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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-08-26
NESTING IN A TRAP.
Two Rats That Knew How to Make the
Eest of Things.

lest OF InIngS.
A gentleman at the north end of
Hartford, Conn, had been annoyed by
a huge rat which persisted in making
way with chicken feed and pretty mn u
everything else that it found IL the
barn loft, where few hens were s-r-, =
Cling TO reproduce themselves IL the
shape Of chickens. One of the new
tangled French rat traps tn have at
tracted So much attention abolt town
had been baited with a choice piece Of
roasted cheese to tempt the trcspusScr.
says the Courant, but the old follow
was too fly aud 50 an Cld-fashioncd
steel trap was buried under the Chaif in
the wcll-worn path from under the hay
the wire being pushed aside meanwhile.
The old rat tumblcd into the hidden
trap and was caught. Nothing was
thought of the wire cage (Which lay
half concealed by lock Of hayl until
one night recently, when it was moved
ont of the way. \ mass of stutI in the
center of the cage attracted attention,
and upon examination it was found
that a couple of hali-gro~n rats had
found their way into it, had evidently
given up trying to escape and had set
tied down TO make the best Of the situ-
alton. They had drawn in through the
spaces at least two quarts Of chaff and
bits of hay, and had constructed n com
Portable home and gone 10 hCusellecp
ing. They looked surprised at being
disturbed.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-08-26
ATHLETIC GIRLS.
Pretty scenes in "A Boston school Of J
ical Culture.

Pretty scenes in "A Boston school OF fl
ical Culture.
Anyone who thinks that physic
velopment and training are ike,
make girls masculine will do Us-
ask 10 be admitted 20 the normal 81
Of gymnastics at a time when the F.-
ladies are at their work, says the b5s
Transcript. The Listener saw s.
hundred Of them the other day if
seemed a. many aS a hundred ti'-
he did not count them, and DE- z
ceived nothing masculine about '
except their instructor, who was I
and one student, who was man .
In the gallery there were two W
gentlemen as spectators: and W
during recess, the girl student, y.
amusing themselves i'm ali ~art-o' W.
and making calls upon one aD 20.
running laughingly hand 10 "~''-
they did 50, one Of these young '|''
marked: Not much like boys. 1.
and the other said: Not much.
yet some Of their exercise were n.. p.
worthy Of the strength and supp.
Of man. One thing that par
pleased the listener was the eia', - =
ming. The girls ran seFrF". -
around the hall, like Diana f, hunu,
gracefully and beautifully. one !,
have supposed the skirts. sta "-- ,,,.
erations' OF indoor stupor ha"
end forever TO the ability ~ W. Z
run swiftly and gracefully, pu' -s
parent that this art, a. Wei! - r
other beautiful athletic thiHt
only dormant. 4 little tolir~"- =, \
nature brings il all back. Ia - r.
many movements in the N"tu- 90, =
TEN Of physical training "hl'N !, /. 8
beautiful in them selves. bul "a. d
planned that they are mercl! "a -. ~
an end, and are practieed for ogr - b
of the reactions they produ'e "
system
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-08-26
DRIVER ANTS I'm AFRICA.
They Have Enormous Appetites and Ar
Dreaded by Man ana Beast

They Have Enormous Appetites and Are
Dreaded by Man ana Beast
THE most terrible of insects are the
driver ants of West Africa" said an
entomologist 10 a Washington Star
man. They are so called because they
drive before them while on the march
all other living creatures, no animal be-
ing able To withstand them No beast,
however formidable, dares to cross their
track. and they will destroy on single
night all the pigs and fowls on farm
The huge ignuana lizards fall victims to
them, as do snakes and other reptiles.
1t is said that they begin their attack
on the snake by biting its eyes and so
binding the prey, which, instead of
running away, writhes helplessly in one
spot. Natives of Africa assert that
when the great python has crushed its
captive in its folds IL does not devour it
at once but makes circuit of at least a
mile in diameter to see whether an
army of driver ants is on the march in
the neighborhood. If SO IL glides off
and abandons its prey, which will soon
be eaten by the ants. If an army of
these ants approaches village the en-
tire population is compelled TO fly.
Sometimes the people may be Obliged TO
take To the water in order to save them
selves. The insects travel in the night
and on cloudy days because they are
quickly killed by the direct rays of the
sun. Should the sun come out while
they are making a journey they con-
Struct continuous arch over their
path out of earth agglutinated by a
fluid eXcreted from their mouths. In
cloudy weather an arch for the protec-
ton of the marching workers il con-
structed of the bodies of the larger
soldier ants, whose widely extended
jaws, long legs and projecting antene,
INTERVIEWING, form sort of network.
In ease of an alarm the arch is instant
" broken and the insects which com
posed il join other soldiers on the fianBs
of the line, who seem to be acting as
scouts, running about furiously in pur-
suit of the enemy. The alarm over, the
arch is renewed and the column pro-
ceedS as before "
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-08-26
CURIOUS COINS.
French Pieces OF which Only a Few Were
Struck.

