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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-02-19

THE rapidity with which bills for the
erection of public buildings in large
towns in almost every State in the
Union are being rushed through Con-
gress, is something wonderful and is
well calculated to stiffen the back bone
of a large number of members who hap
pen to live in close and doubtful dis
tricts. Yesterday week the Secretary
of the Senate brought over to the House
t,renty-nine bills which had passed the
former body on the previous day, urovid-
ing for the erection of as many public
buildings in different parts of tk.S conn.
tIvs r4415s tuat- zen Iiiuutes after this
avalanche of bills had been precipitated
on the House, the committee on public
buildings in that body being called on
for reports, turned en- a flood of bills of
the same character. to the extent of at
least twenty. a good deal of disgust
was manifested by the prudent men IN
the House at this simultaneous on
siaught on the public Treasury from
both ends of the Capitol. These bills
are passed by what is known as "Iog
rolling" on the principle, "You help
me and III help you,' which produces
a resistless combination in faver of each
of them, no matter how unnecessary
most of them may be. The first thing
that a new Congressman turns his at
tentiOn to now is to pass a bill for the
erection of new and costly public
building somewhere in his district. II
may be entirely unnecessary, aud in g
majority Of cases is so, but it has a ten.
dency to make him "solid" with hi.
constituents. Flanagan, of Texas SAID
in the Republican National Convention
at Chicago, what in h-l are we her,
for unless for the offices, " aud the aver
| age Congressman cries aloud, "Wha
am l here for unless it is to get enough
money out of the Treasury to put mp
| first class public building in my dis
trict ?'' And he generally gets what b,
/ wants.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-02-19
A Story Of General Scott.

Every one has noticed the heroic
size attributed General Winfield Scott
in his statues and portraits. Few of
them are exaggerations of his real pro-
portions. He was six feet four inches
in height and perfectly formed. In his
full dress uniform he presented a superb
appearance. 1t IS said that the dimin-
utive Mexicans we're awe struck when
they saw him, and that many of them
attributed the success of the American
army TO the grand physiqe of its leader.
The General was greatly incOnvenienced
by his unusual size, and whenever be
had an opportunity always had special
preparations made for bis comfort. In
an old album, in Washington, l find
this letter, written by his hand
WASHINGTON, Friday, June Is, 1860. -
Proprietors of the Girard House PhIiadel-
phia- Expect me at the Gil
rard HOnss tomorrow night at IL O'Clock
and please give me bed at least six feet
six inches In length or one without foot
board. Yours respectfully,
WINFIELD SCoTT.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-02-19
We ConHdentI, As.ert and Can S.,

We Confidently Assert and Can Sat
isfact0rily Prove there is no instance on rec
ord OF case of dyspepsia OF torpid liver
that cannot be relieved and positively cured
by the systematic use of Simmons Liver
Regulator. This is no vain boast but an
established fact; and sufferers from these
diseases deny themselves the blessings of
health and comfort by refusing to give the
Regulator trial. 1t is no compound of ed
venVurers, but a merit0rious medicine which
has won its high reputation in countries
where torpid livers prevail and where Ma
ture supplies the roots and herbs to cure the
diseases common to its climate.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-02-19
The Company Stores.

One of the chief sources of complaint
on the part Of the operatives is the com
pany stores, or the ''pluck me- stores.
the miners call them. 1t is held-by the
latterstbat they are coGgeiled TO pur.
chasee-ttti tiheIr wages being withheld and
store checks issued to them) large
proportion monthly of their necessaries
at the company stores, and that they are
charged higher prices than the same ar
ticles can be had for at the stores of in
dividual merchants at Mt Pleasant and
elsewhere. A reporter of the Pitts
burg Leader, who has been investiga-
ting this feature of the complaint of
the strikers, gives the following as the
difference in prices at the company and
up town or Individual stores:
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-02-19

