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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-11-19
He Brought the Bear.

You know that l went up in nor: hern
N ichIgsn last fall on hunting trip
with three or four friends. Well | can
tell you of a comical little Incident which
occurred to our old negro cook, Jim.
We had killed numerous beavers, poT
cupine, partridges, and pheasants, snd
| few deer, but we had been grievously
disappointed in getting no bears. We
followed up every bear track we could
find, we set traps. and we employed an
Indian hunter to aid us, but no bears
were to be fonnd, although it was said
that there were many in the neighbor-
hood. Returning one afternoon after
an unsuccessful hunt, dispirited and out
of humor, it was no wonder that when
Jim, the cook, who was somewhat OF =
privileged character commenced to poke
fun at us and dsIide US on the bear sub
ject one OF the fellows became enraged
and said :
Jim you black devil get out Of the
camp, and II after your Dragging you
don't bring . bear back with you before
dark, I'll give you a sound thrashing. !"
"Sartinly 1 WILL replied Jim gayly.
He obeyed, and failing to obtain the
loan of gun from any one Of the party
he started out, having no idea in the
world as to where he was going. Hav-
ing wandered away mile or 80 from the
camp he lay down under a tree and
went to sleep. 1t was dusk when be
awoke and the first thing that met his
frightened gaze was an immense black
bear resting on bis launches about
twenty-five yards away, and watching
his victim complacently. The bewilder
ed and thoroughly alarmed negro jump
: ed to his feet and started for the camp
and the beast followed. 1t was a ract
for life, and Jim's only chance was il
his legs, for he had not the vestige of
weapon with him. After . half mill
saw that the beast was gaining OF
him rapidly. He threw of his cap and
while the bear stopped to smell It, ht
gained = few yards. In this way thi
poor darkey continued throwing on hi
outer clothing, piece BY piece, now anC
then profiting by the BEARS momentum
halt to stop and snuff It. Finally Il
: Jim's great delight he raw the lights .
the camp but q few rods away, anC
d having nothing else he could throw of
T he Iedoubled his speed, but the brut,
|, gained rapidly and was but . few fee
a behind. A series OF blood-curdlinj
whoops brought the fellows from tn,
tent and as they reached the door II
came Jim with big black bear at hi
: heels. "Gemmen," gssped he, ''befo
de Laud, Use brought you de bear
promised you."
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-11-19
Where the Water Gees,

1t Is estimated that each year from
$4,000 to $1,000 cubic miles Of rain fal
upon the surface Of the globe. What
becomes of itf The rivers seldom carry
on one-hslf, except In regions of close
grained rocks: the rest disappears by
evaporation, by the absorption of the
earth and by being taken up by plants
and mineral oxidation. In most part,
OF temperate latitudes the removal bJ
rivers Is from a third to two-fifths oi
what falls : In warm latitudes the
amount is less, and may be under one
tenth. The Mississippi carries away one
fourth OF the rainfall of its drainage
area the Missouri, three-twentieths
the Ohio one-feurth the rivers OF Rng
land and Wales, nine-sixteenths.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-11-19

THERE being pa days 70 The tss-7r
the aggregate consumption is placed a.
l, 1,446, 00O, 900 oysters.
RABBIT shooting is now Lawful sp9rt
but the sportsman, IL wise will keeU his
eye peeled for tUespsss notices.
FALLEN leaves are = kind cf ss,5
matter which most people snjov hand
ling but the fun OF tramping through
them and kicking them to the four wind,
is played out for this year.
THE world is dlled with men who's
chief occupation is parting their hair in
the middle and arranging their neettiss.
and women whose sole employment il
reading novels and chewing val.
SCIENCE has shattered one Of our uos,
familiar and pet illustrations. Il sssns
that the alleged power OF the kernels OF
wheat buried with mummiss 10 sprout
Is unsllOyed moOnshins. Il s
claimed on the contrary, that the wheat
kernels lose their power OF sprouting
after three years.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-11-19
Mexican Carts,

The carts Of Mexico are ponderous
vehicles, each with two enormou,
wheels Of solid wood, which look OF
themselves q sufficient load for any pail
OF animals. Iron, you know, is great.
or rarity there than silver, and the i'm.
port duty on such articles Of foreign
manufacture has nos been less than $1C
per wheel, The carts are usually pro-
pelled by several lean oxen-drIven- fouI
abreast three abreast, tandem, haphaz
ard-and always with heavy wooden
yokes fastened upon their foreheads BY
ropes abound the horns. The pool
creatures heads are thus bowed nearly
10 the groGnd by the weight of wood
upon them, and their eyes wear a look
OF suffering most pitiabIe to behol d
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-11-19

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Bed Bugs, Flies.
Files, reaches ants, bed bugs, rats, mice, Eoph-
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Thin People.
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"ROuEh on Pain"
Cures cholera collie. cramps. diarrhona, aches,
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2Oc. Rough on Pain Plasters. l5c.
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If you are losing your grip on life. try Wells
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"ROuEh on Piles"
Cures piles or hemOrrhoids itching, protruding,
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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-11-19
The Conductor and the President.


