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The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-04-30
The Great Iftat.

BROOKLYN, April 30.-Mr. Beecher
was absent from the Court room this
morning. His wife and son were pres
ent, and an increased number OF specta-
tors.
Mr.. Tracy's cross-examination was re-
Aumed.
!, Witness had conversation with Mrs.
MOulton the evening before her hus-
band made his short statement.to the
committee, and learned that she had
been instrumental in preparing that
statement. Had q. conversation with
Mrs. Moulton August 10th, but did not
tell her she had saved the old man nor
xdvise her to burn her. husbands long
statement, telling her that if 1t were
.Yublished it would cause her husbands
ruin, financially and socially.
The short statement of MOulton to the
Investigating Committee was read by Mr..
Beech. was present at the meeting Of
the committee when this statement was
presented by Moulton. I had short in
teryiew with him at Storrs' house
before he presented this statement. I
think he communicated the substance
to me, had few interviews with Mrs.
Moulton prior to this, but In one of these
lneyer said to her to kick TiltOn out of
her house and burn the documents as
he would bring her family into disgrace.
i saw Mr.. Richards previous to his 60
ing before the committee but did not ask
him. concerning his sisters admissions
Of adultery. He said he would tell me
nothing OF what he knew about the mat
ter.
had conversation with Bessie
Turner at Mrs. Ovington's before she
went be fore the committee.
lido not remember that was present
when MoultOn was summoned before the
committee, or advised him not TO 60 be-
lore that body. have been Mr.. Beech
er's friend during portions OF this
scandal; but was not concerned in the
church proceedings. 1 have never pre-
pared an article for publication In favor
OF Beecher; but two interviews with me
on the subject Of the scandal were pub
lished in the papers.
have talked with newspaper men OH
the subject, aud they have asked my
views. The first interview 1 had with
Beccher was the week after the inter-
view with Moulton in November, 1872. /
in regard to the course his paper should
pursue in the matter.
At the CLOSE of the Sunday interview
with Moulton, 1 think l suggested
that the papers ought to be destroyed,
and Tilton objected to 1t. l made re-
mark, at one or the interviews with TIL
ton, that ii the true story was published
it would ruin him, his wife and Beecher.
&. Ilabored to have the documents extin-
guished and the scandal killed, SO that
itshould never come to life again. did
this by means Of conversations with
Moulton and Tilton. At one time Moul-
ton expressed the intention of not fol-
lowing my advice. / never said word
10 Mrs. Monlton about destroying these
papers. There YVES talk between Mrs.
Moulton and myself, after the Bacon let
Ser came out as to the evil that would
be. done society il this matter came out.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-04-30
FINANCIAL.

Gold is firm to-day at 115M.
Eastern Exchange remains as last reported.
1t is firm with moderate receipts and fair de-
mand Rates unchanged. Buying at par and
selling at lilo premium.
Local securities are quiet, excepting South
ern railroad ESQ bonds, which are in good de-
mand to-day at lob, with interest.
There is very little local demand for Govern
ment securities. The following are the 80 p.
M, New York rates:
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-04-30

HOGS-Are very quiet: Common are worth
$7t1a7 65; fair to medium, 81 75QG8 Is; and good
to choice, IS 259S Is per Genital, gross.
CATTLE-Qufet and firm. No change in
prices Total range for common to choice. So IS
l96 81 per Genital, gross.
SHEEP-Market quiet with moderate de-
mand at IS 5OlD7 IS for fair to extra.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-04-30
sTEAMBoATs.
ARKANSAS RIVER.

For Memphis, Helena, Pine Bluff, Little
Rock, Fort Smith, and all Points on Ar.
kansas River.
WIN commence receiving MONDAY, May 3, to
to leave as above. the fine steamer
A q III l. A N d,
WILL. II. KYLE Master JAS. ALEXANDER, CIR.
Captain W. H. Kyle, No. 4Public kaya&SH
Landing. aps0-h
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-04-30

o. Hall members will meet at H1ber-
IA. mia Hall on TOMORROW Saturday
MORNING at $3.50 o'clock, to attend The funer-
al Of our deceased brother, John Fehery.
L. r. COSTELLO, g. p.
JEREMIAH +. SHEEMAN, G. ). IL
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Fastest, Finest and Largest Steamer
IN THE TRADE.
FOR NEW ORL EAN6.

