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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-09-08
THE TORPEDO FISH.
ITS WEAPONS OF Defense AND THEIR
SINGULAR CONSTRUCTION.


SINGULAR CONSTRUCTION
The torpedo is often found on Cape
Cod. 1t belongs to the ray famlly ana
fishermen are often made very palhIuily
aware of their presence IN thelr heCsi
the shocks passing up the lines ana even
following up the splashes of water, COM
pIetino a current in this insecure way,
and giving the men a violent shock. A
specimen half dead gave shocks when
handled by DIR. Atwood, and in handling
others in good condition he experienced
hard usage and many shocks that threw
him upon the ground as quick as II he
had been knocked down by an axe. He
also received shocks by taking hold OF
the pole of the harpOon when at a DIS
tance of eight feet from the fish, and
felt numbness when holding the rope
attached to the harpoOn. Even when
cutting the fish the fingers were so affec-
ted that he with difficulty grasped the
handle of the knife. The largest spe-
cimen of torpedo found in our waters
weighed nearly two hundred pounds.
| The liver of this fish yields, in the larg-
| est, about three gallons of oil. which is
regarded as a superior quality for burn
| ing. To test the power of this fish a
| duck was placed over one in an aquarl-
um. 1t swan around quietly for few
minutes, but suddenly became restive,
| darting from side to side in an erratlc
manner, trying to escape. Its discom-
! future rapidly increased, as was shown
by gasping and the fluttering of its
| wings. That only seemed TO exasperate
the fish to further efforts, and ten min
utes after the duck was placed in the
| water it was taken out dead. a large
| sunfish when put in the tank, showed
l.. -, 1oavN hr1f
falling back it was soon paTalyZed by the
torpedo. An experiment has been made
in giving the torpedo a shock, which
was unpleasantly affected, swimming
far out of the way and shaking its body
with peculiar motion and opening it:
gills spasmodically, thus proving that i
could be caught with it's own weapon
| The battery, if it can be called such, oc
cupies a position between the skull anC
the pectoral fins on each side, and is q
| wonderful and complicated provision o
nature. 1t is composed of large mum
Der of upright columns, each OF which
is covered and enclosed by an extremel.
thin membrane. These columns ar
again built up of fiat disks, separatet
bv a delicate membrane, which seems t
contain fluid This structure may b
roughly initiated by piling number O
coins on each other with bladder Oe
tween each coin-in fact, a kind of vol
taic pile. The length Of the column
and consequently the number of disks
varies according 20 the position in tn
body. The columns extend almost thrC
the creature, from the skin of the bac
to that of the abdomen, aud are clearl
visible on both sides, so that those in th
middle are necessarily the longest an
those at either end become gradual
shorter. In many large specimens MOI
than one thousand columns were count
ed, and the number of disks on an ayel
age of a hundred to an inch.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-09-08
HORNED BOOSTERS.
HOW ENGRAVING MAY BE APPLTED TO
ANIMALS AS WELL AS PLANTS.

The article in yesterdays Post con-
cerninp a California ''horned rooster"
created some discussion in scientific and
curious circles. A well known resident
Of Washington, meeting Post reporter
last night, said to him That article
recalls to mind that more than thirty
wears ago, when l resided in winchester
vt. where my father then conducted
the Winchester Republican, there also
resided an ingenious, intelligent ana
highly esteemed citizen, prominent
merchaRt tailor, named Geoge Anlle oil
the United State navy, and who had III
his possession, of his own manufacture,
a bona fde living horned rooster, and SO
| far from it's being a t1tSt1S nGturG, 1t
| was no more nor less than home pro-
| duction, and one that any skillful person
/ familiar with grating trees or plants
! can produce almost ad. infinitum.
Are YOU Joking ?'' inquired the Post,
"Not a bit of it, - was the straighfOr-
ward reply. 1.-The process is somewhat
| as follows Take any healthy fowl Of
the chicken kind, from Ave months to
one year old, male OF female, having
we'll developed comb then selecting a
Young growing rooster, of Ike condition
and age. whose spurs are about an eighth
of inch long, or just well and prominent
ly enough developed to show the spur :
have at hand a suitable keen pen knife
OF lancet, then make a proper incision
for slightly scoop out) on the top or on
| either side of the comb or carbuncle OF
the fowl. next skillfully detach from
| another male fowl the bud-like spur, ta-
king along with it a small portion of the
| feshy part quickly insert the bud into
| the incisiOn or scoOped out place on the
| comb. grease the part with lard or suet
! without wiping off the blood, carefully
lightly and properly bandage, or cover
with a suitable piece of adhesive plaster
in such a way as to prevent the bud be
ing detached by the scratching OF the
fowl. In due time, say three or foui
DAYS. if sufficiently healed, the bandagt
. can be taken off, when in few months
fully developed and permanently at
tached spur, or 50 called horn, Will b.
the result" "
s'Your explanation is ingenious, - SAT-
the reporter, but it certainly sound
| strange"
: MY explanation shows nothing NOR
or less than the tTansplanting or graft
u ing process. which modern science ha
often demonstrated is applicable to tn
} the humae being. And in this cOnneC
ton, it is suggested that cat or dos
indeed, almost any animal may be ornS
mented with an engrafted headpiec'
and the human forehead divine, or th
olfactory appendage be made the garde
spot for various elongated attachment
Perhaps after while some enterprisin
Yankee will undertake to supply Il
Barnums and Forepaughs with subjec
in natural and artificial history, who
forms and shapes will be limited onlyst
the imagination. y Washington Post.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-09-08

