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Telegram-herald., 1890-05-26
THE OPERA HOUSE LECTURE.
A Very Large House Turns Out to Hear
Dr. Charles Watts.

Dr. w
The audience that attended the
lecture Of DR.. Watts, at Powers Opera
House, last evening, was one TO make
an orators mouth water, and what
they got from the orator was enough TO
make rational mans eyes water. Very
many of the luscious fruits of
Christianity were skilltully scattered
at OppOrtune stages IN the proceedings
as II they were the fresh
products of secular thought, and many
IN the audience believed them to be so.
Some metaphysical commOn-places also
took their stand as marvels Of secular
revelation, butt which are rs familiar
20 students as the CopernlCan theory.
The speaker began by saying that re-
ligiOn, in It's highest and most beautiful
sense, was possible without belief in
God. lie himself would neither affirm
nor deny God; but he said that
lis existence or nOn-eIistence was not
4 practical factor in llie. He said that
religion means, when defined ctymol-
ogcally and not by the dictionary of
the church, 2 re-bindng or tying up.
There g q true aud q false religion.
The true religion Is this. Take your
very highest aspirations and loves and
convictions, and tie yourself to
that, and that will be your re-
lgion. But he who binds HIM
SELF 10 ~ --akuOWe~.e GCt ---th
-Jrds vc fear is the yotary of a false
religion. Ihe cod religion does not
ncccsxtate character. 4 scathiug in
dIctmcut was made of the church for
IFS many shortcomings, and many quo
tatlous were made from Christian writ
,ugs to prove the truth of what he SAID.
Hss c0lc.usion was that "the church
wa made ur tapping MS own head Of
Intellectual uobOdIes.
We do up lace curtains, pillow shams,
.amb-equ.us, etc.
Telegram-herald., 1890-05-26
4 Remarkable Coincidence.

A double arrest was made early
yesterday morning. L. L. Chapman
and Nettie Mcclure were found TO be
dlsorderly at the very same moment,
on Louis-st., and were both taken 70
the lock up. Mrs. Chapman Will make
n complaint against her husband this
morning.
Telegram-herald., 1890-05-26
TWO MEN EASY TO GET.
They Are In Jail, But win be Wanted
when They Get Oat.

H. B. Mcclure, the toughest old
rascal that the town contains, Will be
let out of jail June 4. He wall 60 right
back again, however, for sssaultIng a
man IN Dudley place.
Dennis Bozoski now is in the Detroit
House OF Correction, for the larceny OF
IRON from the Cable Company, on a
ninety days sentence, June 80. A war
rant for another larceny will face him
on his release.
Telegram-herald., 1890-05-26
A rAYLoR AND A COOPER


Ata c2ncs Al Boyl&lsds Bal on
Graadv.lls-4ye-, o. sunday mornlng, >
rosbeEy occurred Sasca goI Oecfss
TayloE sna Wa. Cooper INTO u'ouo-s
"a ss2y QUl1k
Ias t0c soEEBssS nasnu0asc klcSeo
I'd row, ana ~ toe flacas the door
keeper, named fitzgerald. Was rs-leFs3
81 as Eaton. he uGnedlat report
ed tAs SrfslT a. pollos headquarters
aid OElcsEs Srzst and Gates went &c" z
10 see sboot T. They returned VITA
IT, men ana locked them up. A chaFse
Of roboeTy wlll be made against them.
i TIE matter eoatlnues % took ss p4a
thls morning as Il c.d yesgSrGay.
Telegram-herald., 1890-05-26
THE EARTH QUAKED.
Tue Earthquakes scare the Good People
of GI0sSTssills.

GLoyERsvILIE, y. Y. Nay 25.-At z
O'Clock this morning thiseltY Was VISITED
with Il severe shock Of earthquake.
large buildings were shaken, people
were thrown out Of chairs ana out OF
bed. and quantities OF glassware shat
tered. The earthquake was preceded
by a loud rumbling sound, at the same
moment fire bells rang out and the
whole city turned out, the excitement
beng intense. Another shock OF earth
quake was felt about noon. The shock
Was the most severe ever felt IN thls
vicinity.
Telegram-herald., 1890-05-26

We are prompt IN getting out work
We am 10 please the public.
NJ gGER's LAUNDRY.
Telegram-herald., 1890-05-26
Once Well Known; Now Forgotten.

