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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-07-29

The different aspects If rclivi,1 a-.
-. diverse as the working of -a. .r-
ra.,n mind And there l. no i...1 ado
need. ~ mattcr how ab~urL l.- g.r-
-;.rs. that viii not find aoma 81. aries
ID Worship at its shrine. Thr t.rrg
...eistianity in the south Is 20 ,.rrr
,.--ibination Of ignorance, superstition
.7i faith. Ia bushcl Of th,ir foolish
beliefs one finds only small ,a-,-u 4
ruth. IL fact. il would seem ',.s had
modified their former Fetch. i.i into q
kind Of hcathcn Christianit~.
A. = matter of truth. a southern r,.-
,,-,'s ricty has little influence GA h.,
,rc-v,.a- life. Some Of the '..rv,,
rsgucs and most immoral are "a, .uua-
cst singers in the ''mcctiu'. and no
Thought of the inconrruity % their
lives ever strikes them. PcrI... the
doetrinc that prevails among tn.u % q
large extent induces thi, coa.-a--: f.p
many believe that once ia grace. al
v~avs in grace SO q subsequent lapse
into sin 10 not supposed u have amy uu-
fortunate consequences.
Many southern hou>clJccpcrs regard
t.cir servants efforts AT ''gcttin iriDu'
with horror. For. contrary - wla.
ter dc church are generally the loa,.
reliable. And their methods - u .u-
niag salvation are anything but pleas
ant. In the first place. they imagine
trat all conversions are the result Il
..udGcn revelation. In tsis revelation,
which they call thoSr sprricncr,'
they arc supposed To bc transported ont
of the flesh and 10 visit. in the spirit,
,.hiIc the body l. said To remain dor
..4ant in 81 trance.
Gn awakening. some tell marvellous
talc5 Of the sights they have seen, de-
...ribing graphically the golden glorics
Of the New Jerusalem and the cavern
ou, sulphur pits of he'll. Others speak
81 familiar conversations with the
Saviour. And these tales. says the New
York Advertiser. Iudicrous as they gen
orally are. often border on the bias.
phomou~-
Of course one must accept tine reli-
giani-t's word for ever having been ru q
trance ~ all. IIut evidently their over
wrought nerves and the uuuatur.I state
Of mania into which they Ev.~, them
selves contribute To renHor ta..r hall
lurinatiDnSa reality.
Sometimes II really docs happen that
the negro. when worked mp hya revival,
faiuts from sheer exhaustion. again,
IN their frenzy and shouting, they vio-
lcutly pound their brethren. and pc-
casiouauy this exalted .ta.c of picty
Icads, 10 ''lsuocl5-down and dTug-out'
fight Some almost tear rhcir clothing
- pieces ia their czcit itrmcUt.
To a northern reader thi, ~ta-e of ig-
norance may seem strange. N,t in tire
city 81 New York there Is q large class
whose ignorance Is a. dense. and who
need the missionary as much a- tho.r
negro brothers in the south
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-07-29
Mines That Are Lost.

Everywhere throughout the west are
lost mines. Every state and territory
that has gold or silver has several of
them. Around each there clings a halo
of romance. The lost Pegleg mine on
the Colorado desert is the latest to have
an inning and be noticed by the press.
There is lost Cabin mine near Crater
lake, IN Oregon. Montana, Wyoming,
Idaho and New Mexico have lost mines
of some sort or other, all rich, and
locked in the depths of the Navajo res
ervation in Arizona is another lost mine
Men with guns and picks and burros
steal in from time to time in quest of
the latter. Sometimes in referring to
the various lost mines they are singu-
larry mixed, until the problem is made
harder 10 solve as TO just what they
are.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-07-29
WAYS OF SLEEPING.
Exactly Opposite Conditions Sought b
Penple of Different Nations.

