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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-10-27
The JCRT LAW.

The jury law n'eds remodelipg. 1t
is anomalous. unsatisfactory, and g.
tended with much expense. While it
10 true the counties differ materially in
population aud wealth ye. this fact ia
hardly q sufficient reason why different
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-10-27
TIE UEIyERsITT,

The average number Of siudents in
attendance at the University during the
year was $50; and the school has been
very successful in all it's departments.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-10-27
The NORMAL sCHocL.

The total receipts OF Marshall Collez.
during the fscsl year on account o. the
Contingent Fund" was 81, ,l35 As, aud
the total disbursements from this fund
was Sl,0l7 Is, leaving q bslsnce o.
$l0S 81 on hand. In addition 70 this
sum the institution had an sppropria-
ton OF $500 to pay teachers, all Of
which has been drawn. The whole
number OF pupils 10 attendance was lGl,
and the average number IS.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-10-27
yoRyAL scHooL AT sHEPHRrDsTowy.

This school seems to be in quite cue,
cessiul operstion-it was only organized
during the year, and Tor the fret por-
ton oil the year the highest number Of
pupils 10 attendance was AZ, and tie
average 80 During the latter part Of
the year, the highest number in atten-
dance was 100 and the average Go,
with a prospect OF healthy increase.
The school at GlenvIlle was organ
lied lsst winter, and is said to be in
successful operation. Th. West Liberty
normal school is also said to be pros
porous.
No appropriations we're made At your
last session for the payment OF teachers
OF the several Normal Schools, bat the
laws 10 relation to them remain un-
changed. The Board OF Regents there
fore proceeded as usual in the manage
ment Of Lh.se schools and employed
teachers for the current year. Unless
some provision is made at your present
session Tor their payment, their salsries
cannot be paid. Il would seem to be
manlfestly unjust TO these teachers to
permi. these contracts TO be made With
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-10-27
GOVERNORS MESSAGE.
STATE OF West VIRGINIA,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
CHARLESTON, Oct. 70, 1878,

CHARLEsToN, Oct. ~, 1910,
Gentlemen of the Senate andg the House
of Delegates:
Upon your re-assembling deem 1t
my duty 10 communicate to you at least
a briet summary OF the condition OF the
State, and 10 call your attention 10
some questions connected with the ad'
ministration of public affairs.
FINANCES
The following statement will give the
condition OF the treasury for the fiscal
year ending Sept. so, 1879
Balance In the Treasury oct.l,
t-oO'O- N$
heeGteeu the a1oni al so 67s6s9 O5
Tctal subject to draft.............. s955, ,lil o'
Amount expended drring the
year fer all urposes....""......" 'lS o'o 10
Leaving a total balance in the
treasury, Oct. ], lS3......-.'.'... sZi7'oso o.
This balance is made up Of the fol-
lowing distinct funds:
- lOsl 81
Hospital - 4,2l5 gu
Fund for General
Furposes.......,. o'o'e -
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-04-11
Do AS NEAR RIGHT AS YOU CAN.

The world stretches widely before tOu.
y field for your muscle and brdin;
And though clouds may often float DER you
And often come tempest and rain,
BE fearless of storms which o'ertake you
Push forward through all like n man
Good fortune will never forsake you
If you do as near right a5 you can.
Remember the WILL to do rightly,
If used, will the evil confound;
Live daily by conscience, that nightly
Your sleep may be peaceful and sound.
In contests of right never waver-
Let honesty shape every plan,
And life will of Paradise SAVIOR;
If you do as near right rs you can.
Though foes darkest scandals may utter;
And strive with their falsest of tact
To injure yOur fF.ne. meyer mutter,
But justly and hOneStIr act;
And ask OF the Ruler of Heaven
To save your fair name rs n man.
And all that you ask will be given,
If you do as near right as you can:
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-04-11
NUMBER u.

