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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-01-06
A StyIish Corpse.

''She was the most stylish corpse"
we heard a woman remark the other
day in speaking of leader of fashion
lately deceased. and. prompted by GU
riosity, we inquired what went to make
up stylish corpse"
''Oh." replied the gusher, with no
hesitation, ''she wore a black velvet
gown with point lace trimmings, and
her eyebrows penciled and checks and
lips rouged, besides having her hair
done in the most delightful fashion
possible. Positively, to be such n
beautiful corpse was worth dying for"
To our prosaic mind the solemnity of
death seemed to have been robbed of
all it's grandeur and force by the arti-
fetal trappings and adornments of the
complexion specialist; yet in this age
of fads the time is not far off when just
such caprices may be expected, for if
fashion sets the pace there will be, be-
sides other modish follies, fads in
funerals that will probably be even
more ridiculous than the eothers--Phila-
delphia Times
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-01-06
BOOK NOTES.

RIDER HAGGARD's story "Montezu-
mas Daughter" will first appear serial
ly.
SENATOR SoUIREs' daughter is only
fifteen, but she has written volume of
poetry and dedicated it 10 her father.
A BIOGRAPHY of the late Daniel
Dougherty is in course of preparation,
the material having been given by Mrs.
Dougherty into the hands of we'll
known biographer.
CONSIDERABLE interest has been
awakened among the literary circles of
Berlin by the sale of an edition dc luxe
of the complete works of Frederick the
Great for 2, 900 marks.
ARCHDEACoS DESIsoE, who is two
years older than Mr.. Gladstone, has
sent to the press sequel TO his Notes
of My Life" published in 1879, in which
he viii give summary Of the later
period of his eventful career.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-01-06

burglars broke one night into the
workshop of n dyer in Koslin, and had
got together a pretty large sized pack
age of valuable dye-stuffs when the
dyer, awakened by the noise, appeared
on the scene, armed with a double
shooter. AS he entered the door he
espied two men slsurrying off to the
other end of the dye-house. At the
summons, ''Stand, or l firc" they both
jumped into a vat which they thought
empty, but which was filled with some
color liquid. Standing in the blue
bath, they both cried for mercy. The
dyer, however, took aim, and they
duclsed under, but soon came up again
and earnestly entreated pardon. But
the relentless dyer gave them the bene-
fit of few extra dips, and then turned
them out into the street without giving
notice to the police. The story got
wind in Kosliu, and every body knows
the indigo-dyed scoundrels- They are
likely TO remain men of mark for some
time to come.-Vermischtes
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-01-06
FAlLIBIlITY OF JUDGES.
The Men of the Bench Are Only Ordinar
Mortals After All.


Let me saw here that hold judges,
and especially the supreme court of the
country, in much respect, but l am too
familiar with the history of judicial
proceedings to regard them with any
superstitious reverence, says Charles
Sumner, quoted in an exchange. Judges
are but men and in all ages have shown
full share of frailty.
Alasl alas! the worst crimes Of history
have been committed under their sane
ton The blood of martyrs and Of
patriots, crying from the ground, sum
mons them to Judgment.
1t was judicial tribunal which con-
demned Socrates TO drink the fatal
hemlock and which pushed the Saviour
barefoot over the pavements of Jerusa-
lem. bending beneath His cross. 1t was
a judicial tribunal which, against the
testimony and entreatles of her father,
surrendered the fair Virginia as a slave;
which arrested the teachings of the
great apostle to the Gentiles and sent
himin bonds from Jerusalem 10 Rome;
which, in the name of the old religion,
adjudgcd the saints and fathers Of the
Christian church to death. in all Its
most dreadful forms, and which after
ward, in the name of the new religion,
enforced the tortures of the inquisition,
amid the shrielzs and agonies of its vie
Tins, while it compelled Gallileo To de-
clare in solemn denial of the great
truth that he had disclosed that the
earth did not move around the son.
1t was a judicial tribunal which, in
Franco, during the reign OF her mon
archs, lent itself to be the instrument of
every tyranny, as during the brief reign
of terror il did not hesitate to stand
forth the Implying accessory of the
Implying guillotine.
Aye, sir, it was a judicial tribunal in
England. surrounded by all the forms
of law, which sanctioned every dcspotic
caprice of Henry Will, from the unjust
divorce of his queen TO the beheading of
Sir Thomas Moore; which lighted the
fires of persecution, that glowed at Ok
ford and Smithfield, over the cinders of
Latimer, Ridley and John Rodgers;
which after elaborate argument upheld
the fatal tyranny of ship money against
the patriotic resistance of Hampden;
which in defiance of justice and hu-
manity, sent Sydney and Russell TO the
block; which persistently enforced the
laws of conformity that our Puritan
fathers persistently refused to obey,
and which afterward, with Jeffrics on
the bench, crimsoned the pages of Eng
lish history with massacre and murder,
even with the blood of innocent women.
Aye, sir, it was judicial tribunal in
our country, surrounded by all the
forms of law, which hung witches at
Salem. which affirmed the constitution
ality of the stamp act, while it admon-
ished jurors and the people TO obey,
and which now in our day has lent its
sanction TO the unutterable atrocity of
the fugitive slave law.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-01-06
ACCIDENTS BY RAIL.
4 Large Percentage Traced to Negli-
cenee. and Mistakes 10y Employee

