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A Phenomenon.

4 singular phenomenon i .juSt now ex-
erci~ing fhe people of Schnectady The
railroad near that zee for about one hum
dred feet, has been noticed several times to
rise to such degree a. to render it neee~-
sary to take up the rails and Sieeper> and
regrade the road he'd. Ii would seem easy
enough to explain the sinking of an equal
length Of road, but what it can be that is
producing this frequent elevation is the
enigma now puzzling the wits and en-
pineerS of Schenectady. Tne nearest ap-
proach to Il solution that has yet been mad
supposes thnt vein of quicksand runs
under the hard pan OF surface at thar point,
and that the water from the hIeh ground,
saturuting this and becoming imprisoned
therein, forms a column which exerts the
lifting force that has several times deFanged
the ruad level A method Of deep draina ge
based upon this theory. Is - 1e adopted al
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-10-30
4 Credita5le Incident.

good many years ago one of the most
notorious Thieves in the United States had a
confidential conversation with gentleman
who is now one OF oar most efficient detectives
and expressed strong desire to reform
'Why DO sou wish 50 much to live on the
sQuare?' asked & c gentleman. "BecauSe.' -
replied the thief. II have a wife and chill
dTen to whom J am very much attached !;
they have no idea OF tie mode in wh.c'i I
make my living the children are gr wing
old. and are beginning to wonder why
leave home so often, and what I do, and if
| am ever TO reform now i the time" The
gentleman warmly approved the idea, and
to further it loaned the man several hundred
dollars with which to begin an homes; buSi-
ness. The reformed man at once broke OF
all his old associations, lived a perfectly
honest life. would have no dishonest persons
call on hinT, devoted himself for years closely
to business. raised his family respectfully
did great many acts of transformations
charity, and died not long since esteemed by
all who knew hin. His children are doing
vel, and are highly respectable. The money
advanced was long since repaid, and tie
officer certainly has reason to feel satisfaction
at the resalt Of his helping man to reform
his lie.
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Heat in the Nevada Mines.

The Virginia Enterprise inadvertently
makes a strong Argument in favor of the
Sa;ro tunnel or some such work when it
publishes items like the following Since
the setting in OF hot weather the heat ~ the
. lower levels of our mines has been much in
tensifed One would not suppose there
would be much difie; eIce in the tempeTa-
ture. Winter or Summer, at the depth of
fifteen hundred or two thousand feet below
the sulfiice, bat there i in reality n vast
difference. Thi~, however, is probably more
owing to the difference in the temperature
of the air pumped into the rnines than
difference in the heat OF the mines them
se.ve~ The sirf c. air now being Pumped
into the lower levels being OF a temperature
from 81 to 90 degrees. IL cannot be expected
that 1t will cool off the swe.tering lower re-
cion 10 the same extent as air of the Winter
temperature-30 or 80 degrees. at present
it is pumping air standing at so. 90, or 100
degrees iuto an atmosphere heated TO about
10 degrees, therefore the air introduced
from the surl;,ce i able to but slightly re-
dnce the temperature in the lower levels.
Large air shafts, similar to that being cor
structed hy tie Belcl,er Company, are what
are needed. There should he several OF
the. along this hal, with Connections
running through al thc nj IS between
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-10-30
A Floating Studio.

1t is NV JerSeyman who is floating
down the Mississippi River to New Orleans
in a barge. in watch he has fitted up a
photographs gallery. lie pays hiS way by
attending to business at the various towns
where he stops, and between times is form
ing an excellent and thorough gallery of
Mississippi views, intended to illustrate
a work on the great river which he will de-
vote several wears to writing.
TIE art referred to is Mr.. John p. Dore-
mns. OF Peterson, n j.. who, after having
for years cherished this project, has at last
begun to carry 1T into execution. As ne Is
firsl-class photographer, and an intelll'
gent and Observing gente nan. ther: Is
reason to be ieve FIAT his pr"po'ei work Oh
the Father Of Waters will be one oil III
al co,.,g e',e,, t,eu=- : AID interest
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The Best Cow.


