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EBENSBURG, PA, FRIDAY, MAY 9. lS'

her. Yes" said Mr.. Grandidge, Il
know her well, and l have bespoke her
for your wife. She is the daughter of a
gentleman whom / much respect, Mr.
Wlnniff, of Bretenham; and out OF an
opinion have of the fitness of the match
for you, | have already treated about it
with her father, whom l found very apt
to entertain it." Mr. Hall too. it seems,
was equally apt to entertain it, for he
says Being advised not to neglect
the opportunity, and not concealing the
just praises of the mOdeSty, piety, good
disposition and other virtues that were
lodged in that seemly presence, L listened
to the motion as sent from God" On
this motion Mr.. Hall acted. He spoke
the necessary words, and at last, with
due prosecution, happily prevailed, en-
jOying the society of that charming help
mate for the space of fOrty-fve years
A minister offered his hand TO young
lady and was accepted; this was in the
month of June. The lovers parted, and
never saw or heard Of each other till the
following January, when the young lady
was visiting at the house of a friend. In
the lesson at morning prayers the follow
ing passage occurred He that be
lieveth shall not make haste" which
greatly impressed and prepleXed the mind
Of the young lady. She inquired anXi-
Ously of her hostess what the passage
meant. The hostess attempted little
exposition ; that the meaning was that
where there was faith in a person, in his
promise foI engagement, there would be
no fretfulness, or irritation. or fear. or
anxious wish to speed on the fulfillment
OF the promise. Whilst they were con-
Quoting the conversation they heard the
pOstman 8 knock, and the servant brought
q letter for the young lady, which, when
opened, she found was from her long
silent lover: and, strangely enough, the
sentence was He that believeth shall
not make haste. -
Thomas GainsbOrOugh S young friend
Ia commercial traveller in his fathers es-
tablishment, had sister Miss Margaret
Burr. an ex traOrdinary beauty. That
Miss Burr should wish to nave her por-
trait painted by her brothers friend is
not a matter of wonder. Neither Is it a
wonder that the sittings should be nu-
merous and prOtracted, for such they are
declared to have been. The likness was
at last finished. and pronounced by com
petent judges as perfect. The young
lady greatly admired the painters skill,
and in glowing terms expressed her ap-
preciation of the portrait, and in doing
so gave the artist the gentlest possible
hint that perhaps in time he might be-
come the pOsSeSSOT OF the original. On
that hint. GainSbOrOugh spoke the magic
word, and after a short cOurtship, was
rewarded by her hand, and each lent
brightness to the others life.-ChdzH-
berg Journal
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THE MULE A. A DEADLY POISON.

