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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-11-18
CALIFORNIA REDWOOD.
Peculiar and Picturesque Growth of the
i'.- III. - ..

Peculiar and Picturesque Growth OF the
PtriiI,' .'oa-t.
ON the camping grounds OF the Bo-
h,mian club on Austin creek, and in
Inc Armstrong tract near Guerneville
one finds the lowland rcdw ood in per
fc,.tiru. In Su-h pia -cs there are often
rings OF great trees iuclosing pits five
or six feet deep and thirty. forty. or
even fftV feel ia diameter. Each OF
tncsc pms ls supposed To show where
The venerable ancestor Of the surround
iu.r circle Gf trees once stood. says a
writer IN the Century. Long before il
fSli iHnGmerabic sprouts grew from the
Yet living roots. AftcrWard, when the
giant yielded. the rains washed new
soil into the bottoms from the noun
tain sides t. fill the deep chasm. For a
century or So there was a struggle
among the children OF the fallen mon
arch. and at last only seven or eight re-
Inainri To become great trees of
twelve feet in diameter set on the
rim Of the pit formed by the decay
af the roots of the ancient tree ami
each having complete root system Of
itp own. Other trees. seedlings or
sprouts. grow mp between them and in
In i few more centuries the process of
forming another r. lyood-tree ring will
b- repeated about the largest of the
~c-lud growth. Rings of this sort can
br found in all staTes OF formation in
cv.ry canyon and valley af the redwood
c,auJry- Spn- very larg. rings still
shp,v IL br,!,cn el -, of tn central
tree, T 1"t- pr ,ic ting like the -taves OF
"a barrel arsulI the hollow oyer -sr pvu
with feras ana wild oVaii>, or filed to
the brian with fresh. SPICY reIw BOD
sprouts. Tine green spires Of the living
forest. three hIndr..l feet hign. filter the
air through their innumerablc branches
and shut Dat AL bat flint blue sparlzles
of the sky. The dast of one Of the
pi.iIccrs is uudcrfopt and a little tree
of last years growth Is struggling to
Tlih a place. Tn" red bronze trunks Of
the trees stand like a wall. hiding the
r,zs. uf the IA puntIins, hiding the banks
Of th-. river. tn puyh one hears the sound
of it, n.w ani the splash IF little front
streams in the canyons. Such groves
as TINS are the temples of the California
forest system.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-11-18
PtHZON.
The Humble Associate aud Patron Of CO.


iaf fhhsiibit -A-- hsiiAF anu OF
ldmbuS-
"Pinzon had no acquaintance at court.
l." Was without title or rank. he was
under Hp Instructions. nor was he under
obligation L. anyone" says Isaac Ras-
Se;t Chpatc in AN article on .'Cplumb bus
and Ills Friends in the New England
Magazine. ''I;y an act Of spontaneous
patriotism hc put his influence and au-
thority, his person and the persons Of
has brothers and other relatives. the
ships that were his own-in a word. the
material Of the eEpeditiOn-into the
hands Of Columbus, with the perfect
understanding that the latter was
lacking the means and the influence to
bring the fleet together. la addition
To all this he advanced ON this slender
credit almost half "A million of marave-
dis. or. II may be, the third part of the
total expense. If the undertaking
failed. Columbus would lose some of
the Illusions of his life. which consti-
tutcd the sum of his Investment. but if
hc did not lose all hope he would soon
bc found again as a suitor at some court
Pinzon ON his part would sacrifice the
half million without any hope that a
poor foreigner, and one who was W holly
misunderstood, would ever find means
to reimburse him"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-11-18
A WELL OF ICE WATER.
One OF Dakota's Conve. lent and Natural
IuNuries.

