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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-12-20
Mark Twain's BOyhood.

'He was always a rascal, - said a
prominent writer in speaking OF Mark
Twain. 81 was born AMI raised in
Hanibal- and know when Mrs. Gem
mems MARKS mOther) moved from
Florida, Monroe county, to Hannibal.
Mark was dull, stupid, slow-going
fellow, but he was full Q. pranks, and
while he didn't do the meanness, he
planned it and got other bows to do IL.
We went 10 school to DR.. Meredith and
Mark always sat near the foot Of the
class. He nev er took any interest in
books, and I never saw him study his
lessons. He left school and went to
learn the printing business, and soon
after that left Hannibal and went to
stesmboating.
Il stayed at school. got a good edu-
ton and am a painter, while MIIk is
a millionaire. It is scsndaIous fact
that as boy from 10 to II years OF age
Mark was dull, stupid fellow, and il
was the wonder of the town as to what
end would be his. He was pointed out
by mothers as a boy that would never
amount 10 nothin', IL he did not setu-
ally come to some bad end. And he
Was the most homely lad in school, too.
Franks 1 can think of dozen of'em.
and his Huekleberry Finn is full OF
Hannibal episodes worked over. read
that with as much interest as 1 would
a diary of Hannibal kept during my
school days. Mark is three years older
than myself, but he was always iu a
class ot boys two or thres years younger
than himself"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-12-20
Where COlOrs Come From.

Bistre is the SCOT of wood asha.
mel. '17 csn-
Ivory chips produce the iyorv,,..,
and bone black. ''-eS
Various lakes are derived iron,
barks and gums. '00'',
Turkey red is made from ~.
plant, which grows iu Hindusf.r '-'''
Mastic is made from the gpm
msstic tree, which grows In thu '0e
clan Archipelago. U'e'
Blue black comes from the oh.
OF the vine stalk. L.mpblacg il '''' 10.
nom certain resiDous substance 'O'
Chinese white is zinc. ssarret 3.
dide OF mercury and native ysrn,,,. 70
is from the quicksilver ore caII.d ''u
nabar. el0-
The cuttlehsh gives the sepis
the inky fluid which the Hsh dis.s. = %
IN order 10 render the water or
when attached. F-s's
1''o ledl ulITamaTln6 Is foup5
the market. 1t is obtained from ;, =
precious lapislszuli, and comn.rd.
fabulous price.
lEdis ink IS made from barne5 c,u
phor. The Chinese are the only me-
facturers of this ink, and they will -,
reveal the secret OF its manufac,rr.
The cochineal insects furnish =.
many ot the fine coIors. Among r.
are the gorgeous carmine. ths Grim
scarlet carmiDe and purple lakes
The exquisite Prussian blue is n,,.
by fusing horses boots and o,bsr
fuse animal matter With impure r..a.
SUM carbonite. This color was A..
covered accidentally.
The yellow sap of tree Of Siam ~,
duces gsmboge she natives catch -.
sap In cOcoanut shells. Raw sisn,, /,
The natural earth from the neiybb,,
hood Of Sienna, Italy, Raw umbs, 4,
also an earth found near Unbri. ana
burned.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-12-20
Hunting = Lion in n Sewer

In Birmingham, England, they have
just had genuine lion hunt. The
animal wasn't in open country, though
but in q sewer, whittier it had escaped
from circus. How to capture the
beast, without alarming people, Was Q
difficult question to solve, but finally 1t
was decided 10 place q cage at the
sewers mouth and then to chase the
lion into it. All this was to be done at
midnight, and two men attached 70 the
circus volunteered to do the chasing.
Armed with q revolver and dark Ian
tern, they decsnded through a manhole,
and almost immediately heard the
lions roar. but the fugitive being q
good distance off, they ascended and
proceeded TO q manhole further inland
but here, again, they were on the wrong
side OF the lion, and it was not u ntil
they came TO where q branch sewer
enptied that they got fairly on Its track
1t was then determined TO trap 1t the
spot, instead o. driving II to the outlet,
and with this object the manager OF the
party lowered q stout loopsd I0ps with
a slip-knot In such q manuer that the
lion, in issuing from the branch sewer,
would inevitable run into it. The two
young men decended the next msnhols
and proceeded to drive the lion throu b
the narrow pipe toward the looped rope.
This was not accomplished until they
had discharged all their ammunition
and had been compelled 10 take on a
boot with which to strike ou the sides
OF the sewer and frighten the amin al in
the direction required. Presently q
prolonged howl informed them Of the
success Of their tactics. Tne lion had
stepped into the moose, which fairly en-.
ciIcled the beasts lions. In the mean
time the people at the top OF the open
ing pulled desperately at the rope Hnsil
the animal was raised nearly to the
levsl of tie road when a trap cage
was placed over the manhole and the
lion, more dead than alive, dragged
body first into it. Unluckiiy the cage
proved too small, and the lion, still
roaring Justify, lay sometime in the
road with the cage held over by ten
men, bat with its head outside. After
delay OF about ten minutes q large
cage was obtained, and into this the
poor brute was eventually dragged, and
taken back to the mensgerie.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-12-20
A Holiday Fable.


