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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-10-03
Exemplary Retri6utiO,s.

Of the provincial newspaper humorists
who have been melted to more or less sue
cessful emulation by the fame of the Dan
bury Neaos, he of the Peoria IIl.) Re0teu
is the most poetic, as the following darkly
dramatic triumph of his agitated muse am
ply attests
A TRAGEDY OF TRAVEL.
Canto PrinauS
Pete was tip-up baggageman, he ran on
Number Four,
Where the tears and groans of travelling folks
unfinchingly he bore.
He cared not how the women wept or strong
men raved and swore,
While he mutilated sample cases, desolated
Saratogas, annihilated ordinary lug
gage, inundated carpet-bags, extermi-
mated band-boxes and extinguished
travellers outfits by the score.
This fine old railway baggageman,
one of the modern time.
Canto Seca,ndus.
But Thursday afternoon there came mod
est travelling man,
Who smiled, and watched how ruthlessly
the baggage Pete did slam;
Then as he pointed out his trunk for him to
smash and jam,
He said Dear friend, my worldly posses
sions are few and humble silver and
gold have I none, but such as have
are in that trunk. Handle it tender
ly, for it is frail and am poor, and if
there's a man travelling who watches
and weeps and prays over his baggage,
then that's the kind of man am
Canto Tertius.
But Peter seized his shabby trunk with
snorts of wrath and scorn,
And in two seconds both the handles from
the ends had torn,
And needless of the pleadings of the passen-
ger forlorn,
lie banged the trunk down on the platform,
and then threw it over the top of the
car and let an omnibus run over it,
and then whacked it bumper, and
threw it off the end of the bridge and
shot into it with his revolver, and
finally hugging it in his arms took
flying leap into the baggage car with
it, and lit on it in a corner with his
heels, head and stomach, and mashed
it into more pieces than there are hairs
dogs back, and the next second
tnat DagSaSe-car was just aIlNe with
one interested baggageman and more
crawling, squirming, wriggling, rat
ting, coiling rattlesnalles than you
would believe had ever been born
(Chorus as previously, but with
more feeling)
Canto QUdrt1tS.
In vain the muse essays to tell how Pete, the
smasher, swOre,
And yelled, and shrielzed, and howled, and
roared, and raved, and tramped, and
tore,
And scratched, and slashed, and sweat, and
scrambled for the door,
And turned blue as indigo, and swelled up
to nine times the size of a double
decker Saratoga trunk, and died in
two minutes after he got out of the car
while the modest traveller, viewing his
exaggerated remains, smiled, and said:
''He never knew a baggageman so
fond of snakes before
(Chorus ad lib.)
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and they were beginning to despair One
boat had already turned towards the shore
when, by the light of vivid flash, they
saw on the crest of a huge black wave the
dismantled boat, with its knot of half
drowned boys. They sooa pulled up to it,
and found to their great Joy the number
complete. They, too, had begun to de-
spair; had feared their two brave comrades
had perished; were wearied and half suf-
focated by the constant seas that were con-
tinually breaking over them; and some
were talking of loosing their hold when the
timely relief arrived.
On reaching the shore the two brave
mates gave in. The reaction which fol-
lowed their exertions and exposure was
great and dangerous. One died victim
to his heroism; the other lived, but his
health was seriously injured, and his pow
ers of mind affected by all that he had gone
through; for months afterwards he would
start up in his bed with shrek of terror
as he saw, in all the vivid reality of dream
land, those monstrous sharks glaring at
him, and heard the gnash of their sharp
teeth.
This wonderful escape can only be ac-
counted for by the fact that the spot where
they landed was the site of the slaughter
house for the troops, and that the sharks
were so sated with the offal thrown into
the sea at that time that even the unusual
delicacy of ''white man. could not tempt
them. If, however, only a few drops of
blood had tinged the water, the case would
have been very differently, for sharks, like
beasts of prey, are reused to fury at the
sight of it, and in the condition of these
two poor fellows, the slightest scratch
would have been instantly fatal to them.
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OF course the Pottsville Miners Jour
nal says this, we don't: "The little girls
are keeping house now, and inviting other
little girls to take tea with them. The tea
consists mostly of warm water served in
miniature wooden dishes, and slice of
green apple with worm in it. The little
girls drink the tea and chew the apple
with proper solemnity. Then they say, 4
shan't ? You're just as mean as you can
be!' Il shall go right home, nowp and
kick each other on the legs, and disperse."
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'FYOU shouldn't be glutinous, Isaac,
said Mrs. Partington, as, with an anxious
expression, she marked the strong convul-
sive effort that young gentleman was max
ing to bolt the last quarter of mince pie;
''you shouldn't be so glutinous, dear; you
must be very careful, or you will get some
thing in your elementary canal or sar-
cophagus one of these days that will kill
you, Isaac
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TRUSTEE'S SALE.-By virtue of

