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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-19
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AUDITORS NOTICE-Tbe un~

a UDITOR'S NOTICE-The un~
IA dersigned Auditor. appointed by the
Orphans Court OF Cambria county 10 report dis
trii'uton of the funds in the hands of kCoB NovT
Administrator Of LEONARD G. Ct. late OF Black
lick township, deceased, hereby gives notice that
lie will sit at his office ia EbeusbUrg, FRIDAY.
the I'd day of NJ AY next, at = O'CLOCK, p. N. for
the purpose Of attending to the duties OF said ap-
point ment All persons in ercss sd ars requested
to present their claims. he forever debarred
from coming in on said fund.
WM. n. 81, sHLER, Auditor.
Ebenspurg April s SIS. u.
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y TRIBUTE 70 DEPARTED WDRTH-
While chrOniciing with sincere regret the
death, as we do in the obituary department
OF the FREEMAN this week, of Miss Mary
4. Blair, we only obey the better instincts
of our own nature, and recognize the univer-
sal sentiment of the entire curnmunitv. when
we say that no one has ever been Summoned
from our midst who has left more eudear-
ing record behind. Kind, gentle and warm
hearted, model Of female Ioveliness and
maidenly purity, Mary was a welcome guest
IN every household and a cherished object of
affection and esteem in every heart worthy
of the name. Indeed, it may well and trpIy
be said of her, that "noue knew her but TO
love her, hone named her but to praise -
Her death, IL is needless to say, is a severe
blow TO her fond parents and no less devoted
sisters and brothers, among whom she was
justly recognized as even more, il that were
possible, than dutiful, affectionate daughter
and kind and loving sister. She was truly
and In every sense of the term an idol of the
household, and while death to her has brought
a welcome relief from painful suffering icue
borne and patiently endured, il has created
a void in the family circle and at agony in
the hearts of relatives and friends which
time may to some extent assuage hat can
never entirely obliterate. That God in his
minnie mercy may console the bereaved
family and friends in their great affiiction
and that the immortal spirit of our gentle
friend Mary may find speedy and jovfu!
welcome TO the mansions Of eternal bliss is
our earnest prayer to which many !n faitf,
ard sympathy will heartily and hopefully
respond.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-19

BARosMA is the name of a medicine that
has cured more eases of inflammation of the
kidneys, bladder and gravel than any known
preparation extaut. The proprietor has a
great number Of certificates from both males
and females who nave been cured, expert
encing almost instant relief, in cases of back
ache, sprain or cold. It has no equal II is
prepared by r. X Thompson, TitusviIle.
Pa. Ask any respectable druggist, " no will
get it for you If he has not got it in his stock
Price, 81 90 per hottie. For sale by Lemuon
& Murray, Ebensburg,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-04-19
TO THE SCHOOL DIRECTORS

- OF CA VI BRf y COZ NTN. CTenfIeipc4.
In pursuance Of the forty-thrd Section OF the act
Of Sth May, 1881, you are hereby notified 10 meet
In convention at the Court House In Ebcusburg
on the FIRST TUESDAY IN MAY, a. -. SIS. being
the zsh of the mont n. at / O'Clock in tie alter
neon, and lcct rfCr TucC. 10y malDi ity of the
whole number OF Directors present. one person of
literary and scientific requirements and 0t SkiIl
and experience in thc ART at tcachin-. Coauty
Superintendent tor three Succccdins years: deter.
mine the amount Of compensation for he same.
and certify the resu Il TO tho Sta cSuperiutcudc
at HaTriSiurg. required by The thirty-uinth
and iOrtieth sections OF said act.
HARTMAN Bl Rts
60 Sui't ct Cambria County,
Ebcnsburg, April l6, ISIS, At.
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A UDITOR'S NOTICE-The un-
IA drrsgnrd Anliiur. appointed bv the
Orphans C'.urt % Cnrahrla county 10 r port dis
trtiui ION 30 iunds in the hands ol = AsFs NyrRs
AdmintSi tatuF at ca htriue Todd deed. hereby
nui 4 S PERSONS Interested that he viii attend
70 H. duties Ut said appoint ment his office IN
Ehenshurg. on FRIDAT. the 3d tRy Of NJ Az ISIS
81 O'Clock ?. NJ when Rnd where all ua n les hslv
ing claims against the same NAV attend ar be far
ever debarred from com nE In on said rnns
ALNlN EVANS Aust-e~
Ebensburg, april X. IsTs.-st
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Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-03-27
On q Coffee Plantation.

