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Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1885-09-26
The Strength of Gibraltar.


French and Spanish troops, 10000 in
number, for four long years, from June.
1879, till February, 1888, beleaguered
the fortress of Gibraltar, then held by
Gen. Eliot, with garrison OF 1000
men. The enemy erected batteries
right across the sandy isthmus, while
in the bay they had fOrty-seven ships OF
the line and ten ''battering Ships" be-
sides countless lesser craft. One night
the rock narrowly escaped being taken
by surprise. A goatherd having under
taken to guide the Spaniards by path
then unknown to the English, 500
troops followed him one dark night,
and crept silently to hollow called the
Silletta, or little chair, and thence to
the signal station. where they slew the
guard. There they awaited re-enfOrce-
ments from below; these, however,
were delayed, and the garrison mean
while were aroused, and, sallying
forth, drove back the invaders. The
Silletta was Immediately filled up and
the path utterly destroyed and made
inaccessible, and the siege wore on
through weary months. A last fur
ious general attack was met by an in
cessant fire of red-hot balls on the
enemy's fleet Give thousand were
thrown in one Gay), till at length the
battering-ships took fire, as owing to
the thickness of their timberS, the red
hot balls sank deep into the wood and
could not be dislodged. The scene
that ensued in the darkness of that ter
rible night must have been awful in
deed; and so fearful were the groans
and shrieks of the wounded and dying
that brave Englishmen forbore to let
their foes perish in the flames, and ven
tured to their rescue, the marine brl-
gade being foremost in this work OF
mercy, which added fresh laurels to
their victory. 1t was said that in this
engagement the Spaniards lost three
thousand men, while the garrison had
only sixteen killed, and damage done
to the fortress was repaired in few
hours. A few days later formidable
English fleet came to the relief Of the
town, the siege was raised, and Britain
once more left in undisputed possession
of the stronghold. which, in the days OF
Queen Anne, she had acquired as sort
of luckpenny, while lighting on behalf
of the Archduke Charles, in whose
name it had been seized by Sir George
Rookie, July a, 1704 who surprised it
when garrisoned by only eighty men.
OF course, our holding Gibraltar is an
arrangement about as pleasant for
Spain as it would be to England to see
French garrison in full possession Of
Dover castle and fortifying impregnable
galleries in Shakspcare's cliff, beneath
the protection of which all manner of
smugglers might find safety, whereas
any rash revenue cutter venturing within
range would be forthwith fired at and
probably sunk. No wonder that Spain
would fain reclaim this heaVen-built
bulwark of her shores. -BelgrGUiG.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1885-09-26
Centre Shot.


| was lecturing out in Kansas last
spring, where they have Prohibition
An Incorporate man came to me one
day and said:
Eyes, Mr., Perkins, this prohibi-
ton will bring rum to the State" "
"It will, will it ?"
eyes, it will impoyerish us and de-
stroy our business houses
"Now let's see about this, my
friend" | said, '1et's examine this a
little,''
"If Kansas farmer brings a
thousand bushels of corn into To-
peka how much does he get for
lt?"
''Four hundred dollars answered
my friend.
"Now, if they take this thousand
bushels Of corn over to Peoria, how
much whisky will it Make"
-Four thousand gallons"
And this whisky is worth-how
much Z"
"Oh, after they have paid $1,000
revenue tax on it to the other thirty
six States it will be worth about
$4,000.
"And if this whisky should come
back to Kansas you would have to
pay about 1900 for 1t p
Eyes, and more, too. We have to
pay about $4,000 for it.
"Would it be worth anything to
your citizens?"
mo, | suppose it would cause a
good deal OF idleness and crime. 1t
would hurt US. l never did think
whisky positive benefit. I"
Well, how much would it hurt
you ?" | asked.
SO can't tell. I
"Well, I'll tell you," l said. cit
will hurt you directly about $4,000
worth. You would sell the corn
from which the WHISKY is made for
$400, and then buy back the whisky
for S., 900. You would be directly
out of pocket just $4,000. And di-
rectly, it would cost Kansas, IN idle
ness and crime caused by the 1000
gallons Of whisky-about $1,000
It would take 10000 men a day
apiece to drink it up If they drank
a quart day each. The loss of
10000 days labor to Kansas would
be $4,000, wouldn't it ?'-Eli Per-
kins, in Kansas Patron.
/ WANT A GOOD PRINTER-oNE THAT
DON'T DRINK. X: d. GAMBRELL.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1885-09-26

