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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-05-08
ARMY suaogRy a The RAsr-
Scenss After "a battle Bstore the Value
of Auua.zthstica Was DLsooyey,,l.

Scenes After Battle before the Value
Of Aurssthe<ics Was Discovered.
The Archives OF Military Medicine ~
Gently Cave an interesting account ur
the medical history Of the siege OF May
ence n 1893 The medical officer IN
charge of the hospitel says: "on AIrli
II thsre was a dreadful cannonade-
Among the number brought rs with
enormous wounds aad the number
was not inoonsidorabie In les, than I'm
hour eight for various aInputations-
was a little yoiunteer with great GOVT
age, although suffering terribiy. i
ordered that he should be undr-os>ed
while went round the ward TO glance
ut the various operations which the as
sistant surgeons were performing. RS-
turning 10 him with Citizen Riviere,
who was 10 perform the operation, we
perceived an enormous lower limb
enormous from the unusual amount Of
swelling. Manipulating the limb, We
came across n hard swelling, which we
took TO be caused by grape-shot ball
lodged in the limb. Our aStonishment
was great when we found that an in
cision of five or six fingers breadth
was sufficient to extract this enormous
foreign body, which on being got out
turned out to be Prussian ball weigh
ing no less than thirteen pounds. How
could mass Of this size have Just the
amount of force necessary 10 lodge IN =
thigh and not pass through it? This
problem leave to natural philosophers,
but admit Il 10 be almost necessary 10
have seen such things 70 believe them.
OF course there was nothing for it but
10 operate on this poor fellow or leave
him 10 certain death; we therefore
lluputated high up. When we had nm
shed he asked if it was done, and on
oeinE told that it was he cried out loud
Y: Long live the nationr Anaesthctics
mad not then seen the light, il must be
remembered. On another occasion the
firing of a mine caused tremendous
explosion which shook the hospital
building terribly. at that moment l
was engaged amputating the limb of =
soldier. As | was saving the bone amid
the general confusion caused by the
hrst shock l. second occurred which
brought down the whole Of Il glass sky
light over the patient and myself. Not
knowing whence AL the glass came. |
asked those standing round what was
the matter. The patient overheard me
and saId: Go on, don't alarm yourself;
YOU viii see plenty OF tins kind OF thing
When / had finished the operation he
cried: 'Viye Ia republique" -
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-05-08
FASHIONABLE PARTIES.
The Expense and Inconvenience of Large
BaIl-.

New York Is distinguished every sea-
son for its monster masquerades and
fancy balls. In spite OF gas, music. fow-
ers and gay costumes these gatherings,
If We are TO believe the reports OF many
who assist" them, are At once dreary
and disgusting. Tie multitudcs OF mock
kings, knights, ducheSses, ScaramouchcS,
pickwiclks, cardinals, Indians, clowns.
columbines. pantaloons, hidalgo-, sail
ors, punchinellos, fower-girls and what
not who meet upon common level upon
these occasions are nothing more than
promenading and Fyrating dummies,
says the New York Ledger. The world
may be a stage, but these ladies and
gentlemen show very clearly that all
the men and women are not players
not one in FIVE hundred Of them having
the slightest idea of personatiug the
character whose outer husk he or She
assumes.
These monster balls are said 20 DO
principally remarkable for three impos-
sibilities, viz: the impossiDilitity OF
dancing on account OF the crowd. the
impossibility Of getting any refresh
ments without fighting for them and
the impossibility of obtaining access 20
the dressing except b. force of
arms Fifteen dollars for ticket and
one hundred dollars for costume may
not be too much 10 pay FOR SIX hours Of
discomfort, but by riding IN the city
railroad or elevated cars for the same
length OF time you can get showed,
jammed and hustled about almost a.
thoroughly for much less money, and
you needn't pay any thing extra for
costume either.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-05-08
FLOWING INWARD.
Interesting Phenomenon on the Island OF
GepEalonia.

