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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-09-23

GONE EAsT.-Harry Shoemaker, who
keeps the biggest dry goods and grocery store
in northern Cambria, went east on Tuesday
night, and ere many days there will be a
stock of fall goods on his shelves which will
sastonish the natives" OF course it will
be a choice assortment, as Harry knows
what to buy and how to buy it so as to
please his customers in goods and prices.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-09-23

O YEsl o YES! o YES THAT'S what
court crier says Auctioneers also cry out.
'sU yes 20 and then sell bad goods at half
price. But Murphy & Co. can sell dry goods
without crying 80 yes!" Just call at their
store, Houston House, Main street, Johns
town. and witness the crowd congregated
there, waiting chance to buy and carry
away an armfuI of goods, or a wagon load,
as is sometimes the case. The "boys" know
how to please.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-09-23

The LONG AGONY OvER.-rhe pastoral
residence heretofore owned by the Catholic
congregation of this place has passed into
the hands of another owner. The drawing
came off at the Court House on Friday night
last, and the lucky winner of the prize is
Young man named VIM. r. De Armitt, a
clerk at the Mountain House, Cresson, and
a nephew of our townsman, Col. VIM. K.
Piper. The whole number of chances taken
reached some seven hundred at 50 each, and
the one hundred and first ticket drawn won
the valuable prize. The fortunate recipient
is said to be a worthy young man and the
son of a widow, who, with several younger
brothers and sisters, is dependent upon him
for support. We congratulate him upon
his good luck, and are glad that the fine
property has passed into such deserving
hands.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-09-23

AUTUMN.-This is the first month OF au-
tumn-a season which admonishes all of the
near approach of winter-and now is the
time to be setting your houses in order for
the cold weather. If you need cook or
heating stove, or any other of the number
less articles Indispensable to housekeeping,
don't fail to patronize Geo. Huntley, the only
hardware dealer in Ebensburg, and you will
be sure to get the best article for the least
money at all times.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-09-23

THE FIRST MAN.-Adam was the first
man created, but Rowley Davis was the first
man In Ebensburg to receive goods fer the
fall trade, and be is the first and best man
to buy from when you want the full worth
of your money. His stock is large and ex-
celient, his prices unprecedented for cheap
ness. and his store is in the East Ward.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-09-23

CUSTOM WoRK.-Leopold s. Brother. Clio
thing Merchants. 241 Main street, Johns
town. keep constantly on hand the latest
fashion plates; and will insure any customer
a new suit of clothes. made according to or
der, in five days after the measure is taken.
They keep samples of all kinds of cloth for
examination. They also keep on hand all
kinds of made~up clothing, for summer or
winter, which will be sold cheap.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-09-23

A MOUNTAIN VoIcE.-We predict that a
spirit will haunt our mountains before one
month passes around. and will cry out, "Go
to Leopold Mayors Dry Goods Store, No.
aud buy all your dress goods, fancy goods,
muslns, ribbons, hats and bonuets, and woel
woe woe to them that do not heed this
aGmonition, for their money will be given
for that which is not bread, and the reward
of their labor for that which satisfeth not"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-09-23

Buy Now.-When a merchant is anxious
to sell the stock he has in order to make
room for a new one, purchasers may depend
upon getting the very best of bargains, and
as Vallie Barker is in that fix just now, his
closing out sale of summer goods is being
made at wonderful reduction in prices. Go
right away and see if he hasn't bargain
for you, for next week he buys new stock.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-09-23

L. COHEN, of L. Cohen & Brother, is now
in the Eastern cities laying in a stock of new
and seasonabIe clothing. They have now
on hands very large assortment of cheap
made-up clothing. But notwithstanding
this, they call their stock low, and are lay
ing in a very large additional stock of fall
and winter styles of the very best make and
the tip-top of fashion. Give them call and
see their new goods.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1869-09-23

THE Most CoNTENTED MAN.-The wick
eldest man lives in New York. The most
contented man lives in Johnstown. He is
called James j. Murphy. He keeps clo-
thing store on Clinton street, No. 100. He
sells cheap and smokes his cigar with as
much independence (naveat) as Gen. Grant.
He keeps constantly on hand new goods and
cheap. He orders goods every week. He
can supply the wants of any customer, and
he is very obhging man. Call and see him.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-11-19
TALK.

