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A Important Oriaiis.

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The three OF us had been tran1pins
over the battlefield Of Malvern Hill al
day long. and as night came on there
was every evidence OF q steady, soaking
rain storm. We had to getshelter RICH
away, and we found it ina small farm
house owned by q widow. She was will
ing enough to furnish us supper, but
when it came to lodgings she was
greatly embarrassed.
ssYou see," she said, my house if
very small indeed ( have only this
room, with bed room off. =
But can't we sleep III the barnT'
asked the colonel.
II have no barn.
But you can. so to bed and let US
sleep on the floor in this room, can't
your
Yes, hut-bat' =
'sOh, you needn' t have any fear of us,
madam, = protested the colonel.
1t isn't that sir, but
She blnshed Ikea rose, but none OF
/ us could understand until she said:
well, to tell the truth, my beau will
be here tonight
''Ins this Storm
..Oh. yes, William would come if it
rainea pltchforks.
Well. won't hurt William. -
No, sir,bllt We that is, he will ex-
pect to spark me. and land !
Exactly said the colonel. Il see
the situation. You don't want to dis
appoint William
No, sir; and don t want to turn you
gentlemen out, either. You see, it's
probably my only choice to get married
and it won't do to offend William.
This is his sparkling night and he's got
to come i've miles. KS
ell, we won { stand in the wayne
viii hunt some other place 7
NJ, sir you shall stay, but you see
how ii is. I think can fix it. III
take this room and you three can have
the bedroom
..NVhatl Deprive you Of sleep?'
ssOh! no. sir. William and I always
spark Till daylight, Il you would only
fix 1t that way. sir.
We dill After supper vel locked our
selves into the bedroom, and taking
the pillows from the bed lay down On
the floor and slep like bricks until cali
ed to breakfast. When we went oast
Z -
the colonel asked
s.Well, did William show ulas'''
yes, SIR she stam;nered, and
he asked me to marry him. Il we
hadn'. iixel thugs maybe he'd waited
i gioie year lassges. B-bIeakfast IS
ready. and II aayeg forget yoar kind
ness to ii poor II itiowf Detroit Free
Prea.
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4 80 AND a W AsP !,

Have III, and He Cots IT

Have III, and Sla Gets lit. AN
Among the passengers on the st
Louis express on the Erie Railway Be
t2Tfeen PORT JerYis and Jersey City,
Tuesday nlogniIfg was d very much
oYer- dressed woman, aeeetnp panied by a
bright looking irish nurse girl, who
had charge Of a se1f-Wil1ea tyrannical
tyyo-ss ear-old BOY, whom the over
dressed woman Sq $ efaiFlly tie mother.
The mother oce3l syits d seat by herself
.-Fhe nurse and, ,Giiiid sare i'll a seat Inn
meaiately in front of her 1'he child
gave such frequent exhibitions Of tenn
per, and kept the car filed with such
vicious yells ana slalieIs that there was
q general feeling of savage indignation
among the passengers. Although be
time and again spat in his nurse face
scratched her hands until the blood
came, and tore at her hair and bonnet
She bore with hinl patiently. The In
a9gnatlon Of the passengers was made
the greater because the child's motlle,
Y MADE no effort TO correct OF quiet hina
but, on the contrary. sharply chided
thelursa whenever she manifested any
fignan8ss. Whatever the boy yelled for
thernoJhera 5 cry was, uniformly;
Let liln have it, Mary
BY the time She train passed Turner's
the feelings OF the passengers had been
wrought up to the boiling point. Tie
remark was made audibly here and
there that 1T would be worth paying
for to have tie young one chueked out
Of the window" The hopeful IS mother
was no0moTed by the very evident an
noyance the passengers felt, and at last
fixed herself down in her seat for a
comfortable nap. The child had just
slapped Che nurse in her face for the
hundredth time, and was preparing for
a fresh attack, Wnen a wasp came from
somewhere in the car and few against
the window of the nurse seat. The
boy at once made a dive for the. wasp as
il struggled upward on the glass. The
nurse quickly caught his hand and SAID
TO him, coaxingly: a3
/" Harry mustn' touchl Bug will bite
Harryn'
Harry gave a savage yell, and began
TO kick and slap the nurse. The moth.
er awoke from bel. nap. She heard her.
son s screams, and, without lifting her
head or opening her eyes, she cried out
sharply to the nurse:
why viii you tease that child so,
Mary? Let him have it at oncelf
Mary let go Of Harry. She settled
back in her seat with an. air Of resigna-
ton, but there was a sparkle in her eve.
The boy clutched at the wasp, and final.
ly caught it. The yell that followed
caused Joy to the entire car, for every
eye was on the boy. The mother aWoke
again.
Mary" she cried, ,.alet hita have
IT'LL n
d Mary turned calmly III her seat, and
with a wicked twinkle in&Rer eye said:
Sure, he's
ti 5itS "
one in ii roafeGl. TIE Ga IS InotherI
rose p,asin s.e, seas Witts I. jerk. When
she learned WHAT the matter was she
pulled the boy over the back OF the seat
and awoSe some sympathy for him by
laying him across her knee and warm
ing him nicely. In ten minutes he was
Us quiet and meek as a lamb, and he
never opened his head again until the
rain reached Jersey City N. z. Sun.
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The Presidents New Seal.

