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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-09-25
THEOSOPHY IN MISSOURI.
a Pair of Star-Gazers Diiate on Lov'
Poetry and the Polc star.

a Pair Of Star-Gazers DiIate on Love.
Poetry and the Pole star.
He was an eavesdropper. but one upon
whom the office had been thrust. says
the Kansas City Star. He had en-
seonced himself in n corner of the vine
clad vcranda to smoke the cigar of re-
fiection when these thcosophical lovers
strolled out tn sniff the evening air.
They seated themselves ON the topmost
step and while his arm encircled her
waist she remarked:
Il particularly love that star"
Which onc?'
THAT one said she. pointing to the
outermost lower star of the dipper's
bowl.
"A very natural preference"
Why
Two thousand years ago that was
the north star, said he, ''and doubtless
in your life that you then lived you
We're wont to refer to it as you now re-
fer to Polaris, the present north star.
Who knows, continued he, in his grow
ing enthusiasm. ''but that you were an
Egyptian trader, and that as Your cara
van wcndcd its long-drawn way across
the trackless desert you looked To that
star for guidance. and that the habit
thus formed has penetrated Your pres
ent life in the form of an indefina BILE
preference
But where Were You then?" she
trcmulouSly inquired as she seized his
diSengagcd hand. She being but a recent
convert to the doctrines of karma. and
her feminine soul. with its pleasant
dreams of wedding fincry, suffering a
slight shock at the thought of any con-
dition in life in which there was neither
prospect nor propriety of husband fig
uring.
But the lover was now lost in the as
tronomer. lie was a teacher. and. true
To his pcdagogic instinct. he proceeded.
while he looked refiectively toward the
east:
''Yes. indeed. and in twelve thousand
years that star Lyra. in the constclla-
tion of the harp, that you may see just
rising through the trees. will be the
north star, for the earth's motions. You
must know. are precisely like those of a
top. IL rcvOlvcs on its axis. and at the
same time this axis Describes n wide
circle of its own. 1t is this latter mo-
tion that causes the change in the north
star, since the orb so named is always
the one toward which the earth's pole
IL then pointing
She sighed, and after little pause
said in discouraged tone:
Il wonder what you and will be do
ing when Lyra i the north Star?''
Promptly the professor quoted:
Il vcX me not with breeding on the years
That Gre ] drew breath: why Should then
DistruSt the darkness that may fal! again
When life Is done: Pcrchancc in othe
spheres
Poetry and theosophic poetry a
that, muttered the eavesdropper.
This is too much
There was loud rustling among the
vines The professor quotation ceased
abruptly and his arm took a more con-
Ventional posture.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-09-25
HOW TO WEAR SHOES.
A Dealer Gives a Recipe for Prolonging
Their Usefulness.

People who feel that their shoes wear
ont too quickly should heed the words
of a dealer in Chicago, who tells the
Mail: do you know there isn't one
man in five hundred who knows how to
wear shoes? The average man buys n
pair of shoes, wears them until they are
no longer prcsentable, and then throws
them away and buys another pair. \
man ought to have at least two pairs Of
shoes for everyday wear, and no pair
should be worn two days in succession.
At first thought this may strike you as
a scheme 10 benefit the shoe dealer, but
il is nothing of the kind In fact. such
a plan would injure the shoe business.
Two pairs of shoes worn alternately
will last three times as long as Il single
pair. The saving. of course, is made in
the wearing of the leather. pair of
shoes worn every day goes to pieces
more than twice fast as pair worn
every second day. No two pair fit your
feet in exactly the same way. In one
pair the strain and wear of the leather
falls heaviest upon one particular part
of the shoe and in another the greatest
wear and tear falls upon another part
altogether. / took trip through Eu-
rope last summer and in several places
i was surprised to find the shoes worn
by peasants have no right and left
distinctions. but are worn on either
foot. / was told that such shoes were
preferred TO those which more closely
conform to the shape of the foot. be-
cause they last longer, since the strain
upon any part of the shoe to-day is
changed to another part tomorrow"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-09-25
is MARRIAGE A FAILURE2

