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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-05-01
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

For rapid pronunciation: An anony-
nous Auanias is an anomaly and an an
achrouism.
TIIr French chouviuists rebel against
the use OF the English word yacht"
and in Difference T. their feelings, the
word win probably be spelled 'yaute.
PRoy. MARSH has made an estimate,
based on careful analysis, that the pro-
portion ot Anslo-Saxon words in the
English Bible is ninety-seven per cent.
OF the whole.
A DISCUSSION upon the modern pro
nunciation Of English .Cads TO the OBJ
servation that the letter K has ceased
TO be heard. There Is now no differ
ence between law" and lore.
OLIVER wendell HCIsHs has just in
vented two admirable vords-''pseu-
dopathy" and 'pseujotherapy.' one
signifying the quacll science OF disease
and the other the quack method of
healing.
HERE is 4 sentence of thirty-two
words which an ingenious person has
constructed of the six letters found in
the word maiden" Ida, a maiden, u
mean man named Ned Dean and Media,
mad aame, made me mend die and
dime, and mind minc in dim den in
Maine. ST. LOuis Republic. .--.s.-,--
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-05-01
CHANGES ~ CHIN.
Two Important Events OF R.,...
renee in the Celestial - We

Two Important EVents OF R.,..
renee in the Celestial Erp,..-. we
The death of Prince ChNIn @.
az tlie present Emperor of a..
been accompanied by two chan
tie Philadcit!ia Press. whi,5
great alterations IN the spir-t. +...,,
ald svowcd purpose OF the t.yg..-.'
in-'1-uiabLc. and often tnvi,1r.
Yscr~0nagas who ezvay the L.
China, surround the throne
dr-Potic I,ower-yet are often r....
not only 70 Europe, but % Eu-..
long resident IN China 20
The first of these change. r.,.,.
tho access Of foreign Am ba.sa5,-' t
presence OF the Emperor. Forr..
tsis il accompanied by the la..-'
thrice prostration-a degradiB,
Iuouy 10 European ewes, thorgr
matter Of ordinary respect uBs.. r
ncsc conventions. Lord Ami
1916 refused Pcrcmptorily 20 srf...
this in spite Of unbroken Ru,...-
Dutch prccedcnts, and broke an ,.
@5tiatious. The continued rot,
the Chinese authorities was one m o..
causes Of war in 1856 by Engrs-5
France, and, while China offered -.
IGit our own Minister 70 have On
enco II he would bend one knee .-....
thi, was refused. There Is r.-..
authority for saying that Il tba>....
crncr who was our Minister bsg +.
the same cool insistence Is tho.
hammered Northerner who was .,..
tary of legation, full concession, a..
havc been made then.
TIoy were not, war came and b-.-
foreign troops 10 Picking. and .ws...
Lu,il s75 that, under a perem5.5-..
ma1d, the Chinese Govr-aua-.
united an audience. Since tle7t-.-..
ape OF two LInDcrors has t,..3e
veuient preteX; for delay, az , +. ma.
a great alvance that the C4i7a.. n.
erumcnt. without awaiting q ds--..
has fixed a time for an audience On }
rupean terms
The other chance is the announce.
that tho able. advanced and yuIig.
Ii HING Cha 2 is 70 pass from h..
as Nieeroy OF 'hi Il, the frs, r....-..
post in the Empire, and become ..-
Der Of the GRAND council Of ,..,. -
Picking. Instituted IN 1890 b. -r. D.
per1r Gung Ching, this must 10, .
confouudcd with the four grand ea.-
tarics, of which Ii is ALREADY a rar-
Der as one Of the two Cinnamon b.
this board. The grand council Is b
many senses the supreme cxecu-
power IN the Empire. Originally o7--.
lied for military purpo-es and c.-
posed Of Nanchus, IL had al the ben.
ming 81 the year but one Muacha ..
four chinese. Two Of these are on @.
board Of foreign affairs. The t-aa,t
tion of Ii 70 this high post will be s-
vcrsally accepted in China and B
those intelliGently familiar VITA .
affairs a. proof that his liberia. y..=
are 70 be paramount. and, as the s-
step, the long-eNpected extension r.
Tien-Tsin to Tungchow Is cou6der.
expected. Ii is an old man and arm
He has had one stroke Of paralysis .
he is the sblest Of his race. anu B
new post ought 20 enable him 20 a-r
come the bureaucratic resistance v1-
has 50 long balled his better plans B..
frustrated his wiser policy.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-05-01
MICROBES UNDER THE NAILS.
4 Chemist Proves That the Finger Tips
Are Homes OF Disease.