! When Chester A. Arthur was Presi-
dent he got a new flag. Now that Gro
| yer Cleveland is President he has got a
new seal.
THE cen alsigure' of this interest
ing novelty, we are told: standing out
in bold relief, is the American spread
eagle, which king of birds was chosen
as our National emblem because its at
tributes are so closely analogous to the
characte of our Nation
We are sorry the President did not
improve this opportunity to give the
really distinctive, and characteristic
bird of the North. American continent
some representation among our ma
tional emblems.
We mean the wild turkey.
The eagle has honor enough. He
figures on the great seal of the United
States, on the arms of the Union, and
on the silver dollar He is no more
American than he is French Or Prus-
sian or Austrian, and, besides, he is
only a useless bird after all. But the
wild turkey is a bird after our own
heart true native American, grand
in aspect and magnificent in plumage.
Benjamin Franklin wanted to make
him our representative instead of the
eagle, and the great printer was right.
The wild turkey is well worthy Of the
distinction. Heis not only beautiful,
but brave. A more courageous bird
does not exist. Our cat allows no
eagles to enter the office, but he never,
tackles a wild turkey.
The best Weight Of the wild turkey is
about twenty pounds. In flavor the
wild turkey is much superior to the
domesticated turkey.
The wild turkey ought to have been
represented on President Cleveland's
new seal. New York Sun.
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Forepaugh says that elephants have
a natural fondness for whisky This
may account for men going out to see
the elephant. Texas Siftings.
tits stated Of a Georgia woman. who
died "a short time since, that when
ever food was mentioned she grew pale
and trembled. y She probably resided
at a boarding house.
The distance of the sun from Chicago
has been found. by Mr.. Houzeau, to be
81, 75O, 800 miles. We therefore fee
that, for the present, the suns morals
are comparatively safe. Paris Morning
News,
Said a Halifax young lady to tele-
graph operator the other day: :. You
must be terribly exposed, receiving SC
many dispatches from the places where
they have smallpox. OF course you
are yaccinatedl U \
When you see a man call the con-
ductor's attention to the fact that there
are only ten persons sitting on his side
of a crowded horse-car, justlook a little
closer and ten to one you II find that he
is sandwiched in between two pretty
girls. s
Senator Dawes daughter has written
a book in which she explains Z How We
Are Governed When she gets, a
husband he may feel like adding. a
sequel entitled I'VE Are Governed Too
Much 1t sometimes happens that
way, we've been told N orristoWn
Herald.
When country editor who is strug-
Cling along, trying to build up atoWn
and rear a large family on five hundred
a year, discovers that a base ball
pitcher hauls in four thousand dollars
for a seasons play, it makes him sit
down on a roller box and think. Oh il
cago Ledger.
Less than fifty years age 1t cost for a
single letter carried less than eighty
miles ten cents. The lovers Of fifty
years ago who resided eighty miles
apart, and kept up an epistolary
correspondence for a year or so, might
have saved a hundred dollars or less by
deferring their nications until
the present time. But we don't sup
pose they even thought of that. re-
4 A Cincinnati girl told her young man
she would never marry him until he
was worth $4,000. SO he started out
with brave heart to make it,
How are you getting on, GeorgeY'
she asked at the expiration of couple
Of months.
ssWell,'' said George, hopefully. Il
have saved $22.
The girl dropped her eyelaslles and
remarked: 81 reckon that's
near enough, George. I'VE are both
IF age, and license will only cost 50
cents.
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FARM NOTES.

