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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-12-24

6RAST, THE POPE AND THE Schools
Something must be done. That some; thing
is to vote for tho schools and against the
Pope. After the election we are compar-
atively safe. The country has been fire.
quently saved from the encroachments Of
the Jesuits in this manner. a Republican
victory always dimiuishes the swelling of
the Pope's toe. 1t acts like an ointment
administered it. These Republican poll
ticians, who are SO vigilent in behalf of the
Bible and the public Schools are them
selves not Christians. Their knowledge of
the Scriptures is chiefly derived from what
they hear of them rather than actual read
ing. But this doesn't I make any differ ence.
1t is easy to be religious and not pious.
How much easier to be concerned for the
cause Of religion and yet have no religion
But in this class of politicians, we beg leave
to be understood, we don't include General
Grant. 1t is but fitting that he should be
the choice of the clergy. He has always
led a puro and godly life his habits are
known to be irreproachable he never
drank or used tobacco in any form his
lips are never profaned by an oath he has
a horror of a horse-racer he is regular in
his attendance at church his leisure hours
are devoted 20 earnest religious discussion
with eminent bishops, doctors Of divinity.
There is propriety in calling upon Grant
to save our religion and our schools. He
has already saved our Union. We know,
therefore, that he is capable of great
things. His patriotism stands out as bril-
liantiy as his piety. He has always been
devotedly attached to the American eagle.
The initials of his name, by a singular
coincidence, stand for the United States.
He is eager for the contest to commence
with the Pope and the Jesuits. lie threw
down the gauntlet to them i'll his powerful
Des Moines speech. We never saw the
Pope's big toe SO largely swelled as it was
by him in his annual message. There may
| possibly he other men who can save the
country and preserve the Bible and the
schools. None, however, can do it as well
as Grant. This we freely admit. There
| may be those whose prejudices are against
| third term. But better third term,
| better a lifetime, than that we should fall
! under the dominion of the Jesuits When
we fully understand that we have either
| to take Grant again or have no Bible and
! no schools we must be counted for those
! who are school and Bible men. When the
! Democratic party nominates the Pope for
/ President and tries to divide the school
! fund among the religious sects, to pull
down the school houses and burn the Bible,
then the Enquirer will come to the front
and shout the battle-cry of freedom We
wouldn't allow any Republican to excel us
in zeal. There is a large element of true
Goodness in our composition, although tC
! a superficial observer it may appear to be
latent and not fully developed.-C Cincinnati
Enquirer.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-12-24

Allegheny City had its horror about
II o'clock on Saturday last. A: a place
known as Jacks Run, in the lower part of
the city, a colored woman named Mary
Ogle deliberately threw herself in front of
the Chicago Express east, and before the
engineer could check up the train she was
struck, and sent whirling over an enbank-
ment, down to the river, distance of
thirty or forty feet, whore she was picked
up dead. The train was stopped as soon
as possible, and commenced backing down
to where the tragedy took place but in
the meantime an aged stonemason, who
had witnessed the whole affair, started
across the track for the purpose of lending
his assistance to the unfortunate woman.
He did not notice the backing train, and
before he could clear tue track the rear car
knocked him down. Both his legs were
crushed in terrible manner, and he only
survived a few .mOments. No cause is
assigned why the colored female committed
the rash act by which she lost ber own life
and caused tue death Of another person.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-12-24

