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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-12-23

IMPORTANT IF TRUE.-We were sitting
with Horace one afternoon in that little
disreputable ssnctum of his adjoining the
counting-room of the Tribune. The old
gentleman was in one of his chronic cons
ditions of grumble and discomfort He
had that mealy appearance so common TO
him, that made him resmble a blonde
miller fresh from the dust of bis flour
mill, and was expressing his private opin-
ion in a public and somewhat profane
way, when a col0rsd gentleman was an
nounced.
f'Let him come in," roared the phi!os>
opber, and an aged darkey, clad in broad
cloth, gold-rimmed spectacles, and a cane,
headed with the same precious metal,
stalked in.
'..Mr Greeley, believe" he inquired.
''Yes, I'm Mr.. Greeley; what do you
want % was the g-uf' response.
swell, sah,'' said old Ebony Specs,
seating himself as he deposited his hat
and cane on the floor. "Well, sab, I've
been thinking that our race don't pay
enough attention TO scientific pursuits,
sab -
We saw the cloud gather on the intel<
fe6tGal countenance of the great Journal
istic Bohemian 1t broke in thunder at
that point In voice wherein was
blended the shriff tones Of a hystericsl
woman and tho growl of tiger, he ex-
claimed:
ftScientific pursuits you id old fool;
you want a hoo handle and patch of pota-
toes in New Jerssy-thafs the scientific
pursuit you want. Get out. Don Plat.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-12-23

A STORY is told of a man in Connecticut
who fell from the top of five story build
ing to the sidewalk but, as he struck on
the thick soles of his rubber shoes, he
bounded back within quarter of an inch
of the roof, and so continued to bounce,
the distance decreasing by only quarter
of an inch each journey. He subsisted on
hash enclosed in rubber balls, which he
managed to catch on the bound, and at
the end of month was stopped and re-
stored to his family.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-12-23

leaves overhead, as we went on for an
hour or two longer, and then sverpowered
with exhaustion, and no .onger greatly
dreadlng the fire, we lay down in hol-
low and fell asleep.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-12-23
VNEHE POSE
-FUR-
n B q 20

rrto vaar 1872 will be one fraught with uhu-
al DoIitical interests to the people OF the en-
- country, there being a PRESIDENT anu u
GEnogress to elect, besides several important
stfte tba result Of that election depends the
.rthFe Welfare and perpetuity Ut our pohtlcai
bcv can best be sated by circulating among
- i,tIters such newspapers as advocate rree'
rTbarsL r constitutional Government
In ffh future as in the past we SHAH continue
~ isF,Ut increasingly for government OF
FREE PRINCIPLES,
.,4 Ct all times and under all circumstances
Attend and sustain such a government against
of Attacks il matters not what preteXt may De
sat mn 10 accomplish its overthrow
VE WILL ADVOCATE
.bs following propositions as essential 10 the
,reserTation of our political institutions
f-sinst the Vaccinations OF the unscruputous
JsojeTs of the Radical party:
/ The administration of the Government IN
,cnsOnaDpr with. the pure and patriotic pr1ncl-
,iss laid down by the founder OF the Republic
~ Opposition 10 military rule and dictation
rTAer any prttext or alleged necessity.
2 F0ual rights to all citizens, including the
iLbt ~ every citizen to Ire tried Tor a II alleged
fence. in the civil courts. IN strict accordance
With the letter and spirit of the Constitution.
4 Free and fair elections everywhere. with
out interference by the President or lntimlda-
linn hv Federal bayonets.
Hsiuced taxation, honest. economical gov
er+rirflt and Civil Service Reform.
4 financial policy that will not oppreSS the
,r1ductive Industries of the country.
: An end to lobby schemes, monopolies and
lind grabbing.
5 a change of the public administration and
'he overthrow of the cOrmOranSS who are now
frpleting the public treasury.
The overthrow Of the corrupt state gov
srnmknts in the South which impose heavier
burdens Of taxation upon the Nortn oy heeplng
half the country in a state of Bankruptcy and
Poverty.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-12-23
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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-12-23
THE WEEKLY POST

IL "--IN- ~ -
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We ask all who desire TO see the principles
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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-12-23
NOTICE is hereby eiyen that have

purchased the following personal proper
Y at Sheriff . sale, and have left the same in
t1e care of @. w. LLOYD, viz: / Hathaway
or Buckwheat, Seds, l Wagon, lot OF Hsy,
about four tons) about 200 dozen Oats, set of
Harness, Plough and Harrow, Spreaders, Sin
ge-Irees, Chains, and Horses. All persons
gre therefore cautioned against meddling with
s's sue SDoxe property, as they are left with the
ealo " W. LLOYD, subject to my order.
JOHN HIPS.
Chest Twp Oearheld Co., Pa, Dec. 5, 1e7l,-3t+
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1871-12-23
THE ROAMING FATHER.

