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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-04-24
WELL-PAIO IITERATI.

EMILE ZoI.A has been paid $1,000 for
the right To publish his new novel,
Money" in an evening paper.
RIDER HAGGARD, who is digging after
Aztec treasures in Mexico. is reported To
have made some rich finds
Mrs. AMELIA +. BARR. who now
divides her talents with the Ledger and
the Century. l. said To make more money
than does the Chief Justice OF the United
States.
eler. lectured over 200 times last season,
and il proud of the fact that he never
missed train or failed 10 present him
self to his audience at the advertised
time.
THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH is working
on short stories. Thomas Nelson Page,
the talented Nirginian. has planned
three books and several short stories.
Joel Chandler Harris il engaged on a
boys story of Southern life before the
war. Ike Marvel will soon put forth
two volumes.
MAJOR PoND will make at least So
600, possibly 100000. ont of Stanley,
whom he pays so, 900 for fifty lectures
In addition to this he pays the travel
ing expenses of Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley
so that it costs him about $1,000 every
time the explorer lectures. Pond never
receives less than 81 600, and frequently
gets -, 900 for a lecture.
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SCRAPS OF INFORMATION

TON of tomatoes as they come from
the field. it is estimated, Will fill from
400 to i50 cans.
Is minute an express train goes a
mile and a street-car - rods; the fast
est trotting horse las rods and an aver
age pedestrian has got over 1G rods.
TIE latest article to be manufactured
from corn Is soap. Experiment have
proper amount of alkah Will make 200
pounds Of soap.
\ BUSHEL OF peanuts subjected TO
very high pressure yields one gallon OF
oil. In some countries the peanut,
castor oil bean and sunfoHer are grown
extensively for oil alone.
THERE are only about twenty really
great diamonds in the world. Tho most
famous of them have come from Golcon-
da and Brazil but the largest are from
the South African fields.
y RAPID pennan can write 30 words
in minute. To do this he must draw
his quill through the space of a rod
1872 feet. In 20 minutes his pen travels
a furlong. and in five hours and third
a mile.
II i estimated that water leaking
through hole just large enough 10 pass
q needle through, during twenty-fouI
hours. At a I4-pound pressure. would bc
sufficient To supply a house for a day.
The waste through onc-inch pipe un
der the same conditions would be I.l4(
gallons.
THE greatest meat-caters in the world
are the people Of America. whose aver
age consumption i l75 pounds per an
num- The English come next. with al
average Of a little over 10 pounds. The
French eat only half as much meat a,
the English, and the people OF Germany
Austria and Italy still less.
CASTOR gloves have had quite his
tory. The word indicates the skin O
the beaver. hut the best French casio
gloves were formerly made Of thin deer
skin. and were soft. durable and cXpeu
sive Shaved lamb or sheepshins wcr
displaced 10y American castors made a
antelope skins from our Western plains
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FACTS ABOUT THE U. s

THERE arc nineteen milliOnair., IN
tHc nited states Senate who's. ...r
Iincd wealth foots up abou, $40.
CuC.yO0.
THERE are in the United State, thirty
five or more colleges of pharmacy G-
departments Of pharmacy Of uuircr,i.
ties or colleges.
TIE largest county in the United
states is Custer County, In Montana
wl:ich contains 36.OO0 square miles bs.
irg larger in extent than the States Of
Vermont. Massachusetts. Connection,
delaware and Rhode Island.
THE greatest length Of the United
states from the Atlantic 10 the pac.f
on the parallel Of ~ degrees Is 81,
miles; and its greatest breadth. from
Point Isabel, Tex. 10 the northern
boundary near Pcmbina, y. d.. l.Gu
miles.
EACH minute. night and day, 10y th
official reports, the United States 81,
lccts ~G39 and spends S46l. Tne iuteray
on the public debt was SOC u minut, la.
year. or just exactly equal 10 the amom
Of silver mined in that time. The t.'e
phone is used so times, the tclcqrlr
l36 times.
TIE central point Of the United state
territory il in the bay Of San Frauf.
co. This fact may startle the Chia1
an, bet win bc found strictly correct +
one considers that the western limit
land over which the Stars and Strip
wave il on the Aleutian islands. on
fifty miles from the Asiafic coast rr
5000 miles beyond the Golden Gate.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-04-24
AN ODD LIBRARY.
Books on Botsny Bound Ina the Bark of
Trees and Plants.