A YOUNG lady near Biggs, says the
Chico (Col. Record, wears her hair over
seven feet long. The hair is blonde, and
she is said to te beautiful, with spark
ling blue eyes and pink lips. She is sew
enteen years old, and las admirers III all
The land around.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-09-08

A NICE WAY to prepare potatoes for
breakfast is to cut cold boiled ones in
square pieces, and dip them in beaten
egg, and put them on buttered pie
plate in the oven; when they are hot
and brown send them to the table.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-09-08
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New-York tribune., 1882-08-13
WASHINGTON NOTES.

WASHINGTON Saturday, ACg 10, 1892.
The Treasury Department has received official notice
OF exposition to be held in Rome Italy, in 1888 and
1889.
Second Assistant POstmastorGencral Elmer and Chief
Clerk Lyman Of the Second Assistant Postmaster
erals office. have left Was lingtOn for Long Branch
There were announced in the Post Office Department
to-day promotions to cerksips in Glass g. five pro-
motions To Class ., and two promotions to Class l.
Secretary Chandler to-day ordered continuance OF
the civil establishments at al OF the navy yards aud sta
tOns under the present system until september next
The lawful money deposit in the Treasury to-day for
the redemption of of banks reducing circulation is
S256l4,62j 80; failed banks S1,093, s37 20, and OF
banks in liquidation $12,675,OO4 30, making total
fund Of T39,3s3, ,i6S 10.
At the close Of business to-day, United States called
bonds had been redeemed at the Treasury follows
Under the 1Osth call. $19.74S6Oo Tooth call.
S4.7Gl 500; lIOth CALL S4,4js,6jO; 1llth CALL
SljO3Go0; 1l2th call, Sl2955,lOO; 18th CALL
SlO,24S,9jO; Ham call, Sll,7j3,2JO.
The case OF First Lieutenant James Curry 9TH Artil
ery before the Secretary OF War. IIe tried
by courtuartal AT Fort Columbus. NevYOrlr Iarbor
n charge Of drunkenness while duty, convicted and
sentenced TO he dismissed the service Tho proceedings
OF the martial reviewed by Judge Advocate
General Swain and approved. His report the
was submitted to Secretary Lincoln to-day.
Secretary Chandler will leave here on Monday next on
the United steamship TaIlapoosa for Il visit OF
specuon to all the stations on the Atlantic coast lie
VIII be accompanied by Commodore Shock Chicr the
Bureau OF steam Engineering; Commodore English,
and Commodore Wilson, Ch.ef OF the Bureau OF Con-
structiOu ald Repair.
New-York tribune., 1882-08-13
PROPOSED ACTION BY TURKEY.

