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4 story with a Moral.

Ibenr that Smith h 8 sold out his
saloon. said one of a couple OF middle
q ed men who sat slipping their beer aud
eating a bit of cheese in a Smithfield
street saloon l st Friday night.
" Yes, responded the other rather
slowly.
90 What Was the reason2 thought he
was just coming money there"
The other nihbivd a cracker abstract
edly for moment. and then said:
'' Its rather a funny story.
" Smith, you EUow, lives on Mount
Was uCtou. right near me. where he
has an excellent wife, a nice home and
three as pretty children as ever played
out doors. All boys, you know, the
oldest not over 9, and all about the
same size
Smith Is a pretty respect Gle sort Of
a ci izcu. never drinks OF gambles, and
tuiaks the world If his family.
Vel. he went home one afternoon
last eek. and found his wife out
shoi ping or something of that sort.
He went ON through the house into
the back yard, and there. under
an apple tree. we're the little fellows
pl yilE
e.. They had a bench and some bottles,
and tumbIcT and were playing keep
saloon. He noticed that they were
Cri king something out Of pail, and
lliH4A my DftthA h-l. -.'4 NAf44lA-t T.
vu1 was Ici5ud The ba1. had a towel
rd around Ie waist, and was setting
the drinks uV TettE free.
nh walls. over and looked in
The Vat. { v.- lr,r, nd two of the
oys ve % SO .Iuuk lat they staggered.
a unr-raor'- boy, "a couple Of years
older Iag .cep behind the ee-
''' Ny ,-aa. % $, you must not drink
that. lo -a.i a. n- lifted the 6-year-old
from f.lTuI f..t- bench.
.Wes p.aym sIoon, papa, and 1 was
a SrIln it Just like you SAID the little
fellow.
Smith poured out the beer, car
iel the drunken boy home, ami then
took his own boys in and put thom TO
Jed
When his wife came back she found
him crying liar ch ld. lie came down
town thai night ard sold out his busi-
ness, and says he viii never sell OF
-riuls another drop Of lqu, T..
&c His wife told mine about IL, and
she broke '-own cryir gwh.le she 20 d it.
Tins D. "a true SO ory, but the name was
not Sm ill., pit.-bulg z Di-pu-ch-
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ETIQUETTE N ELEVATORS.

Il say, don't you know enough TO
take OF your hat In the presence Of
ladies?' aid an elderly man with q
slOuch hat in his hand as he tapped on
the shoulder Of a business-looking young
man wearing a silk hat.
The young man had entered as quickly
as possible into crowded public ele-
vator in a building devoted to stores and
Offices, finding just room enough to
enter, facing the door as the elevator.
with asudden start, Elshed down through
the remaining floors.
Nv friend who made YOU the Judge
Of courtesy en- the subject OF wearing
headgear in public place" answered
the young man As he caught his breath,
but before he had finished his sentence
the elevator had bumped on the shaft
and the baker dozen OF men and women
in II had hurr ed on, making room for
another crowd waiting TO enter the
elevator TO be carried for business pur-
poses to the Offices rented on the eight
immense floors Of the building.
The question Of elevator etiquette,
said a man who was in the elevator st
the time Of the above incident, " Is a
matter to some extent at least OF per-
sonal taste, but In regard to certain
classes OF elevators the rule has become
settled by general custom. Thus there
are a certain class Of private and semi
should a lady be present or enter,
a gentleman would always remove his
hat. These include, Of course. the
private elevators in the large fats, those
seml-private in hotels, and in dry goods.
notion. OF Othcrstores where the patron
age almost exclusively consists Of
ladies' In such caseS no question
arises Of the requirements Of elevator
etiquette"
"A class Of elevators In which general
custom has cstabli he'd that not TO re-
move the hat is not a breach Of good
taste comprises elevators in the public
luildings, such as the Government,
county, and city hui dings, and the
large Office buildings, in which there
are generally two TO four ele ators side
by side, and a constant stream Of hu-
manity entering nd leaving the same on
matters OF business
d" II is ir estimate that those
crowds that use elevators In the busi-
ness portion of the city outnumber those
who ride on street Cars-Over 4,000
persons. by actual count, riding on one
elevator in a notion store on State street
in one Y.
" All Of these elevators are crowded
with men and women who are on busi-
ness intent and eager 10 transact IL,
and fhc fcw s. OndS spent In the eleva-
tor are as much a part OF their travel 10
their destination and as pLbllc as the
street. 81 ewalkS, OF car by which they
have reached the bull ing. II Chicago
News.
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KEROSENE LAftPS.

