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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-04-07
FOR RECRUIT OR VETERAN.

GEN. WINFIELD HANCOCK was known
as Hancock the superb" d name given
him by Gen. Meade after the mAgu.n-
cent manner in which he repulsed Long
street at Gettysburg.
The lOng-distance marching Compel
tions by volunteer soldiers in England
are discountenanced by the commander
in chief in recent order. He thinks
they result in no practical good and
may cause individual harm through uH-
due stress Of effort.
A CORRESPONDENT Of the NOllss Iii
tung states that whenever the family of
the ear review their troops at Czarko
Selo the Hebrew troops are confined 10
their barracks, under the preteNt that
lit might hurt the tender feelings If
the czarina 10 see the enemies 81
Christ"
THERE has been great yearly dimiuu-
ton during the last ten years ia the
number Of soldiers in militery or civil
prisons in England and Wales. In ls-i
there were LILY soldiers in English
prisons in 1891 there were 453, and on
the 8lst of last December there were
but -.
A SEw japanese protected cruiser
the Noshino, built u be the fastest
cruiser afioat. was launched from the
Elswick shipyard Of Armstrong. Mitch
ell & Co. a few days since. She i, 800
feet long, Of 4Gls feet breadth and 100
tons displacement. She is expected %
develop a speed, under forced drauEAt
Of twenty-five knots
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-04-07
PITH AND POINT.

DID the committee sky you, Dob
bley?" NO, worse'n that; that they
floored me. Sent the thing back" said
the artist.-Nogue.
A vIoLINIsT to be successful must
keep up with the times. That Is. he
should always have something new on
the string Democrat.
TIE result of jumping at conclusions
is markedly shown in those women
readers who first turn to the back OF
the novel TO see how the story turns out.
Philadelphia Times.
a SILLY QUESTIoN.-Harry (the bar
keeper, TO Empty Edwards, who has
been dallyiug with the free lunch for
some timel-"Say, don't you thinl,
you've eaten enough?" Empty Ed
wards-''See here, do / look like a man
who has eaten enough?'-Puck.
RAILWAY OFFICIAL breaking the news
gently TO the wife of a commercial
traveler)-"Ahemi Madam, be calm,
Your husband has met with n slight
that is 10 say, one of the front wheels
of a passenger locomotive struck hirn
on the cheek, and" Wife-'.Weu. sir
You needn't come round here trying q
collect damages. You won't get Z
penny from me. If your company can't
keep it's property out of danger, it'll
have TO take the consequences. You
should have your engines insured "
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-04-07
FUNNY EANCIES.

WATSON - Harvey is full Of good
traits. What do You like best about
him. Clara "Well-er-Oh, his money
il good enough for me"
II Is now that the street front limit,
of property may Toe told nearly O. tH-
width of a hair. just observe haw the
snow il shoveled. Oil CITY Dyrri b.
WHERE SHE HESITATE. ~utfu-l,l-
Il tell You, woman has got L. ths point
where she succeeds at everyt thing she
undertakes" Sufferer NO. sA-
doesn't; she Is a rank failure a. au old
est inhabitant. Truth
ALFRED trapturouslyD-''No dar
ling, please name the happy day
Minnie thlushinplyl yl-"Three weeks
from next Thursday. Alfred. Narah
Through the kcyholel-''l If You Iiea~e
miss that's my reg'lar day out. Ma &
have 10 git married in the early par, q
the week.
FEMc;INE ECoSoAH Mrs Bargain
Henry. / saved clean twenty-five dole
lars to-day. ! bought winter coat for
twenty-five dollars, which had been rs-
duced from fifty" Bargain But ny
lear, the season il over for winter coats
and the moths viii eat IL up before next
winter" Mrs.. Bargaiu-"Ah, was t.'
sharp for that, | added tive 10 the t"eu-
tN--iive l saved. and bought q cedar
chest TO keep il inr'-Puck
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-04-07
IN THE SENATE.

SENATOR I.ALE, OF Maine, occupies
the desk which Mr.. Blaine used when
the latter ge. tleman was member of
the senate.
STEPHEN NJ. WHITE is the first native
of California To be elected United States
senator from that s-lte- He married
Miss Del Vale, a mem Der of one of the
old Los Angeles families
SENATOR -ELECT WHITE, of California.
IL one OF the counsel for the owners of
the Chilian transport Itata, and argued
their ease last week before the United
states circuit court of appeals.
SENATOR DoS CAMERON has seeded
one hundred acres of his Donegal farm
near Marietta with Kentucky blue
grass, which he believes will do as well
on his ground as il docs on the historic
soil where IL is indigenous. He intends
TO put the nutritious Pasturage To the
use Of fancy blooded stock.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-04-07

