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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1878-02-12
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NnTICE.

"B. C. WASHINGTON.
"Clerk of the Circuit Court"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-07-05

n Doc STORY FROM NERRAsKA-Oue
of the most remarkable incidents going to
show the affection Of dumb animals for
those who care for them occurred in this
city a few days since. Our readers will
remember the drowning last Sunday of !he
little six-year-old boy. Danny. The child
had little dog who was his constant com
panion and playmate. When the accident
occurred which resulted in the drowning
Of the boy, the dog was with him, and by
his strange cOnduct and uneasiness attract
ed the attention of those present While
the boy was lying in the bottom of the
stream, the dog would run to the child's
mother and then toward the place where
the body was supposed TO be, and finally
plunged in and swan around or over the
spot where his little master lay. After The
body bad been placed in .he coffin, the dog
manifested strong desire to see the child,
and when the lid of the coffin was raised
he licked tho dead face and seemed to feel
intense grief. In short time the dog
went out TO the railroad track and lay down
upon the road, as be had done many times
before; but upon the approach of the train
be laid himself upon the rail and deliber-
ately permitted the train to pass over his
body-being killed. The whole actions Of
the dog were such as to convince one that
1t was governed by reasoning powers. and
IS another illustration Of the remalk kable
love or attachment that some animals have
Tor their masters. The mother, at the time
OF the drowning, supposed the child was
at home, and therefore neglected to heed
the hint given by the dog that might have
saved the boys ife.-LiRcOIa iNe5.l Jour
nal
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-07-05

IT is stated on what seems to be good
a tIotitv. that Hor. VIM. II. Armstrong, of
LycUming county, who it was supposed
last winter would be the nominee for
Governor Of the Greenback State conven-
ton, has abandoned that party and re-
turned to the Republican fold, for the rea-
son. as lie alleges, that he regards the pc
culiar views entertained by the laJ0r sec
tiOn OF the new party as directly tending
to communism, and therefore dangerous to
the peace and good order Of society. We
do not regard it as matter Of much I'M
pOrtance to what party Armstrong attach
es himself SO long as lie makes no effort to
take refuge under the big tent Of tie Dem
ocracy. lie is a man Of ability and good
lawyer, but entirely destitute of ali politi-
cal conscience. Two years ago he was
President Of tine Republican State cOnven-
zion which met at Lancaster. and in his
address to that body he uttered more delib
crate calumnies against the Democratic
party, and spit forth more venom at its
men and measures, than any other Repub
Hcan partisan ever did on a similar Occa
sion and i'm the same length of time. As
political liar he stands uuIiyal'ed, and de
serves The title Of the Baron MurchauseI
of PennSy wanna RePublicanism.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-07-05

THE versatile aud witty, but cool and
impudent, Mrs. Agnes ID. jerks, of New
Orleans. who appeared before the Potter
Committee at Washington last week, and
sEore that she dictated John Shermau's
letter to Anderson and Weber in parlOr
of the ST. ChasIcs hotel, in that city, to
person who wrote down her words, but
whose name she refused to disclose, is un-
dnubtedly the most deliberate and accom-
plished female liar who ever sat in the
witness chair before an investigating com
mittee. Her testimony IS marvel of its
kind Three members Of the Committee
Mcmahon, of Ohio. Ben BUTLER, of Mas
sachusetis. and Springer, OF Illinois, under
took each in his own way on her cross
examination to put her in chancery, aud
each sigually aud iugloriously failed.
McNahan, When Mrs. jerks had got heI
work fairly in, sighed for a seat at the
counsel table in the Dayton, Ohio, court
house, and when Butler gave her up in dis
pair he thought he had outlived his useful
ness, aud that he ought to have been
drowned in his own Dutch Gap canal, while
springer lh btdhh dHldLeueht Iule'iJ Sdl'
TO himself, in the language of ]. Madison
Wells on Il similar occasion, cam vas
sal, OF am | a peer?" Mrs jerks would be
Invaluable to Barnum as the veritHble wo
man from New Orleans, who, after John
Sherman on his oath had refused to say
positively whether lie had written such a
letter 20 Anderson and Weber, boldly
stepped TO the witness stand in his behalf,
aud swore that she had dictated it 20 a
third party, and that of course Sherman
bad not written it at all. Great is Agnes
ID. jerks, Of New Orleans, JOhu Sher-
mans ready aud willing witness.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-07-05

