The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-12-06


SINGULAR SU1CIDEs.-In The wear OF
1900 " illiam Darlington threw himself
from the parapet Of the Church Of st. Sc
pulchre, in London, leaving behind him
note stating his reason. ''that he wanted
to go to the opera th at night, but had not
money enough to purchase ticket of ad-
mission"
4 farmer in Alleuslale. England. got =
gun barrel, loaded It, aud placed the stock
end in a hot Ere and leaned his stomach
against the other. The barrel soun became
hot and exploded, killing the unfortunate
wretch Instantly.
4 blacksmith in New Orleans, I'm 1871,
killed himself in the same manner, blowing
his bellows until the fire was ho. euutgh to
explode the gun barrel.
\ Young lady at a boarding school in
England drowned herself in "a rain caslz
because she was made 60 study fium an
old book. She was ''sweet sixteen -
y Greenwich, Eng pens;oner, who was
put upon short allowance fur misconduct,
in 1916, sharpencd the ends Of his specta-
cleS, and with them stabbed himself 10 the
heal1.
In French newspaper OF 1862 We find
an account of a man who, his wife having
/ proved uufaithful to hin,, called his valet
4 aud informed him that ne vas about jo kill
+ himself aud requested thar he would boil
/ him down and make a candle of his fat aud
/ carry it 20 his mistress, handing her at the
same time the following note
/ DEAREST TnRREsu-I have long burned for
/ you, and now prove TO y1u that my flames
J are real. Yours. Plfitnl..
young lady zen years ar age, having
Gambled away large fortune, hung her
self at Bath, Eng, with gold and silver
gudle. The following note was found in
her hand Thus / tie mp myself from
play" Ibis was NUIthy Of 4 French VIC
man.
The STORY OF A HERo.-Almost every
story of shipwIeck il characterized 10y TIM,
display Of uue heroiSm on the part Of some
one Of its 'viciime. Ard this last terrible
disaster in the British Channel is no excep-
tiou to ths rule. Voting Clymer. the son
of MIS-. W. b. Ciymer, Of PHILADELPHIA
soon after the crash made 10y the bow Of
the bark against the side IT ihe p rmeraua
found his sisters, iss Many Clymer and
hose. on the deck 0t the steamship. v hitler
they had hurried from their sta.ertsm. Tie
placed his oldest sister in a lifebuat and
Rose was thrown IN toy sailor. lie oat
vas fan, aud the cuwadly sailors were en-
devorlng TO get into 10. Clyner thought
his mother and the remaining sister wele
} t in the boat. He did uol hesitate. To save
J the lives Of his sisters be cut the ropes
I which held the lifsbuat to The steamship
and turned Il adIi9. s aEding himself on
the deck of the doomed vessel he said
J good bye go his sisters, realizing that he
would never see them again. The fact
D that be first placed the Young uiils Of his
{ family ia safeiv hefuIe thinking Of himself
J . Is not 80 remark able as she nerve aud cour-
. age, The quick plCsenCe tf mind and read ?
grasp of the situation shown by this young
; man Of twenty Y. ars. Many men would
have dallied with fate aud have hesitatcd
D TO cut the ropes ia Tie i-Ope OF saving thstr-
selves also. But one moment of hesitation
then would have cost the lives of al IN the
1sra l.rsfrf I
D 1 by the maddenCd sailors L as the noble
choice made by ClEmer 90 give mp his own
p; . young life, fun IF hule and promise,
rather than 20 risk the lives of his sisters
D by an effort to save HIMSELF that marks his
conduct a. Ler0.c.-A. J. S,Et-
a MATHEMATICAI CUWosITY.-A good
: employment fur lhe mathematically in
e cliHed duriag :Ie hong inter evenings,
viii Se 10 test their accuracy. The multi
a pliCation of 9S1 ,654.42l by - gives f. 444
Il f44A AS. Reversing tive order % The dipiis
r and multiplying 1913 456. 7S9 by -, We ge,
+ a result equally curious, j.555, 55j, sos. II
= We take 125, sJj 1S9 as The multiplicand,
e and, utercEaneiug he figun S Of 45. If ke
s "a as the muit pier, we obtain another re-
IN sriSable l,Iuduct, g Bef COG, COG. Return.
iag To the ,nuliipbcaA1 fast used. 9S5, ,654.
( 32l. and taking - as tie niulti iplier aga Il
q we get 53. :i33 e'i7 33s4-ail thtees except tht
u fist and l.sS' figures, which read together
Is 81. The muliipliet. Hasiug the same nlul
IA tiplicand and using %. the half Of "a as ID,
% multipiier, We GET "A product Of % 660 sfS
Z" 65I-ail skies except the trs' aud last fig
d ures, Uiieh read together give 81, tie mul
u tiplier. Next Interchange the figures b
I" the number -. and using - as the mult
plier, with 9SI. 6l4. .;s21 as the muliplica rt
~ we obtain prudnct uf 71.1l1.1l1, ,ll2-a
p ones excerpt the iiF-i aud last dgnres, ~. e