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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-11-29
An Expensive instrument

The base violin is the most expensive
Of all musical instruments to us o"ls''
Its first cost is not the greatest expense
1t is so large and awkward to car!
around shat 1t is continually gss'--s
injured by accidents which QUO DO'
happen to smaller instruments. o0l''
body may kick hole IN il by dsnC--s
against it in a room, or IL may ="
knocked against something While 20
TyiDg it around. IL is mos: iTequsD'y
injured on street cars while the I-''
clan is carrying it TO the place W.
he has to play. After 8 man na' -.
an instrument for long time Dc VO'L'.
to look upoR it as actually worth 81 .. -
m oney that it has cost him, Snu
thIs way q bass violin is yaiu'u
81 900 or so by its owner \ mus.''1- JUS. -
who sued a railroad company loI IN, ID.
for a violin lost in an accident S0'--'
got So, 500.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-11-29
A Wonderful Cave.

y Vienna letter describes a wonder
ful cave which has bean discovered and
opened 10 the public at not quite twen-
~ minutes distance from the famous
cavern OF staiaetitss at Adelsberg.
Austria IS very rich in grottces and
caves, but the one Just discovered
seems 10 be superior TO all the others,
and is likely 20 be more renowned than
the Adelsberd caves. the largest and
moss magnificent hitherto known in
Europe. The gTotto is, in the FIRST
place, better connected than the old
one. Cave follows cave, without pas
Eages or corridors ir which the visitors
can see nothing and Z walk through
It occupies rather more than two hours.
A series Of lofty tomes are passed
through until q space, xEowu as the
ball room, is reached, Here the roof
seems 20 be adorned with hundreds Of
flcgs. The walls are formed Of myri-
ads Of diamonds, and if tie ''balI room"
is liGhed., a variety of colors, from ala
baster white TO deep red, seems 70 shine
from the flags, streamers, or curtains.
The most remarkable caYe is the last
one. Its roof is vaulted is furthest
wall Is formed by a 5now-white rock OF
limestone, which divides the grolto
from The mountain River Polk, which
rushes behind il, and the two side walls
are covered with identations, mostly
formed OF single drops. This visitor
NAV imagine himself to be in a toy
shop, so various are the little figures
which protrude from these walls, but
his attention IS drawn TO a number Of
enormous trees In the center of the
cave, some rising to height of forty or
hfty feet. each with numerous branches
strewn vi h drops instead of leaves in
wonderful regularity OF form.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-11-29
4 Brides Awful Death.

It is said that Mont Blanc claims at
least enc victim every year. But the
year 1870 was pre-emineutly its own.
During the month of July an English
gentleman with his young BRIDE visited
Chamouni. The lady was very anxious
to go part way up the mountain, so two
guides and porter were secured, and
The gentleman, his wife and lady
companion started on their upward way.
Upon reaching the Grand MuIets they
found the ascent so agreeable that they
concluded to go on still further.
The gentleman and guides started on
ahead for short distance, in order to
mark out path for the ladies, leaving
them in charge of the porter. They
had gone but a short distance when
they heard a succession Of shrieks, and,
upon fastening back to the spot they
had so recently left, they found the
lady companion standing alone and
dazed with fright. The bride and the
porter had disappeared forever from the
face of the earth.
AS soon as the frightened woman
could speak she explained that they
were all stamping their feet upon the
snow TO keep them warm while waiting
for the return of their male compans
ions, when it suddenly gave way be-
meath them, and in IN instant the bride
and porter were gone from sight
They had been standing over a narrow
but deep crevasse, the surface opening
OF which was hidden by the snow.
Those who have crossed the Mer de
Glace will know what / mean. The
treacherous crust had finally given
way, and the spow falling in upon them
had forever shut them out from human
sight and sound. Every possible effort
was made to recover the bodies, but
without avail, for these crevasses are
hundreds and perhaps thou
sands OF feet in depth, though often not
more than two or three feet wide at the
top, which renders them all the more
dangerous after a SNOWFALL.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-11-29
A SubteTEaHeaa River.

