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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-11-26

The prospectus OF the Harrisburg Patriot
for 1SSi will be published in cur next issue,
but for the present we deem it in order to
say that the Patriot Is a faithful and true eX-
pOnent of the principles and purposes of the
Democratic party, and is edited with marked
ability IL has the advantage Of being pub
lished at the State capital, where the Legis-
latUre IeeetS and where laws are enacted,
and for that reason, in addition to its general
merit. deserves a liberal anC generous pat
ronage, which we hope 1t receives.
z--
IT is said the new hotel to take the place
of the present Cresson Springs house will be
200 feet long and 100 feet wide, and three
stories high, the first story to be stone, and
the other two brick. The location viii be in
the rear of the present hotel, which will be
torn down upon its completion The grand
opening for ''the season usually occurs at
CTesSCn the first week in June, at which
time it Is expected the new building will be
ready for occupancy.
THE Huntingdon Local Nc1cs says that
james !. Raugh, formerly of that place, but
now employed as n Watchman at the low
er railroad shops, Altoona, is an applicant
for the postmastership in that city Well,
suppose he is, that won t vitiate the Patton
prevailing in that Office nOI Rsugh-b its pres
/ ent possessoI of the yerquisiJes.
EUGENE FYIER, formerly of Altoona.
/ where his parents reside, but more recently q
( freight conductor on the P, T. W. & Q. Il.
r.. was run over by the cars at Chicago, on
Wednesday night OF last week, receiving in
/ juries which resulted fatally on Friday night
following. The remains wsre brought home
for inteTmcnt.
REV. T. r. JOSEs, Of the Congregational
church, this place, returns thanks through
the Herald to friends and members of his con-
gregation for a welcome visit and a donation
Of fifty-one dollars paid him on Thursday
evening Of last week.
BALTIMORE Md have used DR.. Bull,
Cough Sprup personally and in my family
for two or three years, and am prepared &c
say that there is nothing to compare to it a,
aremedy for coughs colds, etc. JAMES Cor.
/ RTE, Dentist
TIE President elect and ourself were botF
born in the same year and within less thar
three months OF each other II that fact
don't induce him to send us a good fat Office
Wen never get oursef born so near to hin
again.
WE Rave SOLD many gross of Ely's Cream
Balm, and are gratihed to hear from our Gus
toners the most tlattering reports believe i
Is an article Of real merit. SMITH. KLINE &
Co, Wholesale Druggists, Philadelphia, Pa
THE Altoona Call says that a good-size,
man can ride now in cushioned car cheape
than fat hog can travel as freight How
do you know Who is the coed sized man
that tried the experiment with you
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-11-26
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( lt the ear. rubbing In
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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-09-11

Each English naval cadet costs his
country $3.50 a year.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-09-11
Drunk on Coffee.

An Italian statucscllcr, going on his
rounds in the Paris streets and carrying a
tray OF plaster casts on his head, stumbled
upon wcllstulfed leather portfolio living
IN the road. AS it contained So, 500 IN
bank notes, it was perfect bonanza to a
gamin. What could lie not buy with it !!
But there was one thing for which he
cared above all others. 1t was strong
coffee. His first thought was that he
could drink dozen cups of coffee a day,
if he chose. He rushed into cafe and
swallowed, one after another, six of Gam
bctta's favorite ''monograms" and nine
'sglorias" cups of strong coffee with
liquor. The next day he paid n second
visit to the restaurant and indulged in a
fresh dcbauch; and he returned on the
following day to order coffee with the
same rcck lcssness. His continued revclry
excited the suspicion of the police, and he
was finally arrested Ten bank notes were
found in his pocket. A hundred francs
had lasted him several days and lie was
evidently congratulating himself on having
resources whcrewith he could buy and drink
gallons Of strong coffee during the winter.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-09-11
Antiquity OF Nun.

Believers in the Mosaic account of the
antiquity of man may derive some comfort
from the fact that the ablcst gcologists and
antlquarians have varied in their computa-
tions as to the age Of man not less than
600, 600 years. Sir Charles Lycll, for ex-
ample, first paced the appearance of man
on earth about 800, 200 years ago his later
computations reduce this period to 600, 900
years others formerly assigned 1000, 600
Of years as tho age of man more recently
the supposition of many scientists reduced
this to 10000 years. DR.. Fowlcrs Red
Indian found buried sixteen feet IN Missis-
sippi mud was believed to be 81, 900 years
old, but Mr.. Fontaine found skeleton in
the same ncighborhood under fifty feet of
earth which had been buried only four
years United States engineers by careful
calculation find that the whole New Orleans
delta to the depth of forty feet is tho pro-
duct of little more than 1000 years.
Professor Andrews gives the probable gla-
cial age Mt Lake Michigan as about 5000
to 1000 years, which other scholars arc
adopting as the antiquity of the 'icc age :
Man, according to geologists, came after
the ''ice age"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-09-11
Musical Accent.