The startling announcement IS made
that the whole range of the sndes is
slowly sinking into the earth's crest.
As proof of this La Gazette Geogra phi
ique says that Quito was 1886 feet above
the level of the sea in the year I7i5; in
1900 IT was only $50; in 1881. 9,567,
having sunk 26 feet in the - years fol-
lowing 1745, and but three feet during
the 8! years which interviewed between
1900 and 1881. In 1865 the city's level
had been reduced to $500 feet above
the level of the Pacific ocean. To sum
up the total, we find that Ecuador's
capital has sunk 20 feet in I32 years.
Antisana's farm, the highest inhabited
spot on the Andes 1900 feet higher
than Quito itself, which is the highest
real city on the globe), is said by the
same authority 10 be 2Is feet lower than
il was in 1745.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-04-07
ORIGIN OF PAPER MONEY.

n.I,.xed tn Have B@ea FIRST Issued by
Italian Iiankers fise Centuries Ago
Paper money developed from the bills
Of exchange or certificates of the
banks was probably first issued by the
Italian bankers of the fourteenth cen
t,lrv. saws the san Francisco Examiner.
Governments found il an easy way of
obtaining money in times of necessity,
being. in effect. a forced loan from the
people. Paper bills are promises 70
paw. and when the government issues
them in exchange for supplies or serv-
ice. IL has actually borrowed just as
much from the man To whom il pays
them. Ii. however, allows him To pass
this note in payment OF his debts, 80 m
stead of being a loan from him singly
il is a loan from the whole people The
ease with which the notes may be Is
sued has led many governments into
disastrous experiments in time Of war
or stress the promises being issued in
such profusion that they became of no
value. The continental currency issued
during the revolution by the American
congress, and the assignats OF the
French revolution may he instanced-
Paper money depends for its value on
the ability of the authority that issues
IL To give value for il when payment II
demanded. When the issue of the civil
war was in doubt the value OF the
greenbacks issued by the [ nited States
sank 10 one-third their face value, due
partly To a lack of confidence ia the
government and due still more To the
certainty that payment of the notes
must be indefinitely postponed Even
when the war closed and there was Do
longer doubt of the government the
currency was deprecated for thirteen
years The government was in the po-
sition of the man known To his neigh
bOrs "a good, but slow pay His notes
pass at discount. The government
was known to toe good Tor the amount,
and il was certain that il would b.
ready to redeem its notes some day, but
that was not enough for the man who
wanted - use the money right away
lie thus passed the notes at a discount
The value Of paper money thus de-
pends AT any given moment on the
promise OF the government u redeem
il. Ii the promise viii be met when the
notes are presented they pass at their
face value. Ii there Is doubt ol this
point the notes must pass at discount,
greater or less according u cIrcuIn-
stances If there Is no chance that they
will ever be- paid they are worth moth
ing at all. As the United States gov
ernment has stood ready since 1879 70
redeem in gold any notes as soon a.
presented, its currency passes without
question as To ats face value.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-04-07

The Toledo Blade tells of a conductor
on western railroad who possessed a
remarkable memory. An official Of the
road who had doubted his alleged pow
ers was convinced by the following feat;
Coming into his Office one day the CON
ductor said TO him: There i nv train
book Along the line | have taken in
more than one hundred passengers. and
while you hold the book | viii tell you
the station at which every passenger
got on and of. the class Of ticket that
each one carried. the color OF the ticket,
whether the passenger was male or fe-
male and the destination of all the pas
sengers transferred" The list was
gone over and he did not err in Il single
instance He then stated that ne could
describe every one of those one hundred
passengers. giving the manner Of dress,
color of eyes and hair and general APP
pearance. and could select the lot out of
an assemblage of thousands
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-04-07
CURRENT WIT AND HuMoR.

AFTER you are good yourself it is
time for You to complain of the wicked
ness of others.-Atchispn Globe.
JULIA-"My husband is very hard Ia
please" Maud-''He must have changed
lots since he married you-"-BrooI1lyn
Life.
jim has become a regular eynic-a
woman hater" lis that 500 Rv tn.
way who was the woman that he want.
ed to marry hin.'-N. " Press.
IHE fascinating damseI is an adent AT
tender smiles, but she isn't in il with
the barkeeper; he does nothing but
tender smiles" all day and half the
night.-Bnston Courier.
sHE-'Mr- Sinnix, yen ought to be
ashaihed To say SO many mean things
aoOu' US women. l cannot imagine
where you get your ideas" He-sFrom
ot-Sr women, mostly. y."-Indianapolis
Journal
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-04-07
THE POWER OF WATER.
Constantly Working la One Form or A
other to Destroy the Land

