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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-12-09
HOUSEKEEPING ON LAND.
An English Pastime which May BE
TranspIanted to America.

An English Pastime which May BE
TranspIanted to America.
"Caravaning." like DEMONSTRATING.
is a recreation indigenous 10 the Eng
lish soil. a caravan rs a sort Of house
boat on wheels. a fashionable and
modernized gypsy cabin, or an improved
photographers car. 1t j. drawn hy
horses, and develops a speed something
between a canal boat and an rNpr,--
train. according TO the number and geo
ing qualities Of the steeds before b. It
il not distance, however. but time that
a caravan is looked 10 to anuihilatr. ~'
the matter Of speed Is secondary. says
the New York Times. The vehicle.
filled with a carefully selected company
of picllnicl5erS. ambles along a lovely
country road until some sweet retreat
is encountered. when il stops. and
there You are for as long a. You want
to be. and sometimes longer.
In the caravan YOU may eat sleep.
but not live; that You must do nut Of
doors. II it should rain you may rN.-t
within it., shelter, il you can tia The
sun shines again. When everybody BE-
tired of the sweet retreat-and One of
the thorns Of caravaning Is that There
il a chance Of your getting tired of Do
before evcrybody-thc party moves .n.
like the snail. with its hou-e upon 0r~
back. There iS talk OF iutroduclur t.'r
paStime over here but II seems hardly
suited 10 the lively American tcmp.ra-
ment. A ride on the top uf Fifth
avenue stage ought 10 be more rNrIi-
ing.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-12-09
HIS LEE WORK.
What an Old-Time ComPositor Has Done
in Handling Type

la Handling Type.
Uncle Alex Crockett a compositor
of this city, has recently passed the six
tieth mile-post of his life printer,
says the Nevada Democrat. Mr.. Crock
EFT has spent the greater part of his life
at the case and this is what he has ac-
complished.
At an average of three columns per
day. he has set up 56, 100 columns.
This type, put in a newspaper of eight
columns to the page, would fill 7,02O
pages.
At five minutes per column ii would
take one year three months and thirteen
days TO read this amount of matter.
If measured by the EN- it would ag
gregate 40, 100, 900.
At thirty-five cents per 1000 ems this
amount of labor would be worth $40, lao.
This much type would weigh 7s6, ,246
pounds. 1t would contain 421, 200, 900
letters.
If these letters were laid end TO end
they would cover distance of 5,sl65f
miles.
1t would make II. .233, 900 lines
He could have set the unabridged edi-
tion Of Webster's dictionary thirteen
times, or the Bible forty-five times.
If placed in one long column it would
reach twenty-five miles.
If the metal We're nodded into bullets
IL would furnish ammunition to- fight
the war of 1872 and then have enough
type left To set five copies of Poor
Richards Almanac" three of Talmage's 5
sermons and 297 patent medicine testi-
mOnials.
As we go to press Uncle Alex" is al
his case, whistling Comrades and
pulling out for a fat take"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-12-09
WONDERFUL SIGNAL LIGHT.
Messages Flashed a Distance of Eighty
Five Mites.


The experiments with powerful
search light on Mount Washington have
had some highly interesting results
says the Youths Companion. The light
which is of one hundred thousanl
candle power, produces a sufficient il
Elimination at a distance of twenty
miles from the summit of the mountain
TO render ordinary print legible. 4
narrow beam shot upward at an angle
of forty-five degrees was visible over
head at Portland, eighty-five miles
away.
The elevation of the light above the
surface of the earth at Portland must
have been more than eighty miles. Yet
when it was made TO flash dot and
dash" signals in the air. telegraph
operator at Portland readily interpreted
the words thus transmitted to him, and
10 prove that he saw the signal. tele-
graphed the words back to Mount Wash
ington.
He could not see the light on the
peak, which was hidden by intervening
clouds, but only the beam of light pass
ing at a height of eighty miles above
his head
This fact seems more surprising when
we reflect upon the excessive rarity of
the atmosphere at such an elevation.
for of course the beam of light would
not be visible if it did not illuminate
the air through which it passes, just as
a ray of sunlight. entering through a
knot hole, makes a luminous beam in the
dusty air of barn.
1t rs evident at glance that these
experiments have most important
bearing upon the art and practice of
signaling at n distance. Signal beams
of light thrown high and far in the air
may yet prove of immense use for mill
tary and other purposes on land. and in
the guidance of vessels surrounded by
perils at sea.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-12-09
THE DOG WAS ASTONISHEO.
And So Was the Actor, Who Thought He
Had En- Again.

