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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-12-14
Grains OF 6Old.

Ungreatfulness is the very poison of
manhood.
Truth hath better deeds than words
TO grace it.
IfYou would be good, first believe
that you are bad.
The amenities OF life make the true
beatty of living.
Truth, like roses, often blossoms up
on thorry stem.
We are as liable to be corrupted by
books as by companions.
And let me tell you that every misery
miss is a new blessing.
True blessedaess consisteth ia good
lite and a happy death.
Good breeding is like affection, one
cannot have too much of it.
The light of the understanding hu-
mi!Ity kiudle:h and pride coveIth.
Uttered out of time. or concealed in
its season, good savoreth of evil.
The power Of forgiveness is the no.
blest attribute in the human character.
As "unklndness has no remedy at
law let its avoidance with you be a
point of honor.
Mems hearts ought not TO te SET
against one another, but Set with one
another and all against the evil thing.
But a perverse temper and fretfu
disposition will. wherever they prevail
render any state of life whatsoever un-
happy.
Is is with narrow. souled people a:
with narrow necked bottles tie less
they have in them the more noise they
are pouring out.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-12-14
Waterfall Over the Earth.

1t has been estimated thai an average
of five feet o: water falls annually over
the whole earth. Snpposing that con-
densation taxes place at an average
height OF 1900 feet, remarks General
Strachey, the force of exploration TO
supply such rainfall must equal the lift
ing OF 322 600 600 pounds II water 8 600
feet in every minute, or about 300 O00. =
600 horse power constantly exerted. or
this great energy a very small part is
transferred TO the waters that ran back
through rivers TO the sea, and still
smaller fraction is utilized by man the
remainder Is dissipated iE space.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-12-14
The one-Horse Farmer.


The one-hOrse farmer has lifelong
abolition TO gain a reputation for wear
ing dirty shirt.
He Will alarm the neighborhood by
getting up two hours before day ard
then sit around and not go to work
until after sun mp.
He will ride around a week looking
for a two dollar dog.
He will complain of hard tines, and
then tear his pants climbing over a
fence where gate ought TO be.
He will pay three dollars for new
bride, and then let the calf chew it to
pieces before Sunday.
He will get al his neighbors to hep
in getting COW out of the bog, then
let her die from want of attention.
Stock will get in and destroy his
crops at place in his fence that he has
been putting off for six months.
He will sprain his back lifting some
thing TO show how strong be is.
He will talk ali day Sunday on what
be knows of farming. then ride around
the neighborhood Monday hunting seed
potatoes.
He Will go in his shirt sleeves on a
cold day TO show how much be can
stand, and then return home at night
and occupy two thirds Of the fireplace
till bedtime.
He will ridicule The mechanism of a
corn planter, then go out and smash
his thumb mailing board on the fence.
He will go to town on Saturday and
come back with fifty cents worth of
coffee, paper OF pins and dollars
worth of chewing tobacco.
He is economical. Economy is his
forte. He will save ten cents worth of
axle greace and ruin the spindle OF a
SO wagon.
He won't subscribe fora newspaper,
but will borrow from his neighbor and
friend and forget to return it.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-12-14
Hints about Horses.

1t costs more to keep poor horse thar
1t does to keep good one.
Change the feed for your horses often
enough TO make them relish it.
Improper feeding is the cause of nine
out of ten cases of sickness among
horses.
Every time you worry your horses you
shorten thei: lives and days of useful
ness.
Sweat and dust cause the horses
shoulders to GAL. 81 do poor, Ill fitting
collars.
The temperature of water for horses
is not so much of an object as the pur-
ity of it. While it is best TO have the
water cool, it is more important TO haze
it free from all Impurities.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-12-14
The Highest Bridge.

The Keystone Bridge COMPANY ha' .
contract 10 erect ~ S. Paul nf''s'
which, it IS said. viii be one oi -,
highest iE the world. The br'ose
extend from the end o: the bridge sg"D
ming The Mississippi river a. =
across a fat to the top o: hiGh u.'l
There will be about 10 spans -
which will be $50 feet each in iens go,
one about l7O feet and the Iemal'u', -,
from 40 10 90 feet. TIE ends Oh
spans will be supported on tres,.7 ~ -,5s
some of them being $50 feet hieh' ne
bridge is TO be OF iron and STEEL a"'
work will be especially heavy
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-12-14
Profit ofMales.