One of Dakots's Conye. lent and Natural
Lu,uries.
A well-known Hartford lawyer, who
has been travelling in the northwest,
has come back with a story of an ex-
ccptionally natural convenience, the
contemplation of which, in this trop-
ical season, says the Hartford Courant
refreshes ones soul, unless it breeds
uneasy envy.
lie was stopping with family in
North Dakota. 1t was in July, and
clear, cold water-a luxury he did not
frequently find-was most acceptable.
The water on the table was so very
sweet and so very cold that he was led
To remark on its excellence.
Yes, our well has always satisfied us,
and we think we have good thing
when we can draw ice water in mid
summer"
1T certainly is as cold as ice water, y
said the visitor, not believing the re-
mark was meant exactly literally.
No, but it's actually ice water; well
show it 70 you after dinner"
And after dinner out they went, and
the New England man was asked to
look down. Ii was n round small brick
abouts, and went down to an eXtraor-
dinary depth. But there was beauti-
ful sight at the bottom. 1t was, sure
enough, a natural ice water tank. Pieces
of clear ice floated in the water, and a
close look showed thick coating of ice
all around the sides for quite a distance
above the water. The melting was
surely slow enough down there, and the
prospect was good for plenty of ice
water, at least till the hot weather was
over.
The explanation was simple enough.
When the bucket is drawn little of
the watar always spills or drips, and
often stril-eS the sides of the well as il
falls. In the winter-and Dakota win
ters are cold-this water at once freezes,
and soon the entire length of the shaft
Is lined with ice> This thickens at an
increasing rate, and it is frequently
necessary to cut il away with an AK To
make room in which the bucket can
slide up and down. In the spring this
begins To melt, and the ice falls To the
bottom. The farther down, the slower
Ii the process of melting.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-11-18
Hot Politics In England.

AS illustrating the bitterness of the
recent campaign in Great Britain the
Boston Transcript publishes letter
written by an English liberal To friend
in Boston. I'VE have had, he says, "a
tremendous hard fight-many say the
greatest since 1882. All the aristocracy.
landlords, publicans, factors, and. above
all, the church against us. The latter
grew SD keen ON the subject that from
over fifty pulpits for several Sundays
past we (the liberal party have been
specially commended to the Lord for
punishment, and sermons against our
ideas preached. Some of the ministers
have even gone so far as to say that any
one who voted for - was not fit to re-
ceive the sacrament. Think of that in
this nineteenth century, and il will
show you how deep and bitter the fight
has been. All | can say is that there
are 6.535 communicated people in
this constituency alone"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-11-18
AS 1T IS IN INDIA.
An Accident t" a IIindno and the Con-e-
pucnccs It EntiiIcd.

Al tcft'itht a llindDO and the Con-e-
qucnccs It Entsti!ed.
The Indian papers report that some
time since, in the ncighborhood of
FyZabad. a man Of the Ahir or COW
herd caste. was carrying a young calf
home on his shoulders. when by some
accident II slipped down and broke its
neck. The Brahmins declared him to
be outcast and sentenced him To the
scvcrcSt form of llindoo eXcommunica-
ton for six months They further told
him that he could not have committed
a greater sin than causing the death of
cow, but, taking into consideration
that he was an uneducated man they
had dealt very lcnicntly with him
During the period of eXcommunicatiOn
ne was ordered to lead life of
mendicancy and with a rope round his
neck and a portion of the calls tail on
his shoulders he was to perform pill
grimages to different IIindoo shrincs
The members of his family were forbid
den To supply him with either shelter
or food under a penalty of undergoing
similar accommodation. The Ahir
recently returned To his village. but IN
III the publication ceremonies, ar. over
he must live in a temporary grass
matched house which has been erected
for his residence. IL remains for u man
of one Of the lowest and most degraded
castles To purify him. \ barber. after
shaving the delinquent and pairing the
nails of his hands and toes, will make
over the hair and nails 10 the low caste
attendant, who will burn them and also
set fire tn the hut. After this the Abir
being covered with cow-dung. viii take
plunge into the river Sarju and come
out purified. But his troubles are even
then by no means at an end. After he
has feasted fifty Brahmins and one hun
dred of his brethren he will be re
admitted into caste-fcllowship
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-11-18
MAN AGAINST SHARK.
How "A Cuban Fruit Peddier Laid out Two