Coffee culture is very interesting,
and the growing crop is very beautiful.
The trees at maturity are from five to
eight feet high; they are well shaped
and bushy, with glossy dark-green
foliage, and planted eight or nine feet
apart. The flowers are in clusters at
the root of the leaves, and are small,
but pure white and very fragrant. The
small cherry or large cranberry; it
grows in clusters, close to the branches,
and when it becomes deep red is ripe
and ready 20 be gathered. The trees
are raised from seed, and do not begin
to yield until the third year. In Cen
trail America they bear well for twelve
or fifteen years, although, IN excep-
tional cases, trees twenty years old will
bear an abundance of fruit. The tree
is particularly beautiful when in full
bloom or when laden with ripe fruit.
The process of preparing coffee for
market is as follows: the ripe berries
when picked are at first put through
machine called the ''despulpador,"
which removes the pulp; the coffee
grains, of which there are two in each
berry, are still covered with sort of
glutinOus substance which adheres to
the bean; they are now spread out on
large 'spatois," made especially for this
purpose, and left there, being occasion
ally tossed about and turned over with
wooden shovels until they are perfectly
dry. They are then gathered up and
put into the ''retrilla," circular
trough in which heavy wooden wheel
shod with steel, is made to re-
volve, so as to thoroughly break the
husk without crushing the bean. The
chaff is separated from the grain by
means of tanning mill, and the coffee
is now thoroughly dry and clean. After
this, it is the custom of some planters
to have it spread out on long tables and
carefully picked over by the Indian
women and children, all the bad beans
being thrown out. 1t only remains
then TO have it put into bags, weighed
and marked, before it is ready for ship
ment to the. port. On some of the
large plantations this process is greatly
with considerable saving in
time and labor, by the use Of improved
machinery for drying and cleaning the
coffee
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-03-27
Italy's Queen.

Princess Margherita of Savoy now
graces the throne of united Italy az
queen; and there never was royal
lady welcomed TO her dignity with
greater enthusiasm and more genuine
affection by her subjects,
Her father, Prince Ferdinand of
Savoy, Duke of Genoa, the youngest
brother of King Victor Emmanuel,
married Princess Elizabeth of Saxony,
in 1850, and daughter, the present
queen, was born 10 them at Turin, on
the 10th of November, 1851. Sixteen
years later, on the goth of April, 1865
the wedding day of her parents
Princess Margherita married the Crown
Prince Humbert, and resided with him
at Naples, until Rome became the capital
of united Italy in 1871. AT Naples her
only son, the present crown prince,
was born on the 11th of November,
1868.
In Rome the representative duties of
queen of Italy devolyed upon Princess
Margherita, and it was charming
sight to see, on occasions of state and
ceremony, her graceful form at the side
of the stalwart Re Galantuomo. Her
private receptions at the Quirinal were
the delight of Roman society. Queen
Margherita inherited the northern
beauty of her German mother-blonde
hair, and an exceedingly fair complex
ion, both SO much admired by the Ital-
ians for contrasts sake, even In the
times of old Rome. Her slender figure
is endowed with infinite grace her con-
versat on is very animated, and carried
on with ease in different languages.
Queen Margherita received a most
careful education, is well read, and
made Italian history her special study.
She has an appreciation and critical eye
for the works of art that surround her,
and patronizes rising talent in an unob-
trusive and generous way. All her
tastes, likiDgs and occupations are of a
thoroughly womanly character, and
thus endear her not only to her imme-
diate surroundings, but to all classes of
her subjects, who look up to their queen
as to a model of grace and womanhood.
She is devoted to her first born son,
and has often had to be called from the
nursery to receive visitors of state and
foreign grandees. Some years ago it
was feared that serious chest complaint
might possibly shorten her days; but
fortunately the apprehension was re-
lieved by her subsequent recovery. She
now enjoys perfect health.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-03-27
Shooting Stars.