THY following is the resolution,
mention of which was made in our last
iss,,e offered i'm the lower branch OF
Congress on the 18th instant by Nr.
Springer, Democratic member from
Illinois. i'm reference to Grants third
term ambition, and which was adopted
by a vote of 232 yeas to Is nays:
ps.o,,si That in the opinion of this House
a.. ,,r.red,ut established hy Washington
anil other Presidents Of the United States III
retiring from the Presi,ientlaI oince "i'e,
thc SECOND term, has bscome by nhirersa
concurrence n part OF our reP,n'ir'n ~ s'ii
~ government and that any departure from
,h;s time -honored custom Will oe hnwiSe,
unnatrioti, and frauyht with peril 10 our free
institutions.
Six of the 1S negative votes were
given by colored members, the only
colored man not voting nay beng
Ra:ney, ofSoutr Carolina. MIR. Blame,
who is q Presidential aspirant, not
having the requisite courage to face the
vote. retired from the hall. After the
MASSAGE of the resolution, MIR. Springer
in private conversation, is reported as
saving. Il am Methodist, but | am
opposed to third term. SO when
Bishop Haven in Bostonthe other day
put Grant up for third term, L
thought [ would show the country that
all Methodists were not for Grant, ana
[ wanted 20 see just how Congress
stood ON the same question. One
would suppose that the passage OF this
resolution by such an Overwhelming
vote would satisfy even L. >. Grant OF
the utter absurdity of his third term
pretensions. 1t is the most direct
blow which that impudent project has
vet received, and its effect throughout
the country cannot fail to dispose OF
it finally and fully. But Grant will
not so regard it, and will not "clinquisll
the one object nearest to his heart
He has no respect for the precedent es,
tablished by Washington and sacredly
observed by all his successors. III he
should be nominated for third term
and we think he will be, the American
people, mindful of the example set 10y
Washington and Jackson, will render
averdict against him through the bal
lot-boxes which he himself and his Oh
sequoous supporters cannot fail te
comprehend in all its terrible signiii
canec.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-12-24

A FEMALE GHOST THAT YElls
IT'S FINGERS ARE BITTEy.-gr
Livingstone and his wife, Of Readi-,
for some time been living with /
62S South Tenth street, Heading. !;
wife has been troubled at night l
woman-f form that would enter a
and lay cold, clammy hands upa |
that her blood was cuIdled and slss
from her eye lids.
When the father moved to IA
house the old lady slept Oh the O.
of the bed, next the stove. But n
drove her TO the other side. ana \
man took her place. He thought
out something about it. Thus tin
passed and no spectre laid baBa
Livingston. But few nights Szl
all the doors had been locked al 1
inmates of the house were in 4
Livingstone was yet awake, be
cold, clammy hands on his ise
stantly seized oDe wrist of the esE
was jerked away then the O.hs,
hand sought his throat, one orts.
of which hand he afterwards Vt Z
his teeth and held OH. With thn1
tie shouted in a woman's voice. Be-
Betz! tMr. Livingston's wif,i
louder and louder. The son cams
bnt before lie could reach the q
mysterious woman tore her hns1
from the fathers mouth and diS-
and no traces of her have as Z
found. The Livingston's are ~
aid reliable people their storhs
and Reading is excitedly invests
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-12-24
THIS horrible business at Bremerhaven

THIS horrible business at Bremerhaven
grows worse and worse as new details reach
us. 1t is now stated that at least one in
fernal machine similar to tha. which ex-
plodcd as it was going on board the Mosei
was found on board the Salier, which took
the place of the damaged vessel and is now
on the way to New York, and a frightful
intimation is thrown ont that other ma
chimes are believed in Bremen to have been
put on BOARD the same ship. We cannot
believe that such a story could have been
cabled across the Atlantic without some
serious foundation, for it's inevitable result
will be to agoniZe many hearts during the
interval which must necessarily elapse be-
fore the Salier can reach this port. OF
course the agents of the North German
line in this city will do their best to dis
credit it, and it is their duty so to do.
But they owe it to common humanity as
well as to the interests which they repre-
sent, to obtain the fullest possible and
most authentic information from Bremen
rs to the grounds for cabling such a story,
and to give this information the widest
possible publicity, no matter what its inn
port may be. AS the case now stands it
threatens to bring about something very
like revolution in she business of trans
porting freight aud passengers between
the two continents, and gravely to affect
the principles and practice of marine in
surance. At no matter what price, or with
what Inconvenience to business interests
merely, the great ocean ferry must be
made safe for the thousands of human
beings who use it annually, against enter
prises such as this of Thompson and his
accompliccs, for that the man Gf it be de-
cent to cali him a mani must have had ae-
completes. begins to be too sadly apparent.
~. 7. World, 18th.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-12-24