Maa Eaters
The prettiest battle ever witnessed
was between a Cuban and a couple of
sharks said Thomas {. Ridgeway to a
-. Louis Globe Democrat man. We
had rea he'd Havana from New York,
and were lying perhaps half mile from
the docks awaiting the signal II g in.
Several fruit peIdlers had boarded Us,
and anon" them a swarthy. bare-lc yged
Young fellow who looked like
pirate. The purser WAS standing 10y
the rail. holding his five -year-old son in
has arms, watching a couple of IN pnSter
sharks that were hanging about the
vessel. wn-n the child slipped from his
grasp and fell into the water. The
father plungel overheard and seiz ID
him. and the sharks 1T once made Tor
TIA" pair
The barc-legred young buccaneer
dropped the fruit basket and WAS over
the rail like a flash. As the first shari,
turned on it, ba.! the invariable pre-
ud. t. biting. the Cuban rose. and
with q long, keen knife fairly disem-
bryclcd il. The other was not to bc
disposed of - easily. He seemed u
realize that ia the Cuban he had dan
.-rrous foe. and. in the language of the
rln-r- spared Tor al opening several
of IA began Il blaze away AT hIm with
our rcvDlvcr:s. but the Cuban appeared
u fear orr bad craftsmanship more
than the shark. ana begged us IL de
si-t. The purser and his child had been
pulled on dcyi:, and the combatants hal
a fair fed The Cuban dived- but the
shark did not wait for him Ia come up.
ana changed his. location. Finally the
latter advanced straight upon his an
tagpni~i. his ugly lin cutting through
the water like a knife, turned quickly
upon hi, ba *. AMI the hug jaws eams
:p.s.thor with Il Vi .iau5 snap, but the
Cuban was not between them. He
hal sunk just in time t. avoid thr
,harll. GTd as the lIttar passed shot the
-trcl Ia, it. tn. oil sea wolf made
the wat-,r bDn. an strDys desperately
a :,triis,. has antagonist with his tail.
but the iIttcr Kept wei lmidships ami
literally cut him u pieces.
We made up purse for him, and the
next day the brave raEamutlin could
have given solomon pointers in gor-
geous apparel"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-11-18
a VICTIM TO SOAP AND wATra
The Digger India1 Performed ~ Z au.a,I
Act Rnd Died from IT, Fa.ots