Trees and Plants.
At Warthenstcin, in Germany. there
is perhaps one of the most curiously
original collections of books cxtant.
This consists of a botanical collection.
Outwardly the books present the com
mon appearance of "a block of wood,
and that is the first impression: but a
minute examination reveals the fact
that each is complete history of the
particular tree which it represents At
the back of the book the bark has been
removed from space which allows the
scientific and common names of the
tree to be placed as title One side is
formed from the split of the tree show
ing its grain and natural fracture: the
other shows the wood when worked
smooth and vanished. One end shows
the grain as left 10y the saw, the other
the fnely-polished wood On opening
the book il Is found to contain the fruit,
seeds, leaves and other products of the
tree. These are supplemented by a
well-printed description of its habits,
usual location and manner of growth
1t fact. every thing which has a bearing
upon that particular tree secures a
place in this wonderful, useful and
valuable collection. Here is a prece-
dent for the botanical societies to adopt,
and although doubtless expensive, vet
it will certainly repay in its utility
Christian at Work
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IHE woRLo,s FOUR CORNERS.

THERE are over hundred railway
stations in London.
THERE are in European Russia two
hundred and twenty-three sugar fac
tories producing sugar from beets-
4 FRENCH writer has recently called
attention to the fact that English lace
is frequently charged with white lead.
OVER three hundred thousand dollars
worth of French bonbons are exported
to Constantinople yearly for the ladies
of the Turkish harcms.
THE salary OF the president of Japan's
congress or diet is four thousand dol
lars. and he holds Office for four years.
The vice-prcsident gets two thousand
dollars
THE Metzger Zeitung, one Of the most
popular Journals of Luxembourg. has
been suppressed for six months because
IL contained recently articles rejecting
upon the new Grand Duke.
ACCORDING TO the reports of the EN
else Commission the crop of tobacco in
European Russia amounted this year 10
4. .i06. 491 poods. of which the provinces
of Little Russia yield 1.7s5. SG7. and
those of the southwest lOs,Gl3 pools.
SO SERIOUS has the plague of rabbits
become in New Zealand that a mercan-
tile company connected with that coun-
try Is paying seven shillingS six pence
apiece for stoats To certain agents in
England delivered alive and in good
condition.
lN every tobacco factory at Key West
there i Il reader" Cubans and Span
iards can rot talk without gcSticula-
tion. n order II keep them from talk
ing and dropping their work in order 10
use the hands a person Il employed TO
read aloud during working hours.
THE japanese census shows that the
population year ago was 1902. O20-
2O.2f5.:;:sG males and I9.S25-CS4 females.
7.S#O.S72 inhabited houses. =. SD mobiles.
l.99i.G31 shizulIu, or members Of the old
military class. 3S.O14.55S common peO-
pie" and 7.4f5, ll9 married couples.
NINETY public sanitary inspectors Wis
tied the crematorium at Woking. The
carcass of a sheep was crematcd TO
show the working of the system. 1t
takes an hour TO reduce an adult human
body To ashes. which would measure
from half 70 three parts Of 4 gallon.
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STILL ANOTHER MYTH.
1t Was Not Rouget de L'Isle Who Wrot
the NusiI of Iht .. NarsciLl laise.n

