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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-02-05
TOSSED BY a BUFFALO.
The Terrible Experience of an African
Hunter

The Terrible Experience of an African
Hunter.
In DIR. Prucn's book, The Arab and
the African. lac decribcs II nocturnal
adventure of Il friend OF his who
went ont one cvcuingin search of game,
his people being in want of meat.
After hunting fur some time hc came in
sipht of an antelope. and began stalk
inc il. He was an expert hunter. and
succeeded in getting well within range
without attracting the antelope, at
tcutiou; but ia do!ugSo he accomplished
a feat which, DR.. pruon thinks. must bc
almost unparalleled in the annals of
hunting.
80 cautiously did he approach through
the long grass that nc was unnOticed
by buffalo lying in it; and 80 intent
was ne on his expected game, that. un-
known To himself ho -tglllcd RIGHT up
to the buffalo, and stood just in front of
its head, with his back to it.
In a second the ast0niShed animal
was on its feet, and the sound brought
Cole sharply round; but so close were
the two that. although Coles gun was
at full cock, the buffalo had caught
him on the back before he could fire.
and his gun flew from his hand as he
went flying through the air.
y second and third time did the in
furiatcd animal gore and toss him be-
Zone ne co~ld realize his position and re-
strain hIs shouts. Then lac lay notion
less and quiet, feigning death, bu: cX-
pecting every moment to be tossed
again.
The buffalo stood cycing him for
few minutes. and then, half satisfied
that his work was done. trottcd of and
stood again to watch it. victim ut Il
short distance. Then it disappeared in
the Jungle. while Coles native boy,
a frightened spectator to what had hap
pened. ran to the house. two miles away,
and brought assistance.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-02-05
A MILLIONAIRE GUEST,
How the "Supe" said lie Would Enter
Mrs. Astor's Itou..

ho" Nht Nupt Silu lie would Enter
Mrs. Astor's House.
II was during the rehearsal of a su-
premely swell domestic drama, says the
New York Commercial Advertiser The
act in which a banquet at the house of
the merchant prince is portrayed had
been reached, and the stage manager
was breaking in the five gentlemen who
had been engaged to play the million
aire guests at the revel.
a man who does the millionaire-puest
act at frst-clasS theater rarely GETS
more than fifty cents night for il. and
OF the stage he doesn't look the. part.
Among the five in question was one
whose clothes would have been reject
ed by any self-rcspectIug secondhand
dealer, and whose ayllwardness was
worthy OF an infant camel Seedy.
brOken-dOwn and wretched. he looked
like ithograph of misery personified.
In ten minutes he had driven the STAGE
manager to the verge of paresis. He
would not come upon the scene prom
srly.
He fell over his feet, the furniture
and everythin" else, while the more the
stage manager fumed the weirder grew
his actions. Finally the manager walked
up to him with a forced and deadly calm
upon his features.
My friend he said, grasping the
arm of the lOwly super, this is sup
posed TO be the house of very rich
man. Now how would you enter Mrs.
Astor's drawing-room?'
With jimmy was the answer.
There We're only four guests at the
bankers banquet when that play was
,rOduppd
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-02-05
Trouble from sunlsen vc--el..

When a vessel sinks in the chaune.
through Lake George flats, near >aa.-
~. Marie, there is plenty OF trou'''
The value Of the vessels delayed h} o
wreck there recently is estimated p.
fourteen million dollars, and that o..
their cargoes at four million dollars. ~
one time seventy lake steam vessels
were anchored on the east side oi '..
blockade, and sixty on the west si...
and a new channel had 10 he s-.
through the flats to allow them % e'"
tinue their ways. -Four dredges worN'"
day and night TO make channel seven
hundred feet in length, sixty in Nl".N
and fifty in depth. II is said tha' ,'.
only way TO prevent accidents like iA".
which caused the wreck II 10 limit .''
speed Of vessels IN the channel IH''.
was the same trouble at the ~. '.'.. .,
flats until men were stationed al .t
ends of the channel TO time the ve-so's
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-02-05
NORFOLK ENGLISH.
Marked Pecuiiarities of a Very strange


