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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-01-06
EVENING SESSION

was opened With instrumental music by Miss Iu-
iu Lucas Of Woodvale, after which Dr. A A VIII
tetts OF Philadelphia, proceeded to delverhis lee
ture; Moonshine; or some Of the illusions OF man
kiho me Doctor intersperSed his remarks with
an abundance Of wit and humor, though at the
the same time impressing some moral point This
lecture vas indeed a rich treat, and was greatly
enjoyed oy ali who heard 1t. piese Of music Il
heard voice Was rendered by pupils of the High
Sch0ol. aIter which Institute adioIIrned.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-01-06

ANSWER THIS. is there person living
who ever saw case of ague, biliousness,
nervousness, OF neuralgia, or any disease of
the stomach, liver or kidneys that Hop Bit
ters will not cure ?
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-02-08
Some Hints to Mothers.

When your daughter performs a
task in an ill-fashioned manner, al
ways say; "There! l might as
well have done it myself in the
first place" and then take the work
out of her hands and do it yourself.
This will encourage the cir. not to
try to do the thing next time she is
set about it.
Never permit your son to have
any amusement at home. This
will induce him to seek it in places
where you will not be annoyed by
his noise.
There is no place like home. I'm
press this truth upon your chill
dren by making home as disagreed
BILE and unlike any other place as
possible
Never neglect the lock on the
pantry, Some boys have probably
turned out first-class housebreakers
all on account of this judicious
treatment in childhood.
Be gentle and courteous before
company; but if you have a tenn
per, let your children have a taste
Of it as often as convenient. A
mother should never practice decep-
ton upon her brood
Talk slightingly of your husband
to your boys and girls. This will
make them respect their father,
Tell your child he shall not do a
thing, and then let him tease you
into giving your consent. This
will teach him what to do on subse-
quent occasions.
Make promises to your children
and then neglect to keep them.
This will lead your children not to
place too much reliance upon your
word, and shield them from many
disappointments.
Tell your children they are the
worst you ever saw, land they will no
doubt merit your appreciation
Boston Transcript.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-02-08
Neatness in Women.

A woman may be handsome or re-
markably attractive in various
ways; but if she is not personally
neat, she cannot hope to win adj
miration. Fine clothes will not
conceal slattern. A young wo-
man with her hair in disorder and
her clothes hanging about her as if
suspended from prop, is always re-
pulsive. Slattern is always written
on her person from the crown of her
head to the soles of her feet; and if
she wins a husband he will turn
out, in all probability, either an
idle fool or drunken rufian. The
bringing up of their daughters to
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-02-08
Lady Florence.

Lady Florence Dixie, who went
to the Transvaal as correspondent
of the London Morning Post, is
camping out with her husband and
cooking her own rations. Not long
ago a Boer who made large boasts
about his skill with the rifle was
challenged by her to trial Of skill.
The Boer shot with Nartini-Hen-
ry rifle, Lady Florence with Win
chester, at bottles placed at dis
lance of 200 yards. To the delight
of all the on-lookers, Lady Florence
hit the bottle one after the other as
if they were elephants, and the Boer
went away signally defeated, and
with the conviction that if all Eng
lishmen can't shoot some English
women can.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-02-08
A Common Error.

1t is common error to suppose
that growing plants kept in Sleep
ing-room are deleterious to health.
The theory is that plants at night,
give out carbonic acid gas, which is
poisonous to animal life, they are
liable to cause sickness or even
death to the inmates of the room.
The English Botanist, Lindley,
long ago pointed out the absurdity
Of this idea and Mr.. Peter Hen
derson, in recent address before
the New York Horticultural Socie-
ty, secuted it as utter nonsense.
Yet, he said, thousands of plants,
particularly in the rural districts,
are annually consigned to the coal
cellar at the ddctetno of some wise
acre Of a village doctor, who is happy
to be thought thus learned in the
chemistry Of plants,
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-02-08
Leave-Taking.