French Pteces OF Which Only a Few Were
struck.
NumiSmatists or coin collectors have
int resting objects of search in two
coins which be.ong To the transition
period between the French republic and
the Second empire, says the Youths
Companion. One of these is an extreme
ly rare coin which was struck off Just
at the moment of the assumption of
the reins of empire by Napoleon Ill
Only the die for the diverse or head of
a new imperial coin had been complet-
ed, and by some accident, or possibly by
mischievous design, a coin was struck off
which bore the head of Napoleon Ill,
Emperor" on one side, and French Re
public" on the other.
This contradictory coin is of interest
to Others than numismatists, for it sym
bolizes in a striking way the many sud-
den changes which have taken place
in French politics in the past century.
With the other coin a singular story is
connected. While Louis Napoleon was
prince president" and just before he
made himself emperor, decree was is
sued ordering a fve-franc silver piece TO
be coined bearing his image.
The dies were made, and one coin was
- O%A sAS a ScnI 70 the
prince president for approval But
some time passed before he examined
II. When at last he gave IL his atten-
ton he was annoyed to find that he had
been represented on the coin with a
''love-lock," or hooked lock of hair on
the temple, which he did actually wear
at that period, but which he thought
unsuitable to SO dignifed and perrna-
ant So - L..
effigy upon a coin.
The prince president sent for the di-
rector of the mint, and ordered him to
remove the ''love-locl Then he
found that his silence with regard to the
piece had been taken for approval. and
that the stamping OF the coins had COM
menced.
The work was stopped, and the i'm
age deprived of its undignified lock;
but the twenty-three coins that had
already been struck of were not de-
stroyed, and are now regarded as of great
value.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-08-26
POISONOUS SNUFF.
Chrome Yellow Was Employed to Give 1t
Color.

Color.
An old New Yorker who takes snuff
regularly wrote to Sanitary Superin-
tcndent Edison a few days ago to com
plain.that some snuff which he had been
using had caused infiammatory symp-
toms which suggested poison. DIR. Edison
examined the sample of snuff which
was sent with the complaint and dis
covered that chromate of lead, known in
the trade as chrome yellow" had been
mixed with the snuff to brighten it.
He next aScertained where the snuff
was manufactured in the city and
called the manufacturer for an explana-
tlon. subsequently the manufacturer
declared that he had used the poison
Gus color in the snuff by mistake, sup
posing that he was using n harm
less means of improving the appear
ance of the article. He promised to
stop using chrome yellow" and also
consented to destroy some of his stock
which had been colored with il. Sew
eral years ago DIR. Edison DESTROYED
large quantities of candy which had
been colored with chrome yellow"
and compelled the candy-makers to
stop using the poison. -
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-08-26
GREELEY IN GOOD SOCIETY.
He Once Dined in Jail with "A Prince. IA
Count and n Baron.

