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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-05-15
COLOR-BLINDNESS.
It Does Exist, and That Very
Largely.
Some Interesting Facts In Regard TO tt
Why Persons Suffering NTH This De-
feet shorld Bc Kept from Railway
and Steamboat Service

That color blindness does exist no
one with any knowledge Of the civil
service and governmental or railway
reports viii deny; and since so much
importance Is attached to the ability to
distinguish and read intelligently the
Incaning OF language given by color
sign, it is well that some attention
should be devoted to the subject This
viii be all the more apparent when we
think OF the great steamers crossing
the ocean, or the railway trains travel
ing over the lcugth and breadth of the
land; one mistake regarding the color
Of light or the appearance Of a sema-
phore might be, aud has been, the
means of many disasters attending both
life and property.
Young and Helmholtz tell MS that the
three primary colors- rcd, green and
violet, have special nerve fibers in each
point of the retina of the eye; but very
often those fbers are wanting or de-
fective, and so arises the difficulty of
distinguishing between the various
coiors- To such persons the world
must appear quite differently colored
from what 1t appears to us. There are
n great many persons-nlmost one In
twenty-vho are incapable of distin-
gushing red colors distinctly. They
know from ordinary conversation that
n certain color is called red. and by ex-
pcrience only arc enabled TO use this
expression.
Governments and railway conpa-
MES have taken up the subject; and ex
aminations nre periodically held in
order TO ascertain the powers of men to
distinguish the different colors That
hn ino -ip-, Il frl,era.e.h1,
TO engine drivers and sailors admits of
no caviL And it is always highly
commendable plan to stop n man on the
threshold of a business which he by M
turc is unfit to occupy, to the safety of
others ns well as to himself
People affected with color blindness
seldom declare white color to be
black, but ottener the reverse. Pink
and green are very puzzling colors 10
the candidates; pink is over and over
again described as white; green. yell
low; and green gets every other color
but It's own. Drab and yellow also ap-
pear 10 be puzziing. Yellow is often
said 10 be red, and one-third as often
to be green. Neutrals are made partic-
ulars, and pale blue is often called
green But the most remarkable fact
of all is that q green color, shown in q
darkened room was called red one
hundred and seven times out of one
hundred and eighty nine.
Mr.. Jsbez Hogg. the consulting sur
geon to the Royal Westminster
ophthalnic hospital of England, re-
Gently took prominent part in bring
ing to light many facts connected with
color blindcess, and has been instru-
mental in getting laid before the Eng
Ilsh public the Board of Trade Report.
He says:
In family of seven children, four
sons and three daughters. the eldest
and the youngest Of the sons are color.
bind The defect is inherited from tho
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-05-15
COSTLY RELICS.

THE speech of Claudius, engraved on
plates of bronze, is yet preserved in the
town hall of Lyons, France. 1t was dis
covered in 1928 on the heights of ST.
Sebastian above the town
The Biblical Society of London an
nounces that IT has in it's possession 4
papyrus manuscript which is in the
handwriting of the great apostle St
Peter. They claim that one hundred
thousand dollars offered for the manu-
script by another British society was
refused.
THE only authentic portrait of Cleo
patrn that is known TO archaeologists is
a bust which appears on a series of
coins. 1t is on the reverse, and bears
the inscription in Greek: Queen Cleo
patra, the Divine, the Younger" while
on the diverse Is a portrait of An
tony, Dictator for the Third Time, Tri-
umvir.''
AMONG historic rings Is one said to be
Shakespeare signet- Upon the seal,
ertwincd with a true lovers knot, are
the initials w. 4 Itw lost before his
death and found many years after by n
laborer's wife near Stratford church.
yard. This is the only authentic piece
of his personal property known to be
in existence.
THE most famous gems extant are
perhaps the Comma Augustea in Wen
ma, sardonyx nearly quarter of q
yard long, on which the triumph of Au-
gustus is cut in the rarest workmanship
by Discorides, of Rome. There are mag
nificently cut antique amethysts, though
rock crystal was and is mainly used for
vases and cups.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-05-15
KISSED THE POET.
How Dom Pedro Made Whittier Blal
Like IA Bashful Maiden.

