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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-07-17
LIBERTY VERSUS COMFORT.
How Pet Goldtinc, was Enticed Back
Into His Cage.

How N Pet GoIdtinri was Enticed Back
Into His Cage.
Our pet goldfinch, having escaped
from his cage. flew into a tall ailanthus
tree in the back yard. says the Amer
ican Ae=riculturist- There he sat, sing
ing his sweetest and rejoicing in his
unexpected freedom. We brought ont
his eilded cage and set it on the top of
a tall step-ladder. leaving the door open
and just inside cup OF tempting hemp
seed. For two hours he scorned to look
at it. though he often fixed his bright
little eyes on us when we called him.
and answered us with a cheery. defiant
''Witzah-' We had almost given up
hope of getting him back. when it oc-
cured 10 us to ring his breakfast bell; in
other words. to rattle up the hempsced
in the tin box where ii was kept. This
was a sound he understood. as we had
long made it Il practice thus II an
nounce breakfast to his finchship.
Fortunately he had nothing to eat when
he flew away. and the well-known
sound suggested seed, water and
lettuce to the little empty stomach, so
he hoped down slowly from bough to
bough, until he was close to the cage.
There he stood for some time, evident
ly hesitating. until suddenly ne fut-
tered down into his home. having de-
cided to abandon the delights of lib
erty for the solid comforts of civiliza-
fion
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-07-17

How to Breathe Properly.

In all the various systems of physical
culture now in vogue the greatest i'm
portance is attached To taking the
breath properly. The breathing should
he slow and deep, six breaths minute
being safe average. There is still a
difference of opinion in respect To the
relative value of abdominal and chest
breathing, and each system has its adj
vantages. One of the best exercises
for increasing the capacity OF the lungs
is 10 draw full breath very slowly and
through the nose. Keep the lungs in
fated as long as possible and then ex-
pei the air suddenly through the mouth
and repeat the process. Care should be
taken not to try TO make the period of
holding the breath too long at the start:
the more gradually the power Of doing
this is attained. the better will be the
permanent results There are MANY
breathing exercises, and one of the best
Is the taking of a deep breath and
swinging the arms, first one then the
other and finally both, while the breath
is inhaled. Excessive practice of any
system should be avoided and the golden
rule of taking moderate and iudicious
exercise should be Observed
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-07-17
THE "sPoTrER" REcEsaeey
a General Passenger Agent Taiiss L0''.
the CONDUCTOR Plant.

=
the CONDUCTOR Plant.
1T seems natural that All p.-s--.s
gagged in handling money should o.5--.
to being watched" said General
scngcr Agent EuStis of the Bu-l-u~.
u Chicago News reporter. '4.a-
what other system can be ompl0-
do away with the railroad spot
The latter IS just as necessary an ~.
iunct to the operation Of a railroad
he Is to the federal government. ~
must be protected from unscrupulcu
employees"
Sir. Eustis' remarks were called for
10y dispatch which told how the
ductors in convention assembled al
Louis had denounced the ''spo..eI
TEN "a unnecessary and "a -air
upon the Woodworking ticket puG.
1t Is Il mistaken idea tEe rEul,e
in thinking that railroad dcta,t--r
Obliged to prove a certain nuWhr
employees are dishonest IN o1de; o.
that he is doing his work. n
il is just the reverse. The con.
who make the greatest cramor -a...
the 'spotter gradually come - .r
the necessity of their presence.
tective never reports that q cert . -..
ploye is dishonest lie has no - r ."
do with that al all. In seudin~ -
port the spotter merely state t1a-
person boarded the train and s-r
certain seat in the car he (+he GcterI
was on, and that the passenger rga H.
conductor some cash and lett the '..l.
at such or such a station. This -fs
is then compared with the coa-rs-
This constitutes the work @
tective. A conductor is only die0
when his shortage continues
months in succession. We had lr ..~
employ a short time ago q CCTa,
who was constantly declaiminr .l.r
the secret-servicc system. In one O..
meetings Of the o conductors t.
man made a number OF very stirring.
speeches against the spottgr. After .--
meeting had adjourned ! asked hlrs O.
step into my Office. He did So, a-' .
pointcdly told HIM we would n1J allow
any more Of his stealing and th:- e~
must stop such work He 1T 4-t ar.
pe2red deeply hurt AT the imputatio1.
but when I produced the reports s.3
showed him that we had evidence tu~'
he was dishonest he weakened AM
promised 10 reform. Since then his re-
ports have invariably Tailed with tAr-s
of the detectives. No, the secrst-ssr-
vice system must be employed and hon
est men, while they DISLIKE the idea,
have come 10 look at j; IN the true ieLt
and accept il rs one Of the inevitable"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-07-17
Coins of Eras. and Tin.