X FAhM MULES,
4 a farmers wife says that mustar
seed will prevent mold 6,tIr forming i
vinegar. IT
An ordinary cocoon will reel LOO
yards of fibre, the largest continuou
4 fibre known.
The experiments made in raising pea
nuts on Long Island, New York, thi
year were entirely successful.
The Italian Government has invested
So, 600 900 in raw silk to help the sill
reelers and throwsters. Raw silk ha:
advanced 20 per cent in French mar
kets.
The clover seed nudge, an importa
ton from Europe, is proving annually
very serious drawback to the clover
crops of Canada, and is gradually en-.
croaching over this country.
Winter is the season for making ma
nnre. The best precautions should be
made for carefully preserving it. a
good way to preserve it in the West is
to haul it on to stiff soils at once.
Thee quantity of sumach gathered in
Virginia this year was very large. 1t
is the most valuable tannin plant
known. Some poor men have made as
high as $500 by gathering the leaves of
a shrub that received no attention till
now since the close of the War.
Dakota shows vegetation right along
in summer. According to the report of
a farmer there, his field of barley grew
thirty eight inchesin thirty Eight days.
or at the rate of an inch day. Dakota
should be admitted as one of the States
of the Union.
sPrune in winter for wood and in
summer for fruit. But do not prune
too much. Just enough to let in suf-4
ficient light and air to give the leaves
their fair quota is right. a good rule
is, when you see a limb Interfering
with another out with it, whatever the
time OF year. When the sap is in full
flow wounds will heal over quickest.
Cover your strawberry plants as soon
after freezing weather as possible. Not
thickly. for the strawberry is really an
evergreen, where the conditions are
favorable, and the plants must have
air. The mulch should be thick enough
to hold snow, say about three inches,
and should be taken off in the spring
before the plants come into active
growth. Slough hay, because free from
weed seeds. is the best mulch.
So great have been the underw eight
swindlings Of bakers in England that
by a late court decision those who ped
die bread in carts are obliged now to
carry pair Of scales with them. Much
better is the Turkish plan They tack
the i,aker up to his shop door by the
ears 30 that his toes will just touch the
ground and furnish him with razor,
SO that he need not hang there second
longer than he wants to- It would be
web If the feed foTgers of the United
States could have Turkish Justice
~ Dispatch from San BaIt0lone, Peru,
reports that fighting is gong On st OF
acara between Col. Relays and the g0y-
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It Was Not Dear James.

/ . !
7 / have friend, writes correspond
ent of the New York Sun, who is a
commercial traveller, and on his return
from a trip he always comes to see me
and enlivens my existence by q recount
| Of his experience on the road.
| "Well, Charley, anything new n
said I, as Charley tilted my best chair
against the freshly -papered wall and
pulled vigorously at one of my stogas.
Not much, 2 said he. Pm sick Of
the road Too much of a dogs life.
i IA, as0;as quit 9.9sd ssfsta setsl'e
down. g Is.
I expected this. Charley had been
going to do it during the four years /
have known him; but he never quit,
and, in common with many more drum
mers, viii shake the hand Of many a
hotel clerk yet before he finally settles
down. Whats the matter; trade
dull ~ asked, as Charley mechani-
8cally looked around for the bell button.
You're not in a hotel, my dear fellow,
and ] drew forth a bottle and glasses
from my cupboard.
We'll, here's luck, said Charley, as
he held his glass to the light. mo,
trades pretty fair, but it isn't as it
used to be. Why, when first went on
the road there was some fun i'll it. /
only carried one trunk, and I could
generally get the trade to look at my
samples. Now I carry three, and it's
the hardest kind of work to get man
into sample-room. You don't know
Billy Jackson, do you9 Travels for a
Chicago house. Always registers with
a tooth-pick.a
replied that l hadn't that pleasure.
Pleasure! HuInphl 1t would afford
me the most unbounded pleasure to get
even with him for a little trick he
played on me the other day over in II
linois.r
II was going to Efiingham on the
Vandalia. got on at Casey, and the
first fellow saw was Billy. You're
just the fellow was looking for, said
he. There's a pretty girl in the front
car, and I think you can get acquainted
if you work the thing right. I've
triedlt myself, but didn't seem to |
catch on.
I've got quite reputation among |
the boys in this direction, so I easily |
swallowed all Billy said, and followed
him into the smoker. / thought it |
mighty strange that a girl should be in
the smoker, but there she was, sure
enough, and you can bet she was a
daisy. She was seated by herself when
I entered, near two gentlemen.
thought they eyed me rather more than
was necessary. However, didn t say
q word, but quietly seated myself OPP
posite the dame and commenced tao
tics.
After had looked at her once or
twice she began to see me. Great |
Scott, said to myself. this is easier
than thought for So smiled back.
This was al the girl wanted. She be-
gan to move nearer to me. Then she
nodded her head and smiled several
times. In all my experience I never
had a girl act that way toward me in SO
short time, and saw that there was
wrong. although for the life
Of me I couidn + imagine what it was. i
s ca n tyyair,.y RI hacE ant hav-cvar az, r r
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HAPPINESS IN TRIPLES