There is one branch Of stock raising
which is not by any means over done,
and that is the raising of mules AS
The scope Of agricultural country in the
United Safe increases. the greater the
demand for animals suited COR draft
purposes, and il is an sckno
fact that in many sections the mule has
as many friends as the horse for this OBJ.
ject. The great argument in favor OF
mules are their Earciness. endurance
and the case with which they can be
sold
A Kentucky breeder, who has been
engaged in raising mules for thirty
years, makes the following suggestions:
The raising of mules in Kentucky or be
West is not profitable unless the AMI
fourteen and oue-hals to Gfteen and
one-balt hands high. The best jacks
for this class of mules are not less than
fifteen hands. The dams are of equal
Importance and should be improved
blooded mares. Mules from such cross
es are the best seen 10 K-ntuckY and
always command good price. The
most important improvement in jacks
in the state of kentucky was through
the introduction of the well known
Spanish jacks, Mammoth and Warrior.
These were imported from from Spain
between the years 1885 and 1910. These
jacks, at date of arrival, were valued
at, ard cost, So 600 each, and were full
sixteen hands high. As breeders. they
were remarkably fine. and gr, atty i'm
proved the size of the jack stock by
crossing on the common jennet of Ken
tuckY. Later importations from the
same source made additional improve
ments, but none so decl led as the two
above named.
According TO estimates made by the
United States agricultural department,
the State in which mules rate highest is
New Jersey, the next highest being in
Maryland. Texas had the greatest
number of any Safe, and the animals
are valued at lower priceless than
one half the average value in New Jer-
sey, for instance. Kentucky and Mis-
souri, show up we'll in this industry.
The prejudice against the mule is an
unjust one. For farm work and road
hauling il exceeds all other animals
1t is more economical, is stronger, hard
ier, never gets sick, and, according to
old traditions, never dies.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-12-14

BY selecting the test animals aud
seeds OF the best plants a constant i'm
provement will be the result. By ne
glecting to do so both animals and
plants will degenerate. There is ten
dency to always revert to the originals
which can only be prevented by the
careful selection of the hardest, most
perfect and best adabted to climatic in
fluences. Every faamer in the country
can assist in the work OF improvement
by giving attention to those matters.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-12-14
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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-12-14
Answer rhi. aue.,,on

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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-12-14
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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-12-14
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1888-09-20
CHAPTER xxx.
rRILLIoN's CONSCIENCE RErURYs

1kiLLiONn CONhClENCE RETUKNd
Trillion, at last, in spite of his armor OF
selfshness and stoicism, was touched in a vital
part. His dreams Of wealth had vanished
into air. The confederate in whom he had
trusted had only made him a dupe. Blindly
following out his agreement, be found him.
self saddled with a load of railroad shares.
useless for any purpose, aud all Of his con.
vertible property gone. The consciousness
that he-the man Of all others, who prided
himself upon his sagacity-had been so easily
overreached was quite as humfiating as the
idea of ruin itself. He remembered Whit
,nnd's appeals, also, and now cursed his own
stupidity in refusing to aid him. There he
nad overreached himself; it was his own
stocks which no had thrown down to the
Hbears." And now, heaviest stroke OF
all, Trainor, his intrepid and chivalrous
agent, who bad stepped into the breach
for him. had paid for his indiscretion with
his life. The thought gave him q pang he
had never felt, not even when he followed
his wife to the grave. Homeward he went,
but slowly and almost without y~olition. He
recognized no acquaintance that he met, but
walked on abstractedly, fixing his eyes on
vacancy with a look as moupoful as his iron
features could wear. In his ears still rang
N1O1 bAhAAAA ~ a AAH iaatAA Nhae AAA
CROPPED over that m%otionless heart, still felt a
creeping chill; it would not warm. And
constantly IN accusing voice asked, "Why
didn't you come down!'-and conscience re-
peated the question in tones like those of a
judge arraigning a criminal. He reached bis
house and gave orders that no one should be
admitted. In bis room he passed the
day alone, drifting on an ocean of re-
morse, full of vague purposes of repent
ance and restitution. Dinner passed I'M
needed, and still he paced the silent
chamber, With the approach of evening his
terrors increased; he rang for a servant and
had the gas-burners lighted. Still, in all
the blaze, shapes would haunt him; they
crouched at the foot of his bed they lurked
behind his w~ardrobe-door. He dared not
look over his shoulder, but forced himself to
stand up and face what he SO dreaded to sec.
He rang again and babe the servant bring a
screw-driver and take down the coat-hooks
from the wardrobe; the garments hanging
there seemed to be men struggling in the
agonies Of asphyxia. The slender thread of
sound from the gas : burners seemed
TO be changed TO low, mournful
cries, as of a woman over the dead.
He turned the gas down a little;
then the shadows OF the cannel-coal fire
danced like spectres ON the ceiling. He
jumped up and raised the lights again; again
the low, dismal monotone sang in his ears.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1888-09-20

