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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-25
MY MARY.

How will il be IN a hundred yearsf
My Mary.
We shall have passed through the vale OF tears
Botiomed its hopes and conquered its fears,
Ny Mary.
Shall love be colder in that fair landf
Ny Mary.
Shall stand apart in some bright band, ~
And feel no more the touch OF your handf
Ny Mary.
Shall we have forgot the kisses sweetf
My Mary.
Keeping time with each fond bosou's best,
Making an Eden OF our retrcatl
My Mary.
[ see your dear lips parting 10 speak,
My Mary.
Loving words are the solace seek
say them again, lest my faith grows weak,
My Mary.
Love knoweth no ending" is that trues
My Mary.
JOY TO know IL is ever rev
Bliss would hardly be bliss without you,
My Mary.
Loves fountain is there" hear you say.
My Mary
And Nearer the fountain, nearer the day"
Glorious words TO cheer by the way,
My Mary.
see IL all now. for ever more,
Ny Mary.
We shall be one and our love shall soar
high as the throne on that nightless shore,
My Mary.
-WtiLiaDl Lyle in D>troa Free Press
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-25
Best of All

Cough medicines, Ayers Cherry Pee
toral is in greater demand than ever.
No preparation for Throat and Lung
troubles Is SO prompt in its effects, so
agreeable 20 the taste, and SO widely
known Is this It is the family medi-
cine IN thousands Of households.
- nave suffered for years from a
bronchial trouble that. vvieneter + fake
to4d Or am exposed 70 inclement wealth
er' shows itself by very annoviny
uckhng sensation in the throat and Nv
dimculty iu breathing. I have tried a
great many remedies, but none does so
Wei as Ayers Cherry PectoraI which
always gives prompt relief in returns Of
iny OLD complaint. - Ernest =. Hepler,
Inspector Of Public Roads, Parish Ter
re boune, IN.
consider Ayers Cherry Pectoral
most iuugrfnnf remedy
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-25

Business items FIRST insertion loo. per line each
subsequent insertion &c. per line.
Admfnistrator's and Exec utor's M Ices..... q %
Auoitor'e NOtlces.-- ~
Stray and similar Notices.. 70
~ Resog.ffoIs proceeding Of any c0TpoT GfseS
society," - Communications designed 30 cG effess
toa 10 waiter Of limited fBdsvtdaa tstes 81
must be pals T0s adpeTffsense1lfs.
JOB PRINTING of all kinds neatly and expedi-
ousiy executed at lowest prices. Don't yoo Jorge
~
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-25
is MARRIAGE a FAILURE7

Is marriage failureY asked OF maid
Whose life had gone out from the shine 70 the
shade,
Whose skirts were all draggled and stained
or grasses the seythe OF the years had gone
through rt le
Is marriage failurei and turning her head
To the long trodden path she would never more
Lamentng her fate, with an audible sigh,
From out of her bitterness, answered me:
AYE"
Is marriage a failures asked OF a bride
VINO lived in the present with fulness of pride,
Whose lips were Just meeting the hagon of WINE
She must DIR ak 10 the lees in her revel divine
Is n rrtage 4 failnreg and quick in her check
The happy heart-current was e iger to speak
Her lirs were apart and her eXss were aglow
AS, out OF her heaven, she answered me: No
Is marriage . failure? / asked Of q man
Whose volumes OF nature were read as he
ran"
Whose purpose in life was ITO have and to
hold"
Whose passion was self and whose deity gold
Is marriage faluref and quicker he went
No moment in folly like this TO he spent
But hearing iun well as he hastened on by,
He laughed in my face, and he answered me:
AYE"
Is marriage failure' asked Of pair
Who stood in the sunset with silvery hair
whose evening OF lie was approach ng its close,
In odor OF hay and in scent OF the rose
Is marriage q failure? and woman and man,
Who, tOiling together. had tested the plan,
Who entered the brook and kept on with its
flow,
Till reaching the oeean-they answered me:
Is marriage n failure, asked OF a beast,
Untouched at the hands OF hallowing priest
Whose VIII was his law, whose muscle his
boast
Who locked on the world as his brothel at
most
Is marriage \ failuref and up from his lair.
From eaverus Of darkness, from foulness OF air,
Came loudly his savage and sensual cry,
That told Of his nature and answered me:
Aye"
Is marriage a failure. asked OF the birds.
When Their music OF spring they were setting
TO words.
When bu lding their houses on Ieafy estates
And teaching their young 10 be couples and
mates
Is marriage a failurei and out OF the grove.
The.r ooO7ous Eden OF innocent love,
The singers in answer were unified SO
That echoes from everywhere uttered their
mo"
Is marriage a failuref said to myself.
As l peered IN the eyes OF q tangie- haired elf
And then in the graver and holier face
OF her OF my bOsom-thank God for His grace
Is marriage a failuref and out OF my breast
In p ~ FOR all OF such bondage unblesL
With every glad pulse of my being allow,
The answer came swelling: "a thousand times
No"
-Heary r. s,arHoH, ia IIasnfngsOa Pos.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-25