People of Different Nations.
The things which one person needs to
make him sleep are precisely the things
which would keep another awake all
night Even the sedativc medicines
which put one person Immediately into
a heavy siumbcr excite another into
condition of nervous rcstleSsness. The
European or American. in order to sleep
we'll ordinarily requires Il downy pill
low, under the head, but the japanese,
stretching himself upon a rush mat on
the floor. puts hard, square block OF
wood under his head, and does not sleep
well if he does not have it. The Chi
nese makes great account of his bed,
which is very low indeed-scarcely ris-
ing from the floor-but is often carved
cxQuiSitely of wood, but it never occurs
to him to make it any softer than the
rush mats viii render il. While the
people of the northern countries can
not sleep unless they have plenty of
room to stretch out their legs the in
habitants of the tropics often curl
up like monkeys at the
lower angle of n suspended hammock
and sleep soundly in that position.
The robust American often covers
himself with a pair of blankets and
throws his window wide open TO the
air. even in the winter time, and he
does not complain if he finds little
drift of snow across the top of his bed
in the morning. The Russian, on the
contrsry, likes no sleeping place 50 well
as the top of a big soapStone stove in
his domicile. Crawling out of this blis-
tcring bed in the morning he likes to
take a plunge in a cold stream, even ii
he has To break the ice to get into 1t.
The Laplander crawlS. head and all,
into a bag made of reindeer skin. and
sleeps warm and comfortable within 1t.
The East Indian, at the other end of the
world. also has sleeping bag, but 1t Is
more porous than the Laplandcr's. Its
purpose is to keep out mosqui toes more
than to keep the sleeper warm While
the American still clings to his feather
pillow. he is steadily discarding his old
fashioned feather bed in favor of the
hair or straw mattress. The feather
bed is relegated to the country, and
many people who slept upon it all
through their childhood find themselves
uncomfortable upon ii in their maturi-
ty. The German not only sleep upon
feather bed but underneath one. The
feather covering used in Germany, how
ever, concludes the Youths Companion,
is not So large or as thick as the one
which is used as a mattress, and the
foreigner who undertakes to sleep be-
Meath il often finds his feet suffering
from cold while his shoulders are suffer
ing from heat.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-07-29
4 Oueer Flower.

On Mount Whitney, the highes; noun
tain in california, at level of fourteen
thousand feet above the sea and fifteen
hundred feet above the timber-line,
where there is no soil, and no moisture
save snow and hail and ice, there grows
a little flower shaped like a bell-fiowe-,
gaudy in colors of red, purple and blue.
1t is called Jacobs ladder; and its fra
GRANGE partalxes of the white Jasmine
1t blooms alone; for il not only has no
floral associates, but there is no crea.
ture-not even bird or insect-to keep
IL company.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-07-29
BERLIN'S TYPICAL STREET.
What 1t Reveals of the Activities of the
Great city.

Great city.
The Linden chronicles in stone the
history of PruS~ian kings and the PruS-
sian people. it also epitomizes in pc
culiar way the daily activities of Ber-
lin. says writer in Scribner. 1t is
significant that the beautiful broad
street. 50 particularly adapted for
Sauntercrs, should on week days have
scarcely any life until the early hours
of the afternoon. Berlin is then hard
at work. We lrvc in Berlin no count
erpart Of the boulcvardier of Paris.
Those fashionable loungcrs-who hold
serious conferences with their Wallets as
to which shade of attire viii appear to
greater advantage in that days sunlight:
who grow absorbed in the selection of
a proper cravat: who, when they have
brushed their teeth and trimmed their
nails in the morning have about fin
ished their days work; who earn not q
penny and spend a great dcal-thosc
worthy. amiahle cocentrics. who give
such a pleasant variety 10 the appear
auc: of street. are not found here AZ
all.
PAIRING business hours You will see in
Inter den Linden really nobody except
provincial~. foreigners und-of the city
population - representatives of the
wealthy elias, only, particularly ladies
who are shopping in the most cNpen-
sive places. Upon the middle PRONE
made there Will hc maids and nurses
with children playing around them. and
upon the benches, beside old pensioncd
officials. the more doubtful figures OF
clerks out Of work and pleasure seek
crS.
But all these come very far short OF
giving life t0 the wide, fine street, and
would in no way Justify the excessive
strength of the armed force whose duty
il is To maintain order and To facilitate
the movement of traffic. For one sees.
every tCu PAGES. the dark blue uniform
of a policeman, and in the middle OF
the crossings. sitting their horses firm
ly aS bronze statues. the mounted police.
the pride OF the department. Really
these fellows present a striking mp
pearancc. They have excellent horses,
strong. surc-footcd and swift and they
are all picked men. giants in fact most
of them with long. waving. full boards.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-07-29
GALAPAGOS .TORTOISES.
A Race Of Turtles That Is Nearly
Extinct.
n"i--.s to Their ENceilcnCc as an Article
Of Food They Have S;een nearly Eaten
out OF F2NisUcncr-U they
Are Captured.