As has alreadv been announced. the
English Government has instructed IFS
representatives at Washington Jc make
inquiries as 20 the capacity and eHdUT-
ance of the Southern mule, with a view
to using the sagaCiuus and spontaneous
animal in the campaign agaIuS. the LU-
luS in South Africa. A. friend and
adviser 10 the Queen II hecomD- u5 10 De-
fearless aud outSpOken ON the mule
question. and la enlighten the British
government, as far a our knowledge eN-
tends, as to the habits and peculisrijies
Of the beautiful hut uncertain beast in
question.
The yellow mule. -" which is found i'm
an unadulterated quality only in the
South. il possessed Of rare business
qualifications. He can out-bite. out
buck. Out-kick and out-hehJwhehawce
any mule of his size and weight in the
world. just bride him up, pui "a raw
recruit on his back, give hum room To
exercise according To his disposition and
be Will 90 through more complicated
manGuverS in less time, and reach up
his back oftener and s9Ueal loulcr- and
give that recruit more vigorous cavalry
service in one hour than any ten mules
north. east OF west Of Dixie could do #
they were III competition Tor a. gold
medal or diploma.
As q weapon Of offence OF defence be
is un2pproaChable. He is not liable TO
get out of order. Il rapid in conception.
lightning in execution, lua ling and FIR
ing at one operation. one healthy mule
equals seven mountain houitzers and a
battery Of GatIing guns. Just hack him
up toward the enemy, get the hEoEeho
steak properly in line hy sighting along
the backbone. then dcprsss his ears ec-
COTding To the elevation, clear ue iTaet.
and let No. 3 oi the firing squad touch
him of with a straw. Tie result is
electrical. and CH,iS in The complete ar
initiation OF everything within range.
A battery NJ Southern mules, properly
trained, prove better Jhsn whole corps
OF field artillery. being more easily linz
beTed up-the Southern mule is always
limbeTed -up-but. strange to say, mule
artillery is most dangerous when the
column j. in fall retreat
In addition to all this. the southern
mule is most ski.lfui foraEer, and can
/ if necessities require II. live for a cen
+ tury on barrel hoops and scraps of sole
leather. As economy is q very import
ant element of successful warfare. -IlS
characteristic must weigh heavily i'm the
mules favor. The proposition 20 intro
duce this beast into South Africa reflects
much credit upon the Disracii admins
tration. and viii. we hope, be- carried
/ PtilodcIplija Trait Jo3raCi.
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How Hrs PANTS WERE ABBREvIA-
TED.-The Allentown Chronicle in an
idle moment relates the following Ike
~ story:
A joke is told on a certain gentleman which
is too good to he lost. Our friend, who shall
be namelesS, purchased pair of pants a few
days ago which, on being tried oD at home.
he found to he too long. That night he re-
marked to his wife that he wished her to
take about an inch from each leg, which
would make them the desired length. Being
fond, as q good many wives are, Of teasing
her husband. she told him fiat footed that
she shOuldn do ANYTHING OF the kind, and he
retired finally, without having obtained
promise from her that she would attend to
the matter. Soon after he had left for his
room, however she as 2 matter Of course,
clipped of the supeTfiuOus inch as she had
been asked to do The family is composed
Of six female members. including the good
woman" and il CHANGED that each one Of the
FIVE, WHO We're In adjoining rooms. including
the mother OF our friend, heard the dispute
between man and wife about the pants, and
after the latter had taken off the required
inch and retired, the old lady, desiring TO
keep peace in the family" and not know
ing what her daughter-in-law had done. eau
tiously slipped into the room and cut Oh an
other inch
In this way did each Of the five ladies. un-
known to the others, and all with tho praise
worthy object Of preventing any misundeT-
standing between the married couple, clip an
inch from the leg gof the gentlemen ; trousers.
The following morning, all unconscious Of
what had taken place during the night, he
rolled up his pants in q piece Of paper and
took them to the tailor to be shortened to the
desired length. Upon hasty glance, the
latter ventuTed the opinion that they were
already rather short bat the owner was tod
well posted on that score and insisted that
they were fully an inch too long. The tailor
had no more to say, and our friend retired.
On the following Saturday he called for the
pants and took them home and the next
morning when he came to put himself inside
Of them, he was supremely disguste5 at find
ing that the legs reached only trife below
the knees. In other words, they had been
altered to the fashion OF a century ago, when
knee -hreeches were in vogue. lie straight
way accused the tailor of having ruined hi
pants, and his indignation was expressed in
language anything but mild His wife heard
him and came to the rescue Of the knight Ol
the shears, explaining that she had taken Al
inch from each OF the legs, and her ackuOw
ledgment was followed by that Of each o1
: the other FIVE ladies, when il was discovered
. that altogether the legs had actually beer
( shortened to the extent Of seven inches.
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EXPLANATION GIVEN.

..Paps where were you in the war;
said Jennie. climbing from char
Upon my lap: "Of course you saw
Great battles, and were lighting where
The foe was found on land and sea;
Come now and tell II all to me-
why. child. ] was not In"-and then
/ stopped to think. or course l knew
I'd often IdIked as though Id been
The whole dread. weary conflict through
And still she urged What did you for
Papa what made you 90 TO war;
I looked abroad. The whites were free
who once were yoiceless hlIed with woe,
Slaves Of adventures that we,
Their coEQueTOrs, sent them years ago.
She said And what did L ncle Dorr
Go down to South Carolina ior2"
4 regiment went wheeling by;
saw Of martial law the ghost
! heard the carpet-bagger's cry,
OF plundcr We no more can boast;
! saw the sOuth no longer dead
Where were you papa Jennie said
My dear" l said our pRrty's hoored,
And therefore l don't mind at all,
Now that the [ nion is restored
And we don't rule the senate hall,
To tell my darling sweet and cute;
Her papa sent a substitute.
From The Mobile REGISTER
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Miraculous FEAT OF STRENGTH.

Miraculous FEAT OF STRENGTH.
John Boone, an emplOye Of Gebhart 2
-four mills, in the eastern part OF Dayton,
Ohio, was caught in the shafting of the
machinery and narrowly escaped with
his life His clothing became wrapped
about the shafting so tightly that when
he discovered the fact he could not eT-
tricate himself. He is q man weighing
two hundred pounds and Of great
strength. Throwing one arm around q
beam near at hand he eudeavored to pull
the shafting out of gear or tear himself
from it. He succeeded in springing 1t
from the sockets, but on Stacking up 1t
sprang back. Boone held the shafting
in this position for fully fifteen minutes,
when, obliged to give up from exhaus-
ton. he was drawn upon the shaft, his
clothes fortunately giving way. They
were tom completely from his body.
He succeeded in getting To a lower floor
of the building. where he fell from sheer
exhaustion. and was discovered shortly
after by those who had heard his cries.
He was at once placed under medical
care.
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EXPLANATION WANTED.