The Digger IndiA1 Performed ~ Z pu.aal
Act a"d Died from IT, Fl.cts.
Chatting with a reporter for 10. C..f-
cago Tribune a few DAYS az, am ,..t
army oil -cr who has served an or.rtl...
country gave his opinion of the Dir
Indian a. follows:
This Indian. "A native 81 npr,f,.,.,
California, II the most dreyradcl. r.,...
count creature Ia the 4 nited Stat,-- d..
l. swinish. dirty. indolcnt and -.u.
Times ugly. lie doe, not posse. a. ....
gle good characteristic. O-,-a.i .f.... ..
~ l.iils comradc, hut Amcri al o..
never desccnds 10 hia sphere. co., 10 is......
~ views such matter in thc .,lIu.. d.
:is whom one mule kicks anoth.r Die.
lives on horse meat. abandoned shin.
bones, gr;,sahuppcrs, pine nut a..
acurus. lie wit % further t. -... g. . ...
Gus or t. steal a waterIuclpu than a...
other human being. lie will .u
hours in the sun with the m,r.ury ....
hundred. the --LATEST. frcr.t. ha.p..
and most independent thing ia r...
tcn-c. lie luNuriates ia fourth Of a. ...r
professions and other sperta. ular u,...
DnSt r.tiOHS without ohtliuiu.r any I.,..
Of their meaning. His head. aiyaR ....
covered t. the sun, bear a bla j. r........
thicker than that of = hur-r. Bio.
lives and lives and bccoHc4 Do. ....
ahrivrIcd and dricr and dricr. L.It ....
ht lives until he il Il hundred ami .f.
no one knows how long. for hlr ...-
do. .torcd vitals are 80 tough and Al.
strong that they keep 10 thrir WORK.
until the last drop OF blood in hir y..a~
is fairly dried up.
And this reminds me" cOutiuu-I t...
army officer, of a story that Cen. >...--
idau delighted II tell. \ Digger. f,...,.
out near the upper klamath Pr.-,..t
ing, came across one Of thp.-. ran.r.
aucous deposits which abound Ia u.rr. .-
crn California and Nevada, aud l.uI..a
he mistook for something more argent
ferrous. lie obtained a chunk OF ii ustI
wadcd into neighboring creek I.r t.r
purpose Of washing it. He Was ~ar-
pris,d to find that il changed the CO.. r
OF ms hands. and il felt 80 good THAT I.
rubbed himself from head h. foot .sl.4
il. dived three or four time, into tu-
water. and then made for home. A. ur
approached his camp a score ui bis
friends dashed at him with clubs aad
knives. and, although he screamed lu
their tongue and declared himself .u,.
Of their tribe. his exclamation af ia,u.
tity and cries Of pain were received
with anger and d,rision, and he Ha-
literally hacked and stoned and riubn.l 4
10 dcaih. Even the Squaw of his b.-u.u
and his children failed L, reror orul1. hll4.
and his own dog burlscd al him. l.u
sec he was the only Digger Indian that
ever ashcd with soap and water. AMI
he fell victim 10 the unfortunate aIr
plicatiOn.'
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-11-18
TIME TO SPARE.
4 Tenderfoot Who Changed His Mind Iu
Front OF a Revolver.


Front of a Revolver.
4 group of club lOungcrs were rE-
changing "reminiscences when To-.
youngest Of the group spoke up iu
tone that promised "A good story: II can
tell you an experience ! had when was
with an engineering party in Idaho a
few years ago. prominent man iu
the camp had suddenly disappeared
and il was generally believed that Nur-
phy--or desperate Jack, a. Ia, Was
fami'iarly llnDWn-Nas accountable f.r
the disappearance. Murphy was a tll,-
ical westerner. was born IN the west
had roved around in the west for several
years, and it goes without Saying that
he was an expert at poker and era. ),
shot. There were already eleven
nntehes upon the handle Of his revolver
when I met him. lie was absolutely
fearless and was regarded a. the terror
Of the camp. Notwithstanding the ~u~-
piciDus that arose concerning the odd
-olon-ls disappearance there was u5
positive evidence that Murphy N4- lns
murderer, and probably the right ARIA
Of the law would have proved a little
weak anyway in a case in which Mar
ply was involved.
Il was playing poker one evening iu
the barroom and may possibly have
been affected somewha by my half
dozen drinks. l had a dead ciucL ]
thought on my opponent and the
chances were ia favor Of my becoming
richer 10y about fifteen hundred when
Murphy sauntered in. lie luungrl
around the bar for d few minute. hut
finding nothing else 10 interest htIu ur
swaggered over To our table auI
watched the game. Seeing that ] was
about To win he r, marked insal,ut.y 60
my companion: Don't let that hlAmsa
tendcrfoot get the best Of You. Put
down that ten
Il fired up in a second and was ready
10 knock him down.
- 'Stiddy, now, Billy, stiddy,' hc said
To- me, jeeriugly.
''Of course 1 lost my temper. called
him a murderer and accused him OF
killing Brown. and added that every
body knew it. Eying me cuullg. he
drew out a silver-mounted drruu-,-r
with the remark:
Young man, III give you just one
minute To take that back
on killed the scouhdrci WIN JUS
own gun, Of course" remarked Nr''
York Herald man, in the tone al onr
who had anticipated the point of the
story.
The narrator tilted back in his chair
and thrust his thumbs in the armAa.u-
of his vest
''Gentlcmen." he remarked. driIy "l
had just tifty-nine seconds to spare
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-11-18
Animal ISSTIHCT.
Singular saEacity IJisplayed by Wild


