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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-06-26

On last Saturday, in the House Of Rep
rcsentatives at Washington. a vote was
taken on the passage OF the supplementary
civil rights bill, which had previously pass
Cd the Senate, and under the rule Of the
House it was defeated by a vote Of I4J
yeas to 81 nays-two-thirds not having
voted in the affirmative. This bin was
the cherished project OF the late Charles
Sumner, and IS a remnant Of his uufnish-
cd business in that direction in the Seu-
ate. 1t has been Che subject or much dis
cussi3n in Congress for three years, rs
well as throughout the public press Of the
country, and especially so in the Southern
States, against whose common school sys
tenn it aimed fatal blow. and therefore
created intense excitement rs we'll as the
most bitter opposition. 1t did not even
meet with any warm endorsement in the
North, especially in the cities We are
gratfied that the question has been def
nitely settled so far rs the present Con-
Grcss is concerned. It was well understood
at Washington that If the bin lad passed
both Houses, Grant was determined to
veto it.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-06-26

SHAD.-One day, the early part of this
week, an immense school Of shad were
notlced opposite New Cumberland, a few
miles below this point, making their way
up the r1ver. The shoal was large enough
to create great wave, and the shad re-
Gently caught at McCormick's Island are
supposed to be from this same shoal. that
were seeking places in the clear fresh
water for spawning. These shad num-
oerlng, it is supposed, at least two or three
thousand, are supposed to be the Iegiti-
mate results of the fish ways or ladders
at at Columbia dam, erected by the Fish
commissioners ION under the directions of
Inelr W able Engineer and Manager, Col.
ing Mercury. 1-''''-
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-06-26

iHE administration Of the affairs Of Tho
District Of Columbia under its Goverpo,.
\. l.. Shepherd, and his associates. has
become so fagrantiy and notoriousIy cor
Iupt, that Congress, at the session lust
closed, aholirhcd il and PASSED an act an
ihoHzlnS the President to appoint three
commissioners FOR its government On
Monday Grant nominated as these Com
misStoners this. same man Shepherd ax
Postmaster General Deuuison. of Ohio
and Henry J. Blow, ex-member Of Con
Gress irom Missouri. Both Dcnnison and
Blow are gentlemen OF high character and
admitted integrity but Shepherd. who is
an intimate personal friend of Grant, is a
man after the style of William VI. Tweed.
who robbed the people of New York of
millions of dollars, just as Shepherd has
plundered the people Of the District of
Columbia. The Joint committee of Con-
gross fully investigated the charges against
him and were so well satisfied of his guilt
that they unanimously recommended the
abolition of the government of which he
was tile corrupt head. And now. under
the new arrangement, Grant insults Con-
gFesS and the Taxpayers of the District
by appointing this man Shepherd to again
take part in the management of its af
fairs. We regard his nomination as a
most wanton and inexcusaJle outrage.
p. 5. After two hours debate tbe
Senate rGicctsd Shepherds nomination bv
\ vote Of 3G TO 6. This is most terrible
rebuke to Grant but it was richly de-
served Ex-senator a. G. Catten, of New .
Jersey, was then nominated and confirmed.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-06-26
Two fatal accidents occ,rro5 ~ Nror

Two fatal accidents occurred at Mer-
thyr TJdvil, in Wales, few days since
Four meG employed at the Cyfartha iron
works met with dreadful death by the
bursting of the breast of furnace within
a few feet of where they were standing.
Two were enveloped in the dreadful hot
blast and gas from the molten metal, and
were lit orally charred to a cinder instan-
taneously, their remains having to be raked
out. Two others who were near at the
time were fearfully burned, and have since
dled. In the same works, few hours af-
terward. an explosion of dynamite occur
red. While preparations were being made
TO blow out furnace, under the direction
OF MIR. Urquhart, an explosion from some
unaccountable cause suddenly occurred
one man was blown to atoms. Mr. Urqu-
halt was fatally injured, dying soon after
the occurrence, and several men are suffer
ing from severe injuries.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-06-26