Large Percentage Traced to Negli-
Genee. and Mistakes by Employee
An official publication has just been
issued 10y the board of trade of England
giving 4 list of the number of accidents
10 the S45, COO, 600 passengers carried by
railways in that country during 1891.
The lives lost from causes beyond the
control of the travellers number 3. the
lowest figure in any year on record
The classified list Of accidents shows that
engines or ears meeting with obStruc-
tionS or derailmentS from defects in the
permanent way are slowly diminishing
In 1851 there We're 24 such cases, in
1890 there were 5, and in 1891 6. The
greatest number of accidents, amount
ing to 25, come under the head of COLI
sions within fixed signals ut stations or
sidings. With regard to derailments,
two of the accidents were due 10 the
points of the switches not being altered
after the passage of previous trains, one
was caused by the failure of the cast
iron girder. one was due to carelessneSs
on the part of the engineer of relief
train, and one was due to unknown
causes
Inadequate braking power was re-
sponsible for II accidents and fogs and
storms for the same number also. In
eight instances fault is found with de-
fective system of train dispatching,
want of telegraph communication, or
lack of n block system
Purely mechanical causes. apart from
human error, scarcely appear ut all,
and il would thus seem. says the Engi-
neer of London, in commenting on
these returns, to be within human
power to work railways without any
accident whatever. While few railway
officials will probably subscribe to this
conclusion, the figures produced by the
board of trade certainly show that
abroad, as well as in the United States.
too many accidents can be traced to
negligence, want of care, or mistakes
L. & III. or. u
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-01-06
INTERESTING TO ALL.

SEVERAL Cinnamon have proved them
selves successful farmers in Montana.
LIFE is shorter in the valleys and
lowlands than among the hills and
mountains
OVER seventeen thousand styles OF
silk goods are known TO dealers.
ONYX of superior quality and in
abundant quantity has been discovered
in Bridgewater, Va.
THE fishhool1s of the bronze age have
precisely the same heads as the most
popular patterns of to-day.
EIGHT nationalities are said TO be rep
resented in n choir of sixteen little girls
at St James mission, New York city.
A THNlBLE is really etyInologically
considered only n thumb bell" the
original thimble having been worn on
the thumb.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-01-06
THE STORY OF THE REVOLVER.

