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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-12-20
DEcE1rFUL WoMAN.-"MA's Cousin ~

DECEITFUL WoMAN.-"MA's Cousin ="
A SLEEPING CAR ISCIDENT.-The De-
catur (Ill. Republican of the 9TH has the
following base insinuation A few nights
since the attention of the passengers on
one of the trains on the T. w. & w. r.
r., was called to a handsome lady, accom-
panied by little boy probably six years
old. 1t would seem that she had been Wis
iting in Ohio and was on her way to St.
Louis her home. As we said, the passen-
cers took particular notice of her beauty,
her exquisite and fashionable clothing, and
her Se~fectly natural and artless manners.
Eyeryl' - rg indicated that she was lady
of much c. ltuTe and refinement. 4 gen.
tleman snt, ID the "ar and upon seeing
our heroine see. 'ed to be greatly pleased.
She MADE room Cor him and they were
soon engaged in no Soubt an interesting
conversation. She asr ID him about all
the folks, about the new : lie OF bonnets,
and what was the regulation s=e LOT DuS-
ties. The little boy in the mea- me was
quietly sleeping on a seat just Or 3slte
our interesting couple. The night " -
on and some of the passengers had about
concluded that they were husband and
wife, and that there was no chance FOR
them to show her any kindness.
Towns were passed, passengers came
and went and all were about disposed in
the arms of Morpheus when the couple
got up, and, wonderful to tell, they went
to the sleeping car, leaving the little boy
asleep Oh the seat. This aroused the slIS-
picions of certain Of the passengers, and
soon after the couple had gone to the
sleeping car the little boy was wakened,
and one of the passengers asked him ''if
that gentleman was his pa" 'No," was
the answer. Then who is hep was
asked. Il don't knOw-guess he is mas
cousin
The conductor and passengers said moth
ing, but thought great deal, when, just
before the train reached St. Louis the cou-
pie appeared, and the gentleman got off
at the first station this side of St. Louis
OF course he had business there. The
train sped on and at last reached its des-
tination. The lady was met by her hus-
band and the passengers witnessed an af-
fectionate meeting.
She threw her arms about his neck, kiss
ed him, ard seemed 10 be overioyed at
again seeing him. The gentlemen who
had witnessed the performance in the car
said nothing nor has anything been said
of the affair before. We will not give her
name. Her husband is a prominent busi-
ness man in st. Louis. Further comment
is unnecessary.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-12-20

Observation-Disclosures, like plaques and
Destileuce says the Phila. Sunday DG1en,
seem to be Epidemic at certain seasons or
in certain years. Like the tides of the sea,
their occurrence ebbs and flows. Their
frequency seems TO be governed by some
law of nature, yet concealed from the un-
derstanding of man, the victim of their at
tacks. They now seem at full high-tide.
For three or four weeks they have been
sweeping over this immediate neIShbor-
hood. First the BaltimorG and Winning
ton Railroad accident, in which everything
was bunglingly done, except TIE work OF
horror itself Then came the Pen HsyIVa-
MIA Railroad crash, which claimed no more
than five victims, merely because a sltef -
ing car had no more persons in it to be
crushed and mangled and this week, the
third, must put on the credit side of
Horrors, two others that have been un-
surpassed within this year at least ; the
burning of Fifth Avenue Hotel, in New
York, and the wreck of an emigrant ship
i'll the North Sea.
BY the first, eleven servant girls were
scalded, scorched, burned to a crisp, dying
the most excruciatiug death known to tor
ture; huddled into one room, painting, suf
locating, despairing, dying. And they
might have been saved but for negligence,
SO over confident that it could stand coolly
by fora half-hour after knowing the fire
was in progress, without sounding the
alarm, and calling in aid from those who
make it their duty to rush through flames
to save life at the risk of their own, the
firemen! Some persons about the Fifth
Avenue Hotel rendered most effectual aid
to Horror, last Monday night.
OF the second horror the sinking of the
emigrant ship, we know no particulars, only
eighty men, women and children found
death in the waves. This is the climax of
horror.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-12-20

The Bedford InQuirer informs us that
one of the feeders at the Riddlesburg fur
naces died few days ago from the effects
OF escaping gas which he inhaled.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-12-20
A Terrible CdtglstrOpHe.
FIRE AT THE FIFTH AVENUE HOTEL, NEW
YoRK-ELEvEN LIVES LOST.