REV. DR.. HIeBEB, Superintendent Of
the Common Schools, may possibly be
very competent man for the position, a
question which we will not assume TO
decide. When, however, he undertakes,
as he does in his last annual report, to
tell the people how the young idea
should be taught to shoot, he simply
makes laughing stock of himself. No
man ever before, whether he was super
intendent or not, put on paper as much
undiluted bosh and sublimated non
sense as Higbee does iE the following
remarkable extract from his report. 1t
! is well calculated to cause Higbee to be
/ regarded with as much wonder by the
unlearned friends of the Common
/ Schools, as the utter amaZement, 50
aptly described by Goldsmith, with
which the pupils of the school in his ma
tive Irish town, himself being one of
them, regarded the profound knowledge
and varied requirements of their learn q
ed, but pedantic preceptor: "Abd
still they gazed and still the wonder
grew, that one small head could carry
ali he knew" Here is what Higbee
says:
Across the stream whose rapid waters
bar his direct and timId progress the child
must be lifted from steppinP-stone to STEP
pingstOne, then led on through the thick
shade OF messy woods among ferns and car
dinal flowers, still moving upward through
tangled and blOssomy pathway where thOIns
threaten and eglantines sweeten the toll,
then still onward with more reliant step
across the wide spread tableland of mead
ows made green by the mountain springs,
where he can gain refreshing rest then still
upward with stronger and still more eager
stretch to the very summit of the thun-
der smitten rock, where before him, in Wis
ion far Outreaching his most ardent expec-
tatiOn, he sees with wistful eyes the silver
winding rivers; the scattered villages along
their IN argins, the mist lowering over the
distant valleys that sweep onward until
they vanish in the storm haunted hills
overarehed with glowing amethyst anon,
HespeTus comes leading in his host of stars
| Arcturus and his sons, belted Orion, the
clustered glory OF the Pleiades, and the
Swan, with Outstretched wings sweeping up
the Miiky-waY and all this with infinitely
! more, whit u thus seen, comes to be for him
but this universe bending in aGoration and
joining with cherubim and selaphim and
yelled angels, and crying Holy : Holy
Holy Lord God Almighty Heaven and
earth are full of the majesty of Thy glory
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-02-19

THE English Parliament re-assembled
on yesterday and Mr.. Gladstone will at
once iEaugurate his policy in regard TO
Irish affairs. What the outcome will
be is, Of course, mere matter of con-
lecture. Gladstone may possibly fail in
accomplishing his purposes for the
amelioration of the Irish people who
now firmly believe that he is the only
English statesman who has the human
ity and courage to extend 20 them some
thing like even-handed justice, boon
which has been withheld from them
through centuries of oppression. The
civilized world will watch the strugpls
oetwe enlightened Liberalism and the
ilrepressible bigotry Of Toryisn with
intense interest.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-02-19

The remains Of General Hancock
we're taken from his late residence on
Governors Island to Trinity Church, in
the city of New York, on last Saturday
morning. Among the pail bearers were
Generals Sherman, Sheridan, Franklin,
SehOfeld, Miles and Hon. Thomas F.
Bayard, Secretary of State. After the
usual funeral ceremonies in the church.
the body was conveyed to Jersey City,
where three passenger coaches of the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company were
waiting to proceed to Norristown. At
Philadelphia four additional cars were
attached to the funeral train which
reached NOrristOwn at P. NJ. The
funeral procession, which had been in
creased to very large proportions by the
citizens of Norristown and Montgomery
county, started at once for the cemetery
where Gen. Hancock some years ago
had built a family vault. When the
hesrse arrived sixteen soldiers of the
Fifth Artillery, eight on a side. lifted
The casket and carried it slowly to the
sepulchre. Formed in two lines facing
each other the pail bearers stood in front
of the tomb with uncovered heads, Gen.
Sherman standing at the head of one
line with Gen. Sheridan standing next
10 him, and opposite at the head of
the other liue stood Secret airy Bayard.
Then the first of three salvos was fred
from The hillside close by from guns of
a Light Battery from Fort Hamilton.
1nsn the yault was sealed and as the
regulars Withdrew from the sepulchre,
Bugler Richard Frank came out from
the ranks and, standing upon the gentle
slope. be sounded the last taps for
9 euersl Winfield Scott Hancock.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-02-19

TIE Fitz John Porter case is once
more theme for the display Of Congress
sional eloquence OF rant, as the case hap
pens to be. Day after day and night
after night the foodgstes have been
opened, ana not single new idea has
been advanced nor a single ray of new
light thrown upon the subject. The
worst, however, is yet 20 come, for after
the bill passes the House and goes to
the Senate, Logan is ready to rattle off
his former three days diatribe against it.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-02-19

The strike in the Westmoreland and
Fay tie coke regions seems to be in
fair way of settlement. On Tuesday
the strikers received a proposition from
che coke operators through Rev. Father
Lambing, agreeing to pay the advance
demanded on March 15, if the men
would at once return to work. The
strikers decided to call general con-
vention or yesterday to consider the
offer and accept OF reject it. IN
less evil counsels prevail the proposition
will be accepted.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-02-19
&vat, $, Breenla1l.
E5ENs5URc. pa.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY I9, 1856.

