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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-10-13

At Branch, Mich;...
Loon, the 9Th, L. w Flri' FlSo;s' SATURDAY j.
while crossing the railroad tSs tSsdl and d,es.
wagon. were struck BY na.s; ssck n Ia
Eldridge was instantly killed TIag tran
ed. Do'h horkss E,, i
a steam boiler at a sam
Mass: exploded on Tuesd,v NIL NIL Il I
inst, Instantly killing one T,.is @ofhis lll
a large number of other 'uaa ano .ijer,l
have since died and five or =; 'Olr Of vb
the cause Of the explosion ,r' wa. Was ass !,
Mis- Eta f. Barston " sotai = uliks'ua.
Canton. Mass. died On Ed + 9CnoeI l's,sat
tai assault with stones na5y LAY iroa
Wednesday last. by four Of upon s-
named James Cogswell, Jeren;.ygf agf 'eaa,l
iel Kellker, and John C,,Fse ian "a ala lss
have been arrested for the rn ~ q "a,
Barston was twenty wears olI lI'a'Ge'. u
poor health. O'i and vas
"A lady IN Fairhavep Me-.
a oeo a lie" mornings since sG.. !. -asii
II over felt something move i,s;I i''ef tCI5l
ing. She called help ana "6.-e fa. 'ls q
adder. about two feet in len,,p iOuS0 q
In diameter, coiled away in !, QUO % az 3
probably crawled into the bons. 40 ias y
time, and had not been in thu S.1 = lie Z
vious night with the occupant w lie 4
"A nswly Y invented mscL;a
wooden goods is attracting coP.iS.. cor =. qs /
tention in Portland, Name TSi,-'laes M 4l
vantage claimed for it seems n = - La
quantity of cloth which il il cs.'.i Is
ducing, which ia stated at twe t,'s 80 q
fifty yards day, or six or eiob, hit -.
quantity made by the present mn. s.a''
-Ihree or four Carpenters b,S
upon the reof of school bonsa ,I !, p'l9 q :
Mass. the other day. Thev wsr. Ia. NC
the building, and in tearing of rb.ol.
erlng big hornets nest was h.
when men. overalls, shingles. hat ,.i3. -
few about hastily for time ~ ~ =
no retreat for the men, and So tbs- /.
fight 1t out on that line until the h.
initiated. ~E
"A letter from Tours states ~.
sensation has been caused in Par, - =
ries of experiments, formed up5s, 49, y
General Irochu, by the board. If 80, 80
with novel illuminate Of bicsrt. - =
which has produced the mos, ,,.r.-
results, and which will be emBlayll
fence OF the city. Exposed pCp,:.,.-
iy sown with torpedues charged M
preparation.
"A curious and painful scsls =.
messed at the burning of a mill q,
Island, near OswegU. a few DAYS a.,
mill was the home of great f jck, Il a
lows and pigeons. While the fsne
raging, the birds would circle s55ws
in Hoc6s and then dash into item IN "a
Hundreds of them were found Gsi -
ground after the fire. The bird, hs, !,
In the mill filed with young ols Vi
they sought to defend.
The Auburn Adcertissr sts:,, In
response to the resolution of the Dsas
Convention, requesting cleme1cy brd
nian Prisoners. General Starr, C5. II
son, and Capt. Mannix. now in priz
the charge of violating the usuaaitvI
President Grant has decided to orls
release. During their incarceration &
nian prisoners have been treated Vt
greatest consideration By the Ds-
officials in charge Of the prison il
they are confined.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-10-13

A GREAT CURIosITY-Mr. Eugene Ellis
yesterday exhibited to US striped worm or
caterpillar, about an inch in length, whose
body was covered with little white cocoons.
oval in shape, and about as large as white
mustard seeds. From these cocoons gnats or
small flies were continually batched out and
had been for the two or three days that Mr..
Ellis had kept the caterpillar. A number
Of them were crawling on the sides of the
tumbler in which it was confined. Our
theory is that fly Of somo sort had deposi-
ted these eggs on the caterpillar, the warmth
of whose body aided 10 Matching them. A
lesson in natural history may be learned
from this singular exhibition Columbus
(Gd htquirer.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-10-13

"A horrible accident occurred at a flour
ing mill at Emporium. the other day. The
miller noticing something wrong with the
machinery, Immediately shut off the water
and stopped the mill. On going to the
basement ne found the crushed remains of a
child. 1t seems that little son of Amos
hiock. aged about eight years. by some
means got into the basement. and probably
while playing near the machinery, got
caught between the spur wheel and pinion.
the cogs drawing him in and almost grind
ing him to atoms,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-10-13

Excellent jelly or glue is now made o,,
OF old boots At recent meeting of the
Liberal Club Prof. Van der Wyde demon
strated the feasibility of such transmits.
ton. The leather being treated with lime
under increased atmospheric pressure. naTts
with It's tannin and reverts to the condition
OF gelatin when it may be either converted
INTO glue or cast In mold for edible or or.
as light diet 'U oootS
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1870-10-13
GLORY ENOUGH FOR ONE DAY u
The Removal AumDug Exploded
Rose, BOnaeker, and the Entire Demo
cratic Ticket Triumphant.
sPEER ELECTED TO CONGRESS.

