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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-02-06
PATIENT WORSHIPERS.
= Preacher Whose Audience Did Not Dc.
pend on His EIoquence.

a clergyman, says the Pittsburgh Dis
patch, was lamenting tho fact that his
congregation appeared to be restless
during his sermons, and declared that
many of the members of his flock would
get up right at time when he fancied
himself most impressive, and would
leave the house.
That's bad" answered a young
preacher, but I must say that do not
experience any such annoyance. Not
single member of my congregation gets
up and goes out during services
You don't say SOP" the first speaker
exclaimed. How do you manage it?'
Il don't manage it at an-seems to
manage ITSELF
Don't they CONF plain when you
preach long sermon?'
''No. I've never heard word of COM
plaint.'
That is indeed singular. Your peo-
pie must have been exceptionally well
brought up"
NO, think not
"Then you must be one of the most
eloquent of men. What is the style of
your preaching?"
30, rather dry, am compelled to ad-
nit. / do not possess the faculty of
drawing an interesting illustration or of
throwing out bright idea
We'll, welli l have never heard of
any thing so wonderful. And you tell
me that no one ever gets up and goes
OUT
''Yes; that's what tell you"
"Well, / don't understand it at ALL"
80, it is easy enough to explain. /
am chaplain at the peniten tiary."
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woMAN.s PANIED FAcg.

1t Was Seen in NineVoh, and u GO IS "a
Pile In America To-day. ..
The art OF bcautiiyiug the gu1laaigu
by artificial means is very old. The
women of gray antiquity know Lus 10
give their cheeks the rosy hue which
nature had denied them. In NinevCh
the practice OF enameling was quite
common. The skin was made smooth
and clean with pumice stone and then
covered with layer of white chemical
preparations. A toilet case found in the
ruins Of Thebes contained "A whole ar
senal Of little bottles fuuof pcrfuuorics
and complexion medicines. The women
of Athens painted themselves with
white lead and vermilion. The poet Of
Ovid described various paints which
were used by the Roman matrCns, and
complained that tho women tried TO
initiate with cosmetics the rosy COM
plexion which health alone could
give. He also ke of the de-
ceitful pallor len 10 their checks
by white lead, and OF curious
methods they had Of beautifying their
eyes. Again he mentions that q pale
face was a necessity for every woman
who aspircd 10 be good form Piiny
speaks OF Z concoction OF flour Of U.as
and barley, eggs, aartshorn- etc. which
fashionable women in Rome wore on
their faces all night and part OF the day
for the purpose Of clearing their skins.
The custom OF painting the face was
brought 10 Gaul and Germany by the
Romans. 4 few centuries later one
hundred different s3lves for the com
plexion was sold IN the German market.
Ia modern times France has been tho
great manufactua e- and consumer OF
cosmetics. Ia EGElGnd, too, the use OF
them has been general. IN 1919 the En-
glish Parliament found IL eypellcut to
consider bin 10 tho effect -la5 -lll
women, without distinction a. 10 agc or
rank, maidens as well as widow, who
should deceive the male subjects OK his
Majesty and mislead them into mar
riage by means of paint, salyc beauty
water, false teeth, false hair, SpuEish
wool, corsets or padded hips snolld be
punished under the provisions Of tL8
law against sorcery, and the marriage
should be declared null"
A German st&tstician, who has ac-
curate data concerning tho use " cos
metics throughout the civilized world,
estimates that the money which Ameri-
can women pay Tor cosmetics would pay
Tor the painting of $1,000 houses al an
expense Of $40 per house
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NUMBER 3.
ReCOLLECTIONS.

