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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-04-07
FACTS ABOUT THE PCPES.
sons of Princes and Poor Men Have Ruled
the CATHOLIC Church.

Eighty of the popes are honored as
saints, thirty-one as MARTYRS and forty
three as confeSsors. st. Agatho was
the only pope that lived TO be a centen-
arlan; he Is also the only one after St
Peter who may be honored with the
title miracle-worker St Aratho died
at the age of l07, in the year Gsa, after
having reigned three wears. six months
and fifteen days. Gregory N died at
the age of 9S years: Cclestine III. aud
Gregory NIL at the age of %: John
MIL at the age of 90; Clement MI. AT
the age of s., and Clement " and Pins
IN. at the age of 81. The popes have
been drawn from all classes of society,
says the st. Louis Republic. Nineteen
were sons of near relatives of princes.
and an equal number came from illus
trious families Many came from abso-
lutte poverty and obscurity. SiXtus VII
was the son of very poor fisherman:
Alexander V. was the son of very Door
and unknown parents. the future pope
Spending all his young life in begging
on the streets Adrian. the only English
pope. was abandoned early in life by
worthless father and had to subsist on
charity, until, going as a tramp to find
an asylum in France. he entered a
monastery or convent as a servant His
real worth was soon manifested in his
diligence. ami his virtues and intclli-
gence soon won for him the papal tiara
SiNtus V had for father "A poor laborer,
a common servant for a mother and a
laundrcss of vicious habits for sister
Celestine Y. was the son of a farmer of
no means and little intelligence Bene-
diet NIL spent his childhood in a bake
shop Urban N. learned the carpen-
ter's trade from his father. as did also
Gregory VII. Five of the popes studied
medicine before taking holy orders.
Julius III. was the son of a famous ju-
risconsult. Benedict NJ. was the son of
poor notary. The father of Pelagius
/. was prefect and the vicar of his
province The father of Paul V. was
patrician OF Sienna The fathers of
Eugene ", Gregory MI. and Alcxan-
der NIL all belonged to the patrician
families of Venice. Catholics enumerate
but two hundred and sixty popes, while
some Protestant authorities give the
number as two hundred and ninety
eight. which includes twenty-four anti
popes. OF the whole number twenty
six Were deposed, nineteen were com
PEELED to give up the tiara and leave
Rome. sixty-four died violent deaths.
eight were poisoned. one was shut up in
a cage, one was strangled, one smoth-
cred to death. one died by having nails
driven into his temples and one was
hanged. or. as the account says, died
by Moose around his neck"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-04-07
NUMBER IA.
WAY HIS NERVE FAILED.
The Burglar Restrained from Commit
tIng Crime by the ..Oo-o-o" of "A Baby


tIng Crime by the ..Oo-o-o" of "A Baby
The burglar was not bad-looking
man, although his business had bad
look. SAYS the Detroit Free Press. He
stood by the door Of a sleeping room
and peered in. faint light was burn
ing and he could hear the measured
breathing of some one asleep Cau-
tiously he crept inside, STOPPING low
and looking around. No one there save
a sleeping woman. In an instant a cloth
saturated with ether was thrown over
her face and he waited one, two. three
ten minutes. and the steutorous
breathing of the sleeper told him the
drug WAS doing its work. With deX-
ferrous hand he seized the jewelry and
money lying on the dressing case and
began a quick search in the drawers of
the ease. .''Oo-oo," came a voice from
the shadow of the room. Quick
flash the burglar clutched his silent
knife and turned to meet his victim.
No one was visible. ''OO-Oo." came the
voice again. and the burglar saw a child
in its crib by the foot of the bed. 1t
was pretty baby, sleepily holding up
its hands to him. He let the knife fall
70 his side. and, stepping over To the
crib. touched the child. 1t coo d again
softly. and held up its arms for him To
take it. The impulse was beyond his
control. and he lifted the baby 10 his
bosom, and ii nestled its soft, white
check down TO his and put its white
arm around his neck. He purred to it,
and in moment its curly head was laid
against his face. and il was asleep
again. Never seen a kid like that"
he whispered to himself. Most of 'um
is afraid of strangers and tenderly he
laid it in the crib. Then he went back
To the dressing ease. He stood still a
moment and then looked furtively over
his shoulder toward the crib. The
sleeping face of the child was turned
toward him. Slowly he replaced on
the ease all he had taken from it,
hastily snatched from the woman's
face the saturated cloth. opened a win
dow near the bed and quietly slipped
downstairs. Once on the street again
he looked up at the house hungrily.
Dang it." he growled. "a man that
amt got no more gizzard than | have
ought to get out of the business" And
he disappeared into the shadows of tine
night.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-04-07
OVER THE WIRES.