New YORK, Dec IA fire broke out
at little past II O'Clock last night in the
upper part of the Fifth Avenue Hotel, on
the Twenty third street side. The engines,
when the alarm was given, were quickly
on the spot and soon at work pouring
streams upon the flames, which at mid
night enveloped the whole Twenty-thlrd
street side. Many of the guests had retlr-
ed. or were about retiring, when the alarm
was sounded, and when the firemen bro't
the hose into the interior of the building
4 panic ensued among the more timid of
them, and a rush was made for trunks,
etc They demanded a settlement of their
bills and left the house.
After the fire had been pretty well extin-
guished the firemcn, i'll going through the
rooms on the top floor, occupied by the
scrubbing women, were Mortified by stumb-
ling over the remains of human beings,
which were piled the floor. Lanterns
were Immediately procured, and horrible
sight was revealed. On the floor OF room
about twelve feot square were found no less
than eleven bodies, all burned beyond-re-
cognition. The bodies were found lying
near the only window Of the room, which
was barred SO that escape by that means
the staircase leading to the room being on
fire-was impossible, and they were COM
| pelled to wait for death with what Jeslgna-
/ tion they could summon.
1t is supposed that many were burned to
| death while asleep. The positions of some
! of the chaIred rema airs showed that the un-
/ fortunate creatures died in great agony.
The New York Sun, in commenting on
this dreadful calamity, says: Eleven ser
want girls lost their lives by the fire in the
/ Fifth Avenue Hotel. The girls slept in a
wooden attic, partly above the roof of the
hotel proper. An elevator and private
! stairway led from this attic to the laundry
/ in the basement. The fire began on the
/ fourth floor of the hotel, run up the laun-
dry elevator and private stairway, and fed
upon the wooden attic. A second stair
way led from this attic to the floor below
The most of the girls escaped by this STAIR
/ way The eleven who lost their lives siep
in the rooms nearest the elevator. III
windows of these rooms opened upon th
roof of the hotel, but they weIe barred OF
the inside by iron screens -Four girls tor
a screen away and escaped. Four other
endeaVored to remove screen, but wer
suffocated ard burned. Seven died in thei
beds.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-12-20

Eleven poor servant girls are dead, but
thousands are living. In nearly all our
hotels the servants are packed away upon
the upper floors, from four to twelve occu-
pying a single sleeping room. Over one
hundred of them slept in the attic Of the
Fifth Avenue Hotel. 1t is remarkable that
only eleven lives were lost.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-12-20
ROSE Of CASHMERE RE-I n

Is unsurpassed as q Promoter or E-'i
the Hair and Nbiskers.' It is ur.. .rr--
greasy. yet il softensaud smuDt--s. .-a q
better and more permanently thaa s-7
POmSde. Used as Hair Dress .ng. .tr-.
the most beautiful and iustruuSz z.uSs T'-
Ell perfectly harmless It's rvrr.s,- il
is quite unriyaled. being C.~.r.tt '--
wOTld-renOwn-d Roses of Igs-r--s
BOTTLES only - CTS. Address hSr rHENEa
MILLER. 400 y. Sd ST, PhllaGcl-hi1.I L
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-12-20
GRE4T OFFERS no AGE

q RE4 Il OE,FEhS ~ -
are mado 10y TIE SATURDAY EvE'<>!izNn,, .'<>!z..,,-,7 n,
TIE LADY FRIEND. \ beautituI Cu-r
CHuD-PROPHET SAM Sl' \.
worth $500. is given with the FaP5'- -, 2
tfon price 50 or with the Magazins., J, =. =. rs
Do not fail TO examine into tins '-.,
A GREAT COMBINATION NJ
Address for particulars, Slmplys,,, 'rIy.5
& Peterson, SI9 WdllttIt 81. Phu"d %. -
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-12-20
4sw Adrfrtis:mclt;
Agents Wanted for Cabbl,,
Child's Comments

e. tn SO0 per day. Agent. ,r--...
S'O ~ ''-O classes Of wur, inv me-.
ther sex young or Old, make uTr-.
work FOR us in their spare mums-..----
time than at anything else Psr,--,-
Address G. STINSON & Co. Purtss X.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-05-23

