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South Carolina Free.

From the Nea0 York Herald,
Under the regime which has now closed
South Carolina has suffered more than
any OF her sister states. Her legislature
has been the most ignorant and corrupt,
her county officers the most incompetent,
her minor Judges the most scandalous,
her taxes the most exorbitant, her ex-
penditures the most eXtravagant and
wastetul, the increase OF her debt the
most stupendous in proportion to her re-
sources, and the depreciation in the value
| of property the most alarming of any even
of the carpet-bag states. The people have
| been compelled to pay six or eight times
as much annually for bad government
and for intolerable oppression and swind-
ling as they paid tor good government
previous to the war. The restoration
of local selt-control foretokens strict econo-
my, low taxes, business confidence and an
immediate and decided enhancement of
the value Of property. Ex Governor
| Chamberlain acts wisely in making no
further resistance We are sorry that
his address announcing this intention is
not in better temper: but some allowance
mnst be made for his disappointment and
chagrln. a sutton in court who loses his
case must be pardoned if he goes to
| the tavern and swears, since it is his
only resource for relieving his excited feel
ings
1t was a government that did not
govern: even with federal troops to back
| it it was powerless to preserve order,
powerless to repress violence, protect life
or punish crime; it ate up the substance
OF the people by exorbitant, ruinous taxes,
ard was hOtbed ofreeking corruption,
Mr.. amberlain's protest seems absurd
to the degree of being an insult to the COM
mon sense and moral feeling of the coun,
| try.
We are confident that that misgoverned,
faction-tossed state, the scene of so much
agitation and violence for the last eight
years, will henceforward be one of the
most orderly and best administered of our
American Commonwealth, as it always
was previous to the war.
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In the Sweet By-and-By

cannot but be the happy thought as the
fortunate recipient of the Rocky Moan
tain Tourist scans its wonderful attractive
pages and peruses its fascinating descrip-
tions. Most beautifully embellished with
new and highly artistic engraviDgs, its
letter-press a model of Typographical
richness, and the arrangement throughout
simply superb, the Rock Mountain Tourist
is worthy of comparison with Picturesque
America or The Aldine. 1t is written IN
gOssipy, graphic style, covering details OF
the tour through the garden of the South.
west 1.-THE Arkansas Valley, Southern Kan.
sas), to the very heart of the Alps Of
America-the Rocky Mountains. Jaunts
are made to all the famous resorts of Col
orado, the remarkable ruins, the springs
the mines, and, in short, to every point Of
interest to tourist, agriculturalist, capitalist
miner, and invalid. With the Tourist, the
San Juan Guide keeps fitting company
and the two publications are mailed free t
all writing for one or both to T. j. Ander
son, Topeka, Kansas
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-04-14
Senator Douglass First Appearance in
Illinois

Senator Douglass advent into Illinois is
thus graphically described 10 the following
paper read before the Association of the
Sons of Vermont in Chicago, at late
meeting in that city:
WINCHESTER ILL.,, March Ii, 1877.
Mr. Frank Il. Williams Chicago, Secretary Yer
mont Association:
You ask me to send letter about your
early associations with the Hon. Stephen
A. Douglas, Of which | will note few
which / remember: Late in the fall Of
1888 he came into my store here and gave
me this history of himself Left Canaan
daigua. n. Y, via Buffalo, Cleveland and
down the Ohio canal aud river; up the
Mississippi to st. Louis, and up the illinois
river to Naples and to this place-had no
particular place in view-had got out of
money-had been sick on his journey
heard at Naples that we needed a school
teacher, and had come to see il he could
get the school. l was iorcibly struck with
the frankness of the young man, for he was
81 years old then, and learning that he
was from Brandon Vt, and | from Bird
port, twelve or fifteen miles apart, though
we had never seen each other before, yet
our sympathies were at once united, and |
assisted him in getting subscribers for
his school. In our little town, of log huts,
then, we had quite respectable frame
school house, which is in existence yet,
th0ugh attached to other buildings and
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James Parton's Baby.