The following is the latest revised
and only authentic edition Of venera-
BILE chestnut
II am president OF the road" nod
ding his head to the conductor as he
came through the car collecting tickets.
Pass, please"
"Thst's all right.''
"Pass, please"
'Do you doubt my wordp"
''Pass, please"
"You are insulting-I'll attend to
you when get home"
Fare, please
This is insufferable.n
Fare, please"
"a new man ought to know his bust.
ness BETTER
My orders are that every person who
rides on my train must have a ticket.
pay his fare or show a pass properly
signed or be put off. Your pass or your
fare, please-there's nothing in the reg
ulations about man riding on his
woId."
'I'll discharge you at the end of this
run -
For the last time, your pass or your
fare. please. I'm onto your racket
The president Of this road don't ride In
the smoker Of the regular train he goes
In his own private carr
Give left my book of passes at the
Office and the only money 1 have is a
check"
Then you know what you can dop
"WhatP"
Walk"
And he did-te miles to the nearest
station.
But he was only beatT
Oh, no, indeed. He was the presi.
dent of the road.
Didn't the conductor know him?
He knew him too well.
Did he get the g. b. ?
No, be did not get the 2. b.
Why did he not get the g. b.P
Because he had got a better lob on
another road this was his last run.
anyhow, and he improved this proyi-
Dental opportunity to get even with the
man who had made life burden to him
that's all.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-11-19
A SWINnIRR

does not refer possible purchasers to his
victims The AthlOphoros Co. gladly re-
i,rs sufferers from rheumatism, neuralgia,
>yiaiict, nervous OF sick headache, kidney
and liver complaints to those who hare been
cur'd Of these diseases by Athlophoros, and
Wi t!rui~h names and addresses of many
such persons 10 those desiring them. Ath-
lophOros IS the only remedy for these dis
cases thar can stand such a test.
A. L. Thomas, Cuba, n. Y, says: "My
son, }. NJ. Thomas, had been suffering from
rheumatism for several months. Athlopho-
ros relieved him of the pain, and reduced
the swelling OF the joints and the lameness
entirely disappeared. l have seen those
having neuralgia cured by taking one Dose"
A. Beard, Mt. Kisco, N. Y, says: al
have been troubled for some time with
sciatica and rheumatism, brought on by
working in a damp place. / could find no
remedy in medicine / was using, until i
tried bottle of Athlophoros, which gave
me immediate relief"
Mrs. Alfred Thurston, AZ North Main
Street, Wilkesbarre, Pa, says: IL am not
troubled with rheumatism now, since using
Athlophoros. ] believe, should it in any
case fail to relieve and permanently cure,
the cause would be that the directions were
not faithfully followed"
J. J. Savitz, Nazareth, Pa, says: "I
gave two bottles of Athlophoros TO my
sister, and she has entirely recovered. She
wasafllicted with inhammatory rheumatism
and St. Nitus' dance, and although we had
two of the best doctors, she gradually grew
worse. She would scream from pain night
and day. l heartily recommend it.
Every druggist should keep AthlophOros
Snd Athlophoros Pills, but where they can
not be bought of the druggist the Athlo-
phoros Co., ll2 Wall St, New York, will
send either (carriage pAid) on receipt OF
regular price, which is $1.OO per bottle
Sor AthlophOros and SOC. for Pills.
For liver and kidney diseases. dyspepsia, In
digestion, weakness nervous debility, diresses
Of women, constipation. headache, tmpurs
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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-11-19
Mysterious Practical Jokes.

