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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-07-28

THE CURSE OF DRING.-The late Dr.. HOl-
land speaks these forcible words through
.Scribner' Monthly: "The appetite for strong
drink in man has spoiled the life of more
women--ruined more hopes for them, scat
tered more fortunes for them, brought them
more sorrow, shame and hardshIps-than
any other evil that lives. The country num-
Der ten, nav hu ndreds Of thousands of wo-
men who are widows to-day, and sit in their
hopeless weeds, because their husbands
have been slain by strong drink. There are
hundreds OF thousands of homes scattered
over the land, in which live lives of torture,
going through all the changes of suffering
that lie between the extremes of fear and de-
spair, because those whom they love, love
wine better than the women the have sworn
to love There are women by thousands
who dread to hear at the door the step that
once thrilled them with pleasure, because
tn at step has learned to reel under the iniu-
ence Of the seductive poison. There are
women groaning with pain while we write
these words, from bruises and brutalities in
fiicted by husbands MADE mad with drink
There can be no exapgeration in any state
ment in regard to this matter, because no
human Imagination can create anything
worse than the truth. and no pen is capable
of pOrtraying the truth. The sorrows and
horrors of a wife with drunken husband,
or a mother with q son, are as near the reali-
zation of hell as can be reached in this world
at least. The shame, the Indignation, the
sorrow, and the sense of disgrace for herself
and her children, the poverty, and not un-
frequently the beggary, the fear and the
fear of violence. the lingering, the lifelong
struggle and despair of countless women
with drunken husbands, are enough to make
all women curse wine and engage unitediy
TO oppose it every where as the worst enemy
of their SEX
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-07-28

A NARROW EsCAPE-A narrow escsgs
from most painful scene is reported from
local newspaper Office. The publication In
question has a new reporter, who Is enter
prisInp and willing, as most younR Hen are
when they first begin in Journalism" bBt
who doesn't yet know as much as he pTObs-
bly, will at later period OF his career He
came In with the report Of a public meeting
the other day, in the course Of which he had
stated that "ths Hon. Mr So and-so followed
the previous speaker with few feeble re-
marks upon the case under discussion - The
city editor demonstrated with the young msn
and was not appsased when the reporter told
him that the honorable gentleman in Ques-
ton had himself said when he first got upou
his legs that ali he could contribute to the
debate would be few feeble remarks. So
the editor took his own pen and changed the
reporters manuscript 50 that Il read tina :
'the Hon. Mr.. So-and-so then msde a few
trenchsnt remarks upon the case IN point
which he delivered In that eloquent and
scholarly way which is characteristic OF all
his public utterances. and having achieved
this feat with proficient ease, he sent ths re-
porter back to his desk. And early the next
morning the Hon. Mr.. So-aBd-so sent his %
fee boy around and bought hfty papers,
whereas II the reporters original copy" had
got to the composing room unchallsngsd be
would probably have come up 20 the once 10
person with elub.-Bos,oa Journal
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-07-28

DEAR OLD MoTHER.-Honor the dear old
mother. Time has scattered the snowf1akes
on her brow, pilowed Geep burrows on her
cheeks but is she not sweet and beautiful
now The lips are thin and sunken, but
those are the lips that have kissed many
a hot tear from childish cheeks, and they are
the sweetest lips in all the world. The eye
is dim, vet it ever glows with the soft ra-
dance of holy love which can never fade.
All, yes, she is a dear old mother, The sands
Of life are nearly run out, but feeble as she
is she will go further and reach down lower
for you than any other upon earth. You
cannot walk into midnight where she can
not see you; you cannot enter prison whose
bars will keep her out; you cannot mount a
scaffold too high for her to reach, that she
may kiss and bless you in evidence Of her
deathIess love. When the world shall desDise
and forsake, when it .psves you by the wav
side to die unnoticed, the dear old mother
will gather you in her feeble arms and carry
you home and tell you all your virtues until
you almost forget your soul Is disfgured by
vice. Love her tenderly and cheer her de-
clining years with holy devotion.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-07-28