The Galapagos tortoiscs are the only
survivors of an ancient race of huge
turtles which lived 50 long ago as the
early part of the tertiary epoch. Speci-
mems weighing from six hundred To
seven hundred pounds have been cap
turcd and there is authcnti" record of
ono individual taken which tipped tho
scales at eight hundred and seventy
pounds However, nearly all of the
very big ones have been caught and
dcvoured. and 1t will not hc long before
the race is cXtCrminatcd - literally
eaten off the face of the earth by glut-
tonous men," 1t is reclloncd that ten
millions of these turtles have been
taken from the islands since their dis
covcry.
No provisions for ships were ever
found equal TO these tortoises. which
will remain in good condition for a year
without food or water. \ SuPplyo the
latter is carried by the animal in bag
which contains as much rs two gallons
sometimes. They are very sagacious,
and when kept on deck can bc taught
10 continc themselves TO any space ar
ranged for their accommodation by
whipping them gently with q ropes
is said u bc finer than that of Il green
turtle. Dampier, the explorer who Wis
tied the islands in 1851 wrote that the
flesh rcScmbled a pullet's flavor. The
oil" he SAYS. we kept in jars and used
it instead of butter to eat with dump
liugs" Rogers in 1904 wrotes The
eggs of a turtle are as big as those of q
goose. white. hard shells and exactly
round. Two men rode on the back of
one of the creatures, which weighed
seven hundred pounds, and it carried
them with ease" In 1893 Colnct report
ed that the nests of the tortoiscs
''wcrc thrown up in circular
form. never containing more than three
eggs. which are heated by the sun.
hole being 50 contrivcd as to admit it,
rays through its daily course" This
last remarkable statement would seem
70 imply that these chclouians were
somewhat familiar with astronomy.
The torroiScS are vegetable feeders.
according To the Boston Transcript,
browsing chiefly on Il succulent cactus
1t i said that they are entirely deaf. 80
that even the report of gun does not
startic or alarm them. At intervals
they make pilgrimageS to the hill tops
where water i To- be found, traveiu" ly
night only. Thus. in the course OF cen
turicS. they have worn regular roads
from the shore up tn" mountain side.
10y following which the SpaniardS first
discovered the watering places. They
have very long and snakc-lilzc ncyl,s and
heads. and their feet surprisingly rr-
scmblc those Of an elephant. Thoir
Sumay method of locomotion also ,ug-
gest- Il likeness To the great pachyIcra.
Undoubtedly they live to very great
agc. and their inspect is most venerahIe
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-07-29
q HEROIC FIREMAN.
He Rescued Four Lives at single Fire
n Ney York.


i'm New York.
\ hero in humble life was recognized
in New York lately by the gift of q
gold medal. lie richly deserved il. a
fact which appears in this record of his
deeds, published in the Christian at
Work:
\ sergeant of fire patrol in this city.
John Il. Vaughan, was present at the
fire in the Hotel Royal "a month ago. At
window in one of the upper stories
was gathered group with anxious
faces-a father, mother and child
waiting, perhaps, to die together.
At the next window, in an adjoining
building appeared Il sergeant of our pa
troll. The distance was too great 10
reach. Without hesitation he threw
himself down, resting one arm upon
the sill and entwining his leg around a
telephone wire. fortunately convenient
" near; with his other arm. one 10y one.
he conducted this group of three over
his prostratc body, as bridge. to d win
dow of safety.
His work was not yet done. Ascend
ing the roof ne discovered a man stand
ing upon the sill of a window in another
portion of the house. doubling whether
to meet death 10y jumping or wait to bc
overtakcn by the fire.
Shouting to him to wait and he would
save him, Mr.. Vaughan rushed 10 the
street, and calling upon his comrades to
follow. asccndcd to the roof of another
adjoining building; hastily throwing off
his coat. his companions holding him 10y
his legs he threw himself head downward
over the cornice, and with their assist
ance raised this man of over two hun
dred pounds in weight to the roof. The
rescue was completed; these lives were
saved.
Mr.. Vaughan was presented with a
gold medal commcmoratingh his hcroism.
And he richly deserved it. He was Il
true hero, and none the less SO that hc
performed his deeds in the line of his
duty
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-07-29
IhE SUMNER OUTING.
\ Trip on the Great Lakes in One of tn
Big Freight steamers