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PASSENGER STEAMER
THOMPSON DEAN.
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Leaves Cincinnati for New Orleans, SATUR-
DAY, May !, ats +. NJ, Positively,
from foot OF Main street.
For freight or passage apply on board- or to
ROYsE 6 MOSSET, GEORGE CHARTER,
Agents.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Passengers and Shippers can
rely. on the POSITIVE De-
PARTURE Of the THOMPSON
DEAN for NEW ORLEANS on
SATURDAY, MAY 1.
KOYSE & MOSSEF, Agents.
APIS
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-04-30

The following ls the ~ r. III. report OF New
York Stock Market, as received by Lea, Stsr-
rett u Co., Is West Third Street:
Sold, offered At hid.
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-04-30
Cincinnati Live Stock Market.
CINCINNATI, April 0-2 p. NJ.

The following are the receipts and shipnien
of live stock for the past "a hours:
The star. (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1874-1875, 1875-04-30

DUNvILLE, ONT, April 8O.-The light
house at Port Maitland burned last
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-05-21

OLD W NoMAN.-It was thus, a few days
since, we heard STRIPPING OF sixteen des-
1gnate the mother who bore him. By
coarse husbands we have heard wives
called so occasionally, though in the latter
case the phrase is often used endeaIiunIv.
At all times, as commonly spoken, it Jars
upon tue ear and shocks the senses. The
''old woman" should be an object of rever-
ence above and beyond most all phases of
humanity. Her very age should be her
surest passport to courteous consideration.
She has fought faithfully 'the good fight''
and came off conqueror. Upon her vener-
able face she bears the marks of the con-
fict in all its furrowed lines The most
grievous of the ills have been hers trials
untold and known only to God and herself.
she has borne incessantly and now in her
old age-ber duty done! patiently waiting
her appointed time-she stands more hons
oIably and deservingly than he who has
slam his thousands or stood triumphant
upon the prou6est field of victory.
Young men, speak kindly to your moth
er, and ever courteously, tenderly of her.
But little time and you may see her no
more forever. Her eyes are dim, her form,
is bent, and her shadow falls graveyard.
Others may love you when she passes
away; kind hearted sisters, perhaps, OF
she whom of all the world you choose fo,
a partner-she may love you warmly pas
sionately-chldren may love you fondly.
but never while time is yours, shall the
love of woman be 20 you as that of voul
old, trembling mother has been.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-05-21

/" HE WAY TO JCDGE OF WooL ON LIVE
SHEEP.-The finest and softest wool is al
ways found on the shoulders Of sheep
But not one person in ten thousand is aware
OF tins fact Let us watch All expert when
he is about to pass judgement on a sheep
concerning the value of the animal for nro
ducing wool, and it will be seen tba, lac
always looks at the wool on the shoulders
first. A writer Of extensive experiences in
rearing tinewooled sheep, and in handling
wool, communicates the following succes
tions for selecting good wooled sheep:
Alwaysassuming that the wool is good, we
first examine the shoulders at the part where
the finest and best wool is unusually found.
This we take as the standard, and compare
1t with the wool from the ribs, the t,jich.
the rump and the shoulder..parts, and the
nearer the wool from the various portions
Of the animal approaches the standard. tie
better. First we scrutinize the ffneness.
and if She result be satisfactory. we pro-
nounce the fleece in respect OF fineness very
even" Next we inquire into the length
of the staple, and if we find that the wool
VII tiS iiuS, DdCh
reasonably in length to that of our stan,
dard, we again declare the sheep. as re-
CARDS length of staple, tue aud even.
We next desire to satisfy ourselves of the
density of the fleece and if we do this by
closing the hand upon a portion of the
rump and of the loin wool, the fleece at
these points being usually the thinest and
faulty, and if this again gives satisfaction.
we signify the fact by designating the wool
.'even" as respects density.
Now to summarize these separate exam
nations. If you find the fleece of nearly
equal fineness from the shoulder to the
thigh; Of nearly equal length on shoulder,
rib, thigh and back, and density on
shoulders and across the loins, YOU may
conclude that you have nearly perfect
sheep for producing valuable wool. Se-
lecting sheep for valuable feeders is quite
another thing.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-05-21