How Dom Pedro Made Whittier BIGsa
Like IA Bashful MalGel.
The poet Whittier. who eroa IL .li=
old age il as bashful as a girl. E-gs
once embraced and kissed by d ul-a i-
a crowded Boston parlor. The il.C. .1.
is told by Rev. Carlos MARTIN iu H. l..a
Of Wendell Phillips. Dom Pe-.,. -
Brazil, on his visit % Boston il I..e,
expressed wish TO meet Mr. 'tlt. .-.
with whom he had coTTcsFoLloG -.
many years concerning postry ---
slavery. 4 notable Bostoniaa gave
reception 10 the emperor III ,Vhlcl &C
poet promised 10 be present
The emperor was convcrs.ng gth
Wendell Phillips when the venera e
poet entered, but he Immediately -s.-.
threw his arms about tie D.
Quaker, and kissed him on both e. ..-s
Then seating him on 4 sofa nc plaza
himself at the poets side and olls,.-5
with him for half an hour.
When the conversation became gen
eral the emperor told Of his driving
over TO ChGrlestown to sec bunker T.
monument. II was six o'clock in the
morning, and the keeper was H. bel.
When aroused he refused to let lhe en-
peror in until he paid the entrance ..e,
half dollar.
Dom Pedro. having left his purse IT
home, was obliged 10 borrow tEc coin
from the h2cl1man. The company
laughed and Mr. Phillips said:
The story does not end with the r2T
ment Of the entrance ice. / W. =
your majesty the rest OF il Two hour
later q well-lnown leader Of Boston
society entered the visitors room AZ the
base of the monument. CHANGING ovlc
the book in which every visitor rcr-s-
tiers he saw your Inajcsty's signature.
why said he to the keeper, .yca
have had the emperor OF Brazil here
this morning. How did he looiS?'
The keeper, putting on his glasses.
examined the handwriting and scorn-
fully muttered:
Emperor? That's a dodge; that feT'
low was a scapegrace without cent IN
his pocletr N V journal
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-05-15
a PROPHECY.

Cousin AureiisA bending over
Her 'oroidery frame through the long stNl
hours,
Stitching daisies ant purple clover.
And spikes OF gorgeous cardinal flowers;
Ali the sweet bright summer unheedtng.
Save whsn her floss by the wind IS stirred,
She chides the rover, her work impeding,
BY lifting eyes with WEAKNESS blurred
What will ii profit my little cousin'
VIII she gain vi dom, wealth or fame,
In DAYS that run into Inonths-s dozen.
whilo she bonds over hcr 'b-oidsry frGraef
VIII she be paid when friends shall praise her
VIII she regret when those less kind
With tAcir superior skill arraZo her.
limiting faults she cannot hndr
What does she dream will DC the guerdon'
Forward and backward her noodle slips;
Her work. her dreams are sure no burden,
To guess by the curve of her rose red lips-
What does she cam, that horn OF plenty
Her magic fingers will soon complete;
Cousin Aurclia, fair and twenty,
Yonr work / label: Sweets from the sweet. .
What do~- she dream. while so demurely
Stitching that tuft OF tangled grass.
She will not tell-rIl gucss-now surely,
Something like this shall come 10 pass
Far in the future. dim, uncertain
A girl Of The time will yawn, some day:
My Great-fyrandmother made this curtain
And ruined her handsome eyes, they say"
-Asrgarot Holmes, in YOUTHS Companion.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-05-15
A Mammoth Wheel.

What Is believed to be the largest
wheel in the world was recently made
at the Scranton (Pa.) works of the
Dickson Manufacturing Company for
the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company
Of Michigan. It is cog-wheel, 81 feet
in diameter, with an Is-inch face. and
is built in the exact form of q bicycle,
with its extensions and spokes. The
capacity of the wheel, at velocity of
10 feet q second at the inner edge of
the buckets, is so, 600 gallons Of
water and 1000 tons of sand in twenty
four hours. Its weight is 400, 900 pounds.
The journals are % inches in diameter
and 3 feet inches long. The total
length of the shaft is % feet inches.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-05-15
THE OLD FARMER's ALMANAC.

