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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-09-11
AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS.

IL India the flaxseed grown mp to the
altitude of 6,000 feet is oil yielding.
Crows have done much damage to the
crops in Marigny-Champigny France.
y GOOD quality of cotton is being
grown in the valley of the Jordan, Pal
estine.
THERE is pear orchard or garden in
Jersey. Channel islands, containing o.,
600 pear trees.
PHxLLoxERA in New Zealand is
alarming the fruit-groweps there to a
considerable degree
IN 1ssS-s9 there were 1885 acres of
vineyards in Victoria. Australia. and
1,2O9, 442 gallons of wine were produced
In 1873 there were not $50. 900 acres o
orchard in Great Britain; now there are
202. .305, and the orchard area increases
yearly.
The chief industry of the Amazon
valley. one of the richest and largest in
the world. being about ., 900 miles long,
is srubber-gathering.
INDIA raises one bushel of wheat per
head of her population. the United
states over seven bushels per head,
md South Australia nineteen bushels
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-09-11
COTTAGE NAMES.
The Curious Nomenclature That Prevail
at the Noted Maine Resort.

The Curious Nomenclature That Prevails
at the Noted Maine Resort.
The cottage nomenclature of Bar
Harbor, says "A letter from that place,
is interesting, and all sorts of odd. fan
tastic, appropriate and inappropriate
names are given the summer homes.
The name cottage" itself is peculiar
" inappropriate when applied to some
of these great baronial castles erected
at cost of more than one hundred
thousand dollars. built of stone or
coated with pcbblcdash or stucco.
Some of the name, are: ''Brier-
bound" 'Mea'lowbrid ''Abcn
drrIh," ''Marigold,'' "Edgcmen.
"Marevista,' Birch Point" Devil
stone" ''Fernirest," yellow House."
''Miknana," Reef Point" Aloha"
.'Chatwold," "Aramaya," '.Stcep-
''Grcystone," villa Mary" Guys
Cliff" THE Sea Urchins." '.Buena
Vista" ''Clovercroft,' '.Mainstay,"
The Moosinrs," "Beaudesert-' = burn
mouth" ..The Barnacles." bay
meath" witch CIyffe.'' "Sonogee,"
Fun HILL" .'lioInowood." Devon
.'Highbrook," 'Stanwood." "Nastur-
tium,'' ''Massly Hall" "Bany- Bryn."
"Wyandotta," ''Tcviot," .-Tanglc-
wood" ''kebo," primrose" The
Eyrie," The CraCs," "Shinglc,"
''Toppingwoid." ''Ingleside," Thrill
stone ''Oldfarm,' "Seachcroft,''
'Glengorrlon." "Aldersea, ''Chanticr,"
''Pcmctic Lodge" The Tides" SAL
tuir,' Far Niente," ''Thc Buoy"
The Ledge" Crows Nest" Red
wood. Ledge Hollow" ''Rockburne,"
dutch Cottage" and many others
Chicago Times
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-09-11
The Beggars of Paris.

clever Frenchman has just been
taking the statistics of the charities of
Paris, which are immense in volume,
and he finds that three-fourths of the
colossal sum which they represent is
absorbed by professional beggars. He
gives a very amusing account of the de-
vices which they adopt for getting this
enormous sum, and for living in idleness
upon il. and his conclusion is that the
whole system of almsgiving must be re-
formed. If something is not done soon
he thinks that the desorving poor will
be entirely crowded out by the fakirs.
There are weil-llnown mendicants in
Paris who have piled their trade until
they have become rich, and who are yet
undfsturbed by the police.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-09-11
PLEASANT READING.

a JERSEY justice of the peace has not
worn hat in eighteen years to keep an
election VOW.
AN aged travelling scissors grinder has
died in Michigan City, Ind, leaving an
estate valued at SCI ZOO.
A GEORGIA man in splitting wood on
day found a hickory nut firmly i'm
bedded in the heart of the timber. How
it came there is a mystery.
AN old buck at St Joseph, Mo-. hap
pened to catch sight of his reflected
image in a plate glass window and
charged upon it, shivering the glass and
scattering display of gold, silver and
bronze goods in all directions.
A NEW YORK lady who is summerin
in a quaint baclwoods village met
native the other day, and in the ceurs
of a little talk asked him why all TIN
village children went barefoot. .'Why,
he exclaimed, in. surprise, that's tn
way they were born!''
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-09-11
ION TIME.
An EngIishman's Experience on an Amer
ican Railroad.

