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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-01-16

Why The DOCTOR WAS DISGUSTED, AND uHAT
MIGHT HAVE DONE WITHOUT HIM.
'' We'll. wife" said Dr. E.. a. he entered his
house which situated Iu a COSY village ln cen.
t-ai New YORK. Il have Eot bask iron 8 long and
dreary ride away down among The mountains. aHd
all 70 no purpose whatever. The messenger said
the man wuuldu Z live till morning. when the fact
is he had only ordinary attack Of cello. no the
slmpletOus had only had sense enough to put q
BENSDN'S CAFtlNE POkDUS PLASTER on
his stomach he would have been All right ia an
hour or two. But some FOLKS are slow - learn,
added the old physician. swallowing the cup OF
stcamihg tea hts wife had just poured for him.
Dr. E was rigEt= yet people do learn. even
though slowly. The rapidly increasing use OF Ben
sons plaster proves this beyond sueston, and a
good doctors are certain 70 be saved much of their
needless toll In all diseases capable OF being sf-
fected by plaster Bcnsons scts efci tly and at
once. The genuine have the word CAPCINE cut
in the centre. Price p cents
SEABURT X JOHNSON Chemists. New York
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-01-16

You've Bigger called on Madeline last sT-
ening and was shown into the parlor, where
he found Mabel looking at the natural histo-
ry. he greeted her with Good evening,
sissy, how are you this EVENING""
"Oh, I'm pretty well say, can you guess
conundrums, Mr.. Bigger %
well sometimes what is it?''
'-Oh, it's one of Lins's; she asked me
why you were Ike ny bunny rabbit. Can
you tell me that %
"No. I'm sure I'll have to give Il up. why
am like your rabbit ?"
Cos the most 'spicuous part is your ears;
that's what Lima says"
AS Lima came tripping down the stairs
she heard the front door close behind bis re-
treating form.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-01-16

SOME ELEPHANT STORIES. Major Rogers
had been out shooting, and had discharged
all his guns, when an elephant made a
charge at him from the skirts of the Jungle.
There was no help for him except to run,
and for 400 yards the Major kept just ahead,
feeling at every step just as il the trunk
was trying to twist itself about his loins. A
turn around a tree gave him a momentary
advantage, which he made the most of, by
jumping into the branches but before he
had time to draw up his legs, the elephant
had got him with his proboscis, Still Rog-
ers pulled against him, thinking it was bet
ter to have his leg wrenched from the sock
ct than to fall back bodily into the animals
power. The struggle did not last long, for,
to the delight Of the pursued and the cha
grin of the pursuer, the Wellington boots,
which the former wore, slipped of, released
the leg snd saved the life of poor Rogers
The dilemma, however, did not end here /;
for the elephant. finding himself baked Of
his prey, after destroying the boot, took up
his quarters beneath the branches snd kept
his anticipated victim in the tree for TWEEN
ty-four hours, when the country postman
happened to pass by. Rogers gave him no
tice of his position, and soon help came, and
the elephant was frightened away by tom
toms and yelling. Had this occurred in the
deserted part Of the jungle, the officer must
have been starved to death IN the tree.
The native HindOo from want OF thought
keeps up a constant drumming on the
head with the gosd, or "ankus." /, there
fore, hoped not to use it At all. Such an
improvement all at once. however. proved
more than the elephsntine mind could
grasp. He began really to enjoy himself,
going his own way more than mine, till at
last he marched straight into an immense
forest tree of the bsnysn species and com
menced to browse. He seized the bouRhs
above his head, and, tugsinR violently with
them, brought them down on my devoted
skull. This was too much. 1 raised the an.
kus and brought it dswn on his head with q
blow that brought blood through the skim
This had the desired effect, and he at once
bundled of along the road by which he
knew l wanted to 90. He merely took with
him branch about the size of a small apple
tree to discuss as we went along From
this moment we were friends, and | don't
think ever had 70 use the hook again so as
to bring blood,-LordoB Times.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-01-16

