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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-10-07
PIGEONS FOR NAVAL USE.
They VIII BE Made Part OF the Service al
the United states.


the United States.
i ne United States practice ship Con-
stellaiion. which recently sailed on the
cId"tS' summer voyage. had aboard
number of homing pigeons, 10 be used
aS means of communication between
the ship and points ashore. The birds
will be liberated at intervals and are
expected to bring official messages from
the practice vessel To th.. naval acade-
my. where Il loft OF cote has recently
been established. says the baltimore
sun.
Ii the experiment should prove sue
ccSSful the government would prob
ably find il profitable to the navy to
encourage the hoIning pigeon service.
with the small appropriation needed to
carry ont the plans OF the projectors of
the enterprise. At present the facilities
for training birds at the naval academy
are limited. no government appropria-
ton being available.
At Fortress Monroe, the first stopping
place OF the ship, il j. possible several
trained birds from Baltimore. Phila-
dclphia and New York Will be taken
aboard and dispatched with informa-
ton from the cruising grounds. The
headquarters a. Washington viii also
bc posted of the whereabouts of the
vessel through winged messengers from
that city.
\ lot of the birds u accompany the
ship Will no doubt bc sufficiently
trained toward the close OF the voyage
To be useful in conveying messages
ashore
The practicability Of the homing
pigeon service has been satisfactorily
tested by communications with the
ships OF war anchored off Annapolis
and from vessels plying between Ealti-
more, Annapolis and other points. II
these experiments should be- successful
they Will demonstrate the possibility OF
"A vessel cruising along the coast at Il
distance of over one hundred miles.
where no other means OF communion
tion would be possible, 10 be kept in
constant intercourse with the shore.
This prompt service, it il claimed.
would be a great advantage TO the gov
ernment. The experiments will be CON
tinucd during the entire cruise OF the
ship and will Ice watched with unusual
Interest.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-10-07
SHOOTING In TExaS
Not Indulged In 40 PromiscuousIy as Peo-
pie Have Been Led to Imagine,

Not Indulged In 40 PromiscuousIy as Peo-
pie Have Been Led to Imagine.
II Is generally believed by the outside
world that the Texan carries his life in
his hip pocket. This is 4 mistake. saws
a letter To the Philadelphia North
American. Our most facile shooters
carry their rcvolvers just under the left
arm The real artist knows the minute
differences in shooting .'on the rise"
and Ion the drop" The technique mas
tered, the cause for action claims atteD-
ton Any assault upon the fair name
OF woman Is almost certain tn be fol-
lowed by sudden death. For such causes
as this one must shoot. Imputations
upon ones vcracity or honesty. family
feudS, quarrelS and drunken braxIs
cause the remainder of the homicideS
For such causes as these one may shoot
Men shoot each other in Texas on
lesser ground than TINS, but they do nor
shoot on such slight provocation as the
tendcrfOOt has been led TO believ.
lhcy DO not shoot visitors for wearing
a stiff hat, for refusing To drink. nor
Tor continually referring to the better
things back east" have never lived
among people who were a. Indifferent
10 the peculiaritieS of strangers or re-
cent immigrants. However. the Canni-
Dal islands are no more dangerous fields
Tor the missionary than is Texas for the
airy, aggressive prig who insists on re-
forming uS To his standards out of hand
nave known several men in Texas
VINO have killed their man; "a few who
have killed two or three Some of them
were boasterS, who, after their trape-
dieN' dcgenerated into bravos: Others
were high-minded. high-spirited gen
tleihen who had killed some bully for
mortal otfenSe or as "A defense from
deadly assault, and who bore the AGONY
OF the tragedy in humility and silence.
Homicide hardens and wrecks ,ba
tough; 1t saddenS and overwhelms the
gentleman As a means of secur;pc,
justice between men il iS least s,tis-
factory OF all known methods. 1t is the
poorest kind of test of righteousness
The villain is often a cooler hand and
better marksman than injured virtue
50 that the avenger often meets tb,
doom the bctrayer deserves.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-10-07
COURT OF LAST RES0o-