Tho "School for the Technical
Training for Gentlewomen opened in
London last year, has begun its second
year auspiciously. The course com
prises instruction ins dressmakins
cookery, millinery, upholsterinc.
house hold management, domestic
economy, clear starching and fina
laundry work. bookkeeping. hygiene.
elocution, finance and invrstmens O.
mQnsy,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-25

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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-25

'amentlng her fate, with an audible sigh,
rom out of her bitterness, answered me:
wAveu
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-25
For Home Use.


! have tested its curative power. in my
lSln4lNr many times during the past
thltty years, and have never known IL
- Ian. It viii relieve the most serious
directions Of the throat and lungs,
Mhcther In children or adults. - Mrs.
T. ". Eagerly, Council Bluffs, Iowa.
twenty years ago was troubled
Ns,n disease OF the lungs. Doctors
suot'aed me no relief aud considered
- taSc hopeless. / then began 20 use
49, Cuerry Pectoral, and, before L
@ @n'', llhi' nrd one bottle, found relief. I
continued 70 take this medicine until a
Ci'.N'ia - as s.iected. / believe that Ayers
SulIrN f"rtorl saved NV life. -
.',.,'l "tisss, WTullegan, III.
S'N years ago contracted a severe
so.u s1l,. NA.sh settled on my lungs and
s ou "yNeioped al the alarming svrnp-
S,5.I % Nonsumpti0u. had a cough,
-rut Weats, lleeding Of the lunps.
L-4ns IN chest and sides, and vas -
~ ~ trated as % he confined 10 my
.l ns1 most Of the time. After tryins,
..4l0ua prescriptions. without beneft.
- physlcian finally determined 20 give
- - -ateF Cherry Pcctoral. / took i.
.H -S1e enect was magical. seemed
- Iaiiy nom the nrst dose OF this
Iiisa,i1lne, end, after using only three
SVt.le-, am as well and sound as ever
- AoNneF johnson. Spriugneld III
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-09-26
THE FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
JUST LAZY.
T. L. STANTON.

I'm the LATEST man, reckon, that mortal ever
seed.
Got money! Nary dollar! I wasn't built for
greed,
Fer graspin' an fer gripin' where the revenue is
found;
I'm what you'd call lazy 'un-ies built for lynn
roundi
Contented? Mighty right am, when spring winds
whisper sweet
In the meadows where the daisies make a carpet
for your feet;
Where the nestin' birds are chirpin', where the
brook in witchin play
Goes laughin' on, apushin all the lilies out his
way.
You'll find me almost any time lyin' at my ease,
With the lull song o the locust and the drowsy
drone o. bees
Above me an aroun me: I'm a poet in my way,
An I'd rather hear the birds sing an to shoot 'em
any dayl
"Jes' aziness, they tell me, and reckon they are
right:
But the worlds so full o. beauty, an you can't see
much at night,
But different folks have different minds nor drink
from the same cup,
While I'm talkin O. the lilies they're a-plowin OF
them upi
Ny fields pastur fer the cows, an though il
never plays,
It's source o. pleasure to me jes ter see the crea-
turs graze
The tinkle, tinkle o. the bells is such a pleasin
sound,
But I'm lazy chap, you know, jes' built fer lynn
in Picavune
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-09-26
HINTS ON HANDLING BEES.
Feerlessness Is a Wonderful Protection
How to Avoid Being Stung.

