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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-11-14
Local Correspondence.
WILMoRE. Nov 10 1879

WILMORE, Nov. 10, 1873.
DEAR FREEMAN-Mr. p. NJ. Woleslagle.
OF thls place, met with a serious accident
on Friday last. He was assisting MIR. Geo.
Settlemyer, sr., to fall q bee-tree when his
axe glanced from the kerf and inflicted a
terrible cash on the upper part of his left
!oot, some hVe or six inches in length Drs
herr and Blaisdell dressed the wound and
Mr. Woleslagle is now obliged to keen in
doors-a thing he has not been in the habit of
dolng TO any great extent. We bet he will
not take stock in wild honey soon again
Be that as 1t may, he don't intend to sus-
hunting.
w Norkinen are at present engaged in max
ing the necessary excavation for the intro
ductIon of heater under St. Bartholomew's s
(Cathoic) church, and it is to be hoped he
PROJECT Will soon be brought 70 a successful
consummation, a the weather is getting
rather cold for comfort in church without
fire.
The amount netted at the late Catholic
fair was 81 500.
Mr.. Simon Mccall, of CroyIe township,
a venerable and respected citizen, died on
Saturday last aged about 81 years. May
he rest in peace.
''The sun never sets on the English do
minionS nS'-''for the very good reason as
an Irishman is said to have remarked on
one occasion, that God couldn't trust an
Englishman in the dark'-and yet John
Bull is going to war, to conquer and annex
A-shantee (Ashantee).
We recently bought load of coal from
Messrs. =. NJ. 81 j. Brown, of Summerhill,
which for heating and cooking purposes is
the best article of fuel we have ever used
If you want good coal up your way send
your orders to the above named firm.
L. NJ. Woleslagle & Son are to have their
store illuminated by gasoline. Seventy
lights will be required to light the store
room and the residence of z. j. Woleslagle
adjoining.
Having nOtbip0 mora 70 communicate I
will simmer down and wait for something
to turn up. SCRIBE.
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NOTICE All persons knowing
4-S themselves indebted to w. w. SAUPP
whose books are now i'm my hands, as well 5
all those who are indebted to me personally, on
book account or otherwise, are hereby notified
thnt If they do not call and settle on or before
the first day of December, proximO, their
counts will be placed in the hands or II. j. Hads,
Esq. for collection. Parties interested Will do
well therefore to heed this notice.
:. 81. DOUGLASS.
Chest Twp, Nov. :, 1si3-3t.*
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ST. AUGUSTINE, Nov. 10, 1s7;


DEAR FREEMAN-On Thursday morning
last, 9th instant, Mr.. Thomas Adams, a
highly esteemed citizen of this vicinity
was fatally injured by an accident, the cir
cumstances of which were as follows: Mr..
Adams and others in his employ were en-
gagged in taking down an old log house near
his residence, three men having entered the
old house to throw off the logs. Mr.. Ad-
ans was at the time near his new house.
hut had, uunotIced by the men, approached
the house that Was being demolished, when
they rolled off one log and two others fol-
lowed in quick succession. just then one
of the men, hearing strange noise, looked
down and saw Mr.. Adams lying under the
first log that had been thrown down. They
carried him into his house, where he recei we'd
the rites of the Catholic Church. and died
within two hours from the time he received
the injury, He was 81 years of age, and
leaves a wife and eight children to mourn
his untimely end. Thus in the midst of
life we are in death.
whilst the annual frosts are cropping
Leaves and tendrils from the trees,
SO our friends are yearly droppng,i
As we are like to one of these
Mr.. Adams was possessed of considerable
wealth, which he amassed by patient indus
try. He was esteemed an honest man, a
kind husband, an indulgent father, and an
ObliginC neighbor, and having won the good
will of all who knew him, his Sudden and
shocking death has cast 4 gloom over the
entire community. May he rest in peace is
the prayer of all with whom he was Joined
i'll religious sentiment, among whom may be
classed AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE.
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CPECIAL NOTICE.-All persons
~ knowing themselves indebted 70 mo are
hereby notified 10 call and settle at tIe store OF
A. a. DARKER & SspN and settle their accounts.
After january LIST. 1874, my books viii lac left
with proper officers for collection. TfiUse " no
wish TO sa sc costs and trouble VIII pay atten-
tion 20 this notice V, S. BARKER.