NJ Catacazy is dead. and probably few
know or care who he was. Yet not many
years ago he held the post Of ambassador
extraordinary ard minister plenipoten-
tiary from Russia to the United States.
and American papers printed columns
be presented TO Washington society as
his wife. The scandal connected with
his domestic affairs resulted in his retire
nent from the diplomatic service. and ha
spent the later years Of his life as one Of
the editors Of The Paris Figaro.
Telegram-herald., 1890-05-26

Tie Toss Up" Clgar IS nof a competition
against any other - bTsns. RAJ al ice branc.
because it > equal 80 ady ia cigars on the
marker
Telegram-herald., 1890-05-26

For fresh tomatoes, summer squash,
celery and cauAhoWer go 70 ElLOtt a
Co
Telegram-herald., 1890-05-26

Every sack Of LILY WHITE FLOUR
has a picture of our mill. None SAaulne
without il.
VALLEY CITY MILLING Co.
Telegram-herald., 1890-05-26

Bethesda water and ginger ale at
Elliott & Co.'S.
Telegram-herald., 1890-05-26

Flora A. Jones "Blush Of Roses" is
the finest of toilet articles. For sale BY
Peck Bros.
Telegram-herald., 1890-05-26

We do up lace curtains, pillow shams,
.amb-equus, etc.
NUVGER' LAUNDRY.
Telegram-herald., 1890-05-26

Lily White flour,
Made by Valley City Milling Co, Grand
Rapids, IS a family favorite. Try it.
Telegram-herald., 1890-05-26

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Propretors.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-10
MARRYING A TITLE.
How and Why Mary Jane Briggs
Became Lady Fanfare.

Lord Fanfare was the fourteenth
peer who had borne that noble title.
There was nothing very remarkable
about Lord Fanfare; he was an easy
going old boy. don't think that at
any period Of his career he would ever
have set the Thames on fire IL he had
tried; but / am very, very certain
that he never did try. The Fanfares
were not a rich family: they had
been courtiers for generations, and /
don't think they got much out of it
Old Fanfare himself, when he only
held the complimentary title of Lord
Tootle, had been a royal page, and
had commenced life as a courtier;
then he went into th c guards; and
then he did the wisest thing he ever d;d
In his lie. he boited with the daughter
OF the late proprietor OF the Methu-
selah pill. and he came into hun
dred thousand pounds and the bust
ness. Then young Lord Tootle sold
out of the guards, and settled down at
the age OF thirty-hve to getting as
much fun as possible out of his wife's
fortune and the Methuselah pill. Lord
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-10
ORIENTAL CRUELTY.
An Account of the Ordeal by Boiling OIL
Practicod IN CeyIon-

An account oil the OrdGal bY HkCi4luR Oll
as PrActicod IN CeyIon.
Recently the district judge at Kalu-
tara, in Ceylon, had before him three
persons. including a village headman,
charged with causing grievous hurt
TO four others by requiring them to
plunge their right hands into cal
dron Of boiling OIL The medical evil
dence described the hands as being in
"a sodden, suppurating condition"
the fingers being in some cases de-
formed In all cases the injured per-
sons were unable to follow their ordi-
nary avocations for about q month
The facts OF the case as stated in the
Judgment were these: A woman in
the village had some plumbago and
rice stolen from her; headman made
inquiry. and failing to obtain a clew to
the theft, announced that 1t would be
necessary on the third day to hold an
ordeal by boiling oil This appears
70 be not uncommon custom in re-
mote parts OF the country, and the
formalities are as follows: Some oil
from newly-gathered king cocoanuts
is manufactured by one OF the friends
OF the complainant; this Is poured
into g caldron and heated 10 boiling
point. Each OF the suspected parties
is supposed to dip his hand into the
vessel Of boiling oil and is at liberty to
sprinkle as much of the hot oil as he
brings up with his fingers on the per-
son Of the complainant, who stands
close at hand. ANY exclamation of
pain on the part Of the suspected per-
son is construed into an admission Of
guilt II no such exclamation is made,
the innocence of the party is supposed
to be established.
In the present case the evidence es-
tabli5hed that the pressure on the ac-
cused was not merely moral; they we're
forced to dip their hands into the
burning oil No force seems to have
been used in bringing them to the
scene of the ordeal; they collected
there in response to the orders OF the
headman, who, seated on a platform
opposite the vessel of oil, appears to
have acted as the presiding judge.
Each of the complainants deposed TO
the fact that they were reluctant to
submit TO the ordeal, but were forcibly
dragged up 10 the caldrOn by the
other two accused, and their hands
plunged into the boiling oil. They
/ had sufficient self-control to abstain
! from calling out, except a boy of sew
enteen, who cried out Justify, and was
thereupon pronounced the guilty one.
/ The Judge took the fact that it was &
I custom into account. but refused tC
dismiss the prisoners with q warning
as suggested by their counsel H
! fined them one hundred rupees each
( with the alternative of rigorous i'm
prisonment for ten months.-LondoI
Times
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-10
IRISH COAST POVERTY.
How the Peasants of Bantry Bay Get
Precarious Living.


PrecarIous Living.
Besides fishing Up herring and hake
the poor people at the head Of Bantry
Bay fish up sand. Sand raising, as it
is called, is as important an industry
as catching fish. This kind OF sand,
known sometimes as coral sand, IS
used as farm manure, and costs from
to shillings a boat 1oad-a poor
price considering the toilsome char
acter of the work and cost of the boats
required TO carry it on. a sand-bOat
costs s35 when new and e a year in
repair. The utmost d boat owner or
partner can do in day is to bring 70
shore two boat loads. The proceeds
have 10 be divided among a number Of
workers, while the working season
lasts for a portion of the year only.
In spite of their lifelong labor from
morning to night, in winter and sum-
mer and in calm and in storm. these
Crofter fishermen are in a state of
chronic poverty. They do not live by
their scrappy patches of holdings
They earn with difficulty from the sea
barely enough to buy sleeping room
and foothold on tho land
They even do more than that; they
partly create, with the help OF the sea,
the very soil for which they pay rent
The deposit which they call coral
sand they have used to reclaim these
shores Of rock and bog. They have
used tho seaweed for the same pur-
pose. cutting it up from the deep water
with g primitive machine, which may
be described as "a marine scythe, and
the seaTeed has to be paid for, If not
as p separate item, then as included
in the holding Coral sand, seaweed,
the refuse of house and pig-sty. and
basket loads OF soil found among the
powders. these are the ingredients
out of which, after years of work, the
crofter fishermen have produced the
tiny green patches which dot innumer-
ably the rocky shores and the gray
brown sides of the sterile but incOm-
parably picturesque mountains that
surround Glengraiff. the beautiful
And the dwellings of these hard-work-
ing people! They are more llt for the
pigs that go gruEting and shouting in
and out of them than they are for be-
ings created IN the image of God.
dry stone box with earthen floor anC
without windows. two or three re
cesses stuffed with straw for beds and
the whole filled with peat reek, sucf
is the ordinary type of house where 1
| fisherman and his wife live with hal
| a dozen or more children. In ont
such house which l visited there wer,
seven children.-London Daily News
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-10
FRIDAY. JANUARY TO- 1890

ask the reverend gentleman In the
cab TO step up, and call Parker, my
maid"
Within half an hour Mary Jane
Briggs became Lady Fanfare.
Il wish your Ladyship a very good
morning." said Lord Fanfare I'm
pay off the bill Of sale. and I'll pay
Psalmanezar. and I'll allow your Lady
ship pound q week, and I'm very
much obleeged to your Ladyship-"
And that's how Lord Fanfare got
married and the why and the where
fore OF it; and who shall say that mis-
Lordship was not a hero?-London
World
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-10

Books were scarce in Puritan days
and perhaps that is the reason the.
writers made the most of the titles.
using such choice ones as "a Beaping
Hook Well Tempered for the Stubborn
Ears Of the Coming Crop; or. Biscuits
Baked IN she Oven OF Charity. Care
fully Conserved for the Chickens OF
the Church. the Sparrows OF the
Spirit, and the Sweet Swallows OF Sa.-
vation;" "a Pair of Bellows 10 Blow
on the Dust Cast Upon John Fry
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-10
Doing His Prettiest.

B1r. Budworthy- Rather clever fel-
low, that young Dudelong, don't you
think?
Miss Tewstules--I really couldn't
tell He scarcely uttered a word the
whole time he was here.
Mr.. Budworthy--Sly dog! He knows
when he is at his best. Puck.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-10

1t was only the other day that a
man who swore that he wouldn { cut
his hair until Henry Clay was elected
President thought of way out of it.
He let his wife cut it.-IeXas Siftings.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-10
Abundant and Glossy,

hv, !. has given my ratlrer stunted mus
tagaC a respectable length and appear
luge. - n. Brittou, Oakland, Ohio.
NY hair was coming out (withoIt
any assistance from my wife, either).
I tr.,d Ayers Hair Vcor, using only
one bottle, and / now haze a. tue a
head u hair as any ono could wish for"
-E. T. SchmittOu, Dickson, Tenn.
"T have used Ayers Hair Vigor in my
iu..y for number OF years, and re-
Eart it as the best hair preparation
know ~. y keeps the scalp clean, the
hp.r a1,J and lively, and preserves the
u-~n.I 0p4Or Ny wife has used it for
bong umo with most satisfactory re-
..a -- BanWnju NJ. Johnson, NJ. D.,
Thomas Hiu, No.
Ms hair was becoming harsh and dry.
ggi l.,Hr using half a bottle Of Ayers
Hair N.-r- grew black md glossy.
.Naa., yEpl.,s the Soy and gratitude I
t'r.' -Aa"H.C. Hardy, Delavan, III.
Ayers Hair vigOr,
rCErAEED BY
Or. !, G. Ayor 5 Co., Lowell. Mass.
sofa sy Druggists and PernIners.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-10

For Fancy work for IN Holidays, largest
a.,artnFnts OF Ribbons aud Pushes at
sgss'a' low prices.
HagdEsrchisfs sud Nuu-rs, special sale
N these Departments. all new desigus and
=. money saving prices.
Write our Mall Ordec Department for
ssupI-s or information.
Catalogue free ur0n ysquess
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-10

Business items. nrst insertion loo. per line eash
subsequc ucnt insertion SC. per Hn0.
Admin istI A1oT and Exec Gtor'G No 5ees 50
A6o1toTs Notloss- .-....-s-ss= 1uo
STRAY and similar Notices ......... 70
80 Reso4slt10as OF proceeding OF dDy oTSOT0fsoa
Socsstg, 1J Communications SsFtSne6 effsn
fioE 20 as p0ffsr Of salls6 iaeIvtduGI tntss e.
MAST 6s BclS JO1 a. GdvevtfSerseafs.
JoB PRINTING OF all kinds neatly and expSdi-
ously executed 81 lowest prices DOp'tyon forge
L.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-10
srBaaiarToS RATFS ga

some rare Dress Goots BNrRA'ns for this
.r suon unusual values as Will make
,.,5s lively is thsse Departments.
% p,s 80 inch TTIcats at IS cents-ail
Al .sasogabls colors, good seryiceable fa>
,,, adapted for sctoel and house wear
y,,a tbe width 80 Dcaes, rs cents.
-, pc, double width suitl7gs In choice
now colorlags, ~ cents.
rsr,s 10, Of Scotch, German and French
pI,,ds. ~ inches vide, all wool, very styl-
r.b and Elective IS cents. regular price has
,..n 81 25. These are piuus for shrewd
buyers.
~ .bades OF 40 inch all wool solored
C..rugres at IS cents, special value AID
,,poI 20 quality, usually sold at IS cents.
Ang.s-r line or 4o inch coIored Cash
mere. a. IS cents. worth 81 90
For Uouasv Presents in these Dres:
e.rls Drpsr tmen,s. We have put up 500
Dr.s. Patterns W neat attractive boxes
r..ir rol0rs and combinations to sell 70
ssoom5l2OO for the suit pattern. EVerl
one o. these suit patterns at special Low
prcss
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-10

render the old so't and shiny. Fer
keeping eho scalp clean. cool, and
healthy. there IS no better preparation
In the market.
"T am fFoo % confess that a trial OF
Ayers Hair NiEOr has convinced me
that 10 is r-uuine article. It's use has
not only caused the hair Of my wife and
daughter 70 be
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-10
-Adver. tisin q Hates.

The largo and reliable circulation o. tho OAM
RHIA FEERnAN oomme ends It to tho avOrnplo con
sideratfon Of sayerttsers. whose M win bein.
serted at tue f5il0wfng low rates
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-10

enhance personal
beauty IS the daily
use Of Ayers Hair
Vigor. No matter
what the color OF
the hair, this prepa-
ration gives it a lus-
tire and pliancy that
adds greatly 70 its
charm. Should the
hair be thin, harsh,
dry, or turning gray,
Ayers Hair Vigor
Will restore the
color, bring out q
new growth, and
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-10
Beauty

Is desired and admired by all. Among
the things which may best be done 70
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-07-11
MANAGER PELHAM,s STATEMENT.
Almost HearGbroken over His
 Trouble and Disgrace.