Forepaugh says that elephants have
a natural fondness for whisky This
may account for men going out to see
the elephant I7exas Siftings.
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Something About Rings,

It's understood, says an authority on
the subject, that a gentleman who de-
sires to marry wears a plain or chased
gold ring upon the first finger Of the
left hand. When he becomes engaged
the ring passes to the second finger.
After marriage it passes to the third
finger. If, however, the gentle de-
isires hi lady friends to clearly under
stand that, he is not in the market
and does not wish to marry at all, he
wears the signet upon the little finger.
This will inform all the ladies that he
is beyond reach. With the ladies a
plain or chased gold ring on the little
finger of the left hand indicates not
engaged" or 'sready for an offer. =
When engaged the ring passes to the
third finger on the right hand. When
married the third finger on the left
hand receives the ring. When a young
lady desires to defy all suitors she
places rings one on the first and one
on the fourth finger.
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a Crush Hat for Women.

|. Have you heard of the new crush hat
for ladies2 1T has been introduced i'm a
French pay called La Doctoresse,''
which is being performed at Paris
theater. Mile. Magnier, who is very
pretty, takes the title role, and it was
for her that the feminine edition Of the
Gibus was invented by one Of the
principal matters of Paris She wears
it when visiting her patients. The only
one which 1 have seen was at Lady
Granville Gordon's little atelier in
Park street. The shape is a very be-
coming one. the crown being high and
the marrow brim gracefully curved. It
is furnished inside with springs. by
means of which it can be shut together
like mans opera hat.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-06-26
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.

The Republican convention, held at this
place on Monday last was rather tame af-
fair, about one half of the county being un-
represented. One hundred and ten dele.
gates would be necessary 70 constitute fun
convention, and when time was called hut
1fty-two could be got up to the scratch -
The Cambria Iron Company having no can
didate for Sheriff, there was neither life
nor metal 10 the concern.
After the convention had been called to
order Captain Thomas Davis of this place,
offered a resolution endorsing NJ s. Quay
for State Treasurer, after which ChaI L.
Dick, Esq. Of Johnstown, was elected Sen.
atorial Delegate, and Cyrus Elder, ESQ, of
Johnstown, ard A. v. Barker. Esq, of this
place, were elected Representative Dele
gates
A strong effort had been made By the
managers to induce ex-Sheriff Griffith, of
this place. to accept the nomination for
Sheriff, but he bad persistently declined,
and in the face of his declInation bis name
was placed before the convention, and al
though his son, DR.. Griffith. sta ted that be
was authorized to withdraw his name. no
attention was paid to the withdrawal, and
he was unanimously nominated, and
committee, consisting of Fl. w, Storey,
Thomas Davis and John j. Good, was ap.
pointed to make "the greatest effort of their
liyes' in persuading Mr.. Grifith to accept
the nomination. Their efforts, however,
proved futile, and the committee reported
that the convention would have to get some
body else. The name of S. NJ. Miller, of
Johnstown, was placed in nomination, when
P. NJ. Brown, of WImore, in a speech in
tended to lay in the shade Conkling's effort
at Chicago in behalf OF Grant, nominated
Jacob e. StiLeman. of South Fork. When
Mr.. Brown subsIded it was evident that his
burst of eloq uence had laid out Mr.. Miller.
A ballot was then taken, which resulted in
the nomination of Mr.. Stineman by vote of
~ to IL. -..
William Davis, OF Jackson township. was
nominated for Jury Commissioner, George
Myers, of Gallitzin township, for Poor
House Director, and Joseph Miller, of VIII
more, for Coroner. after which the conYen-
ton adjourned.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-06-26
HYMENEAI..


