davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-01
THE WILKINS-HARDING WEDDING
Society Event In Our Best CoIored Social
Circles.

[From the New York SUM-
The Mount Olivet Colored Baptist
Church was the scene of one of the most
brilliant weddings of the season in col
ored society in New York. The invita-
tions Several hundred) were sent out
two weeks in advance, and read as fol-
lows:
''s'sss..'.ss.ss ss'"''.'s..-s.,.
Your presence is requested at the mar:
:riage ceremony of
: ANNIE WILKINS
to
!: PETER HARDING,
: Wednesday evening, Nov. 26, 1884
at 915 o'clock, at Mount Olivet Baptist:
Church. West Fifth-third street.
This was printed on fine paper, and
seyenty-tve of the invitations enclosed
this card:
:'''''''''''''''' '.-.'..'s...........
Reception
from IN
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-01

Kennedy, re
est Wing dk
"How IL
Kennedy n
| sect he
4 d.foatcd q
my district,|
half dozen
them ON. 4"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-01

Two PEASANTS asleep in the garret of
a rickety house at Cantania, Spain, be-
ing aroused by heavy shock of earth
quake, jumped up and sid from the root
by means of rope into an adjoining
backyard, where they were attacked by
ferocious dog and SO mangled that they
died next morning.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-06-26
AnInfnntu unnEor.

The New York papers announce the
birth of the first pure-blooded monkey
born in the United States. Its mother is
a fullgrown East India Rees monkey,
weighing about twenty-five pounds and
rejoicing In the name OF "Suse." She is
between five and six years old and has
been in this country a year. The pattern
al ancestor of this six inches of monkey
mortality is one of the same breed, but the
family ties were broken about three months
ago and separation, following his purchase
by another dealer, left the heart broken
"Suse " in the unpleasant position OF
grass widow
The young monkey, which resembles
that "amusin little cuss," the infant
kangaroo, whose fame Artemus Ward
handed down to posterity, has n perfect
bare white face, with large, bright wide
open eyes. On his body there IS light
growth OF hair. but none on his limbs, and
with his slender, flexible nRnd, he claws
his mothers eyes and sticks his fingers in
her mouth in a way that does much to
strengthen the spectators belief in the doc
trine of evolution. During the few mo-
ments when the infant il not trying to
satisfy its ravenOus appetite, it cries with
a faint squeeky voice The mother has
not dropped her toOtsey wOOtsey darling
from her breast since It's birth aud the
owner says that he does not expect that
she will do so for the next six weeks, or
that she will wean it for a year. One or
two attempts have been made to breed
monkeys in this country, but Mr.. Burns
claims to have scored the first success.
The baby has been christened . Roosevelt .
from the fact that the birthplace is situnt-
ed on what was formerly the Roosevelt
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-06-26

The acquIttal at St Petersburg. OF Mile.
Semenova, accused OF being implicated In
the murder OF the child Sarah Becker, has
bling that witnessed at Paris when Mime.
Clovis -HuZues was restored to her admir-
ing friends. The reason, however, for the
acquittal OF the Russian lady differs great
ly from that which saved Nine. Hugues.
The evidence all through the trial was
dead against Nile. Semenova, and 1t
would have Jared badly with her but for
the declaration OF an expert, NJ Balinsky,
Russian mad-doctor, who, pointing out
TO the juryfthe hysterical bearing Of the
culprit, persuaded them that she was suf-
fering from psychopathy," and there
fore morally irresponsible. For the ben
eht OF those who are as yet ignorant OF the
meaning Of psyehopathy-a term which
Will before long be naturalized in our
courts-we give N. Balinsky' explanation
OF the new malady. /" The psychopathy,"
ly come under the notice OF medical sci
ence. II Is an Individual whose every
moral faculty appears to be of the normal
equilibrium. he thinks logically, he dis
tinguishes good and EVIL. and he acts ac-
cOrding to reason. But of all moral no
tons he is entirely devoid. Be
sides his own person and his own interests
nothing Is sacred to the psychopath, etc,
etc" The short and the long Of II seems
TO be that il egotism is fully developed in
a human being, he becomes morally ir-
responsible''- very convenient doctrine,
TO which, however, mankind Will have to
add as a corollary that whenever a fully
developed Psychopath Is discovered he
shall be Immediately hanged.-Pdu Mdu
Gazette
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-06-26