AT trial IN the Court of Kings Bench,
June, 1888. between certain Twcedledces,
las to an alleged piracy of an arrangement
|of "The Old English Gentleman" II. j.
Cooke was suppGnacd as a witness.
On cross-examination by Sir James Scar
lett, that learned counsel rather flippantly
said:
''Now, sir, You say the two melodies arc
the same, but different. What do you
mean, sir2"
"fom promptly answered: 81 said the
notes in the two copies were alike, but with
different accent"
Sir James-"What is musical accent3''
Cookc-"My terms are guinea lesson,
IT." CA loud laugh.)
'Sir James, (rather rutflcd, )-"Don't
mind J our terms here; ask you what is
musical accent2 Can you see 1t %
Cooke-"No."
Sir Jamcs--"Can you feel it2"
Cooke-"A musician can." (Great
laughter.)
Sir James, (very angrily, )-"Now pray,
Sir, don't beat about the bush, but tell His
Lordship and the jury the meanining of
what you call accent"
Cookc-'Accent in music is stress laid
on peculiar note, as you would lay a
stress on any gwen word. for the purpose
of being better understood. i'll were to
say you were an ass, |: rests on ass but
were to say you were On ass, rest on
you, Sir James,"
Reiterated shouts of laughter by the
whole court, in which the bench jolnhd,
followed this repartee. Silence being OBJ.
tanned, Lord Dcnman, the. Judge, with
much gravity, accostcd the chap fallen
counsel--'Arc you satisfied, Sir James q
Sir James, deep red as he natursly was,
had become scarlet in more than name, and
in great huff said: "rhc witness may
go down."
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-09-11
TRI-WEEK.LY EDITION.
THE OLE FAIR STORY.

A mother kissed her baby,
Rocking it to rest.
Ahd gently o'aspod within her arms,
it nestled in her breast
The old fair story,
Set round in glory,
Wherever life is found;
FOR Oh It's love, it's love, they say,
Ihat makos the world 20 round.
A fair faood boy and maiden
Passed through tho yellow wheat;
And their hands were olasped together,
And the flowers grow at thoir foot.
The old fair story
Set round in glory,
Wherever life is found
For oh! it's love, it's lovo, they cay,
That makes the world go round.
An old man and a wrinkled VITO,
Amid tho fair spring weather;
We've shared our sorrows and our Joys,
God grant we die ,gether"
Tho old fair story,
Set round in glory,
Wherever life s found
For Oh it's love- It's love, thoy say
That makes the world go round.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-09-11
Medicinal Plants IN California.

1t has long been nown that the climate
OF our Pacific States offers singular advan-
tages for the cultivation of certain foreign
plants from which valuable medicines arc
extracted. 1t is only quite recently, how
ever, that the flora of that coast has been
specially studied with view to ascertain
the economic value, for medicinal purposes,
or the native plants. a chemist of Cali
forna has given this subject special atten-
ton, and finds that there arc many plants;
there whole products are called for in mod
ern pharmacy. The Eucatypt,ts glo6ul,ts,
the lCrb0 6tcna, and the Canchalagun,
arc already widely known. The Griaadeiia
rodusta, which grows throughout the
State, supplies a basam of the resnols
character, most abundant in tho buds, but
found IN all the juices of the plants. As
cure for the eruption occasi0ncd by con-
tact with the ''poison cnk," the balsam is
accounted almost a specific. 1t is also in
demand in the Atlantic States as a remedy
for asthma and bronchial affections The
leaves of the eucalyptus, serving as the
stutling of pillow, have been found bcnc.
fical in relieving ncuralgic headaches; and
tinctnre prepared from tho leaves has q
variety of uses in medicine. One of the
newest Of Vegetable drugs is obtained from
Icrba santa, a shrub known also as gum
weed mountain balsam, wild peach and
bcars' weed. The leaves contain resi-
nous substance highly spoken of as an in
grcdidcnt in cough mixture, and for tho
cure of bronchial and iaryngeal disorders.
The collection and drying of medicinal
plants in California, for shipment to manu-
featuring chemists at the East, is gradu-
ally becoming a business of Importance.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-09-11
An Historic House,

