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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-08-10
4 DUEL WITH PILLS.

Near Dublin lived a beautiful young
lady, rich she was beautiful of course
she was beloved and sought hy many snii-
ors. aud among them were a lawyer and a
doctor. The latter was the favoiite of the
lady, and consequently thei disciple of
DemnSthenes was jealous of the follower
of fscuapius. The former initiated :.
quarrel with the latter. who applied an in.
sulting epithet t1 him, ~lieretpon the law
yer challenged the doctor. and he there
fore had the choice of HeEpnns. FScula-
pins chose that with which lie NAV have
killed many a patient. in addition to writ
ing the death warrants in Latin prescrip-
tions. NAMELY, pills.
Demcsthenes vas indignant but was
answered by his opp0nen; that those were
his Weapons, with which he had fought
even death himself and he would fight
with no others. Upon consultation the
seconds decided that the challenged party
frbn time imnlemoiial. had the choice Of
weapons / ana a right, &C it was his selec-
ton, to fight with pitchforks or twenty
four Founders.
The day ard place were arranged. and
the manner of tie tlucl was as follows
There vere two pill boxes. bnc white the
other black life in one. death in the 9th
era terrible alternative The duellists
were To be blindfulded. the ;,ill boxes to- be
placed in n hat, well shaken before taken,
as is CUSTOMARY with physic. The chal-
lenged party to d aw first he did, and the
doctor obtained the fatal black box, the
opponent lawyer the white. The pills were
To he swallowed within i've minutes after
the drawing. The doctor sulemnly gave
directions for the disposal of his property
and instantly, upon a signal. each swallow
ed his allotted pill. The lawyer STOOD
erect and smiling. he saw the doctor
tali % the earth. in all the agonies caused
by the fatal pill. He finally ceased to
breathe. The lawyer, however, became
frightened at the death Of his opponent
and 10y such an unusual duel. and was ad-
vlSed at once, with second and surgeon. To
journey To France 10 escape the penalty of
the English la~, which prevailed also in
Ireland.
They took the aGvice and were off like
rockets, without even taken leave of the
fallen physician. Scarcely were they out
of sight, when. like Aiteas, up sprung
The doctor from his mother ear h. refreshed,
aud not injured, announced his own safety
to his lady ioFe, married her the same day,
and lived Tie happicst of the happy.
How tiii he recoverP' WHY both pills
were made of pure tioar the bread of life,
and not deaih. Ills skill, acting and inn
aginaihin fought and won his victory mat
rimon'a.. lie was regarded thereafter as
the best bred dread physician in Dublin,
and his patients Increased accordingly
while the lawyer ceased to have clients,
from having lost the chief suit Of his life.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-08-10

A L1TrLE Too KuMANTfC.-Tbe :,
john tire has resulted in an incidem which
Is either a contempiible fiaud or Que of
uh"se events the truth ot which is stranger
than fction Mrs. Mary hale, of Ohio
sent package of clothing as n runt,ihn'
tiun fnr the needy in st. John, and amnny
The articles was a suit Of clothes which he
ionged 10 son who ran away from home
years ago. Since the package was sen, She
has received letter purpoitihg TO be frnn
this runaway. He says tha, tie snif "a as
accidentally assigned to him. and reyivin.,
his memories of home, had led him IL,
write. He pr"fessed penitence for his
waywaidness. expressed longing to be ar
home once mere. and-ieie is tie Distant
ing element which will affect the isr,ad,,
iouS ONES wl,' read the story-reoucsis n
remittance of money to help him reiurn.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-08-10
FAILED
a POEM OF HARD TIMES.