THE trouble is that people do not tell
enough truth before they are married
and too much after.-Atchison Globe.
my wife is so clever. She knows all
my wishes just by looking into my eyes,
and doe. them-the exact opposite of
all of them. .''-Fliegende Blatter.
DEsIGSArED.-Elsie- Did / under
stand You TO call your husband Lily?"
Mrs Golightly-"'Yes; you see he tolls
not, neither does he spin. Princeton.
A DEMURRER ENTERED.-Hostess-
Now, Mr.. Barrows, / want you to
make yourself perfectly at home. -
Mrs. Barrows-''Well. | hope he won't.
Mrs. Hicks: it wouldn't be polite IN hlm
to swear at your cold coffee and serv-
ants-"-N- y. Sun.
Mrs. LooKEDBACK-"Didn you fire.
quently VOW, sir, when you courted me.
that You loved me to distraction?''
Mr.. Lookedback-''Yes. and / never
discovered until after our marriage
how thoroughly distracted l was at the
time. Courier.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-09-25
SLANG AND ITS OERIVATIONS.
Facts Relating to the Origin of Certain
Words and Phrases.


Words and Phrases
Within the present century (proba-
bly, a good many Hebrew words have
come into English slang through the
medium of '.Yiddish.'' e. e., showful,
dow Hebrew, ''shaphel';) ''gonoph," a
thief. QIebrew. 'gannabh." pronounced
''gonnof'' by Polish Jews; Mr.. Leland
writes incorrectly 'ganef.') The greater
part says the Anthenaeum, of the
vocabulary of slang, however, is purely
of English origin, consisting of humor-
ously-mctaphorical uses of ordinary
words. the metaphor being often so
far-fetched as to be of the nature of a
riddle Slang words of this type have
often passed into standard use; the or
dinary French words for head"
''check.r ''leg." for instance, represent
the vulgar Latin words for pot" ''por-
ringer" and "knee-cap."
OF course, a humorous metaphorical
expression may acquire n considerable
degree of proverbial currency without
thereby becoming slang. 1t passes in
to slang when the original point of the
joke Is no longer distinctly remem-
bered, and the expression continues to
be used merely as an eccentric substi-
tute for the recognized term. At a
later stage sometimes the word or
phrase has become so general that all
its grotesque associations have disap-
pcared, and it becomes a permanent
addition to the resources of the literary
language. A good example of these
three stages of development may be
found in the history of the word ''budg
et," as denoting the financial propos-
ais of the chancellor of the exchequer.
In the reign of George III. the word was
used with conscious allusion to the cele-
brated pamphlet which ridiculed Sir X.
Walpole as n conjurer, opening his
budget" or bag of tricks" After
ward it must, for a time, have been cur
rent as slang; but, as it supplied want,
it was soon taken into the ordinary vo-
cabulary. and at the present time a
chancellor of the exchequer would, as a
matter of course. speak of his own
budget" without any thought of the un-
complimentary sense which the word
originally expressed,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-09-25
eRAZIL,S DOMESTIC PET.
A Boa Which Is Used in south America
Hou~es - Kill Rats.

A Boa Which Is Used in south American
Houses - Kill Rats.
Rats have multiplied To such n de-
gree in Brazil that the inhabitants rear
certain kind of snake for destroying
them. The brazilian domestic servant
is the giboia, a small species of the boa
about twelve feet in length and of the
diameter of n mans arm. II is sold at
from one dollar To one dollar and fifty
cents in the markets of Rio Janeiro.
Pernambuco, Bahia, etc. This snake,
which Is entirely harmless and sluggish
In It's movements, passes the entire day
asleep at the foot of the staircase of the
house, scarcely deigning to raise its
head at the approach of a visitor or
when n strange noise is heard in the
veStibule.
At nightfall the giboia begins to
hunt, crawling along here and there,
and even penetrating the space above
the ceiling and beneath the flooring.
Springing swiftly forward il seizes the
rat 10y the nape and crushes its cervical
vertebrJe. As serpcnts rarely eat,
even when at liberty, the giboia kills
only for the pleasure of killing. 1t be-
comes so accustomed to its masters
house that if carried to a distance it
escapes and finds its way back home.
Every house in the warmest provinces
where rats abound owns its giboia. a
fixture by destination, and the owner
of which praises its qualities when he
wishes to sell or let his shouse.-Chicago
Herald
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-09-25
HEALTH AND DISEASE.