Ebensburg, Nov. {, 1873.
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A DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.-Let-
"a ters of Administration Oh the Estate of
Mrs. ELIzABETH SHARAR, late of EbenshuTg
borough Cambria county, decd. having been
granted to the undersigned by the ReGistcT OF
said county, all persons indebted to said estate.
are requested TO make immediate payment TO
Shoemaker II Sechler or to the Administrator,
and those having claims against the same will
present them properly authent icn ted for set
tlcment. WILLIAM VI hAkIN,
Nov = 1873. ct Administrator
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There being number of Germans pres
ent who could not read or understand Eng
iish, Mr.. Simon Neuwahl explained the
proceedings, statement, and proposition in
the German language.
The creditors present were then called
upon for remarks, but none responding, the
chairman in order 10 obtain the sense of
thosel present on the proposition of Mr..
taken thereupon. a motion to accept tie
nroDosition was made and seconded, and
carried without dissenting vote.
Mr. Blair again arose and stated to the
creditors that the proposition Of Mr.. Lloyd
could not be carried into effect unless every
one of his creditors would sign it. as it was
not intended that those now signing should
be held to the agreement, and others per-
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After the reading of the foregoing names
and amounts the following persons arose in
the audience and requested that their names
and the sums attached should be placed upon
the bond
Nv. Riddle $500 II. n. Anderson. 5000
Henry Bell....... 5000 W. Y. Anderson
Thos Bradley. 5000 & Co. 2,0O0
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w DlCk. AcTogNEY. Ar-LAw. Eb,
enSnnr1:, 20. 1ffce.in front room of T.
T,snnar &c" onidILR- Centre street All
- .egal business attended To "A tisSao-
'"rIiy' '.'d collections speciality. iI0-IiffI
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The EXplor~tisn OF palestine.

The Damascus correspondent Of
the Lerdt Herald gives an account
of the work done BY Lieutenant Con-
der, r. F., and his party. who are
engaged in carving out the idea Of
the Palestine Exploration Fund
They have not, he saws, been dig
ging up Moabite stones or other sen
sational objects but have done some
good solid work. OF 6,6069 square
miles to be surveyed, l.S00 are now
completed, or three-elevenths Of the
whole area The following are afew
of their most recent discoveries: l.
Site Of an unknown Jewish town. ,
Identification (probable) Of Ecbatana.
3. Three groups Of fnely-6nished
tombs, superior to the tomb Of the
Kings st Jerusalem one Of them has
a kind of enamel and fresco inside.
4. Five fourth-eenturies converts
hitherto unknown, with walls still
standing. 5. -Four other converts
in less perfect state OF preserva-
ton The following places have al
so been recently visited and survey
ed Athlit has been carefully sur
yeyed and drawings made of Its
for the first time. Cesares
has been carefully explored, plans
made of all its buildings, and its aq-
ueduct traced and examined for six
miles. The temple has also been
identified Jimmath-Serah, the birth
place Of Joshua, has been identified
at Tibney. Plans have been made
of Josbua's tomb, which was shown
in the DAYS Of Jerome. Madin has
been mapped and sketehed, and plans
made of the tombs of the Macea-
bees. Full details of all ruins are
noted on the spot, such as the size of
stones, character of mortar; and the
receives special attention,
careful measurement being always
made. Drawings are always made
Of the capitals and corniees In this
exhaustive manner every ruin in the
country IS treated, and already over
500 towns have been so noted.
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a Wolf Boy.

The Lucknow tIndia} Pioneer re-
ports the arrival there Of q novelty il
the shape of q wolf boz. This young
gentleman who Is now undergoing q
process OF tanning in q lunatie asylum,
was carried of BY wolves when an
infant, and has remained with them
until short time ago. when sought
and recognized BY his parents. His
family, however, can hardly be con-
gratula:ed on his restoration, for his
education in the wolf nursery (Which
by the way was purely secular seem
ed 70 have been very defective HIS
manners are net only disagreeable
but peculiar At first he walked on
ell fOurs, though now he has been in
duced TO walk On bis two feet only,
like 4 reasonable being; he has long
hair or his head, and his body is con-
siderably SCARED, and he cannot
speak, nor can be understand single
word. His parents suffered many IL
eoayeniences On his first arrival az
home, owing TO MS frequently attack
ing and trying 20 deyour them 81
night; and, indeed, II was owing 70
his persistence in this unflial conduct
that :hey were compelled in self-de-
fence 70 put him under medical sur
veillanee He also, among other dis
agreeable habits, tears raw meet 70
pieces with his teeth, and eats it raw
enously like a wild beast, and bites
and snaps at any one who tries 10
tame him. This last little weakness
would in no way have disqualified
him for The post Of Judge Advocate
General, had he happened to be in
England at the time Of the recon-
struction of the ministry; but it seems
doubtful whether be will ever be thor
oughlv cured Of his other propensi-
ties, which, however. viii enable him,
by exhibiting himself in civilized
countries, to amass a far larger for
tune than he is likely to make if be
is converted into merely q useful
member Of sOeiety-Pau! NaH Ga
-SftS
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AgtIcultural-A mower who cant
nov might as well be 10 mower.
