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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-05-30

\ FOND mother, sending her Seven-y year-Old
son for the first time to the district school,
was considerably surprised to observe, when
he came back, look OF utter disgust and
modification ON his face. whats the mat
ter, daring?'' she said, don't You like To 90
TO school ~ Yes" he answered, i do. but
YOU see all the other boys have got patches
ON their pants, and they laugh at me and
and (sobbing) if you don't put some on mine
J won't GO AGAIN.
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scandal.
Never seek play when you can be
more usefully employed.
Never say, Il can't or Let Jim. .
or Il don't want to- when you are told
- do anything.
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NOAH'S MULE.

SOME FEW FACTS REGARDING THIS Me-
DITATIVE ANIMAL
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-08-13
CASUALTIES.

SAMUEL HURST fell into the lake at
La Lalie, Ill Aug. 9th and was drowned.
LEWIS MAYER ana Joseph c Jones
were drowned while bathing at Atlantic
City, Aug. 4th.
a MADRID cablegram of August 4th
says by the explosion of a powder maya
zine at Duralgo fourteen persons were
killed.
ADvICEs were received Aug. 4th, of
the death by lightning of Z. p Lesner,
wife and two children, at Rochester,
Mimi.
a DISPATCH of Aug. 4th says: John
Thomas, Mary Hanson and an Italian
musician named Frank De Lucca, were
drowned in the Mississippi, above La
Crosse last night.
Ar New Castle, Pa, August 4th, the
wife of G.. A. Newton, was burned to
death by using kerosene oil in lighting a
fire in the stove, She leaves a husband
and family.
AT Albany, New York, Aug. 9th while
gauging an engine, an explosion occurred,
killing Thomas Smith, Frank Murphy,
machinisls, and John Mcintyre, fireman
VIM Horton fireman, Wynant Crannel,
engineer and Robert 3 Miller were
bruised and scalded
WHILE reaping near TT. Wayne, Ind,
Aug, 9th, James Errick, Is years old,
was thrown from a machine and caught
By the knives, which severed his right
shoulder, the lower portion Of the lungs,
ana part of the ribs from his body, cauS-
ing almost instant death. His parents
reside al Mildlebury Ind
A DIES MONIES special of Aug. 4th
says: Albert Safes, over 81 years old,
closed speech from the platform of the
Peoples Coyention," at Atlantic, on
Saturday, went to his seat, and fell to the
floor dead. The cause was apopleXy, SUI
perinduced by nervous excitement He
resided AT Anita.
A LEWISTON, Me, dispatch of Aug,
9Th says, last evening train ran into a
team containing Pierre Gondreau and
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-08-13

a fog off Ushant, France, and twenty.
seven persons were drowned
a cABLEGRAM of Aug 4th says that
since the famine set in, the capital of
Cashmere, Serinagur, has been depopu.
lated rapidly so that of 100000 inhabi
lants originally only 10000 now remain
A LONDON cablegram of Aug. 4th says
Wllber +, Raymond, who absconded from
America and was arrested here, has been
released, theAmerican parties refusing to
proceed with the prosecution. Raymond
is dying of consumption.
A MADRID cablegram of Aug. III saws !:
The lnfanta Marie Del Pillar, the second
sister of the King of Spain, is dead The
King and the Princess of Austrias did
not reach the Intanta until after her
death
A CAPE Town dispatch of Aug. 9TH
says Chief Morosi has submitted. The
present trouble with Basutos, therefore,
is settled, but much discontentment still
exists. 1t is feared there will be a
severe famine next year in Zuluiand, as
it is now seed time and no land is being
sown, while much seed has been de-
stroyed and many cattle seized. King
Cetewayo, when leaving the battlefield
of Ulundi, told his chiefs to look to their
own safety, and seek terms of peace as
best they could. His army is broken up,
the nation is dispersed, and the king a
fugitive. Zululand will probably be d.
vided into three or four separate princi-
palities, each under the rule of an indie.
pendent noble. Cetewayo's brother will
receive his own territory under this ar
langement.
A LONDON dispatch of Aug. 9TH says,
the severest storm for many years ragged
on Saturday night. The storm was at
tended by fall of hailstones, some of
them being five inches in circumference.
The damage to glass around London
amounted to thousands Of pounds ster-
ling. In a great part of Bedfordshire the
hay crop is completely swept away, and
many cattle are drowned Newmarket
and the neighborhood are flooded. The
rainfall in Buckinghamshire is estimated
at seventy tons per acre. Damages by
floods and lightning are also reported
from Cambridge, Norfolk, Guilford,
Leicester, Bath and Monmouth. The
storm was terribly severe in the valley of
the Thames. Immense injury was done
to the growing crops. The damages by
rain, hail, and foundations are irrepar-
able this season. The loss of live stock
is serious.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-08-13