He stopped them with his fingers; again the
persistent voice asked, ~why didn't you come
down n Flakes fell Off the coal in the CRATE
shaped like c%ofius; the flames seemed to dart
at him with their fiery tongues. He rang
once more, and when the servant came he
babe him drink enough strong tea and then
take his chair by the fire.
"Touch me, if l groan," said he to the as
tonished John. "Keep awake yourself, and
hold your tongue. IL you go to sleep or leave
me, I'll murder YOU
Then wrapping himself In his dressing
gown, he settled down in his easy-chair for
the night.
The night passed. as all nights viii, and in
the morning Mr.. Trillion was calner. The
first intelligence he received after breakfast
was in a message from Sponsor, delivered by
a servant.
"PlaDe, Sir, Mr.. Sponsors compliments,
and he says tho Treasury will buy fourteen
millions of bonds and moneys TO be aisiep."
"Send after Mr.. Sponsor; overtake him,
and ask him to come back. i want to see
him.
Sponsor returned, and they had a long
conference. 1t now seemed probable that
stocks would DO more buoyant and the "bullsn
would have their turn. Any considerable
rise in shares would place Triliion on his feet
and enable him to resume payment. Most OF
his time contracts had been met, and the
change would be OF the greatest service TO
him. He placed his shares, therefore, in
Sponsors hands with instructions TO sell
when prices advanced. He then looked over
the amount OF his liabilities, and saw, with
some Of his old exultation, that if he could
effect sales at the rate he expected, he should
nave at least two hundred thousand dollars
after paying all his debts. Ambition again
whispered TO him, that he might now take
his old place in the business world, and per-
haps might more than retrieve his losses.
But he thought of the last night, and shrank
from encountering a new brood of horrors.
Firm in his new purposes, he dismissed the
broker and sent for his counsellor.
@My son" he meditated, "is u lawyer in
good practice. He needs no fortune. Twenty
thousand viii be enough for him; more than
/ had, which wasn't a penny. My daughter
is married rich. Didn't mean to have any
pauper son-in-law to be plaguing me. The
same for her. The rest will square those old
accounts-and the new one, too, on the book
W yonderl Best to fix it now, while can
muster the courage. II l once get the
money, Pm afraid / shouldn't do it. So my
will shall set all these matters right; and it
shall be drawn and signed to-day"
That night Mr.. Trillion needed no servant
10 watch with him. The ghosts were laid.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1888-09-20

aging you. All. you vince! ] am indiscreet,
| fear; ! have betrayed a secret; the Zerlina
is perhaps still in her rustic seclusion, and
this is only-well, you must submit to your
destiny, suppose. How many are there
since! Let me see-six weeks-time tor
three firtations Of the most intensely Grim.
son hue"
Agnes rose to her feet, with a glow Of 70.
sentiment o her hitherto pale face. And
Oakburst, feeling that courtesy was now
wholly unnecessary, exclaimed:
Miss Norcross, you have said quite as
much as was proper for a young girl to lear
your own cheeks, l presume, are proof
against any indicate surprise. Let me ask
you 70 stop, before"
"Before what, sirl And what is this high
a~nd-mighty innocence aboutl To be sure,
one docs not like to be exposed-that IS, the
wolf doesn't-though the lamb shouldn't be
angry. A pretty lamb it is, too"
Agnes gradually drew away from Oak
bursts side, turning her glances from one to
the other Of the combatants. She had never
seen such confidence, such readiness Of invec-
tive, joined with sue apparent sincerity
and ease Of manner; and the evident effect Of
the attack upon Oakhurst puzzled her not a
little; in this brief colloquy there was opened
new fields for dark conjecture. The wo-
mans words had been barbed arrows to her
ears.
Oakhurst's perplexity increased momen-
tarily. He dared not 60 away now; and be
know not how, in Miss Norcross' presence, to
coEnteract the impression she might make.
If he could get rid Of her or shut her wicked
ly-beautiful mouth, he might answer all she
had % artfully thrown out But as Agnes
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1888-09-20

