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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-10-16
NOT SUITED TO THE PURPOSE.

This pencil IS too strong for me-"-Lewis Car
roll
The editor struggled in vain with his pen,
In only one way would IL willingly move;
He made beginning again and again,
And then said abruptly: Il must be in
Iove."
Yes: this must be why one fair face of all
Between him and his "copy" continually
Pre>cr r;cI itself in the smallest of spaces
And -rliicd at him out Of the clouds when
he slept.
{" The rer6edy's surely before me-rn writer
lie muttered. and seized his recalcitrant
"If ! speak may possibly Illustrate fright,
And Eiris, Us ruic, adore courage in men,
Now raj, editor had a clear title to use
The letters b. y" as attached 10 his
Aud Why should So simple matter confuse
\ mind so long trained 10 direcuness OF aim?
The --i,ters were calling fer coTy-no tine
Wa hi 70 dcbatr, NJ must do IL 1T once.
Perua..s she would fancy it more done in
He murmured: ION, ,chy do I feel like
Ounce.
well simple directnoss, Il may be. Is best;
II might be ornate should call ner : di-
If she loves me, her own heart Will furnish
the rest"
81 love you" he wrote; dearest, will you
be mine.
al have analysed carefully that which feel,
And J give II substantially in the above;
Reply by the messenger TO my appeal.
And state. II you can, return of my love"
He rlused. and then drcanlilv added: "P. S
Write plainly on one side Of paper, and
give
1t need not be published-your name and ad-
dress
1t is merely form. for know where you
live"
The answer came swiftly; he read IL between
Two paragraphs OF L discourse upon banks;
And he stole 10 the shade OF Japaues
screen
Its canciudsd" he saidi shes declined re
with thanl5s."
Margaret Vandegrft, in Century.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-10-16
Sublime Assurance-

The ncrvicst man in America has
been discovered. lie is a tramp. and
when last seen was disappearing
around a corner in Topeka, Kan, one
day lately. lie had entered a restau-
rant and had ordered an elaborate meal
After eating it with great relish he took
his check, walked TO the cashiers desk
and coolly informed him that he had
no money. The cashier put his hand to
a shelf under the desk, produced a
pistol and ordered the man to pay.
What's that the tramp asked, point
ing to the pistol. That, sir" answered
the other, lis revolver" An expires
sion of relief came over the mans face
as he replied: .'0h, don't care straw
for a revolver; 1 thought it was stom-
ach pump. Good afternoon. And he
walked out before the astonished cash
ier could rally from his surprise.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-10-16
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The large ard rel able circUlnficp oftfe CAM
BRIA FHEKNAE commences IL 20 the favorable
cons ration of advertisers whose favoI will be
ins erfed at the following low rates.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-10-16
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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-10-16

Business items, first insertion, Dc. per line;
subsequent insertions. &c. per line
Administrators and Executors Notices 80
Auditors Notices es--.-------.-.-.----.--.... 200
stray and similar Notices ................ i-b0
Hs-Resolutions OF proceedings OF any corpora
tiOn or society and communications designed 10
call attention 20 any matter OF limited or indf
vIduRl interest must be paid for as advertisement
Book and JOB Printing Of all kinds neatly and
eNedlUGsI. eAecuieo az the lowest prIees. And
fon'f you forget H..
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-20
LETTER BAG.
A soldiers' Home Plant.

EDITORS HERALD: If Governor Trei-
chel has any regard for the reputation
of the home, he will remove the eyesore
from the gate at the Santa Monica en-
trance. It is the custom of this man to
close the gate upon the approach of
vehicle, and then open it again, making
it appear that he has rendered some
great service to the occupants, and thus
inveigle them into giving him aims. 1t
is due to the self-respecting men of the
home that this blur upon them be re-
moved. Visitors do not care to be
lasked for money in this way, and are apt
to form an unfavorable opinion of
the whole of us by such samples
as this. Besides a $12 pension, this
man receives $5 month for the onerous
duty he performs as gate tender, to say
nothing of aims obtained from visitors.
He now wants to Ego back to Sweden"
and is begging money from old soldiers
and citizen employees at the home to
pay his passage. some of whom are not
near so we'll "tixed" as the aforemen-
toned man, whose income is estimated
at from $lS to 500 month.
Now, governor, do something for your
country and the old boys and wipe out
this long g-standing nuisance.
PoRcUPINE.
Soldiers Home Dec. 14th.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-20
A swell Boston Shoemaker.