Why didn'rs dog want a place =
the ark Because he had a bark of
his own
4 lady complained 70 her doctor
that she could scarcely breathe.
Don't try, my good soql." replied
the candid physician. nobody wants
YOU 70 do it.
A little beggar-girl in New York
has got hold Of the wrong paper
which certi6es that the bearer IS
widow with five children in destitute
circumstances
A lawyer critic caught the words
uttered by the witches in Macbeth
"A deed without a name :" "A
deed without q namel' Why by
the statutes it is void
] have noticed one thing. that the
most virtuOus and diskrete folks We
have among Us are either those who
have no pashsns at all, or Eery tame
o1es-it is a great deal easier 70 be
= good dove than a decent serpent.
An Irishman's VIII viii and
bequeath 70 nv beloved wife Bridg-
ct all nv property, without reserve.
and 70 NV eldest son Patrick one
half the remainder, and to Dennis
nv youngest son, the rest If sny-
thing is left, it may go to Ference
McCarty.
An Irish physician was called 70
examine the corpse of another Irish
man, who had been ssssssinated By
some Of his countrymen. '"fhis per
son, said he, after inspecting the
corps, was SO Ill. that If he had
not been murdered, he would have
oied half an hour before
We saw, last winter, Z cosmetic
which IS warranted 70
keep 4 lady's hand free from chaps
ChsPs trouble some people al the
year round, bat q Young lsdy who
wishes to be free from them needs
only TO dress in the present fashion.
and then let the gossips know that
she has 10 money. In that way she
can keep Of all sorts Of chaps
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street Slaves

/ 1t Is not an unusual occurrence tC
see little Italian children on our
streets playing the violin and sing.
ing who can scarcely articulate and
who are inadequately clothed and
have filthy appearance From
early morning until late at night
these juvenile minstrels traverse the
alleys and public thoroughfares and
render their music for such compensa-
ton as charitable community may
be willing 10 give. The street per-
formers are scantily provided with
food and furnished with miserable
sleeping accommodations and gener-
ally treated inhumanly.. These mus
zeal itinerauts are nearly all under the
command Of padrones (masters), who
compel them to return q certain
amount TO their treasury daily and
subject them to many hardships, but
count the money which the urclIins
bring in, and beating them if the
amount be not enough-the average
sum required being about seventy
FIVE cents. In March last law was
passed by the italian chamber Of dep
uties on the subject Of this slavery.
In substance it DEGREES fine and I'M
prisonment against all who shall traf
fc in italian children under the age
of sixteen; abolishes all contracts or
agreements between parents and spec
ulators, and compels the restoration
OF all minors under the specified age
to their families; and obIiges the diplo-
matte and consular representatives to
provide out Of the public money for
the restoration TO their native land Of
all such children II further appears
that this trade is really only a eontin-
uation Of the gypsy trade in children,
which has subsisted for hundreds of
wears, and that as far back as 1861
the foreign minister Of Italy instruct
ed his agents abroad to use the great
est canton in granting passports 10
italian boys, and refuse them abso-
lutely, except for returning to their
homes, to all exclusively dedicated
10 the trade Of ambulating musicians
1t further appears, by the account al
ready referred to, that medical stats
tics show that out Of one hundred
italian children of both sexes who
quit their native villages, only twen-
" return home; about thirty settle
in various parts of the world, and
fifty succumb to sickness, TO priya-
tions of all sorts and cruel treatment
The mortality, then, in the ranks Of
these little emigrants, before arriving
at manhood, is fifty per cent. 1t is
on the frontiers of Italy and France
that the white slave trade begins in
earnest There experts take a hand
in the game and resell their purchas-
ers to sharpers at Paris or in other
large cities. In view of the existence
of this infamous trafc, by which
thousands of Italian boys sre e1slav-
ed, it is gratifying to observe thst de-
termined efforts are being made TO
punish the guilty criminals.