The Northwestern Trades Gazette think

The Northwestern Trades Gazette thinks
that It Is high time that the public VIZ.
warned against investing money in the
stock or bonds of cattle companies
There is sort OF cattle raising craze
spreading over the country. and the I'm
preston las gone out that the sure road
to wealth is to buy cattle and turn them
on the pl ins u shift for Themselves The
excitement created by the cattle craze has
given an opportunity 10 speculators to
form stock companies for the alleged pur-
pose OF raising cattle. CunningIy devised
tables showing the increase in ten years
from 10. or So or 100 cows, have been circu-
lated widely In pamphlets, in newspapers.
md in magazines. To read one OF these cir
en- ars a gui!elts person would think that
the cattle roanied all Winter, through Flor
ida orange groves. and that such thing as
blizzard, freezing cattle to death. never
swept over the plains. The Trades Ca
zette says that many OF the companies Of
fering their bonds for sale In the East are
not a whit more reliable than the wildcat
mining companies of Colorado. Chica-
go gentleman, who has probably been
experimenting with one Of these wild cat
tie companies, is quoted as saving: "
know OF no business on earth that the
managers can as absolutely clean out rs
they can cattle company. a prOperty
worth a million dollars can lie stolen and
nothing left. When a railroad is wrecked
the iron, cars, locomotives, and buildings,
though mortgaged, remain. 4 bankrupt
mining company can show hole in the
ground for money expended. But cattle
company can be cleaned out so thoroughly
that there will not remain property to the
value OF Calls tail on the ranch The
bonds and stocks of cattle growing compa-
MES that are offered for sale on the mar
ket are mighty good things to keep out
Of
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-06-26
HOW LONG TO SLEEP.
what the Proverbs and Modern
Philosophers Say on the
subject.

The latest authority on this vexed ques-
ton, DIR. Malins, says that the proper
amount of sleep to be taken by a man is
eight hours. So far rs regards city life the
estimate is probably correct. Proverbial
wisdom does not apply to modern condi-
tions of social existence. Five (hours)
for man, seven for a woman, and nine
for pig" says one Proverb; and a second,
quoted by Mr.. Hazlitt in his English
Proverbs declares that Mature requires
five; custom gives (allows) seven; laziness
takes nine; and wickedness eleven
These conclusions were, however, drawn
from observation of country life Physi-
cal fatigue is more easily overcome than
intellectual Which OF us when travelling
in the country OF abroad, or in any way
separated from the ordinary processes of
thought and anxiety, has not found that
he could, without difficulty, do with
couple OF hours less sleep than he was in
the habit Of taking Men, however, who
follow any intellectual pursuit are excep-
tionally fortunate if the processes of re-
storation occupy less than seven hours.
More frequently they extend to eight or
nine hours. Kant, / see it stated, took
never less than seven hours Goethe
owned to requiring nine Soldiers and
sailors, on the other hand, like laborers
do with mnch less quantity. / am afraid
to say how few hours the Duke OF Well
tngton regarded as essential A school
master under whom at one time / studied
hard-working man at the acquisition of
languages, proclaimed loudly that he
never took more than FIVE hours sleep.
The hour at which he rose in the morning
gave some color to this assertion. Only IN
after life did discover that q two hours
that allowance.-The Gentle1ndn's MdQo-
zine.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-06-26
A Dog win mercantIle Turn.

Twas sitting one day IN front of a shop
in the old Etruscan city OF Ferentino.
Presently an ill-bred dog OF the pointer
kind came and sat down in front of me,
looking up in my face and wagging his
tail to attract my attention. What does
that dog wantt" / asked. 'Signore,' g - he
answered, he wants you to give him a
soldo to go and buy you cigar with" I
gave the dog the coin, and he presently
returned, bringing n cigar, which he held
crOsswise in his month until took it from
him. Sent again aud again, he brought
me three or four cigars from the tobacco
shop. At length the dogs demeanor
changed, and he gave vent to his impa-
tience by two or three low whines. What
does he want now 30 asked. - He wants
you TO give him soldi TO 60 to the bakers
and buy bread for himself" I gave him a
2soldo piece. and in \ few minutes the
dog returned with a small loaf OF bread,
which he laid at my feet, at the same time
gazing wistfully in my face. He won't
take It until you give him leave" ] gave
the requisite permission, and the animal
seized the loaf and disappeared with it In
his mouth. =" He always does Ike this"
said the standers-by, whenever he sees q
stranger in terentino."
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-06-26
Religious AdvertIzina.

