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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-01-09
THE CHERRYwooD CLOCK.
with a cherrvwood case,

With a cherrywood case,
And jolly. round face,
Standing lust in the niche in the wall,
Ticking all night and day,
In the steadjest way,
Is an old fashioned clock III the hall.
There's a spot on the face,
And there's many trace
OF a scratch or a scar on the wood
And the hands, made OF brass,
With an odd shadow pass
Ger a dial that for ages has stood.
Yet the old clock is ticking,
The second hand picking
It's way round TO the go" so sure
And it strikes with ring,
Like an animate thing,
All the time looking old and demure.
All, that cherrywOod clock,
Standing grim as a rock,
Looking down on the folks of to-day,
Could tell tales of its own,
In its own solemn tone,
OF the past in its old fashioned way.
1t has licked slow and strong
In its monotone song,
When the house was all quiet and still;
It has spoken as loud,
Almost Joyous and proud
When the blast without whistled so shrill
1t has licked with the bell
That a wedding would tell;
1t has ticked, keeping time with the song :
1t has ticked at the birth
OF q soul brought to earth,
To battle and grow with the strong.
1T has ticked through the night,
When the small shaded light
Saw the weary. fond watchers above,
With the breath dying fast,
Ere the life-leaSe was past,
OF parent or child whom they love.
1t has ticked on the tread
As they carried the dead
Thro the Old-fashioned hallway and door
And it licked right along,
just as steady and strong,
When the funeral service was Ger.
IT'S an honest old hand,
With dingy brass band,
Tracing round the old dial each day.
But it seems to fOreteH,
With a mystical spell,
How swiftly our lives pass away
lis an heirloom at best
Looking odd with the rest,
OF the modern apparel and wear.
With its wonderful gaze
At the present odd ways
OF the new generation and fare.
There's a problem to solve,
\ 5 the hands slow TeVO!Ye,
Whether modern folks, manners and all,
are rs true and as good
As the old folks so rude,
Whose hands placed the clock in the hall
Charles Chamberlain, ,Jr.
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Tn" pride OF a mother the light and Joy OF home,
are teT cHtidroB. Hence hcr grief when sickness
enters and takes them away. Take warming. then.
i! lAcy have Cough. Group, OF WhooViuy Cough.
winch leads 70 Con-uInl tiou. hat You running
% .rTia.c risk % u uut attend TO it at once.
SalLDh ) tJESC AII'TlDN CURf. is Zulrau-
ted o. them. Price. I0 cts 50 cts. nd Gl %
For Lame Back. Side. or Chest. use >hiiOh's Por-
Gus Tias,crS. Irice. = cts. Sold by L. J. LLOYD.
Druggist. EbeJlshur-g l9-l9.-C.p-yy -yy.Ctu.l
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"7ne Best J Ercr Kne,c or,

zen Of Iowa CIV. writes: y have bad the Dyspcp-
sil and Liver Complaint FOR several wears. and
have ISed every remedy could hear OF. without
any relief whatever. until 1 saw your Shiloh's vi
tJiizCr advertised in paper, and was persuaded
To Try st. / happy to state that IL has entirely
cured me 1t is cert siuly the hest remedy ever
knew OF Price. - cents. Sold 10y z. !. LLOYD
Druggist, Eacu~lurg. [9-i9-e.J. .6In.l
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PTRIODs or NILFIEO.-A COZ, r
is MIXED three times q Gay wac ---
more milk and yield more e'4 ...,. r.
one that is MIXED al Intervals , -->
hours. When The ud6er is i.... 10. 4
cess of ABSORPTION goes on ana III
the milk secreted Is thus los-- .,--s
pay to take The milk from co. it-. .--,-,r
ers at intervals of eight hours .'s '.s.-.,s I,
as possible. 4 cow that IS I-.
five in the morning, one iE ilis ..-.- e.
and nine at night. viii rifla ,-1r
to twenty per cent. more mis-. .'-.'
cream than if milked twice q day
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SUILOE-S CATARRH REMEDY A marvel
Ions Cure for Catarrh. riphtheria. CInkCr-rnouth
and Headache. with each bottle there is an iuge.
nious nasal Injector for the more successful treat
mcut oi tiIe complaint, without extra charge. Price
81 cts. Sold by 4. !. LLOYD. Ebcns burg.
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OATMEAL CRACKEFS.-- '+
milk. one Tablespoonful o. 7i-.. .-s
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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-05-06
The Peruvian Dictator.

