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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-12-23
BlUFFED BY a PARSON.
A London Thug who Thought the Amer
lean Preacher Carried IA Gun.

A London Thug who Thought the Amer
lean Preacher Carried Gun
Il had an adventure in London last
spring of a very unpleasant nature"
said a Memphis minister, the other day.
Il was wandering about the city sight
seeing one day and finally found myself
near the notorious Whitechapel district.
1 was approached by beggar who APP
peared To be a complete physical wreck.
i questioned him, and his story was 50
pitiful that | concluded To investigate
it He said that he lodged in the next
block and thither we went He led me
into a gloomy old building and up three
pairs of rickety stairs To little stuffy
room lighted only by a dirty sl<ylight.
Once in there he locked the door. laid
aside his crutches, pulled off his gray
wig, and stood up, a powerful SiX-footer
in the prime of life. Well said /. Il
see you are fraud; what do you want
with me?' lie replied that he wanted
my purse, watch and chain, and 10 en-
force his claim produced an ugly look
ing knife. 1t will do no good to cry
out ne said, for you cannot be heard
in the street, and no one in this build
ing will come To your aid
Il had sized him up pretty close and
concluded that he was blu fling, that he
would not dare kill me in the very
heart of London, so l assumed care
less air and told him that if he robbed
me he would have TO kill me first. and
that he might just as well get at it.
oh, | know that you have got
pistol, but I'm not afraid of it, he said.
Most Americans carry pistols for just
such cattle as you replied with all the
coolness | could assume. Now, if you
are not afraid of it why don't you get
To work?' | saw that he was cowed,
and throwing my hand TO my hip
pocket, | stepped forward and said firm
ly: Give me that knife He handed
it to me without a word, unlocked the
door and held it open for me to pass
out. No, | had no pistol-never carry
one; but / made no more visits to the
dens of London beggars without a
burly officer at my.elbow."
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-12-23
THE BOY AND THE LION.
Remarkable Adventure of n Ten-Year-OId
Boy In the Colorado Mountains.

Remarkable Adventure of a Ten Year-OId
Boy In the Colorado Mountains.
The most remarkable adventure |
know of was that of a tcn-year-old boy
in Colorado" said St Louis man to a
Republic reporter. "A party of us had
gone from Pueblo for weeks hunt
ing and fishing along the Arkansas
river. We carried tents and campcd
out. A man named Britton had his
young son with him, manly little fell
low, who could land n trout and bring
down an antelope with the best of US.
One day he got separated from the
party, lost his way and spent the night
in the mountains. He had with him q
3S-caliber rifle, good weapon for small
game, but in the section where we
We're camped mountain lions were
plentiful.
His father was well-nigh distracted.
and we searched all night long for the
adventurous youngster without avail
just at sunup we started to return to
camp. As we descended ravine we
discovered the object of our search,
sound asleep, with his head pillowed on
an enormous mountain lion, which was
curled up as though enjoying a nap,
Three of us approached cautiously to
within fifty yards, drew bead on the
animal and at Il given signal fired. The
brute never stirred. The boy, whom
we supposed dead, half rose, rubbed his
eyes and inquired peevishly: What are
you fellers tryin t'do? | killed this
yere lion four hours ago"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-12-23
RuMeLINGS ON THE RAILS.

TRAINS in Russia run twenty-five
miles an hour.
GREAT BRITAIN is reported 10 have
Is, $50 locomotives.
OK several Of the railroads in Russia
iron telegraph poles are to be substi
tuted for wooden ones.
MEXICO has p, 800 miles of telegraph
and 5000 Of railroad. A district messen-
ger service viii soon be introduced.
The life Of a locomotive crank pin,
which Is almost the first thing about an
engine TO wear out, is 90, 900 miles. and
the life of 33-inch wheel is GO, 733
miles.
The Japanese government contem-
plates the construction of six lines Of
railway ,aggrcgating 500 miles in length.
The purchase Of the private railways
10y the state is also projected.
ON foggy winter days English rail
ways employ thousands of extra hands
TO place detonating signals on rails, the
ordinary semaphores being invisible. a
new method of signalling is by an elcc-
tric bell on the locomotive, a contact
device causing each signal station 10
sound automatically the number of
beats required 10 tell whether To stop
or prpee.d
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-12-23
QUEER PICK-UPS.

