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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-05-25

LOVELY WOMAN.
Fair Chloe posed before the glass
To don her tiny bonnet;
She deity set it right, and spent
Most lavish care upon it.
The silken strings she crossed beneath
Her little rounded chin;
Then skillfully she made Q loop
Tied all its ddmples in.
A picture, wondrous fai- and sweet,
With not q blemsh to it'll
And, a. Miss Chloe fingered there,
wondered II she knew it.
But still before the glass she seemed
To hesitate q minute:
Then quickly threw q kiss unto
The dainty image in it.
L VERY LITTLE THING.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-08-30
A Substitute for LIQUOR.

Mrs. Hayes always declared that a
perfectly adequate substitute for LIQUOR.
when needed as a stimulsnt, could be
found in hot milk, and after any cold
or wetting she gave this in place of the
wine or whisky which others would
have considered necessary. This is, by
the way, custom of Mrs. Cleveland's g
also. who discovered after the fstIgues
or the many long and wearisome recep-
tions she was obliged to go through.
standing for hours on her feet and shak.
ing hands with hundreds Of people, that
nothing would restore her 90 quickly as
a cup full of boiling milk brought to
her by her maid, and which she drank
In little sips as hot as it possibly could
be taken. The Washington girls caught
the idea from her, and, finding how
quickly it helped them after a hard day
OF calls and social duties, tLey began to
substitute it for the various malt pre-
parations they had been in the habit of
taking, or the hot wine and water
which their maids usually administered
when they came in too tired out to dress
for their next engagement.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-08-30
The Rattlesnake's Bite.

am often asked what would do if
bitten while far from help. II the
wound be at the tip of finger, 1 should
like 10 get rid Of the part by some such
aute-surgical means as a knife or a pos
sible hot iron affords. Failing these,
or while seeking help, it is wise TO
quarantine The poison by two iigatures
drawn tight enough to stop all circula-
ton. The heart weakness is made
worse BY emotion, aid at this time a
man may need stimulus TO enable him
to walk home. AS soon as possible
some one should thoroughly 1nfltrate
the seat OF the bite with permanganate
or other agents. By working and
kneadlng the tissues the venom aud the
antidote may be made to come into con-
tact, and she former be so far destroyed.
At this time it becomes needful to re-
lax the ligatures to escape gangrene.
This relaxation of course lets some ven
ON in.o the blood round, but in a few
moments it is possible again to tighten
the ligatures, and again to inject the
local antidote. II the dose of venom be
large and the distance from help great,
except the knife or cautery little is to be
done that is of value. But it is well to
bear In mind that in this country a bite
In the extrenities rarely causes death.
have known nine dogs having been
bitten by as many snakes and of these
dog but two died. In India there
would have been probably nine dead
dogs.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-08-30
Removing Stulnps.

1t is no easy matter 10 rem0,s On,
stumps from a newly cleared Geld o.,
TO do so at once for any consider
number will be found to cost mo-s ii,
the use OF the land they OCCUPY vii,
worth, until they have decayed sr
their removal by fire or o,herwis., ,
be comparatively easy. Ssuups b,
have partly cecayed roots can o,,s-,
twisted out by placing the lsrpss. q
OF a long and stout piece Of tim
against the side of The Tunp n
chaining it fast, then with a tssr
the other end of the lever pulling inn
pireetion Of a circle around T.
method that has been reconusrdEI
TO bore a hole as deep as you can 51T
IN the center of the stuup in The q
and put in two ounces of saI.ps,srE
hil the hole with water and plug fr
In the spring remove the plugU
ill with kerosene oil and sf,arF-
ignite it. This, it is said, will c.s
the stump to smolder away e1tirr
The experiment is one that can a5
be tried. There is no doubt that SIT
ating a seasoned stamp with oil by Ia
ing into il or otherwise will grar
facilitate its burning. A S gems
thing Il will found best to leave gr.
stumps to season and then destroy ,1a
as fast as you can with fire. S,u-
are expeditiously blown out with du
mite, but few farmers care 10 bul
this explosive. When expense Bus
ject patent stump puIlers may as
sorted 10.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-08-30
All About the Blackbird.