1t Was Not Rouget de L'Islc Who Wrote
the Music of the - Marsciilaise."
Yet another tradition is disproved ana
graceful legend upset and discredited.
Every one knows, says the Chicago
Journal, who wrote the music OF the
''Marseillaise," and how Rouget de
lIsle, lying in prison in Paris, heard
the troops marching from the South
sing the famous war song which he had
composed to cheer the conscripts at
Stranburg. The troops were coming
from Marseilles; Rouget de rIsle's
hymn was henceforth called the Mar
seillaise.'' and in 1880 its composer was
pensioned by Louis Philippe. Well, he
did not write the music. There lived
at st. Omer, in the department of
Calais, a modest old ehapel-naster who
had controlled the music of the
cathedral and believed himself to be a
composer. He wrote hymns and
anthems and pieces during the years of
his office, which began in 1775 and
ended in 1857. He even wrote an
oratorio, taking the choruses from
Racin's Esther for his libretto and
calling his magnum opus by that name.
When he retired from his peaceful Of
fee, two years before the taking of the
OaStlle, he drew up an inventory OF all
| his works and deposited it and his man
uscripts in the archives of the town.
| TkSre they have remained, cared for
! certainly as the old organist would
I have wished, but also wholly undis-
| turbed- In the introduction to the
| oratorio was that very hymn to which,
| two years after the choir-master's re-
| tirement, Rouget de lIsle set his IA
nous words The manuscript has .aro-
| " been brought forth from obscurity
and the air discovered in the composer S
autograph. There is even something
stranger. The battle hymn. as Rouget
wrote it, had certain florid passages
which he judged in accord with martial
music. Subsequent arrangements by
more skilled composers have reduced or
omitted these. and in so doing have left
the composition exactly as it appears in
the old chapel-masters autograph score.
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MEMco.s sYsrEM oF PEoNAeE.


Contrary 70 law. ru, Carr.ed On Without
stol,st.stlon.
4 system az pcauarc or slavery is ex-
teusive iv carried on in Chiapas, and It's
Workings are novel and interesting
The slaves nearly all come from the
middle class of Spaniards. and are not
Indians. as is generally supposed. The
usual custom is for a family who may
have a boy 10 or IL years of age TO take
the child to some plantation-owncr or
family of the first-class and propose that
il shall take position as servant on
condition that an advance of SO or SO
is made to the parents. The contract
also generally stipulates that the chilu
shall receive certain amount as wages
and that the sum shall hc placed 20 ITS
credit until the money advanced has
been paid. when the child viii again bc
free. rs the child grows older and be-
comes able to earn more money ltS par
ents. SO il happens in nearly every case
apply for more money. thus pllln% up
the debt. When the child becomes OF
are il generally asks for money Tor ITS
own personal use. and thus bound 10 ITS
master it must continue in slavery un-
til the debt is paid.
A peon can not change masters at ms
will but he must have written state
nent of his debts from his first owner,
which Is accepted by his new master
sbouId one be found who il willing 10
advance the amount If any attempt
To escape paying his debts Il made 10y
the. slave he is carried To Jail and pun
i~hcd until he is willing 70 take up the
woke again. This system OF slavery Is
contrary To the statute law of the coun-
try. but it has been in operation so long
that in this part of the Republic 1t Is
carried on without molestation.
owing 10 the ignorance Of the middle
classes. il Is seldom that Il slave be-
comes acquainted with his natural
rights. and there are very few cases OF
rebellion One of these exceptional
eases recently occurred III the City of
san Cristobal in this state. the slave
being "a Young woman who was the
property of Il family to- whom she owed
a large debt. y prominent army officer,
stationed in that city ut the time. be-
came enamOred of the girl. He in
formed her what her rights were under
the law. and She lost no time in leaving
the family. without taking any state
rnent Of the debt or attempting to find
another master. Owing 10 the intlu-
cncc Of the army officer all efforts of
the family to have her arrested and
punished were unsuccessful Philadcl-
,bi:l Times
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-04-24
POCKET-MoNEY FOR BOYS.
The Evil Attend ant U.,on supplying Then
with Cash.

The Evil Attend ant Upon supplying Them
With Cash.
If you want TO ruin an impulsive boy,
give him plenty of pocket-mOney. The
recipe is infalliblc. 1t has often been
tried. and always with the same unhap-
py result.
Rich parents are too liable to indulge
in this killing species Of kindness. BY
the time ne Is eight years old, the little
scion of wealth begins to understand the
soft side of pa and ma, if both have a
soft side. and, If not, the weak spot in
the weaker Of the twain. II an only
son, he is usually irresistible.
Alas. how many only sons have the
way TO destruction made smooth for
them by blind partiality. Young gem
tlemen of large expectations are accus
toned TO carry bank bills in their porte
monnaies at the ripe age of ten in these
days of prematurity. At fourteen they
are content with nothing less than we'll
stuffed pocBet-boolls, which the gov
ernor'' is required to refill as fast as
they are emptied, or, if he demurs to the
reouisition. the wherewithal must come
out of 1.-The old lady's" pin money.
Youth must be served" especially pre-
cocious youth.
All this is wrong. Every father and
mother knows it is wrong, and yet such
things are common, says the New York
Ledger. Say what we may about the
harsh, austere, uncompromising old
Puritans. their stern family discipline
was better than the domestic indul-
gence by which children are spoiled
in these modern days. Boys need the
curb as much as fiery young colts, ane
of the two extremes it is wiser to bit
them heavily than TO throw the rei1s
on their necks and let them gallop al
their own wild will. There is a middle
course, however, which conscientiou:
trainers of youth find no difficulty ii
pursuing. Would there were more oi
them.
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ShORT MlTTIClSMS