4 TERRIBLE ADVENTURE yyTTrr D., II.
BLACKsNAEE.-h y. O. Blodv -. = eeE
Of Robson, Berks county, thus rec. -.'.1el
the BirdsbOro Tribune an advent q
had with a snake few DAYS ago Z
1.-The snake raised right M out rf ,t-
and stood taller than ! arm dirrcrIy az, trss'
with its wide jaws expanded ana ffr-s p Iaa
from It's threat like tfrr4t- .f I...t..- tt.--r
only tatak me a second rD S-s q J.. ms ...- = j
hair did not stand square on end st fi.@.- @ u .-F
l hope never To s.Ir again Iu u.. f....-'.
dropped my scythe. with which r,.-. --5
siasntd him through; hut fortunate ii y '.l.
idea came 10 nv mind at The rnl.ra-.r
myself met these internal critters baf--' 81.
not so large. and | made a grab for. ~ ~ = t-'
with MY hand taking him directly h.ls.a-
head tried TO spit IN his mouth s-i
gat n, red together quite q good dnSa ls.-- q.
juice, but just as spit tie snake mao ...l--r
ribie jerk and dodEcd the SuffrIe 5 ---
ment felt him wrapping himself ar,'.-A-., -.
legs and then began struggle! Do yr-
that he piuChed 50 tight thet I began a.
was going 10 cut through the fle~ i an -7, @
and he clamped my legs Together So t5g...7.
they hurt me, l held on 90 Eim VIII .'- -
might so that he could not bite me. f.l-.' e..
now with both hands. and fsrrfr, go l.
away from me at arms length. I rTs.- -..
ia his mouth second and third NM. y. p.
success ana as / Icit my own -frar-5-t -.
ally ulmi iuiSninG while he seemed o.. Do. H..
ing his coils tighter around my legs. r..--....
hep, which was answered uv rrv --.i
came running from the house. ] ra.4t
pick up the scythe aud cut the snale-.- ID
below my hands. She lost no rirre.4-.I ~ .-.
the blade between my body and me- s
reptile. she made @ cut and 7 threw ~.
with about foot % the body from M a.=r
grass, while the coils around INV Ia.rs 5..
began To relax. aud in a few rnurr-r.-s 81
the ground twisting and spinning a--..... .I
eel. / took he scythe from rs,E- ,-4r.-... -,.
ana then cut the piece into three ur.+..--
tipns. My clothing and hands were ..-.
with blood The marks where the s-st-..
had been around mr are still pIai-Irfl..I.-
my legs, and are Bs black as q pot. Tee
five on one OF my legs ana four On fHa ..t-.-
We afterwards laid ala the pieces uf -ra.-
together and found that il measured o &c..
inches ---
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-07-05

THE fight on last Sunday week in south
western Idaho between the Baanock In
dians and the advance troops of General
Howard, commanded by Major Bernard;
was of a more serious character than was
at first supposed. The Indians had large
force. estimated at fifteen huudred-four
times as many as the whites-who after
charging and repulsing them, pursued
them distance Of ten miles. The loss
Of Major Bernard did not exceed ten men
in killed and wounded, while the Indian
loss is not accurately known. With his
usual luck. Howard arrived ON the ground
Just 1tyej. the battle was over. Tie Ban
uocks are not regarded as good fighting
men, but rather as ''Squaw lndians'-a
term uf reproach. All reports from the
upper Missouri region, as well as from
Idaho aud Oregon, represent The Indians
as being very restless and eager for war
so that some stirring events may be reas
Cuably anticipated.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-07-05

