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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-02-17
EpoiIInE s,orN mt.

The test of honesty has changed OF late.
People who would scorn 10 borrow an
umbrella without leave, and who s:rupu-
.ous,y return L borrowed book have no
hesitation whatever III enticing the ser
wants OF their nearest neIShbor or dear
est friend away whenever their interest
prompts thc 50 doing. Strangers, there
lore, are clearly entitled to no consiicra-
ton in this respect, and it is no uncom-
mon thing for Il tidy looking nurse girl TO
bc stopped on the street and interrOgated
Toy So .I- woman in search OF 4 nurse AS
to whether she likes her place or would
be willing to leave it,
StIll more frequently is the query with
regard to other servants, as. Tor example,
wh-n the other day a nurse with heI
charges WIS accoSlel by laIy vino
aske4 her II she knew OF a good cook.
Il don't know but one-ny mother"
rephcl tn. girl, and she is IN service
- y hat wages does she get
The .lrl tod her.
'Ah, whom does she live with ~
The name vas gwen and recognized
rs that OF Il gentleman who hal some
reputation as a bg. CiCdHt
Very We'll, tell her to core to me and
I'll give her a dollar week more. j
must have I good cook"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-02-17
NOT APPRECIATED.
Il Drummer Who Could Lie Won, But IL
NouId Not Work an Order.

A salesman for a Minneapolis lumber
house went East not long ago TO sell lum-
Der. One day he met Yankee who used
considerable lumber, and he started 10
talk TO him. First he referred 10 the re-
markably fine quality of the lumber,
and he then went on to talk about prices.
lie SAID the drives were all hung up this
year.
The Yankee picked up a stick and be
gan to whttlc.
With a skill that few can emulate, he
told how the snow had melted long befnr
the ice broke, and how the streams We c
so low that the logs could not be moved.
The manner in which he told the story
would have made a dime museum lect-
urcr turn green with envy. This state
OF affairs, the salesman argued, would, OF
course, result in rapid advance in
prices.
The Yankee continued TO whittlc.
The lumber salesman de.iCate!y en-
phaszed the prospective advance aDc
then informed his auditor that seeing ~,
it was him." he would put in a few cars
at the old rates.
The Yankee paused in his whiting.
young man." he said, 81 have hCLrd.
that story for the last thiriy-tive years
and l never heard it told better in my
life
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-02-17
FOUR BABES ATA BIRTH.
benjamin Tubbs Beside EiTnEslf With
Cariet-NIne in Five Years.

Mrs Charlotte Tubbs of Caroline
Morning Journal, lIas driven her husband
nearly crIzy ny giving birth to a quar-
tette of bluc-eyed, re i-iacei, baldheaded
babies, each weighing from three TO five
pounds. Mr.. BesJ lamin Tubbs would no
doubt have been delighted ut this family
presentation but .rom the fact that Just
sixteen months ago his wife made hin
Il Christmas present Of her second pair of
twins One year previous TO that she
gave birth 10 a son, and ten months pre-
Vious was the motiI..r Of twins. All the
twins and the quartcitc are girls, and the
only boy WIS the single birth.
Nine chii6ren in five years.
This Is the maternal record of Mrs.
Tubbs of Caroline county.
Nothing was thought of the rapid in
crease IN Tubbs family until the last
quadruple addition, and now poor Tubbs
Is almest beside himself He could
scarcely support the live and does not
know what To do with the nine. A sub
scrIpt!en has been tIk.n up 10 get him
and his family better accomoiations 1t
Is remarkable that the ipgr babies lived,
and from the sound oi their lung power
and other healthy indications they will
all live u keep the two pairs OF twins
company. PhysiCia-s from all the coun-
Try round have boon to see the phe-
nOmcna. The mother is doing well
The. babies were born week ago and
the fourth w.rs born Just five hours after
the tIrst.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-02-17
Rather am Extensive Family.