Ir is said that the snake stones" of
Ceylon will invariably cure snake bites.
A GIANTS skeleton has been unearthcd
at Brunswick, Ga, which is nearly nine
feet long.
CONNECTICUT spelled in an Indian dia-
lect. Observation-Disclosures, signified land
on a long tidal river"
AT the poles, where all meridians con-
verge, there can be no natural standard
time, for it is every hour of the day at
once.
'SAVECENEARR REAToRESOO OARATLARoM-
ARoNArEToK That is Esquimau for
"You must get good knife" an i'm
portant thing To have in Labrador.
THE prohibition of cigarette smoking
among employees is among the cholera
precautions adopted 10y the New York
stock exchange.
AT Aix-la-Chapelle there is n news
paper museum founded 10y Oscar Won
Forclenbccl, which contains files of
specimens of more than IL, 900 different
newspapers.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-12-23
WARRIORS OF THE WORLD.

A SON of Gen. Pope and grandsons of
Gen. Sherman and Gen. c. +. Smith
were among the latest entries as cadets
at West Point
CAPT. CHARLES III. HEYL, Of the
Twenty-third infantry, has been de-
tailed 10 represent the war department
exhibit at the worlds fair.
FLIES are 50 pestilential in Siam that
every soldier Is compelled to assist in
reducing their number 10y catching
enough Of them every day TO fill "A
match box.
By a recently issued decree all sol
diers of the Russian empire must in
future use handkerchiefs, which have
heretofore been restricted to the officers.
The Prussian army is said 70 contain
but one officer from the ranks-Col.
Lademann, who was promoted for acts
of exceptional bravery in the Schleswig-
Holstein campaign in 1864. lie has
just been gazetted commander of the
SiXtieth infantry.
THERE is a population of 10000 in
Iceland, yet the only military force
employed consists Of two policemen,
stationed at the capital, ReylIjavic. and
the only two lawyers in the island are
the states attoney, as he may be called,
and another, who is on hand 10 defend
anybody that may be put on trial.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-12-23
CHIPS OF FUN.

GOSH" exclaimed Josiah Pinl1erton,
as he gazed at the leopard in the me
nagerie. lies look at them frecklesr'-
Washington Star.
''TINNIISs is one of the most disagree
able fellows TO play poker with l ever
met" 'Why? Does he always grum-
BILE when he loses?" He never loses.
indianapolis Journal
EVERY LITTLE .HELPs.-She-"Yo
better stay and ask papa tonight"
He (sadly)-"What would be the use?"
She-"Well, you could stay To dinner,
you know, and you d be ahead a square
meal anyway."-N. Y. Herald
Two OF THEM.-Mrs. Chiggers latter
the quarrel Abel, you're fool,"
Mr.. Chiggers- didn't you know
il before we were married?'' Moves"
Then what did you marry me for?r'
(Melting) g)-"Because / was a fool, too,
dear."-Chicago Tribune.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-12-23
FATHERS OF GREAT MEN.

NAPoLEoN's father was citizen Of
very humble means
AsHMoLE, the great antiquarian, was
n saddlcr's son.
MARSHAL BERNADorro was the SON
of a provincial notary.
The father of Barry, the historical
painter. was sailor.
MARsIIAL NEY was a cooper's son,
and himself a notary.
TIE father of Adrian, the ascetic pom
tiff, was laborcr.
SAUssURE, the naturalist, was the son
of a Swiss farmer.
VRGm's father was porter, and for
many years a slave.
MAssmLoN, the great French preach
er, was notary's son.
WYATT, the great architect, was the
son of farm laborer.
TIE father of Niebuhr, the historian,
was n farm labOrcr.
PLAUTUs, the Latin Shakespeare. was
the son of n freedman.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-12-23
SPARKS AND FLASHES.