4 Chemist Proves That the Finger Tips
Are Homes OF Disease.
There i a common belief that the
finger nails are poisonous, which idea IS
natural enough. says the Boston Post,
considering the fact that sc-atchc-,
made by them are generally quite irri-
Ia bic and much inclined 10 unusual in
dammati0n.
The reasoning Is erroneous, however,
for. as far as Is known, the nails them
selves do not have any poisonous prop
critics. The trouble excited by them Is
due TO the foreign deposits under them
In other words, il one keeps his finger
nails clean. scratches caused by them
win be no more irritable than those pro-
duced 10y any like Instrument that IS
considered innocent.
The results Of the examinations made
in Vienna show that il IS more impor-
tant that the finger nails be kept clean
than any would suppose; Seveuty-cight
were made and there were found thirty
kinds Of micrococci, eighteen different
bacilli a nd three kinds Of sarcen8; be
sides, common mold spores were pres
cnt in many instances.
II would seem from this that the
space under the finger nails We're favor
able hiding places for the minute or
ganisms which are more or less pre-
judicial TO health, and that therein lies
the poisonous element attributed to the
nails. Furthermore, that cleanliness of
the nails Is a very important essential.
II is not sufficient TO use merely a knife
blade. but at the toilet 4 nail brush and
plenty of soap and water should be
called into service.
Surgeons long ago learned that de-
pOsits under the nails were n menace,
and that through them wounds We're
easily poisoned. This led to extreme
care IN the matter of personal cleanli-
ness on their own part, and on the part
of all their assistants
Before an operation is performed, all
who touch the patient or the instru-
meats which are To be used must first
clean their hands thoroughly with soap
and water, being especially careful 10
have the spaces under the nails abso-
lutely clean. After this the hands arr
put into disinfectant solutions.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-05-01
CHILD SOvEREIGNs.
The Status OF Royal Minors In ths o.
World.


World.
1t is An interesting circumstance q.
no fewer than three European throa.
are occupied 10y children. Since q
abdication Of King Milan, his 4.
Alexander, who was born in Au-ee
1876, and is now, consequently, fou-s.
years old. has been the titular rule- .
Servia, though the country is rea
governed by a board Of regents. T.
present King OF Spain, Alfonso XII
J. an infant, and during his minor
the normal head Of the monarchy
be his mother, the Quceu-Re--
Christina By the death Of E-
William III. the crown Of Holland a
wolves on his daughter, Wilhelm
who is in her eleventh year Ken
again, the child's mother. Queen Ezzl
is temporarily invested with tlsnrl.
functions.
What likelihood, asks the New YORK
Ledger, is there that these children VII
ever rule in their own names, -l
young King Of Scrvig has evidently ,2
poorest chance OF reigniug. The gl4---
between his father and his mOthe, 20
eN-Quecn Nathalie, has divided bis pa-f
sans, while the pro-Russiau party. %.
dominant in Scrvia, aims 70 LsaS
the Cbrenovitch dynasty 10 whlcah-
Milan and his son belong and subs
tute the pretcnder KaraEe0rEcTa-
As TO the infant King OF SPAIN, bis s-s
iccts have been hitherto withheld .-.-
revolutionary outbreaks rs b cs-:--
sentiment Of chivalry. But as the 81
ercign grows older, this feeling W.
disappear, and it viii prove extr51-
difficult for his supporters % III
head against the Spanish Eepus-'-
on the one hand and the Carllsts OH
other.
The close approach 70 unlversa. p
frage which has recently been mao
Spain must greatly Strengthen Tie p.
ular leaders who regard mgn-7--'
system with contempt and deiea'a..,
The girl-Queen Of Holland has ils p
chance OF retaining her position I.
her hour Of trouble viii come wael
marriage is discussed. Her no.
who is a German. viii natur--l '-
her TO marry q German Prince o-' -
q project j. certain 20 be- res-s.'-
Russia and France, nor H. D. -ht-. y
viewed with favor by the lio--L--
who dread absorption In the u.'---
Empire On the whole, there IS -
thing pathetic in the situation oi ID"
child Sovereigns.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-05-01
Telephone statistics.