Now. Hammer. 'tain't use 70 tell what them
newspapers say
About the storms and winds and hoods thaHs
comm right away,
Tho cold waves that they harp about that's
brcwin' in the west,
An rnovin' east bout Just so fast hain't no
confidence
In anything OF that ere kind; t's the new
tangled WY
OF runnin things as IL the Lord he wouldn't
hcv' His say
About the weather any more sin't 90 tarnai
green
AS =; lie TUX in by weather that's ground out OF
Eachinsi
An I looI, waero I'll ind it straight for snow.
an rain, an hail.
In the good o.d Farmers Almanac that hangs
tAero on the nall
Them proheroiiities don't count; want 20
know for sure
An sartin when the ~tnter'n come, the real
simon purci
The kind of weather that We had 30 plenty in
my day,
times held till May
In theri times Hammer, billiards. wuI thing
VIC didn't know;
A snowstOrm q snovStcrrr, and . high
wind wuz = blow;
An when il cleared away We didn't hsrrer up
our souls
A-worryin' about tho storm shat wur hatchIn'
~ the poles;
An when We wanted weather news bout which
thers WuZ no fail.
We looked in tho Old almanac that hung there
the nail
We trusted sone to siens. you know, hD~
the wild .'cesc rew
Agoin' south, an how the husks upon the field
corn grew,
An how the beavers built their dams whether
thcy's high or low.
An IL the breast bone OF she sooee WIZ white,
lock uut for snow;
But whom nv mother wanted for 20 set o
broody hon
Shed have to have The signs sII right for good
hatch; an when
Ny father wanted 10 ind out thered be o
rainy May,
So's he could raise his calves, IN know he'd
have crop OF hay
Why then they looked where weather cAcula
tiOus did not fan,
In the o.L Farmers Almanac that hung there
the raL
The calendars rnsy be oil right for them
thinks cru -.
But they don't tcu the farmer when his grass
like TO know about the time the new moon
will DC here,
An about the expected tAntrurns OF the planets
through the year,
An what time the 'cIipses visible VIII Dc along
this way,
An II thcreIi be sou1c thunder showers about
camp raeetin' day.
like TO SEQ the pioters that I've seen for any
ayoaTi
Thcy bring mo back 70 youth again-an' though
some nay think 'tis queer,
Them jokes il the Inst ps-t-is never Old or hst
stale,
| Ia the old Farrnor's Almanac that hangs there
on tho nail
| So Hammer 'tain'i DO use 20 try TO beat # into
mo
| Thnt them forecasts" IN ths newspapers that
! eyory day
| Is Of my sort Of consequence; Why, there han't
| kind OF doubt
| But what man that undertakes 70 plan the
| weather out
Must know the heavenly bodies, an coniunc-
tions, just ~
| Know al my cows an horses, on pigs thnt's IN
the siyi
lie can't trust to them Thermometers with ns
! gers sct by rule
| Like the sums upon tho blackboard when
went to deeStrict school
! An when I want TO know aeout the rain an
| SNOW. an hail.
| IL look IN rhe Farmers Almansc that hangs
| there on the nail
-C1srs Augusta IN ~. E Magazine
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-05-15
NUMBER l9.
HIS PROFESSION.

NJ boy and rode IN the train
One morning bright ana clear
when I'm a growu-up ma1, SAID he'
"I'l! b. an engineer
But soon the dust fleS in his eyes
And heavy grew his head
II wouldn't be an engineer
For all the world" he SAID
Aly boy was al @ seaport town
And saw the rolling sea
Mamma" he said. one evening
"a sailor shall be.'
We took him TO u yacht race
He had 10 20 10 bed
II wouldn't be sailor, now,
For al the world 80 he sale
We read him stirring stories
OF soldiers and their fame.
'I'il 20 and fight" cried Freddie,
And put them al 10 shame
We told him of q soldiers ltfs;
lie shook his little head
I wouldn't be Z soldier, now,
For all the world nc said
And thus 70 each profession
He first said yes then no
To make = choice IS hard, he said
"At least, Tnnd 81 so"
but what. then. VIII you beg asked
When you are Erown-up, FredS'
! really think I'll only be
A. nil.nar," +" he said
DIR Malcolm Mcleod, IN ST Nicholas
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-05-15
THE CAR TRACER.
a railroad EmpIoye Who Leads Very
BUY Lie.

Lie
The cnr tracer is a man en- y by
n railroad company To hunt up st
freiJ iJht cars. He travels great del'.
but the beauties of the country through
which he passes are lost upon him, for
he has no eye except for lost freight
cars If be takes a little snack in a
railroad restaurant, his eye is turned to
the window constantly, especially
when freight train goes rumbling by
He has been known to leave his coffee
half drank, rush out and mount the
cabooSe with an air of triumph. which
proclaimed that he had recognized the
initials and number for which he was
searching. Studying freight cars as he
does renders him oblivious to the beauty
of the most elaborate Pullman or Wag-
ner palace car, and he looks upon the
latest improved vestibule limited with
supreme Indifference. In fact he
dreams of nothing but lost freight carr,
strayed or stolen, and initials and num-
bers dance before his sleeping vision
continually. He doesn't confine his
search to the main lines by any mesna,
but wanders off on obscure roads,
branches and cutoffs, and Is sometimes
rewarded by finding the lost car in
some gravel pit, or switched off at q
stone quarry and used as an Office or
perhaps residence for a sub boss. Great
is his JOY then to drag il out to light
and start the truant on its way home.
Verify, there is more joy in the freight
masters office over one lost car that is
recovered than over ninety and nine
that went not astray.-Texas Siftings
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-05-15
Curieus Census Fncts.

It is q curious fact, revealed by the
figures of the recent census, that, while
there are in the United States three
cities of more than 1 ,0O0, 900 inhabitants
each, one of between 500. 900 and 900, 900.
three of between 400, 900 and 500, 900
each, and nine Of between 200, 900 and
900. 900 each, there is not a single one
having between 800, 900 and 400, 900 In
habitants. In 1880 we had but nine
cities with population Of over 100, 900
each
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-05-15

-Before we were married" said
she, his displays of affection were pos
itively overdone." "And now?- They
are very rare. II indianapolis Journal.
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Business iShm-. nrSN in-c-tipn. tOc. pTH h1os
subsequent insertions. SC. per line
AdntnistrAt0r's and Executors Not'c-s - 90
AuditOr's Notices 80
Stray aud similar Notices ...........-.-.- -
ss-Resolutions or proceedings OF sny corpora
tton or society and CON uunicatiOns designed 10
call attention 10 any matter OF limited CT trdi
yIdunl Interest must be paid for sdverttseE-eri
Book and JOB Printing Of all kinds neatly no
eKo1iousiy executed At the lowest prices, Aud
don't you iorg 50.
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A dVertiSinS Rates.

The lsrge ard rel able oircristicn Of ua CAV
BEaA fEEsAA AZ counenAe q b tie -. o~sx.ts
ide rstion or advertisers whose viii t.s
aus ertes a. the following low rates
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-05-15
Wonderful insects.

The fy-spider lays an egg as long N
itself. There are 4,0fI muscles IN the
caterpillar. Hook discovered l403)
mirrors in the eye Of 4 dronc, and e.
effect the respiration Of u carp .S, %
arteries, vessels, veins, bones. etc, are
necessary. The body Of every spider
contains four little masses pierced with
multitude Of finpcrcephble hole. ccra
hole permitting the passage OF 4 sl-- .s
thread, all the threads, to the am1ul-
of l,ooo to each mass, join toE. -LaT
where they come out, and make t.e
single thread with which the Spite
spins its web; SO that what we caG the
spiders thread consists more than OF
1000 united. Presbyterian
What do you know about the d's-
solution of parliament?'' the mGiae, =
editor asked OF the new man at the for
eign desk Nothing" he said iEao-
Gently; II didn't know it was dissolute
Al all. Washington star.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-04-19
sSrsEial AntisHa.

var<z-,. ROCHDALE COOPERATIVE So
HhsSa ciety.-Members are informed that
the new trade cards and books, running to
April, 1892, are now ready for issue. Please
write your present address across the face OF
the old pink cards expiring April, 1891, and
return them without delay to any of the fol-
lowing-named members and obtain the new
ones Merchants will not recognize the old
cards after April 3d. 1891:
A. 4. LONGLEY, S12 A street northeast, Ag-
ricultural Department.
T. 2. KEENE, 1904 o street, Second Auditors
Office.
j. w. MARSHA, 905 II street, Cash Room,
Treasury Department, and at 705 Fifteenth
street, from 12 to 1890 noon and at p. NJ.
l.. VANDERHOEF, 931 French street, Bu-
reau OF Statistics.
K. G. FAWCETT COB Massachusetts avenue
northeast Fourth Auditors Office.
j. E. McCABE, 90 Third street northeast,
Post Office Department.
II. w. SMITH, 718 B street southwest, Quar-
termaster Generals Office.
l.. f. HUNT, 1910 $ street northwest, Sixth
Auditors Office.
J.. E. GRIDLEY, FOG l. street northwest, Reg
ister's Office, Treasury.
JOHN MORRISON. 415 r street northwest,
Pension Office.
DR.. JOS. JOUY, 221S Pennsylvania avenue,
Surgeon Generals Office.
JOHN FINN, 51S Twenty-third street, Adju-
tant Generals Office, War Department
G. b. SAVER, 703 Sixteenth street northeast,
Record and Pension Division, War.
FRANK SIBLEY, 705 Fifteenth street north
west.
THOMAS NESTOR, SO X street northeast,
Government Printing Office.
}. c. BROWN, Seventh street and Rhode
Island avenue drug store.)
ID. NJ. DAVIS, 1913 Nineteenth street, Bureau
Engraving and Printing
II. r. ELLIOTT 207 south Washington street,
Alexandria, Va.
JOHN II. JONES, 1926 Sixth street north
west, Signal Office.
j. NJ. ANDRUS, 935 Rhode Island avenue,
General Land Office, Interior Department.
j. f. PAGE, Grocer, 1910 street northwest.
JOHN JOHNSON, 1015 I street northwest,
Registers Office, Treasury.
N. G. MARTIN, 627 G street southwest, Third
Auditors Office, Treasury.
w. II. WOMERSLEY, 1925 II street, Office
Revenue Marine, Treasury.
A. NJ. SALMON, 1888 Fifteenth street north
west.
By order of the executive committee.
J. w. HARSIIA,
ap19-2t Secretary.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-04-19

