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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-05-06
1HE nEGRO,S huMOR.
He Is Often Funny without Intending to

BE.
Among the old-time negroes in the
region was much Of "a humOr very M
tcrcsting. Their speech. says Col
Richard M.Johnston IL the Century lT
constant contact with the white nan'#.
which II sought to initiate, had o. curt
ness and vivacity never heard Oh larr4
scaboard and river plantations. Ia the
HELtncss Of the negro heart. with an
imagination that never sought 10 bc
curbcd, his words and his department
often had a fun a racy as any lover Of
that article reasonably could wish to
see. Even his complIiuin-s, oitcncr
than otherwise. were put forth with "a
resentment so peculiar rs To provoke as
well laughter as sympathy. Witness
the following anccdotc Of the return TO
his old master, not very long ago, Of
one Of his former slaves after having
served auosher person for year:
why. Jim. how happens It that You
quit Perkins, asked the gentleman.
well. now. Narsc Jack, / gwinc up
en- tell you jcs how 1 Is. wuc1 fer
dah man all las year. and wucE hard.
en- | make him a good crop. Well. now.
de troof Is, l did git f'om him few, bat
min Won. les only few. merlaSses en-
tobarllcr, en- one hat, en- par O. shoes
en- one little thing cu mother. Well
den. Chris mus come. en- be say: Jim, !
gvvinc mllzc out our count En- den Ee
tuck he piece O. paper, en- he pen. and hc
inlz-vial. en- he gin a-scttiu' down. ca
when he thoo wild dat job, he gin a add
in up. en- a-put'u n down, en- a-lIvar'u. en-
he cllyar'd .cn hc KEEP on a-l.yar y ,oat-Ecl,
bless your soul en- body. M@rac 1"e.iT.
4 L.. ID
what was a comm u lle. In So !
makes mp my min ! doc, 10 leif a@r.
cu pcwoose myself back t. you, Wa"r
knows dcy not gyvine hc 40 sirh l-yGr'u
as dem" Then he joined heartily il
the laugh raised 10y what had just oe-
Cured to him as being q good practical
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-05-06
HEREOlTARY DISEASE.
Striking Instance os IaiserItad PhysIc 1
Ailments.

Striking Instance Dt iaiESrItcd Physic 4
Ailments.
Readers may remember the horseshoe
vein on the forehead which was the
badge Of all the tribe of Rcdgauntlct.
and there i yveIl-l-novn family in the
south Of France which for more than
three centuries has boosted Il white
lock Of hair. The bourbon nose and
the thick lip Of the Hapsburgs are other
instances in point.
Consumption. gout, insanity and can
Ger are the diseases which show the
grca test tendency TO run in families.
OF the hereditary transmission of gOut
nearly every noble family in Europe
can show the most conclusive prOoE
With regard to cancer the ease IS not
SO clear, but statistics prove that hercd-
ity can be more or less distinctly made
out in a considerable proportion of
those who fall victims Ia the disease.
The Bonaparte family furnishes re
markablc example OF the hereditary
transmission Of cancer One Of the
parents of Napoleon |. died of cancer
of the liver or stomach. He himself
died Of cancer of the stomach, which
also proved fatal to his brother Lucien,
and 20 his sister, the beautiful Pauline
BorgheSe-
y hereditary tendency TO disease may
not show itself till an advanced period
of life; as Prof. Huxley. in his autobi-
orraphical sketch. has lately told Us
that . peculiar movement of the hands
which was habitual in his mother has
recently shown itself in him.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-05-06
SOME SPEED MAKERS.
Among Nariou5 Kinds Of E.o~usnotle'l the
I.icyc:r y .I4lls Seventh

AateA c. - la4N- ~ .-ili IA
Some curious facts are brought into
prominence 10y correspondent OF
Cycling who has been ~ the pains To
draw up a comparative table OF the
rates Of speed in different modes OF lo-
comOtion. The expire train. af course.
stand, preemiucnt. Man has ~ Yet dis
covered no way Of getting about faster
on the earth's surface. II will he a sur
prise, however, To many 10 learn that
the safety bicycle. Of winch SO much D.
heard nowadays, only occupies in this
list the seventh place.
The fastcSt time IN which q tram has
been known u travel a mile was -
seconds and a fraction: 10 accomplish
the same distance the fastest bicycli-t
who has hitherto ridden took pa min
utc-. or ius- about three times as long.
IN ice Yacht has Travelled mile in !
minute ten seconds, running horse in
! minute - seconds. Il torpedo boat in
! minute % seconds, 4 steam yacht IL .
minutes y seconds and fraction. and
a skater on ice, with a favorable wind
behind him, in minutes and T. seconds
and rather a large fraction 4 little
way after the safety bicycle comes the
ocean liner; the oarsmau Is much
slower. taking minutes 80 seconds II
travel mile. and the slowest OF all il
the swimmer. who requires very little
short of an hour 10 perform the same
tourney.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-05-06
FOREIGN ARISTOCRAcY