In Germany the telephone subscribers
are estimated 10 number 31,S25; in
France, e,4s7; in Great Britain, 90, 426;
in Russia, 1855; in Italy, 9,1s3; in Aus
tro-Hungary, 1900; in Spain, 2,2ls; in
Portugal, $50; in Switzerland, $50; in
Belgium, 4,6T4; in the Netherlands,
2,s72; in Denmark, 1887; in Sweden,
1864; in Norway, $500. The Berlin
Boersen Courier estimates the number
of subscribers in America at 1000, 600,
and in all the world al l,2o0.o0o
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-05-01

The people who want soins'5 so,'5 70 9
nothing are very closely re-s.'. :, =
people who are always try.lS, ,,r ~
strangers on strange erranais N CClsi.sE
There is a woman living N ~ bs
snvs the Buffalo Express y -, ot v
husband engaged in some - ,bs -
ness in Buffalo, and, Of cou',,' :. ',.,ssr>
wife wants 70 know how ne , - tr,''
himself. She probably mas 40 Il, bs =
here or. il she had, it woul'Lh no doP
TO ask them. SO what do's -. hs5s
write. in a neat and lazy ak i ,
,etter 10 the postmast'F, ','' wbert !,
,von't take n stroll down ~ - ap5F
otber half is supposed TO b. ,.,rss.s
how and where he spcno' ..'' ,-snr' .
Not receiving reply '',i '',ii ;,aicsp,l
sbe writes again From q re. "
bowcvcr. She is not likely ~ -
faction from that source
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-05-01
Tho Husllcr.

The pusher is a table Ztensl with
whose use the majority of bachelors
may be unfamiliar, for it is used only
10y small children. Even the best
bred youngster is apt at first to help
himself with the tools that nature pro
vided-to push refractory bits of food
USon his spoon with his fingers. The
FGsaer has 4 handle like that of a small
sPooa. Instead of n bowl IL has across
thai cr-- S-ld AZ rigb: angles with it a
Ettlc sf'e-a-s.laped piece OF silver with
thc cnas curved -slightly forward. so
thai tac food can not slide off at the
s5dcs. hNi-a spoon in one hand and a
Iy--'er IN -eAe olsser some children can
d. ~CndcIs-; C#n.s.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-05-01
OUR BOYS AND GIRLS.

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Eight O'Cloek CLUB. The Crimson and 500
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them.
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HUNDREDS OF PRIZES II distributes nnns
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Weekly Times, the subscription rice VI which is
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-23
MORE HELP WANTED.

Frequent mention has been made in
these columns Of the serious hinderance
to farming operations throughout South
ern Kansas from lack of sufficient farm
labor. There is hardly farmer in this
section but could have given employ
ment to from one to dozen good hands
throughout the season. And the de-
mand for farm labor is increasing every
day. Hundreds of men and teams could
find ready and profitable employment. A
reliable citizen of Harper county writes
us that the farmers of that county alone
would give continual work for several
months to 500 men and teams. A relia-
bic man and county officer of Meade
county makes the same complaint about
the scarcity of help in that county.
The great success of this years opera
lions in all agricultural departments has
put everybody in mood to bestir them
selves and to stir larger Arrears of land
than ever before. If men and teams
enough could be secured in time to break
out the land and put it in proper
NNbuleiOI AOA EidllLiu5 Il6 acreage LOT
next years crops would be increased
fully 80 per cent. But with the limited
supply of help now in the country and
the heavy crops to be taken care of, it is
doubtful if this years area in cultivation
will be maintained another season.
There never was a more suspicious
time for people to come to Kansas than
the present. Those who might wish TO
secure homes will find prices of lands
lower now than they have been for some
time, and lower than they will be again.
And those who are in search of work for
themselves and teams will find all the
work they can do and at good wages.
And the abundant crops of everything
renders the cost of living for man and
beast cheaper here than in any other sec
ton of the country we know of.
IL the papers of other states where
there is a surplus of labor would do the
laborers a service they could not find
quicker or easier way TO perform it than
to advise them Of the demand for their
services in Kansas right now.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-23
FARM PROFITS:
From the Globe-Democrat.

