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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-10-06
NUMBER 50.
What tie PeopEe See.

They see that business confidence has
bSen utterly lost aud that every man is
AFRAID TO trust his neighbor, for in these
uncertain tunes no man knows what revnl-
sionS IN trade 81 hour may bring forth.
lheY see that the nils, the furnaces. tie
great lnttustIlaI establishments of the
cn'utrS are either closed or running on half
time, at greatly reduced wages.
They see that thousands of workingmeu-
IN every part of the country, are living lives
"i enforced idleneSS. That in thousands Of
l"mliles the wolf of poverty and famine has
even already entered.
hey see long winter approaching and
NOT the slightest prospect of any change
l9r The better ln the times.
They see that the panic and the suhse.
quent depression of business. reduction ~
wages, ana scarcity of work, were mainly
produced by the failure of JAY Cooke 4
Co., the trusted and confidential business
advisers and agents of the Grant admins
tIation.
They see the bankers, who have failed.
ilNlng IN almost princely magnificence.
"hIie the people, whose money Is locked
up III their Golfers, in many iustances
scarcely know one day where they are 10
get iooc for tire next. They see these men
UNANIMOUSLY support Hayes and Wheeler
hey see, under the Grant administration
an army of 50, 600 office holders feeding At
the public CRIB, while Lincoln. ia the bus
tie OF the war, got along with less than
$4,000.
They see poor men obtain public Office
aud retire in n Few years Immensely
wealthy.
They see a Republican Senate RESISTING
the efforts of Democratic House to re-
trench the expenses of the government
They see the Democratic ITonse succeed
in effecting reduction of S.3O. OO0. 900 Der
year IN spite Of an angry senate aud a
complaining President.
They see Don Cameron and Morton and
Chandler dictate the nomination of a l,l;.,3
VII" has no will of his own in order that
the corrupt Grant dynasty may be pefl,e-
trated under another name
They see Senator Morton declaring that
the President must necessarily be the crc9
ture pf the party which elects him.
They see Carl SchuIz denounced and
gagged because he said the election of
3 Hayes would result ia the retirement from,
public life of such men As Morton aud
Chandler.
Seeing these and many other things IS
1t any wonder that they refuse to follow the
star contributor of the Reg5sfer in his wan
derlngs over the dead past? Is IL any
wonder that they mean 10 vnte for a cI,.,tirr
OF men aud measures aud methods Ne
think not.-HoHidapSburg .SfaHdurf.
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W ES I ERN NDS
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u you want reliable information. where and how
10 get "a cheap :. NssSs. or gnvcrunirn, Home
~'.'.h'i. fI-.. send your address = j - I1rOrr
Llud Commissioner Lawrence Ean art receive
20 .if.Sa copy OF The Kansas a'ar. .fc Homestead.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-10-06

MAN is The only animal that blows his
nose. The alligator has nose nearly two
feet long, and he never blows it. The
elephant can reach over his nose and tickle
his bind legs, and lac of.en does but he
never wipes ii. The blue uosed baboou
has ceTulean prUOoSciS Of which the
noblest animal migh6 ac proud, but it goes
uu6lowu. The doublc-uosed pointer has
immense capacity for hiowing, but he never
will, aud the oyster, whose nose reaches
clear around TO his back. refrains from ex
ercising it. Man alone has reached to the
height of pocket-handkerchief, aud he
prUudly waves his bandauna as sufficient
evidence of his superiority.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-10-06
: Cathartic Pills,