THB complete Adjustment of the estate
Of the late Francis A. Drexel, the Phil
sdelphia banker, shows that he left
fortune of fifteen million of dollars, and
that under his will Catholic charities
receive million and s-half of dollars,
enough to put them firmly on their
feet
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-02-19

IT is related that when Hancock was a
PRESIDENTIAL candidate the idea of his re-
signing from the army was proposed to MIN
he declined Instantly to listen to it. mo. >"
said be, 81 will not leave the army. Nv
whole life has been given to it, / would be
miserable were l TO resign. AS 1 live here
IN my quarters and hear 'reveiIle' and taps
am perfectly happy-happier than l should
be as President OF the nited States. No
say that cannot leave the army I'd like
to be President, of course 1 suppose anv
man would; but | will not take the risk
OF sundeTing all the associations of my life
for the sake Of such chance"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-02-19

st. Mary's City, where the first State
House in Maryland was built, had G, 900 of a.
population century ago. To-day there are
two buildings there, one a prosperous fe.
male academy, tue other an Episcopal
church 1t was at this "lost city, that
Lord Baltimore landed when he settled IA
Maryland. The mulberry tree under which
he offered prayer ISL wears ago is said to be
still standing.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-02-19

The English haneman, Berry by name.
tall, respectable looking man, with the
appearance of mechanic He is a shoe
maker by trade, but does not work now. as
the eXecutioner is well paid. He gets $50 a
head, or, wheC there are more than one $50
Ior tne nrst, S25 for the second, and S25 for
the tblId, with all expenses paid. The first
esse ntlal Is nerve, and Berry has nerve.
BtDns. who preceded hin, was a braegart
and liked publicity. He would smoke a
plpe onfside bali an hour before an execu-
ION, ana drink, and had an active tongue
Now the executioner is Obliged To sleeD in
the Jail the night before a hanging. Cal
craft, who was famous for SO many years
was also a shoema ker, and, like Berry, a
quiet, retiring, man
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-02-19

THE bill for the admission OF the
sou thern half OF Dakota Territory into
the Union as a State. passed the Senate
last week. Mr.. Voorhees,, of Indiana,
was the only Democrat who voted in it's
favor. 1t is believed at Washington
that the measure has no chance of pass
ing the House.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-02-19
LIKE HIS FATHER,
He was Amicted with stone I'm the
Bladder.

MI : W. Hicks, Of Pleasant Valley Duchess
county, y. Y. the son OF Mr.. E 5. Hicks whose
Rame VI ay have appeared in this journal in con
nection with an article similar TO this. was. like
his father, afh icted with Stone in the Bladder.
only that his case was more serious than his
fathers. The father advised the son to write TO
Dr. David Kennedy. OF Rondout, N. Y, who he
SAID, would tell him what TO do. DIR. Kennedy
replied suggesting the use OF K ENNEDY'S FA-
VORITE REMEDY, which had worked 50 sue
cessfully in the fathers case. BIr. Hicks. who
had been assured by the local physicians that they
could do nothing more for him, tried FAVORITE
REMEDY. After two weeks use OF 10 he passed
a stone three-fourths of an inch long and Of the
thickness Of a pipe stem. Since then he has had
no symptoms Of a return OF the trouble. Here is
sick man healed. What better results could
have been expected What greater beneht
could medical science confer? The end was
gained that is surely enough DR.. Kennedy as
sures the public. by reputation which he can
not afford TO imperiI, that tue FAVORTTE
REMEDY does fnvisorate the blood, cures liver,
kidney and bladder complaints, we'll as all
those diseases and weaknesses peculiar 70 fe-
males.
ThOusands of Grateful People yolun-
taTily testify In letters TO DT. Kennedy. With a
warmth and fuIlness OF words which mere busi-
documents aud certificates never possess
what ''Favorite Remedy the great specific for
blood. liver and kidney disorders, has done for
them and their friends.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-02-19

CURIOUS to think that desks and chairs
kill people, hut they do. Taken in large
quantities office furniture is as fatal as yell
low fever. We sit and write ourselves
Bway. Sedentary habits produce constipa
tiOn that Degets dyspepsia rheumatism
and kidney troubles follow in their train,
and death ends the chapter. You whose
lives are passed over desks and in the con
fined air Offices ought TO keep DR.. K-unedY's
"FavOrite Remedy" always at hand for the
stomach and brain
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-02-19

These figures are from The strikers
standpoint and are confirmed by many
Of the outside storekeepers. The heads
of the company stores declined to give
the reporter any information regarding
their prices.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-02-19
A Thrifty Provincial Swain.

a remarkable case has just been be-
fore the courts at Chatham, New Bruins
wick. A young gentleman who, after
many months of Industrious counting,
was ousted from the LADY, affections by
a more enterprising rival, brought suit
TO recover the following :
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-02-19

A COLD of uhusua, severity which took
last Autumn developed into a difficulty de-
cidediy catarrahal in all It's characteristics
threatening return of my old chronic NAL
ady, catsrrh. One bottle of EIy's Cream
baIh completely eradicated every symptom
OF that painful and prevailing disorder
w: Warner, 165 Hudson ST., Rochester.
Catarrh-FOr twenty years | was a suf
fsrer from catsTrh Of the hsaQ and throat
BY few applications of Ely's Cream Balm
l received decided beneit-was cured bv
Y 49, N@f0''S' -
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-02-19

