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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-07-24
FORElGM sTATIsTECs.

LONDON il said TO have 200, 900 factory
girls.
IT is said that $40, ,O0O, 600 Of British
capital are invested in Paraguay.
JAPAN had on January 4O.215 ply
sicians. nineteen of whom were gradu-
ated abroad.
ABOUT s2OO.0oO.O 600 is spent annually
in Germany fcr the care Of the poor,
c--t~i,'r OF private charity.
The recent census of the German en-
pirc gives a population Of 4a.E0.s32,
which j. an increase Of 2,GG5, ,Iss since
1855.
RUssIA's health department has issued
. afat-iug- thar the empire l,sprla-
ton oi January T. i-...i. 1ya.5 IL, ,.,l2. IS.
The births IN 1855 were 5.II6.s SOC against
3,.55.5l. deaths.
Tn. ndmb.r Of inhabitants of British
India. by the late census i a2O. Is0. 600.
an increase Of nearly 2,OOO.OOO since
1881. The population Of all India
amounts u about 2S5. .000, 900.
AUssrRIA'S new parliament contains 81
lawyers, 20 professors and school-tcach-
ers, l. doctors and apothecaries. arch
itects and civil engineers. 20 clcrrvmen,
~ landed pruprictors. - officials. Q
manufacturers. . journalists and gen
ilcmen Of leisure
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-07-24
SINGULAR ACCIDENTS.

A CHICAGO man whose gloves had been
cleaned with benzine struck a match to
light a cigar and the glove took fire and
burned his hand quite badly.
Two YOUNG men We're walking out at
Morgantown, w. Va, when one of them
slipped and was impaled upon a cane
carried by the other and died the next
day.
a kESTUCKIAS who had arrived at
majority offered his first vote the other
day, but so great vas his excitement
that he fell in a heap in a dead faint
and could not sit up for an hour.
THE gas generated in a barrel of sauer-
l<raut caused a fatal accident in
Crawford, y. J.. to Mary Hennecl1er, a
twelve-year-old girl. The barrel ex-
ploded and staye struck her in the
temple.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-07-24
NOT vOUCHEO FOR.


NEAR Mehama, Ore, a few days AGO r
little girl was followed home from pas
ture by "A two-year-old deer. whieh Is
readily submitting to Co.nesilc-llyu.
FRANKLIN. Ga. boasts OF n cat that
had been in one family for twenty-two
years. When its mistress died 1t pined
away and refused 10 eat, literally starry
ing itself 10 death.
a HORSE at Alexandria which was run
over by Texas x Pacific train and had
one of its legs broken hobbled 10 a
store near by, knocked at the door. and
by signs and brute language appealed
for relief.
\ PESNsYLvASIh farmer has a hen
which habitually lays unusually large
eggs. Inside Of each of these yr.-s is
another good-sized egg, pcI-cctly
formed Both the inside and outside
egg have a yolk and white part
4 GOOD rat story comes To us from
Michigan A straw held in the mouths
of three rats drew the attention of citi-
izens of Nashville 10 strange sight.
They were trcvcling along the road,
three abreast, when il was discovered
that the two outside rats were thus
leading the center one, which was old
and blind.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-07-24
FOUR CURIOUS PLANTS.
Natures Hoax, Mother-in-Law, Lovers
Own and Scotch Attorney.

Own and Scotch Attorney.
In the United States Botanical Gar
dens, at Washington. ID. C.. are four
very curious plants, to which the Post
If that city alludes as Natures Hoax. e"
the ''Alother-in-law plant" the ..Lov-
er's plant and the Scotch Attorney"
Natures Hoax grows wild in Aus
tralian forests. The seed lodge about
five feet from the ground in decayed
trees. and the plant puts out leaves in
the shape of heads of deer and elk
Many u hunter has been fooled by the
plant.
The Mother-in-law plant. or Dumb
Cane, is really the Deffenbachia Sc
guina picta. An auctioneer, being un-
able to rattle off the botanical term,
called it the ''Mother-in-law'- plant, be-
cause Of its queer qualities. The pecul-
iarity of the plant is this, that if a man
takes bite of il his power of speech is
taken away and his tongue is apt to be
paralyzed for n week. Humboldt's ar
ticulating muscles Were paralyzed for
eight days by this plant.
y specimen Of the mimose rudica is
called the Lovers plant. because if
girl be really in love this plant will curl
up at her touch; if not. not.
superintendent Smith, of the Gar
dens. has facetiouslv termed a creepcr
the scotch Attorney" The latter is
credited with engaging himself in a
ease and absorbing everything of value
in it before quitting it, and that's what
the plant does
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-07-24
The Infinence of CoInrs.