RECENT experiments by German ply
sicians indicate that cancer is conta-
gious.
DR. LANNELoSGUE's : treatment of chlo-
ride of zinc for tuberculosis has re-
ceived good deal of praise from DIR.
Liable and DIR. Poyet, the latter spe-
cialist, regarding it as great dis
covery.
THE serious effects upon the eyes of
miners from the use of the modern safe
ty lamp has been a subject of investi-
CATION in England, the result being that
increased lighting power in such
lamps will cause such troubles to dis
appear.
The ripening process makes cheese
more digestible and nutritious. The
curing (refining the French call it, de-
velops fat in the cheese. A well-cured
skim-millx cheese contains more digest
ible nutriment than fresh whole-mills
cheese.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-09-25

Il nc tC"|".S tSO"N'"~
can be healthy. She will be,
if she's wisely cared for. AS
she enters womanhood, DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription
builds up and strengthens the
system and regulates and pro-
notes the functions. It's a
supporting tonic, and a quiet
ing, Strengthening nervine. 1t
corrects and cures all those
delicate arrangements and
weaknesses peculiar to the
sex. In every case for which
it's recommended, the Favor
ite Prescription " is .s7Naranteea
to give satisfaction. If there's
no help, there's no pay. 1t
does all that's claimed for it,
or the money is refunded.
It's a risky way to sell it
but it isn't your risk.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-09-25

An American should always under
stand what is meant by breakfast in
London. He win probably take break
fast in his lodgings, or, if he lives in
the hotel in the coffee room at a fixed
charge. There are two distinct classes
of breakfast, says the Chicago Herald,
the light and the substantial, with
prices to match. The first is one cup of
coffee, one boiled egg and three slices
of toast: the latter is one small chop,
one egg, n penny loaf of bread one but
tered muffin and coffee. The principal
dish of this latter menu is varied in
lodging houses from day to day, the
chop becoming sausage on Tuesday,
ham on Wednesday, fried sole on Thurs
day, and then the lonely chop again,
with the subsequent rotation kept up
ad infinitum
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-09-25
SCRAPS OF INFORMATION.

A POUND of phosphorus is sufficient
to tip LOCO, 900 matches.
AN expert says that the average car
pet is about one-fifth dust.
OUR Indian wars from 1776 to 1886
cost the government 5000, $50, 200.
The largest bay in the world is Hud
Son bay, which measures $50 mile
north and south by 600 miles in width.
a Farm in Pithoie, Pa, which was
bought some years ago, during the oil
excitement, by Chicago spectators, for
al, ,50o,0 900, was sold recently at a tax
sale for 500.
THE great sextuple printing press re-
Gently set up for the New York Her
aid produces 10000 four-page papers
per hour. This is twenty-five copies
per second. The press consumes twenty
SIX miles of double-width paper per
hour and weighs tifty-eight tons.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-09-25
CHARLEY'S NECK.
What Reft Two Fond Young Hearts
Asunder Perhaps Forever.

What Reft Two Fond Young Hearts
Asunder Perhaps Forever.
A prominent young doctor living in
the West End, in n very fashionable
portion of st. Louis, is the pOssessor of
n bright mind, which is above con-
spicuously long neck, says the St Louis
Star-Sayings. Now, this elongated pc
culiarity of the doctor is particularly
touchy subject to allude to in the
bright young NJ. DIS presence The
doctor will arise to such an occasion
and fire a man into space who criticises
this physical peculiarity. Most young
men either have or soon acquire what
Is known as n sweetheart The doctor
had one, and this lovely composite
quantity unconsciously called her
atlantis attention To his deformity in a
very practical and heartrending way.
Not many months ago the young couple
were in New York for the first time,
and of course went about seeing the
sights of that metropolis.
In time the couple found themselves
at the Geological gardens, inspecting
the animals The relict of Mr.. Crow
ley was there, the young lion cubs and
the rest of the beasts for which the
garden is famed. There is also very
beautiful pet giraffe that enjoys the
liberty of the surroundings, and the
very thing which caused the wide
chasm between the young peoples love.
The lady became n little tired after a
time. and. seeing the shadow of long
neck beside her, said: Lets go home,
Charley" and proceeded toward the
exit. Realizing after a time that her
companion was unusually quiet, she
observed closer and found that she was
going home with the giraffe This in
cident is vouched for by a number of
the young couples friends, who are trv'
ing hard to get peace restored.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-09-25
.Leave daily except sunday .