For several years there has been COL
ored shoemaker on School street. He
has owned his little shop. which is big
enough for about four people to stand in
without noticeable discomfort. He is a
good looking young fellow, and there isn't
anything remarkable about him at first
sight. He has very good trade for a
small place, and his income is sufficient
to enable him to live comfortably. If
you go into his shop any time of the day
between o'clock in the morning and
o'clock in the afternoon you will find him
seated on a little stool with leather
apron on. His sleeves will be rolled up,
and he will be pegging away for dear
life.
If you go into the place at 8 o'clock
and wait a few minutes, you will pres
emily behold as novel a spectacle as may
be witnessed in the city anywhere. You
will see that a gorgeous light overcoat
has been hanging on peg in the wall
in a corner of the shop, and that a pair
Of flashing patent leather shoes have
been reposing in the same corner on the
floor, and that near by big silver
knobbed walking stick has been stand
ing, while on little shelf has been rest
ing glossy silk hat. When this young
mans work is done in the evening he
doffs his leather apron and attires him
self in his swell apparel.
He may be seen on Washington street
in the neighborhood of the Adams House
an hour later, silk hat, patent feathers,
spring overcoat, silver knobbed cane and
all. He goes to his shop in this dress in
the morning and leaves it similarly gar
mented in the evening. He moves in
the SWEETEST colored society Of the city,
and is looked on by his acquaintance as
person of quality. Yet he makes no
disguise of his business. Boston Cor.
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-20

On February Goth, Hon. John D. Cosby.
representing the senatorial district OF
Trinity and klamath counties, intro
duced bill in the senate to "create
three states out of the state OF
California;" namely: l, California; !;
2, Colorado; 8, Shasta. The northern
boundary line of the proposed state OF
Colorado was to be from the mouth of
Pajaro river up that river to the summit
of the Coast range, thence in straight
line to the Merced river, following it to
the summit of the Sierra Nevada, thence
easterly to the state line.
The south boundary line of the pro-
posed state OF Shasta was to be from the
mouth of the Navarro river due east to
an intersection of the boundary line be-
tween the counties of Yolo, Yuba and
Butte, thence along that boundary line.
and along the boundary line between
the counties of Sierra and Plumas east
erly to the summit of the Sierra Nevada
and to the state line.
The state OF California would then be
what remained between the states of
Shasta and Colorado. These three pro-
posed states compared in size about as
follows; Shasta with Ohio, California
with South Carolina, and Colorado with
Kentucky and Tennessee combined. The
area of the comparative states in square
miles is as follows: Ohio, 80, 1854; South
Carolina, $4,000; Tennessee, 45,600;
Kentucky, 1880; total, 157 PA. The
area of the state of California is given by
one authority as 156,591.6 square miles.
This shows the above comparison of the
new states proposed by Cosby to be
close. If they had been created, their
respective areas would have been in
square miles about as follows: Shasta,
10000; California, $4,000; Colorado.
$4,000. Quite respectable common
wealths
AS they failed to materialize, the the
ory may be correct that Mr.. Cosby was
a statesman who lived ahead of his
time
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-20
teen tons of the Hidden Treasure rock
run through the mill.