They wsre speaking OF certain trades
lar families; and with one accord they
buttoned up their coats over their chain
less waistcoats and coupled pawnbroking
with the name of Attenborough. 81 can
give you 4 better illustration" said a
distinguished Frenchman who has Just
finished book upon England "and
that is the business of letting out car
riages, as not only DO the proprietors all
bear the same surname, but the same
Christian name as well" How do you,
make that out ?'' they asked "Job' is
n Christian name, is it not ?" "Yes,"
they replied. And so is Master eh ?"
Again they assented. "Wen, then, all
the livery stable people 1 know are
called Job Master"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-02-17

What the old mOnay-cnangers AMI
money-lendcr5 did with their deiauii.ns
members, says an EugIIsh journal, society
ought to do TO the lll-Brcd-to the prual.
who oppose you, All not for anythln,
approaching to principle; who contra
dict you tiatly, ami do not apologize when
they are proved in the wrong; who tell
you home truths ol \ bilious complexion
and vinegar aspect: who repeat i'll
natured remarks ma le in their presence,
or repeated to them, making YOU fe,.l
tass you are scOrnrd and dcspised You
know not why, AMI viliticd without tn.
chance given you OF self-justifi cstiuu;
who abuse your known friends, and as
cribe TO them all thh sins OF the de-
cilogue; who brutaliy attack your known
principles in religion, morals, politics
who sheer at your chcrisheu superstitions
and fall lOul OF Your confessed weakness
who take the upper hand -; yOu general
ly, not counting your susccpclbilities rs
worth the-thc traditional button. Such
people as thess-auI there are many of
them masqueradIur ~ ladies' and ,cntl =
men OF good position and irreproachable
credenuals-Dut, ~ matter what their
lineage nor future, they SHOULD be
c,tShiered; and society would be all the
sweeter and more wholesome for tine
want OF them. Contrast these sDiney
hedgehOss, these a-s.,r ,ssIye thorn-busheB,
these singing mosquitoes and rImp.ng
t-GrantUlas with their oppJsiis-s the we'll
bred and gentle folk VINO never wound
you, never tread on your COINS nor Of
lend your susceptibility in any way, and
who carefully carry OUT ui sight all their
own private little ilas5 which may be
yuur red Ta-s. This is not want OF
Courag but II Is goo breeding.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-02-17
Young Married Folk.

In this country, many matrimonial
engagements are broken OIL because the
families are antagonistic. The Young
people may love each other, but one
iuture mother-in-law hates the other.
anl hence there is quarrel, discussion,
and separation. "My daughter shall not
live with Mrs. So-and-so," saws Mrs.
This or that. They manage this thing
better abroad, by deciding that the Young
couple shall live in their own house,
have their own income, AMI be not de-
pendent on either mother-in-low. While
the 'miy relations are kept up with
even greater vi or than with us, vet the
independence OF the parties to be married
Is r,sPcctcd. In tins one respect the
etiquette Of engagements abroad is far
better than ours. 1t is a sensible out
look, perhaps lacking that wild romance
Win, Is suppos ad 10 accompany a true
iovc match, but it has lis advantages in
toe happiness Of security Nothlrg is
left to ch nee or caprice, and the "too
much NO. hcr-in-law,' which sometimes
wrecks ths happiness Of young p ople
both b ore and after marriage in Ameri-
ca Is ca. ..uiIy guarded against.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-02-17
ReconstructinG IA Shark.

When the famous phosphate beds
were discovered IN south Carolina some
years ago, vast numbers OF bones IN
teeth were unearthed, showing that IA
early times this locality had been peupleI
by a great Concourse OF strange lOrns.
Among the most abundant curiOsitics, -
the woTkmen termed them, were quantl-
ties OF enormous teeth triangular in
shape, and serrated on the cutting edge.
When shown to naturalist they We're
Immediately recognized as shark teeth,
and 1t became evident that At one time
the vicinity OF Charleston WAS The bed OF
an ocean, AMI that gigantic sharks flour
ished there IN great nuu. bcrs- When
ever the beds OF the Ashley AMI Cooper
rivers aIe dredgel to-day numbers OF
these teeth are brought up, AMI one IN
my collection Is nearly II not quite as
large as my hand As the bones oil the
shark are oil cartilage, they have long
since been destroyed, and on.y these
beautifully polished tecth-iOr they are
rs fresh and glis.cning as when irst dis
CoVeTct-are lett TO tell the story. 1t
would appear to he an imposslbl- task
To restore this giant from a single tooth.
But IL Is not so difficult rs one mi rht
imagine. From the shape OF the tooth
OF the great CaTcharo Ion We can form
some idea oil ITS appearance by compar-
ing II with CxIstInS shtrkS, ami from It's
81 Z We can determine how large Il MAS
One day / attempted rou ia restoration
to gam some idea of the dimensions Of
the giant. l lad in my possession the
jaw OF a shark which had caught in the
Gulf Of Mexico, which would AT the time
pass readily over my shoulders. The
shark was about thirteen icet long, and
the teeth about an inch and two-eIghths
wide, and an inch and half In length.
There We're eight TONS ol these, each row
being little smaller than the last, until
they dwiniled down TO mere points. l
took rs many OF the fossil te-tn Is | had,
and built up Jaw after the existing
model, using teeth where had them and
leaving space where l did not. Gradually
the great mouth gre on the floor until
found myself a small item in the area,
and when completed | found that the
largest fossil SHARK could have opened It's
mouth and allowed Inc to drive IN 4 top,
buggy, and that its length could not have
been less in proportion than one hundred
and twenty-aye or thirty feet. T..
Hoider, a.. N'ids Ijrdk-.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-02-17
Natural Gas