- an order of the Orphans Court of Cam
bria, there will be exposed to Public sale. on
the premises in BlackliCk township, on \ bs-
DAY. the 10Th day of October next. RG
= O'Clock. P- NJ. by public Vendue or outcry'
the following described real estate, of which
4 braham c. Maxim, late of said township, died
seized, TO wit: All that certain PIECE or PAR
GEL OF LAND situated in the township or
RIacklick, in the County of Cambria, state OF
Pennsylvania, bounded and deserted as lOl-
lows: Beginning at n hcmlock, on the tract
of which this is part, ar d OF the tract George
SIaught; thence south 26H degrees, west l5O
perches, TO a hemlock; thence north l6I perch.
es 10 Il post; thence north 26E degrees, east 100
perchcs. to a fallen beech; thence south 167
perches to the place of beginning containing
$50 ACRES, and the usual allowance of six per
cent. for roads, about 35 Acres being cleared,
having thereon erected q twO-StOry PLANK
HOUSE and small LOG BARN.
TERMS OF SALE.-The costs incident 10 partl-
tion and sale to be paid on confirmation or sale,
twO-thrds of the balance OF the purchase mon
CIV TO be paid to the heirs and legal representa-
tfVes of the said deceased or the parties entitled
thereto. in one year thereafter, with interest,
and the remaining third to remain lien on the
premises until the death OF EllZaDeth w llson,
late Elizabeth Maxim, widow OF SAID deceased;
the interest whereof to be paiG annually ana
puncIually to her during her lifetime, ana at
her death the said remaining third TO be pa!d
to the heirs and legal representatives, aioresald
or the persons then legally entitled to the SAM
the purchaser to enter into recognlZance IN
the Orphans Court, with sufficient surety 70
be approved of by said Court, for the pay yment
of the balance of the purchase money aIore-
said. w b. BONaOhhh' Ilus'oS-
sept IL, Is73.-4t.
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JOSH BILLINGS says "When was n
little boy and wore naked feet, and was
loafng around loose for straw berries, / was
Oftentimes just agoing to step on a striped
snaik, but it always cured me of strawber-
rvs. If a striped snaik got into 1O-akre
lot before did, l always considered that
all the strawberrys in ihag lot b-33ccInged tew
the snaik."
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-10-03

THE FIRST -Teacher-''Whow was
the first man ?''
Brown (head boy)-"Washington he
was first i'll war, first in--''
Teacher-"No, no Adam was the first
man"
Brown-''Oh if you're talking of for
eigners, l s'pose he was.'
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THE Danbury Neaos man says that the
f'parts unknown" is where they don't ad-
ertise-which must be in this vicinity.
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Road, extending from Cincinnati to Cat.
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b powerful cleanser, strengthcner and
h GHuIular distractions known to
|NH'IrT.
sFualiy adapted to constitutions "wOrn
D. debIiItatcd by the warm weather of
D.. Summer, when the blood is not in
ErTudtiOD, consequent gathering i'm
#lT0m @'uEE i-eupSs and imperfect action
#ue,iyo organs. and is manifested by
y s~raaHS, BlOtCheS, BOils, Pustules,
q. Sc. St.
% arE and l1nguid from Overworl1, and
< lr5Vs.uDsS ana inertia take the place
sDo yigOT, the system needs Il Tonic
up and help the Vital Forces TO re-
-rmmunfIvcp over.
lW>gmmrr frequently the LiUer and
".lI."~'. perform their functions;
a'l ..uIry Organs are inactive,
"rs..a- u. stomach and nteStiucs
..-..... Iu bilious dgrnuugmgut.
The sun., 1873-11-14
The Libcrni, aud thc Elcct,on.