Hrs WIFE's SI6EATURE.-The Cincinnati
Gazette says: A few days ago p veil zsed
young man entered Al exure=z cf ca l1 this
city and said to the ohl'Ling money clerk.
Mr. John Clark, that he wished - send some
money to his wife that she lived in T0ston
In a fat and that her mail being sometimes
tam2ered with. he would Ike 20 know how
to send il so that IL would be absolutely safe,
Mr.. Clark replied by showing him the 'Rd-
vice card they use in connection with orders,
on which is a clause stating that If the send
er of the money has in his possession sig
nature of the payea and viii paste it or the
card, the persons calling for the money can
identify themselves by duplicating the sig
nature. The gentleman replied that he had
lots Of tApm, and putting his hand In his
pocket brought out a bundle Of letters
After examining several in succession =
broad smile spread Tover his counterfEnce,
and with half doubtful expression he said :;
Are YOU a married man p Mr. Clark said
that he was. We'll, then said he. look at
this handing over one Of the letters Mr.
Clark looked and found the cause ~ the
Young mans amusement to be that the letter
was signed not with his wife's uame, 2 u
with the endearing substitute, Your ootsey
tootsey,' and it turned ont that they were
all So Mr.. Clark then said. 'wen, cut one
of them off. and the agent viii cause her %
duplicate it. The gentleman, after some
hesitation, agreed. remarkinz, 'T'Tl do lt, but
when get home I will expect some lively
hair-pulling
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-07-28

SINGULAR INCIDENTS OF BATTLE
When the Fifth Wisconsin battery came
into action at the battle Of Perrysville, says
NJ. Quad, one of the guns threw a solid shot
which struck a soldier full in the breast
crushing him to pulp. His musket few to
the rear, whirling savagely through the air
and it crushed the skull of ore soldier and
badly injured another. The shot detected
to the left after striking the first man, and it
then mashed a lieutenants hip, broke the
leg Of private behind him. and rolled along
the ground and crushed the head of a wound
ed man. A shell fired by Sloan's battery
struck a stone weighing about fifty pounds,
and while the shell failed to explode the
fragments of stone killed and wounded sew
eral men. A Confederate shell which fell
among Jackson's men, aligEteG in little
creek at which scores of men were filling
their canteens. 1t came down in a group Of
ten or twelve men and plunged into the
very spot where a canteen had been filed
While the shell did not explode, its fall
splashed water over over fifty men. An ex-
Confederate captain now living in Atlanta
who lost his arm in that battle, had button
cut from his breast with a grape shot, his
scabbard struck by bullet and his cap
knocked from his head by piece of shell
before receiving the bullet which crushed his
elbow. A gun in one Of Anderson's batter
les had right wheel sbivered by solid
shot. 1t bad scarcely been replaced by the
spare wheel when another shot crushed the
left wheel. The men were trying to drag
the gun back when shell struck it fair in
the mouth and split for distance of three
feet. None of the men around the gun
were hurt by the shell, but three soldiers in
line over 200 feet away were struck down
A Confederate she'll sent into Steadman's
brigade exploded over the heads of cOmpa-
nv advancing, and while no one in that CON-
pany was hurt, four men in the centre of the
next company behind we're mortally wound
Z Cd
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-07-28

JULIA" wants 70 know "what a Repub-
lican platform is" Well, a Republican plat
form, Julia, is one preamble and twenty reso-
lutions, strong in non essentials. vague in
essentials round the bush on tariff, and
rough as thunder on the Mormons clamor-
ing for civil service reform. down on corTup-
ton, loud IN its praise OF purity, and deter
mined to have it II IL takes every cent the
party can raise. The platform, you under
stand. Julia, is legitimate and necessary
part of the campaign pomp and oircum-
stance il goes along with the banners,
trsnsparencies and torches, and when the
campaign is over-well, IL is stored away In
the cellar or Rarret. along With the rest OF
the uniforms and torches. 4 campaign plat
form is very much like a campaign torch, in
deed IL gives out great deal Of smell and
smoke with = VERY an6erJaLn5 1icEsrlrG isrt.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-07-28

REMARKABLE MIRAGEs IN SWEDEN
Mirages are frequent and remarkable in the
southern and central parts of Sweden, and
from time to time whole landscapes, cities
and castles, with moving objects, haYe been
observed reflected on the sky for hours
During an afternoon in May magnificent
spectacle was seen over the Lake of Orsa, in
a remote part of Dalcarlia, in latitude 6l0'
Many large and small steamers, with smoke
rising fIom their tunnels, were seen reflect
ed over the lake, and later on the scene
changed to landscape, the vessels then TAX
ing the form of island in the lake covered
with more or less vegetation. The phenom
euon lasted from to O'Clock P. N, the MI
rage at last dissolving in a haze.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-07-28