Cephalonia.
There is an interesting instance OF
water flowing inward from the sea 1t
is found ON the island of Cephalonia, in
the louiGn sea, west Of Greece. The
phenomenon occurs on the southwest
side Of the island. near the small town
and port Of ArgostOi, says Goldthwaite' s
Geographical Magazine. Two streams
flow IT Z short distance from one an
other straight into the sea for Il few
yards and then follow different courses.
One turns IT right angles and runs FOR
some ways parallel with the shore and
close TO i. Then It turns again toward
the sea, and running, of course. deeper
and deeper, dUubJes completely under
itself, thus forming a loop, and finally
passes out OF sight deep down III 4 land
ward direction. In its course it turns
two fiourmillS, which viii give an idea
OF the strength Of the current There
is no tide in the sea here, and the flow
Of the salt water brook IS perfectly
steady and continuous. The ether
stream disappears in the ground IL =
similar way.
This curious phenomenon has not at
tracted much attention because Argos
tG.I Is not on one OF the summer tourist
routes. No one knows what becomes
of this water, but it probably flows -
some subterrancan reservoir. and il
may have something TO do with the
earthquakes that occur in that neigh
borhood once in long while, or pos
sibly it feeds some distant volcano. Tor.
as Is well known, the most generally
accepted theory of the cause Of volcanic
eruptions IS that they are due to steam
generated from water admitted through
cracks in the earth's crust or IN some
pt her yyay
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-05-08
STOLEN eY 4 CHICKEN.
A valuable Diam nd Found ia the Crav
OF Ken.

OF u Ken.
Some time ago, says the New York
Journal, the household Of q gentleman
well-llnovu ii commercial circles Of
Gravenhurst, Ont, was very much up
set by the loss Of valuable diamond
ring belonging to 4 guest-a lady from
New York. Suspicion at once tell on q
servant, who was employed as house
maid, but ;srQn her continued and earn
est denial of the theft she was retained,
as the gentleman, from a sense of JUS
ticc, did not wish To discharge her on
mere suspicion.
y few days after the ring disappeared
it was found under the lady's window,
with the solitaire stone, however, miss
ing, having been pried out Of the set
ting. It was supposed that the thief
had removed tie diamond to keep II
from being identified.
The mystery was solved, however, re-
Gently, in most unexpected manner,
for, in cleaning 4 chicken for dinner the
cook discovered 4 small round object in
its crGw, which, on being cleaned, was
found TO be the missing diamond. The
sUPPOsition now is the ring fell from
the lady's hand while she was in bed
and the clothes being shaken next morn
ng. it fell from them into the yard
where it was found by the hen, which
)cclSing the stone from the setting
,wallOWeu II.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-05-08
The miokod Ro,om-rin.

As every one knows, in the early
days of Methodisn considerable
degree of strictness was maintained in
regard 10 the wearing of jcwelry or
costly attire. An eminent divine OF
that church gives an amusing incident
\ preacher had just gone to his new
charge, and was in the midst Of his SER
mon, when = woman rose and went
out, slamning the door with unneces-
sary violence. OF course, he supposed
he had said something which gave
offense; but, on making inquiries, he
learned that the woman left because
the minister wore a bosom-pin." The
fun of it was that he had driven to the
service over bad roads, and one drop OF
mud had settled on his immaculate
shirt bosom, dcceiving the tender con
science OF the good sister.-WIde
Awake
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-05-08
TO BE TAKEN WITH SALT.