Just before swarming bees fill them
selves with honey, which supports them in
their new home until they get to work
again. This is an exceedingly fortunate
thing for the beekeeper, as it makes them
much more kindly and easily handled than
they otherwise would be- With bees, as
with men they are best natured when on a
full stomach. In the colder portions of
the country protecting the hives is neces-
sary, either by placing them in cellars or
packing in chaff; in milder sections and in
the south they will pass the winter well on
the summer stands. In handling bees
fearlessness is wonderful protection. A
person who fights them or tries to drive
them away is quite sure to be stung. Still,
it must be admitted that there is some
thing about persons that gives to a few
immunity from bee sting that others can
not obtain.
The safe way for the average bee-keeper
is to protect ones self as well as possible
by dress. Use a smoker, and proceed as
you would any other work, taking care
not to crush or injure bee. Occasionally
a colony will attack a horse that has been
driven or led too near their stand. When
this occurs they often exhibit vindictive-
ness and perseverance that is not only won
derful but dangerous. Horses that have
been heated by driving and become sweaty
are more obnoxious to them than the same
animals would be when In their normal
condition, grazing near the hive. There
are so many things to be learned about
bees that person without experience in
the business, who designs keeping them,
should buy one of the many books on the
subject or subscribe for good paper de-
voted to bee-keeping
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-09-26
A Noted Female Pirate Dead.

The notorious character known as
Spanish Belle, who has fourished on
the Pacific coast since 1S49, has just died
in Idaho. There is scarcely a mining
camp on the Pacific coast that she has not
visited. Her history, if correctly told,
would fill large volume; and it would be
a volume of bad deeds only, for no good
deeds have been attributed to her in the
knowledge of those few who have known
her history for the past forty years. 1t
seems that she gloried in the crimes she
committed, and during her convivial
moments would relate some incidents of
her past life From this source it is
gathered that at an early age in her native
land she became the mistress of a noted
sea pirate named Valzaj, whose vessel
was terror to the merchant ships plying
the waters of the Pacific Ocean. She
boasted that her duty was when the ship
anchored at port of prominence, tie
decoy rich men aboard the vessel, wher
they would surely be robbed and murderedo
She followed this criminal career until
the discovery of gold in California, when
she left her pirate paramOur, and landed
In San Francisco in the summer of 1049
At the time of her death she was IS years
old, although she could pass for woman
% years younger.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-09-26
Cool Homes.
Good Housekeeping.

If you cannot go away for the summer
or even for a part of it, let the summer
rest come into your own home, just where
you are. During the heat of the day, close
the blinds, so as to keep out the burning
rays of the sun; and have the most airy
curtains you can afford.
| knew a lady of RENTED taste, but
slender pocketbook, who was three weeks
saving the money for scrimp curtains for
her dining-room window. She saved
eleven cents the rfst week, nine cents the
second, and thirteen cents the third,
having thirty-three cents, cost of So yards
at six cents per yard She had no curtain
pole. but an old broom handle, and the
effect was surprising.
But some one asks, How am | to
keep my house cool when [ have such
small rooms, and must have a fire."
Buy an alcohol stove, you can accomplish
wonders with it. and see If all the family
are not cooler for it. Study the ventilation
of your rooms. An awning over a very
sunny window or door will add greatly to
your comfort. A piazza chair, and a
hammock or a swing, together with a few
vines. viii make a charming place of your
unused piazza. or even of your porch
Enlist the other members of your
household in your plans for family comfort
and GOODNESS. You will be surprised at
the happiness they will feel as from time
to time they contribute their share, per-
haps quaint or rare fan, a Japanese
screen or some piece of bric-a-brac for
Home"
During the warm days try to have at
each meal one very tempting, cool dish
Fruit is best for breakfast. Rice pud-
dings. also those of tapioca or gelatine,
which have been set until very cold are
delicious. Decorated with flowers and
green leaves, the table is far more attract
I've than if left unadorned. Have some
flowers In each room if possible. 1t will
rest you to look at them.
Even clean towel (if you have no
light tides, spread over the bright cover
of rocking-chair, invites one to take a
seat by its very suggestion of comfort and
GOODNESS.
Make the best of what you have, and
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-09-26