Colors not only influence cattle. but
human beings also. On this point some
curious experiences are reported from
Italy rs to the effect of colors on the
nerves of the sick and insane In the
hospital for the insane at Alessandria
special rooms are arranged with red or
blue glass in the windows, and also red
or blue paint on the walls. 4 violent
patient is brought suddenly into blue
room and left to the effect of that color
on his nerves One maniac was cured
IN an hour; another was at peace in his
mind after passing day IN a room of
violet. The red room is used for the
commonest form of dementia-melan-
choly-usually accompanied by a re-
fusal To take food. After three hours
IN the red room a patient afflicted in
tins way began to be cheerful and ask
for food.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-07-24
FUN FOR THE MEN FOLKS.

QUEER critters, women is said
Uncle Jehiel. ''Nhen one of EN- starts
in TO git a man all the others tries to
head her off. an then, soon AS she gifts
him. they all turn round and help her
to manage him. indianapolis Journal
PENELoPE-''I must telegraph Emily
my answer" Helen-''Nhat shall You
say?' Penelope-"Yes.~ Helcn-.'Eou
can send ten words for the same MON
ey." And Penelope wired as follows:
Il have decided To do as YOU have re-
quested I2e. N. Y. Evening sun.
Il SHALL die happy" said an expiring
husband to his wife, who was weeping
dutifully at his bedside, IF You promise
not to marry that object of my unceas-
ing jealousy, your cousin Charles. -
make yourself quite easy, love" said
the eXPectant widow, Il am engaged to
his brother. ."-Rochester Talisman.
"DoN'T you think you would make
more money and enjoy better health in
doing housework?'' ''Yes, / rather
think l would" answered the sales
lady And yet your false pride"
''oh. pride has nothing to do with il.
don't want TO be bossed by another
woman, that's all.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-07-24
a WONDERFUL EXHIBIT.
\ Big Tree which VIII BE seen at Il
Chicago World Fair.

\ Big Tree which VIII BE seen at the
Chicago World Fair.
Among the wonderful exhibits with
which Chicago hopes to startlc the
visitor to the worlds fair. II i likely
that none will create more comment
from Europeans than the big tree sent
from California.
This specimen, says the New York
World, is from Mammoth Forest Tulare
county, Cal. and measures ninety-nine
feet in circumference at the base II IS
three hundred and twelve feet in height
and the distance from the base TO the
first limb is one hundred and seventy
two feet. The tree is nearly three
thousand years old. The story of the
telling of the tree is an interesting one.
\ scaffold was built around this giant
of the forest ut a point twenty-five feet
from the ground. The saw used in cut
ting it was twenty-five feet in length.
The tree was cut twenty-five feet from
the ground. Ten expert woodsmen
were employed five months and twelve
days in the cutting, but when the crash
did come il was heard three miles away.
In its fall the big fellow imbedded him
self six feet in the ground. After the
upper part OF the tree fell the top of the
stump was leveled off and a section
nine feet in height cut from il. To get
this section from the forest it was neces-
sary to build road for four miles and
indulge in much blasting and bridge
building.
Since then it has been shipped to
New Orleans There section of the
tree has been cut out and hung on
enormous hinges, the interior has been
followed out and now can comfortably
hold more than one hundred visitors.
This unique exhibit has been fitted up
with two hundred and fifty incandescent
lights. 1t is likely that New Workers
viii be given a look at this California
wonder before it is shipped to Chicago.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-07-24
a COLLECTION OF FREAKs.