An EngIishman's Experience on an Amer
lean Railroad.
It is a matter of pride with railroad
companies TO run their trains on time,
or to come as near 20 punctuality as
possible. This well-known fact no
doubt explains an incident which an
English traveller relates in connection
with tourney which he took across the
American continent. II was on one of
the great transcontinental lines which
had made special promises as TO pune
tuality.
On the journey. the English traveller
seemed TO notice a marked disregard
for the timetable, but he was inter
ested in the country, and made no COM
plant.
AT last the Pacific terminus was
reached. There he met beaming Off
cial OF the company, who, pulling his
own watch out, said:
just look and see what time you've
got. win you. please
1T wants ten minutes Of one" said
the Englishman. "a little puzzled.
''Yes. sir; twelve-lfty, exactly! And
that's the time she's scheduled TO ar
rive! How tnaJ for promptness?
Crossing the continent, almost three
thousand miles, and getting here al
twelve-fifty o'clock, precisely as adver-
tised.''
~ can't deny that, you know" said
the Englishman. Its very fine, no
doubt: but look here-how many days
were you late?-'
'-Oh. matter Of two or three, per
haps; but we struck the coast at twelve
fftyi"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-09-11
On SelGgitneSs.

Selfishness, not money, is the root of
all evil. says Texas Sifrings. All the
great schemes for the improvement of
mankind fail from ignoring the natural
selfishncss Of all mankind. Ths theo-
ries of the nationalists sound beautiful
and their arguments are convincing un-
til You take INTO consideration the hu-
manity of man, and his humanity is sell
fishness. Both socialists and commun-
lists lose sight Of this, and of anarchy
selfshness is the keystone. The sue
cessful man, the man who piles up his
thousands long after he acquired more
than he can possibly enjoy, is but Civ
ing play 10 his selfish instincts 70 keep
from the less fortunate all he can and
make il his own. The man who ac-
quires wealth may not be more selfish
than other men, but he has with his
selfishness the faculty Of gratifying IL
to a greater extent than others. Turn
whatever way lac will, the theorist Is
confronted by the insurmountable wall
of individual selfishneSS. and until the
nature of man is changed his hopes
must fail.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-09-11
A Chinese Alligator.

Two examples of the Chinese alligator
have just reached the Geological Gar
dens. SAYS the London News. They are
the first that have ever been exhibited
there alive. The alligator is so distinct
ly an American animal that the proof.
So recently as 1879, of the species
in China is extremely interesting.
Nevertheless the Chinese classics con-
tain numerous references to the crea-
ture and even pictures which could be
easily recognized as being crocodile
of some sort. 1T is To be hoped that
the specimens at the Zoo will bear out
the notion of the extreme longevity of
the reptile. Its name is apparently
used in certain parts of China in the
same sense as Methusaleh in this coun-
try. Marco Polo wrote about this ami
NAL and recommended its gall as an ex
ccllent remedy for the bite of a mad
dog and for various other complaints,
SO that it seems to have been the
medieval equivalent of some of our
much advertised remedies of the pres
ent day. Curiously enough, the beast
is even now made use of in Chinese
medicine"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-09-11
CITY OF THE UNKNOWN.
Aztec Metropolis which Indians say ~
White Man Has Ever seen.