With dropping wings aud a generally
dri-cted air, turkey was pacing the
barn-ysrd, when fox, who had slyly
erept up, put bis head over the fence
and asked 10 a sympathizing tone
What is the matter, my poor friend?
Is there any way csn help you ?''
II fear not" IeIlied the turkey ::
'only little while ago saw the farm
er eyeing me critically as he sharpened
his knife, and I think my hour has
come"
why not fly Y' said the fox ION
this side lies liberty"
II am too old a bird to be caught
thus replied the turkey ''better 20
be stuffed with oysters and richly gar
lnished than barbarously mangIed by
you"
just then the farmer appeared.
wonder where the geese have AL
gone" T" be said, ''the old woman has de-
clded that she doesn't want any turkey
for diner, after all"
"'Tis better to endure the Ills we have
IMAM nv 20 others that We know not Of >
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-12-20
The WEEKLY EDITION

editions OF other New York papers. 1t is
perfect epitome OF the really important news
OF the week carefully condensed and sys-
temAticAlly arranged. All the markets of IN.
terest to farmers are published in detail
Space IS given TO the class OF literature most
welcome in the home circle Special care IA
taken to interest the women of the household
II does not pretend 10 instruct the farmer In
farming, but TO interest him in the general
news or the world, leaving the home paper Of
each subscriber to supply the practical infor-
nation on all agricultural topics. II is an ex-
cellent paper, therefore, to obtain. through
favorable club rstes, along with the weekly
printed In your immediate locality.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-12-20
How the Arabs Make Tea.


The mistress OF che tent, placing a
large kettle on the fire, wiped it care
fully wit b horses tail filed with
water, and threw in some coarse tea
and little salt. When this was near
the boiling point she tossed the tea
about with brass ladle until the Iiquid
became very brown, and then it was
poured off into another vessel. Clean
sing the kettle as before, the woman
set it again on the fire In order to fry
a paste OF meal and fresh butter.
Upon this the tea and some thick
cream was then poured, the ladle pu,
in requisltlon again, and after a time
the whole taken off the fire and sc,
aside TO cool. Hslf-pint wooden mug.
were handed around and the tea ladled
into them, this tea forming meat and
drink and satisfying both hunger and
thirst. However made. tea is a Llesset
invention for the weary traveller.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-12-20
A Doubtful Compliment

The following seems to be the is'''
"thing one would rather have lel' =.
said " A pianist recently sPeO' -, -
evening at the house OF q LADY, ~
company was agreeable and be s'S',.
somewhat late. AS he arose 70 Co ,.
his departure the lady said ),
don't go yet, Mr.. Jones. wsn' you
play something for me-" OH'
must excuse me to o.night II H 's, -.
late and l should disturb the p's /,
bors." Never mind the nelg"UU'.,
answered the young lady, qO''A'
"they poisoned our dog yes'ero'"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-12-20