see a lad deserted by his mates.
Because his ways were little To their mind,
Turn sick ~ heart, shed tears 10 make him
blind;
So sad, that never have the after-fates
Brought pain that pipched more close, day
more dark
Though many since have sullen been and
And yet we call our childhood soft and kind!
Again I see him, stretched along the aoor,
Reading with baIed breath and blue eyes
Ofhcr the mystic maiden called Undine;
OF how she won knight beside the shore,
With looks that stirred his heart 10 nameless
fears.
The reader burst into n storm OF tears
That day she sank beneath the waters green.
Now older grown. but stiu . very lad,
He stands beside u woman, strokes her
And touches. tiuidly, the love locks there,
Laying his soul before her beauty glad,
Though she DC twice his years. lie draws his
breath,
More worshipfuIly than to his hour OF death
lie viii again-a lads first love is fair!
One night, he lies abed in walzefu.ness,
The while his mother plays and sings below
Some dim sweet melody Of Iong ago.
And sad withal. beyond his scddest guess;
Until the childish heart s'gelis big with pain.
Through all the years Il sounds for him again,
That mothers voice, that music sobbing 50!
And last one day stands out from those gone
by,
And those that followed a single tree
Stands out, q creature lonesome utterly,
Upon a desert 'GGinst flaming SKY.
Twas when his father died: he made no sound,
But in Z secret place upon the ground
They found him-dazed and dumb that such
could be.
All. recollcctions, how ye throng and set
Times dial back, until the by cones TEEN
With potent dOings! How the child days
seem
As dewy as q spring. time violet.
Sad as the flower too, when night tide comes.
Yet sweet with all the sweets her bosom
sums;
Yea, bitter swect-G message and dream.
Richard L. Burton, in y. i. Independent.
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Still another torpedo, this one the in
vention of an Austrian Count, Buona-
corsi by name, has made its appearance
in the European naval and military
world. According to official and private
reports of the trial of this instrument
they were eminently successful, giving
results superior even TO those obtained
from the Whitehead The motive power
is compressed air, acting directly from
reservoir upon the propeller without
any assistance or Intervention from ma
chinery. The propulsion is effected by
twin screws working inversely and Civ
ing velocity greater and more contin-
uous, it is contended, than any obtained
in other torpedces. One remarkable
feature of this invention is the faculty
of automatic guidance, which enables it
10 avoid protective nets and shields, and
to dive any distance before rising to
give its blow.
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UNPLEASANT WOMEN TO MEET.

WOMEN who wear diamonds with cal
leo dresses.
SNEERISG women, who snap at your
clothes, your family and your friends
WOMEN who talk baby talk TO each
other and kiss each other on all occa-
sions.
WOMEN who gossip, and who never
fail to tell you disagreeable things said
of you.
SIMPERING, babyish women, who
haven't brains enough TO know when
they're hungry.
WOMEN who wear rainbow gowns on
the street and whole millinery store
on their heads.
WOMEN with voices as sweet as a tur-
tie doves coo in society and like buzz
saw in the family.
HYsrERIcAL women, who burst into
floods of tears if you cross them in the
slightest particular.
BEAUTIFUL women, who think their
beauty entities them to all of the earth
and good share of the planets.
WOMEN who lug dogs around in their
arms when there are millions of moth
erleSs, homeless children in the world.
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LOVE IN a FLAT.
The Thin Young Man ana the shapely
Young Woman

II history simply repeats itself one
ca e. .. iaviu- . faint ssSnicion
T. st the old raound-dwellers are having
some sort O. repetition in the blocks Of
nloIern New York fat houses, of the
tyre which IS multiplying SO rapidly in
tho hitherto empty and rock bound
streets Of upper New York. Two series
of box-lilIe rooms constitute two fats
for each floor, and thus a block of ten
houses within their five stories shelters
one hundred families. To watch for
few minutes daily from an opposite
window the curious characteristics Of
such 4 throng of neiGhbors grows TO be
fascinating occupation. y Tribune re-
porter has been studying incidents
through open windows lately, and here
arc some OF the results.
The young woman on the top floor
opposite seemed extremely agitated.
She hung a large portion of her rather
ihapely form dangerously far out of the
window, until the on-lookers would
nave been alarmed had they not been
convinced that somewhere within the
room pair of pedal anchors were Sc
curcly holding fast. She looking anx-
iously up the street and down in way
significant of some ones coming. a
warded by the appearance of tall, thin
young man on the horizon. The mar
velous occurrences that followed the
advent of the tall, thin young man in the
parlor of the top fiat, beginning with a
series of torpedo-like kisses and the sud
den disappearance of gas-light, defy de-
Scription.
In about three minutes the tall, thin
young man and his hostess appeared at
the window. They thoughtfuily pro-
vided against wear and tear on the fur
niture by using only enc chair.
lawfully glad to see you," he said,
giving the other occupant of the chair
an athletic hug.
You sassy thing she screamed.
The thin young man disregarded this
remark by administering another large
hug. followed by a series of little tremor
hugs and ten or dozen pop kisses.
$50 'way!'
''I won't
-Four toy-pistol kisses.
Il like your sass"
Il know you do"
At this juncture there was dive and
jump, the external symptoms of
pinching match.
''O-o-ch,F'
''Never do it again?"
Never Bang, bang, depreciating
into the long rattle OF kissing musketry.
The opportune arrival of a thunder
storm at this point compelled the shut
ting of windows, and incidents in the
parlor of the top-floor fat no longer en-
crossed the attention of the opposite
cornmunirv
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-02-06
MOTHERS ROCKING CHAIR.