A pretty rleh thing occurred at the esfao-
IiSiment Of simpson nor long N'h1-- o'ini'-
son used 20 oe our Nli'Aiii''H an" 8'''i-
on'e 10 hiln IN great measure, our - %
confidence IN humanity generally ana mix
men IN particular Nike helch haa oeen
recommended to Simpson A. ut man to as
si>t IN taNins care 81 h"Es., and COWS 80
Nike "aS hifed' anu plaeeo in charge oi MS
department
One morning alter Mike had been
month at the pace simpson, who had made
ready to start OF with hlN mix wagon sad
TO him, mike, You may give to the COWS
some oatmeal this morning. and be snre
You give my best mixer "n extra q"an-
uty-
Inc best mixer l. II, sir!
Ae9' You kilo" the old CO" t"a' gives
''ie ,,i''|' i'i''h
it1i'.u l ''iihh 90, sif-
el' you may give Hef Iouf qua''S ot
'he lhasn-
y! fiS Sit' SIR. l Il do that same.
va '''e evening ., 'i'lt Jay simpson 'a'
o'''s'''' :, 90 20 l" 'ie "'" "o'u1n pump ii
'-S s'''"' nc 'IlSd ''5 l"huie O'' IL
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How Thermometers are Made.

The Polytechnic Bulletin" TINS describes
the manufacture of thermometers Al the
Tower Manufacturing Company : csiaLIish-
ment, Chester. Pa:
The gas tubes, as received. are about n
yard long. \ boy nick~ them with hard
steel knife, and breaks them into the lengths
required. The bor,s. which are fiat, are
compared, by means OF a lens, with those Of
ten standard sizes. and the tdb-s assorted
accordingly. They are then passed to the
blow pipe table. Each gla-s-5luwer ha- 4
foot bellows, and uses an oii-lamp. Met
ing the glass at ore end of the tube, he blows
1t into bulb by pressing the sides of a hol-
low lndia-rubhcr bali attached to the other,
propOrtioni:l@ the size ot his bu b 10 the bore
OF the tube, and a~certaining the size by us
ing pair Of callipcrS. While the balb is
yet hot, the tube is inverted in mercury,
which, rs the bulb copl-, rises and partly
fills it. TIE tubc iS then withdrawn and 4
short lndia-rubber tlje attached :t it, open
end. Into t;li- mercury j. poured thai in
the bulb Is boiled to cNpcl the AIR, which
rises up through the mercury in the India
rubber tube, and an atmosphere Of the yap r
OF mercury now I'll the glass tube and bulb
As this condeI>,.s, the mercury in the India
rubbar tube taxes il p ace, when this tube,
with any mercury remaining in it, Is re
moved. Thc baib j. now warmed, and the
open end Of the g!a~s tube hermetically
sealed.
The bulb and a portion Of the tube are i'm
merSed in melting lee. and the height Of the
mercury markell; they are then transferred
to :. bath at sixty-tw degrees F.,hr, and the
height marked; next I, bath ut ninty-;wo
degrees Fahr., AMI the height again marked.
The lengths OF the three spaces Of thirty de
grees each are now carefully measured. II
they are exactly eqval, tie bore oi the tube
is assumed to be uniiurln. and the degrees
laid Of un tie brass scale Of s.e thermometer
are all made of the same length. Il tie
spaces of thirty degrees each are not found
to be exactly cGual. ten, by means # an
Ingenious dividing engine, the degree on
the scale arc made to ilcrca-e in length as
the calibcr Of the tGh, d:uini~he~. When
the plate has been divided, and the figar-s
and letters punched, /. J. .~>el. latcrally, BE-
tween rollers, to remove the barr left by the
tools. Wee it rolled ieugjhwise. the accu-
racy Of the dividing woulsl hc impaired. The
plate j. then sil;e-el ani iac9ucied. the
glass tube attached. AMI tae who!e ~lii3cn
into the wel-lr,wa ic.saac1 tia case. Tie
establishment iurl~ out MO hundred Golcn
THERMOMETERS w.
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4 Nus tl4L PECDEG 4.