IN Pennsylvania and in some of the wes-
tern States, says the Pottsville Standard,
the Catholic clergy have been prompt and
vigorous, wherever the spirit of cOmmuu
ism has shown itself strong or defiant in
taking firm and decided positions against
the commune and its purposes. The first
public act of Cardinal McCloskey, after his
return from Rome, was to reSuke disorder
aud communism, and array his Church
openly against revolutionary and cOmmun-
istic theories and tendencies. AS the head
of the Catholic Church in America, he
soiemniy warned its members against 'the
tide of iuehEiou, infidelity, socialism and
revolution that has begun to undermine
not only the foundations of civil govern
ment, but Of society itself" The Pope
has shown himself first aud most energetic
in rendering the co operation Of the Church
with the government of Germany in any
movement tending to repress and diSarm
socialism, not withstanding the unfrieudly
relations so long existing between that
government and the Church. The Catho-
lie Church, with its great widespread in
fluence with .he laboring masses of this
country, wieldS a strong power in this
matter and It is public qualification that
this influence and power is So promptly,
openly aud boldly used on the side of law,
order and good government.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-07-05

THE Congress Of the European powers
which met at Berlin on the 18th of June,
to discuss the terms Of the treaty between
Russia and Turkey. is still in session, and is
not expected to get through with Its ousi-
ness much before the close OF the present
month. The advantages which Russia
took good care to secure for hers, If by the
treaty have been greatly curtailed thus
far. while the interests Of Austria seem to
be specially we'll cared for. The English
minister, Lord Beaconsield, ID Israeli J
appears to be the ruling spirit of the con
ference aud to shape things to suit his own
purpose, but always to Lumiliate Russia.
There does lot seem to be any doubt but
that the action Of the Congress will pre-
serve the peace of Europe-at least for The
present.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-07-05

The Warwick iron furnace, in Potts
town, Pa, is turning ont a remarkable
weekly product It bad been in blast
twenty-siX weeks last Saturday, and had
turned out in that time Z, ,941 tons, an aver
age of over sos tons weekly. This great
yield is not due to the use Of scrap iron, as
not pound has been bougbt since tie
blast began, and there is more scrap now
on hand than in December last nor are
the ores used specially rich in metal.
Since April 9TH, the weekly average has
been 334 tons, the highest yield being for
the week ending June 8th. when 345 tons
were produced, Notwithstanding stOppage
of three hours.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-07-05

4 wRETCHED little falseLo1d going Fs
rounds of the radical press asserts -fl-
Mr.. Dlll has written a letter deuviug tIs-
be is a Methodist. OF course no sgeg. ..-
ter vas ever written. II was first fl.,a.r
charged that certain Methodist Clerg7ue
were supporting Mr.. Din in an imru1-
manner because be Is Methodist aud t.s
son of a leading preacher of that ChusL
To this charge Mr.. Dill replies as f,Ihrs
and upon this reply Is based the fa,sehr5
that he had 'wTitteu a letter deriving ita.
be is a Method list"
III any Methodist ministers ara surr--.-s
me ln the manner and for the reasons sra-.5.l
am not aware of il. While na citizen -.-a..
seek public favor ny reason OF His r---
opinions, neither should he he condemn. On
account OF them iu a state whose cHusIirl. m
in its declaration OF rights declares rHar
person who acknOw ie3EeS the being Gf q e
and future state Of rewards AMI uuliS7-I.- -s
snail ON account of bis religious sentiments p
disqualified 10 hold any Office or V.Hc= 90. lGls
or profit under this cumH4onwea rh.'
90 The differences Of religious beliefs s-. --
private relations uf families. Iu wT -ui-H o
are not legitimate subjects Of political t--a--
VcT~y.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-07-05

Mrs. f. f. Wood, Of Wayne county.
while laboring under a fit of insanity,
threw can containing about three pounds
os powder into the stove. The explosion
damaged the house and furniture. Mrs.
Wood, though not killed instantly. was
badly burned and mangled, and to add to
the horror of the scene she frantically tore
the flesh from her body aud arms. She
died in few hours.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-07-05

