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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-10-02

The telephone has been introduced into
almost every town of consequence in Eng
land aud scotland. There are T.. .pO0 tele-
phone exchanges in England and over Al
10000 messages We're shouted through
them last year. The royalty paid by the
telephone companies to the p0StoFfcs
Department in the same time was go
OO0.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-10-02

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I-oJsaN1 CssfG.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-13
HE HAD SEEN NfERNIaIDs.
How These NSmphs OF the Ocean Flu
with sailors,

How These NSmphs Of the Ocean Flirt
with sailors.
"About mermaids," said the Captain,
as be stood upon the unfinished end Of the
seawan and surveyed the landlubber re-
porter Of the san Francisco C0H with an
expression Of pitiful condesceneion "Why,
I've seed the most wonderful things
in that line. Well, we were over in the
China sea. One night, just after we'd
passed the Formosa group, was reused
out Of nv bunk by tho mate, who sings
ont 'Mermaids abOerd! Out jumps aud
gets on eek in turn Of helm. You
can spiicemy mains if there wasn't bout
twenty Of The biggest mefmaids tappn'
around the deck ever seed. Two Of 'em
had Got the fellows on watch cOrnered and
was Lisajn' 'em.
"Tnc mate bad took 10 tho rggin' after
hailmg me. / was a little s'pristd
though had seen mcrmaids afOro, but
never more one at time. Ladies' says
|. make yourselves 40 home,' says ]. and
you hct your hawsers they did. They
quit noppin' and all got or tho rail, side
by side, a h0ldlri their tails In their hands
ard commenced 10 sing, and | jest tell
You they VhoOpcl Things up. They skip
y a through the 'sweet By and By
and trck several reefs in the Red, White
aud Blue and slowed 10 port on a Life on
TIE Ocean wave M BEAUTIFUL style.'
DIDN'T see them again, did youY' asked
q landlubber.
''Wel J., YES. The next day we was be-
Gained. There wasn't smell OF a breeze,
and whi-tlln' Tor ~ didn't do any good. /
was maddarn a stuck whale, tor | want
ed % make n quick passage. suddenly /
secs c0mmOti0n ~ the wator and,
SILVER my pinnacle lights. IL them mer-
maids warn't swmmin' around ne. one
of 'om boarded us ms slick as could eand
ses, give us a rope? Well, / throwed
'om one. and I'm lay 70 on lee shore II
they didn't tow us till we struck breeze.
Got the rope right IN their m0uth-about
90 OF 'em-and pulled us along. ! was so
'bleeged 10 'em that l throwod 'em mass
OF loollin' glasses, clocks and shoe black
in ont Of the cargo.
"NeNt day we struck another calm and
1 'spcctCd the mcrmuids would pull US
out again. They were all around dom
MIN their mornin' Uniform in the glasses.
'Heyp saws /, stow us along. will your
Wen, no sooner mad hailed 'om than
every one Of 'em looked no the clocks
which they bad slung around their necks.
'scuse as, Cnp,' they said, I'VE see It's
Just time 10 keep our appointment at the
bottom and cuss me Il they didn't all
disappear
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-13
pR. ALeERNoN 5. GARNErr.
Surgeon (RctredJ U. s. Navy, Resident
Physician, Hot Springs, Ark:

Surgeon (Rctire1J U. s. Navy, Resident
Physician, Hot Springs, Ark.
"My experience in the use Of Buffalo Lithia
Wafer is limited 10 the treatment OF Cont.
RhfuHi0tfsgn, and that heby'd disease 'Rheu-
matte GONp (so-rallcd) which s no cOntrads-
tlnctOn 10 the RheHDtdt0id 4 rfhFif OF Garr0d.
81 have had egceiient results from this Water
Ia these affections, both IN my otrn person and
Ia the treatment II pQfieRfs J0g grhoaa I htrs
Yrtsoribed IL. or course the remedial agent
is ITS contained Aikalies and their solseas
properties.
"Henceit Is a proDAyl1 ctic NJ wei as a remedy
IN NeJhrftfe collie and forming C0icULi WheR
due 10 a redundancy u Lifhic 4 cid."
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-13
gmgalo Eitbia guatrr.


