The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-09-10
OURPROGRFSS IN HALF ACENTURY.
SOME or THE THINGS THAT WOULD
PUZZLE THOSE WHO DIED FIFTY
YEARS AGO SHOULD THEY
COME TO LIFE

i L.
a fac-simile of the frst number Of
Boston paper has just been sent to the
subscribers, to commemorate the COM
pletion of its semi-centennial. Suppose
one Of the readers of that little ''seven
by Eine' paper 10 have fallen asleep,
with the sheet I'm his hand, and not TO
have awakened until his morning,
when, Obliyious Of the lapse Of time, ms
eve falls upon one of our great dallies.
How he would be puzzled Let us look
over his shoulder for q few minutes and
hear what he has to say. Election re-
turns from Massachusetts,, Minnesota /
and California Just received. Where i
on earth is Minnesota, and what has /
withered, old Mexican California 10 DO /
with our elections 2 Foreign news by /
cable The Car of Russia was Shot at /
during his drive Yesterday afternoon. |.
but fortunately escaped. The Pope is .
reported TO have been more comfortable .
last evening" What sort of cable is
this that tells what is going on III st.
Petersburg and Rome l. sounds like
the old nonsense of the Arabian Nights.
s'The Bell Telephone Company are now
prepared To make come ctiUns within a
circuit Of 100 miles Of the city in all di-
ICctiOus. by the new arrangement con-
vcrsation may be heard distinctly in any
part of the room. The Handel and Ha-
dyu concert. given in Boston on Sunday
evening, was satisfactorily repeated at
Chickering's in New OTk. " Whew l
give that mp. Foreign arrivals
Screw steamer Pavia, telegraphed eff
Sandy Hook. eight days from Ireland,
with / 100 steerdge and 40 cabin pas
seugcrs." ." Is the population OF the old
o r.fr -frsf.
after this fashion Where is room to be
found for them all. and are they really
screwed across the Atlantic 'IhrO'
trains to san Francisco, with saloon and
sleeping cars. Leave New y ok at Is
a. m. y noon Is y. m. and II mid
night" And just below; Elevated
Railway. Cars leave the Battery for
Harlem, &c, every 3 minutes; fare 10
cents" Cheap enough but where DO
the passengers come trCm-and what is
there to take them TO Harlem
The good man has got about as much
as he can hold in this column, ami now
he turns to the miscellaneous advertise
meuts. "tTCat sale OF petroleum. Per
fectIy safe and OF the purest quality"
Well, petroleum is literally ''TOCk-oil'
can 1t hc that in tuese days they get
their lighting material cut Of the stones d?
"~artty paTlUr matches warranted TO
ignite only when rubbed on the box. -
Are the old flint and steel Of no further
use z metropolitan Gas Co Price re-
dUced fifty cents per thousand feet
Metres supplied. - What can gas me-
tre Ire : Is i- long. or short. or p3rticu-
lar : Those axe the only metres that l
ever beard or Electric light Can
dies lamps ana gas superseded. Fair
pint easily read at the distance of
mile / should ,hiuk that they might
as well have added. --~uG. moon and
stars superseded. -' India rubber
store, no. - Broadway Waterproof
clothing of every description. tents.
mats. tubing. cushions. water beds. car
springs, canes, pipes Plates iuksjduds.
peuhoLGers. and five hundred other arti-
cIcs madeof this invaluable gum.r In
valuable gum I could buy q load Of Old
India rubber quicksilver bags for q cou-
pie Of dollars How could they ever
make all those things ont of such stuff
as that The wonders multiply Pho
t0graplie Gallery Families taken I'm
groups aJ low rates. Portraits. life
size. beautifully tinted Instantaneous
views Of Niagara. y csuyius. etc. We
call special attention TO CuT uicrUscOujC
department. 80 This goes ahead of the
India-rubbpr business. Photography is
new word, and means '.iigl;-Writiug. 90
Let me look a5 the last dictionary
photography: the art of producing
pictures and fac-simiiCs of objects. on
chemically prepared bodies. such as
glass, paper, etc, by the action Of light.
Photograph picture or portrait Oh.
tanned 1y he light OF the sum- What
has the sun come into the field as all az
tist. Co compete with the painters and
engTavers ] should like 10 know hoW
he goes TO work Teeth extracted
without pain" That must be big lie.
Complete sets Of porcelain teeth on
rubber plates furnished for twenty dol
lars. Porcelain teeth ard rubber
plates What can this mean ? L give
that up also. Let rs see what there /.
now in the eating line
Canned soups, meats, fruits and veg.
etables of every variety, and warranted
10 Keep for years in any climate, Fres.
Bermuda potatoes; ; Norfolk peas; Tex
rs beef California salmon. etc, etc
Again Eefrigerat0rs of the most i'm
proved styles. etc. What can n re.
friger5t0r be z Ice. Owing to tIe
fai.uTe-Ot the crop in this vicinity. tht
price has been advanced fifty per cent. 90
Who ever heard of an ice crop , "Peli.
can and Dives Mining Co.-shares quo
ted at one and quarter. " That must
be a queer firm.
religious advertisements. SUNDAY Ser.
vices. Low Mass, 6 a. M. High Mass.
III q. M, NeSgers. . p. NJ. at 1t. --
Protestant Episcopal church. Sermon
on the seventh VIAL at the temple of tn,
L0tter-Dly Evangelical Pres
byterlan church. discourse by the pastor.
Subject How Jonah lost his umbrella
Jonah iv., "A monster meeting al
the Hipp0drOme. The distinguished
Evangeiists, NessTs. Gay and Graves
viii oAiciate All are invited. Dis.
cussi0u OF PrytOp!Jsm 40 Progress Hall.
Debtte open TO al Spiritual Seauce al
the Pantheon. First class mediums.
Drs- Chalmers and ChJauing may be
expected 90 speak Admission fee. IL
cents. - That is enough. The piety oil
the age has taken a new turn.
by way of relief our somewhat be,yf1-
deIed gentleman turns to the political
department, and there he finds it is
pretty much the same old story. The
country is on tha brink OF q crisis. as IL
always has bcen-the leaders OF one pl1-
ty are immaculate saints. and the prom
luent men on the other side are fools Oh
ku8Tes-the Democrats are still I'm the
field, rs they always have been and are
always l.6eiy ,o be, and the party I'm up.
position, which also viii ALWAYS exist.
are called Icy one of the old names of
their opponents. There las been indeed
= change of issues. and what all this
talk about the late civil war and recon
structlc1 and freedmeu-s suffrage. and
carpeu-uaEgeTs and Solid south. and
amendments TO the Constitution means
he cannot imagine