The boy who gets more than he ex-
pected is hard to 6nd.
II Christmas came every day in the
year we could soon get rid OF our
treasury surplus.
The impecunious swain is now con-
fronted with the same spirit that Old
Scrooge saw-the Ghost OF Christmas
Present.
The Christmsses past are often in the
memories Of the old folks, but the
young people only think of the Christ
mas present.
The average turkey is just now pom
dering il it was worth while feeling so
uproariously happy over escaping the
Thanksgiving knife only to fall be-
meath the Christmas axe.
"How curious it is" said Santa
Claus early Christmas morning, as he
headed his team for the North Pole,
"that 1 try so many chimneys in q
night and am never sooted."
Christmas at every hearts door knocks,
With gentle, tender knockings
IL turns STOCK Kings aside from
To give q thought to stockings.
A man may wrestle with an antique
chicken at the Christmas dinner table,
but he does not take kindly to the task
of having to wrestle with one under the
Christmas mistletoe.
Never look a gift horse in the mou th
not even a Christmas rocking horse &.
It is a great discount on the pleas
ures of a Merry Christmas" when a
man finds the snti-bilious pill that he
tackels jdst before going to bed has
rolled into hollow tooth and refuses
TO bulge until it has dispensed all its
aromas and tastes around in you'll
remember me" style OF melting tender.
ness.
Christmas is a joyous season. II you
dom. believe iU, ask the man with a
boil on the back OF his neck, his house
rent two months overdue, the butcher
and the grocer waiting for him around
the corner, and seventeen children to
buy presents for.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-12-20
4 Plea for BOYS.

1 am sorry that boys are not generally
understood. Between and IA years
of age the masculine nature is a mix
ture of mischief and sensitIveness. and
spunk, and fun, and trou BILE, and pug
nacity, which the chemistry of the
world fails to analyZe. A little girl is
definsSle. She laughs when she is
pleased. cries when she feels bad, pouts
when she ID cross and eats when she is
hungry. Not SO With q boy. He
would rather go a nuttiDg than to eat,
forgets at the fish pond he has not had
his dinner, often laughs when he feels
bad. and looks submissive to an impo-
sition practiced upon him till he gets
the perpetrator alone in the middle OF
the road and tumb bIes lin into the dirt,
till eyes and mouth and nose are so full
that the fellow imagines that before
his time he was returned to dust.
a boy under a calm exterior may
have twenty emotions struggling for
ascendsncy. Especially do L feel for a
boy who has more fun aboard than he
can master. How we'll rememb Der the
country schoolhouse. where we all had to
be sedate, though one boy would make
a face enough to put the whole school
in danger Of running over with giggle.
1t is an awful thing for child not to
dare laugh when the merriment rises
and swells up till the jacket gets tight
and the body is ball of fun, and he
knows that if out of one of the corners
OF his compressed lips a snicker should
escape all the boys would go off il ex
plosion. remember times when 1 had
at school such responsibility of repres-
sion resting on me and proved uEfaith
| fui.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-12-20
shIIoh's 20 nsumption Cure.

This Is beyond question the most success
ful Cough Medicine we have ever sold. few
doses invariably cure the worse cases of
Cough, Group. and Bronchitis. while its
wonderful success In the cure of Consump-
ion is without parallel In the history of
medicine. Since its drst discovery it has
been sold on guarantee, test which no
other medicine can stand. If you have a
Cough we earnestly ask you to try it
Price 10 cents. 50 cents, and s1.0o. If your
Lungs are sore, Chest or Back lame. u.s.
Sbiloh's Porous Plasters. Soldby DR.. T. j
DAWSON.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-12-20

rHE NEW YORK STAR passed into the hands
Of new managers In November last. and q new
corporation is now in full possession and con-
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During the fret months OF the change the
Improvement made IN 1t was pronounced
that 1t came to be recognized at once as
A Live, Bright and Brilliant Newspaper.
Its news columns are filed with the freshest
OF foreign, domestic and local news. It's eIi-
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cratic principles are so pronounced and orthO-
dox that the Democratic Nation Al Committee,
on its recent reorganization, selected It as the
medium for placing its official action and
utterances before the voters OF the party. It
urges united Democracy in nation, State and
city; and Is the advocate OF no individual o.
h nf farfFnp
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-12-20
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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-12-20
ITS SUNDAY ISSUE OF is PAGES

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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-12-20
AnsverT Tht. Oue.,fo.

