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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-11
A Sincere Opmnon.

I'VE talk of writing easily ana
ing of improptns how say Won =,
should try 1t now ? Here are siy ., We
who are all thought to have soma - = U.s.
OF that work and here are pen,
and paper ready to our hand
see who can write the best improrD,,- rs
He who thus addressed the vav
OF London Fashionable wits asserch,.. .up
the chief room of WiI's Cofss
tat that time their fsvorite plses ., U'
sort) was tall, handsome man -
prime of live, who stills lives in
lish history as Charles Sackvine r'
OF Dorset, one OF the kindest as wen
richest men in Englsnd, the frisnd = "
all distressed poets. and himself no...N
ed OF powers that would have Dads 49,
poet OF no mean rank If he had -
had the luck to be born poor.
agreed 10 Grid the rest. with
voice land 'glorious John here sbsH
be our umpire"
The last words were addressed ..
plump li5tle man with very large b,i.,.
eyes. who was sitting In a snug co.,
by the FIRE, and seemed to be tra.t.s
with great respect by the whole car
pany, Notwithstanding his rather sb.,
by suit Of threadbare black. Nor w..
this without reason for this Quiet oIs
man was no other than John Drvas,
the greatest poet whom England b.s
produced for a whole generation.
Dryden readily undertook the oe,.
of judge. and to work went the whol.
SIX with paper and pen. But 10 .bs
amszement even Of those who best knsw
his ready wit and wonderful fuencv
Lord Dorset finished and folded m b,'
contribution almost before his conpan.
ions bad begun theirs.
"You see now. gentlemen - said
laughing voice, why Charlie proposss
this trial to US he had his impronp,uo
ready beforehand"
Thou canst rail at me for thu,
jack" retorted that Earl, ''for ns,
say thou hast once written az I'm.
promptu' which took thee a month .
compose. q"
The papers were handed over 70 Dry-
den. who had hardly taken time 10
glance over them when he pronounced
that the best v as that written by Iors
Dorset. All the other comperisou
looked surprised, as well they might
but the wonder ceased when the eoutrl-
buttons were examined. aud Dorssts
effusion was found to run thus:
Pay to John Dryden. on Demand
the Sum OF One Hundred Guiness-
Dorset
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-11
Tricks OF Insurance.

Nobody knows what an insurance
policy means until he be has been
burned out. The proprietor OF Buffa-
10 repair shop has been for years carry
ing q policy not only upon his goods,
but also upon articles left with him for
repairs. These latter were specially
mentioned in the policy, which Was a
very broad instrument in its terms and
appeared tobe "horse high, bull strong
and pig tight" in its power to protect
the man who paid for It. I: called tor
a larger amount than he would have
placed upon his own property alone,
and he was in the habit of telling peo-
pie who left their property with him
that II was amply protected. He was
burned out the other day. and when he
came to settle with the insurance people
they declined 10 recognize bis claim in
behalf OF property left with him for re-
pair unless he lad in each instance
specifically agreed with the owner that
its loss by nre should be made good
and charged a consideration therefore.
They took this position On the ground
that he was not otherwise responsible
for the property EFF in h:s shop. They
asserted that a matchmaker, for in
stance, is not responsible for watches
left with him for repairs. unless be
makes special agreement to this ef-
feet with their owners, and charges
them for II. II this be true it is a good
thing for people generally to know.
In the case referred to the owner OF the
repair shop wonders what he has been
paying for ali theee years.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-11
An Underground Lake.

The lake which was discovered in
Huachuca mountains, an account of
which appeared in the Prospector, was
discovered by Messrs. Robbins and
Bunch, of Ash Canyon Spring. whiie
following up ledge which had been dis
covered by them. The roof of the cave
was entirely dry and the water of the
purest quality and as clear as crystal.
A number OF human bones were found
also some relics of ancient pottery.
The cave was explored for 800 feet II
i'll lenght, but no estimate of its extent
could be arrived at. The fact that i
had not been discovered before is due
10 the entire sbsense of any opening ex
is,ing, until the discoveIers of tn.
ledge had picked away some loose rocl
at point on the ledge where work hst
evidently been done many years ago.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-11

What Sharks will swallow.