THR following resolutions were adopted
Mt the convention OF the Catholic State
Temperance Association which was held
in Pittsburgh last week:
RNao're3, That VIC have viewed with
alarm the wide spread influence of intem-
perance throughout the land aud that we
pledge ourselves, both individually and col
tertiVeiy, to make use of all fair and Ipuiti-
mate means TO eXtripate il from our midst.
HeSolred, That the Catholic clergy through
ont the state are entitled TO our lasting
ErattuG" for their increasing efforts in be-
half OF temperance, and we hereby extend
10 them the lasting gratitude Of ourselves.
IN convention assembled. and solicit for
them the thanks OF all who love virtue and
esChrw vice.
HeSHl'e5, That temperance is 4 subject OF
great Importance, not only to the county
aud state, hut also to the nation. and we re-
gard all efforts that point to the eradication
OF this vice as beginning in the individual
ana IN the family, and thus dif1used through
ont the country. In other words, let each
one correct himself, and all will be corrected
HeSOtref, That We wholly and entirely
separate temperance and politics and shall
TABOR aSSiduOuSly TO hinder the one from ip-
trlnGing upon the other
The rescl tio' 7ere unanimously adopted.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-06-26
The Heroine of mn River,

! We want a new Henriade. The heroine
/ or, as Charles Lamb would have mildly
corrected us, the sherOiue-is a hen who
made herself famous in the Mill River flood
She has put out of joint--tO employ the
slang of the nursery-the noses Of two per-
sons hitherto famous, Archimedes and the
hen who insisted on laying her daily egg
on the best bed in Mr.. BeecheT's farm
house. Every ybody has heard how Archi-
medes sat on a brood of his mathematical
COnuudruns in the very midst Of the hurly-
burly of the Syracuse siege, and how the
hatch and disclose of his abstraction did
prove of some danger to him in the shape
of cracked crown. We would repeat the
story of Mr.. Beecner's hen, if tie poet
preacher had not already told it in his own
. inimitably delightful way. We believe it
originally came in as an episode in scr
mon of his ''On thePerseverance of Saints -
But our Mill River hen set n larger exam
pie than did this tempestuous creature, and
in noblcr way. We know few details of
her history. Biddy. we suppose, was her
name, and America her nation Williams
burg was her dwelling-place, and as the
sequel will show, presence of mind was her
salvation. She had laid seventeen eggs in
a barrel, and having done her level best in
that line, she was setting on them when
the mill dam burst. In spite of her teeth,
the flood bore her along with the awful
WreCk-Wlth houses ana barns. trees and
fences, and the bodies of men and beasts
but this steadfast creature never stirred
She knew that Massachusetts, expected
every hen to do her duty. She was clear
grit. So long as her barrel kept out water
she would be hanged if she would drown.
No one of her sex ever had such confidence
in hoops. ''Sink or SWIM" she cried,
Survive or perish, don't give up the ship
What outsiders were doing was none of
her business. She was too busy keeping
the beams ont of her own eye to look 4 fter
the notes in the eyes Of other people. What
thoughts may have passed through her
mind Perhaps she whistled as she went,
for want of thought. Who knows {? How
her mothers heart must have trembled
''What," she cried, ''must | lose all my
pretty chickens by that dam ~ If she
could have sung, no doubt she would have
clucked to herself some ancient lay. Until
the barrel was stove she would not DENY
herself the comfort of a stave. ''Gve me
but what that barrel-hoop bound: Take all
the rest the sun goes round" Or some
thing else appropriate. Our hen was car
ried five miles, and at length the Fates
snubbed and disappointed, dumped the
barrel ashore and left it high and dry
What did the hen do? Did she Jump out,
and crow and cackle over her ride like
man? Did she scratch off a letter to Bar
mum offering to make a show OF herself?
No, she just went on minding her own
business, and in due time hatched out
every one of her seventeen eggs. oh fowl
most fair How meekIy didst thou bear
thy yoke Many hens have done excel
lently, but thou excellest them all.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-06-26

The sta atement that a complete recon
Citation has taken place between the
President and Carl Schurz, through the
intervention Of Senator Jones' of Nevada,
Is entirely without foundation. Senator
Jones says he has no knowledge of any
such attempted reconciliation. 1t is there
fore like the reported settlement of al,
former personal and political difficulties
between Simon Cameron and John W.
Forney. If Schurz and Grant can come
together on friendly political terms after
what has taken place in Congress during
the last three years, then oil and water
can mix, and that is simply impossible
lhere Is gulf, wide and impossible,
IN political affairs between Gen Grant and
his corrupt administration and Carl Schurz.
the able and incoruptibIe Senator from
Missouri
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-06-26