WE know nothing of course of the
reasons why Michael c. Kerr Speaker
of the House of Representatives, con-
stituted the Congressional committees
rs he has announced them. Samuel j.
Randall is chairman Of the Committee
OH Appropriations, the most important
committee Of the House-the one most
directly affecting the public treasury
and therefore the people Mr.. Randall
is just where he ought to be, and Just
where lie desired to be, and can exer-
else controlling influence in reference
to all attempts at public plumber.
That he will faithfully discharge his
duty to the tax payers of the whole
country we do not doubt.
We look, almost with feeling akin
to dismay, over the long list Of Mr.
kerr's committees for the name of
Hester Clymer, the distinguished
member from "Old Berks." Mr.. CIy-
mer, as one Of the purest and ablest
Democrats in Pennsylvania, deserved
prominent recognition. While j. Proc
tor kuott, of Kentucky, who, as a
witty Speaker immOrtalized himself i'm
his Duluth appropriation speech three
years ago, occupies the responsible
position. at the age Of 45, of chairman
of the Judicial Committee. Hon.
Hester CIymer, veteran Democrat
from Pennsylvania, makes his entry
into the Congressional circus as chair
man of the committee onexpenditures
in the War Department, and also
chairman of the Library Committee.
As Artemas Ward would say, "Why
is this thus ?" Nevertheless such is
the fact so far as one of the brightest
Democrats in Pennsylvania is con-
cerned, and we rot only express our
disappointment, but most emphaticaIly
resent what We regard as an slight to
the Democracy OF Pennsylvania.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-12-24

WE arc unable to comprehend why
there should be so much discussion i'll
the papers Of both parties i'll reference
to the organization of the approaching
.adior,rncd annual session" of our
State Legislature. The first question
is. why did the last Legislature adjourn
to meet OIL the first Tuesday of January
next? The new Constitution provides
for the meeting of the Legislature ev-
ery other wear instead of annually, rs
formerly, and the members of the
House of Representative are elected
for t,co wears But the same Consti-
tuition, in section 4 of article =, pro-
proyi,es that what it designates as an
'.adiourned annual session" may be
held Mt any time after its adoption up
until the year 1873, but not ofter,co'cts.
This explanation brings us back to the
ORIGINAL question, why did the last
Legislature adjourn to meet again on
the first Tuesday in January! There
were several reasons why it was nee
sssarv To do so, one of which was that
;,asmuch as the first election for Gov
arnor under the Constitution took
nI,ce i'm November, 1879, the returns
OF the election, under section 2 of ar
ticle 4. must he opened and published
"in The presence Of the members OF
both Houses of He General assembly"
This is one of the reasons for holding
n session mex. January. Another rea-
sou j. the absolute duty Of passing a
hill making the necessary appropria-
tions for the State government for the
fiscal wear 1876. When the House
a,Iiourned. it seemed to regard the 0d-
,oyrned annual session Of the coming
year As continuation OF the last ses--
s;ou and not rs the commencement OF
a now one. The Senate, however, did
not concur in that view. and adjourned
in the usual way AS this question
is one of vast Importance, and as 1t
NAV have an important bearing on the
legal as we'll as the constitutional
n,wers of the Legislature, it seems to
ms in order to avoid all cavil and dis
nute that the approaching session
ought to be regarded as ne~ one ana
or9,nize as such. Ifthis is done there
can he no difficulty as to its powers,
and II Il is not done there may ana IN
ali human probability will be serious
trouble.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-12-24

HEHE are Morton's resolutions on
the Mississippi election boiled down !;
Whereas. there is imminent danger OF
election of Il Democratic Senator III the
State of Mississippi to the great scan-
,al of the Radical body and the further
peril its rapidly decreasing majority;
therefore, be it resolved, that - COM
lnittee of five be appointed forthwith,
whose duty it shall be To devise ways
and means, bv the usual bloody shirt
process, for the prevention Of 50 great
a calamity"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-12-24
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FROM the fall of Adam, for his
transgrcssion, to the present day, no
ruler ever saw us many of his bosom
friends associates and favorite officials
in the penitentiary or on their way
there, as President Grant, and stu
siackled Justice moves slowly with
labored steps over a road dug full OF
Administration pitfalls.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-12-24

The anti Catholic, Ill: IL ,,tip' ,ps
or Know-nothing orga,acal 4
upon So narrow a pla',U5 Dn5 c.h
signs. dark lanterns; .ss ,bs rs.
MALTA, can command IAN s ~
nashics Of the American
length of ,iris -
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-12-24
h., In,,x- W. VntxOSnN OF ,,rc