LONDON Aug IA dispatch from Constan-
tnople to Reuters Telegram Company ys:-Sir
Alfred Sandison Secretary to the British Legation,
TO day visited the Porte and the Palace for the pur
pose of arranging the final details OF the proclaim
alton against AIabi Pacha and the Military Con-
yention, the Conference having left both matters
to be arranged between England and Turkey. The
Sultan has directed that addition to tic proc
lamation be made. declaring Arab Pacha a
rebel unless he shall submit on the ground that in
resisting ArabI acts contrary to the precepts OF the
Koran. Importance is attached to this express
mention OF the Koran against Arabi.
A Constantlnople dispatch to The Times says {:
What Lord Duilerip insists upon, in order to
secure harmony OF action il that movements of
the Turkish troops when they are i'll Egypt should
take place without the preliminary consent OF zen
eral WOlsclcy.'
dispatch 10 The Stdndard from C0nstantnople
saws that the Turkish delegates to the Conference
have informed Lord Duiern. British Ambassador,
that no troops will be landed III Egypt until the
arrival Of the Turkish Special Commissioners.
CONTANTISOPLE, Aug l2-lhe Ministers sat
throughout the night discussing the terms of the
proclamation ag iinst Arab Pacha. Lord l)uteun
tclcgrauhed to London the POrte's notifications of
the military convention, and Lord Granville sent a
reply accepting them. DcTVisch Pacha ls NEIL
toned as the Turkish member of the future ntcrna-
toual commission 10 consider measures for the pro-
lection of the Suez Canal, which commission will
pcrtorm functions similar to those Oh The Danublan
C0umiSSlOu
New-York tribune., 1882-08-13
VHEAT IN THE NORTHWEST.
Try TELEGRAPH To THE rRIBUSE.I

ST. PAUL. Mimi, Aug. 12.-Ihe Pioneer
Press will publish to report OF an interview
with Carleton Holland who Is generally conceoeo 10
be the su expert grain in the United sta'es'
if not in the world lie has been through the woea'
fields Of this State and Dakota for the purpose OF eA
amining the quality Of the wheat now being harvester
His inspection has for twenty years ranked the best OF
all in all the principal markets Of the world, ana MS
judgment Is considered by and dealers as
important The reporter asked What are the results
of your observations, Mr. Hollandf" "Weu, unless
a period OF long, drenching rains should set IN,
which would delay the harvest and ruin the grain ae
cut Of the best crops Of wheat in quality ever
raised will reward the graingrowers OF Minnesota ana
Dakota this year say unless a period Of rain comes
on, thing so entirely improbable now, that 1t may
we'll be said that the magnificent crop Is already as
ured"
What VIII be the average grade if favorable weather
and circumstances contnuep
1T must be remembered that the wheat has not been
thrcshed cleaned and stored yet; ana a score Of
things might possibly happen to influence the
grade one way or the other; but with
unusual occurrence in fact Judging from the imme-
datc situation, I have hestancy in saying that
60 per cent Of the Northwestern wheat crop will grade
No. l."
"The remainder. 40 per cent, will grade how y
"Pracdcally, al No. .. OF course mspeakng upon
the hypothesis that the grain Is properly cleaned ana
stored in good condition"
1" How will 1t be in regard TO hard and soft wheat y
"Theres the rub find that IN many places the farm
have been foolish enough TO SOW sOlt VhIletics
Farmers have idea that the extra quantity whlch
can be raiseG when the soft varieties are crown
will more chan compensate for the dnerepce IN r,ce
between hard and soft wheat, and | am sorry
10 say many have theory that they mix in a good
deal of soft wheat the hard and that the mixture
will inspect In their favor That is wherein my opinion,
they fool themselves and at the same time lower Tue
general reputation of the crop"
In case tho wheat is mixed badly, how would you
grade it I" -
That is question which the Minneapolis miers are
Just cndeavOrng to determine. II
the present crop well cleaned and properly stored 1t
will when it reaches the great markets, make roput-
ton for Minnesota and Dako for all time TO come. Inc
whole country to be congratulated upon the qalty
of the wheat which is now ready for the harvest III the
rrcaf NnrfhNrpntv
New-York tribune., 1882-08-13
ATTITUDE OF TIE POWERS.

