davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1890-03-07

mo lnJu6tiucho0 10 6af0aukn con que
bajo sl snpuesto arr6ns0 de existir
aquella prohibition, ss ha hecho ID
aperture del Banco.
a.--Que siendo como ss notoria
10 depreciation en- el exterior, no solo
de la plata mexicans, sino de- todaa las
monsdas de ese metal, reeonocida, co.
mo ha sido "a por el Gobierno desds
1886, la crisis monetaria que pof efecto
dc esa depreciation viene AtFavessndo
10 Pfoyincis; no habiendo servido a
coniurafla, sino antes bisn ( agravArla,
la t&cita prohibition que On el deCreto
de Is de Novismbrs de dicho afio ae
hiso de ID introduction de monedas de-
plata mexicanas; autofixada como fut
la circulation legal de estss , otras
extranjeras, tan solo provisionalm ente
y en- tsnto que 10 Ley de las monedas
referidas no variase en- t6Fminos de
producir perjuicios, y sisndo como SON
innegsbles los que vienen suftiendo el
Oomercio = 10 riquesA pdblicA pos|
aQnellA varisci6n, no es menos eviden.
to 10 conveniencia , necssidad de que
en- 81 pIaxo mas breve possible Sc dele
sin efeoto 10 sutorixaci6n concedida pa.
ra IL circulation de monedas extranie-
ras en- esta Isla con 81 valor Official que
se les sensl6 en- las Reales 6rdensa tle
20 dc NOyiembre de 1897 y 20 de Fe-
brero de 1875 y pos 81 dacreto del Go.
bierno General de esta PEovincia de rs
de Noviemhre de 1885; de que as ALL
ce d prohibiCi6n do introducir las gls
plata snsxicana, y sssn ias tlahas 4 ella
squivsItntes, prsscritas 81 Il altimO|
decrstc eitAdo, J q que u selAhIrneA
el patron do orc n elOnal en estn yaln
haio tipoa eonvsnii Btsa para heilitaf|
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-24

strange memories drifted through his
brain. As the lady's eyes looked down
on him with a sad, mournful expression
her lips seemed 10 part as If about Go
speak, and Mr.. Founder, entranced-
like, waited for the music of her words.
And, while he waited, his visitor of last
night once more took shape, and, slowly
unfolding on the canvas before him,
merged into and became one with the
beautiful lady painted thereon. Once
more there fell on the enraptured listen
er's ear, the words: Mr.. Founder, / am
your true love. -
Not until the last echoes of those
thrilling notes had died away in his ears
did Mr.. Founder rouse from his trance
and he looked about him with a be-
wildered air.
All the people had gone away from the
picture, and were scattered about 1t
was some time, however, before he re-
allied how matters stood At last a look
OF relief and triumph passed over his
face. lie had discovered the portrait of
his true love He was on the track at
last He could easily find out whose the
portrait was, and then all he had 10 do
was 10 find out her address and go and
throw himself down at her feet. 4 few
simple questions and all was done. His
bosom heaved at the thought.
Looking round, he espied an official
of the place. Crossing over To him Mr.
Founder asked, with bated breath.
whose portrait that Vas yonder.
Mary Queen of Scots" was the la
comic reply.
a thrill of happiness and pride com
bincd pervaded Mr.. Founder. His as
pirarions had not scared 10 the majesty
of a crown. Visions of himself and hi
love seated on a throne rose before him
as he inquired where she lived.
Liver echoed the Official, reused
from his apathy; ''she doesn't live at al,
She dead, man.7
..Dead?' 1t seemed to Mr.. Flouu5cr
as If he had heard his own knoll, and
his visage perceptibly heightened as hu
asked when she died
Let me see" said the other in q lack
adaisical voice, and referring 70 a bcc,s
which he held in his hand, ''on the ST.
Of February, 1881"
Mr. Founders eyes filed to burstiny
as he next inquired, in tones husky from
emotion, what she died of.
''She didn't die of any thing said the
official, looking hard at him; lat least,
AOL tAsACLAA- lltT nesAl VAS cut OIL
What for?" was the next question.
more huskily than ever. He could
scarcely speak now.
Il can't tell you that" said the other.
Il amt up in these things. / suppoe-
whoever cut II of thought She had il or
long enough, anyhow. That's al know
about the lady, sir"
Thanking the Official for his lnforma-
tion in voice that was barely audible
Mr.. ElOundcr moved slowly away.
As he crossed over and rozed on tho
picture fer the last time he realized tho
gulf between him and his decapitatCd
adored. But he could not help thinking
how different things might have been
but for that obstacle. And. as he sadly
retraccd his steps homeward, he felt az
gricved. He felt that his ancestors wcrc
10 blame; that they had done him al
irreparable injury in not having hurried
him into existence three centuries
earlier in the worlds history.-Bel-
Crayia.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-24

