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The Springdale news., 1889-07-19
Two Kinds Of Religion.

l have met some men whose religion was a mixture of vinegar and pepper and others whose religion resembled sugar and milk; the former are severe on the faults of others and indulgent to their own; the latter reverse the practice. Query: Which of them make the best neighbors, not to say the best Christians?
 l have known men very courteous to one's face, but stabbing his char acter when he was gone. My father had dog of this stamp; he was a cowardly eur that fled at the ap- proach of a man, but bit the heels of children. A powerful mastiff paid his respects to his throat one day with great cordiality, and nobody wept over the fate of the brute.
 Moral: Back biters are gladly for gotten. Noble minds shun the ser pent's trail. He who would live in the memory of the good must himself be virtuous. This is the policy of in- surance for bonus at death, and righteous survivors never fail to pay it.-N. '. Led0er
The Springdale news., 1889-07-19
DAfRYIkG IN DENMARK.
Interesting Inquiries Upon the Subject
 Made by English N. r.

maue Dy ah EhSiIsn
 It is scarcely possible to realize the extent to which the Danish butter in- dustry affects British dairy farming. Mir. Samuel Ho Ire, NJ. P, who has re- gently been through Denmark and has made some interesting inquiries upon the subject, says that there are about GOO cooperative dairies in the country. In a case to which he re- fers there are l45 partners in one Of these factories, each of whom is re- sponsible to the extent of 21s. Sd. per COW entered by him for the supply of milk. In this case the supply of HOO cows is sent to the factory daily, or, rather, the horses and carts be- longing to some of the partners col- lect the milk from the whole of the contributors, at the same time de- livering the skim milk, eighty per cent. of which they get in turn. at a cost of 15 cents per 100 pounds. In one instance the factory paid the farmer 75 cents per 100 pounds for his milk, but at the end of the season he participates in the profits, which are divided. In the case quoted the profit amounted to 3s I'd. per 100 gal Ions, this sum largely augmenting the price, very poor one certainly, which the farmers receive. The ma- jority of these people are in a very small way of business, keeping from four to forty COWS. Many own their land, others pay from $4.00 to $6.00 per acre. There are instances in which four-acre farmers manage to keep three cows, each COW getting half ton of cake and bran per annum in ad- dition to the produce of the land. These Danish farmers seem to be satis- fled with the results they obtain, but certainly a life of toll, and that their habits are frugal in the extreme. Their fare, although wholesome and plenti- ful, is of the plainest kind. 1 was once invited to dine at the farm occupied by the husband of the famous Hannah Nelson and the family dishes were principally rice and milk and potatoes These Danish farmers commence at four in the morning. and when they finish their work few people know but themselves. Their factories are con- ducted at a very small expense. Lon don Farmer.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-19
Love Hin the WoolIy West.

p-o-You can not play the piano? : She-No, dear; Pm very sorry to say it, but I can not play at all. am not fond of music.
 He-Do you chochet worsted caps and the like?
 She-It is very humiliating, but I must confess do no fancy work of any kind.
 He-Then you must be great reader, l suppose?
 She-I read the newspapers very little, but 1 seldom read book. Pm not fond of literature.
 He-Then you would no doubt have some time for looking after household duties. Dearest, will you be my wife? Omaha World.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-19
ELOQUENCE OF TEARS.
4 Subject Too Subtitle to Be Satisfactorily
 Explained.

4 Subject Too Subtitle to Be Satisfactorily
 Explained.
 One may guess the why and where fore Of tear and yet find it too subtitle to give any account of. A tear may be the poetical resume of SC many simultaneous impressions,< the quint- essence of so maay~o7posing thoughts! It Is like dro4pl6f 5!4pl6f one of those precious ellxlrS 'ot otr the East which contain the AIte<6f twenty plants fused into single aroma. Sometimes it is the mere over flow of the soul, the running over of the cup of reverie. All that one can not or will not say, all that one re- fuses to confess even to ones self = confused desires. secret trouble, sup pressed grief smothered conflict, voiceless regret, the emotions We have struggled against, tie pain we have sought to hide, our superstltlous fears, our vague sufferings, our restless pre- sentiments, our unrealiZed dreams, the wounds inflicted upon our ideal, the dissatis fled languor, the vain hopes, the multitude of small indiscernibe ills which accumulate slowly in cor ner of the heart like water dropping noiselessly from the roof of a cavern all these mysterious movements of the inner life end in an instant of emotion and the emotion concentrates itself in a tear just visible on the edge of the eyelid. For the rest, tears express joy as well as sadness. They are the symbol of the powerlessness of the soul to restrain it's emotion and to re- main mistress of itself.-From Amiel' S Journal.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-19
LASSOlNG A SERPENT.
How the Natives of Java Attack Their
 Enemy, the Boa.