In 1886 man of the poorer class,
named Colburn, said good-by to his wife
and two small children in a town of
Maine, by way of starting upon what was
supposed to be brief visit to Boston
For that city he did indeed take the
proper train, but whether he went beyond
that was not to be known at the time,
for he was not to Be Traced subsequently,.
and returned to his family no more
When the fact of an apparently Deliberate
desertion in the case became obvious 10
those who knew the forsaken wife and
infants, II was limited that the absent ee
had only closed 8 married life which his
unfortunate disposition had rendered in
harmonious by such an act of heartless 8
c6wgrdfce as might have been expected
of him but when Mrs. Cclburn realized
the cruel truth she evinced her finer
womanliness by preserving perfect silence
as TO the cause. Mother and children
were left penniless; the elder of the babes,
a boy, was but three years old, and the
hapless family had no resources but the
coolest of public charity. So, while the
widow of living husband found servile
employ thent barely to keep body and
soul together, the poor little ones had to
90 into the aims house. After time an
uncle, himself a poor man, was prompted
by very shame to rescue the children
from formal pauperism and take them
into his humble home, but presently the
toiling heart-broksn mother died, and then
the Younger child, and only the little boy
survived to share the uncle's scanty store
and fgh: the weary battle Of nnmoneyed
life, For a few years this boy had at
least the protection of his uncle but the
latter dying at last, left him out upon tbe
world with only the beginning of COM
mon school education to make utter pow
erty the more intelligently miserable TO
him. He might have become vagrant i;
but, instead thereof, went as bravely to
work in his hard lot, refrained so stead
fastly from the Greoleyan agricultural
system of treating such a slot" !. c, by
.'going out West and 50 resolutely ap-
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-09-08
THE EDUCATIONAL JOURNAL.

The Kansas Educational Journal
since the July number was issued, has
been removed to Topeka, and is now
published in that city by Banfield &
Fitch. The first number, under the
new firm, is before US. 1t contains
thirty-two pages of reading matter,
and so far as we have examined it, it is
all good. The Journal is very consid-
erably improved in typographical ap-
pesrance, and has q stereotyped title
page. The press work is little If any
better than we did it with our poor ia
cilities, but no doubt it will be greatly
improved. Having the facilities of q
bindery, of course the Journal can be
gotten up in much better shape than
formerly, when this work had to be
done by hand.
We understand that Prof. Banfield
proposes to give his entire time to the
Journal, and we may expect it to i'm
prove, as he has the ability and energy
to make it what it ought to be: second
to no educational magazine in the
country. It is the duty of every teach.
er in the State to take their education
al monthly. We hope the subscription
list will increase, and that Professor
Banfield may receive something neal
the pay he ought to have for doing thii
important work.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-09-08
STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION

The Topeka Commonwealth says the
State Board of Equalization closed its
labors on Thursday. The land assess
ment was advanced in the counties of
Atchison, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler,
Chase, Clay, Cherokee, Coffey, Dickin-
SOC, Davis, Franklin, Lyon, Linn, Leav-
enworth, Marshall, Morris, Nemaha,
Ottawa and Riley.
The assessments per acre was reduced
in Cloud county from S4.75 to 81 in
Labette, from S6.Ol to So; in Shawnee,
from s11.O9 8 to SO, and in Wyandotte
from $1368 to S12. The remaining
counties were left as reported by the
county clerks.
The aggregate assessment as reported
was increased about SO, 100000, making
the total assessment about S106, 200, 900.
The Board thought the assessments
were too low, except in those counties
mentioned above.
Montgomery, COwley and Wallace
counties, though represented in tho
Legislature for several years, have new
er made any reports.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-09-08

NEW YORK GERMAN DEMOCRATS AZ
FER TAMMANY.-The Democratic Ger
mans OF New York city are beginning
to take action in reference to the al
lodged frauds on the City Treasury.
On Sunday the German Democratic
Executive Committee met and adopted
. motion that the German Democratic
Executive commend the German Gen.
erAl Committee to adopt resolution 6
declaring themselves opposed to cor
ruption and dishonesty in public Offices
and that 1.-THE gentleman accused Of NAL.
feasance in Office do not Immediately
relieve themselves Of odium and prove
themselves innocent of these charges
that the German Democrats will no
longer acknowledge them as leaders OIL
representatives of the Democratic par
ty or its principles.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-09-08
THE TAX FROM RAILROADS.

