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

STRANGE EXPLOIT OF A WHIRLwIND.-
The neatest achievement of tornado
which passed over Sullivan county. New
Hampshire, some days ago, was the re-
moval of the house of BUSHNELL Benway.
OF East Unity. The house was a heavy
one, forty-two by twenty-eight feet 1t
was instantaneously taken from its found
alton and moved forty feet, as if it had
slid on ice. Scarcely an underpinning
stone was misplaced, not thing was
dropped into the cellar which was deep and
of the size of the whole house nor was
the ground where it stopped much dis
turbed. Mr.. Bcnway was pumping n pail
of water in the back room. and his wife
was in the front room both were carried
along. only being aware that some terrible
blow had fallen upon their dwelling. but
having no suspicion that it had been moved.
and neither OF them was hurt. MANY of
the windows were dashed out ; every arti-
Gle of crockery or glass was broken to
pieces clothes that were hanging about
and other things We're scattered rods awav
The rear side of the house coming in con
tact with the front doorstep. and perhaps
the underpinning, the latter was hand
someiy LAID upon the ground inside down
and although badly racked. the house
stood, while the shed, some thirty feet in
length, at the end, was entirely demolish-
cd.-BoSton TraHscrfpf.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-10-10

THE Democratic State Convention
of New York met at Utica on last
Wednesday week and placed in nomi-
nation State ticket, with the excep-
ton of Governor, that office having
been filled last November by the cleo
ton of Gen. John a. Dix. Following
the example of the Democracy of this
State at the Wilkes Barre convention,
their brethren of New York applied
the lash with an unsparing hand to the
Congressional salary -grabbers from
that State, of whom there are quite a
number, Democrats as well as Radi-
Gals. The resolutions on this subject
are plain and outspoken, and in marked
contrast with the resolution touching
the same matter adopted by the Rad
ical convention of that State just one
week previous. In addition to de
nouncing the salary steal, the conven-
ton went further and removed Thomas
hiHStIlGt, OtiC CNllGOl VI LllS 1lOOhl Ii
Eagle, a Democrat, from the State
Central Committee, for the reason
that he, being member Of Congress,
had put the money in his pocket.
The feeling throughout the country
against that huge and impudent swim
die is deep seated and universal, and
no Democratic member of Congress
who was in any way identified with it
will live TO see the day when it
will not rise up in Judgment against
him.
The New York convention declared
as follows:
''We condemn and denounce the salary
g-al. and all ConGressmen, DemocrItic or
Republican, who voted for II, or who nave
not renOunced all share in the plumber
seized for service already done and paid
for. -
''We condemn and dcnouncc the Presi-
dents signature to the bill which clcnched
this iniquity, and which gave five thousand
dollars to each Congressman while procur-
ing one hundred thousand dollars for him
self, after Congress had just refused to in
crease his salary, and we demand its re-
peal
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-10-10

WE have heretofore refrained from
making any alIusion to the fact that
Mr.. James II. Benford, of Johnstown,
is an independent candidate for Sher-
if: He announced himself as such i'm
mediately after the meeting of the
Democratic county convention last
June. We believe Mr. Benford has
always been, OF at least professed to
be, Democrat, and we supposed that
when his excitement consequent upon
his defeat in the convention had sub
sided he would see himself as others
see him and retire from contest out
of which he must emerge as the hind
most of three It seems, however,
that he is determined to run the gaunt-
let, and, as huntsmen say, to be in at
the death, which in this instance will
be his own political funeral. We have
no sort Of patience with Democrat
who Will submit his name for an Office
TO county convention, and after he
has been defeated, will run as volun-
teer candidate, and thus attempt to
undermine the party organization. 1t
is about as contemplate aid inexcu-
sible q business as 4 man can possibly
stoop to, after he has been repudia-
ted by the tribunal to which he had
submitted his claims as q candidate
for acknowledgment. We are not
afraid, however, that his candidacy can
seriously affect the strength of Her
man Banner, or endanger his election.
Mr.. Benford is gentleman for whom
we have always entertained great re-
spect, and on that account we regret
the course he has seen fit to pursue
When the votes are counted and the
result is ascertaincd. he will then fully
realize the full extent of his own stu
pendOus folly.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-10-10

force and effect to their viii, to the end,
that the administration of the present
State Treasurer shah cease, and that TO
honesty and capacity, in the person of
Francis NJ. Hutchinson, shall be confided
the duties and responsibilities of the Treas
ury of the State. Let every voter do his
duty, and victory will wreathe the banner
of those who labor for the right and fight
the good Sight for the safety of the Com
monwcalth. A. NEBINGER,
Chairman Democratic State Central Com
mittce.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. so.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-10-10