Supreme Court Judges and Their H.,
20 the Press ss-Instances of ..i..,.'n' 'n'
The justices Of the supr.rne 80
arbitrary in their dcalinrs ,,.,t af-
press, writes "A corrcspop1sr, l..r
Philadelphia Press. They arr. ,... ti.'
courteous as well but aorar,f...
arbitrarincss takes an unpI,a.,.. '.''
inconvenicnt form. For cyar,r-.' "'..
very likely that a supreme co... s
ticc. after reading an clabgr.lt.. a., ...-
of some important case. win
manuscript of the decision in f. .'..
and take IT home with him, % ~. .....
confusion of the reporter ,,..
vainly waiting for a Gimp. o. +, d.
excursion 10 the justices home ... .''
usually results in the prodgeri.,. -. ,.'--.
manuscript, but not invarialIy ..r
The justiccs Of the suprrru,. ...,,,-.
jet 70 having literal cuo,at..,.. '0.
from their decisions, and 'l. .r..-.
turning these decisions ov.r .. 't
psrters, absolutely prohibits amt. ...
extracts from them. Ever. Ina. :.
the justices say may b. pm fr a..
pOrtcr's own language ulI t.lg,..
public, but until the OH .ial r.,.. .
the proceedings OF thc court l- rr....t
unlcr the auspices Of the cogr, ,l...
guagc Of the decision itself rg-..
be quoted, unless special perruf.....
given, a. IS done in rlr, cases
Charges Of leakage" Df irn,..-,
decisions have been very few r.,...'
ahlc testimony 70 the puritg -,
court. There IS iittl" doubt Thar ,,.
Bell telephone decision reached r...
Of the spectators before il yrs.
nounced and that the llnow!e5,.
the patent would br Sustained No..
them an enormous sum. There v.
general belief that the decision g...'
be- in favor Of Bell; but the uura-.....
about il kept the telephone stock =
uneasy and depressed condition M.
the decision was announced +. .g-,.
with a bound and the speculate, .,I
had bought heavily ou th, ady4gr...r...
made enormous profits.
1 believe the facts CONNECTED .....
this leakage have never been -fr.r
curatcly. No dishonor atta.u-, d, o..
name Of the justice who wrY,..tl....
cisIon. \ member of his hou,-a..a.a
tanned surrrptItiou~ knowlrag. ~ ,..
character Of the decision. and a..
formation Was furnished 60 'a,. -....
lators. They paid for IL only in s-..
iscs, however. The di~hpu,.-r uarr...,.
the transaction those who u,r- ,....
70 the justice-did not profit b.. ,t..-
pcrfidy. The price 81 their di-ba-..
was never paid and they lvrr. n,, .
any position 10 make Outcrv ahYut t.....
disappointment or % demand >atf,...
tion.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-10-07
THE MUSHROOM BULLET.
A Ns~ ProJ-ctiis That WIN Disable NJ.
Rather Than XIII Them.

Rather Than XIII Them.
Gen. Tweedie has designed q bullet
which is thought highly of by English
ordnance experts, and il IN their opin-
ion something that will meet Il long-telt
want, says the New York Times.
The new Small-bore bullet has been
found to pass through living animals in
less sensitive parts without their being
aware that they have been struck at all.
This = due To the combination OF high
velocity and small diameter. In war
the object II 10 disable men, and this is
often more effectually fulfilled by
wounding than by killing, because a
wounded man at the moment requires
one or two men 10 look after him, while
the dead man i for the time let alone
IL the wound, however, u one that
hardly makes its existence known thc
immediate object may not be answered
\ savage especially would despise a
wound of that character. II the bullet
strikes bone the effect is different, be-
cause bone splinters terribly under n
blow at high velocity, but for what
are called flesh wounds the small bore
is nowhere"
Gen. Tweedie's bullet has n mantlet
open ut the head, the mantlet ending
about half way between the shoulder
and the point. The result is that on
striking the head spreads or ''mush-
rooms 50 as 10 make the bullet, after
having the advantage Of small diam
eter in flight, TO become on impact
practically one OF large bore, the main
difference being that the energy con-
Sists more in velocity and less in
weight than was the case in an old
largc-bore ball. IL is said also 10 be
much more efficient against thin iron
or steel plate for the same reason
namely, that it makes u much larger
hole and acts particularly well in
oblique impact. of course il will be
clearly understood that this is only in
cases in which the plate is outmatched
hy the bullet As the chief objection
10 the bullet is that IL will not do the
work of an armor-piercing projectile,
the objection can stand, says a prom
inent ordnance authority, and, Us the
Iweedie bullet possesses almost all of
the qualities required, it seems very
probable that extensive experiments
viii be made to prove its superiority To
other sma1 arm bullets in use to-day
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-10-07
THE SPANISH ARMADA
Ii Fought BraveIy Against Overwh.tm.
ing Odds.