PLowISG by electricity is in contem-
plation for large property in Central
Spain.
TIE Pennsylvania railroad is equip
ping its anthracite collieries with cleo
tric light plants, and will cut coal
twcnty-fOur hours day.
The Importance Of electricity on
modern steamships is shown by the fact
that the new English battlcship. Royal
Sovereign, has no less than eight
hundred electric lights and thirty miles
of wire.
A CANADIAN electrician states that
electricity causes the tues -nd demon
strates it by electrifying a rubber comp
by rubbing it through the hair and then
drawing it over the top of glass filled
with water, the result being that the
tidal wave follows the comb.
IT is said that man in Columbus. O..
has patented an electric device intended
10 automatically lower and raise rail
road gates at grade crossings at the APP
proach and after the passing of trains.
The apparatus Is expected to entirely
supplant tlagmen and gatctenders.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-12-23
STATISTICAL RECORDS.

STATISTICS prove that the negro i'm
the south lives longer than the negro in
the north.
a BUsHEI. of wheat for every citizen
of the United States, with enough
more for fall seeding, is the product
this season in Kansas.
ELEVEN million eight hundred and
three thousand bales of cotton were
used by the world last year, according
TO an exchange.
SWITZERLAND had 1859 mechanical
establishments, using total of S2.3g3
horse power, of which "a, ,243 was sup
piled by water, p, ,432 by steam, 394 by
gas, SS2 10y electricity.
MORE than 900 vessels, aggregating
G50,OOO tons, are lost annually this be-
ing between three and four per cent. of
the worlds total shipping. OF the to-
tai tonnage lost, only II per cent. is in
steel vessels, against Al per cent in
iron and a. in wood.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-12-23
Bothered the Policemen.

For some time poker game has been
running on German street, Cincinnati.
The complaints became SO vigorous that
a raid was determined on. In some
way the managers of the game received
tip and prepared to give the officers a
hot reception. They filled the rear yard
and hallway with boxes, beer kegs and
other stuff. Barbed wires were strung
so that officers scaling the fence would
become entangled in them. A cellar
way was partially filled with sticks of
timber, and the door left open. The
officers came as expected. They walked
into the trap. They were shamefully
cut and torn by the wires and bruised
by falls over the distractions in the
yard. Every uniform was ruined.
When the police We're in the midst of
their struggles the gamblers, who had
been watching, gave them the laugh
and fled.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-12-23
LONG FINGER NAILS.
a Chinaman Raised One SIX Inches In
Length.

Length.
To allow the nails 70 grow TO an in
ordinate length is common in China,
as an indication that the owner follows
a sedentary occupation or leads life
of leisure. Long nails on the right
hand would interfere with the use of
the brush corresponding with our pen),
and would therefore reflect unfavor-
ably on the person concerned, as
tending To show that he did not devote
himself To composition and literary eX-
ercises, the pride of every educated
Chinese. They are almost always con
fined to the left hand, therefore. and are
at times very long, delicately chased
silver cases being worn To protect them.
Some years ago l met a Chinese
gentleman who had carefully guarded
the growth of the nails on the third
and fourth fingers, the former for ten
years, the latter for twenty-five. The
nail on the fourth finger, when the.
silver protector was removed, was some
six inches or more long, and twisted
like a corkscrew. Some few months
later this gentleman, owing TO an ac-
cident, broke the nail His grief was
as great as if he had lost a near rela-
Tit-.a
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-12-23
a NAMELeSS HERO.

Beside the rocky road he lay,
Beneath the blazing MONDAY sun
With age ami toll grown thin and gray
weary horse whose work wa. done
Upon his sides caunt and thin
Were marks OF many a cruel blow
They fell apace. All! shame and sin,
That day he had so far To go.
His breath was gone, his strength was spent,
The hcry sun was overhead
As far as nature could hc went
Then dropped upon the roadside-dead
The cruel whip had lost its power,
No more a tortured slave was he;
The great All good that very hour
Had given him his liberty.
The lifelcss feet so wide apart,
The spreading tail, and low laid head
Were still at last, no more To start
With terror AT their owners tread
And thus he lay from hour To hour,
The dcadest thing beneath the sun;
a king that never knew his power
namcless hero-overdone.
At night, two brother horses came
And, faltering, dragged his form away
a loathsome thing OF evil fame
And only dead one little day
And yet, in life, he labored well
In spite Of hunger, blows and pain,
And did his duty, who can tell
That he shall never live again.
He was not human no, but more
y man with all his virtues great
Wed canoniZc; but cvermorc
horse must work, endure and wait
Miss +. NJ C.--'n, in Inter Ocean.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-12-23
WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN.
They Come from the Rocky Noun
tains.