Temperance people will be inter
ested to know that a medicine has
been found which may, in many DIS
eases, be substituted for alcohol
DR.. Borroughs, in the Therapeutic
Gazette, states that nitro-glycerlne
as a heart stimulant is far superior
to brandy, and may be given with
confidence whenever the administra-
ton Of brandy is indicated. Two
drops of l per cent. solution are
equivalent to an ounce OF brandy,
and the effects of the drug are felt
Immediately. 1t creates no unnat-
ural craving. The doctor gives a de-
tailed account Of the cases in which
he has employed it, and finds, after
an extensive experience, that it is OF
great value in shock from accidents,
faintness after surgical operations,
failure of the hearts action due to
chloroform, for opium poisoning,
asthma and the collapse Of feyers.-
Times-Democrat.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1885-09-26

"One result of the Investigations of
the royal commission on the housing of
the working classes says the London
Globe, s'appears to be the discovery of
a new cure for consumption. The
Highlanders, who habitually breathe,
in their bothies, the smoke from peat
fires, are stated to enjoy a singular inn
munity from phthisis, owing to the an
tiseptic properties of the tar, creosote,
tannin and volatile oils and resins con-
tanned in the black unetuous peat they
use as fuel. After this we are quite
prepared to hear of the beneficial quail
ties of London smoke.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1885-09-26

of Mississippi and the United States
must say and feel, Good bless and
God hallow the women of the Wo-.
mems Christian Temperance Union."
THOMAS DABNEY MARSHALL.
n. B.-The writer is indebted to Mrs. c.
B. Bueps article in the Union Signal for
many of the above facts.
[ WANT A GOOD PRINTER--ONE THAT
DON'T DRINK. il. ID. GAMBRELL.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1885-09-26

WANT A GOOD PRINTER-oNE THAT
noN,T DRINK. r. D. GANIBRELL.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1885-09-26

| WANT 4 GOOD PRINTER-oNE THAT
DON'T DRINK Il: d. GAMBRELL.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-02-06

prises in which capital was sunk to re-
aliZe the profits expected dashed puoic
confidence In like enterprises and I'D all
enterprises. but it did not absolutely
break down confidence. IL became
more difficult TO meet current obllga-
tjons but credit had not been 50 tar
extended that it was impossible to meet
them. The want of confidence was
shown not in universal demand for
navment which could not be satisfied,
lint in the caution with which loans
were made and credits extended.
The popularity of such situatian IS
that it is slow, but it is not preceded by
general disaster. Business men did not,
as in 1873. feel themselves forced TO
general standstill. Affairs went on,
though slowly and tentatively, and the
weaker men were steadily weeded out.
The process was a healthy one, and has
been recognized as needed one. 1T Is
generally understood There is very
little room for universal distrust, be-
cause there has not for long time been
ANYTHING approaching thai universal
blind confidence by which a panic IS pre-
ceded. The country Is recovering its
energies gradually but surely, and en-
terprise, industry and invention of the
men of affairs are finding step by step
the way out Of inaction into profitable
activity. There is every reason to be-
lieve that we have in the immediate fu-
ture not a period of :" booming, but a
period of steady and satisfactory prog
ress. in which every man will have his
fair share. IN 7. Times,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-02-06

O'DONOvAN Rosa, the great apostle
in this country of the use of dynamite
in England as a mild method of secur-
ing the freedom of Ireland, was shot in
Chambers street. New York, about
O'Clock on last Monday afternoon by an
English woman named Dudley. Mrs.
Dndley IS said to have come to this
country about four months ago and has
been in New York since about the 21st
os January. Rosa says that at her re
quest, through a note sent to him, he
had an interview with her at SweeneY's
Hotel in New York on last Saturday
afternoon, but the nature of the inter-
view is not stated. On Monday she
sent another message to his office and
he met her a. the telegraph office in
Broadway, from which place they start
ed to walk down Chambers street, and
after going a short distance the woman
began firing a pistol at him, one shot
taking effect in the back about half an
inch above the left shoulder blade, caus-
Ing him to fall to the pavement Rosa
was immediately removed to a hospital
and Mrs. Dudley was promptly arrested.
Rossa's wound is not regarded as dan
gerOus and on Tuesday he was resting
without much pain. His recovery is
not doubted. Mrs. Dudley is compara-
lively young woman and claims to be
a professional nurse, her last employ
ment in that capacity having been in
Newark, n. J. She is a widow, and a
dispatch received in New York from
London on the day after the shooting,
states that at one time she was pro-
nounced insane and sent to an asylum
from FFfl7lh she was afterwards dis
charged. The shooting was a delIber-
ate attempt at murder for which there
can be no excuse, but it is not a matter
Of surprise from the nature of the gospel
Rossa has been preaching, tnst an at,
tempt has been made to take his jfe by
/ violence.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-02-06
The HIghestEducation.

There is a great deal that is wrong in our
modern method of education. 1t teaches a
man &C. be gentleman, but yet does not
give hIIn the power of making living. 1t
stuHs hin with facts and meaningless words
phrases and theories, but does rot enable
hm TO think for himself and become a man
IN the highest and best sense. His educa-
ton rs too general and not PRACTICAL enough
All classes should be Taught that PERUNA-
the great remedy compounded by Dr. Hart
man-is the very thing he needs for the res
toTation OF his health ard the toning up of
the body Being composed of pure Yegeta-
Ole substances and containing no poisonous
minerals, it is just the thing for all classes of
people, and all should learn at once that it
IS To their interest to inquire into the merits
OF this medicine, for therein lies the highest
education. Ask your druggist for PERIJNA
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-02-06

THE bill offered in the State Senate
by Mr.. Humes, of Crawford county,
providing for the payment Of liquor Ii
cense fees to school boards in the town
ships where licensed houses are situated,
has been reported with negative re-
commendatioD. The ground for this
action of the committee is the enor.
nous amount of the appropriations for
which bills have already been offered in
the two houses, aggTegating according
to the Harrisburg P@rgOt " fifty per
cent. in excess of those voted two years
ago, and the increased demands on the
treasury incident to the change threat
ems 70 drain iJ to the last dellar.'' 1t is
very evident from the stand taken by
the committee in regard to the Humes
bill and the reason assigned fOr it, that
any effort during this session to pass
an act directing the liquor license fees
to remain in the eOHnty treasures in-
stead of being paid into the State treas
ury, will fail, That such an act ought
TO pass is as plain as the multiplication
table, but when men go to Harrisburg
intent only upon taking money eUt OF
the treasury for all conceivable purpo.
ses, it IS hard to expect any relief foI
the people. The public treasury seems
10 be- a well-feathered goose which every
member thinks ne has a right to pluck
according to law, and the IeckIessness
in appropriations at former sessions i.
repeated with two-fold extravaganza
, II is regarded al Harrisburg as matter
( of much more Importance to take. from
/ the treasury hundred thousand dol
/ lars to purchase and lit up camping
/ ground for the National Guard, than il
/ is to permit the different counties tC
reap the benest Of :he tavern license
fees, which would benefit the people by
/ decreasing the amount of local taxa
/ ton.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-02-06

Mr.. RANDALL and Mr.. Carlisle. the
latter of whom is Speaker of the Uoo,e
of Representatives, visited ALBANY near
the close Of last week ahG were in con
sultatiOn with Ir. Cleveland. 1t is
said. and correctly we think, that Ran.
d3ll told Mr.. Cleveland that ne neither
wanted, nor would be accept cabinet
20 sition il it were offered to him but
that he desired 70 remain III the House
where he could be more usefnl to his
party as well as to the country. Public
opinion VIII, endorse this view of Mr.
,tSandail's true position or place. which
is undoubtedly IN the House and not as
tie Presidents clerk at the head of g,
e4Jines department. Mr.. Cleveland
weIt TO New York ou Tuesday. where
he>will remain until tomorrow. Vice
President-elect Hendricks was also in
Albany on Saturday last and spent some
5lnIe4with Mr.. Cleveland. lie left for
indianapolis i'll The evening.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-02-06
ALL FOR NOTHING
WHY The DOCTOR WAS OIsGUsTED, AND W.
MLEE- EL.E DrL-E " - =

WHY The DOCTOR WAS OIS6USTED, AND WHAT
MIGHT HAVE DONE WITHOUT HIM
F" Well. wife" said Dr. E. as he entered his
house, which was situated in COSY village in cen
tTai New \ ork, j have got back from n long and
oTeary ride away down among the mountains and
an 70 no purpose whatever. Tho nessen ger said
ghe man Wouidn't ye Till morning. when the fact
is be had only n ordinary attack or colo n ire
81 linnPieJo1s on had only had sense enough to put
his stomach he would have been ali rigbt in an
he1r or Two But some folks are slow te learn, >
ueo saueo the old physician. swa lowing the cup Of
Dr. F. was right; yet people do learn even
though slowly. The rapidly Increasing use OF BEN
son plaster proves this beyond question. ana the
good doctors are certain tn be saved much Of their
needless toll In all diseases capable or being =
Iected oy plaster BensOn's acts efcieutly and At
once Ihe genuine have the word CAPCINE cut
in the centre. Price 25 cents
SEABURY & JOHNSON, Chemists New York
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-02-06

a FsEf4- MINING was made ia the Legis.
ature at The session of the House On
last Monday night 10 increase the pres
cat numbsr Of additional law Judges in,
Ine State. This may oe called progress
III tie wrong direction and this attempt
IS well as all others that may be made
IN The same direction, ought not to re.
eeive ihe least countenance from the
Legislature. TIE movement is ALWAYS
Intended 10 benefit some particular
member OF the bar who believes he was
intended for Judge. The Judicial an
portionmeE5 bill passed two years ago.
was wisely 50 framed IS 30 retire All the
then assistant lag judges in :he Stale
at the expiration of JLeir respective
commissions, and the creation OF apv
more judges OF tEat Kind Is therefore
uncaIed for. Pe7psyIvania
iI5' now as many Judges as the interests
y lii5 people require.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-02-06

t,JoE MANLEY,' . as he 10 Familiarity
knewn, is Postmaster at Augusta, Ne.
Mr.. Blaine's home, and evidently un-
derst2nds what Mr.. Cleveland meant in
his letter to George William Curtis ane
others Of the Civil Service Reform
League. when Sc spoke of offensive
partisanahip as 5ging a disqualification
for positions OF public trust. Nc office
holder in any state tOok so bold sRd ae-
tive part IN tie lale Presidential e2m-
palgn as MGEley dii. lie was not cen
tent with dsing the dirty work Of his
party in his oEn toWR and in ms Own
State, but he Travelled with Mr.. Blaine
from Augusta to Ohio and took a very
,coaspicuous part IN the campaign in
thai State. When Nj Cleyeland used
The words offensive partiGaus'' in his
letteT 8s indicating specifically the kind
OF oiics holders % whom he Would pay
particular attention, he was JhiRking OF
Joe MANY aud hundreds OF OJssecs like
him. joseph sees plainly whicb way
the Cleveland cat is going TO jump. sid
says lie has ~ expectatiousor desire 70
receive re apIs3in: meus'' Their IS a
vast number " other joe ManIeys .in
Office Vyo cugHt 20 take time by The
1OIelOI. aal ''Ht als his zxauUle
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-02-06

THE people of Washington are deter
mined to take out Of che inauguration
or Mr. Cleveland all That is in ii. This
is made very evident f-Om the zivei.-
tisemenis il the daily newspapers pub
lshed ia that eisF. Almost everybody
who owNs room or window on the
line Of Garch sS0m the Capitol to the
White Holse is aEaious to rent it. H'he
lowest price for single windows is ten
dollars, or Swo for ftteen dollars. .The
highest prices asked are fifty dollars. PCT
window, and the a1s-age iss,rom twec-
ty C thirty collars. Atone particular
point along the ToUss, and considered
the .hsst, the very bSwest asked for a
fourth story window isehiTtydOllars. ac-
cOrdiRG to location. as it has beer
twentya.Our years since a Democratic
Freshest was lnaugur&ted, those who
want 10 see the new administration
ushered l. will have to Rrovide them
selves with a well-flled packetbOok.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-02-06
AN ExTRAORDINARY OFFER.


We want live, energetic and capable
agents IN every county in the United States
and Canada, TO sell patent article of
great merit, on. its,merlts. An article hav-
ing large sale, paying over 100 per cent
pTnht, having 10 competition, and on which
tie agent Is protected ia the exclusive sale
by deed given for each and every county
ne may secure from us. With all these adj
Vantages To our agents, and the fact that it
Is article that can be sold to every house.
owner, IL might rot be necessary to make an
extraordinary offer to secure good agents
at once, but we have concluded to show
not only our confidence in The merits of our
invention, but IN It's STABILITY by any agent
that will handle with energy Our agents
now at worK are making from $3.50 20 $500 a
month clear, aud this fact makes il safe for
us to make our offer to all who are out of
employment. Anv agent that will give our
business thirty DAY trial and fail to clear
at least 500 n this time, above all expenses
can return all goods uuSDld to US and wa
VIII refund the money paid for them ANY
agent or general agent who would Ike ten
or more cOuntieS and work them through
sub-agents for ninety days, and fail 70 clear
at least $3.50 above a u expenses, can teturn
all unsOd aud get their money back No
other empiOver of agents ever dared To ma ke
such great offers, nor would we il we did
n"t know that we have agents Eow making
more than GouDle the amount We puarac-
teed and but two sales q daY would piye
profit of over Sl25 a month and that one of
our agents took eigteen orders in one day-
our larg' descriptive circulars explain our
offer rHliy, AMI these We wish to send everv-
one out of employment who will send us
three one cent stamps fer postage Send at
once and secure the agency in time foi the
boom, and 90 TO work the terms named
IN our extraordinary offer. We would like
to have the address of all the agents, sewing
machine solicitors and carpenters in the
country, and ask any reader of this pap.r
who reads this Offer to send US at once the
name aud address of all such they know
Address at once, oil you will lose the bess
chance ever offered to those out of empIov-
meDt to make money.
hENNER MANUFACTURIN0 Co.,
166 SmthfieId St, Pittshurg. Pa.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-02-06