An uptown house-keeper was nego-
tiating with cook-lady the other day.
and have you natural gas, mo- was
one question in examination to which
the alleged mistress had TO submit. ''Ol
yes" erie the candidate iOyfully +,
natural gIs all through the house no
kinliing wood 10 split; no fires to build !;
no ashes to carry out. II must b. \
positive pleasure to cook with su-h con-
vrnienc :, the poor womIn critI with
some ctfISivcncss. "inIactl.' said the
examiner, Coldly, Il couldn't think ..
cooking with natural gas. Its wicked
stuf.' Three months previous, before
the gas connections had been made, this
lady hal lost Il cook, who w,Is lured away
by the attractions OF situation in a
house where they had the wonderful
gIS. Durins the famiy's summer vssi1
at the s.I-shore the gas hal been or,lorcl
in bccauSr, rs she told her husband. no
COOL cook would take placr now where
they diint have it. AMI this was the
first interview with "A cook she had after
her return an since the connections
were mIle, We understand that this
family has cng Ige | a fine suite oi rooms
Tor the winter al the Niagara.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-02-17
What Soap Has Done for the Holy


The introduction OF soap, it is said, is
doing much To civilize the people of the
Holy Land. \ large soap factory hals
been established on the site of ancient
Shcchcm, ami the people are beginning
to use 1t on their persons instead of try
ing to cat it ~ they did at first Along
with the introduction of soap other re
forms are gJin" on. Bethlehem has been
rebuilt, and the streets are lighted with
gas. CesIrra is having building boom.
NaZareth l. becoming the headquarters of
big olive oil spectators. Corner lots in
JUppa are going up with a rush, and real
estate on Mt. Carmel is largely held bv
spccuators for an advance All around
Shcchem there is a lively dcmlnl for
goo soap fat, and the sleepy inhabitants
OF Ramoth Gilead think OF building a
glue factory. Jerusalem is waking M
also. 1t has i street cleaning bureau, big
clocks on its public buildings, and lis sub
urhs are being built up rapidly. Even in
the vale 0f Gehenna the price Of land has
gone up.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-02-17
What He Thought.

At Glasgow, in a private house, DIR.
Won BuelOw, having been asked by his
hostess what he thought of her piano,
replied in these words Madam, Your
piano leaves something to be desired"
1t needs new strings" ne added, in
answer to the lady S inquiries as to what
1t really required. The hammers, too,
want new leather" he continued "and,
while you are about IT, with the new
leather You may as well have new wood.
Then, when the inside OF your piano has
been completely renovated" he con-
Guided, having now worked himself into
rage, call in two strong men, throw il
out OF the window, and burn it in the
street ~
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-02-17
a Careful Diagnosis.

NOted physician-No, 1 was not out
long. l only made two calls.
Mife-W here did You go?
First l went TO see our esteemed
German townsman, Mr.. Schnaufootz, the
millionaire sausage manufacturer. He
has symptoms OF hay fever and may re-
quire 4 long course Of treatment"
Who was the other patient ?''
"Old Schnoiut, the little Dutch gro
GER"
Anything serious ,"
"No; nothing but cold in the head /"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-02-17
They swore.