Professor Of Physiology and Surgery in tho
Medical Department OF the University Of
Virginia and President Of the National Board
Of Health, and former Resident Physician, Hot
SPRINGS, Va:
'The water OF Spring No. ? contains in
R0tqbla quantities tioo NJ the Aikakies aohfch ARE
dccredifed as ecfreneiy Urih06te 10 The treIt-
meHt II G01lt, Llfhtasis and Ltrer 4 Gecii0Rs. ]
refer to the C0rb0nafea II P0ta,h 0gtd Ljthi9.
10 ia now well known that both OF these aka
line carbonates have an asceriaincd value in
cases Of Uric h cid DidthesiS connected with
Grdpei, and in cases Of ChrOHtc Gut. because
Of their affinity for Uric 4 cid, and the great
s0lubility OF tho salts which are formed by
their union with that acid"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-13
MP " Il. TnWI.rs

Member Medical Society OF Virginia, Resi- =
dent Physician Hot Springs, Va:
~ feel no hesitancy whatever IN say ing that
IN unit. RAenn1atic cont, hhsumatlsAi, StoRe
IN me HIrddfr, and all Diseases Of Urfc 4 cid
Didfhesis. know Of no remedy al an cOy1D1r-
uble N B0gtiO Lfthtd Water. Spring 70. =. In
a single case OF BrigArs Disease IF ma h-jd-
aeys, I toitHssSed rstn H1rked berefci4t resaits
rum rs use, and from its action ia this par-
ticular case. ! should have great confidence
In IN IN this dIheasc.n
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-13

We have reared upon the principles Of
civil liberty Inherited from the nation to
which am going. II may be n critical
time, bat let US hone not one Of peri! or
disaster, OF all the many qualifications
which my felow-country men are entitled
TO look for in their representative, can
promise only one, and that is that the
American flag viii never be allowed to
hang at half-mast over the legation of the
United States while am there"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-13

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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-13
DIR. T. Il. BUCHANAN.

"Scnd me five cases Buffalo Litlsia Water.
Spring No. 2. ! have made Use Of this Watee
for G0ut m my own case. and prescribed 10
for patients similarly suffering. arifh TIE nosf
dfcidfd benefcigi results. / take pleasure ~
adcsing CDafg patieats TO these Springs"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-13
BIG DRIVES IN PARASOLS.


oACHINGs
l SATIN ACHNGs twood shaing4
a
2 PARAsoLs quality
C 10 o
embracing s.
positive 81
Hot trimmed goods $780,
elH from to
n &c,
rlineo tina
The Dawson journal., 1885-08-13
Murder in Clay County.
Fl. Gaines Advertiser.

Il ts OulllCS <AuNCktloSEs
A homicide occurred on Satur-
day morning last at Hancock's
mill, about four miles from town,
of which the following are the
particulars: Two families, one
named Millirons and the other
Hudson, were living on the same
place and hard feelings had exist
ed between them since the 4th of
July last. On Saturday, Mrs. Mil
Irons and two of the Hudson wo-
men, mother and daughter, met at
a well on the premises, when Mrs.
Millirons was assaulted by the
others. Mr.. Millirons being pres
ent endeavored to protect his wife,
when he, too, was attacked and
held by the two women, was shot
by Hudson, son Of the old lady
and instantly killed. Hudson
then escaped. At preliminary
trial held here on Monday last be-
fore Justice Foote, the two Hud-
son, or Roney women, as they are
often called, were found accessory
to the murder and sent to Jail to
await the next term of the Supe-
rior Court ID September.
The Dawson journal., 1885-08-13
4 Western Ghost Story.