Unless the Democratic majority IN This
STATE is good deal larger than has been
Generally supposed. HorKtN- and PI>rr.
the Republican candidates foi jnmptrolvr
and Prison 1n-pector are elected. II Willie
remembered that these wore tho two r.
puhlicau- selected 10y the Liberal state Com
ventlon hc.d at r.llnira TO 20 upon their
mixed ticket along with their one Liberal
aud four Democrats. II the result shall
turn ont 70 hc ~ we have ,uppo,, !. then
the ticket nominated at l,lmila Is elected.
But. in addition To- tho Liberal. who
voted for the mixed Emiia ticket, a large
number voted for the straight Democratic
ticket Tins being au undouh,cd fact. we
are brought to the singular aud Significant
'ouolu>iuu that both the Democrats aud
The Republicans owe an they have got 10
The Liberals: or in other words that the
Liberals hold the balance of power iu this
state between the two old parties.
What viii the New York Liberals bee
likely 10 do hereafter: They have now,
wc VIII assume, aided m" Dcmo.rat. in
arriving through IN" larger portion ~
their >;ate ticket, AMI have assist the
Republicans to elect two ,lulilit,. ou
llIcir-. II tho Democratic party makes
the ONO platform il, creed. and il hcrcaf-
ter IA thi- state of yor-. copp,thcaii-m
and corral lion break ont a- soon as D.
mocrIcy has a chance 80 show lt- haui
then We are sure that the Liberal, and
the Democrats Of Ncw York Will travel by
very different roads.
ON the other hand, IL tho Republican
party of New York ho-itltcs t. repudiate
The sun., 1873-11-14

| 6j, 900 arc nomndic, who never 60 near an
agency, but are not considered hostile.
They are subdvidcd again into civilized
5000; scmi-ciVililcd. l!j0)1; and wholly
baiharous. $1,000. Many OF Che tribes like
those in tls state. who number moro than
5000, others in Miohicau Wisconsin, and
Miuursota, and the Cuctusccs, thociuws,
and Chiok ka~avs. have shown n capaoii =
for Improvement which Is encouraging.
The rough cd1cs Of savage life have been
rounded. and they have fallen into our
ruts ctcditablv, because they have had
sympathy. >uccor. and good will to cheer
them on to better things.
If there was not ~ ready explanation to
give. il would seem astounding that the
cost of keeping up the Indian Affairs
should have advanced in far greater
ratio than the reduction of their numbers.
This outlay has become most excessive
under the present Administration. There
is no parallel TO II from the foundation Of
the Government. even when Indian wars
on Il large scale were carried on in Florida
and elsewhere.
BY way uf demonstrating tins PROPOSE
ton. II j. only necessary TO compare the
first four years of Mr. LINCOLN with the
first four OF Gen. GRNNr such compari-
son admits Of no political prejudice, and
only deals with the dry Hct- furnished IN
the Treasury reports And to chuch the
evidence We viii take sir. boutwell, :
last report as Secretary under Gen. GRANr
FOR the authority;
The sun., 1873-11-14
The IndInn RIM.

The late Commissioner of Indian Affair,
Gen. WALkEu, whom Mr.. Secretary Dr-
ItNO forced ont Of Ofiic. hc,au~c he would
not close his eyes to the notorious iohlcry
practiScd i'm that bureau, graphically de-
tcribcd in II few phrases the costly sham
which the Administration has sought 10
impose on the country. lu his last re-
port, made Just a year ago he said with
great force and truth, The Indian policy,
30 called, Of the Government j. a polio Y,
and it is not policy, or rather it consists
of two policies entirely distinct, securing
indeed to be mutually inconsistent and 10
reflect each upon the other"
1t is policy in -, sense Of corruption.
rXtravagaucr and ,vodigalitv. and nothing
.sr. lut.l the era Of Granti,m AN Indian
Ring was unknown in the proportions
which that Formidable combination Of
agout-, contractors. ana officials has as
wmed during the last five year.. Before
'he civil war the great tribes in the West
were generally peaceful, conteutod, and
mbmissive. Their outbreaks were spo-
.adic ANA easily restrained.
The Indians were treated kindly, and in
the main, honestly, ana these influences
'l'lh''' '''A'H' it'llN AI'll ll'll iNuEf
nature. Since the advent Of the Chris ian
statesmen, this whole system has been re-
vorscd, aILi as n consequence dcprcddtiOns
ana outla"cs are common, expenditure
have increased enormously, and bad blood
exists along tho vast frontier OF what is
called advancing civilization. Within
the lat decade this race has dimiu-
ished largely IN numbers, and contact
with the whit" man and his vices is rapid
y uhnhug out tho remnants Of the AN
H'nt ana interesting tribes. II does not
speak wcll iot Mo civ ililiup ana Christian.
/lng 'ndc1vor, Of which we boast thar
TINS result should mark every step OF thcil
progress.
IL IL estimated that there arc 10000
Indians within the limits of the Unite,
states, exclusive Of Alaska. OF these
laoooo may be SAID to be domiclled on thei
reservations ana under complete control
'''~ visit their agencies for supplies; an,
The sun., 1873-11-14