And So Was the Actor, Who Thought He
Had 'Em Again"
Il once played cruel joke on John
English. one of the old stock actors that
have now about disappeared from the
stage" said Robert Stevenson 10 the
StOrv-TellerS' club. that was killing
time in the corridors of the Laclede,
says the st. Louis -Globe-Democrat.
John was great lover Of a practical
joke, and several times made me the
victim. One season he was doing the
smaller cities with Rip Van Wrinkle
and had with beautiful white dog that
had played Schneider / got hold of
Schneider one night when John was
playing at Brownsville. Tex, to a
packed house and painted him all the
colors of the rainbow. Rip did not see
Schneider until ne obediently trotted
upon the stage. When he caught sight
Of his dog he did not at once recognize
his faithful companion, and, being a
very nervous man, grabbed a chair,
Sprang TO the far side of the stage, and
stood on the defensive. Schneider
realized that something was wrong and
went crawling to his master on his
stomach. The actor thought il some
kind of a wild animal that was about TO
spring upon him, and, throwing the
chair at Schneider, was about To rush
off the stage. The dog emitted plain
tive ki-yi and English stopped, looked
at him, advanced To the footlights, and
said impressNely: III whip the coyote
that made an Italian sunset of that
dog"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-12-09
WHAT THUNDER WAS.
In Mems Minds 1t seemed to He ODD
Things Many Year. Ago.

MuschenbroeclS, for example 1852
176l), is admirable in his exposition of
the physical properties of matter as
known and admitted by the best minds;
but when he passes into the region of
conjecture, he appears to be another
and inferior man. says the Philadelphia
Press 1t Is scarcely credible that so
able teacher should have spoken in
the following manner of lightning, of
the nature of which he was ignorant,
and that DIR. Johnson, in his diction-
airy, under the word thunder" should
have quoted a portion OF the same
z 1898. The matter which produces
the fire q. e., the lightning) is the oil
of plants. attenuated 10y the heat of the
day, and raised on high. Then what
ever has eXhaled from the earth that is
sulphurous or oily, which is dispersed
mp aud down ia the atmosphere, and Is
not continuous, is set on fire by turns
and the flame dilates itself as far as the
tract of that eXhalation reaches. Some
other substance pendent and floating in
the air meets with this also. with which
II eNcites an effervescence, takes fire,
and flashes along with it.
- 1899, Thunder is a most bright
flame, rising on a sudden, moving with
great violence and with very rapid
velocity through the air; according to
any determination. upward from the
earth, horizontally, obliqueiy down
ward, in q right line, or IN several right
lines, as IL were In serpentine tracts,
Joined at various angles, and commonly
ending with a loud noise or rattling"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-12-09
A YOUNG MANS CHANCE
Business Men NeVsr More willing L" lui
Large trusts Upon Their shoulders.

Business Men NeV"r More willing L" tut
Large Trusts Upon Their shoulders.
A mother who now sends out ~'H
into the business world lauurhr~ a.H
at a time when the chances are al. D."
favor Of "A young man. Bu~inn~~ mrA
We're never more willing H. pat large
trusts upon the shoulder, of young
men than they are to-day. says tnr .a
dies Home journal. Young h...H
as il is called. is the life of the modern
business world. and il cyorEH H.''
sought In New York the demHn. '".
the right kind Of young men iu a.I .1.
pacities i far greater than tho supply
and what is true Of New York i- ira.
Of all the large cities. Bear In mind.
however, say the right kind uf young
men, and 10y that classification m'l"
young men who are willing o. NIH.
and work hard The day of the young
man who works 10y the clock. eaa.f..
watching for the hour when th" "..."
shall close, has gone by, even if D. '.''
existed. Hundreds of young m'H a.'
energetic in "A new position amt. De
novelty wears Oft. and then n'''IN"
mere machines whose places cam ''
filed al a days notice.
No mother need have undue ANXIETY
for the success Of a son " ho this autumn
or winter steps out into the hu~i"'--
world, 50 long as he bears in mind ale"
essential points.
He must be honest above all tAn--.
and allow nothing 10 convince hum '"".
there il a compromise between h"n''t
and dishonesty,
He must he an ont and out believer '"
the homely but forcible saying Il1t
man cannot drink whisky and h' ."
business.
lie must, too, decide between h'IH-
society man or business man. he cam
not be both,
He must make his life outside ih' ''
fee the same as in il, and not h'
sessed with the prevalent idea THAI .'
employer has no business L. p"'
his movements outside of office h."
An employer has every right o. r>I"
his employees to be respectable al '''
times, in the Office or ont Of a.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-12-09
A VISIT FROM THE GAR.
IL Causes an Endless Amount of Trouble
aud NeNation In Russia