LONDON has 60, 900 telephones
EXTENSIVE surveys have lately been
made for a cable between North Amer
lea and Australia.
MORE than one-half of the street rail-
way mileage in Massachusetts is now
operated in whole OF in part by elec-
tricity.
A MAGAZINE writer quotes Inventor
Edison's father as saying that his son
while boy wonld not play with other
boys. but would sit around and NOPE"
Neighbors used to call the boy 'Edi-
sons fool"
Ar the end of June last there were
CS.Js0 miles of telegraph lines. repre-
senting 23s, ,9I4 miles of vFre through
ont Germany. AS regards telephone
Dmmunication in that country, no
less than 324 towns are provided with
systems.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-04-07
~ GAY PARIS.

"PANAMAD" is now the Partisan word
for anything plucl>ed, fieeced or shorn.
\ dog clipping establishment has sign:
-Poodles Panamad here"
TO MAKE Paris a seaport is only half
The Frenchman's dream. He wants
ship canal through from the Garonne
to the Mediterranean to save going
around Spain.
AT the beginning of 1893 there We're
1,1Ol 10000 francs In gold and l.237,
900. 900 francs in silver in the vaults of
the Bank of France. Ii would require
6s3 ears of capacity of ten tons each
To move the metals.
A FLowEE pot fell from an unpro-
tected window sill in the Rue st. Denis.
Paris. some time ago. upon the head of
a man wiz was passing beneath, and
fractured his skull 81 that he died in
two hours without recovering con-
sciousness-
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-04-07
FASHION NOTES.

IN five o'clock tea no two cups and
saucers should be alike.
GIRLS coat of red cloth is trimmed
with gold and black braid.
BUTTERFLY bows with aigrettes sug-
gesting antenne are among some of
the most approved hat and bonnet trim
mings.
Ir is said that five hundred persons
worked for ten days ON the beautiful
lace bridal veil of Princess Marga-
rethe of Persia. II was made at Hirsch-
berg, Silesia.
STICK-PINs are shown in every imag-
Unable style, from the plainest and most
inexpensive to the elegant and elaborate,
some of them being of enormous value
from some very expensive stone either
set singly or surrounded by smaller
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-04-07

Some one has been gathering stats
tics about the money left by authors.
Lord Tennyson, the most successful of
English authors, left about $50, 200.
Robert Browning, of whose will A.
Tennyson and +. 5. Palgrave We're the
attesting witnesses, left personally lin
London of the value of sl6,7 ,775. Victor
Hugo, who, like Tennyson, attained
the age of S3 years, had personal estate
in England To the amount of E92, 12G.
DIR. Charles Mackay's property was
valued at e2,64O, and that of Eliza
Cook at f5,0 ,057. Matthew Arnold's es-
tate amounted To ,04l. His will. in
his own handwriting, was one OF the
shortest that ever came under probate.
1t was: Il leave everything of which L
die possessed To my wife, Frances"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-04-07

To us who live upon 1t the earth
seems to be a very large affair, and
men have been found who would be
content to own as little as tenth of it,
In comparison with some other bodies,
however, it is small almost To the point
of insignificance. Five hundred earths
like our own placed side by side could
be easily encircled by the outermoSt
ring of Saturn; and if by any process
we could hollow out the sun, il would
require three hundred thousand globes
like our own to I'LL the space thus cre-
ated. In spite of all this, however. the
world is large enough for our purposes,
and, for all we know, more comfort
able to live upon than any other planet
in the universe. = Harper's Young
People.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-04-07

