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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-11-09

Our stay In Brussels was short, but quite
interesting. We visited the Palais de jus
tice, magnificent stone building on q
commanding eminence Its cost was Sf2,-
00O. 900, and some OF the eourt-Yooms were
truly speIHdd rnsie s asS IN cSu5s Ss oi
which will be an ornament TO tho city.
The shops are Overlooking with merchan-
disc OF every description, and one has TO
keep sturdy hold on his pocket-book 70
Keep from buying the pretty knick-knacks
that seem 90 cheap. Especially i admired
tbs lovely DELI and Dresden ware, ind
pishsd Icould tranyport solns of 4 duty
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-11-09

Shortly after the above lnnentahle oc-
currenco we left Paris for Brussels, having
first taken an afectionato leave OF our
host and bis official staff. Five or six OF
the latter saw US safely 70 our cab and
could not be consoled for our departure
one OF them a small silver keepsake,
having thereon the effigY and superserip-
tion,n not Of Caesar. but Of the late kapo-
leon Ill.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-03-07
Eating the First Oyster.

It.has been often said that he mus
have been a bold man who hrst ate ar
oyster. This is said in ignorance o.
the legend which assigns the first sc'
of oyster eating to very natural cause
II is related that man, walking ont
day. picked up one of these ssvory bl'
valves just as it was in the act of gap
ing. Observing the extreme smooth
ness of the interior OF the shells, he in
serted his finger between them that
he might feel their shining surface.
when suddenly they closed upon the
exploring digit with q sensation less
p'' ssurabIe than he anticipated.
The prompt withdrawal of his finger
was SCARCELY 3 more natural movement
thGn It's transfer to his mouth. 1t is
not very clear why people when they
hurt their fiugers put them into their
mouths but it is very certain that
they do and in this case the result
was most fortunate.
The owner of the finger tasted the
oyster juice for the first time, as the
Chioaman in Elias essay having burnt
his finger first tasted cracking. The
savor was delicious he had made a
great discovery /; so he picked up the
oysters, forced open the shells. ban>
quoted upon their contents, and soon
brought oyster eating into fashion.
And, unlike most fashions, 1t has
never gone, and is never likkely to go
ont.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-03-07
How TO Make Life Happy.

Take time i Is no use to foam and
fret, or do as the angry housekeeper who
has got hold OF the wrong key, and
pushes, shakes and rsttles it about the
lock until both are broken and the door
Is still unopened.
The chief secret of comfort lies in
not suffering triflas to vfx you and in
cultivating our underground of small
pleasures.
Try to regard present vexations a.
you will regard them a month hence
Since we cannot get what We like le'
us like what we can get.
1t is not riches, 1t is not poverty, it is
human nature that is the trouble.
The world is like a looking glass.
Laugh at it and it laughs back frowu
at it and It frowns back.
Angry thoughts canker the mind and
dispose it TO the worst temper in the
world-that of fixed malice and re evenge.
1t is while in this temper that mos,
men become criminals.
Show your sense by saying much In
few words.
Try to speak some kind word or do
some kind deed each day of your life.
You will be ample repaid.
Set your work to song.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-03-07
How 6old Rings are Made.

Gold rings are made from bars nine
to fifteen inches long. two inches wide
and threessixteenths OF an inch thick.
is worth $1,000, and will make 300
four pennyweight rings. A dozen pro-
cesses and twenty minutes time are
required to convert this bar into mer
chantable rings. First q pair of shears
cuts the bar into strips then by the
turn OF wheel a guilIotine-like blade
attached to the machine cuts the bar
into slices, one, two, or three-sIxteentbs
OF an inch wide. a rolling machine
next presses out the slices and makes
them either fiat or grooved. Each
strip Is then put under a blow pipe and
annealed. The oxide of copper comes
to the surface. and is put into a pickle
OF sulphuric acid, after which the ring
is stamped LAX" "16k," or "1sk, ~
according 10 quality. Next it is put
through a machine which bends it into
the shape Of ring of the sizs desired.
The ends are then soldered with an
alloy Of Inferior ineness to the quality
or the ring. Many people think that
rings are nodded because they cam:
see where they are soldered. The ring
spins through the turning lathe, is
rounded, pared, and polished, first with
steel filings, then with tripoli and
rouge.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-03-07
No Thieves In Wall Street