BERLIN, August 1.-THE Greasbceten. an officially
inspired organ, says: "Germdny cannot risk the
loss of the goodwill of the other Powers by paralyz
ing or counteractlng their policy, unless she is alb
solntely forced to do 50. she has neither the wish
nor the right to play the part Of European censor
She will neither give mandate 10 England to act
on the Nile nor hinuer her from doing " hat she
may think necessary for British interests. The
Interests of Germany have not been menaced. If
they are Inenaced, hereafter, she will have plenty
of time to take nor resolutions. Her only aim is
European peace, which will be maintained"
PARIS, August ia dispatch from COnstan-
tinople states that the Ambassadors upon the in
itiative of France, have made urgent representa-
tons to the Porto la regard to the agitation against
Christians in Syria and other parts of the Turkish
empire France has accepted, under certain
reservations the proposal for collective protection
of the Suez Canal.
MADRID, Aug 12.-The Spanish corvette Tor
nado. which arri, ed mt Alexandria yesterday, will
90 TO Port sand replacing the fricate Carmen. Sub
seGuently the Tornado aud CCnsueie Will proceed TO
Is,ualia 10 protect Spanish merchant vessels tray
ersing the Suez Canal. lhc frEate Saragosa will
remain at Port Said aud the Carmen VIII return to
Alexandria. Sh juld the ant-Christian agitation III
Syria continue the latter will proceed to the Lee
want The Maria DE Molina has left the Philip
nine Islands for SueZ and Will be stationed at the
put ranre the Canal.
New-York tribune., 1882-08-13
MOVEMENTS OF BRITISH TROOPS.

ALEXANDRIA, Aug. 1.-THE Codstream Guards
and the Grenadier Guards have arrived here. The
British Government has purchased . large hotel
aud mercantile premises at Port Said for use as
hospital
GIBRALTAR, August 1.-THE transport Arab,
with battalion of the Royal Irish FuSlleers, and
the transport France, with battalion of the High
land Light Infantry have passed here or their way
to Egypt. The transport Italy, with the second
half of the Seventh Dragon Guards, has just
passed eastward.
MALTA, Aug. 1.-THE transport Calabria with
General Sir Garnet Wolseley on board has arrived
here General WOlseley Is now quite well. lie
continued his voyage to Alexandria this morning
and is due there on Tuesday.
PORTSMOUTH, Aug IA battalion OF militia has
arrived here for garrison duty in Consequence OF the
drain upon the regulars. Similar arrangements are
contemplated in various parts of the Kingdom.
LONDON, Aug. 13.-A dispatch to The O6sTrer
from Alexandria says: The Scots Guards and
Grenadicr Guards landed to-day Saturday and
marched To Ramleh. Thousands OF Arabs collected
along the line of march, and were much impressed
by the appearance OF the troops. The Europeans
regret their having TO meet such an unworthy toe,
as il is believed that many fall victims TO the
Remington rifles of Arabl Pachas troops, who are
now intrenched IN a very strong position"
New-York tribune., 1882-08-13
Crops IN ILLINOIS.

CHICAGO, Aug. 1.-THE August crop re-
port just the Office Of the Secretary OF state
describes the situation up to August g. On May the
wheat crop promised by the returns then in, an aggre
gate OF 600 600 bushels From the August returns 1t
appears that onofOurth OF the wheat crop, or about
33O0O00 bushels in the southern two tiers OF counties
and one-a to twOthrds Of the crop or about 100000
bushels I'm third and fourth tiers. making total Of
over 900 COO bushels OF wheat in the southern four
tiers Of counties are unsecured, all OF which
is badly damaged, and much OF which will probably be
entirely worthless Oats it estimated, will yield 81
and barley 26 bushels per acre. Corn improved during
July II per cent below its condition on August
l OF last year In meadows and pastures the clover
sowu this year s in good condition Apples promise o2
per cent and peaches "a per cent ~ an average crop
Reports at the BOa,d OF Trade IN this city arc some
what more encouraging. The weather now IL bright
end cool with little danger or showers, ana FARMERS are
Dusly en- gagged opening their gram 10 tho breeze ana
su An stacks and shocks OF wheat in the outside or
the bundles and partly the bundles themselves, may be
ruined: but within, while more or less injured, IL Is
proving to wholiy lost and VITA proper care may
yot do better than II feared il would do few days
ag,. Well informed persons state that the ClawsOn
variety has sustained very much more lDJary tan red
New-York tribune., 1882-08-13
FOREIGN NOTES.