The Christian Register says the reck-
lessness of patent medicine advertising in
the religious press is hit on in this West
ern way in a secular journal: "An Arizo-
ma man who subscribed for a religious
paper some time ago sent letter to the
editor 70 stop 1t, In which he said: we
End the ella Howler, our local paper,
much livelier than your old milk -and-wa-
ter affair. Besides yOu haven't played a
square game in your ads--My wife
bought pair OF the corsets you adver-
tise, and blamed II they didn't burst in
three weeks and we use them now TO
mend the chicken coop. I took half a doz-
en- Of the dead-shot pills you puffed up in
a reading notice week i.efore last, and the
next day / was so sick that all the doctors
In the town published bulletins about nv
approaching death, and the boys said /
had limjams. For these reasons I have
determined to quit your paper and read
the Howler only. As l know it always
lies unless it is paid to tell the truth. IL
can't lead me into temptation" 4"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-06-26
The Gnnle Of Names.

Each player takes long strip Of paper
and lead pencil. The teacher then COM
mences by calling out; Girls names
beginning with two letters-two minutes
allowed" T" Each player then writes down
all the girls names beginning NTH two
letters that he (or she) can recollect, and
Mt the expiration of the two minutes
I" time is called. Then the oldest player
reads from his (or her) slip all the names
he or she has written down-say Amy,
Amabel, Alice, Annie, Armenia, Alleen
etc. All the other players, as the names
are read out, cancel any name read out, IT,
for instance, all have written Amy, and
count one mark. Say six players have
AmRbel and four have not, each OF the six
count one mark: those who have not
thought and written down Amabel get
nothing for Amabel, and SO on through
the list. The object of the game is to
teach the children all girls and boys
names, When the marks have been al
lotted for all the names the total of marks
are read out and noted on each slip The
players then proceed in similar manner for
all boys names commencing with A, such
as Alfred. Abel, Adam, Andrew, Arthur,
the letters of the alphabet are exhausted.
But practically young players rarely care
70 dc" more than thirty sets. or fifteen
letters consecutively. Various names
crop up, and the memory is well exercised,
ana children generally vote 1t great fun.
Any one introducing pet or fancy names
forfeits two marks.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-06-26
The nootrlne orRroInrtnn

shall not be with you many more
years 1t viii not be long before another
voice win be instructing you. For more
than fifty years have been Influenced by
the great doctrine OF evolution. Years
ago saw that the spirit OF true religion
was represented by the mustard seed.
Later / came to understand the larger
view which science holds, and that this
was only one application OF a great doc
trine To-day there Is not an educated
man under 50 years Of age who is not
substantially an evoluCionist. / propose
to make the application OF the truths OF
evolution to all forms of doctrine the clos
ing work Of my life. I am going to dis
cuss the questions of the divine nature, Of
sin and atonement from the standpoint Of
evolution. These discussions / will put in
a book and then die. Your children will
read the book and wonder why people
ever differed from what shall say. The
new theology has risen in the horizon. II
will regenerate the world and be more
powerful than the old. From sermon BIZ
ReU. II. W. BeecheT.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-06-26
Sheep.

It will surprise farmer who has never
seen the results, to cross the merino
sheep with buck Of the mutton varieties.
Country Home says: We have made such
crosses, using in one instance Cotswold
sire; and in other instances, a pure-bred
Leicester and Southdown. This year
we have made q cross with the Oxford
down: The Merino peculiarities are al
most lost, except that the fieeces are more
compact and the bodies are cut down to a
more medium size. Such cross-bred
sheep are hardy and shear large feeces.
When pure-bred sire is used again, of
the same breed as before, the offspring
viii be three -fourths of the same blood as
the sire; and the next cross win be seven
eighths, the next fifteen sixteenths. A
sheep seven-eighths pure bred, will be es-
sentialIy the same as the pure bred in
form, wool, and general peculiarities 1t
VIII lack one important quality, a heredi-
lament power which is broken by the ad-
mixture of the one part Merino, to perpetu-
ate its own kind in thOrough-bred form.
This does not make much difference in
practical sense, where sheep are kept for
wool and mutton, apd not for breeders.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-06-26
The CoIored Race.

