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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-10-21
A QUEER PHYSIOLOGICAL FACT.
Young Husbands Who Grow old Very
Past

4 curious fact for the Psychologists
investigation i the premature aging Of
old woHuep's young husbands The
young man who marries 4 woman
twenty years his senior by the time he
Is well in his foTtieS looks sixty, while
the young woman who wctls the same
disparity of years keeps her youth Is
long as her temperament and dispo-
sition permit When baroness Bur
dett-CoGtts married. her very youthful
spouse. Mr.. Bartlett, she was 4 we'll
preserved spinster of sixty odd Now
the gallant Mr.. Burdett-COutts, as he is
called, looks. ii il said, fully up to that,
while the baroness, who is close upon
eighty, appears rs bright and as ener-
Cetic rs in middle life. There is no
preservation of health equal To Il good
heart and an ample fortune. according
to the Boston Herald, and the aged
wife OF the ambitious young American
is distinguished for both of these pos
sessions. Old age can be held at bay
until the very end. IS Ninon dc rEncloS'
career bears witness, bat the con-
ditions must b. favorable and tGc
years must be- well gilt. Poverty never
kept any woman young; yet, after all,
perhaps there IS a good deal of justice
IN tine averaging of time, and this pre-
mature aging Of men who marry thus
for wealth and position is but the
double interest that fate exacts from its
debtors
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-10-21
REVOLVER IN a FLOWER POT.
What ti,e Warden at "a rrnnsyINania Pen
itenlilrN Enund il !: Hr-srnt.

" mar f.tF " arden "A l's-nn-NiNaniA
iteniiary found iI Present.
DO you know" said a gentleman
who il thoroughly acquainted with the
Eastern peuitentiary II = Philadelphi.i
Telegraph man that there are fifty
prisoners, AT Cherry Till Who would COM
init murder upon the slightest or even
upon NJ provocarion whatever" Why.
the oversecro daily 90 about the inSti-
tuition with their lives in their hand
Let me give YOU an illustration of th,.
care that has 10 be taken. Th: warden
and those about him have 10 b.. con
Stantly on the alert About tho tiIne
of the last chrysanthemum SHOW ia this
city number -! chrvSanthcEnums wcrc
sent out 10 tho penitantiarg 10 Ia.
prisoner. There was one that wa,
Inarkahly fine, and | was asked u 90
upstairs 10 see il. While looking al il
the warden said: Lei us first make an
examination Then ne began rernov-
ing the earth. Down, down into The
pot ne proceeded, taking out the earth
until hc reached the bottom. Thrrc he
discovered n small revolver Next h,,
discovered box Of cartridges Now.
the sequel ~ this sas that tgvn men
were sentenced II the penit-nliarg to-
gcthrr. One received a shorter ,-entence
than the other. On making an investi-
CATION with reference to the plant it
VAS found where il was sent from. and
then IL waS learned that the prisoner
who hal the shopter term lived Ia that
neighborhood. He had sent it. II had
been made uP by them that when the
latter got out he was IL send him the
revolver"
Well. he didn't get il, remarked the
reporter.
No" said the gentleman, he didn't
get it. Everything sent 10 prisoners has
To be first examined before being given
t. them. II Is necessary that such pre-
cautions should be taken If after that
there are n0 oblectioa. the articles are
given them
No one Is better acquainted with the
institution and its management than
the gentleman whose narration II the
incident has here been given. lie stated
ii was often marvel u him how things
got along Sd well in the institution. l:e
regarded the Oyerseer5 a., being exposed
To moro danger than the pohcemcn.
The latter, he segS, occasionally come
in contact with burglar and assassin,
but the former Is obliged u be where
large number of such Eau-ierous char
acters are cOnGregated.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-10-21
HOW WE FALL ASLEEP.
some Of rhe Senses Drop on Nor. Es.is
Than Othsr1.

some OI tiF SENSES Drop bu wore
Than Others.
Scientific investigators assert that In
beginning - sleep the senses do not
nnitrdly fall into slumber. but drop of
one afJcr another. The sight ceases
IA consequence of the prOtecliOn OF the
eyelid- u receive impressions nrst.
while all the other senses preserve their
sensibility entire. The sense Of taste
i the ..eXt which loses it's susceptible
l. Ia impression, and then the sense Of
OF smelling. The hearing is next Ia
order, ana last of all comes the sens
OF touch, Furthermore, the senses are
brought To sleep with different degrees
OF T,rofJundnrss. The sense Of touch
sleeps the most lightly, and the most
easily awakened; the ueHI easiest Is
the hearing, the next i the sight and
thc taste and smelling awake Last.
Another remarkable circumstance de-
serves notice: certain muscles and parts
OF the body begin 10 sleep before 9TH
Crs. Sleep commences at the eXtrsmi-
ties, beginning with the feet and legs
and creeping toward the center Of the
nervous action, explains the American
Analyst. The necessity OF keeping the
feet warm and perfectly still u a pre-
liminary oT sleep is well known. From
these explanations il will not appear
surprising tina; tlsre should he an i'm
perfect kind OF mental action which
produces the phenomena of dreaming.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-10-21
CURIOUS FACTS.
Origins OF some Of Our Most CsnLno.
ha;hemnticaI Signs.