An emigrant ship was on its way to
Sydney, when a gentleman dropped a
much prized presentation enuff pox
into the sea. About three days after
ward the sailors captured and killed
one Of several sharks which were play
ing round the vessel. The lost snuff
box was discovered In the stomach of
the 1sh. Mr.. GouIdburn, chancellor
of the excheqner, said, on hearing this,
that an English cruiser had once seized
what they believed to be a SLAYER, but
were obliged reluctantly to let her go
for want Of papers to prove the fact.
A fortnight later shark was caught,
and in its body was found roll of
papers which condemned the SLAYER !;
they had been thrown overheard. The
cruiser FASTENED in pursuit of the
SLAYER. and seized it just three weeks
after the papers had been thrown into
the sea,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-11
All sorts OF Paragraphs.

A shiftless son is often his mother.
idle.
A sea Of seltzer water has been dis
covered under Saratoga, Ny.
The oldest known manuscript is part
OF the llisd, found in Upper Egypt.
Coal was In use among the ancient
Britons before the invasion OF the
| Romans.
When the trees present their naked
limbs the corn is always shocked.
Telephones are great convenience,
and yet people are all the time talking
against them.
A man near Smithtown, n. Y. has
courted girl over 80 years. and moth
irg definite vet.
The man who finds fault when his
newspaper Is damp is equally dissatis-
fed when it is dry.
Whiskey is SO scarce In Lsavenworth
they say, that man is glad to chew q
revenue stamp.
A boy out West has an ear shaped
like violin. That youth has an ear
for music and no mistake.
Delays are said to be dangerous, but
a large percentage of debtors seem to
to be determined to incur danger.
a man always thinks his love letters
models of composition till they come
up in breach OF promise case.
The girl with a six-foot sweetheart
said she wouldn't tell a story, but she
couldn't help but "draw a long beau"
1t will generally be found that a
mans own good breeding is the best
security against other peoples bad
manners.
The manufacturers OF perforated
chair seats have CONT bined. This is a
trust that can in no sense be consid-
cred unholey.
He that cannot forgive others breaks
the bridge over which he must pass
himself. for every man has need to
be forgiven.
An Is Syear-old negro boy OF Marian
ma, Ark, shot his mother because she
was baking a sweet potato for his broth
er and not for him.
A North Carolina Justice of the
Peace fined citizen S. for contempt of
court in not bring out pail OF water
for the Justices horses while he was
travelling.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-11
Kitchen ConvenIsncies.

A soap box lined with stout wrapping
paper neatly pasted in and covered exter-
naIly with cretonne, while the cover is
hinged on, makes q handy receptacle for
c'esn dish towels and kitchen aprons.
Kitchen conveniences are nothing
without they are right here. just where
you can get them wheE needed. Fol
example, take holders. How often We
need one on the instant, before we have
time TO think Of getting it. For this
reason it is we'll to initiate the fashion
able woman's chatelsine, though in a
more prosaic manner, by having holder
tucked into an apron pocket and faeten-
ed TO the band by a tape.
Sharp knives should not be kept in a
drawer. Take piece of wood-an old
boz cover, for ipstance-about a foot
long, aud cover il neatly with dark COL
ored canton hsnnel- tsckiag 1t on with
small brass nails around the edge. Fas-
ten strips OF leather wide enough to
hold the knives across the front, and
hang agains: the wall and the knives
will always be ready when wanted.
Papers should be supplied for the
pantry shelves, either plain white or the
gaily colored cut borders that cone for
the suppose. The latter show dirt less
than the white, and are not costly. An
excellent plan is to cover the shelves
with white marble oi,-cloth, tackled on
neatly, that the edges may not curl.
This can be wiped of with a damp cloth
at less expenditure of time and labor
than would be required to scrub the
bare shelves. The bright papers may
still be used along the edge.
Very few women know the possitili-
ties OF tin cans.such as canned fruit and
vegetables come in. By placing a can
on bot stove q very few minutes will
suffice to loosen the rim so that 1t can
be lifted of; soak OF the paper label and
you have bright tin eau. These are
convenient for setting away a little
milk or cream, for heating a little
water, and numerous other uses will be
found for them. They do not break
like an esrthen dish, are not easily up
set and are readily kept clean.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-11
A Successful Life.