The practice of binding religious per-
sons still exists in India. An incident
occurred recently at Meerut. A fakir,
wearing nearly hve maunds -four hum
dred pounds) of iron chains and bands
on him, recently left the cantonment
station. The railway authorities de-
clined to allow him to travel as pas
senger, but sent him as freight by
weight in spite of his argument that
native women were never charged for
their anlllets and bangles. The iron
absorbed the heat much that the
man had to be ipcessantly sprinkled
with water lie is an old man, and
nearly died at the station
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-04-07
Old Time Vessels.

In the American navy there are now
but eleven of the old-fashioned wooden
vessels in active service. They are the
Ranger, Alert, Marion, Lancaster, Mo
hican, Yantic, Thetis, Kearsarge, Ali.
ance, Adams and Essex. These will
rapidly go out of commission as new
steel vessels are accepted. The Pensa-
cola is to be sold, being already out of
commission. Her sale will be followed
by this governments disposing of the
Omaha, iroquois and other old timers
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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-11-07

''Tor several Year,, have reconamende
yOur Castoria,' and .Ehali always continue tc
do % IS Il has Invariably produeod Boaefieia
-. !,
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-11-07
THE CHEROKEE sTRlp.

The government win ok no date for the
grand rush to get out of the Cherokee strip
Detroit Tribune.
The man who goes down to the strip 60
sell victuals instead of to raise them will
make the most money Topeka Journal.
All this to gain possession Of land for
which the settlers must pay from s. 70 g
per acre, and on which they must reside for
five years before obtaining title.-Chicago
Dispatch.
IL was not because the government was
bunko steerer, but because q great many
people were fools, that the Cherokee open
ing turned out TO be a big bunko game
st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
A contest between dollars would be just
as moral as the wild and brutal physical
scramble lately witnessed IL the govern
ment has any more land to throw open, let
it be Philadelphia Inquirer.
Savages alone could think that there was
no better way of allotting something priced
than appointing day ON which everybody
desiring it was to be allowed to make Il
grand rush for it.-ROchester Union.
It is clear from the conditions attending
the first move made toward the settlement
of the Cherokee strip that many of the
boomers will be worse off in n short time
than they are now.-Baltimore American.
This is the way modern history is max
ing itself on this continent, and as one
chances back into the old order of evolution
in the growth of commonwealth the Itast
seems strangely inanimate.-Boston Globe
The scramble across the frontier-'every
man for himself, and the devil take the
hindmost''-was barbarous, though per
haps typical of methods largely character
istic of this rushing century of ours.-Bos-
ton Herald.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-11-07
THE WEDDING DAY.

Secret marriages are in every country in
Europe considered illegal.
The Greek church employs two rings in
the marriage ceremony-one of gold, the
other of silver.
A hundred years ago, when the bride had
fortune, the newspapers stated that fact
and gave also the amount.
In Samoa the bride wears wreath of
flowers, a dress of cocoa mating, and has
her face colored with turmeric.
Wedding rings engraved with the device
of heart and two clasped hands have been
foundin Egyptian tombs dating IS. G. 1000.
In most churches of England ring is
kept so that embarrassment may be spared
in case of forgetfulness of the parties con-
cerned.
The BRIDES veil is relic of the ''care
CLOTH" canopy held over the virgin bride
by our Saxon forefathers to conceal her EN-.
barrassment.
The white ribbons and favors used al
weddings" today are emblematic of the time
when the brides garters were cut up into
bits and distributed among the young men
and women present for good luck.
In one country district of Germany "pay
weddings" were in vogue as late us the pres
ent century, each guest paying for his en-
tertainment as much rs he would at ar
inn, the receipts going to set up the happy
pair in their new home.
At the wedding of George III u stout
noble duchess, whose name is not given
had the dreadful misfortune to sneeze dur
ing the ceremony and thereby burst hel
stays. A shawl was thrown over her, and
she was taken TO the vestry for REPAIRS
San Francisco Examiner
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-11-07
CROWN AND scEprER.

The caliph of Khartoom has 200 watches,
and not one of them goes.
When Princess Anne, afterward queen of
England, was married, she wore head
dress yards high and 3 yards in circum-
ference.
The Princess of Wales appears at the
opera dressed in black, yelled with let aud
embroidered chiffon. The other royal la
dies wear either black or white.
The queen of Holland celebrated her four
teenth birthday recently, and by her spe-
cial request the festivities ran largely to
school treats. in which she took an active
interest.
Queen Victoria has grown so lame that
she has given up her habit of always stand
ing after dinner in the gallery at Windsor
and sits in an armchair. Those who are
near her or may be speaking to her sit
down also.
The latest report about the German en-
peror is to the effect that he proposes to be
crowned in Berlin next year. In that event
there will be a splendid ceremony, at
which all the crowned heads of the father
land and other royalties will be present
Scanderberg, king of Albania, who lived
in the fifteenth century, was reputed the
strongest man of his time. He was man
OF great stature, and the power of his arm
was such that he thought nothing of cut
ting two men in halves with one single
blow of his sword.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-11-07
NATURAL PHENOMENA.

In the Henry mountains in southern
Utah is q mound covered with giant crys-
tails. Perfect prisms of selenite feet long
are found there.
Mount Kinseo, which rises precipitously
eco feet out of Moosehead lake, Maine, is
wholly composed of hornstone and is the
largest mass of that mineral in the known
world.
One of the most singular products of
Hawaii is n vitreous lava known as ''PeIe's
hair" 1t is silky, Harmonious substance,
olive green, soft, but very brittle. 1t is pro-
duced by the wind catching the fiery spray
thrown up from the great crater of Kilauea.
The name of Gay head, applied to fam
Gus promontory of the Massachusetts coast,
means exactly what it seems to mean and
is peculiarly appropriate. The headIand,
as seen from the sea, is gay with many
colors running in strata, the result OF
chemical qualities in the earth of the cliff.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-11-07
ELECTRIC SPARKS.

A gentleman speaking through the tele-
phone during recent thunderstorm in
London was flung violently across the room.
Tesla, the electrician, thinks he has
evolved the problem of transmitting cleo
tricity to distance with little loss of
power.
An automatic electric music leaf turner
is about to be put upon the market 1t csn
be easily attached to any piano music rack
and is operated by touching button with
the foot.
a German scholar, Professor Braun,
has discovered that if a spiral of wire be
elongated mechanically a current will be
produced in it. The creation OF the current
is not due to magnetic or thermoelectrfce eff
fects, but is based upon the fact that the
bending of a wire generates a current in it.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-11-07
NV Foundry Department.

VIII make all kinds of Castings from pat
terms OF old pieces of casting. Also have pat
terms for Crate Bars for Traction or Portable
Engines of Tricks mike and others. Make
Sash-Wcights for Buildings of all sizes, in
large quantities lower than the lowest, and
am prepared to make all kind of Brass Cast
ings. keep on hand the Challenge Pump,
and Water Elevator and Purifier, for deep
Wells and Cisterns. of which / have all eX-
ira Chains. Cranks. Wheels. &c.
Agent for the GROWN WHEAT DRILL
Would be pleased if any one in need of Drill
before purchasing elsewhere would give me q
call.
VIII thank the public generally for a share
oil their patronage. Yours respectfully
Address P. o. Box 81. "
September II, 1889
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-11-07
RLAcKsMITHING.

Light or Heavy, in first-cIass manner
Special attention paid to Repairing Mil
Spindles. l have one of the latest improved
Turning Lathes which cannot be excelled in
the State, for Turning Iron aud Chasing Screws
large and small. either Iron or Brass. Keep
on hand Pipe of all sizes, and am prepared to
Cut Threads, or Screws on the same; also
keep ON hand all kinds of Brass Cocks; Globe
Angle and Check Valves of Jenkins Bros. Pa.
tent Seats of Philadelphia; all sold under
isfactory return and will refund the amount
paid. keep in stock Packing of different
kinds for making Steam-Tight Joints; also
manufacture the Sun-Fish Plow, improved. in
three different sizes. us follows: a Heavy
Thrce-Horse. Two and Three, and regular
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-11-07
Nov TrY This.