II may not hr out Of place to state the
manner in which Deacon Eiuith acquired the
title Of " the truly good 10 wds not, as some
night be led tu suppose, for any inherent virtue
belonging to the Deacon, nor yet because he -
wUndrousy proper man, he L. certainly not
wholly bad, being as good, If not little better,
than the common run of men, although he may
be u Deacon IN the church. Some YEAR ago "A
bohemian, Snowman, Sud SUNDAY neMspipcr
man by the name of w, Adams got out of a
situation at Cincinnati, and among others APP
Piled to Deacon Smith tor something "a DO, In
order 10 keep the wolf from his door. The Dca-
con IA "A brllsuuc sort OF person, aud may have
replied to the application of Adams a little
roughly, although probably unintentionally so,
az he wastes no word either in writing or speak
ing. But Ice this as IL may. Adams was offended,
ana vowed that he would get even with the Dea-
CON sume day. several years passed and Adams
found himself one of the editors of IHE NEW
honk Sun. Here WAS his opportunity, and ne
made use Of il. Articles commenced to appear
Deacon. and they were copied pretty generally,
unli Deacon Richard Smith, the truly good, %
became the national Joke.
" e are told that these articles worry the Oca-
con not ll;tlc; and that he oven utter' cuSs
words while uorusing them. We sincerely hope
this is not the case-iur II II Is and it becomes
generally kn1wn, he will lose his title Of the
"lruly Good
The assertion that Deacon Richard Smith of
Cincinnati sometimes swears we denouuco az a
base calumny. 1t IL true that his wicked part
ners swear as wen AZ lie, but he never. That IL
the only remark We have to make on the above
extraordinary narration,
The sun., 1873-11-14
THE BRtHuIN'S LLCrJRE.
Converted through IA knowledge OF Cecgrn-
ph, aud Astronomy The Religions of
IudiR Millions OF Gods.


IrdiK Millions OF Gods.
The PRESBYTERIAN Church OF the R,v.
Dr. Nuams on Madison avenue. Madison square.
N,s Tiled to Overlooking last evening with q
largo aud Fashionable audience To hear the ltov.
Nara,an Slcshadri'- lecture ON the rclgi Ions of
East India. After the usual preliminary cxcr-
ciso- the converted Irahuin was intr .duced -
the congregation by the pastor of the church.
lie was dressed IN the flowing oriental robc.
and white turb.ln u the Brahmin caste, ard ht,
the at uoar,ucc of dark and handsome quad
room. hc has "a very in',lli-ont couutculnc..
lie proceeded ma fluent but rather disioint,d
way 30 glc an nccount ot the humorous
religion, OF the Eat Indians, Of which he
enumerated three of tao older faith, 4:
Huddhl. Nishnu. and silva. and of the l.tlcr he
said there ,cfc over ouc hundred aii thirty
millions of gods tie drcw a conn tr.sun be-
tween tie supCr.tittpns ot his country and the
pievalcnt religion of Europe, the Roman tafno-
lie faith, saNing that the luuctaction 81 the
blood OF It. Januu ius which he hsd witnessed
In Naples and other miracles Of komautsn
had their parallels ina the temples of his own
country. H. aid lac had been di-i urhrd In his
aLriput Gith by studyiuc geography and ASH rut-
omy a. taught 10y Christian mtssiuuIrio~. and by
discovering that the fabulous ~ea- Of milk au1
honey recorded In the Bnnuinicu hooks were
uNths, and t.4t his pruplc did not under stand
nor c'u,d thrf demons rate the motions Of the
heavenly bodies. lie concluded .itp a pauc-
lNrc % tine highest Kind on th" civilization q
CHRISTIAN Amtrca as compared wl,h any othct
land 90 tuc world.
lii- command oi English i- cv.e''cnt. his stsl
4 "ratotv very pleasing. Without being au
cluGucut man, hc Is undoubtedly an 'ut". taiu-
iug one. n. acquaintance wit fns.i-n ltcra-
ture H. shown hy frequent hut hy no mean.
SIR ined allusiuns 20 poets, philosophers, and
auth rs. lie seems more varied than rroiound
In his att1lnWt nts. and ia his explanation and
hi-ton Of the .rcli-lons q India ne hctraycd a
w.nt OF knowledge Of the sYmh'lisns * tIc
iNfI or his youth lNd CHILDHOOD.