Almost HearGbroken Over His
 Trouble and Disgrace.
 George l.. Pelham, who is now in jail on a civil process brought by B. Shonin- ger 6 Co. talked freely to reporter last night and seemed to feel heavily his dis grace.
 "It's the old story" said he. "I awoke one morning to find myself in debt to my employers more than could pay. The mistake made was that I did not at once make the fact known, but proud and sensitive man shrinks from such a course and grasps at every straw. I struggled along trying my best to rectify my error, and was just beginning to see my way clear when the exposure came. Every cent of my indebtedness was caused by family expenses. have a wife and four children and we have had more than our share of sickness and trouble. My salary was small for a man in my position. At first it was SIS week, then $21 and lately it has been $25. The Waterbury business has always been profitable to the Shonin- gers. The weekly collections have been from $500 to $500 after paying the eX- penses of the store. Some men are tinanciers, others are not. 1 understand the selling of pianos, but l am not sue cess in running a business. For this reason got behind and have been strug- gling to catch up. I own a little house just in the suburbs of Waterbury which is worth S3,000. It was mortgaged to an old lady for $1 ,500, but when real ized the plight was in, l joined a loan association and borrowed $1 800 on the property. paid the old lady $1 ,5O0, for 1 preferred to have an association stand as mortgagee if any trouble came. Of the $500 remaining, $200 was used to re- duce my indebtedness to the Shoningers. I have never gambled nor speculated and have not laid aside dollar. Mana ger Day, who ran the business before I did, was in debt to almost everyone in Waterbury. He borrowed money wherever he could and left many bills behind him when he ran away. I could have done the same thing if I had meant to be dishonest. There have been many times when I could have made away with many thousands of dollars. But had no intention to defraud and won't run away. l wish that could have a chance to clear myself. The place to do it is in Waterbury where think 1 have friends and where know people think well of me. I think the Shoningers would have done better in the end if they had given me position, not of responsibility, but which would give me a chance to do the business for which am fitted. If Mir Sonnenberg, MT Shoninger's son-in-law, had been at home instead of in Europe 1 think this might have been arranged. I would go back to Waterbury where I have kept myself straight and paid my bills and work to pay back what I have taken. The equity in my house is worth $1 200 and this they can have even to the fur niture and bed clothing. suspect that the firms lawyer thinks I have money secreted somewhere, but I haven't a dollar.''
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-07-11
CONNECTICUT COPPER.

A Promising Vein Struck in the
 Mine at East Bristol.
 The Weekly Record of New Haven, which is usually careful in its state ments, says
 "A promising vein of ore has just been struck in the copper mines of the Bristol Copper and Silver Mining company, on the sixty-foot level. The miners are now at work upon the face of a vein of copper rock at this point which is over twenty feet in width. The prospects for the mine were never SO encouraging as now, since the re-opening of the old mines.
 If it should happen that copper was mined in paying quantities in any part of Connecticut, the result would un- occasionally be a lively mining boom in the state, for in several places there are numerous indications which would be worked for all they were worth if any one of them showed paying results. The owners of property in the southern part of this town still believe that the land is rich in ore.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-07-11
ACCIDENT AND INCIDENT.
Wreck on the Housatonic Road Near
 Bridgeport.

Wreck on the HousatonIc Road Near Bridgeport.
 A local freight on the Housatonic road met with an accident while entering Bridgeport yesterday at o'clock. A broken brake became caught in a switch near Hall street, the switch opened and four cars went of the track and were badly smashed. Flying splinters broke window of the Aluminium company and frightened the employees. One car ran into the shed of the Housatonic Ice company and two brakemen had very narrow escapes. Travel was delayed several hours.
 News has been received in New Haven of the death by suicide of William Muhl- ner, a former member of the the New Haven police force. He was keeping a saloon in San Francisco. His term as patrolman in New Haven was about lS64-7O.
 Daniel Martin, aged 75, farmer liv- ing on the outskirts of Rockville, fell from load of hay yesterday, and re- ceived injuries which will probably cause his death.
 Yesterday Charlie Wheeler, son of Commodore Wheeler of the New Haven Yacht club, accompanied by a sailor, was flying over the sound off Stony creek in his fathers yacht when a sud den squall capsized the craft. By jump ing from the boat as it keeled over and keeping perfectly cool, the boy and his companion managed to keep afioat until small boat manned by friends rescued them. The sound was very rough yes terday, and few watermen ventured to risk a sail in a small boat.
 A young colored child named Carpen- ter, had narrow escape from instant death at New Milford, yesterday. A young man was standing near fooling with pistol when the weapon was acci- dentally discharged. The bullet grazed the child's head, tearing up the scalp, but it did not inflict serious wound. The child was in it's mothers arms at the time and was terribly frightened.