The world knows ny heart how the di-
vine Mozart astonishcd theorists 10y early
development OF hs musical gift aud by the
latest triumplis OF lis genius. lie played
the piano accurately al ,hee years cf age :;
composed atrsiX, and conducted the per
formance of his masses al twelve. lie en-
.inyed in this Icspec a prominence not
gained by any other OF The great masters.
have inst bad a half-hou: interview
Win a modern Mozart--a little gi. who
may some day initiate her great proto yio
and give TO inc world what is now scarcely
known. music composed by Woman. So
IA Is her little life has gone she is more
ll..;n equal 10 Mozart. She was jest i've
wears old oct =. At the age of seven
months. when placed within reach of the
keyboard of a piano, her shdmbs Went
down OH the keys in manner that brought
no discord. aud she manifested unmistak-
able delight al the sounds produced. After
that the piano became her favoIite amuse-
llent. She was placed before it and al
lowed to play for hours at time. Her
parents observed with delight and wonder
that she soon had method i'll her playing.
and hat she understood harmony. When
two years old she composed music. At
three she had made rapid progress, and
now at five she evnce no abatement OF the
keenuess of her musical mind.
Her name is !.ose Mansfield Eversole
she is the daughter of Dr. y. c. Eversole,
now living i'll Dayton. Her mother Is a
music teacher, and has an inherited talent
for music. Dr. Eversole knows music by
study but has no particular natural aptness
Cor If This is their only child.
she is as sweet and pretty as a blonde,
1.-the and graceful in form, with fair siiken
hair large, expressive blue eyes, and a
happy though thoughtful face.
Her attainments in general knowledge
are scarcely less remarkable than her nr1IsT-
cal GENIUS. When she was sixteen months
old she learned The alphabet in "a few days,
and was delighted, on being carried along
tl,e street to spell out the signs year
400 she could read well enough to read to
her father the yellow fever news IN the pa
ners. in which he was much interested.
She knows the names of all the states, ana
can tell THEN relative location She Is aiS'
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-10-30