The Spanish officers behaved with
the desperate heroism which became
the countsymen of Cor-tez and SAINT.
Cruz, and never did Spanish soldier or
seaman distinguish himself more than
on TINS tremendous day. There was no
ulnchlng, though the blood was seen
streaming out of the scuppers. Priests
went up and down under the hottest
hre, crucifiN in hand. confessinp and
aosoiving the dying.
l'ut the engagement from the first
preserved the some character which
had been seen in those which had pre-
ceded 1t. The Spaniard's courage was
useless TO them. Their ships could MOI.
turn or sail; their guns were crushed
pN the superior strength of the English
artillery; they We're outmatched i'm
practical skill, and, close as the shins
were To one another, they could no,
once succeed in fixing a graphing iron
IN an English rigging Thus. while
thelr own losses were terrible. they
could inflict but little in return. They
had endured for five hours to be torn 10
pieces by cannon shetland that was
all '-Froude
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-10-07
ELEPHANTS, HIDES.
The Big Brute- surfer Terribly When At
tackled BY NoracIou- Flies

tackled by NOrHctou- Plies
The elephant Is formed for dignity.
and in his wild state his every motion
expresses il. He hold his head mp So
that his trunk when dropped at full
length does not touch the ground. his
ears are particularly elevated and move
freely, and he looks every inch a mon
arch; but humbled 10y captivity he
hangs his head 50 that he has To curl up
the end OF his trunk To keep it off the
ground: his ears hang limp and listleSs
and he has way of gathering up straw
and dirt and spreading it over the top
Of his head and back till he looks per-
fcctly absurd. a numbering fool. Il very
king OF ragdnm.
That silly looking habit" said Il
keeper To New York Tribune man.
has It's cause Elephants are subject
To sunstrollc. That may seem uutruth-
ful 10 say about an animal which lives
in the hottest part of Asia and Africa;
but remember he lives there in ltafv
forests, well shaded, and when captured
and made to work in the sunshine or
stand in il for eXhiI ;tion his head
should be covered or he suffers from
headache; 50 ne generally covers IL
himself
the keeper, more than YOU would think
possible when you consider the thick
ness of his skin. Did YOU ever examine
an elephant skin closely? 1 dare SAY
not. Iou are like the Sunday-SchG0l
boy whose teacher asked the class il
they had ever seen an elephant skin
Yes said one boy. Where, johnny?
asked the teacher, incredulously. 'On
the elephant yelled Johnny in
triumph. Iou, too, have only seen it
on the owners back at i distance
But ii you had examined one closely
you would see that the pores are aS big
in proportion as the hide is thick. and
a big mosquito can run his saw into one
of these big tunnels - easily as Il hum
mingbird can run his long bill and
tongue into the funncl-~haped honey
Sucllle. | have seen big elephant all
dotted with his own blood and mai a. u
hornet from these tiny pests ana from
flies which lay their eggs under his
skin. That's why elephants like 10 roll
in the mud and I'LL up their pores with
=,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-10-07

Ground has been broken for tn.
Moorish palace |" br erected IN Midwa,
iIai>ance. Considerable saat-ri.l +, ,,,
thc ground. and the erection II the
huiidinR Will proceed at once. It viii
hr W." hundred feet square, built of
iron and wood, and covered with staff
The building is ryprnduction Of the.
Alhanbra,' and its site is ornament..d
with Moorish garden. Mr.. B. Uotf-
mann OF Vienna, the director Of the
company holding the concession. was
on the ground with Mr. Stepanuv. who
was originally identified with the
scheme. Mr.. Hoffman says that fbe
million dollars in gold is to he the prin-
cipal attraction in the palace. The
building Will contain a restaurant
winch VIII seat two thousand peopIe
and Vienna cafe with a capacity for a
thousand guests. The Probst Construc-
uon company will erect the building
OF which Mr.. August Fielder. consuIt-
ing architect for the German empire i.
the architect.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-10-07
WHAT ROBBERS MISSED.
a Lump OF Gold Worth 100000 Sci
frorn the Min. To San Francisro.