rai'eu Jim Miserton failed, You don't
hau ~ from Smith, at the bank? Well he's
man that should know
Two cents on the dollar? / cannot
believe my own ears
Ihere = no such thing as Judging a man by
the way he appears.
les, the times are hard-so Miserton's gone
with the rest,
Though he was down A | in the living Mar
camille Test.
lie whom every one thought the soundest
and strongest of ALL
II ioatihg on worthless paper the whole of the
summer and fall
fes, you may we'll say "failed - there's
more than the term impiies
"hen all there is of q man in hopeless ruin
lies. ~
To come after twenty years Of a s,ubborn
uphill strife
1t isn't n business smash so pucb nc a f,;l,ro
ina life.
Goid was always his God-he'd nothing else
in his soul
Money, for moneys sake, was ever his ulti-
mate goal.
A ''self-rnade man" they styled him, for low
and poor lie began;
nut now his money is vanished, aud what is
left OF the man
hen he was only youth he was saving.
Had every one uf old Ben. Franklin's max
inns by heart;
Bound TO rise in the world, an,, with mer-
ch mt princes to rank;
Every cent he could scrape lac would salt
right down i'll the bank.
IVY hat on earth is The use, Jim often to re
would say,
"of fooiiug on concerts and sleigh-rides your
hard earned money away?
heres the profit of pleasure and vain ex-
pensive delights?
Better work extra time and quit running
around at nights"
So he would save aud stint lust to add TO
has boarded pelf;
Hard he was upon others, but Just as hard
himself;
Never would ask nor give, aud either.would
borrow nor leud
Never went out of his way to do a good turn
for a friend.
He had no eye for beauty, for literature no
taste;
Buying pictures or books he counted a
shameful waste.
Nothing he cared for art or the poets elabo-
rate rhymes,
His soul was only attuned to the musical
jingle of dimes.
S fish, exactng, and stern, hand he
would treat like a slave;
Long were his hours of toll, and scanty the
pay thai he gave;
Made of cast iron hi,useif, his zeal in the
struggle for gold
Left him no pity TO spare for those of a diff
fereut mould.
Never a cent for the poor, for the naked
never = stitch
TWAS ali their fault, he would say, they
should save like him and grow rich.
Now aud then TO Il church he'd forward a
liberal amount,
Duly set down in his books to the advertis-
ing account.
So he succeeded, of course, and piled his
Golfers With wealth,
Missing pleasure and culture, losing vigor
and health.
Now he s down at the bottom, exactly where
he began
Even his gold has vanished, and what is left
Of the man?
A self-mate man, indeed then owe no
honor to such
The genuine self made man you cannot hon
or 100 uuch,
But be sure what yop make IL man with
a heart, and IA soul, AID a mind
Not merely a pile of dollars, that goes,
leaving nOihing behind
-PhUipS Thompson.
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RdTHER GHOSTL i.
IFRoM AN OLD MAGAzrNE.l

We were four travellers of different ma
tious, sitting around a fireplace on a stormy
February evening IN dear, beautiful, ola
Lisbon The party consisted OF six. but
two of it's members bad gone To a soiree at
the English Ambassadors; the others,
quito wearied with sightseeing aud deter
red by the storm, remained at the inn to
repose for the laboIs of the next day. We
were two Americaus one Eng 2lishmin and
one Russian.
The slight fatigue, the mouotonous drip
pinp of the rain on the stone terrace just
outside of our windows and the moaning OF
the wind disposed us to rather melancholy
topics. We talked of home aud the deep
longing for beloved absent faces of great
trials, of dangers by sea and land but
when we heard the watch dogs begin their
nightly howings the conversation naturally
fell upon ghrs 5.
"When was travelling in England last
summer." said the Russian gentleman. Il
fell in with very aniable looking old lady
-snort, stout, good tempered and comfort
able. IL was III my power 70 render her
some little attention, and on parting she
told me her name. She was no other than
Mrs. Crone the authoress of the Might
Side of Nature | gave her some ghost
stories which I know To- be true, aud which
YOU will probably see in he next edition of
her book.
"But why should we wait for her book p
exclaimed one of the American ladies. -
This is jus: the evening for ghost story;
aad since you know them to he true, we
promise 20 believe them implicitly"
After a little persuasion the Russian be.
gan his true ghost story
"You have heard of Count Pahlen, OF
course and when say that this story was
related by him to me you will understand
how | know it to be true, though 1t did not
happen to myself. He was NOT an iDagi-
native man, not Of a speculative turn, and
had little patience with the superstitiou>
and over-creduIous. He ridiculed the idea
of ghosts, aud often wished one OF those
i ttnci1le gentry might come wi hin his
scope.
well he had been hunting in. Transyl
wanna: in .be ardor Of the chase night
came ON, and he discovered that he bad
los: his way. After some wandering he
came upon a ruinous chateau, where he
knocked till an old peasant made his ap-
pearauce. The Count explained his state
and asked for nights shelter.
".Tbe castle is scarcely habitable, re-
piled the old man the owners never i've
bere now my wife and are left in charge.
but the raius have destroyed all the rooms
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THE - Z -
FOR THE
n lElINST NATIONAL FRAUD.