Do you know what your habits are about
talking? Doyou talk a great deal too much?
Do you say a great many things heedlessIy?
Do you indulge a great deal in out-swelling
words Of pride? Are your words Ike sparks
Of fire, or are they Ike drops of oil? De you
make life sweet with your tongue wherever
you 60, or is your tongue like the tongue Of
a serpent, carrying terror whenever your
mouth opens and it comes forth? How Of
ten do you think Of your speech? Do you
know anything about II? I venture to say
that every person in your neighborhood
knows more about it than you DO.
Did you ever think what q volume your
talk would make If it were printed? Ifev-
erything that some persons say in single
day we're printed, what a volume it would
makel Aud if all that they say in a year
we're printed, what library it would makel
| pity the man who should have to read the
one or the other. Aud yet all their sayings
from day to day. and from year to year, are
flying in every direction, producing their
effects on those on whom they fall. The
exaggerations, the over -colorings, the mis-
representations, the lies (for we all lie con
tinually) which escape US when we are
speaking about ourselves, about cur chill
dren, about our property, about our neigh
bors, about everything that We have to do
with-what must be their influence upon
the world? Still how few there are who
know anything about the use of their tongue,
which Is forever on the move il man
might as well undertake to keep an account
of what goes out of his chimney, Of smoke,
and gas, and cinders, as to keep an account
of what goes cut of his mouth of wondrous
influences for life or for death. And there
fore how vastly important it is that we
should examine ourselves in the matter Of
sueecb - Beachcr.
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LUTHER AT HONE.

In the close of the reign Of Julius Luther
risited Rome. The poor monk, worn with
,enances and heavy toll, was sent upon
iome business connected with his convent
to the Papal court He crossed the Alps
full of faith, and stirred by strong excite
ment lie was about to enter the classic
land, with whose poets and historians he
had long been familiar he was to tread the
sacred soil of Virgil, Cicero, and Livy. But,
more than this, he saw before him, rising in
dim majesty, the Holy City of that Church
from whose faith he bad never yet ventured
to depart, whose supreme head was still to
him almost the representative Of Deity, and
whose princes and dignitaries he had ever
invested with an apostolic purity and grace.
Rome, followed by the sufFeTings of the
martyrs, filed with relies, and redolent with
the piety Of ages, the untutored monk still
supposed a scene of heavenly rest, Hail,
holy Rome ~ he exclaimed, as its distant
towers first met bis eyes. His poetic dream
was soon dispelled. Scarce had he entered
Italy when he was shocked and terrified by
the luxury and license Of the converts, and
the open depravity Of the priesthood. He
felt sick with sorrow and shame. He com
planned that the very air Of Italy seemed
deadly and pestilential But he wandered
on, feeble and sad, until he reached the Holy
City, and there, amid the mockery Of his
fellow monks, and the blasphemies Of the
impious clergy, performed with honest su-
perstition the minute ceremonial Of the
Church. Of all the Pilgrims of that dese-
Grated shrine none was 50 deyout as LGther-
He was determined, he said, to escape the
pains of purgatory and win pleuary indul
gence he dragged his frail form on his
knees up the painful ascent Of the Holy
Stairs, while ever IN his ears resounded the
cry, ''The just shall live by faith. He
heard with horror that the head Of the
Church was a monster stained with vice
that the cardinals were worse than their
master; the priests, mocking unbelieyers f;
and fed, art-broken, back to his German
cell HGrpeT'S Hq0aziae
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ANImALCULEs.