The year 1776 found the colonists III
arms against the mother country, Roger
Morris Colonel III the British army and
George Washington Commander-in Chief
Of the forces of the colonies. Mrs. Morris
occupied her home until the attack of the
British on the city of New York, in Au-
gust ITS when finding that 1t was likely
to become the theatre OF war, she left II
hastily and found refuge with the Tory
people among the Highlands. A few DAYS
later General Washngto arrived and made
The mansion his headquarters during his
operations on the island, holding stern
councils OF war i'll the drawing room Of the
former mistress Of his heart and devotinp
to the reposc OF martial thews and shows
the downy beds and sllken canopies that
had been intended for far daintier uses.
But this military occupation lasted only a
short time, although the mistress of the
mansion never returned to her charming re-
treat. At the close Of the war her estates
were confiscatcd, and she went with her
husband to England where she lived to q
good old age.
Fourteen years later; in 1900, Washing
ton, with good number Of danes and
cavaliers, paid second visit to the old
mansion.t In his journal he gives us do.
tailed account of tho event. lie says under
date of July 10, 1890:
"lIaving formed party consisting of
the Vice President, his lady, son and Miss.
Smith; the secretaries of State, Treasury
and "aT and the ladies Of the two latter,
lth all the gentler,en, we visited the old
position of Fort Washington, and after.
Ward dlned on dinner provided by Mr.
Mariner, at the house lately Colonel Roger
Norris, but conflscated and now il the
possession of common farmer"
This Captain Mariner was a noted char.
acter In the revolution, and was cngaJ,ed
with Captain Hyler in tho somewhat cole.
brated "whaleboat warfare" which con.
sisted chiefly in making night dcscents on
the encmy's coasts, and making prisoners Of
such prominent persons as came in their
| way. After the war he kept tavern at
Wards Island and at Harlem, and became
noted caterer. 1t was in this capacity
that lie was employed to prepare the dinner
for as imposing company of guests us the
mansion ever entertained.
In 1903 Morris was again in the market,
and for time 1t seemed probable that
| Colonel Aaron Burr, who was then living
In princely splendor at Richmond Hill,
would become its purchaser. In Novenl.
ber of this year he wrote to his daughter
Theodosia IN regard to tho exchange. Her
letter in reply dated Clifton, s. c., Decem,
Der 1c, 1908, is interesting as showing
what one OF the most charming and &C.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-09-11
An Orchestral Squabble.

There was pause in the rehearsal, an,
'the gentlemen of the orchestra went Ou
20 seek rrfreshmcnt and to stretch thei
legs. The Instruments, finding themselve
ny themselves, indulgcd In a little badin
age; and to the Double Bass, who is {
good hand ut taking tlo,Un notes, we ar,
indebted for report of the proceedings
IL appears there had been good deal o.
ill-tccling among those presens in conse.
qucncc OF the numerous airs the First Vio
lin had INDUCED in during the engagement,
OF It's proprietor, famous soloist. and tn,
subordinate intruments, feeling aggrievcd
expressed their sentiments in characteristic
fashion.
"You think yourself everybody" grum-
bled the Clarionet, and the Hautboy Car
instrument Of very much the same order OF
mlnd) backed up the assertion.
~ tell you what" coolly replied tho
First Fiddle, 'you're an obtrusive humbup
this to the Clarionctl Your remarks are
not worth rush (or rced) And as fol
you, this to the Hautboy,] if you don't
correct growing tendency TO sing through
your nose, you'll be put down as a nasal
nuisance
mo personalty!" blurtcd the Ophi.
clcide. ''Iou take advantage of youl
position"
"As for you," lcftily replied tho Firs,
riddle, 'you're mass of brass. You're q
blatant nuisanCe!"
"Well, Pm blowed!" cried the Cornet.
Moderate your language" said the gen.
tcel First Fiddle. "lf you have had the
misfortune to pass your early existence out.
sidc taverns, you should remember you arc
no" among respectable company.
''Welll' burst in the Drum, 81 don't
think III argument you arc-''
Pardon mel" interrupted the First Fid.
die, "don't venture on the question of
argument. Remember you were born to
be beaten"
cas- an old friend of mime" sharply
whislled the Plccolo-merely fife with
Keys object to this personality"
'Oh, dear oh, dear!" rcjoined the sen.
sltive First Fiddle, putting his bow to his
cars, ''Oll, dear OH, deIri Piccolo, you
arc so sharp you might be Piccalilli."
'Gcnlly. gently" intcrposed the Flute.
you arc rather hard upon my younger
brother: YOU"
''SilenccI you double-tcngucd ,mpos.
tor j. ailgrily broke forth the First Fiddle.
And as for that snake in the grass, the
Serpent, and that three -corncrcd tempered
'Atoio wa" Ilo AiluiiSlc, anu tnaL 1anKllnR
OLD pair, the Cymbals, and that idle old
dronc, The Bassoon, despise the lot of you.
There's only one instrument among you all
that l admire"
''And which is that :" shouted the whole
crew.
:, "Violnl" replied tho First Fiddle-"one
who always backs me up, and who says in
the play-'rwelfth Night you know
Save thee, friend, and thy music; dos
thou live by thy Tabor?"
What say you to that, Drum2 What
lucky thing for you that your master has
secondhand clothes business to fall back
upon in the daytime |"
"a wretchcd instrument without an,
distinctive characteristic" snorted tht
Trombone,
"My dear Trombone. gravely remarked
tho First Fiddle, ''you really do 20 to sucl
lengthsl"
Here the musicians came back, stumb
ling over the stools, and tho instrument
being taken up, harmony again prevailed
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-09-11
Tho Manufao oture OF Coal Tar Dyes.

