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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-09-30
WOMEN WELL KNOWN.

IDA LEWIS. who, at the age OF twelve,
rescued four young men from capr.-',"
sailboat, has charge of the Lime H","
lighthouse at Newport, II. /.
Mrs. GROVER CLEVELAND sent "a I MP
pendale dresSing-table as bridal -t''
to Miss Gwendoline Jackson. ui ia
maica. West Indies, who was rccrn'H
married to Joseph B. Glider, the ed'''
of the Critic.
Mrs. NELLIE GRAST-SAEroRlS 10"
lives in London and is a woma" 90
wealth Her father-in-law left his g,
tate to her and her two children on w
condition that they would make 'i''
residence in England .,
Mrs. HENRY WARD BEECHER WI
spend the summer with Rev. Sanl",
and Mrs. Scoville at stamford, Conn.
At recent meeting of the New TOE
Women's Press club Mrs. Beecher "'0
elected an honorary member
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-09-30
TRICKS OF A BEAVER
How Tame Ono Undertook to Dam the
Arkansas River.

\ tame beaver. kept some years ago
10y the soldiers at Bent's fort. ou the
Arkansas river, became quite famOu,
on account Of his Sagacity. This AMI
NAL was caught when young. and hr-
came perfectly dOcile, being great IA
vorite of the families of The fort and ~
the trappers when they returned from
their trips to the mountains, says the
Great Divide. The little fellow could
never be cured Of his instinct 10 build
dams. lie actually undertook to dam
the Arkansas river. and worked i'f
months all night long, returning to The
fort every morning - the sun rose. r.r
cut down quite a number 81 large trees,
but life proved too short for the COM
pletion Of his plans.
While around the fort hc was com
stantly turning over every kind 't
vessel that contained water aud c".-
lecting sticks 10 head il OFF a. il flowed
away. One night by oversight iAe
beaver was locked up in the warrhou>'.
During the night in nosiug about De
discovered a ten-gallon tank ot mo-
lasSes that had been left uncoy'rrL
That discovery proved Jacks doom
The next day he was found ga>plnE i"r
life, having been caught in the Nnchs
mass as the tank was upturncd lie
never recovered from the shock. and was
tenderly buried in the presence "I
large circle Of his friends.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-09-30
A Curious and BeautIfuI Spot.

Probably no other part of the world,
excepting. perhaps, Yellowstone park,
contains so many natural curiosities
Modoc county. Cal. The first, from
historical point of view, is the IA
nous lava beds-scene Of the Modoc
war-a country of rocks 50 full of caves
that lakes and rivers are swallowed up,
leaving nothing but a faint murInur to
show their course through the bowels
of the earth. In many of the cavernS
an army of men could hide, and in
some places the intense heat of the
rocks iS evidence that internal fires are
raging. In all parts OF the country can
be found mammoth hot springs, belch-
ing forth water strongly imprcgnated
with minerals, and often close by will
be- caves Of the purest ice. Medicine
lake i "A wonder which draws many
visitors annually-a body Of water that
does not contain a living thing and at
certain hours of the day i full of Il
gclatinouS, spongelille substance that
sinks and leaves the water clear. At
the lake are two mountains, one of
pure obSidian, the other of pumice
stone. in layers.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-09-30
The MIerobe of Evil.

DIR. Lombroso has written a paper in
which he demonstrates that there is a
peculiar magnetism in crowds, which
renders them open To suggestions of
crime and violence, and explains most
revolutionary crimes as committed by
people in a more or less hypnotic state.
This explains why some of the worst
horrors have not been the work Of hab-
itual criminals. He quotes another au-
thority to prove that "a crowd is n soil
- which the microbe of evil develops
-asily, and the microbe of good dies
almost always for want of favorable
conditions" and that in crowd
the good elements are eliminated
and the bad multiplied by a mathe-
matically unerring law. This is partly
due 70 the want of moral courage-men
being ashamed To show their better
feelings-partly TO real hypnotic sug-
gestion, which in this article is made To
do duty TO an extraordinary extent-as
it is supposed to explain even the fact
that pupil learns faster from favor
lite teaeher.-San Francisco Post.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-09-30
ECHOES OF LONDON TOWN.