Aztec Metropolis which Indians say No
White Man Has Ever seen.
During the frequent visits / have
made 70 McNico.- said a mining en-
gineer of Philadelphia to an Inquirer
reporter. II have come in contact with
many of the Indians resident there and
have heard some very singular stories.
One, which all the Indians unite in tell
ing. is that far in the interior exists an
enormous city. never yet visited by
white men. II is described as peopled
by a race similar TO the ancient Aztccs.
who are sun worshipers and offer
human sacrifices TO their deity.
'srhe race is said To be in high state
of civilization, and the Indians say that
the city is full Of huge structures which
are miracles of quaint but beautiful
architecture. and are situated ON broad,
paved streets far surprising those o.
the City Of Mexico.
-'One Indian. I recollect. assured me
that he had seen the city and its inhab-
itants with his own eyes, but had beer
afraid of being captured and had fed.
OF course, ! did not believe him, but, all
the same, it Is not little strange that
the accounts of the Mexican Indians
relative TO the mysterious and magnifi-
cent interior city agree perfectly"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-09-11
THE BRIGHT SIDE.

II you should look at the bright side,
And / should look al the dark,
Tho you were as poor as 4 little church mouse,
And owned IA horse and carriage and house
You'd be richer than l, for mark:
You'd be happy with simple pleasures,
While was counting my woes,
Moody and sour and all forlorn
Blind 10 beauty and tinding u thorn.
Where you were finding rose.
There'd be never q Cleam OF sunshine
But you would enjoy its light,
While i should watch with an anxious gaze
For clouds TO rise on the cicarcst days,
In a sky serene and bright.
When troubled by cares and vexations
That fail TO the happicst lot.
I'd frown and fret, but you would beguile
The weary hours with 4 cheerful smile,
TIL trials were all forgot.
Yes II you had not possession,
And had the wealth OF king
You'd be richer than with your blessed sight
That could always behold the side that is
bright
No matter what life might bring.
Anna n. Pratt. in Golden Days.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-09-11
a HELPING HAND.

helping hand we all may give,
II but pleasant word TO say.
And something find each day we live
To help another on the way.
A helping hand may SOW the seed
From which the fruits Of goodness grow,
And to the right may gently lead
The erring from the path of woe
4 helping hand to all mankind.
Among the rich, the poor. and low,
In every state of life can md
An act Of kindness to bestow.
4 helping hand we all may need.
When darkest sorrows loave their trace,
Some one TO comfort and To lead,
To give US strength aud needed grace.
4 helping hand where'er we go
A ray of sunshine may imparI,
And bur a decd OF Kindness show
noble and generous heart.
helping hand is ever near
In passing through life's troubled tide;
When all the world seems cold and drear
II is IA nover-failnG guide.
--Alic. d. AbcIl. in Good Housekeeping.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-09-11
BATHING IN THE BUFF.
Preadamite Habits That Prevail i'm Fast
ern Europe and Mexico


ern Europe and Mexico
A gentleman who knows eastern
Europe well sends me. says Labouchere
in London Truth, highly interesting
account of what he has seen in that
part, with a view of showing that a
great deal too much Indignation has
been caused by Mr.. Calderon's sup
posed insult To st. Elizabeth. My cor
respondents view is that a few articles
of clothing more or less are of no con-
sequence in the ewes of female modesty
in that part of the world, and that the
same prcadamite sentiment might have
prevailed in medieval Hungary:
''A few years ago, as in a carriage
with post horses | approached the river
Buzco, / saw n handsome open carriage
coming from the town of the same
name, which stands about a half mile
from the stream. On the box seat We're
a coachInan and footman in smart
liveries- In the carriage was young
lady. When she arrived at the stream
she. standing in the carriage. undressed
herself and walked, naked, into the
water. i, with my servant and two
postillions. passed through the ford
there was no bridge then - within
twenty yards of her. There was no
surprise. She must have seen my car
riage. a. saw hers for fifteen or twenty
minutes before we met
Again in the river DimbovitZa, which
runs through bucharest. any hot sum
mer evening. dozens of women and girls
might in those days-and probably may
now-be seen bathing without any gar
ments.
ITO come ia later times: On Scptem-
ber IL. 1873. crossed the Danube from
Giurgevo to RutschulS in a rowboat- As
we sl<irted the banks on the Roumanian
shore We passed close to numbers of
young girls bathing. l could tell many
other incidents, but j think i have said
enough to show that our standard of
propriety did not obtain so late as 1915:
nor did it probably at a much earlier
date in the adjoining country. Even
now Hungarians are not prudish-"
can well conceive that all this oc-
CURED in the east, for in the west
the same preadamite ha bits used
to prevail thirty years ago. remem-
h-r then passing some weeks in a town
situated In Mexico. All the inhabitants
ased To go down to river every even
ing to battle, just as people here go to
the park for II drive. And everyone
bathed-men. women and children-to-
gether, without n vestigc of clothing.
1t struck me as peculiar at first. but
after few days became so accustomed
to it that regarded it as the most ordi-
nary of customs and frequently dis
ported myself in the water with the
mayor the authorities. and their wives
and children
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-09-11
An Emperor.s Adviser.