Cracks In the floors, around the mould
boards, or other parts OF the room may Be
neatly and permanently filed BY thoroughly
soaking newspapers in paste Of one pound
Of -four, three quarts Of water and q table
spoonful Of alum, thoroughly boiled and
mixed. The mixture viii be about as thick
as putty, and may be forced into the cracks
with q case knife, 1t will harden Ike pa
per -lnache.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-01-16

IE some parts OF California qusils are 50
abundant that the roads are thronged with
them. In the southern counties farmers are
Offering rewards for killing the birds. ~
they destroy much grain.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-01-16

The JOhnstown gas well was abandoned
after reaching depth of $50 feet without
striking gas in sufficient quantity to be OF
any use.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-01-16

TRACK on the Oregon Pacific is being land
at the rate OF two miles a day.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-01-16
THE CAMBRIA FREEMAN

UN JAS Or IINSSON.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-01-16

Gao~eafes't Circ"'"'i"" I.IsS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-13
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

AT yassar First dear grl-'Let's always spell
gymnasium jim" Second dear-TWhy?' First
dear-"It looks so much more manly you know"
SUNSET Cox has decided to accept the Turkish
mission, as the President has given him permission
remain here and finish his book before leaving
JOSH BILLINGS will not trouble the trout in the
White mountains this year but will spend the sum.
in the West. He will remain on the Pacific coast
during next winter. and thereafter has twoyears'
foreign tour i'll contemplation
BROKEN tombstones of the Roman period have
been found in Wales and near Carlisle, the one be.
longing to soldier of the First Cohort of the Nervii
which served in Britain in the time of Traian A. D.
los, the other to an infant of three named vacia.
DIR. A. L. LOOMS is credited by the Canada Lancet
with saying: "A man take two three glasses of
stimulants daily and may continue the habit for per-
haps, twentyfve years without harm, but when this
reaches that period of life when the vital powers
on the decline, he suddenly finds himself old te
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-13
A DECISION of the Supreme Court, rendere

A DECISION Of the Supreme Court, rendered
yesterday, defines the III o'clock" law exactly
as all intelligent men have understood it.
The decision Officially" fixes IL o'clock at
L o'clock, and with special reference to the
II o'clock saloon law, and it also makes the
restriction apply to every day in the week.
The opinion fully and completely sustans the
statute in every part and for every purpose.
There is now no misunderstanding in this
matter, and the police authorities should see
to it that the law is enforced as written
There are special reasons for the rigid enforce
ment of this liquor law that do not attach to
all other statutes. The law was drafted by
saloon-keepers in the interest of the liquor
traffic. At that time it must have been per-
fectly satisfactory to them, or they would not
have Endorsed it. After its preparation it was
placed in the hands of the Democratic party,
then, as now, the champions of the liquor
interest, and Democratic Legislature
passed it in accordance with pre-
concerted understanding. This law, drawn
by men engaged in the traffic, and formally
adopted by their friends in the Legislature,
although dishonored, was allowed to stand
The Police Commits sioners for a long time
kindly allowed the saloons to sell until mid
night, and all was satisfactory, until by a
change a majority Of the board decided to en-
force the liquor law as drawn and passed by
liquor men. An appeal was then taken to the
last Legislature, which was Democratic in
both branches with a Democratic majority of
forty-six on joint ballot Two bills were in
troduced-one allowing saloons to sell until IL
o'clock, and the other Senator Bailey's billy
allowing them to sell without restriction.
Each of these bills was defeated by decisive
vote, Notwithstanding the great majority held
by the Democrats, and now the Supreme
Court refuses the appeal of the liquor men for
relief from this law of their own making.
Nothing now stands between the Police Com
missioners and the strict enforcement of this
most reasonable enactment. AS it is shown, it
was drawn by saloon-keepers, passed by a
Democratic Legislature, Endorsed by the last
Legislature, overwhelmingly Democratic, and
now sustained by a Democratic Supreme
Court. The liquor dealers and their allies are
responsible for it from its inception to the
present hour. They could have changed it,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-13