Elias Carter, farmer living near the
border of Potter county, Pa, got up
early one morning lately to build his
fires as usual, but on lighting them was
astonished to see the smoke driven back
into the rooms so that the house was
soon filed with its suffocatiug volume.
On Investigating the cause of the
trouble, Carter found that fiat stones
had been laid over the tops of all his
chimneys, thus preventing the escape
Of smoke. After removing the stones
from the chimneys the farmer went out
to his barn. On approaching it he dis
covered hay rigging. which had been
taken from the wheels of the wagon
near by, perched On the ridge pole OF
the barn fifty feet from the ground
In amazement at who could have played
these tricks upon him, as bis nearest
neighSoI is two miles away, and there
are not a dozen people living within ten
miles of him, Carter entered his barn
yard. There he found his eight COWS
huddled together in the middle of the
yard, being tied one 20 another by a
rope secured at the root of each ones
tail, in a tight and immovable knot
Carter, now thoroughly aroused, cut
the rope, released bis cows, and hurried
into his barn to see if further mischief
had been played with his property there.
His three horses we're gore. He found
tracks outside leading in three different
directions. Summoning his two sons,
Carter started on one of the trails, and
sent one of his SONS on each of the 9TH
ers. The farmer followed the track
plainly through rye field to back
wood lot, half a mile away, where he
found one OF his horses tied to a tree.
His Sons found the other horses tied in
out of -theway fields, one a mile dis
tant.
There is not the slightest clue to the
perpetrators of these extraordinary prae-
tical jokes. The nearest village is nine
miles distant, and the locality Is sparse
ly settled. There we're no wagon
tracks to be found approaching or lesv-
ing Garter g in any direction. As the
raising Of the hay rigging to the peak
OF the barn roof must have required the
work of at least six men, the mystery is
made still deeper.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-11-19
Preserving Wild Game.

One OF the principal and proudest OBJ
jecJs OF the Yellowstone National Park
aud It's supervision is to give the royal
game of the Rocky Mountains = chance
to flourish there without let or hin
dTance. No one being permitted 70
hunt within the limits of the reservation,
which is larger than some Of the older
states, all the wild animals and birds Of
the western states are now congregated
there and it must be q luxury 70 the
poor beasts worth Esying-this immun-
ity from slaughter, very much on a par
with the peace which comes to human
communities, after being harried end
worried 10y long years of desolating wars.
Here arc to be seen in their native
wilds and in their native glory such
noble specimens OF American game as
the mountain buffalo, the moose or
moss deer, the elk, the antelope, the
mountain sheep, the different varieties
Of deer and all the carnivora that inhab-
its the uplands. And nearly all these
animals have already become % tame
as to pay little OF no heed to the pres
ence or approach of the tyrant man.
We passed one day within few rods Of
flock OF wild geese, feeding in q field
along the roadside as unconcernedly as
any Of their domestic descendants In a
farmers poultry yard, and the wild ante
lOpe "that starts when 'eer the dry leaf
Tustles in the brake" !" so wild and wary
that believe I've spent more hours In
honest endeavor to get within gunshot
OF him on the plains than all the rest of
the game tribe OF whatever name or
nature, this graceful creature, now in
the park, Is in the habit Of stopping and
turning to watch aid wonder at the
movements OF the visitors with a curl
osity devoid OF fear. What a splendid
boon Is this TO the wild beasts and birds
OF this country, and IL nothing more
were meant by It than their preser-
vstion and perpetuity, the setting apart
or this great game preserve for all time
IL not only creditable to our government,
out more particularly to the wisdom of
the man who hrst conceived it and press-
cd 1t to successful issue in the halls of
Congress.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-11-19

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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-11-19
A Remarkable Yoyaya