YUMA SENTINEL NOTES.
1t is reported here that big strike of
rich ore has been made during the past
week in the Hopkins and Goodman gold
mines near Ehrenberg.
Joe Mendibles. the mine owner of Eu-
reka district, was in town today. Mr..
Mendibles has large lot of high grade
ore awaiting shipment, and expects to
send it down by the steamer on the re-
turn trip.
H. Chappell of Lodi, California, who
has secured control of valuable piece
of mining property in Ellsworth mining
district, passed through Yuma Wednes-
day from Harqua Hala highly pleased
with his examination of the mines.
When the new wagon road is opened
to the Cocopah sulphur mines, the trip
can be made through with a good team
in two days. The trip will be made to
the VOLCANOES in one day by little push
ing on the lines. The road to the latter
will be dead level, and the same on to
Lake Mejor, where there will be rise
OF $50 feet in the seven and half miles
to the sulphur mines from the lake.
Good, comfortable quarters for man and
beast will be put at the Padrones. The
opening of the new road will bring
hundreds of people to Yuma who can
and will visit the great valley of the
Colorado, the wonderland of America.
Thomas Lothian, well-known min
ing man of Denver, Colo, spent the
first of the week in Yuma, looking into
the prospects of some of the mining in
terests. Mr.. L. spent the summer in
Alaska and British Columbia. examin-
ing their mining industries. While at
breakfast in one of the Victoria (B. O.
hotels about three weeks ago, he noticed
an article in the morning paper, which
was taken from the Sentinel, upon some
OF the mineral deposits in a portion of
Yuma's back country. He left at once
and arrived here last Saturday. Heleft
for Denver on Wednesday, SO we'll
pleased with what he had heard and
seen while here that he will return in
January to renew his investigation.
The girls look SO pretty in their Jersey Jack
efs q nd the littla Oflpa lOok so Drettv in their
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-20

Lady Caithness, successor of Madame
Blavatsky as leader of the Theosophlsts,
has some very worldly and material
fancies, one OF them being an extrav-
agant fondness for diamonds. When
in full dress, she wears a profusion OF
these precious stones, and owns large
diamond cross of great value. Her for
tune is estimated at several millions OF
dollars.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-20
Answer This Question.

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 zoe we will sell them 6hil0h's
Vtta1izer. guaranteed to cure them. Sold
Wholesale BY Hassf Baruch d Co., and al ~
tatl druggists.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-20
Mullen, Bluett { Co.'S Christmas gifts.

The makers Of timekeepers are usu-
ally ingenious persons. A Nuremburg
watch in the form of an acorn has q
tiny pistol which serves as an alarm.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-20

All roads may lead to Rome, but
everybody does not seem to be rushing to
get there. The population OF Rome has
decreased nearly 10000 during the last
four years.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-20

Even churches have their changes in
these days. They are subject to the
usual Limitations of time" Christ
church, Episcopal, Alexandria, Va. is
undergoing a curious evolution. A few
years ago its interior, which was very
old fashioned, was entirely modernized.
The change, however, proved unaccept..
able to q majority of the me nbers. and
now it is being changed back again to
its former antique condition.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-20
Mullen, Bluett & Co. Is Christmas gifts

One dollar year will cover your doctors
bill If you take Simmons Liver Regulator.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-20

Three-fourths of your ailments arise from
liver troubles which Simmons Liver Regulator
cures
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-20

"It's valiant flea that dare eat his breakfast
on the lip of lion,' and we once thought it
took daring man to go into a damp, .swampy
country, even for his own advantage. But he
knows now that pain is killed by salvation Oil
and he is not afraid of rheumatism.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-20

Drunkenness and the craving for liquor BAN
ished by dose of Simmons Liver Regulator.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-20

The girls look SO pretty in their Jersey Jack
cts and the little ones look SO pretty in their
Mother Hubbards-and the world is so happy,
because of DR.. Bulbs cough Syrup.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-20

An old theater-goer bases the opinion
upon observation that not more than
three in every ten patrons of dramatic
entertainments read the names OF the
people in the cast.-[N. Y. Sun.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-20

AS usual, they say the woman was to
blame. The wife of Kaiser Wilhelm
was responsible for the removal of his
beard.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-20

Pleasant to the taste and readily taken is
Simmons Liver Regulator.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-20
IT DOES NOT GRIPPE.
HALLS CALIFORNIA FRUIT CATHARTIC

Acts on the stomach, liver, and bowels. IL
is cheaper by half than any other medicine
ON the market, in that it does its work
more effectually, not like other cathartics
leaving you sick and distressed for week
after, but, upon taking it, tones up the
system, and after its first action you expert.
ence a change for the better.
SAN Francisco, CAL, Feb. 20, 1890.
HALL MFG. Co.. Gentlemen, --Of all
medicines of cathartic nature I have ever
taken, Halls California Fruit Cathartic ia
the only one that is perfectly satisfactory
in every particular. Its great recommends
tion is that it does not grippe, and it doe1
leave the bowels regular and active. I
heartily indorse your medicine.
Yours,
A. o. CoLroN,
Attorney at law. 1926 Montgomery st.
For sale at
FREEMAN & CARPER'S, DRUGGISTS,
1O2 N. Spring st. Price, SOC. and 81.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-20

No harm ever done by the uss Of sinmons
Liver Regulator. n,
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-20
Repeated Efforts to Secure
State Division.
A Bill Passed With This Object
in View.
A Succinct History Of the Division
Movement.
The Santa Barbara Convention-Rcason
for State Division-Mr. Harasx-
thy's Views ON the
Question.