From the Pitts5urg Chronicle.
1t is stated that MIR james Parton is
rejoicing over his first baby" Parton ?
PartOn2 Yes, we remember, now. Mr..
Parton married Fanny Fern, Was her
third husband. And when she died he
married her daughter. But he could not
endure the idea of being a step father.
1t was repugnant to his feelings So he
married her, and then discovered the laws
OF the state did not recognize such mar
riages, and asked the law makers to make
little law for him, but they refused, and
he moved off the premises without mott
flying the landlord, since which time we
had not heard Of him until this baby
reminded US of these things. But what
bothers us now is to fix Mr.. Parton's rela-
| tiOnship-or rather his numerous relation,
| ships--to that baby. In the first place.
ought we call him father or grandfather ?
Because it is his child, and his grandchild
But if that baby is his grandchild and
| Parton is its father, bless us, Parton must
be brother to himself! That is quite clear
And if Parton is his own brother, why,
then he must be uncle to that baby. That
follows, of course. And if he is uncle tC
that baby his wife must be it's aunt Why,
there is no end to this confusion. OF
course Mrs Parton can't be aunt and
mother at the same time. The idea is
absurd. We see now where we were in
error. The exact relationship may be
stated thus: Parton is father and-is it
half or fourth grandfather? No matter;
call it d half. Consequently that baby is
is. Now. Fanny Fern took him as
her third husband, and Partons present
vile being her daughter, and not his, that
daughter s baby is no kin to him. That
sounds absurd, too, very. Allowing it Is
Parton's child to begin with Parton is Its
father and he is just as much its grand
father, unless it is the intention not to
permit the poor thing to have any grand
father at all. Now, if it is his grandchild
and he was Fanny Ferns third husband
and this baby is the child of her daughter,
every time he takes it on his knee-it
it couldn't possibly be twins, could it? No,
that isn't it. Yet there does appear to be
two generations in that one baby somehow.
The idea OF handling two generations Oh
one knee! That is the most ridiculous
idea of all. Why, if that child were
really Fanny Ferns daughters child, and
Parton was third husband to Fanny, and
father to her daughter now it amt posi-
BILE Parton could pick himself up and dan
die himself on his own kneel This is the
most serious matrimonial complication we
ever tried to solve, We are unable to dc
more than crack the shell; the real kernel
appears to be shrouded in complications as
numerous as the folds enwrapping an
Egyptian mummy. We are afraid to pur-
sue the subject any further lest the horri-
bic suspicion that dawns upon us that that
baby should prove to be Parton's father
should be verified. AS it is. we think it
ought not to be Parton's father.
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constituting a machine shop. Douglas
commenced his school under favorable cir
cumstances. | bad a small room attached
to nv store room, where | hadSa bed, a
desk and stove, and he spent his evenings
and lodged with me. We had formed a
lyceum that fall, and met every week in
the school house. IL this lyceum Douglas
made the first speech he eyer made in H.
inois.
In the spring of 1884 he went to jack
sonville. and was admitted to the bar.
Samuel D. Lockwood, Judge, told him he
would sign the certificate, but he must ap-
ply himself closer to the study of the law.
As he would not commence the practice of
the law he wished him to help him to a
position in company with Josiah Lamborn,
a prominent young lawyer then there,
afterward attorney general for Illinois
under Gov. Carln or Ford. Lamborn re-
fused to take him into company, telling me
that he Douglass did not know enough law
to write out declaration, and he wanted
some one more familiar with law books
told Lamborn that Douglas was promis
ing young man and would make his mark
in the world, and if be did come to Jack,
sonville he would get In some of the law
yers' way before many years, He rented
a room and hung out his shingle," aud he
did get in their way before l thought he
would. Jacksonville then had as able a
bar as now. In politics they were all. or
nearly all, Wings, while majority of the
voters of Morgan county (Scott and Cass
counties were then in Morgan) were Dem
ocrats, and they were without a leader
Douglas saw his opportunity, and it was
not long before he had the party SO organ
lied that it looked to him for counsel, anG
the Little Clan" from that time on wen
up the political ladder more rapidly thar
any other Vermonter that eyer came t.
| this state. EDWARD @. MINER.
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MEDICAL.
Symptoms of a Diseased Liver.

Symptoms of a Diseased Liver.
DAIN in the right side, under the edge
of The ribs, increases on pressure
sometimes the pain is in the leftside; the
patient is rarely able to lie on the left
side; sometimes the pain is felt under
the shoulder blade, and it frequently ex-
tends to the top of the shoulder, and is
sometimes mistaken for a rheumatism in
the arm. The stomach is affected with
loss fappetite and sickness the bowels
in general are CoStive, sometimes alterna-
tive with lax; the head is troubled with
pain, accompanied with dull, heavy
sensation in the back part. There IS
generally considerable loss ofmemory,
accompanied with a painful sensation of
having left undone something which
ought to have been done. A slight, dry
cough is sometimes an attendant. The
patient complains of WEAKNESS and de-
bility he is easily startled, his feet are
cold or burning, and he complains of a
prickly sensation of the skin; his spirits
are low; and although he is satisfied that
exercise would be beneficial to him, yet
he can scarcely summon up fortitude
enough to try it. In fact, he distruStS
every remedy. Several of the above
symptoms attend the disease, but cases
have occurred where few ofthem existed,
yet examination ofthe body, after death,
has shown the LIVER to have been eX-
tensively deranged.
AGUE AND FEVER.
DR.. c. McLANE's LIVER PILLS, IN
CASES OF AGUE AND FEVER, when taken
with Quinine, are productive of the
most happy results. No better cathartic
can be used, preparatory to, or after
taking Quinine. We would advise all
who are afflicted with this disease to
give them FAIR TRIAL.
For all Bilious arrangements, and as
a simple purgative, they are unequaled.
BEWARE OF INVITATIONS.
The genuine DIR. c. McLANE' S LIVER
Pulls are never sugar coated.
Every box has red wax seal on the
lid, with the impression DR.. M:LANE' S
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The genuine McLANE's LIVER PILLS
bear the signatures OF c. McLANE and
FLEMING Bros. on the wrappers.
BSg@ Insist on your druggist OF
storekeeper giving you the genuine
DR.. G. McLANE'S LIVER PILLS, pre-
pared by Fleming Bros, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Sold by all respectable druggists and
country storekeepers generally.
To those wishing to give DIR. c. McLANE's Liver
Plus trial. will mail post paid any part Of the
United States one box Of Pills for twenty five
FLEMING BROS, Pittsburgh, Pa
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From the Nelg York sun, Apru II,