There are more than two hundred artists in
the triple circus. Twenty female bareback
riders, twenty-five male bareback riders, and,
in short, actors and acts of all kinds. In the
hippodrome more races are given by intrepid
riders and fiery steeds than in any other shows,
Roman standing races, Roman chariot races,
modern running and trotting, mule and don
key, monkey and poney, elephant and camel,
bag wheelbaraow, man VS.. horse, and many
other races.
The Wild West is comprised of a great num-
ber of Indians, scouts, cowboys, pathfinders,
Indian fighters, Indian squaws and paposes,
led by Capt. A. H. Bogardus and his sons,
champion shots of the world. All kinds of
Wild West scenes historical, romantic, and
comica, are portrayed, the Ghost dance,
hanging horse-thief, Custer battle, etc.
In the menageries will be found one or more
of every species known to zo6logy, more cage
fuls of animals than some shows have single
ones. Adam Forepaugh, Jr., will present a
huge herd of $4,000 trained and dancing ele-
phante and highly trained stations, bronchos,
and dogs. The entire shows will surpass any
exhibition ever given in such way as to defy
comparison.
Ballantne's Pale Extra Beer will make you
fat, healthy, and good-natured.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-04-19

huge menageries, real Roman hippodrome,
new Wild West, and famous foreign features,
it eclipses its former self. Probably the great
est feature of this season is Col. Edgar Daniel
Boone and Miss Millie Carlotta, the celebrated
European lion tanners, who will exhibit five
forest-bred lions in a steel-encircled ring The
lions will be harnessed to and draw q chariot,
they will play see-saw with great German
boarlhound named "Saxon," they will form
tableaux, ride tricycles, and do many other
astonishing things while loose in the ring.
The famous Hanlon-Volters appear for the
first time under canvas with the Adam Fore
paugh shows this year. These remarkable
artists will do double somersaults high in the
ambient air, from swaying bar to swaying bar,
fully sixty feet apart. Owing to the height
of the rigging and length of the leaps the act
cannot be done under roof because there are
not more than two or three buildings in the
country large enough. In fact, the great
waterproof tents of the Adam Forepaugh
shows are the only circus canvases large
enough The act is entirely new and ex-
tremely hazardous.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-04-19
Our Taxes Not So High.

Many persons think that the rate of taxes
on real estate in this District. because of the
twenty millions or more of debt incurred by
the comprehensive system ofimprovements''
incurred under the Shepherd regime, is
greater tnan in most other cities of the
country. A District Building clerk states,
however, that the public books will show that
the debt and taxes of Washington is less per
capita than in nearly all the large cities of the
country. In fuct, that the cold figures prove
that the people of the District are better off
than is generally believed.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-04-19
THE GARLIC PEST.
1t Is Spelling the Beauty of the Smith
sOnian and Other Parks.

Ab lb SpOllhB bhe beauby Oh bne SD0lLn-
sOnian and other Parks.
"You see how the garlic is spreading over
this park. 1t is fairly choking out the grass"
said Smithsonian Park employe. 1--WE are
now trying to check its spread and eradicate it
if possible, but it is difficult If not an impos
sible job, for the plant is more obstinate in its
hold on the soil than even the Canada thistle.
Some years ago there was comparatively little
of the pest in this park, and the Smithsonian
was noted for its extended stretches of soft
greensward in the milder months. Just look
at it now. 1t is strange that this garlic should
spread SO fast from the roots merely Itnever
has chance to form seed-heads, for the grass
in the park is constantly being moved and the
hay carted away. fear that it will be neces-
sary in order to get rid of it to plough up the
park, sow IL with SALT and let il lie fallow for
year or so. A bunch or two of garlic here
and there in grass sward does not look so
bad, but lawn which only garlic grew
would be offensive to both sight and smell.
The worst of 1t is that this plant is playing the
same game in the other large parks-spreadiDg
like wildfre. l believe that 1t has q compare
lively small hold in Judiciary Square, but in
Mount Vernon Park it is as bad as it is here,
and almost as bad in Lafayette Square and the
Agricultural grounds. tell you, between the
internal sparrows and the detestable garlic
weed the large parks are now in bad condi
tiou -