north Of perishable property. With guns
that will project 2,oOO-pound shot fifteen
miles, it would take but few Of the ponderous
shells, thrown by such guns, to destroy all
the lower part Of the city. Every square in
Brooklyn could be covered from the point
named, and there would be no way Of pre-
venting a hostile feet utterly destroying these
two great wealth centers The same may be
said of Boston, Of Baltimore, probably of
Mobile, and of San Francisco, while it is bare
ly probable that Forts Phillip and jackson
could keep boats from ascending the river to
New Orleans Either or all of these cities
might be assailed in the manner indicated
within forty eight hours of the declaration of
war; From these MISUNDERSTOOD facts it
must be apparent that the United States is in
no condition to run headlong into war.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-13
MADAME BLAyATsKy.
Her Theosophic Views and Her Free and
Easy Followers.

Easy Followers.
New York Letter.
Madame Blavatsky, as her name indicates is q
Russian, and she is clever, as many Russian
women are, but she is humbug and a very sue
cessfIil one don't understand how any one
can look at Madame Blavatsky ard be converted
to her teachings Her religion, which is that Of
Eaddha, has many very beautiful theories, but
madame Blavatsky is hardly the person ono
would expect to carry them out She is exceed
ingly coarse looking, with large swollen features,
oleary eyes. and the general expression of the
women in Hogarths famous but nameless draw
ings. judging by her face, you would not trust
Madame Blavatsky around the corner; but she
has managed to rope into her society large num-
Der of people, and some of them persons of sup
posedly good common sense, but they knock the
theory of their common sense on the head by
their devotion to Blavatsky.
When this strange woman was in New York
she hired an apartment on the west side OF
town, which was famous for its dirt and as the
headquarters of certain class Of ~Bohemians.
1t was sort OF free-and easy, too, for Madame
as well as men, and was herself the most invet-
crate smoker of the lot On her evenings" she
received her followers seated i'll large chair on
platform at one end of her drawing room. Her
disciples gathered around her in attitudes more
comfortable than elegant; they. sprawled full
length upon skins spread over the floor, or they
lolled on the steps of her platform,
or, sat Turkish fashion on divans.
dAu uicpOAIou buctuctlVeS Win peTI6Ct
unconventionality. Madame Blavatsky led the
conversation on these occasions. and talked
Buddhism, subject upon which her hearers
were in perfect ignorance, but to which they
listened with open-mouthed wonder for she
talked well and boldly. The only thing about
her person of which Madame Blayatsky is proud.
| is her hands These are small and white aud
well kept, and she wears curious rings upon her
fingers. She uses these hands with good effect
and they are quite, an important part of her
conversation. Madame Blavatsky not only
talks but she writes, and has written a
volume which her admirers consider very
learned and profound. 1t is called Isis I'M
veiledn But what it is all about I would defy
any one not versed in the occult sciences to un-
derstand. All her admirers and would-be fol-
lowers buy this book, and they say they read it.
Perhaps they do but don't believe they could
give you very clear idea of its contents, for tho
very simple reason that there is no clear idea
about it; but you hear them speak of the book
with bated breath.
1t was queer lot of people who frequented
Madame Biavatskys rooms in New York. There
were artists and newspaper men, and spiritual
lists and free. thinkers generally, with sprink-
ling of women.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-13

THE Washington correspondent of the
Brooklyn Union advances the opinion that
Mr.. Voorhees,. with all his faults, has some
respect Cor principles, and then adds, ingenu-
ously, che may be on the wrong side of a
question-he generally is." The devotion Of
3 man to principles, when he is generally on
The wrong side, is rather dubious sort of a
virtue. 1t may be remarked in this connec-
ton that Mr.. Voorhees, is on the side of the
administration.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-13