THE queen Of Italy is a great reader
of English novels.
The Grand Duke Paul, Of Russia. j.
80 tall that he is obliged to carry his
bed with him. a. he cannot find one at
any public house long enough to hold
all of him.
The hair dressing of ladies was an
expensive affair in the sixteenth cen
tury. Queen Elizabeth at one time was
possessed of no fewer than eighty at
tires Of false hair.
SIR JAMES BACON, since the death of
Admiral Sir Provo Wallis, is, at the age
of niuetT-four. the oldest Of the titled
classes in England. The oldest titled
baronet j. Rev. Sir John Warren Hayes.
who Is ninety-two, and Admiral Sir
Lewis Tobias Homes, the eldest knight
OF the bath, Is also nincty-two.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-05-06
GATHERED HE ALMONDS.
\ Hearties- Deception Practiced on In
dustrIous WoodPcckerS-


dustrIous WoodPcckers-
An almond grower of this locality hit
upon neat device for gathering his
crop last fall. says the Sutter City tCal. }
Enterprise His trees bore largely,
and this early became known to the
yelluw-hammcrS, a species Of the wood
pcclicr tribe of birds. and they had
regularly stored away large quantities
of ripe nuts taken from the orchard in
the limb Of an oak tree near by The
aStutc orchuriist watched operations.
and at last hit upon novel nut and
labor-saving plan, and he lost no time
III putting il into execution.
The limb was sawed from the tree
and replaced by a square-shaped funnel
long enough to nearly reach the grounds:
a bucket was then set underneath. A
genuine robbing game then went mer-
rily on. The birds gathered the nuts.
which they dropped into the funnel and
down into the bucket below. and as
regularly as night came the almond
grower would in turn empty it of its
contents and set II back for a new suD-
ply. This was kept mp until the entire
crop had been gathered. and the vel
low-hammers had departed broken
hearted at the heartless deception
practiccd upon them. =.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-05-06
italians in Amcrica

The Italians are showing n
ability in every direction. m
the Jews are driving ont 90. u
street pyJdlcr>, ncvab,,- .. .
shopllrePer>, so The citizen. ...
Italy are making thcm-.Ir,- ..'
i'm ways al first not open to tagu 49,
the wires were first put uu..r~
the Italians drug ta, trenches
mechanicians Of other natinu ..u-
the conduit>, made the Joint t-..
the wires. 4 subway eaur.. a-.
broadway the other day ~rcu.
composed entirely of Italians. ssh.
died the wires, used the blow. mr
went about the Technical nr-
work aS intclliEcutly a~ amy gang
have done. The chief carpeut.~ .' n.
edo. IL may bc remarked, b. 81" I.
and most Of the men Who uu.r
rcction erect tho "cotta.r.. 'T
fastidious persons who live '"T
his countrymcn. The archit... ".
designed most of the cyftn-.- ....
said 10 consider this Italian tHe
man he has ever employed.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-05-06
Basis OF Weights and Measures

British weights and measures-those
now in use in the United States-are
based upon the weight of a cubic inch
of distilled water, which parliament, in
the reign of George ". decided to be
252,45s grains. Recent experiments
show that cubic inch of water at the
temperature of maximum density
equal 252,2sG standard grains. On this
account scientists are urging the read
justment of the gallon, bushel, etc. -
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-05-06

When horse goes insane I.I~ aH.
kill himself 10y hutting 'i- HeN# Jul.
corner. At the veterinary Hn-'....
the university Of Peuu~y'r.Ha.
largest of its kind in the country
cases are treated in an oval lw-.N t.
ber. perfectly dark. Who" i.'
heavily bcddcd with straw .-
impossible for horse tn mr' .."
Insanity or "dummiua-. w
quite common. II !. a.u.' ...-
10y lesion on the brain an" .~ %"
bic, but when caused hr rt..
derA II Is often trcntnl .uD-------.-
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-05-06