An exhibition called the Magic
Maze of Mirrors" has sprung up in Lon
don As the visitor enters the door he
sees a crowd beckoning him from hun
dred different angles-an effect pro-
duced by one stuffed image.
TRAINED terrier, with light cord
attached to his neck, runs through un-
derground conduitS, from one man-hole
To another, in London streets. Thus
electric wires are safely and hurriedly
drawn from station to station.
THE miscellaneous concert halls, town
halls, institutes, schoolrooms, etc, that
can be tabulated reach 13l in London
and the various suburbs, with an esti-
mated value of 81, ,l35, 900 and a seating
capacity of III, 900 persons nightly.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-09-30
PUBLISHING BALANCE SHEETS.
= Practice which Has Resulted I'm Ben
cflL 90 PriNate Ranks Ia England.

eft 10 Private Banks in England.
\ notable change has taken place in
English banking circles within few
years. Formerly the balance sheet of a
private bank was an unknown thing TO
the public. and the exhibition of one
would have been regarded as "A sign of
weakness. Some heavy failures of pri-
vate bankers showing unsatisfactory
revelations reduced the business of this
class of tinancicrs, and they began to
see the mistake OF keeping their bust
ness secret. In 1855 an eminent Lon
don firm began To issue a balance sheet,
and since then the practice has grad
ullly become general, so that a recent
number Of the Economist. in It's review
Of bank balances, gives more than forty
of such accounts. The general result Is
II show that these banks are in very
sound condition, which. OF course. must
tend 20 enlarge their business. Private
banks do not all 50 large space in the
financial world in this country a. in
England. but they nevertheless do
very large business, and some OF them
are known the world over 10y their eN-
tcnsivc transactions Occasionally the
country j. startled by failure among
them, producing very disastrous re
suits among their patrons. They de.
pend upon the community at large for
their business. and would it not, asks
the Boston Journal, be sound policy To
publish balance sheets as their English
brethren do2 Such Il course would
prove beneficial Ia themselves as well
- t. their patrons. The knowledge
that a balance sheet was expected
wonid induce caution among the man
ayers. and their business would be con
ducted more conscrvatively and in the
long run more successfully The public
annually intrusts immense sums To pri-
vatc bankers and il is but just that they
should have more definite information
a@ To- the financial condition Of the par
tics to whom they loan their money.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-09-30
FACTS AND FANCIES.

ALUMINIUM water bottles are fail
ure.
STEEL chimneys are becoming com
mon.
AFFLLOw named Ammonia has bought
an interest in the Red Onion drug
store al Sturgeon, Kan
IL 100 years $500 worth Of pennies
would only De worth $3.50 50 quick does
copper money wear away.
THE origin of football is unknown. but
the first mention of the game is in the
reign of Edward Ill. u349.J
'GooD-BY" i a contraction of ..t;od
with you" The French adicu means to
God d'-an abbreviation of Il commend
you To God" or some equivalent phrase.
DEAN SWIFT proposed To tax female
loneliness, and To have each lady rate
her own charms, saying: The tax would
be eheerfully paid and would prov. ,-,-
productive"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-09-30
A MAMMOTH FLUmE.
ELghty-Five Feet High and Thirty-Fiye
Miles Long.


The fiume which conveys the water
from the mountains TO the reservoir ~
San Diego, Cal, is said 10y those who
know whereof they speak 10 he the
largest and longest thing OF the kind in
the world. 1t is thirty-fve miles long
and IS composed almost wholly Of red
wood
In its course this monster Hume
crosses 315 streams and canyons on
trestles, the longest Of which is 100
feet and s. feet high. The timberS
used in them were put together on the
ground and raised 10 their present posi-
tion by horse power, says the ~. Louis
Republic.
Resides its many trestles, this tume
passes through eight tunnels. the
longest Of these being 2,luO feet III
length. The tunnels are each siN by >N
feet in size, with convex roofs.
Each mile Of the fiumc required on an
average 100000 feet Of lumber and
timbers Of all kinds, that used in con
structing the watcr-boN itself being -
redwood. two inches thick.
building a watcr-tight box thirtg-aEr
miles long over fathomlcss chasm~ and
through the hearts Of mountains l~ q
gigantic undertaking which many be-
licvcd could not bc accomplished. The
result has proved different.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-09-30
An 49, go 10 egomEn. AZ. 3.