a Lump OF Gold Worth sIOO.OOO sent
froIn th" Mine to san Francisco.
Frontier highwayncn would have
had a hard time wrestling with a bit Of
gold which arrived here bv Wells,
Fargo \ Co. : express u few DAYS ago,
says the San Francisco Chronicle IL
came from the celebrated Harqua Hala
mine, and was consigned To- J. Hubbard
and j. Il. Bowers. the owners Of that
property. for coming At the United
States mint. When the employees OF the
mint took look at it they were
aStounded. The reason WAS that IL was
tine biggest lump of gold they had had
the unhappiueSS 10 come in contact
with. seeing that il was in one respect
like many others. being not their own.
1t was OF a SOmcw hat conical shape
and seemed To have been empticd ont Of
= gigantic Stag pot. II did not belle its
looks. Tor that was the way IL had been
shaped. II was the product of forty
five days run at the Harqua Hala. and
the tremendous bulk weighed three
hundred and fifty-ssven and one-eiphth
pounds avoirdupois. and was stated TO
hc of the value of one hundred and
twenty Thousand dollars.
The thoughtful representatives of the
owners Of the big nugget telcgraphed
from point Ia point a. they progressed
with II u the mint. sixty miles south
west Of Phoenix. and announced when
II should arrive at the next station.
This WAS 10 forestall any ambitious
men with guns, for. though aspiring
hlgnwaymen were thus kept exactly
posted as To when the gold might bc
expected. II also posted the people in
each town. The nugget was too big
for any party Of bandits To carry ii off
intact and secrete, and, had they
stopped the caravan on the way TO the
rIllroad- they would have only had
time 70 chisel off one thousand dollars
or 50 till the pack of bloodhoundS
which the prison officials keep at
PhEniX would have been on their trail.
Nobody moleSted it therefore and il
reached here safely. The ponderous
yellow cone has attracted much atten-
tion.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-10-07
POPPY CULTIVATION IN INDIA.
How Production of Opium IL Regulated
By the British Authorities.

How Production Of Opium IL Regulated
by the British AuthorIii-s-
AS the cultivation OF tobacco j. pro
hibited in England except under IA
special license from the excise authori-
ties. 80 the cultivation Of the poppy in
British India i forbidden unless i Ii
'.cu~r has been taken out. When "A cul-
tivatOr takes out q license from the
opium department To cultivate a certain
area tusually two-thirds of an acre Of
his own landl, BluckwoOd'S Magazine
SAYS, he receives an advance in money
u secure hi, allegiance, and Re binds
himself t. deliver To the opium agent
AZ a fixed price. ordinarily i've Shillings
"A pound. whatever opium may BE- pro
duced on his land. When official super
vision is efficient il is certainly very diff
ficult for man 10 cultivate poppy on =
larger area than i covered by his Ii
cen>e without detection. The cultiva-
ton cannot he concealed. II i a sort
of garden cultivation. the poppy plants
being grown in little squares or beds
intcrSected by tiny water channels for
irrigation wherever this i possible.
The growth OF the plants i carefully
tended, and At length the time comes
when they burst out into flower and the
fields look like sheet OF silver as the
white petals OF the flowers gliSten in
the morning dew.
These beautiful petals are the first
produce of The crop; for the women and
children of the cultivatorS' families
come forth and pick them off one by
one and carefully dry them. So that
they may serve afterHard as the cover
ing of the manufactured cakes of opium.
Then the poppics, with their bare cap
sule heads, remain standing in the
open field until it is considered that
they are ripe fer lancing. The cuiti-
vators then come forth in the evening.
and with an implement not unlike the
knives of a cupping instrument, they
scarify the capsule on its sides with
deep in"i-.uU-- that the juice may ex-
udc. II taa o-rly morning the cult
vator-, r.~1-'eIr with Il scrlping knife
anC ,...'- carthcnwarc pots. and they
r.rap. "tf the eNudcd juice and collect
i ~ their pots. And this Is crude
.,g,ilul
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-10-07
TIE WONDER OF ALAsKA.
\ Wall of Blue Ice a Mile Long and iour
Hundred Feet Nigh.

Wall of Blue Ice a Mile Long and f0u'
Hundred Feet nigh.
The Muir glacier. " which is the great
wonder of Alaska. was doubtir>, de
covered 10y Vancouver in 1894. but Prof
John Muir was the first To- describe H
Muir inlet, at the head Of IN, Dlacr'
bay, is the termination of this Grea.
river of ice The wall OF blue Ice .'
there mile long and about 500 frr'
high
1t is worn into towers. castles and
cavernS. and is continually discharrn-
fragments from the size ct a paving
stone To that Of Cologne cathedral
These falling into the sea east mp ,ar
spray for hundreds Of feet into the air.
and send forth waves which dash uP."
the shores and echo like thunder among
the mountains.
The Muir glacier is really SEA ~ 'rr
with numerous branches ia the valley
amy one of which il a. large a~ ,A'
Gomar Of Aletsch glacier Of >wlizra
land
IL is, according To Mr.. :. j. Baldwin
Va recent visitor, As large as all thr A.
pine glaciers in one. being 200 ~qua"
miles III area. The ice i 1000 ir'.
thick at the mouth in Muir inlet. ana
the glacier is estimated To comprise "'
much water a. Lake Erie.
II discharges 1900. 900. 900 Cubs te''
Of ice as icebergs, and l55.OOo.1Jo.'"
feet Of water 10y melting every wear
The center Of the glacier, where '",
motion il quickest, i 80 rough anu
broken into crevasSes that II Is ''nN.-
cred impossible. The eastern has
however, can be travelled a. far as inc
neve.
Prof. Wright has found the motion "'
the center To be a. much a. o. feel
day, whereas that of the Alpine Gla'i'',
il only 33 inches or 50. As much 49,
feet day has been found in the ,",,
of Greenland glacier. The M""
glacier once extended much further iH''
the bay, and j. now receding every lr'''
while the sources of the ice supply arr
falling.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-10-07
HOLLAND WILL EXHIBIT.
Influential Netherlanders Interest
ed In the Worlds Fair.
The Life and Surroundings OF the Dutch
People TO BE IIlustrated-A Splendid
Representation Expected to
e Made.