Secretary Evarts's Inconsistency.
To the Editor OF The sun.
Sir: At the meeting recently held IN
Chickering Hall, Mr.. Evarts was very
plimentary to Samuel j. Tilden for his
efforts to reform abuses long existing in the
state and city of New York, 1t seems
strange that so highly cultured gentle
man as Mr., Eyarts cannot be little more
consistent If Mr.. Tilden is deserving of
encomiums. why should Mr.. Evarts travel
so far and do so much to deprive him of
the presidency after being constitutionally
and Enthusiastically elected2 Mr.. Eyarts
said that the New York politicians defrapd
ed the laboring classes to the extent of
$3,O00,000 annually. But he (Mr.
Evarts) wants to cap the climax of their
miseries by DISTINGUISHING them.
JAMES O'REILLY.
| 100 West Fifty. third street.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1877-04-14

MOTHERS can secure health for their
children and rest for themselves by the
use of Castoria, a peafect substitute for
Castoria Oil. II is absolutely harmless,
and is as pleasant to take as honey For
Wind Collie. Sour Stomach. Worms OF
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it is speedy.
CAKED BREASTS. Rheumatism, Sciatica,
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CALLED, and lame horses and animals.
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a depressed, irritable state OF mind
q weak, nervous, exhausted feeling;
no energy or animation EcOnfused
head, weak memory. often with de-
btlitating, involuntary discharges. The
consequence of excuses, mental overwork or
indiscretions. This NERVOUS DEBILITY
finds sovereign cure in HUMPHREYS
HOMEOPATHIC SPECIFIC, No. 2S.
1t tones up the system, arrests dischA ~eo dispes
the mental gloom and desponden.. M reiuve-
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of five boxes and large g. vial of powder, which
is important in old, serious cases; or 81 per single
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IMPORTANT CAUTION.

None are genuine unless the signature of J. Hay
dock, as agent for the United States, surrounds
each box Of Pills, and Ointment. A handsome re-
ward will be gwen to any one rendering such in.
formation as may lead to the detection of any par
ty or parties counterfeiting the medicines or vend
ing the same, knowing them to be spurious.
*&%Sold at the mandatory of Prof. Holloway &
Co., New York, and by all respectable druggists
and dealers in medicine throughout the civilized
world, in boxes at 25 cents, GO cents and 81 each
~ There is considerable saving by taking the
larger size.
N. b. Directions for the guidance of patients in
every disorder affixed to each box
Office, 112 Libirty ST.. ..........NEW YORK.
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EFFECTUAL SPECIFIC

For all diseases of the Liver Stomach and Spleen.
AS A REMEDY IN
Malarious Fevers Bowel Complaints, Dyspepsia
Mental Depression, RestIessness, Jaundice, Man.
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business
eT IT HAS NO EQUAL. "A
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Liver Disease and Indigestion
prevail to greater extent than
probably any other malady,and
relief is always anxiously
sought after. II the Liver il
Regulated IN its action, health
health Is nlmnat invariably So.
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HOLLOWAY'S PILLS


No medicine so effectualy improves the tone
of the stomach those pills; they remove all
acidity occasioned either by intemperance or i'm
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GREAT FAMILY MEDICINE.

IT contains four medical elements, never united
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az
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LIVER REGULATOR

If you feel dull, drowsy, debilltated, have fire.
quent headache, mouth tastes badly poor appetite
and tongue coated, yen are suffering from torpid
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80 speedily and pc manently as to
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SPECIAL NT1cES.