Nv ho wrote THE Bivouar of the Dead?'
This is tie question, and we answer that it
was Colonel Theodore o Hara, of Kentucky.
lie served IN the Mexican war and also in
fhe war OF the rebellion, irst as colonel in
an Alabama regiment, and afterwards as
chief OF staf to General BreclzinridCe He
died IN 1861 on an a labama plantation, and
the Legislature of kentucky have brought
his remains home for iutermcnt, with those
of other kentucky soldiers, under a nlonu-
1nent erected by the State. His poem drew
It's inspiration from SCENES in the Mexican
war, and these are its stauZaS
The muiiied dram s sad roll has beat
The soldiers last tattoo
No more on life's parade shall meet
That brave and fallen few.
On FanIe's eternal camping ground
Their silent tents are spread,
And glory guards, with solemn round
The OiSOuaC OF the dead.
No rumors of the foes advance
Low swellS upon the wind,
No troubled thought at midnight hauuts
OF loved ones lett behiud
No visions OF the morrow strife
The warrior ; dream alarms,
No oraying horn nor scrc9uiiug fife
At dawn shall call TO arms.
Their shvered swor re red with rust,
Their piumcd hcs,.o are bowed,
Their naughty banner, trailed II, dust,
IL now their martial shroUd-
And plenteoUs funeral tears hav" vafle |
The ned STAINS from each brow,
And tie proud forms, by battle s">Iru,
Are rree from anguish now.
The neighiug troop, the flashing blade,
The bugle = stirring blast,
The charge, the dreadful cinnonade,
The din and shout are paSsed-
Nor war wild note, nor 2iorys peal,
ri IA 4li,yt,t
Those breasts that never more may feel
The rapture OF the fight.
Like the fierce Northern hurricane
That sweeps his great plateau,
Flushed with the triumph yet to gain
Came down The scrried foe
Who heard the chandler ot the fray
Break o 'cr tne Hrld beneath,
j. new well the watciWord OF that day
Was victory OF death.
Full many mothers breath has swept
Ger AugoS,ora's plain,
And long Tue pityiug sky has wept
Above It's Inoltter "a slain.
The raven = scream on eagle flight,
Or shepherd pensive lay,
one now Wa -t. each solemn height
hat crowned o er that. .Gread igay.
Sons Of the Darl, and BLOODY Gr,uud
le must not siunoer here,
Where stranger steps and tongues resouud
long the needless air
Your own proud land heroic soil
Snail be your filter grave:
S'r@ claims from WIZ its richest spoil
The ashes OF her brave.
Thus, meath thcir parent turf they rest,
ar from 'e CORY field.
B"Ine TO a Spartan mothers breast
Gn many a bloody shield.
The sunshine OF their i:,itivc sky
Smiles sadly Oh them hare,
An, kindred eyes and hearts watch by
she heroes sepulchrc.
R-st on, en- AIMED and saintc,. de:.,
Dear ~ the bloc. ye gave.
10 imriOuS foofStep here shalt tread
The herba-e OF your grave.
- Nor shall voar glory be forgot
While Fame her record 5ccIS,
Or Honor points the hailDwed spot
W here \ a!or proudly sleeps
Yon marble minstrel : vDicc,cSs stone
IN dcath!>~ sGrg shall III,
When nauy q vanished yesir hath nowH,
hc Slorv ho-- vf ft!l
~or wreck. nor change. nor winter , blight,
Nor times rcmorsrirsS doom,
Can dim one ray OF holy light
That gilds your glorious tomb.
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IT is related of George Clark, the ceie-
brated negro minstrel, that, being examin-
ed as q witness, he was severely Interro-
gated by the attorney, who wished 20 break
down his evidence. You are in fbe negro
minstrel business, | belieye?' inquired the
lawyer. eyes, sir, was the prompt reply
..Isn't that rather a low calling?' demand
ed the lawyer Il don't know but what it
is sir.r replied the minstrel, ''but it is SO
much better than my fathers that am
rather proud of it, "What WAS your
fathers calling ?" s'IIe was a lawyer" re-
piled Clark, in a totre of regret that put
the audience in roar. The lawyer let him
alone.
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For the relief and
cure OF all dcrange-
ments in the stom-
ach, liver, and bow
els. They are a mild
aperient, and an
excellent purEative.
Being purely vere-
table, they contain
no mercury or mine
raj whatever. Much
serious sickness and
suffering is prevent
ed Inv fbnir ti,,,ot.-
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Ayers Cathartic Pills.