Heavier the cross, the nearer Heaven;
No cross without, no God within
Death, Judgment from the heart are driven
Amid the worlds false glare and din.
Oh happy he with all his loss,
Whom God hath set beneath the cross.
Heavier the cross, the better Christian;
This Is the touchstone God applies.
uow many garden would he wasting,
unwet by showers oin weeping eyes!
The gold by fire IS purified;
The Christian is by trouble tried.
Heavier the cross. he stronger faith;
The loaded palm strikes deeper root
The vine-juice sweetly issueth
When men have pressed the clustered fruit;
And courage grows where dangers come,
Like pearls beneath the salt sea foam.
Heavier the cross, the heartier prayer;
The bruised reeds most fragrant are.
If sky and wind were always fair,
The sailor would not watch the star;
And David's psalms had ne'er been sung,
If grief his heart ha never wrung.
Heavier the cross, the more aspiring;
Prom wales We climb to mountain crest;
The pilgrim of the desert firing
Longs for the Canaan of his rest.
The dove has here no rest in sight,
And to the ark she wings her fight.
Heavier the cross, the easier dying.
Death is a friendlier face to see
To life's decay one bids defying,
From life's distress one then is free.
The cross sublimely lifts our faith
10 Hin who triumphed over death.
1hou Crucifcd the cross 1 carry
The longer may it dearer be;
And lest faint while here tarry,
Implant thou such heart in me
That faith, hope, love, may flourish thore,
Till for the cross my crown wear.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-05-23
A Slight Mistake.

The following anecdote, which first
appeared in the newspapers many years
ago, is said to have been founded on an
actual occurrence. Although it may
not illustrate the democratic simplicity
of the people of Vermont to-day, it is
nevertheless a good story, and good also
for many years longer life in the news
papers:
Halo, you man with a pail and
frock, can you inform me whether His
Honor the Governor of Vermont resides
here" said British officer, as he
brought his fiery horse to stand in
front of Governor Chittenden's dwelling.
"He does" was the response of the
man, still vending his way to pig-sty.
"Is His Honor at home Z" continued
the man of spurs.
"Most certainly" replied frock.
"Take my horse by the bit, then"
said the officer. 81 have business to
transact with your master"
Without a second bidding, the man
did as requested, and the officer alighted
and made his way to the door, and gave
the panel several hearty raps with the
butt of his whip-for be it known that
in those days of republican simplicity
knockers and bells, like servants, were
in but little use. The good dame an
swered the summons in person and
having seated the officer and ascertained
his desire to see the Governor, departed
to inform her husband of the guests ar
rival; but on ascertaining that the of
ficer had made a hitching-post of her
husband, she Immediately returned and
informed him that the Governor was en-
gagged in the yard, and could not very
well wait upon him and his horse at the
same time The predicament of the of.
ficer can be better imagined than de-
! scribed.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-05-23

of Wesley by her ostentatious devout-
ness that he actually appointed her ma
tron of Kingswood school, where he ne
oessarily paid frequent visits. No sus-
pioion can really attach, of course, to the
fair fame of one SO pure and unblemish-
ed as Wesley; but it was difficult for q
jealous wife to think so. And assuredly
we must say of him, adopting q we'll
knewn phrase of Mr.. Froude's, that in
his relations with women he seemed to
be under fatal necessity of mistake"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-05-23

The strike for increased wages in Eng
land, Germany, and France is on the in
crease, and bids fair to succeed, more or
less. In Germany, where it has been
carried on, very persistently, since the
ending of the war with France, it has
ended in general rise of 25 per cent. in
the price of labor in a single year, with a
reduction of the working hours from
twelve to ten. The German agricultural
laberers are endeavQring to obtain land
proprietorship, and those who fail in this
endeavor are emigrating to the United
States. At present the number of Ger
man is greater than the number of Irish
immigrants, within the last nine months
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-05-23
ORIGIN OF AN OLD pRovERp.-T]

ORIGIN OF AN OLD PRovERD.-The
following account of the saying, "those
who live in glass houses shouldn't throw
stones" is interesting. At the union of
England and Scotland lin 1907, we be-
lieve), great numbers of Scotchmen
ioeked to London. Buckingham hated
the Scotch bitterly, and encouraged
marauders to break the windows OF
houses occupied by them. Some of the
sufferers retaliated by breaking the win
dows of the Dukes house, which had so
many that it was called the Glass
House" The Duke complained to the
king, and the monarch replied, "Ah,
Steenie, Steenie those wha live in glass
housen' should be careful how they fling
stanes."
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-05-23

A negro in Mississippi the other day
climbed tree to saw off a limb upon
which swarm of bees were settled.
When the limb fell the whole swarm
settled upon the head of the unfortunate
man, and stung him so severely that he
died in ten minutes.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-05-23
POETE Y.
HEAVIER THE eros