Tho Rev. Mr. b, of Oregon. has
two little boys, Mathew and Johnny,
who have been duly instructed as to the
exceeding wickedncss of swearing. But
the seed seems to have fallen on stony
ground, for, as their father was getting
an armiul Of wood, he overheard on the
other side OF the woodpile the following
conversation:
- Johnny" said Matthew, in a coax
ing but somewhat awe-struck tone, LESS
swear"
less" cried little Johnny, courage
Gus Y.
There was a pause, during which
Matthew seemed to be considering how
TO 30 it. Then he called out in furious
accents, 81 swear"
- ho do L. piped Johnny.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-02-17
The Compliment

Miss Sawyer, who is poor, was intro
duced at lunch party TO Miss Taylor,
who is rich, and was cody received.
Miss Sawyer is bright and knows her
own antecedcnts and Miss Taylor's also.
She Was unaJasae I, AMI spoke cheerily:
I'm so glad to meet you. I've often
wanted 10. Its 50 funny my name is
Sawyer and my grandfather vas 4 tailor,
and your name is Taylor and your
SrdntIathcr was a sawyer. Mine used
10 make clio hes for yours and yours
used TO saw wood for mine"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-02-17
He didn't want to he a uor.s.

Two tricyclars CHANGED to halt by the
roadside :or brief rest just as a group
oI IRISH Iauorcrs We're passing on their
Way Lone fro "A work. Attractc 10y the
ir g:i new machines, two OF tho men
l'aus sd a moment % look at them.
AZ YOU only had tricycle. Pat said
one o: the 'Cyciers TO the nearer OF the
men, 'you could ride to and from your
employment"
"Hidc is it ye say, thin ? said Pat with
ccntemptuous look at the combina ion
OF man and wheels. do We think l
Cau from the ould country TO drive a
donkey-cart, bedad, and be me own
hoIse p
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-02-17
Plantation philosophy.

the biggist liar ! doan kere how smart
er man is, de fast thing he knows he'll
meet er man dat's jes er little smarter.
Der Is allus about de smart man er in
curnation not ter DO his best. De razor
dat splits or ha'r IS sharper den de one
dat cuts it squar' in two. Oar is ez much
danger in ober doin' er thing ez der is in
not dOin' it well ernuh de dog mighty
often runs so fas' dat he falls ober Qe
rabbit, an den lets him git erway.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-02-17
IN a New York HntcI

First Drummer-"That hotel clerk :,
there shows a disposition TO run o,,,.
everybody who cones in his way"
that" '''i' 40
Glow -
y ou see, he wears a diamond braas,
pm tilat has 50 frequently b zen mistaken
he really thinks he IS one. That's wbv
he runs over people"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-02-17
He Preferred Prose.

Lady Ito husband in the background
Isn't II exquisite, George Notice
how delicateiy and harmoniously the,
tones OF the color are blended. That
palc turquoise ulue catches so beautifully
the sheIl-pink plush OF the brocaded
flower. What DO you think OF it.,
George is 1t not veritable poem 7
And only Sl6 a yari!"
Husband-"G dear, it is a poem :;
but l think something in simple prose
will Wear rs long and WON'T cost SO much
MONEY!"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-02-17

You don't say that Tom Russell is
going to marry Mollie Penderby? ?"
Yes, that's what they say"
why, she's a perfect noodle; she
hasn a mind OF her own -
That 5 Just the reason he's going to
marry her. He loves quiet life, and, as
she hasn't a mind oil her own, she cant
be always giving him a piece OF it.n
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-02-17
Eggssactly.

