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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-08-18

a COLORED PATRIAHCH.-V lillian r.-
is an aged negro, liyluE n Camden X
Last May lie celebrated Ls IZF.H ls-
and Is without doubt the .u.H.,t frr7f..---
OF the New World. Ba5=a.t was rH-- r.
state OF Delaware, near Smyrna. - ---
Whefe his parents were slaves -.- rr1r--
being owned by the BavarI f.rr-
cnlluloou was spent iu the ers-l---- F.
OF Young daTkies living ON large -.
milking the COWS, driving the rH--s +
making himser generally usaFu -H-
place. During the war of Tie -
Bassettl then young man OF "a ms +
working for afaEmer bE The name h
long since forgotten I'm that fa-.- r.
twenty miles from Dover. when.
moved shortly before the war raH
N mle there he married. ami Ha-- .
rather or large family. each r..-H-
whom DE has 0utIved. --Hr On. #--.
li5 wife bs5sett married AGAIN. W
war broke ont ln 1872 .e left Dis Dom 2
became a body servant tu CaInra. Son.
jackson army, whom be HeaHu-1 G
the front at New Orleans NHH.~ ~a
suffered from an attack of trrEr.E f--
sequent upon the change nj e.frr..
life was dsspaired Of Ala-la..
turned TO the North, aud ul- f.r-.r +
Colonel Morris household. la u.
third wife Upun his re-Iru from -.a --
and bad 10y lel quite ululr.r.
bui one ul whom died Hr#"l -l -..r
For tle-last eighteen wears Bee la- ha
ken care Of by bis children and
Crens spending the time between .
and NgurestOWD, TO and from -
lie has travelled ON foot many r- u
last trip was made early iu t#a %.
and as a walk for man nr l-- years
cord cannot be exeU..H1. or a-. Ears
failing very much, Tor the past -~
oelne unable 90 take amy unL--.--
The old man at present Is wtI --
hannah Fisher 4l tEa aaw.-H- Newton
Ann streets, ka5Ehu-- Point Camden
dec-ase Is looked lHr al.E.-E
Record
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-08-18

THE late LewistOwn euCampment OF
the National Guard was composed Of
eight Thousand men and lasted seven
days During that time the COmmis-
sary Department. issued to the troops 35-
600 pounds of fresh beef, $4,000 loaves
of bread, 5000 pounds of pork, 1900
pounds OF mutton and pile of potatoes
equal in size to a small mountain, be-
sides coffee. sugar, rice, tomatoes and
cabbage. Some of the principal officers
at the eucampment estimate the total
expense to the State, including the
transportation of tho troops to and from
the same. at between one hundred and
one hundred and twenty-five thousand
dollars.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-08-18

ANOTHER session of the Republican
Congress has passed away and no pro-
vision made for counting the electoral
vote at the Presidential elections, uol
any law passed TO meet an emergency
such as occurred when Garfield was
shot, and in the event of Arthur's death,
the country might have been thrown into
absolute chaos. These are both weigh
ty and important matters, but they have
been passed over as ''trides light as air''
by the majority when compared to the
Importance of kicking out of their seats
six or eight Southern men and giving
their places to negroes, one of whom,
Bob Smalls was penitentiary bird, and
to Greenbackers, not one Of the whole
tot having been elected, with possibly a
single exception. The country may ex-
pect better things when q Democratic
Congress is elected in November next.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-08-18

"A brutal murder was committed on sun
day morning, OF during Saturday night last.
in the northwestern part Of Evansville. Ind
Alexander Weber, a German saloon keeper.
his wife, and little son years old were
found murdered in their house The father
and mother were in their bed and the boy in
an adjoining room. The latter had evidently
been killed while attempting to escape. The
heads of all three were crushed with a hatchet
and theiI thrOats were cut and mangled In n
most brutal manner. An infant of six
months was found unframed. The most in
tense excitement prevails, and vigorous eff.
forts are being made to discover the muir
derers. George Lenhart. Charles W. Carter,
Philip Noll and Joe Byrd have been arrested
on suspicion.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-08-18

IN Altoona the other night. Charles
;. Litchmaa, IgauiZer-at-large of the
Knights of Labor, declared, 'If the re-
port be true that ] have read. that one
Of the political parties of your State re-
lies for its hope of success upon its abil-
lty TO purchase the votes Of workingmen
| say it is shame and disgrace upon
every man who thus sells his birthright. -
Since the exposure of his plot, Chairman
Cooper is less b0astful of his success in
getting 10000 Democratic workinrmen
to help elect Beaver.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-08-18

THE PEOPLES EXCURsION.-A HoIiday
Weeb for ECerybody "A grand daylight ex-
cursion to the sea-shOre will be given bv the
Pennsylvania Railroad, on Thursday, august
24tti a special train, with Pullman parlor
cars attached, leaving Pittsburgh at s. is A.
". EXcursionists have the choice of going
either to Cape May or Atlantic CITY TheV
will arrive at Philadelphia at an early hour
on the evening of the oath, and depart for
the sea-shore next morning. Tickets are
good to return until September ID, inclusive.
Excursion tickets will be sold at the follow.
ing stations at the rates named Pittsburgh,
ell00 Irwin, Sl100; Greensburg, $40 65
Conneilsviile, $1,000; UniontOwn, S11. 90
Latrobe, Sl0.40; Biairsville. $40 10 !; Indiana,
sI0.55 JohnstowD, 50 %; CressoD. So. 50
Altoona, $50; Tyrone, s. 50; Huntingdon.
$40; Cumberland, IS So Bedford, S. 80
Hxeursionists will do we'll to secure their
tickets as early as possible, as only limited
number viii be on sale.
For further information, apply to your
nearest agent, or to
THOMAS z WATT
Passenger Agent, Western District.
7S Fifth Avenue. PITTSBURGH. pa
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-08-18

''IF MOSES had lived in this nine
teenth century would he not have made
one of the commandments read, Thou
shalt not pass River and HarbOr bills2'
is a practical and interesting question
propounded in a recent number Of the
New York World.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-08-18

THE statue of Daniel O'COnnen in
Dublin was unveiled by the Lord Mayor
of that city on Tuesday last. amidst the
greatest enthusiasm and in presence of
fully one hundred thousand people,
NIessrs. ParnelI, Dayitt and Dillon were
in attendance.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-08-18

How UNsELFIsH and always COM
mendable are the benevolent acts Of ex-
Governor H0ratiO Seymour, who is to-
day the most hon0red and respected cit
izen in the State of New York. He new
er tires in trying to do good and on
Thursday of last week he entertained
the little orphan girls of st. Johns asy-
lum, Utica, on his farm, two miles from
that city. May his days be long in the
land.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-08-18

"A. b. Camp, miner al san Benite. CAL
left his family in New England, years ago.
and went West to seek his fortune Having
prosperad he sent for his wife He was in
the mine when she arrived, aud there she fol
lowed him, getting an affectiOuate reception.
Ihey started to leave the mine, he going in
advance, when part OF the tunnel caved in
aud she was killed.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-08-18
DENOCRATIC STATE TICKET.

THERE will undoubtedly be a splendid
opportunity after the coming election to
Pattison of Philadelphia on the back
and congratulate him on his elevation
to the guberuatorial chairot PennSylVa-
v-Fn
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-08-18

CHANGE OF MIND declined to insert
your advertisement of Hop BitterS last year
because / then thought they might not be
promotive to the cause of Temperance, but
ind they are and very valuable medicine,
myself and wife having been greatly benefit
ed bythem, and l take great pleasure in
making them known. REV. J. SEAMAN.
Editor Home Sentinel, AfrOn, Y. Y.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-08-18

TEE NusrAIC BELT co.. f-sr-
send DIR DYES t'ELEEEt tTEH
BELTS AND ELElTETl ArIaTa' rs
o. days % men IyuulC ~ ola t 81
with Nervous DcH.Iifv- Ln-. f..--
and complete restoration Hr HH1..-
or Address as above. n. H.-N
as thirty daYs trial De- lLllWl--
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-08-18

Bruises, Burns, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum.
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands. Chill
biains. Corns. and all Skin Eruptions, and
positively cures Piles. It is guaranteed ia
give perfect satisfaction or money refunded
Price % cts. per box. For sale by f. James
sole agent, EbeDsburg Pa. T5-9.-1y.1
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-08-18

HEALTH Is WEALTH. Hires Improved
Root Beer package makes five gallons of a
delicious, wholesome. sparkling temperance
beverage. Ask your druggist for it, or sent
by mail for twenty-five cents. Charles F.
Hires, IS North Delaware Avenue, Philadel-
phia, Pa L6-9.-13t.l
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-08-18

THE jury in the Star-route cases are
now listening to the speeches of the law
yers. The two who have SPOKEN occu-
pied three days each.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-08-18
a DeItcious Anneftuer.

That ensures digestion and enjoyment of
food a tonic that blings strength to the
weak and rest TO the nervous a harmless
diarrhma cure that don't cOnstipate-iust
what every family needs-Parker's Ginger
Tonic
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-08-18
TREyToN, n. j.. oct. p. 1850.

1 have suffered for eight years with Hav
Fever during July, August and September
In the beginning of july, this year, resort
ed to Ely's Cream Balm, and have been en-
tirely free from the fever since the first ap-
plication. l can recon mend it as care
EDWARD 9. HILLMAN, at the New Jersey
State Arsenal. Price so cents.
Apply into nostrils J1ith little finger
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-08-18
Hay Fever.

MEssRs. ELY Bros, Druggists, Owego, y.
u have been afflicted for twenty years,
during the months OF August and September
with hay fever, and have tried various RENE
dies for its relief without success. L was in
duccd to try your Cream Balm have used it
with favorable results, and can confidently
ERT W. TOwSLEY, (ex-MayOr) Elizabeth,
Y. j.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-08-18

TIE dog days viii end on the 27th.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-03-23

anticipating extremely warm weather."
"The internal fires of the earth are
gradually burning out toward the sur
face of the earth. I am confident that
il we could bore hole into the earth
to depth of fifty miles we would reach
a point where the temperature would
be so high that iron would melt, and If
we could go down 100 miles things
would be at white heat. The crust of
the earth is becoming thinner and thin
ner year by year, and it Is only ques-
ton of time when it will become 80
thin that it will no longer retain the
internal fires, and the globe will be de-
stroyed."
"How many years will elapse before
the great conhagration will take placer"
"You are asking too much. You
must remember that there is limit to
the possibilities of my science. The
Bible, you know, predicts that the
world will come to an end, but no date
for the grerat event is fixed. DR.. Miller
and other fanatics have made calcula-
tons. based upon their supposed under
standing of the prophecies, but it is
matter of history that their predictions
have not thus far been verified, what
ever may happen in the future"
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-03-23
And Now q Navy.

It is about settled that the United
States IS to build a defensive navy.
This is not destined to fight the ironclad
fleets of other nations, but to capture
the steamships and sailing vessels Of
the enemy. The United States to-day
is absolutely without navy; its ships
are worthless for offensive or defensive
purposes. One foreign ironclad would
be more than a match for all the old
wooden tubs which float the American
flag. 1t is proposed to build new YES
sells of steel capable of running from
ID to Is knots an hour. These are to
be armed by one or two enormous guns.
The object is to fight the enemy at a
great distance, while out of the reach
of his cannon balls. Congress ought
to provide floating batteries for our
principal harbors. TOrpedoes have
never yet stopped resolute enemy
form entering a seaport. We have no
large guns, and our harbor defenses are
as much behind the age as are our
warships. Potentially the United
States is the greatest military and naval
power on earth. Should however a
war take place within the next two
years, New York and our principal sea-
ports Will be easily and promptly capt
ured by the enemy, As We have neither
guns nor ships nor any defenses to beat
Of ~ attacking force. But il is well
to know that ve have AZ least begun
the creation Of q nsyy.-DemOresfs
Monthly for april
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-03-23
New Government Departments.

A proposition is before Congress to
have a new Cabinet officer, to be called
the Secretary of Agriculture. In the
new department are to be several I'M
portant bureaus; one of the statistics
for acquiring information in relation
to agriculture, second OF lands a
third of agricultural products, and a
fourth of animal industry. There is
an evident desire to change our Govern
ment into great industrial republlc'
in which case our Cabinet will repre-
sent labor, transportation, commerce
manufactures, education and art. we
have Secretary of the Navy when Ws
have no navy, and one of War wnen
practically we have no army. All We
need is a department of public deiense,
with two bureaus for the army an0
navy. In other countries art, educA,
ton and commerce are Recognized
among the chief departments OF the
government, and it is quite true tna'
the United States realizes that its future
is bound up with questions affecting
the multitude, and that the nation l'ss sen
is a potent factor in stimulating Tue
commerce and the agricultural proauO
tions of the people of the United o'al tar
From DemoreStS MontHy ;"
April.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-03-23
The Danger Signal.

As the express train to San jose ,r I
slamming along past San Mateo, w." "
both valves wide open, the tigure Of ~
man was seen waving a red shirt aO ,;us
half a mile up the track. The e9 !es,ieS
was reversed, brakes were WnlsI tSs
down, and with tremendous eIoi, .bs
train was stopped just as it reacneu ~
man. u Aha
whats the matter?" shouted wv
conductor, running forward. Can
as this the lightning express -
Jose ?" asked the stranger, earnes1i ,bs
%Yes, Sir; of course it Is, sA.u .r
ticket puncher, while the pasSe
crowded up with white faces. .,,.Le,.
THAT'S right, said the man, r. soT a
ing his flannel and bracing up ..-,h.
grand break. always tell the '-''
and people will respect you. lid
And before even the englnesl ssS-.d
seize a hunk of coal he had hul -
yards start to vinvard with Ssa
breeze on his weather beam
Francisco Post.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-03-23
Whales.

The birthday of whales is celebrated
occasionally in the public schools like
that of the poets. The following is a
little girls composition prepared lately
for that OCCASION:
whales is big fish. Whales live a
long time and don't die when they get
old. We had railroad whale here a
little time ago, just for show. Whales
don't always travel that way. They
mostly go by water so they can see more.
Most people like to go by rail dead
head, but whales amt like most people.
"a good while ago people used to
make light of whales, but they don't
some now, faint quick enough. The
lamps won't blow up.
I'VE wouldn't have no newspapers If
if wasn't for coal oil, and railroads. and
pistols and so forth; cause there
wouldn't be no news. whales is ike
shoe right and left. Our railroad
vhalevasa a right whale. Sometimes
whales gets left when the tide goes out
kind Of united. Maby there is other
kind of whales. Some of the bows
catch EN- in school, but 1 don't like
that kind, they amt interestin' to
girls
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-03-23
How a Toad Got In Trouble.

A writer in the Portland Transcript
gives tho following laughable descrip'
ton of the trouble toad got himself
into by not taking care what he ate.
He swallowed wasp, thinking, no
doubt, that it was large but defense
less fly:
The realization of his mistake came
when the wasp began pricking his IN
ternal organs, as a guilty conscience
pricks sinner.
The toad stood on his hind legs and
reached frantically down his throat
after that wasp. Failing to dislodge it,
he turned three somersaults in man
ner that would have rivaled the boss
tumbler in circus.
Then he stood up and exclaimed:
"Woo.ooduc! Woo-ooduc!" which was
supposed to be a call for stomach
pump or quick emetic.
He then made several efforts to stand
on his head, but was unsuccessful.
Next he pulled out his sides until he
looked like baseball with legs to
Initiation didn't hit the case, and it was
soon abandoned.
Again he reached down his throat,
but his arm was too short to reach the
spot where the wasp was operating.
His head began to swim, and. me
Topped over on his back and clawed
the air like a man overheard. The
wasp was evidently unable to continue
his infection of punishment, and the
toad began to feel better.
He got up on his feet and with his
forefoot examined his ribs upon either
side. Finding them all in place, he
stretched himself to his utmost height
two or three times to see if his legs
were in working order, and then
hoped hop or two to make assur-
ance sure.
Being satisfied that he was all there,
he gave croak of relief and hoped
under the tomato vines.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-03-23
Siberia As IL Is.

The tales which Americans have read
in regard to Siberia have always been
of such narrowing and repulsive de-
scription that they have come to asso.
ciate the name of that country solely
with chain gangs of Russian criminals
and slow, lingering deaths resulting
from the brutality of officers and the
rigors of the climate. A Washington
lecturer, however, throws some light
upon the resources and occupations of
the inhabitants of that wild country
which will have a tendency to modify
this pessimistic view. The population
is now about $4,000, 900, and the people
are settled mostly in the fertile zone,
for it must be remembered that the
area of Siberia is 100000 square
miles, its length 5000 and its width
$500 miles. The lecturer referred to,
Mr.. George KEENAN,, commenting upon
letters in the London Standard and
Pail Mall Gazette, depicting the inhu-
man treatment of exiles, their slow
death from poison in quicksilver mines,
out of which they are only allowed to
come to die, and the agony they suffer
from the long Siberian winter, says:
"There is not quicksilver mine in all
Siberia, where, according to the
Standard, exiles are dying of cold, in
1876, 100000 pounds of tobacco were
grown. In the first half of the sew
enteenth century exiles began to be
sent to Siberia to rid the country of
those convicts manned by punishment.
AS methods of punishment have relaxed,
Punishment has taken the place of most
of the other forms of punishment-as
for murder, assault, larceny, vagrancy
and desertion from the army, the pur-
pose constantly kept in view being the
population of Siberia. Between 1927
and 1S47, 159,755 exiles were sent to
Siberia, of whom only 443 were exiled
for political offenses. Of these 443,
two-thirds belong to the nobility.
From 1869 to 1872, 64,274 persons
were exiled. Of these 5000 were SEN
fenced to hard labor, and the other 80
per cent. simply banished and allowed
freedom within a smaller or larger dis
trict in proportion to the gravity of
their crimes. There are only two
mines now worked by Russian con-
victs, one coal mine and the other
a placer gold mine. Both are worked
above ground. The pictures of the
horrors of transportation of Russian
exiles by Mr.. Granville Murray and
English journals are absurd. They
are transported by rail, by boat and
by wagons, and are supplied with the
necessities of life until they get work
or get into business for themselves.
Trade between China and the prov
inces of this fertile zone is large and
carried on by 1000 merchants. Mil
lions of bushels of grain are raised,
and the manufactured products are
valued at millions of dollars. These
exiles are, as rule, prosperous and
happy. A Polish political exile once
stopped with was a prosperous pho
tographer. 1 would rather be BAN
ished to this country for life than
spend five years in Sing Sing"
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1882-03-23
Ought to Have Been a LAWYER,

Judge Settle, of the United States
Court in Florida, is cultivating an or
ange grove at Orange Dale, on the ST..
Johns river, Florida. Last year he had
a negro boy in his employ named
Julius, who did not give satisfaction.
Last July the Judge, accompanied by
T. B. Keogh, of North Carolina, and
g. D. Willard, of Washington, D. c.,
both lawyers, employed black man to
boat them from Green Cove Springs to
Orange Dale. On the way over, the
Judge, seeking information about
Julius, asked the boatman if he knew
julius.
"What! Julius Lemmons?"
eyes," said the Judge.
"Know him? Oh course I does.
Ebery man, white and black, bout here
knows him."
"What do you think of him?" asked
the Judge.
"Do you mean as to principle?"
Eyes"
81 don't tink nuthun' of him; don't
blieve half what he says. He'll take
contracts for work, hire men to do de
work, collect de money and nebber pay
'em. He's mean enough to fool his old
fadder and mudder bofe. He's so smart
you can't make garnshee stick on
him. He owes eberybody. He'll lie,
cheat, steal, an do eberyting bad. But,
I tell you, he can talk-la! he's slick
talker. He can out-talk 'em all. Tell
you what's fact, Mr.. Settle, he ought
to a bin lawyer"
The laugh that followed disconnected
the boatman, and nothing more was
said about Julius.-Haqper's DraaUer.