Not all have learned the fine art
of leave-taking in an appropriate
manner. When you are about to de-
part, do 80 at once, gracefully and
politely, without any dallying.
Don't say, otis about time | was
going" and then settle back and
talk on aimlessly for another ten
minutes. Some people have just
such tiresome habit. They will
even rise, and stand around the
room in various attitudes, keeping
their hosts also standing, and then
by an effort succeed in getting as
far as the hall, when a new thought
strikes them. They brighten up
visibly and stand for some minutes
longer, saying nothing Of impor-
lance, but keeping every one in a
nervous, restless state. After the
door is opened the prolonged leave
taking begins, and everybody in
general and in particular are invit-
ed to call. Very likely a last
thought strikes the departing visi-
tor, which his friend must hear at
the cost of a cold. What a relief
when the door is finally closed /!
There is no need Of being offensive
ly abrupt, but when you are ready
to go-go.-Religious Herald.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-02-08
The Best that I Can.

~ cannot do much,' said little star
''To make the dark world bright!
My silvery beams cannot struggle far,
Through the folding gloom of night!
But FIN onlya part of Gods great plan,
And I'll cheerfully do the best that can,,,
"What is the use." said little cloud.
"Of those few drops that hold?
They will hardly bend the lily proud,
Though caught i'll her cup of gold!
Yet I am part of Gods great plan,
SO my treasure HI give as well as l camp
A child went merrily forth TO play,
But thought, like a silver thread,
Kept winding in and out all day,
Through the happy golden head;
Mother said: Darling, do all you can,
For you are apart of Gods great plan!'
She knew no more than the cleaning star,
Nor the cloud with its chalice full,
How, why, and for what, all strange things
were;
She was only child at SCHOOL,
But she thought, at is part of Gods great
plan.
That even should do all that 1 CAM
SO she helped q younger child along,
When the road was rough to the feet,
And she sang from the heart Il little song
That we all thought passing sweet;
And her father, a weary, toil-worn man,
Said |, az, too, will do the best l can"
Our best! All! children, the best ofus,
Must hide our faces away,
When the Lord of the VINEYARD comes to
look
At our task at the close of day.
But for strength from above, it's the Masters
plan,
Well pray, and Wen do the best that we can
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-02-08
What a Boy viii Do.

An exchange says a boy will
tramp 247 miles in one day on a
rabbit hunt and be Timber in the
evening when, if you ask him to
60 across the street and borrow
Jones two-inch auger, he will be
as stiff as a meat-block. OF course
he will. And he will go swimming
all day and stay in the water three
hours at a time, and splash and dive
and paddle and puff, and next
morning he will feel that an I'M
measured insult has been offered
him when he has been told by his
mother to wash his face carefully
SO as not to leave the score of the
ebb and flow SO plain to be seen I'M
der the gills. And he'll wander
around a dry creek-bed all after
noon piling up pebble fort, and
nearly die off when his big sister
wants him to please pick up a
basket of chips for the parlor stove.
And he'll spend the biggest part of
the day trying to corner a stray
mule or a barebacked horse for a
ride, and feel that all life's charms
have fled when it comes time to
drive the COWS home. And he'll
turn ten-acre lot upside down for
ten inches of angle worms, and wish
for the voiceless tomb when the
garden demands his attention. But
all the same, when you want a
friend who will stand by you and
sympathize with you in all kinds
Of weather, enlist one Of those same
boys.--B1lrLinqton Haapkeye.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-02-08

be able to work, talk and act like
sensible young women, is the spe-
cial task of all mothers; and in the
industrial ranks there is imposed
also the prime obligation of learn
ing to respect household work for
its own sake, and the comfort and
happiness it will bring in the flu
ture. Homework is a drudgery +;
but it must be done by somebody,
and had better be well than i'll
done.-44non.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-02-08
Teach the Boys About 1t.

AT home and at school the BOYS
should be taught the natural effect
of alcohol upon the processes of hu-
man life. First, they should be
taught that it can add nothing
whatever to the vital forces or
to the vital tissues-that it never
enters into the elements of the
structure; second, they should be
taught that it disturbs the opera
ton of the brain, and that the
mind can get no help from it which
is to be relied upon, third, they
should be taught that alcohol in
flames the baser passions, and de-
bases the feelings; fourth, they
should be taught that an appetite
for drink is certainly formed in
those who use it, which destroys
the health, Injuries the character,
and in millions Of instances, be-
comes ruinous to fortunes, and to
all the high interests of the soul !;
fifth, they should be taught that
crime and pauperlsm are directly
caused by alcohol. So long as f400,-
600 are daily spent for drink in
England, and probably 100000
per day in the United States, leav-
ing little else to show for it's cost
but diseased stomachs, degraded
homes, destroyed industry, increas-
ed pauperism and aggravated crime,
the boys should understand the
facts about alcohol, and be able to
act upon them in their earliest
responsible conduct.-Parish Maya
ZINE
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-02-08
WEST VIRGINIA FREEMAN.
THE HOME FOLKS.