Why do 30 many people we see around
Us seem to prefer to suffer and be made
miserable by Indigestion. Constipation.
Dizziness, Loss of Appetite. Coming Up of
the Food, Yellow Skin, when for IS cents
we will sell them Shiloh's System VitalizeI
guaranteed 70 cure them. Sold by Dr. T. }
Dawson.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-12-20
shiIoh,, Catarrh Remea,.

Shlloh's Catarrh Remedy. a marvellous
cure for Catarrh. Diphtheria, Cank~r Mouth
and Headache. With each bottle there ia
an ingenious Nasal Injector for the more
successful treatment of these complaints
without extra charge. Price 30 cents. Sold
by DR.. T. j. DAWSON.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-12-20

SLANG interprets slang. 1t is easy to
see the force OF the remark Don't be q
clam" when you reflect how frequent
ly the clam is in the soup.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-12-20

IT is not necessary TO be mean be
cause one is man OF means,
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SUBSCRIBE for the FEEENAN'
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Bistre is the SCOT of wood ashau
Indian yellow comes from tba
1el. Cal-
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P. o. Box 1907.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1889-04-27
AFRICAN WARRIORS.
The aSoudanesc and Egyptians Compared
by an American Observer.

The .Soudaneso and Egyptians Compared
by an American Observer.
Soudanese are jet black and a finely
formed set of men. Many of them
have been slaves, and all are volun-
teers. They make excellent soldiers
and are utterly fearless in battle. They
will follow an English officer anywhere
and have won confidence by their cour-
age and endurance.
The Egyptians make poor soldiers,
are conscripts, and are cringing and
cowardly at the side of the blacks.
An illustration was given of their
cowardice on the 4th of March last
before Suakim. Colonel Tabb, an
uncommonly promising officer of
twenty-nine years. was leading a
regiment of Egyptians. To con-
firm the courage of his troops he
jumped from his horse and cried out:
"Stand, men, stand" but they fed ig-
ANONYMOUSLY and left him to find soli-
tary and untimely death. The Sou
danese. is not careful to disguise his
contempt for his Egyptian fellow-sol-
der, and expresses his self-esteem in
the stock phrase, 81 am like the En-
glish." The government is anxious to
get his service, and gives him three
times the allowance of the Egyptian
private, or five dollars a month, is
careful of his prejudices and stipu-
lates to carry his wife and children
from one permanent camping-place to
! another.
The dervishes are in control of the
Soudan. They are the Arab and Sou
danese followers of the Mahdi, who
are inspired with his Mohammedan
| fanaticism and have survived him.
They call the blacks in the service OF
the Egyptian Government ''little inf.
| dels," to distinguish them from the
Christians, who are the big infidels. '
The leaders feed the zeal of their troops
by the promise of five white women
each if they reach the Lower Egypt
alive, and eighty wives in case they
are killed in battle. They dress, as fan
as there is material enough to &C
around, in white shirts, decorated with
rough patches of colored stuffs. The
defeat of Hicks Pasha and the sur
render of Khartoum furnishes then
with an excellent supply of arms ant
ammunition. Upper Egypt is safe
simply because there is English pro
lection of the land and English skfl
and firmness direct the movement o
the Egyptian troops. Egyptian letter
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1889-04-27
THE PASSING YEARS.

they are drifting away-these sweet sad
Like sieaf on the current cast: 90
With never break in their rapid fow,
We watch them as one by one they go
- Into the beautiful past. -.
Az silent and swift as weaver's thread, -"
Or an arrows flying CLEAN;
We recall the sorrows and joys Of the past,
And think 1t is we'll they could not last,
But went like o fieeting dream
One after another we see them pass,
Down the dim lighted stair; +"
We hear the sound Of their quiet tread,
IN the steps OF the centuries long since dead,
As beautiful and as fair =
There are only few years left to loves.
Shall we waste them in idle strifef 49,
Shall we trample under our ruthless feet,
Those beautiful blossoms, rare and sweet
By the dusty way OF lifef
There are only few swift years-then Jet
Meier an envious taunt be heard; ......
Make lifes fair pattern rare design,
And border 1t round with love for vine,
But never an angry word. .a
They are drifting away to that Heavenly
we watch them as In dream;
But soon wen be wakened By those gone DO
fore,
VINO are watching and waiting to welcome M
Ger
That beautiful stream. n
-Ohio Farmer.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1889-04-27
, AN AFRICAN NERO,
The Young Despot OF Uganda and His
IA. : - - Missionary Victims. - ~