.An obcn letter 10 7a05gSR. No. 3.
Thurlow, Penn.
Dear Mrs. Pinkham
of any one wants to know
how good your medicine is, just
refer them to me.
Il was so low, people thought
l never could get well again.
The trouble was in my
womb, causing bearing-down
and severe backache. Lwas so
nervous and irritable my people
could hardly live with me.
Sometimes | would almost fall
down, | was so dizzy, and how
did lie awake nights L
thought | should go crazy!
"But now all that is changed,
and | am a we'll woman. | owe
all to Lydia +. Pinkham's Tfgt-
ta6A C6mb0nRA Now, when |
do not feel just right, | take a
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-09-30
FOREIGNERS MUCH TALKED OF.


TUE most brilliant fcncer in the world
is believed To be Cavaliere Eugenio PM,
who i making fencing even more fash
ionable in London.
Mr.. GLADSTONE is very much attached
to little black Pomeranian dog. Pctz
by name, which was given him some
years ago by a friend in Germany.
THE countess de Castries, who died
recently in Paris at the age of ~, was
the mOther-in-law Of President and
Marshal MacMahon, duke of Magenta.
ONLY one woman of the upper class of
Egypt Is permitted to see men. She l.
the widowed Princess Mazal. for whom
the sult2n issued an order granting her
that privilege.
LADY HENRY SOMERSET. who was re-
Gently in this country, has a sister who
IL married To- the duke of Bedford. who
Is said tn habitually dine in state at
midnight, although an early riser.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-09-30
THE POPE'S GIFT.
Fished from the Bottom OF the
Potomac After Forty Years.

One OF the Oldest and Deepest Mysteriss
OF Washington city at Last Cleared
Up-A Valuable Discovery
Made by n Diver
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-09-30

Happy and content is bride with ''The Ro
chester" She lives in the light of the morning
Z9!.I,s ns0y<. ssyIfT RSIssHTr Ls1zr Co. Afzg I9,S
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-09-30
A BATCH FOR THE WRITER.

NEIssoNIER left a manuscript ro-
nance.
THE German historical writer. Won
Hoist. whose Constitutional History of
the United States" made him famous
twenty years ago, is only fifty-one years
old.
TUE bells OF st. Bonifacc, referred to
in Whittiers poem, Red River Noya-
geur." were rung at Winnipeg Canada,
recently, on the occasion OF the poets
birthday.
E,TERoR WILLIAM has given $1,000
marks To aid the publication of an elab-
crate literary souvenir of the +OOth
anniversary of the discovery Of America.
The work will be edited by the Berlin
Geographical society.
THE centenary celebration of the
birth of Percy Bysshe Shelley will be
celebrated Aug I. when the poets
admirers will gather in London and
make a pilgrimage 10 Field Palace, near
Horsham, where he was born.
TIE late Amelia Edwards was in
receipt of $50 Il year from the British
civil list. The pension was not ncccS-
sary TO her support. however, for she
was able To bcqucath property bringing
in an income of about :, 600 a year for
the endowment of profcSsorship of
EgVDtOlOgV
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-09-30

bottle of your
medicine and a
box of your pills,
and they never
fail me.
Mrs. L. Travis.
AL druggists sell 1t. or sent
By mail, In form OF Pills or
l.orsngss. on receipt OF 81.
Correspondence freely an
s~sred. Address in conf
deuce, LSpiA l.. PISR-
HAN MEpiCAL Co, lNNs,
MASS. Liver Pills, .5c.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-05-18

uzy pe. 1C D not my fault II yo0 were miEled by description you who know so well how ineurahly vague the best descriptions are. Were you to see them side by side you would acknowledge that they are as little alike as you and I are. As to the American part of 1.-the truth is they were not really Americans at all. Birchmore and the girls were French, and I in my ignorance mistook their French accent for the Yankee twang. When, several years later, met some real Americans-and married one of them-I realized my error."
 "Humphi Well, dare say you were not more stupid than the majority of your countrymen would have been in your place. But another thing-was all that mesmeric business genuine or 8 part of the conspiracy"
 Conspiracy, of coursel It was the stock expedient of the gang, and very ingenious one, think; for of course the mesmerized one might turn up any, where, and if she were not discovered, well and good; while if she were, all she had to say was that she was in a mes merle trance. As it happened, the lat ter alternative occurred in both their attempts on me; but I give the girl credit for turning it off excellently well. In fact, she took a real artistic interest in her business. You see, she had been trained as a rope dancer in her child hood, and afterward she was on the stage for time. She certainly had marvellous dramatic talent, and thor oughly enjoyed taking a part The realistic element that entered into her performances no doubt rendered them much more exciting than ordinary stage work, and perhaps sometimes she al- most deceived herself"
 "Ahl should not wonder. We'll, and what was the meaning of that confusion about the steamboat and the train and Birchmore's explanations?'
 "A mistake on their part-that's all. Accidents will happen, you know. I dare say my unexpected questions dis concerted them greatly; but was un- suspicious enough, heaven knows. What admire as much as anything in atheir management of the affair was the skill with which they made me believe from the outset that was forcing my company upon them, when in reality it was they who were leading me around by the nose."
 'Missus Gainsborough say de tea ready, sahr' said the sable servitor, opening the door.
 ''Let's go up at onceI' exclaimed, rising from my chair. "I shall here after feel new interest in looking at Mrs. Gainsborough's diamondsE'
 THE END.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-05-18
Wonders in the Equine Foot.