This country came near having
ccutia as the name Of ono ut Us -...
instead of Maryland. u WAS 'r.-'--
intended 10 give that name 90 li. r.
ince granted a. a proprietary -.
mcnt to Lord Baltimore. nH' N-.-
chartcrvas presented 10 na'.
signature he struck nuf 'ua' '.-
substituted 'MarvIaua. n
queen, Henrietta Maria. at B 49,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-05-06

TREASUH
Seated a1
Lands |
Cannbrl

I CHAS. J. Ma u
county. IN tho
vAnia. in pur1unnc"
bly, In said Comm
ard manner Of selliul
do hereby give not 4
unseatcd lands and
OF Cambria. OF such
cessRry 10 pay nrr'H
for one year OF more
the Court House. iu
on the SECOND Nc
18TH DAY /
and continue by adj
until the whole be
taxes and costs neees
EnaannA1 Inu
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-05-06
CENTRE STREET, BBENSBURG.
BL0ODED STOCK SkLE !

I wiIi offer at my residence at Rebecea Fur
mice. three miles vest 81 SIarrinsbs.rg Pa. on
"edHS SsdaN. Map IEIh. 1892, the fa4low-
ing BlOCdef Stock.
EEOtGinG- G-Rrei SfGiIfons.
Hro0d &RTcS, i'm fORI To Stsndsrs-
Bred stallion Isrmontcs. IO.29f-
TrSttiHg- Erred R-adsters. coils and
FiIIfes.'
Also "a lot Of Jersey CO~s--Erades-
NJ IS sle 70 commence at one o'clock. rea-
gOuaule credit Will ne given.
EDWARD II. LYLE.
March Is lsgo
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-09-15
COURT JOTTlNGS.


In the case Of Sydney D. Evans Va,
Mrs. Lotto Miner, a cult for slGl.3O,
the defendant mas il,d demurrer In
Justice Haips court.
In the case VI Helen M. Kflgbaum
VI. a. J. Nielsen, IN which the jury
rendered verdict In Justice halpa
court Tuesday In favor Of the defend.
ant, tho plaintiff hns dlcd . bond and
notice OF appeal to the Third District
Court. The suit was brlughtt1 recover
sllU on a promifsory note.
Juslic. lSroeger rendered Judgment
against the following parties In favor Of
the Turngtcn Drug company: johannes
Halvcrson, s2l; w. G. Adams. $3.50,
joe Gilmer, s2.gj.
In the case OF j. a. Fulach VI. The
Salt Lake Absimct, Title Guarantee
aud Trust Company, IN which the
plaintiff sues Tor S2-1.7l, the defend.
ant has answered 30 the amended CON.
plaint Ia Justice Kruegc'a C0utt.ty
The defendant hos illud a demurrer
70 the complaint ia the case OF w. J..
svvey W.. The Rio Gfando wcaier1
Railway company IN Justlce kr0eIef'a
court. The plsintin In this case de.
mhuds Judgment for $50, the alleged
value VI horse which hn claims was
killed by train on the doiendanps
rond.
Answer II the defendant has been
f,el with Justice krs'gef In the case
cf A. Dale w. NJ. J.. Gt0vonor.
rhs Chicago Hotel Cabinet Com.
plny has begun suit ngainat l.. =.
Whitehead In Justice Gee's court, aud
demands judgment for SO on n prom.
issory note.
The case Of Sarah c. Derrick ". r.
n. Edwards, IA which the plaintiff
sued to recover SIS alleged 70 bo due
from the defendant for board aud
lodging, was heard IN Commissioner
GIeeDman's court, aud Judgment
rendered in favor Of Che plaintiff for
tho full amount with costs.
Deputy Marshal Frank Cleveland
left the city this morning with John
q. Thompson, the alleged Ohio EN-.
bezzlog The Rccusrt viii 70 to
Toledo, Ohio, whore he will await y
finel hearing.
Anna Malpulst nus bcSuu ulNOTce
proceedings against her husband John
7. Malqulnt, In the Third Dislrict
court. The partles were married In
Copenhagen Ia 1870 and came 10 this
country soon after. Tho plaintiff
alleges that the defendant deserted her
about thirteen years ago and hss Jailed
10 live with or proviie for her since
that time. IL Is also alleged that do
icndant treated the plaintiff In - crull
manner prior TO their separation. Up.
ON these grounds the decree Is prayed
for.
The grand Jury Mt Ogden adjourned
yesterday until next Tuesday morn.
ing, when they will meet again 10
transact some business not YET. reached.
La the meantime the Reform school
and the jails will be visited.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-09-15
The Strike is Over.