The emperor of Austria has for years
past found consolation for his troubles
in the sympathetic companionship OF a
former well-known Viennese actress,
Catharine Schratt, whose counsels are
said to have been of the utmost advan-
tage TO him in many important affairs
of state. The emperor is accustomed
to drive ont TO the palace of Schoen-
brunn and there, leaving his equipage,
he is met by Nine. Schratt and takes
long promenades with her in the forest
As a result of this friendshipthe actress
is known in Vienna as the vice-empress.
Her extraordinary intelligence and clear
Judgment are valued in the highest de-
gree by the emperor.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-09-11
A Valuable Humn.

For years there was beggar on the
steps of Saint Sulpice with hump
which steadily grew. A few months
ago he was taken i'll. and in deliriurn
jumped out of a window and was killed.
\ neighbor who picked him mp upon in
vestigating his hump found that II con-
tanned twenty thousand dollars in bonds
and coin Finding that the beggar had
two relat ives-to whom he had left his
fortune bv will, the finder sent the
money to them with the exception of
four thousand dollars. The relatives
discovered this ia CT, and after prosecu-
ton for theft the man in question was
condemned 20 two years imprisonment.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-09-11
a PECULIAR REVENGE.
sad Fate of an Old Party who Did Not
Apologize.

Apologize
1t was on a suburban train coming in
TO Jt rsey City, says the New York sun
\ bald-hcadcd, fussy-loolling man, with
"A pair Of spcctacles on his nose and his
hat on the seat beside him, kept rub
bing his pate in a nervous way and
itching about on the seat as If afraid
OF tacl1s Opposite him sat a man who
was closely watching his movements
and chucl1ling and grinning until the
attention Of a dozen people was at
tracted. lie was finally asked 70 eX-
plain. and he saId:
The old chap over there sat down
on my hat, stepped on my toes and ell
bowed my RIBS and didn't apollo
gize. / determined TO get even with
him. He always sits in that seat if it
isn't occupied. and he always hunts
around 10 find paper instead Of buying
one. I'm getting even with him this
morning
But hoyv?''
That paper is Just three years old
to-day. II cast me fifty cents TO pro-
cure it, but I've had fifty dollars worth
of revenge. ] left il on the seat, and
he's been reading it for the last twenty
miles. See?"
The old fellow struck the head
lines of a railroad accident, looked
puzzled, bobbed up and down and slow
" shook his head. He jumped from
that TO a murdcr-on TO news from
Washington-and for a minute was in
terested in t.iG,stoc- m,iI--et. Then he
folded the paper up, removed his glass
es. and looked out of the window with
a troubled expression on his face.
Hes wondering if his mind isn't
giving way, and is half scared 10 death,
chuclzled the joker. Been fiatterlng
himself that he is good for twenty years
yet. and the first thing he does when he
gets to the city win be TO buy some
brain food and a liver pad. I'm not a
bad. bad man, but the chap who sits
down on my hat must at least apollo
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-09-11

The kali mujah, or death plant, of
Java, has flowers which continually
give of perfume so powerful as to
overcome, if inhaled for any length of
time, fuu-grown man, and which kills
all forms of insect life that come under
its influence.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-09-11

First Come, First Served. Young
Man-''So Miss Ella is your oldest sis
ter? Who comes after her?" Small
Brother-'.N obody amt come as yet,
but pa says that the first fellow that
comes can have her"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-09-11
AID BY ALL DRUGGISTS.