The active participation Of the king
dom of Holland at the worlds fair is
now an assured fact. Hon. Walker
Fcarn, chief of the department OF for
cign affairs, has received letter from
Hon. Samuel Thayer on the subject
from the legation of the onitcd States at
The Hague. in which the authorities of
the Columbian exposition are informed
that royal order appeared in the of
fetal Gazette. of June %, announcing
the appointment Of the following COM
mission as representative of the Neither
lands government at the Columbian ex-
position: VI. Meos, Il. Heldring, q. VI.
Boissevain, Mr.. Swan CitterS, q. BirlS
hotf, Jr. These are all men Of prom
incnce and actively interested in the
success OF the exposition. An early
meeting OF the commissioners will be
held AZ the United States legation.
The Netherlands government has de-
clined for years all invitations of the
character from other nations, even
from such near neighbors as France and
Belgium, and only through the in
t1uence of persistent pressure was Hol-
land finally brought To concede an ex-
hibition to the Columbian worlds fair
Through the cooperation of an or
ganIZation composed of a number of in
huential people in Amsterdam and
other parts of the kingdom a consider
able sum of money has been raised 70 be
used in the construction of 4 special
building at the fair, to be built in
various styles of architecture, ancient
and modern. The exhibit 10 be made
AT the Holland headquarters will be
charactcristically Dutch, and il is the
intention 20 illustrate the life and sur
roundings of the Dutch people. 1t is
intended, If possible, to create canal
running through the center of the space
allotted, with ample scope for exhibits
ON either side, and in connection there
with a Dutch dairy showing their
process of butter and cheesemaking,
together with rare specimens of Dutch
cattle, etc. The Holland commission
will make application for the necessary
space 10 make this exhibit and il is
quite likely that the consul of the
Netherlands government at Chicago
and one other commissioner may be
delegated To act for the royal commits
sion in this matter. While some mem
herS of the commission are designated
a. the committee and others commits
sions. they are all Of royal appoint
Inent and have practically the same
function, though the chief work of the
committee will be in the Netherlands.
Nearly all the leading industries in the
kingdom Of Holland have already
pledged their active cooperation in the
development and maintenance of an
adequate representation at Chicago.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-10-07
Valuable ' Ashes.

Recently very large concern which
mas been manufacturing gold watch
cases IN Bond street, New York. for
many years, decided to go out of bust
ness. After all the other arrangements
had been concluded the building was
sold the sellers reservlng the right
however To remove everything except
lhe exterior walls. The inner walls and
n"orS We're taken out and burned. and
the ashes were carefully searched for
gold dust and filings. Fifteen Thousand
dollars worth of gold is said TO -a-e
been recovered in this IN lner.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-10-07
Kentucky RIne Grnss.

The celebrated blue grass 81 hrH
lucky will be displayed in the cNiIr''
which that state will make a '''
worlds fair. The display will p'H,''
additional interest from the fact '''"5
the sod and grasses are being COLLEGE,
from historic spots in the state. 'n'H :,
the battlefield of Perryyille. the nom,
of Henry Clay and the birthplace -
Lincoln
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-10-07
LoreH 0HcS SIY II.

Restless, irritable, eXcitab'c,
and exacting" is the charge
against you by those nearest
and dearest to you.
They don't know the horror
that Expresses you.
Every hour pains run ram
pant through your body. You
suffer secretly as long as you
can, then go all to pieces and
don't care" what happens.
The iron grip of female dis
ease is upon you.
Dear Sister, Lydia E. Pink
hams " Vegetable CompoHHa"
has cured thousands like you.
1t kills the pain, and invigo-
rates the system.
No more backaChe, no
more bearing down." no more
restless days and sleepless
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-10-07

Happy and content IS n bride with 'sThe Ro
CHESTER she lives in the light of the morning.
'''sS'" ni1rT 'erifs RSelEs:(, Lan' -. Ns.g York