4 GEoRGIA boy with an extraordinary
nose j, advertised by dime museum
manager as The Human Elephant"
\ CoUSTlsyNiAN was IN Athens, Ca,
Friday exhibiting bulldog with one
foot exactly the shape Of q hoof
\ HEAD of hair measuring ten feet
and seven inches in length adorns Mrs.
Philpot, of Gainesville, Texas Her
height is only four feet.
MACON, Ga, has ten-year-old stem
ographer and typewriter who has start
ed in business for herself in a proIni-
nent hotel Of that town.
MESTIoN is made OF child born at
Hartford, Conn, last month which
weighed only two pounds and three
ounces when it was three DAYS old.
Miss ELLA EwING Of Scotland county,
Missouri, is IS years old. feet high,
and she weighs 245 pounds without
carrying an ounce of surplus flesh. She
Is said 10 be the belle Of Scotland
county. Her feet are i inches long.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-07-24
THE FIRST HORSE CAR.
An Inventor Of Great Merit who L. little
k-i,ssn.

Kaossn.
had lust come put Of Madison Square
Garden t',e@tor and was wailin-- down
Twenty y-.,, .ontu street toward Fourth
avenue writes q New York correspon-
dent Of the Evening News, when q man
OF medium size, with gray hair and
shoulders slightly bent, passed by me
with = brisk step. Il was John Steuhen-
son. the man who built the first horse
car. He is n marvellous mau. Iic had
many hard knock in his time. and has
survived misfortunes that would have
downed many less able and persevcring
men. Twice has he been compelled to
start into business afreSh; the first time
10y reason OF = fire that DESTROYED al
his possessions; the second time from
being sold out by 4 mortgage. Only by
the most remarkab BILE perseverance and
close attention To work has he been
able TO make his way. One need only
look at his face and feel of his horny
palms to appreciate and understand the
rough experience through which this
man has passed. And vet he is an ex-
ample to all men in his devotion To his
religion and his practice of his belief in
daily lIfe. He told me in conversation
once that in the darkest days he never
doubted that the clouds would pass
and all be bright again. It is this that
has sustained him All through. He is
lover of music and literature. and de-
rives the greatest pleasure from the
perusal of a good book. His inventive
mind is still busy graphing with the
mechanical problems. AS improve
ments are needed he works them out.
especially in connection with street
cars of whatever motive power. Around
his knee play his great-grandchildren,
of whom he is very fond.
He is quite well off and has a nice
home in the country. He is over eighty.
and when he dies viii leave his children
a comfortable legacy
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-07-24
IN LITERARY FIELDS.

4 YOUNG New Yorker has gone into
the business of devising catchy
titles for articles and stories sent him
in manuscript.
THE reader for New York magazine
says that as result of nine weeks
reading he accepted just % out of 1,227
poems offered that magazine for publi-
cation.
EUGENE FIELDS favorite fad is said
to be his pet canaries. He has dozens
of these, and divides his affections be-
tween them and the books in his fine
library
THE late Gen. Albert Pike told citi-
zen of Alexandria that he removed from
that city to Washington because the
people whistled so much they disturbed
his literary labors.
MAGAZINE editor once received a
story, in which there was not a single
mark of punctuation, except an oc-
casional period. At the bottom of the
last page the author had written:
please put in the decimal points to
suit"
REV. DIR. MENDENHALL, of Cleveland
says he wrote the "Breadwinners, and
Harper Brothers say he is not the man
for whom they printed the book and to
whom they have since paid the royal
ties.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-07-24
AN OLD MAIDS CENTENNIAL.
In All Her Long Life She Had but One
Suitor.

Suitor.
She is one hundred years old. has
never been married, and probably
never will be. These facts. saws the
Boston Globe, combine to make Miss
Permelia Wright famous. She lives at
Benton Harbor, Mich, and upon any
bright day may be seen walking the
streets, leaning on a big cane. She has
retained her faculties. and remembers
many things that happened when the
century was just beginning.
She was born at Fairfax Court House,
Va, April ?, 1871. She saws she never
married because she could not bear the
men, She remembers being courted
eighty years ago, but by a bungling
suitor, and since then she has not talked
with man except upon matters of
business. She has considerable prop
erty and manages il herself. Her mind
Is sound, she reads without glasses, has
remarkably good appetite, regulates
her sleeping and working hours by sun
set and sunrise, and is remarkably reg
ular in everything she does She had
her picture taken upon her one hun
dredth birthday, and laughingly at
tributed her long life to the fact that
she had never been fatally sick
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-07-24
A SUBMARINE TELEPHONE.
Successful Transmission of the Human
Voice Through Water.


To transmit the sound of the human
vefee through twenty-four miles of
water-to say nothing of 27O miles of
land line-has been regarded as impos-
sible, the retardation Of the current in
the submarine cable over even short
distances having been found sufficient
30 reduce all articulate sounds TO an in
definite murmur, says the Manchester
Guardian. The most important sub
marine telephone existing Is that
across the river La Plata from Buenos
Ayres to Montevideo. a comparatively
short distance, and that IS hardly 4 sue
cess. The French government, which
has shown remarkable energy in the
development of the national 'tele-
phone system, however aspired to over
come the difficulties and to establish a
speaking communication with London,
and the English telegraphic engineer
ing department at St Martin's-le-
Grand undertook to grapple with the
problem. Under the direction of Mr..
Preece. the chief engineer, number of
experiments with cables have been
made. and new cable designed in
which every resource of electrical en-
gineering has been employed to secure
success. The cable consists of four
Inlch copper wires NO W lTtS VIII
required for single line, as complete
metallic circle Is one of the first essen
tials; the other wires viii be available
to duplicate the line if successful, and
in the meantime they viii be used to
supplement- the telegraphic service. A
new set of posts, entirely separate from
any other wires, have been erected
from London to Dover, carrying two
wires TO the cable, and these are fixed
to the posts in a special way and
crossed continually. All these precau-
tions are taken in order to reduce the
induction TO minimum. The wires
used throughout both the English land
line and the submarine cables are Of
three times the usual weight and Of
solid copper. being six hundred pounds
per mile weight. The French line from
Paris to Calais is a little lighter. Its
termini are st. Margaret's bay, near
Dover and Sangatte, near Calais. The
cable had been constructed ia ENGLAND.
and will be laid by the English depart
ment, but the cost VIII be divided.
The eighty miles of land line from Lon
don to St. Margaret's bay Is practically
completed. as Is the line constructed by
the French government over the one
hundred and eighty miles from Paris TO
San~atte.
Since the above was written the cable
has been successfully laid and i in oper-
alton.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-07-24
Kalakaua's Comm.

King Kalakaua's coffin is made of koa
and kou wood, of about six hundred
pieces; even the handles are made of
wood. No metal of any kind is to be
seen, except the inscription-plate, upon
which the crown and the Hawaiian
coat-of-arms are engraved, with other
suitable inscriptions.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-07-24
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Business items. FIRST insertion, lOe. per hnei
subsequent insertions. s.. per line
Adminlstrator's and Executors Notices s2bo
nr-ResolutiOns or proceedings of any cprp9rA-
tion society and CON nun tcatiOns designed 70
call attention 20 any matter OF limited or indl
viduai interest must be paid Tor as ndyertiren3ent
Book and Job PRINTING of all kinds neatly ahd
exec iousIy executed at the lowest prices. Ahd
don't you forget ~.
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Advertising Rates.

The large and rel abie circulation g O. G CAM
BRiA IrEE&Ar c0mmends f. 20 the frv..ratfo
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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-07-24
VOLUME XIV.

The Most Successful Remedy ever d:scov
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He asked me how to cure It, recommended
Kendall's SPAWN Cure. He cured the SPAWN in
'uSt three weeks.
Yours respectfully.
WoLcorr WIrTEE-
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ar. b. J. KENDALL. Co:
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six my agents for w. l.. Douglas Shoes.
II not for sale in your place ask your
dealer 10 send for catalogue, secure the
agency, and get them for you.
.FTAKE NO SUBSTITUTE IL.
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EEHDALL'S SPAWN CURE.