.,rbo WAS not elected by the peO-
lel' ipuugurated at Washington
Z - -. 0f fraud, we call upon hon
,,rrips tn rally together in n de-
o ,lsrsfsrpnt effort for the correc-
r,asr wrong and for the punish
,.Ility. to be enforced through the
|-,.-7,p upOn the right OF self-9Ov-
!. yapuhican party and its present
- rrilrarily responsible: but the
ken Office through such means
.1s,fuuIly exercising the power or
,,rrrf upon such authority are
=. entity tnan they VINO conceived
mi. uuparsll"led political swim
L-,.,snt President and his advisers
l..,.r,en 10 fursSke the ancient ways
ti....,r marty. aud having invited
IA former Rebel to occupy one
I, 'mnorfgnt Offices in the Cabinet,
Tdab4pct the honest public seuti-
on. smith by the --UestOwal of offices
srornous system of Government
D, r,.IruadS aud canals, hoping thus
., ip corruption the work ttpgrifi i'm
7, the same timc> with hypucritical
If rrrurmiug the civil service. they
4 -s,srItv of Northern theorists. to the
IN. y-p.l crime in which this 4 dmip-
4 7. fuaded may be overlooked aud
I. ,rfs c1mplex scheme, as against the
-.,,U Nth whutu 70 originated. we call
.-..rIr 10 commence i'm mediutely a
n alike mrrcilrSs and pertinaciOus.
them that from beginning to the
\ ~ shall never be found lHp gard or
r obi. holy crusade; and we invite
from every quarter tO join in the
. friends and readers a body OF
M rn of ~uUis-the same mum her as
ms uf white citizens vino, in Novcn-
led for SnWurI J. Tildcu for PreSi-
.ara.. ur.v ~. that We shall continue
.s, r .ue pust. 10 content for hon
-.irru. economy. ana Justice i'm
4.r. Hr. that We snail still eudcaVOr
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AUght
To- toe Bought.
silver or Cole.
Ncrcha udiSc Sold,
Pace, Goods To- Appraise,
| r.,H. Opening Days
| IT. hers. To announce:
Preachers, Houses or \ creS.
Butchers or Bakers,
BOATS,
Let. Votes
Dress. skirt or FIonnce,
A Cure for Disease.
r \ handy Valisc.
y Muslin Chemise,
a.- Pet th'cse,
Teas,
Iiees.
Hfr. P-us:
-or >pitE. Or are prone
~. To- make known
Your store,
htrs, |HuStplry.
' 'ffS, 'bry tfuOdS,
1H larrHge, UuhulStery,
% arriHs-, PIcuiC-.
trt rr Ball, Excursions.
knick knacks,
Diversions.
.Al creatures Cloths ready made,
lucre''s" ct TrHde
Juhls. tuke and Wood,
Lectures,
.r 'ae'r Tea NJ kinds Of Food:
Works on Theology,
'Ii ming, Nugic, AstrOlORy,,
'' lil tAlug; wealth pr Felicity.
Worldwide Publicity,
Flags,
Bugs,
RIgS,
Mays
'HltS. Dress shirts or Collars.
iEa's. Almighty Dollars.
"'. HUISUS To- Rent
"-i'eL' store. Tenement.
t'ssh tn hc Lent.
fash TO be Spent,
Scent,
Tent.
a- "r BOX. Roman Cement,
tT OK, Go
'1'- Read the advice.
FHr beyond price,
..F."" " TiffGu Laf.uy
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BITTER Is fry molsel and a., ,;e.i.ss
thefewith, than a long last % Subscribers
Who cheat the pIin Ell.
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.,rt "a Ne, ATToRNEY-AT-LAw
Slider ~ Pa Once with Begister
The Lake County star., 1877-06-07
Draining the .zlsuydsrsi zssis.Ii'

Active preparations are going on Tor
the immediate commencement OF the
long-projected work Of draining, the
Zuyder Zee. A, dam Of 40 kilopletres
ga miles 1,504 ,yards) long, and. so
metres broad ct Its base, II to be carried
across the gulf, built up to- Asett1eight
of I metre above the ordinary level. OF
high tide. Upon this pumping-
machines Of 10, 900 horse poWsp Will be
erected, capable Of ,pumping .pp.from
the enclosed sea and dtsoharging JON
the outside Of the dam 8,6O0, 900 cubic
metres Of water daily. Taking. the
average depth Of the water ,atI-IA
metres, It Is estimated that the work
of pumping will be completed In about
16 years from Its commencement, The
total cost Of reclamation 10 set down at
1886, ,000, 900 francs; but, hugo as this
sum Is, the undertaking is confidently
looked upon as likely to prove q most
remunerative, speculation, The suc-
cess Of the scheme will add t0 the
Kingdom . new PrOvipce l196 200
hectares Tor nearly 600, 900 dacfes) IN
extent. Judging from previQus az
periences In connection .. with the
Haarlem Sea, II IL reckOned that ut
least lie, 900 hectares of the LAND, thns
won will, be applicable to ,agrieulturpl
purposes, which, at an average value
Of 1000 francs only per hectare, will
richly repay the enterprise and treas
ure lavished on this gigantic ippdef-
taxing. tafs kra .ueifilsq t.ss nl IT,
The Lake County star., 1877-06-07
Gold and silver Com.

