick
III cream, i cupful> OF sugar, egg.
| teaspoonful each a salt, saleratuS and
caraway seeds Roll quite chick
enough for 40 to % cookies
BUTTERMILK CooKIEs.-l4 cupfuls Of
butter. cupiul OF butternilk. , cup
fuls of sugar, and | ~teaspoonful each
Of saieratuS and lemon extract.
CINNAMON COOkIES.-One egg and !
cupful CT sugar, beaten together. l cup
fuI of sou cream. OF a tea>poOntui
each Of salt and s~alera.us stir Very
stiff with a spoon, and d'Op a piece
the size of half an egg on the moulding
board, which has already been spread
with 4 tablespoonful, Of sugar ana OF
cinnamon. Roll the cooky in the
sugar until no longer sticky put into
the form of a little cake. and bake
quite hard.
| have given llere my stock of WI
selected receipts
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-11-21
Good Breeding.

That man who is scrupulously polite
and respectful to all women in public.
but habitually coarse and vulgar to his
own wife and daughters. is no gentle
a He is only an imposter. The
young man who oils his hair. puts
sweet odors upon his handkerchief, and
bows with charming elegance to his
lady friends, and goes home to treat
lis mother with familiar discou-tesy.
is Il ~pinchback imit arion only of a gen
tleman. Genuine good and
gentle breeding begin at home. AS a
rule, the men in a community who are
the most trusted, are the best men at
home. When a man opens the front
gate to meet his wife'S face at the door
radiant with pleasure, and hears the
shout from the eager children. Papa
Is coming I" 1t is safe to believe him an
honest man.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-11-21
Miss Minnie Hauk Taking in
Money in the Great Cathedral
Fair.

Miss Minnie Hauk OF Col. Mapleson's
opera company has been an attraction
al st. AgneS's table in the cathedral
fair. Her role has been that of "a flow,
er girl. She on Saturday evening
an embroidered black silk toilet fresh
from the hand of a Partisan modiste
At her throat flashed q brooch Of sap
phireS and diamonds. Rings OF sap.
phires and diamonds CLEANED from
her ears. Upon her head was an evsn~
ing hat IF white felt, adorned with
curling white plumes. The thronging
of visitors about her was so oppressive
that Mrs. Solomon. the managerof the
table suggested that the songstreSs
should sit Oh the edge of the front of
the table, with a chair as a barrier
before her. Miss Hank acted upon the
suggestion, and then a tray of flowers
was handed to her. An expert estimated
hat the market value Of the flowers
was about 81. Men piled Father Nc
Dowall and Col. Ma;leson for al ms
PRODUCTION t. Miss Hank. They were
introduced III turn. They bought
flowers They paid dearly for them.
Miss Hauk, with a pretty air OF nncoae
Germ, too whatever was given her in
the wa of money. and daintiiv forgot
rs : a A-lioIioIllhdh,
gotten up a la Dundrearv, was intro
duced. He complimenled Miss Hsuk.
"Wlil you have a flower, sir: :" Miss
liauk asked, to bring him down to
business.
"Certainly, Mss. | should be pleased
t. have a Hover from so fair a hand
Miss Haul LANDED him a tiny nose.
gay. He gave her. with a grand air, a
gold coin. The coin iingled in Miss
Hauh> tray, and then she
edly resumed the conversation. The
Englishman's compliments became
fainter. and he bowed himself away.
lie returned 500 afterward. and asked
Miss Hauk how she was getting along.
Admirably, Miss Hauk replied Then
h added. mischievously Won't vou
have anothertiower. SIR No, thanks,
the EnSlishman said has lily. Il will
preserve this flower forever
n reporter saw, later In the even
ing tina her tray was full of bank
notes. tie insiuuateI thai she was
prospecting.
oh, this isut all. was her answer.
They've had to empty my tray IL
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-11-21
POETRY.
Romeo s Apothecary.
BY NED NORRIS,

! do remembers an apothccary,
And he~rcaDOuts he uwcIlS-Dut HiS shop
Is OH the corner OF tapulet and
Market streets-whOln late noted
Wearing his ulster III June, with
Overwhelming Drows ana "A bad nose,
CuIiing oI sIIlplcS meagre were iiS LOOKS
sharp misery, dodging ms lanuIoru
Ahu sitting on IL IIdIl neg
Waiting for customers had worn hIm
10 the bones ana III MS needy snoP
\ tortoise hung, all alligator stuilu
And other skins dnu ShtIctOIlS Oi lIl-Sll"Dtd
birds uIu fishes, ~lnciudlng several punches
vi peppermint, tansy, horse radIoh ana In
Jun IurnIp
And about lIs shelves a beggarly account
OI empty boxes ana frulJ-cdIIo, Dladdcrs-
MuSLy seeds, roots, DdrhS ana ncrbs;
tInpty lIashs Of pint ANA quart sizes. with
CANDY Jars labeled III SOld l. ilufIbua
UuuLn
sanctum saHCtOruHI, SIC ScInper Iyfddlls-
spirits fruIucnJI, SpIrIJs-for-yO ur-rcu-eyc,
AND OlAef tiIIllSH
Usually kept III Il nrSt-cIaSS druS store
Ala these were InlnIy scattered To make ap Il
SNOW,
Noting this penury, to myself ] said:
And ii, OH Il sunday morn, Il man 'tId need
\ WhIskeS sling 10 brace III his
system before church., or Il
FItsE Tiled To Keep III III the house
In case OF sickness, Wholesale
On such Il uay Il gallIst the law III Mihtta,
Here lives Il catIIf wretch who wOGid sell IL
him.
O, this same thought did forerun my need:
And this same occuy man must sell III me
Az / remember, TINS must be the place;
Beng Sunday, the bcggar's shop - smut,
30 1 Will HE me Sdily round
And Oh the back-uoOr gently Knock me
Hist no good ;tpotIicCt,ry
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-11-21
WOmanS Treatment Of Woman.