He Once Dfned in Jail with "A Prince. "A
Count and n Baron.
When Horace Greeley visited Paris in
1855 he was the victim of mistake that
caused him to spend a night behind the
bars of the debtors prison of the Rue
de Clichy. y French sculptor had sent
a statue for exhibition to the worlds
fair at New York, OF which Mr.. Greeley
was one Of the managers; the statue
had been returned in an injured condi-
tion, and the sculptor took the method
of causing Mr.. Grceley's arrest TO re-
cover damages. \ friend of Mr. Gree
ley, Mr.. Field, went TO the prison the
next morning. When he entered the
large common room in which the pris-
oncrs and their friends were assembled,
the Youths Companion says, he saw Il
singular scene. In one corner squatted
a labOring man in his blouse, surround
ed by his wife and children, who had
brought him some delicacies for his
Sunday dinner. In another corner
lounged a faShionably-drCSsc young
gentleman. The room was filed with
the most strangely contrasted groupes.
standing in the middle OF it," says
Mr.. Field, wearing his old white over
coat, and with his hat on the back of
his head, his countenance wreathed in
smiles, tianlled on either side by a
United States minister, stood Horace
Greeley. To refrain from laughing was
impossible.
- Field, he exclaimed, this has been
one of the most fortunate incidents in
my life! Without it i doubt if | ever
should have had the opportunity to see
good society. You know l know moth
ing about it at home. l have never as
sociated with the people who compose
it there. l dare say they are very good
people, but they are not my people
Last evening at dinner we had prince
at the head of the table. and | was
fanked on one side by count and on
the other side by baron. If l only re-
main here long enough / shall not-only
learn the French language, but good
manners into the bargain -
OF course when the case came up for
trial Mr.. Greeley WAS released
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-08-26
Horse Meat in Paris.

The people of Paris consumed within
the last year II. 29l horses, 229 donkeys
and 40 mules, the meat weighing, ac-
cording 70 the returns, A,Gl5 tons. At
the lSO shops and stalls where such food
is sold the price has varied from sous
TO l franc a pound, the latter being the
price of the best horse steal<". Only
about one-third of the meat is sold
fresh and undisguised; the rIst is used
in making sausages, 402 horses having
been seized and condemned as unfit for
food before being turned into sausage
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-08-26
Office Boy 10 Employ,

Office Boy 10 EmPloyf,[ 3
got a complaint 10 make, os;,e s Blr
ployer-"well, what IL sir Do
.The cashier kicked me Sr ,
want no cashier 10 k'0H u gog. }.
Gon't expect me to attena, ,,,cr c 81 :
thing. do you? cant looH l.. uysst
little details Of the business.
Morning journal and courier., 1892-03-11
CONCENTRATIONS.

The Inheritance Tax Law Criticised. To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 My indignation has been aroused lately by law of this State, passed by the leg islature of 1889, which requires that any one iuheriting property from a brother or sister, after taking out of it one thousand dollars and the funeral expenses of that brother or sister and few other items, must pay tax of 5 per cent. on all that remains and on all the interest which comes from the property while the estate of the deceased is in court. Thus the State of Connecticut provides for itself way to steal from those whose rights it should protect-a State whose founders fled to these shores from oppression in order to obtain freedom to worship God of justice and mercy, whose laws tenderly watched over and protected the defenceless; State whose people from generation to generation have professed to reverence and obey that God, and have erected churches all over the land for his worship. The legislature of 1889, assem- bled professedly to guard the interests of the people of this commonwealth, inquired, noI, w nat sudl1 Wo oo to alneltolato tue condition of the afflicted among usi but. How shall we enable the State to grasp their possessionsa How shall we add to their weight of sorrow 8 galling sense of oppression? A law was made which should arrange for the contemplated theft, and accordingly, while yet the bereaved is weeping over the dead, the State pounces upon his possessions like an eagle upon his prey, and seizes them with heartless greed to appropriate to its own use. The Chris tian State of Connecticut should blush at it's oppression and dishonesty.
 ONE OF THE VICTIMS.
Morning journal and courier., 1892-03-11
Value ofGood Roads,

a
 Bad roads force people to live in cities; good roads tend to take them out into the country. This observation reveals its force perhaps more strikingly when read in view of the facts of railroad develop ment, to which the especial attention of the American people has been given during the past forty years. The.railrosds have centralized the population in the cities and larger towns, and arranged them along their lines of communication. Now what is needed is an equal development of car riage roads to broaden the areas of popu- lation and to relieve this congestion.
 Railroads need better carriage roads for feeders; farmers need them for access to the railroads and to the cities; manufsctur- CTS need them for access to less pepulous areas and for lower rents and for less cost of portage and transportation; merchants need them as an element in the cheapeniuQ of their wares; the people need them for the reduction of the expense of satisfying there wants and for the more efficient dis tribution of their activities
 All men work and plan, after supplying
Morning journal and courier., 1892-03-11
FAST TRAINS.