4 HONESICK HoRsE's JorRxEy n.
Manchester n. H. Mirror tells ire H.
lowing story Of homcsick hose thar
away from his new master aud mad. .l-
journey alone 10 his Did home. dist
we believe, Of about thirty niles:
Eighteen months ago a h8y horse was -..
chased in this CITY 10y SIR. Nathaniel W.r--- =
Greenland. dEd driven down t8 his ra-Ir 2
horse was we'll Ted and well treated --s 1.
waNcd fat and seemed as haunvns % 49,
for the most fortunate horse t8 Doe. One.
recently ne escaped from his u4~rr-a s-.a 81
nowhere To be found when WHura5 rs~- 81
HarnessinE another horse. Nr. Wf--sr ..r .
To capture the deserter, and traced If7 t--
place to place until be reached N-.rr-.-. f.
bridge. Here he was informed ayfh-ra|| -..--
crcr that the horse had been there AMI ...
IDENTIFY wanted TO pass through, blf WAS. .s-.-
back and ,he gate closed, hut even r... i.
would not 90 away. and fhp first um-..-.-a 4.
arrival tnHt a team went through 20. -r.a.
dash. squeezed through alongside uf -r-....l
horse. and ciattere3 away uu fl- ROAD --...--.
triumphautly as he went. SIR Hl-E.r r..a--
no longer any doubt as % where tile r.....-.-
had gone. drove on Go Manchester as 1.-.#
as he could ~. hearing from tI- hlr.. ....
sIDnuliy ali the way, and on arriving al ~.
chester there me was sure enough. fr H..
stall ,n the stable which Lc had len yf-l-.a-
months before
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-07-05
ELIZA PINKsToE RETRACTs.-A New
York dispatch TO the Associated Press, da-
ted june goth. furnishes the following

ELIZA PINKSTOE RETRACTs.-A New
York dispatch TO the Associated Press, da-
ted June Goth, furnishes the following
During the counting of the Presidential vote
of Louisiana in New Orleans before the Return
ing Board and visiting statesmen in November,
1876 the country was startled by the introduc-
tion as q witness victim To the savage Demo-
cratic bulidoZiUg q cOloTed woman, named
Eliza Piukston. She has since married again,
and is living comfortably with her second hus-
band in Mississippi Eliza related to Herald
reporter that she received five hundred dollars
for her appearance and testified that she vas
carefully instructed what to say be fore the Wis
iting statesmen; that though entirely able to
walk she was laid on a sofa when she was about
to enter the chamber of the Returning Board ;
dered and she was assaulted, not by Democrats,
as she testified then. but as she has ALWAYS be-
licvUd by colOred man who hpd threatened to
kill her husband and that the quarrel had noth-
ing to do with politics. She brought by
Republicans from her home in New Orleans,
and instructed by them 10 pretend chat she was
more seriously hunt than she was, and also in
structcd TO lay the blame of the killing and ns-
sauit on the Democrats. Her present husband
hea rd from her The Herald SAYS il is CONFIRM
ed further by the fact that though Kellogg re-
manned Governor of Louisiana until the LIST Of
January following EliZa's dramatic appear
anee, and though he had not only his own Me-
trnpOhtan police TO send all over the State, and
his own courts. but also the help of the United
States troops, no attempt was made to bring
to Justice the persons who were supposed to be
the authors of the outrage. Eliza Pinkston
dropped out of sight a soon as Kellogg s friends
were done with her,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-07-05
ERENs 9iIRC- = q
Democratic state Ticket.

FOR GOvERNOR,
ANDREW II. DILL, of Union County.
FOR LIEUTES ANT GOVERNOR,
JOHN FERTICi, of Crawford County.
FOR SUPREME JUDGE.
HENRY z. ROSS, of Montgomery County.
SECRETARY ISTERSAL AFFAIRS,
]. SIMPSON AFRICA, of Huntingdon.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-07-05
Democratic District Ticket.

FOR CONGRESS,
WILLIAM j. BAER, of Somerset County.
ISubject to decision Of District COnference.l
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-07-05
Democratic Connty TEchet.

DCDlOCTUttc tONftfy Itchtt'
ASSEMBLY.
r. n WOODRUFF. Conemaugh borough;
JOHN FENLDN, Ebensburg.
REGISTER ASD RECORDER,
JOHN G.. LAKE. Ebonsburg.
TREASURER,
JOSEPH \. WEIR TNER. Chest Syringe,
COMMISSIONERS,
JpHS CAMPBELL. C0uewHugh Borough ;
GEORGE GURLET, EIcnshurg-
poor DIRECTOR,
JESSE PATTERSON, JUhnstown.
SURVEYOR,
HENRY SEAMAN, CarroiltowQ-
AUDITORS.
PHILIP n. SHELLY. Portage twp;
PATHICE DILLON, Elder Twp.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-07-05

ARIZONA has 20, 900 silver mines.,.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-09-05
A smart sabb.,h.school Child.