C For the relief and
EZ cure OF all dcranra-
49, inents In the stom-
A ach, liver, and bow
S1 els. They are a mild
d. ]
~ 1.z-~TSA aperient, and an
kslESM E3E> excellent purgative
skSz<<ss * 49, >Ss table, they contain
GTa9SISp ~$asaisssa no mercury or mine
k<J -ssas. raj whatever. Much
s&, serious sickness and
<~ 4 suffering IS prevent
tSe; and every family should have them on hand
- theT protection and relief, when required
Long experience has proved them to be the saf.
fst, surest, and best OF all The PiUs with which
lic market abounds. By their occasional use
the blood IS purified, the corruptions of the svs-
TEN expelled, distinctions removed, and The
whole machinery of life restored to its healthy
activity Internal organs which become clogged
and sluggish are cleanscd by -fyer's PiUs, and
stimulated into action Thus incipient disease
Is changed into health the value of which change,
when reckoned on the vast multtudcs who enjoy
1t, can hardly be computed. Their sugar coating
makes them pleasant to take, and preserves their
virtues unimpaired for any length of time, so
that they are ever fresh, and perfectly reliable.
Although searching, they mild and operate
without disturbance to the constitution, diet
occupation.
Full directions are given on the wrapper to
each box, how 10 use them as a Family Physic
and for the following complaints, which these
JiUs rapidly cure
For ssys.,er-i.. or Endigcs.ion. Ei-tIess.
mess. BanGuor and s4o~s Of 4 ppesite. they
should be taken moderately to stimulate the ston
ach, and restore Its healthy tone and action.
For s.iycr Tom s,l Il rtt and its various synp-
toms, Bilious Escadsscs,r. sick Head
;sCsls.. , ssUr..ECs. or Green sickness. Esis-
ious Eciic and ssiiioH~ Ecyers, they should
be judciouSly taken for each case, TO correct the
diseased action or remove the distractions which
cause it.
For 5sysc1tpry EniarrbGpa, but one
mild dose is generally required.
For B5baur,,.sti>Iis. Cont. Gravel. Pal
y,it=.tion af tEs Eseart. Pain ira tise
eis's,. Back and 5soirs~. they should be contin-
uously taken, as required, to change the diseased
action of the system. With such change those
complaints disappear.
For ttropsy and Esrc;pSicas swcIIings.
they should be taken in large and frequent doses
10 produce the effect OF Il drastic purge.
For Supprcs-ion- large dose should be
taken, as it produces the desired effect by SYM
pathy.
As n Dinner PiV. take one two T'iHs to
promote digestion and relieve the stomach.
An OCcasiona! dose stimulates the stomach and
bowels, restores the appetite and invigoratcs the
system Hence it Is Often advantageous where
no serious dclrangcmcnt exists. one who feels
tucrablv wei, Oticn finds that dose Of these
S'iNs makes him feel decidedly better, from their
cleansing and rcnovating effect the digestive
apparatus
PREPARED ny
D'.J. c. ffFR 6 CO., Practical Chemists,
TOUELL, MISS, U. $. Il.
FOR SALE III ALL DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1874-03-03
For the Spirit of Jefferson.l
"BXPENSIVE COURTS"

1Ir. Editor Your correspondent, 81. NJ.
NJ" on this subject, has forgotten his most
excellent text, "E:rpcnsi0e Courts" and fails
to state the remedy for The evi, for that is
what the dear people arc most interested in,
and desire to be relieved of! And now that
he has informed US, that ''the law of. the day,
is tho accumulated wisdom and experience of
upwards of two thousand years" Rome and
England are the only two nations that ever
worked out n complete and perfect system of
jurisprudence )" we are more appalled, than
ever. at the danger and distinction of law.
and would urge with great ea-nestness our
last proposition, namely: that tie people Keep
ont If the meshcs IF Lnw.
The wide difference between ~. N. NJ"
and us, is our stand points, he has been edu>
Gated to believe that all questions of differ
ences between men. ought to be settled by the
subtitle maxims of law. and therefore none arc
c0npPfetentto comprehend and unrnrcI its deep
and dark mysteries, or s0lre ats philosophical
problems, but those who have made it a pros
found study; whilst we believe in a more
simple, less arduous. and less expensive mode,
that is, that all differences or difficulties. be-
tween men, should be submitted to the com.
mon understanding of men, to be decided, &C.
cording to the evidence in the case this is
common jury system and jurors are FREE
quently told by lawyers, that they are honest,
capable men, quite competent to decide case
upon the evidence ! and so do we believe that
the magistrates are honest. intelligent men.
capable of deciding case upon hearing the
facts.
In conclusion, ~. NJ. NJ" says "perhaps
it may be possible so to revolntioDize society
that this body of men Nawyers) may he dis
pcnsed with" We have not the least doubt.
that if the same amount Of mental labor and
human ingenuity. was applied to dcvising an
organic system of society, free from law, that
there has been to form law, that, that respect
able portion of society -lawyers-could find
higher and nobler field for the exercise of
their brilliant talent, in teaching the people
that peaceful second commandment, Glove thy
neighbour as thyeelf, for on that hangs all the
law" j II. S.
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p lE D..