There IS a general sentiment that
women do not stand by each other as
men do by men that we are enviOus.
narrow, and small where our SIX is
concerned that the greatest obstacles
professional women have to overcome
are the ~preJudiceS of women them
selves that II a woman commits "A
fault nobody is SD quick and ready to
heap opprobrlum upon her as another
woman All this is, to Il certain ex-
tent, unhapp'ly true but it is by no
me MS generally true. The fashion of
women sneerlng at women is passing
lDtO dlsrepute: 50 that noW-a DAYS no
woman who expects to pass as a we'll
bred lady IS guilty OF the bad taste of
speaking dlsparaglngly or slightinglv
OF her own sex Now and then one
does it, thinking thereby that she wins
he esteem of men by SO doing She
can make no greater mistake. Men
dmlr large mlndednesS and LARGE
ls~ m wOmen quite as much
Us women admire those Qualities in
men. The moe strongly and loyally
women stand by n another, the more
respectfully they treat and speak of
n another, the more women honor
women, have ia tn In omen the bet
ter Tor US, the more credit to US. We
can Q expect men &c honor and re-
we're Us, unless we ourselves honor and
revere our own seX.-MdIY A. E.
> dg@r-FisHeT', N Sunlay Aft-rnoott
for Octo6er.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-11-21
SKETCHES ILLUSTRATIVE OF
BIBLE history.
Tie kenites No. ,.
By ABB MORT.

Nv friend Chesney has excolled in
so many things that sometimes told
him that he was in danger of becom-
ing Jack of all trades" and there
fore good for nothing. His ~grandfath-
er was a distinguished artist, and the
boys first p~laythings had been pencils
and brushes. Before he was out of
petticoats. he had delighted the FOND
old gentleman with his clever pictures,
and obtained for himself the predic-
ton that he would become a second
Rembrandt. But latterly he had given
up drawing, and therefore l looked
with some surprise at finding him one
morning, seated at his desk, with a
large engraving before him. which he
seemed to be copying with great care
With IA chum's impertinent curiosity,
| walked up to see what was going on.
The engraving was the weil-known
picture of the : Empress Eugene and
her ladies'" which every lover OF pic
lures is familiar with. But Chesney's
drawing was something different. 1t
was a group of female figures in a
grove and thus far, like the engrav-
ing, but each face and figure was en-
tirely his OWL He held up both pic
lures with a smile, and asked which |
liked best. His own was the most
exquisite gem of drawing. l must
confess, that | had ever looked at.
The faces were so lovely, the figures so
graceful and finely proportioned. But
we never like to own how delighted
we are with a production, when the
producer himself looks SO radiant and
self satisfied. Therefore when |
glanced below the picture and saw the
title he bad written, THE seven
daughters of Jethro. priest of Mi
dlan,' l assumed an air of superior
wisdom and gravity. Now Chesney,"
| said, this is too absurd You take
an imaginary group of half civilized
damsels, who keep their fathers sheep
In the wilderness, and make them
more refined and elegant looking than
the ladies of the French court
His golden brown eyes scintillated
for a moment between amusement
and anger, and then he answered with
cool indifference, Il am expressing
my own convictions of the truth III
this picture and an honest conviction
is never absurd. You think this is a
fancy sketch, but it is not. These
costumes are copied from the most
ancient of female garments. the Him
doc saree. 1t was worn by the Egyp-
tan women of the earliest ages. 1t is
still worn in India, and a NEST accom-
plished and distinguished English
gentleman, J. Forbes Watson, F. X.
A. S, thus speaks of it, There is no
female costume more elegant than a
snree. 1t is made of all qualities of
texture, to suit the very poorest as we'll
as the richest classes OF society,-the
ordinary laborer and the princess"
When the Nedas were first written,
the production of the India muslins
was evidently the same. DR.. Watson
calls them, at the present day, ''the
finest, most elegant and most costly
fabrics in the world" Neither are
these faces, fancy pictures, each one
of them is a portrait. copied from
some living original. "See," he con-
tinued, opening his immense album of
photographs, '.this central figure in
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-11-21
Floral Scraps.

An English gardener recommends
rose de la Graflerail as a stock upon
which To graft roses, in preference to
either manetti or briar.
The Irish farmers Gazette mentions
a specimen of Rhod0dendr0n P6aticum
as growing at C~astlewellan, county
Down, which measures over ESQ feet
round and % in height.
English florists, it is said, take up
the common lilac in the fall, and re-
move 1t to a house kept dark and with
a heat ranging up to 100 degrees. Thus
the flower spikes open their bloom OF
a pearly w%hiteness during the winter.
and are available for bouquets. white
being one OF the scarce colors.