When England was being made into
minccmeat and blocks Of real estate 10y
the Saxons and Danes, silver and brass
were in use as currency, but the Nor
mans subsequently installed the aristo
cratic metal and left the democratic
brass to take care of itself. Gold was
first coined by Henry Ill, and copper
made into British coin in 1872. Tin was
used for coinage in 1850, and the ma
tional farthing was made of this
Cambrian product with a stud of copper
let in the center. In 1890 and 1851 Gin
half-pence Were issued in considerable
quantities. The only pure gold coins
issued in English history were those of
Henry III.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-07-17
SLEEPING WITH A PANTHER.
Experience of - N :-s,IaI Seeking Sneiter
in Deserted Indian C-Ib.n-

Experience of a N:-siIaI Seeking Sheiter
in Desertcd Indian Cabin.
Deputy Marshal Tom Smith, who has
Just returned from trip in the Indian
territory. tells of an adventure he had
one night last week. writes a Paris
CTex.) correspondent of the Memphis
Commercial: In IT, Indian c"n''tr- ac-
commodatIons such - on, ult.y wish
are not always to bc had Sometimes
it is a long distance between houses,
and a traveller has u sleep out under a
tree with only blani1ct for cover
and Il saddle for 4 pillow.
Night overlook Marshal Smith near
an old cabin. but "a the Indian custom
of burying the dead in their houses and
then moving away flashed upon him,
he decided to sleep under a tree some
little distance away, and thus avoid
possible interview with an aboriginal
spoolc.
During the night rain set in and he
got mp and went into the cabin and
shut the door to keep out the wind and
water. lie wrapped his blanket around
hin. and lay down. Presently he heard
/ .rrov-liug and whining. but paid no
attention To il. The growl:, a1ad whines
grew ficrccr and louder. but hc lay still
trying tn sleep. The animal ran around
Tic walls, scratching and yelling in
way 10 make one feel very uncom-
Portable, and made srch thing rs
sleep inDOSSiblc- Ii was panther.
Finally Smith concluded that the beast
was not going to be quiet and let him
rest. 80 he got up and opened the door
and let il ont. Then he lay down and
slept without further disturbance
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-07-17
A CRAFTY INVENTOR.
The Reward He Asked for Inventing IL
Chcss5osrd.


Chcss5osrd.
1t is related of the inventor of the
game of chess that. on being promised
by the king whom he first taught the
game that he should have any reward
he might ask for, IL meeiziiy replied
that ha would be content if the king
would give him one kernel of wheat on
the first square, two on the second. four
on the third, eight on the fourth. and
so on doubling up to the sixty-fourth
square. The king gladly acceded to
this seemingly Iaodest request, and
ordered his attcndants TO bring in the
wheat wf-ich they began TO do: but, to
the a-oonishment of the monarch, it
Was found that there was not wheat
enough in the whole dominion 10 pay
of the crafty inventor. a mathema-
tician who claims to have been figuring
on this chessboard curiosity SAYS that
tn fulfill the kings promise il would
take 30.025. O97. Isl 49, bushels of wheat
allowing coo, 900 kernels To each
bushel. This prodigious amount would
cover the states of New York, Penn
sylvania, New Jersey and Delaware
all over with wheat 10 the depth of a
mile and q quarter. In a few words
here is the exact number of wheat
kernels the chess inventor asked for
9.627, PCS. 7s6, ,934, 575. lGs. Figure Il up
and prove or di>prove IL.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-07-17
ONE OF NATURES WONDERS.
Lake In Ireland Whose Waters Have
the Power of Petrifying.

