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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-12-23
KEYlESS WATCHES.

Ingenious Contrivances for Making
Pocket Timcpie~es S~lf-WindinG.
Keyless watches, now so popular,
have long been known, but have not
been in general use more than a dozen
years. Napoleon /. was the owner of
a wonderful specimen of this species
of keyless timepieces. 1t was CON
tinually kept in running order by a
small weight at the end of a lever
which worked on n weak spring. Every
step taken caused a small dog" to
drop into the cogs of tiny rachel
wheel, this in turn acting on the barrel
To which the handspring was attached;
ordinary movements about the house
were sufficient to keep the spring tight
" wound up. In the Kensington
museum, London, there is a pedometer
operated in a similar manner, com
bined with a watch, so that the one
instrument tells the time and the dis
tance walked by the wearer in day or
any other given time. There is a watch
on exhibition at the United States
patent office which is wound 10y the
simple act of closing the case. 1t also
has an attachment that throws the
winding device out of gear as soon as
the spring is well wound up.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-12-23
SCIENCE TEACHINGS
THE average man has 2.sO4. 900 pores

THE average man has 2,304, 900 pores
in his skin
THE common snail sets forth to raw
age our gardens equipped with $50 rows
of stout serrated teeth. The whole
palate contains about 81, 900 teeth,
while full-grown slug has over $4,000
of these silicious spikes
RECENT scientific expedition shows
the existence of terraces in Palestine,
showing that at one time the Dead sea
had risen to the level of the Mediter-
r.lnean. the Jordan in the glacial period
forming a lake two hundred miles long.
WE are familiar with the rush of the
express train as ii flashes past US at the
rate of sixty miles an hour, but light
actually travels H. 79, 40 times as FAST
The initial velocity of the shot from
the l2-pound bronze service gun is only
/, ,569 feet a second.
The size and shape of rain drops has
been the subject of special investiga-
ton by f. j. Lowe. The size OF the
drop ranges. he finds, from an almost
invisible point To at least two inches IN
diameter Occasionally large drops fall
that must be more or less hollow, as
they fail to wet the whole surface in
closed within the drop
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-12-23
EUROPE'S ROYALTY.

II honor of his daughters birth the
German emperor has resolved to pardon
all female prisoners now undergoing
punishment for the first time for crimes
committed through distress or anger
TIM dowager duchess of Sutherland
viii not be badly fixed, financially.
even if the English section of the fam
lily do ostracize her. Her Florida
estates viii produce an annual rental
of $3.50. 900.
ONE crown prince at least will be
present at the worlds fair, as the future
emperor of Austria has signified his in
tention of visiting Chicago after his
lengthy tour in the orient, Australia
and New Zealand.
PRINCESS MARIE BBEsCo swan
across the Hcllespont recently, the first
woman Lcander on record. She was
accompanied by her brother-in-law,
and arrived on the Asiatic side of the
Hellespont three minutes before he did.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-12-23
PEOPLE OFTEN SPOKEN OF.

WHIIELAw REID is an Episcopalian
and Mrs Reid Presbyterian, and they
go together alternately To their respec-
tive churches.
Mr. JOHN JACOB AsToR is not only a
director of the Rider and Driver Pub
fishing Company of New York, but a
regular contributor TO its editorial and
news columns
IT is claimed that two of the most
successful merchants in the United
States. John WanPNaber. of Philadel-
phia. and Marshall Field, of Chicago,
have never advertised in the Sunday
newspapers.
Mrs j. ELLEN FOSTER, well known TO
all W. c. r l.. workers and To many
others, is a woman of large and rather
imposing person. She speaks with won
derful fluency and decision, and seems
to be absolutely self-possessed.
AT the time of election to his present
position as grand chief of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers, Mr.
Peter NJ. Arthur waS an engineer on the
New York Central railroad, having a
home in Utica. His present residence
Is on Enclid avenue, Cleveland, and he
is said to be worth $500. 200.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-12-23
FUNNY MISTAKES IN PRINT.