IT is said oysters ten inches long are
found il New Guinea
a BALD-HEADED eagle that measured
nine feet from tip to tip was shot az
Ocosta, Wash, i short time since
A SWAN was killed in Trinity county,
Cal, recently, whose wings measured
seven feet when spread out It weighed
sixteen pounds.
THEY tell you Of geraniuns in Cali
fornia that grow 50 tall that you have
to go up into the window of the second
story to gather the flowers. And
woman in Michigan has geranium
four feet and 1--WE inches high
THE san Diego (Cal) sun tells of a
monster black bass taken with hook
and line recently near that port II
WEIGHED three hundred and eighteen
pounds, and the catcher was forty-two
minutes IN getting the fish alongside =
steamer.
A New HAVEN oyster grower reports
that his dredCc brought up an oyster
with a shen eleven and a half inches
long. the other day. Such an oyster as
that. SAYS the Norwich Bulletin, can
never be put in with other oysters and
sold by thequart. lie should be retailed
~ 50 much = yard.
A BEAR which weighed three hun
dred and seventy pounds was killed by
Solomon L. Perry, of Roncevcrte, W
Va, who had followed the animal back
and forth over Sassafras mountain for
thirty-one days. The bear killed eleven
dogs. The bears hide showed twenty
seven bullet wounds.
HOWARD COLEMAN, farmers boys,
of Little Britain, Lancaster county. Pa
| caught in a steel muskrat trap recently,
| it is reported, 4 fine fish of the bass
species, which on measurement was
found to be thirteen and one-hali
inches long, and one pound six ounces
! in weight The creek had risen during
the night and the water flowed over tht
trap.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-05-08
Affected 6Y POLITICS.
Curious Eject Of Political Exci,cmonts

Curious Eject OF Political Fxriteuonrs on
the Markets and Iheaters of Paris.
An observant Partisan once said that
he never permitted mushroom or q
shrimp 70 be eaten in his house during
periods OF political excitement, because
At such times the attention of the
laar6etmen was diverted from their
legitimate av0catiOn and poisonous
fungi and unfit crustacea were per-
Elltted 10 find a place with the whole
some delicacies. According TO statistics
published by the Assistance Publique
in Paris there are other things besides
mushrooms and shri1nps affected by
politics, and that there is a curious
bond Of sympathy between politics and
the box Office of theaters. In the
stormy times of Is4Sthe annual receipts
1cJln the Paris theaters and concert
cafes were only 81, 100, 900; in 1858, how
ever, they were $500, 600. The
Crimeau war caused a falling off Of
Sl-0,OOO; but the exposition year, 1855,
raised the receipts 10 S2,s00, 600. In
1907 and 1853 the receipts were s., ,5f0,-
0J0 each, but they fell in 1859, the year
of the italian campaign, almost $780,
900 lower. In the exposition year, 1867,
the taeaters took IN S4,40O, 600; in 1878.
s4,G6J, 000; in 1869, SIS, ,040. O0O In 1870.
with the plebiscite in May and the
declaration of war in summer, but
Sl,600,o00 was received. In 1871 even
this shrank away to 81, l25. 600. In 1879
the clearing of the political atmosphere
was Indicated by the rise of receipts to
Sj,210.000 and in 1876 TO S4,3I0,OC0. The
parliamentary troubles and the cleo
tons of 1877 brought about falling of
OF $4,000, but the worlds fair of 1878
caused an enormous increase to So, I3O,-
o0o- For the four or five years before
1857 the re ,eiptS were about 500 goo
annually. Then the Boulauger intrigue
sent them down 70 S4,0to.OO0 and in
I9es 70 Si,500,O00. The exposition year,
1907 bronght the figures up to S6, 400
GOO, followed by another reaction 10
- 800, 0OO in 1880.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-05-08
Boats In Slam.

The boat life Of siam includes -, -
all life. Business and pleasure. -, : -.a
and happiness, all center-in ~. b
or its branches. y boat ana Z.
are almost as natural and ln4.'F
possessions 10 Siamese as las a. "a 81
legs. lie has no notion u IF-' .'..s.
distance except by boat ana '1. ". rsl
living in 4 place inacccss.hia - F.
generally strikes him as aHa-.-,, .rab
weeks to come down stream win Will
carro: a week 70 dispose Of il a.' l %.
dulge in the Gayeties Of tne c.t.'- In D
or Eve months 20 get %. me "a
emptied boat and the rest q rse p'
for teamwork at hone--auo1 fsri
gramme for many a s.a-D1 s.a-1'4 ,,s:!s
which lives as oontentea4' a.
a. lhe pFofOundes. rA!-9-. ""
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-05-08

"Thc funniest snake know az! 70
about Is one found in Africa W W
lives upon egg, said Os'eo.2E.- - -
1t has curious proJce.''h -
ward from its backbone. JlsI - :
the head, which is like tooth ll'
tremity being actually t'?ps,Uu 4.
enamel This toothlikc appen.Iasg[ - +
q most important function VIII ~ ~
ton to the creatures method ol -.
a living, and il would be d...icuH = - I
4 more astonishing illustration =
ture of the adaptation of s-FHc..-.-s
necessity. When tins snake swan
egg the latter is passed down tAFo's.
guilet until il cncountcr- ta- 80
tooth l have spoken OF, when h
the shell. Thus, not only Is '-e
rendered ready for immcdiate -, -,
but no portion Of the fluid COM. r-,
lost, as would be the case II l--1 II
were obliged 70 bite into the - -
its mouth fangs- s-"-Washington 49,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-05-08

y wood-carving machine which pos
sesses many radical improvements has
been brought out. The machine is de-
signed specially for use in furniture
factories and in car, organ and piano
factories and other establishments
where wood-carving Is done. 1t will
carve four duplicate pieces any length
At one operation If not over seven and
one-half inches wide, or IT will make
two duplicate pieces any length il not
over htteeu inches wide
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-05-08

An amusing incident occurred on the
streets of Abbeville, Ga. a Turk, fol-
lowed by his performing bear, was ap-
preached by a negro, who engaged in
conversation with him The bear was
not in good humor, and, raising him
self on his launches, he dealt the negro
4 heavy right-hander, telling him to the
ground The negro was up in second
and rose running, nor did he halt till
out of breath, two hundred yards dis
tant from where he oollided with the
ground.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-05-08
OUR BOYS AND GIRLS.

This feature of 'h- Tunes has sroused more tn
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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-05-08

Customer (reading q newspaper)-
Here ] see am referred to in the pa
per again" Landlord-"Indeed? What
do they say about you?" Customer
trceding aloudb-"At the close of last
week Berlin numbered i,57S, s21 inhab-
itantsi am one Of the elotr'-Schorer's
Familienblatt
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THE PHILADELPHIA TIMES.

a Handsome Weekly Journal. niIed with richly
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1891-12-24
THURSDAY. DECEMBER "a, 1891.

Miss Ethel Whitefcld has been SELL
ing holiday goods for H. F. Alden & Co.
-Apples-choice and selected, at $2.35
per barrel, at A. NJ, Madsen's.
III. G. Wire of St. Cloud was III the
city on Tuesday.
Deputy Sheriff Murphy is attending
court in St. Cloud.
John Boobar is up form Saint Cloud
to spend Christmas with friends.
Tom Hogan will assist his brother
Mike annihilate turkey tomorrow,
The Epworth League supper was a
gratifying success.
Christmas services at the Episcopal
church at eleven o'clock in the morning.
ed. Johnson. who is attending the
State University, is home for the holidays.
Apples! Apples! Apples! The finest
and best in any quality: A. DAHLEM.
ED Johnson came up from Minneapo-
lis to spend the holidays at home.
-E. p. Barnum went down to St.
Cloud on Tuesday.
e. ]. Harrison and wife are spending
the holidays in Minneapolis.
&C. w. Hart is briling large ice
house for his own use.
Bertha, daughter of DIR E. c. Rich,
is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Geo. Hosmer.
-Apples-choice AMI selected, at $2.35
per barrel, at A. M. Madsen's.
The skaters are at work putting the
roof on the new depot.
. -Apples-choice and selected, at $2.35
per barrel, at A. NJ. Madsen's.
The noon train eastward on the
Great Northern road was delayed FIVE
hours by snow on Tuesday.
III. Hart is selling choice New York
apples for $3.50 per barrel, and good
Southern apples for 1925.
IN. w. Rice mourns the death OF three
valuable dogs by poison. Guy Rice will
stuff one oil them.
Geo. r. Whitney & Co. are agents
for the Aetna Accident Insurance Go. OF
Hartford, Conn.
AT the Methodist church on Sunday
evening the topic will be, Last Year
and Next Year
DIR. Garfield predicted an open
Christmas. He seems to be left on his
prophesy.
Lucas Kells, Geo. r. Whitney and
Fred Cooper went down to St. Cloud on
Tuesday, to attend court.
Officer Doty has been in the city the
greater part Of the past week, on official
business.
Byron F. Carr came down from the
north country to spend Christmas with
his family.
"A faded and discolored beard is un.
tidy and misfortune. 1t may be pre-
vented by using Buckingham's Dye fol
the Whiskers, never failing remedy.
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Go to H. Harris and get barrel of
choice New York apples for $3.50.
Southern apples are selling for $2.25 per
barrel.
M. Hogan went down to st. Cloud
on Tuesday, as witness in the case OF
the state VS.. Adam Zerfius, indicted for
selling mortgaged property,
William Brant had the misfortune to
run nail into his foot month ago, and
he is just getting about again, but he
has not etrecovered full use of the limb.
The water tank for the Great North
ern is nearly completed. A water meter
has been purchased, and it will be put
into a pit prepared for it.
The peculiar cneryating effect of sum-
mer weather is driven off by Hoods
Sarsaparilla, which "makes the weak
stroug"
-LosT.-Ou Wednesday last, on Grove
Lake road, package containing one-half
dozen linen table cloths. Finder will be
suitably rewarded by leaving at this
office.
How Bros & Co. have not only the
most elegant assortment-of pocket cut
lery ever shown in this city, but it is so
attractively displayed as to make it ir-
resistable.
Dan. E. VanNorman has returned
from Montana. where he has been at
work~on contract Of grading for the
Great Northern road. He has had very
satisfactory season.
Mrs. A. ]. Smith went down to Min
neapolis on Tuesday to meet her two
daughters who were on their way home
from school. They all returned together
on Wednesday night.
Rev. c. E. Blodgett has rendered his
resignation as pastor of the Congrega-
tional church to take effect either the
first of January or in March, at the
option of the congregation.
Among the school teachers who are
spending their vacation out Of the city
are Misses Wood, Nutting. Hale and
Howard. The latter will return on
Christmas day.
The hostler for the Eastern House
was assaulted on the street near the
Great Northern depot, and was badly
cut about the face. He says he was
robbed of several dollars by his
assailants.
Mass will be celebrated in the Irish
Catholic church at nine o'clock Christ
mas morning. This will be the first SER
vice in the church since it was re6tted.
A new gallery has been added and other
material improvements made.
II think Ely's Cream Balm is the best
remedy for catarrh eyer saw. / never
took anything that relieved me so quick
1y, and have not felt so we'll for long
time. j nsed to be troubled with severe
headaches two or three times week..
A. Alcorn, Ag't U. PR. R. Co., Eaton,
Colo.
The H. VanRensselaer GA. R. Post
No. 40 of Melrose, elected the following
officers at their meeting last Saturday.
w. H. Helsper, Com; H. Dodd, S. "; E.
Morehouss, J.V.: E. c. Small, Chaplain;
M. Cosgroye, Sergeant; A. N. Whittelsv,
O. D.; Frank Morehouse, Quartermaster:
Nd. Winter, Serg. Of Guard; A. A. Whit
ney, Adjutant.-[Sun.