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What vegetable is anything but
agreeable on board ship A leek
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One Of the Lost Arts.

The new discoveries in Egypt viii
add plausibility to Wendell Phillips
lecture on the Lost Arts 1t now
appears that the smeltingof iron was
carried on in Egypt from the very
earliest period. Mr.. Charles Vincent.
in an English scientific journal, sets
forth some new facts in reference TO
this subject:
In the sepulehres of Thebes may
be found delineations Of butchers
sharpening their knive. on round
bars of iron attached 10 their aprons.
The blade Of their knives are painted
blue which fact proves that they
were of stell. for, in the tomb OF
Pameses Ill. this color is used TO
indicate steel bronze, being represent
ed by red. An English gentleman
has recently discovered near the wells
of Moses, BY the Red Sea, the re-
mains of iron works so vast that they
must have employed thousands Of
workmen. Near the works are 10 be
found the ruins OF q temple and q
barraek for the soldiers protecting or
keeping order in the works. These
works are supposed to be at least
1000 wears old
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-09-17

In lI13 there lived in Pesth, the
capital Of Hungary, Karol Kowates,
shoemaker, whose ingenuity in cut
ting and carving on wood, etc,
brought him into contact with Count
Andrassy, ancestor of the present
Prime Minister Of Austria. with whom
be became favorite. The Count, on
his return from a mission to Turkey,
brought with him large piece Of
whitish clay, which had been present
e. to him as a curiosity, on account
of It's extraordinary light specific
gravity Ii struck the shoemaker
that being porous, it mus. naturally
be we'll adapted for pipes, as it would
absorb the nicotine The experiment
was tried, and Karol cut q pipe for
the Count and one for himself. But
in the pursuit of his trade, he could
not keep his hands clean, and many
piece of shoemaker's wax became at
tached to the pipe The clay how
ever, instead Of assuming dirty ap-
pearance as was naturally to be ex-
pected, when KarOl WHIPPED it of, re-
ceived, wherever the wax had touch
ed, clear brown polish, instead of
the duh white it previously had At
tributing this change il the tint 10
the protest source, he waxed the
whole surface, and, polishing the pipe,
and again smoked it, and noticed how
admirably and beautifully it colored;
also how much more sweeter the pipe
smoked after being waxed Karol
had struck the smoking philosophers
stone; and other noblemen hearing Of
the wonderful properties of this singu-
lar species of clay, imported itin con-
siderable quantities for the manufae-
ture of pipes The natural scarcity
of this much esteemed article, aud the
great cost of importation, in those
DAYS OF limited facilities for transpor-
tation, rendered its use exclusively
confined to the richest European no.
blemen until 1880, when it became a
more general article of trade The
first meersehaum pipe made by Karol
kowates has been preserved in the
museum of Pesth.
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"Mail Welded Love-

As it use 10 be and as it is now
You know her. She lives on your
street. Her features are either pinch
ed or full of frowsy. Her dress is
wet, i'll fitting and of no particular
pattern; her slippers are broken down;
her voice is either schrill or coarse
You have seen her stand out in the
back yard, and put bare arm up TO
her eyes, and under it peer out to the
fence or barn, where man in an ILL.,
citing coat is searching for something,
and have heard her shout, John |,
can't George bring me some water ~
And have you heard him cry, "If be
don't get that water III take every
inch Of flesh of his bones And
when you looked at her again does it
seem possible that those angry eyes
have dropped in maidenly reserve, or
raised in coquetish light to the face o.
the man in the ill-ftting coatg Can
you, by any possible wrench Of the
Imagination, corrective of his tenderly
passing peppermints to her; of his
taking that hand in his and bashfully
squeezing it? But it was so. Many
a "God bless you." has been uttered
above that bare head, many a kiss
pressed on that uncombed hair. The
tightly compressed lips have lovingly
framed tender invitations TO him to
take another bite of cake and pickle.