Origins OF some of Our Most CsnLnOa
hathemnticaI Signs.
The Sign-of addition is derived from
the initial letter of the word plus" I"
In making the capital letter il was made
more and more carelessly until the top
part of the '-p~ was finally placed near
the center; hence the plus sign o. we
know il was gradually reached.
The sign Of subtraction was derived
from the word minus" The word
was first contracted in IN. n. ;, with
horizontal line above 10 indicate that
some OF the letters had been left out.
At last the letters We're omitted alto
gether, leaving only the short line.
The multiplication sign was obtained
10y changing the plus sign into the let
ter Y. This was done because multi
plication is but IA shorter form Of addi-
ton.
Division was formerly indicated by
placing the dividend above horizontal
line and the divi,or below. In order To
save space in printing the dividend WAS
placed 10 the left and the divisor 70 the
right After years Of evolution" the
a. were omitted altogether and simple
dots set in the place of each. AS with
the others the radical sign was derived
from the initial letter Of the word
''radix"
The sign OF equality was first used
in the year 1857 by sharp mathemati-
clan, who substituted il 10 avoid fire.
queutly repeating the words equal To. ="
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-10-21
DILEMMA OF a PRINCE.
He la. Two Rather Compromising Law
suits on Ills Hands.

suits Ills Hands.
Our Rome correspondent sends Us
some interesting details of two lawsuits
now going on against Prince Sciarra-
ColOnn=, says the London Daily News
In the first the government il charging
him with the sale and expectation of
rare pictures and objects Of art TO
France. and in the second his creditors
are suing him. AS to the pictures, ii
has been found how the prince succeed
ed in exporting them. At the back of
his palace is n theater, the Quiriuo.
Into the courtyard of the palace large
boxes We're carried similar t. those in
which theatrical companies transport
stage properties. Then the Violin
Player" OF Raphael and pictures by
Titan were packed in these together
with the scenery, and the whole vas
sent to France scheduled aS ''thcatricCl
furniture" The Violin Player i ia
nous - being one of Eaphac.'s last
works. II bears the date lsl5-two
years before mis- death-and II is inter
cSting as bearing 4 resemblance TO tlo
painter. This act has been inpugncd
as illegal, firstly, because the gallery Is
entailed, and secondly, because. even If
il We're not 50, the expectation of OBJ
jccts OF art j. prohibited unless the
right of preemption is offered TO the
government
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-10-21
DID THE PELICAN COUNTq
Or Va. A. sIn.pIy a. Case of .iniaiaI Oh
Se-gaEton.

Or W - a. sInspIy "a CASE Ox Animal cII-
se-YaEton.
Houzcan dc la Hale. says the ST
Louis Republic. telLo Of pelican living
IL a tsherman's family et Santo Dom
iHgo that fed upon the refuse Of The
Gsh-cieaniEg. Every week day IL would
90 To the shore looking fOr the food
which the boats were suIN5 - bring iu.
Now, the ovscE OF tlIi. pet pelican,
although ii rough fisherman, was of Il
piOuS turn of mind aL;J always observed
Sabbath. The pelican was not long IL
learning this and the fact that he was
unwillingIy made to observe a forced
fast every seventh Gay. Within u short
time he had such clear idea Of tha
regular return Of The day that lac would
sit LaotiO,lleas AL day ON Sunday on
trvo near the house without once at
tempting 40 go u the beach for his
daily allowance oT refuse tiah-triHl-
minSs- Mms. Roger, il comm eItiGg on
shi- rcnarSable exhibition IF reason
ing Faculties IN :. bird 52v.: 1T j. not
necessary - suppose that the pelican
has learned 20 count the six days, at
rhc end of which time it, masters would
not ~ lshirg, bat ,vhile it really csti-
mated daily the time when il must
make its excursions To the beach, IL
Wa. informed Of the return Of Sunday
by what vas going on ~ the hou,... -,
for instance, the fishermen putting On
their Sunday clothes In the same way
the dog knows when his master ! ready
to start on hunt by seeing him with
gun and game bag.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-10-21
Ead Of u Long-Lived IIumbuG.