aud NeNation In Russia
Many troubles and veXations We're
caused by visit which was paid the
other day by the ear to the military
camp at Izora. The latter place is
village on the Neva, about ten miles
from st. Petersburg. and accessible by
water or rail. On the occasion of the
visit soldiers were placed on the rail
way. Not far from the city are num-
Der of mills. the wOrkmen at which live
on the opposite side of the line, going
home daily for their meals. These
worllmen got To their work on Satur-
day morning. but were not allowed to
cross the line again the whole day, be-
ing Obliged to go without their food or
buy it in a public house. No traffic was
allowed Even people who had their
own farm lands on the sides of
the railway We're forbidden to walk
across The trains from Moscow
were stopped. and were sent off all
within a quarter of an hour of each
other in the evening. The river traffic
was also entirely suspended.
1t can be readily imagined. writes a
correspondent of the London Daily
News. what discomfort such suspension
of traffic occasioned, and it is only a
Russian official who can see the good of
it. On the way back the ear wanted a
cup of tea, but owing To sudden jerk
of the railway carriage the tea was up
set The next morning (so goes the
story the whole line between st.
Peters burg and Izora was carefully
searched by numbers of men. ordered to
find out what jerlled the cars teacup.
Every time the ear goes up and down
To PetcrhOff the steamers have to be
decorated, traffic is suspended on the
river. and occasionally even the loading
of steamers il StOpped
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-12-09
SELLING A TITLE.
A Grand Duke Renounces HIS
Title for Wealthy Bride.
His Bride the Daughter of a serf and the
widow of "A Former Tradesmsn-
Financial straits the
Incentive.

Now that the car has reduced by
one-third, and in some cases even py
one-half. the allowances and annual
grants from the imperial eXchequer 10
the various grand dukes the latter are
endeavoring to find rich wives, says the
Now York Record. And inasmuch as
the majority of the marriagable ladies
Of roval blood are blessed with great
pretensions. small purses, and even
Still less beauty, it is only natural that
the vounp cousins of the ear should
seek wives outside the imperial circle.
The latest case of this kind is that of
Grand Duke Nicholas Niccolaiewltch,
who led TO the altar the other day, at
Toula. Mrs Bourinine, the enormously
wealthy and still prepossessing widow
of the former head of the great Moscow
and Toula trading house of that name.
What renders the match all the more
sensational and astounding in the eyes
of the Russians is the fact that both the
lady and her first husband were born as
scrfs. When Alexander H. emanclpated
the latter in 1862 | doubt whether he
ever dreamed that the time would come
when one of his own nephews would
become the husband of the woman born
in that degrading state of servltude
yclept serfage.
Grand Duke Nicholas was only per
mitted TO contract the marriage in ques-
ton on condition of renounclng his
title of grand duke, his predicate of
Imperial highness,' his allowance
from the imperial treasury and his
command in the army. Henceforth he
will be known merely as Prince Nicho-
las Romanotf.
= Ntx~h hnT lrrC
and dipnities is more than counterbal-
anced in the eyes of the ex-grand duke
by his relief from the pangs of shabby
genteel poverty. Hitherto Nicholas
and, in fact, his entire family have been
in terrible financial straits, and have
experienced the utmost difficulty in
making both ends meet.
His father, the late Grand Duke
Nicholas Nicholaiewitch, uncle of the
present ear, died two years ago with
out leaving anything but onerous
debts. This was all the more aston
ishing as the grand duke in question
had come very near getting cash
Tered at the close of the Turko- Russian
war in consequence of the gross per-
SJnal dishonesty and wholesale robbery
which characterized his command in
chief of the imperial forces in Europe.
No one will ever know the exact
amount of the enormous bribes which
he received during that conflict from
fraudulent army contractors. Where
the money went to no one seems to
know. unless it got into the hands of
the English groom's wife who figured
for so long at st. Petersburg as his
belle annie and as the mother of three
of his illegitimate children. She left
Russia almost Immediately after his
death, with her olive branches and all
her belongings.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-12-09
MOIASSES As EuEI.
The Sweet stuff So Plentiful rs to BE
Cheaper Than Wood.