The labor strike which has retarded
progress on the Grant avenue school
building, at Ogden, for the past two
weeks has been declared of and this
morning large force OF men were to
refume work. The men refused to
proceed until the unpaid ohooks issued
by the sub'contractor, John Hedder.
man, were paid, and so informed the
contractors, Messrs. Carr Il Callahan.
The latter refused to stand good for the
checks us the work dad been hublet TO
Hedderman; however, they made a
proposition 20 the workmen that after
the building was completed aud II there
was anything lett on Hedderman's
contract with Them they would see 10
II that HeddermGn's ,heoks whioh
were purchased by J. III. Myers Were
laid. Last evening tho men accepted
the proposition and Carr & Callahan
VIII go ahead ana complete the build.
ing. Heiderman was retained TO
superintend the stone work.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-09-15
KENNEL CLUB MEETING.
Pro.est Against the 80 hog License
The City Council 10 Re Asked
For a Reduction.

Tbe Int.r.Afo,intain K.nn,l cIuh
go, ,.,, ....t,a :, a.. 1tN'.,,.'-.
,".' "'' o"'b Nv NV N"u's'o'1
motel.
The club decided TO add to the prizes
already offered for the dog denartm.nt
-, 49, ,.r,,,,,t.t, 80, :, ~. ,...
'u''i PilNo % 800 'o'
tho best kennel Of dogs Of any breed,
aud 800 for the beat dog, male or
female. out Of the ". R.runrJ female
Ca,,,,, mn, M - -
N'',' DH'S' ING iu.,e' pii"o Is
offered ny MI hinney In the name Of
the club. A change was made an the
challenge class 20 "a In cort,snond NTH
n,a A ,,,.,,,.,, -, ~. IT,, - Wv"
'"o "a ''.,''N'' Nenne' eiuo iuIe''
-, rue 10 lowing cissaes were added to
'he oNhioi"
Great dane, Gordon seitor. English
hull terrier, bloodhouua, daohshnnd,
Irish water spaniel, clumber spapl.l
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-09-15

ana counsel abuscd; whom MILESTONE
showed he had no pistol Mcclellan
lhrew ms gun away anu pulled OIL bis
coat; ! made no attempt 10 interfere
OUT gave him back his pistol hefors he
put on his cat; Mcclellan wau angry
and profane, can't say whether OF not
Hiles appeared innuitod 40 what Whet.
stone said; when MILESTONE LETT Me.
Lellan looked after him and said "i
don't think he'll come back"
Court adjourned until 10 O'Clock this
morning.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-09-15
You Needn't BE Afraid.

OF asking for our Fail Suits aud Over
coats aud don't be afraid " asking any
number Of questions about them. They
Will bear iny obligation.
n there IA "a single point concerning
them that IL not cleared up to your
cntirc satisfaction, YOU can walk out
rs easily "a you walked Ia, and there
will be no harm done on either tido.
II you waste money you are called exc
truvhgant; isn't IL cNtravaghnt to buy
cheap, trashy goods At regular prices
whoa sou eau bus from house where
full value is guaranteed? We won't he
perfectly satisfied unless you are, aud
these goods VIII completely satisfy you
IL anything ever did.
ONE PRICE.
j. II. GARDNER.
i-iI Main street.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-10-05

fourth, in which he expects to utilize
his talents as sculptor. AS further
proof Of the range of his genius it may
be added that he is at present occupied
with design for stained glass win
dow, all in tones of yellow, showing
morning, noon and night. The first
represents the Guardian Angel of Child
hood, with symbolic sunfower in the
hand; the second the Angel of MONDAY,
with spreading wings casting their
shade over the child, and the third the
Angel of Night, holding the child in her
arms, and poppy. Around are words
symbolical of the twelve months"
The sculptor is an American, a native
of Pittsburg, who received his prelimi-
nary training in New York and then
went to Paris and studied under Lefebre.
Goram and Doucet. He is distinguished
for strong and original conceptions, corr
scientious and accurate drawing, almost
marvellous industry and extraordinary
versatility. His first salon picture was
Dutch subject, his second q portrait.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-10-05
He Makes CYCLONES.