the Power of Petrifyfng.
a writer in Donahue's Magazine tells
of a strange lake in Ireland whose
waters have the power of petrifying any
substance that may be put into it. OF
course it is understood that petrifaction
is not the actual turning of a substance
into stone, but that the material of
stone dissolved in water is deposited in
its cells where it hardens. 4 stone is
made upon the model of the substance
petrified as a casting is made by filling
n mold.
An English firm, well-known cut
lery house, heard of this lake and at
once sent man to examine it. He Sc
lected several pieces of hard wood, and
having tied weights to them plunged
them into the lake and marked their
location by small buoys-
In two weeks he returned and took
up two pieces, which he found to be
partly petrified. Two weeks afterward
the rest were taken up and each piece
of hard wood was as hard as flint, petri-
fed through.
Then the firm made experiments with
the wood in the different stages of petri-
faction and discovered that unusually ex-
cellent razor homes could be manufact-
ured from it. These homes are now a
famous product of the firm, but the
razor-sharpening world little knows
that the stone is, SO to speak, wood,
petrified in few weeks in the largest
of the Irish lakes.
In several ancient histories there is
reference made to the ''hard, woody
stone" which was taken from the bot
tom of Lough Neagh for spear and
arrow-heads by the early Irish. So that
although Irishmen to-day are unaware
of the useful popularity of their big
Tough" those of ten and fifteen centuries
ago knew it well and utilized it In the
museum of Trinity college, Dublin, can
be seen several of these spear and ar
row-heads made centuries ago.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-07-17
The Friday superstirIon

The governor of a southern state /. in
correspondence with the governors OF
all other hanging states, hoping to
make an arrangement by which no one
shall be hanged ON Friday. II is thought
that If other days shall be- selected the
superstition which generally attaches
TO Friday viii soon pass away.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-07-17

DIR. Dowd, of New York, has be~.n
making careful study of the numb -. 80
germs found in the soil. which is -,
to be everywhere swarming v 1.,, So
minute organisms. The ,,,S,l.... -
germs present in the cub ;rrh ot so;1
was found to vary from -. -
to two and one-quart million
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-07-17
Fun in Africa

For a hundred years past, at least,
one hundred tribes in Africa have been
at war with each other. and there is no
prospect of peace yet \ battle can be
had any day in the week by going out
and uttering whoop, and all prisoners
are promptly and satisfactorily roasted
at the stake
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-07-17

mrs. "ickwire-oh, Henry. And 7
sold you SO particularly before Won cbose
mouse to be sure the chimneys didn.t
@ "ickwire-iyen, this enc doesn't
1ome outside and see for yourself
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-07-17
A PLEA FOR THE UGLY GIRLS.
They Do Not Have a Fair Chance in the
struggle of Life.

1t does not matter much to a boy
whether he is good looking or the re-
verse remarks writer in Lippincott's.
He is not obliged to wait for somebody
to ask him to dance and his matrimonial
prospects don't appear to suffer any
serious discount from personal shortages
that weld send girls stock away
down below par or even put her out of
the market altogether. One never sees
4 man SO hideous or rcpulsive but that
some woman is ready to marry him, If
he will only ask her; but men are less
philanthropic and SO the ugly girls are
generally left TO run to waste as unap-
propriated blessings. The handsome
is-as-handsome-docs" theory won't hold
1T all after we get ont of the nursery,
and little experience soon convinees
us that il Is fraud and delusion, like
that other domestic fiction about the
drumsticlS being the choicest part of the
fowl, with which our elders used To inn
pose upon the unsuspectinT simplicity
of our childhood
We ugly girls never get any drives in
the park or free seats at the theatcr,
and as for ice cream and French candy,
no matter how handsomely we deport
ourselves, we shouldn't know the taste
of either if we waited to have il be-
slowed upon us as 4 reward of merit.
Indeed the expensiveness of being an
ugly girl is one of the worst things
about it-there are no perquisites. We
get none of the piuIns ont of iife's pud-
ding, for under present conditions men
do all the carving. and, as one of them
says: ''.All the fine things we think and
say about women apply to those only
who are tolerably good looking grace
full
Now, suppose the same rule applied
to men, and that only the good looking
ones could hope To attain to wealth and
distinction; suppose. in fact, that a bald
head was sufficient to blast any mans
life as effectually rs it would any vyom-
an's-I think most of the middle-aged
men. at least. into whose hands this
paper may fail win admit that that
would be little hard And. in fact,
isn't it just a little hard that anybody'S
destiny in life SHOULD be made to depend
iTTetricyably upon an accident over
which they have no control. such as
having been born with q red lead or 4
pug nose? But this Is the law under
which women have lived since the be-
ginning of time and it doesn't give the
ugly girls "a fair chance.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-07-17
KENOhLL'S SPAWN CURE.