their old uneasiness at our hidden pres
ence, and we, judging IL was time 10
have some sport in our own behalf, sent
a volley of shot into them. Three Of
the beautiful, stately creatures fell
plunging 20 the ground in the death
agony, while a fourth, a splendid buck
and the leader Of the herd, was making
a succession OF agOnizing springs to fol-
low his companions that had dashed
down the glen with the laundering tread
of a troop Of cavalry. The three fatally
wounded elks died as we watched them,
and 4 couple of well-directed shots
brought down the fourth, 50 we bound
them and the wolves to the horses and
turned our faces homewsrd, feeling that
our wolf hunt on the whole might be
considered successful.
We issued from the glen and took 70
the open road. We had our attention
attracted by a low growing and moan
ing in the undeTbrush TO our right
Stopping TO investigate the cause Of this.
we discovered a white wolf rolling over
and over on the ground, tearing at its
shoulder, in which was a gaping, irregu-
lar wound, torn by a glancing shot. We
decided that this must be the wolf that
Mr.. T had fired q as il broke away
from the elks, and that his shot must
have taken effect after all. At any rate
Mr.. T claimed the wolf as his, and.
drawing his long hunting-knife, walked
up TO il, and, STOPPING down, was about
70 finish the animal by cutting its
throat But the creature, though weak
encd and exhausted by the loss of blood,
appeared maadened by the pain, and as
Mr. 7 bent over it sprung at his
face. Mr.. T threw up his arm, and
the teeth OF the wolf nearly metin it,
jerking him, from the suddenness Of the
attack, from his STOPPING posture, so
that he fell forward on the
body Of the wolf. The two rolled over
and over on the ground, Mr.. T try
ing 70 disengage his arm and get at his
knife which had fallen from his grasp as.
he fell, and the animal, in an agong Of
pain grasping the arm desperately and
holding il in his vise-like jaws. The
rest of the party were afraid TO fire for
fear Of hitting the gentleman, but Ma
jOr C-and your correspondent, watch
ing every favorable opportunity, plunged
their knives into the animals every
presenting part, until at last. nearly
hewed TO pieces, the wolf, with one
final plunge, fell over dead. Mr. T
was by this time insensible from pain,
and his arm hung limp in the VOLTS
jaws, that We're fairly locked in the flesh
and had 70 he broken apart before they
could be disengaged. Fortunately only
the fieshy part of the arm had been
caught, the bone escaping; and, though
the wound was a severe and painful one.
there was no danger from il. The skin
Of the wolf-a magnificent one-now
adOrns his hall, and, no doubt, never
fails TO remind him Of his singular and
most iancernIls al,.rt-rlrn
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-24
STAMP SIGNATURES.
Why No Firm or Person Can Recognize
Them with Safety.