|
The farm profits of the present year
VIII exceed those of any one of the ten
preceding years. There is certain to be
a large surplus of all kinds of grain, and
the prices are sure to be satisfactory. In
the western states particularly. where
there has been so much talk about agri-
cultural depression and the possible re-
pudlation of debts, the yield of staple
! products Is likely to exceed the highest
estimates, and to provide the farmers
with means to take care of all maturing
mortgages. 1t so happens thatthe crops
are short in Europe, and we are prepared
to supply the deficiency. 4 fereign mar
ket IS opened for all that we have to
sell, and we can practically dictate
the prices. The upward tendency OF
prices has already begun, and 1t will in
crease as time passes and the facts be-
come definitely known with regard to
the wants of other countries. 1t is safe
to count upon 81 per bushel for wheat,
QUO for corn, 40c for oats, and like prices
for other farm products, with the chances
IN favor of still better returns for those
who are able to postpone selling until
spring. The prices of everything else
are decreasing where they are not sta
tionary; it is only the farmer who has
rising market, and who knows that his
labor Is to be rewarded in a degree
which will leave him no room for just
complaint.
1t is easy to understand that this
marked condition in the condition of
agricultural affairs must have consid-
cradle effect upon the political situation.
Those who have been preaching the
gospel of calamity will be obliged to
change their tactics, as it would be alb
surd for them to go on talking about
poverty and misery TO people who are
more prosperous than they have been for
ten years past. The Alliance must in
evitably lose much of its strength by
reason Of the failure of the argument Of
low prices. 1t had its origin in feeling
OF dependency over the poor returns of
agriculture; and now that those re-
turns are becoming lucrative and en-
couraging its reason for existence is in
sense removed. The conditions
are entirely different from what
they were when it was established.
The causes of uneasiness which then pre-
vailed are no longer visible. There is no
burning of corn for fuel, no selling of
wheat for less than the cost of produc-
ton. The world is ready and eager to
take every spare bushel of any of the
cereals at just and fair price. 1t pays
to be farmer under such circumstances;
and when farming pays there is no nee
esslty for an organization to protest
against the alleged evils by which the
business is hampered and injured. The
logic of success is unanswerable. When
men are doing well it is inconsistent and
useless for them to assume an injured
air and to demand legislation in their
particular interest. 1t is their duty to
be content and thankful, and to let the
complaining be done by those who have
at least a reasonable pretext for such
conduct.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-23
Two IIlustrious InvaIfds-

Gounod is at his villa at St. Cloud,
and is reported 10 be in very bad health
In fact ne has been forbidden by his
physician not only 70 undertake any
work, but even to receive callers. The
Count de Lesseps is also in very feeble
health, and he does not rally from the
attack which Frustrated him after the
investigations into the affairs Of the
Panama canal were commenced. But
when q man has reached the age of
eighty-seven every illness that SEXES him
at once assumes an alarming aspect.
II IS no wonder that the grand old
Frenchman" should have collapsed dur
ing the past few weeks, especially since
the seizure Of the books AID papers Of
the company has been effected. an oper-
alton which took place some days ago.
The once busy and animated scene which
the Offices on the Rue CaumsrtiDs wsr.
won't TO present has been exchanged for
a dreaTy aspect Of desertion. Ire long
years Of misplaced public confidence are
ended az lsst.-Psris Cor. Philadelphia
Telegraph.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-23
IMPORTANT.