1t will cost you nothing and will surely do
you good. II you have cough, Cold, or any
trouble with Throat, Chest or Lungs, Dr..
Coughs and Colds is guaranteed to give relief
or money viii be paid hack. Sufferers from
La Grippe found it just the thing and under its
use had speedy and perfect recovery. Trya
sample bottle ut our cxpence and learn for
yourself just how good thing 1t is. Trial
bottles free at Dr. Bishops Drugstore. Large
size soc. and s1.O0
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NJ. SCOTT WELLER,
Gil M1c1TETgT
General Repafre- IA Wood, Iron, S,oel and
Corner of Charles and Liberty Streets,
GHARLEsTowE, ". Va
M1c1TNIsT
CASTS BRASS
TURNS IRON AND sTFFL.

CASTS BRASS.
TURNS IRON AND STEEL
TURNS WOOD AND BRASS
DOES FIRST-CLASS WORK.
III AS the Latest Improved Turning Lathe
IL and VIII do Turning and Boring Of an
kinds, Chasing threads in Nuts and on large
Screws specially. Does general line Of Re-
pairing, and Light and Heavy Smitbing. Re-
pairing Pumps in their various apartments.
FITS Water, Gas and Steam; Files aud Sets
ell kinds of Saws, Grinds Axes, Scissors, Shears
and Cutlery of all kinds. Repairs BicycIes.
repairs Traction and other Engines, and
Goes general line of NH Work Turning aud
Smithtng workmanship second to none
Boiler Leaks and Tubes Repaired on shortest
notice Also deals In Light Brass Castings
Check. Globe and Throttle Valves. Stopcocks'
Steam Pipes, Fittings, Unions, &C., always in
STOCK. All orders receive prompt attention at
moderate cost.
Pntentee Of the celebrated Weller Iron Gel
lar Door-the best article of the kind made.
~ Agent for the sale of the Iron Fencing,
Cresttng Railing, Stairways, &c, of the cele-
brated Rogers Fence Company.
February 10, 1857. ~ :" t'i'Nl''
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-11-07
Life is Misery

10 many persons whe have the faint of scrof-
MA m their blood. The agonies cansed bv the
. uIeauIil running sores and other mantle ia
There IS no other remedy equal to Hoods sor-
sapariila Tor scrofula, sat rheum and every
form FORM oi biood disease 1t is reasonably sure to
oeheht all who give it fair trial
Hoods Pills cure all liver ills.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-11-07

AN. AN. I'm. L. VI. L. NJ. a. VI
Additional trains viii leave Harrisburg,
daily except Sunday ut 7:4O \. NJ, 1000 4.
NJ, GO p NJ. arriving at Carlisle at S:25 A.
NJ, 1850 A. NJ, 7.05 P. NJ, stopping at all
intermediate stations; ON Saturday additional
train will leave Harrisburg at $40 P. NJ, ar
irving at Mechanicsburg 5.42 PM, stopping
ut NIL intermediate stations
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars between Ha-
gerstown aud New York on Keystone Express
and Night Express east and ON Memphis Elk
press aud New Orleans Express west.
Pullman Sleeping Cars ON Night Express and
New Orleans Express between Philadelphia
aud New Orleans
Connection for all stations ON Cumberland
Valley Railroad aud Pennsylvania Railroad
system. j. F. BOYD. Supt
IL A; RIDDLE, Gen. Pass. Agt
Nay 81, 1892.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-11-07
Shoe Shop RemoYed.

VIE undersigned has removed his sbo..
MAKER shop to the house lately occunied
w alter and West streets, and win be pIeSEeS ~
serve his old customers and the public0enerafI
~. Special attention given to repairs. GbSr1..-
reasonable. L. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. es