Papa, what made you 20 70 war
Said Jenny, climbing from chair
Upon my lap; What did you Tor
And then she hugged me like a pear
You'd have two legs to canter me-
Why child. went becsuse'-Rnd then
] stopped to think. OF course l knev
I'd often told her brother Ben
When the recital thrilled me through,
And still she urged, What did you Tor
Papa, what made you 20 to war =
looked abroad. The blacks were free,
But VOiceless. voteiess, filled with woe,
Slaves Of their masters Sc emcd 10 De
As much as twenty years ago.
She said And what did Uncle Dorr
Get killed in front Of Richmond Tor p
A rife club went wheeling by;
] saw the murdered Chisholm's ghost;
I heard the Hamburg martyrs cry
The rebel yell-thy vaunted boast
l saw the wounds Of patriot dead
What made you go2' my Jennie said,
My dear I sald-but nothing more.
For, giaucing through the senate walls,
The rebel generals had the floor.
And ruled the nations council halls
Papa" she urged, why did you gos'
MY child" l said, Il DO not know
From, the Nc,r York TS-iJu'
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LIE F1psr Mu1rr MAS oN AnFR1-

THE FIRST WHITE MAN or AHERI-
CAN SOIL.-A writer in the Jewish
Messenger cites Alexander Won Hum
bOld'S Cosmos" as authority for claim
that a Jew was the first white man who
set foot on American soil. The jew
however. had been baptized. In a note
in volume II, chapter vi, Humboldt re-
La es that. ON the first expedition, Colum-
bus. when approaching the island of
Cuba, believed himself to be between
two Chinese ports. Desiring To hand
the letters which he possessed from the
European monarch 10 the great Chan
of the MOguls' in China, and return to
Spain. he ''sends q baptized Jew. Louis
de Torres, 10y name, to the shore, be
cause he understands the Hebrew, the
Chaldaic. and some Arabic. those Ian
guages being used in all the mercantile
places Of Asia.
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4 VERY SAD Casa woman in Nevada
has applied for n divorce upon the ground
that She has received absolutely nothing
from her husband since their marriage but
box Of hair-Vins. We have not a very init
mate acquaintance with the laws Of Nevada,
but really it seems To US this y sufficient
grounds for a divorce.
4 woman who is dressed the whole of her
married life in nothing but hair-pins natur
allO could not get into society very often.
and she must suffer great deal III cold
weather We should think man who would
not buy more extensive wardrobe than this
for his wife must hc exceedingly mean
Hair-lins are becoming enough, 50 far a
thcN 90; but to wear nothing cisc-wcn- IL i
~ ,r.-r -c-.r-E
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NUMBER 10.
LEARN a LITTLE EVERY DAY.

Little rills make wider strcamlets
Streamlets swell the rivers flow;
Rivers lOin the mountain billOws.
Onward, onward. as they 20,
Life is made Of sm allcst fragments,
Shade and sunshine. work and play;
SO may we with greatest prOfit,
Learn n little every day.
Tiny seeds make boundless harvest.
Drops Of rain compose the showers;
Seconds make the flying minutes.
And the minutes make the hours,
Let us hasten then and catch them
As they pass NJ on the way:
And with honest. true eudeayor
Learn q little every day.
Let us read some striking passage,
Gull a verse from every page;
Here = line and there a sentence.
'Gainst the lonely time Of age.
At our work or by the wayside,
While the sunshiue's making hay
Thus we may by help Of study
Learn q little every day.
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Auditors Notices. go
Stray and similar Notices -.--.-.--. 80
Business items. first insertion l0C. per line;
ea oh subsequent insertion Sc. per line
80 Revolutions proceedings ~ any c1fp0ru-
ton ur snctctu and communication designed 20
call attention o. ufg 1utfsruf limited IND Udttul
Interest. must bc paid for advertisements.
jon PRINTING OF all kind neatly snd rNpedr-
get "a.
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SnR DIDN'T.-In one % the Detroit
schools the other day class i'm English
history were bsing questioned 10y the
teacher about Henry VII. Snd she fl
nally asked
Did Anne of Cleves. llpnTN's fourth
wife. die Ila, urai death =
There was au awful silence ior hall q
minute. and theli one little miss stam-
mered ont \o, ma 'aui she Hf'S ;ll-
S-sr--.sl i'-
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Advertising Rates.