Tongue.
The peculiaritic>s OF Norfolk speech
are many, sometimes not 4 little Ecz-
King. saws Ala the Year Round Two
negatives do not make an Affirmative.
Il haven't no objections. ma am. 20
what Won say" Here Is another frag-
ment of dialogue:
How do Won do'-pronourced dew
John, bor?"
Very well. thank We. Mary. NOR.
What Is Dor" and what II nor
we ask OF etymologists and leNicoEraph-
erS-
..Bor' is the vocative case singular of
a defective noun. of which no other
ease. believe. exists. We might call
IT an explctivc. redundancy, not know
ing what other functions to asSi%n To IL
Nor Is also the vocativc singular of
the nominutive ''m&wther," great
girl, a young woman, = female hobby
de-hoy. The mother of = siclIly and
fanciful daughter has been heard to
say. MY mawther, she do nothin' but
eat thapcs and dodmans. ThaPcs are
green gooschcrries; dodrnans. snaiis.
Note the do in the prcviC.iS exam
pie. The grammar OF the Norfolk peas
antrv confounGs the FIRST person siEGu-
lar. present tense, indicative mood. with
the third person plural OF the same.
Thus, they say: My lord have ivvcr 50
much money. so hc keep ivver - many
sarvauts and hoasc,. and drive about in
q coach and four. Nv lady smile livery
time she speak 10 me. rom NoIdy, the
coachman- live in of them there hous-
en-"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-02-05
INFORMATION FOR SMOKERS.
The Ash on a Cigar-A Neglected Weed
The rCn-Center.

The Ash on tLkar-A NeEi'cteu "ttN
The rcn-Ccnter
S'Fev people know how to smoke
cigar properly" said tobacconist to a
New York sun man. In fact few peo-
pie know anything at all about a cigar.
Many imagine that in order to obtain
all the flavor of a good cigar it is neces-
sarv to keep it free from ashes. As n
result they snap the cigar with their
fingers until the wrapper is broken and
their Havana is useless. They destroy
their cigar in the attempt to remove the
very thing that preserved its flavor.
Again, it is the popular belief that a
cigar partly smoked and then allowed
to go out as worthless. But the con-
trary is the case. \ good cigar is made
still better if the smoker lights II, con-
sumes it partly and, after eNpelling all
the smoke from the weed, permits 1t to
90 out Try it and see. do not say
that this holds good with poor cigars or
with a good cigar unless yuu force the
smoke ou1 of it, but do as / say and you
will see that it adds to the pleasure OF
your smoke. Not one man out of a
hundred can tell good cigar. Why.
men come in here and buy twenty-five
cent cigars who cannot distinguish be
TWEEN Will btit bl.N anu a Nv NNAAN
cigar. so far as the quality goes. y
mans taste must be educated in this as
in everything else. He must be taught
to tell good cigar from q poor one
some men have smoked such rank ci-
lrars for years that now they cannot
taste a cigar unless it i the blaCilest.
strongest and sharpcst on the market.
The stronger a cigar the more likely is
I TO be Of inferior quality. Lastly.
never buy a ten-cent cigar. Let it be 4
five. or fifteen or over, but never buy
ten-cent one. Why? Because the ton
cent cigar is made of the leJyings of
higher priced cigars, and for that reason
is inferior 10 them. \ g"ul: tive-crut
cigar i made of hr,t-cIass. sccond-gradc
tobacco. which makes better smoke
than secoud-cjase first grade tobacco. or
the tcu-ccnt cigar"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-02-05
Won MOLTKEs SOLDIERS.
An incident Showing Their Perfect Dis.
ciplinc.

An incident Showing Their Perfect Dis
cipIinc.
The parents of young soldier rl.
was q private in a Pru~siau ca-..rr
regiment during tho Frau-p-Pru BAN
war became terribly anxious .|1u,
him. Several battles had been f.ugf
and they had received no news Of 'h.-
boy. After some hesitation. 'ne father
went 10 see Gen. Won Noltllc. who wa-
understood 10 receive visitors at % g.r-
tain hour in the carly morning.
Strange To say. the father was admit,
ted TO see the great field marshal
what il your business" said NnItEe.
Use a. few words as possible"
The visitor explained that he wished
TO know the fate Of his son. private
in n certain regiment. Noltl5c smiled
but not unkindly. and drew from h..
pocket a square Of cardboard coverc,
with dots lines and crosses of variou
coloTS.
This line" he said. indicates ID.
line Of march II your sons rcgim.u.
These dots mark the distances of oaa
forced march. Tomorrow mpruiur -
seven o'clock the regiment must Doe a'
this point here. Take note of the ~it
u1tion.
lie said no more and The intcrv..H
ended. Long before the hour us-.
the father was at the point indicated ur
the map. just before seven o'cloc.s '.,
trumpcts Of the advance guard wor.
heard in the distance. and precisely ~
the hour the father saw his son.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-02-05