:" "Twenty years ago,'' said the Secretary
OF the Freedman's Aid Society before the
Presbyterian General Assembly in Gin
cinnau recently, ''there were in the South
ern States S,9i7,OOO colored people, and
nov there are more than T. 200, GOO Then
there were in Mississippi 220, 900, negroes,
and now CSC, COO Then there were in Geor-
gia $4,000 negroes, now 725, COO Then
there were in South Carolina 4O0, COO and
now more than GOO,OOO Five hundred
colorea babies are born in the United
States every day. The colored population
OF the United States doubles every twenty
years, the white population only once in
thirty hge years Eight years viii not
have passed before the negroes will be in a
numerical majority in some OF the South
ern States. At the present rate of in
crease, IN 1885 there viii be $1,000 600
white people ia the United States, and
192, ,OO0, 600 colored people. The day is not
far distant when it will be physical i'm
posi- bility to continue the present practice
of dfsfranchisement of the colored people
of the Southern States In South Carolina
he has bought and paid for 30 coo acres of
land, " hich he cultiyates. In the South
he pays taxes on more than S9I ,O0o, coo of
property. Hefs editing, printing and pub
fishing IO6 newspapers. And vet of the
7,OOC. 600 colored people of this country
more than 6,uo0.00O cannot read nor
WRITE
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-06-26
BASE BALLS,
How the Instruments of Fun and
Torture Are Made Hard and
Firm,

How the Instruments of Fun and
Torture Are Made Hard and
Firm.
At le1st ten million base balls, saws the
Philadelphia Times, are made and sold In
this country every year. Perhaps very
few persons know the process by which
these balls are manufactured or the nature
of stuffs used in constructing a standard
ball The most expert workmen are en-
ployed. First there is a little hard ubber
ball, and around that the wrapper winds
strong, blue, coarse yarn. The balls are
then placed in an oven and baked until
all the moisture Is taken out of them and
they are reduced in size This makes
them solid. After this they are coated
with cement. This causes the balls to re-
tain their shape, and they cannot be
knocked crooked. Then comes some fine
blue yarn, and around the whole is placed
fine white gilling twine. The balls are
weighed, for each must be of certain
weight, and are now ready for the covers.
These latter are made of the best quality
OF horse-hIde. Inc cover consists of two
pieces, each cut in the shape OF the figure
g" BY bending one section one way and
the other IN an opposite direction a COM
plete cover Is obtained. That was the dis
balls were covered with four pieces of
leather, but the genius of a college chan
had proved great benefit to the Inanufac-
turers. At one time two covers were
placed upon q ball That is, the ball was
half made when it was covered. and then
another ball constructed over it, But
even that did not prevent its being
the ball as now made. though, because the
cement holds it. A little machine owned
by Philadelphia firm is used for winding
the balls. 1t Is the only one in the world.
II wraps two and one-hah ounces of the
American association balls in a minute
and the rest is finished by hand That
apparatus is a little wonder 1t does its
work as neatly as il it had brains but Is
capable, says its owners, of a good deal Of
Improvement. y
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-06-26
How the oneen Travelled.

"How did the Queen of Sheba travel
when she went to see Solomon 20 asked
Miss R Of her Sunday school class of
little girls
No one ventured an answer
II you had studied your lesson you
could not have helped knowing" !" said their
teacher = Now look over the verses
again"
. Could she have gone by the cars yn
asked Miss r, beginning TO lose pa
tience. as the children consulted their
books but appeared to arrive at no concIu-
sion.
" Yes M" said little girl at the end of
the class She went by steam-car
" Did she, indeedF' said Miss r.
" We'll, fsouisa, we would like to know
how yol found that ont T"
In the second verse" responded the
child II says, she cfifle tO{tt peT,g
great train
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-06-26

A hride-even the plainest-is interest
ing for the nonce It is astonishing, too.
how seh-possessed she is The man looks
sheepish, frightened, half ashamed, half
sorry; but the very importance of the mo-
ment gives the bride firmness her heart
Is in the service-she forgets all petty con-
sideratiOns- and she goes through it grace
fully. This is an inherent gift in the sex,
not only in weddings, but in all solemni-
ties where any display Is required. After
the ceremony the husband regains his
compOsure and begins to look as if this
would be the happiest day IN his life. He
takes pride in his choice; you see at last
that his was free-wtn offering that he
was not the victim his dolefuI, nervous ap-
pearance had led you TO suspect His eye
beams as it rests on the sweet companion
by his side, and for that day, at least he
is sincere in his promise that, as far as in
him lies, she shall never have cause to re-
pent her trust.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-06-26
rurnedto scientinc L.