You all know the old "SIng a Song of
Sixpence. Have you ever read what
it meant ?
The four apd twenty bIackbirds rep
resented twenty-four hours. The bot
tom OF :be pie is the world, the top
crust is the sky that overarches it. The
opening of tthe pie is day dawn, when
the birds begin to sing, and surely such
a sight is dainty dish to set before
the king"
The king who Is represented as sit
ting In his parlor counting ont his mon.
ey, is .he sun while the gold pieces
that slip through his fingers are golden
sunshine. The queen who sits in the
dark kitchen, is the moon, ard the
honey with which she regales herself is
the moonlight.
The Industrious maid, who is In the
garden at work before the king-the
sun-has risen, is the day-dawn, and
the clothes she hangs out are the clouds.
while the bird VIII ich so tragically ends
the song by "Dipping off her nose' is
the hour Of sunset. So we have the
whole day-in a pie.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-08-30
Queer ThiRTs That Are Patented.

There is claim in the patent Office
tor patent on the Lords prayer, the
specifications being that the repetition
OF the same rapidly and in a loud tone
OF yoice'' will cure stammering.
Among odd Inventions are s'chicksn
nopples, which walk ths chicken right
out Oh the garden when she tries 10
scratch "ths bes moth excluder ,,
which automatically shuts up the bee
hives when the bees 60 to roost "tbe
tspeworm fish hook" which speaks for
itself the educational balloon, - a TOW
balloon with map OF the world on its
surface "side hill snnihilators, /" stills
60 mt on the down hill legs OF a horse
"hen be is blowing along a hill side :
ana the "hen surpriser," device tba,
drors the newly laid egg to rough the
bottom OF the nest, with intent to be,
guile and wheedle the len into at once
laying another.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-08-30
GunPOwder Made OF Straw

Some experiments have lsisy y
made in order 10 test a new guuPo'-
which is prepared By chemlcaI I',
from straw. It's advantages srs ~.
be that 1t is smoBeless, gives DO y.
will not heat or foul the barre Oh :
gun, and that the recoil and Tep0' J..
diminished. The experiments
place at Harrow, and were comF'.'.
with similar experiments Win 0lO.,.
gunpowder. The advantages ''
for this new powder do no; s-su ~
quite realized by these exPelD =
but there is no doubt that u -
powerful explosive and that II SD
less and smoKeless. Weight ioI !.
it would seem, too, that It Is !"
cent. stronger than black gun.
ard it is conclusively proven -
cannot be exploded by mere coD'',
The experiments are full Of ~ g
and there is no doubt that ~ 4,
powder will be valuable in s'''
plications.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-08-30
How He Sold the coat.

a Marietta merchant tells b'E
sold a second hand coat that had !.
worn but a few times. He bad IsJz
edly tried TO sell the coat to difgi
colored men, but always failed. 50
tried a new scheme, He got 5 ch'
pocketbOok and stuffed it geneTOu
with paper and put the book in one
the pockets OF the coat. He acc0s.E
negro man and wanted to sell bin (.
coat. TIE "colored gemmsn" sad
didn't desire to buy the coat I'D
but you just try it OD. It belongs "
man who has plenty OF money, b1! D
no use for the coat" The negro p
the coat on, put his hands 10 The pa
cts and OF course telt the fat po.is
book. His eyes fairly dilated viii Z
astonished, but pleased, eIpTss
Boss" he inquired, what % J"
ak for dis coat ?n
"Three dollsrs and fifty cents
take it boss ?'' and with The @.s-'
air Of a fortune the daTkey ioaA
coat and went on his way rejoicing
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-08-30
Bee Singing for Rheumatism.

According to The Medicinishe Presse
OF Vienna. DR.. Terc has found a cure
Tor rheumatism in be estingings. Hav-
ing found that every sting it followed
by swelling up to a point when the
bone seems to have become hardened
against further effect, he tried the sting.
ing on rheumatic patient. Upon eat
urating the patients system with the
Dee poison the rheumatism disappeared
mot to return for a long time. DR..
Ierc has applied his remedy in 175 cases
and has inflicted $4,000 stingings, and
now keeps colony of bees on his prem
ises, to be employed in this work.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-08-30
Curious Minerals.