THE Johnstown Tribune is a daily
paper and stands dcservcdly high on
our list of exchanges. On this (Thurs-
day. evening we notify it that since
last Saturday, not in fear and tremb-
ling, but with as much Christian for
titude as we possess, we have waited
to see it make good its threat to ''pin''
Henry Scanlan, if that gentleman
would say over his own signature. as
he did i'll last weeks Freeman, that he
had voted against the local option
law. We know very well that Mr..
Seaman, being man OF uDdoubted
vcracity, would not attempt to falsify
about his vote on the local option law
when he could be so readily pinned by
citizens of his own town who were fa.
miliar with his course on that ques,
tion. Nothing cf that kind, however
has been done nor will it be attempt.
ed, The Tribune is usually cautious
and clrenmspcct in whatever it may
say about s political opponent, but in
this whole matter it has afforded q
notable instance Of the conduct of the
war utterly failing to come mp to the
high-sounGing tone of the manifesto
If, however, the Tribune, even at the
eleventh hour, should see proper to
set up its pins, we pledge ourself with
the very first ball to make a te. strike
in favor Of Henry Scunlan.
-Es----
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-10-10

In the Constitutional Convention
last week, after a protracted discussion
upon the proposed abolition of the
Associate Judgeship throughout the
State, the Convention finally voted to
retain the office in counties which do
not form separate judicial district,
abolishing it in other counties, and
providing that the Associate Judges
i'll Office upon the adoption of the new
constitution shall serve until the expi-
ration of their terms.
To break up and destroy what is
known at Harrisburg as "6oring," or
corruptly soliciting the votes and in
fuence of members of the Legislature,
an evil of great magnitude, the con-
vention has inserted the following sec
ton: .-. .....
''The offence of corrupt solicitation of
members of the General Assembly, or Of
public officers of the State, or of any mu-
nicipal division thereof, and any oeeupa-
tion or practice of solicitation of such mem
ton, shall be defined by law, and shall be
punished by fine and imprisonment"
While speaking Of the convention it
is proper to remark that since it re-
assembled it has been found impossi-
ble very frequently to get a quorum
of its members present for the trans
action of business The call of the
yeaS and nays also shows that on most
occasions not more than tlCO-th irdS of
the members are present and voting,
During the summer months the con-
slant complaint was that it was too
hot, but that objection is not available
now. The members are paid large
salary, and the failure of so great q
number of them to appear i'll their
seats and discharge the duties for
which the people elected them, is total
" inexcusable and demands public
censure. When it is remembered
however, that the convention holds its
sessions in Philadelphia, this absentee
ism is readily accounted for.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-10-10
.$-o~RE

No Radical candidate for Office in
this county ever stopped lower to Sc
cure Democratic votes than has Thom-
rs Griffith, the candidate for County
Treasurer. That he ought to receive
the vote of any man who claims to be
4 Democrat will not be asserted even
by his own political friends He is
as bitter and uncompromising q par
tisan as can be found anywhere in this
or any other county, and rolls his po-
litical hatred of all Democrats under
tongue as a sweet morsel 1t was
only at the last fall election in this
place that his zeal for the success of
the Radical ticket almost cmbroiled
him in personal collision, in conse-
qucnce of his persistent attempts to
induce 4 voter who held n Democrat
ic ticket to change his ballot. He has
now the impudence to ask Democrats
to forget his active and notorious op-
position to them and. their party and
to vote for him. Like Owen Glen
dover, he may call spirits from
the vastly deep, but they will not
come. Democrats know him and ap-
preciate him at his true value, and
they intend on next Tuesday to give
him Roland for his Oliver. After
he has been defeated, as he surely will
be, Democrats can visit this place to
attend to their legitimate business
without the fear of being worried and
bored even unto death by his coaxing
and unending appeals to them to give
him their support. After the election
they can breathe freer and deeper, for
when he encounters a rural Democrat
his grip upon him is as tenacious and
unyielding as was that of the old man
of the mountain on the back of "Sin-
bad the Sailor"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-10-10

A Biddeford, Ne u, ~
Miss Lucy LanSdon Vow =, ,ls
Alfred, July +th. l'.'. .--t
very near the hour OF -y,r.s '-S
Declaration Of Indcpe,'.,. III D
years of age she uni,s' ,.rsl q
Shakers and has since ..,, ,,ars {,
When 81 years Of age 81 she l,gi. ~f.. q.
yards Of cloth, and al ~ Ion ], Z
mitteus. She has nrTe. he'd
car, and is in cX'e..e-. cX',,,, raaa
lives until 1876 a Fu.iil's.- ..,.s 90
be dispatched TO her nam nam, ,ss-s.
port her 70 Boston. gr-sa j
he carried direct 30 the .f,sf
her presence Will oe ,''''
the grand Centennial
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-10-10

WE direct the attention of our read
ers to the address of Gen. \. l.. Roum-
fort, Chairman Of the Democratic
Committee of Dauphin county, which
will be found in another column. 1t
furnishes the strongest evidence that
the Treasury Ring, of which the Au-
ditor Generals office forms q part, re-
fuses to permit the taxpayers of the
State the opportunity of ascertaining
the true condition Of the money of the
Commonwealth. All access to the
official reports of the State Treasurer
in the Auditor Generals office is de
MED upon the frivolous ground that
the Auditor General is absent from
Harrisburg Are the officials of that
department afraid to furnish the peo-
pie with knowledge of the manner
in which the public money has been
distributed 2 This action of the Au-
ditor Generals Office will 90 far in
justifying the worst suspicious of the
people in regard to the manner in
which Robert W. Mackey has been
discharging the duties of his office
if everything is right, why was not
the committee appointed by General
Roumfort permitted to examine the
monthly reports which by law the
State Treasurer is required to make
to the Auditor General? The refusal
to permit it to be done was a plain
violation of the express words of the
Act Of Assembly of April, 18th, 1870
There is q widespread feeling of un-
easiness pervading the State in refer
cncc to Mac!cy's management of the
treasury, and this slamming of the
door in the face Of 4 committee whose
purpose is distinctly sanctioned by
law, will only have a tendency to con-
firm the aoubtp and fortre of the panDle
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-10-10

YorE TIE wltyAs DEAocnArIc TIcKur.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-10-10

It is seen by this report ~.
General was absent. bEt Dc
present by his SUb1rdIu1.es =
Auditor-General Is always -
to all citizens claiming mo.
exercise of the right 20 e1i-
report. But the secrets %
have been locked a-ai1S. =
Pennsylvania by a suborall'.'.. 4. .
presence and therefore WIZ -
the chief clerk. who gave '--
either on his own motion u Y
tion of his superior, thai -s
hibit this treasury rep7I, .'t
from the Audit0T-Geneia"
of the law in this refusal @,
ports Of the State Ireasa-l.--
spection Is preSumptIye e'.. 80
facts contained I'm those lls
mental to the official clais.-ll ~
Treasurer as well as 10 i,-r -, =
of the Commonwealth. fs
pie of Pennsylvania dePTi,,.e., =, 3.
edge OF the condition oi '-5.- .- A
is now for them to deteiI..-.,- II
viii continue in office . is. ~: ;
every official act j. susp''.---l
dered doubly 50 by the ..,..r.
ally at the head Of tie i -- .~ir-
department. These pi.'.L Jan, ~. 40
facts are submitted for yy-. -;.;-,,
and action Oy yo''' 4. L Bl-. (.
Chairman Democratic Ov'
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DAYLIGHT sHUT orr
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The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-10-11
: . . 1sATURDAY lEoRNTNG4 OCTOBER I'D. ISIS

bullets struck the iron shutters Of the
Store, and the men who screened them
selves. in the dQOrways seem to have
'occtpied a tolerably hot position. by
some it is supposed that the men were
hunting each other at the time, as but a
minute before the shooting began White
came to the door of billiard saloon
near by and peercd in as though looking
for some one. Both men were formerly
residents of San Francisco.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-10-11
A Cheap City.

