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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-04-17
INEXPENSIVE sENEvOLENCE.
The Method n Wise Man Used with Circu-
lators OF Subscription Papers.

The Method n Wise Man Used with Circu-
lators OF Subscription Papers.
was in the office of Chicago real
estate and loan agent the other day,
says q writer in the New York Sun, and
had scarcely got seated when n woman
was admitted, and asked him for a sub
scription to some charity.
with the greatest Of pleasure,
ma'am," he replied, and producing q
check-book he filed out a check for SO.
She thanked him very sweetly as she
withdrew, and It was only five minutes
after when mar entered and asked
for contribution to some poor chill
dren's fund.
''Certainly-only too glad, replied the
agent. and he wrote out another check
for So
After we had been interrupted four
times, and he had cheerfully written
four checks said to him:
You certainly deserve the title OF u
philanthropist."
We'll, perhaps"
But notice that you ask no ques-
tions and take every thing for granted,
Have YOU no fear uii being swindledS"
None whatever"
Ncll' tllC PtOplc Ol NulcdSO iluSt DC
an honest crowd"
''Oh. it isn't that, my dear sir. Let
me-
Ifere a lady entered and asked for n
contribution to assist in giving a free
excursion to a Sunday-school. and he
wrote out n check for SIS and waved her
out. and continued:
Let me explain. All those checks
are worthless. as they are drawn on n
bank where l have no funds. ] do 1t to
save time. All these callers come pre-
pared to argue and explain and con-
tend. and each one of them would sit
for half an hour. BY giving these
checks / secure a great reputation
around the block as 4 philanthropist
and a well-heeled man, and il costs me
nothing. When"
Here he paused 10 fill out a check for
so for the establishment of sailors
bethel, and then finished:
"When the checks arc presented they
ara found to be worthless. and those
holding them either get mad or see the
joke. In either case they never return,
nor do they give me away. Try it, m Y
boy. Saves time. money and CAB; and il
won't be a month before you'll be salts
fed that you are doing charity n better
service than if you were handing out
the cold cash"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-04-17
SMiSS UNIVERSITIES.
They Are Run pon - Co-EducatIonal

Basis.
The Swiss universities arc broad and
liberal in the highest degree. Statutes
are passed in their scnates with simple
reference to elevation of character and
usefulness. and with no apparent
thought of the sexes as separate. These
statutes, when presented in council, are
treated in the same spirit and the
question as 70 the advisability of CO.
education came first in every university
after women had already entered and
studied. The original statutes eXclud-
ed no one. and consequently when
after generally a remarkably long time
women applied for admission. their
names were taken exactly as those of
their brothers were taken: they
took their places among these and
worked there undiSturbed until
some other consideration brought
the question forward. 1t is diff
cult to see why il should have been
50 long after the establishment of the
universities before women asked TO
work in them. In Zurich it was thirty
one years, in Berne thirty-cight. While
Basle was disturbed first last wear bv
the question. Lausanne, however.
which just begins its career as a uni
versity. begins with women students.
In Zurich and Berne it may have been
the development of the universities
from schools originally founded for the
aid Of callingS as yet unthought of for
women which caused the Indifference
on the part of women toward them.
However that may be, when in the
sixties women applied for admission in
Zurich-thc first one was n foreigner
no question was raised; she entered and
took her degree. Ten years later, when
so many, chiefly Russians, came with
insufficient preparation, new law was
passed regulating the admission OF
students into the university, and
formally recognizing women.-Flora
Bridges, i, Popular Science Monthly.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-04-17
a ROOSTER HORSE tanner.
How a Poor Hindu Fakir Overcame q
Vicious stallion

Vicious stallion
Hindus are very sllillful in tanning wild
annimals and snakes, and an incident
was related the other day by an Indian
traveller of how an Indian faltir tanned
in few minutes refractory horse
that no one else could manage.
The horse in question was O full
blooded stallion, belonging to one of
the Rajahs who had bought him for
$4,000 rupees. The animals favorite
trick was to run backward when any
one mounted him, and no amount. of
squirting or whipping could make
him go in the direction that n good
horse should go. Many famed horse
tanners were hired to cnre the horse of
this disgraceful trick, but none sue
ceeded. The Rajah offered fsO0 to any
one who should break the horse Of his
bad habit.
An English officer who was ac-
quainted with the Rajah told him that
he knew a common falzir who was of a
very inventive turn of mind, and ad-
vised him to give the fellow a trial
The fakir was sent for, and appointed
day on which he said he would posi-
lively cure the horse of all bad tricks.
The Rajah, with number of officers
and retainers, went to witness the tam
ing. The tricky horse was handsomely
caparisoned, but the fallir made his ap-
pearance in his everyday dilapidated
clothes, that were dirty, as usual, for
he had no others. By his side walked
a ragged boy carrying bag with
something in it. The fal<ir said few
| words to the boy and then leaped upon
the horses back with the agility of a
| monkey. The horse Immediately began
running backward. Everybody was
| wondering what the falxir could do,
when suddenly the boy thrust his hand
into the bag and brought out wild,
! vicious-ioo,ing rooster with spurs three
| inches in length Quick as a flash the
boy fastened the fowl to the horses
| tail and then the fun began. The
rooster put in some fine work with his
| spurs and cael<led and screeehed as
| loud as he could. The horse was evil
[ IDENTIFY surprised First he stopped, and
| then tried to catch the rooster, as a
| kitten does its tail, by turning round
and round. The fakir held on like a
| leech
Finding this did not succeed, the
horse started on a run straight ahead,
just as would a dog with n tin can at
tached TO his caudal appendage The
stallion had been conquered. That one
lesson was sufficient, and he never
tried to run backward again-N. Y.
Times.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-04-17
BUILDING a LIBRARY.
No Royal Road to One Which Will BE o
Real

No Royal Road to One Which Will BE OF
Real Service.
As there is no royal road to learning,
so there is no royal road to that outward
and visible sign of it which consists in
shelves well filed with books, says a
writer in Kate Fields Washington.
The man who wants library can not
get il ready made. He may, it is true,
buy n collection of books fairly well
fitted to the average mind, hIst it Will
be about as satisfactory as the ready
made coat fitted TO the average body.
II will fail TO meet his individual eccen-
tricities.
Nor can the ideal library be gathered
in a hurry. Nothing is more helpful to
the tone and quality of library than
such moderate degree of poverty as
will limit purchases at first to the abso-
lutely essential In the buying of books,
as in the buying of pictures, real dis
elimination comes only through actual
experience, and it is very unfortunate
to have too many bought at a low grade
of development; but, on the other hand,
no man should wait to begin his library
until his taste is fully formed, or it will
lack many books which he would gladly
have there, but which would not run
the gauntlet of his mature Judgment
4 very common error in buying books
is to start with cheap editions under the
erroneous impression that later on they
may be replaced by good ones. Unfort-
unately, the mind of the book lover
will not assent to this plan, however
strong his will. The book he takes up
TO read is invariably the old and shabby
one, and the other becomes only a
splendid bit of decoration, TO please the
eye of the visitor. Your pet literature
always tastes best from the page on
which you originally read it; SO, when
you buy book of which you are likely
to become fond, it should be in n good
enough form to keep. At least, paper
and print should be so respectable that
a new binding will be all the change
necessary. With the habitual student
the sense of location is very highly de-
veloped. In his own library he finds
things by their position on the page,
and can turn at once to any given pas
sage in familiar author. But put him
in a room full of strange editions, and
this laboriOrlsly acquired sixth sense
becomes utterly useless.
The taste for fine bindings is liking
apart from the love of books for what
they contain, but it is by no means an
ignoble tendency, and adds vastly to the
aesthetic effect of q vell-chosen library.
The housing and care Of books, too, IL
a subject not beneath the notice of
even the profoundest student
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-04-17
&L5=,.oo -bou.

Foreign Visitor il cost ao'-
live in New York? Al
ilost-No, sir, il doesn't cost muI-
live IN this city: but il costs IKE 8,
Hill 10 keep up appearances-H>
Weekly.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-04-17
THE FORCES OF MATURE

Ir is said that the shores oi a.
are sinking so rapidly that IN - - s,-
centuries the French capitaI WIZ
become entirely submerged u
THE largest waves 70 be ioun1 -. -,
the Cape Of Good Hope. where D. =, -
there are not over haE "a dozen I,
10 the mile. but they ara ho' -
dangerous compared with th''''
waters. -
DrRING one ycur the f1rn si'l',5 ~.
ward the skies and mnkeS -,
fourteen feet Of the entire 80
verywhere-much 81 which II =, ~
tated as rain on land, and no"'
by rivers into the sen. 1910.
A RECENT survey has cStahl's'. !.
number of glaciers in the -AIl'9 ., t.s
Of which 249 have length oi iio., .,r,..
AZ miles. The French A4Ps -.,.r-
144 glaciers. those Of ltaly =. g.
eipht. Switzerland AZ and AuS''. 49,.
TABLES of the density Of the a -.
phere, calculated from '', t,,pl
,,,eather reports. have been - -
give a better ch,Hv "a the i'.g ~. NJ
and origin Of cyclones than 'n' ';.ols-
method of a comparison N inc ~
and isothermes aloTSa. o..
TIM most recent ol'scrval,r' ~ l,'". "..,e.r
the amount OF heat the earIh . plsg
from the sun show that IN eI'S', hss,
ant weather G35s per cent 'l ,J al
obsorl,ed bv the atmosphcTe a. - ID
sGls per cent. reaches the ~ co
figure rises in October to - ,lnary. r
and sinks 20 - per cent. ~
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-04-17
a BORN COURTIER.
Royal Compliment to the Late Emperor
william by Tiny subject.

william by IA Tiny subject.
During a stay of Emperor William l.,
of Germany, at a fashionable watering
place at Ems. that monarch paid visit
10 Il large orphan asylum and school
that was under Government patron
age. The presence of so distinguished
a parsonage created quite q sensation
in the establishment, says the Chicago
Herald $685..
After listening with much interest
to the recitations Of several Of the
classes. his Majesty called to him Il
bright faXen-haircd littlc girl of five
or six years OF age. and lifting her into
his lap. said;
Now, my little fraulein, let me see
how well YOU have been taught. To
what kingdom does this beloug?' And
taking out OF his pocket an orange. he
held ii up to her.
The little girl hesitatcd FOR a moment.
and. looking timidly up to the Emper-
or's face, replied:
To the vegetahicc kingdom
Cry good, my Ittle fraulein: and
now to what kingdom does this be-
long?" And he drew out of his pocket
gold piece and placed it on the orange.
Again the little girl hesitated, but
soon replied:
ITO the mineral kingdom
Better and better, said the EN-
peror. -----
Now look at me and say to me to
what kingdom / belong"
At this question there was an ominous
silence among the tcachers and visitors
who were listening with much interest
TO the royal catechism. Could She
make any other reply than TO the ami
MAJ liiugiom?'
The l...!.c girl hesitated long, as ii
perpleXed as to what answer she would
give. Was the Emperor an animal?
Her eyes sought those of her teacher
and her schoolmates. Then she looked
up into the eyes Of the aged Emperor,
and with half startled. frightened
look, as if she were evading the ques-
ton, replied: ITO the Kingdom of
Heaven
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-04-17
sncietv nnf NYesf.

There are. said the drummer, some
persons who seem to think that the peo-
pie of the far West however enterpris-
ing and hospitable they may be, live in
a rough-and-ready sort OF style. OF
course, the fact is that people of refined
tastes like TO be civilized whereverthey
are, and in these days of quick commu-
nication the people at all established
centers of population live in about the
same manner throughout the country.
One would be likely to find as many men
IN dress suits at an evening social enter
tainment in Montana or a Texas city
as he would at any similar entertain
ment IN an Eastern city"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-04-17
sNLLFuL CHICKEN srEALINe.
a Species of Robbery Quite Prevalent at
the National Capital.

SNiLLFCE CHICKEN STEALING.
a Species OF Robbery Quite Prevalent at
the National Capital.
eyes. this IS a good season Of the
year for chicken thieves" echoed De
tective block the other day when
Washington star reporter spoke t. him
about that class of criminals. But
he added. there haven't been so many
cases of chicken stealing lately as there
used 70 be. Reports of that particular
sort of stealing are few and far be-
tween. Now and then, however. three
or four jobs are done in as many nights,
and then nothing is heard from the
chicken man for a long time This IS
Just the time of the year for them TO
operate, but this year there seems TO be
a scarcity of such thieves or else chick
ems are not so plentiful. Those who
are called chicken thieves do not con-
fine themselves to robbing chicken
houses, but they steal all sorts of fowls,
turkeys. ducks or chickens. And,
strange TO say. this class Of offenders
confine their stealing chiefly 70 fowls
Seldom do they steal other articles, and
very few of them, indeed, are all-round
thieves"
y
of all its fowls without making noise
enough 70 rouse the owner of the
fowls?" the reporter inquired.
Easy enough" was the reply. ITO
use their language, they charm the
fowls before they attempt 10 leave
the premises with them, even II their
heads have to be taken off. The thieves
who are classcd among the good ones,
or those who thoroughly understand
their business, seldom take away live
chicken unless the number captured Is
very small. Sometimes" continued the
detective ''the thieves use sulphur 10
stranglc the fowls with. and 1t acts like
a charm. They use box of blue-headed
matches. which they dampen and rub
against their hand so that the fumes Of
sulphur that arise get into the lungs of
the fowls and prevent them from crow
ing or cacllliug or giving any alarm
whatever Then the burglar stretches
in his arm and collects his fowls one by
one
Everybody" said the detective,
cant steal chickens. There seems 10
be some peculiar qualifications neces-
sary 70 make man an expert at the
business. An expert thief knows well
the necessity Of always keeping a pot of
Scalding water on the stove at home. 50
that when he returns with the plumber
ne can get the feathers off them and
prepare them for market as soon as
possible Then he knows that the means
OF identification have been destroyed.
Often when such a robbery has been
committed early in the morning the
chickens are on a bench in the market
before they are cold.
Many night on my tour through
the city / have emcllcd smoke from
burning feathers and been satisfied the
feathers were picked from stolen fowls
and were being burned To destroy their
value aS evidence
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-04-17
AIerel-Hendch King.

The uncomplimentary terms applied
to journalists recently by Emperor
William recall by contrast thezvords
used 10y King lIumbert. of Italy. in
speaking of the members of that pro-
fession. At one of the court balls in
the palace at Rome the King summoned
Il number of editors To his side. After
referring with expressions of admira-
tion To the important work done by the
press, and TO the difficult and powerful
work of the editors, he added: Gentle
men. have often said that | should
wish to be a journalist were I not a
King"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-04-17
ENTERTAINING TRIPLES

\ MAN in Missouri sues for Gr1-'
from his. wife because she would no; !.
anywhere with him. but insisted on BIZ
remaining at bgme 70 take cue d
things.
4 DEFENDANT in Il New York eJs-t
confessed that he was the 'mOst motor
ious liar in the world. ] can't Eep i
/ would rather tell lie than not
An Atchison woman recently teL-
love with and married widower -
no other reason. she says. than that
took such good care Of his first wls'
grave
Mrs. ]. a. McDoNALD, OF TraTerS
City. Mich, made her husband Gins.
mas present a little too realistic 70 O.
low of his ever forgetting II. She Pr
scented him with triplcts, two girls u
one boy, each screaming success
OSE day in October. Just when \"
Jersey fisherman had broken hs a'
hook, n school Of f.h passed alo-
which he estimated to b. twenty MI
long and two broad, and PACKED
closely that they crowded each 0I''
ont Of water.
4 PIG belonging 10 Dick Walker .
Jcsup. Ca. had the misfortune % N"
with an accident which caused tn'
of "a leg. The humane and lngeA.-
Dick constructed cork leg JOY =
missing member. and the pig lHpa ''
tentedly around on II.
JoHN MARKs. an operative il ~
ark foundry. was caught ON 'l-
and whirlcd around 81 a.24' time
fore any one saw him and had ,D,
gine stopped. John did the c'lI-- 1
himself and saws it's right th"~"
was somewhat rutelcd boy the sp'e-
SOMETHING happened NJ Belle "a
Kan. the other day which ne'''
Cured before and never VIII l-'.-
woman in that town gave 'F",li
old vest, and in short tiiag ,. 81
turned and handed her a t"n-'.,,-.
which he found in one of the p'''
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-07-24
Elliott soon to Know His Fate.