The vacation season viii soon be mp
on the Chicago multitude. When to
spend it everybody links he knows;
but how and where to spend it il an
other matter. 1t causes a great deal of
hesitation. But to those who have
tried il nothing seems finer than 4 trip
ON the great lakes. 1t i strange that
Chicago. with the long chain of lakes
at its very door, should be 80 poorly
supplied with means Of transportation.
II may bc sail that there i no trans
portatinn n all.
No lake city OF any consequence Is 50
inad.guaicly furnished with lake transit
facilities Ior passengers. The lack OF
accommodations has occaSioncd a lack
Of interest in travel OF such kind. East
bound tourists travel by train. y few
Chicacoans who have the influence"
have in the past resorted to novel
method of taking a trip on the lakes.
Not only i the method novel, but the
experience il also unusual.
There are several lines OF mammoth
freight boats traversing the sisters Of
the sea" These are fitted up with
all modern appliances and have extra
saloons for guests of the veSS.i pro
prictorS. The favored few who have
taken trips in these say there i moth
ing like it: that passenger boats are
completely cclipsed. The boats are
larger and consequently Steadier: there
is less forlnality, greater ease and com
fort. more attention from the crew, far
better food. and the added charm Of a
novel point of observation. True. the
crowd Of fcllow-travelcrS is absent, but
these are hardly missed. \ reasonable
solitude in the midst of mighty nature
has a refreshing effect, and here II per
feet rest
To cut through the waters At the rate
Of twelve To seventeen miles an hour,
TO pass vessel after vessel on lakes COW
cred with fleets, 10 catch a glimpse Of
gray-grcen shore here and there. -
pass town after town. i a kecncr. more
agreeable sensation than to skim over
the ocean with its weary cXpanse Of
water day after day.
Each lake has its individual charm
and each coast its own interesting
characteristics. II Is a pity that YES
sells from Chicago do not carry paSscu-
gers to every lake port of consequence.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-07-29
I'll. Only nncnsc-

y New Yorker travelling in the wilds
of North Carolina fell in with a guide
who proved communicative and inter
estirr. There war a man killed down
vnniar last week" said the puide.
pointing to the valley below. What
far' .,id the traveller. He war a
rav'uc) officer" said the guide. But
what had he done?" repeated the
traveller He war a rcv'noo officer"
rePcated the guide II understand"
said the traveller. but what was his
otf'r>c'' Why, man. said the guide
with energy. "hc war a rev'nOo officer.
an thar's two men down in the valley
vIitin' with -hotguus for the next one
that triea 10 20 through"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-07-29
Suicides for Sensation.

There is in Paris a class of suicides
who make every arrangement for stud
led effect They are known to the po-
lice as suicides a sensation. To spite
some persons and mi,lze themselves
shudderingly remembered, all the de-
tail - thought out. Numbcrless letters
of farewell are written, an elaborate
Will is prepared. the rooms are put in
order, and the best clothes are donned.
Poison or the fumes of charcoal are pre-
fcrred by this class; the revolver or
drowning disfigure the features too
much and spoil the effect And this
form of suicide seems 10 be largely on
the increase
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-07-29
How 70 Eat u Water. MeIon

IT is said in Florida that the "ay %
eat an orange is 10 put your nose ln IL
This advice applies 10 the water-iut.'h
in the most emphatic manner. lhrFo
is nothing fit to eat in hcmclon but IAS
heart, and that should be torn out "hI
eaten bodily, and if the Juices sh'"'N
run down the neck and into ihe 'l''E.a,
so much the better. Sweets TO thr aH''-
and nothing could be swccter ,i.'.
these Juices. which cmbody the ir"l.'ol
OF the year and all that l. best IN ,.'
seasons. The knife is a deadly "y"i'- ,,..
II destroys the flavor and has d'-,'I
effect on the fruit. People Who u'"
stand their business never use d "..'.
but 20 AT IT, like pugilistS, and the
harbarous the attack the finer tl' ''As.~
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-07-29
CHAPERONED BACHELORS.
How Young Men Who Are Taken to Leap
Ncar Enrfics EnEaNc.