General Misunderstanding About Their
Care and Use.
OF all misunderstood things In daily
Ii e the use OF the kerosene lamp prob
ably stands at the head
First, a lamp is bought and fitted for
US. and then filled day after dav, and
after longer or shorter period does not
give as good a light as il IS q TO then
come complaints 10 the GILMAN or
grocer about the quality of the oil, when
a Il tie reason and judgment used would
remedy the fault and remove the cause
OF complaint.
II persons using "a lamp would remem-
b.. that the lamp is a machine Combin-
ing the furnace and pump. and endeavOr
to learn the principle of using oil, much
trouble would be saved for while no
one expects to use a large machine
without learning how to work it, any
one can use a lamp.
Now, the wick Is the pump to bring
oil from the iouut 10 The blaze, and, as
there is always more or less dust and
dir in the OIl, the wick soon becomes
Ciu--eI -p. and can OF pump oil fast
euOu-h fuT goOI light; 20 a complaint
Is made. W .en a new wick would remove
Tho cause.
Lien as we burn oil out, the highest
pa. t ..urH leaving the heavy oil; and,
a. the ! mp s. filled day 10y day, the oil
gels SO heavy that The drausht is not
strong enough TO pump it up when the
oil sr0alI he all tur ed out OF the lamp
and it re.illed with fresh oil.
And t. Ell the burn r after a time, gets
gummcd UP. ami the even flow of the
oil Is .isturbed, AM causes a smoky,
uneven light which j. veNauous. I have
often had bur cTs TOu-uJ into my
store cOuIcmHe &, and a now one wanted,
when 10y two inmates work they were
D. 81 .t' a. good a. lew. When the wi K
nee - cutting, semG scrape Il of, others
cut il so uneven that il makes "a pointing
blaze whi 20 pruyOkes one that he
wa: ts g. go demnit.
II iiti.r reason and thought were
used IN everyday IKE, we would soon
find that luJ- Of our dis comforts would
he very easily overcome and hanished ;
but mi x 90 on il a slipShod manner.
year L. year, W tn no attempt 10 i'm
provrlleIu.
Bs. 10 resume the burner il furnished
with F.. eat number OF small holes to
proNIuu AR. to The end that perfect COM
bustiuu may Ike lace. and not TO col
Iect du. and dirt until they are clogged
up, ami d smoky, bad-9melllns light is
tn result.
Nov, il in u-ing keUo-eue we fill the
lamp up with waite oil every day, and
once "a week empty back the oil which
Is lu the lamp, a. % U~r "a new Wick, c 1
even aud true, every week or once in two
weeks, and are sure to have the lamp
bu ucT clean, and a clear nicely polished
chimney used, we VII find that the
kerosene lamp is a cheap and great
luxury, and not, as is often the case, a
necessary nuisance, which has TO be
usau Tor lack of anything letter.
Ittle care daily in using the lamp
makes all the difference between luxury
and nuisance The Analyst.
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One night lady, on going to her bed
room, long after the rest of the house
hold had retired for the night, saw to
her dismay mans foot protruding
from the drapery of the toilet table
What was she to do? Here was evi-
IDENTIFY a burglar, the house was a large,
rambling old place, and her room, at
the very top, so far distant from those
of the rest of the household that should
she call for help no one could possibly
hear her.
Like lightning the thought flashed
through her brain. If she could only
get at the gong In the hall so as to alarm
the household. But then there was the
fear of his following her.
Walking quietly out Of the room, she
closed the door, and, finding the key
outside, turned it hastily IN the lock,
ran down stairs, and sounded such
furious tattoo on the gong as speedily
brought the members Of the household
round her.
The gentlemen af the party, thinking
it rather good joke, assembled to secure
the wOuld-be burglar, and caught him
in the act of emerging from the lady's
room, he having succeeded in picking
the lock after a short scuffle he was
secured ere he could reach the open
window on the ground floor, by which
he had effected an entrance
A spice of humor is often exhibited in
the way some people rise to the occa-
sion.
When, at large public dinner in
London some years ago, gentleman
saw a rather suspicious-looking man sit
ting opposite HIM at table quietly pocket
a silver spoon and fork, he at once
seized his spoon and stuck the handle
ostentatiously into his button-hole.
On being asked to explain his extra
ordinary conduct he answered naively !:
"Ah, 1 saw that gentleman over there
pocket his spoon and fork, so 1 con-
cluded we were all to take ours home
with US too"
The pockets Of the designated gentle
man (?) were searched, and on the arti-
cles III question being discovered there
he was handed over to the police, feel
ing, we have no doubt, rather caught.
-ILondon Queen.
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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-09-17