DR. n J. KENDALL Co..
Gents - think 81 my duty to render you my
thanks for your far famed kcnia!ls SPAWN Cure.
1 had a four year old nlly which priced very
highly. She had n very severe swollen leg. tried
about egh different kinds OF medicines which did
good. I purchased bottle OF your kendalls
Spawn Curs which cured her in four days
IremGil yC;lrS,
MARION DowDKS-
Price 81 per bottle, six bottles for 81. All drug
gists have It get for you, It Will be sent
to any address receipt OF price by the proprie-
tors. DIR. Il. j, r KENDALL CO,
EGo5b.:-<S EGIis, SeTRont.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-07-17
"A dVertiSinc q Rates.

The large and rel anle circulation Of tie CAN
BRIA tHEEMAN commenas IL 10 the fayorafle
cons ide ration Of advertisers whose favos 80 e
Inserted al the following low ra4es:
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bu-lAtra ittuNs hf-E ltirt. % w. we -
subsequent insertions. Sc per line
AdUl. -strator's and Executor 20 tic-- 80 e.
Auditors Notices. ces.................--..
Stray and similar Notices .-.. ...-.-...-.- 80
EE-nesoiuffons or proceed tngs ~ any c1t
tfon or society and coIcrluuloat.9us 60 '-...t
call attention 10 gnY IL after CO limit
vIeual Interest must be pafd for asg cFe-
Book and job Friutins % al klccF -
oXeGiously execRted at the loves p-.ar'
dOu't you forget it.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-07-17

Guaranteed Circulation
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-08-26
Governor Hoard on the seashore.

Ex-Governor Hoard is one of the best
story teIlers in the country. On the trip
to Gaeua his fund of stories seemed mex
hauStible. One of them was this:
81 was down ri "a little clambake in New
Jersey last summer, and after dinner was
called on to make a speech started off
by saying that | had eaten 40 many of their
low neck clans that | wasn't in the best
sort of condition to make IA speech. When
| used the Expression low neck clans an
old chap, sitting directly across the table
from me, whose face was long enough to
enable him 10 eat oats out of a churn,
scoWlrd at me, aud then said, in stage
whisper, Little neck clans, little necks-
not low necks. paid no attention to the
interruption and finished my speech. When
dinner was over he trailed me Out into the
hail aud said You are from Wisconsin,
amt youg
"Nes,' replied.
You don't have many clans up there
reckon
"'Well, said, we have some, but it's a
good ways to water, and in driving them
across the country their feet get sore and
they don't thrive very WELL
He gave me look that was worth a
dollar and half, and in a tone of the ut
most disgust said. Lord! CLANS amt got
no feetr
"He turned away, and approaching one
of my friends inquired, is that fellow
governor of WISCONSIN,
YES said my friend.
"'W-a-ll,' drawled the old man, with
good deal of feeling, he may be a smart
man in Wisconsin, but he is a fool on the
seashore.' "-Chicago Tribune.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-08-26
Carriage Travel on the Bridge.

The length Of the carriage way on the
Brooklyn bridge is $3.50 feet. The number
of carriages and other vehicles crossing
amounts in day to 1000 From in the
evening until 6 o'clock next morning
about 800 carriages or wagons cross. Then
the number increases TO 100 between and
I, and 200 between rand s, and to 800 in
each hour between S in the morning and 4
in the afternoon. From / TO ) and from 5
to 6 the crush is greatest and reaches 400
an hour BeJSGcn q and 1t fails to 200,
and between and s TO lC0, after which
business again becomes dull. There are,
OF course, average figures, as the traffic
varies according TO the weather and the
season, but is always greatest between 4
aud in the afternoon and least in night
hOurs.-New York Sun.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-08-26
THE LAND OF LONG AGO.