[BY b. A. CECIL EXPERIMENTATION VII.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-20

individual grievances, and finally agreed
on the following Southern ticket which
has been pretty generally circulated :
For governor, Capt. E. K. Kane; lieu
tenant-governor, Gen. John E. Addison ;
justice supreme court, T. w. Suther-
land; attorney general, J. w. Bird |;
comptroller, j. s. Houston; treasurer,
j. R. Roman surveyor-general, J. R.
Whitney congressman, A. w. Hope"
Nothing more is heard of the ticket. or
the number of votes it had; but the
main question OF state division was kept
to the fore. Says the same paper of
September IL, 1851:
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-21
A First-Ciass Advertising scheme


Its mighty hard work getting any
free advertising out Of you newspaper
people nowadays" sighed the advance
agent Of q mammoth allied circus as he
passed stack of coin over the business
office counter the other morning.
Somehow editors don't seem 10 bite aa
they used to. Same on the Eastern
coast. too. noticed it particularly re-
gartlng little scheme | worked, way
down at Galveston last fall"
How was that?"
"Well, you see, | was on my way to
that city by steamer in advance of our
show. when I strucl; great scheme. l
bought two dozen empty pop bottles
and as maay steaks from the steward.
Then I got bot,lo OF arsenic from the
medical stores and rubbed it into the
steaks. I put some of our bills into the
bottles. tied q steak round each and
dropped EN- overheard as we entered
the harbor NV calculation was that
the sharks would swallow the meat, be
poisoned, float ashore, would be cut
open, the bills found and the whole
thing be written up by the repc crters in
great shape"
"How did it work -
Like charm my part OF it, Imean.
Nine sharks altogether stood in with
the show, but every time one came
ashore | got a note from every editor in
the place proposing to write tie thing
up, with snap camera cut Of the shark,
at the regular rates"
pretty mean, that"
Mean! l should say so. The only
paper that referred to it all was one we
gave sixty-four free passes to. The day
we left town it remarked that our show
was enough to kill a bind nigger let
alone sharks. - Denrer IriL,tne.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-21
THE GREAT PROBLEM,

The Alliance Solut;On-The Country Is
McrtgaSed and There Is Il Conspiracy
to Keep 1t So--Duty of the Government.
IN the United States there are sixty
Eve million people. There is family to
each five persons. which would make
thirteen million families. About one
third of the people live in villages. tow rs
end cities which would place twenty
one millions in homes not on farms.
These twcnty-onc millions would com
prise about four and half million heads
of families III villages, towns and cities.
Ey dcductinG these from the total fami-
lies we would have about eight and a
half million families who live on farms
The census shows that there are
100000 mortgages on real estate cX-
pcuted during the year 1890. There
were at least onc-ifth more. that were
Of record which had been carried over
from year to year. This would make a
total of 10 500, 900 mortgages on real
estate. There are about Ont-fOurth of
these on city, town and village property,
which would make the mOrtgatcS on
farms number about 100000. If this
calculation is correct. there are about
- per cent. of the farms under mort
gage. or eight of every 100 not encum-
bcrrd.
How can the owners Of these lands
redeem them" a conspiracy of specula-
tors and bankers each year is organized
to get the farm products at cost of pro-
duction. and the coDSumrr must pay an
advance of from 30 to 30 per cent. thus
robbing the producer and cXtorting
from the consumer.
1t is impossible for the mortgage bur
dened people to pay their debts, except
by the profits of their products. This
conspiracy prevents them from securing
profits. consequently they can never
pay. unless a favorable accident should
bcfall, which would happen only to a
few.
The per cent. of farmers not now
under mortgage can not reasonably hope
to escape its eXactiOns very long. Very
few who are now burdened with mort
cages ever expected it, and most of them
were precipitated into this vortex of
ruin by unfavorable seasons or some
other disaster over which they had no
control.
The great question is how to relieve
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-21