When a member dies his pay ceases
on the day of his death. The salary OF
the successor commences the day after
the decease of the former member,
though the election may not occur for
several months. The new member, IN
other words, draws pay for the time he
never served.
4 member Is allowed twenty cents
mileage each way, or forty cents mile
one way, and he can check for the full
amount Of both trips when he takes his
seat. He is allowed 1925 a year for
stationery. The most of this sum is
pocketed.
The members draw their money In
different WAYS. There are probably
twenty of the present House who let
their salaries run into nest eggs.
There are a couple of dozen Of mem
bers who always overdraw, or, rather,
borrow from the head of the bank.
They borrow or get In advance sums
ranging from go to $500, and at the
end of the month they have nothing.
The great majority of the members draw
all Il at is coming to them at the end OF
each month, particularly those who
have their families with them. Some of
them never see an outside bank, but let
their monthly salaries remain and draw
it out in small sums Others take out
their salaries and place them in other
banks. But this is not done as much
as formerly. A number of them got
caught in the Middleton Bank that
broke some time ago.
Most of the members do all theU
financial business over the counter c.
the Congressional bank, and some o.
them pile checks up as high as $4,000
In a single session. - Washington
Hatchet
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where Our senator. Were Born.

Five Senators can never become Presi-
dents, as they are foreign-born, Beck
having been born in Scotland Jones, Of
Nevada, in England; Fair, Sewell, and
Jones, OF Florida, IN Ireland
New York has given birth to more OF
the present Senators than any other
State, the number being eight; Kentucky,
Ohio and Virginia can boast Of six each,
Virginia and West Virginia being con-
sidered in this estimate as one; Masss-
chusetts and Pennsylvania FIVE each,
with the remainder scattering. Four cen
have been born in New England. Only
four States west OF the Mississippi
Indiana, Missouri. Iowa and Minnesota
have given birth to Senators.
Not a Senator has been born In the
western half OF the United States.
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4 Round Peg in a square Hole.

Another great mistake of parents is
made a little further on when the educa-
tiOn the child is to receive and the work
he is 10 do in life begin to be considered
Most parents have preconceived ideas
of what their children shall do in the
world, and Il is somtimes very hard to
modify or change them in accordance
with the child natural tastes. They
are ike the parents Of a boy with VIII m
] had acquaintance, who had determined,
I think even before the boys birth, that
he must be a lawyer.
The boy proved TO have no taste what
ever for the law or for a students life
but seemed possessed Of real mechanical
genius From a child he could do any
thiugwith tools requiring delicate manip-
ulation, was always contriving and in
venting new machines to work within
short, was a decided genius of the in
ventive order. But he was laboriOusly
drilled in Latin, wept unavailing tears
over it, was sent to college at great sac
riiice on the part Of his friends, gradu-
ated was made to study law, did study
it, was admitted to practice. and tried
his best to do what he was untitled for.
Having now come to mans estate, he
took the matter into his own hands
turned his law Office into a machine
shop, and began successfully the work
ne should have been encouraged to IN
dertake in the first place.
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Good Horse and Mule stories.

Our Methodist friend. the Rev. Mr.
B., told US the other day OF a preacher
he knew who owned a horse that he
had been driving for eighteen years.
The preacher todd cur friend that he
had so often driven the horse to church
and left him standing near 10y that the
horse had learned the DoXology, and
whenever 1t is sung he begins to neigh,
knowing that he Is either gong home
soon or going to g neighbor's to dinner.
This reminds US of one of our friends
in Dooly County who owns mule
about twenty years old
The old mule knows when 1t Is II
o'clock by the sound of the dinner
horn, and whenever he hears the horn,
if it is a mile away, he begins to bray,
and increases his speed with the Plow
till he reaches the end OF the row, and
then he stops and refuses TO move until
the harness is taken Off Havkinsvlle
ga \ News.
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A. 10 Mnrrlnrr.