NJ. Antoine de Choudeps, the music
publisher, who made the fortune of bis
hrm by Gounod's "Faust,n died In his
sixty-third year. Although he was the
grandson OF Pacini-Rossiniis publish.
er-M- de Choudsns began life in q
very humble capacity. He was a night
clerk in the postoffice, and WAS but little
known 10 the musical world until 1889.
when III. Carvalho induced himto buy
the score OF "Faust," which had al
ready been produced at the Opera. NJ.
Gconod himself was at that time
struggling with adversely. but the re-
markable success OF bis opsra soon
brought fams to its composer and for
tune TO It's publisher. After this NJ. de
Choudens was enabled to found his cell
ebrsted house on the Boulevzrds at the
corner Of the Rue Csumsrtip, which
now passes to his sons.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-11
History OF Money.


The root OF all evil" as it is gener-
ally called, was going to say almost
antedstes the human race. Lead.
pewter ana tin have each been coined
into money. Coins OF the former are
still circulated in Burmsh. and tin
money served the purposes of trade in
Tyre and Sldon before the blildihg OF
Solomon's Temple, while hslfpeuce and
farthings were struck from the same
metal In England as late as the regin OF
William and Mary. Roman coins OF
tin are abundant. Lycurgus established
an iron coinage for the Lsc-dmmons,
making it OF such weight and buik as
to forbid export. but depriving II OF
metallic value oy plugging, while beat
ed, in vinegar, 50 destroying malles-
biiity. These coius were the largest
upon record the smallest Is the Portu
guess rel os silver. too small to be sc-
tuslly coined, and OF value the nine
teenth part OF an English penny. A
few pieces OF coin are still annually
struck at the British mint, called
Msundy money. and distributed by
Her Majesty in aims. The most DIM
inutive of these is the silver penny.
or gold coins, the purest known in
histcIy was the Tuscan ssquin, which
contained 900 parts OF gold in 1000
Both gold and silver are too soft for
use as currency without some alloy. IN
English gold coinage there is s16, GO nd
in silver 925 parts of pure metal IL
each 1000, The old Scots money pre-
yious TO 1907 was in pounds, shillings
and pence, but as these were only a
twelfth of the value of sterling money,
pound Scots was only twenty pence
sterling.
No coin was ever made to represents
pound, which term was originally en-
ployed 20 signify a pound weight of sill
yer, but finally to mean twenty shII.
linqs, by count. Guiness took their
name from Guinea, in Africa, whence
came The goid from which they were
made. The piece is no longer coined.
but the term is used to indicate twenty
one shillings. Fees and gifts are usu-
ally reasoned in guineas, though paid
in other money.
Gold is estimated by an imaginary
standard OF twenty four carsts. Thus,
II In piece Of gold weighing twenty
four carats there be 4.24 Of alloy, then
the gold is twenty carats fine. Coin
silver is 900 due. The Hrst silver coins
were authorized in 1762, and struck at
the Philadelphia Mint in 1864.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-11
Women Can EeonomIzs.

Economy indeed why most wo-
men have forgotten more about the
subject than any man except a mis-.
ever knew The miser makes economy
u profession and practices until be Is
perfect. but among onprofesxionaIs,
thar is anne; eurs, the wife can redu, D
expenses 50 pleasantly ana gracefully
that the husband thinks his salary has
been increased. II he attempts to do II
he nlls tns house with smoke from
cheap coal. gives the children watered
milk until they can no more stand or
end than piece OF rubber. and makes
the household feel that the best thing
they can do is 10 starve to death.
A woman, on the contrary, can cnt
down little here and q little more
there, until at the end OF the year you
Ind that both ends will meet when you
thought them several miles apart.
Some men don't believe this, but
they are bilious aud totally depraved.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-11
Better Than Smoke for Bees.