A WASHINGTON pension agent was almost
paraIyzed with assonishment, the other day,
when he found veteran of the late war who
had sustained permanent injury while in
the army and bad not applied for pension
The veteran had cut an artery IN MS "IlSt
while opening bottle OF WnisKey sVOien
from the Colonel's headquarters apd sald
he didn't know a wound OF that kind entt-
tied him TO pension. The agent soon con
yipeed him of his error. and In few days
be will receive -, 800 back pension, minus
81 100 usocketed by the agent.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-07-28
County, Poor and State Taxes

SummerhilI Twp. and Johnstown Bor Ist Ward
Monday. July 3lst.
Gallitzin BOT. and JOhuBtown. 81 Ward-Tuesday
August LIST.
Tunnelhin Bor. and JohHstown, Sd ward-W ed
nesday. August I'd.
GallitZin Twp. and Johns town. 4th Ward-Thurs-
day. August Sd.
Loretto Bor. and Johnstown, 9Th Ward-Friday.
August 18th.
Dean Twp. and Johnstown, 9Th Ward-Monday.
August 7th
Clearheld Twp. and Johnstown, 7th ward-Tues-
day. August Suh.
Chest Springs Bor. and Coopersdale-wedue
August 9th.
Allegheny Twp. and Cambria Boro' Ist Ward
Thursday, August 10th.
I Munster Twp. and Cambria Boro1 I'd Ward-Fri-
day, August llth.
Reade Twp. and Mllvile BorJ', Ist Ward-Mon-
day, August l4th.
White Twp. and MiIlvine Boro', I'd Ward-Tues.
day, August 18th.
| Chest Twp. and Prospect We dnesday, Aug. 18th.
Elder and Taylor TWPs.-Thursday, Aug 18th.
Susquehanna ana COnemaugh TWps.-Friday, Au-
gust 18th.
Carroll and Stonycreek Twps.-Monday, Aug. 2Ist.
/ CarrOlltOwn BOr. and Lower YOwer Twp.--Tuss-
day. August 22d.
Barr and Upper Yoder Twps.-Wednesday. Aug
Blacklick aud AdamsTwps Thursday. Aug. 24tb.
jackson and Richland Twps.--Friday Aug. 25Jh
Cambria Twp--Monday. August 18th.
Ebensburg East Ward-Tuesday. August 10Th,
Ebensburg, West Wsrd-W ednesday. Aug 3OLh.
And, in accordance with the 2d Section Of said
Act upon all taxes paid to the Treasurer or be-
fOre the lst day Of September there will lie d e
duction Of FIVE PER CENT, while fUe per cent will
be added 10 all unpaid taxes and placed in the
hands Of a constable for collection.
J. A. KENNEDY, Co. Treasurer.
Ireasurer's Once, June p. 1sS2.-4t.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-07-28
SEE the member with his bills,

DEE bne MEMBER with dis Dlil5,
Merry bills.
o what appropriations now the
Lengthy parchment fills.
In the hopper how they pour,
More and more,
By the score,
And the quarrels they beget
On the floor.
And the people they pay taxes,
When they see him grind his axes,
All declare they'll not allow him
Go to Congress any more.
For the bills, bills, bylls, bhills, byhls, blghs,
biyhbls,
And the much-eDduring reading
Clerk they kills.
-RnItin,nrs Ansria6H.
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CHANGE.
AUTHOR UNKNOWN.

I. Back again.
Maiden also
ohaoy tree, Thinks OF swing.
,baoOilhg orook' Wants to go back,
Girl in hammock, Too. poor tbinof
Reading book.
Golden curls, III
Tiny feet,
Girl in hammock Hour OF midnight,
Looks so sweet. Baby squawking,
Man rides past Man in sock feet.
Big moustache, Bravely walking
Girl in hammock Baby yells on.
Makes mash Now the other
Mash is mutual, Twin, he strikes up,
Day Is set, Like his brother.
Man and maiden Paregoric
Married get By the bottle.
Emptied into
H. Baby's throttle.
Married now, PointSS IacA
1zS-o..;,;5,. OnG 5eS, S'' 60 waiting some ones
On Baxter Row. Man in 80 e..
A'To d. ~. ooG'e, see him-there
Beefsteak trying Holy Moses
Girl got married. Hear H. s,,-oo-,
Cooking, trying, Rayino cra19
Cheeks all burning, Gets bis oy,
Eyes look red BJoUe his bso5 90
Girl got married, naod a,,j o,o,,o'
Nearly dead,
Biscuit burnt up, ".
Beefsteak charry;
Girl got married, Pretty widow
Awful sorry. With book,
Man comes home, In the hammock
Tears moustache, BY the brook.
Mad as blazes;
Got no hash. Man rides past,
Thinks of hammock Big moustache;
In the lane, Keeps on riding,
Wishes maiden Nary mash.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-07-28