 H. Walter Webb's remarks concerning fast railroad travel have attracted good deal of attention. MT. Webb says it is ev- ident that steam will without difficulty furnish power sufficient to take a train heavy enough to be profitable over long distance at the rate of speed very much in excess of an average of sixty miles per hour, and attention is now diverted from the motive power to other departments of the railroads and a consideration of whether the road-bed, bridges, tracks and safety appliances are such as to permit the use of this power and speed with entire safety and comfort to passengers.
 Concerning the danger of fast trains an English authority writes: "With picked engineers, trainmen and fremen, with the perfect engines the company possesses, with every signalman and fagman all down the line on the qui vive, it is difficult to see where there comes in any special source of danger" But the Railroad Ga, zette pertinently points out that engineers and trainmen do not remain "picked," and the signalmen and fagmen do not continue on the qui vive, neither does the best and newest rolling stock remain in that excel lent condition in which it is first found. A1les and wheels deteriorate, and some what rapidly, too. Rails break, brake beams fall and couplers pull out, land slides and obstructions fall on the track, and washouts damage the road-bed. Hence, practically all of the possible dangers exist in kind with high speeds as with low. It is we'll to remember that twenty miles an hour was once considered fast, and that all sorts of dangers were fore seen when there was talk of increasing speed. From forty to fifty miles an hour can now be made over long distances, and one hundred miles an hour seems to be visible in the distance. One thing is cer- tain, and that is that if there is any way to go faster the people of this country want it. They are in hurry.
Morning journal and courier., 1892-03-11

rarest roses, embracing 200 standard, 200 half-standard tree roses and 400 rose bushes
 Mrs Frona Wait, one of the lady mana gers of California, has offered to finish in redwood one of the large reception rooms in the woman's building.
 The French government, through the efforts of Minister WhitelAw Reid, has agreed to permit the Exposition authori- ties to send into France, free of duty, electrotypes of buildings and other Expo sition matter intended for use in French papers to stimulate interest in the fair.
 A cablegram states that Switzerland will not be officially represented at the Erposi- tion, but that the government will cram inc the representations of citizens desirous of exhibiting, and will consider the ques- ton of granting subsidy to enable them to do SO.
 A Choral Hall, 160rse0 feet, will be erected near the Horticultural building. There Professor Tomlins. with two thou sand trained voices, will furnish rare choral music during the Exposition. The Welsh International Eisteddfod will occu- py the building for week
 Hayh has appropriated twenty tive thou sand dollars for its representation at the Exposition. Fred Douglass has been ap- pointed commissioner to represent that country.
 The exhibit which Illinois women will make in the woman's building will be q model hospital, conducted entirely by wo- men. The women physicians and sur geons of the state and the Illinois Train ing School for Nurses will manage the matter. Three rooms in the womAn's building have been assigned for the eIhib- 1t, and the state board has appropriated afr thnneanA dn11aro tn laf- k.
 A heroic statue of Columbus, by Louis St. Gaudens, will stand before the main entrance of the Administration building.
 In the Illinois state building a room thirty-two by sixty-four feet has been as- signed to a kindergarten exhibit, which will be made chiefly under the direction of the women.
 The Illinois woman's Ceramic associa- tion has secured space for an exhibit in the Illinois building.
 The Queen Isabella association will not have pavilion or club house on the Er- position grounds Its application for space for such pavilion has been rejected by .he grounds and buildings committee on recommendation of Chief of Construc- ton Burnhsu, who urged that no space could be spared for buildings of the pri- vate club house description
 The grand entrance to the mammoth Manufacturers building will be decorated at an expense of about twelve thousand dollars.
 The total amount reported appropriated by foreign nations and colonies for their representation at the Exposition, so far as heard from, is S, ,951 ,O53. Quite 6 num- Der of those which have decided to psrtic- ipate have not yet made appropriations.
 The Illinois state board of agriculture has offered a number of prizes ranging from fifty to two hundred and fifty dollars for the best exhibits shown at the state fair, to be held at Peoria in September From these exhibits the board will make many selections for the Worlds Fair.
Morning journal and courier., 1892-03-11
FARmING IN DENMARK.