Professor Douglass has succeeded in
manufacturing miniature cyclones and
tornadoes by means of electricity, thus
proving the electrical character Of the
s'prairie terrors." In carrying out his
plans he suspended large copper plate
by silken threads and charged it from a
battery. He then used arsenious acid
gas, whereupon the combination of gas
and electricity could be seen hanging
from the under side of the plate in the
form of perfect funnel shaped cyclone
cloud. When everything was ready
the professor swung the plate and the
miniature cyclone to and fro across a
table Uttered with matches, pieces of
paper, pens, pencils, etc. The lighter
objects were instantly sucked up, the
heavier scattered in all directions. The
effects were exactly those of destructive
cyclones.
These curious experiments explain cy-
clonic phenomena. Low clouds become
charged with electricity, descend and
form connection with the earth. Then
violent electrical commotion ensues,
finally settling into whirl which con-
tinues until an electric equilibrium is
established.-S Louis Republic.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-10-05

REV. G. 7. WILSON. with great ac-
ceptability and success, a revival break
ing out at the close of his last summer
there. He was invited in September,
1891, to the pastorate Of Seaford, Del, q
very important charge in the Whining
ton conference, and soon after, before
reaching the age Of twenty, was admit
ted to the Wilmington conference by a
unanimous vote, having stood the best
examination in a class of twelve. His
style in the pulpit is not exactly elo-
quent, in the common acceptation of the
word, but is of an intensely earnest and
deeply spiritual nature:
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-10-05
THE ARNOLD HOUSE.

heimer had then owned it since 1857.
Arnold wrote from there to Clinton in
New York, suggesting that an emissary
be sent to Philadelphia for conference.
Clinton was given papers and details
that his agent might gain admittance to
the city, and Arnold engaged to meet
him in disguise outside the Hiltzheimer
property.
Clinton was too suspicious. however,
and sent no e1hjssary. About THAI
time there was a mob on account OF
some unpopular enactment, and Arnold
took refuge from the malcontents in
this building. The hot heads wanted to
burn it down, but the troops interfered.
The great procession on the occasion of
the hanging of the traitor in effigy after
the contamination of his Iscariotlike
act in 1880 was reviewed from the win
dows of this house, and speeches were
made by the city's celebrities.
The house was also of some Importance
in the intrigue between Hamilton and
Mrs. Reynolds, as they met in the garden,
and in the yellow fever epidemic of 1913
a physician living there took into his
house some people whose relatives had
abandoned them. This incident is re-
produced in one of Charles Brockden
Brownies novels. Washington often
passed few quiet hours at the old
house during his presidency, for it was
a respectable and old fashioned inn at
the time. Little by little the house de-
clined after that, as the way of old houses
is, being inhabited by successive sets of
tenants of successfully poorer classes.
The very room in which Washington
tried in vain to reconcile Hamilton and
jefferson was long the resort of a
Bohemian club The building is now
removed to make way for large ware
house,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-10-05
THE THREE BIRDS.

"Fly over the mountains" said to the dove,
"O'er the fields of barley and hay.
And bring me the talisman flower OF Love"
But the dove sighed, tits too far awayl"
To the eagle said, ION thy valor l count
That shall steal me Loves fame from tht
sky;
Spread thy pinions to reach it, and heaven
ward rnount!''
But the eagle replied, Its too highl''
To the vulture l cried: What is left wilt thou
spare
OF this heart that can still hope and waltz
Then tear out the rest, for her image dwellf
theren'
But the vulture made answer, ''Too late!'
Florence Honniker in Temple Bar.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-10-05
A Mothers Responsibility.

Unfortunately not every mother thinks
1t necessary to teach polite manners to
her children. Her boys do not take off
their hats when they come into the pres
ence Of ladies; her girls interrupt rudely
in conversations. 1t is q common occur
renee in our street cars to see an elderly
gentleman give up his seat to some old
woman while 6-year-old youngster
spreads over room enough for two, and
with his mother looking on apparently
ignorant that she is rearing son with
the selfish manners of a cub. The be-
havior of her children is pretty clear
mirror of the mothers own nature. It
is from her they learn courtesy and gal
lantry and chivalric respect to women.
Lockers on at the rude or bad behavior
of the child cannot have a very fatter-
ing opinion of that child's home intiu-
epces.-New ORLEANS picavnpe.