The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-10-28
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News AND OTHtR NOIINGs.

More than So varieties Of roses
worthy of cultivation have been produced
during this century.
Happy and content i a bride with "The R0
chester" sIe YES IA the lgnJ of t..c IYCrII.ng.
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The blacksmith shop. carpenter shop,
and machine works of the LaIrnbe mon
asterv were destroyed by tire on Friday
night. Loss. sl,2OO.
A family in Reading. England. can
prove by local records that they and their
ancestors have paid rent for their house
for no less than 400 years
A cutlery factory at Mcriden. Conn.
recently completed a wonderful toy-a per
iect pocket knife. with 30 blades, pincerS.
shears, avis. etc, which il said - weigh
but one eighth of an ounce.
-Advices from AL small towns through
out the Middle. Atlantic. aud New Eng
land states say that Columbus Day was
celebrated greater than any event since the
Centennial celebration day of 1870.
A pear tree which was set 10y Governor
John Endicntt in IGan j. still standing near
Davenport. Mass. II blossoms freely, al
though - years old. hut the fruir. like
most of the pears of that date. i of poor
quality.
The rivers of Russia grow Shallower
year after year. and the NorSkla, once an
abundant tributary To the Dnieper, and
compared to the Hudson OF Delaware. 25D
miles long. fas completely aud permanent
ly uried up
In some of the ancient temples OF
EgyDt, known 10 be more than 400 years
old. the stones were dowelcd together with
hour glass shaped ties of the Timarish or
.Shittim wood, the dowel sinks being only
:ihout ON" inch deep.
Fierce fires among the umber are rag
ing at Mt. Penn and Neversink mountain
near Reading, and II large number Of m'.n
are out fighting the flames 10 prevent their
spreading 10 valuable buildings. Including
several summer resorts.
The first smoke-cnn >uming railroad
locomotive ever built was turned ont ui
the Chica and Alton eat shops al Bloom
ington Ill. in October. ts,rs. Its inventor
a. K. Cavnrr, says il not only consumes its
smoke, hut economies fuel.
One of the latest applications Of rlrc-
triciIy To mining operations j. seen ia a
: lead mine ia Belgium. Each bucket arriV-
f fug al the top of this shaft makes an elec-
trio contact, aud u ne-dl. in the Office indi-
GATES, by a red light upon Ii REVOLVING drum.
the number OF buckets brought up.
A railroad from MiddIctown To Steel
ton, 10 connect with the Philadelphia 4
Reading al the latter point. will hc ron
strucIed by private corporation. II Is
said the survey has been mad" aud the
right of way secured. An electric railW Ay
is about finished between these points.
There are ~ countries where an invrn-
Iion can claim protection, or rather ~ here
patent fees may be- paid. Sixteen Of these
are in Europe. eight ia Africa four In
Asia. - in America, and nine in Oc-ania.
The total price of these 6I official scraps uf
paper amounts To the nic.. little sum OF
sls,ODO.
The King Of Siam has recently pre-
Scribed a rigorous test lor those of his sub
jecIs who claim 10 be endowed with the
mantle of prophecy. An enactment has
now been made providing that no prophet
shall he entitled To public condolences un-
less hr has the gift of sitting unharmed in
u least half an hour.
A novel plan for training trotting
horses l. being tried at San TecnchO, Col
Instead Of trOtting them round track
they are made To swim round Il course in IA
tank 90 feet long, 10 feet wide, and : feet
deep. The water Is tepid and strongly i'm
pregnated with salt to prevent the horse
from taking cold. Four times round The
course gives the horse as much exercise a..
Il mile of IrOttlng.
MRS. Marie Dill. aged G3 years, was
found insenslble on the old state road near
McKeesport, late Saturday night, with Il
deep cut on the back of her head She
died Sunday morning IL is supposed She
. was murdered, bnt there is no clue TO her
asSailant. Her husband. John Dill. is an
old and weli-known citizen Of McKees-
port, OF late he and his wife have had
trouble at times and she would leave him
occasionally.
Ellsworth CongtOn and William Strea-
tor, of East Troy, Pa, weIe killed at the
depot at Canton. this state. on "Wednesday
night, and J. j. NHnKirk. of Granville.
Pa, wRS badly injured. The Republicans
there had Il rally and parade. After~rhe
parade there was big crowd a. the depot
10 take the excursion train home The
East Troy band was PLAYING. standing on
the track, when freight train come along
and struck the crowd. Congton was a
m@mb,r of the baud. NanKirk will prob
ably recover.
Observations of the suns eclipse made.
at d number of ObseTyaJOrics THURSDAY of
last week showed that the moon came
seven seconds ahead of time and ended be
fore the predicted period. During the
eclipse the sun spots were carefully studied
Several were in plain view. One of them
went through several changes in f,rn,
breaking into two spots and otherwise mis-
behaving. Bridges of light were SEEN over
other spots, some of which interlaced very
nicely. Several mountains ON the mC on
we're plainly visible. Princeton took IA
photographs, to lind, " possible an atmos-
phcre on the moons surface, hut no evil
dencc Of an atmosphere was found
viii Go for ara.er
The OgGenSburg NelCs, OF Ogdensburg
y. \, which has been the leading official