Black let ers ndicate telegraph stations.
Denny s. Moore's and Cristie's Crossings will
be flag stations Tor ali trains.
No. l connects at CressOn with 1Ohnstown TX
press at - for points between CTesSOn and
Johustovn, and with Pacific Express at S 10 for
points west of Johnsto1n. Also with Mail Train
at 9 IS for points east of Gre son.
No. 8 connects with Mail Train at % tor point Is
West OF Gre son, and Mai. Express for points
east OF Cresson.
From points west OF CIeSson No. 4 connects
with Natl train at . 80, and from points east of
Cresson with JchnstOwn Express at %, and Pa
citc Express at IS.
No. connects with Mail Train AT 20 from
points east OF CresSOn. and Mail Express at 4 81
IRON points west OF CresSon.
sunday trains connect with Pacih; Express nd
Mail Train west and mail Express east.
Passengers 10 or from points Pennsylvania
y Northwestern Railroad can take train az Coal
port or IrvOna.
Stations marked APP are fag statious Pas
sengers wishing to get OFF VIII notify the con
ductOr. Passengers wish tng to get will flag
the train at these stations. Trains Will not stop
unless SO notified. W. y. RATH BUN,
General Manager and superintendent.
r. J. BURGOON. Train Master.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-09-25
Living Without MARKING

1t is said that between the island of
Madagascar and the coast of India there
are sixteen thousand islands, only six
hundred OF which are inhabited. In
any of these islands man can live and
support his family in princely luxury
without working more than twenty-five
days in the year. In fact, ON some of
these islands he needn't work at adj, as
nature provides the food, and no clothes
are required
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-09-25
LOST AND FOUND

Ar Deposit, y. y, dog .bl
O. ID. Wakcman found m bg
containing four hundred a...I.r Ii.r.5c
notes. That is quite a ra.u". ..-
THE New York girl who '''. ..'rI
gagcment ring in a wash ID. IN, -r
find it two years later u, -, .r ,n q
where it had been wa>hr' D. ,''., .,-risi .
sewer. had meantime been 'l'
widowed. IN is-
A GENTLEMAN dropped q -g,ss p.
from his vest in the c"rr'"" and ",
Office the other aftern"'u!' .,sp. 2
he missed it retraccd hI' ,Ts gl
found the pin lying an'a- rr,n
md dust Of the corridor u ~ a...,si ?
# the hundreds who haa abb
way. The pin had been l's' o
N. Y. sun.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-09-25
A Peculiar WaY.

An old New Yorker, living not far
from Gramercy park, has his own way
of becoming acquainted with the life
in distant cities. He is an invalid and
cannot travel, but has plenty of leisure.
His plan, says the Sun, is TO subscribe
for year for the best daily paper in
whatever city he wants to know about.
and then he reads that paper carefully.
AS a result he vows he knows more
about Philadelphia, Baltimore, Wash
ington and Richmond than if he had
Travelled about each of them for a
month. just now he is mastering the
pecuiiarities of Atlanta, and is greatly
interested in its southern WAYS and
views
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-09-25

According to statistic. sa,, p, 4 "a.
ish World. a larg, pro, ',,,,.,r,-Hans
Of all arms in the ''...irfd D..
regiments who have =, I[5.a .,,i.lou- pr. = !.
on the battlefield are 80 N, -7Ittr.
striking testimony ,i,i,ni to M, 81. is e5alg
by the fact that the or,, ,,,ong the 20 4
bravery possessed amonr ..l,.rt. aia-si, (
breast Of jew. ~ ~. lsen tls'"
Who has only recently l-.rar 4
tb,. T peerage by the enP''
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-09-25
Connections at Cresson

ID AlT.RDAD TINT TABLE " .. l. OFTHE
n CreSson, T'learfeld County ana New York
Short hOute Railroad. In effect on and after
- d IanI
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-09-25
SOUTH WARD.
NORTH WARD.

Bradley, Noel and Lucket are Flag Stations
No trains Sunday.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-09-25

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L. PRANK, Pastor
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-09-18
ADJUSTMENTS.