Don Nicolas Pierola was born in
Camana, in the department of Arequipa
in 1910. His father was a noted Peru
Wan naturalist and a companion of
Humboldt in his researches on this
coast. He received good education,
and at one time was destined for clerical
orders, but being of an aggressive dis
position his parents considered the army
the most fitting profession to place him
in. At the age of twenty-five he re-
ceived commission in the army, but
after serving few years without hav-
ing trial of active service, he resigned,
having become disgusted with the mill
tary service. He then turned his atten-
tion to politics, occupying various posi-
tions under the Government, until he
was brought into prominence by his ap-
pointment as Minister of Finance bv
President Balta; this occurred in 1868.
It was during his tenure of that Office
that the railway contracts, which at
that time seemed to promise SO much
advancement and prosperity to Peru,
were negotiated with Henry Meiggs aud
others. To meet the obligations Of the
Government under the above contracts,
Pierola negotiated in Europe loans
amounting to the sum of S15O,000, 900,
bonding the guano revenues for the
same. Everything for q while was
''flush," money being more plentiful
than it was in the States during the
war. Soon a reaction came: railway
construction was suspended, and the
country was on the verge of financia
ruin. As somebody must suffer for the
disaster to the prosperity of the country,
Pierola, with the other members of Bal
ta's cabinet, were impeached by the
Prado Government, which had ascended
to power. Tried by a hostile Congress,
Pierolo, with the other Ministers, was
acquitted. From this dates his hos.
tility to the Prado party.
During the present war Pierola has
proved himself q staunch patriot. Yet
while abroad, an exile, he wrote letters
to La Patra, pointing out the dangers
which would -beset Perm in the event of
her becoming an ally of Bolivia, which
predictions have been fulfilled. How
ever, since the war was decided upon,
snd since his return to Peru, he has
given the late administration bis un.
qualified support. As one disaster
after another befel Peru, and to
meet the wishes of the people,
Pierola was asked by Gen. La
Puerta, First Vice President and Act.
ing President, to form Cabinet. He
declined, and few weeks ago pub.
lished an open letter in the press giving
his reasons therefor, and in very plain
Language intimated that nothing short
of resignation of all the administra.
tive officers, from the President down.
would save the countr, in its present
trial, or prevent domestic violence. 1t il
the settled opinion of thinking meI
that Pierola is the only man in Peru
to-day able to handle the reins of Gov
ernment with abilities sufficient tc
carry on vigorous war, or conclude an
honorable peace.
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The Result of a Murder.

/ shall endeavor to answer TWO ques-
tions: Who was Charming and what
was he?- We have no help in the first
question from the igenealogies on the
other side of the water, and this is in
some sense to be regretted because
grapes don'G grow. on thorns, and there
must have been noble vines to give us
such fruit as men like Claiming. No
doubt if we could trace- the Channings
and Ellerys back we should find men
and women OF rare virtue among them,
and light on many a tale worth Hing.
Still, as we have no grapes we can leave
the vines where the Eternal Providence
has left tbem-on the other side of the
water-and deal with only what we
know of his family on this side. The
mothers side Of man makes its first mark
during the revolutionary war, when the
grandsire Eilery signed the declaration.
In him was great worth and splendid
ability, but his life slipped away with
out anything great being accomplished
in it. The Channings came from Dorset
in 1712, and i venture to guess that
they fed from the shadow of great
tragedy. Richard Channing,T OF Dor
chester, married Mary Brookes about
l704. The people had urged on the mat
ter rather against the mans will, and
the result was that Mary poisoned her
husband. She was tried for the mur-l
der and was hanged on the 21st of
March, 1705, being then only 19 years
of age. After she was dead her body
was burned in the old Roman amphithea-
ter at Mulberry, in Dorset, in the pres
ence Of 10000 people. Now, when your
EDglishman strikes great. sorrow like
that he moves away, and my guess is
that John Charming, Richards brother,
left Dorset because he could not live so
near to the scene Of his great and awful
sorrow, where, people whispered, !" his
brothers wife was hanged and burned"
This grandsire Claiming became q mer-
chant at Newport, but he fell on evil
days and at last lays down the burden.
HIS wife gets little store, but was
always the lady, and raised her children
extremely we'll. William, their son,
took to the law and rose to some emil
nence. He married Lucy Ellery, and
from his twain sprang William Ellery
Charming. His father died at AZ, and
left the desolate little woman to bring
up nine children.
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Mrs. PartingtOn at the SsciabIe.

