The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-09-05

To educate himself. ltbkS MN NlelACif
in the eyes to see if he is honest and
then puts him to school. Mr.. stephens
has done this much for lifty-three boys,
and every one of them has repaid him.
"A Frenchman claims to have dis
covered in two natural substances, in
exhaustible in nature, the means of
and maintaining a fire without
wood or coal; a fire instantaneously
lighted and eXtinguished, causing no
dust, smoke, or trouble, costing one
tenth of ordinary fuel. and everlasting.
Two boys in Westphalia, aged IS
and 13, lost their parents, by death, and
were so sOrrOwful that they concluded to
die, too. They wrote a viii disposing
of their money and playthings. Then
the elder killed his brother with ham
mer, after which he swallowed poison,
opened a vein in his wrist, and shot him
self through the head.
A correspondent of the PHILADELPHIA
Record suggests the propriety of doing
away with secrecy in the society of the
Grand Army of the Republic. He says
there is no essential use in its secret
meetings, and veteran soldiers who are
Catholics are now prevented from be
coming members, unless they violate
the rules of the Church.
If Mr.. Barr is elected State Treas
uTer, says the Pottsville Standard. he
VIII superintend the office personally,
something which has not been done in
the recollection of the Oldest politician.
Being practical banker and an accom-
plished financier, Mr.. Barr can do that
which Mr.. Butler or Mr.. Sutton will
have to hire some one else to do.
Mrs. Thankful Taylor, of Washing
ton, Mass, aged seventy years, is a self
arsl~ T,, Ia,
youth she gained a thorough knowledge
of English, Greek and Latin, working
for her books and studying them at the
spinning wheel. She also became veTS-
ed in secular and church history, medi-
cine, science and general literature.
Three beautiful girls of Macon, Ga,
having met at CatOosa Springs, fell into
plOuS strain for want of male cOmpan-
ions, and concluded to pray for the well
fare of their lovers. The first one to
kneel had not gone very far along in
her petition when it was discovered
that they were all engaged to the same
man. The religious exercises were ter
minated at once.
"A youth entered y. Dunsmore's
kitchen at LOwyille, Y. Y, the other
day and asked the servant whether
breakfast was ready. She answered
yes, and he walked into the dining
room. sat down with the family. and
ate hearty meal. The girl took him
to be some friend of the family. while
the family supposed he was the servant
girls friend. He proved to be a tramp.
IN Pittsburg, Herman Shaffer. a
German, ninety years of age, was beaten
by woman named Hoover so severely
that he cannot recover. They became
involved in an alteration over their
children, during which the woman arm
ed herself with a poker and struck her
antagonist on the head with it. knock
ing him down. In falling the old gen
tleman broke two ribs and It is thought
injured himself internally.
"A man describing himself as George
Aucher, German tailor, aged fifty-twO
years, was arrested Saturday night and
locked up on a charge Of intoxicatiOn.
Next morning he was found dead in his
cell. On paper in his pocket was the
following : 4 have been in New York
four weeks, and drank up everything:
could find no work, SO I'll take my last
drink. G.. Y. UalIeIuiah. Amen. -
Strychnine was also found in his pocket.
Martha Rogers, who died few davs
ago at MiddletUwn. Conn. for fifty
years possessed a fortune but she was
constantly dreading poverty, and regU-
larly spent part of her time gathering
rags and other discarded things in the
streets. \ room in her house was filled
with such rubbish. Yet She gave money
for charitable and religious
purposes. while she lived. and by her
VIII left SO, 600 to various institutions.
The New York HdeDeBdeit has this
to say regarding the influence of the
Presbyterian General Assembly upon
the individual churches 1.-The Saratoga
General Assembly cost a hundred thou
sand dollars. One of its principal acts
was the passing Of a resolntion against
dancing, The week after the resolution
was promulgated three of the Presbvte-
rian churches Of Brooklyn had picnics.
at which dancing was freely induIged in.
"A girl at Hopkinton, Vt, was a
cripple from her birth until lately. Tie
story of her cure, as her family tells it,
is that, while at dinner, a deadly pallOr
and an expression OF agony were OBJ
served upon herface, and she complained
Of sudden and terrible pain in her
leg simultaneously with the ap-
pcarance of a strange, ShadOWy form by
her side. From that hour she began to
recover, and she is now comparatively
well.
An agent of the New York cooper
ative association for cOlonizing. to the
aid Of which Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson
has contributed so literally, has arrived
at Atlanta, Ga, and is already in negO-
tiation for a large body of land, about
10000 acres. in one Of the northern
counties of that State. The land under
is in a healthy and fertile
section, and is believed to be specially
adapted TO the wants of northern colo
nists.
Detective Lyon. of Reading. who
was engaged at the time of the mysteri-
Gus death of old Jacob Weller at ''The
Forest" Lancaster county, TO work up
the case, has written a long letter to
the Lancaster Ne1C Era. In this letter
be states that several of the Weller
family admitted to him that Clem
Skiles and John Weller killed the old
man for his money, but afterward de-
MED that they had made such a state
ment
A peculiar case Of trance has caused
great excitement in Hereford, England.
1t IS that Of a young girl who had been
laid out for dead. and for whose inter
ment all preparations had been made.
when 1t was discovered that she was in
a trance. For three weeks before that
She had partaken of no food. and since
her recovery from the trance she has
had her tongue prOtruding, the eyeballs
rigidly fixed while the frame at times
has been Historically agitated.
Patrick Smith, an aged and respect
able resident of NeWburg. y. y. left
his home nine weeks ago, while suffer-
ing from sickness. He was worried lest
he should become burden to his family.
All efforts to ascertain his whereabouts