two ladies, Rose Martin, Celina Morin,
all French, AMI of Lewiston. at the
crossing in Lisbon. All were instantly
killed. They we're returning FROM 9
wedding excursion
A CHICAGO dispatch Of Aug. 9th says
This morning, while six masons were on
the scaffolding cf the dome of the new
Music Hall, corner of Randolph and
State streets, Sky feet above the ground
the entire scafiolding fell through the
floors to the ground floor, where 500
pound iron plate that was being used in
the dome broke through the timbers and
crushed into the cellar Four of the
work men went down with the frail tim.
Der AID were terribly injured.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-08-13
FIRES.

A 100000 fire occurred at Orilla,
Ont, Aug 9th.
A GERMAN theatre in Cincinnati
burned Aug. 4th Loss $4,000
KUsTEREN's brewery at Grand Rapids,
Mich, was burned Aug. 9th. Loss
$4,000; fully insured,
4 FIRE at Volcano, Va, Aug 4th de-
stroycd large portion of the town. The
est mated loss was 100000
THE fire in Hamilton, Canada, says a
dispatch of Aug. 4th, caused a damage of
nearly $l,000,000.
\ FIRE at Houlton, Maine, August 3rd,
destroyed the business portion of the
town. Loss $4,000, about one-half in
surcd,
THE village of Chatenois, France, near
Strasburg was nearly destroyed by fire
Aug. 9th Two thousand peasants were
rendered homeless.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-08-13
CABLEGRAMS.

\ LONDON cablegram of August 4th
says the latest telegram from Cape Town
announced that Cetewayo's brother and
several other important chiefs had sur
rend red
\ CoNsrASVINoPLE dispatch of Aug.
4th says the excitement in that city is 50
great that the Sultan is in constant danger
of being superseded.
PRIVATE advices from Germany as
late as Aug. 9th declare the German
crops of tuis year to be but little short
of disastrous failure The long CON
tinued wet weather has nearly destroyed
the wheat.
LONDON dispatch of Aug. 9th sGys
the steamship Louis David, from Ant
werp for Naples, was wrecked during
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-08-13

The custom of postmasters guessing
at the destination of mis-directed letters
and forwarding them accordingly, has
III many instances caused considerable
annoyance and loss of time to CORE
spondents. The subject has been un-
der consideration at the poStotfice de-
partment, ami letter has been pre-
pared recommending that poStmasters
be instructed to discontinue the prac-
tice. 1t is suggested that when the
postmaster has positive knowledge Of
the true destination of II letter, he
should forward il, otherwise it should
be sent to the dead,letter office; or, if
the necessary information is upon the
envelope, ii should be returned to the
sender.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-08-13
YELLOW FEVER.