a BLACK SANIPsON.-There is a negro
Sampson named Nelson de Lisle in New
Orleans. He is horse dealer by profess
sion, and the trick of his trade is to take
possession of horses in an unauthorized
( manner. He was denominated horse
thief before a court in New Orleans in 1869,
and sent to the State prison, where he stay
ed only six days of the five years awarded
him. He broke Jail by swapping iron bars
as if they had been pine sticks, and carry
ing the outer gate, and fed and hid. The
police have been on the lookout for him.
and afraid they would find him. The other
day two or three of them got hold of him,
but he got loose and laid them out on the
pavement with one blow each of his mighty
arm. De Lisle then ran, and the cry of
stop thief was raised, and a gathering
crowd surged in pursuit. A policeman
hred three shots at him without anv aDpar-
ent effec-, but he was at length brought to
halt by running as it We're in a crowd of
about thousand men that had collected
about him, both before and behind, in his
flight. The friction of such a mass was too
much for him, and he saw the living wall
close around him. He had no jaw-bone Of
an ass, or any modern weapon to WELD. or
he might have waded through that thous-
and men and been free. 1t took twelve
muscular white Americans to take him to
the station house, as he kept up n skirmish-
ing fight all the way. He was put in the
stocks, and it was found that pistol ball
had passed through his thigh, and a club
had indenteG his forehead over the eve.
His vitals. which were covered with r.
heavy coating of upper leather, were un-
harmed. The authorities are thinking of
putting DE Lisle to performing feats of
strength for their amusement. as the Phil
lstines did Sampson of old. He is not of
exaggerated size, being little over medi-
um size, but his mould is Herculean and
his endurance is equal to that of a steam
engine of twenty horse power.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-06-26
Is The United States Senate. on the tttb
inst. Snunlnr Ihm1-,,nnr, =, IL = -

~ The United States Senate, on the 11th
INST, Senator Thurman said
II the paS1ge of 'ha hill would ston dis
cUssion on the currency question and make
people stop talking abou- what kind of mon
ey they were going to have, and 20 to work
ana earn II, 1t would do good; but l do not
think il would have that effect
This language, the money editor of the
New ! orlI Herald says, ''embodieS vol
Ume oi truth that needs no further consid-
Grafton. 1t strikes the keynote of every
possible real and permanent improvement
IN our present financial, commercial and
industrial condition. Go 10 work and earn. >
1t Is the whole thought in a nutshell. In
other words, we must produce more than
we eNpond. 1t is the solution of the prob
lem-the true and only way out of our
tronblcs: The President and Congress can
do bat little good"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-06-26

Shaking hands across the bloody
chasm means something in Golden City,
Colorado. A military company has been
organized there consisting entirely of sol
diers of the Federal and Confederate ar
mics. The captaincy has been given to a
Colorado Union ex-officer, the first lieuten-
ancy to a rebel, and the second lieuteuancy
to Maine man,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-06-26

IL the Illinois Republican State Conven.
tion, on Wednesday of last week, resoL
tjCn was carried unanimously which re-
iteratod the platform Of 1872 in regard to
m early resumption of specie payment
This is directly contrary to the views cx-
pressed by Senator Logan in the I. S
Senate, and also what was supposed to be
the views Of the great majority of the par
ty in that State. A resolution was also
passed in opposition 20 the Temperance
law in force in that State.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-06-26

II the Senate Of the United States. on
Monday last, the bin to enable the people
oc Colorado territory to form constitution
and State government preparatory to ad-
mission into the Union as a Stltc, was de
featcd by vote of q yeas to 30 nays.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-06-26

THE aged ard highly respected wife Of
Hon. Simon Cameron died il Harrisburg
on Friday last. She was oyersevcnty years
Of age and was beloved and honoged Iy
all who knew her.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-06-26

face ooIHAcHE - proceeds from ague in the
VI Gecayed tooth. Rub the gum thor
ou2Hiy WIN the fiuger, wet with Johnson's
a HVo4yhe Linjment, heat the face well. and
zap hannel wet with the liniment on the
face, aiso put lttle of the liniment into
the cavity of the tooth on cotton.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-06-26

IL HE system frequently gets out of order
and should be at once reonIated aiSa
other troubles will ensue when nbvsic Is
needed take Parsons Purgatio6 PiIIs
they are safe, wholesome, and natural
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-06-26
,TUNIATA hCT ps.
JuIiaua street, BedI'' .,

bv Tfis ths Tmnno4sSn9d msI hnSDR %So hayns a'a a
experience in keeping MT ef the puh-.
fuiIy soiicits the Patronagt o. o.,,,ruT ,,r Sll1
SPECIAL ATTENTION TO IRAHS'Irr HAND nv us..
RTArragements Till liotl. pc .'s-i. 5t any h7a,
can be furnished Win u-e". "a PER W
TERMS $3.50 PER bAi 80. - vcptH
Re,rders taken by the Day, hstI' ,',, + RIF
Bedford. June 5, 1S7i-Sni'
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-06-26
NOTICE TO TAN-PAYEB.