According to the Washington Star,
the silver movement In the West b
regarded at Washington city as q sub
stantial indication Of the popularity Of
the project to remonetize silver. The
culmination of this movement as
shown in the action or the Illinois
Legislature has attracted much atten-
tion among prominent officers OF the
Treasury Department., and they are
now engaged In looking up the author
ity vested In Congress to exercise ex-
elusive control Of the regulation OF
values. The opinion Is maintained BY
them that the States have no rights
whatever In the premises except in
conformity with the United States
laws, and that any attempts to force
the acceptance of Subsidiary coin as a
legal tender In amounts In excess of
five dollars as authorized by the act of
Congress will result In q conflict be-
tween the Federal and State Govern
ments, and will be subject to juCiiclal
decision, which they believe will fully
sustain the views entertained by the
Treasury Department. -.' 9's','
On the other hand IL Is claimed that
the States which havemade silver coin
q legal tender for the payment Of debts
within their limits have not gone be-
yond their rights. According TO, the
United States Constitution, no State Is
allowed to coin money that power Is
given exclusively to Congress, and
Congress is to determine the vslue of
each coin made by its authority. So
far, Congress Is supreme; but at the
same time 1t Is provided that the States
shall not make anything but gold and
silver coin tender In payment Of
debts. This clearly and inc0ntlovert-
IDLY implies that they may, IL they
ch0ose, make gold and silver coin a
legal tender. They may not make
anything else q tender; and that is the
only limitation imposed upon ''tlie
States, In that matter, by the COnsti-
tuition. The Supreme Court VIII un-
doubtedly hold tnat - all the powers
not granted to Congress by the Con-
stitution are reserved to the States, the
States can subject to the Constitutional
Limitation we have cited, declare the
gold and silver coin Of the United
States o tender In the payment OF
debts. 'no'A lgo-1-f N.sj.E6 1o1s
The Lake County star., 1877-06-07
When Men are at their Best.

DR.. Beard states that from an analy-
sis OF the lives ofa thousand represent-
ative men In all the great branches OF
the human family he made the dis
covery that the golden decade was
between forty and fifty; the brazen
between twenty and thirty the iron
between fifty and sixty. The supe-
riority Of youth and middle life over
old age In original work appears all
the greater when we consider the fact
that all the positions Of honor and
prestige - professonhips and public
'stations--are In the hands of the old.
Reputation, like money and position,
IL mainly confined to the old. Men
are not widely known until long after
they have done the work that gave
them their fame. Portraits Of great
men are delusions; statues are false -
they are taken when men have become
famous, which, on the average, IL at
least twenty-five years after they did
the work which gave them fame.
Original work requires enthusiasm.
III ell the original work done by men
under forty-f1ve was annihllated, they
would be reduced to barbarisnl. Men
are ut their best At that time when en-
thusiasm and experience are almost
evenly balanced. The period, on the
average. II from thirty. eight to forty.
Amer this the law Is that experience
increases. but enthusiasm decreases.
OF course there are eexceptions. oapN
The Lake County star., 1877-06-07
CURRENT TOPICS.

A good idea is suggested, that In
stead Of scattering cut flowers over the
graves Of the heroes. let oil who desire
TO honor the illustrious dead, plant
hardy flower stocks In the lots or on
the graves where the soldiers Me- This
would soon render the cemetery one
OF the grandest floral displays In the
country, and serve more to do honor
to the dead than the old cnstoIi.c
Gen. Grant ought to have q good
time. An English country gentienIau
has married his daughter, and his
tastes for horses and sports well har-
monize with those OF the English
nobility. His personal modesty and
dislike for being publicly Bored are
also English traits, and ought to Sc
cure him immunity from pere uQnr
who can look down upon his military
achievements, and his fame and per-
sonal qualities ought to secnre" him q
good round Of fdistinguished and idelk
cate attentions. -.
Ten men, perhaps eleven, are to be
hung In Pennsylvania on the 2lst or
June, six at P0ttsville, three or four IT
Mauch Chunk, and one at. Wilkes
barre. Five more are to foil6wson the
9th of August, four at Rloomsburg and
one at Norristown. All but the latter,
Of this lot OF sixteen, were Molly
Maguires. -.,-,. ,,s ,,t,t,y. rwo,
The amendments to the Constitution
Of New York, proposed by the CHARTER
Commission of that State, have all been
passed by the Legislature. They ,haye,
also, to pass the next Legislature, and
must then be submitted to the people
for final adoption. The principal fea-
ture In these amendments Is the provi-
sion which createsa Finance Commits
sion In each city, to be chosen only by
the rent payers and owners 'Of'real
estate, all questions Of taxstiQp, and
expenditure to be regulated by the de-
cision Of the Commission 10 chossnuq
~ The union of two Methodist,'bodie
at Baltimore not only makes the NUM-
Der Of denominatious one less than be-
fore, but points the way for the even
tual union Of many other branches Of
the Church which are now held hpart
by pride, prejudice and the force Of
tradition, and not by nyCradica1 DIFF
ferences between them. 81 - isli1Ps1
Senator Christiancy's son was one or
the candidates EXAMINED recently
for position in the Pension Office.
He failed to pass. ,y ,nos.2n' =
The Bashi-B Bazouks are net regular
Turkish soldiers, but they, are more
like guerrillas or bushw hack ers-v men
who take their pay and rstiOns ,wher-
ever they can grip them. Eal - ha1ly
The Lake County star., 1877-06-07
OUR FASHION ARTICLE.
A Word About Summer Cos.
tunes.