The intelligence comes from Plr5
that a subterranean 8iver has just been
discovered in the district OF MieTs, %
the department of Lot. 1.-TWO eXpU.
ers found the river at the bottom O. a
gouffre or abyss known as the PI. o.
Psderac. Returning thithsr with 8
folding boat, made of sailcIoth, they
worked their way down stream for 8
couple Of miles through a succession o..
wonderful grottoes sparkling with Sd
laetites. Tney found seven lakes On
their way, and had TO shoot thirty
seven cssca des or rapids. Tae TWO e0
Plorers intend to start on a fresh ezqa-
dition to ascertain, if possible, the out
let of this unknown river. They coz
lecture that it joins one OF Tie heads
OF the Dordogne six miles from .ls
abyss.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-11-29
Feeling the Wind.

Take polished metallic surface of
two feet or more, with straight
edge large hand-saw will answer the
purpose. Select windy day, whether
hot or cold, clear or cloudy, only let it
not rain or the the air be mUrky-in
other words let the air be dry. Hold
the metallic surface at right angles to
the wind, Z. G., if the wind is north,
hold your surface east and west, and
incline II at an angle of about forty
five degrees. so that the wind, striking,
glances and flows over the edge. Now
sight carefully over The edge at some
minute and clear defined object. aud
you will! see the air flow over as water
flows over a dam.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-11-29

Henry Clay, TO the last hours Of his
life, had singular power over young
men and boys, who were invariably
eager to become, in some sort, his
friends and companilns.
Young people regarded Washington,
on the other hand, with a proud re-
spect into which no feeling of possible
comradeship ever entered. The same
feeling OF seperation, or alooftness,
characterized the intercourse OF Daniel
Webster with the young.
What girl OF boy has not a tender,
cheerful fellowship for the venerable
George Bancroft and Doctor Holmes,
men whose faces they probably never
have seen p
Why is it that old age is thus to
some men, however good they may be,
an impossible gulf, which cut them off
from all relations with childhood and
youth, while .heCe are others aged
faces dear to every baby. boy OF girl
who looks on them q? The cold, dark
flow Of years shut the fires in and
apart from their kind, as the deep,
bridgeless moat does an ancient ruin ;
but years have no power TO seperate Us
from the others. They are as young and
alive as their grandchildren, despite
white hairs and failing senses. The
secret OF this perpetual youth In some
men is the keen sympathy for others in
their hearts, and a certain warmth of
temperament which gives them an in,
terest in the affairs of every passing
moment. No matter how old nam
may be, if his energy and affections re-
main he will attract friends and com
panions. If the frs still burns on the
hearth. what matter If the walls of the
house be deoayed We shall come to
1t to be warmed hud cheered.
ct how absurd in the light OF this
simple fact, is the conduct OF the boys
and girls who assume 9 larguid indif
ference to the affairs of life in the vain
hope Of coEvictIng the lockers. on that
they are hopalessly biase ?
When they rob themselves Of the
chief charm Of youth and enthusiasm,
they are like the heir to a kingdom
who resigns a crown before he has
worn it.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-11-29
She Kept the Ring.

You tod me, darling" he said, "a
week before Christmas that you want
ed time to think it over, and that inns
mediately after the holidays 1 should
learn my fate"
II know 1 did, Mr.. Sampson" ard
the diamond ring which he had given
her flashed merrilY on her finger, ''and
L have considered the matter night and
day. L regret to say that L can not be
your wife, but will always respect and
admire you as a friend.''
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-11-29
Oh, what a Cougn.

Will you heed the warning. The signal
perhaps of the sure approach of that more
terrible disease, Consumption. Ask your
selves IL you can afford for the sake of saw
ing 30 cents, to run the risk and do nothing
for it. We know from experience that
Shiloh's Cure will Cure yonr Cough. II
never fails. This explains why more than
Million Bottles were sold the past year,
It relieves Group and Whooping Cough al
once. Oothers do not be without it. FoI
Lame Back: Side or Chest use ShIoh's
Porous Plaster. Soldby DR.. T. j. Daylsori
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-11-29
About Finger Nails.