For the relief and
cure OF all derange.
~ mruts ih the stOm-
g. aJn, liver, and bow
els. The,'are a mild
@N aVerient, and an
AEA excellent purgative.
HN Being purely vege-
H. table, they contain
49, uOmcrCury or mine
S raj whatever. Much
serious sickness and
suffering is Prevent
~ by their timely
- rsri1v sH0uII have them on hand
r5s..-,,r agf relief, when required.
80 H7- uruyct them TO be the SAT-
s...iu hest Of eIl the Pilis with which
sfarrf-. By their occasional use,
,-r,ffaf. the corruptlOnS of the sys-
TF distractions removed, and the
--s-y of life restored 20 its healthy
'II-.-rsI organs which become cloggel
I,-g rIrluset bv iBcr's PiiIS, and
!, In action Thus IuCIpient disease
iT.1r4s.tn. thu value Of which change,
- 51 tF. yI-i uultltudcs who enjoy
--rg Fz computed. Their sugar coating
- .l-l,sl- % take, and preserves their
.rII,l'rad for any length of time, so
II. s,,r fresh, and perfectly reliable.
-.-HI0g. they are mild, and operate
/ isgrJ4usa % Tie constitution, or diet, or
-s,a7s are given on the wrapper to
|, rrr.u-a lLsm us Family Physic,
h Glowing complaints, which these
frrIrp.-
R,,prpsia 1r Indigestion, Li-tiess-
,pv,ior lrl loss OF Appetite. they
/ -TI...uI-latu.r % stimulate the stOm-
| T,,.ra,t- healthy tone and action.
Snsr CompIainI and its various svmp-
bilious EseadaC ne. Sick Head
|I,un,IicP uI Green sickness. Bfi-
foIe ,rE Bilious Few era. they should
| MN tssfu for each case, 10 correct the
\ rg5n lr remove tic distractions which
|Duentery or Diarrh1a, but one
b. !, generally IT,. .UlTru.
GOut. Gravel. Pal
|on Of the Heart. Pain in the
|Back amt LOiRS. they should be cOntin-
|ns.a. @, required, tp change the diseased
DE ,y-.ru. With such change those
l.. t-lHurar.
DroF,y anal EsrOpsiCaI sweI.ing.,
.s-kan m n--r and frequent doses
e l-z erfr o.. q drastic purge.
suPprr.-ion. large dose should be
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Duentery or DiarrhGa, but on


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L ~ ALL DRUGGISTS EYERYWEE
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HAYES PLATFORM. The New York
ESpress prints the following as the platform
upon which Mr.. Hayes is asking tie peopla
10 elect him as refurmer.
/. The New York custom house frauds-
,. Usurpatiou ia louisiana
3. lac credit mubiiIeT inIquitv
4. The Freedman . Savings Bank swim
die
8. The navy yard frauds
6. The secret service Swintile
q lac Black Friday operations.
:. he postofiice stlaw bids.
>. ne Emna mine disgrace.
10 The Belknap ost-tladershin.
II. The Boss Shepherd villaipies
- The safe robbery conspiracy.
10 he Indian riHE robberies.
"a. he san Domingo job.
10 The Venezuelan conspiracy.
10. Attorney-Genei al Williams landau.
let
T. Belknap's soldiers graves.opes.
Is. he back pay steal.
~ The Habcuck revelations
20 The Brstow ana Jewell ,,.,,,o,,.t.
II. he HobeS"n Irregularities.
=! lie removal of Henderson and D,..,
OF Missouri D9o''
% he remorel Of Yaryan aud Pratt -
Washington ''''s %
=; lhe expenditure OF $50. 600. 600 in tho
fiscal year IT 1874 10 more thai i r,nn5 :.
b, he necessary in the fiscal year ending Jnns
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-10-06

rEIT CARPETfNGS. % to IS cents per yard
= FELT CEiiiNG ior rooms in place Of plaster
Pert ROOFING aud IBlNG. For Circular and
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!. ss Brin ed. sent for 25c We have tO0 styles
,Hst Agents Wanted. s. samples srUt for stamp
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DIsTRICT COURT OF ruE UNI

bISTRICT COURT or THE u Nj
- TED STATES, FOR THE WESTERN
r,tsvRfcT O~ PtraslE.vAN ia -II L0FtltpjcU.
In Tie matter oi FRRnINA~p NJ ,rx. Bankrupt.
WIS vrt, pisruIcr or PEVSsVLvNNiA. IS.
a Warrant ~ bankruptcy has
l., iss,,rf by said Court against tite estate OF
>. ,iuauI etd-y 90 the Comfy @: Cambria, ana
:. t of .,cnu-ylvInia. iu sIt District. - Judged
tS,, at mon petitio- his creditors, and the
sn,lt ct any dents and thefegcry oi any prop
srfy tsioueinE SAID Bank ruPt, % H,m or To ins
.,,s ,..s c arAllsler ut any property hy him are
~, ii,.I, nv law meeting Ut tae creditors %
LA riipt 30 prove IN il deDs aud choose ono
l.r ,,re as ..uecs ot his estate. wLl be hello ata
tt.urt OF Bankruptcy 20 he holden at Holidays
hu !, ia in said District, on the tSta das OF
,h-r,.,l.,. A d. 1873 az II o'clock \. NJ at The
,fIta. nr Iohn I;rothcriiuc. Es4.. one Of tie Reg
.rrs in i}aukrup cy ofsaid District
''' IOHN II LIZ
rosos etI T. $ Marshal iuT said District,
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HERE are notes in music calle5 b,,sh
notes. were well If good nanv sinr-
ers had no other. .
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-12-07
Dickens Prisoner.