The short communication in this issue
of the EAGLE from Edwards county Is of
CHEEKY character, and contains a sug-
gestion that should have the earnest at
tention of every good citizen of the
state, especially every good Republican,
just at the present time, and that is in
regard to the selection of candidates for
the offices 10 be filled this fall. The in
difference manifested by the citizens
generally in this matter has cost the
community heavily heretofore. and it is
high time that everybody was waking
up to the Importance of filing the
positions CT trust and responsibility with
thoroughly trustworthy and reliable
men. There are plenty Of such men to
choose from, and the people do not have
10 place the impOrtunates IN Office sim
ply because they are clever fellows and
personal friends without regard to their
special fitness for the positions they seek.
The great lldIer-Statesman, Grant,
never uttered truer sentiment than
when he declared that "he serves his
party best who serves his country best.
and there is no way in which the citizen
can render his country more valuable
service than by taking an active in
tereSt in the selection Of good and COM
Petent men 10 fill the civil offices. from
the lowest 10 the highest.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-23
MISLEADING

The silver SPECTATORS who are bC7stfnc
that congress viii send a free silver hin IN
the president as x Christmas present will
ind. II this be true, that the president viii
send veto 10 congress as New Iear's
Embellishments.
The willy Globe Democrat uses the art
OF the demagogue in lis statement Of the
above proposition. 1t knows that there
Is widespread feeling Of antipatv to
the Character known as Spectator. and
1t states lis proposition in such a way as
10 convey the idea TO the unreasoninC
that only spectators would be benefited
by free coinage, when the fact is the
great mass of the people are vitallv in
terested III a large increase in the volume
of currency. and everybody believes this
could be done by free coinage with less
danger to the value Of the money and
credit Of the government than in any
other way. The demand for free COINAGE
is overwhelming throughout the west
and south and is strong in the north and
east, among the people, and we believe
that if the next congress shall pass
carefully prepared bill providing for the
free coinage of American silver and gold
on basis of perfect equality, and with
practical unanimity, the president Will
not withhold his approval thereof.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-23

The government rain-makers are meet
ing with unvarying success in their Texas
experiments. If the success continues
Uncle Jerry RUsk will soon have TO re
wise his statement that Professor SHOWS
chinchbug remedy Is the most important
discovery OF the century. -Empora Re
publican.
Uncle Jerry's statement is unquestion-
ably correct. With the destructive
chinchbug unmolested and unchecked
in lis rava2es, all the rain that could be
precIpitated 10y either natural or artili-
clal causes, or both could not insure a
crop of anything the bug might take a
notion TO Gevour OF DESTROY: while the
present season demonstrates that album
dant crops can be raised by the processes
of nature in supplying needed moisture.
Nevertheless, we agree that the rain FRO
ducing experiments viii be Of ncalcula--
bic benefit if the theory shall develop
ipto actually.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-23
The oaseTs-. Of Deer stori.a

George Bell. keeper Of Picnic Island,
in the lower haFbor, has two little girls,
70 whom pet deer belonging 20 the ZOO
Of Z. 5. Warner q Co. on the island. -
very much attached The little fawn
follows one child wherever il goes- Yes
terday tho children stole away from
home % a place GA tho wharf. when tbs
youngest one accidentally fell overheard
The deer st ones jumped in after tha
child, which soon sank out q signt.
the deer then swain 20 the bsach and
ran at lightning speed - TIE keepers
house, where the mother q the child
was. Il reared up On he hind fest, blew
and snorted and cut queer antics 20 as
70 attract Mrs. Bells attention. II then
started down the beach In an e1citsi
run and jumped into me water again.
Mrs. Bell missed her children. and. drop
ping everything. she followed ths sags~
cious animal, which SIC sa1 plunge frDn
the wharf into ths bay.
One Lex q her little girl was sticking
ont Of tas water. and Tnen rescaed shs
was unconscious By rolling ard rub
hing tie child was resuscitated. Cap;zn
Bob Warner IS - proud q MS faz'n that
be has ordered It = hAndsoms collar and
silver bell Re ssYs a thousand dollars
could not bur L.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-23
KANSAS LEADS THE VAN.

The facts of the great crop of Kansas
for this year are now public property,
but they are often so presented as to
a1islead. This is not phenomenal year,
but only such as we have had for num-
Der of years consecutively. The follow
ing report which we copy is an old one
and shows Kansas easily distances the
great corn and wheat states of Illinois,
Wisconsin, Nebraska, Minnesota, Iowa,
Missouri and Dakota, while she easily
discounts the average for the United
states in the yield of bushels per acre.
The tables show how Kansas grows IN
population and increases i'll material
wealth. These statistics are taken on
the 1st DAY of March in each year. They
speak more emphatically regarding the
wealth and prosperity of Kan
sas than volumes of the most laudatory
writing could do: