The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-03-24

return to the United States, was to
learn that his absence had not left the
American people devoid of scoundrels.
The time was when the American ma
tion presented the grandest spectacle
ever seen by men, God save the couu-
try Whittier are the American people
drifting ssg
THE PRESS AND KINGS DETECTIVES,
The Press is fast gaining in popular
lty and reaching a high prominence as a
! city Journal, by it persistent onslaught
on Mayor Kings detectives. The citi-
zens OF Philadelphia don't believe in the
proverb that seems to be Mr.. Kings
whole theory and philosophy of the de-
tective system. "Set a rogue to catch
a rogue" D." The exposures of the Press
/ induced the Mayor to dispense with the
services of few Tascally policemen. but
ne replaced them with greater rogues.
There is no let up in the Press in its on
slaught on Mayor Kings detectives. and
the Mayor and his officers signaIly fail
ed to dispTove the detailed and explicit
denunciation of the Press. Louis Me-
garge Is the city editor of the Press. is
the chief leader of the forces of the pa
per in the battle, and a gallant and no.
bic leader he is. He is the brightest,
most dashing, enteTpTising and courage
Gus journalist in the city, and is max
ing the Press unequalled by any Phila-
delphia paper for its special locals
\ oung Megarge is winning fame, and
is a credit to the American journalism
Of to-day.
SPECIAL BREYITIES.
The almond-eyed Celestial must not
come
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the curtain and bowed
It is rumOred that Lord Roscoe ard
Lady Kate fished the Garfield letter out
OF Chase's trunk.
Guiteau is now bulling the autograph
market for living
Edmunds does not believe in second
love. and declines to step into the gown
rejected by COnkling.
1t does seem as if Uncle Sammy Tilden
still hears the buZzing of the White
House bee.
Secretary Frelinghuyseh is said to he
as stiff as Springfield rifle, and as cold
as one of John SheTman's smiles.
Jack Logan is sick and old man Grant
has had no aims flOm the public purse
for a couple of weeks.
The man who cooled Garfield will get
five thousand dollars, and the man who
warmed Arthur will get hung.
The civil war has left in its wake a
flood of heart burnings That was an
unfortunate letter of Gen. Garfield to his
friend Governor Chase.
II Grant has a bill against the Gov
ernment, let him present it and quit the
system Of blackmail which he and Jack
Logan are operating.
The late Presidential Fraud has
changed the spelling of his name to
Hays, to get rid of the little dark-e he
has been forced to associate with.
Davy Davis, Jack Logan and Bill Ma
hone are to make speeches in Illinois on
the Fourth Of July. Davy will play the
cannon-popper. Johnnie will play the
hZ-glg, and Billie illustrate the sky-rock-
ct. The pyrOtechnics on that dav will
be beyond comparison.
The political hyenas are manCIing
Garheld's reputation. as the surgeons
butchered his body. Day by dav the
evidence Is accommodating that. though
his manner of taking off was damnable.
he died none too soon for his own fame.
The rumOr now is that old Aleck
stephens is going to die another time
not, however, until he is out of office.
He is not disposed to die while in office.
1t is sincerely to be hoped that the next
time Aleck dies he will be kind enough
to stay dead.
1t is said the great Confederate and
Federal, Gordon and Grant. can shake
hands, having both been bunged in the
recent stOclrumpus As old man Grant
Is now short of grog and cigar change.
the BOG brass medals might be melted
and coined into pennies for the old
bruiser. G.. n. 6.