Besides the stars we see on clear
night, there are countless bodies NOV
ing through space, which even the
most powerful telescope fails to reveal,
till they come either in the orbit of the
earth or of It's atmosphere. These are
what are called meteorites or shooting
stars, and it is important to distinguish
clearly between the two. They are
alike luminous from the same cause,
that of friction from passing through
the atmosphere, though but few people
have ever seen meteorite falling. The
number Of shooting-stars is infinitely
greaterthan is usually supposed, for OBJ
servers with telescopes often see them
flash across the field in dimensions too
small to be seen with the naked eve.
We know that shooting-stars undergo
combustion in passing through our at
mosphere. What becomes of the debris ?
The snow of the Alps, far away from
furnaces, contains globules of iron, and
dust that has quietly accumulated in
exposed places contains them also. 1t
is supposed they represent some of the
debris. Though we may grumble at
our atmosphere in bad weather, we must
recollect that it at least does this: il
burns up these bodies that are pelting
down upon us at a rate 100 times great
er than the missile of an S1-ton gun,
they would be at any rate awkward for
US. ..'a
In looking at the knowledge accumu-
lated with regard to shooting-stars, the
first point to notice, Professor Ball says,
is that certain great showers are peri
Odical, and always come from the same
parts of the heavens. According to the
constellation from which they appear
to come, they are called Lyraids. .1Perse-
ids, Orionids, Leonids, &c. The infer
ence from these recurring periods is
the orbit in which a mass of these is
moving. With this fact of recurrence
it must be noticed that certain comets
are periodical, and from comparison
of their supposed orbits with those of
groups OF these bodies, a conneXion be-
tween them is inferred, whatever may
be the origin of the comets, which is
not yet known. Meteorites, on the con-
trary, are never known to come from
the direction of comet path. If a me-
teorite is carefully examined, it is seen
To be a fragment of some rock, and that
of one closely analogous to our earth's
volcanic rocks. If we consider in turn
the volcanic sources from which they
could have come, we see the sun would
have force enough to drive off frag-
ments: but it is hardly likely that there
are solid rocks there to drive off. Jules
Verne is right, Professor Ball says, in
that body driven up from
the earth with a force equal TO six miles |
a second would not return. From Ce-
res three miles a second would be sufli- |
cient. Examining all the planets in |
turn, it seems improbable that the me-
teorites originate from any of them. 1t |
seems much more likely that they were |
in former times of greater volcanic ac-
tivity driven up from the earth itself, |
and they again, after the lapse of ages, |
meet the earth in its orbit. The theory |
that they come in from unlimited space |
is, Professor Ball thinks, highly i'm
probable
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-03-27
Where the Birds Go.