/ 90 2 II p n ssr AZ
TfskwILwA,, Il, July e. This
Village is the scene of considerable
excitement on account Of tine al
legged doings Of new kind Of
spirits, who, carry off whole fami-
lies and nightly hold forth in an
out-of-the-way house=two miles
from here. Many visions Of the
strange affair are being told by
ths gossips, but Tie following
seems to receive the most general
acceptance.
Last spring the owner Of the
farm on which the house alluded
to is situated leased it to a man
named Richardson. The new FAM
ily took immediate possession and
began their work. The ordinary
round Of spring duties followed,
and everything about the place
denoted the contentment of the
family and fine prospect for
good crops. One morning in
June . young daughter of the
family appeared a. neighbor's
door and announced that during
the night all the family but her.
self had disappeared, and she
could find no trace of Them.
It was at once inferred by the
neighbors that the little girl had
been deserted, but il seemed
strange that the growing crops
and all The farm animals and un-
tensils should be left, too. The
neighbors for miles made every
effort to find some trace of the
missing family, but without avail.
Another tenant was put into
the house and he adopted the lit
tie girl, and every night, it 9
claimed, the father Of the child
appears to her and asks her in
the traditional sepulchral voice
why she. docs not come TO him.
When she asks where he is a
shower of small-sized ssndstones
fall upon the roof and can be
gathered from the ground by the
bucketful..
1t is claimed that last Saturday,
while the lady Of the house was In
the garden, a shower of these
stones fell about her, accompan-
led by curious and indescribable
noises. She was SO frightened
that she has not since left the
house.
The Dawson journal., 1885-08-13

"Mr. Jones'" said little Johnny
to tKat gentleman, who was max
ing an afternoon call, "can wbis-
Ky ta1k?" NO MY child. How
can you ask such Q question:"
ooh, nothing, only sia said whis-
ky was beginning to tell on you?"
Strong drink is sure to tell on a
man. It tells on his body. Jo-
seph Cook, in one of his lectures.
says: "Forbes Winslow, the cele-
brated English physician for the
insane, once told committee Of
Parliament that he could dip out
Of the brain Of any habitual
drunkard q fluid SO full Of al3o-
hol that when put in a spoon and
a lamp placed beneath it, the liq-
uid would burn with a blue flame.
The blue fame which Forbes
Winslow kindled shows the atfini-
ty of alcohol for the brain, and
should be kept burning as a pill
lar Of fire before tempted men"
A patient said once to u physi-
clan, "Doctorj | must have some
kind Of stimulant. | am cold,
and alehohol warns me-" "Pre-
cisely," answered the doctor. "See
here. This stick is cold taking
upa stick OF wood from the box
beside the hearth anil tossing it
on the 6re). Now it it is warm.
But is the stick benefited? OF
course not, 1t is burning itself.
And so are you when you warm
yourself with alcohol.
The Dawson journal., 1885-08-13
A Great Discovery.

Mr.. VIM. Thomas, of Newton
La, says: "My wife has been Sc
riously affected with a cough for
twenty-five years, and this spring
more severely than ever before.
She had used many fenedieswlth-
out relief, and being urged to try
DIR. Kings New Discovery, did i, So
with most gratifying results me
first bottle relieved her very mucH'
and the second bottle has abso-
luteEy cured her. She has not
had SO good health for thirty
years" s.,
Trial Bottles Free at Crouch :
Bros, Drug Store. Large s'Te'
LOO 2A
The Dawson journal., 1885-08-13
A Reasoning Dog.
Albany News.