a VERY SUsPIeIoUs HrsRAND-A
San Francisco paper gets off the fol
lowing good one:
Returning home late one night. n
man living on Mason street disrobed
without lighting the gas, and lay peace
fully down beside the partner of his
Joys, Sinking back upon the pillow,
he straightwaY raised himself and re-
marked:
Il say, wife, how's your pillow
warm -
why, what a foolish question -
returned she my pillow is all right"
is it real warm ?'' he asked
Certainly it is; I've had my head
on it for three hours"
Apparently satisfied, he laid down
and was silent for time, when a Wig,
orous nudging in the side of his wife
proved he had another idea.
- say, wife ?''
For goodness sake, what do you
want :" Petulantly answered the sleepy
dame
a say, you don't use hair oil, do
YOU ?''
"Of course not Tou know that as
we'll as any body else Do, for mercy's
sake, 90 to sheep"
Another half hour passed in silence.
broken by the solemn ticking of the
clock in the darkness Then there
was another spasmodic nudging.
Il say, wife, You didn't put that calf
under the bed, did YOU 2''
"Gracious me-" retarYfett the ma,
tron, ''what is the matter with YOU?
OF course, the calf is not under the
bed. Will you never go to sleep ?''
We'll" continued the lord, sliding
his legs sideways out Of bed, I'm ID
= there amt something live under
here"
There was the sound of scralnbfino.
around, partialupheavaI of the couch,
the quick CLEAN of white garment
making for the open window. through
Which it disappeared, a thrashing
sound in the lose bushes outside, and
all was still again.
The custody Of the children has been
awarded to the husband.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-04-11

PUTTING a hoop on the family flour
barrel is an operation. that will hardly
bear an encore. The woman generally
attempts it before the man comes home
to dinner. She sets the hoops up on
the ends of the slaves, takes a defibeF-
ate aim with the rolling-pin, and then
shutting both eyes brings the pin down
with all the force Of one arm, while the
other instinctively shields her face
Then she makes dive for the camphor
and unbleached muslin, and when the
man comes home she is sitting back of
the stove, thinking Of St Stephen and
the other martyrs, while a burnt din
ner and the camphOr are struggling
herOically for the mastery. He saws
if she had kept her temper she wouldn't
have got hurt. And he visits the bar
rel himself and puts the hoop on care
fully, and adjusts it so nicely to the top
of every stave that only a few smart
dnOcks apparently are needed to bring
it down all right, then he laughs to him
self to think what a fuss his wife kicked
up over simple matter that only need
ed Il little patience TO adjust itself, and
then he Gets the hammer, and fetcheS
the hoop a sharp rap on one side, and
the other side flies up and catches him
on the bridge of the nose, filling his
soul with wrath and his eyes with tears.
and the next instant that barrel is fv-
ing across the room, accompanied by
the hammer, and another candidate for
camphor andrag Is senrolled III the great
army that is increasingly marching to-
ward the grave
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-04-11

THE brown curls fell with their Won
drous grace, and the blue eyes met his
own-shading the light of her beautiful
face with a glory all her own. The
moonlight stole, with a loving CLEAN,
on the delicate Upturned brow, and
swept, with its pure, mysterious beam,
down the soft arms dazzling snow
One hand lay on his loving breast, and
one meath the lovely head while the
diInpled check to his heart was pressed,
and parted the lips warm-rcd On
his shoulder fiOated the waving hair,
shading the beautiful brow; and over
all rested the moonlight fair, with its
quivering silver glow. And he clasped
her warm in his loving hold, and he
spoke, in his yearning tone: What
is it my darling would have me told
little wife, my darling, my own! y
The blue eyes cleaned with a loving
thrill. and a look so pure and sweet
"Our dinner tomorrow; Q, dear me,
Phil has the butcher-boy brought mp
| the meat ?' When the sunbeam came
with a loving thrill, and the air grew
warm and sweet, and the moon mac
vanished behind the hill, the butcher
boy brought up the meat
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-04-11
Don't CaU u Man u Liar.