Where do the waters of Lake Michi-
gan come from? is an old question; and
il is a question as old as the artesian
wells. Where do their waters come
from? Col. Foster, an eminent civil en-
gineer, for many years in charge of
government interests on the lake. was
fond of talking on the first subject.
Every drop of those waters" he was
often heard to declare, says the Chicago
Herald, came from the Rocky noun
tainS." His theory was that they were
brought here subterraneously. but he
never, To our knowledge, marked out
the course of the Subterraneous stream
He announced this as his conviction
long before-indeed, he died before
the sinking of artesian wells in Chica-
go and the consequent discovery of the
now undoubted fact.
William Il. Ogden held the same view,
and used at times to make himself very
interesting in eXpatiating upon it.
With him, as well as with Col. Foster,
IL was no more than a theory, but he adj
hered to it firmly.
Mr.. Cregier, who is scientific before
he is a politician, is wont to talk APP
provingly of the theory in a manner to
convince any man. The phenomenon is
the running out of this lake through
the others of the eaSterly chain and
over Niagara falls of an incalculable
quantity of water, and this continually
every minute in the hour, every hour in
the day, every day in the year and every
year III progressive time! The lake has
no visible inletS-where, then. does il
get its replenishment? From the
Rocky mountains. Through rents and
crcvices, down into cavernS at the roots
of these mountains, pour ever the
waters from melting SHOWS. Four
thousand feet they sink to strike
gravity incline that levels with their
floor under Chicago. Under this city
and elsewhere on the west side of Lake
Michigan-this is the proved theory,
theory as good as proved-the snow
covered Rocky mountains are constant
ly sending their waters to supply flow
age and evaporation that are ever going
forward in the watery expanse right
here in sight of Il million and half (al-
mOSt) of people
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-12-23
HE STARED TOO HARD.
But the Old Gentleman wished He Hadn't
spoken About 1t.

Spoken About 1t.
An elderly man seated in Sixth ave
nue. elevated train the other day, when
a pretty young woman entered and took
the vacant seat beside him. She was
followed by man who took the seat
opposite.
Now, this elderly man, says the New
York Recorder was reading his paper
when this young woman entered, and
he continued to do 50. but his attention
was attracted TO the man opposite, who
was staring at her as only men can
stare. The young woman seemed an
noyed and bit her lip and looked in an
other direction.
How insolent of that man, It's a
shame she should be so annoyed"
thought our friend beside her. At
length the goOd-hcarted old man could
stand il no longer and he exclaimed, in
dignantly:
Don't you know any better than TO
stare at woman in that manner"
y peculiar expression came over the
''starers' face, as he answered: Il don't
know of anyone who has a better right,
sir-she is my wife"
The interested passengers smiled and
the old gentleman got off at the next
station
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-12-23
TEN YEARS IN BED.
A Spiritualist's HaIIucination Takes Fresh
Hold After an IntermIssiOn.

Hold After an lnterinlsslon
One of the quecrest women in New
York state is Mrs. Anna Hallock, of
Wayne, Schuyler county. She Is a
spiritualist, owns one of the finest
farms in the country, is wealthy and
has more than ordinary business abil-
ities and intelligence. She is a sister
in-law of Colonel Crane, of Hornells-
Vile, the well-known politician and
lawyer. Her hallucinations have made
her the talk OF the neighborhood.
little over ten years ago she claimed To
have received a message from the spirit
world directing her To go To bed and
stay there for ten years. Meanwhile
she was not To allow any water 10 touch
her body She went TO bed and, the
New York Recorder says, no persuasion
or argument could make her get up.
She would not allow people TO wash her
under any circumstances, although she
accepted clean clothing. She was ap-
parently strong and healthy. had SPLEEN
did color, ate heartily and never com
planned of being i'll.
When clergymen called To urge her
TO get up she was deaf 10 their en-
treaties, and said the spirit ordered her
10 stay in bed for the publication of her
soul. She continued the management
of her farm, kept herself posted on the
market prices of farm products and did
a great deal of writing, but nothing
could persuade her to arise. Recently
the ten-year limit expired and She got
up and dressed herself. She was slight
ly bent from being in bed so long, but
was seemingly in good health and
spirits. She received another message
from the same SDirit She declares She
was ordered TO go back TO bed and re-
main there until her death. She i'm
mediately complied. All sorts Of ar -u-
mcnts are being used TO make her get
up, but she is steadfast in her refusal,
and says she viii stay in bed until she
dies and viii not allow herself 70 be
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-12-23
The Shah's Compromise.

