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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-06-06

\ SuOTCU UTEo.-Thc Able RCnyal
WdS tine first to give publicity TO the fol-
lowing remarkable instance of Highland
ingenuity and courage The hero of it
was a Sergeant of Montgomery High
land Regiment. aud his name Allan Mac
pheTsOn. Being taken prisoner 10y the
Indians. ic WAS doomed to witness the
uireTaIle spectacle of several of his COM
rades tortured to death. Seeing them
preparing to commence the same oper-
ati0uS upon himself. he made signs that
he had something to communicate. An
interpreter was brought. Macpherson
told them that provided his life was
spared for q few minutes. he would COM
municate the secret of ,iu extraordinary
medicine. which. if applied to the skin.
would cause II to resi-. the strongest
blow of a tomahawk ear sword, and III
they would allow him L. 20 to the woods
with a guard to collect the plants pro
per for this medicine, he would prepare
it and allow the experiment To he tried on
his own neck bv the strongest and most
expert warrior among them. This story
easily gained upon the slIperstitioUs Gre
duiity of the Indians. and the request of
the Highlander was immediately COM
piled with. Being sent into the woods
he soon returned with such herbs as he
chose to pick mp. Having boiled these
herbs he rubbed his neck with their
juice, and, laying his head on a log of
wood. desired the strongest man among
them to strike at his neck with his tom
ahawk, when he would find that he
could not make the smallest impression
An Indian ieveling a blow with all his
might. cut with such force that the
head few off to the distance of several
Yards The Indians were fixed with
amazement at their OWL eTedUlity and
the address with which the prisoner had
escaped the lingering death preparation
him; but instead of being enraged at
this escape OF their victim they were so
pleased with his ingenuity that they re
Trained from iniiicting further craelties
on the remainder OF the prisoners.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-06-06

BOST0N TEEC EC0SIT0-JacK tage,i ten
years or UNDER: I trust. Tommy, that
YOU believe IL the non-eSSentialitV Of q
DreeNiStent first cause. Tommy oh
certainly. At least, | go Bo further
back than the primurdial atomic glob-
ulc. " ENemt driving thcir hoops.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-06-06

How BRAZILIAN WOMEN CARRY
THEIR BABIES. Thcwork among the
Brazilian Indians is done almost entire
" by the women. who start ont early in
the morning with their babies aStridC
their hips, baskets balanced ON their
heads. and pulling ike a dininutiye
steam engine from small clay pipes.
The walk Is often three or four miles,
and the work hard vet a long life of
this dTudgeTy seems TO render it easy.
and they make no Improvements Their
implements and methods are crude, and.
ike true Indians in a natural state, they
are but repetitionS of their progenitors.
The custom above mentioned of carry
ing babies OH the hip is as peculiar aS it
is ungraceful The body is much TO one
side. as in the act of carrying heavy
weight in the right hand. For instance,
the child sits astTide the left hip one leg
dangling in front the other behind. and
supported by the encircliug left arm. y
more Observation-Disclosures method
could hardly be devised, and yet the
journey TO and from the mandica plan
tation is always made iii this way. a baby
being the proverbial accompaniment of
the Indian household.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-06-06

LUCK AND LABOR.-Many people
complain their bad luck when they
ought to blame their own want of Wis
dom and action. Golden. d distinguish
ed writer in England thus wrote about
luck and labor
Luck is always waiting for something
to turn up.
Labor, with Keen eyes and strong
viii. turns UP something.
Luck lies III bed. and wishes the post
man would bring him news of a legacy.
Labor turns out at SIX O'CLOCK, and
with busy pen. or ringing hammer, lays
the foundation of Il competence.
Luck whineS.
Labor Whistles.
Luck relies on chance.
Labor on character.
Luck slips down 10 Indulgence.
Iaborstridcs upward TO Independence
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-06-06