A SUFDkT-soHooL teacher asked: What
bird is large enough TO carry OF man p'
No one in the class knew, bot one little girl
ventured to suggest "a lark" And then she
explained; Mamma said raps vor 'dn't hs
tcns urtu won5sv. hsca1ss Re ned Eons -
On G lark"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-07-28
Notice to TaXlaXHrS.

n accordance with All Act Of the General As
Il sembly Of this Commonwealth, approved the
9th day OF April. 1872, relating 20 the collection
OF taxes In Cambria county, notice Is hereby given
70 taxpayers residing TN the districts below named
that the County Treasurer, iu compliance with the
% Section Of said Act sill attend at the places OF
holding the Township and Borough elections on
the following named days, for the purpose of re-
ceiving the
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-07-28
EBENSBURG, PA. FRIDAY JULY 2s 1882
SONG OF THE DECANTER.

SONG OF THE DECANTER.
There was an old decan-
ter, and its mouth was
gaping wide the
rosy wine had
ebbed away
and left
its crys-
tal-side;
and the wind
went humming,
humminR;
up and
down the
sides it flew,
and through the
reed like
hollow neck
the widest notes it
blew. Ipaced it the
window, where the blast
was blowing free, and fancied
that its pale mouth sang the
queeTest strains to me. ''They tell
me--puny cOnqueTOrs the Plague
thousands of the very best of men, but
I''-'t was thus the bottle spoke
''but | have conquered more than
all YOUR famous cOnquerers, so
feared and famed of yore. Then
come, We youth and maidens,
come drink from ont my cup,
the beverage that ddlls the
brain and burns the spirits
up; that puts to shame the
conquerors that slav their
scores below; for this
has delugPd millions
with the lava tide of
woe. Tho in the
pathof battle dark
est waves blood
may roll; yet
while / killed
the body, l
damned the
very soul.
The cholera, the
sword. such ruin never
wrought. as / in fun OF malice
on the innocent have brought.
And still I breathe upon them. and
they shrink before my breath
and year by wear my thousands
TREAD THE DISMAL PATH TO DEATH"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-07-28

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Advertising Rates.

The large and reliable circuis.loz sI ne 1srr
BRIA ERFENAN cGUmends 70 70 the irr--s 90
nderatioa Of advertisers. whose tav1-r via hs Lr
serted ct tue following low rates
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-07-28

W Jutat Tree A sfrEss TTlss . %, Rugssta, Nc,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-23
Maryland Items.

The cases OF Fauth and Stewart indicted for
conspiracy at the Baltimore city election, have
been removed to Howard county
siX-year-old son OF Tyler Wilson, OF Cam
bridge, was kicked on the head by horse Satur-
knocked out.
n. c. Stransbury, one OF the commissioners OF
Frederick county, Nd, was badly gored by VIC
1OuS cow last Saturday.
The farm OF the late Daniel Sprecher, rs acres,
In Clearsprtns district, Washington county, has
been sold 10 Z. G. Miller for SGT per acre.
The Lewis NJ. Thomas farm, "beaver Dam. near
Frederick 2l6 acres. has been sold TO James Houck
for St25 per acre.
The wheat fields in western Maryland present a
beautiful appearance, indicating a healthy growth
OF this cereal.
The new Luthern church near Arcadia, Carroll
county, is approaching completion
Twenty-one sheep were killed by dogs last week
near Newport, Charles county.
Joseph Clark. OF Charles county, dropped dead
last Friday while hunting
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-23
Gov. stephens as a PardOner.


The quality Of mercy In the nature OF Mr.
Stephens does not seem to be so strained. We are
informed that within the comparatively brief
period which has marked his 1ncumbency he has
extended executive clemency in some twenty five
cases, one Of these being a criminal sentenced to
the gibbet, whose case had been passed upon by
the supreme tribunal OF the state Our own COM
munlty has been twice favored, once in the pardon
OF a man convicted OF murder and in the other,
the staying Of the sentence OF Doc Wilson, con-
victed OF a similar offenSe. But the most marked
case to which public attention has been called is
that OF the pardon OF two men convicted OF most
foul and brutal murder In Hancock county We
do not address ourselves to this subject to find
fault, to review their cases. or to excite public in
d1gnaton. We speak from a sense OF duty and In
a voice OF warning, rather than condemnation, in
the absence of all the facts 1t appears that the
men Of Hancock county were convicted on cir
cumstantial testimony, and that in their case Mr..
Stephens had acted as counsel, having made an
argument OF two hours length before the then
governor, Coiquitt. on an application for pardon
The application was refused 1t is stated that
Mr.. Stephens did not believe in their guilt.
The Atlanta (Ga.l Constitution says that Gov.
Stephens has not granted half as many pardOns
as the Macon Telegraph asserted. 1t also denies
the Ielegrdph'S assertion that he had been the
counsel OF one OF those he pardoned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-23