We congratulate the sterling Democra>
cy Of Cambria, as well as all honest and
high>minded Republicans in the northern
section of the county, on the result of las:
Tuesdays work. It is indeed glorious
victory! W. Horace ROSE, Esq, has
been elected to the Assembly by major,
ity of about 800 over the apostate, r. d.
WOODRUFF. Capt. BoNAcKER is the
Sheriff elect by majority ranging from
seven to ten hundred. AL, the other can
didates on the regular county ticket have
been elected by large majorities.
Il. MILTON SPEER, Esq our candidate
for Congress, has defeated DANIEL j.
MoRREIL in the district by about l25
votes, which is certainly glad tidings to
convey TO our readers. We confess, how
ever, with shame, that Mr.. SPEER does
not owe his election to Cambria county,
whose vote was given to Mr.. MoRRELL
by about 20 of majority. We have
not time TO enlarge on the subject this
week, but will do SO at length in our next
issue.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-11-15
Distance Lends Enchantment.

WTH0 originated this expression I
w know not, but a truer saying
never emanated from the mind of man.
1t applies not only to space, but to time,to
the past and to the future. In looking
at range of mountains in the distance,
you do not see the difficulties of ascent;
you see the ups and downs, the blue
peaks rising here and there, the valleys
between, but all looks smooth and easy.
1t is only by near approach that we find
the Jagged peak, the frightful precipice,
the darksome cavern. Even the valley
SO lovely, in the distance, may be loath-
some swamp. The thirsty traveller in the
desert seesin the distance the long-sought-
for water-beautiful lakes with lovely
islands dotting their surface-rivers of
pellucid waters gliding gently along, on
whose banks grow the lofty palm, hastens
on, to find tho lovely lakes and rivers
changed to sand-the same weary burn
ing sand he trod before. Perhaps he
sees rivers in the distance yet, and keeps
On and on till he drops from exhaustion.
So with us. In youth we look forward
to the realities of life, and distance covers
them with such rose-colored tints that we
build castles in anticipation, and never
doubt their reality. 1t is only as we grow
to manhood that we find the precipice,
the caverns, the swamps that the gentle
eminence we saw in the distance is of
fearful height, the climbing of which may
take years of toll, and the beautiful lakes
and rivers of youth are nothing but sand.
How many there are who sink in the
swamp of blighted hopes-who chase the
mirage Of happiness in the desert till
they die
But climb, climb the mountains, ye
adventurous you may not reach the top,
but you will not sink. Dig dig in the
desert, and if you go deep enough you
will surely find water and after toiling,
useful life, when old age comes creeping
on, distance will lend its charms to cover
up the rough spots of life, and as you
look back the mountains will again ap-
pear smooth and pleasant. While the
streets of the golden city will grow the
more beautiful as you draw near to
them.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-11-15
Scenes in Japan.

A STREET called the Tokedia is the
IN Broadway of Yeddo. 1t is twenty
miles long and is crowded throughout
There are no vehicles in use in Japan,
and the pavements extend from one side
of the street to the other. No provision
is made for the passage of carriages, ON
nibusses or wagons, for there are none in
existence, and persons On foot take pos
session of the whole highway. The en-
tire metropolis is built of wood, and one
dwelling is representation of all
A japanese house at the first glance
resembles child's toy house on large
scale. The floor is raised about two feet
above the earth, and there is a covered
porch in front resting upon the bare
ground. After entering the porch you
step up into the house, always leaving
your shoes behind you. 1t is considered
very great breach of propriety to enter
dwelling without removing ones boots.
AS they wear only sandals, covered with
leathern thong, which they can shuttle
on or off in an instant, this custom is of
but little moment to the natives, but
foreigners find it very troublesome one
This answers as depository for shoes,
and, in passing house, the number of
visitors may be known by counting the
number of pairs of sandals on the porch.
When the walls of house are up it
consists Of one large room, which is then
cut up by partitions, which are nothing
more than sliding screens that close up
into each other in fashion that admits of
one apartment being divided into a dozen
distinct ones instantly. There are no
chimneys attached to the house, and they
contain no beds, chairs or tables. The
floors are covered with series of clean
bamboo mats or cushions, each six feet
by three and nicely bound with red OF
blue tape. They are stuffed with light
wool or moss and are as soft and yielding
to pressure as the heaviest Brussels vel
vet. These mats fit in with each Other
as regularly as the squares on chess
board, and the whole floor is kept as
clean and is busted as often as the ma
hogony sideboard in the house of Dutcf
burgher. No feck of dirt is ever allow
ed to rest upon the polished surface o
the mating, and to step upon it with
pair of boots would be greater insul
than to make footstool of seven hun
dred dollar piano
The family sit upon the mating al
day, with their legs bent under them, il
| a shape that would give any foreigner in
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-11-15
For The Bloomfield Times.
A y 7 y M N.