Them with SAFETY
All business men should take warning
against stamped signatures from the
huge swindle perpetrated not long ago
on the Indiana insane asylum officials,
by some forger who passed large num-
Der Of checks on the merchants Of that
city. 1t is supposed that the stamp Of
that institution was cOunUerfeitel and
that all the checks have originated from
the same person. The checks were made
payable TO different persons and were
cashed by merchants who sold the bearer
a small bill of goods and paid the re
mainder of the check in cash. Every
bank in the city but one received the
bogus checks on deposit from customers.
There IS no clew to the forger. He did
his work speedily, secured q large
amount of money from the guileIess
merchants of the Hoosier metropolis and
left for another field of labor before his
forgeries had been discovered. 1t is es-
timated that the losses from this one
stamp will amount TO many thousands OF
dollars.
All business mon or organizations, who
acknowledge the genuinencss Of a
stamped signature by using it in the
transaction of business, are Just as liable
for the full amount of d check or note
stamped by that signature as they would
be If the signature had been written by
their own hands. The United States
Government Will not accept Il stamped
signature from any bank or Government
official. The stamped signature has
come to be quite generally recognized in
business circles, but II Is a source Of dis
aster that should be speedily abolished.
Courts would certainly hold that if a
stamp was acknowledged as a genuine
signature by any person or firm, that
person or firm is responsible for the
stamped signature when check or note
stamped therewiJh is in the hands Of an
innocent party. 1t is only another feat
ure of the innocent purchaser decis-
ion of the courts. 1t is a fruitful field
for sllillful forgers, and the burden Of
proof would be on the owner of the orig
inal stamp TO prove that the stamp
which deceived the merchant, bank
cashier or other person was a forgery.
Any person who can gain access To
| your stamp can very easily place you in
| trouble. No person or firm can recog-
! nize stamped signature with safety
Des Moines (la.) Register.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-24

Two ladies, while walking in Regent
street, London. were accosted by a man,
who equested them 10 buy beautiful lit
tie dog, covered with long white hair,
which he carried in his arms. They pass
ing on without needing him. he followed
and repeated his entreaties: they looked
at the animal, and were at last persuaded.
The man took il homo FOR them, re-
ceiyed the money, and left the dog in
the arms of the ladies. A short time
elapsed, and the dog, which had mean
while been very quiet, in spite Of a
restless, bright eye, began to show
symptoms OF uneasiness, and as he ran
about the room exhibited some unusual
movements, which rather alarmed the
fair purchasers At last, TO their great
dismay, the new dog ran squeaking up
one of the window curtains, SO that
when the gentleman returned home a
few minutes after, he found the ladies
in CONSERVATION, and right glad to have
his assistance. He vigorously seized
the animal, and taking out his pen
knife commenced cutting off its cover
ing, thereby displaying a large rat to
their astonished eyes, and, of course, to
its own destruction.-N. y. Ledger.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-24
OLD MOTHER GOOSE.

will name you the greatest OF all poetesses,
And you'll own that I'm right when do,
Though you probably couldn't in twenty-five
guesses
Hit her name should ask it Of you
Mrs. Hemans2 or Sappho1 CT sweet Liza COoks
Mrs. BrowninRg the Careyss No use;
II is strange you're so dull when you've all
seen her book
am thinking OF Old Mother Goose.
But should you dispute me million bright
wiIi Join, am sure, on my side.
And Wen claim that no poet has more loving
readers
And none reputation so wide.
How the little ones struggle when sly spider
Sleep
Has them all tangled Up to get loosei
For they want Just as long as their pretty eyes
"one more story from Old Mother Goose"
OF her poems, how many are great master
pieces!
Not one, but dozen at least
There's Old Mother Hubbard, whose trouble
increases;
Jack Spratt and his sensible feast:
And the woman who ran her head fooIishIy
through
Matrimonys untieabIe moose.
And settled Tor life IN that wonderful shoe
They're all there in OLD Mother Goose.
Then herfancy' fountain OF pleasure uufaiIing,
And her Pegasus often mounts high;
In the case OF the witch Who on brooIns went n
sailing
She takes US clear up 20 the Sky.
And those three learned men who a-cruising
would go,
And thought a tub fitted their use.
Their whole trip IS left 10 the fancy, You know
Such shrewd one is Old Mother Goose
Dear poet OF babyhood! OFT in the city
Your verses are thought Of, ! vcen;
When the care-worried merchant huns softly
some ditty,
IT'S his mothers face rises serene.
How pure were the counseIs that Iong-Iost one
Favei
For his faults he can find no excuse.
When he visits In spirit a far-Jistaut grave,
Led thithcr by Old Mother Goose.
Al, me- where's the hardened and worldly wise
sinner
tAud We all of Us sin less or Ulorel
Who'd refuse To asaiu be little beginner,
Learned only in chfldhood's sweet lore2
How many could start on a far better way,
or their GIFTS put 10 worthier use.
Could they fut themselves back in that limo
cent day
When they marveIed At Ola Mother Goosef
George Horton, IN Chicago Herald
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-24
SIMPLIFIEO BURGLARY.
The New Departure Made by Ingen-
Ious Cincinnati Safe-BreAker.