The plaintiff seems TO have been an
eminently prudent and economical suit
or. Handkerchiefs at 10 cents each is
almost famine quotation. The raisins
and the candy they no doubt ate tOgeth.
er. What was done with the two
pound cotton chain" it is impossible to
conjecture, except it were to keep the
defendant employed while the plaintiff
fingered and loved. How he could
have conducted whole summers court
ing on Horse hire, so cents" is a pos.
tive marvel. BY judicIOus advertising
the recipe could be made to yield him a
fortune in a short 5ime The price at
which the ring was secured would
make" a second hand store if properly
employed as bait TO catch customers.
Against the plaintiffs claim the defend
ant entered a contra account. The
chief items were three gallons of oil
used during the courting, and time lost
by the lady's mother sitting up at
nights to watch the couple. The jury
took the view that value had been re
ceived, and gave a verdict for the de-
fendant.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-02-19
VERY Remarkable Recovery

Mr.. Geo. V. Willing, of Manchester, Mich.
writes "My wife has been almost helpless
for five years, so helpless that she cou Id not
turn over In bed alone. She used two bot
ties of Electric Bitters, and Is so much i'm
proved. that she is able now to do her own
work "
Electric Bltters will do all that is claimed
for them. Hundreds of testimonials attest
their great curative powers. Only fifty cts
a bottle at +. James.
"A. Dadowsky, grocer, and an unknown
man, tried to cross the New York, Pennsyl-
vania and Ohio Railroad track at woodland
Hills avenue, Cleveland o, ia a wagon
The Eastern express struck the wagon, kill
ing both men and the horse and wrecking
the wagon.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-02-19

On Wednesday last the fund for the
widow Of Gen. Hancock had reached
s25, 600.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-11-04
6bQ Register" job Office
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or by the grand jury of Butler County, Missouri, and
not by the defendant then the plaintiff can not re-
cover in this action, and the jury will find for the de-
PENDANT.
No. s. If the jury shall believe, from the evil
dence in the cause that the defendant, before the
criminal prosecution given in evidence begun
against Kennedy, consulted, in good faith with
attorney at law, and communicated to said attorney,
in good faith all the facts within his knowledge or
which he might have learned by reasonable diligence
bearing upon the guilt innocence of said Kennedy
of the crime charged; that said consultation and
munication were had and made by the defendant, in
good faith, with view to the advice of counsel learn
ed in the law that said attorney, consulted WITH
upon such submission of facts advised the defendant
that Kennedy criminay liable as for a felonous
conversion of said property of the money repres
enting it, and the jury further find, that said prose-
cuton begun and carried on by defendant in good
faith, in consequence Of said advice and not in pur-
of previous fixed determination on the part of
Holiday to commence said prosecuton-then the
imputaton Of malice by Holiday is not only rebuff
ted but the prosecution of Kennedy not mali
cous, but was begun upon probable cause, and such
consultation and advice afford and are complete de-
Tense to defendant Of the plaintiffs present action,
though such advice erroneous, was not
warranted in law from the facts stated.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-11-04
COi0red Society Notes.

f The following interesting statistics are
gathered from the school: No. of pupils
registered, 6S; total age of pupils, s1Syears;
average age of each pupil, u years: No. in
the chart class, 27--tbe oldest of whom is II
and the youngest6. School ungraded. Chill
dren from three districts attending, viz:
Irontop, Arcadia, Pilot Knob, and Middle
brook. The most advanced grades are
studying history and completing common
fractions in Rays practical arithmetic. Az
erage per cent. of enrolment attending, IS;
daily average of attendance, A; average No.
days attended by each IA. General progress
of the SCHOOL good.
Here is the way Lawyer Stewart of New
York puts the question of co-operationi
sBefore Africa AMERICANS Can cooperate,
they will have to acquire these needful ele-
ments: Manly self-reliance, race pride, and
confidence in the ability and integrity of
their own leaders. The true course, take
it, is, to recognize the fact that our present
racial weakness and faults result from our
conditions to cultivate therefore self-rellz
anee, mutual confidence and race pridei
and by the practice of co operation gain eX-
perierce, acquire knowledge, and hew out
our own highways to character, wealth and
prominence"
Rev. Abanatha attended ministerial cnns
vention in st. Louis during the past wesk:
Mrs. Mariah Russell is visiting in Crystal
City.
| Mrs. Elijah Lee left for her home in the
city on the 1st inst.
There was born, recently, to Mr.. and Mrs.
George Brown, daughter.
The African Methodists of Washington, D.
c., have recently completed q metropolitan
CHURCH at . cast Of Stes, go, with seating
capacity of 2,00a. The organ is said to have
cost only 81 OO0i