Dickens's famous prisoner, after serv-
ing nine terms in the penitentiary, stole
an overcoat and is now candidate for
the tenth term. When Mr.. Dickens
was in Philadelphia thirty years ago,
Langheimer was in the penitentiary and
the novelist saw him there and went into
a paroxysm of grief over ga system
rigid, strict and wrong" Vide
"American Notes :" "In another cell
was German, sentenced to five yesls'
Imprisonment for larceny, two of which
had just expired. He had laid out the
few feet of ground behind his cell with
exquisite neatness, and had made q lit
tie flower bed in the center, that looked,
by-the-bye, like grave. And yet a
moro detected, heaftbroken, wretched
creature it would be difficult to imagine.
I never saw such picture OF forlorn
affiiction and distress Of mind. Ny
heart bled for him, and when the tears
ran down his cheeks and he took one of
the visitors aside to ask, with his trem-
bling hands nervously clutching st his
coat to detain him, whether there was no
hope Of his dismal sentence being com
muted. the spectacle was really too
painful to witness" This man is now
about seventy -four years old, but does
not look more than sixty-fve. His eyes,
light blue or gray, are dull and express
ionless, and his square cut, unintellec-
tual face, covered with thick grizzly
hair, presents a picture which is any
thing but pleasing.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-12-07
Honesty.

Everybody says that every ybody should
be honest; but everybody is not honest
either at home or abroad. That we
should be honest in our trade, weights
and measures, dealing honest with our
neighbors and strangers is clearly
right. That strong principle of in
tegrity should govern us, is just what
every man not only admits but believes
and contends for. There is no such
thing as being too honest. Honesty is
virtue better than gold, richer than
rubies, more precious than gems and
costly trappings. 1t is a much richer
adornment for manhood or-womanhood
than wealth can purchase or place Sc
cure. TO be honest is to be like child
and an angel, and Christ said of little
children "of such is the kingdom of
heaven" But we wish to write word
"a strong word-in behalf OF honesty.
There are many people who are honest
away from home. They mako home
promises only to break them. As hus-
bands they make n thousand and one
promises to their wives, aud hint thou
sand good things and raise many pleas
ant expectations they never seem to
think of again. AS wives they practice
q thousand little deceits, equivocate
many times, when straightforward hon
esty was just the thing required. AS
parents they conceal, go around the
truth, deceive and often falsify to their
children, when the truth is always bet
ter--always the best. The children soc
their parents double dealings, see their
want of integrity, and learn to cheat,
deceive and equivoeste. The child is
too often a chip of the old block.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-12-07
Frail Beauties.

A Wisconsin lady writes to the
Wonaan'S Journal as follows The fact
is that the young American girls are al
most all delicate many are confirmed
invalids many arc dying in their first
bloom every year. For myself, L have
known, within the last five or six years,
in little village of 1000 Inhabitants in
Wisconsin, dozen young ladies who
have died. They have nearly all died
of aremia, consumption, spinal menin-
gifts, and similar diseases. Two were
married and died within the year. But
one or two of the number had received
anything more than common school
education. One or two were seam
stresses, and one or two were farmers
daughters. None of them had led life
OF fashionable dissipation. I know an
other dozen to-day who are hopeless in
valids. School causes would seem to
have more to do with the i'll health of
these. One, lying now at the point of
death, is q graduate Of female semi.
nary, and has never known well day
since her graduation. Perhaps you will
not wonder at this when I tell you that
for the last term that she was in school
she was not able to study, and prepared
all her lessons in bed. Do you not
think missionaries should be abroad in
Wisconsin, with special message to
the heads Of female seminariess Four
or five of these invalids came of the
same school, but none OF the others
graduated. Two have spinal diseases,
two consumption, and several of the
others uterine diseases in one form or
another,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-12-07
Injustice in the British Army.