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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-09-21

lation of knowing that a better building
can be erected in it's place. Although the
sea beats in vain against it's walls, it cannot
be regarded any longer as lighthouse of
the first rank. There are some modern
improvements which cannot be applied 10
it. Science has discovered how to throw
light So far that building of consdera
bly, greater height than this is now requir-
ed to give the proper range. A fog signal
of the largest kind seems also to be needed
in this position, and Smeaton's structure is
too contued to hold it. But il is proposed,
when the tower is destroyed, to put the
stones together again and leave them as a
excellent thing to do. The model light
house should stand there, as a memorial of
great engineer and an impressive remind
eli of the weakness and lt.leness of man
when lie battles with the elements. N.
I. Tribune
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-09-21

Pray Heaven to speed me - she cried
! hoarsely, and, touching the horse with her
/ whip, he bounced down the sharp dec livi-
/ ty.
1t was raining steadily now, and the
| gloom was intense, but Se!m was used to
! the road, and be was sure-footed and his
| rider courageous. She urged him on at
the TOP of his speed, up hill and down.
through Pine Valley and over Pulpit HILL
| and then she struck upon the smooth road
which stretched away to Leeds, two miles,
| straight as an arrow.
! She could see the headlight of the oay-
| train, far down tie valley, distinctly now,
anG to her excited fancy it seemed but
! stones throw away. She even thought
| for moment that she heard the grind Of
the wheels on the iron track, but, no it
was only the signing of the wind i'll the
! pines.
On still she went. Selim seemed to fiy.
| One might have fapcied that he knew his
| mistress was on an elrand of life or death
| The lights of the station were in view
nay, she even saw the station masters
white lantern as he strolled up aud down
the platform-the white lantern which
was to signal the approaching train-to
tell them to go on, for all vas well, on to
their doom.
She dashed across the railway track,
flung the reins 10 an amazed bystauder and
striking the white lantern from the hand of
the astonished official. She seized the omin-
Gus red lantern from its hook, and, spring-
ing upon the track, waved it in the very
teeth of the coming train.
Two short, sharp whistles told her that
her signal was seen, and a moment later
the train came to stop, and the officers
rushed out To learn What it all meant.
Floss told them i'll few brief words, aud
one of them at the station went forward to
confer with the train from Golosha, which
had not yet been telegra phed from the
next station beyond.
The man waited fifteen minutes before
Kirke's train slid on to the siding, aud it
was then known tha. but for the decision
of one young girl, the two trains must have
collided four miles beyond Deerine's Cut.
When told the story Krke looked at h is
watch.
The man from the station looked at his
also.
Kuke's was ten minutes behind time /,
You want to know how it happened.
Certainly you must have guessed. Halli-
day did it. a man was found next day
who confessed to having seen Jack tamper-
ing with the time pieces in the engine
house that nigh, but had thought uothing
of it.
Jack? Oh, he left town and was last
heard of in Australia. His little game was
not success.
A few months later Kiike was married
to Floss Whateiy, for being ten minutes be-
hind tine.
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GIANTS. The Huntsville idrocafe re-
Eo.ts the presence Ia tina portion of Ala
bama of "a giant twenty one feet thu ee
inches high, and six feet eigh; inches across
HE shoulders his foot measures thirty
four inches 10y seven cen, and be steps over
seven rows of cotton at each stride The
people living near July Mountain, in Jack
son county, turned out several DAYS ago.
some hundreds strong aud l.enned hun in
"A ravine. He submitted To be bound aud
measured, then broke his futile chains.
crossed the river near Bcllefoute and made
for couth Mountain, the residents whereon
are being baptized aud staying at home of
nights"
This account is. of course, apocrvplal.
and yet The foot of ;he incident las some
Thing of a parallel in the early history nf
Tennessee, thongh attended with circum-
stances OF rather a ludicrups character. In
l11S, man named Spencer came with 9TH
eis from Kentucky, for the purpose of es-
tablshing a settlement in Middle Tennes-
see. lie took up his residence in "A hollow
tree near Bledsoe's Lick. '-Sprucer was a
innn oi giant stature, says Ramsey, i'm his
Annals of Tennessee, '.and passing one
morning The temporary cabin erected at a
place called Eaton's Station. and nccupied
10y one of Captain de MumbIune's hunters
his huge tracks were left plaiuly impressed
in the rich aliuvial. These we're seen by
the hunter ON his return in :he camp, who,
alarmed at their size, Immediately swan
across the river, and wandered through the
woods until he reached the French settle
menis on the Wabash" The poor hunter
evidently thought this section of the State
was inhabited by race of giants.
But lie is not the only b!g-fOoted man
who has tIod the seIl Of Tennessee. Some
mouths ago the Memphis AppeaI reported
that G. ". App, of ihas city, had made a
remarkable pair of shocs for negro man
who lived in Arkansas. The length of the
shoes is seventeen and three quarter inches
aud six inches across the sole The man
iS over seven feet in height, weighs about
four hundred pourds aud is not more than
txeniy-six years OF age II may be said TO
the credit of this big g-footed negro that he
Is preacher