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veloped. Would it not be a good idea for her
TO report IN regard to the voting in Louieisna
aud Florida at the late Presidential election
Since reading Tree Toads articles. Brother
almost regrets that he voted for woman suf-
fFase tor If she is a fsir exponent OF the prin-
ciples which would govern that class should
they succeed to power, he fears It would be
sorry time FOR all who dared TO disagree. though
honestly, with them. 1 believe Pal's charge to
htus' "a chapter, apphos TO US. He vas not
ignorant IL regard 10 biz duty at that time
Read the second verse: That the aged men
be sober grave temperate SOUND IN the faith.
in charity, in patience Third verse. The
aged women ikewiss. that they be ia behavior
as becometh holiness not false .ccuserr. etc.
II Tree Toad had only read this lesson and
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Written ioI The True Northerner.
THE U'RE.gTgF FGR .WE.

NO crown for me, no garland faif.
With spicy swees and beauty rare.
Nor grid my waist with blooming vine;
Afections wreath viii closer twine.
Last night poets arm was there.
No wreath Of flowers to deck my hair.
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poets hps have met With mine.-
40 crown for me
The poets threads Of song impair
The green aud gold and crimson glare.
And music trils its trembling line
Aud fills the cadence sweet with vine
No more this favored heart could bear
No crown Tor me
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shape of her bonnet for eight years. The
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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-27
THE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, FRIDAY, JUNE q 1879.
wasteful than the process Of boiling to syrup

Wasteful than the process Of boiling to syrup,
Or even to sugar, In open kettles.
We noticed yesterday several sets OF clari-
fers and open steam trains In process OF con-
struction at the machine shops Of Hennessey
Il Bro. Several others have already been
finished at this establishment and are being
put up on the plantations for which they
were ordered.
The work for sugar plantations now being
done at all the foundries in this city shows
that large number of our planters appre-
clate the Importance Of the adoption of mod
ern methods Of manufacture and improve
ments In sugar machinery. =s
The only cause which prevents the genera
application OF such machinery to the sugar
fields OF Louisiana Is the want of capital to
properly develope this great manufacturing
industry. The work Of rebuilding their sugar
houses destroyed In time Of war; and repair
Ing their broken and rusted machinery. has al
most exhausted the resources Of many Of our
planters, while 1t has even ruined some. The
memory OF the debts they have borne deters
others from investing money In modern i'm
provements. But to modern improvements
Louisiana must look to make sugar produc-
tion here profitable business, and to increase
that production to point far beyond the fig
ures it reached when the sugar region was
regarded as one of the richest agricultural
sections In the world.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-27

accurately collecting them throughout the
entire State would be advisable
Since Buckles admirable application Of the
law of general average, the value Of statisti-
cal information, which can be accurately OBJ
tanned only by governmental agencies, has
come to be more highly appreciated, and has
been shown to be Of 80 great Importance that
some provision for collecting statistics might
we'll be enjoined in the fundamental law, at
least upon so important matter us the
public health. Certainly no greater SER
vice and encouragement could be given
to the advancement If medical and sanitary
science We should also like to see the Uni
versity OF the State established on firm
basis as an institution Of the State. Cannot
the Committee on Health, Quarantine and
Medicine revive these suggestions in short
article for incorporation In the constitution
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-27

At the request Of the five great powers OF
Europe England, France, Germany, Austria
and Italy-the Sultan yesterday formally de-
posed Ismail Pasha, Khedive Of Egypt, who
has been on that throne for over twenty
years. The chief reason for this removal was
the refusal, or rather the inability Of the
Khedive to pay the interest on the immense
debt which he had contracted In Europe.
There were many other reasons. however,
why he should have been removed. He was
q spendthrift, a roue, who ground taxes from
his people by the most cruel methods pos
sible. He was never q popular monarch, and
the people OF Egypt will undoubtedly rejoice
at the good news Of his deposition.
The khediye leaves the throne for the po-
sition Of millionaire. He is man Of large
fortune His annual allowance, for a number
OF years past, has been $500,O00. Besides
this. he has received immense sums from his
private property, and doubtless laid by other
large sums from the Egyptian revenues, in
view Of probable revolution. The ex-
monarch, who is quite young man and on
1ne shaay side Of fifty. announces that he will
yisle Parls and enjoy himself in spending
some portion Of his ill-acquired gains there.
Inc new khedlye, Mehemet Tewfik, is only
IWehty-six years old. He was educated in
arls, and Is man of civilized life If not Of
brilliant talents. The condition Of the khe-
a.se. however, Is much different from what it
49, 70 70 Inc early days Of Ismails reign. Then
- iA1eolVe was powerful and independent
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-27