The foot of horse is one of the most ingenious and unexampled pieces of mechanism in the whole range of ani- nal structure. The outside hoof is made up of & series of thin, vertical laminm of horn, about 500 in number. Into this are fitted about 500 more thin lamine, which belong to the coffin bone, both sets being elastic and adherent. The edges of quire of paper inserted leaf by leaf into another 'quire will fur nish good idea of the arrangement of the laminse as mentioned above. Thus the weight of the animal is sup ported by as many elastic springs as there are laminse in all the feet, amount ing to about 4,000. These are dis tributed in the most secure manner, and in 8 way that every spring is acted upon in an oblique direction. Verify there is a display of natures wonder everywhere
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-05-18

The station hack stopped at Miss May hews door, thereby causing state of futter and agitation in the breast of Miss Mayhew truly pathetic to contem- plate. The idea of company was always present to this lonely lady as 8 sweet, sympathetic longing, but the reality brought with it undisguised dismay.
 Now she clasped her pale, chilly fin gers together and leaned forward in her invalid chair, craning her neck from be- hind the curtain, as small, black, shiny trunk was taken off from the back of the carriage, and short, stout wom- an in gray travelling dress, with large straw hat tied down over her ears, mak- ing rather aggressive poke in front, stepped briskly out of the carriage and pointing her parasol with businesslike air directed the driver to take in her lug gage.
 Miss Mayhew gave 8 faint groan as she fell back among her cushions with an air of passive injury. The evil was upon her, and she had been warned and had not needed the warning. Events with Miss Mayhew generally cast their shadows before, and she learned the full meaning of the ''signs" after they had come to pass. That very night Miss Mayhew had dreamed of 8 ship in full sail, which always betokened misfortune, and now Sister Martha had arrived bag and baggage, and she felt grieved that the presentiment had not weighed with greater force upon her mind.
 Sister Martha was not own kin to Miss Mayhew, only sister-in-law, having mar ried her half brother. She was woman thought to be rather hard on her "help, !" but an excellent manager and shrewd in affairs. She owned 8 large farm in another part of the county and man. aged to make good income out of it even in years of drought and of short crops. Her habit was to command. It was said that sister Martha rode around her place on horseback man fashion, and that nothing ever escaped her lynx eyes. \ Two of her hired men had come down with typhoid fever one fall after being driven nearly to death through harvest time, and she had nursed them like a mother. One of the men died and she had 8 nice tombstone put up to his mem- ory in the graveyard. If as folks said 'tMarthy Whitcumb, the Widder Whit cumb, druv folks to death she still had some kind of a heart in her bosom.'
 Now Miss Mayhew, when she heard Martha Whitcumb enter her front hall like a strong northeaster, shivered, turned paler, if it were possible, and shrank into her shawls and wraps in which she was enveloped like butter fly in its chrysalis. She was afraid oi Sister Martha; not afraid of bodily in jury from her hands, but of harsh judg. Iments and hard eye beams and skepti. 2 cal looks in return for her accustomed
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-05-18

This (as nearly as can recollect it is the story told me by my friend, Tom Gainsborough, as we sat over decanter of claret after one of his inimitable lt- tie dinners. When it was over gave 8 grunt and flung the butt end of my cigar into the grate.
 "There's one thing don't understand about this story" then remarked, s'and it has misled me all along. Your descrip- tion of that creature, Hatcher eyes and eyebrows, complexion, hands and nationality-a persuaded me it was the present Mrs. Gainsborough. Yet it appears she was nothing of the sort"
 1T should think not, indeedr' ex- claimed Tom, laughing. stThey are as different, even in appearance, as two straight hrowed brunettes could rnAss-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-05-18
SUED FOR BREACH OF PROMISE.
A Young Lady's Action Against Dr. Mozart
 Jenkins, of Trenton.