At "Rion Hail." tie residence of the Hon. WIN.
Lucas, in tins county. on Saturday night iast,
HENRY L. BROOKE. ESQ.,. formerly of Rlc-
mond. Va, ac'd ahont co years Funeral servi-
ces will take !.lace a. TIC PrcsI V eran Chu ch,
G. aries own, this (Tnesdayl morning. at IL
O'clock
Suddenly. il Clarke c"un+v, Va. on Saturday
morning last, ID. HOLMES A!C,i UIRE. Esq. aged
about IS wears.
On WcGnesdav. February 1S'h 1874. in Pitts
burg Pa. Mrs: MARY A. CUNNINGHAM for
mcTlv of CharlcstOwu. III TIE SD year of her Il Qe
In She3hcrhS t2Mn on the 25th ult.. Mrs. ISA-
DoRk CLAY NICE; wife of Rev. Il. Nice. of tine
NJ +. Chnrch: ard dgrgirter of Wn. Arnold. of
Alexandra. Va. nrcd about 80 years
Near e3herClstOwn, the 23Id nit Mrs
MARY JONES RANDALL. wife of Mr.. ,Jaseph
Randall, aged C5 Years, II months and { da, S.
Near Leetown. December 18TH. 1873. HARRY
LEE son of William aud CaGhaIine FuIk. aged
months ada days.
of his age.
In Winchester, on the 10th nit, Mrs. SYDNEY
BRUCE. relict Of the late John Bruce, aged 80
years ard % days.
In Mart,nsl,urR, on the 6th nit, WILSON
SUMMERFIELD, Oldest son of Joshua S. ard
Anna f. Gallaher. aged years, months and 20
days.
On n the 18th nit. in Berkeley county, Mrs. sA-
RAH SMALL, wife of John c. SmalI. aged CT
yeats, months and DAYS.
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II A Il RIED.

On the 2Ith ultimo, by Few J. Hawkins. pr
H.. GARNER. au'l lfiss H;ANNiE Z. HESS,
e'd'~t daughter ot john Hess, Esq, If this
cnnuTr.
II Si,cphcrtlstow y. ut tho residence of the
hide: fntiicr. T';nS,Ia IN It. III" Zach la h"
Rev G. u Re- WI Nr. J>CORI.. HOFFMAN 10
Miss EM%AV FOX all Of this ccuiltv.
Barton. Nil az TIE SIt cf u ,r"Inbor ->72
by the Rev. NJ. C"r;l@. 81. F1N NNDERS 6. SNtAI T.,
f'rErcriv nf this piece To Miss RACHEL EU RIL.-
L" BAECiiUS of BartOr.
o. tIc 10th nit. Mt thn lutheran Pa-snrn~c
IN u Tt;ns burg 10y Rev. ~. l.. Caller. CHAR! ES
SHENERECK. nf William Snort, Md, to Miss
ANNIE NJ. BARNES, "f Bcl krIrY county, w Va
On the 18Th nit at tic residence OF tho lrrdc's
Par""+s. by Rev. Chas. G.. Fisher AAPON i.
IETS Of Martipshnrg. W. V: To Mss ELIZA
RE!ll G.. lauTlter "f I.ev--S II. StaUb of q; cen
Sp!i IL, + -c'lcr!ck county, WI.
On The !2t! nit. ut y crrsitlcIco "r ~ brides
pnr.ntS. by E"v. s. kro~,er LUTHER r.
SEIBERT TO Miss MARY SUE RENTCH all of
Berkeley county.
o. the 10 L. W., 1T the ,csi'rcr,cc ~ bridr's
mT, LC-: hv Rev. Join !. llv'l": LINES w.
of Frederick county, Va.
N the Catholic Church in Winchester On the
Gth nit ,hv Rev Father Kai", Mr.. - ROW
IN: of Warren county, Va. to Miss ELLA CA
Ton. of Winchester.