DIR. T. J. KENDALL. CO..
Gents - think it nv duty to render you my
thanks for your FAR famed Kendails SPAWN Cure.
l had - four year Old iilly which priced very
highly. She had very severe swollen leg. tried
about eight different kinds OF medicines which did
10 gooi; I purchased a bottle of your SerdalPs
SPAWN CUES which cured her in four days.
remain yours,
MARION DowDES.
Price 81 per bottle, six bottles for $. All drug
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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-02-18
Brave Girl Student,

Apropos Of brave and successful stu.
dent girls, an Auburn lady justly thinks
her classmate at Wellesley takes the
lead. Left to her own resources at the
age Of twelve years, she refused to eat
the bread Of dependence offered by
friends, and determined not only to sup.
port, but to educate herself. After say.
ing all she could from her earnings at
homework, she went to nice but mex.
pensive school for girls in Maryland,
and was fitted for Wellesley there. AT
Wellesley she won a scholarship, and
took special course of two years. She
earned what money she needed by do.
ing any thing from sweeping the girls
rooms to teaching. Next she entered
Boston University to study medicine,
paying her own expenses there
by teaching in the evening
schools of Boston, by doing mi
croscopic work, etc. Her next move
was European trip, with view tc
study in Paris and Vienna. To defray
this expense she borrowed money. On
her return she had the country before
her, and chose to locate in Los Angeles
Since then she has paid off all debts
and is now receiving a large income
from her practice in that city of inva
lids.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-02-18
Cow.Birds.

Cow-birds are so called from an odd
fancy they have Of taking ride on the
cows back occasionally while in the
pasture. The female is homely enough
to be called cow-bird, being of a uni.
form dusky grayish brown, but the
male is q fne-looking bird, clad in an
entire suit of rich black velvet, with
head and neck of q deep maroon color.
Cow-birds usually look for the homes Of
birds that are smaller than themselves,
and if fortunate in finding one where
the owners have gone out on business
or pleasure the lady-bird takes posses
sion of the nest and leaves an egg there
and then quietly takes her departure.
This is not very lady-like proceeding,
but there may be some reason for Il,
either the birds are too lazy to build
nests for themselves or they don't know
how. Their eggs are large. of a dirty.
white color, plentifully splashed over
with cold gray-brown.-Detroit Free
Press
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-02-18
he WAS NO KICKER.
n He Had been He Would Have Raised
Some Objections.

n He Had been He would Have Raised
Some Objections.
"I'm rather particular about my eel
cry" he said to the waiter who took his
order at Dearborn street restaurant.
Bring me only the small stalks, and
Gee that they are perfectly bleached."
Eyes, SIR"
Sand see that there are no specks In
the potatoes. I won't touch q potato
that has Q speck in 1t. am rather par
ticular about my potatoes"
Eyes, SIR"
when you bring me the broiled fish
see that It has had the skin and fat all
removed. Don't bring me any except
the upper part Of the body. Cut away
all the tail"
"All right, SIR"
"Hold on moment. I'm rather par.
ticular about my bread. I don't want
any Of the end pieces, and don't want
any Of this cigar-shaped bread with a
thick crust, either Bring me square
bread, In thin slices, cut from the mid.
die of the loaf"
The waiter went back and returned
in due time with tray full Of eatables,
which he unloaded on the table.
"Take back this potato" said the
guest, land bring me one. that has No
specks. I've got no time to dig the
specks out Of potatoes. l told you abou,
that"
The potato was changed, and the
waiter asked him if every thing was ali
right now.
"No," he answered. "This bread Il
not cut from the middle of the loaf
Take it away and bring me what or
dered."
The bread was accordingly changed.
"All right now?" inquired the waiter
"No! You've got some celery herr
that isn't properly bleached. Bring mi
the kind ordered. And hold on! Their,
is piece Of skin on this fish. Take i
back. l told you was particular abou
my fish,"
The celery and fish were remove,
and brought back again in a few min
utes with the Objectionable feature
eliminated.
SIS it all right nowP" asked tn
waiter. .l .t.- .sI
II guess It will do" Crowled tn
guest, as he began to eat, "but If I wa
a kicker I'd kick about this fork an
spoon. They don't exactly match
Chicago Tribune.