The tallest men Of western Europe
are found ia Catalonia, Spain: Norman
dy, France; Yorkshire, Eng, and the
Ardcnnes districts of Belgium Prus-
sia gets her tallest recruits from Schles-
wig-IIolstcin, the original home Of the
irrcpressible Anglo-SaXons; Austria
from the Tyrolese highlands. In Italy
the progress of physical degeneration
was extended to the upper Apenuines,
but the Albanian Turks are still an
athletic race and the natives Of the
Caucasus are as sinewy and gaunt as IN
the days of the Arronauts. In the
United States, the thirty-cighth par
abel. ranging through Indiana ard
northern Kentucky. i as decidedly tie
latitude Of big men a the forty-secOud
Is that Of big cities The tallc~t men #
South America are found in the west
ern provinces of the Argentine Repub-
lie. Of Asia in Afghanistan and Kay
pooaua. of Africa in the highland of
Abyssinia
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-02-05
uELPl HELP, THE LADY FAINTS

When sudden fainting spells come
upon a lady, you may always suspect
some uterine disturbances or trouble, or
some great disorder in the circulation and
nerve centers. A remedy that has al
WAYS proved successful in warding of and
removing the tendency TO recurrence OF
fainting sDells-that removes the cause
of them, corrects the circulation of blood,
and gives to the system that even run
ming nervous energy so essential, is DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription.
The Prescription is guaranteed to
give satisfaction in every case, or money
refunded. Nothing else does as much.
You only pay for the good you get.
Can you ask more?
AS regulator and promoter of func-
tional action, Mt the critical period of
change from girlhoOd TO womanhoed,
"Favorite Prescription is 4 perfectly
safe remedial agent, and can produce
only good results. 1t is equally effica-
cious and valuable in its effects when
taken for those disorders and derange-
mentS incident TO that later and most
critical period, known as 1.-THE change
of Life"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-02-05
a GREAT ELECTRICIAN.
He Began Experiments with Leyden Jars
When Boy OF Eleven.

When "A Boy OF Eleven.
Anybody that has heard much about
the work of Prof. Elihu Thompson. the
man whose name Is in the title OF the
great electric company and whose
brain has worked out all the mechani-
cal ideas that have made the company
tremendously rich and famous in the
last decade, Is very much surprised
usually when ne meets the little pro-
fessor, says a Boston letter The man
of genius iS only five feet four inches
high, or perhaps a little taller. His
figure is even boyishly slight, and his
face Is very much younger in appear
auce than thia OF almost any man with
d mustache in the senior class at lIar-
ward university. His no-accOunt brown
mustache gives him an older look, but
If it We're not for that he would be
Startlingly youthful looking. As it i.
he is a few years short of forty. He
was always famed for his precocity,
and he had to wait two years before he
could enter the high school in Philadel-
phia, because he was 50 young. lie
was a professor of chemistry before he
was twenty-three years old. When he
was eleven years old he began expert
,nents with Leyden jars, and contin-
ued experiments in electricity uninter-
ruptedly until he was thirteen years Of
age. He lived in Philadelphia, and when
he'd try his prentice hand on his first
dynamos he used to travel into the woods
away from his home to strip the elder
berry bushes and get elder pith TO make
insulating material with. When he'd
be short of this he'd get from his neigh
bors the silver foil from tobacco and
use that. He ought to be worth hun
dreds of thousands of dollars to-day,
but he is comparatively poor, and he
dcvotes his energies to the supervision
of the technical electrical works of the
company exclusively. Prof. Houston,
the man whose name is Joined with his
in the title of the company, is not di-
rectly connected with the concern, but
is plodding professor of physics in
Philadelphia
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-02-05
THE RUTHLESS TURK.
\ Striking Pen Iictur, Of the >csa,r, ~
the Lso-phorus.

the Iso-phorus.
Tho Turk has been for ccnturir-. .-.
Alfred ID. J.. llamlin. writing iU t.. H-
ccmbcr New England AaE.zi -..
most ruthless Of Nandals In e...-.
lands destroying the most prcci..- .a.
tiquy monuments 10 obtain linn. n.
mortar. Much havoc Of this sort .
been wrought in and about stan. .u.
put a wiser use has somctiluoa ...u
made Of sucicut ruins. Nhor,v.r a
bit II mcdiuval wall cOuld au.u.l 30.
purD"S-. De has made Of IL the h.-a
mcut Of his house. thus sub.rrviur a'
once the interests Of his purse and a.
the picturesque. The frowuiur uucl.
colations OF the old fortrra4 bccaa.
the windows Of his kitchen aud store
room. and upon their crest his wooden
walls perch in truly triumphant la..i.a
Part of the walls OF old ByzautiWa ar.
thus crowned with houses, and g,
Roumcli-Ilissar, beneath the wiaaas.
Of the American Robert college. q
whole village clinEs 10 the -carnr..ut.
and tower, Of the frownin- -' a.. ..
Oblivion" No oddcr or more a l..-. .r
confusion of bcctling wall, $685.. -.......
houses could bc imagined. tlrr.. b.
the thick walls form lanes aud a.#
ways. leading down from level tp ...e.
by steep incliucs OF crumLliGv steps
Tho crow . nest houses stand a. every
possible angle and elevation, ov-y...u-.
ing the abyss on the further SIDE %.
their lofty foundations and gay with
all the hurs OF the spectrum.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-02-05
PARAeuAYAN IDEAS OF WORK.
\ People Who Prefer Id.eness To Ply
steal EsVs.Ttion.