Though the Weapon Was In the Sea the
Crime Went Not Unavenged of Men.
was walking along the dock that
afternoon, when / ran into tramp
who was fun bling over a heap of rub
bish in an ash barrel.
He fished out an old revolver; barely
had his hand touched the weapon than
he threw the pistol to the ground.
Turning to me, he said:
Il would like to take that iron with
me-
We'll, there it is"
'sNo, not for worlds"
"You are crazy.
81 am not How do / know what
NAV have been done with that re-
volver? Might it not have been used in
some killing scrape? You know, it's
superstition among thieves and mur-
dcrers to throw away their shooting
irons. II is considered bad luck TO
hold en-
.'Why SOP"
..Oh, there's no telling. Now this re-
volver," he said, might have taken a
mans life for all / know. There are
rust stains on the handle. See for your
self"
| looked closely. There were dull
stains there. These might possibly
have been caused by human blood But
only the microscope could determine
that definitely now
"Maybe the man who fell before this
gun was robbed for his money; maybe
he had home and family; maybe it
was some atrocious midnight surprise. ="
As the tramp said this he looked in
tentIy at the engine of death in n re-
Elective fashion. Then. with sudden
movement, he threw it far out in the
tide.
l thought no more of the incident
Four months later my business took
me to a small town in Connecticut
.'You are just in time" said friend;
there's to he lots of sport here to-day"
.'IIow SOP" | asked, inquisitively.
We'll we're To have hanging bee.
We're going to make a man swing for
bloody crime Here is his picture in
! the paper"
looked and started with surprise.
1t was the face of my tramp friend.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-01-06

A false statement is going the rounds
of the press to the effect that visitors
will not be able to get any drinking
water at the worlds fair without pay
ing for it. There win be an abundance
of excellent water free TO all who want
it. Those who wish to drink mineral
spring water, piped TO the exposition
ground from Waukesha, Wis, hun
dred miles distant, viii have to pay one
cent glass for it. The free water will
be that of Lake Michigan, brought 10y
tunnel from point four miles from
shore, and much better than the in
habitants of most large cities are sup
piled with.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-01-06
SAHARA The VAST.
The Greater Part of 1t Almost Entirely
Destitute of Any Kind of life.

The Greater Part of 1t Almost Entirely
Destitute of Any Kind of life.
The Sahara begins on the shores of
the Atlantic ocean. between the Ca
narles and Cape Verd, and traverses the
whole of north Africa, Arabia and
Persia, as far as central Asia The
Mediterranean portion of il may be said
roughly to extend between the fifteenth
and thirtieth degree of north latitude.
This was properly supposed TO have
been a vast inland sea, but the New
York Ledger says this theory was sup
ported by geographical facts wrongly
interpreted. 1t has been abundantly
proved by the researches of travellers
and geologists that such sea was
neither the cause nor the origin of the
Libyan desert Rainless, and sterile
regions of this nature are not peculiar
to north Africa, but occur in two belts
which go round the world in either
hemisphere, at about similar distances
north and south of the equator. These
correspond in locality TO the great in
land drainage areas from which no
water can be discharge into the ocean
and which occupy about one-fifth of the
total land surface of the globe. The
African Sahara is -Dy no means a uni
form plain. but forms several distinct
basins containing a considerable extent
of what may almost be called mountain
land. The Hoggar mountains, in the
center of the Sahara, are seven thou
sand feet high, and are covered during
three months with snow. The physical
character of the region is very varied.
In some places, such as Tout and other
oases in or bordering on Morocco,
there are wel-watered valleys, with
fine scenery and almost European vege-
tation. where the fruits of the north
flourish side by side with the palmtree
In others. there are rivers like the Uied
Guir, an afiluent of the Niger, which the
French soldiers, who saw il in 1870, COM
pared TO the Loire. Again, as in the
bed of the Tried Rir, there is a subter-
ranean river which gives a sufficient
supply of water To make a chain of
rich and wcll-peopled oases equal in
fertility To some of the finest portions
of Algeria The greater part of Sahara,
however, is hard and undulating, cut
up by dry water courses and almost en-
tirely without animal or vegetable life.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-01-06
IceIand.s MIIk-WhIte Lake.

Herr Thoroddsen announces that he
has found "a very long lake" stretch
ing from the margin of the mighty
glacier which forms the western side of
the Vatna-Jokull, in Iceland. 1t is
millx-white, from the glacier water of
which it is composed, and has been
named the Langisjor. The scenery
around 1t is described as very beautiful,
though the discoverer adds that veg
citation is quite absent" On the other
side of the chain which terminates the
lake in the south there is an extensive
plateau, on which was seen the glitter
of large watercourse, probably the
Skapta, and far to the south some great
lava stream, dating, probably, from the
1888 eruption.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-01-06
A SociabIe Colonel.