Ask my agents for w. l.. Douglas Shoes.
II not for sale in your place ask your
dealer to send far catalogue secure the
agency, and gcI them for you
.E- TAKE Nj ~ BSTErJTE. IL
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-09-11

one e5fy' CO., iFpot paid within months.. l.se
DO a. h. NOV paid within months, zoo
g. 'o ifnot uaiG within the year. q
rGsany ;ssI sq',af vie 9. Se tGS cSsrsod eSan 70
40 cents s1a''''N
pay postage cant VIII the above terms be de-
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narted Hti.-' -, VIM. In advance must not eN
pWn nteresy q y - I'M the same footing as those VINO
pect 20 pc s met be distinctly understood iroin
ms ,5r your paper before you stop ", irstop
" " .SoR,s@rs SoRs So iS'IsTosi Is 'oS snort no
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-09-11
,,J.in :: Il reeInans
published weekly at
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BY JAMES Il. HASsON,
.rrscRIrrIoN RArES. -Ea

.,rteed Circulation, 1900.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-05-09
A LAWYERS Trick.

In a Western court a witness had been
detailing with great minuteness certain
conversations which had occurred sew
eral years before. Again and again the
witness testified to name and dates and
precise words, and it became necessary
for his cross examiner to break him up.
This was done by a simple device.
While the witness was glibly rafting
off his testimony the cross-examiner
handed him law book and said: "Read
aloud a paragraph from that book"
what for?" inquired the witness. II
will tell you after you have read it,"
said the lawyer, and the witness ac-
cordingly read aloud a paragraph of
most embarrassing material about
lands, appurtenances and heredita-
ments. Then the lawyer went on and
asked him a few more questions about
his memory, and the witness was posi-
tive that his memory was very good.
Suddenly the lawyer said: by the way,
will you please repeat that paragraph
you just read about lands, appurte-
nances and Entertainments. ?' why,
of course / could not do that replied
the witness. "You must have queer
memory" retorted the lawyer, "since
you can repeat things that you say oc-
Cured years ago and a not repeat
what you read a moment ago." The
witness was nonplussed. = Chicago
News.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-05-09
THE MARCH WIDE AWAKE

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Gan Old-fashioned Witch Story" from
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who made it and why" with a fine
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The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1891-05-09

Virgin OF the Iconostase, and kiss her
filigree robe, after which they pass into
the neighboring salon, where they gaily
clink glasses of champagne, while the
invited guests receive boxes of sweet
meats marked with the monogram of
the young couple. In the villages the
marriage ceremony is celebrated in n
simpler and more expeditions manner,
especially when the mujiks have only q
few roubles to give to the priest. A
simple gesture, Il few words, and Il few
minutes suffice to bow beneath the
yoke her who is about to begin
her hard apprenticeship Of wife
and mother in the humble peasants
home. In the evening the young peo-
pie assemble in a barn Or some shed,
the fiddler scrapes his bow over an in
strument which he has made with his
own hands, girls and boys join hands
and dance around. In the middle of the
circle a young man dances the hazat-
chok, or Cossack dance; he bows his
legs, rises with a bound, strikes the
ground loudly with his boot heel, and
then suddenly he springs forward to
the girl of his choice and kisses her,
whereupon she steps into the circle, and
mimics with her whole body n dance
similar to that of the almchs of the
East.-Chicago Saturday Evening Her
aid