HILARITY HoLLENBAcK, Housekeeper.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-02-08
The Man with a Memory.

Who has not met with encyclope-
dias on legs, packed full of learning
on a great variety of subjects, but
learning unassimilated, without
method or system, and made up of
information the most trivial as well
as the most valuable? Who has
not listened with "sad civility" to
more than one person like the
Count of Coigny described by Tai
leyrand, "who possesses witand tai
ent, but his conversions fatiguing,
because his memory is equally ex-
act in quoting the date of the death
of Alexander the Great and that of
the Princess de Guemee's poodle ?"
Lord Bobolink has given vivid
picture of a scholar of his acquaint-
ance who was an omnivorous read
er, and joined a prodigious memory
of this kind to Il prodigious indus
try. "He had read almost constant
ly," says Bolingbroke, twelve or
fourteen hours a day, for fve-and-
twenty or thirty years, and had
heaped together as much learning
as could be crowded into one head.
In the course Of my acquaintance
with him | consulted him once or
twice, not oftener; for l found this
mass of learning Of as little use to
me as to the owner The man was
communicative enough; but moth
ing was distinct in his mind. How
could it be otherwise ? He had new
er spared time to think, all was
employed in reading. His reason
had not the merit of common mech
anism. When you press a watch OF
pull a clock, they answer your
question with precision; for they
repeat exactly the hour of the day
and tell you neither more nor less
than you desire to know. Butwhen
you asked this man question, he
overwhelmed you by pouring forth
all that the several terms or words
of your question recalled to his
memory; and if he admitted any.
thing, it was that very thing tc
which the sense of the whole ques-
ton should have led him and con
fined him. To ask him question
was to wind up a spring in his
memory, that ratified on with vast
rapidity, and confused noise till the
force Of it was spent, and you went
away with all the noise in your
ears, stunned and uniformed. ]
never left him, that was not ready
to say to him, Dieu vo,tsc faSse Ia
grace de dcueni1 naoins SdUant! God
grant you the favor of becoming less
learned. '"-Ldterary Style.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-02-08
Having a Competency.

l have rich rieighbor that is al
ways so busy that he has no time
to laugh the whole business of his
life is to get money, more money
that he may still get more. He
is still drudging, saying what Solo
mon says: "The diligent hand MAX
eth rich" And it is true, indeed,
but he considers not that it is in the
power of riches to make man hap
Ply; for it was wisely said of man
of great observation "That there
be as many miseries beyond riches
as on this side of Them And vet
heaven deliver us from pinching
poverty, and grant that, having a
competency, we may be content and
thankful. Let us not repine, nor
so much as think the gifts of God
unequally dealt, if we see another
abound in riches when, as God
knows, the cares that are the keys
that keep those riches hang often
50 heavily at the rich mans Cir
die that they clog him with weary
days and restless nights even where
others sleep quietly. We see but
the outside Of the rich mans happi-
ness; few consider him to be like
the silk-worm, that, when she seems
to play is at the same time spin
ming her own bowels and consum-
ing herself. And this many rich
men do, loading themselves with
corroding cares to keep what they
have already got Let US, there
fore De thankful for health and com
petence, and above all, for aquiet
conscience.-Izaak Walton.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-02-08
Boys are Wanted.