Munich is undoubtedly a vory chenp
city, says letter writer Even the
rates at the hotels are lower than we
found them anywhere else in Europe
The expense for rooms is about seventy
cents per day, aud although the hotel
restaurants charge nearly double the,
price for meals that is charged elsewhere,
it Is difficult to run the entire living
expense over $3.50 per day, Carriagc
hire is very cheap, and cigars ARE better
and CHEAPER iu Munich than anywhere
in Europe, English goods of all,dcsorip
t'ons are sold cheaper than they aresin
London. There. is abundance offruit
here, sCch as cherries, apricots, plumbs,
green cages, and some very good peaches,
which are sold at moderate rates. Cher
rles are to be had throughout the sun.
mcr, they being brought to the cities
from 50 many different surrounding
climates that SO soon as they are over in
one section the supply comes in from
ano.h.r, We have been eating cherries
for two months, and obtained this NOR :
nlng some of the largcs and finest whits-
hearts that we have yet tasted, for about
Twelve cents per pound. A sSeatlemanis
well made calf kin Congress boots boots
cost less than So. They are assoft as
buckskin. and most admirable to travel
in; ! see English razcrsin the windows
for twcnty-six ,kreutzers (about sighteea
cents) aud three blqded pepkuives for
about forty cents. Full business suits
OF cashmere are marked ut about $40.
and everything at correspondiugly low
rates. Thus, beer is not the, only ysth;ns
that Is cheap, aud we expect labor is
corrcspondingly cheap. oIapy Q: the
laborins men and women who fuuk to
the hrcwcries at neon seem to make
their dinner off mug of beer, with
big radish and salt, and roll of bread
aud sausage, all Of whi.h cost but thir
teen kreutzers, equal to about eight
cents in our money They are, however,
strong, stout, aud muscular, aud look AS
if they are well fed. Our party, number
ing six: have just taken dinner at one of
the best restaurants. We had soup
beeFsteak, roast duck, potatoes, aud pie,
with full supply of beer, and good
arpctitcs, each calling for what they
wanted, and the whole cost was less
than Six tlorins, or about forty cents
apiece, The inferior qualities Of meals,
are obtainable at the restaurants for
much lower rates than the better
qualities, and good dinner is served
the carriage driver, who cats in sepsr
ate apartment, for less than twenty coats
in our currency.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-10-11
Curl osities of Sea Water.

The principles in the circulation Of
the waters Of Tie sea were beautifully
shown before the Royal Geographical
Society, England, recently, by simple
experiment. a trough with plate glass,
sides, ahoat six fcot long and foot
deep, bat not more than an inch vida
was filed with water. At one end 4
piece OF ice was wedgcd ia between The
sides to rcrrcscnsthe polar. cold, while
the tropic heat was represented at the
other end by bar OF metal laid across
the surface of the water, the projecting
end Of which was h :atod by spirit
lamp. Red ooloring matters was then
put III at the warm end, and blue a t the
cold end SO that the currents could be
traced. The blue water, chilled by con.
tact with the ice, Immediately fell down
to the bottom, orept slowly along, and
gradually rose toward the surface of the
equatorial end, after which it gradually
returned along che surface to the start.
ing point. The red water crept first
along the surface Of the polar end, then
fell to the bottom just as the blue had
done, aud formed another stratum.
creeping back again along the bottom
and coming to the surface. Each color
made distinct circulation during tho
half hQur in which the audience viewed
the experiment t "s ei A
-. s...5y ,..4a,.q . ,5f
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-10-11
ygrs gcPeriIs Of tlle LipssuT