The low price of common molasses
some years or more ago led this paper,
saws the Louisiana Planter, to urge its
distillation into alcohol, and at the same
time one of its correspondence suggested
its use as fuel, and the suggestion at
tracted wide attention at the time, and
several inventors had in hand appar-
atus that they believed would be sue
cessful in burning molasses if it were
To Toe used as fuel
MolaSses is now as low or lower than
ever two cents per gallon being hardly
obtainable for it OF heavy-bodied
molasSes one hundred and siXty-siX and
two-thirds gallons will weigh a short
ton of two thousand pounds This
would make full cost three dollars and
thirty-three cents per ton on the plan
tation, and rather less per ton than cur
rent prices for coal delivered there.
The question would then arise as to
the fuel value of molasses. As ii is al
most altogether carbonaceous matter IL
must have a considerable fuel value, but
as 10 its relative merits as compared
with bituminous coal we have no data
at hand to determine. Heavy boiled
common Louisiana molaSses contains,
say. 20 per cent water, per cent. ash,
II per cent. gums, and go per cent. su-
croSe and glucose. Hence we have ~
per cent. of carbonaceouS matter avail
able as fuel. and only 20 per cent of
water This would certainly make ex-
cellent fuel if there We're competent de
vices To burn il, such used for liquid
fuels.
Molasses has recently been used for
fuel in Cuba, and with seeming success.
1t was there poured or sprayed onto the
bagasSc As il entered the furnace, and
the Judgment of those interested was
that its efficiency as fuel when used in
this way was incontestable.
Our grinding season is now approach
ing. and if our inventors and engineers
will take the matter in hand they may
be able To soon demonstrate the actual
money value 10 rs fuel of this seem
ingly worthless by-product
The molasses product of Louisiana
for 1892 will probably reach l30, 900 tons,
and if of equal value with coal it would
represent I3O boat loads of 10000 bar
rels each. Most of il is yet too valuable
to use as fuel, but the constant tend
ancy of our molaSSes Is toward the low
grades. and year by year less OF it Is
consumed as food. We need new outlets
for it, and its possible use as fuel prom
ises relief.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-12-09
GREAT MAP OF THE WORLD.
4 Production In which All the Leading
Nations Are to Take Part.

A Production In which All the Leading
Nations Are Take Part.
At the geographical congress in Berne
a year ago Prof Penck proposed the
publication of "A map of the entire
world on a uniform scale OF one in
|. .OOO. 900. or about sixteen statute miles
to the inch. the various nations To take
part in the production of the map The
proposition was favorably entertained,
and a committee was appointed TO take
steps for its realization. The geog-
raphers of various nations, on the
whole, have received the idea with IA
vor, and there seems TO be no doubt
that the map will be produced
Each sheet of the map, says the New
York sun. up To the 90 degrees north
latitude will embrace degrees in each
direction. The more northern sheets
will embrace 10 degrees of longitude.
The representation of the whole earth,
including the sea, Will require $50 OF
these sheets. while the land alone may
be shown on 769 sheets. IL Is pro-
posed to give great attention To
physical and political features. DIR.
Ravenstein, the English mapmaker,
saws the rivers will be in blue
and the hills in brown. Contour lines
will be drawn at elevations of 100, 300,
500 and 200 meters, and the areas in
closed by them are TO be tinted 1t is
expected that sheets which deal with
countries already geographically sur
veved will be engraved on copper. The
remaining sheets will probably be lith-
ographed. The Greenwich meridian
viii be accepted for the entire map, and
all attitudes are to be marked in meters
The official spelling of all countries
using the Latin alphabet is TO be re-
tained. Other alphabets are To be trans
liberated in accordance with system
To toe agreed upon, while names in un-
written languages viii be spelled
phonetically II is estimated that the
cost of an edition of l,OOO copies of this
map, showing only the land surface,
will be S951, 100, and as the sale of the
first edition at shillings a sheet would
produce only S47S,595, the deficit would
have to be made up by the governments
concerned or by liberal private patrons
Prof Ravenstein says he sees nothing
Utopian in the scheme. Difficulties may
arise as to the spelling of the names
and the introduction of the meter, but
| the essential thing, to his mind, Is the
| production of a map on a uniform scale.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-12-09
Didn't Seem Possible