A NEW England paper told about "a
drove of hogs" floating down the Con
necticut river instead of "a drive of
logs"
AN tordiscussed the political situa-
ton in a comprehensive editorial and
headed it: Let Us Explore" He neg
lected To read the proof, and it APP
peared under the caption: Let Us Ex-
plode."
N a lecture at Boston Rev. Joseph
Cook asked his audience: WAS Saint
Paul dupe?' In the report of the lee
ture, Mr.. Cook was made to PROFOUND
the startling conundrum: ''Was Saint
Paul a dude?"
IT was a Boston newspaper which
made its dramatic critic say: The toast
for Irving, like the toast for olives.
must be cut elevated" What the critic
wrote was: The taste for Irving. like
the taste for olives, must be cultivated =
\ SWISS paper contains the following
advertisement: ''Wierpach. in the Ber-
ncse Overland. is the favorite resort of
all persons in search of solitude. Hence
this peaceful hamlet is frequented by a
crowd of visitors from all parts of the
world. La Tribune.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-12-23
LAW BREAKERS.

BERLIN complains Of the enforcement
Of the Sunday laws under which no one
is permitted 10 work more than five
hours during the day.
70 ILLUSTRATE the execrablcness Of
German law, "A cavalry officer was dis
charged for reaching from his saddle
and saving the life of little girl who
was about 10 bc run over.
ONE Moses Lull was fined twenty-five
d, liars the other day in a Lynn Mass
court for cruelty 10 "A horse. The fan
weight of his punishment may bc esti-
mated when IL is explained that hc had
bought the horse for scvcnty-five cents.
Two ENGLISH women fought, made
mp their quarrel and kissed. Then one
Of them caused the arrest of the other
for assault and battery. Thcreupou
the claim was made that the kiss had
Cancelled the grievance and there could
be no cause for action.
\ FRENCH artist recently cvaded very
clevcrly the law requiring dogs To- Ice
muzzlcd by painting a muzzlc on his
FidO. SO realistic was il that the de
ception might never have been known
If the doy had not foolishly bitten pn-
liceman one day and 50 betrayed his
fond master.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-12-23
How the Rules Read.

In South Carolina, where everybody
is born aristocrat, rules of court pre-
scribed that not only the judges but
the attorneys must wear robes in court
Against this rule the leader of the bar
his name was Petigree-stoutly re-
belled. He constantly appeared in
court in the rough costume of planter,
and the judges pretended not to notice
ii. One day, however, when he was
leading counsel in an important case,
and he rose TO address the court in his
usual pepper and salt, the presiding
Judge felt compelled to draw his atten-
ton to the rules of court regarding the
attire of attorneys. Petigree smiled
and observed: II understand your honor
TO say that the rules of court must
be executed" The judge bowed. Then,
sir" said Petigree, holding the rules in
his hand, II read this rule: The
sheriff shall attend this court in cooked
hat and sword l now draw your at
tention to the sheriff there His hat is
cooked, but most certainly his sword is
not"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-12-23
PALETTE AND BRUSH.

THE keynote of the popular concep-
tion of Dore is struck in the assertion
that Frau Angelica could never paint a
sinner and that Dore could never por-
tray a saint.
THE Dickens of Vienna" as he was
sometimes called - Herr Friedrich
Schlocgl-died a short time ago AT the
age of seventy-one. The truth and
hui Of his character gave him an inn
mense popularity
Mr.. HENRY MosLER, the artist, for
merly Of Cincinnati, O., and now per
manently settled in Paris, lately re-
ceivcd long complimentary notice in
the Journal des Arts, of Paris. Mr..
Mosler obtained an honorable mention
in 1879, medal of the third class in
:SSS, a silver medal of the exposition of
1859 and was represented in this years
Salon
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-12-23
The wonders of Reproduction.

Aphides are n species of minute insect
belonging to the order of Hemiptera,
suborder Homoptera, and, taken col
lectively, 100 of them would hardly
weigh grain Now, let us try n com
parison. The average man, we will
say, weighs about 1000, 900 grains. Yet
it has been found, by actual calcula-
tion, that If these minute insects were
left unchecked to only the tenth gen
Grafton, the descendants of a single
pair would be equivalent, in point of:
actual weight, to 500, OoO, 900 very heavy
men. This would be equal to one-third
of the population of the globe, suppos-'
ing each person to weigh an average of
$50 hounds
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-12-23
BRAIN ACTION.
A Professor Has Found Out Exactly How
Rapidly We Think.