OF sll the treasures possess
Ihave not one so fair
Or one Of half the worth to me
As mothers rocking chair.
They say fits old and worthless now,
Its rockers useless, worn,
With leaning back and broken arms,
And cushion sadly torn
Hove IL for its priceless wealth
OF memories sweet and dear;
love IL for the loved and lost
Who Oft have rested here
My dearest earthly friend has sat
And rested In that chair;
And when look upon it now
seem TO see him there.
lever found him true and kind,
Unselfish to the end;
No other one has hlled his place
Ny father was that friend
And still another-more than friend
In days long, long gone by,
Has rocked to sleep, upon her breast,
With low, sweet lullaby
Her little helpless, darling babe,
Whom fondly she caressed;
And on her cheek, her lip and brow
Her kisses softly pressed
And yet another, dearly loved,
Has pressed that cushion old.
And, seated here, n blushing maid,
heard the story told,
The same old story, old as love,
And yet so sweet to hear,
With fond caress on lip and cheek
From lips We hold most dear.
You heard my childhood's griefs ana ioya
And saw nay girlhood pride;
You saw me learn to fondly love,
You held me next, q bride
And then you saw my mother love,
Ny wifely griefs and cares;
You lulled my child as you had me,
And heard my low-breathed prayers.
Unstghtly thing TO other eyes,
To mine thou art most dear.
A lifetime's sorrows to thee cling,
Its joys are centered here.
Then wonder not because love
Ny mothers rocking chair;
For all ever loved on earth
Hath left a memory there
Farm and Home.
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cott, when she was ten years old, -'and
cried when I went 10 bed. / made good
resolutions aud felt better in my heart.
II / only kept all / make / should be
the best girl in the world. But j don {,
and am SO very bad" Poor little SIM
neri'' is Miss Alcott's later comment,
''she says the same a. fifty"
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vienna suicide of genius painted
MS initials and three crosses on a bar-
rel OF vinegar and then drowned bimseit
inside. HAiiiSeii
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az CuTTINO

3 n his out, tc4ilnX whert
you saw IL, and sendins
b PC stamps. or posta
fnote for sixty cents, e
B the WEEKLY BEE
Toledo, o., you viii re
ceive the Weekly Bee by
mail, postage paid, I'll
January lst, lsS2. The
i e Q has slarge pages,
: columns each, making
one aud one quartz !
miles Of reading each
year. IL IL one OF the
best general Wesklies
IN the I nitedSts;es; ha,
al the News, great Sto
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Childrcns Hour, p u z
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images Sermons, Market Reports Practical Polf-
tics AndFriction, Clean In erydepartment G rand
premiums to getters up Of clubs. Act at once and
show your wisdom. Address plainly. No need to
register letter. The WEEKLY BEE, Toledo, O.
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business items. hrst insertion, lOs. per line;
8 bsequent Insertions, Sc. per line
Adm Inisfratur's auG executor. Notices .. - 70
Au4lt'f'h 0N"tlee,- 80
stray and similar Notices --...-.---...--. ] 50
Ez-kCs0lutioHs o. pgJcC q lnls Of any CORPORA
tiOn society and CON H4uuteati0us deslarsa %
cali attention 10 any matter 81 limited or inui-
vIdual interest must DC paid for ad verttsements
Book and job IrintIu= 81 al kinds neatly anu
exedlOusIy eXecuted 90 the lowest prices. AUu
don't you forget it.
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KENDhLL'S SPAWN CURE.


DR. r ]. KENDALL. Co..
Gents - think it my duty to render you my
thanks for your far famed kendall'S SPAWN Cure
l had = four year old nlly which l priced very
highly. She had n very severe swollen leg. tried
about eight different kinds OF medicines which did
no good. | purchased . bottle OF your kendal'S
Spawn euro which cured her in four days
remain yours,
MARION DowDEy.
Price SI per bottle or six bottles for s. All drug
ests have 1t or can get for you IL Will be sent
to any address receipt OF price by the proprie-
tors DIR. u. ]. KENDALL CO.,
EaDS5zrEh EGlls, Vermont.
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"A dvertisiDg . X ates.