Steam has thus tripled the entire human
work power of the earth.
The whole number of breweries In
Europe In 1897 was 50, sol. and the pro-
duction of beer and ale amounted to about
4,5o0. 000,0 900 gallons. The taxes collected
from this sea of beer amounted to about
S130,000,000 The malt used weighed
100000 tons, and the hops 10000 tons.
Germany alone contained 26, 143 brewer
les. producing l, 1SS. 900, 900 gallons. while
Austro-Hungary had only 1879 breweries
producing 354,OOO,OO0 gallons. The fig
ures relating to the production per capita
show that the smallest quantity, one itre
per head, the htre being a little more
than quart is In Bosnia and Roumanla.
Greece shows 2115 Iitres; Russia SIS;
France 81; Switzerland 40; Denmark IS;
Germany 70: Upper Austria 116; Lower
Austria III; Belgium $50; Wurtemburg
2lS; and the Kingdom of Bavaria leads al
competitors with 24S litres, or nearly 6515
gallons, for every man, woman and child
IN the country. These statistics do not
include England.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-09-26
Interesting Statistics.

A very interesting calculation has re-
Gently been made by the Statistical Bureau
In Berlin Four-ffths of the power ma
chimes at present In activity in the world
have been erected during the past twenty
five years. The country which possesses
the highest amount of horse power is the
United States, with 7,500, 900 horse power;
then follow England, with Z 900, 900: Ger
many, with 4, 500 900; France, with 3,000,-
900, and Austro-Hungary, with l 100000
These figures do not include locomotives,
of which there are los 900 at work with a
total horse power of 100000 Thus the
total horse power in the world is $4,000
600. A steam horse power is equival-
ent to three actual horses strength. and
each living horse represents the strength
of seven men. Thus the total horse power
of the entire world represents the work of
1000, 900, 900 men, or more than twice the
total working population of the earth.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-09-26

the sound of the saw, to about 5000 revo-
tions per minute.
We got light and started down into
the shop, but everything was still again.
We could see nothing that had been dis
turbed, so We left the shop again and went
up to see if the noise would be repeated
nothing, so | left, promising to come the
next aevening. Nothing disturbed my
friend any more that night.
The next evening | went over at 8
o'clock, but nothing was disturbed until
about TO- when we heard the saw start
again The machine kept running at
before for half an hour, and as there was
no sign of it stopping, we started down,
but we had scarcely reached the first step
before all was still again. We were COM
pletely puzzled. So I proposed to fasten
the fy-wheel of the machine so it would
be impossible for it to be turned. We got
a chain and put it through the spoke of the
wheel and round the posts of the frame,
and fastened it with spring paddock.
Now, thought, I'll 90 home, for we've
got it safe from running any more. [
started, and got as far as the pave
ment and was turning to leave, when the
machine started faster than ever before.
went back into the house, got a light and
went down, but everything was still. The
chain was loose, lying beside the machine;
the lock was loose, lying beside the chain.
We were completely beat, and did not
know what to do. | don't believe In spirits
at all, nor ghosts or anything of the kind,
but this little experience has somewhat
shaken my belief. So | determined to try
something else to stop the racket. There is
a window opposite where the machine
stands. We concluded to fix a piece of
timber so it could be pushed against the
saw from the out side, should it start
again 1t was now II o'clock. We con-
Guided to wait awhile before leaving but
did not have to wait long. The machine
started with lightning speed, as if to defy
us to stop it. We could get to the timber
without light, so we pushed it against
the say thinking to stop it, but to our
establishment the saw went through it as
easy as if it had been nothing. Finding
that wouldn t stop it, we got light and
that stopped it.
Are we to be outdone by something, not
knowing what? If it is spirits we will
make some use of them, or stop them al
together, and we will do it in this way:
The hfUdles of the machine are long
enough to reach through a partition and
still give the machine room to be used.
The handles will be in one room and the
machine in another.
We want to see if the spirits, for that is
what we believe was turning the machine,
will turn in dark room by the handles
while the machine is in the light.
Ny friend is making the partition firm
in the belief that he has got into the
Keely-motor secret, or something better.
It will take some time to get it fixed, so as
3 give it fair trial. am not allowed to
give the locality until he finds what will be
the result
Why not turn saving machine if they
can lift table with a man on it that
weighs $50 pounds, and do many other
wonderful things?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-09-26
COURAGE IN BATTLE.
A Veteran officer Regards 1t Largely as a
Physical Attribute.