II was Homel that land where our mothers
hand
Her little ones curls caressed;
There we smiled and wept, and as sweetly
slept
As baby birds in their nest.
Now II sigh ascends for the dear old friends;
We can never hope to know
Any hearts so kind as those left behind
In the Land OF Long Ago!
Then what bright romance was that first glad
glance
Into Loves enchanting book;
And what thrilling bliss, when the first fond
kiss
From our daring's lips we took.
We may WOO and wed: but till life hath fed
We sLall yeurn and sigh also,
For the angel fair whom we worshiped there,
In the Land of Long Ago.
Though our dreams are gone, yet we still plod
A-weary with pilgrimage;
Let us do the right, and with evil fight,
Till we reach life's resting stage.
Then shall friends who weep DER our dream
less sleep
In the churchyard lay US low;
When the night is DER we may wake once
more
In the Land Of Long Ago.
George Hill in Sunday Magazine.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-08-26
a Big Game Eag,

The total amount Of big game brought
TO bag during the Maharajah's shikar party
was eleven tigers, three panthers, two
bears, two rhinoceri, eleven buffaloes, forty
nine deer and twenty one boars. The fol
lowing were the weights anI lengths Of the
five biggest tG1:a: Length, 10 feet 215
inches; weight, 403 pounds; 10 feet, AS
pounds; Q feet inches, 461 pounds; 9 feet
inches, 40 pounds: feet inches, 455
pounds The six largest swamp deer Qtu-
cervus duvacellD were SO pounds, sos
pounds, 500 pounds, 4!O pounds, LID pounds
and $50 pounds. The two lIr2efl Sambhur
(Rusa aristotilis) weighed 5iS pounds each
Land and Water.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-08-26
Experimenting in a Tank.

One OF the most interesting and valuable
features in the shipbuilding yard Of the
Dennys, on the Clyde, is what is knowu as
the experiment, which is 300 feet long and
10 feet deep. In this tank are experiment.
ally determined the speed, resistance and
other similar qualities of all vessels to be
built before the designs are completed
This tank and the models which are used
are by no means toys, but are of valuable
assistance as mathematical methods of
scientifically determining facts of the ut
most importance.
The models employed are made from
paraffine wax, and by an ingenious ma
chine are cut from this material to the ex-
act form of the ship they represent upon
any desired scale. This mechanism is
largely AUTOMATIC and self re sisseriDg, and
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-08-26
The Mosquito Troubled Him,

"Oui," said the Marquis de Vim, select
ing cigarette from his case. "Oui, Eat
mon waz a YER brave mon."
Archibald O'Rafferty looked pleased, and
the marquis continued:
"Ze story, eet make me tink ov something
Iwoz a weetniss TO in Russian. A criminal
had been sentenced to die on a cross, to
be-er-what you call him-ah, yees, cruel
fed. 1t IL ver' common way in that part
of re world 1t il ov southeast Russian
that | speek. Five other criminals, who
had been tried long time, were to die,
and they did So but with much crying and
screaming, which made the crowd laugh
YER mOCch
But this one criminal of which speak
TO you he did not cry once, not even when
one of re spikes broke after piercing his
right hand, and they had to drive in an
other. And when they spiked his feet to
the pole be never make 50 much az one
grOan And when they let 90 Ov him and
his whole weight was suspended from the
spikes in his hands he keep as still as never
was. Hiz eyes were closed and at last we
began to tnk that he was. dead when he
opened his eyes. and when they fell on me
he say:
"Monsieur. will you please do me one
favahY
Certainment,' | cried, with pleasure
What ees eet?'
"'Just kill that mosquito on my toe. He
is bothering he life out ov me. Chicago
Post
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-08-26
An Imperfect Inventory.

Mo;h"r-And so your friend Clara is soon
to tie married?
DAught Gust returned from long alb
sence)-Yes; doesn't it seem strange?
hadn't heard a word about it until called
to see her this morning. She showed me
her rousseau. It's perfectly IUyely, just
from Paris, and she has the handsomest
ring | ever saw, and she showed me the
house she is to live in, and the furniture
she has selected, and the horses and car.
riages she is to have. She showed me
everything except the man she is going to
marry | guess she forgot about him.
New York Weekly.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-08-26
The Money Did II.

An Italian resident of this city tells the
following incident of a countryman in his
native land; Among devices employed to
evade the three years requisite service i'll
the army is that of feigning to be deaf and
dumb. The man in question was so sue
cessful in this deception that, though he
was kept for three months among booming
cannon and rifle reports, he never once be-
trayed the fact that he could hear either,
and was allowed to go free. However, two
men were sent to watch him, and when he
walked up the stone steps of his house
some money was thrown down behind him.
He Immediately turned around on hearing
the iingIing coin. and was seized ard car