steal ENa-tiOu.
\ French gentleman who has recent
II organized colony called Villa S'aEa,
4baUt twenty leagues northeast Of Villa
Convention. on land belonging to the
Para qua vO-ArrcntiUc Land Company.
told ne, writes ThCn,lorc Child, IL liar
per'a Marazinc. that IN the beginning,
when he went to survey the ground and
to ascertain its exact INTERNATIONALLY
ways Il troublesome BUSINESS in these
countries. where there i as yet no top
ocraphical survcy-hc had the greatest
difficulty in inducing half = dozen Para
guayanS to accompany him. They told
him that he would never find the land,
that he would be unable to cross the
river Aquidaban. and, in short. that
his was a wiId-goosc chase. However.
when they arrived at the river. and the
Frcnchman simply jumped in and SWAN
across their amour propre was touched.
and they swan after him. These half
dozen Paraguayans have remained at
tacheG 70 the colony, but they have lost
the esteem Of their countrvmcn. When.
after the exploring expedition, our
Frcuchman started from Villa Concep-
ton with his sixty colonistS and his
train of bullock carts and impedi-
mcuta. the loafcrs of the town said to
The few Paraguayaus who accompanied
him and were helping him in the load
ing: What? Are you as big fools as
these Europeans, TO work like that?"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-02-05
poucEmeN.s GOOD HEALTH.
The Low Death Rate Due TO Their Neces-
ssrity Good Habits.

sariiy Good Habits.
Although the lot of "a policeman ''is
rot :: hai,,y one" rs the song goes. yet.
considering the exposure u the weather
ia idgntal to patrol duty, tac bust
res T. not IN unhealthy one obscrvce
o., New York Times. Ac-oral2E To
Il, report OF the department Tor 1870
Il appears that in a force of .i-,J2 OF all
.--.all5 there were hut forty-onc deaths
The dC.tl roll includes three sergeant,
,llrcc detective scr-rcants and thirty
i've patrolmen. The chief caUee, OF
death were, as might be expected
pneumonia and consumption. Eleven
deaths resulted from the former and
nine from the latter disease. There
,vcrc four deaths from heart disease,
three from Bri-llt's disease and two
from bronchitis. Two policemen only
act violent deaths, and they were
killed by falls.
When = lscd to explain the low rate
Of mortality in the force one Of the
police surgeons said that 1t was not sur
prising The men when appointed. -
lac said. must he in perfect health,
.,lsc they could not pass the stringent
physical examinations 10y the police
SURGEONS and the doctors Of the civil
service board They have plenty OF out
door exercise. which tends To keep
them in good physical condition. Their
hours Tor rest and meals arc - regular
aS cloclly-orlI except when an clcr-
ccncv arises. such a. q lonr-continUcd
trilzc or otl:cr event tending 20 breed
disorder. or . large Grc. when. ior a
few days. perhaps, this regularity is
broken II upon.
The slocpil@-rooms at the station
house are large and well ventilated.
The policemen are required by the
rules to he warmly clad In winter and
lightly clad IL summer, a-Id t.cy are
rolnpcllcd 10 supply themselves with
rubber clothing 10 wear IN ht.rray
weather. They must lc"p themselves
Ian They c@u h@vc medical at
tendance free whcn thnv are sick. and
s.vcry possible prc-autisn Is t-lzcn To
keep the force in healthy condition.
a policeman gets only half pay
while on the SicI, list. and. coGscqu
". there is very little malinpcrin~. If
the policeman only keeps away from
rum which causes more trouble ia the
department than anything else. there
II no reason why hc should not enjoy
better health tlan tEe average man.
There i a good deal If talk about tho
sr5Ships which q police: man LAS 10 en-
re buJ they are .Iy discounted by
.- comforts hc c- - above those ia
the same social Sc-l-."
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-02-05
ROeslNG THE GOATS.
4 scheme for Boiling Down Tin Cans
the solder.

4 scheme for Boiling Down Tin Cans for
the Solder.
There i little in this world that the
ingenuity Of man cannot turn % ae-
count.
In South Boston the other day Globe
reporters attention was called 10 a man
upon the salt marsh who was busy feed.
ing a portable fIrnace with fuel. Will,
around him were thousands Of old Tin
cans.
What are you doing" asked the pee
porter
boiling cans" replied the operator.
As hc spoke he threw ladlc fu'. .-
crude petroleum, a barrel of which was
placed near by, into the huge poG .-
blazed mp. sending dense volume~ Of
black smoke circling seaward over tie
salt marsh.
"Nes, sir: boiling old cans for 'Ha
solder and refuse iron. They cost us
three dollars a ton. and there are rt--,
thousand tomato cans in "a ton
''Out Of this quantity about how mn.a
solder can you extract"
Some fifty-fivc pounds i'm tEc rough,
which. when clarified, GwiuGlcs down
10 about forty. This we dispose o' ?.
the plumbers. Oh yes, there money .a
II
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-02-05
SHOOTING FOR BEEF.
An Exciting Event Among Western Back
woodsmen.

wOOusmen.
Some years ago 4 popular western
amusement was a shootingmatch for
beef, in which all the mal lsmen of the
neighborhood participated. The home
ly sport is described by the eccentric
Davy Crockett in his Life and Adven-
lures"
\ farmer, wishing TO raise money.
would advertise that on u certain day
and at a given place, he would put up
first-rate beef To be shot for. After the
marksmen had assembled, n subscrIp-
tion paper was handed round, with the
following heading:
"A. Il. offer rs a beef worth twenty
dollars to be shot for, at twenty-five
cents shot"
The paper was passed from hand to
hand until the number of shots sub
scribed for made up the price of the
beef. Two persons who had subscribed
for shots We're then selected to act as
judges. Every subscriber furnished his
own target-a board with a cross in the
centre.
The shot that hit the centre, or came
nearest to il, secured the hide and tai
low, which was the first choice. The
next best shot got his choice of the hind
quarters; the third received the other
hind-quarter; the fourth took his choice
of the fore-quarters; the fifth the re-
manning quarter; and the sixth was al.
lowed the lead in the tree to which the
targets were nailed.
The judges stood near the tree. and
when a man fired the shouted: WHO
shot?" and the shooter gave his name
After all had shot, the judges examined
the boards and decided what part of the
beef each man had won. Sometimes
| one man, being a good marksman, and
having subscribed for six or eight shots
! would get nearly all the beef.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-02-05
SHAVED WHILE you sIr--
How the Native Barber Of India Pert
the Operation. ~i

now the native Iafber OF India Pen.
the Operation.
Talking about BARRIERS. nov. ~
an elderly gentleman, whose G.,
shavcn face still bore the tan 80
Indian sun under which the .-...
part Of his life had been pass. D.
Ncw York sun man. Il know r...,.-.
American artist j. very sisillfu' ur..
razor and the luxury in and -ur-r.r-.
q b:a bcr'a chair il any gf t....
citicS of the { nited States g. uu, ....
in amy other part 81 Tho wor.
after all. the American barh.r D..
the appliances OF his TRADE. g. Dbl.
t. different.
Tho iiiUdoo who ~havc- Won .,..
YOU are in your bed in the Iuulu.n-..
Iics with him little more than H-...
g razor and pair of scissor q
poets 10 find everything else tna, ...
bc necessary in your batlrpu.
pay him. :.s vou do your other -,r-...
10y the month. and hc visits Euu..-.-
day or every alternate day e.. u.
agreed upon. II he finds Won .
hc never arouse You. lie just ,.
your position and then shave. ur..-.
parts of your face that are pIa....
posed - him. and SO gently and -...
does he do il that unless You ar.a ,.-
linht sleeper indeed you dp r.t ....
that you have been lathcrcd aaa ......
until Won open your eyes and .... ...
sittiug un tbs floor beside the H..|
Then hc makes his salaa. nr. r..,.
yOu ta turn over 50 thai Doe e.r .r..
hi work. But If you are lr.aguu ..r.
back mo- delay II necessary. D.. e.. ....
the operation and goes away ..au,
disturbing Won and you awa.s. fu sn.
yourself shaved without laE..r ...-
the barber. Your face H.. pr.... ...
little clammy after il, b,rau-. .s
course. he cannot wash il. But % .e..-
man in India takes cold bath 81. n.
mcui ne ari-cs from his bed iuth.4.-.
ing that docs not greatly matter