Albany News.
Sitting in the window of the
News and Advertiser Office, yes
terday afternoon, We saw an old
pointer hobble up the Sidewalk to
where a man was sitting, in front
of Capt. Stephens store. The
man spoke to the dog, saying Lie
down, sir"
The dog obeyed without hesita-
zion. Then the man said, sect
up, sir, and go out into the road
and bring me-a piece of paper"
The dog rose slowly from the
sidewalk, turned and went out in
to Broad street. He went DELHI
erately up to piece Of brown pa
per that was lying on the ground,
picked it up, shook the dirt out of
it and, carrying it to where the
man was seated, laid it down at
his feet.
Doesn't that dog know what
idea is conveyed by the word pa
per? Does not the performance
in question show that he has even
a discriminating mind? The
question is an interesting one,and
mental philosophers could study it
with profit.
The Dawson journal., 1885-08-13
A WOman's Question.

DO you know you have asked for the cost
hest thing
Ever made by the Hand above
Il woman's heart and woman's life
ana Woman's wonderful love?
DO you know you have asked for this
priceless thing, ''
ASA child might ask for tow
Demanding what others have died ~ r,;,
With the reckless:dash of a boy?
foq have written my lesson of duty out.
=, Man-llke, you have questioned me.
Nows stand at the bar of my woman's soul
Until l shall question thee.
You require your mutton shall ALWAYS no
hot, - AL
Your socks and your shirts shall be
whole;
require that your heart to be as true as
Gods stars,
And pure as Heavenyour, soul. i I
You require . cock for -yvuru gsutt,yy, ana
beef;
=. I-require far. better thing,
A seanlstfess you're wanting for stockings
and shirts;
look Ior man and king
A king for the beautiful realm called
home
And aman that the maker, God.
Shall look upon as he did the first, ~.-
And say, 1t is very good
| am fair and young, but the roses will fade
From my soft, young cheek one day.
Will you love Inc then, mid the falling
leaves,
AS you did mid the bloom of Mayp
Is your heart an ocean, SO strong and
deep
| may launch my all on its tide?
A loving woman finds heaven or hell
On the day she becomes bride.
| lequire all things that are grand and true
All things that man should be;
If you give this all, ] would stake nv life
70 be all you demand of me.
If you cannot do this laundress and cook
You can hire, with little to pay;
But woman's heart, and woman's life,
Are not to be won that way.
The Dawson journal., 1885-08-13
Indigestion Cured.

[ suffered for more than five
years with indigestion, scarcely
able to retain the simplest food
on my stomach. The burning
sensation was almost intolerable,
and my whole system was derang-
ed. | was wakeful and could not
sleep, and consequently more or
less nervous all the time. l de-
clined in flesh, and suffered all
the usual depression attendant
upon this terrible disease. In a
word, I was miserable. At last
failing to find relief in anything
else, I commenced the use of
Swift's Specific. 1 began to i'm
prove at once. The medicine
toned up the stomach, strengthen
ed up the digestive organs, and
soon all that burning ceased, and
could retain food without difficult
ty. Now my health is good, and,
can eat anything in the shape of
food, and digest it without the
slightest difficulty. I most cheer
fully bear this Testimony, because
there ere hundreds suffering as |
was, and I am SIRE they can be as
readily healed. Take the prescr'o-
ed dose after eating instead OF be-
fore. z
JAMES MANN IA Ivy st.
Atlanta, Ga, May IL 1885.
Swift's Specific is entirely veg
etable. Treatise on. Blood and
Skin Diseases mailed free.
The SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Draw
err 3, Atlanta, Ga.
The Dawson journal., 1885-08-13
Never Give Tn.

If you are suffering with low
and depressed spirits, loss of APP
petite, general debility, disordered
blood, weak constitution, headache,
or any disease Of a bilious nature,
By all means procure hottie IF
Electric Bitters. You win be-
surprised to see the ratid improve
ment that will follow; You win be-
inspired With new life; strength
and activity viii returns. pain and
misery will cease, and heneefurthl,
you will rejoice in the praise of
Electric Bitters Sold at fifty
cents bottle by Crouch Bros.
The Dawson journal., 1885-08-13
The Trouble Safely over.

Stomach trouble is serious bust
ness while it lasts;but whata BLESS
ed relief to have it DEPART Mrs.
+. G. Wells, Of 10 Atlantic street,
Hartford, Conn, writes, that she
tried Browns Iron Bitters for
Stomach trouble, and that she ex-
perienced such relief chat the
trouble is now entirely oyer. She
recommends, this. great iron medi-
cine 60 al who are afflicted. 1t
cures liver and kidney complaint
The Dawson journal., 1885-08-13
She Caught Him.

HonTton Age.
A certain lady suspecting that
her husband was in the habit of
kissing the cook, pretty German
girl, by-the-by, resolved to
detect him in the act. After
watching for four days, she heard
him come in one evening and gent
Iy pass through into the Kitchen.
Now Katie was out that evening
and the kitchen was dark. Burn
ing with jealousy, the wife took
some matches in her hand, and
hastily placing her shawl over her
lead as Katie often did, she ell
tered the. Rit6hen by the back
door, and was almost Immediately
seized and embraced and Kissed
in tie most ardent manner ir: With,
her heart almost bursting with
rage and jealousy, the Injured
wife prepared to administer ter
ribTe rebuke to her faithful spouse.
Tearing herself from his embrace,
struck a match and stood face To-
face with Katie,s beau, one one of the
factory boys. Her husband says
his wife has never treated him So
well since the first month they
were married as she has for the
past wee K.
The Dawson journal., 1885-08-13
4 Boys Grievance.
Detroit Free Press.

Detroit Free Press.
"What.ails you?" asked a po-
liceman of boy on Fort street,
east, who had a rock in his hand,
and was menacing woman III a
dooryard.
'Look a-here,," answered the
boy, as he dropped the stone and
sat down on the horseback, "she's
been deceiving me in the awfulest
manner.
"How?"
''She's my mother. Pap died
two years ago, and we've never
been up to see his grave since.
Every week she's promised to
take me up on Sunday, and every
Sunday she said to- me:
Never mind, sonny. We can't
go to-day, but yodr pap's grave
won't'run away, all the same. He's
there to stay
"That's kind O unfeeling like"
terRarked the officer.
''You bet 1t is, but it don't be-
gin with what she's said and done.
She took off mourning and began
to drink lemonade and chew gum
inside Of three months, and she
keeps speaking of Him as the late
deceased. Last Sunday | wanted
to go up and put some pansies on
pap's grave, but she gin me a clip
on the ear and said:
"'Your pap's grave be hangedl
L had to wash for six shillings
day to buy his whisky and tobac-
CO, and I'll pansy you if 20 don't
quit your pesterlng.
81 don't say as pap was perfec-
ton, but [ do blame mann for feel
ing so kinder gay over it"
"Wilt she marry again. asked
the officer in cautious voice.
"Will she! She's dying too! She
is on track Of five or six different
men, and she'll run some of 'em
down unless they jump the town.
I guess that's why she don't want
to hear about pap's grave. Just
afore you came along l says to
her:
Nam, it's a beautiful day,T6t'5
you and 1 go up and see If any
body's put sunfower on pap's
grave
""And she wheeled ON me and
yelled out:
Pap's grave, againt AIlus
pap's gravel. I'll have pap
around here in about a fortnight
who'll wallop pap's grave out of
gou, if it takes a leg
"Humphl' sighed the officer
"And So" said the boy, as lie
slowly counted the five coppers
out Of his vest pocket, Il guess
I'll skip. I guess Tn g to Arizo-
IA and become a stage-robber. I'll
learn to shoot with both hands and
I'll rob everybody, and when 1
get rich I'll come back here and
take that second husband and
mop him all over pap's grave and
pound him TO a Jelly! You bet |
WHIP
The Dawson journal., 1885-08-13