The extent to which the manufacture of
coal tar colors is now carried is shown by
the following statistics of labor and pro.
duction at one Of the principal coal tar
color works in Germany. There are en-
ployed over 1000 workmcn, in addition
to forty overlookcrs and branch managers,
twenty-five chemists, one engineer, and
thirty clerks and accountants. The yearly
consumption Of coal amounts to 17,OOO,-
900 kiloo; anthracen, 1876, 900 kilos; naph.
tha and benzol, $50, 900; chromate of pot
ash, 100000; caustic sodo, 1,246, 600 /;
sulphurlc acid, 1880, 900; muriatic acid,
1850, 900; nitric acid, 1916, 900; alcohol,
81, 800; and sundry chemicals, $500, 900.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-09-11
Give Inc q How.
tPleasc, sir, give me a bow2"

| 'flease, Sir, give me bOwf'
The child was sitting on a lower doorstep.
Her eyes sparkled and her tiny fingcrs
played with the stub OF lead pencil. A
straw hat was showed back on her head,
and the breeze played with the bows OF
colored ribbon. Near by sat Il dcmure little
miss, who looked with amaZement at hercom.
panion. who had cared to address stran.
ger. The neghborhood was respectable,
and the children were well dressed.
"a bow2"
The child nodded her head, her long
tresscs dropping forward and kissing hel
rosy checks.
"Why do you want me to bow tc
YOU"
,,Oh, cause want everybody to bow tc
| NO."
''Evcrybodyl"
eyes, Sir, everybody"
'But, if everybody should bow to you
that would keep you busy bowling in re-
turn"
eyes, sir; know that, but"
"But what"
but that's what Pm willing 20 do if
everybody will only bow to me- she re-
piled, putting the stub pencil between her
| lips and smiling ut her companion.
"Why in the world do you want every
body to bow to you"
"Causc l can get 4 hundred bows. Dom /
you sec2"
"Of course. But why do you want hun,
dred bows"
"Oh, cause"
"'Cause is no answer"
81 know tisn't, but"
"Will you tell mc why if l will bow to
you7"
''Yes, sir" she replied reluctantly.
The bow was given. The stub pencil
was IN use second aftcrward The child
bent forward, and after unfolding slip of
paper that she kept out of sight, smoothcd
her dress over one of her knees, and hold.
ing her paper on the smooth place, wrote
/. There were other Ill on the slip; and
the child compared them with those on Il
slip held by her companion.
"What arc those marks for2"
''That shows how many bows I've had, y
she replied, holding up the slip of paper.
Ibid you have to ask as many persons
| to bow to YOU"
"Oh no. Some bow to me even if don't
ask them, like papa and mama"
What good docs 1t dor"
"Lots."
"Lots2'
eyes, sir, cause If get a hundred
can make wish"
"Wish for what"
"Anything. Don't you see?" When we
get bow we mark it down until we get q
hundred. Then we fold up the paper and
bury it in the ground. Then we make q
wish for something"
''Do you expect the paper will turn into
| what you wish fore"
t'Somc do, but don't. Some girls put
it In the ground and go and look ut il
every day. Their wishes don't come true
sometimes. l just put it in and wait"
Did you ever get anything9"
| ''Oh, yes sir. had gold lockct lockct
last Christmas that wished for"
"And how many bows have yol marked
on that shp!"
Eighty, eighty-onc, eighty-two, eighty
three Elghty-threc, SIR"
| "Can the same person bow to you twicc2'
''Oh yes. But not the same day"
"What do you intend to wish for"
II don't know yet. Something nice
though"
81 hope you will get it,"
"Thank you. sir" replied the child.
,,Ain't you going to bow TO mc3" came
from behind the railing, as the dcmurc lit
tie miss looked up shyly.
Again the request was granted
''Thank you, SIR"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-09-11