~ accordance with An Acf u. w.
Assembly of this Comm0nwe1
Sth day of April. \. D. iS--.
lection of taxes in the County %. 81.
Is hereby given TO the tIE-l--. ..s --5
districts named below. thar thee ..- j
in accordance with the second s.s.... ... "a
viii attend at the places nl .'...-,-
and Township elections. on 'hr ..-...-l
ted days, for the purpose 90. -.-
Poor, and State taxes assessor ..- .-
For Croyle township. MONDAY ... 81
For Wilmgrg borough. lua-... ..-. a
For Summcrhill township ..... Z
For Washington township. ... --r !.
For Summitville borough fE.t-.- ---.--
For GallitZin borough, u "li....s. I.r'. Il
For Gallitzin township. lL-- VI
For EhensbuTE borough E-,.
day. July 29th. rr-.-r i 4
For E6ensburg borough, West " ---'
July 2Oth. r~r-
For Cambria township, FRIDAY. lr-s'
For Munster township, >lt.l,-'. r-us
For Jackson township a-~''..- 1.s 5
For Blacklick township. W t.-. ,-rr,
For Ioretto borough IhuLsaa,- sr--s
For Allegheny township. ,5---'.,fsy. q
For Chest Springs borough, ggv Aug
For Clearield township. u,s..- ln-
For White township. w r,i5- i5L-.,.g-f Pr 4
For Chest township, Ihu!'-~-
gust 18th and 18th. Monday Au- i
For Carrolltown borough Do ., ir-IS
For Carroll township. Iue-t5 lr-rs /
For Barr township, W clhysIsr Au-
For SusQuehaHna twp ] -N' ,,--
ez-And. in accordance with ., -rs j
of said Act, upon all taxes - there
before the lst day ui = while Use
deduction of FIVE PER CEN j., 80 " ..... lnl
will be added 10 all uHpI'N
the hands of a COnStl'lg. ,-prSTE. Tres
l.
r-,o,sb,,ro- Pa June 70, lSI+.-'.' Il
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-06-26

-Ortwein, the murderer of the Uamra++
family, was tried in the Pittsburgh courts
last week and found guilty of murder in
the first degree.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-06-26

CoNGREss finally adjourned on Tuesday
last at 6 Z. II.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-01-12
VIII Wonders Never Cease I

When DR.. Walker proclaimed that he
had produced from the medicinal herbs
Of California an Elixir that would 70.
generate the sinking system and cure
very form Of dis case not organic, the
ncredulouA shook their heads. Yet his
VINEGAR BiTrERs Is now the Standard
Restorative OF tile Western World. On.
der the operation Of the now remedy,
DyBpeptics reg I'm their health the
Bilious and Constipated are relieved OF
every distressing symptom /; the Con.
sumptive and Rheumatic rapidly re.
cover; Intermittent and Remlttent
Feyers arc broken; tho hereditary faint
OF Scrofula Is cradicatedl Skepiicism
Is routed, and this wonderful prepara.
ton Ia to-day tho most popular Tonic,
Alternative, aud Blood Depureut ever
advertised in America, We don't sell
Rum under the guise Of medicine. We
advertise and sell q pure medicine
which withstand analysis by any chemist
in the countryr--C0mr
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-01-12
Resist The Beginning.