b. 4. shlllaber IN the Cambridge Avenue.I
There was no mistaking the costume,
and the fact that the venerable dame
led email boy by the hand confirmed
the impression that Mrs. Partington
was indeed in the &ssemblage. There
was momentary lull in the conversa-
ton, and the party gathered around the
new conner, eager TO shake her by the
hand. "Bless mep' said she, with
beamipg smile, which played over her
face like sunshine over a. lake. Bless
me! how salutary you all are!-just as
you ought. to be at a time like this,
when nothing harmonious should be,al-
lowed to disturb your hostilities. You
are very kind, Pm sure, and am glad
to see you trying to enjoy yourselves.
We had no church sociable+ in my
young days, but we had husin' bees and
quilt'n' bees and apple bees and"
"Bumble bees" said Ike, breaking in
like boy on thin ice-"and though we
had go1d times, and sociables enough,
goodness knows, when the read ears
were found, they were nothing to the
superauity of this.'
There was slight disturbance in the
circle, as Ike in his restlessness placed
his heel on circumjacent toe, but it
was stilled as the mas er of ceremonies
came up to introduce the minister.
"Glad to see you, madam" raid the
minister, 81 hope you may find the
hour scent with us happy one" 81
know | shall, she replied, "for happiness
depends very much on how we enjoy
ourselves, and enough of. anything al
ways satisfies me. How could I help
enjoying myself in scene of such life
and animosity as this? And then
the lights blazing like CONSERVATION,
and the music and flowers make it seem
ike Pharaoh land" -rs.--
The minister was called away, and
the master of ceremonies asked Mrs. 2.
if she would like "an ice," which sine
family heard. ga nice-?' she re-
piled, looking at him and han eing ON to
the long, as if it were the top bar of
the gate; oh! very" A rush by the
contestants in the game here broke in
between them, the band gave crash
that seemed to start the roof. the mass
I OF people waved to and fro, Ike started
on with some new crony in quest OF
some suggested peanuts, and Mrs. Part.
ington backed into seat. She looked
Il pleasantly at the moving spectacle
tnrOugh her own parabOlas, her fingers
beat time to the music, and her oil-fac
tories inhaled the breath of flowers and
the smell of coffee from an adjacent
room, till she was becoming "lost," wher
she realized that figure was standing
before her, and cold spoon was beinl
thrust into her right hand. 1t was the
attentive manager again, with an ice
cream, which he invited her to take.
"You are very surprising, sir" sale
she, smiling. "I was uuconscionabl1
at the moment. Thank you; / will
| am very partially fond of ice-eream
and this is MANILA, too, which is m,
II favorite." She ate with sense of en-
! fjoyment, caught from the scene, anc
went away soon after, when Ike hat
Joined her, with plethoric pockets
bidding the manager convey a good
night nom her to tie party, saying sh
had enjoyed q real sociable time.
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NUMBER 5.
A Coming Comet.