The cold bath is going out of favor.
There was, indeed, an element of hum
hug in the noisy enjoyment of the man
who il the dead of winter broke thin
ice to gain ablution. The ghastly smile
and the chsttering Of teeth gave the lie
u his protcstationS of delight. The
Jauancse. whose civilization may well
excite cIlvy, shun cold water rs neither
refreshing nor cleansing. The poorest
inhaBitant has a fire of charcoal lighted
under a movable tub. And just a. hot
te; in summer is more cooling than the
iced drink, 50 is hot water to toe pre-
fcrred u cold; nor need the advocate Of
this principle be necessarily disciple OF
iiahncm3nn-
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-10-21

The scarcity Of water in Paris is indi-
Gated cleverly 10y Parisian journalist.
who represents a scene in u restaurant:
time. the year 1895. \ diner calls for u
bottle Of pure water. The water,
aghast, goes to consult the patron. as
Parisian proprietOrs like TO be called
There il only one bottle Of pure water
in the house. Its date is 1872, and the
price is fabulous. The patron hesitates
TO servo it 20 stranger, but the sight
of a large bank bill in the customers
hand is reassuriug. The pure water Of
1872, In a wicker-covered bottle, is
brought out carefully and set before
the stranger. Other customers look on
with cnvious eyes, and one asks who
the stranger is. Il believe" responds
the patron. that il is the prince OF
Males" a"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-10-21

When the royal family moved ." San
Sebastian recently from the Spanish
capital, luncheon, a. usual. vas given
by the city in honor of the guests As
the xepast was served AT 8 O'clock kina.
Alfonso was not hL-gry. In order to
show his appreciation OF the action OF
his subjects, however, and Ia provide
.a-ainst contingencies, he took two OF
the best pieces Of cake from plate and
,remarl,ing 10 neighbor: They are for
AFTER awhile" placed them in his
pocket. This childish action greatly
zileased the people Of San Sebastian
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-10-21
Enniish CnnNicts.

No little excitement was created in
one of the London metropolitan III police
courts the other day 10y the disgrlceful
behavior of "A man who, on being sen
fenced 10 three months imprisonment
for swindling, looked AZ the Judges for
a moment, and then shouted at the top
of his voice: ''lou are set of don
KEYS" Then and there he was con-
dcmned to an additional two years inn
prisonment for grossly insulting the
bench" 1t might have been imagined
that the punishment with which his
outrageous conduct had been visited
would have deferred anyone who might
have felt inclined to follow his bad ex-
ample from doing 50, hut. strangely
enough, the next prisoner who was
brought forward acted in precisely the
same way. Sentenced 70 months i'm
prisonmcnt as a rogue and vagabond," q"
he cried out Justify: You are a lot of
scoundrcls,'' and, like his predecessor,
viii prolong his sojourn in Jail for the
space Of two years
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-10-21

A singular anomaly in Connection
with British army discipline is reported.
In a certain regiment were two officers.
one was the husband of wife who
strayed from the path Of conjugal duty;
the other was the means of leading 4
wife mot the same. but another msn'sl
from the same path The first officer
Was requested u send in his papers,
while the second was informed that.
not being married. he ought 10 dine
more frequently at the officers mes
s.hl.f
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-10-21
Tow ~ HIndos U... Clocks.

The Hindoo places "A clock in his par
lor. SAYS writer in Temple Bar, not
because he ever desires Ia know what
the hour is, but because clock is for
eign curiosity. Instead. therefore, OF
contenting himself with one good clock
he viii have, perhaps, dozen in one
room These clocks are signs of his
wealth, but they do not add 10 his COM
fort. for lac j. 80 Indifferent To time that
he measures il by the mum Der of bam-
boo lengths the sun has travelled above
the horizon.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-10-21
HOW GE SLIP.
Insts3d of >lumberia- All Over It Once
Nc $40 t. 'lrrp by sections.