Horse.
That cattle and horses can communi-
cate intelligence To- "a, IA other and arr.
endowed with a certain amount of
reasoning faculty the following facts
are pretty conclusive proof: | once pur-
chased = station on which "A large num-
hvr "f ,attie and horses had gone wild.
To get tac oattie IN | fenced the
permanent watcr-a distance Of twenty
miiea-leay ing traps at intervals At
iirsi tins answered all right, but soon
the cattle became exceedingly cautious
about entering the traps: waiting out
side for Two or three nights before 90
ing in and if they could smell a man or
his tracks not going in AT all. At last
they adopted plan which beat me A
mob would come To the trap-gate. and
one would 80 in and drink and come
out, and then another would do tie
same, and 50 on till all had watered
They had evidently arrived at the CON
ciuaion that ! would not catch one and
frighten all the Others away 70 get
in the Wild horses. six hundred of
which were running on a large plain
tabont twenty Thousand acrca). / erect
al q stock yard with gradually widen
inc lane in a hollow where il could not
easily bc seen, and 10y stationing horse
men al intervals on the plain galloped
the Wild horses in, My first hunt
(Which lasted for some days. was sue
cessful- the wild horses heading toward
the mouth of the lane without much
difficulty. but of course some escaped 10y
charging back at the stock ward gate
and IN other ways. My second hunt,
about a month later, was a failure:
every mob Of horses on the plain seemed
t. know where the yard was and would
not head that way. This seems To
show that the horses that escaped from
the first hunt told all the others where
the stock yard was
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-11-18
RRAvERY OF a DENVER GIRL

BhAS Ghf OF - -
Risl>ing Life to save Her Pet Horse from
Death by FIRE.
The daughter of the late w j. Nm
sev performed an act Of cool bravery IN
Denver the other night. She save-t her
pct. the family horse, from burning To
death The scene Of the fire was the
stable adjoining the costly residence At
Eleventh avenue and Pearl street. be
longing To the kinscy estate. " vhcrchve
the son and daughter with house
keeper and Goa ,hman. Miss Nctiie
Kin.;cv returned from few days visit
to ManitOu. She was accompanied
home by two young friends. and at $40
when they reached the house they
found it locked The young ladies
We're afraid to attempt Il enter the
house by a window, and the Republican
saws Miss Kinscv concluded t. wake the
coachman. Arthur George. whose sleep
ing-room was in the barn. When she
approached the window She was APP
prised by the smell of smoke and the
heat that the barn was on fire.
Quickly the Young lady recognized
the gravity of the situation. She
thought of the family horse, a valuable
animal, and one Il which she was much
attached standing IN ms stan Crazcu
with fright. while the smoke and flames
were nearly envelopin@ him. Giving
the alarm to her friends. the brave
little lady broke the window with her
umbrella and climbed in, regardless Of
wounded and bleeding fingers. She
rushed through the binding smoke t.
the door, which .,he unharrcd. Then.
stripping of her jacket. she hlindfplded
4 1 L
the open air. by this time the screams
OF the young ladies had brought Il
crowd t. the scene and some one had
turned in an alarm. The fire depart
mcnt quickly responded ana tn" flames
were subducd before the buildin" was
wholly destroyed. although the damage.
which included the destruction of two
costly buggics, amounted to from three
IN fOur tbpuSaDd dollars
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-11-18
AN INTERESTING QUESTION.
when Did Ladies' begin to Ride sideways
On IIor~sbackg