A DEATH from yellow fever occurred
in Chicago Aug. 4th The victim was a
refugee from the south.
THE Chicago Inter Ocean Of August
9TH pronounces the report of yellow
fever in that city to be baseless canard.
A HAVANA snecial Of August 9TH says
The deaths from yellow fever in Cuba
last week were 1877; an increase Of 20
over the previous week. The total num-
Der of deaths from yellow fever during
July were 531, against 504 for the same
time last year. Since TIC beginning of
the year S57 deaths have occurred,
against Sl3 for the same time last year.
THERE were II new cases and deaths
reported in Memphis Aug. 5; and about
the same number Aug 9Th The city was
quiet and peaceable
AT New Orleans Aug. 9th the physi-
clans declared that the city was free
from yellow fever and that in their opin-
ion there was no further fear of the dis
ease in that city.
FATHER EAHEY, the second Catholic
priest to fall a victim of the fever this
season, died at Memphis, Aug. 9th. A
dispatch Of that date says; The contin
ued large number of cases reported daily
has about settled public opinion down to
the conclusion that the plague Will re
main with us until a frost. To those
here trying to carry the matter through
it is serious matter, out of which they
have but one consolation,- that the dis
ease Of this year has but little or no use
for those who experienced its fearful
mallgnity last year, or in 1873.
A MEMPHIS telegram of Aug Bird gives
the situation at that time as follows:
Twelve new cases were reported to the
board of sheath to-day, 6 of whom were
colored Two deaths have occurred
According to report OFF. II. Edmundson,
superintendent of nurses of the Howard
Association they have sixty five on duty
attending 73 sick people, Sc of whom are
whites and II colored The death rate
to date has been 49, per cent, The
Howard's tomorrow will open a supply
will be furnished nourishing stimu-
lants to INDECENT sick on requisition of
Howard physicians four of whom are on
duty.
A MEEPHIs special of Aug. 4th says;
Fifteen cases in all were reported to the
board of health to-day, among the num-
utl Ntlt INbSdiOI ipDNt hhi NliNf a ANN'
and Robert Hollander, Mrs. Geo Getz
aud son, Catharine Larkin, Micheal and
Kate Hally. One additional death oc-
CURED, Rev. Father Edward Doyle,
Catholic priest. He came to Memphis
last December to assume charge of st.
Patrick's Church at the corner of
Desota and Linden streets He
has taken quite an active part
in the work of removing his
people out of the city to the camp, Faith
er Mathew. He was Frustrated with fe-
yer last Thursday; was progressing IA
vorably until yesterday evening, when,
curing the temporary absence of his
nurse, he arose from his bed and was
found by the attending physician writing
at his desk. A relapse was the result of
this indiscretion, which resulted in his
death at four O'Clock this evening. The de-
ceased was 35 years old, formerly located
at jackson, Tennessee.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-08-13

THE shipments of boots and shoes
this week amount to 81 ,194 cases,
against 81 ,74l for last week, and AZ,
394 cases for the same week last year,
The west is taking large quantities, and
of the shipments this week Chicago
took 459 cases; ST. Louis, 4,2lo; Gin
cinnat, 1878; New York 1897; Nash
vile, Tenn, 1898. and more than 1000
each to Buffalo, Louisville and San
Francisco Bosom advertiser.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-08-13

Mr.. SAMUEL l.. CLEMENS Mark Twain
who has been living n busy retired life
ia Paris for the last four months, has
left Paris for belgium and Holland, en-
route for England, and will sail, with
his family, for America about the lst of
September. Immediately on has arrival
home he will give his attention to the
publication of new book written dur
ing tais last visit 10 Europe, the illustra,
tons for which have been designed b,
Walter +. Brown, in Paris. under the
supervision of the author.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-08-13
GENERAL NOTES.

AN oxford, Ohio, dispatch of Aug. 9Th
SAYS the funeral of Mrs. David Swing
yesterday, was largely attended,
JOHN TAYLOR trustee of the Mormon
church brought suit Aug. 18th against
the estate of Brigham Young for one
million dollars.
THE Bankers national convention met
at Saratago Aug 9th. Nearly 1000. Six
thousand invitations bad been sent out to
all parts of the country, to more than
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-08-13

Or the Waiworth family the Daily
Sarotogian says: "Tracy has passed his
examination and will enter Union col
lege in September. Saratoga has no
resident more truly respected than Mrs.
Walworth, and her children are fondiy
attached to their old home
Frank Walworth is quietly pursuing his
law studies"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-08-13