IF some hay is placed in glass of pure
rain water, and allowed to soak for few
days in a sunny place, and if It be then re-
moved, the water will be found, under a
powerful microscope, to contain many very
small moving things which are called infu-
soria, from their being produced after infu-
sing the bay. The eggs which were on the
hay bred their myriads Of small things,
which often have very beautiful coat Of
transparent flat or SILICA. IF the water is
kept clean, and is not allowed to deeompose
or smell, generation after generation Of the
infusoria live, die, and fall TO the bottom Of
the glass. They form a very delicate flm
there, and minute portions OF it when exam
ined under high magnifying power show
the silieious skeletons or shells very distinct
". Now, many strata in the earth are
formed entirely Of the remains Of infasoria,
aud very familiar example in the Tripoh
powder. from the polishing slate Of BiliD, in
Bohemia A single grain Of TripoH-powder
contains no fewer than ls7, 100000 Of the
transparent finty skeletons Of dead animal
cuIes; yet the layers of earth which are
made up of them at Bilin extend for miles.
In the barbor Of Wismar, in tie Baltic
they increase and multiply at great rate,
for II, ,496 cubit feet Of mud are formed
every year there, and every grain Of it con
tains l 900, 900, 900 Of the beautiful silieiou!
remains Of the infusoria, In the Island O.
Barbados thereis thick mass Of the mos
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-11-19
PHILosoPHIc ABSTRACTION.

Once upon time, the great Sir Isaac
Newton, while arguing knotty points and
smoking tobacco Gas philosophers often do, J
seized young damselis hand, and, oh hor.
ror Of horrors I've tremble as We write it
deliberately inserted one Of her fairy fin
gers into the bowl Of his tobacco pipe-a
remarkable instance, it must be admitted,
Of absence Of mind. Undoubtedly the phi
losopher was a very absent man, but his ab-
s.nee Of mind vas Of that quality which en-
abled him TO win such fame and make such
discoveries in science. He had this power
Of abstraction to a degree that appears mar
vellous, as the elder Disyaeli writes, to yo-
latile spirits and puny thinkers. To this
habit may be referred most Of his diseoge-
ries An apple falls upon him in his or
chard, and the system Of athsction succeed.
iD his mind: he observes boys blow ing soap
bubbles, and the property Of light display
themselves.
Socrates was similarly subject to lts Of
abstraction OF Marini, the Italian poet,
it is said that, in revising his Adonis, he
suffered his leg to be burned for some time
without perceiving it. According to Cicero,
Cato applauded Galus, who, when he had
sat down to write IN the morning, was sur
prised By the evening, and when he took up
his pen IN the evening was surprised at the
appearance of morning. Poggius-we again
borrow from the elder Disraei-tells Of
Dante, that he INDUCED his miditatiors
more strongly than any man he knew; be
vas only alive 10 what was passing in his
miul-to all human concerns he was as il
they had not been Dante went one Day to
a public procession-he entered the shop oi
o bookseller to be a spectator Of the passing
show. He found book which greatly IN
rarested bin; he devoured it in silence and
plunged into an abyss Of thought On his
return he declared he had neither seen nor
heard the slightest occurrence Of the public
sxhibition which had passed before him.
Such abstraction renders everything sur
rounding a man as distant as If It was il
another part Of the globe or as unreal as 8
dream a modern astronomer one summer
night withdrew to his chamber: the bright
ness Of the heaven showed a phenomenon.
Ee passed the whole night in observing it,
and when his friend came to him early IL
the morning and found him in the same at
itude, be said, like one who had been re
collecting his thoughts for a few moments
1t must be thus; but l viii go to bed be
fore II is late" lie had spent the entire
night in meditation on the celestial phenom
enon revealed, and did not know it. Ant
thus may the tales told of Sir Isaac Newton
absence Of mind be accounted for. Sucl
/ absence indicates not intellectual weakness
but strength, and it is quality which ST
Isaac possessed in common with some @
the greatest geniuses the world ever saw.
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PYRAMID LAKE.

The peculiar rock formations from which
this lake derives its name, are remarkable
even among the Rockies" The principal
pyramid towers above the lake to a height
Of more than 500 feet, presenting in its
general outline a remarkably perfect pyra-
midal form. Close scrutiny shows portions
Of its sides to consist Of volcanic tuta, which
greatly resembles a vegetable growth Of
vast size. In color the pyramidal mounds
vary with the varying light At some mo-
meuts they convey the impression Of a rich,
warm, brown tint at others the hue Is Q
cool gray that more nearly resembles the
color which close examination viii prove
to be the true one.
A visit to the largest pyramid, developed
the fact that it was occupied BY tenants en-
tirely capable Of holding inviolate their pri
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DOES BRAIN WORK sHORTENLIFE