YOU began with that hateful man."
II get to thinkirs about affairs. my little
woman, and l don't want to bother your
simple head with them so / go cruising off in
the fog, as you call it, by myself"
"0h, if You once get through with that
mans affairs, We'll have no more fogsl'
sNo, dcary, we'l have summer weather
and a smooth sea, l hope, for the rest Of our
voyage
"You see, John, / nave been dreaifulIy
anxious, more than l could tell you. II any
hing goes wrong, I've noticed that it isn't
The big people that have to suffer; it's the
smaller ones that get caught"
ayes, it's an old story; the big flies break
out of the spiders net; the little chaps hang
there. But I'll settle up the business to-mor-
row. | shall nav enough to buy us a little
house in the country-a snug box, with a
garden; then III get a horse to drive about
with, and we'll take some comfort. Come,
little woman, sit on my kneel Come, baby,
here is a knee for you, toor'
Holding hem in his arms, he still unused
upon the morrow, and once and again
charged his mind TO remember "two thousand
Tor f;orcross, ten thousand for Major s.
Case"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1888-09-20

had not given any token Of returning affec.
ton, he could not presume upon his good
standing with her and remain silent Grow
ing desperate, he ventured once more.
"Miss Norcross, l know very well the
depth Of your hate towards me, as we'll as
your capacity for misrepresentation. II you
desire to have the history Of our intimacy
dragged to the light, ], for my part. am uu-
willing. But don't think your sex will screen
you, II you continue the calumnies YOU have
begun. You, Agnes, must Judge between rs.
And in almost every point Mrs. Norcross.
your friend and her sister-in.law, will be able
10 support my statements"
The servant returned 10 say that aNrs
Norcross mast be excused
Oakhurst turned upon his adversary with
a triumphant glance.
"A palpable trick" she exclaimed. aYou
gave the servant a signal; you were unwill.
ing to have us confronted. You have filed
her cars with scandal about me-"
Not a word; she can hear a pleuty about
you in any circle where you are known.
without coming to me. And so far from Civ.
lug any signal, / should be rejoiced TO show
Agnes how easy an honest womanis testk-
mony VII put your monstrous ~effrontery to
shaine.r
Agnes here interposed-her resolute spiriA
manifest in spite Of her trembling voice:
II have heard tins too long already.
don't wish 10 be the subject OF this ladyis
TESTS, and / don't desire her advice. Your
quarrel does not concern meat least not so
deeply that | wish to have IL repeated in my
presence, Mr.. Oakhurst, let me bid you
good-morning.n
She moved away with a simple dignity,
bowling with marked coolne TO the former
rival.
"Stay, Agnes, . said Oakhurst. LET me
not be thrust aside in this way. Miss Nor
cross, now that she has done what mischief
she can, will go away and enjoy the triumph.
/ beg Of you stay, and let me set myself
right"
Miss Norcross laughed heartily-a laugh
that made Oakhurst SILVER.
"Not to-day, MIR. Oakhurst,n she answered.
81 have need Of rest and reflection. / am
not used TO scenes like this, and my brain Is
in a whirl.n
The first flush Of excitement was over, and
1t was with difficulty that she found her way
through the hall. Palette was coming down,
and saw her hesitating step and her tremu-
lous grasp upon the rail. he sprang down
four steps at a time, caught her before she
fell, and carried her in his arms like a child
up to Mrs. Norcross' room.
Oakhurst was 50 completely absorbed by
the danger Of losing the last hold upon Agnes
that he forgot his most excusable anger
against the vindictive woman who still
fingered, enjoying her victory. He sank in
TO a chair, buried his face in his hands, and
for some time neither looked up nor replied
TO her taunts.
"Colne, now, said she, "don't take IL so
hard. Is my handsome si~stcr-in.law obdu-
ratei Never mind; don't be desolate; other
women will be kind-for you are just the
man to attract sentimental damscls. Cheer
upl you wiz find q new affinity before night,
| haven't a doubt"