GET mashed
THIN skinncd-tirapes.
4 HARD pracc-Cannihals
NOT allowed-A whisper
TINE locls-Gray hairs.
ALWAYS in ecstacy-'Y.'
FIT like a glovc-Mittens.
ALWAYS miSsed-Thc fog.
MEET and rinll-Trcating.
TIE belt linc-A girls waist
LOOK up aloft-AstronomcrS.
WARRANTED all wool-Sheep.
SPEAKs for itSelf-Thc parrot
RAD Lands Unstable lots
The oldest club-Thc bludre9u
SLIPS Of the tonEuc-Stuttcrin-
LINE upon linc"-Music scores.
NOT in it-Thc stamp on % letter
MAKE their marl,-Lead pencils.
EXPENSIVE costumcs-Lav suits.
DRAWN all over the world-C0-ks
ON ticll-The telegraph in,trumeE
TALE of 4 ccntury-The last dccl
4 PRECIOUS cord-A string Of pea
y BUCEET shop-The hardware 81,
4 HANDY instrumcut-The accord
UNDER currents-Wircs in the 81
ways.
TURN over new lcaves-Ihc b.
rianS.
BEAR the yoke without complain
Oxen.
WHERE 10 find "A jolcr-ln pac'
cards.-Mail 4 Express.
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SOME SUPERLATlvEs

TIM height of the highest p,-rsr,.s.
4s6 feet. '' .
FAIEMoUST Park. Phaadeiphia = -.
largest park in the world '''
THE largest librnry is the Imn.-;,
Paris. which contains over two rnil:l o
volumes.
TIM deepest coal mine in the vo-5s
near Tourney, belgium; it is a.54s ~, /,
IN depth.
TIM Eiffcl tower in Paris &, the .l...,
est structure in the world nearly
fcct high.
TnE highest active volcano In ..
world Is Popocatapetl. in Mcziru. q,
1I1s4 feet high.
TIM longest suspension bridr, f.,
between New York and BROOKLYN g.
Is $3.50 feet long.
TIM deepest hole ever bored into.
earth Is the artesian well m PH.5.-
which is 300 feet deep.
TIE longest tunnel Is the 81 G.tE..
on tie railroad between Luo.rr. -.
Milau-ninc and one-half milo. =
length.
THE deepest ocean in the world f..
Pacific. Near the Iadrouo island.
depth OF 4,475 fathoms, or over 20.
miles. was found.
IU. largest specimen Of the h.-..
species ever recorded was thc s..
pound cN raised by Samuel EarI,.r. /.
Pennsylvania and exhibited a., the r.-
t,nnial exposition in Philadelphia.
TIM largest ship ever built wa, ,l.
Great Eastern. which was rr..r,.-
broken 10 pieces and sold L. ialk r.t
cas-. She was commenced I'm 1854 .,.
launched in lS5s. Her total length v..
coo foct; breadth. lis feet.
fHH largest Republic in the wn,
;.n' the only one that has ever lived
,.rtt.rr on a purely democratic basis .
IT, nitcd states Of America. wbis
contains @.3G0.OOO square miles. be.r.
alllo-t equal in extent 10 EuraDc. rr..
h:> i.fty-nine kingdoms. empire. n-r
ciDalirics and republics
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TEETH AND HAIR.
rhey Are Not Indispensable to Good
Iopa<-.