The election In California In September will
be four-sided affair, there being, beside the
two old parties, the Workingmen's and New
Constitution parties in the field Itisnot likely
that the Workingmen will make much OF
fight over the congressional ticket; indeed, In
two Of the districts they have no nominees at
all. The Republicans saw their opportunity
here, and promulgated, In consequence,
platform more communistic than that OF the
Y earnevites themselves. It contains an anti
Chinese plank, an agrarian plank, soft words
with refer ence to the labor troubles; and, In
fine, promises to Kearneyites to carry out
their emit re- programme with reference to
California if they would but allow the Repub-
icans to have the congressional delegation.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-27

For two tdays the Democrats and Republi-
cans OF the Senate have been engaged in a
bitter controversy on the merits Of their re-
spective parties. It Is superfiuous to say that
the Democrats have come off victorious.
While they tainted the Republicans with the
San Domingo job, the Sanborn job, Belknap,
the whisky ring, the Credit Mobilier, etc. ;,
the only charge that the Republicans could
make against the Democrats was that, in
some Of the mountain districts of the South,
great deal of moonshining was going on
Vance showed that 8 majority OF these de-
frauders OF the revenue-in his State at least
wore Republicans. Whether they were Ur
not. the Republicans soon saw the absurdity
OF comparing few mountaineers, who boiled
tubful of corn for family use, to the mighty
robbers who, like Belknap and the st. Louis
whisky ring, robbed the country of millions,
they dropped themoonshiners and have taken
up the bloody shirt and exodus, instead. 1.-THE
Republican party may be party Of theft" is
what Window substantially said In the Sem
ate, yesterday, "but the Democrats Of the
South do not allow the negroes to vote"
OF all frivolous defenses, that made BY the
Republicans against these charges OF fraud,
bribery, theft and public robbery, is the film
siest. The only excuse they can make for the
Credit Mobilier La that a few hundred negroes
were deluded by Window into the cold, I'M
congeniaI cline OF Kansas.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-27
"a. "A. BURKE, Managing Editor.
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM OF 1876 AND
1879.

.1hot the Democratic Conservative party o.
The State of Louisiana IN Conuentson assem-
bled, do hereby reiterate aU the pledges cor
tanned Il, the party platform adopted ~ .,tSy,
1876, and particularly the following, to 'olt;
"We hereby pledge our party to the satistdc-
ton Of all the legal obligations issued by re
state Or Louisiana; to the most strenuous e.
forts III the direction ofreform and an eco
Yomical administration Of the government, e.
peciatly 10 the abolition of all unnecessary puo-
lic offices; to the reduction, Of the fees ana soto
Yies Of office 10 tie standard Of a far remit
aseration; the consequent reduction Of ta1at'o7'
to the loacest possible limit commensurate ac1th
the necessary expenses Of the government and
The preservation Of The public faith, and the
curtatlment Of he dangerously large patronage
of the Chief Executive Of the State"
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-27
sovereign; to-day he holds bis office at the
will OF the European powers
THE ELECTORAL FRANCHISE.