The large and rapidly increasing oirculstfsu
o. TEE FREENAS Commauds if TO the "a rol-e sc
consideration Of advertisers. AdvertfsoTT7Sr IN -
will be inserted at the following rates.
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Attest-D. W. BRALLEn. Clerz. L4-25.-3tI
PLACKLICK TOWNSHIP.--Re-
z , ceipts and Expenditures OF Blacslsr. township
Tor the wear ending April "A. 1879:
CHARLES FARBAU0H, Supervisor BB.
To amount of Duplicate. .S52li5
d" order on County Treasurer. ...... 4lte-S332.5 Is
CIR
By tax returned and lost tax.....---S 40
'' work done on r1Ed--.--.-.----.-. $3.50
b. services rendered aud books, etc. 5s.75- S62 So
PErss WAGoSER Supervisor. DR..
To amount ST last settleulcut.......s 2s.l4
gt GlIi icStc.. .....-....... 29t.sl
orders on County Treasurer. 5000 SIS.ol
CP.
BY Work on roads. .-..--...-- io.S5
work on ROADS 1ua.Ul
~ DAYS services. etr.-....-.-.-.- 1000
am L orders paid for blank books.
efc...---.- -H.4l
cash 60 =. =. BTaIIier TO balance
2CcCl.I It---...-. ...--..--...--- 5.l@-e5i5.ul
Amt Of orders granted on incoming SupcI-
visors and remaining uupaid..-...... 1902
We. the Auditors OF said township, DO certify
that We have examined tEc accounts Of said town
ship and find them % Ice correct, according to our
best knowledge and ScIieL
JOHN CAMERON
JOHN b. ROSS Auditors.
TIIDS H. REESE \
Ntrcsl-F- p. Rr-trr-E- Iwn. Ffcth. i+--'.-et.l
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!. 4. Ga ItS.
Attest-s. ". LOUDER, Twp. CLERK. Is-2.-5t.I
ALIITIIN UGH-RecCiptS
~ and Expenditures Of EzllItzln Borough from
April S. ls7s, to april @. 1879:
GEO. GUTwALr. Collector DE.
To amount Of duplicate for 1s-s.....s21565
d" balance on ISIS. 4T.55-s2os q
CE.
Br amt paid Tree urer.--....- .S24555
OF -yOueTt-I IONS. .-...----- 29l
returned 20 f'aIuruf ~sigucrs. 5Tl
'' balance due from CuII-ctor...... el5-S-53-2l
=. J. CEnTsry. Treasurer, DE-.
To aru 'trec'd from CcIIector--...-.. s14555
ii. Parrish. BuT-
ges=. as Guus...-....-..-..--...- 25.52-sS7so6
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THE CAMBRIA FREEMAN
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING

At Ebensburg, Pa, by H. A. McPike.
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Total balance due the Borough.

@. y. WTaEToEy
" ". - 81 PIP Auditors.
NJ. L. IEARRT.
q. y. WHARTON. CIcrE. TL25-Stl
JACKSON TOW WNSHIP.-NOtice is
- hereby given to the citizens of Jackson Town
ship Cambria county. PA. that the Auditors set
rIetacut with the Supervisors April -, 1879, is
follows:
ANDREW DCSIEI2E. DR.
To amount Of Dgplicatc---... 1900. .s55l. -
cash received from County Treas
" balance due Township from 1871. E,H.1y--,sS0 %
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PERSONALS.