CoLUmBus O., July 2S--At 1880 this morn.
ing Prosecutor Huling closed his argumens
for the State ia the Elliott murder trial and
Judge Pugh delivered his charge. II eas
considered very damaging 10 the pfis-
oner One principal point in the charge
evidence showed that Osborn fred FIRST, II
il showed that at the time Of the Killing hs
had given up the Hght and WAS ia full retreat,
the jury must hnd the defendant guilty.
No verdict had been reached 81 O'clock,
when the jury retired for the night. From
secret source the United Press
reporter obtained information that the
Jury stood 20 man against ths
accused. The degree Of crime, however. had
not been settled upon, but from the charge to
the jury il can hardly With any consistency b.
else than first degree.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-07-24
Kllied The Wrong nTrn.

McSTREAL. July 28.-At Sherbrooke Que.
yesterday the ftteen-y -year-old daughter of a
prominent resident or town went berrying
with o companion. About half mile from
home the girls met well-dressed stranger,
who after brief conversation caught one #
them and dragged her into field The Other
girl fed % the house Of the father Of the
victim and told the story. The
crazed fother armed himself and ac-
comranied by the girl started for the
scene. On The road they met man
whom the girl said was the person they
sought and she fathos instantly shot him dead.
little further ol his daughter WAS foundin Is
terrible condition Il is rumored that the
man killed wus not the offender. The Mon
treal detectives have been summoned 20 Sher-
brooke and have started for that place The
police here refuse 70 give the names Of the
parties or any further details
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-07-24
TO CORNER WHEAT.
An Alleged Movement Planned by the United
Farmers Alliance.


ST. PAUL, MINE. July 23.-St Paul hes
been made tho headquarters of national
movement by the United Farmers Alliance
Of the country 20 corner the entire wheat crop
OF the United States At No 3l7 Wabash
street for several days large force OF
employees has been engaged in sending
out circulars with the view Of having net
only the Alliance men Of tho United States
but all classes OF farmers. keep back the wheat
crop until the bears have all been killed OF
and prices have been advanced to high point.
In other words. the Alliance press bureau, the
reform press bureau and the State press
buresu are working together endeavoring 70
unite the farmers Of the United States IN
gigantic wheat trust, in which the producers
shall be the stockholders and by which the
spectators and wheat buyers will DO squeezed
60 the wall
At the head Of the movement, which has its
headquarters in st. Paul is George III. Muller,
editor Of the State and n prominent Allisnce
man. circular reciting the benefits OF com
binatOn and urging the formation OF the
trust have been made public. The circular
estimates the wheat crop ot ~ in the
United states, at 500 G.00oO0o bushels. The
promoters Of tho farmers' wheat trust be-
ileve that four-hfths Of this wheat can be
held back by the farmers for from four tc
eight weeks by which time. 1t is thought
prices will hayc gone skyward Lists bear
ing tue nnmos Of secretaries Of every Alliance
N the United states are now IL the hands OF
Muller, and the circulars have been sent to
the Alliances OF al the Eastern wheat-grow-
ing States. Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa,
California. Oregon aud to part Of the te-
naming wheat growing States.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-07-24
STORMS IN THE NORTHWEST.
Rain. Wind and Hail Cause Considerable
Destruction.

KAN, Wind and Hail Cause Considerable
Destruction,
ELLESDALI. N. d.. July ga hall storu
swept over the western part Of Dickey county
and q portion of Mcpherson county. South
Dakota last night In this county o
strip three miles by twelve was swept
over. but the damage s less than fret
supposed. as the district visited is not very
thickly settled Stock on the range was
stampeded and badly battered by tho hail.
Around Westport, in MCPHERSON county, a
bad state of affairs Is reported. Thousands
OK acres Of grain that promised an abundant
yield are said 10 be beaten into the ground by
the hail, which was Of enormous size.
CHEROKEE Iowa, July pa disastrousTain
and wind-storm visited this place aud vicinity
Tuesday evening. Railroad creek was trans
formed into raging torrent aud washed away
several houses md bridges. There are wash
outs on the Illinois railroad betweon this point
and Sioux City and on other roads Corn aud
small grain have suffered great damage.
ADA, MINI. July ga destructive hail
storm passed through Norman county Tuesday.
The area covered BY the hail-stoTm was strip
about two miles wide and thirty miles long.
On the majority Of the farms struck tho crops
are totally destroyed aud the farmers have no
hopes Of saving anything. Hail fell outside
Of the belt mentioned, but did little damage.
II is estimated that at least two thousand
acres are ruined Those fields were good fof
twenty bushels per 6cre.