KILLING A BURGLAR No MURDER.-A special dis.
patch to the Philadelphia Times from Pottsv1lle,
Pa, November % says: Carlo Gordela, an Italian,
has been on trial here for several days, charged
with the murder OF Robert Stewart, colored, twen-
ty-our years OF age, on the night of September q.
The trial terminated this evening. The prisoner
recently came here from Wikesbarre, and on the
night In question took up quarters with Mary
He had In his possession large sum OF money
during the day and evening and drank freely.
ladder, went to Mary Reilly's house and was
about entering the window OF the room in which
the Italian was sleeping when the latter awoke
and fired the fatal shot Gordella was captain
in Victor Emanuers army, from which he was
honorably discharged He produced numerous
country and Italy. The jury. after n:t.es IN
utes oslies'aS.s reGieiei verdict o. sts guilty
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-23

THE STORY OF A PROMINENT CHrcA0oAN VINO
MARRIED A BURGLARS WIFE


MARRIED A BURGLARS WIFE
special dispatch TO the New York Eor'id from
Milwaukee. Wis, November q, says: great sem
Satson was caused here and IN Chicago to-day by
the arrest or ID. II. Hale, formerly manager OF the
Chicago clearing house, and his wife on a charge
OF robong several jewelry establishments In this
CITY, Hale lost his position because OF a scandal
growing out his second marriage. Some years
ago his house in Chicago was robbed.
prison at Joliet. During the trial Hale
tell in love with the burglars wife and is said TO
nave taken her 10 his home and Installed her gov
eTnesS His wife soon died. He married the bur-
glars wife, the latter having secured a divorce
from her husband. IL happened that not only is
matrimonial mate, IN tie penitentiary, but her
sister and sisters husband are also in similar in
StltudonS After marrying Hale she was charged
With roDbing Jewelry store, but the affair was
compromised. Her arrest at that time caused a
tremendous social sensation IN Chicago Since that
time Hale has been out OF employ ent He came
here with his wife few days ago TO endeavor 10 Sc
cure the position o. assistant cashier OF Merchants
Exchange Bank. While here his vile visited sew
eral leading Jewelry stores and examined dia-
mondS and other yaluableS. She ordered expen-
SiVe lewclfy sent to various parts OF the city, CIV
Ing her name as Mrs. Derby, and SAYING she would
pay when the goots Were delivered. Messengers
sent with the goods could not Ind her This led
20 suspicious The jewelers. whose stores she had
visited In examining their stock closely found val
uahle Jewelry missing. Detectives searched for
the woman and caught her just as she was leav-
Ing the city on a train Her husband was arrested
soon afterwards The woman made O full confess
sion 10 your correspondent. stating that she had
thrown the lewelry In the railroad station stove
ana the damaged remains OF the stolen property
was found where she put It She asserts that her
husband had no hand In or knowledge OF the mat
ter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-11-23
An OcuIist,s Views on Religion.

PROFESSOR IN THE MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY TAKEN
TO TASK BY HIS MINISTERIAL PUPIL.
Some two weeks ago George E. Frothingham
professor OF materia medtca, ophthalmic and
aural surgery and clinical OphthalmOlOgy, at the
Michigan state university at Ann Arbor, made In
both lecture and a clinic some illusions to
Christianity and its institutions which wounded
the feelings OF the Rev. G. f. 6. Morgan and other
students. Mr.. Morgan sent written statement
to PRESIDENT Angel, addressed to himself and the
board OF regents, making known his grievances
preachers liars and the fathers OF lies and adding
that such professor brought the university
under reproach. Professor rockingham preferred
counter-chargeS OF falSehood against Morgan. The
medical faculty had an investigation and exam
ined about forty witnesses, the weight OF numbers
being In Professor FrOthingham's favor A dis
failed to prove his case," many felt that. on gem
eral principles, he is right Dr.. rockingham,
also. has warm friends who will sustain him. The
verdict Of the faculty is withheld.