Never tell a man he is a liar unless
YOU are certain that you can lick him,
for, as general rule, when you say
that, it means fight.
| have arrived at this conclusion
through sad experience. | know that
1t Is not safe to give the lie to a mus
cular Christian
did it once. I am sorry for it
now, as l never grieved for anything
else in the whole course of my life
We were standing on the sidewalk,
In front of the club, when | made the
statement. We were talking politics,
and men who talk politics, and get
hot over it, are, to put it mildly, luna
atics, OF else want an office, or have
some friend who wants an office
This man made an assertion toJlct.
ing the fair fame of my candidate 1t
is probable that if it had been as true
as it was false, | should have taken
the same course, because, YOU under
stand, man who talks politics has no
sense, anyhow. | think, | said this be-
fore, but it is all the same | want to
make it strong, and get you to under
stand how | got my ornamental eve.
| mildly suggested that man who
would make such a statement as that
was lost to all sense of shame, and
would be guilty Of any bad crime.
lie disagreed with me on the point
As for himself, he never made state
ment eXceptupon the most ample proof
My candidate was the meanest villain
living.
! told him he lied.
| have been kicked bT mule; have
fallen out of a second story window ON
Il hard pavement eaten green persim-
mons; heard Miss Blow read poetry
for two hours and a half; skated, rode
a sharp-backed horse of mustang pa
rentage, an adept in the art Of buck
ing" suffered grief of various kinds.
and still clung to life; but all of these
are feathers in the balance as compared
with the result of that little word liar
Immediately after saying it, | sat
down-nOt in the way people usually
sit down. ! sat down on the rim of
my ear ten feet from the spot where |
had been standing when | made Use
OF the expression quoted above. | am
not used to sitting i'll that position,
and do not think it agrees with me.
| have heard Of people who got up
on their ear" and walked off | wish
! | knew how to do it, and would have
propelled myself away from the spot
immediately if | had possessed this
happy faculty. proceeded to get my
myself perpendicularly, intending to
Use the locomOtion which Nature had
given me, but when | came right side
up, something heavy ran against my
nose and | felt very tired. | sat down
on my other ear l like a change; it
is too mOnOtOnOus doing the same
thing over and over again.
| Somebody took my large friend
away, and | was quite pleased when
! he was gone. | have concluded to
| look twice at man before | give him
the lie again. My eye is in mourning,
my nose swelled into the size of cit
ron, with the color Of a blush rose,
and my clothes look as if they had
been run through a patent sausage
machine. | would not have that man s
temper for anything in the world
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-04-11
A Go5sE QuEsYroN.-A correspond

\ GOosE QUES'PIoN.-A correspond
dent of Appleton's Journal is in Il
rather unsettled state of mind as to
whether the contraction don't" is re
ally ungrammatical when used in the
third person. The contraction won't"
he thinks more Objectionable than
don't" As the former is a contrac-
ton of will not" he makes the novel
suggestion that it be called "win't'' in
stead Of won't" that being more i'll
accordance with principle and with the
true spelling. For instance, Il win't
go CFtt this cvening''-that has the
merit of novelty, if nothing else This
writer is in as great qJanda-T as was
the country hardware merchant who
wanted to send to tn" city for two tai-
Or's geese or goOscs, whichever sccmeth
best. He sat down and wrote the or
der thus:
''Please send me two taiTor's EooSes."
But he didn't like the grammar, and,
was afraid he should be laughed at, so.
he destroyed that order and wrote:
please send me two tailor's geese
After he had deposited the letter i'll
mind lest he should have a couple of
live geese sent to hinn, purchased of
some tailor; so he returned to the
pOSt-Of1icc. got the letter out and de
strOycd it, and wandered two DAYS in
maze Of doubt and perplcXity as to
how he should ever get an order Off so
as to he understood, and grammatiCally
wOrded. AT last, i'll desperation he sat
down and wrote:
''Please send me one tailor's goose, and,
d-n it, send me another one just like it
That hit the goose on the head, the
man got his geese, or his gOOses, or bis
one goose and another ODe. \ CORES
pondent OF the. Washington Capital,
awhile ago, much exercised on this
point, sent the story of the merchant
to that paper for decision on the ques-
ton. But it affected the editor like all
the others who had pOndered on it
pondering seemed to make matters
worse. He said the goose hung too
high" for him. He consulted thirteen
unabridged dictionaries, encyclopedias
and learned tyeatiSes on OrnithOlOgv,
and found the question getting deepev
and deeper the more he studied it
His conclusion after much research
was this:
Sometimes we believe the plural
should bc 5ooscs, and then we don't
We don't no more frequently than we
do. Wewill keep our inquiring friends
| advised of our progress
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-04-11

BILLINGS ON THE POoDLE-The poo
~" - email I~s, It'll 49, =, -, s.II,t
hid amungst good deal OyprOmislluss
hair.
They are sumtimes white for color,
and their hair il tangled all over them,
like the head Nv a yung turkey.
They are kept az pets, and like all
other pets, are az stubborn az a setting
hen.
4 poodle il a woman's pet, and that
makes them kind ov sabrcd, whatever
a woman luvs she worships.
l have seen poodles that [ almost
wanted tew swOp places with, but the
owners ov them didn't aht to me az
tho they wanted tew trade for emmy
thing.
Thare IL but few things on the face
ov this earth more utterly worthless
than poodle, and yet am glad thare
IL pOodles, for if thare wasn't thare is
some people who wouldn't have emmy
objekt in living and have nothing tew
luv.
Thare IL nothing in this world made
in vain, and poodles are good for fleas
Fleas are good for poodles, for they
keep their minds employed in scratch
ing, and almost every body else's too
about the house.
| never llnu n man tew keep poodle,
Mans nature IL too koaTse for poOdles.
\ poodle would soon fade and die if a
man waz tew nuss him.
l don't expekt emmy poodle, but If
nny-boddy duz Civ me one he must
make up hiz mind tew be tied onto a
long stick every Saturday, and be used
for washing the windows on the out
side.
This kind of nussin would probably
make the poodle mad, and probably he
would quit, but kant help it
If hay got tew keep a poodle, he
haz got tew help wash the window:
every Saturday. | am solid on thi:
pint.
IT is reported that son of Brigham
! Dung Is going TO marry newly es
! tabiished female seminary
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-04-11