Professor Simeon Newcomb has been
using the top OF the Washington monu-
ment for measuring the velocity Of light.
and believes that he has obtained more
accurate data fer estimating distance
and magnitude OF the sun The velocity
OF light IS measured with n degree OF ac-
curacy never before obtained. Professor
Newcomb tells reporter OF the PhiIadel-
phia Times that he thinks the error IN his
calculations cannot exceed one four-hun-
dred-millionth part OF u second.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-06-26

Prof. Shelton, in recent Industrialist
says 1t is only ten or twelve years since
tame grasses have been profitably grown
In the state, outside OF few eastern coun-
ties. In 1874 the toral nurnl.e- OF acres
was only 9S, S94, but in 1874 the number
had increased TO 732 $50, in the last three
years the increase being at the rate of I.l5-
coo acres per annuun
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-06-26
Take Plenty OF outdoor Exercise.


A good deal is being said at present about
the comparative beauty of English and
American women. Lord Coleridge gives
the palm for both beauty and intellect to
the Americans. Sir Depel Griffin, on the
other hand, is strongly in favor Of the
English. He is inclined to attribute q
great deal of his superiority which he at
tributes to English women partly to eli
matte Influences, and still more to the
habits of everyday life generally prevalent.
He says that English women take far more
outdoor exercise in q variety of ways
specified, do q great deal more walking.
and busy themselves more IN the activities
of benevolent and religious exercise.
There is a great deal of truth IN all this.
American ladies shut up for the most
part Of long, cold winter, IN hot and
comparatively i'll ventilated houses, with
scarcely anything but what, as ifin mock
cry, is called carriage exercise, - must
soon have pale and delicate appearance,
which passes speedily from the attract
iveness of youth to something anything
but attractive. There can be no denying
the fact, however, that the general health
of American women and girls Is much
better now than It was ten years ago.
They are much fonder of walking than
were their mothers, and many outdoor
sports are now fashionable among them,
and are in consequence being freely culti-
waited by them. .
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-06-26
YOUTH AND AGE.

Youth Is the age OF romance,
Castles I'm the air we build;
The idols that we make, perchanco
OF rotten wood, we xild.
Each pretty maids an angel,
A crystal pure, VIC say,
But as youths fiery spirits queu
Such thoughts soon pass away.
As years are gained these dreams arc lost.
But IL has e'er been SO,
Even to things We cherish most
Cynics with age we grow.
Roses give out their soft perfume,
Women uRfaithful prove:
But every year afresh they bloom
And every age men love.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-06-26
Potato CuIfurn

Try our method, says Farm and Fireside,
which is to cultivate altogether with the
ordinary double shovel, commencing as
soon as the tops are an inch or two above
the surface, and covering the entire plants.
They won't stay covered but day or two,
but viii soon peep forth, green and strong,
while the small weeds which had started
in the rows viii be effectually discour-
aged
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-06-26
Ths CIimar or Arnnr.

Perhaps the utmost extreme of intense
agony has been reached when a woman
dislocates her jaw, and her obligfng
neiehbor comes in and informs her that
Mrs. Jones says she's mean, spiteful,
gossiping old harridans-St. Paul Herald
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-06-26
WHAT IS DYSPEPSIA?

Among the many symptoms
q Dyspepsia or indigestion
ne most prominent are: Va
liable appetite; faint, gnawing
leeling at pit OF the stomach,
9TH unsatisfied craving for
pod; heartburn, feeling Of
Feight and wind in the stem
eeh, bad breath, bad taste in
Ehe mouth, low spirits, general
prostPati0n, headache, and
eonstipation. There is no form
pfdisease more prevalent than
dyspepsia, and none so pecul-
pr to the high-living and rap
p-esting American people.
Aleohol and tobacco produce
dyspepsia; also, bad air, rapid
eating, etc. BURDOCK BLOOD
5lTTERS will cure the worst
ease, by regulating the bowels
nd toning up the digestive
ePgans. Sold everywhere.