Insts3d oF SluuiSria- All Over It Once
Nc so t. .'l"rp by sections.
According u the best writer's on the
subject; it has been a~certaincd that. in
= inning - sleep the senses do not
U-.sed!- fan into a state Of slGuubcr,
b4s .!-Gp of one after the other. The
- Int ceases, IN consequence Of the pro-
lection Of the cyclids, to receive i'm
Ircs,ious first. while all the ether
s,'Es,.s preserve Their senSii,ility cutire.
I3lc sense f taste Is the next which
loses it. Susceptibility 10 impressions.
and then tllc sense Of smelling. The
hearing l., ncSt in order, and last of all
,r;us,.> the sense If touch Further
more. the senses are thought TO sleep
with different degrees of profoundneSs.
The sense of touch sleeps the most
lightly and - the most easily awakened;
the next easiest i the hearing; tn"
ncNt i the sight. and the taste and
smelling awake last. Another remark
able circum tancc deserves notice -
certain muscles and parts Of the body
begin to Sleep before others
Slices commences IT the cNtremitics.
beginuing with thc feet and legs and
creeping toward the center Of the ner-
vouS action. The necessity for keep
ing the feet warm and perfectly still
as i preliminary of sleep, is well
known
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-10-21

- say" said the old subscriber.
what has become of the man who
used To get up all those presidential
ticilcts that would be sure To win for
your paper?" We had 10 give him
vacation" replied the editor. Hes
been taken with a lucid interval. -
Washington Star.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-10-21

.,-H Iu -a ysi roe ..--.- -.---..-. - ! y
rt se7 .,..l r,-,tG within months. !. -
81 ... r..II within q months. = %
d. r.t .gri within the year. 25
-.s..fnv outside OF tho county
.rrrs- 90, ,.,r year wiIi be cEersej tu
=. i5i.,
r''''' ,sorwuJ no aroye terms he de-
re- 20 e. ,rI mi those ~no Jon consult their
-rl g. g., ,.r.. ~ aIvaUce must net o.
tfla.as., ,A ' tl-a- -.-.Ers tOurtTIg as hose who
= e. s',.: ne, .e a,''os'y understood iT'g
Igs '' -r4-tr before you stop Il. Il stop
h -rr 'Tr .-- .t... .lIHveRs DO otherwise -
rgg -,..s -rn snort.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-10-21

business items. hrst insertisu lOc psr linz
subsequent Insertions. Sc. per line
Adm nistratOrs and Executors Notices sz 80
So. - !, - -, 2oo
Stfay ana similar Notices ............... 400
- hesolnf 'ous OF proceedings OF any corpors.
tion or society and cOmHun icstions des isp.d 10
cat Atis+.fieH u H4attef ef limited intf1
vlduAi interest must be paid Tor s sd yextsm ea
bonh hnn JOB Printing OF all kinds neatly snd
don you forget u.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-10-21
"A ADVERTISING H ates.

TH~ lsrge and rel sDle ciTcuIatt, n OF tie GAH
~ IA FREEMAN cOmmeDas IL TO the fsyorabls
cons deraiiO Of advertisers whose fsyOrs will bs
lns erIeh 81 tLe follow ting low raies:
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-09-01
LegionS OF Ancestors.

Did you ever stop to think how
many male and female ancestors
were required to bring you into the
world? Let US reason together on
this subject and see if we cannot prove
it to be a most curious and interest
ing theme to write and talk about.
First, it was very necessary that you
shonld have o father and mother
that makes two human beings. Each
OF them had father and mother
that makes four more human beings.
Then, again, each OF these four had
father and a mother, making eight
more representatives of Gods great
est handiwork. So we 60 on back to
the birth OF Christ, or through fifty
six generations in all. The result OF
such a calculation, which can be made
in few minutes by any school child,
will show that 139, 235, OFT, 489, 534,
'976 births must have taken place in
order to bring you into this world.
Yes, you who read these lines. All
this, too, since the beginning of the
Christian area, not since the begin
ing OF the Christian era, not since the
beginning of time, by any means.
According to Proctor, if from single
pair for 5000 years each husband
and wife had married at 21 years OF
age and there had been no deaths,
the population of theearth would now
be 2,199, 915, followed by A ciphers.
Verify, the human mind shrinks from
contemplating such immense numbers
-G.obe-Democrat.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-09-01
The BARRIERS Last Resort,

I went into a nineteenth century
torture chamber at Albany the other
day. There was BARRIERS pole out.
side the door. I went there to get
sha we'd. The executioner had a small
boy to daub the lather on, and after
I had been daubed he approached me
saw in hand.
just then felt myself seized from
behind by pair of powerful arms.
looked around and saw an enormous
colored man, an attache evidently of
the torture chamber. He held me in
the chair while the barber hacked up
my face, leaving me after ten minutes
a bleeding and almost unconscious
mass of quivering flesh. 1 demanded
to know why l had been held in the
chair.
"1'm sick OF having my customers
scoot out of that chair half DONE"
said the barber, land 80 1 have hired
that man to see that they don't.
There's some kind of hoodoo about
this store that makes man want to
run us soon as I begin on New
York Herald.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-09-01
Cutting Wisdom Teeth.