The large ard rel srIe circulation Of tie CAV
BRIA FHEEMAE cCIuuends f- 20 the faYorHbIe
consideration of Hcytitfsors hose iHyoIs viii be
inserted Al thc following low rateg.
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The Most Successful Remedy ever discov-
ered It Is certain in its effects and does not
blister Read proof below:
BROOKLYN, Conn. May S. 90
DR. b. J. KENDALL. CO.:
Sirs Last Summer cured a Curb upon my horse
with your celebrated Kendalls spayin Cure and dlt
was the best Job ever saw done. have dozen
empty bottles having used tt with perfect Success
curing every thing tried IL on My neighbor had
a horse with very bad SPAWN that made him lame.
He asked me how TO cure It, 1 recommended
kendalls SPAWN Cure. He cured the SPAWN In
Just threO weeks
Yours respectfully.
woLcoTr wIrTER-
COLUMBUS, Ohio. April 4, 30.
DR. B. J. KENDALL Co:
Dear Sirs 81 have been selling moro of KendallS
SPAWN Cure and Flnt's Condition Powders than
ever before. One man said to me- IL was the best
Powder ever kept and the best he ever used
0rro L. HoFFnAS-
CHrTEsAsdo. y. Y, May 10, 90
DR. p. J. KENDALL. Co.,
Dear Sirs Il have used several bottles of your
Rendalls SPAWN Cure with perfect success, on n
valuable and blooded mare that was quite lame
with n Bone SPAWN. The mare Is now entirely free
from lameness and shows no bunch on the Joint
Respectfully. F. H HUrcaIs4
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MOUNTAIN HOUSE
Barber =: Shop !

~ hn,tt,t-elass Barber shop has been opered IN
4 ~ ,lnx formerly occupied ~ O'Hara Bros
Srst.S4 -. S4 g on Centre street. where the barpertn0
80 Ssiness IN AL It's hranc hes will be carried or -
srtis,s II me shop il In the hands Of skfIlI
hers' Ere,Stb,sl'e li eve every attention to custo-
n ~'~'''H"
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B. g 3.
SOME REASONS

Many things combine during this month
Of January To throw all the benefits in way
of the buyer. Odd Lots-lrokcn ASs3rt-
mcnts. Too much Of one thing. 100 III
tln ,f annt hpr
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Circulation. 1900
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-11
The Tariff Is the Issue.

WASHINGTON, October Ex-senator
Faulkner, one Of the party that has been
in tho Northwest organizing Democratic
clubs, says "In the great Northwest ac-
tive men, with little regard to their for.
mer political affiliations, want relief from
the burdens imposed by the Republican
tariff policy. On the silver question the
people of the West are divided, as are we
Of the East, but they all agree on the tar
"fhe Democrats Of the Northwest have
not had a good working organization long
enough for ms to be warranted in expect
ing to carry in 1892 all those States which
are naturally coming into the Democratic
column. We shall probably carry two Of
the new States In 1892 and we will grad
ually become the dominant party Of the
Northwest.
"In Washington we found very effec.
tive club organization. In Montana,
North Dakota, California and Utah Terri
tory there was considerable to be done to
make the organization perfect, but there
was no lack Of enthusiasm. We met with
the greatest encouragement and the work
of perfecting the club organization was
very successful. One disadvantage we
labor under in that section Of the country
Is that the Republicans have most Of the
leading morning papers," :
Speaking Of the Presidential talk In
that section, Mr.. Faulkner said that
among the people generally the Cleveland
sentiment was very strong.
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Swindling Negroes.
The L~owrysville correspondent of the
Yorkville Enou;rer ralatoo 90 fnlIouo.

The Lowrysville correspondent of the
Yorkville Enquirer relates as follows:
Some time last spring a medicine
wagon remained here for a week or two
selling medicine. No one supposed they
met with any success. They were very
r~eticent with the white citizens, and con-
fined their business exclusively to the
negroes. The fact has been developed
that they sold almost entirely on credit,
taking a mortgage on a pig, calf or poul.
try, as the ignorant dupes were led to
believe. The collector was here on the
18th inst, and early in the morning the
negroes began to flock in and the col.
lector was kept busy tearing the mort
cages out of his book until the middle of
the evening. The crowd reminded one
of election day in the good old times,
and it is estimated that the fellow col.
lected six or seven hundred dollars in
amounts ranging from 81 to $40. Run.
ners had been sent all over the country
notifying the negroes that "their paper
was due, and those who could not pay
were very uneasy. After a good deal of
money had been collected, one of our
citizens got hold of one of the mortgages,
and at once saw through the whole
scheme. The mortgage not only covers
the calf, pig, chicken, etc., that WAS
understood in the verbal agreement, but
there is a printed clause which enumer-
ates every known article of household
and kitchen furniture, and winds up
with a sweeping stake of greediness,
which includes "everything else owned,
or in our possession, herein described or
not"
The poor dupes we're advised not to
pay another dollar, as the mortgages
were fraudulent, and the swindler was
notified to make himself scarce, which
he did without standing on the order of
his going, and without paying those who
had served him as runners. Many of the
negroes unable to pay wanted to return
the goods-a bottle of pills worth twenty
cents for which they agreed to pay q
dollar-but of course the fellow refused
to take them back.
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: Henry S. Rrapp. cnlnred il the nr