Alter about an hour of crawling and pushing through, our men sud- penly stopped and began to point ahead, chattering and gestieulating. Looking the way they pointed, we saw in a tree an immense boa con- strictor waving his head to and fro, with his scales glittering in the sun. My friend said: Get back, quick, he is preparing to jump!n and we did so as fast as possible. After con- snlting a few moments, the Malays
 ionsly advanced with a lasso,
 which by q aedexterous throw, caught tho snal,e aro,na the neck, and,
 jumping behind tree, -eis n'eheo IL on him. He thrashed aifl pulled,
 and it was all the four Malays qua .
 do to keep from being drawn ne9, enough for him to crush them, and once or twice it seemed as though he would get them. We could have shot him at first, but they wanted to capture him alive. After awhile, by pulling and choking him, he gave up, anu tney pulleo Hlin uoWn rom tue tree. He was a big fellow, twenty feet long and very large around They have great strength, and this one, was assured, could swallow goat or calf. He was looking, probably, for leopards, that are plenty there, living principally on monkeys, and the snakes also catch them when they can, but usually the monkey is cleverer than the snake. They sometimes gather in big bands and club them to death. By this time we were so hot and tired that we concluded to let the monkeys rest, although we could hear them chattering and jumping not so very far ahead of us, so we turned
The Springdale news., 1889-07-19
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

A Mrs. Smith, who teaches laun- dry work at Forsyth College, Eng, also writes novels, contributes original recipes to Truth and is her own dress. maker.
 Mrs. M. K. Field, better known as Catherine Cole, of the New Orleans Picayune, was lately presented with gold medal by the working-w women of New Orleans, to show their apprecia- tion of her work in their behalf.
 Gladstone considers the Prince of Wales a shrewd, clever man, who keeps himself well informed regarding the topics of the day. He seldom opens book, but gleans a great deal from conversation. Mr. Gladstone thinks the Prince success as a public man.
 Walt Whitman is not without a keen sense of the humorous. An am-. bilious young poet called on him the other day to show him Ms tragedy entitled .'Columb bus. ..Mr. Whit man, said he '.I should like to read you my drama and get your opin- ion of it's merits. No, I thank you,' said Walt. I've been paralyzed once."
 Laura Hutchinson told a friend about one amusing resource constantly employed by the poet Wordsworth when he wanted to secure thought. If it came to him at dinner, or when otherwise surrounded by his family, 'he always jumped up and thrust his head into a cupboard or out of the door until he had made it so much his own that he dared to return
 Fifty years or more ago the great est snowman, F. T. Barnum, was the editor of paper in Danbury, Conn He cut and slashed the corrupt officials so savagely that he was arrested and lodged in jail The other day the old jail was torn down, and the public, in appreciation of the old editor, had a handsome cane made from one of the rafters and presented to Barnum as a memento Of the period.
 The effect of the London book sales during last year is to show that books, under certain conditions, are a profitable investment. The early edi- tion of Piebwick brought double the original prices. The first Ruskins, or Sir Richard Burtons, or the early edi- tions of Swinburne and Browning all sell well. Investments in very high priced books, such as the Caxtons, have been profitable in proportionate de- gree.
 James Parton, the historian, being asked his opinje1 oi J jackson, in view of Bishop Potter's use of the phrase, ''Iacksonian vuIgarity,' when char acterizing the manners of that time, said Andrew Jackson was one of the most majestic of men. He possessed natural dignity and courtliness which never failed to impress any one who ever saw OF met him. Louis Philippe declared Jackson was the most dieni- fled man, the most thorough gentle man he had ever met H
 T.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-19
A POETS PUNCTUATION.
How Shakespeare Made Dull Readers
 Catch His Own Inspiration.