The British Bee Journal gives the fc..
loving as a better way o, qp,:eting bee,
than by smoke Q4s and a half ounces
Calvert's 20. csrbolic acid. one and =
half ounces glycerine, one quart of
warm water. The acid and glYcerine
TO bs we'll mixed before addiug the
wa.er, and the bottle to be we'll shaken
before using.
4 piece Of calico. or preferably cheese
cloth, sufficiently large 10 cover the TOP
OF the hive, should be stepped In this
ISOLATION, wrung out dry, and spread
over the hive on the removal OF The
quilt, when every bee will quickly dis
appear below, and manipulation may
be slowly and quietly performed with
out annoyance from the bees. The
same plan is effectual in driving tn.
bees out OF section cases. From un-
sealed sections they often refuse tC
bulge, but little blowing through ths
strainer will always dislodge them. AL
OF our sections are thus removed. and
we have never experienced the slightest
scent OF flavor OF the car boiie acid At
taching to the comb or honey. TIN,
unpleasant result occurs only to bung
lsrs. who either use too strong a solu-
tion or do not wiring out the csrboliz-d
sheet sufficiently dry, and besprinkIs
the comb honey with the solution, and
charge the evil result OF their stupidity
on those who recommend the process.
The strength OF the solution quickly
passes away, as the acid evsporztes
when exposed to the air.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-11
1t Was Cold Outside.

Down in Santa Cruz they have q Jail.
1t is not very joysome jail, ana q man
might be kind of lonely in 1t IL there
were no ether prisoners there. Some
time ago the constable found o mai
lying groanlpg just under the window,
where the bars were broken. He took
hold Of him. and found his leg was
broken. In due time he was examined,
charged with trying to escape. They
fonnd he was a tramp, but had not es-
capped at.
'How did you come 10 get thereY"
Judge. I fell from the window"
what were you doing at the window.
"Judge. / was trying to get into Jail.
It's 30 darned cold outs;de.''
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-11
Oh, what . Cough.

VIII you heed the warning. The signal
perhaps Of the sure approach OF that more
terrible disease, Consumption. Ask your
selves II You can afford for the sake OF saw
ing 30 cents. to run the risk and do nothing
for it. We know from experience that
ShIloh's Cure will Cure your Cough II
never fails. This explains why more than
Million Bottles were sold the past year.
It re lieves Group and Whooping Cough as
once. Oothers do not be without t. For
Lame Sack, Side or Chest. use Shilohs
Porous Plaster. Soidby DR.. T. j. Dawson
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-11

A WRITER in a Chinese paper
serts as a physiological fact ths' "a
Chinese Jack the full complement u
nerves that are possessed By western
people, or that their nerves are less Ss1
sitive than those of other races, ana g
plains in this way the wonderful en-1'
ance OF the Chinese. their impass.'e-
ness. and their ability to get Si01S
without bodily exercise.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-11

THE Empress o. Germany naS So
to the Czarina beautiful fan ot W
wood, which. when opened, displays =,
Dor rats of the four sons of the L"P =
or William and herself. On the =
verse side are Biblical texts IN tne l'r1 -.
writing of the Empress, Which oiu - tD
great ones of the earth to pe unl1e0 -
friendship.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-11
Dyspepsi. and LIVER Complaint.

Is 1t not worth the small price of IS cents
to free yourself of every symptom OF these
distressing complaints. II Won think SO call
at our store and get bottle OF Sboloh' 5
Vitslizer. Every bottle has a printed
guarantee on 1t, use accordingly. and IL il
does son no good II Will cost you nothing.
Sold by Dr.. 7. J. Dayfssn.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-11

THERE is great waste OF fertilizing
material BY drainage from the barnyard.
it turned into cisterns, pumped out and
spread over grass drlds it would won.
ssrfaily Increase their productiyeness.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-11
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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-11
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