The shah of Persia, Nasr-ed-Din, was
in England in 1878. When informed of
the immense wealth of more than one
of the English dukes, he calmly told
the prince of Wales that all such sub
jects were dangerous, and therefore
should be put To death, and zsalously
enjoined upon the prince the necessity
of so doing. But" replied the prince,
Il cannot do that You" said the
shah, in astonishment-''you the heir
to the throne, and cannot put a subject
to death?" by no means" said the
prince, without process of law"
We'll, then" said the shah, politely, as
if To compromise the matter, Il would
put out their eyes"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-12-23
STUB ENDS OF THOUGHT.
A WIFE is wisdom.

A WIFE is wisdom,
BEoKEN hearts have been repaired.
a NEWSPAPER never tells half it
knows.
THERE is no corlSscrew without n cof-
fin nail.
4 WISE man will think what a fool
will say.
HARNoNY is the brain, melody the
heart, of music.
IIIGH tempered people are not neces-
sarily i'll tempered people.
The world is not greatly indebted TO
good natured people for its progress.
THERE are as many million kinds of
hereafter as there are many million
kinds of people.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-12-23

Business Items, nrst insertion, lOc. per line
subsequent insertions, Sc. per line
Administrator and lExecutor's Notices .S2 90
Stray and similar Notices .........-...... 200
ss-ResOlutiOns or proceedings OF any corpora
tion or society and communications designed 20
call attention 20 any matter OF limited indi
vldual interest must he paid for AZ advertisements
Book and Job Printing Of ali kinds neatly and
exediousIy executed at the lowest prices. And
don tyou forget IL.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-12-23
Advertising Rates,

The large and reliable circulation OF the CAV
BRIA FREEMAN cOmmends IL 20 the favorable
cons ide ration Of advertisers whose iavOrs will be
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A DARING sPEcULAToR.
what a SAN Diego Citizen Says Of Presi-
dent Collins.

what San Diego Citizen Says OF Presi-
dent Collins.
a L. Burnett Of San Diego was seen at
tile Grand last night and expressed surprise
at leaning Of President Collins arrest
collins has been o0e If our most promi-
nent and public spirited citizens" lie said,
"and every one has had implicit confidence
in tbs integrity. He is about - years Of
age, has resided in San Diego Tor at least
e~h. years and by shTewd investments
made coed deal Of money during the boom
Of 1856 s., when the bank was founded.
He has been 4 successful but somewhat
daring speculator, and many OF the mere
conservative bankers IN Southern California
looked uDOu his management Of the Call
fIrnia National Rank with not n Little quiet
apprehension. Whenever new enterprise
was started in san Diego the bank backed
L an, and 10 was reported before the Sus-
pension some months ago that several OF
these loans could not be recovered
For several Years Collins has da5blpd
extensively IN outside investments. lie
placed considerable money IA mines IN san
Diego County an0 Lowe. California, which
were never worked extensively. but some
Of this mining property was subsequently
sold al q good advance. Last tali be put
large sum ia motor road then being con-
Structed neal Seattle or Tacoma, ! have
forgotten which city and u vas said that
Jb- enterprise would Prove Improbable, as
l believe u has.
"Of late il has been rgm0Ted that lie hal
lost much IF lis shreWGness. Il was wills
pered that be lad shown symptoms Of men
tai collapse. About tN0 y aTs 3gJ his wife
and his children were drowned Ia the bay
under peculiarly distressing circumstances,
and BE has certainly not been the same man
since his bereavement. That is the most
satisfactory explanation which / can give
Of his alleged eubrzz ement"