Tho Arabs have fable Of q miller,
who was one day startled by q camel's
nose thrust in the window Of the room
where he was sleeping.
at is very cold outside" said the
camel; AZ only want to get my nose
in"
The nose was let in and then the
neck, and finally tho whole body.
Presently the miller began to be ex.
tremely Inconvenience by the un.
calmly companion he had obtained, in q
room certainly not long enough fol
both.
an you are Inconvenience you may
leave, said the camel "as for myself,
l shall stay where 1 am.
The moral OF the fable conserns all.
When temptation occurs, we must not
yield to It. We must not allow so
much us its "nose" 10 come in. Every.
thing like sin is to be turned away
from. He who yields even the smallest
degree will soon be entirely overcome
aud the last state OF that man was
worse than the first.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-01-12

Tnm BoYs.-Two boys quarreled,
and in their anger declared they would
never, never, mover speak to or play
with each other again-no, never In
due course Of time their anger cooled /;
they yearned for each others company,
and repented Of their hRsty vows, but
neither thought he could speak first
without lowering his dignity. Their
case was submitted to arbitration. The
arbitrators decided that the two boys
should run around n square, and the
one who came to the goal last should
speak first. The race took place, and
now the two are able 10 play "shinny,"
'1eap frog" and marbles" as OF yore.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-01-12
The Real IIartz Cheese.

At every hotel, at every restaurant,
on every table, you will find Hartz
cheese; you will see great shelves Of it
laid out to dry, or mold, or decay-it
don't matter much what II does, the
worse II is spoiled the better it Is the
further you scent the perfume, the
more delicate is the flavor. When /
assure those persons who have ever
smelt Limburg cheese that it is the
perfume Of thousand flowers com.
pared with the cheese eaten rs n deli.
cacy in the Hartz, II is not necessary to
explain why generous flask OF eau de
cologne is great desideratum on
your trip. The real Hartz cheese,
known by that name, is made into small
round cakes, the size and shape Of q
maccaroni, and isreally not so very disa.
greeable; II tastes much like one would
Imagine clot OF sour milk to taste,
that had been left in the sun until il
had been baked hard md dry and yell
low. But the fnvorite cheese that is
served with bread and butter after din
ner resembles a great square Of badly
made soup, kept in a damp cellar until
II is molly and Shiny, and 1t smells
like the distilled essence Of a thousand
glue shops and soap factories com
6ined. Curiosity prompted me once to
taste II IL had the effect Of n most ex-
cellent dinner l did not want any.
thing 10 eat for some time afterward
besides, l have suffered ever since with
n feeling Of remorse that / ever should
have made wry face over q spoonful
OF castor oil, or any other little delicacy
OF the Allopathic practice.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-01-12
Food for a Child.

A child from twelve to eighteen
months old should be fed MS follows
Dict 6.-At 1880 A. NJ. a rusk or a slice
OF stale bread, well soaked in n break.
fast cnpful Of now milk.
II a. MA drink Of milk; \ plain
bicsuit or thin slice Of bread and butter.
1880 p. MA teacupful Of beef tea
"a pound OF meat to the pint OF water
or Of beef gravy, with risk; q table.
spoonful Of light farinaceons pudding.
OR. M.-Samo as first meal.
II p. NJ (if required)-A drink Of
milk.
Diet TAT 7;3O a. III, tho yolk Of a
lightly.boiled egg ; . thin sliceo bread
and butter q cupful OF new milk.
la. M-Atilk and broad and butter.
1:90 r. MA moaly potato, well
mashed with a spoon, moistened with
two tablespoonfuls Of good beef gravy /;
cup Of new milk.
0 r. MA rusk or slice Of stale
bread, well soaked In n breakiastcupiul
Of milk.
II P, NJ. (if required)-A drink Of
milk.
The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-01-12
Consnnption.

tho scourgo OF the human family, may in IL
carly stages DO promptly arrested and pOrmA-
nently cured. =, 80,
Or. II. v. ptERcE;
Sir--Por Tie last year / have been using
your Golden Medical Discovery. owe my
ne to Il, having been afflicted for years. Did
not use Il but 4 short timo before was bene'
fitted At that time was very bad, not able TO
N up much, was suffering greatly with my
throat, was getting blind, had dry cough and
much pain in my lungs. 1 have used twelve
bottles OF the Discovery and am almost well.
KATE T. WARDNRR.
A son OF Mr.. ]. II. MEsEcE, Of Chatham
-Four Corners, y. y, has been cured Of Con
sumption by DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis,
covert, 80 SAYS Mr.. O. u, Garfield, editor oil
tho Chatham Courier.
S. II, RaIAR, druggist, Of Wos. Union, o..
writes to state that Dr.. piercos Golden Medi
cal Discovery has effected wonderful cure oil
Consumption in his nelghborhood.-lCon.