Included in the mineral resources of
Utah, apart from it's precious metals,
are deposits of alum, some recently
discovered veins of which are eighteen
inches thick and several hundred feet
in length, of dazzling whiteness and
great purity. Beds of inter are also
found sufficiently pure to readily fuse
them when thrown on hot Goals. Ozo-
kerite. or natural mineral wax, a rarity
elsewhere, is found here in large quan.
titles. 1t is air, acid, and water proof,
and can be used for imparting these
qualities TO other substances. As an
iDsu,ator it is said to be perfect. and
would doubtless be found a superior in
sulatiDg material for electrical applI-
ances. 1t could also be adopted az the
base for cheap yet desirable paving
material and for indurating piles and
posts to prevent decay. A somewhat
similar discovery is gilsonite, found, on
analysis. to contain about so per cent.
Of carbon or asphalt in pure torn.
OF the latter vein has been discoy.
cred three feet wide and over a mile in
length-s supply that. if worked, would
be found almost inexbaustible. As is
now well known, the Great Salt lake is
an immense, limitless magazine of salt,
that can be readily obtained in any de-
sired quantity by the simple process of
evaporation. From this lake vast
quantities of sulphate Of soda are also
secured, blown on shore at GER
tain temperatures by the winds, where
hundreds of tons are often piled up IN
single night, that can be utilized in
the cheap production of sal soda and
carbonate OF soda.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-08-30
Very Old Bread.

y German who visited P,nnpeiI
writes as follows concerning the bread
discovered there sin one room are
shown in we'll closed glass cases, side
/ with some precious objects, the oldest
bread, which was found in an oven
or which more by and by-burnt. of
course. This bread is round and has
four cuts, and may have weighed when
fresh about three or four pounds. To
This day bread like this is baked in
Naples and the neighborhood. a proof
OF how little advanced the bakers trade
is IN the south OF Italy. Our guide as
sured me that some of this bread had
been sold to foreign museums for enor,
nous sums of money, aud that before
me would not be sold at all, no matter
what was the price offered. Having
seen this bread. / was curious to see the
oven IN which it had been baked and
found. After a most interesting tour
through the streets of Pompeii, we
found ourselves suddenly before the
house of the Pompeiian baker.
The houses are not built like ours of
today. They are without windows,
with an entrance into the interior.
which is a square, open hall, or rather
yard, which, in the better class of
houses, contains fountain and water
basin. Into this yard the doors from
al! the rooms open. The streets serve
as drains for the houses as we'll as the
streets. Great blocks of stone serve as
stepping stones 10 pass from one side ot
the street to the other. Within the
house was also placed the baking room,
and the oven was built of baslatic
stones, which were still in good preser-
walton. This oven was very much like
those which we see in country bakeries
OF the present day. In the same room.
a little away from the oven, stood also
corn mill, of dark gray stones, similar
to our old sugar mills. There was a
hole in the upper stone, with a bar to
pass through, which slaves or donkeys
had to turn around"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-08-30
Heed Your Words.

That the tongue is not steel, yet Il
cuts.
That cheerfulness is the weather of
the heart.
That sleep is the best stimulant, a
nervine safe for all to take
That It is better to learn to say mo-
than to be able to read Latin.
That cold air is not necessarily pure,
nor warm air necessarily pure.
That cheerful face is nearly as good
for an invalid as healthy weather.
That there are men whose friends
are more to be pitied than their enc
mics.
That advice is like castor oil. bu,
hard enough to take.
That grand temples are built of small
stones, and great lives made up of thrill.
ing events.
That nature is rag merchant, who
works up every shred and rag and end
into new creations.
That an open mind, an open hand
aud also an open heart would every.
where find an open door.
That Is not enough to keep the ooor
In mind-give them something to keep
you in mind.
That men often preach from the
housetops while the devil is crawling in
at the basement below.
That life's real heroes and heroines
are those who bear their own burdens
braVely, and give helping hand to
those around them
That hasty words often rankle in the
wounds which injury gives. AID that
sort words assauage 1t forgIves cures,
and forgetfnlness takes away the scar
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-08-30
Seasoning.


Few cooks season food well, and yet
no one thing goes farther TO render it
pslatable. Soup, vegetables and meat
are insipid and distastefuI when served
without seasoning. OF course, tastes
differ as TO the amount of pepper. salt
and other favoring necessary in each
dish, but general knowledge of the art
will enable every cook to come verv
near the degree. 1t a little more is
needed it may be added at the table.
and will blend with that given. while If
not seasoned at all, food cannot be made
to receive the proper flavor after being
cooked
Housekeepers who do their own cook
ing, or keep a cook, will find it equally
convenient to always keep prepared sea-
soning on hand. Every French Kitchen
is thus supplied, and even the humblest
household serves well seasoned, palata-
BILE food
Parsley, thyme, sweet marjoram, and
sage should be kept dried in punches.
TIE roots and leaves of celery may be
dried in the oven, grated, and bottI led
for use. A jar of mixed seasoning may
be made as follows Take one ounce
each of nutmeg and mace two ounces
each of white pepper and cloves one
ounce each of sweet basil, marjor>
am, and thyme, half an ounce of bay
leaves. First roughly pound the spices
and dried heros, then place bet ween
two sheets of paper, fold tightly, and
put in warm place to dry. Then
pound quickly, put through sieve, put
in bottles, cork, and set away for use.
One teaspooRful OF the mixture will
season gallon of soup. a pinch added
to gravy or hash will give a delightful
flavor.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-08-30
A European Hair NJ,

The demand foy false ,.,.
present day is very great n, Il
some idea of the magnitude "' "a
nc from the fact that thu @
chants of London alone i-o,.' l'' Z.
OF hair annually, and tha, tbs w
dealers harvest upward '''a
pounds of hair a year. 7,
black hair, and is collected 3, O.
and the south OF France. ~ Daa
cannot be supplied simply aa
clippings there must be M. y Go
sources and regular season 70, -.
the supply. There are itjpsr.Y''' ''''
VINO purchs Sc hair. paying =.
head of hair from one to five "
cording to its weight and h..s
weight ranging from eleysr
ounces. The peasant girI. 'F=
willing to part with their -,
VIII accept silks, laces, cbs,n
ETC., with which the traficksr..'' .'''a
supplied. The latter sttar5 :, &c
and merry-makings as the hs.,
ply their vocation, and TIE 49,, r's
their hair to market just a, ~. a-S
peas. cauages, etc. y
The girls stand in a -fn,
be shorn, with their caps in ,b..
and their long haIr comhs5 u
hanging to their waists IT,.
who is often a man, but sor,,.
woman, ties up each crop oTt,
Wis) by itself and tosses il ir,a
basket. The girls sacli6es
their vanity along with their b,l,
1t does not worry them long ~,
the money, feel more comfort,b-
the close fitting caps they ws,-s',
loss. Then. too, will not ,bst..
again
Tne hair is dressed and ass,r..,..
wholesale houses, and sold ,op.-
workers at ten francs a popa5
retail dealers, IN turn, obtain
profit, knowing that If one crs
refuses to pay it another will -.
buy. Light hair is almost e,,,.a
a German product. The desls-.
to be able to distinguish the pa,i,,.
OF hair, whether French or c.
English or Irish. Scotch or w-
Nay. more, they assert tbs. ,b.,
name the province in which N.
Was gathered-even between tv,r
tricts of Central France. tbop,s q
may not be many miles apsr, :
difference is so very slight tbs, n,
dinary Psychologist would not h. az
to detect any.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-08-30
shIIoh's Uonsumpt,op Cur.

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 Consrmp-
'on Is without parallel in the history of
medicine. Since its first discovery it has
been sold on guarantee, a test which M
otner medicine can stand. II you have a
Cough we earnestly ask you to try il
Price 10 cents. 50 cents. and 500. III your
Lungs are sore, Chest or Back lame, us.
eoiion's Porous Piasters- SoIdby DR.. T. J
Dawson.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-08-30
At the Mercy OF the Women.


Did you ever notice the conduct OF
man who is forced by circumstances to
enter fashionable millinery store un-
accompanied by female bodyguard I?
Ii not, It will be found entertaining.
His fellow-men will pity him, but the
woman will laugh at him. Il is one of
the Few positions in which masculinity
IS wholly at the mercy of the fair sex.
Says we'll known New York miIllner
the other day:
ut may appear Incredible, out 1
have seen tnen-men who have led in
battle, who habituaiIy mount the ros-
trum, who pass their lives in constant
friction with their fellows, or who en-
Joy reputation as favorites among
women in society-euter this place
alone to execute commissions for their
wives, and fall suddenly into the condi-
tion of great, blshful, overgrown
schoolboys when called upon to face the
girls and speak apiece
why is it ? That's a metaphysical
problem. But there is always some
thing in the atmosphere of the place
devoted exclusively to the labor and
personal adornmenG of women which
painfully dlsconcerts a man unless he is
attended by his wife, and even then he
is by no means at his ease. As an in
stance OF this, a gentleman OF acknowl-
edged nerve and prominent in National
politics came in here recently to order
bonnet for his wife, to be sent home
on approval. Before he left l was real
ly sorry for him. A number of ladies
were trying on hats, and he became so
nervous that firmly believe he didn't
know the colors or the price of the bon
net he selected. He kept fdgeting and
glancing about him like thief. and
when his business was concluded made
dash for the door without leaving the
address, 30 had to call him back. 1
shouldn't wonder if he took a drink to
steady himself when he got outside.
TITS a queer thing, isn't it ?"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-08-30
Answer This Questton