THE PANCAKE HERO OF TIE REREI.
Iona correspondent of the Albany
drgus writes a good story from Burnt
Hills. Saratoga county, concerning one
Thos. Murray. He says: If there is any
man who crawls between Heaven and
earth who can cook pancakes better and
faster than Tom, let him put his money up
and it will be covered. Tom baked pan
cakes for whole army corps, and he did
nothing else while there. Your correspon-
dent drove seven miles in a rain storm 10
meet Tcm, who readily entered into n con
yersation with the writer Tom in
quired your correspondent, ''if you baked
SO many pancakes, | don't see how Won
CREASED the griddlc fast enough" Why"
replied the champion pancake baker. ''you
must know | had a gridde thirty feet cir
cumference, and l kept Two 6arSies with
large pieces of pork strapped to the soes
of their feet, skating around on the grid
die. Every time we turned a cake we
tossed it high in the air, so as to open the
pores Of the under side and make ii tender.
tell you the air was thick with pancakes
baked them so fast that the boys wouldn't
eat the cold ones, so we used them for
breastworks, and once when Il regiment
OF 'rebs' took our breastworks, they pro-
cured enough pancakes to feed them for
sixteen months, and that is all they had
for their rations had given out two DAYS
before, and the smell of the pancakes made
them fight like devils to capturc onr
work.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-05-21

The Great Eastanalle Cave, which ex-
tends under the eminence southeast of
Athens, known as Cleage's Ridge, is liter.
ally filed with water which found its way
down the gorge. No one in our day has
ever ventured far into the dark and myste-
rious depths of the great cavern, and little
is known of it further than an old tradition,
now fading away, that party of De Soto's
men who crossed the Hiawasse at the Sa-
wanna Ford, where a great battle was
fought, were pursued by the Indians and
took refuge in it-only to be walled up and
left to a lingering death Had the vast
body of water now gathered in the Easta-
nalle Cave been added to the creek when
at its highest recently, We are apprehen-
sive that it would have been good bye,
john with several who live in the lower
Level Of the town.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-05-21
ORIGINAT.f, I,
.st. LINES TO. Ny sBEkR COUSIN MARY.
ON BEING PRESENTED BY HER WITH a BO-
QUIET OF FLOWERS.

Beautiful flowers, that bloomed in a far-off
-E.4 land, s... ... . ...-..
And culled for me by a loving hand
Tho prize We much for your beauty fair,
Ye are still! more dear for the friendship rare
That sent ye here IN youl beauty to be
a token OF love sincere TO me.
Beautiful flowers. we're to all pleasure,
But to me ye are priceless treasure
Winding me e'er when On ye gaze,
OF other aud happier days;
Telling me, too, in q voiceleSs way
I'm remembered by one who is far away.
Beautiful flowers. it saddens my heart
To think that your lovelicess soon must de-
That naught will be left when your beauty
is fled
Save n few pale leaves withered ard dead ::
Oh emblems ye are of life aud it's joys,
Which Death and Time so soon destroys
Beautiful flowers, in your st-fading sweet
ness
Ye're like to eartlI's Pleasures fleetness;
To-day ye are blooming fresh fragrant and
fair;
Tomorrow ye'll he numbered 'mongst things
that once were.
Thus Oft the hopes and the JOYS of to-day
On the morrow are doomed to fail and decay
But, beautiful flowers, tho your lovcliness
perish
Still, will I fondly your withered leaves
cherish
Yes, cen scentless and withered We still will
be,
For the sake Of The donor, dear unto me;
And often / know will my pale, dead flowers
Mind me of her, and OF past happy hours.
Fer your beautiful flowers, then, Mary dear,
Accept the return Of my thanks sincere,
And / pray that God upon you bestow
The choicest of blessings here below
That He one day, in Heavens own bowers,
May crown your brow with immortal flowers.
MINNIE MYRTLE.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-05-21
NUMBER lS.
IRON PAPER.