What when there are so many
already? Yes, boys are wanted
not lazy, needless muffs, who are
good for nothing, but real live boys,
who can shout and stamp, and sing
and run, and jump and caper and
play, as boys ought to do. None of
your lazy-bones, creep-along sort
for me, but laughing, hearty, mirth-
full boys, who would scorn to do
mean, shabby things, and who
know better than to torture poor
dumb creatures for sport.
Yes, boys are wanted, who will
try to fit themselves for good and
useful manhood; truthful boys,
who never on any account tell lies,
because they know that it is wrong
to do so. Lying never prospers.
The devil is the greatest liar, and
is also the greatest loser in the uni
verse. Honest boys are wanted,
boys who do not rob orchards, or
steal things that lie in their way,
or shirk their work when their
masters eye is not upon them. Re-
member that it is just as bad to rob
your employer Of his time as it
would be to steal his money; there
fore you should be as attentive to
your work when your master is
absent as you are when he is close
at your side; and you may be sure
that even in this matter, as in all
others, ''honesty is the best policy"
Wanted, obedient boys, who will
honor their fathers and mothers,
and do all they can to please and
serve them, | never yet knew a
boy prosper who was disobedicnt
and disrespectful to his parents.
Remember it is God who has said,
"Honor thy father and thy mother,
that thy days may be long in the
land which the Lord thy God Civ
eth thee"
Wanted, boys with pure lips,
who do not swear and use bad Ian
guage, who shudder with horror at
an oath, and are careful not to Gull
tivate slang. Wanted, boys who do
not disgrace their manhood with to-
bacco.
Wanted, temperance boys, who
will dare to stick to their pledges in
spite of the jeers and laughter Of
those who may try to drag them
down to the low level of themselves.
Girls, too, are wanted-not cross,
sulky, disagreeable girls, but loving,
gentle, dutiful girls, who are ever
ready to help their tired, worn-out
mothers with the house-work, and
speak kindly to their little broth
ers and sisters; not proud, naughty
girls, who think of nothing but
their fine dresses, and how they
must put up their hair, or what
sort of hats or bonnets they must
have; but brave, true-hearted girls,
whose dearest aspiration is to grow
up in all that is beautiful womanly,
and good.
And above all, God wants an ever
increasing number of earnest, holy
young people, who shall devote
themselves to the great work Of rails
ing and blessing our fallen human
ity by all the means in their pow
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-02-08

MIscHIEF.-Uncle holland in the
Central Methodist, says: There is a
great difference between mischief
and badness in boys. The latter is
a want of principle, and if not cor
rected early may lead to the peni-
Tertiary or gallows; but the former
is only the natural outgush of life
which shows itself on the part of
boys in pranks and fun.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-02-08

Bookkeepers and merchants need
ing Blank Books now at the COM
mencement of the year, will look to
their interests by examining the
stock of S. L. Addison & Co., 81
Market street, as they have the
largest and best assortment ever
brought to Parkersburg.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-02-08

er, and whose life shall be a power
ful influence for good wherever
they may be placed.
Dear children, will YOU all try to
supply these wants, as well as YOU
can, and so become blessing to
yourselves, your PARENTS, and the
communities in which YOU live?
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-09-02
TcIcsraphic Notes.

Courtney. q professional sculier, Won
race NJ EichGeld SPRING, y. - Yesterday.
The receipts Of cotton 81 Pesti ,burs iof
fine cotton year ending ye-ierJd! WtFe ~
i bales, against 27.olO bales Tor The pre-
Al 6onyille. Va. for eleven months end nd
iur Yesterday. there were sold 2i,o'o'VVo
ponnd, OF lcal.tobacco. at an aSeIa va 90 ol
%. Is per 100 pounds, against 2'oy'. Wv,
mounds. at SlO.2S. for same periou Vi 'ne
preceding year. Church Io,,
T,yjor: ex.pelrgatc-in-Congress George
o. Cannon. and Joseph +: smith, . son Oh
1.-THE prophet who founded the religion,
Yesterday issued at salt Lahe .! manifesto ,'
against the policy Of the niIea 3ortet uUni
eminent As regard, Mormon iH'eleS'' anu
their peculiar civilization. v -,
The trial Of the "star-Ioa.e potul
thieves proceeded in washington sSs,el'
day. Mr.. IIenke speaking fer tne u ,,,,',,
lie argued that there had mol been r ,,',or,
any conspiracy to deiraud ne , uo'' ""'' !"
in the way OF bogus mail contracts .s; ., A.,
The North Carolina Depal'uit ra" VI nea nR
rlculture has received report, rom h nvi,
every county in the state, ana 'o 1 st ,oh. 1
for good crops OF corn, co'tQp' NJ" 'P'"'''
] is excellent
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-09-02