The prevailing decrease in the num-
Der of insectivorous and other small
birds is an established fact. Various
causes may be assigned for the diminu-
ton, but it scenes to us the grand one
is the inevitable tendency of civiliza-
ton to annihilate all forms of wild life
1t is sometimes said that boys destroy
large numbers of BIRDS. 1t is our OBJ
servation, however, that boys wantOnly
destroy very few birds. The incipient
hunter, being anxious to attest his de-
structive skill, will sometimes shoot a
bird, but the popular disapproval that
follows the act generally cures him of
his ambition to destroy anything not
legitimate game. In some of the Mid
die and Southern States, large numbers
of robins and rice-birds (boboiinks) are
annually destroyed by hunters. In
these places such birds are game, being
captured and consumed with every con-
sideration of profit that attends the
killing of pigeons and partridges. We
are not aware that the general habits of
the community are anywhere directly
opposed to the existence of common
song birds, and others not generally
regarded as proper objects for destruc-
tion; the fact that certain varieties of
these birds in measure recognize man
as their natural protector weighs
against the proposition. The few birds
captured for scientific purposes hardly
affect the general number of individ-
uals. The indirect efforts of civilization
are strongly prejudiced to the existence
and multiplication of birds. The de-
struction of forests deprives birds of
their natural haunts; the relentless
scythe, that searches out every nook
and corner of the grass lot, frightens
them from our fields; the constant
modification of physical relations, eff
fected by thorough tillage, destroys the
means of sustenance of certain varieties.
In general terms, the earth, to support
more men, can sustain only less birds.
Strange as it may at first seem, certain
mechanical inventions are eminently
deadly to birds. The tendency of birds
todash into bright light is well known.
One morning this year 143 dead birds
were found lodged upon a lighthouse
near New Haven, Conn. We cannot
tell how many hundreds, after striking
the light, fell dead into the water that
night. Over 200 birds were also found
one morning this season on board pro-
peller in Long Island Sound, many, if
not all, of which were killed by flying
against the headlight and smOke-stacks.
More than these, the pilot of the steam
er Continental, at He'll Gate, found one
night this season the deck covered with
dead small birds. They were swept off
in heaps, and in the morning over $50
were counted; and this was only part
of them. Bird laws will accomplish |
in behalf of the harmless |
featkered tribes; but it looks as if the |
time Is coming when our native song
birds must be domesticated TO be pre-
served.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-03-27
A Double Surprise.

While Mr.. and Mrs. Enright are
agreed upon most all other subjects they
do not exactly agree as TO how tramps
should be treated. That is, they didn't t
until yesterday. His heart was tender
enough for him to say:
Every time you feed a hungry per-
son you lay up treasuresin heaven.
Il can't have them annoying me, and
| WON'T was her spunky reply.
"Does it annoy you to have hungry
man ask for food?" ....
eyes, it does" ..s
"I'd be only too glad to feed and con-
verse with a score of them" he contin-
ued. .'I'd like to ask them of their past
and future intentions; find out If they
realize that there is another world; put
new and better thoughts into their
minds. Oh. Hannah, be good to the
unfortunate :" --t
''I'l fix you old man." she said to
herself as she leaned back to rock, and
she meant TO do it. Next morning,
when he had been gone an hour, a
tramp called and asked for sandwich.
The fellow was invited into the parlor
to warm and wait for dinner. At ten
O'Clock there were three in there. At
eleven there were seven. Halt an hour
later seated two more. About noon,
W bile waiting for her husband to arrive
and ask them of their future hopes and
fears. and chuckling over her scheme,
she heard one tramp call out:
"Let go my ha'r!" ..r
'Give it to him 20 shouted a second.
soRah, for mev' screamed third,
and then the crashing and smashing
drowned their voices. The whole crowd
fought across and around the parlor,
out into the hall, and two or three were
being dragged down the front steps as
Mr.. Enright came up. .l q,
"'Nother of us. Go for him! ~ yelled
a big tramp, and the good man was hit
on the ear, pitched into the snow, and
didn't come to until dozen camphor
bottles had been collected. He entered
the house leaning on his wife's arm.
They stood in the parlor door and gazed
on the panorama. 1t was gorgeous.
'sHow much treasure in heaven do
you think has been placed to our credit
this morning?" she mildly inquired.
He slowly reached for the camphOr
bottle, took long sniff and replied:
s.Hannah, let us feed the pOor-we
are the poor !" bs- ..r-
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-03-27
Salaries of Funny Men.

People would not wonder why news-
paper paragraphists and humorists were
such savage creatures if they knew how
poorly the paragraphists are remuner-
ated. Our most famous newspaper
writers draw comparatively slim sala-
ries. There is Catlin, of the New York
Commercial Adrertiser-he gets $25 a
week and the glory consequent upon his
work. Williams, of the NOrristown
Herald, gets $50 week and glory;
Burdette, of the Burlington Hduk-Eye,
gets $50 a week, and glory; Goldsmith,
the p. |. man of the New York Herald,
gets $35 week and glory; Lewis. of
the Detroit Free Press, has an annual
salary of 81, 500 and glory; criswell,
of the Oil City Derrick, and Burbank,
of the New Orleans Picayune, draw $25
a week and look to glory for what else
is required to keep the wolf from the
door. Hereafter let us not chide the
poor paragraphists. Let us deal tend
erly with the bruised reed.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-03-27
Can't Afford to Take Any Chances.