THERE was no shortage at all, not even Of
two cents in the count of the cash in the Ma
tional Treasury The special to the Courier
Journal Of yesterday says 'The report some
days ago, that the count had been finished
and shortage of two cents discovered, was
made in accordance with time honored Gus
tom, and was only joke The count was
really finished to-day, and was found to be ex-
actly correct" This is the way the cash
comes out after twenty four years of Repub-
ican administration. How would count of
the cash in the Indiana State Treasury come
out after only two years Of Democratic admin
istration9 The last Democratic Legislature
was evidently afraid to test that question
Turn the rascais out"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-13

INDIANA Democrats are displeased over the
appointment of August M. Kuhn to be surveyor
of the port in this city. 1t is claimed that he
never voted Democratic ticket until he
voted for Mr.. Cleveland; that he is, in fact,
a mugwump. Now, if this be true it is a
grievous and sore outrage upon the five other
mugwumps, and they are the ones to com
plain, rather than the body Of the Democracy
The colored mugwump mas been rewarded
with place in the mailbag repair shop, the
German nugwump has been made surveyor Of
the port, while the five English-speaking and
Caucasian mugwumps are left without a rag
to cover their political nakedness. This is
an unspeakable outrage. We lift up a protest
in behalf Of the five mugwunps. They ought
to be recognized"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-13

UNDER immense headlines the Louisville
Courier-Jourier prints special from Wash
ington, saying that Capt. James Blackburn's
defeat for the Lexington collectorship is re-
ceived with deep regret by the Kentuckians
here. Senator Blackburn feels sore and down
hearted over the matter, but bears it in dig
nifed way and makes no reproaches." Capt.
James Blackburn is the world-renowned cut
throat who wrote, in 1861, that he wanted to
kill forty Yankees for every chill he had
suffered, and that he hoped to see Union blood
run deep enough to swim his horse in it. 1t
is very proper that there should be deep re-
greet among the Kentuckians over Mr.. Black
burns failure to obtain Office under the
Union government.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-13

POSTMASTER GENERAL Villas has issued a
gressmen, the intention of which is to make
glad the hearts Of very hungry and very thirsty
Democrats. Although coming from ere
form" administration, this letter is what might
be termed ga gross and bloody violation of
civil-service, and it is shame that it has been
made public. 1t clearly was intended for pri-
vate consumption; but the idea of keeping
such glorious thing secret is too absurd for
respectful consideration. The letter is, in fact,
an invitation to Democratic barbecue, the
spread being postoffices, garnished with the
scalps Of the present incumbents. This conf
Dental circular is, in reality, studied be-
trayal of the Presidents confidence, unless,
indeed, the Postmaster general be rated as
man not in the possession of his full mental
vigor. He directs how Democratic congress
men shall proceed to secure Offices for
their friends, to the number of from three to
ten in each county, or, for Indiana, say five
hundred. There need be no charge of incom-
potency, none of malfeasance; all this has
been simplifed by the President, and the
only thing necessary to make show Of COM
plying with the civil-service rules is to allege
that the incumbent has been guilty of
offensive partisanship, the President to be
prosecutor, judge and jury. In order to make
the scheme plain enough for even Democrat
to understand, Mr.. Villas tells how it is to be
DONE in the following words:
81 will require no more proof Of partisan
ship in these selections than the affirmation of
knowledge on the part of representative or
senator that the postmaster has been an active
editor or proprietor Of Republican newspa-
per printing offensive articles, easily shown
by slips; or stump speaker, or member of a
political committee, or officer of a campaign
club, or organizer Of political meetings, or
that his office has been made the headquarters
of political work, or that his clerks have been
put into the performance of political duties.
Possibly other acts of equal force may be
noted In some cases."
1t will be observed that the unsupported
word Of a senator or representative is enough
to condemn the most faithful official in the
land. The arrangement is comprehensive
enough to satisfy the most importunata Office
seeker. All postmasters who have had the
courage to assert their political rights are to
be discharged. The only exception to be
taken to this is that it gives the lie to the
pharisaical professions Of Mr. Cleveland and
the Democratic party, the claim still being
made that the civil-service rules are to be
religiously respected. The farce is rapidly
approaching its elimination.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-13