The beautiful summer days are past,
With their bright and lovely flowers
We no more hear the robins chirp,
Nor seek the shady bowers.
But lovlier far than Summers reign,
Or even Nays sweet treasure,
Is the Autumn, as its fruit it brings
In loads of fullest measure.
Resplendent views now greet the eye
On every hill and mountain;
And song for the Autumn green is sung
BY every stream and fountain.
What luscious fruits it ever brings
Its apples, pears, and peaches,
1t always strews like golden ore
For them my taste now reaches
Then hail TO the Autumn lovliest queen!
She rules with smiles and gladness
Her realm is robed in gorgeous hues,
And naught on earth knows sadness.
MYRTLE.
Millerstown, Oct, 1870
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-11-15
Paddy Hayes and the Turtle.

In New York, man was carry live
turtle along the street, when along came
an Irishman, followed by large dog.
The countryman tried by gentle words to
get the son of Emerald to put his finger
in the turtles mouth, but he was too
smart for that.
"But," says he, "Pll put my dogs tail
in, and see what the baste will do"
He Immediately called up his dog, took
his tail in his hand and stuck it into the
turtles mouth. He had scarcely got it
in when Mr.. Turtle shut down on the
poor dogs tail, and off the latter ran at
railroad speed, pulling the turtle after
him at more rapid speed than it had
ever travelled before. The countryman
thinking his days work would be thrown
away if the animal should run at that
speed, turned with a savage look upon the
Irishman and exclaimed:
"Call back your dog"
Patrick put his hands into his pockets
threw his head to one side, winking anG
then answered with a provoking sans
troid:
"Call back your fish,"
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-11-15
Lines on the Death Of Lewis w. Orwan.

We parted at the portals,
At the open gate of death;
Where he step'd across the Threshold,
And yielded back his breath.
The little bark lay mooring,
Cold Jordan's stream beside;
Her sails all trim'd and ready
To wait him o'er the tide.
oh Death thou cam'st so early,
To take my all away;
There's not one comfort left me,
can but weep and pray.
The little ones cling round me-
Our children-his and mine
l trace their little sorrows,
In sad and broken lines.
Deal gently o deal geMy,
For thou'rt the widows God;
Then while they look to thee in prayer,
o Father! spare-the rod.
Z. Md.
BONNEVILLE, Ind, Oct. 16, 1870.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-11-15
Carrier Pigeons and how they are Trained.

BALLOONS and carrier pigions are
I'D among the prominent agents of
communication employed in the Franco
Prussian war. The carrier pigeon is
larger than the common pigeon-meas-
uring about Is inches in length and
weighing about one and quarter pounds.
An appendage of naked skin hangs across
its bill. Its value is estimated according to
its shape and size. It's strong, instructive
love Of home is so valuable, and fits it for
It's functions as a carrier
The birds are regularly trained when
young, their trainers taking them at first
short distances from home and then
turning them loose. Those that fail to
return home are considered stupid and
rejected as valueless. Those that return
home are then taken to greater distances,
progressively increased from two miles
to thousand miles. The good birds
return home with unerring certainty.
The birds are sometimes kept in a
dark place for some hours before they
are used and sparingly fed, but abundant
ly watered.
The paper on which the message is
written is carefully tied around the upper
part of the birds leg, but SO as not to
impede its fight. An old English bal
lad and line from Tasso imply that the
original way of suspending the despatch
was from the wing or around the neck,
but the above method is that now in use.
The employment of the carrier pigeon
dates from remote antiquity. The rapid
ity of the flight of this bird is almost in
credible. Audubon speaks of passenger
pigeons shot in the neighborhood of New
York with their craws full of rice,
which the birds could not have procured
nearer than the rice fields of Georgia
and Carolina. The same naturalist OBJ
serves that as their power of digestion is
so great that they entirely decompose food
in twelve hours, the birds which were
killed in the neighborhood of New York,
must have travelled between three and
four hundred miles in six hours.
When the annual trial of the prize for
the best carrier pigeons was decided at
Ghent, in 1888, twenty-four birds which
had been conveyed from that place, were
thrown up at Rouen at fifty minutes past
nine o'clock in the morning. The dis
tance is one hundred and fifty miles
The first pigeon arrived in Ghent in one
hour and half, sixteen came in within
two hours and half, and three in the
course of the day. Four were lost. The
rate at which the first bird flew was nine
ty miles in the hour. When thrown up
the bird rises, and when it has reached a
good height will at first fly round and
round and then make off, continuing on
the wing without stop or stay, unless pre-
vented, until its well-known home is
reached.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-11-15
Qbe Ginles, New Bloomfield, 1]a.