A white mark on the nail oespe'-
misfortune. ia
Pale or lead color red nails iIu-''
melancholy people. .s,-,
People with narrow nails amO''''-
and quarrelsoms. ,~ii
Broad nails indicate gentle s'--'N
and bashful nature. ~
Lovers of knowledge and liberal ''-
timent have round nails n
Small nails indicate iittlenS''
mind, obstinacy and cOnceis, :,
Choleric, martial men, delsn'
war, have red and spotted DaNS' ,ss
Nails growing into the i7sn ., ions
points OF sides indicate luA1'
tastes. --s snb.
People with very pale nads az a. md
iect 70 much indrmity Of the H's.i, lands,
persecution by neighbOrs and ''
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-11-29
Unlocked the Wealth In Tin.

Professor Carpenter, Of Rapid City,
Dakota, claims to have solved the prob
lem Of separating the mica in the tin
ores By simple and effective process,
and says hat the ores can be reduced
at a hansome profit. II these claims
are true and the deposits in the Black
Hills prove anything like ss extensive
as they have been represented it can
not be long before a vast tiu-plate in
dustry will be established TO compete
with the foreign producers.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-11-29
Shorthand.

According TO a paper read before the
recent meetings of the Library Associa-
tion. Shorthand had flourished more or
less for 20O0 years. Cicero's famous
writer, Trio, is known to have had
rivals in his own time, and Caesars
feats in debating several letters stimuli
taneously while travelling still remain
unequaled. But shorthand as now un-
derstood. is the product of the present.
century 1t is computed that the lit
erature relating to the subject would
ell no fewer then 1900 volumes, and
England alone has given birth 10 73O
different systems.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-11-29
Lucky SehoOners.

Good luck is not usually considered a
merchantable article. bat it sometimes
IL is 80 regarded. = captain IN giving
reasons why certain vessel should
bring a good price, said: She sails well,
steers we'll, aud is made OF good tim
Der and has the best OF luck, and esti-
mated this fast quality as the ces, Of
an. y lucky schooner, said he, will be
held for higher price when a pufchas~
er happens arouuJ, and in most cases
will bring more mOIe money,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-11-29
A Desperate Man.

Bagley had called on fifteen land
lo.ds, all Of whom objected to leasing
him their houses because he had chill
dren. At last he became desperate and
resolved TO have a house at any cost.
"Well, lie said 10 landlord number
sixteen, II guess I'll take this place
Pardon me, sir" said the landlord,
"bat hsye YOU any children ?''
''Y es,;" sighed Bagley, "but I'll
kill Ihem.n
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-11-29
Minute Circular Saws.

The smallest circular saw in practi-
cal use is tiny disk about the size OF a
shilling, which is employed for cutting
the slits in gold pens. These saws are
about as thick as ordinary paper, and re-
voive some 4 600 times per minute.
Their high velocity keeps them rigid,
Notwithstanding their extreme Ihinness.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-11-29
DyspepS,a and IL yer Compaint.

Is It not worth the small price of IS cents
to free yourself OF every symptom of these
distressing complaints. if you think so cali
ut our store and get bottle of Sholoh's
Vi;aiizer. Every bottle has 4 printed
guarantee On It, use accordingly, and if it
does you no good it will cost you nothing.
Sold by DR.. T. ]. DAWSON.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-11-29
G.. A. LANGBEIN,
SIanufacturer OF and Dealer in
ALL KINDS of HARNESS,
SADDLES, BRIDLES, WHIPS,

COLLARS, HARNESS Oils, BLANKETS,
Robes, Fly Nets, Curry Combs, etc., et Re
pairing Neatly aad Promptly done. All work
guaranteed 20 give satisilc1.5n.
Hs-Shop in sarIers RoE, on Centre street.
aprI2eti
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-11-01
TIE Manipulating Spirit.

The game of money-getting all the
world over is after all. only another
name for exertion. emulation, ambi-
ton. adventure. independence, sue.
cess, power We can see no reason tC
expect it's disuse-none even to wish
for it. 1t is so general. so universal.
its good is so practically acknowl-
edged. that thousand platitudes from
pretended skeptics do not damage it
in the least. The skepticisms and the
platitudes only prove its utility; the
taunts of laziness only demonstrate
it's worth. The world wil have it;
the world must have it. It is always
wanted-sometimes for good, often
times for evil; but the good and the
evil weigh in this instance only on the
same scale as in all other human ar
engagements. 1t may be called for to
ravage continent; it may be re-
quired to civilize one; it may be
wanted to hollow out a mountain
range that too long has made enemies
OF nations; it's potent forces may be
asked to build hostile barriers on a
peaceful plain; but in all these cases
it only stands up to represent hate or
human passion. human enterprise or
human love. husbanded for the in.
evitable strife alike against physical
foes or social evils.-N. Y. Ledger.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-11-01
EMPRESS FREDERICK.
Changes Wrought in Per Appearance
Since Her Husbands Death.