The Astronomer Royal of England in
forms the Washington astronomers that
a comet has been seen from the observa-
tory at Cape Town. South Africa. The
question naturally arises whether this
is the great comet whose appearance
was announced by DR.. Gould of the
Cordoba Observatory in South America.
The fact that Cordoba and Cape Town
are both in the Southern Hemisphere,
and in nearly the same latitude, is an
argument in favor of that supposition;
but, on the other hand, there seems 10
be an irreconcilable variance in the ac-
count of the comets motions. DIR.
Gould described his comet as moving
northward, while Gill, the South African
observer, reports that the comet he sees
is moving southwark. Neither of these
comets, if there be two, has yet been
seen from any American observatory.
We are yet ignorant whether the COM
ing comet is merely telescopic, like that
of last year. or one of these stupendous
naked-eye fellows that in the ages Of
superstition were dreaded as portending
great wars. The belief in the bellicose
significance of comets is not yet extin-
guished. Probably the majority OF un-
educated persons regarded the comet of
1911 as a forerunner of the war of 1872
in this country, and of the three tre-
mendous closing struggles by which
Europe finally shook of the grip of Ma
poleon. The great comet of 1913 was
near enough to the Mexican war to be
regarded by the superstitious as a celes
tial prognosticatien and who does not
remember how direful appeared the un-
paralleled comet of 1858, in the days
when the possibility of civil war was on
every tongue? The comet of 1861, nearly
as hugh as its predecessors, seemed to
the superstitious second sign of the
great fratricidal struggle. So the comet
of 1875 did Hot fail to find believers
who connect it with the rumblings of
coming war in the East, and when, two
or three years later, Russa's army
marched upon Constantinople, such be-
lievers were assured that the prophecy
of the comet had cone true. This super.
stition will probably always linger in the
human mind, and, should the comet
that is now visible in the southern heav-
ems sweep into its perihelion passage
around the sun with train of light
stretching half way across the sky, there
will not be wanting persons to point at
the now augmenting armament of the
great powers of Europe, and to predict
a great clash of arms. In this they will
have the support of the astrologers. In
an astrological almanac published in
London, and of great authority among
it's patrons, there is pictorial prophecy
for the year 1880, in which a helmeted
woman, armed with sword, dominates
| over field filled with tramping armies.
The publisher prudently postpones the
letter-press explanation of this formida.
BILE picture to next years almanac.
In the meantime, those of us who are
not superstitious may expect the comet
with equanimity, and fearlessly hope
that it belongs to the largest and mos
brilliant species.
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Printing Under Difficulties.
New York Herald.l

/. The WiH Of the People is the title of
the organ of the Nihilists in Russia. 1t
appears in the most extraordinary way
in unexpected corners and when least
looked for. They say it is constantly
to be found on the toilet table of the Em-
peror and under the pillows of states
men and generals. The manner in
which this curious organ is printed is
described at length by the st. Petersburg
correspondent of the Manchester Guar
dian. The Office is gloomy, miserable
room at the top of house in a poor To-
eality. On the door is the announce
ment of some fictitious trade. The room
is occupied by poor wretch, formerly
q student; it is wretchedly furnished.
The bed occupies pretty nearly the en-
tire room. Everything is mean and
squalid. The owner of the apartment
is editor, compositor, reporter, printer
and publisher. Under the mattress of
the miserable bed the type is hidden.
Thence, when occasion offers, it is trans
ferred to the multitudinons pockets of
his great coat. lie goes out into the
street with a diminutive note book,
hangs about public buildings, glares at
people in authority, whom he would
kill if glance could murder, writes
his "leaders" in a secluded corner of q
park, and rolls each page into a pill to
be swallowed on the approach of po.
iceman. As soon as the work is finished
he steals home, locks and barricades the
door, gets out his type and sets up the
paper, which he afterwards prints in q
primitive manner, and distributes
through the streets and in cafes. and by
all other means known to conspirators.
This account of the difficult, dangerous
and painful duty which that poor, patient
scribe performs under the direction OF
an inexorable committee, from whom he
receives little help, may or may not be
in accordance with truth; but there re-
mains the undeniable fact that under
the very nose of the terrible Third Sec.
tion, despite all the vigilance of the po.
lice, sheet is printed, published and
circulated, and no man can put his hand
upon those who thus contribute to the
literature of revolution.
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Making Sugar from Water.

The Concordia (Kaasas) Enterprise
tells of a spring of water from which
sugar is made. 1t says: We had call
last Thursday from Mr.. H. T. Mills,
now living on his new farm, north hwest
of Burr Oak. Mr. Mills produced for our
inspection lump of sugar, which he
had made from water caught as it ran
from living spring on his place. The
process Of manufacture was similar to
that by which maple sugar is produced,
by "boiling it down. This expert,
ment was made last Sunday, and the
amount of sugar "tried out" from
three gallons Of pure spring water was
one and half pounds. Mr.. Mills had
his attention called to the peculiar
quality of the water of this spring by
the fact that his cattle refused to drink
it, and then by personal sampling," /"
its sweetness inducing him to try the
experiment of sugar-makipg from such
singular material, with the result stated.
We tasted the sugar, which has almost
the identical appearance of maple,
and were struck with its similarity OF
taste. There is enough difference, how.
ever, to convince one that it is moi
maple, but that it is an excellent quail
ity of sugar.