CHARLES F. LUDLUM, of the Chicago and
Alton railroad, is In the city.
SCHooLFIELD HANAUER & Co. are in re-
ceipt of carload of shot.
COLONEL B. 0. CARR, supervising inspec-
tor of the sixth district, is at the Peabody.
CAPTAIN JOHN B. DAVIS returned from
St. Louis last night, and is stopping at the
Peabody.
COLONEL CHARLES P. WILLIAMS, of
Glenora, Mississippi, and Major G. V. Ward,
of Leota, Mississippi, are at the Peabody.
CAPTAIN JAMES CARR, passenger-agent of
the Louisville and Great Southern railroad
line, was IN the city yesterday, en- route from
New Orleans to Louisville.
F.W. E. FoCKE, ESQ, an eminent cotton
dealer of Berlin, Germany, was among the
visitors at our cotton exchange yesterday;
also B. F. Duke, of Mason, Tennessee, and
T. L. Smith, of Senatobia, Mississippi.
ga. J. K.," the Washington correspond
emit of our neiphbor, the AUalGnche, knows
nothing about Shakespeare. In yesterday s
Avalanche he says: Prince Hamlet swore to
take the life of the king, which he never did. "
Ii "a. ]. K" will turn over to the last scene
in Hamlet he will see where the Denmark
boy got his work in on the king with a
poisoned rapier, and slew him In elegant
stpla
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that he never fails to get his man. How
does he do itp Through the United States
judges-Benedict, Blatchford and Choate.
These judges, and the first one especially,
swelled up with their importance. forget the
nights of citizens or States, and, like JEFF
fries, work for the exaltation of the central
power. They draw their pay from this
power, and of course are biased to the ex-
tent of seven thousand FIVE hundred dollars
a year in favor of centralism. The laws en-
powerlng Comstock to make arrests and to
seize upon what he considers obscene
matter, were passed in the flag end
of a session of congress before they
had been discussed or better understood.
Under the laws, as interpreted by Comstock
and Judge Benedict, the bible could not be
mailed nor Byron poems, nor Shakespeare's
nor thousand other standard authors,
which have delighted and improved man
kind. Why, then, is. it that Mr.. Bennett is
selected by Comstock as butt upon which to
inhict the law? Not that Bennett sent OBJ
scene matter through the mails, but because
he utters his free, out-spoken opinions against
certain dogmas of the churches, opinions held
by Jefferson, Adams and Lincoln. Are we
allowing some of that old spirit that moved
the mild inquisitors to rack and burn the IN
orthodox, to creep in the ways and words of
our lava? Are we to suffer another inquisl-
tor general under the form of Anthony Com
stockp 1t behooves every citizen who loves
liberty in thought or in politics to get the
petitions praying for Mr.. Benefits release,
sign them, and get others to do so. Let each
one put his name down in protest against the
imprisonment of an honest man. Mr.. Ben
nett's arrest and sentence Is a blot-a crying
disgrace on the civilization and hberality of
the present age. AVERY MERIwETHER.
June 10, 1879.
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MOSCOW, TENN.
Great ImprOvement-lTerch Doing
Well and Outlook EDcOuragiBS-
Hard Times Come Again
No More."
From an Appeal Correspondent

From an Appeal Correspondent
Moscow, June 9.-ThIs place has revived
more rapidly than any town IN the State
since the scourge. 1t commands a large
trade, extending through territory of TWEEN
ty miles lu Mississippi. The merchants and
business men of this place and vicinity are
noted for the energy and enterprise of the most
thrifty villages in the western district. Ste
ger Bros, Hecht & Sturm. Crossett Bros, S.
Bejech, and Steger IL Underlish, are the dry
goods merchants, dong large and profit
able business. II. J. II. Mas, and Gus
Shelley keep frst-class saloons, and keep
constantly on hand fine liquors, cigars, etc.
Jews and gentiles haImonize IN this place.
Account sales for cotton, bills for dry goods,
etc., will compare favorably with Memphis.
Dry goods bills in Memp his can be duplicated
here to the satisfaction of the purchaser.
The Cowan house accommodated the travel
ing public in a satisfactory manner both as
to grub and price. iIhere Is spirit OF
enterprise In the citizens. Not long since
the house In which Hecht &c Sturm were
doing business IN was burned. Mr.. Mas,
to whom the house belonged, is erecting a
first-class bushes house, which will be ready
for business in a few days. ''Small profits
and quick and frequent sales" Is the motto
of Moscow merchants j. E. Douglass, d.
D the pastor Of the church here, has built
up an interesting church, and, through
his influence, has commenced a protracted
meeting which promises to be fruitful in get
ting accessions to the church. He has plenty
of ministerial help.EH brethren from Missis-
sippi have readily sresponded to his call for
assistance. Elder Hurt, D. D., is here preach
ing with much force. The pulpit of this
State cannot boast OF greater divine; his
reasoning powers are great; he elucidates
with great power and facility, and his
equal is very seldom If ever found.
Farmers are full of hope and promise, and
feelings are buoyant. Spring has come with
bursting bud and balmy winds, and is now
on the eve of bidding US adieu, to take its
exit over the west. Crops-cotton and corn
are not so forward as last year, but good
stands of both. Upon the whole, the out
look is more promising than for three years.
Ere long, If no plague should visit US, this
and adjoining sections can bid Gdieu to hard
times-we have seen the worst. The future
is more promising than for many years, and
confidence is returning to the people. FL
nancial affairs are becoming more easy; real
estate will ascend the scale, and the past will
soon be forgotten. Morality and Murphyism
are doing much to ameliorate the condition
of the people. Murphy organizations are be-
ing formed In many neighborhoods. The
criminal doekets of the different counties in
West Tennessee have a smaller number of
cases for the past two years than for many
years. Retrenchment, honest government
and reformation should be the watchwords of
the hour. DELPHUs.