 It is not alone in England and the United States that ''the farming interest" is complaining. The outlook of the peas ant-farmers, or small freeholders, in Den mark is not particularly encouraging, in spite of the efforts of the State to protect this class. Since 1887 there has been a succession of laws making it advantageous for large landed proprietors to sell their estates in small allotments, and difficult for the small freeholder to dispose of his holding after he has acquired it. In spite of all this, the increase in the small farmer class has not been so rapid as was ex- pected. As far back as 1850 there were in Denmark 66,841 peasant farmers. In 1885 there were 1,679 Thus, notwithstanding all the efforts of the State, in the Course of thirty-fve years the increase was only 4,e37. And, what is still more remarkable, the collective acre age of the land cultivated by these peasants actually decreased slightly during those thirty-fve years. It is rare thing for a peasant-farmer to hold more than fifty acres of land; and the majority of them hold less than twenty. This applies to good land only; where it is very barren or marshy the farms are larger, but then parts of them are often not cultivated at all. These Fl ,67S peasant farmers are not all freeholders. About one-twelfth of them hold their farms upon what is called 'Livs- faeste"-a system of life tenure peculiar to Denmark. The most significant fact, how ever, is that the freeholders are staggering l under a steadily increasing load of poverty and debt In 1850 the total sum of the mortgages upon these small farms amount ed only to 25 per cent. of their value, | whereas at the present time it amounts to more than 50 per cent. And this condi. ton of affairs, it is said, cannot be laid to l the fault of the farmers, who are a most l industrious and economical race.
Morning journal and courier., 1892-03-11
RAGGED.

The poor scissors grinder seems pleased to strike the ragged dedge.-Columbus Post.
 A funny man never should take blood purifier, as it will surely take the humor out of him.-Dansville Breeze.
 The landlord may be a square man, but you can depend on finding him round on rent day.-Binghamton Leader.
 ''l1l join you in 8 minute is what the minister said to the couple who were wait ing to be married.-Yonkers Statesman.
 Lying is 8 reprehensible habit, gener- ally speaking, but fish stories are quite appropriate during LeAt.-Boston Tran script.
 Wife-rm ready for church, now. Dear me! What are you swearing aboutf Husband-I can't find the Bible.-New York Herald.
 directed effort" ''So should say. He wound up an eight-day clock every day for five years.-New York Truth.
 A local clergyman says that he was re- gently met with the query: "Say, when are you going to take in some more members on e1hibitions''- Sun. Mr. Ardupp-Can't you come around to-morrowa Man with Bill-No, sir. never put off till tomorrow what ought to be dunned to-day Tribune. She-Even though you do not admire Browning, you must admit he makes one think, MT Chapleigh: He-Ya-a.a-s; that's precisely why I object to him. Life.
 sT would like to see man dressed out in l 8 coat of mail," said the romantic maiden. | 'Then," suggested her brother, "just look out of the window-there goes the post man. ."-Baltimore American. hear that Benedick has bought house in Suburbtown. Do you know whether it is in the valley or on the highlands" eff remember rightly he said 1t was on a mortgage. e."-Boston Transcript. | sThey must be doing a great deal of good and saving lots of souls at the Touch menot church." "What leads you to think soa" s'They pay 5000 a year to the soprano of the choir. ."-New York Press | If you claim in class meeting that you love God with all your strength don't stand around with your hands in your pockets while your wife is pumping the water to do two weeks washing.-Ram's | Horn.
 | A teacher of sesthetic gymnastics says that there is a whole science in knowing how to enter a room and leave it proper ly. Any accomplished burglar can ex- plain the modus operandi.-Detroit Free Press.
 Mrs. Gadd-That new family next door to you must be pretty well off; they've got a pianer. Mrs. Gabb-Huh2 They don't own it. It's rented. "How dye knowa'
 ssBy the way they bang on it. Why, Pve
 seen two of them playing on it at once. New York Herald.