ALLY ADAMS Married, at tie Gath
lie church iE Jnhustowu, on Wednes-
ddy June Path. 1885. Mr.. w II. Alley To
Miss Venie Adams. both of Cenemaugh.
BOYLAND SMITH. - Married. at ST.
Roses Catholic church at Lilly, on -
by the Rev. Father Brown. Mr.. Maurice NJ
Boyland to Miss Ella Smith, both of Wash
ington township.
NAGBE SURGEON. Married. at the
Catholic church. at St. Augustine, on Tues
day, Jnne %, 1885 by Rev Father Ryan,
Mr.. Simon Nagle to Mss Ida BurRoon, both
of CIeaIfield township.
BRECKENRIDGE - Married, at
the Catholic church at Loretto on Tuesday,
the 23rd of June. 1894. ny Rev. Father
Bush. Mr.. John Topper to Miss AngeIine
Eckenrode, bO tn OF AlIeeh ny township.
BLAIR-RROWN- Married, at ST. } .,hn' 5
Catholic church in Altoona, on Tuesday,
June %. 1885. by Rev. Father O'RsiIIy, Mr..
W. w Blair to Miss Sallie Brown, both of
Altoona
The groom is well-known here where he
was horn and raised. being the eldest sun of
Ex Sferiff John A. Blair. He is an in
dustriOus aud exemplary young man, and
we congratulate the young couple on their
advent into the matrimonial state, and wish
them a long and prosperous married life.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-06-26

The JOhnstOwn Tri5,ne, In its issue
Of Monday last, says: An accident OF
rather sensational nature happened at q
house on Adam street last night. Efforts
have been made to keep tue matter from
the public, out the particulars are gradually
leaking uut.
As far as can be learned, the eircum-
stances OF the affair are a. follows: Mr.
George WOlford, son of Nj. Edward VOL
ford. has for some time been keeping COM
pany with Miss Luther, whose home is on
Adam street, between Main and Bedford.
The young nan is not of age yet. and. it is
said, Oh that account and for other reasons
the father was opposed to bis going with
the girl. he expressed his determination
TO the young man to force him to desiSt
keeping Miss Luther's company. but that
did not deter him in the least.
Last evening George called to see his lady
frieod, as usual on Sunday evening. He
had been at the house but short time when
his father put in appearance and. in an en-
ragged manner, ordered him to leave. The
son did not obey, wbereupoD. it is alleged,
Woiford drew a revolver, and. placing it to
bis sons head, tOId him he would shoot him
dead on the spot if he did not 90 UPON his
knees and promise to quit the girls COM
pany. The young man, no doubt, regard
ing discretion as the better part OF valor,
assumed a prayerfui attitude and passed his
word that all communication between him
and his fair friend shoold cease. Father
and son then left the Luther premises to-
Rether. This is the story es it runs cur
rent among those who have heard of the
affair
Miss Luther. when asked for statement
in reRsrd to the trouble, declined to say any
thing. 81 will not make any statement"
she said, UNLESS l am forced to. In that
event will tell some things that will not be
very pleasant for Mr.. Wolford to hear, nor
very credrable to him. l can tell word for
word everything that happened aud de-
scribe everything that was Gone So can
father and mother aud the people in the
other end Of the house, for they saw It all
Miss Luther lie a not unprepossessing
young woman. and is spoken OF by those
who know her as respectable and worthy
girl.
The Young man in the case boards on
Market street. and Is about nineteen years
of age. He has Just flushed learning the
trade of machinst, and is said to be com.
petent workman and a clever young fellow.
The matter js now undergoing investiga-
tion by the police authorities.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-06-26
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

The following transfers of real estate
were filed in the Recorders Office, this
place, for the week ending Wednesday, June
"a, 1885
Summit Coal Co., limited, to Upton Run
Coal Company, for 96 tracts of land in the
counties of Blair. Cambria. Centre and
Clearfeld and also tie mineral rights to
33 tracts In the same counties.
Samuel BralIier to John Leng, for 162 acres
and I06 perches in jackson township; ;consid-
GRAFTON. s.. 800
Mary A. Wentroth to j. F. Long, for lot
in Croyle township; consideration. S65.
Mary A. Wentroth to Mary Litzinger, for
lot in Croyle township; consideration, 500.
Henry RageT to Mark Kerr. for acres
and 26 perches in Jackson township; con-
sideratiou, $240.
n. d. KitteII to Albert Noel, for 12o acres
in Gallitzin township; consideration, S70o.
Maria Wayland to M. R. Clark for lot in
Stonycreek township; considers tion, 5000.