How Young Men Who Are Taken to Leap
Year Parties behave.
Some Of the leap year parties seem to
have been carried on or off with cHccp-
tional spirit, says the New York Times.
1t has been Iaughable. for instance. the
way in which the men have insisted
upon being chapcroncd, and young
women have called in carriages to ac-
company gay bachelors, who were care
fully protected 10y their mothers. To the
scene of festivities. One invctcratc
joker gave perhaps a hint to the bellies
of the sort of chaperouS that would be
most acceptable when he came into the
parlor to receive his fair escort. fol-
lowed by an elderly aunt who is deaf as
Il post and * besides almost blind. This
same man was wrapped in a white opera
cloak cut with an absurd resemblance
to a dress suit ulster; he carried "A bou-
quet Of flowers and wore 4 band of rib
bon and bow on his hair When he ap-
pearcd from the dressing-room. after
laying aside his ambiguous wrap. it was
seen that the sleeves of his coat had
been taken out and elbow sleeves of
pink silk and lace substituted, which.
met by long pink kid gloves, effectually
DrlpntencO MS JOllcI ana dtueu 10
his nondescript appearance.
At another leap-year party. held just
before Lent began. the young women
danced the cotillon with white silk
crush hats under their arms. At the
same affair 4 young footman in cap and
apron did duty in the mems dressing
room. which was besides plentifully
provided with powder and rouge boxes,
hairpins. Il tray of bonbons. and ag-
grcSSive bottles of cologne and extracts.
When the ladies doffcd their outside gear
the actual maid wore with her regula-
tion petticoats a livery jacket and vest
and carried Il whiSI broom as a sort Of
badge of Office. The room was bereft
of its usual feminine fripperies, and in
their place We're suggestively set out
tobacco. pipes and cigars. with de-
canterS of cognac and a huge fancy
Nil LII, !, 81,
Los Angeles herald., 1892-04-17
Indians Buy Meat for the brand.

A dealer down on the desert on his
last trip to the city for supplies found a
new brand of canned meat which bore a
high colored designation of two lions
rampant, in token that it was of the
"lion brand" This, he thought, would
be just the thing for his Indian custom
ers, and he laid in a large supply, fancy
ing that the gaudy labels would induce
an immense demand. At first he sold
quite a quantity of the meat, but soon
noticed that there was no further de-
mand therefor. No Indian who had
bought a can ever called for another.
He was puzzled to account for this,
and he opened and ate several cans him.
self to ascertain whether there was any
thing the matter with the contents. But
the meat proved to be of good quality,
and finally, after vainly trying to per-
suade his copper colored customers to
purchase more of the delicacy, he asked
one solemn looking buck who understood
English what the trouble was. The
buck put his finger on the picture of the
lions, shrugged his shoulders and re-
marked:
"Huh! Indian no ike-um dog meatr"
And no amount of talk could persuade
him or his companions that the trader
had not laid in supply of canned dog!-
San Francisco Chronicle.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-04-17

Il aonaaaa "r,ue-d doom" +"
overworked, weak, nervous and de-
bilitated-that's woman that DIR.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription is
made for. 1t gives her health and
strength. All woman's weaknesses
and all woman's ailments are cured
by it. It's legitimate medicine
not beverage; an invigorating, re-
storative tonic and a soothing and
strengthening nervine, free from al
cohol and injurious drugs. 1t i'm
parts tone and vigor to the whole
system.
For all functional irregularities,
periodical pains, organic displace-
ments and uterine diseases, it's a
positive remedy.
And a guaranteed one. If it
doesn't give satisfaction, in every
case, the money paid for it is re-
funded. No other medicine for
women is sold on these terms.
That's because nothing else is
"just as good" Perhaps the
dealer will offer something that's
" "better." He means that it's bet
ter for him.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-04-17
a MANS REPLY.

Istand at the bar of your pure woman's
soul
Condemned In the cause that you plead:
Ny only defense is the simple request
That you'll judge me by motive, not deed
For remember that mans but a child in the
dark,
He will fall many times, but shall walk
forth at last
In the sunshine Of infinite love.
So I'm boldened to answer your question %
fair,
And give you "A Mans Reply"
That for the prize of true woman's love
lam ready to live or die.
You say that the man who gains your love
Must be brave, and true and good;
answer that she who wins my heart
Must be type Of true womanhood.
You say that you look for "man and
king"
A very prince of the race;
look for kind and a generous heart,
And not for queenly face.
You require "all things that are good and
true.
All things that man should be-"
l ask for woman, with all that implies,
And that is sufficient for me.
You ask for man without fault,
To live with here on earth;
! ask for a woman, faults and all,
For by faults may judge of worth.
I ask for a woman made as of old,
A higher form of man:
His comforter, helper, adviser and friend,
AS in the original plan.
A woman who has an aim in life,
Who finds life worth the living,
Who makes the world better for being here,
And for others her life is giving.
Twill not require all that have asked
In these lines SO poor and few;
! only pray that you may be all
That God can make of you.
For your heart and life and love
Are sacred things to me,
And "I'll stake my life" that I'll be to you
Whatever ought to be.
Good Housekeeping.