AYOung Lady's Action Against Dr. Mozart
 Jenkins, of Trenton.
 TRENTON, N. J., May 17.-Dr. Mozart Jenkins, 8 prominent physician of this city has been served with papers in B breach of promise suit. The plaintiff is Miss Emma Carslake, and she demands damages in the sum of $20, ,000.
 According to her story the doctor has been engaged to her for many years, but is now desirious of breaking off the match in order that he may m arry a Bordentown woman of greater means than her own. Miss Carslake has been an invalid several years, and is said now to be seriously i'll. Dr. Jenkins denies all her allegations, and has employed counsel to defend himself.
 The doctor became widely known two years ago through his attendance upon Mrs. Della Stewart Parnell, the mother of the great Irish leader, now deceased. She was very i'll at Ironsides, her home in Bordentown, and he brought her through critical crisis after other phy- sicians had given her up.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-05-18
CONVENTION ANS.
Arrangements of New Workers for Arrsana
 apolls ana Chieago.

Arrangements of New Workers for AKassne.
 apOlis and Chicago.
 ALBANY. N. Y., May 1s-No State delegations at the two National conven. tions will be of IS much importance aa those from the State of New York, and the movements of the two bodies -one at Minneapolis and the other at Chica. go-will be looked after with much in terest. Chauncey M. Depew, and in all probability the other members of the Big Four, will leave this State Friday afternoon, June 3, on Mr. Depews spe- cial car. Gen. Horace Porter, James w. Husted and John A. Sleicher will also be of the party. The same afternoon a special train will leave New York city, stopping at all of the large cities in the State to pick up delegates.
 On this train will go J. S. Fassett, J i. Ss Kenyon, secretary of the Republica State Committee, Senator O'Connor. Congressman Burleigh, John A. Nichols, the State Committes clerks and General Headquarters men. Around the delega- tion when it arrives at Minneapolis will center the greatest interest, for New York's attitude toward any one candi- date will practically decide the nomina- tion.
 Arrangements for the Democratic Con- vention at Chicago, so far as New York's delegation is concerned, are not as we'll advanced as those for the Republican Convention. The arrangements now made, subject to change, provide for a special train leaving New York city on Friday, June IF, via the New York Cen tral road, and taking up delegates at the larger cities. A delegation from Tam many will go by this train.
 Richard Croker, Edward Murphy, AL fred O. Chapin, William F. Sheehan, Mayor Grant and Hugh Mclaughlin will be the leading lights on board the train. On the same day the delegates to be elected at Syracuse will leave for Chi cago on 8 special train. Charles s. Fair child, William 0. Whitney, E. Ellery Anderson, Congressman Tracey, ex- Railroad Commissioner Herman and ex- Senator Chase will have charge of the delegation. They have engaged rooms for 400 in Chicago, and will present themselves before the National Commit tee and ask to be admitted to the Con vention.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-05-18
ANOTHER SENSATIONAL SPEECH.

Kaiser Wilhelm Says Everybody May Be
 Happy Yet, if He is Trusted.
 DANTzIC, May 1S.-The Kaiser William made another sensational speech in re- spending to the toast of his health at 8 gathering of the members of the West Prussia Provincial Diet. The Kaiser was received with 8 tremendous demon stration of loyalty. He said:
 ''May the sons of this country accept patiently whatever Providence has in store for them, and wait confidently for the result which I may succeed in achieving during the future of toilsome years"
 The Kaiser attended the launching of 8 cruiser at the Schichan yards. The city is decorated in his honor and great enthusiasm prevails. The Kaiser will go hunting for several days and will probably return to Pottsdam about the end of May.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-05-18
Alleged Scheme to Provoke War.

BERLIN, May 18.-The German news papers are watching with considerable irritation the preparations for the so- called gymnastic fesrivity at Nancy. That city is only 35 miles from Metz and within a few miles of the frontier of Lorraine. The Germans apprehend the celebration will become 8 great ant l. German demonstration. President Car not is expected to attend, and there will be an immense gathering of people from all parts of France. In some quarters the opinion is expressed that the French deliberately intend to provoke a quarrel on the frontier with 8 view of bringing on a war with Germany.