Col. Shaw, the officer in command
of depot brigade, in England, has just
had to adjudicate in novel dispute be-
tween one of the subaltern officers of
his brigade and gunner, who was en-
ployed as the said officers rcgimental
servant. The latter applied to Mr..
Balguy, at Woolwich police court, for
advice, saying that his master, who
had lost his umbrella from his quarters
insisted on holding him responsible.
This he felt to be a disgrace to him and
his family, and, hoping that his long
service and good conduct would entitle
him to consideration, he appealed to the
major of his battery for redress. The
major, however, took the part of the
officer, and not only treated the appli-
cant as thief, but stopped twenty five
shillings from his pay and gave it to the
officer as compensation for his lost UNI
brella. Mr.. Bulguy sympathized with
the applicant, but would not advise him
to take proceedings against his officer,
lest the proceeding might SAVIOR of in
subordination. He recommended him
to lay the case before the commanding
officer of his brigade, and this having
been done the major of the battery has
been ordered to repay the money de
Quoted, and both he and the mans
master have been reproved for the pro-
ceeding, it being rule of the service
that no soldier shall be punished until
he is formally charged and convicted.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-12-07
The " EnOch Arden" Business.

When Mr.. Tennyson wrote that popu-
lar poem "Enoch Arden," he probably
meant well enough, but he ought to
have foreseen the inevitable conse-
quences of his act. From that day to
this no husband has ever returned home
from temporary absence and found
his wife in the possession of substitute
without having his domestic difficulties
paraded in the local newspapers, and
himself described as "another Enoch
Arden" In this country, especially,
the annual crop of Enoch Ardens has
been enormous. A vast procession of
wandering husbands is continually
winding its way homeward from the
West to Eastern hearthstones, where
other and superhuous husbands are
comfortably trespassing. One would
naturally think that no really chivalric
husband, after going alone to California
and residing for dozen years in land
flowing with bowieknives and revolvers,
without once writing to his deserted
wife, would dream of returning home
to earn the title of "another Enoch
Arden" Yet the wandering American
husband always comes back at last. He
may be cast upon the waters in steam
ship, but instead of being drowned or
buried he is sure to return after many
years. And when he does return, so
potent is the influence of Mr.. Tenny-
sons preposterous teachings upon him
that he always tries to surpass the
original Enoch Arden in improbable
idiocy.
1t will be remembered that Mr.. Tenny-
sons hero, after spending several years
on lonely island, in the unworthy oc-
cupation of writing doleful blank verse
to the grieved hut patient monkeys,
finally took passage for England, and
returned to the cottage where he had
left his wife. Most men in his circum-
stances would have gone boldly to the
front door, and, after tenderly embrac-
ing their wives, would have asked where
on earth their slippers had been hidden,
and whether they were ever to have any
supper. Arden, however, preferred to
look through the dining g-room windows,
and to gaze upon the apparent felicity
of his wife's new husband, and to make
a rough estimate of the number of new
children who infested the house. After
this disreputable proceeding he with
drew from the window, rolled on the
vegetables in the back garden, and
finally went away to cheap boarding
house, where he died, after having told
his landlady his true name, and thus
made it certain that lis wife's matri
monial mistake would become the theme
OF universal gossip.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-12-07
A Touching Story.