Human ingenuity Is more deviIish
than angelic, and is more alert to de-
stroy than to create. 1t is a general
proposition that what one man may do
another can undo, it being easier some
what to mar than to make. For years
lock-smiths and safe-builders have
racked their brains and employed
their cunning TO devise a safe that
should be absolutely burglar as well
as ire-proof. As the builders have
improved their steel castings and COM
binations, time-locks, ETC., the burglar
has bettered his tools or extended his
methods OF operation and it has
been found that, given a fair show,
the burglar will get into any safe that
can be set against him In recent
years high degree of perfection in
the construction of safes has been ar
rived at, and many good men put their
money confidently into the latest i'm
proved receptacles, convinced that no
burglar has the art to penetrate the
chilled arcanum. But baffied in one
way the expedient burglar goes ener-
getically and diligently to work in
another.
III S4uC4undIl tue OIHef n4RnI ne
operated upon a safe that was obdurate
to the usual methods of persuasion.
The sale was not to be opened with
tools, nor was there much temptation
to drill holes into it and blow il open
with powder or dynamite The job
was to be done expeditiously and noise
lessly- Ergo, the burglar. brought to
bear the powerful clamp in general
use in safe factories, simple and ef-
fective instrument, by the aid of which
the spindle was pulled entirely out of
the lock, the tumblers of the lock al
lowed to drop down, after which the
safe bolts were drawn by the mere
turning of the knob. The clamp is a
heavy bar of steel bent in the form of
a half square. with a threaded hole in
the stem through which winds the
steel lever rod At one end OF the rod
is a ball and wise that seizes upon the
knob, and when the operator vigorous
ly plies his lever and begins to unwind
the thread rod, something is found to
yield. and naturally it is the cast-iron
knob and its fastenings
The Cincinnati experiment was thor
oughly successful, and Will probably
be the signal to the fraternity through
out the country how to argue with a
stubborn lock. The method Is simpler
and safer than the old explosive style,
and knocks into shadOwy perspective
the tedious and time-consuming drill
system.-Chlcago Inter Ocean.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-24
THE FROLICsOME FROG.
An Entertaining and Instructive Chapter
of Natural History.

An entertaining ana Instructive ( I'm HLeE
OF Natural History.
The frog Is a very curious animal re-
sembIng the toad, but it has an advau-
tage over the toad in that it can swim.
1t has a long pair of legs in the rear and
deep bass voice in front. Some people
admire the frogs voice but that de-
pends upon the kind Of mnsic they were
brought up to: others admire the hind
legs of the frog. This is owing 20 the
style of beef they have been used 10.
An appetite for frogs legs IS apt TO be
hereditary. and not acquired al one sit
ting.
A frog. in the first STAGES OF It's career,
gives no hint as to what IL VIII cveutu-
ally become. AS far as looks 90, one
would suppose II was going TO be q cat
fish. It spends the first days Of its life
swimming about in some pool, waggiug
the small tail that accompanies it. by
and by a pair Of legs begin TO stick ont
from under it's vest; these IL uses for a
time 70 kick with, and then moves them
up TO the shoulders TO make way for its
| long and esculent hind legs. 1t is then
that the frog shakes Its tail, quits wa
! ter except for bathing purposes, and be-
! comes an article Of commerce.
The frog figures largely in fairy-tale
! literature, where he is usually described
as a young fellow who has determined
that it is his time to go wooing, and con-
| sequently gets himself in trouble.
! The largest frogs weigh from six TO
| eight tons. They are railroad frogs
| Texas Siftings.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-24

"A Texas debating society IS sUrug-
Cling with the question: is there
future life for girafIes!' They seem 20
be constructed with special reference TO
the necks world.-Texas Sifungs.
"A good invention. - Edison has Il
new invention whereby you can see a
mans face miles away" said Smith
Mrs. Smith-"Oh, how nice James
you viii buy one, won't you? You
can then stay in at nights and still see
the man. American Commercial
Traveller
Boy (hurriedly) Gimme a bottle
of DR.. Quacker's cough -sirup. Mr..
Squills." Squins-''A dollar and
quarter, please" Boy epro0chluuy)
-"Sayl This amt for a customer; it's
for Mr.. Menthol. on the corner. I'm
the boy in his drug store. Squilis-
"Oh, excuse mel 1 thought YOU were
the public Thirty i've cents, please. -
Lowell Citizen.
Mrs Jason-"It really Is a pity
that the papers have te devote so
much space TO scandal" N. Jason
1T is, indeed. BY the way, did you
see any thing in the paper about
: Wickwire leaving town the other day
with a married woman?' Mrs. Jason
/ MOI Tell me about it, quick Who
/ was she?' Mr., Jason-"His wife. =
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-24
WHAT is GOOD 2