lst. Our answer to this question is as
follows: No, when performed in a proper
way Yes, when performed in an improper
way. Any pupil in school, or any man or
woman out Of school, who labors more than
four or FIVE hours day at hard study with
out recreation or relaxation, will find it in-
furious to health, and to shorten life. But
the hardest student may live to extreme Old
age if be viii observe the following rules, Of
which this is the
First Mingle labor with recreation.
Second. Never study, or apply the mind
closely, Immediately after eating. There Is
but SO much blood in the body, and when
the stomach is digesting food, a larger Dor.
ton of it is there than at other times. So.
when we think hard or study, more blood
flows TO the brain than at other times. But
who does not see that there cannot be more
blood than usual at all parts Of the body at
the same timer
Third To be healthy, never study under
the influence of stimulants. Many have
written and produced wonderful compost
tions under the stimulus Of alcohol and OPT
um, and other poisonous narcotics But
such a course invariably shortens life Men
may study if they win only live right.
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-11-19

BEAUTIFUL AILEGORY.-Once on 4 time
little leaf was heard to sigh and cry, as
leaves often do when a gentle wind is about.
And the twig said,
What is the matter, little leaf?'
'The wind, said the leaf, lust told me
that Que day it would pull me of, and
throw me down to die on the ground y
The twig told it to the branch On which it
grew and branch told it to the tree. And
when the tree heard it. it rustIed all over,
and sent word back TO the leaf,
''Do not be afraid, hold on tightly, and
you shall not go till you want to. And SO
the leafstopped signing, but went on nest
ling and singing. And 50 1t grew all sum
mer long till October. And when the bright
days Of autumn came, the little leaf saw all
the leaves around becoming very beautiful.
Some were yellow and some scarlet, and
some striped with both colors. Thenit ask
ed the tree what it meant And the tree
said
''All these leaves are getting ready to fly
away, and they have put on these beautiful
colors because of JOY.
Then the little leaf began to want to 90,
and grew very beautiful in thinking of it..
and when It was very gay in color, it saw
that the branches of the tree had no color in
them, and so the leaf said
"Oh brahch, why are you lead color and
we golden p
I'VE must keep on our work clothes said
the tree. for our life is not done YET; but
your clothes are for holiday, because your
task is over.
Just then. little puff Of wind came, and
the leaf let 60 without thinking Of it, and
the wind took II up and turned it over and
over, ard then whirled it Ike spark of FIRE
in the air, and letit fall gently down under
the edge Of the fence among hundreds Of
leaves, and feH.into dream and never
walked up to tell what it dreamed about.
BECKER
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GRINDSToNEs.