:
hooks.
With us there is, t. say the least Il
strong and decided prejudice in favor of
luxuriaut trcsses ANA pcurly teeth. But
it is only prejudice. and by no means
universal We see no lack of beauty in
the infants naked, rosy scalp. in its
sweet little toothlesS month. We even
see q kind Of majretic beauty in the
ivory dome that covers the sagc's busy
brain. \ white, shining billiard ball
Is by no means unpleasing to the eye,
and no one can fancy it, beauty i'm
proved by covering half of it with a
coat of hair however soft and silky.
lustrouS. brown or golden. Birds had
teeth once: how should we welcome
the prospect Of return, Il rstrogrcs-
sion. to their former Scmi-rcptilian con-
ditious" Nouid you think Your canary
oryour brilliunt-hucdc cocllatoo improved
in its appearance if the smooth, even
edges "f its bill wore garnished with
saws of pcarly teeth like little
fcathcrcd and winged alligator? The
possession of full complement of
teeth has always been regarded as an
Indispensable condition of perfect
health. To our prehistoric ancestors,
who had no other grain-mills than their
molars. IL must have been so, and the
modern soldier in active service would
lind his hard tack and leathery salt
beef unsatisfactory fare without the
dental integrity which the examining
surgeon so properly insists upon. But
the constantly improving science of
cookery supplies the remedy for the
civilian, and as to the soldier. he is,
like his teeth, a relic of undeveloped d
civilization. The dogs of war must
go, teeth and all. Experience has
demonstrated that the luxurious diet OF
civilization, which gives 50 little for
the teeth to do. is. on the whole, more
conducive to vitality and longevity
than the hard fare of savaGerv. Long
before toothlcSS gums shall have be
come the rule, all occasion for teeth
have passed. either for beauty or use
North American Review.
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New Yorker has succeeded in MAX
ing an artificial clam which tastes bet
ter than the original viii keep fresh for
five years. and costs only half as much
a the bivalvcs ding out of the sand.
His orders from clubs and restaurants
viii make him rich in three years. The
clam has not used the public as he ought
20, and this il the result
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WHERE JUSTICE RElGNs.

\ WISCONSIN judge has decided th'
dentist can not legally pull t'''a .
sunday.
4 BIZ has been introduced boo" p.
legislature Of Indiana providing
any man who shall hc proven -H.
whipping his wife shall himself vc
sixty Iashes. and that the public -
be admitted TO the Jail yard 70 see ..
whipped.
TAKE any twenty-five tall
men. said an old court officer i"'
porter, ''and YOU can secure jury .
murder case. They have n' c'l'.
tious scruplcs against the death l.".
". As a rule, short. thick men --
doubts on this point.
Is Towsou. Md, Mr.. Johu-"a .'.
Mr.. O'Iiricn's ear during q ~a'''.. 81
was indicted for mayhem. a'.1.'.
was sustained upon the ground '-.
indictment read, ''bit off % piece ol ''
instead Of the strict wording of td' .
bit of an ear" and the case ""'
missed.
CmEF JUSTICE DAILY, of the c'-'
common pleas. New York 'iE 4.
summoned 10 appear before ihl p
other day 242 men who had been ,.. "..
for jury duty and who had tai.,.a. .... p.
Spond. lie fined fourteen UE" la'' %.
appear TO offer any eNp,ana'i.--.
each. and accepted the cNcu-e "A .''
..ICH verstehe nein Engli>ch u
the reply Of a eoal-black nriiy, /,
was asked his name in NJ" i'''
lice court recently. and the c'nT' %"
prefer found that the only lunEH'-'
man knew was German. lilr ha''
Joseph Stcinmctzt and he ha- .l'
his life in Berlin. where De was
from the Congo in babyh"od.
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The other day an old woman iH !,
tered one OF the savings "'.- -, t
when her turn in the line '"Il .,l,.
tracted a number Of gold anu a5 +,
coins from her reticule. and %, al.
wanted to deposit them. She ~., .'.p !.
20 sign ber name in the BOOK ,D,sp OBJ
remarked: II want you 70 A.1cnta
money so that 1 may get inc , Eare q,
pieces whenever ] care 70. .hc %
date OF each coin here ana r..,
played paper on which wa wa. h5r
sbe she uassj, was Joking, but was soon coa'''
poiitoiy 1s1l igo told E'' her that it would sJ
IossibIe TO do as she rcque-''a.. of
an right responded the "o.'I o,- asaa
can't ear got tho same coin, ,,,ea oa'. .se vi
von't deposit '"m" The"
ont Albany Journal
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April 25tn, 'so-ly.