JOHN +. SEELEY, three years ago a
farrier at Goshen, N. Y, took DR..
Greeley's advice and went west. He
engaged in the restaurant or hotel BUSH
ness there, ana then speculated in
mining stocks and in working mines.
He came back to Goshen on a visit
last week worth over 50 100000, having
made in the three years of his absence
an average of nearly 81 GOO per day.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-08-13

MoNCURE ID. CONWAY writes to Har-
per's Weekly that the talisman left by
the Zulus on the neck of Prince Napo.
leon is quite certainly the once famous
charm owned by Charlemagne, aad has
a history more interesting than any
other gem in Europe, if not in world.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-08-13

MEMPHIS Aua!anche: Men who profess
to think that Memphis is killed or even
scotched by repeated epidemics are
fools. They do not know, neither can
they appreciate, the prominence of
Memphis as a great center of trade.
Destroy this city to-day, and she will
rise tomorrow bright and shining ex-
ample Of the power of resistless force
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-08-13

The San antonio Express publishes an
account of the discovery of a silver bo-
nanza in Mexico, about four hundred
miles southwest of San Antonio. The
ore assays so per cent. of pure silver.
The vein is fifty feet thick. a town of
five hundred inhabitants has sprung up
in the last few weeks.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-08-13

HENRY w. SHAW, known to the pub
lie as GOSH Billings" with his family,
is spending the season at the Glen
House, in the White Mountains. He
spends much time at trout fishing, in
which he is an expert.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-08-13

THE debt of California, in four years,
has been reduced $356, PA, and is now
less than SO, 10000 lie there is ST.
49S 450 in the treasury
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-08-13
SMALL TALK

HENRY WARD BEEcHER has reached
the age of 66.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-08-13

GEN. ALBERT J. MYER, chief sigma
officer Of the United States army, is
back from Europe.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-08-13

THE poet Tennyson is now 20 years
old, and is hale and hearty.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-08-13

Pooh MURRAY, the ex-preacher, had
too many irons in the fire.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-08-13

SITTING BULL says he wants no more
war with Uncle Sam.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-08-13

Lawn tennis is all the rage ~ -.
eastern summer resorts, ana lne IN me
lected croouet mallet has become ,b aur
property OF the children, w .h;, o mt
sisters and their cousins ana thell a'''
take to the more fashionable game
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-08-13

AN estimate of the wheat crop ID ~ VOC
nesota puts it at nearly ~, - !,
bushels. This is based upon the -
position that, in two-thirds Of the W. W 10
area, l 100000 acres. the yield VIII .Se
thirteen bushels per acre, ana " N 'h 10
rest, or 100000 acres. the yield wiz y
seventeen bushels.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-29
Cremation.

1t is interesting to learn the origin Of any
custom which interests and divides public
opinion, therefore we cheerfully give the fol-
lowing account of cremation among the old
Greeks. The body was placed upon pyre
built of wood, to which fire was communi-
Gated in the presence of those who had at
tended the funeral; when the flames were
extinguished the bones were collected and
placed in urns of various materials. These
were preserved in tombs, built commonly
on the roadsides without the city gates.
The funeral took place at night The pro-
cession was headed by musicians; these
were followed by hired mourners, who la
mented and sang the funeral song; after
these came the freedmen of the deceased,
sometimes amounting to considerable num-
ber, wearing the cap of liberty. Immedi-
ately preceding the corpse were persons
bearing waxen masks, representing the an
cestry of the deceased; the corpse itself,
placed upon q couch, was commonly borne
by the freedmen or by the immediate rela-
tives; the family followed Immediately after,
the men with their heads covered, the women
with t. cir heads bare, their hair dishevelled,
and often beating their breasts and uttering
piercing cries. If warranted by the rank of
the deceased, the procession passed through
the forum, and an grafton was then pro-
nounced over the body. Finally, the corpse,
with the couch upon which it was borne,
was placed upon the funeral pyre, built COM
monty in the form of an altar, with four
equal sides. The nearest relative, with
averted face, kindled the pyre, and perfumes,
oils, articles Of food, ornaments and clothing
were frequently thrown on while twas being
consumed. When the pile was burned
down, the embers were extinguished with
wine, and the bones and ashes collected by
the nearest kin, sprinkled with perfume, and
placed in an urn. As the Christian religion
gradually gained the ascendency, CORE
1ponding change took place in the mode of
liSposing of the dead bodies were no
onger burned but inferred, and the Offices Of
he church were substituted for the rites OF
,aganism.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-29
Licensed Slavery.