4 letter to an exchange paper gives some
interesting facts about the locality where
griudstones are procured, and the method
of their manufacture The English grind
stones are quarried a, Newcastle on-Tyne,
and near Sheffield These quarries are
worked by hand, and all the grindstones are
made with the malIet and chisel Nova
Scotia and New Brunswick stones come from
sandstone formations everything the coal dis
tTiets on the Bay Of Fandy aud crossing the
Province Of the Gulf of ST. Lawrence.
These immense deposits contain a great
variety of grits, known as the Nova Scotia
grindstones. These quarries are generally
worked by the French people known as
'Acadians, from the name they gave this
country, Acadia and are the defendants
Of the 'Huguenots, who were driven out
of France by religious persecution.
They are a very industrious and simple
minded people, and the females retain to
this day the style of dress brought over
from France By their ancestors.
The tides Of the Bay Of Fandy rise and
fail from GO to 20 feet every twelve hours
and these people avail themselves Of this
power to work the quarries, which extend
from high bluff on the mainland down to
low water mark in the bay.
at low water huge mass OF stone is lgos-
ened fiom its bed, and heavy chain is pass
ed under it and over a large boat, which Is
placed alongside. As the tide rises, the
stone attached to the bottom Of the boat is
foated into a sand cove at high water, aud
made into grindstoues after the tide recsdes.
This work is done with malet and chisel,
the rough parts being first chopped off with
heavy axe. Machinery has been recently
introduced, and the small grindstoues are
now turned in a lathe by steam power. The
sandstone deposits Of this country, which
are made into grindstones, are found along
the shores of Lake Erie, and extending for
considerable distance east and west Of
Cleveland and inland as far as Marietta, on
the Ohio. They are also foand on the
shores Of Lake Huron above Detroit.
These deposits are of a different character
from the foreign stone. and do not seem to
be the overiying strata of coal formations,
but appear to be later formation, as the
qaarries look as though this part of Ohio
had once been the bottom of the lake, the
sand of which had become solid and been
up heaved by some CONFUSION Of nature.
Nearly all the Ohio grindstones are made by
machinery driven by steam power.
The blocks of stone. being loosened from the
quarry bed, are roughly hewed out, with a
square hole in the centre. This is placed
on a heavy square iron shaft furnished with
9-inch collar, against which the stone Is
securely fastened by means Of another collar
keyed against the side Of the stone. The
shaft and stone peing driven by steam pow
er, two men on opposite sides of the stone
turn it of perfectly true By means Of soft
iron bars about feet long and by 3-inch
thick, which are drawn out to a thin point,
which is curved upward This was former
ly very unhealthy occupation, owing to
the shaft dust being inhaled by the work
meu, but this difficulty is nov obviated by
means of blowers which drive it away.
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or right Of profession against all human visi-
tors From every crevice there seemed to
come hiss. The rafting, too, was sharp
and long continued The whole rcek vas
evidently alive with rattle snakes In every
party that ever entered into a country In
Tested by rattlesnakes are some men who
derive great pleasure in killing every snake
that may show its head or sound its rattle.
a loud shout Of Snakesl rattlers!' brought
out the band Of cxterminators but such
number Of snakes came upon the field that
it was clearly beyond the power Of our
snake haters to carry on the combat with
any hope Of final victory. They gave up.
and abandoned the locality to the serpen.
tine tribe, which win probably retain the
ownership for period Of tine indefinite and
unlimited
The water Of Pyr5mid Lake is clear,
sparkling, and very saity. II abounda in fish,
among which are the eoaaeg, sprigbtly fish,
having flesh the color Of salmon, and quite
as game In weight this fish ranges from
three to twenty pounds, and an occasional
specimen rises to the Ay that viii scale
quite twenty FIVE pounds. Besides the
eouter there is an abundance Of trout, not
precisely the speekled beauties Of the Lake
Superior region; neither do they bear a
very close resemblance to The sluggish,
black, spotted trout of our more Southern
States 1t is a trout, nevertheless, which
rises readily to the artificial fly, and is a
pleasing morse for the epicurean palate.
Cooked in the various styles known to the
campers, this fish will compare fayorably
with its eastern brethren. Other varieties
of the fnny tribe abound in Pyramid Lake
but these are the ones which viii be most
sought after by any courageous disiple Of
Izaak Walton, who leaves the cacs Of the
Central Pacific Railroad where It strikes
the Truckee, and who ventures down to its
outlet in this curious lake-T r. Darts,
IL Harper's Magazine for September
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IMPURE WATER.

Few Of US are aware Of the deleterious ef
fects of impure water, or how prone water
is to imbibe the impurities of the air. Ma
ny ofus think If the water is clear and cold
it must be perfectly pure, though it has
stood 10 close bedroom twenty -four hours;
but this is far from true. If pitcher Of
water be set in room, for only few hours,
it viii absorb nearly all theTespired and per-
spire1 gases 10 the room, the air Of which
will have become purer, but the water ut-
tay filthy. The colder the water is the
greater ihe capacity to contain these. gases.
At Ordinary temperature a pail Of water can
contain a great amount of ammonia and car
boDic acid gas; and its capacity to absorb
these gases is nearly doubled by reducing the
water to the temperature Of ice. This plain
" shows us that water kept In room over
night is totally unfit for drinking purposes,
and should not be used to gargle the throat;
also that a large pail of water standing in a
room would help TO purify the atmosphere,
but should be thrown away next morning.
It also teaches US the season that the water
from a pump should always be pumped out
in the morning before any of it is used We
are lameutably ignorant Of many Of the pro
perties Of air and water, two Of the most
important elements Of our nature.