The following touching story is from
the pen of an English officer now serv-
ing in the Turkish army, and represents
O scene he witnessed after one of the
most severe conflicts of the Servo-Tur-
kish campaign:
Not far away lay the body of another
officer, his right hand pressed on his
breast, where the splinter of shell had
hit him, and grasping piece of paper.
A strong man, he appeared to have
struggled long with death; his face,
which had the unmistakable Russian
type, was distorted with pain. It was
with difficulty that the paper was re-
moved from his hand. 1t was letter
without any date, in cyrillic writing, and
evidently from child's hand. Colonel
Mehmed, who was once in the Russian
service Che is Circassian, from Daghes-
tan, subjected by Russia more than fifty
years ago), and understands Russian,
translated the letter into Turkish, and
then one of our Cossacks, Pole, who
had been brought up in France, gave
me the contents in French, as follows
dearest father - Be good enough,
dearest father, to come back from the
war. Since you have been away, moth
er weeps continually, and she dreams
every night that thou liest dead under a
tree. Come to us, dear father, for
mother has become so pale and is al
ways crying. am very good, so that
she may not cry still more, and when
thou comest back will remain good, and
never be naughty again. But thou must
come soon, father, and must kiss moth
er, that she may become red again, and
always kiss thy little Minka."
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-12-07

school as a recreation. It often hap
pened that the teacher was an enthusiast
in his vocation, and thundered forth, the
airs set down in the music books With
fervor that was contagious. A few of
those who attempted to learn psalmody
were told that they had no aptitude for
the art, and were set aside, but that did
not prevent their attendance as hearers
of others. In those days set of tunes
were in fashion mostly of New England
origin, which have since been laid
aside in obedience to a moro fastidious
taste. They were in quick time, sharp
ly accented, the words clearly articulat-
ed, and often running into fugues in
which the bass, the tenor, and the
treble chased each other from the mid
die to the end of the stanza. 1 recol-
lect that some impatience was mani
tested when slower and graver airs Of
church music were introduced by the
choir, and wondered why the words
should not be sung in the same time
that they were pronounced in reading.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-12-07
The Marriage of Tweed's Daughter.

The papers are publishing incidents
In the life of Tweed during his brilliant
career in New York, and among these
they give the notable marriage of his
daughter. The acme Of Tweed's social
splendor was reached on the occasion
of the marriage of his daughter. This
was seized by all of Tweed's friends,
followers and satellites, as well as by
other prominent men who had to con-
clliate the great man, as welcome op-
portunity to testify their regard. The
marriage took place at Trinity chapel,
and one report says: "The aisles along
the floor were crowded with fashionable
ladies aglow with rich silks and satirs
and flashing with diamonds. These
were all in full dress, and the confusion
of white arms and shoulders, elegant
laces and valuable jewelry was perfectly
bewildering !" "After the ceremony
all the invited guests entered their car
riages to the music Of selections from
the 'Prophete,' and were driven up to
the residence of the brides father, on
the corner Of Fifth avenue and Forty
third street. The whole avenue was
thronged with liveried turnouts.
The house, from basement to roof, was
one blaze of light. The fountain at the
side played merrily in the twilight, and
the flowers in the garden diffused
delicate perfume on the night air. An
immense crowd blocked up both sides
of the awning for the purpose Of catch
ing glimpse of the guests passing in,
and it was with difficulty that strong
force of policemen could keep them in
order.
Inside the coup d'9a was simply
gorgeous. From roof to hallway the
interior of the house was one mass of
flowers" all from my own place at
Greenwich" said Mr.. Tweed to the re-
porter, with honest pride. The central
chandelier was perfectly entwined with
roses. Over the two entrances to the
parlor on the left were solid pillars of
flowers, from which hung ten-pointed
star and large bell, all of white and
red pinks." The description continues
in the same strain, and to judge from it
the house must have been literally
smothered in the most beautiful floral
ornaments. The banquet, which is de-
scribed as gorgeous, was by Delponico,
and then comes long list of presents,
estimated at $500,000. Laces, tur-
quoises, pearls, diamonds, gold, silver
and everything else of value reposed in
satin or velvet on every side, vieing with
each other in brilliancy and beauty.
Among this magnificent array of pres
ents were gifts from Mr.. and Mrs.
Tweed, black walnut chest, lined with
blue satin and velvet, with five drawers,
containing three hundred pieces of
solid silverware; also another chest with
complete silver tea set, solid waiter,
tea kettle and coffee urn; pair of yel-
low gold band bracelets, with fine cop
per colored festoons, each festoon being
ornamented with large diamond, etc.
Then came the troubles and downfall
of the ring, Tweed's arrest and trial, his
sentence to the penitsntiary for twelve
years, the release on points of law. the
civil suits, the escape from Jail, dash
for liberty to Cuba-all to be ended by
recapture and return to durance vile.