PROM THE GERMAN.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1872-02-23


THR TIIsToRr or A NATIONAL Il EMEpY. iIcrc is
the history Of the mort celebrated tonic Of the nge
in nutshell. In 1860 1t was announced that n
certain combination Of vegetable ingredients. with
pure diffusive simulant. wns working wonders
in the cure Of chronic dyspepsia, nervous debility
liver complaint, periodical fevers, rheumatism and
constitutional weakness. The.unpreiondihg name
given 10 tho specific was PLANTATION BlTTERs.-
The statement attracted the attention of invalids
everywhere. The new remedy received fhir trial,
and the results more than confirmed all that had
been said ia lis praise. Thenceforwnrd II was n
grand success. The business columns of the
press spread tho glorious news far and wide. and
the martyrs to in 'igestion. bilousness. physical
prostrntion and premature decay as If by common
consent, sought relief from the new vegetable re-
storative. THEY found what they sought. From
that time to tie present the increase in tho de-
mnnd for Plantation btters has boon ono Of the
striking events in this nge,
nsA. For Coughs, Bronchitis md Consumption,
In its early Stages, nothing equals DR.. Pierce 8
Golden Medical Discovery.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1872-02-23
To be Tumbled Oyerkoard.

On Saturday last most acrimonious de.
bate took place in the State Senate between.
members Of the Radical party. On this the
senator from Richland is thus reported
Mr. Nash thought it was time to stop this
sort Of thing. These factions must cease;
he was Republican; and spoke as one; If
they do not cease.if they do not stop,the masses
Of the people will rise n their might and
grind them down, and il Robertson or Scott
or any other faction endeaved to discover tho
Republican party, he proposed to stop it, if it
WAS necessary to walk over their dead bodies.
.Ifrght could not be done without assailing
the administration then assail it.; let it 40
lown the people will not uphold you unless
yon do right, if they act wrought is not
their fault II ID the, fault Of the mon who
lead them these tfaetions hayo got to, get OUT
Of the way. If they don't settle them We
ywilllsetNa them ourselves. We will tumble
.shen overheard, and take charge Of the State
Government ourselves. Ho would say what
he pleased as Republican, and if they didn't
like,it.they may, lump il. He was here as a
Republican representative from Richiand
county until they send o better man In his
place
odsA kind ofsgopd natured ssparripg hero took
place, betyeanl Msssss. Nashsand Maxwell, in
which the former was unusual, faceti6us and
said aon,o pretty good things, among the
.rnaby,8tkatiit wasn't the thundar he was
afraidlof itswas the lightning that hurt
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1872-02-23
declared that first GLASS men could not be had


declared that first GLASS men could not be had
for $500.
The special committee to whom was refer.
red tho bill, with its substitutes, to make ap
propriations and raise supplies for the fiscal
year commencing November /, 1871, sub
mitted the following report:
That they have had an extended Interview
with the State Treasurer and Comptrolle,
General, who were present by request of the
committee. Your committee find that there
is deficiency in previous years, on account
of the failure to levy aud collect the taxes,
amounting, to $050,000. now due and unpaid.
The delinquency Of tho collection of taxes
for the past three years amounts 10 the aggre.
gate to about 81 100000. Your committee
is satisfied that the law for the collection of
taxes is inadequate, and should be so amended
as to insure the prompt collection of the same
The failure to levy aud collect sufficient
amount in the past is the cause of the pre-.
sent financial embarrassment of the State.
The neglect also, of the Legislature, in past
years, to provide annually for deficiency in
revenue, as prescribed by the Constitution,
renders it now necessary to greatly increase
the rate of taxation.
Your committee find tho debt, as stated by
tho treasurer, for which revenue to pay
the interest should be provided to amount to
81 ,994,9 50. The Comptroller General
fully concurs in this statement. The amount
necessary to pay the interest on the same at
the rate of six per cent. per aunum is
iS7l9.6 .695,54, if paid in currency which your
committee recommend if in gold the pre-.
MUM will have to be added, thereby increas,
ing the amount
Your Committee have estimated the expen.
ses of the State for the fiscal year. ending Oc.
tober 81. 1872, including tho above to be
$2,455,000.
Your committee recommend the adoption
of the first section of the substitute with this
amendment in the seventh line after the
words "Publc debt" insert (which shall be
paid in United States currency, or national
bank notes." Respectfully submitted,
JAS N. HAYNE, Chairman.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1872-02-23
War with England