lady belonging To community
called the Sisters of st. John the Bap=
tist,' in New York, was spending a
month, not long since, in one of the
backwoods districts. Going to the post
office shortly after her arrival, she asked
If any letter had come for Sister Ber-
nardine. The rural postmaster looked
bewildered for a moment Sister
who?' he asked ''Sister Bernardine, ."
repeated the lady; "a sister of St John
the Baptist We'll, ! should rather
think not, replied the man with an up
roarious laugh; Il guess hes been dead
pretty near a hundred years now. -
London Figaro.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-12-09
PEARLS WORTH A MILLION.
Two Ladies of the RothschiId Family Pos
sess Chains of That Value.

Two Ladies of the RothschiId Family Pos
sess Chains of That Value.
The most curious among famous
pearls, according to the Pail Mall Bud
get, is that which, three centuries ago,
the French traveller, Fayerqier, sold to
the shah of Persia for S675, 900. 1t Is
still in the possession of the sovereign
of Persia. Another eastern potentate
owns a pearl of 121E carats. which is
quite transparent. 1t is to be had for
the sum of 5000, 900. Princess YouS-
soupoff has an Oriental pearl which is
unique for the beauty of its color. In
1920 this pearl was sold by Georgibus of
Calais to Philip ". of Spain at the
price of $4,000 ducats. To-day it is val
ued at s225, 200. Pope Leo Kill, again.
owns pearl left to him by his prede
cessor on the throne of st. Peter, which
is worth S1OO.OOO and the chain of
thirty-two pearls owned by Empress
Frederick is estimated at s175, 900 One
million dollars is the price of the five
chains of pearls forming the collier
of Baroness Gustave de Rothschild.
and that of Baroness Adolphe de
Rothschild is almost as valuable Both
these ladies are enthusiastic collectors
vi pearls, ana Inelf jewelers. have IN
structions TO buy for them any pearl of
unusual size or beauty which they may
happen to come across. The sister of
Nine Theirs, Mile Dosne, is also the
owner of very valuable string of
pearls, which she has collected during
the last thirty years. OF so-called black
pearls the empress of Austria possesses
the most valuable collection.
A story is told of the actress Mile.
Marie Magnier and her pearls One
day, as she was about to appear on the
scene, somebody made the remark that
her pearls were really of an enormous
size. 1T is true," she replied. The
lady whom | represent on the stage no
doubt wore smaller pearls in seal life
But what can ! do? l have no small
pearls"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-12-09
NO ENGLISH CARDINAL.
Three of Them Have Died During
Many Years.

Three years ago there were three
English cardinals-Newman. Manning
and Howard To-day there Is not one.
The late Cardinal Howard had been in
a poor condition, physically and men
tally. for some years. He failed To re
member his oldest friends, and some
times would not take meals for days to-
gether. For years past il would have
been difficult to recognize in the
pinched and emaciated frame of the
cardinal the gay young life guardsman
who was chosen for his good looks and
fine physique To lead the procession at
the duke of Wellington's funeral
In those days young Howard looked
every inch a soldier, and il was greatly
10 his friends surprise that they learned
Of his going To Rome and entering the
ecclesiastical state. He latterly occu-
pied the dual position of arch-priest of
81. Peters and bishopo of Frascati. These
offices had never been united in the
same individual since they were held by
the cardinal of York, last of the house
of Stuart
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-12-09
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From the uterus and womb spring
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