Connected with the Warren Presbyterian
Church. OH Nineteenth street, between Market
and Jefferson, is very fourishing Sunday
school, which, with most all the Protestant
schools in the city, commenced on January LIST the
study of the international series of lessons be-
ginning with the Creation of the World. The
second lesson was about the Garden of Eden.
The teacher of the infant class which numbers
about hundred boys and girls, on last Sabbath
was questioning these little ones on the previous
lesson, to see how much they remembered of
what had been taught them. As she went over
the successive days of creation, obtaining very
satisfactory answers, before proceeding to the
proper lessons for the day, she inquired who was
the first man created, and adam" was the unan-
imous reply.
"What was the next step in creation :" asked
the teacher
"Eve," was the prompt reply.
Then one or two questions as to how Eve was
created and for what purpose were asked and
answered. Then came the next question.
sWhat was the next thing created p
Expecting, of course, that the Garden of
Eden" wonld be the prompt reply, the teacher
was somewhat astonished that there was no i'm
mediate answer, but she was still more astonish-
ed, and most cffectuay silenced for the remain
der of the lesson, when little girl, smart beyond
her years, spoke up and said: 81 guess it was a
little baby"
The class was promptly dismissed, and we
presume the child will be recommended for pro-
motion to higher grade. The joke was too
good to be kept secret, and a hearty laugh was
INDUCED in among the teachers when it became
knOwn.-LoHisriLle Journal.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-09-05
The Juice Of Cucumber as a Medicine.

The expressed Juice of the cucumber, if ex-
posed for short time to contact with the ai:,
precipitates the singular substance known to
apothecaries BY the name of electariam. 1t re-
sembles greenish gray earth. So powerful are
its effects upon tho human system that it pos
sesses the singular property of speedily convert
ing the entire contents of the alimentary pas
sages into water, and on this account it is con
sidered to be the most effective remedy in drop
sy, for which, as We have said before, it is used.
One-eighth of grain of this precipitate will
produce the most violent results. The absurd-
ty, or VIC should say, the real danger which re-
sults from the use of cucumbers at the table, is
owing to the fact that people in normal state
of health, using the liquid juice which flows so
abundantly from the plant, administer to them
selves in large doses the most potent remedy
for dropsical complaints known to medical sci
ence.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-09-05
Making and Packing Butter.

Churning should be attended to while the
cream is sweet; and after freed of all butter
milk aud properly sailed, it should be carefully
packed In stone jars, or frkns and tubs made
for the purpose. Do not select poor package,
because it is cheap. The best is the cheapest.
White oak is an excellent material for butter
packages, but should be thoroughly seasoned
before using. Ash, spruce and pine are extern
jectionable than oak, on account of imparting
in some degree disagreeable flavor to the but
ter.
In preparing firkins for use, boiling water
should be poured into them, to soak for twenty
four hours. Then fill with strong brine for two
or three days, after which rinse with pure cold
water, and rub the sides of the tub with fine
salt. You cannot be too particular in these re-
CARDS, and when you have performed the work
well up to this point, only one thing further
need be done, and that is n clean, well-ventilat-
ed cellar for your butter, TO be used for nothing
else If possible.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1878-09-05

JIM SMITH was a noted auctioneer. One day
he was selling farm stock. Among the articles
to be sold was q hefer, very attractive in her
extensively on her many excellencies, as gentle
as a dove, &c. Therenpon long, slab sided
countryman, whose legs were some twelve inch
es longer than his pants, approaching the heifer,
stopped down and commenced handling her
teats. "Bossy," not relishing such familiarity,
lifted her hoof and laid the "greeny" sprawling
some ten feet off.
"There," said Jim, "that shows one of her best
traits; she'll never allow strange calf to come
near her" 4r.t
"Greeney" picked himself up, and giving his
bushy patio narrowing scratch, exclaimed:
mo wonder she won't, when her own calf has
been bleating around her all dayr'