When Gen. Charles III. Van Wyck, of
Nebraska, was running for congress,
many years ago. in the Fifteenth New
York district, says the Chicago Herald,
there was certain Irishman who stead
fastly refused TO give the old soldier any
encouragement. The colonel was great
" surprised, therefore, when Pat in
formed him, on election day, that he
had concluded to support him. Glad
to hear it, glad to hear it," said the col
onel; Il rather thought you were
against me, Patrick" We'll, sir said
Patrick, Il wuz; and when We stud by
me pig-pcn and talked that day for two
hours or worse, We didn't bulge me a
hairs br~ -dth. sir; but after you wuz
gone away / got to thinking how ye
reached yer hand over the fence and
scratched the pig on the back till he
laid down wild the pleasure of il, and
made up me mind that when a rale col
onel was as sociable as that | wasn't
the man to vote agin him."
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-01-06
He Had.

Il don't see how you ever let such
mistake as the editor lies like n pirate
for the editor begs leave to explain
get into print said the advertising
clerk. "You must have lost your head
entirely"
Yes" mournfully assented the
proof reader, writing out little "Situa-
tion Wanted" advertisement and hand
ing il over the counter. Il have
Chicapo Tribune
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-01-06
a Beautiful Belief.

A curious and beautiful superstition
prevails among the Armcnians that.
when anyone is seriously i'll, the sick
room Is filled with angels who are sent
TO watch over the patient For this
reason the room is beautifully draped
and furnished with flowers, sweets.
dried fruits and cakes, and each visitor.
on entering, strikes a chord on a music
al instrument which hangs at the head
of the sick-bed
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-01-06
Turkish Rroyerl,s-

Don't take wife during the holiday
season and don't buy horse in bad
weather.
Two knives cannot find roo-.- II one
sheath nor two loves in one heart.
When you are buying horse don't
consult a pedestrian, and when vou are
counting woman don't ask advice of a
bachelor.
Wounds caused by sword can be
healed, but wounds caused by tongue
cannot
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-01-06
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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-01-06
Advertising Rates.

The large and reliable circulation OF the CAN
RRIA FREKMAN commenas II 10 the favorable
cons ide ration Of advertisers whose fRyors will lie
inserted at the following low rates
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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-13
RAGGED ENDS.
City employees viii receive their salaries
Saturday.

City employees viii receive their salaries
Saturday.
A lecture to young men at the Temple at
7:30 O'clock this evening.
The United States grand jury reported
four indictments yesterday against parties
not in custody.
Miss Adelaide Kellogg and Frau Jung Won
Loebell will give their concert, which was
postponed from last month, Thursday, Jan.
10, at Van Ellemeet's hall.
The Pettijohn California Breakfast Food
company, of Minneapolis filed an amend
rnent to its bylaws yesterday placing the
limit of Indebtedness at 600.
ST. Paul Camp No. 6, Woodmen Of the
World, will install officers at the lodge rooms
116 South Wabasha street, this evening. Sis
ter camps have been invited to participate i'll
the amenities.
All public school principals are requested
to report at the Office of secretary White at
noon today to receive their pay checks for
their respective schools for salary for the
month of December.
Judge John W. Willis has rendered to Gov
Nelson his resignation as member of the
board of corrections and charities In his let
ter CT resignation Judge Willis pays high
compliment to the secretary of the board.
The pay roll ana mileage of the senate and
the pay roll of the house for ten days was
paid by the state treasurer Yesterday. The
senate per diem amounted TO S37O5, and
mileage to S1,536. The house per diem was
S6,516. The mileage has not yet been passed.
Judge Edgerton and a jury in the federal
court are engaged in trying the case of An
drew Mortenson against The Northern Pa
cifc Railroad Company. Mortensen was
swept off a freight car by bridge between
Fargo and Moorhead. receiving injuries for
which he demands $1,000. The case has
been tried twice before.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-13
SEEGEK WILL GET 1T.