Tho Young DespOt OF Uganua anu his
-Sa- - Missionary Victims. a-,~h
If the report which comes from Fam
zibar is true, Mwanga, the young des-
pot of Uganda, who in two years has
earned a reputation fGr scrsueity and
bloodshed not 'exeeled even by that Of
the deposed King Thebaw of Burmah,
has been violently removed from the
seat Of. power his ancestors have held
for seventeen generations, and. his
brother now reigas in his place.
Wheth lei this news BODIES good or III to
the four or five white missionaries of
England and France now in Uganda
can not yet be told. ...sa.t. $3.50.
This young man, only twenty-three
years ola, has had much to do with
shaping some events in which the
whole world has been deeply inter-
ested. Ii he had not, for the first
time since Spoke discovered the
greatest of African lakes, closed
the route north from Victoria
Nyanza to Lake Albert against all
white men, Emin Pasha would never
have lacked ammunition, and there
would have been no Stanley relief ex-
petition. 1t was the narrowing stories
of Mwanga's great slaveraids, in which
he has employed thousands OF his SOL
diers for the purpose of supplying his
Arab friends with all the poor bonds
men they desired, that gave an. i'm
petus to the anti-slavery, agitation
which has, produced the blockade of
the East African coast, and is the talk
of every capital in Europe. ~.
Mwanga has been described by the
white men at his court as a frivolous,
weak, cowardly boy, easily led by his
favorites, extremely passionate, and
capable, under the 10 fdsence OF fear or
angej of almost unheard- of cruelty. He
. signal zed his accession to power by the
atroefous murder of Bishop Hanning-
ton, and it was his hope to destroy
in week ali the converts the mission
aries had made in six successful years
of labor Phe heroism and fortitude
with which scores Of native Christians,
many.of them mere children, met death
at the stakes is hardly surpassed in. the
annals of martyrdom. Not one of them
recanted, even when. told that their
lives would be SPARED if they abiured
the Christian faith. .Can you readP"
was the question TIE King usually
asked the converts wffen Iney were
brought before him. "Yes." replied
all who had been taught in the native
schools. '.I'n have no readers in
Uganda" the King would shout. as he
hurried them off to be chained to trees
and burned. In single day seventy
men thus met their fate, and the head
exeeutioner told the King he had never
seen men die so bravely. The blood
thirsty King merely laughed and re-
marked that God did not seem able to
rescue the Christians from his power.
N. Y. Sun.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1889-04-27
BLESSINGS IN DISGUISE.

Some of the More Important Dement'S De-
rived from Weed Growth.
I heartily subscribe to the sentiment
that weeds are blessing in disguise.
Without the timely warning they give
to the gardener, and without their
tendeney %to.stimulate his. dormant en-
ergies 10 renewed exertions, many OF
our crops would suffer for want of
proper.cultivation. Frequent stirring
of the surface Soils of greater impor-
lance than the mere destruction OF
weedssbut is net compulsory unless
through the urgency of weed destruc-
ton. The benefits derived from weed
growth in its character as mulch to the
soil when not protected by cultivated
crops, as absorber and saver of the
volatile ammonia and as material for
green manuring. are not inconsider-
able, and should not be underesti-
mated. Hence it can hardly be denied
that weeds have a mission to per-
form, and must be considered blessings
If these do appear in a rather hateful
and offensive guise. But when the en-
tomelogist OF State Experiment Sta
ton states that injurious insects are
| not an unmitigated evil, as they make
production more laborious and give a
better chance of financial success to
the careful man, by relieving him OF the
competition with the careless garden
er, protest. Let the gentleman take
look at the average farmers family
garden, and note the destruction re-
sulting from the work of cabbage-mag-
| COTS, cabbage-worms, fiea-beetles,
squash-bugs and borers, and of other
insects which. even the professional
gardener has not yet learned to fight
SO to prevent serious loss to the crop
| let him note to what extent the home
consumption of good fruits and vege
tables is limited just through the in
strumentality of these insects, and
hardly think he will again make 8
SUGGESTION that they are blessing II
disguise. Farm and Fireside.