Helmholz showed that wave of
thought would require about a minute
to travel mile of nerve, and Hersch
found that touch on the face was rec
ognized by the brain and responded to
by manual signal in the seventh of a
second.
He also found, says brakes Magazine.
that the speed of sense differed for diff
ferent organs. the sense of hearing be
ing responded To in the sixth of see
ond, while that of sight required one
fifth of n second to be felt and signaled.
In all these eases the distance traversed
was about the same; 50 the inference Is
that images travel more slowly than
sounds or touch. 1t still remained
however, to show the portion of this
interval taken up by the action of the
brain.
Prof. Donders, by very delicate appa
ratus, has demonstrated this to b,
about seventy-five thousandths of a sec
ond. OF the whole interval forty thou
sandths are occupied in the simple act
of recognition, and thirty-five thou
sandths for the act of willing response
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-12-23
THE WORLDS ODD CORNERS.

The deepest mining shaft in Africa
has recently been opened at Kimberly.
II goes down 600 feet.
SEVERAL autograph letters of Luther
and Meiancthon have been discovered
in the library Of an obscure town in the
Prussian province of SaNony
THE longest canal i'm the world Is the
one which extends from the frontier Of
China to st Petersburg. 1t measures
in all 4,472 mil
The most powerful naphtha spring
ON record was recently opened in Balu
on the Taggiell grant II it continues
at its original force il will be the rich
est naphtha fountain in the world.
IT is likely that Tampico. Mexico,
Will become one Of the decp-water ports
Of the world. The soundings now
measure more than twenty feet over the
bar. the greatest depth ever attained.
The bar il wearing away.
COMPLETE statistics Of the great fire
AT 1T. Johns. Newfoundland, have just
been issued. The number Of houses de-
stroyed was ]. $50. the number Of families
burned out .Ss4, and the total number
Of persons burned out 10. 234.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-12-23
FASHIONS FOR CHILDREN.

ACCoRDIoN-PLAITED skirts of vailinp
or cashmere with guimpe waists are
worn by small girls.
TAM OSHANrERs are coming into
fashion again for youngsters. They are
made in fancy velvets, plush and wool
materials.
Plush is again coming into use for
millinery, especially for children. The
tiny plush bonnets, with plated fronts
or in poke shape, are extremely becom-
ing.
DREssY frocks for girls are composed
OF fine white woolen or light-colored
silk, draped low over a chemisette of
embroidery, and with undersleeves of
the same, the full upper sleeves being of
the dress stuff. Such dresses are al
ways made with broad ribbon sashes
knotted at the back.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-12-23
No spooning In the Grecian Isles.

Describing marriage customs in Kaso,
one of the most southern islands of
Greece, Z. NJ. Edmonds, in the Eastern
and Western Review. says the parents
upon both sides take upon themselves
all the responsibilities of courtship and
marriage. Courtship, as we understand
IT. Is not in any way permitted to the
betrothed couple. No moonlight walks
or tete-a-tetes are allowed. Such a
course would be deemed highly repre-
hensible, and all wooing. if there be
any, must take place in the presence of
the elders; but there is no great time
for repining at these DEGREES of custom,
for the marriage follows the offer as
quickly as may be.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-12-23
JUST "OLD TIMBER"
The Famous ship =. Foudroyant'' sold and
Broken Up.

Broken Up.
The famous old Foudrovant, one Of
Nelson's flagships-in fact, the only
one. except the Victory. still in existence
has come 10 an ignoninious end. The
Foudroyant was launched at Plymouth
IN IT9s.
Had she been launched a month
earlier, says the Viking, the Foudr0yant
would have been flagship at the Nile.
A. il was. she had the honor Of captur-
ing the GenereuN. -. and the Guillaume
Tell, ~, the only line-of-battle ships
which escaped from the bay Of Aboullir.
She served first under Sir James B.
Warren, in l79s. and helped ID defeat
Commodore Bombarts squadron of the
'oast 81 ireland, when the Ioche. "a,
was captured. She then Joined the
Mediterranean fleet blocllading CadiZ,
and aftrrNvard engaged in watching the
French ships in Toulon. On the escape
If the latter she was dispatched 10
Naples To- reinforce Lord Nelson, who
then transferred his flag 10 her from
the Vanguard. The Foudroyant now
became the seat Of governm ment 81 the
kingdom Of Naples, and was for con-
siderable time the residence of the king
and queen, and of Sir William and Lady
Hamilton. Ii was while in the fou-
droyani that Nelson captured Rome
with has ships" and in her hc Suhse-
queutlN flew his flag as commander m
chief In the Mediterranean.
The ship has, however, other assocla-
tions hardly less interesting than those
connected with Nelson. ON the 22d 81
March 1901, in the bay Of Ahul'r'
where she had 50 narrowly missed bear
ing glorious part three years before
she received on board Sir Ralph Ahcr-
cromby. who had been m"rialIN
wounded in the battle Of the 2lst. In
spite of all these historical associations,
the British naval authorities have sold
the F"udroyant. and she has been
brolxen mn As old timber
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-12-23
How to Light IA solid Body.

Cadogan Morgan was the first elec-
trician to experiment with electric light
in solid bodies. This was in 17s5. He
first inserted two wires into a stick of
wood and caused the spark TO pass be-
tween them. This had the effect of
Illuminating the stick a beautiful blood
red. An ivory ball, an orange or an
apple may be lighted in the same man
ner. Some experimenters prefer the
lemon for this purpose, it being very
susceptible to the electric discharge,
flashing forth at every spark as a
spheroid of brilliant golden light The
wires used for this purpose should be
brought within about half an inch of
each other inside the lemon.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-12-23
GRAINS OF SAND

No ONE can be truly brave who is not
trying 10 be truly good.
No ONE can have joy to-day who is
worrying about tomorrow.
ANYTHING that makes us take an un-
selfish interest in others makes us bet
ter.
WHEN you want 10 find a coward,
hunt up the man who knows he is
wrong.
THERE are too many people who
never think it worth while To undertake e
To be religious with their money
Rams Horn
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-05-26

and thoughtful on this occasion. On the pre-.
vious night he had been in great pain, and ex-
ceedingly restless.
George" said he, in serious tone, II am
going to write Brooms that our engagement Is
of, and tell her why. / am only half man
now" and he made drol feint OF taking OF
his shoe from the foot that had been amputated.
"If / was to insist upon marryin' her she
would be dreadfully disappointed. because
Brooms is the proudest woman ever did see.
1t would cut her to the quick to know that she
had to be the wife of one-legged man. Pm
sure she would be too much ashamed to walk
out with husband who always had to carry
crutch. Yes, Pm goin' to give Brooms her
freedom"
An interval of silence followed. and then l
commenced TO reason with him, but he shook
his head stubbornly, and would not listen. He
requested me to get pen and paper and write
down his dctation. 1t was useless putting
him off; he would call another shipmate IL
i refused. so j brought writing materials,
propped him up on the pillows, and lndlted
the following, substantially, as 1t came from
his lips:
"MY DARLING BRooMs: address you thus
for the last time. have met with an accident.
and only have one leg left to meet another OF
like nature. / am very sorry for poth our
sakes that all this has happened, because
through the loss of my limb ! must lose you,
for know you have enough sense not TO care
for only half man. Burn up my letters ana
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-05-26

picture. The latter. / believe, is full length,
and no longer a correct likeness. Keep the
parrot | brought you from the South Seas, by
which TO remember me as / once was when l
could climb to the main-top quicker than any
Jolly tar aboard the Natalie. | hope by the
time get back you'll be married and settled
down. with baby named after me. If Tom
was longer name I'd insist upon you splitting
it in two, just because-but never mind why.
Brooms. you'll make some solid man the sweet
est little wife on earth. There, good-oy,
Broomsl ] could add to the brine of the old
sea If were leaning over the deck AS 10
is Pm wetting handkerchief, and my friend
who writes this for me is witness. Brooms,
I'll never forget you, and am your friend al
WAYS. ToM.'
Tom managed to scratch down his own sig
nature. He requested me to mail the letter,
and sinking back in the folds of the pillows
exhausted, was soon in slumber.
did not dare detain the note. After strug-
Cling against strong desire to do SO, took 1t
ashore with me in the afternoon.
Tom was camer after that; he seemed sto-
icaliy resigned He refused to take any more
thin broth, and demanded something TO eat"
His irritablity was sign of improvement IN
health Toms bluntness sometimes might
have been mistaken for anger.
One morning about two months afterward he
surprised everybody by calling for his clothes
and the crUtch that had been provided for him.
Having been up in chair several times, We
assisted him into his clothes, and had the Salts
faction of seeing him totter on deck.
That afternoon he received letter from
Brooms, and this is what 1t said:
"MY PRECIOUS OLD BoY-for you are precious
now that there isn't SO much left of you:
want you to distinctly understand that your
relics belong to me- What there is of you /
want, If it isn't more than little finger. You
l,,sf s.1- 70 LAT oF 1
you do sacrifice member in the hopes that
will No, indeed ! am not that kind of a
woman. Oh, Tom am so sorry that you have
lost leg 1t will spoil all our pleasure at dances,
and you did used to enjoy Waiting much;
but don't care if you will only come home
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-05-26
No Intimidation,

It Is related that at the bar Of one of the Ans.
tralian colonies barrister concluded his spsecA
thus: Eat great length, gentlemen of the jury,
have stated the reasons which cause me 10
believe In the prisoners innocence and 10 re-
gard him personal friend. Gentlemen, the
prisoner in the dock is my very dear personal
friend, and if he falls by your hands ] will
ayenge his honor and my loss. As "a gentleman
of an ould Irish family, who can snuff candles
with revolver at IL PAGES, call upon you to
place my friend right in the eyes Of society. I
leave the case in your hands, feeling satisfied
that you will not accuse me of employing the
language of menace, when have done no mora
than hint at some of the natural consequences
of verdict adverse to my conscientious opipr
inn.N
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-05-26
His OCCUPATION Gone.

Editor-Mr Funnyman, your humorous de-
partment is not half so bright and fresh rs ID
used to be. Are you in poor health?
Dir. Fuuuyman-No-o, sir; my health's 81
right. but I'm afraid I'll have to give up hur
morous work.
What's the matter?"
'Well, sir, I got married some months ago
and now, when print joke about wives my
wife thinks it means her; and, IL mention
mother-in-law. her mother comes round and
raises the roof; and, besides. one of my wife'3
brothers is plumber, and the other is coal
dealer, and she has a halfbrothsr who Ii .
book agent. snd they're all big man with pgiy
tampers. If you don't mind I'd like to retire
from the humorous department., and take . po-
sition as obituary editor"
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and marry me. If you write such a letter as
your last after you get this one shall go stark
mad and not try to recover. think shall be
able to bring you under the domestic yoke, be-
cause you cannot run away from me. ] am
going to let my finger nails grow and get in
training, as pugilistic parlance has 1t, for you.
do hope you We got about enough OF the serv-
ice TO last you for life. Oh, dear Tom, won't
you come back2 ! would love you Just as much
If both your legs were gone. Have you received
the box of necktes, ETC., yet?
with undying, unaltering love am yours
only, BRooMs."
knew before Tom had finished perusing the
letter by the joyful expression on his face that
Brooms had not consented to the discontinu.
snce of their relations. He sprang up grasped
his crutch, babe me follow him, and hobbled
into a corner, where he read me Brooms's
letter.
"Haiu't she q darlin'P" he asked, carefully
placing the message in his pocket
Our vessel was Government cruiser, and
had put into this port for repairs. When she
was finally released from the dry-dock the
Natalie set out for Now York, where in due
course we arrived. Tom and myself were hon.
orably discharged from the service and parted,
he going to Philadelphia and to Boston.
A few weeks later j received an invitation
to Toms wedding, and decided to attend 1t.
The occasion was almost pathetic. The beauty
oil broons, upon which i hau neard ION
dilate so often, was undeniable. As she stood
up with him, her beryl-tinted eyes flashed with
the fire Of womans love, her cheeks suffused,
her lips, like wet coral, murmuring the re.
sponses tremulously, the white serge all about
her graceful throat, and the orange blossoms
in her Titan hair, must confess that for once
the matter of-fact Tom Abercorn excited my
envy. And when it was all over and the guests
presents had been duly examined and admired,
Brooms's father, with redundant graciousness
handed her deed to an elegant brown-stone
house, and told the bride and groom it was TO
be their future home One of the guests in
formed me that Mr.. Grsyling had settled upon
his daughter an annuity, and / came away
fully convinced that / should be willing to
spare one of my legs for such wife and such
father-in-law.
Tom is at present a slap-up official in the
Philadelphia Nayy-yard. He don't half earn
his handsome salary, the rascal There is
scarcely anything for him to do. Tom is lazy,
fear; but, then. he can afford to be; and Brooms
who is sole heir to her recently deceased
faith er's estate, is constantly teasing him to
resign, and let the old Navy-yard go to grass