AEoEEL feature of the Inauguration
Of Nj. Cleveland will tJs itaS presence
Of a eo0Ior9d 'rnilitaty company from
Charleston, 5 G. The necessary funds
to enable the company to go to Wash
ington are Bow being raised by the
white and eolCred citizens q Charleston.
1t will be the first time in the history of
thetU nited~States OF oOlOued volunteer
troops, frOu any one of the cotton
States, takirE part in Tire Inauguration
of a. Democratic PresideEs. Two other
companies Tehich are regarded as the
craek white military organization of
Cha-leston 5<lill also goto the inaugur-
atie1.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-02-06

TIE Philadelphia Republican men,
beFC of the House helC a meeting on
last .Tuesday night, 60 fx upon the
nuUb UbeT oEEembers Of each party from
that county for whom districts shall be
arranged jr the Legislative apportion-
meet bill They agreed upon 32 Re-
publican a-I- Z Dernoc-atfc districts.
and wiliuzNe their repG-t to the gener.
al EepU6HCGI caucus This action OF
the Philadelphia ring IA the Legisla-
ture admits of no diseEssion, and the
meR who saaCtIoned it would, in the
language o. the late william B. Con.
way editor-ef the liosBs sinesr in this
place, in ',bis scathing lines on the
'Bribed LEGISLATOR"
Rob t5e paleoc Of the .Ktrr.cf kings,
And seal the gliding from ancngePs wings.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-02-06

THE Altoona Morning TTiBttze enter
ed upon the eleventh yearsof its exist
ence on "Wednesday of last week. The
Tribl0,s Il one Of She best inland daily
papers IL the State, aud although Re-
publicanlin tone end temper, is agreea-
bly, free from political bIgotry, and hits
its party leaders some vigorous blows
when they ldese-5e them. That its
claims en- the pei lie as a newspaper are
fully appreciated, is attested BY it's con-
tinueC aud growing prosperity. May
its shadow never grow less.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-02-06

JAs-Es AEMCMAsTERs, editor of the
New York .Eresm0n's .,<.ruaI, whose
devotion to the cause Of Ireland will
not be questioned. uses TIE following
emphatic lapguage in condemnation of
the wi3iled attempts at wholesale assas-
sinatioE in iIsoGdon on last Saturday
week
Let nc Christian Irtshman defend deeds
Ike th7sei they vill bring cases 0 the
heads and the homes of those that do hem.
Crazy mot or TuLanS, sitting ~ rOOt ns in
New H05E4 If fostering or aBCrOvin of
these naFGefous Ects, are accessories litter
the fact, aad II in0t-craZy, are accurse d of
God aud Es5 Church which thew despi se. -
They are also enemies Of the human race.
and as sG1l should be hunted. f-Jm their
laTs. Assassination is not politics, and
murder Is nat Legitimate war; s3raw Iers
of the EOsaG, 4 Essd aud FiueEJy type b ave
here distinetrlOtiCe- served on them that the
believers IN izwful agitation Cor u lrelald's
enfrancniseHeI do net include dynanlite
among the ieGriimate~geaponst to .tlsic end
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-02-06

BEN Butler remained in his hole
for several weeks after the November
election, But having crgwled out ana
taken a look ever the country, he has
brought a suit -agains: Steve Elkins for
one hundred thousand acres of land in
New Mexico, which EIkins at one time
sold to him but for which, as Ben al
leges, EIkius refuses to make him-a IT,
tie. An old adsge declares THAT when
rogues fall out honest men are ~ept to
get their own.