Treasurer Spicer informs the Tribune
that the amount of the tax paid by the
NJ. X. & T. railroad company last year
was $9,600.47. The A. #. & S. F. COM
pany did not get their road done in
time for last years levy, but it will
be upon the roll this year. II will
undoubtedly pay as much more, max
ing SIS, 2O0.94. If the Usage, Neosho
& Walnut Valley road is built-as we
have every reason to believe it will
be, if the proposition carries next week
$1,000 or 5000 more will be added,
thus making the total amount of tax
annually to be paid into our county
treasury nearly $4,000. And it must
be borne in mind that we do not in
crease our debt or our taxes a farthing
by voting for the transfer of our stock
We simply vote to sell the stock we
now own in the two railroads running
through the county, to get the Usage,
Neosho & Walnut Valley road built
through IL.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-09-08
WILL LYON DO HER DUTYF

We have, in several issues heretofore,
called attention to the importance OF
the Usage, Nasho Walnut Valley
railroad 1t traverses one OF the best
routes in the State. The counties inter-
ested in its construction have a popula-
ton OF from $4,000 to 10000. These
counties are among the best in the State,
making the ronte a very desirable one.
1t will give us far better eastern con-
nections than we now have, and also
railroad connection with the Walnut
and Arkansas valleys and Texas. Frank
lin and Usage counties have already
voted aid to it. Butler and Cowley
counties stand ready to help it so soon
as they find out what Lyon will do.
The question for the people OF Lyon
county to determine on Wednesday
next 10 whether this road shall run
through their county, or whether it
shall pass around in some other direc-
ton. All eyes on the east and west
ends OF the route are turned Oh Lyon
county to see if she will falter. We
don't believe she will. She never has
heretofore. Tho people of Lyon are
not Of the faltering kind. Let every
friend OF railroads do his duty on next
Wednesday.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-09-08

Next Sunday, September 10th, is the
day set by Bishop Whitehouse, of ILL.,
nois, to officially visit the church of DIR.
Cheney, to administer the right of son-
nrmation. A great deal of interest is
manifested about this visitation. The
Bishop states that he will not receive
the candidates from the hands OF DIR.
Cheney, and the candidates say that
they will be presented by no other
priest. DIR. Cheney says that as his con-
gregation desires him to be present he
shall be, and aOiH present the candi-
dates to the Bishop. 1t Is q pretty
middle, and one, let the result be as il
may, that will work a schism in the
church
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-09-08
EMroR1A, Sept. 9Th, 1871.

The Topekr Commonwealth says that
during the month of July the Atchison
Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad trans
ported for shippers, the following
freights: LAG cars of Merchandise, q
777,397 pounds; 476 cars of lumber,
8, 466, 050 pounds 20 cars of salt, $4,000
pounds % cars of sand, 2O4, OOOpounds
5 cars of lime, 100000 pounds; 2 cars
brick, 10000 pounds car of stoves,
1880 pounds Z of -four, lao, 900 pounds
16 of grain, 322, 800 pounds; 3 of agri-
cultural implements, 10000 pounds
70 of stock, 1,576, 800 pounds; 40 of coal
1,121, 800 bounds; IS of stone, SOO.OO(
ponds of furniture, 10000 pounds
total, 1897, 527, pounds.
The road has transported of company
freight, 26 cars Of lumber, 1900 ,OO(
pounds; s of iron, l6O, 600 pounds 12(
of ties. 4, 44O, 900 pounds g of spikes and
chairs, 16l 1924 pounds; % miscellaneous
$50, 585 pounds total 6,142, 400 pounds
The grand total, including some no
mentioned above 23,6IO, 1886 pounds.
The receipts for freight were $685. 1O.
%; for passengers, $18,03i.7G; for ex
press, $466; total, S42,10S.01.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-09-08

Democratic editors write very pathet-
ic articles in behalf Of the 'poor tax
payer" If they had only counted the
cost before they got up the late Demo
cratic rebellion the people could have
some confidence In their dOleful litera-
tum. Knowing that four-fifths of the
taxes now paid are directly traceable to
the action OF the Democratic party
and knowing that the leaders of that
party, as . general thing, do not care
. fig for the interests of the people
their appeals amount to nothing.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-09-08
VOTE THE STOCK.

The people of Lyon county have
made a splendid record on railroad
matters. Next Wednesday they will
be called upon to add another to their
well-earned laurels. We now have
over fifty miles OF railroad in the coun-
ty. The proposition, if carried, will
give us another road, and increase the
number to about seventy miles, and
will give to nearly every section good
railroad facilities. The building of this
road, if it can be done with the stock
we own in the two roads already in
running order, will not increase our
debt or taxes. 1t will, in fact, tend to
decrease our taxes rapidly by adding
the property of another road to our
tax list, and by increasing the value
of vast amount of land which Is now
valued low.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-09-08
NEW MEXICO.