A matrimonial authority wisely SAYS {:
These two rules VIII be safe TO fol-
low IN all but a few exceptional cases {:
First. for woman to refuse marriage
with anv man who Is objected TO by her
male relatives, provided they are reason
ably well acquainted with the object Of
supposed affection E; and, seco dly, for
q man to refrain from offering his hand
In marriage to a woman who Is not sp-
proved bv his sister. or. If he has none,
bv his judici0us lady friends.
People who observe these precautions
viii rarely be heard OF asking for bills
of Enforcement atthe bar OF the Superior
Court 4"
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PecuIiars ir. iu the form OF old taken
from mining districts often gave name
to the locality. Chunk CanvOn. Slug
Gulch and Specimen Ravine are examples.
4 CANYON i'm FL Dorado county is called
String Canyon. This is said to be on ac-
count OF the very singular form of the
gold Just found in that region. Much of it
resembles pieces OF wire, one and two
inches in length, and some of it is as fine
as thread.
Observations of the form of their dust
often led miners TO make very valuable
discoveries. All gold as is well known,
originally came from quartz. In its
natural state n the quartz it is very ir-
regular in .Orm. Every rich rayine and
canyon ha! "a GOld-bearing quartz vein,
whose wearing away by the elrments had
looscDed tho rcciOuS metal to be washed
down by the water among the gravel and
sand
When gold has been washed far from
its source the attritiOn causes il to be-
come fine and smooth. As the miner
approaches the feeding quartz vein the
E0iI neco". ,s cCarser and more SCraCGy
til. SusG"E.y the pay gives out entirely.
Then it is Certain that a rich quartz ledge
IS in the vicinity and in this manner
veins have S"r struck that have vie ded
many thousands OF dollars in few
weeks
GoiH Dust buVlnC N the mining towns
was very profitable business in the
early days of California What was
called black sand comVosed principally
of iron, was always mingled to a greater
or les, degree with TIE dust when it was
brought 10 the buyer. This had to be
blown out. aHJ often the finest particles
of gold wer. blown out with it.
Thus in an OF @ where a large guam
tity Of dust WIS bought much of the
4 3 /.
room. Tho duetinrs Of buyers coun-
ter and Svc.rI-f-s OF his floor were often
worth hundreds Of dollars n month.
Sometime .hc buyers were suspected Of
cheat ug i'm a more iIleGitimate manner
by slyly =guro rating some of the gold
while 1r-y asre shaking Il around and
examining it, in the blow pans San
/ T7r-o74af-... ..., Ig..F
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Costly Opinion.

A New York lawyer once meta msn
in the doorway Of the court room who
was making change with some employee
The man stopped the lawyer and appeal
ed to him as to the genuineness Of a IS
bill.
"Quite good" sand the attorney,
complacently putting the note IN his
pocket
The man thanked him and asked
him to return the note. bis consola-
ton was the wave Of the lawyers
hand as he said:
'' 1 never give an opinion under FIVE
dollars"
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The Grim Monarch.

There is q guest that 1 detest,
Forever at my side;
he clings to me more fondly
Than bridegroom to his bride
! hate him and berate him,
But when cross his will
He glares at me sardonicslly
And clasps me closer still.
Hes beggsr and a ranger,
he was Present-uot a stranger
At the birth Of the Messiah
In the cold Judean manger.
he strolls along the path
OF the tempest in its wrath;
Hes found among the ruins
OF the moulder's aftermath.
Hes a prince Of empty pockets,
Out at elbow and at knee;
Hes the King of countless millions,
And his name Is Poverty.
flames Connor Roach.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-09-17
EBENsBURG. PA, FRIDAY SEPTEMBER
THE LITTLE QUAKER LAUGH.