At the Grand opera house last
night, a large audience, a heavy
sprinkling of which, for the gallery
and dress circle, were of the colored
population, assembled to witness
what McCsbe & Young's genuine
colored MINISTRIES could give them in
the way of entertainment. The sur.
prise was great with old theatre goers
TO find that the mlnstrels were really
good, Jokes new or dressed up
so they could not be recognized,
songs and voices excellent, and the
'specialties particularly fine. The
performance was enlivened by a fine
solo from Willie Lee, a splendid
juggleTy exhibition, one of the best
old man characters ever seen here,
by real darkey picked up in Hot
Springs, Ark..snd other good things.
The performance does not drag in the
least. They appear again tonight.
AT Muth's garden last night, hum
dreds OF our citizens with families at
tended the eleventh concert of
the series given US this summer
by Prof. Carl Beck, Alderman Muth
and Mr.. Weiss. The concert was
q triumph and in selection and execu-
ton of the numbers rare taste and
skill was shown. San Antonio can
stand something in this line for win
ter amusement, it is thought.
Newton Beers Company, not
strangers in San Antonio, appears to-
night al Rische's theatre, which they
have the honor to open for the sea
son. They have a good company
good play and are here three nights.
The Mexican fiestas closed with q
great rush of visitors to San Pedro
Park last night In the afternoon
the usual oratiOns were given; there
N-as music aud the regulation balls in
the upper and lower psviIions in the
evening. The celebration closed
about two o'clock q. m.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-09-18
MILITARY NOTES.

Mr.. Merrel, of the Mexican Nation
al Ry., who has been visiting Gen.
Stanley for the past few days, left for
FAexicO yesterday.
The receipts of the Post Canteen at
NJ Fort sam Houston, on the day it
opened, amounted 10 S163. About the
same amount was taken in yesterday.
They ran out of beer several times
during the day.
One man of F. company, 5th In.
tsntry, was placed in the guard house
yesterday, for drunkenness.
"A. troop, 3rd Cavalry, is expected
at Fort Sam Houston every
day, from Eagle Pass. They are on
shs road somewhere, and it is sup.
posed that the recent rains will de-
take the place of II Troop, 3rd caval-
Ey, with which troop it has changed
stations.
There was no concert at Fort Sam
Houston last night on account of
Beck's concert at Muth's Garden.
A fight occurred in the quarters OF
f Company, 23d infantry yesterday
between two privates.
A recruit of Fl company, 2Srd infau-
try, who claims to have come from
North Carolina, wants TO be tough
and tries to pick quarrels with the
other men of that company. He had
better leave Bowens alone if he does
not want to get into trouble.
Lieut.. Sage, canteen officer, at Fort
Sam Houston, is about the busiest
officer at the post during the present
rush of business at the Post Canteen
The officers at Fort Sam Houston
and also the enlisted men, do not as q
rule like the idea of the new mes,
hall being used for the purpose fol-
which 1t was built. They would
rather have it used for the post can
teen and gymnasium.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-09-18
Sunday Excursion Train to Kerrvill,
Sept. 20, 1891.

On account of the Sangerfest at
Comfort, the S. A. & A. P. Ry. will
run an excursion train to KerrvIlle on
Sunday, Sept. Goth, leaving San An
tonic at 500 a. M, arriving at Ro-
bards, S:27 a. M; Leon Springs, S:55 a.
m; Van Rsub, 9:15 a. m; Boerne,
9:35 a. m; Welfare, 1000 a. m; War
ing, 1912 a. M; and Comfort, 1875 a
M; Gsnahl, ILLS q. m: and Kerrville,
l1:40 .. IN. Returning, leave Kerr
Vile, 1900 noon; arriving at
Comfort, 1852 p. M, and re-
naming in Comfort until 700 p. m !;
arriving at San Antonio at 9:27 p. m.
This gives stay in Comfort of IL
hours. An excursion rate of one fare
will be made to Comfort, Ganahl and
Kerrvllle from all stations. Passen-
gers will be taken to points this side
of Comfort at the regular rates.
Get your tickets at the 5. A. & A. P.
Ry. and remember that the train will
leave at 500 sharp. 9-l5.5t