Sarah's brother Bill was on the ave-
nue. recently watching the flyers. He
looked bit lonesome, and boy friend
added more burden to his feelings by
asking: lr.
'.Say, Bill, why don't the family go
riding and take yon along?" aas
dad hain't got no time"
"And your mother?"
''She hain't got no nice clothes"
"Well, there's Sarah"
eyes, but she's skeered to go riding
-'fraid she'll be tipped out.' r.-
"Sposen the cutter is upset-never
hurts anybody" persisted the boy.
eyes, but when a gal is walking
along" slowly replied Sarah's brother,
"her beau can't tell whether she wears
No. 8 or No. 6 shoes, kase her dress
hides 'em; but when she goes out in
sleigh on a curve, you-you under
stand?"
There was long and solemn pause.
The first boy at length timidly ventured
to say: tt
"What does she wear?"
"Sevens fit her snug" rejoined Bill;
"and tween you and me her head is
level on this business. This is the
fourth time she's been engaged, and
she can't afford to take any chances :"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-03-27
Royal Funerals in Ancient TiRes.

1t is mere matter OF course that the
first king of modern Italy should be
buried with every imaginable pomp,
and in the capitol of his country. 1t is
said that Victor Emmanuel himself, as
well as many of his family, would have
preferred that his bones should rest
somewhere among the well-knOwn hills
of Piedmont. But the Italians had a
right to insist upon more public fun
eral and the Italians only resemble all
other young nations i'm attaching great
Importance TO this question of funerals.
Far away into the remote and almost
prehistoric ages We find the kings and
great men of the earth more solicitous
about the place where they should be
habitations while alive. 1t is not re-
corded of Abraham that he ever bought
either house or land from any man,
either for himself or his posterity to in
habit. But when Sarah his wife died
in Hebron, the patriarch ''stood up and
bowed himself to the people of the land
and cOmmuned with them," that they
should persuade their countrymen to
sell him the cave of Machpelah, which
was ''in the end of his field" The
people answered that the stranger was
mighty prince among them '''u the
choice of our sepulchers bury thy dead;
none of us shall withhold from thee his
sepulcher." Their offers, however,
were not accepted, ond the ''prince"
insisted on paying four hundred
shekles of silver for the cave and the
field, which "were made sure unto him
for possession of burying place. ac
cordingly. 1t was to this tomb that the
remains of Jacob were taken with i'm
mense pomp and ceremony all the way
from the land of Egypt. With the
same anxiety shown by his fathers, the
patriarch had charged his son not to
bury him in the foreign country, but to
take him to the cave of Hebron. The
leave of Pharoah was therefore asked
and granted, "and Joseph went up to
bury his father; and with him went all
the servants of Pharoah, the elders of
his house, and all the elders of the land
of Egypt" All the house of Joseph
also went on this pious expedition;
''and there went up with him both
chariots and horsemen, and it was
very great company" The body had
been previously embalmed by the skill
full royal physicians, and after this pro-
cess, which then took forty days, had
been accomplished, the Egyptians all
mourned three score and ten days for
the father of their savior. As for Joseph
himself, the very last words recorded
of him are his imposition of an oath
upon all the children of Israel that they
should carry his bones from Egypt into
the land of Canaan.
The Sovereigns of Egypt, as they are
the earliest of whom we have authentic
record, were also the most scrupulous
and extrayagant in the choice of their
sepulchers. The enormous masses of
the Pyramids were built up as prepa-
ration for the day of funeral: and al
though we know not yet what were the
actual ceremonies accompanying their
interment, it is fair to suppose that they
were not unworthy of the place and oc-
casion. 1t took sc, 1000 men as much as