ANOTHER GHOST STORY.-Therc have
s'"en series of ghOstly stories afoat in
the papers Of late that exceed in num-
ber and maryclousncss anything in tle,
recent literature of the supernatural.
These include the spectral urchin who
affects the school house at Newburv-
port; the spiritual operator who has
ApeHr sending special tclegTasrs from
the other world to some office in Oslo;
the engineer who haunts the engine
that he managed in his former state,
and several other such casual or chron-
ic visitors from the other world And
now Virginia comes forward with her
installmcnt of the unearthly The
story is this: 4 woman named Silla
Summers was lying ut the point of
death in the second story of her house
at Matthews Courthouse. In a room
below were her husband, who was cor
fined 70 his bed with rheumatism. and
a few neTghbors. Suddenly Mr.. sum
mers arose in his bed, and directed the
attention of the other inmates of the
room to the fireplace. They looked
an5f saw the y ord ''Silla" spelled III let
ters of fire on a charred log. The
name was visible for perhaps a minute,
when it gradually faded out and dis
appeared; and at that same instant q
wtlI from the attendants in the room
above told that Mrs. SUMMERS YVES
dead. How we would scout at nov
eIist who would tell such story; vet
this story is told and repeated by
dozens of papers in the South and East
as if it was a weIl-authenticated oc-
currcncc.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-04-11

COMING THRO' THE RYE"-A NEW
ERsION.-If Il cat doth meet a cat
upon a garden wall, and if a cat doth
greet eat. oh need there he a squalE
Every Yoinmy has his Tabby, Visiting
on the wall, and yet she welcomes his
approach with an unearthly yawl.-
And If a kitten wish to court n cat
upon a wall, why don't he sit and
sweetlv smile. and not stand up and
bawl, and lift his precious teeth, and
moan and moan, as If 'twerc cOhc
more than love, that made the teller
groan? Among the twain there is
swain-his voice is known full we'll
but what's his name and where's his
shame, | do not care to tell. Hes
sweet upon the other sex, his valor-
ous passions rise; he can't resist the
tender glance OF their seductive eyes :;
and so with groans and horrid threats
L. ->--,I>, che 0N cnfHg AIR, ana makes
those midnight rendezvous impossible
to bear.
If body meet body coming thro'
the mud. and body splash n body,
need a body scud Every highway
has its crossing. none are always clean;
so if a body's boots get dirty, do not
call him green. If a lady meet lady
coming thro' the slush, need she frown
to see some splatters on her silk and
plush All the Iasses go a shopping
when the days are bright; but oh, it is
4 tircsome job with gloves in such a
plight Every body has their trials,
either dust or food but they should
keep their temper down when coming
thro' the mud
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-04-11

LIABILITIES.
Outstanding Orders for 1870 and
Outstanding Orders for lS1l.... 1000
Outstanding Orders sOr 1SI...-... liz 40
S253 p
We. the Auditors of the Borough of Ebens-
burg, respectfully report that we have
amued the accounts of said Borough for the
year ending Feb, *, 1872, and fird them TO be
correct according to above statement.
V N. II. SCHILLER, ,,,di+o,s
:. II. DAVIS, -A""i''iS'
EbenSburE, = priI !, 1873.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-04-11

MASSACHUSETTS wonders at the rise
Of a Delaware millionaire who began
his mercantile career as n poor boy by
borrowing 81 and investing it in ap-
ples.n The thing that Massachusetts
can't understand is how any one could
be so imprudent as to lend - to poor
boy without good security for princi-
pal and interest.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-04-11

MosT of the shadows that cross our
pain through life are caused 10y stahd-
my IN our own light.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-04-11

TIE Courier journal thinks that a
photograph album and poodle are
the ONLY ties which bind most la,tlcs to
earth
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-04-11

A DANBURY woman sent her boy
down street for the following articles:
A bar of soap, piece Of music, enti-
tied Waiting at the Gate, Love, y
three needles, a feather, a bottle OF
hair oil, the New York Weekly, a
pound of starch, mended earring, a
half-pound of candy, ten cents worth
of lime, a basketfulI Of peaches and a
Dapcr of cinnamon. What the boy
brought home was half-pound OF
candy.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-04-11