Catch His Own Inspiration
 Shakespeare, as 1 have all but veri- fled to my own satisfaction, at least, punctuated with the decision which we now look for--not vainly-in a Tennyson, a Ruskin or kinglake. have here named three perfect punctu- ators. My verification. or almost veri- fcation of Shakespeare own decisive pointing has been attained through the careful study of many passages in a no less authentic edition than 'the fa- nous folio of 1623.n Here we get back near enough to the original hand and the master-mind to form a fair judg- ment or the subject 1t is a firmly pronounced, articulate punctuation, such as no editor, however 'ju- dicious,' could easily have supplied. For let no one imagine printers law of punctuation that is adequate to the demands of a poet. He surely must know his own meaning best, and he alone feels, as we'll as means, what he says. It is this feeling and this true sig nificance which he who makes the lan- guage can best impart by mod ulations of his own. My view is that the various forms of punctua- tion accompanying rhetorical com position are like the notes of music, which none so well as the com poser himself can properly value. He hears, as he pens, every point. So it must seem to every appreciatiye read CT, say, of 'The Life of Henry " Take especially three speeches ot the King. First, the warmly-pulsating ad- dress to his friends: "Once more unto the breach,' concluding with the line: "Cry, God for Harry, England and St George!o Next the rebuke to Vest moreland, who had wished for ten thousand idle men from England, with the spirited continuation of the speech: This day is called the feast of Crispian;a and thirdly, the passion ate outburst:
 I was not angry since came 10 France
 Vntil this instant. Take a Trumpet, Herald; Ride thou vnto the Horsemen on yond hiIl
 II they will fight with ys bid them come downe Or voyde the field; they do offend our s ght If they'll do neither, we will come to them
 And make them sSer away swift as stones Enforced from the old Assyrian stings.
 Not only is every point in those speeches adjusted to the maintenance of true balance, being in no one in- stance too strong or too weak, but the actual breaks and pauses of the voice are so nicely indicated - especially in the "Crispiana speech, though scarcely less in the compelling earnestness of the invocation: 'Once more unto the. breach! !a-that he must indeed, .headG, of ear who fails to catch the poets own inspiration. \ (sassefi's Magazine.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-19

back to our horses with our cfolfes carrying cur trophy. The MaIays made cage very quickly, cutting lengths of bamboo and notching them together, into which they put the snake, and, swinging it on two poles, marched off with it on their shoulders. Forest and Stream.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-19

A drunken silversmith who was thrown out of saloon and severely clubbed by an officer called himself repousse work, because he had his fill of pitch and had been afterwards ham mered. -Jewelers' Weekly.
The Springdale news., 1889-07-19

Cultivate all newly planted trees the same as you would a hill of corn
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-12-06
PICTURES BY LIGHTNING.
A Wonderful Invention Which May Rel
oluronize Newspaper Art.

A Wonderful Invention Which May Rev
oIutionize Newspaper Art
This is the machine that is to rev.
olut!onize newspaper pictorial art"
explained Mr.. Ginochio. lit is filled
with clockwork and operated by
strong electric battery. Its mate Is at
the other end of the line. Now, you
can write signature or letter, and
1t will transmit either, with the iden-
tical characters formed with your pen
But that would be nothing new Auto
telegraphy has been known for fully
ten years, but this will carry out the
auto-telegraphic idea to the fullest ex-
tent You can write as much as
you please-thousands of words If
you like, as newspaper men and others
frequently have to dO-and this ma
chine will chew it up-that is, transmit
it-as fast as you can write. Indeed,
the writing can be done on a continu-
Gus roll, aud when a score of lines are
written the top of the roll can be fed
10 the machine, while the writer con-
tinues filing up the rest. aud without
tearing the roll 1t can be regulated
so as to keep pace exactly with the
speed OF the writer, and by the time
he has finished the machine will be on
its last lap and will end its task al
most Immediately. The newspaper or
other Office receiving the matter will
thus have il in the writer's own hand
writing and within q few moments
after it has passed out of his hands"
But how is it proposed 70 transmit
pictures?"
by the same method The paper
to be used will be washed with a weak
solution Of chloride of calcium, which
will make ii a conductor. The ink
will be the non-conductor or insulator.
The pictures will have to be repro
duced with pen and ink at the point of
sending, and with this as the only de-
lay they can be transmitted without
difficulty, every line and shadow being
reproduced with extreme fidelity.
Have you tested the machine?'
81 have and found It works like a
charm So long as the clock-work
keep running it can not get out OF or
der. The machine is designed especial
ly for the use OF the daily press, and
will enable our newspapers TO produce
accurate and excellent pictures of
events in the issue Immediately follow
ing instead of, as now, waiting a day
or two for the artist You can readily
understand how such an instrument
could be applied on a leased wire,
where voluminOus press reports have
TO be sent daily and nightly. Every
reporter could then be his own opera
tor. philadelphia Press.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-12-06
Selling Titles in France.