Hon. JouN w. JOHNSON, at present
one of the Democratic United States
Senators from Virginia, was reelected
last week. He has held a high judicial
position in his State, ami is gentle
n,u of irrcproachable character.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-12-24

A Terrible DIsAsTER.- On.
and Ten Lires Lost. A terribls q
occurred on Thursday last in o
at Franieres, near Mons, Belglnn
foi ce of men were at work at lhs
the loss of life is appalling. lttH|
that ITO miners were killed. Bfri
been taken out injured. The s's
caused by fire damp. Speaking
cident the New York World says
One woe doth tread upon anoils
The world really seems too smsL
day too short for all the crimes
afid catastrophes which the ta's'
or wickedness of men are bent 2
ing into them. If anything uasl
time to be understood it sholH
means of preventing EXPOSES
mines and if in any country co
land these means should be o.
certain appliance, it should ee y
carboniferous region of the los
Yet in a mine near Mons u
where mines and mining have
century occupied the whole lDls
All intelligent community, the =
tel day contrived tO blow up I9s-
with the awful result, as he eSy
Of killing no fewer than llO Ins.
have become famous In which y
dered in briefer 'butchels
this. If peace hath her vicp.
than war, she hath her routs ~
less excuse for having them
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-12-24

THE President AND CAIss1i
The January number ofthe g., Z -
contains a remarkable alticy y...
dent Grants speech at Des My h
Mt the Convention Of the AII9
nessee, of September 2s. u. ~ !
find that all Grant said OF y. -
Church and State and oil fnsss -
he predicted might occur O. 4,
otism and intelligence Oh 4
and superstition, ambition 80
on the other" is in periec' m
teachings of Catholicism =. "A
expresses" says the C'atie,s .,sss
ter than many imagine me- .o1s
ments of the American VI
Grant it declares, 'all mus : =
is a true American, formru
by the events in which nc .,nr,5 r
truly representing the ;gfGrs5I
times" 1t affirms thar " .ss
mendations in the speech n
Church will be content; n, 4
very ably written, a. snq qPrssS 81
reasoning, by which the 4
to appear the champion
Catholic theory Of the oo ;nn,.
tenn, is exceedingly lneeuf 81
err the President VIII ,:or aeo 81 %
as the true interprets'iOA
another question.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-12-24

A CoRRY jeweler has clock which first
licked i'll 14tl.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-12-24

CONGRESS on Monday last adjourned
until the 5th Of January.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-05-21
Havana Cigars.

THE original name for cigar was td-
bdcO, and the original inventors of mod
ern cigars were the red aborigines of
Cuba. The native appellation for the
plant out of which cigars are made was
cOhib0. The suspicion that such is the
case must have sprung up in the minds
of all intelligent persons who, on exam
ining box of Havana cigars, discovered
on the outside of it the fact that the
cigars were made in a fdbrtcd de tdbdoos,
which-as everybody knows or does not
know-means manufactory of cigars,
and, of course, not manufactory Of
tobacco.
The finest cigars that can be had are
the Vigueras, which are made of the
finest leaves, right on the spot in the
UegGs, and which are rather expensive,
and even for any amount of money some
what difficult to procure. The ordinary
price fora Vigueras Regalia Imperial a
seven.inch cigar--ranges between 5000
and $500 per thousand-not in New
York, but in Cuba.
Many smokers, and even cigar-dealers,
in New England are somewh,.v confused
in regard to the proper Interpretation Of
some of the names they see branded into
the cedar boxes. People often feel quite
confident that they buy or sell particu-
lar quality of tobacco in the cigars when
they give them the name of Regalia
Imperial, Regalia, Londres, Dana,
Entr'operas, or any other of this class.
The fact, however, is that these names
designate only the sizes of the cigars.
A Regalia Imperial measures seven
inches, Regalia Britannica is little
smaller, Londres is of the medium size,
the Damas or Entr'operas are quite Thin
and small, fit to be smoked in the pauses
between the acts, at the doorsteps, or in
the smoking-room of theater.
The quality Of the tobacco is indicated
by the words supelJlnO, .flO, superior,
busnO. The color and strength of cigars
Is stamped ON the box with mddtLFO for
the strongest, Oscur0 for the next in
strength, colorado for those OF medium
strength, and eLarO for the light ones. The
intermediate shades of the cigars are in.
dicated by combining two Of these terms
thus, colorado mddurO signifies that the
cigar is little darker and colorado eldrC
that II Is little lighter than colorado
should be-
There are two words which must find
place in the tobacconist's glossary
namely, the words which atare at you In
every street of every town in the world
of more than 500 nhabltants-vegas and
Vttelta AbqO.
The mystery of the word vegas is moth
ing but the fact that it rs the Cuban name
for tobacco plantation, and Vuelta Alb
ajo Is the district in which most of the
plantations are found. Vuelta Abajo Il
low region Of Western Cuba, south ol
the Guaniguanico Mountains, which ruI
| from Marielbai To the BaV of Guadiana
bhe best vegas lie ON the bank OF thu
about thlfty miles long By seven deep
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-05-21
Raising Red Clover for Hay rs. For
Seed.