captain Armstrong, now in com-,.-
Of the bark Kalskua. loading In,
Port Blakeley, for the west - - 81
South America, was in Sesrfls .l
He will be remembered AZ n. .y.
der who brought the ship Tsnn,.-., Al'
New York to san Francisco = ''o0
ago on one OF the most rernsrt.,, 'ea't
sages on record. After heir. pas
some time, the captain VENT ''
port, and for some reason the cr.- g
the exception OF the officers. Isf, 20
English ships finally came in s,s "
them Capt. Armstrong made n. 'a
crew, and after being out four -.
entire crew, including the csr,.i. 'o'
his daughter, took yellow fevsr = 40
first mate and several Of the sai,,-. I l'
Those who had the disease lea, ,,.,,-'o -.'l-
threw the dead overheard. ons t-'-'9
The ship drifted about for ovs- oUs'
without pilot or navigator. The ,.-.7' ,eA'
lost his reason from the ravagss = - a'l
fever, and was 20 violent that he - -
be chained to the deck to keen hin. = 70
jumping overheard. ''o~
During the year that the shin s,s,. .
about, the second mate and thru. =, ..','el
OF the sailors recovered. but heinz Y.
sight o: land and not un5a-s..-.,. u
navigation, they were povsrIsss =, J.
anything with the ship. Ffrsrr - \,
daughter regRined her reason t-, ~.
her strength, One day she SAINT -
second mate and asked him 10 carr ~
on deck, which he did. She than =.
for her fathers instruments. and - -
aid Of these and her kEowledys n, - -
CATION she figured out the lo,s,f,-
the vessel, She then took the ,t----
from the cabin and traced ont , -,
to san Francisco, then practiraIIr,-l -
command OF the vessel, she Or5ers5 -
second mate and surviving msnbsn !
the vessel to make sail, ard rsvs ,b.-
the direction in which to sail r.
day for months she would be c,-r,.. -
deck to take observations by tbggu7 an
give her orders.
Days and weeks passed and tbs ,,..
continued on her journey, but bafn,
light handed the vessel could m, !
properly handled, and could carr .-
little sail, consequently her progress =.
slow.
After many weary, dreary months n
captain regsined bis reason. and vb,
he learned what his daughter bad so-
be declared that Lad be been placed
the same position be could DO, ss,
done better. The ship was loaded MI
general merchandise, the shin beipg
Sured for over 900, 600. The lorg I,
sence OF the ship, snd no tidfngs Pr,
her, led the owners and al irrs--s..
parties ts believe that ahs with an
board had been lost. Imagine tbef-y-
prise when, one bright day in rumns
after the supposed fate OF thsir shin h.
almost passed from their Ripds I
, ship TemplaT, with her cargo al irts,
cRmo sailing into San Frsucisco bsy
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-11-19
AbsurdItIes OF Life.

Not to go to bed when you are sleepy
because 1t is not certain hour,
To stand in water up to your knees
fishing for trout, when you can buy
them in clean dry market.
Men commit suicide to get rid OF a
short life and its evils. which must nec-
essarily terminate il few years, and
thus entering upon Ole which is to last
for ever, ard the evils of which they do
not seem to take the wisest method of
avoiding.
People of exquisite sensibility, who
cannot bear to see an animal put to
death, showing the utmost attention to
the variety and abundance of their Ia
bles.
To buy a horse from a near relation
and believe every word he says in praise
of the animal he is so desirous of dis
posing Of.
The perpetual struggle of afrectation
to pass for an oddity.
To send your son to travel In foreign
countries ignorant of the history, con-
stitution and manners and language Of
our own.
To tell person from whom you 30
licit loan Of money that you are in
want of 1t.
That man should despair of success
in world so oYerstocked with fools.
That when a man is indebted to you
for large sum of of money. and has no
means in his possession. or in prospect Of
paying you, II being utterly impossible
for him to earn it by his own industry,
you immure him in prison.
To be passionate in your family and
expect them to be placid.
To take offense at the address or car.
riage OF any man with whose mind and
conduct we are Bnacquainted.
To laugh at the appearance and man
ners of foreigners, to whom we must
appear equally ridiculous.
To occupy the attention of a large
company by the recital Of an occurr ence
interesting to yourself alone.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-11-19
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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-12-17
Imagination Preccdes Fact.

At least two OF the amusing ,cien-
title connects, of that erratic French nov.
cl.st. jules Verne. have this year been
proven to be practical realities Some
weeks ago we gave an account of a
new torpedo boa; grimly named She
'Pcaccm3her.' which actua,ly sailed
about under the waters of the Hudson
with crew aboard. after the manner
of NcrHe'S Nautilus. Now. apro-
pos OF that writer's Around the
world in Eighty DAYS we not cc that
the steamer Alameda OF the Oceanic
Steamship Company. arrived at san
Franc 500 October >. having made the
trip between sydney and that port IN
twcnty-three days. six and hall horus.
the fastest time ever made The
steamer brought a mail which had Just
arrived at Auckland thirty-seyen days
from London. and this ma was for
warded from san Francisco by train
and is expected 10 arrive at Liverpool
October l6, thus making the trip
around the world n siNty-ninc days.
While the voyage from England to
Auckland required forty-two days. that
from Auckland to England way of San
Francisco Will bc made. it is expected
IN five DAYS less. showing the advan-
tagc of the route by way of the United
States.
Very possible aerial navigation may
be realized in a few years after the
manner of Five Weeks in Il Balloon"
but it will be some time before the
journey to the Moon" is made in
proicctilc. M.Ncrnc is not entitled TO
be called prophet. He has simply
written in the instances noted above
more truly than hc knew. - Boston
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