The St. Louis Globe-Democrat quotes
Col. James M. Thompson as follows: The
quality of courage in battle | regard as be-
| have heard a good deal of talk about the
n0nchalance of men in action and their
ease and compCsure after the first gun was
fired, but ! never took much stock in it,
| went through the war in the army, and
it was my fortune to be in portion of
the service in Virginia, where there was "a
good deal of hard fighting to do, and there
WASH t any creditable way to get out of it,
either. | saw service In twenty-eight bat
ties and can freely say that for one never
not used to it. | never went into fight
without an all-pervading sense of danger
and was always glad when it was over
Of course moral courage, high patriotism,
and the military spirit kept the great ma
jority of men right up to the mark, but
there were notable instances of men whose
physical natures simply failed to respond
when called on. They could not possibly
go into fight. A clear head and full
conception of the enormous consequences
of cowardice to themselves failed to spur
them to the staying point, and on the first
whiz of a bullet their signals of distress
were visible to all in sight. A well-known
New York colonel, perfect gentleman, a
scholar, a patriot, and really noble fellow,
was SO weak in point of courage, and his
humiliation so great at really being afraid
to face danger that he was forced to retire
from the army, went to Washington, pinned
away and died in few weeks. | knew
another prominent officer whose friends,
out of consideration for his well-known
falling used to manage on one preteXt or
another, to keep him out of engagements
and thus shield him from exposure. Men
like that are to be pitied, not blamed.
They want to fight, but their bodies actually
refuse to obey their will.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-09-26
Another New Locomotive.
Railway Age.


Another revolutionary locomotive has
been devised. 1t is to have two boilers.
one above the other, and engine and
tender are to be incased In a shell of tin
iron, tapering off to point in front, the
whole machine being rs feet long and
weighing in working order 911s tons.
Thus it viii be % feet longer and II tons
heavier that the biggest European loco
motive yet turned out. 1t is to have two
pairs of cylinders 1874 by 1917 inches and
four coupled driving wheels 8 feet 915 in
ches in diameter or more than twice the
size of our large passenger-engine drivers.
Great power and great speed are both
claimed for this novel combination of
parts and proportions. the ordinary gait
being modestly placed at seventy-fve
miles an hour, but this being capable of
increase to ninety-two miles an hour.
This engine has been patented in France
by a Hungarian engineer named NJ Ala
Besthy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-09-26
CAN GHOSTS SAW WOOD.
A Circular Saw Operated by Spirits in a
Cincinnati Carpenters Shop.

There is a carpenter living In the West
end of Cincinnati who has shop in the
basement of his house in which he lives.
In the shop he has the usual amount of
benches and other things, among which is
a foot-power circular saving machine,
which he used to rip lumber with the help
of two or three of the hands, it being sup
piled with handles for the purpose. The
carpenter lives about one square from my
house, says a writer in the Enquirer, and
we are very well acquainted and good
friends. He says he has heard strange
noises in his shop for some time about
the middle of the night, but said nothing
about it. not being sure what it was.
One night recently. about 10 o'clock, he
came to my house, white with fright, for
me to 90 to his house and help find out
what it was. He said the house was
haunted sure. So l went with him and
we got light and went down into the
shop, but all was as still as death.
We went up into the room above the
shop to see what would happen. He was
telling me what kind of noises he had
heard for some time back. He said it
seemed to him as if the saving machine
was running; at first as if little boy was
trying to run it, but could not make 1t go;
then the next night it seemed to run faster,
until this evening 1t run as If 1t would fly
to pieces. when he left to come after me.
We had been talking about one hour when
heard the machine start, slow at first, but
soon 1t increased as near as | could tell by