Changes Wrought in Fer Appearance
Since Her Husbands Death.
The Empress Frederick has changed
greatly during the year of mourning
through which she has just passed.
She has become much thinner and is
rapidly growing gray, so that she looks
much older than her actual age, which
is only forty-nine. ALI her fresh En-
glish bloom has departed, and she
clings to her home and surroundings
in her husbands native land in a way
that is truly pathetic, remembering
how. as Crown Princess of Prussia,
she was often aggressively and exas-
peratingly English. In consequence
much of the not wholly unfounded
prejudice against her among the Ger
man nation has already departed, and
she bids fair to pass the remainder of
her days surrounded by the sympathies
and affection of the people over which
her lamented and passionately loved
consort reigned for so short time
Yet, in bygone days, she was as ag-
excessively English as her eldest son
now is German, and with less excuse,
since her lot was cast in Germany
and with the Germans. She used
to send to London not only for
books and stationery and the like,
but for the toilets and even for
the shoes to be worn by her daughters
and herself. There is current a story
how, when she was, as Crown Princess,
presiding over a meeting of the direct
resses of a Home for Friendless Gov
ernesses in Berlin, the question came
up as to the quality and kind of food
to be furnished to the inmates of the
institution. Let them have good En-
glish fare" quoth the Princess Vic
toria; mo greasy and unwholesome
German cookingr' Also, during her
husbands last illness, she insisted not
only on his having an English physi-
clan, but she sent to England for all
the appliances of his sick-room, such
as the bed, the reclining chair. etc.
But perhaps her most unpopular act
was the dismanthng of the rooms once
occupied by the lovely Queen Louisa,
the mother of the late Emperor Will
lam, whose memory is held in venera-
ton amongst the German people as
that of a martyr. and whose apart
ments had been kept sacred and in
precisely the condition that they were
at the time of the death of the fair oc-
cupant. These rooms the Crown Prin-
cess caused to he refitted by fashion
able London upnOlsterer. and the
people of Berlin never forgave her. -
Lucy H. Hooper.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-11-01
Mrs. Hayes Harmless Stimulant

Mrs. Hayes always declared that a
perfectly adequate substitute for liquor
when needed as stimulant could be
found in hot milk, and after any cold
or wetting she gave this in place of the
wine or whisky which others would
have considered necessary. This is.
by the way, custom of Mrs. Cleve-
lands also. who discovered, after many
long and wearisome receptions she
was obliged to go through, standing
for hours on her feet and shaking
hands with hundreds of people. that
nothing would restore her SO quickly
as a cup full of boiling milk brought
to her by her maid, and which she
drank in little sips as hot as it possibly
could be taken. The Washington girls
caught the idea from her, and finding
how quickly it helped them after a
hard day of calls and social duties,
they began to substitute it for the va
rious malt preparations they had been
in the habit of taking, or the hot wine
and water which their maids usually
administered VIXEN they came in too
tired out to dress for their next en-
gagement Fremont News.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-11-01

1t is comforting to know that, with
the exception of the badness of old
ago. the loss of the hair may be only
temporary. and that, with restoration
to health and the removal of the par
ticular cause, the hairs will grow
again. A general course of tonics,
With shampooing and proper applica-
lions, will give good results. although
it is sometimes months before a per-
feet cure is established. Youths
Companion.
One of the wonderful women of the
Pine Tree State is Miss Dow, the in
valid daughter of the veteran General
Neal Dow. For years she has been
confined to her chair. During this
time she has studied almost constant
ly. and mastered the French. German.
Spanish. Russian and Greek languages.
She recently repeated long passage
from her Greek Testament verbatim.
a month after she had read it.
Mrs. Mackay, the wife of the
Bonanza King" of California, is the
owner OF the superb robe presented to
the Empress Eugene by the munich
pality of Paris in the time of the Sec
ond Empire The robe is of lace. en-
tirely covered with flowers. It was
made at Chantilly. and took five of the
first hands of that celebrated fabrique
fourteen years to make it. at a cost Of
100, OQo francs:
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-11-01
WOMEN AS SUICIDES.
Encouraging Facts Brought to Light by
Recent Investigations.