Blind Toms mother has been
to the president. A Washington
special says:
The last caller was a very old
colored woman. She was intro
duced as Charity Virgins, the
mother of Blind Tom, the famous
pianist. The old woman told the
President that her son Tom was
held in slavery by the Bethune
family at Warrenton, Va, not
withstanding the decision of the
court in Alexandria last week to
the contrary. A white man who
was with her said that the court
in Virginia has decided that Blind
Tom was insane and that the Be
thunes held him as the custodians
of the court.
ffaS he Deen placed In an In.
same asylum as yet?" the Presi
dent asked the Write friend of
Charity Virgins.
ooh, no." he replied "they in
tend to have him perform as usu-
al as a pianist
# aid not know that insane
people ever performed on stages, u
remarked the Presidert
"Iheyodo very frequently" an
swered Tie white man.
The Dawson journal., 1885-08-13
WOMEN WHO RUN FOR OFFICE.
Howthe Ladies Enjoy Political EQUAL
ity in the Far Northwest.
From the pittsourg Commercial Gazette

From the Pittsourg Commercial Gazette
When the girls of Montana turn
their attention to politics, not as
voters, but as candidates, look out
for hair and real red-hot time.
At the last local elections in Non.
tana there were four Richmonds
in the field. These four ladies
were running for County Super
intendent of Public Instruction,
and, like the other sex, either as
Republicans, Democrats, or indie
pendents. sFhat canvass, when
the girls took the stump against
their male competitors, was one
of the most amusing things that
ever happened In this or any 9TH
er country.
Miss Clark, in Lewis and Clarke
county, is not only talented
young lady, but also an expert
politician. BY the votes of the
boys she got there all right, and
left her antagonist far in the rear,
dazed and defeated candidate.
In Meagher county two girls
were pitted against each other, and
the fight for the position was quite
lively. Miss Darcy was the can
didate of the Democrats, while
Miss Nichols mustered with the
Republican boys. In the fight
broom-sticks, hairpins, bustles, etc,
were the weapons used, ard for
awhile it was beyond the prophe-
cy of man to foretell which de-
struchve weapon would be the
most formidable and death-deal-
ing. It was hard to tell which
one of the young ladies was the
handsomest, but at distlnce ev-
erybody presumed that both were
lovely. Well, everybody votod,as
everybody should,and Miss Darcy
won the day, but her defeated ri
val claimed, and justly, too, that
her defeat reflected in no way per-
sonally upon herself as Meagher
county was, and always had been,
Democratic.
In Gallatin county Miss Hamil-
ton announced herself as an indie
pendent candidate. One of the
Gallatin county papers, the organ
and hacker of Miss Hamilton,
came out a day or two before the
lection as follows:
Hamilton enters the field
against the odds of regular party
nominations. Hamilton has got
sand, and she will stay until the
polls are closed. Hamilton should
be elected. She says she isn't
afraid of road agents, and that ed
ucation is her forte; also, that ii
would afford her pleasure to hop
around from one country school
house to another in the perform
ance of her duty. The men Of
Gallatin are COMPOUNDED mean il
they don't run Hamilton in," etc.
Nevertheless, Hamilton was de-
feated, and GalTatin county has a
male Superintendent of Publ
instruction. All Of the above goes
to show what an excellent country
this is for young men aud maid.
ems, CT old men and children, es-
pecially for the maidens.
The Dawson journal., 1885-08-13

1t is told on a Knoxville ming
ter, not a pastor, but a local
preacher, that he had an appoint
ment recently a few miles in the
country, and chat he concluded tc
initiate Sam Jones in his sermon.
SO lie blazed away and fred INTO
his people, making use OF some
vigorous Sam Jonesisms. Then
IN carrying out the imitation, he
told the people if "tlley didn't
ike it they could leave the house"
The result was that every oecu-,
pant of the church needed, and
the preacher was left alone III has
/ glory.
The Dawson journal., 1885-08-13

Those with whom we can appar-
entity become we'll acquainted m a
few moments are generally the
most difficult to- rightly know aud
understand.