A REVISION.
How fresh in NV mind ara tho scenes of my civil

How fresh in my mind are the scenes Of my girl
hood,
As keen recollection presents them to view
lhe kitchen, he woodshed and knots of green
frewOod.
And all the hard work hiss! hen to 90 through
Tie bread must hneid out and duus stinuts TO
fry brown.
The pies for the ihresiors and tEwn-folhs 50
-fs'r 51I1rfies must rnr out Viii FOUNDER and
wIsh-tuh
The ieakv Old wash-trh. remembered so well ):
The wash-tuh. the wash tub, the iron-bonnd
was h-tEii,
The Lack-break:ns, washtuh that sat on the
we'll.
The cows must milk ere the breakfast Was
Tic beds l must make ere the dinner begun.
Tie dishes to wash when the inen folks were
Sure mans work oft ceascth, but woman $
tr done
Tie floors must scrub hard, anJ bags / must
The stockings to darn all tile tasks none
How off il. my dreams | aln doing Zig washing
With n leaky od Nn>li-tub. remembered 50
we'll,
The wash-t,.h. The wasi-tul, the irot,-tound
wa>l-tuh.
The lnek-hroahins Wasl4-tub that sat on the
we'll.
The oh vermont vessel. now tni"k with
pleasure.
Has gone where it Will never trouble me
view in il stead now ,sitIsex.nisIt,. pleasure.
Machines which lltHri:t tii'. ola i:'chichos Of
AltIon=n long r npoycL i,o,n tin, hard siua-
Few te,trs of re,:ret do llttrasi,eIy swell
When fancy rrverts /" nay tat !s'ts "!d farm
EnJ-r.
Wilh soft -soal.-,tre.he,i va-h-rul way ont on
tie Well.
1h, v.asI.-tut, til, wasl-;ul,. the irai. bound
Wa~it-tEl,
/, ne
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-21

. story. provided the cap'n hung back
long enough. it was suggested that
Watkins tell one.
We'll, ;" sad Watkins thoughtfuIly, I
don't know any good ones. excert about
q drunk barber got afoul OF III Frisco.
/ was doin' some work on the vessels
stern alongside the dock when this
drunk barber come; bowlin' along and
wants to bet me Slo that he could stand
with his heels on the string piece of
the dock, turn back somerset out
over the drink and land back on the
deck again without victim his hair. Ide
never set eyes on the chap before, and
didn't know but what he might be a
acrobat. 50 | says
How did you know lie was barber?'
asked the lubber.
This question brought Watkins up
with round turn. He looked rather
foolish for moment, and then said:
Il wasn't exactly sure he was bar
Der. but / alwas puts these shore folks
down for sonlethin' or other. The cut
of this felloU's iib made me think he
was barber, and | had him so fixed
in nv mind
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-05-21
Indignation In Iowa.

The Register is doing its utmost t.
SOW discord and bring about i'll feeling
between the two alliance" in this state.
1t calls one the "Soutlicrn alliance
with a big :, and the other the North
crn alliance" with a big y. The Re.
gistcr says:
The general feeling among Iowa farmers
is one of indignation over the movement.
What right has a kindred and aSteuSibly
friendly organization to invade Iowa aud
endeavor to infringe on territory already
occupied say they. The political adyeu-
turcr- who have sought to foi,t the poli,i-
cal alliance on the farmers Of Iowa may
rest assured that their objects are fully
known and appreciated by the honest peo-
pie of the state and that their efforts will
be of no avail. The farmers of Iowa sill
have none of it.
The EcgtStcr can call OF its dogs in
this matter. 1t will not be able to hiss
these great and henetcrnt organizations
onto one another. and it is as likely to
have as little influence with the Natiunal
alliance as it has with the +. A. < l. L..
and that is best represented by d cipher
The only ''indignation over the new
movement" that we know of in Iowa is
confined to the editorial staff of the
Register. Everybody knows the Register
has no objection to political alliances,
provided it can dictate their politics.
fOtru Tribune.