Is now regarded a remote possibility. The
difference between the two countries, though
uominalIy great, are Of too little real sgnifi
cance to justify or even furnish on. our part q
decent prctext for war. The bill of damages
cluimed by the United States is legal absur-
dity, and excusabc only from Uncle Sam 8
late clustering propensities. England is
ready and willing to abide any decision of the
arbitrators as to the actual loss and injury re-.
sulting to the United States from the depre.
datious of the Alabama and other Southern
cruisers fitted out in British ports, but she
justly rcpels any caims for consequential
damages. The latter is subject to no ascer
tanmcnt, and it is beyond human perception
to say whether any real damage resulted con
sequcntaIly. England should pay tho high
est estimated actual loss. This is all law or
justice can demand and wo hardly believe
any demand for moro will bo sustained by the
refccting people of either section of this
Government.
1t is principle of law that claim of in
ferential damages resulting from tort
cannot be recovered. In such cases the
highest price is allowed for actual losses, in
Guiding what is called smart money Tho
time and circumstances Of the injury are
brought out in evidence to increase the rccov.
cry, but the verdict is the actual damage sus.
tained in person, property, or reputation, as
proved to tho jury. Tho claim for conse.
qucntiaI damages put in by the United States
is about a thousand million of dollars, while
the claim for actual loss by destruction Of
property is less than thirty millions of dollars
If the former CLAIM, be not withdrawn, it viii
very probably be ignored by the board o
settlement. In any event, little else thau ,
war of words is apprchcnded.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1872-02-23
SIN KIN G. SL d WHY.

Diseases that progress rapidly to crisis arc
not the only ones to be dreaded. Canker or dry
rot does not blast FREQ suddenly MS stroke
OF tightening, but unless arrested it tlcstroys it
rs certainly; and in like manner chronic debility
although it does not kill with tho swirtncss Of
yellow fever, is sure to snp the springs of life
eventually a' any acute disease, if not checked by
invlgoratng medication. There is something in.
expressibiy touching in the spectacle of premature
decay. Langour pallor, cmncntion, depression
OF spirits, and distaste for e1ertion are its or.
dinary symptoms, and they should DO promptly
met hy tonic treatment. The best invigorant and
eHhl'erant that can be administered in case OF
this kind is lIostctters Stomach Bittcrs. Tho
stimulating principle of tho preparation rouses
the dormant energies Of the system, and the
strengthening and regulating properties give o
permanent md healthful impulse to tho vital
forces thus brought into play. The failing appo-
ttc is rc.Awakcncd, the process Of digestion and
assimilation ara qnickcncd, the qunlity of the
blood is improved, tho sccretions become moro
natural, an every organ that contributes to tho
nonrishme of tho body undcrgoes saluary
change by these means the repair of The physi-
cal structure is effected and its health and yipor
restored In no class Of diseases has Tho bcne6
cent operation Of tho Btters been more marked
ana striking than in those charao crizcd by gen
eral debility md nervous prostitution. Ladies'
affected with these ailments find in this NOAH
wholesome Of MI tonics and correctiyes tho snrcat
nnd surcst means of rclicl is strong TO rcstoro.
and powerlcss to injurc. Such is the uniform tes
timony of .couds Of Witnesses
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1872-02-23
FL = M E ~ ( "A. T.

MARRIED, at the residence Of J. Nj. Reinhardt.
on Thursday, January llth, 1872, by A.. W.
Sharp, Esq, Mr.. DANIsL RopEarsox to Miss
EIizADErn KIse all Of Cherokee County, Ga.
By the same, and same day, at tho residence Of
J. II Butterw6fth, Mr.. AsBERRy fiuoHs 10 Miss
.. A. BurYyRwoRrH; all Of Cherokee Co., Ga.
On Thursday evening, lst Of February, 1872. bu
Rev II. N. Hays, Mr.. JESSE Phillips 70 Miss
EuoEsIA HOPKINS; both Of Ooonee. Il II
on Tuesday morning, eth Of February, 1872. Nv
tlie same, Mr.. WM. WooLBMaHr, Of Ooonao
cosnty, TO- Miss RUTH REESE, OF Anderson county.
Os Wedn .sday evening. 18th Of Fobruany 1879
by the same. Mr.. ThoMAs NooRn, OF 0oonee
county, to Miss MART CAMrBELL., Of Anderson, 90,