y - W b@A ~ Nla-S ~ ~ ~ "a - hi -
BTTb TberecettgieeisionB of az Btooklyn
Judge makesskissiugR perilous business
for unmarried people. 1t does not af-
fecttloselwbo arc swedeed5 sThcy can
smack each other to1thcir hearts content
provided they can find parties who. en-
Joy tBat tahd ofo exercise. But not not SO
with FBes suhfoTttihates who oRaPpcn to be
unmarried, In this particular case there
is no proof that the gentlomenh made
any profession Of love; he merely looked
tenderly at the lady and adectionatciy
squeezed erhapd. z IL. was not4sho wn
nat he made verbal agreeppcut to
marry the Judy, but he had kissed her
and thc, kiss, in conjunction with the
aforesaid tender look and affection hand
shake was adjudg,d legally equivalent
to P-onlisc Of matriinony, and the un-
willing mun was muIct6d ia the Sum of
$4,000. srH si7,b
The old proborb says that actions.
speak louder than words. a preforn-
ance is more binding than promise =
\ But it's not "a ittic remarkablesthae the
ndcncy to. facilitate matrimony is
gaining strcngth We have got mar
riage made easy. 1t is no longer nee
essary to make an audible and solemn
pledge before priest or Justice Of the
peace Bans and rings, are dispensed
with: It is only necessary. for a, man
and woman to live together as a maa and
wi fo TO be legally considered such, aud
such, have 4 place il tie best society +,
The fact carries the pledge and all is
solemn inPlica.ions with il. Now, is
the decision Of the Brooklyn judgs, is
sound, verbal coprtship is is abolished,
pFo&ises are dispensed with, aud is, only
ncc'ssary for an unmarried man t9, Look
softly on an unmarried woman and gept
iy press her hand, sweetly. kiss her will
Ing lips, and the whole thing is settled.
This condenses the thing awfully., ;, 1t
puts tile whole Business poetry and
moon beans and love sick rhymes in all
Kinds of mctre-in nutshell. Now.
We do notspecially object to this sconcan
tration Of wooing iuto a single shor: an
decisive passage Concentration is the
manifest tendency ana necessity ofmoI-
ern life. We do every thing on a rush.
We cannot afford to spent mlch tine
on anything Gourtship Ike credits,
must be short But'i it does make kis-
singa terribly pcrilou3 business. Anl
kissing is rather a sweet, nice thing,
Human beings take to 1t pretty natural
ly. II is the universal lansuas, Of
kindness and good feeling; Of Frienl,hip
as well rs of affection. hut what un
married persons win dare to kiss another
if the touch of the lips is to b, constru,
ted into legally binding promise OF
marriage? We protest against the de
cision on behalf Of the many excellent
unmarried mon and women who enjoy
kissing aud being kissed and don't Want
to be compelled to-eoafine tlieir exprcs
sions of exqnisitely fine sentiments tc
those who are mnrricd "A little tender
consideration Of the young people whose
lips are getting into kissable condition
should have restrained our Judge. who
evidently was never boy himself, Or
has forgotten all the sweetness and ro.
nance of that interesting por:o'. -'
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whats the use of trying to be hon.
sst r. asked young man, the other day
of a friend. ooh! you ought Try it
once" was the reply. ,3E rN '7''
A New Hampshire paper speaks of
the idiots who are climbing the White
Mountains to get a view of the COWS
pasturing in tho meadows below. |" ~
. - Titusville, Pa, girls baye voted not,
to purchase any dry goods, where the.
stores keep open in the evening. They,
think Htho clerks eau fipd some better
business, and more congenial.
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What Sleep Will Cure.

Thccry for rest has always been
louder than the cry for food. Not that
it is more important, bat it is often hard
er to get The best comes from sound
sleep. OF two men or women, other
orwise equal, the one Who sleeps best
will be the most moral, healthy and
efficient. Sleep viii do mach to cure
irrtabiGty of temper, pcevishness and
uneasiness. 1t VIII cure insanity 1t
will do much TO cure dyspepsia. 1t
will relieve a languor and PSrostration
felt by consumptivcs. It VIII cure
hypOehondria. 1t VIII cure lsadache.
1t will cure neuralgia. Tt will cure a
brokem spirit 1t will cure sorrow. In
de-d wa might make longer list Of
nervous maladies thatit will'cure '''S9