-.uts wanted for our Immensely pop
r MATS x CHARTS. Our large Map
urfcd States, with beautiful world
u,. reverse side; sells splcuGidly- Each
inches.
GENTS wanted for oUr new Charts,
mv Virgin and Child and "Christ
Ir.rl. tuIidrcu." TEcy viii mud place
Christian home. IIiASISN ~ l,CBRECHT,
1IanauI Chart Establishment, lOr Lib
..r. New York.
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ITrfte for Larne mlLstrated Priee ~. Address,
ESDGcial Attention

The GUIDE is published QUARTERLY. 20 cts
pays Tor the year, which is not half the COST
Those who afterwards send money TO amount
OF One Dollar or more for seeds may also order
cents worth eNtra-thc price paid for GUIDE
The First Number is beautiful, giving plans
for making Rural Homes. Dining Table Decora-
hons, Window Gardens. &c, and Il mass OF intor-
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-04-11

III FHTE worth $50, given gratis to
. f" 'I'ii.-very live man who Will act
IL. Business light s honorable. 10000
...h> ~u,cable as -four. Every body
'tN aa without il. Must have IL. No
1.t..-". uD Humbug.
hlNNEDY x CO., Pittsburgh, Pa.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-04-11

you cant do that again said the
pig to the boy who cut his tail of
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-04-11
.JIRTBREBA.

which is pronounced 10y the leading medical
authorities of London and Paris the most pow
crful tonic and alternative known to the mcdi-
cal worId.' This j. no new and untried dtSCON-
cry. but has been long used by the leading ply
SiciauS of other countries with CUndeTtW rcme-
dial results.
DoH't Jrrnicn and impGir the digestive organs
by cathar. les and physics. They give only tenn
porary relief. Indigestion, tiutulcnCy ana dyS-
pcpsia, with piles and kindred diseases, are sure
to follow their use
Keep the blood pure and health is assured.
JOHN .. KELLOGG. Is Plat St. n. y,
Sole \ gent for the United States.
Price One Dollar per Bottle. Send for Circular.
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is unequaled by any known purifier. 1t viii
eradicate, eXtirpaJe and thOrOughlyideStroy all
poisonous substances in the Blood and viii ef-
fectuaily dispCl all predispOsitiOn to bilious de-
rangcnent-
Is there CdIlt nf action in oJr irer aud Splccl?
Unless relieved at once, the blood becomes i'm
pure by dCiCteriOuS SecrCtOnS, producing ScrOt-
uOus or skin diseases, Bl0tcheS- EelOns, Pus-
tules, CanheF. PimplcS, &c, &cs
ifdUe BOItG DtEpeDttc StpmdchF l Mess dtgcS-
tion is promptly aided the system is dehiiitated
with loss or vital force. poverty of the Blood
DrOpSicGl Tendency. General Weakness or Las
SirudC.
1t will impart youth viROr to weary sufferers.
Hare yDU IrCGhnCs@ 0f the IntcSttHCNf You are
i'm danger of Chronic Diarrhpa or the dreadful
Inflammation OF the Bowels.
Hare Jr,it lrcdI;HCSs nj the Uterine or Urinary
organs? Eou must procure instant relief or
you are liable to suffering worse than death.
Are gDu dSjCctCd, drGss}, duh, sluggish or de-
pressed in spirits. with head ache, back ache,
coated tongue and bad tasting mouth!
For Il certain remedy for ali of these diseases,
Weaknesses and troubles; for cleansing and
purif Tying the vitiatcd blood and imparting Wig
tn all the forces: for building up and reStOr
ing he wpalIened constitution, USE
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ThE EERESGDE.
=
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yOLUA1E VII.

v y = y 7 y u = II M
eANT- GORGEOUS. BRILLIANT!
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En- a.I uHrlur. Thousands OF iadiCs"t-
svurrH. aud uuheSitatiugiy prOuOunC" it
IA. ~ Iri>lTCs. The Press universally
rh nI proclaim il trOHUH'> CTHduHtTi' ~ /
~ Insliug. EHdlJp lJpr"dCidhls. PRICE,
~. lsr.- will tiud Crumbs of Comfort for
=s Q. nr,.-ciaSs grOCcrs, hardware dealers,
ii y.nr,aepcrS. etc. throughout the | nj
|<s sf-s.I canada. II. :. Il NRTLETT & co.,
"a unr- BIrtlrtt'S Blackin~. Pearl Blue,
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