The recent unpleasantness" at Home
stead, Pa, has called attention to the
fact that the wages Of rollers, heaters,
and other skilled workmen in the iron
and steel industry are nearly twice as
high in Western as in Eastern Pennsyl-
vania. Is this because Western has
twice as much tariff protection as East
ern Pennsylvania? Not at all. Both the
manufacturers and the workers agree
that it is because the Amalgamated AS
sociation of Iron and Steel Workers Is
stronger in Western than in Eastern
Pennsylvania. This is why the million
aire iron masters are after the scalp Of
the Amalgamated Association, just as
they would be after high tariff, if 1t
really made wages high. The two things
that the manufacturers want most are
high prices for their products and low
wages to produce them, and the mutual
affinity between manufacturers and in
high tariffs is evidence that protection
accomplishes these two objects. The
workers and consumers are learning
these facts by piecemeal, but their wis
dom teeth will be cut some day.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-09-01

As is usual with trus' 8. q tarift Of
from % to 40 per cent. is back of this
one to prevent the consumer from i'm
porting foreign made tacks or from re-
Importing American tacks sold for ex-
port ut ~ per cent. less than to the
domestic consumer. The recent price
OF two dozen papers OF tinned-iron
tacks, weighing "a ounces per paper,
was 81. Sc Il, the American and $2.2O to
tue foreign consumer. The beauties of
our protective" system surpass all un-
Outstanding now that we are beginning
to appreciate McKinleyism.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-09-01
AF,sh with Electrical Pawer,

M. DArsonval has been studying
the gymnotus electricus, of which he
possesses specimen capable of EMIT
ing current, or rather discharge,
of 100 volts and 2 amperes, which
can be made to magnetic an electo-
magnet. The electrical apparatus is
underneath the animal, the positive
terminal being at its head and the
negative at it's tail. In striking its
prey it folds itself into the arc of a
circle completes an electric circuit
through the body of the doomed
animal. The gymnotus is found in
some OF the South American rivers,
and is ordinarily five or six feet in
length, although occasional speci-
mems are found very much larger
Engineering Magazine.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-09-01
1ScP< R'ohr 1881

Ought to be smaller
the great, gripping, old-fashioned
pill. There's too much unpleasant
ness for the money. Ought to be
better, too. They're big enough,
and make trouble enough, to do
more good.
That's just what DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets do more good.
Instead of weakening the system,
they renovate it; instead of up
setting, they cleanse and regulate
it mildly, gently, and naturally.
They're the original Little Liver Pills
the smallest but most effective,
purely vegetable, perfectly harmless,
and easiest to take. Only one
little Pellet for a gentle laxative
three for cathartic. Sick Head
ache, Bilious Headache, Constipa-
ton, Indigestion, Bilious Attacks,
and all arrangements of the Liver,
Stomach and Bowels are promptly
relieved and permanently cured.
They're the cheapest pills you can
buy, for they're guaranteed to give
satisfaction, or your money is re-
turned. You pay only for the good
You get. It's plan peculiar to DR..
Pierce's MEDICINES.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-09-01
a MADsToN9FvzEky,M.

Bitten by Rattlesnake and En-
fectiveIy Healed by the Stone.
A maidstone wds eff ctively used on
@ snake bite.
The patient, Tom Scott, is a bar
keeper in Montague's saloon, corner
OF Broadway and Fifth.
While handling box containing
two rattlesnakes and one copper
head Scott was bitten in the hand by
one of the reptiles. AS quickly as
possible the arm was tightly bound
with a cord, to prevent the poison
entering his system. The next day
Hiram Teasdale, q farmer, read an
account OF Scott's misfortune in the
Enquirer. He is the possessor OF q
maidstone, ard Immediately notified
Scott that he would let him use it.
Scott was only too glad and telegraph
ed Teasdale, who lives near Carthage,
to come to this city. Teasdale ar
rived Monday, md applied the stone
to the tiny red puncture in Scott's
hand. When applied it was of a
milky-white color, but it gradually
changed it's hue to that of the poisoned
hand. After allowing it to remain
some time it was removed and placed
in milk until it resumed it's natural
color. The operation was repeated
until the swelling was reduced. Scott
IA
again. The maidstone has been in the
possession of the Teasdale family for
over thirty years. 1t has been used
many times and always successfully
This is the first time it has been used
on a snake bite.-From, the Cincinnati
Enquirer.