THE indianapolis Sentinel lifts up its voice
in weeping because Of the order of Secretary
Manning to discontinue the printing of one
and two-dollar bills. OF course, as the Chi
cage News remarks, this may be regarded by
the average Indiana Democrat as a personal
attack upon him; but it is to be hoped that
Mr.. Manning will sturdily adhere to that pro-
gramme. There should be no bills of less de-
nomination than five dollars Silver coin
should be used by the people for less than
that amount, while postal notes and money
orders furnish cheap, and safe, and conven-
lent currency for the transmission by mail Of
any sum. The absence of one and two-dollar
bills will give the silver dollar chance to
circulate, and the people can become ac-
quainted with our silver coins Let us have
the silver in place of small bills.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-13

IT is said that penny-postage bill will be
introduced in Congress next winter, the idea
being that reduction in rates will so much
increase the volume OF business as to keep up
the volume of receipts so that there will be
no great deficiency. In view Of the fact that
the country already has the penny system in
operation, the bill would be superhuous. A
penny is two cents. If it is intended to make
the new rate one cent the bill must say cent
1t is awfully English" you know, to say
penny" but generally it is not meant.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-13

made too hot I'd hold PSEUDO patriots swinders Of
ignorant servak girls and skulking assassirs New
York Sun.
WHILE there should be no temporizin9 with the
Indians it is not credtable TO the Dominion govern
breeds by negotiation. That they have very clear
cause for complaint is shown by the offers Of the gov
eminent to compromise. They demand and en-
titled to homesteads the original settlers of the
land The government has affirmed Che reality OF
their grievances, and ought to settle with them in
generous manner. There is nothing unreasonable in
the demands Of the halbreeds for certificates Of 100
acres for heads Of families and twentyfour fos
their children. These would be fair terms, and the
half breeds would unquestionaby accept them, end
the war and leave the government free to settle its
Indian difficulty unhampered by the half breed COM
plication.-Chcago Tribune.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-13

GOVERNOR PATTIsoN, of Pennsylvania. has
vetoed bill providing for the burial of indi-
gent soldiers in a respectable way at the ex-
pense of the counties in which they have
lived. BY so doing he has incurred the dis
pleasure of the Grand Army men who worked
for the bill partly as measure of justice to
unfortunate soldiers, and partly as relief to
the Grand Army posts, which are continually
being called upon to bury some penniless vet
Grams remains
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-05-13

THOSE who think England and Russia are
moving too slowly in the matter of engaging
in war are probably forgetful of the response
bilities and dangers Of war between two such
vast powers, to say nothing Of the other
European powers that might become involved.
A moments reflection would be enough to
convince any thoughtful man that the United
States would, of necessity, be very slow to
join issues with any considerable power 1t
would be absolutely imperative that we should
temporize until time be had to put the Ma
tons resources in shape to be available. In
the first place, we have no navy worthy of
the term, and the few vessels in service could
not hope to make any adequate resistance to a
hostile feet such as could be brought against
them. Time would have to be gained to build
or buy vessels of the same class as those with
which the enemy would lead the attack.
Worse than this, our coast defenses are of no
practical value, being antiquatsd for the most
part and armed with inferior guns. The
forts guarding New York harbor. for instance,
would offer little effective resistance. British,
or French, or Italian of war would be
almost certain to pass them without
serious harm. But, in event of the
forts, supplemented by torpedoes, be-
ing able to keep hostile fleet out of
the bay, what is to prevent it from operating
from off Coney Island and wrecking all of
Brooklyn and half of New York cityy From
there to the battery is but nine miles, and it
is but eleven miles in all to Forty second
street. below which are hundreds Of millions