In a book entitled Remains Concern
ing Bristain," published in lGl4. b. is
stated that Queen Anne, wife uf larH-
ard l., first taught English women i'
ride on side saddles, when h,ret ri.rr
they rode astride. A. late a. 1872 Queen
Mariana Victoria, Of Portugal aI"aE,
rode astride.
There has been some discussion a~ ''
whether this ancient practice should
not Toe revived, and the side saddle
abandoned, says the Rider and Driver.
In May, 1890, lady, wife 81 an Lu-...A
baronet. appeared in Rotten Row a.-
tended 10y her groom and mounted cra7r-
legged.
Her riding habit was not only some
what longer than the new fashion rH.
joins, but longer than the old one a'
well, and was simply a very yolum'H-
uus divided skirt.
The fashion however, does not APP
pear Yet h make much way, althnu-"
IL is known that il il not 80 uugomm""
for ladies 10 ride cross saddle a. m-Nt
la supposed. A curious side saddle l'
used 10y women in Iceland.
1t has "A seat with back like com
mon chair, and has, instead Of a stlrr"i'
little shelf on which both the feet 'A"
rest
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-11-18

Inc Russian imperial commission
upon behalf Of its government. has am.
piled To the director general for the III.
lowing allotment Of space i'm the var;.
Gus exposition buildings: Ao-ric,It,,r..
%-'ooo square feet; horticulture. 1000:
ilye stock, 200; fish aud fisheries. $500;
mines mining and metallurgy. =. .4o0;
machinery, 400; transportation. 2.50O.
manufactures, $4,000; electricity. 200.
hne arts, l.2O0; liberal arts. IL. 400: eth
nology, 10: forestry, $500; total. Iao.-
6l0 square feet.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-11-18
4 IV0Hlan's Batk.


1t is tka handspring of her
life.
What can she do, where can
she go, so long as that deadly
6ackacie saps every particle Oh
her strength and ambition?
She cannot walk, she cannot
stand her housework IS a bur
den; the hours behind the
counter or in the factory are
crushing; she is miserable.
The cause is some derange-
ment of the uterus or womb.
The 6ackarhe is tie SIRE symptom.
lydia f. Pinkham's Vegetable
ComboHHd is the one untalllng
remedy. A woman discovered
it and gave it to women. \
woman reads your letter and
gives YOU a woman's sympathy
and help. Thousands send
letters g crate A
full for physical -e%A
Sc: ::%: :: = :s',.5.:: :', j; ~
is for you. ~ 3
Don't hesitate. \D
,S..s
All druggists sell u, or sent 4 NJ ~M<SS$S. =
BY mail, form of PiIs or - <(lNNNk>
LOEsnges, n receipt OF ST. ~ Z-.~
Correspondence freely
s~ered- Address conf S-H.<,~ zH%
dsncs, LYDIA r. PINK - - - N -
HAN MEDICAL Co, INss, -S><I--I O. -----<<~-ss
Mass IISsT Pills. &c.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-11-18

The newly appointed command "'
the Russian armies, gen. Ohrut hen. ''
- stout that he cannot sit i'm saddle
nor il ii likely if he could DO So i""'
there il anywhere in existence h.I-s
strong enough 10 bear ms Ms.A..
The warrior has equally hard ".i"
walking, aud for the same reason.
Why one afflicted in this manner "h"".'
br placed in a position requiring "'",
activity IL is DIM ult 90 understand. "I'
less il bc that the ear desired conn
mander of his forces who could ".'
easily run away in time Of rs''I-'''
even if he should b. tempted tn do
which Gen. Obrutchch would h'i"''
be, since he is one of the hrayeel a''
diers i'm all Europe, aud, barring H'' ~
mense bulk, is in every way hileu i''
his post.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-01-23
Not That Kind of a Relic.

The widow of distinguished pro.
fcssor was visited by rather shabby
gentccl sort of n gentleman, who ex-
pressed great admiration for her de-
ceased husband and who finally said:
Il revere the memory of your hus.
band, and would like very much to have
some relic TO keep and cherish"
The only relic l can offer YOU" re.
Piled the disconsolate widow, signing
heavily, 'is myself. If you will love
and cherish me for his sake you NAV,
for | am of an affcctionate disposition
and"
But the relic hunter had silently
stolen away before she could finish the
scntcncc.-TeXas Siftinrs.