Encouraging Facts Brought to Light by
Recent Investigations.
A fact interesting to women is de-
veloped in the comparison of old and
recent statistics on suicide. In the old
works on suicide the causes of self-de-
struction among women were given:
First, as disappointment in love; next,
religious excitement; and, lastly, dis
ease. Late investigation shows a
marked decrease from the two first
named causes This is encouraging,
as it shows corresponding increase
in wOrlans mental and moral strength.
There was time when love and the
home ties of husband and children
were a wOman's only source of COM
fort and diversion. If love failed and
husband and children proved unkind
the woman had no resources. There
was time when women were expect
ed to believe what men formulated as
to faith without question. Their minds,
like those of children, were unpre.
pared to grapple with new ideas. Al.
this. is changed. Girls are educated
with their brothers. Women are 10
sympathy with their husbands profes.
sion or business. or they carve out in
dependent lives for themselves. Won
en- have grown less personal, and they
recognize other claims than their own
Love my be lost. but humanity, friend
ship, work and books are left. Love
may die, but the sun will shine and the
earth hold much of happiness.
Women no longer pin their faith ex-
clusively on interpretations of men.
Women are working out problems fol-
themselves. They no longer consider
it sin to read, and discuss. and think
for themselves. Their inds have
grown strong enough to grasp new
idea without growing hysterical and
becoming insane or committing sui
eide. Only a weak woman kills her.
self for love; only a silly one in re-
ligiOus excitement -WashingtOn Post.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-11-01
SLAVES IN ZANZIBAR.
Seven Eighths of the Empires Population
Owned by Arabs.

seven-Eighths of the Empires Population
Owned BY Arabs.
To give an idea of the Importance OF
the slave question to the people here.
It is only necessary to mention the fact
that not less than seven-eighths OF the
population are slaves. Some Arabs
have as many as 1000, and the number
of those who count them by hundreds
is not small. The less wealthy resi-
dents find the best possible employ
ment for their capital is to buy slaves.
whose services they let out on hire to
the Europeans for high wages. A
small negro boy, whose average price
would be 500 can earn 20 pesas day.
Europeans, in whose employment these
negroes are, often have not the least
suspicion that they carry the lions
share of their wages to their Arab
masters. The blockade has not been
successful in preventing the trade in
which every one on this coast. at least
every Arab. takes part. Although the
selling of slaves in the open market
has not been tolerated since 1873, it
still takes place in closed rooms
Europeans being excluded there
from). and is perfectly legal. 1t may
seem strange that negro laborers can
not be transported by sea. which is
allowed in the case of women
and domestic slaves. In spite
of the constantly increasing price
of slaves in East Africa. dOnkeys
are still dearer than men. A strong
workman or porter costs on the aver
age from 800 to $12O (f15 to f18).
The Surias for the harem are natur-
ally the most costly human merchan-
disc, each well-to-dO Arab having
three. four, five or even six. Pretty
young negresses are always in demand
and usually fetch from $50 to $3.50,
while Abyssinian women bring as
much as from 5000 to $500. Those
who wish to possess such luxuries as
women from Jeddah. in Arabia, have
to pay fancy prices. 1t needs no long
stay in this country to become con-
vinced that, however horrible the
hunting of slaves may be, the present
form of slavery in Africa is not so very
much worse than the political slavery
of some of the working classes in Eu-
rope. indeed. in many respects the
work exacted from the slaves is light
er. The slaves in Zanzibar do not
live in separate villages as in the
Cameroons, but master and slaves
form one household. Before most of
the houses one sees lazy, laughing
crowd of finely-molded negresses; they
are the house slaves, whose lot is not
by any means very hard. Although
the Arab recognizes in the European a
superior, the negro very often has
more respect for the dignified Arab,
who, although he eats in common with
his slaves perhaps would even play
cards with them-still remains always
born aristocrat Cor. London Daily
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