TRIAL. OF An ALLEGED TRAIN AND DANK-R0D-
BERTHE WIDOW OF JESSE JAMES. THE AL.
LEGGED OUTLAW, A WITNESS BEFORE THE
COURT.
HUNTSVILLE, NO., September 1.-The
trial Of Dick Little began at 10 a. NJ. yes
terday before Commissioners Bore and Nc
Cullough. The first witness called was
Mrs. Jesse James, who was examined ut
length. 1t was developed in the first part
Of the testimony that Frank and Jesse
James were with their families in Nashville
from November, 1880, until the latter part
OF March, 1881. Her statements were not
at all damaging to the prisoner rs the per-
pctrator OF the Muscle Shoals robbery. Mrs.
James exploded the story that has been 90
ing the rounds OF the press about her re-
turning a watch to Mr.. Davey in Philadel-
phia. She Indignantly denied doing so,
and said that Little stole the watch and re-
turned il in her name. Mr.. Alexander g..
Smith, the man who was robbed, was next
examined and gave hi, story OF the robbery.
lie didn't recognize Little as one OF the
men who committed the robbery. Other
Witnesses were examined, but nothing i'm
portant was brought out. Six other wit
nesses are TO be examined.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-09-02

LONDON, September The coast guar
u wicklow. eastern coast 81 Ireland, tcle-
oranh> that the British steamer Lake Ncpl-
olr. Captam Campbell, which sailed from
Iiyerp6ol Yesterday for Montreal, -
aground ON Arklow bank. one boat, con-
tgining par, oil the crew and number OF
thc passengers Of the steamer, arrived a.
Wicklow AT Q O'Clock thi. morning. FIVE
boats are vet missing. The steamer VIII
probably prove a total loss. The agents OF
Inc line TO which the steamer belongs say
that thcrc were probably about seven hun
drcd persons on board when she went
Later.-The chief officer Of the Lake
Vrnioar telegraphs that the steamer Wehl
aground thi, morning. She had on board
tw.nty-three saloon and scyenty-nine steer
ace passengers, and crew numbering
G(ty-lhree persons.
IoypoN. September l-i2 I. H.-A iatef
telegram from Liverpool announces tha'
another boat, with iifty-tWo persons, has
arrived at GrcyStcne. The corresponden
~ fLe Press Association at Wicklam telc'
orapbs that I'll the boats o. the Lake Nepi'
car have safely arrived al aifercni points
md FIAT there ha. been no los, OF lie.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-09-02
The Murderous Apachcs.

Tucson. ARIZONA, September 1.-The
STIR advice, from Tuhac. 4. t., last eve
ming. say the following are fact in regard
to the Indian troubles in that section: " \
Land. supposed to be Juh's, numbering
about POO. has been operating in Sonora for
about two months, and about the last OF
the week met the Mexican troops at san
Antonio pass and whipped them. They
then camped near our line and divided
llD into three or four bands, each taking
G.;lrrcn. directions. one band struck the
upper Santa Cruz, crossed the Patagonias
70 the santa cruz road. Here they are
said 10 have killed three prospcctors. They
,hcn crossed the san Juan mountains ana
struck the Magdalcn road about thrceml'cs
above the custom-hoUsc at Frontcra'. and
when last seen they were making for the
Poncho, de Plata
Tombstone adyiccs state that William
johnson. a cattle man, near the head OF the
sonora river, WIS Killed by the Apachca IN
sonora. near the cuNtOm-houSc. on the me.
Foar Americans and one Mexican were
killed last Sunday near Bacouchl. Mexican
troops are IN close pursuit OF the Indians
i'm that section.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-09-02
Riot In Dublin.

Dublin, September 1.-Rioting broke out
on College street at $3.50 O'Clock this eve
ming. The mob was very violent. Some
policemen who remained on duty at Col
lege-sireet station were brOtlght out in 4
body, but were obliged to retire before the
mob. Additional troops have been sent to
the scene OF the riot. As there are no po-
lice or special conStables in Dublin, the
mob has complete possession Of the city.
DUBLIN, September lon hearing Of
the dismsSal> from the police force some
OF the men on duty tore of their badges in
the streets and swore they would not do
duty until their colleagues were REIN
stated.