The hands that are now parboiled
and blistered, and marked with scars
from the bread knife and scratches
from the last setting hen, were once
twined lovingly about his neck, and
the nose, which is now peaked and
red, and looks as if it would stand on
its bind legs and scream with rage.
once followed the figures of his new
vest pattern or bore heavily against
his jugular vein As little probable
as this seems TO you, it seems less to
her. She has forgotten it. She won't
hear it talked of by others Two
lovers are TO her "a psrsel of fools. 7"
And-but George is rubbing his head
and we turn aside while our heroine
re-adjusts her slipper.--Danbary
Nelcs
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Thu Washington Star saws: The
case of apparent resuscitation of q
young man named Matthias, at West.
minister, Md. when burial was about
to take place, prayes to have been
fallscious 1t was reported that
when the body had been put in the
coffin, after having been kept in ice
for two days, it showed the appear.
ance of life, and, proper appliances
having been made, the young man
was restored TO consciousness, and
was doing we'll 1t appears, howey-
er, from the correspondence Of the
Baltimore american, that the facts
are as follows: Matthias had been
suffering for some time with disease
Of the kidneys and dropsy, and on
Sunday last, about l:30 O'Clock, he
died Of q disease known as 'urremia,
after having been in eomatose con-
dition for over two days. Shortly
after death he was packed in ice, and
SO remained until Tuesday, when he
was placed in a conn for burial. OF
course the ice had preserved the
body in fresh and natural condition.
and when the family and friends
gathered about the coffin for one last
look at the remains this fresh appear
ance caused some one to remark that
he did not believe life to be entirely
extinct Mr.. Matthias, the father Of
the boy, on hearing this remark, re-
fused to have his sons body buried
until it could be examined by q ply
sician. Two were sent for, and, af-
ter careful examination, one Of
them decided that life had been ex-
tinct for two or tree days The
other held that there were indications
of life; that blister produced inaa-
nation, etc, The father of the
young man therefore postponed the
funeral, but signs of decomposition
has since set in, and the physicians
now agree that life is entirely extinct.
The case has considerable interest
here in Washington, because q simi
lar one occurred here some time ago,
that of Q young lady who died down
the river, and whose body. on being
brought to this city, showed fresh
ness Of color and suppleness of limb
that had all the appearances Of lin
gering life. The physicians, howev-
er, after careful examination, decid-
ed these appearances were wholly
deceptive, and that life had been ex-
tinct for days. This deceptive mask
Of life it would appear is not an un-
common thing, even up to the point
of decomposition is about to COM
mence.
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A criminal eourt-sparking anoth-
er mans wife.
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The next day, Alice, under Miss
Barbara's directions wrote a little
note to John Barton.
Tell him to come soon, she said
and Us Alice wrote this Miss Barbara
sat and thought intently for q time,
her face resting on her hands. Tell
him" said she again, tell him be
may bring his wife if be likes-I can
at least see her to please him" And
so the note was written and the mes
sage dispatched
After this decisive step was taken
Miss Barbara was in o fu.ter Of
nervousness all the time. She dom
ned her richest dress, her most cotly cap
and then sat expectant, until she
heard Johns step on the stairs, and
John himself came in as Of old or
course there was few minutes du-
ring which thev both talked at once,
and then, when the first excitement
was over, Miss Barbara suddenly
grew grave.
Where's your wife, she asked Ia
her old grim way
John rose and rang the bell
She's down stairs | told her TO
stay till | cent for her" "Show nav
wife up"
Miss Barbara waited quietly.
You viii love her little for nv
sake - pleaded John, as light foot
step was heard at the door, and then,
greatly TO Miss Barbara's surprise,
Alice Worthineton came in the room.
Ny nephew, Mr.. Barton, Miss
Worthington," she said, then turn
inn to Alice Il am engaged now,
and you may be excused"
To her surprise John cody put
his arm around the waist of his new
acquaintance and led her across the
room. Alice Worthington Barton,
Aunt Barbara" be said: and then
with the old mischief in his ewes:
Love her little for my sake please
There are children's voices in the
great house now, and Jane who was
in the plot and IS now back in her
old place, and Miss Barbara pets them
almost to death, while John, the
rogue, leases his Aunt laughingly
about the "doll-baby" to which she
considered him sacrificed. But if
there is any person who Miss Bar
bara loves as dearly as cher boy"
It's the sweet-faeed, gentle girl whom
that boy married To her mind all
feminine grades and virtues are pos
sessed by "John's wife.
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