A curious fact is that In France q
man can will away his title TO any
one whom he may care to adopt, just
as he can ring or sum of money.
Thus, some years ago, one of the
proudest titles in France went a-beg-
ging- The old Due de Miromesnil
was so poor that he offered to adopt
and leave his ducal title to any man
who would insure him for the rest of
his days (and he was old) the modest
income of $4,000 - 10000 francs.
Oddly enough, the poor old Duke,
whom i'll luck would thus seem to
have followed up to the last, found no
one TO bid for the proffered honor,
and so he died in the most abject
penury. Were a similar transmission
of nobility legal in England there are
twenty members of the House of
Lords who would gladly. for a hand
some consideration in cash, adopt the
most unsavory commercial gentle
man" and leave him all their honors.
Paris Letter.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-12-06
The Shermanites of Alabama.

In Leeds valley. in the vicinity of
Birmingham, Ala, there is a colony
composed of religious sect known as
the Shermanites. There are about one
hundred families, and a happier. more
contepted people can not be found in
the world Their religious rites and
ceremonies are peculiar. Who founded
the society none of them seem to know,
but it is old, as the fathers and grand
fathers Of the present generation were
Shermanites- They claim to follow
the teachings of the New Testament
in spirit and letter, and they believe
that only Shermanites will inherit the
Kingdom of Heaven. They have
churches and preachers and worship
in . manner similar to many other
sects- One of their peculiar rites is
the washing of feet A foot-washing
service is held once every month. at
which the preacher washes the feet Of
every member Of the church. The
members then in turn wash the feet
Of the preacher and of each other.
They are Industrious and scrupulously
honest Divorce and drunkenness are
unknown among them The men
never cut their hair or beards.-Cin-
cinnau Commercial-Gazette
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-12-06
Strength of the German Army.

BY the new law, owing to the recent
threatening aspect of the European
situation in the East and the West, the
standing army OF Germany has been
brought up to upwards of 800, 900 men
or $50, 600. if the men on leave, liable
TO immediate recall, are added In case
of war this body can be brought up,
by calling in the first reserves, to up
wards OF 1850, 600 men. For oper-
ative purposes a further addition of
upwards of L 80, 600 men may be made
through the Iandwehr. II the supple
mentary reserve were put on its legs
this would give further force of l.,
400. 900. Total in round numbers, s.
800, 900 men, But if the landsturm
also were called out nearly $500, 900
men would be under arms! The
prospect is saddening one AT
Germany's eastern flank, however,
Russia PROCESSES TO be able to raise an
army Of 10, 900. 900 men On Germany's 5
western flank France may call out
more than 1000, 900. Being between
two powers of historically aggressive
character. Germany can not disarm
before the others do, though the
heaviness of the armor presses on her
most weightily. 1t is for her ques-
tion of national existence or extinc-
tion.-North American Review.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-12-06
acts Concerning Railroads.