Inspector Byrnes, IN his Professional
Criminal OF America, gives list of one
hundred banks which thieves either ri
fed or attempted to rob between No
vcmber. 1862. and February. 1885. Ten
OF these were in the city of New York.
Owing to the thoroughly efficient de-
tective system established in Wall
street. the depredations of the bank
sneaks have been summarily ended in
that locality. These daring Williams
are ''all men OF education, pleasing ad-
dress, good personal appearance, and
are faultless in their attire. Cool.
quick, resolute, and acting in concert,
one may be on the lookout, second en-
gagged 10 interesting conversation with
q bank officer or officers, and third
stealthily creeping behind the counter
and capturing the cash or a bundle OF
bonds. Or the last may obtain access
to the vault, from which he purloins
Whatever he may deftly conceal or car
ry off, while his confederates monopo-
lize the attention OF the clerks. One
of the most daring bank snatcheIs in
the city effected two robbeIies in the
course of a single day. Entering one
bank he lesped to the top of partition
seven feet high, leaned over, snstched
two packages OF bills containing 81 900
each, and escaped. A little later he
climbed on the counter of another bank,
captured several thoussnd dollars, and
again escaped. Similar success attend
ed the bold miscreant IN his subsequent
attempt to escape from the Court of
General sessions. He Is now in Jail.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-03-07
A Good Substitute for an Overcoat.

Gen. Bussey, the assistant secretary
or the Interior, has a somewhat novel
use for newspapers. The other day
when the weather was sharp be was
PREF airing to 60 out of the department
building for lunch. A Washington
Star reporter who happened TO be in the
rocm at the time was surprised to see
him unbutton the lower buttons OF his
vest, fold mp newspaper and, placing
Ut over his abdomen, button the vest
over il. 81 always do that, " he said in
reply to a surprised inquiry from the rs.
porter, when l am going TO be out IN
the cold. The newspaper is a non-cop-
ductor OF heat, ahd when placed over
The stomach preserves the supply in
what has been called the reservoir of
heat OF the body. A newspaper is a
good substitute for an overcoat, and in
cold weather Is the best device that
people with scanty wardrobes can adopt.
insufficient bedclothing can be rein
forced in the same way, and the news
paper may be said to be the poor mans
freud in more senses than one. When
chilled by sudden cold a newspaper
placed over the stomach soon restores
the normal temperature OF the body and
prevents an attack Of pneumonia. 1
have frequently recommended this Use
OF newspapers. but Gnd that practi-
eally very few people really appreciate
its value.h
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-03-07

SAVED BY SEAwEED.-Ths
India ship Anatuac was saved
foundering on a recent yOYsgs
most curious manner. On the
second Gay out from Ceylon it W
ticed that the vessel was leaking
leak gradually increased of the .
of Good Hope after a severe vs.
gale with a modDtiuOus sea.
water gained rapidly and the co11
the vessel was turned toward S. :
ma. Rut still the leak increass.
twenty inches per hour, and Ca,
Welden seriously contemplated g
doniDg the vessel, and be would {
able have done so had not the 2
reached the gulf stream current '
the drift sesweed worked iEss-
the crevices of the ships bottom
ping the leak and giving all bar
opportunity TO rest. AS long IS
BILE the vessel was kept in this
current of water and then Der
was shaped toward the Cspes. o.
irving off the coast the leak aga.
creased, and when found by -
Hercules off the Cspes OF DelsEsr
ship was leaking at the rate OF w.
four inches per hour. To tBs
seaweed alone do the owners oF
salvation of one of the finest yt's
the worlds merchant marine, 80.
OF the most valuable csIgOes q
vessel has eyer brought To Ar
She had on board over 4 600 o
Ceylon spices valued at 81 O000l
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-03-07
Odds and Ends

For calves give a feed Of
CORE meal and ground oats
The best Of all foods for .
good ration of hay morning an.
along with a ration Of grain
Bran should be a part o. a.
Of all classes OF live stock tF
should be fed in connection vim
grain or cut feed.
The fence corners should ba
az any other portion Of the farm
are the harboring places Of ye-,
a fruitful source of weeds.
Now that the ground is cold
safely prune the vines ana
Young trees may be trimmed +,
and outdoor work be given a
chard.
One gallon of red paint grr a.
Ions Of crude petroleum, yenr
claimed TO be the cheapest D.,,.
can be made. II is also yerv A.
Feed chopped scrap beef N n
If you wish them 10 lay. liz.
fresh blood are also excellent s,.
pucing foods.
Inherent defects should be Az.
The poultry fanciers have r.,
bresst-bone or a WY tail On
transmitted to all the chicks. ,
avoid deformities OF enfeebIed "a,
tions In birds or animals.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-03-07
Beauty OF an Egyptian Landscape.

l can hardly describe the beauty OF
Egyptian landscape, says Frank Car.
penter, il The American Agriculturist.
There are no feEces, and the farms and
fields are separated only by the charac-
ter of the crops and the canals. There
are no barns nor houses in the fields,
which are so small and so rich in their
crops, that they make the whole
country look like a vast garden. Every
thing grows like the famous gourd of
Johnah. The patches OF clover bend
their heads over the weight of sweet
ness, the cotton in the patch bursts
forth in its pods of whiteness, and beds
OF heavy green point out the rich COM
ing hsryests of beaus. There are few
trees to be seen. only here and there a
cluster OF tall palms marks the site OF a
mud farming village. and grove of
date trees reminds you that you are in
the tropics.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-03-07
How 60 Make Hot Beds.

Provide a quantity OF fresh horse ma
nure and add this, when practicable.
OF lis bulk in leaves. Mix
thoroughly, tramp down aud form. in a
large pile. In two or three days fer
mentstiou will be apparent by the es-
cape of steam from the heap. Now
turn again, and allow the heap to re-
main two or three days longer, or until
the second fermentation begins. Make
an excavation, or pit, two and half
feet deep, and OF size suited TO the
number OF plants required. The pit
will be better II built up Of brick. 1t
should be made in some dry, sheltered
spot, facing the south or east IL possi-
BILE.
Hot bed sashes are usually six by
three feet, and one sash viii! generally
give early plants enough for large
family. The frame sashes should be
eighteen inches high at the back and
twelve inches IL front, which will give
the proper slope to catch the sunlight.
Cross pieces should be placed for sashes
TO slide on, TO facilitate opening aud
shutting the frames, When everything
is ready The manure is placed in the pit
and trodden down firmly in layers to
the required depth, two to two and a
half feet. Then put on the sashes, and
keep the pit closed until the heat rises
At first 1t will probably be 1909 or
more, which is too hot to SOW the seed
in but in two or three days it will sub
side to 90o or a little less, when the
soil may be put on to the depth OF six
to eight inches. The heat may be read
lily ascertained by plunging thermom-
eter in the manure. The soil should be
of we'll rottej sod Tor common garden
soil will dol, mixed with about third
OF fine old manure. and In this the seeds
may be sown thinly in drills two or
three inches apart, and afterward las
soon as out of tine seed leaf either
thinned out or transplanted to another
frame. Air must be given every mild
day by raising the ssshss at the back.
Water with tepid water whenever
necessary, and during cold nights and
storms keep covered with straw mats or
board shutters. Tomatoes. peppers and
egg plants should be sown In q separate
frame from the cabbage, caulifiower
and lettuce, as they require more heat
than the latter. The same directions
may apply to hot beds made on the sur
face of the ground, except that the ma
nure should be Al least foot wider on
all sides than the frame.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-03-07
Preparations Tor Spring Work.

Except in the extreme North fowls
seem to suffer more from dsmpness
than from cold therefore in building
a poultry house care should be taken TO
select dry locality, on the South side
OF bill il possible, where al the rain
can run 6ff naturally. Such Place
could be made model poultry yard.
provided a wind break be planted to-
ward the Forth and west, and plenty of
fruit trees on the other TWO sides to
furnish shade and fruit for the fowls
in summeT-not too many, else they
will make the ground damp and IN
wholesome (; the sun should be able to
shine on every foot of it several hours
each day. Do not let the fowls have
access to any low places where the
water stands after rain ; they are so
fond of variety that they will leave
their clean drinking troughs to slake
their thirst at the most impure and un.
inviting mud-puddle. Like children,
the only way to keep them healthy is
to put all hurtful things out OF their
reach. The yard should be swept now
and then, the hen house cleaned once a
week, and the manure carried off to a
place where the fowls haYe no access.
If the poultry house has no door,
eggs will hatch better If the nests are
made directly on the ground scoop
out the earth to the requisite size. and
line with handful of soft grass or
leaves. Made in this way the embryo
chicks will not only absorb enough
moisture to sustain life, but the eggs
Will escape the danger OF being shaken
every time the hen flies UPON the shelf
to return to her nest. If, however.
the poultry house contains a floor, then
make the nests on low shelves having
strons, steady supports They should
be constructed SO as to be easily taken
apart and thoroughly cleansed station.
sry nests are not so good, neither is II
advisable to have two of them fastened
together. As is often the case. the
simplest and most inexpensive ones ar
preferable. A very good plan is to
have boxes about six inches deep.
with neither top nor bottom, placed on
board one or two feet from the floor.
This arrangement costs so little that
one can AFFORD tn have two sets and
keep one out summing all the time. A
handful of trashy tobacco, stalks or
stems. placed In the bottom of the nest,
will prevent the vermin from troubling
the sitting hens. and Immediately sitter
the 6rst Matching the old nest should
be removed and replaced with a new
one. L am satisfied that a neglect of
this precaution is the reason why so
many setting hens die on their nests.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-03-07
The House of Bapsburg,

Rudolph, of HspsDurg, boTH y
12lS, was the founder of the Il
Hapsburg. For five hundred yea
decendants were EmperoTs Of cen
and one of them is Emperor OF -
Rudolph was chosen Emperor 10
of great lawlessness. not becaus7
a great lord, but because be Wss'
right and brave man II IS fel''5
him that once when he WAS huD'-
the noun tains he found priest W
carrying the sacrament to a dylls
son. stopped uy a swollen brock
dolph dismounted and made lbs
ride his horse ACROSS the brook sD-
destination. When the priest =
horse back Rudolph would mol |"
saying that the horse that bad 7"
his Lord was too good for bin
any more.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-03-07
Village Life on the Congo.

Many OF the villages on the upper
Congo consist merely OF fifty or sixty
log huts, two-.hirds of the population
being generally women. 10 many dis
tricts women are considered as curren-
cy, their value increasing as they attain
greater degree of corpulency. Each
women has as many metal ornaments as
she can wear, some composed OF iron,
others Of brass and copper. These
metals are the money of the country, so
that the more a woman can heap
upoa herself the greater becomes her
Yalue. Each chief has as many wives
as he can afford TO buy or marry. which
is only another form OF purchase. Early
in the morning few of these women are
to be found in the villages, as they
start of at dsybresk to work in their
Plantations, and do not return until
about noon. However. a few always
have to remain to attend to the neces-
sary domestic items OF life, such as
cooking and their toilet. These Cen
trail Africans are very particular in all
items in connection with their toilet,
which consists o: plating their hair,
shaving of the eyebrows, pulling out
the eyelashes, cutting their nails right
down TO the quick, and besmearing
their bodies with a mixture of paIm-oil
and camwood.
In another part of the village are
seen some of the villagers engaged 10
making ishing-nets and basket-work.
and being helped by the young boys of
the village, who become initiated into
these crafts at very early age. Again,
under some shady tree, IN another corn
er OF the manufacture of pottery. In
this they display great knowledge of
their work, mixing the different clays
so as to stand firing. They have no
moulds-nothing but the practiced eye
and hand to assist them, and II is really
wonderful to see a lump OF clay, In the
hands of an African savage, moulded,
In the space OF few minutes, into a
article OF pottery, rendered really artis.
tic by lis neatness and tasteful design.
A busy nook in a village is always
the blacksmith's shop, generally mere
ly grass ;oof supported on bare poles.
Like the corresponding institution of
civilized life, it is the resort of local
gossipers.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-03-07
Stopped Her Merrimeut

-Four bright-eyed little sbor
boarded a Clark street grip car rs,.
just as it started into the tunDs,
sat all in a row near The rear
They ali drew out their purses tov.
and each produced five pennies !
their fare. The conductor was
front end of the car collecting 8
''Oh, say, girls" exclaimed on,
mure little miss, when she ssv
great wealth Of copper about to ;
slowed on the unhappy conductor
mean Of US to give him all thess
nies. 1t botheTs him awfully 10 e
of them, for the company wona
pennies from him. My brother
10 be conductor and he told ns !.
it.n
Its too bad" A" said another gr
ing down again for a bill Of exch.
I'M give him a nickel"
$50 will L" remarked the thin
You girls havn't a little &
nerve" exclaimed the last gr
freckle-fsced maiden with a Dug
Give me the pennies and I'Il ses
he gets them"
The pennies were turned over q.
conspirator awaited her victim.
On the seat opposite the girls.
tbin-facec, bls OK eyed little =
who nearly went into convulsi-
merriment at the prospect Of The
ductor's discomfort. And Wis
came along and the mischievou.
poured the pennies into bis
the black-eYed woman snirkers.
loud. Calming herself for mu
she paid her fare, handing the cor
tor a quarter. He took it. dump
twenty pennies into her lap, sna
about his business.
And the rest of the way ID
the tunnel the deadly LIQUID Gre
glances she shot a: the four lit:k
girls dimmed the lustre of the G.
lights 10 the roof of the car.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-03-07
A Baby's Foot in a sea Shell

George w. Fox, of Red"OO
California, has in his possess'oI
the most remarkably cuIios"'
found on the Pacific coasI-D.I
more or less than an abalope .
the interior Of which, firmly eD',
the pearly shell secretion, there /,
by's shoe and stocking. Ihe -
perfect in every particular - =.
size indicates that the OWue'
pedal coverings was a very youI'
The sole of the shoe and the ~,
worn aud red from wafer SoaN.it'. So,'t'.
be- plainly seen where The sFOi'
not entirely nve'oped 'hem.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-03-07
Sharp Trading.

A gentleman. seeing too sharpers,
and wishing TO know who made the
best bargain, asked one
How much did you sell the horse
for Sam p.'
Five dollars.''
'Oh, Sam. how could you do that ?''
''Ob, the horse is lame, sir.''
The gentleman then SAID to the other
sharper:
How could you buy that horse Jim?
1t is lame.''
"Nev you mind it is only the bad
shoeing that makes il lame"
The gentleman then called Sam
again
Sam, the horse is not lame, only
badly shod.''
mo. sir ; L only had it badly shod to
deceive the buyer
The gentleman spoke to Jim again :
"SAy, the shoe was badly put ON to
deceive you.n
You never mind. sir /;
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-03-07
A Pack PeddIer Family.

A New York dispatch OF February %.
says that John Jacob Astor, the head
Of the richest family in America, died
suddenly at his home in that city at
O'Clock Saturday morning. Deceased
was 65 years old and his wealth vas es-
tlmated at $500, ,000, 900. William
Waldorf Astor, the only son, will in
herit tie bulk Of the fortune and will
succeed his father as head OF :he Astor
family. The deceased was the grand
son of John Jacob Astor, one of the nu-
merous children of peasant of Waldorf,
Germany. He came 10 America when
Great Britain acknowledged the inde-
pendence of the colonies in 1873, and
for a time worked IN a baker shop at
g a week. He afterwards put pack
on his back and traded gewgaws for
furs with the Indians, in which ousi-
ness and other cunning devices, yes
known and pIacticed by tin pack ped
dlers, he smsssed wealth and invested
it in real estate in New York city when
this property was chesp. By The IN
crease uf value in the land 1t is now
valued at about $3.50. .OOO. 900, of which
the latest John Jacob held $500, 900 900.
Moral II you respect wealth don't
spurn the pack peddler from your door;
on the contrary receive him with open
arms and let him cheat you. For. OBJ
serve, that the man with q pack on bis
back, and plenty Of cunning in his eye,
and avarice thoroughly developed, may
be the founder Of the "Iesding family"
Of commercial metropolis Of one hun
dred years hence. OF such are many
leading" families In a country where
wealth is uppermost and merit alone is
handicap that relegates the possessor
to a back seat, away out of sight OF the
front occupied by the nobility o: the re-
public.
The probability that II there have
been any Indians at the ear of St. Peter
the original John Jacob has not felt the
need of furs he dealt in while on earth
in The quarters he has occupied il
| death.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-03-07
An.uerTht. QnesIIon.

Why do go many people we he
us seem TO prefer TO suffer an an,NU,rstip
miserable by Indigestion linz
Dizziness, Loss OF Appetite Co'Vsi sor Z
the Food, Yellow Skin, when wh..m Vi
we will sell them ShIloh's SSsy'm d
guaranteed to cure them. Soiu -
DeViSOD.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-03-07
shiloh. C.,nrrh Remedy

ShIloh's Cstarrh Remedy. n marvellous
cure for Catarrh, Diphtheria, CanksT Mouth
and Headache. With each bottle taere Is
an ingenious Nasal Injector for the more
successful treatment OF these complaints
without extra chaEe. Pr'ce 90 cents. Sold
by DIT. j. Dawson.