why do go 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 VitaIIze r
guaranteed to cure them. Sold by DIR. T. J
Dawson
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-08-30
The English Language.

English men of letters are perpetual
ly scolding and hagging at one snot ber
for speaking and writing bad English,
or for pronouncing iG erroneously. and
the fault finders make, as a rule, as
many mistakes as dn the writer's and
speakers whom they profess to correct.
And then step in, forsooth, the Ameri>
cans, clad from top to toe in the shining
armor of self confidence, and they airily
tell US that we know not how to speak
or pronounce our own language, and
that to mend orr ways we should take
lessons of Bostonites or the Dutch
Irish English and altogether cosmopo-
litin people Of New York. We may
needs vince a little under these stric-
lures, for our withers are not by any
eigner who has made only literary
study of English it is certain that our
pronunciation. or rather our many and
discordant methods of pronunciation,
or rather our many and discordant
methods of pronunciation, must appear
very illogical and very Iudicrous.
1t is not alone clergymen who dIswl
The church service and humble their
sermons it is not alone school children
VINO are taught to read in monOtonous
sing-soDg it is not alone young ladies
who, through affectation. lisp or
mince their words, but it is the great
body OF English people-sye, of educa-
ted English people-who habitually
stammer before they can find the word
who rarely pronounce their final conso-
nants, who slur and shuttle their sy la
bles into one another, who almost in
variably put the wrong EMPHASIS on the
chic: members of phrase, and who, II
they do not absolutely chew and swal-
low the ends of their vocables, as the
modern Greeks, do, utter them in such
a disjointed and slipshod fashion as to
make them more than half unintelligI-
BILE to the foreign ear. This is why it
may be quite feasible for Frenchman
to live seventeen years in England with
out being able 70 understand English.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-08-30

Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy No.
cure for Catarrh, Diphtheria' OAn',, .,sr
and Headache. With each not-7 r
an ingenious Nasal Injector 'o' I'D
successful treatment Of th-sr - ~. >
without extra charge. Pr'ce J' ''1
by DR.. T. j. Dawson.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-08-30
The Uuderbred Girl.

There are some things that stamp the
underhred girl like sigu-manual.
She gigles, for instance, stuff. her
handkerchief into her mouth, and wears
her gloves with one thumb out and
bare. She is usually dressed as nearly
in the height of the fashion as her
knowledge and circumstances permit.
even IL her "things" are pinned togeth-
era pin always answering for a stitch
with her. In the street she is always
more ar less conscious OF her clothes.
throws about side glances that, how
ever, innocent, expose to misconcep-
tion, and receives amiably glances that
would be Insulting IL she knew enough
TO be insulted instead Of hattered by
them. In the house she sits with her
feet pushed out or her kuees crossed,
and one foot high in the air she has a
finger in her mouth, or thrusts her
tongue into the side of il she bites
her nails, scratches her face, or keeps
her hands az work on her lips or chin
or eyes. she is rather fond OF perfumes,
~ AANAA AbAlOWAuk ucE d5 she
moves, with the suggestion of burned
sugar that belongs to the cheap kind,
she is usually obliged to content herself
with she wears cotton lace. and all
sorts of shsms in jewelry and adorn>
ment and so long as her exterior sat
isles her, her unseen under-clothing is
OF no consequence. In her conversa-
tion, too she affects the knowledge of
the world which expresses itself in
slang, and not sentence escapes her
lips that is not savored with the spice
of this misuse Of English. She may be.
with all this. the soul of kindness.
wasm-heartedness, and even of good
principle in general but she is an exs
ceedingly uncomfortable, mortifying,
and distasteful person TO be thrown
with to any extent in daily life.