''Do you recollect Shakspeare's famous
remark that all the worlds a stage . -
"YeS."
Did you ever notice that it applies
to chickens as well as TO people ?'f
10 chickens -
"Ges. They have their entrees and
their egg sits, don they ?''
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-02-17

Busn ess items first insertion l0c. per line; each
subseouent insertion SC. per line.
Administrators and Exec ntor's M Ices'-.'. 25O
Auditors sNotces..-----.--.-...-' s.-...s .s.s's W
Stray and similar Notices-.... -.---.-.. 80
s%- R,soE,ufons or proceeding OF any corporation
or society - communications designed 10 edtt oeTi
tio any matter Of limited or iTdIvidudi 7fet EST
must be Soid Jo1 GdUsTffSeDeHts-
Jon PRINTING of all kinds neatly and expedit-
ously executed at lowest prices. Don'tyou forget
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-02-17
TBE GHDBRIH FREEmHQ.
Is PublishedlsweekIy at
FRkNsBURG. CAMBRIA COUNTY.
BY JAMES q. HASSON.
80 SUBSCRIPTION RATES. "a

pne copy, year, cash In advance %
40 do ~ not paid within months. l.Io
do DO Al not paid within months. 400
do DO n not paid within the year. Is
ESr-ro persons residing outside Of the county
eo cents additional per year viii De charged 20
AIN no event win the above terms be de-
. ..rtc1 from and those who don consult their
-. interests py paying In advance must not cx-
Sn.t to be placed on the same footing those who
a. f.et this tact be distinctly understood from
thIs time rorwNru.
Al v0u must None but scalawags do otherwise
.aop.t De a scaIawag-lite ~ TOO snort.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-02-17
Advertising fSates.

The large and reliable circulation OF tho CAM
nRIA FREEMAN commends II TO the favorable o. n.
Alteration OF advertisers. whose favors will beiB
serted at the following low rates
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-02-17
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.

Having struggled - years between LIE aud
death with ASTHMA or PHrHISIC, treated by
eminent physicians, and receiving no beneEt. ]
was compelled during the last years Of my I'LL
breath. My suferings we're beyond description
In despair / eXperimented on myself compOgnd-
ing roots and herbs and inhalng the medicine
thus obtained. ! fortunately discovered tn :
WONDERFUL CURE FOR ASTHMA AND
CATARRH. warranted q relieve the most stub
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that the patient can lie down 10 rest and sleep
comfortably. Please read the following condeus-
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r. NJ. Carson, A. n. Warren. Kan, writes (;
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We have many other n sarty testimonials Of cure
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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-02-17

over 1000 pages. EllIy illustrated A g'tswanted
SIrc1lnr tree, =. .. uOIrnan q Co ,PhiIa
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-05-15
LOCAL And GENERAL NEWS
Itenized Account Of DOngs in City and
Country.
VOLUNTEER IMMIGRATION AGENT.
What State Supt. MeElrOy is Doing, and
Proposes to Do.
IMMIGRATION AGENT.

State Supt. McElrOy is arranging
for the coming State Teachers As
aociation to be held here July 5thi
9Th and 7th, and for the National
Teachers Association to be held in
San Francisco, beginning July l6.
Prof. McElroy is a rustler, and his
work has Oregon way in the lead in
everything. He is doing a magni-
ficent immigration work, in arrang-
ing for visits from a great many OF
the leading educators of the Union.
He has recently invited the Terri
torial Superintendents of Dakota,
Montana, Idaho and Washington,
and through them, their teachers to
visit at the Salem meeting of the
State Association, and has arranged
half rates from all these territories
over the Oregon Short Line, North
ern Pacific, and Oregon Railway q
Navigation Co.'S railroad lines to
Portland and return, tickets good
to return until Sept. 80. These tick
cts will be placed on sale at Terri
torial points as early as July 2, and
tickets from Portland to San Fran
cisco will be placed on sale at Port
land about July 10 to 18th. This
gives teachers, intending going to
San Francisco, plenty of time to
come to Salem, and take in the Ore
gon Association on their way.
Prof. McElroy has also made ar
rangements for opening headquar-
ters for Oregon in the Baldwin hO-
tel in San Francisco, during the Ma
tional Association, where literature
and information concerning this
state will be disseminated among
the visiting teachers from the East.
Supt. McElroy has asked several
Boards of Trade to bear part of the
expense of renting rooms for these
haaquarters, which expense will
not be very small, and it is likely he
will get this aid. He should, at any
rlte, for he has given a greatsdeal of
time, and has already done an enor-
nous lot of work not required by
the statutes, ,Esimply in a spirit of
public enterprise, and desire to
push his state forward. Prof. Nc
Elroy deserves much praise, and aid
in his enterprising endeavOr to at
tract the attention of these educated
people to Oregon, and especially
Salem.