The majority report OF the Committee on
the Electoral Franchise recommends several
very important amendments of the existing
law upon this subject. The first proposition
Is to require the payment In full OF all taxes
due and collectlble during the year preceding
that Ia which the election Is held, and OF the
poll tax for the current year, as q condition
precedent to the exercise Ut the suffrage.
The next proposition ID the establishment
OF an educational qualification, this to be
submitted to the people separately Tor ratih-
cation or rejection. The third proposition 1s
to extend the right Of suffrage to ell foreign
ers upon simple declaration Of the Intention
to become citizens.
There are presidents for all these innova-
tlons In the constitutions OF other States.
For the first and most important Of these
provisions, that requiring the payment Of all
taxes overdue as condition Of the right to
vote, there Isl no precedent except In the re-
Gently adopted constitution OF Georgia, which
contains provision Of this nature. The con-
situations Of Delaware, Pennsylvania and
Rhode Island impose property qualifications,
while those Of the States Of New Hampshire,
Tennessee, Virginia and others require the
payment u u pun GHA. LII OOulleCblCuI Huu
Massachusetts, there Is an educational quail
fication, the right to vote being withheld from
any person who Is not able to read any article
of the State constitution
The provision extending the right Of suf-
frage to foreigners upon simple declaration
Of intention to BECOME citizens, without re-
quiring their formal naturalization as citi-
zens Of the United States, is contained In the
constitutions OF not less than thirteen States.
Wisconsin was the first State to extend this
privilege to foreigners before naturalization,
which she did In her constitution OF 1s4s. In
diana followed her example In 1851, Minne-
sofa in 1867, Kansas In 1859, and the same peo-
vision has since been Incorporated In the con-
stitutlons of Arkansas, Colorado Florida,
Georgia. Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, Ore
gon and Texas. In Vermont and New Hamp-
shire the suffrage Is extended to all male
Inhabitants over twenty-one years Of age;
but whether this Is SO construed as to include
foreigners not naturalized, we cannot
say We have no doubt but that the
Northwestern States have induced
many valuable immigrants to settle
within their limits by extending the
right Of suffrage to unnaturalized persons
30 soon as they declared their intention to be-
come citizens. There Is no State more In
need Of immigration, or which ought to do
more to encourage it, than Louisiana, and for
this reason We are disposed to look fayorably
upon this recommendation Of the committee.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-27


The Constitutional Convention yesterday
had before it the supplemental report Of the
Committee on State Debt, relative to the out
standing warrants. After some discussion
the subject was postponed until this after
noon at q o'clock. An ordinance providing
for the abolition OF the license system after
the year 1885 was taken up, amended to take
effect after the year 1900, further amended to
provide that after 1t went into effect the tax
on real estate should not exceed three mills
on the dollar and then defeated by large
majority. The ordinances reported by the
Committees on the Legislative and Executive
Departments were finally adopted. with an
amendment to the former providing that tive
years residence In the State shall be required
as qualification for election to the General
ccamhlv
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-27
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

Should that portion of the report OF the
COMMITTEES on the Legislative Department,
which requires an actual residence OF two
years In the district or parish from which the
party may be elected as q qualification for q
seat In the General Assembly, be adopted, 1t
would operate very unnecessary and unjust
discrimination In the selection of members Of
the General Assembly from this city.
An actual residence In the parish OF Orleans
Is all that ought to be required. but If no ex-
ception is made In regard to the eligibility Of
Senators and Representatives from the parish
of Orleans, a man must have resided In his
ward or senatorial district during period OF
two years before he can become qualified to
represent his fellow-citizens In either branch
OF the Legislature. In short, by moving
across the street citizen would often lose his
right to sit In the General Assembly. The
Convention yesterday manifested DISPOSE
ton to modify this disqualifying clause, and
only abandoned the intention after several In
effectual efforts to make the proper amend
ment This purpose would be accomplished
by the insertion in the article Of the following
provfso:
Provided, that In the parish of Orleans any
elector otherwise qualified. who may have been
an actual resident Of the parish tor two years
the General Assembly from any senatorial OF
representative district included within that
parish or of which any portion OF that parish
may constitute part