durable paralysis in fifteen minutes, and
they sleep upon it at night A japanese
pillow is curiosity in its way. 1t is
nothing but rocker of cradle, broad
enough to stand alone, with semi-c -circu-
lar depression on the upper side. The
Japanese lie full length on the floor, place
not their head, but their neck in the cres-
centshaped hollow on the upper side of
the pillow, and rock themselves to sleep
in few minutes.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-11-15
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The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-11-15

Degn At one of the railroad depots in
the vicinity of Elizabeth, intending trav-
elers were recently amused in this wise.
A merchant purchased ticket, and then
addressed the agent:
" Stranger, | want to leave my dog in
this ere Office until the train starts. Pm
afraid somebody will steal him."
You can't do it" said the clerk
"Take him out"
"Well, stranger, that is cruel; but
you're both dispositioned alike, and he's
kinder company for you"
"Take him out !" roared the clerk.
Well stranger, don't think you're
honest, and you want watching. Here
Dragon, said he to the dog, 'sit down
here, and watch that fellow sharp and
turning on his heel, said to the clerk,
Put him out, sir, if he is troublesome
The dog lay there till the train started
watching and growing at every move
ment of the clerk, who gave him the bet
ter part of the Office
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-11-15

DaSn On certain Sabbath evening,
some twenty-five years ago, reckless, ill
dressed young man was idly lounging
under the elm trees in the public square
Of Worcester. He had become wretched
waif on the current of sin. His days
were spent in the waking remorse of a
drunkard his nights were passed in the
bufooneries of the ale house.
As he sauntered along, out of humor
with himself and all mankind, stranger
laid his hand upon his shoulder, and in
cordial tones said: "Mr. Cough go down
to our meeting at the town-hall tonight"
A brief conversation followed so winning
in its character that the reckless youth
consented to go. He went he heard the
appeals there made With tremulous
hands he signed the pledge of Total Alb
stinence. BY Gods help, he kept it, and
he keeps it yet. The poor boot-crimper
who tapped him on the shoulder (gooc
Joe Stratton) has lately gone to heaven
but the youth he saved is to-day the fore
most of the reformers on the face of the
globe, Sometimes when / listen to tn,
thunders of applause that greet John b
Cough on the platform of Exeter Hal
or the Academy of Music, it seems to me
l am hearing the echo of that tap on tn
shoulder, and of that kind Invitation
under the ancient elms of Worcester
!" He that winneth souls is wise"
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-11-15

n0~ There are two directly opposite
reasons why some men have poor credit
-one because they're not known, and
the other because they are known.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-11-15
Bluslling.

WTHAT is there more mysterious
w than blush, that single word,
or look, or thought, should send that in
imitable carnation over the check like
the soft tints ofa summer sunset. Strange
is it also that the face only-and that
the human face-is capable of blushing /;
that the hand or foot does not turn red
from modesty Or shame, any more than
the sock or glove that covers them. 1t is
the face that bears the angels impress !;
it is the face that is Heaven. The blush
of modesty tinted woman's face when
she first awoke in Eden's sunny land, and
still fingers with her pure daughters
They caught it from the rose, for all the
roses first were white; but when Eve
plucked one Of the buds, seeing her own
fair face, more fair than the flowers
blushed and casts its reflex on her velvet
cheek The face is the tablet of the soul,
whereon it writes its actions. There
may be traced all the intellectual phe-
nomena, with confidence amounting to
moral certainty. If innocence and pu-
rity look outward from within, none the
less do vice, intemperance, and debauchery
make their indellible impressions on it.
Idiocy, rage, cowardice, passion, all leave
their traces deeper than the virtues of
modesty, truth, chastity and hope. Even
beauty itself grows more beautiful from
the pure thoughts that arise within it.
The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-11-15
Listen to the MOcking Bird.

The Prairie Whistle and Animal Imitator can
be used by child. 1t is made to initiate the song
of every bird the neigh of horse and the bray Of
an ass, the grunt of a hog, birds, beasts and
snakes enchanted and entrapped by it. Is used by
and warblers Ventriloquism can be learned in
three days by its aid. Sent anywhere upon re-
cept of 10 cents; for 25 cents; for so cents Is
for ST. Address r. w. VALENTINE,
limo Ala Box 372 Jersey City, n. j.