What Is the real goodg'
ask In musing mood.
Order, said the law court;
knowledge, said the school;
Truth, said the wise man;
Pleasure, said the fool;
Love, said the maiden;
Beauty, said the page;
Freedom, said tho dreamer;
Home, said the sage;
Fame, said the soldier:
Equity, the seer
SpalIe my heart full sadly
The answer is not here"
Then within my bosom
Softly this I heard:
Each heart holds the secret;
Kindness is the word"
John Boyle O'Reiny, in Georgetown College
journal
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-24

been saving wood" inquired
the caller. ''Worse than that
panted the bank president wiping the
nerspiration from his brow and throw
ing himself exhausted into a chalr'
II have been talking to a LADY de-
nositor. Whewl'-Chicago Tribune.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-24

The attorney for the defense is de-
hvering a long-winded argument for his
client, in the midst OF which the Judge
goes 20 sleep with your permission, =
says the attorney, intorrupting his flow
of eloquence and addressing the States
attorney, Il VIII continue my speech
when the court wakes up" States at
torney (politely)-''As you please, sir;
but don't think the court will wake up
until you get through. Truth
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-24

Business Items first insertion 100. per line each
subsequent insertion SC. per line.
Administrators and Exec ators No IcC5. ..... 20
auulVoI Notices... .-.....-...7 s..---s.r-- 2uO
STRAY and similar Notices.. ...-..... 90
EE- ResOIflOzs or proceedfre Of asly corBorafion
OF socaefg, al communications des3gHcd 10 cal Gtfe
u0I 70 AZ matter ol hDaated or indt1iGua flfe
must De pdtd JOf c. advertisements.
jon PRINTING OF all kinds neatly and ezpedi-
ously executed al lowest prices. DOn'tycu forge
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-24
~ SUBSCRIPTIONS RATES. -ss
Established 1850.
Jos, Horne & Go,
PENN AVE. STORES.

There are
Mail Order Departments
claiming to afford
the same advantages
to out Of town buyers
that ARE afforded by
OUR MAIL ORDER DEPARTMENT.
Ours has proven its claim;
others have not.
None can offer greater advan-
tages; few as good or as many.
Advantage of
an unlimited stock
Of medium and fine
DRESS GOODS AND SILKS.
Hundreds and hundreds Of
styles plain and fancy Dress
| Goods, from 25c to $4 a yard,
IN every weave and color
Of the choicest wool fabrics.
Black Dress Silks, SOC to 81
s yard.
Br',,Je Black SILKS 81 % $50.
| ne hes, "tiuluct'' 81 Black
SIk ever sold. Worth a. 50 az least.
Just as complete stocks
in all lines of Dry Goods.
Entire stock in the
Cloak Department
| REDUCED.
Catalogue mailed free
upon request.
Where prices are lower
than the Catalogue quotes,
Tou get the benefit, invariably,
as if you shopped personally.
Get the Cloak Catalogue.
| Jc7. Horne & Cos.
GO9-G2l Penn Ave,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-24
Adver tisin Q R ates.

The largo and reliable circulation OF the CA4
BRIA FKEEMAE commends II 20 the favorEple c. a,
siderRtion Of adVertisers whose favors VIII befn.
serted at the following low rates
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-24

F-Disproportionabieness, with TWEEN
ty-one letters, is said to be the longest
English word.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-24

.Jce. Horne & Cos.
GOg-G2l Penn Ave-,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-01-24

The sound OF tho clock in the hall
striking nine reminded him that he had
accepted an invitation TO Mrs. Browns
party that very e<Suing- Hastily put
ting on his dress things, he was soon on
the way 10 his stinaiiOn.E Airs. Brown
was famous for collecting AL the pretty
and fashionable girls TO her parties, and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-01
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