In the Great Exhibition of 1851. am
American specimen of iron paper was first
exhibited. 4 lively competition in iron.
rolling ensued among British iron manufsc.
turers, excited by the above challenge from,
America, as to the tniuress to which iro,
could be rolled cold. Mr. elliott rolled
sheets the average thickness OF which was
the eighteen hundreGth part OF az, inch.
In other words, one thousand eight hum
dred sheets piled upon each other would
collectively measure aa inch in thickness,
whilst the thinnest tissue-raper to be pur-
chased IN the stationer's stores measured
the twelve hunireth Of an inch.
These very thin iron sheets are pcrfectly
smooth, and easy to write on. althou n nor.
Gus when held UP to good light. 1t nav
not be out Of place, considering the great
interest that IS taken by those connected
with that great branch of industry, the
iron trade, to give a few curious partieu.
llrs as to the extent iron can be welded,
and the thin sheets that can be rolled ont
Brother Jonathan little thought what a
hubub would be created in the old country
when from Pittsburg he sent that wonder.
fCl letter, written on 4 sheet made from
iron, which took no less than one thousand
sheets 20 make al inch in thickness the
dimensions being eight inches By 1--WE and
one-haH inches, or a surface Of forty
four inches, and weighs sixty-nif.e grains.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-05-21
A SOLD INSURANCE MAN.

Printers are naturally in for a joke.
They are prover5ially fond of fun; but to
look at them you wouldn't think it. Here
IS good joke a 'printersnlan' played on
his fellow-lodger in Pottsville: A certain
insurance man in town, who boards at the
same hotel with one of the night compost
tors of the Journal, in order to save the sub
scription price to a newspaper, entered into
an arrang c:nent with the printer TO get the
news as soon as he got up. The printer
WAS to write out a brief sketch of all the
news and sick the paper Under the insu-
rance mans door. 4 few mornings since
the latter GOT up and dressed himself, ex-
ccpting one boot and stocking and his coat,
when ne espied the paper under Lis door.
lie picked it up andread asfollows: s'Grant
ass1ssiEated. Country in an uproar. Mrs
SIrto.is and Mrs. Grant carried of by
masked kidnappers while insensible. A
member OF the Cabinet supposed to be the
assassin. 100000 reward offered by Con-
gress.' Without completing his toilet, he
rushed out of the room ard valzened up
several boarders, told them Of the great
news. and scared them out of their wits.
We leave our readers to conjecture, if they
can, the disgust OF the whole party when
they found how they had been sold. Th
insurance man has sworn to subscribe to
daily paper.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-05-21
SUBSTITUTE FOR RAIN,

NJ. Paraf has, TO certain extent, solved
the problem of artificial irrigation by the
discovery of a method Of doing without
rain. His plan is to apply calcium chic.
ride, which has powerful affinity for mois-
ture, and absorbs a large quantity from
the atmosphere. From actual experiments
he has found that it viii produce irrigation
more efficiently and cheaper than any
other artificial method. One application
will, he states, produce and retain abund-
ant moisture for three days. when the same
amount Of water. applied in the ordinary
way, would evapo-ate in an hour. The in
ventor believes that his way is cheaper
than canal irrigation, and that not only
by its use two blade of grass will be pro-
duced where only one is now, but that it
WI make it possible to have fields, mead
orfs, grass and prosperity where now thers
is nothing but sand and desert waste.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-05-21

RUNNING FOR OFFICE.-I never run for
Office but once. At the earnest solicitations
of some of my friends, in an unguardcd
moment l allowed myself to be announced
as candidate for the office of Justice of tile
Peace. Previous to Ibis fool move | had
been considered a decent kind of n man.
but the next DAY when the Bugle came out
it was filed with accounts of my previous
history that would have curdle6 the BLOOD,
OF a Digger Indian. A susceptible public
was gravely informed that / was not fit for
the office, that | was almost fool, besides
L had come West under very suspicious
circumstances. i had starved my deaf old
grandmother to death and then sold the
remains to a soap factory. l bad stolen
hand organ from a poor blind cripple
and run away with the proceeds. / had
sold my grandfather's coffin for fourteen
dollars, and buried the old gent in a boot
box. In utter despair | rushed around 20
headquarters, withdrew my name and
swore solemn swear that ! would never
indulge in politics again. And L never
will.--John QnW.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-05-21

remarkable instance Of lapse OF men,
ory was related at Dartmouth (Eng.) a
short time ago. A bed-ridden old woman
who had long been in receipt of outdoor
relief, had lived in an extremely INDECENT
and miserable condition, paying only Cd
a week tor the attendance of a woman to
wait on her. This woman had the Curl
osity to unlock and search a box in the
old womans room, and there found bag
containing hundred sovereigns. A gen
tleman who had befriended the invalid was
called in, and she declared her utter for
getiulneSs that any money was in her
room. The relieving officer, however, has
laid claim to the hoard of gold with view
to the repayment to the guardians OF the
sum expended on the old woman's main
tenance. Sac formerly kept cider
shop. --as.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-05-21
EBENSBURG, PA, FRIDAY, MAY 81, 1875
''Forward-marchn -