- Henry S. Bragg, colored, is the pos
SCISSOR of the greatest curiosity ever before
exhibited in Lincoln County. 1t is 8
double lamb, born some time since on the
farm of Colonel Broadly Hull, in thi.
County. The lamb, or lambs, it is hard
to tell which, lived but a short time after
birth, and may be described as follows
The monstrosity has one head, four ears,
eight legs, one body until midway, then
two. The body is natural about half its
length, when it divides, the remainder
being two separate and perfectly formed
bodies. About where the shoulders
should be is the breast of one of the
lambs, and here two perfect legs come out
and bend backward. Instead of the
shoulders is a breast out of which comes
two legs. 1t is beyond doubt the greatest
curiosity of the kind ever seen in this
section and hundreds have called to see
it.-Tfoy (Mo.) Times.
-"No wonder the papers talk about
political extravaganza" said Mrs. Gil.
hooly. "Didn't I hear my husband talk
ing the other day about a convention that
wanted a silver platform ?"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-11-11
The Rock OF Moses.

How many readers know that what Is
believed to be the identical rock struck
by Moses, when he commanded water for
the furnishing thousands who were wan
dering in the wilderness, Is still to be
seen, as natural as 1t was In the days Of
the great law-giver? DR.. Thomas Shaw,
D. D., at one time regius professor Of
Greek at Oxford, n Of the greatest Of
English Seventeenth Century travellers,
gives this description Of It on page a52, Of
his travels.
SIT Is a block Of granite marble, about
six yards square, variously knowns s the
Rock Of Horeb,' Rock Of Nassau and
Stone of Moses 1t lies lettering and
loose in the Valley Of Rephidim, and
seems to have formerly belonged to
Mount Sinai, which hangs in . variety Of
precipices all over the plain. The waters
which flowed out and the streams which
flowed withal Psalms lxxvii, 2O,) have
followed across one corner Of this rock q
channel about two inches deep and twen-
| ty inches wide, which is now crusted all
| over like the inside Of teakettle that has
been long in use. Besides several NOISY
productions which are still preserved by
the dew, we see all over this channel a
great number Of holes, ZONE ofthem four
or five inches in diameter, lively tokens
of there having been 80 many fountains"
DR.. Pocock's description Of the Crock
Of Moses" and that of "Prefetto Of
Egypt" both Of which the reader may
find in Bishop Clogher's journal Of .
Trip from Grand Cairo to Mount Sinai"
page II, second edition, corresponds with
| the above in every essential feature.
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Is Drunkenness Curable3

EDITOR CoNsTITUTIoN-Yes and no.
Many cases are durable, others are not.
It is difficult In the limits Of 80 short a
article to discuss this subject properly,
but I shall endeavor to make my meaning
clear.
By drunkenness I understand not occa-
sional intoxication, but the habitual and
excessive indulgence in liquor, either
continually or periodically. The habit
ual and excessive use of spurious liquors
sooner or later produces q diseased condi-
ton of the stomach, liver, kidneys, heart
and brain. These morbid changes not
only impair a mans physical ability to
resist the craving for liquor, but also
weaken his moral nature, and particular"
ly his will power.
The craving for liquor In such an one is
due, first, to the tagging of the nervous
system as the effects Of the last indul-
gence dies out, and, secondly, to the con-
dition of the stomach, which will not di-
gest food unless stimulated more or less
all the time.
In a case where the indulgence has
been so long continued a cure is practi-
cally impossible, with certain limitations
which I will mention later.
On the other hand, if a person has
drunk liquor to excess, but not for a long
enough period to produce organic changes
in the stomach, liver, and brain, a cure
may be often effected by appropriate
measures.