LONDON, Saturday, Ang. 10, 1892.
In tie House Of Commons this afternoon the Kieht
Hon Henry Fawcett, Postmaster-Gencral, stated
tat there TIC sg test chance that the Post Office
Department VIII ever purchase the telephone lines.
A dispatch 10 The Times from Cork says that in the
event OF the romans of the late Miss Fanny ParnelI
being Inferred in Ireland there Will probably be great
demonstration az her funeral.
HAVANA, Aug. IA dispatch from Jamaica says that
Westgatc The clfconfessed sain Of Lord Frederick
Cavcndi and Mr. Bourkc in Dublin has. arrived there
and that the evidence duplicating HIM il the crime is
strong.
MONTEEAI, Aug. 12.-The match game Of lacrosse
played to-day for the championship OF the world be-
tween the Shamrock and Montreal clubs, by
the Shamrocks who took the first, second and fifth
games.
HALIFAX, Y. s. Aug. 12.-According TO the official
turns the output of from the Nova Scotia mines for
he quarter ended June was 325, tons increase
ycr that fcr the period year % 7,77S
New-York tribune., 1882-08-13
ST4BBED ~ TIE BREAST.

While patroling Ave. A at a late hour
last Light, Officer Kern OF the Eighteenth Precinct saw
a man running Robert Burgess, age twenty7ix of No
26 East sxteenhst called to the officer to arrest the
fugitive who lie said had stabbed him.
Burgess fell and Kern captured his assail-
ant at Twenty-nrsst Tho wounded man was
taken to the Eighteenth Precinct Police Station, where
ne WAS found to have been stabbed in the breast the
knife, it is thought having penetrated the lungs.
lie was taken with coryulsons, and could
give no account of The siabbng. The
twenty-four German Graner, Of Twentictl-st. aud
Avc.-A lie had a deep cash in the hand,
hui refused To tell how the difficulty
originated and claimed that he did not know how he got
cue lie was locked up. and Burgess was removed to
Bellevue Hospital large pOckctknlfe Was found near
the scene OF the stabbing
New-York tribune., 1882-08-13

ing to Mr. Tottenham. Conservative member ior
Leitrim. said the circular which Lord Spencer,
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, issued at the sub
sdepce of the agitation of the constabulary an
nouncing the appointment of committee OF IN
oury into the grievances of the force declares that
the decision of that committee must be final. Mr.
Porter also stated that the constabulary had
ceased heir agitation uncOnditionay.
The Standard says that several Irish members or
Parliament intend to address their constituents
during the recess with the of testing the ex-
tent to which the Government will allow freedom
of speech.
DUBLIN. Aug. 12.-Francis Hynes has been found
guilty of the murder of John DolUughty horder'
near Ennis, q few weeks ago. and has been SEN
fenced to be hanged month hence This IS the
first trial under the Crimes Act before q special
jury. Tne crime was Of an agrarian character.
Dooughty had continued in employment at the
farm from which hyncs had been eylcted.
Mr.. Parnell and o;her Irish members OF Parlia-
mcnt arrived here to-day to attend the festivities
in connection with the approaching opening of the
exhibition. The streets are already extensively
decorated. The garrison here has been strongly re-
inforced probably to guard against any outbreak
during exhibition week.
LOEDONDFRRY, Aug 12.-The ub-CommssiOner
of the Land Court here has given judgment III the
first yet heard OF an application by tenants OF
the IIish Society to fix talr rent. lie reduced the
aggregate rent from f149 10 tl26 In the case OF
another applicant, tenant the estate OF tne
Marquis OF Londonderry, the rent was reduced Lot
New-York tribune., 1882-08-13
MrRDER by 4 TINBER THEE

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.-Thc Commissioner
of Indian Affairs has received letter from ID. B. Dyer,
Agent a. the Quapaw Indian Agency in the Indian Ter
rory under Angus. in regard to the recent Kill
ing OF the Indian policeman Brown by Thomas o.
Keencr who was under arrest charged with cutting TIM
Der and stealing hay from the Indian lands Dyer
says:
At about 800 O'Clock Monday morning, i Is supposed
that Brown, WHO guard, removed MS "als coat
and revolver, placing them Oh a bench together WIN
the Office KEYS aud covering them with cushion ald
down and fcll asleep The prisoner heeher, WhD 1au
evidently fciged sleep the floor nearby, procured
mining pick nat had been left in the office Approach
ing the sleeping policeman, with one stroke ne Grove no
terrible weapon inches INTO his body through ine
base OF the heart kcener succeeded III making coca MS
e.capc withstaudng the fact that another Policeman
lay sleeping in an adjoining ROOM