The Assembly Favors His Gasoline
Bid - Tilt Over StiiweIl's APP
pointment.
The assembly was reconvened by
President Wolterstortf, and proceeded
with the regular order of business.
Robert Seeger, after quite war of
words among the asSembiymen. came
out winner in the gasoline street light
ing award. I he clerk read the report
of the committee Which recommended
awarding the contract to Seeger. and
also the communication of Mr.. Bolan,
withdrawing from the contest. Then
Mr.Lightner arose to say that it was not
the right of Mr. BOlan to withdraw. All
contestants, as a condition pre-
cedent to being admitted as bid
derS. were required to give bonds or
deposit certified checks in the sum of
81. 500 securing the city against all dam
ages by reason of their failure to remain
in the field and accept the contract if it
is awarded to them. He urged that the
Seeger bid was materially higher than
Bolan's. He called attention to the
feature of Secger's bid by which he re-
serves the ownership Of all new lamp
posts he sets during the term Of his con-
tract. Under this clause he might dis
place Old posts with new ones. and at
the expiration Of his contract be the
owner of every post. thus making il so
that new contractor would have to
begin by putting in new posts all over
the city. Mr.. Lightner thought the
proper thing to do was to declare all
bids off and readyertise for proposals.
Mr. Pike thought that if the matter
could be liked up with Mir. Scegar salts
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-13
ATTACHED SECURITIES.
A Trust Company Hot After the
Money of Construction
Company.
Duluth & Winnipeg Funds At
tache d-Perhaps Primary
Move.

An attachment action for S591 49,. SO.
fectS the Duluth Il Winnipeg railroad
indirectly, and is supposed to be all I'M
pOrtant movement with string attach
ment, which will be father reaching in
its effect on the rebound than appears
on the surface. The action was begun
by the Minneapolis Trust company
against the North Star Construc-
ton company. The papers filed
show that the money sought to be Sc
cured by the attachment was advanced
by w. r. Merriam to be used in TIE
work OF internal improvements, and the
claim was assigned by w. K. Merriam
tor valuable consideration to the Min
neapolis Trust company. The North
Star Construction company is New
Jersey corporation, and it is engaged in
constructing the Duluth 81 Winnipeg
railroad, which runs through the great
iron belt of the northern part of Mime
sofa. During the past year this com
pany has been engaged in constructing
extensive iron ore docks at West Su-
advanced was largely for constructing
these docks. Many OF the stockhod-
ers of the North Star Construc-
ton company and of the Duluth 81 Win
nipeg road live in Boston and the
East and others Of them, including Of
ficers, live in this state. William II.
Fisher, president of the Duluth u Win
nipeg, is manager of the construction
company and has an office in the Bank
Of Minnesota building. Timothy Foley,
Thomas Foley, John Foley, Michael ii.
Foley. Archibald Guthrie, Donald Grant
and others of this city are stockholders
in the company. Mr.. Fisher and other
members of the company are now in the
East, presumably to look after the finan
cial and other business affairs connected
with the construction company. One of
the Foleys is in the city. and on him the
attachment was served by Sheriff
Chapel yesterday. The effects attached
consist of shares of stock that are de-
posted as collateral in the Merchants
National bank of this city.
1t has been intimated that the attach
ment was made with view to securing
the appointment of receiver for the
North Star Construction company. and
that the move has been made with a
view of changing or modifying the con-
troll of the Duluth & Winnipeg. The
story is told that James J. Hill might
have secured control of the Duluth q
Winnipeg franchise and effects years
ago when the original grant of swamp
lands was made to it by the state of
Minnesota, but that he then had no faith
in the venture, but of later years he
was active in comprising the defeat of
the grant of lands to that company. 1t
is now supposed that Mr.. Hill would
like to get control of this road, as it
promises to be a very valuable piece of
property in view of the great iron de-
velopments, The sheriff's deputies are
on the alert to serve the attachment on
others of the officers of the North Star
Construction company when they return
from the East. The absence of the
principal officers prevents statement
on their side of the controversy this
morning.