Russia appears to be the most barbarous
country in Europe in its treatment of the
marriage relation. The nuptial ceremonies,
all and singular, are based upon the idea of
the degradation of the female. When the
parents have agreed upon the match, the
bride is examined by number of women to
see if she has any bodily defects. On her
wedding day she is crowned with a garland
of wormwood, to denote the bitterness Of
the married state. She is exhorted to be
obedient to her husband, and it is custom
in some districts for the newly married wife
to present the bridegroom with a whip, in
token of submission, and with this he sell
dom fails to show his authority. In that
cold, cruel country, husbands are sometimes
known to torture their wives to death, with
out any punishment for the murder. If
woman proves barren, the husband generally
prevails on her to retire into convent, and
leave him at liberty. If he fails in his per-
suasion, he is permitted to whip her into
obedience. Such is the slavery in which
the Muscovites are kept by their parents and
guardians, that they are not allowed to dis
pute any union agreed upon by their elders,
however odious or incompatible it may be-
This extends so far that officers in the army
are not permitted to marry without the con-
sent Of the sovereign, and wives they do not
want are sometimes forced upon them.
Whether it be the result of this system of
oppression, or of their savage climate, or of
the unnatural, hot air of their stove-heated
apartments, it is certain that a more unlove-
ly set of women than the Russians would
be difficult to find. "They want" says an
English traveller, "the genuine flavor which
only Nature can give. That charming firm
ness and elasticity of flesh so indisputably
requisite to constitute beauty, and so deli
cious to the touch, exis.s not among the
Russian females, or in very few of them."
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-29
Change Of Color.

Sudden shocks occurring to human beings
have frequently changed the color of the hair
from black to white in single night. A
physician of Berlin, strong, healthy, and
less than a middle-aged man, sent his wife
and one daughter to spend the summer at a
watering-place. The day that he expected
letter informing him of their arrival, there
came one saying that his daughter had been
taken ill very suddenly, and was already
dead. The shock was terrible, and instantly
his hair became entirely gray. He had to
visit some patients that afternoon, and they
scarcely recognized him.
The other case was Of man thirty-fy
years old, living in the Netherlands. He
was one day passing the canal in Rotterdam,
when he saw a child struggling in the water.
lie plunged in and brought it to land, but it
vas already dead by the time he had rescued
the body. Bending over it to try to restore
life, he discovered that the dead child was
his own son. The blow was 50 sudden and
unexpected, and coming upon him when he
himself was so much exhausted, turned his
hair entirely gray, and left him scarcely
recognizable.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-29

extending across the country from the
Gulf of Salonica, across Thessaly and the
southern district of Albania, to a point
near the entrance of the Adriatic, oppo-
site the Island of Corfu. Moukhtar
Pasha, the Turkish Commissioner, has
decided to meet the Grecian Commits
sioners at Janina, in Thessaly. The
Greeks contend for the including of that
town or city in the territory to be ceded
to their country, and the Grecian jour-
nails urge their Commissioners to stand
fast for the cession of that place. Had
it not been for the greed of two or three
of the powers represented at that Treaty
Conference, Greece would have received
a much larger slice of the territory right
fully hers, because formerly a. part of
Greece. But England wanted SO much,
and Russia SO much, and Austria more,
that the interests of poor little Greece
were almost forgotten, or. sighted. 1t
seems plain enough that the Great Pow
ers of Europe do not intend that a pow
erful nation shall be established and
grow up in the South of Europe. Their
idea of the balance of power is, that bal
ancei which shall weigh most in favor of
their conquering systems. Greece must
be kept weak that it may the more easily
be annexed at the convenient time.