have known crop of clover seed ex-
haust the land more than a crop of
wheat Clover is great renovating
crop when grown for hay, for pasture or
for plowing under, hence clover seed
should be sown literally. On the other
hand raising seed is highly profitable but
somewhat exhausting to the land. Raise
clover seed, but use the money obtained
from its sale to enrich the land,
A bushel of clover seed will usu-
ally buy six or eight bushels of
peas or beans, and these fed to stock
on the farm will restore to the soil, in the
form of manure, six or eight times as
much plant-food as the crop of clover
seed removed. Do not try to cheat the
soil. DO not induce it to give you good
crop of clover seed and then refuse 1t a
share in the profits. In raising clover
seed cut the first crop early-say in this
latitude the first or second week of June.
A better rule still is to cut the first crop
before all the blossoms are unfolded. 1t
is also important that the first crop
should be mown as evenly as possible
that the plants may start equally and the
future crop of seed ripen all at the same
time. tits desirable to get the seed early
say the first or second week in Septem-
ber. occasionally large crop will ripen
in October; but at that season the
weather is usually unpropitious,
and a large number of the heads
when ripe are apt to drop off in
wet weather, both before and after they
are cut A large growth of foliage is
sometimes obtained by sowing gypsum
on the clover after the hay crop is re-
moved; but in cool growing season the
seed In this case is apt to ripen
poorly. The largest crops are obtained,
other things being equal, from land
seeded with nothing but clover, and In
this case the seed should be sown pretty
thickly-say six or eight quarts per acre
This thick seeding has a double advan,
tage. You get finer quality of clover
hay, and, the plants being thick on the
ground, the crop is not SO apt TO lodge
and can be mown more evenly. SiG
bushels per acre is sometimes grown on
good land when clover alone is sown, bul
three OF four bushels Is a full average
Let not the farmer who neglects anC
stSrves his land think that he can gel
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-05-21

rich by growing clover seed. The profits
are not for him. There is no better In
dicatiou Of good land and good treat
ment than luxuriant crops of clover.
The land that will produce good clover
will produce good wheat OF other grain,
and the negligent farmer deserves neither
one nor the other. Let him give the soil
good tillage and liberal treatment, and 1t
will prove grateful. On the contrary,
IL farmer starves the soil the returns
in light crops will impoverish his
pecuniary resources. On a wheat farm
IL is not easy to grow too much clover
provided it is all consumed on the farm
or plowed in rs green manure; but it
is quite easy to raise too much clover
seed. Clover Is, perhaps, all things con-
sidered, the best renovating crop that
can be grown on a wheat farm. Like
peas and beans clover is luguminous
plant and draws considerable quantity
of ammonia from the atmosphere, while
its deep roots penetrate the subsoil and
bring up potash and other ingredients OF
plant food 1t Is admirably adapted to
our climate, and as yet "clover sick
ness" which is so troublesome on the
light soils of England, Is known in but
few localities in this country. Whether
1t is best for farmers to raise their own
seed is a question which deserves con.
sideration. 1t should be borne in mind
that the main object of sowing so much
clover is to enrich the land, and it is un.
doubtedly true that letting clover go to
seed changes it from a renovating to an
exhausting crop. Honce.the true sys.
tenn of management is to raise seed only
in small quantities, say on half an acre
of the best ground, while the remainder
should be plowed under or be made into
hay and fed out on the farm" AgTt.
cola" in N. Y. Herald.