"Ha ha ~ 5..
The fife stopped.
"Dop't laugh. You'll spoil everything,
and | can't pucker my lips.
Drum drum drum -! '-."e
Squeak . squeak !! squeak -,
The men in the towu heard it and were
amazed beyond measure. Had the SOL
diers arrived from Bostonp What did it
mean? Who were coming?
Louder and louder on the breeze came
the roll of a sturdy drum and the sound
of a brave fife The soldiders in the boats
heard the noise, and paused in thei: work
of destruction. The officers ordered every
body into the boats in the greatest haste
The people were rising. They were COM
ing down the point with cannons, to head
them off! They would be captured, and
perhaps hung by the dreadful Americans
How the drum rolled The fife changed
its tune. 1t played ''Yankee Doodle''-
that horrid tune! Hark The men are
cheering in the town there were tlou>
sands of them in the woods along the
shore
In grim silence marched the two girls
plodding over the sharp stones, splashine
through the puddles-Rebecca beating the
old drum with might and main Sarah
blowing the fife with shrll determination
How the Britshers scrambled into their
5oats One of the brave officers was
nearly left behind on the burning sloop
Another fell overheard and wet his good
clothes, in his haste to escaped from the
American army marching down the beach
"a thousand strong! How the sailors
pulled No fancy rowing now, but dcs-
perate haste to get out of the place and es-
cape to their ship.
How the people yelled and cheered on
shore. Fifty men or more jumped into
boats to prepare for the chase. Ringing
shots began to crack over the water
Louder and louder rolled the terrible
drum. Sharp and clear rang out the cruel
fife.
Nearly exhausted, half dead with fa~
/ tigue, the girls rolled on fearful, laughs
ing, ready to drop on the wet sand, and
still beating and blowing with fiery cour-
age.
The boat swept swiftly out of the har-
Dor on the outgoing tide. The fishermen
came up with the burning boats Part
stopped to put out the fires, and the
rest pursued the flying enemy with such
shots as they could get at them. In the
midst OF it all the sun went down.
The red coats did not return a shot.
| They expected every minute to see thous-
and men open on them at short range,
from the beach, and they reserved their
powder
Out of the harbor they went in conri-
sion and dismay. The ship weighed an
chor and ran out hci big guns, but did not
fire shot. Darkness fell down on the
scene as the boats reached the ship Then
sine sent round shot towards the light.
1t fell short and threw great fountain of
white water into the air.
The girls saw it and dropping their drum
ana fife, sat down on the beach and laughed
until they cried.
That night the ship sailed away. The
great American army of two had arrived.
and she thought it wise to retreat in time.
Rebecca is still living, old and feeble in
body, but brave in spirit and strong in pa
triotism. She told this story herself to the
writer, and it is true
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-05-21

The following remedy is given for
blight in pear trees: To half a bushel of
lime add four pounds Of sulphur, slake to
the consistency of whitewash, and, when
1t is applied, add to each gallon of the
wash half an ounce of carbolic acid. Ap-
ply this to the diseased part. Where the
bark is diseased, remove the outer portion
before making the application.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-05-21

a BAcKwooDsMAN, who purchased ba-
mana from SON of sunny Italy, returned
to the stand after taking one bite, and
said 4: ''See here, mister, this 'eie things
burned fraud. Somebody's chawed it
afore and stuffed it back into the skin. and
| want my money back - but he didn't
get it.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-05-21

An egg producing feed for fowls, highly
recommended by a fancier who has tried
it to his entire satisfaction, is wheat aud
white peas, ground and mixed together as
stiff as possible the night before, and used
only as Il morning meal.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-05-21

"A Madison county, H., girl is soon to
set herself up as prize at a spelling match.
An admission fee is to be charged, the pro-
ceeds to go toward furnishing home for
the happy couple.