Spring seems to have passed by this
season with only cool nod OF recOg.
milton, and summer grects US suddenly
with q reception so warm and hearty
as to be considered by most of us far
from being perfectly agreeable. As
the season advances, fashion authori-
ties assert that tightly drawn dresses
have reached their limit. This asser-
ton seems almost superhuous, as the
latest invoices of thin dresses extendso
far in this direction that our eyes and
our modesty combined compel US to
believe q climax has been reached ;
that but one step farther would lead
us into the much-abused Bloomer
realms. Many ofthe most fashionably-
made costumes are drawn 30 tightly
that sitting down becomes penance,
and the task Of walking will ere long
be regarded asa useless hardship. This,
Of course, refers to few, not TO the
majority; many ladies are far too sem
sible to allow the DEGREES of fashion to
lead them into such absurd extremes,
and have their skirts made, II not
voluminous, at least quite comfortable
and graceful. White muslin dresses
are, as usual to the fore, and command
their usual share Of attention and ad-
mira:iop, Many varieties are shown /;
Swiss musllns, dotted and sprigged or
candies and victorias. either cross
barred Tor striped. Many Of the new
organdfes are e&tremely pretty; they
come In very delicate shades. One
pale pink which we saw had a delicate
bordering Of flowers still q shade dark
er. having the effect of sheer embroi-
derry, while another delicate pink had
q floral border OF deep coral red. AL
though batistes and muslins usually
come In the category of wash goods,
the dresses made OF these materials are
SO elaborate that but little consideration
seems to have been bestowed on the
Iaundress. The beauty OF many OF
these batiste costumes, which come to
us ready made, is the tasteful blending
OF the oolors, either In the combination
of the materials, the embroidery with
which they are trimmed or the ribbons
with which they are finished- as, for
instance, q sky.blue batiste costume
was richly trimmed with white Honi-
ton 1Acex In, which con ntrasting colors,
such as cardinal tilleul green, and ciel
blue are introduced. The narrow
Mechlin lace, which now comes with
colored edges, II q, novelty, and trims
these costumes to perfection. Thin
materials possess such scination
this warm weather we y ould fain lin
ger upon them. Stuff fabrics, even
silks, bring with them Q feeling OF dis
comfort even to write about. Thenew
summer striped silks are. however,
worthy Of mention. Very fine stripes
seem to have the preference, and cross-
barsare much soughtafter. The striped
materials are generally combined with
q plain material, either OF the same or
q contrasting color. Black silk dresses,
lighter, OF course, than those worn q
few weeks baok,. are still In vogue.
They are generally frightened, how
ever, with pipIngs Of vivid color, or
vests Of subdued plain shades. Bon.
The Lake County star., 1877-06-07


One of the late Judge Emmon q legal
ase eociates In Cincinnati says that when
once driving In afwagon from NIL.
waukee to Madison with the Judge,
the latter often stopped, sometimes
against the wishes Of his companions,
to get out and pluck wild flowers. The
grave lawyer, st the time travelling on
Important legal affairs, took back to
Madison forty-five varieties Of wild
flowers, gathering them with ~ much
sin plicity ~ girl, and with ~ much
sense Of the beautiful ~ ifhe had never
heard Of chancery practice In his life."
When o woman makes up hermind
that hen shall not set, and the hen
makes up her mind that she Viii, the
irreeIstIbIe meets the immovAble, and
every law Of nature II broken or per-
verted. ,''f,'' '' '..''.
He who is not tho better for hIs re-
ligious knowledge will assuredly be
the worse for It.