1t IS claimed that the fastest time on
record was made over the Philadelphia
& Reading railroad. The time was
ninety-two miles in ninety-three min
utes. one mile being made in forty-six
seconds.
The chances for loss of life IN rail-
road accidents in this country are one
person killed for every 10000. 900 car
ried. Statisticians claim that more
people are killed every year by falling
out of windows than there are in rail-
road accidents
The Canadian Pacific railway ex-
tends further east and west than any
other road in the country. 1t runs
from Quebec to the Pacific Ocean.
The cantilever span in the Pough-
keepsie bridge is the longest railway
bridge span in the United States. Its
length is 54S feet
The Kinzua viaduct, on the Erie
railroad, is the highest railroad bridge
in the United States. 1t is 3O5 feet
high.
. The longest railway tunnel in Amer
lea is the Hoosac tunnel, on the Fitch
burg railroad. 1t is four and three
fourths miles long.
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
system operates more mileage than
any other single corporation In the
United States. 1t covers about 5000
miles. American Commercial Travel
ler
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-12-06
INGENIOUS INVENTION
An Apparatus Which Winds All Sorts OF
Clocks Auton natically.


Clocks Automa matically.
Otto Urban, in Gross Kikinda, is
well known as a first-class watch and
clock-maker. He invented an auto
matte apparatus for winding pendulum
clocks. which was much admired for
its simple and practical mechanism
1t is attached to the clock on one
side and to the door of the room
on the other. A fine wire or q
catgut serves as a transmission agent.
By opening and closing the door the
mechanism is made to work and the
clock is wound. To keep the clock
running for twenty-four hours 1t will
be sufficient to open the door two or
three times
When the clock is fully wound the
apparatus is stopped till the descend
ing weight is allowed to recommence
its work. Such automatic winding in
struments do not cost much, and its
construction can easily be made solid
and faultless.
In Austria Hungary the inventor has
applied for patent, but it seems his
invention only comprises clocks run
ming by weights and doors. There is
an unlimited field for some young
genius 70 combine French manteI
clocks with the parlor sofa when the
gas Is turned down; kitchen clocks
with the range door, the coal bin or
the washboard; bedroom clocks with
the front door latch and alarm clocks
with the cats on the roof.-Jewelers'
Weekly
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-12-06
PLANT FERTILIZATION.
Barbaric Traits of the Arum CrinItul
md Other PIants

Barbaric Traits of the Arum CrinItuIn
and Other Plants.
Those who have written of the
curious subject, the agency of insects
in the cross-fertilization of flowers,
love to tell Of the mutual interests in
volved Tho insects want honey
flowers want foreign pollen-so the
plant receives the bee as a welcome
foreign trader. 1t receives the needed
pollen. and gladdens the heart of the
busy little merchant. who departs
laden with the treasures for which
the flower had no use of its own
But in the little world of plants and
flowers, as in the wider intercourse
among human beings, mutual interest
is not always the basis of change.
There are wretched instances of
ignoble selfishness that set all moral
law at deiance-plants that are worse
than cannibals, for they not only
actually kill and eat the little traders
that venture within their domains,
but have not the higher motives out
side of mere love of a deIicacy,
which Seaman tells US the Fiji Isl
anders have when tempted TO dine on
AAAIAA NGAtAA ehlGA 0ASA- VI EOdSL UuASSlOLl-
Rry- Among the many instances
illustrative OF this barbaric trait in
plants that have appeared in print,
very interesting one has recently
been cont ibuted by an English OBJ
server. MIR. A ID. Webster. 1t relates
10 Arum crinitum. an old and WE'LL
known Corsican plant, though in
modern times il has been given the
dreadful name of HelicOdiceros mus
civOrus. the last OF course, in refer
ence 10 its fiy-devouring propensity.
1t is closely allied 20 the well-known
Indian turnip. of our woods. but has
a fetid odor similar TO the sIxunk-cab-
bage. to which also il has relation
ship Mr.. Webster says the carrion-
like scent is very attractive TO largo
numbers of flies, which enter the
spathe but never return After being
open for two days he has found as
many as seventy-two captives without
counting the smaller creatures. With
a predisposition 20 believe that tho
insects were destined to act as agents
In fertilization. he was amazed to
find that the pollen was not in a con-
dition for use till after the captured
insects were dead These, he found,
lived long enough to deposit eggs,
which, by the time the pollen
matured, had become little wig
glers," which, crawling about tho
spadix, carried the pollen from
male TO the female flowers 1t is not
yet quite clear whether the flower
acts from pure viciousness in this
murderous course-in charity we may
suppose the selfishness already hinted
at, and believe that in some way the
nitrogenous material Of the insects is
used as food, as in the case OF pitcher
plants and Venus fy-traps--N. Y
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