Santa Fe, September 2. The Morn.
ing Post has letter from Missila, Aug.
q. which says: 'The election excite
ment eliminated here to-day, in fear
full affray on the plaza, in which seven
persons were killed and some thirty
wounded. The Republicans and Dem
ocrats had both selected to-day for
their meeting, and all went well until
after the meetings were over and the
professions reformed. at o'clock in
the afternoon both parties met in the
plaza, echoing defiant shouts. A pistol
shot was fired, when a general fight
ensued. Hon. John Simon, Republican
candidate for judge, was killed"
Another fight took place, at Anto-
chico, near Las Vegas, in which two
men were killed and six or seven woun-
ded.
Hon. Marsh Gibson. the new Gov
ernor of this Territory, arrived here
Thursday, and was inaugeratcd yester-
dow
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-09-08

MIxED.-We fear our worthy neigh
bor OF the ISibMne has got his railroad
figures q little mixed. In his paper
of this week he says:
'.The amount OF our bonds outstanding is
100000. The annual interest at seven per
cent. on this amount is 800. In other words
We pay $500 per year in consideration Of
having two railroads here; while from one
road alone we receive nearly $4,000 As the an
nual tax OF that road"
II the Tribunals correct its announce
ment will carry great happiness to
every hearth in this county. The
people had always been laboring I'M
der the impression that they had to pay
tsUeaty-eight thousand dollars interest
on the 100000 railroad bonds, at
seven per cent, instead OF t'centy-eight
hundred, as the Tribune has it. If the
Tribune can convince them il 10 right,
they will be happy indeed. 1t would
be . good ''swap" for US to pay $4,000
annually and get back nearly $4,000.
We fear IL is too good TO be true.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-09-08
HOW IS THIS

On the subject of paying taxes, says
the Chicago Post, all the world are
grumblers; but it is a curious fact that
the money spent for liquor in this
country, and which is worse than
wasted, will pay the national debt and
interest in less than four years. Be-
sides the tax for supporting the pau
pors therefrom, the male adults in the
United States pay an average of seven
ty-five dollars each for the privilege OF
killing themselves by imbibing slow
poison. What q change there would
be in this country in five years, if the
money spent for whisky were put to a
good purpose.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-09-08

ABAD ELEcTRIcIAN's BLUNDER.-The
fact has been developed that the loss
of both the English cables last year
and the consequent expense and in
convenience, resulted from q stupen-
dous blunder of electricians, as fol-
lows:
When the cableo 1866 gave out the
fault was located by the usual test in
mid-ocean, whittier a repair steamer
was dispatched to take up and re-unite
the two ends. In graphing for these
the cable of 1866 was picked up and &C.
eidently severed, and the efforts to find
the break in that of 1866 were fruitless.
This left the public dependent entirely
upon the French cable until late last
spring, when it was discovered that the
fault in the cable of 1866, instead of be-
ing in mid ocean, was in close prox-
unity to the Newfoundland coast,
where it might have been repaired in q
few hours, except for the original mis-
take, which resulted in the rupture of
one cable by the efforts to find the break
in the other.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-09-08

VALUABLE LIBRARY-The Lawrence
ITIbu thus notices the library of Hon.
Sidney Clarke. Mr.. G. doubtless now
feels thankful to the people of Kan sas
for leisure time to study the works
which his care and industry have accu-
mulsted
In making our usual daily rounds
yesterday we happened into Hon. Sid
ney Clarke's residence, and were shown
a portion of that gentleman's valuable
library, which is one of the most COM
plete in the State, First of all our at
tention was called to the annals of the
congress of the United States, the Con.
gYeSSi0ndl Globe and the state paper,
which together form a continuous histo-
ry from the foundation of the Govern
ment to the present time. This is I'M
doubleday the only complete work ofthe
kind in the State. We also noticed the
complete historical works of Prescott,
and Rollins ancient history; COM
plete edition of Burke's works; the
history of France, Spain, Turkey and
Ireland; Gibbons history of Rome,
and Hume's and Macauley's histori es
of England: Motley's complete
historical works and Bancroft's his
tory of the United States; Julius
Cesar, by Napoleon ILL.,; beautiful and
costly editions of Shakespeare, and
Charles Dickens complete works; the
new American Encyclopedia complete
q fine collection of biographies; Her.
bert Spencer's works, and large num-
Der of others equally valuable, the
enumeration of which would require q
column. Mr.. Clarke has The Federal
iSt, famous work, which but few
can boast of having.
We were particularly interested in a
large work entitled Tributes of the
Nations to Abraham Lincoln" work
containing the correspondence, letters,
ETC., received from all the nations Of
the earth by the Government upon the
death of Abraham Lincoln. In typog-
raphy and binding the volume is a
chefP GnUre. 1t cost the Government,
at whose expense it was gotten up,
$3.50 per volume.
Mr.. Clarke is happy in the possession
of such a collection of valuable works,
and he justly feels proud of them. They
were procured at the cost of much la
Dor and a great deal of expense.