Iheres a maiden in our village.
with hair of sunny hue,
ana eyes OF woodland Ioveliness,
Like violets and dew.
her face is sweet with roses
That blush against the grav
VI her little Quaker bonnet.
Suggesting March and Nav.
She talks with quaint decision.
which IS music, I'll allow.
when she greets me, as she meets nna.
WIN an earnest, "How art thou?"
1n0ugh In manner she is charming,
There is nothing that is half
80 perplexing and bewitching
AS her pretty Quaker laugh.
Defying rules of discipline.
Its mirth is full and free
Nhene'er l greet her in return,
Friend, is it well with thee7"
she knows 1 am not of the fold,
Mayhap, she likes to chaff,
But 1t is certain that / love her
For her little Quaker laugh.
-lPhilad lphia News.
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while we were ,ramping over the
bar-I.i!eld- Ground Marietta, tra. the
,puu., man from toun"c ir'ti grow
sweet ON lie pretty q. u@H p. C- '.'
. .as., Vita whom We Hytf'e 3. IL va
.a,. a: first sight a.d Ia . went D.
...r guide had been an Old Eeb sol
dir an w .,u he saw a.H hh
v.,.r - WEked the ei!. ." "a &c.,
or The wash-bonch behind the house and
said.
.. Now, Lucy, this ere ortcr stop.
8. W4at ere:'
In love with that feller."
" Uain't l a rights'
in the ranks together. We fl agin
them Eanks together, and together we
.uru home kaIkeriatin' TO hate en- as
l.ryas we lived. TwoulduJ he right
fur YOU to go back on your dad that
way"
., Jim SIyuce. she replied as She stood
ND to wave her arm, d" mebbe ye never
hoard nuthin' bout bridgin' the bloody
cbasm and shakin' hands across the last
ditch.
Il know pap was Fighter but after
he'd been home a year or two, long
came a Yank one day looking for land.
He had bottle o whtskey, and he and
nan sat down on this very bench and fit
them old fights over until both otdrunk
and fell in a heap.
" When they woke up they began to
shake and bridge, and they kept it up
till the Yank hurrahed for General
Lee. and pap hollered for General
Grant.
Now, you shut If you don't want
TO bridge you can stub around with
your nose stuck up and your knees out
to the weather, but don'tyou go to inter-
ferin with me.
Dad bridged, mans bridged, and
I'm going 10 climb out Of the last ditch
and hustle for a Yankee husband y
They were engaged before we left
Detroit Free Press.
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A gentleman entered a telegraph
office
i beg pardon, but as 1 was coming
along this afternoon I saw myriads Of
flies III 4 ON yaIr w.roS Can you
suggest any exll-.uau ... ,i The pha-om-
enou2'
About what time was il, sirf"
About 4 4o'clock.
&C. An that ac cunts for Il, that's n
time 1 sent the quotations OF sugar and
LC-aV - French.
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Not a Speaking Acquaintance.

Mamma: do YOU know the Ten Com
mandments, my dcar:"
tile BE s: Yes, mamma"
We'll rep. at them"
1 can l. mamma. 1 don't know them
by heart. / only know them when saa
them. ~, Philadelphia Call.
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The have some bright pupils in the
Tvnc-fgra.-I schools. At the exaElina-
tion the other day boy was asked:
What are the warmth-producing
foods
His reply was:
C-yeune pepper and Jamaica ginger. >
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Busin ess items. hrst insertion Zoe per line each
subsequent insertion Sc. per line.
Administrator and Executors Notices zee. q N
AuulVor : Notlcet. -
Aud Similar NOTICES ~
~ RcsOlafi0lS proceeding Of any coTp0To SO
OF soctefy and cO7stfcafiof deFfgned % call Gffe
fOu 70 Gug Matter Of limited indiuidio irfestf
must be poig T01 a. aducrfiseraeufs.
JoB PAINTING OF all kinds neatly and eTpedft-
ously executed st lowest prices Don'ty forget
10.
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Advertising Rates

The large and reliable circulation o. ths Az
BRIA FRKRMAE oOmmends 70 20 the favorADts soa-
siderstton OF advertisers -bose n viii be In
serted AZ the following low ratsF
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IncaIcuIabIe Value. .

A new House every 10 days in the last years. Our
village, only b months old, has stores, hotels
Churches, school, new spaper, factory, foundry,
steamboats,, trains aud mails daily. Land rapidly
advancing send, send, send by all M cans, send
Tor circulars with maps. 80 Photographic cuts Of
houses all about the wonderful growth OF our col
s.li climate markets business opportunities,
bsaltH prices terms and % other distinct subj ects
Farms fJr $40 monthly lustallmeUtS % those
having employment without leaving their situation
Address =. r. YIANCIEA. .ClaremOut, ,SUrry Co. Va
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AFTER DINNER.

Persons who suffer from Indigestion
can arrest the progress Of that painful
malady by the use of an after-dinuer
pill, so composed that it will give tone
. the stomach, prevent heartburn, rouse
the liver TO healthful action. invigorate
the kidneys, and thus, through the activity
OF these organs, promote the natural
movement Of the stomach and bowels.
AYERS PILLS are so compounded that
their action, though mild, effectually pro-
duces the above results. They also, IN
curing Constipation, remove the cause Of
BiiiOusness, Liver Complaint. Kidney Dis
ease. rheumatism, and many other serious
ailments.