of sixty -clght prizes in the Uni
versity College, Loidon, sixteen we're
taken by women the last.in session.
"A man on the Peninsula railroad
In Florida, gathered 10000 oranges
from one tree last fall.
In 1870 the number of persons
who visited Vichy was 33,s05, Of whom
A AmerIca contributed Sl7.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-09-11
EOyez.

In 1904, when the distribution Of Impc.
rial Eagles TO the French army took place
in Paris, the Colonel of the Fifty seventh
Regiment, when the moment came for him
to give up his colors, refused to part with
them, and persisting in his refusal, was
sent to Napoleon at the Tuilcries. There
the Emperor himself repeated the order.
''Sirc," replied the Colonel in voice trem-
bling with emotion, II entrcat you not to
ask Inc to give up the colors. They arc
the colors of Montcnottc, where l thought
they would serve me as q winding sheet.
TO part with them will break my heart -"
The Emperor, however, was firm, and
nothing was left to the Colonel but obey.
On the day of the distribution, when the
name of his regiment was called, the Colo
mel advanced sadly to receive the new COL
ors. Napoleon himself, took the latter,
handed them to the Colonel with the single
word "Voycz!" Looking as directed, the
Colonel saw that the remnants of the old
colors had been skilfully joined together
and worked into the now tricolor, on
which was Inscribed IN letters of gold,
'.Fifty-scvcnth, A Montonottc, illut sur
nommc Le Terrible"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-09-11

The Earl OF Roslyn thinks that
goats m ght be very protitably raised
IN the Alleghanics and Rocky Noun
tains.
The official census returns give
Boston a population Of 3t3 ,586, an in
crease Of II ,068 In ten years
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-02-02
THE LOSS OF A wIFE's AFFECTIONS.

Henry L. L. Legraw, a commercial traveller
in TIC employ OF Arnold, Constable Co., has begun
suit In the Supreme Court, Second Dhtrict against
James NJ Rowen. to $4,000 damages for the
loss Of his wifes affections. Mrs Legraw before her
marriage, IN 1862 we'll known Brooklyn society being
the daughter OF John Cam, slyerware manufacturer
deceased. Mr.. Rowen was formerly In business at
No Park pace, and lived In jamaica. lie is also said
10 have boon connected with well-known Brooklyn
church.
Mr.. Legraw alleges that In June, July and August
ls79 while he living with his wife and child NJ suf
ferns N " took advantage OF his absence from
home To his Uegraw) wife riding his carriage
and that In september and October OF TINT year. while
he was from the city business and his wife and
child occupied In West Twenty-hfth-st, Rowen
had a room IN the house In November, 10 Ia
alleged, ROwcn took Mrs Legrav TO the Park Avenue
Hotel where they reGistered Mr. and Mrs Il. Adams
OF YOukers. and remsined sometime and wife.
this month IL Is asserted, aud Mrs Legraw there
and lived his wife from November 10 TO December
10 An affidavit made by Josephine Scott, q
miner OF No. 1l5 West Twenty secOndst. that De-
cember 80 Rowen her and requested her state
that Mrs Legraw had been living with her. in order 70
learn dressmaking, during the tmes mentioned.
Rowen said tnat he had befrieDded Mrs.
Lgraw because her husband treated her cruelty. He
introduced Mrs Lgraw TO Miss Scott who says that
January g. 1879 Mira Legraw admitted TO her that she
had lived with kowen at the Park Avenue Hotel and
that he had furnished rooms for her.
Recently the defendant obtained order TO examine
Mrs Lgraw before trial. aud while she underQ ding
examination In Brooklyn she was attacked with
bysteria and tainted The examination suspended