Constantly Working Ia One Form or An
other to Destroy the Land
southern engineer contributes an
article on Geology and the Mississippi
Problem" 10 the Engineering Magazine.
In it he says:
I'VE find in water the only tireless
agent that works in the modification of
continents: and instead of being the
great renOvatOr of the land IL is pop
ularly conceived, it is the great destroy
er. The destruction of ancient Rome
has been attributed to time. But it was
due simply To the moisture of the at
mosphere working through chemical
agencies. 1t was water, invisible
but penetrating the very stones of the
wonderful city, that caused her to
crumble into ruins, and gave TO modern
Rome a grade greatly elevated above
her ancient grade. But it works not
alone in the cities and towns There is
not a hill on earth that has not been
shorn of something of its altitude by
this subtitle force. and there is not a
mountain on earth, if not fitfully re-
newed by volcanic action, that has not
been compelled to lower its peak be-
fore this universal leveler of the eX-
alted. 1t may be a dreadful thought.
indeed, but we do not know absolutely
that we are not dependent on the earth
quake and the volcano for keeping our
continental habitat above the level of
the ocean; for water not only destroys,
but it has the persistency and force to
carry off to its burial place in the sea
all that it has caused to perish. 1t may
take long time at its task, but, work
ing either in its gaseous, its LIQUID, or
its solid form, it seems TO be the most
persistent thing on earth, never perish
ing, and however divided and invisible
at times, always ready to unite its forces
for a supreme effort at the degradation
of a continent
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-04-07
RIGHT-HANOEONESS.
No knowing Whether the Preference
the Result of Original Condition.

No knowing Whether the Preference Is
the Result of Original Condition.
The causes Of right-handedness have
given anatOmists much material for
speculation. and more than one curious
theory has been advanced 10 account for
the fact that men ha abituaily use the right
hand in preference 10 the left. Some
have attempted To explain the differ
ence on anatomical grounds. declaring
that the course of the artery to the right
arm, being more direct from the heart,
admits the blood in greater quantity To
that member. SO conducting 10 its su-
perior strength. This, however i as
signing a cause which. on close eNamin-
ton. seems inadequate, for the causes
of phenomena have often a deeper
source than the mechanism of means.
In considering the subject the St Louis
GlObe-Democrat thinks il should not
be forgotten that the preference for
the right hand is, save in exceptional
cases, univerSal: the accounts of trav-
elers stating that right-handedness
is as general among savage nations
as among the civilized. fact which
goes to indicate that there may
be some cOnStitu tiOnal tendency toward
the use OF the right hand in preference
TO the left In this connection il should
not be forgotten that there is marked
distinction between not only the right
and left hands, but also between the
two sides of the body. the right being
larger and stronger than the left, the
superiority extending even to vital
properties. as the left is more frequently
attacked by such diseases as paralysis.
The right foot Is almost as superior to
the left as the right hand, for in the
case of dancers, not only are the more
difficult feats of agility performed by
the right, but double amount of train
ing is required to give the left foot and
limb a degree Of efficiency that will
prevent contrast being seen by the
spectators. Few people walk evenly
and the greater strength OF the right
side is the cause of persons lost in the
woods travelling in a circle. always
turning to the left. These facts, with
many others that may be cited. lead TO
the conclusion that nature i the guide
in the more frequent use of the right
hand. but whether the present prefer
ence is the result Of an original condi-
tion or of hereditary training will al
ways be an open question
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-04-07
ON DIVERS TOPICS.

THE total membership of Greek letter
fraternities in American colleges is esti-
mated 10 be about - 900.
ICE is quoted at six cents a ton at
Devils Lake, Mich, and at cent "A
pound at Shreveport, La
The Louisiana lottery will be re-
moved To Honduras January l, 1894.
having obtained a charter from that re-
public on most favorable terms for fifty
years The lottery company pays
81 900, 900 in American gold coin and a
percentage on the face value of all tick
cts sold, for the privileges gained.
PERTH AMBoY, n. J., is said to be the
repository of some very fine furniture of
the colonial style The town. which is
one of the oldest ports of entry in the
United States, still retains several of
its early dwellings, some of which are
occupied by the descendants of those
who built the houses many generations
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-04-07
IN JAPANESE SOCIETY.

Curious Rules To se Observed by Guests
Ia the Land Ot the hiKado.
The visitor must leave his fan in the
ante-chamber, and, entering the re-
ception room, seat himself respectfully
on ms heels in front of the shrine. If
there are three l1akemonOs tpictures on
rollers, he must examine first the cen
ter one. then that To the left and lastly
the one on the right hand He then -
supposed 10 signify his opinion a. TO
the particular merits of the floral
trophy There are strict rules a. 10
the exact degree Of admiration To De
expressed according To the character
of the specimens The Saturday Re
view says indiscriminating gush Is not
permitted in polite circles The re-
spectful inspection over and the proper
things said. the host presents 10 ms
guest on a tray cut flowers and
branches, a knife, d scissors, small
saw, vase and d napkin, at the same
time rolling up the kakemonos, ''as ii
Is considered TO be demanding too
much of d visitor To expect him To eX-
tempOriZe d flower arrangement in har-
mony," but the guest may face the diff
Guilty and retain the unfamiliar back
ground. The master of the house now
offers one of his most precious vases
suitable to the season and the flowers
and the visitor pleads his inability 10
do Justice To 50 beautiful a receptacle,
but if pressed To make use of il he must
then take care that the arrangement IL
simple and unObtrusive, - as not To
distract attention from the vase
When completed the implements are
again arranged on the tray, with the
exception of the scissors. which are
left near the flowers as d silent and
modest invitation to the master of the
house To correct faults" The host
sweeps up the rubbish and takes away
the tray. The other visitors, who have
meantime been waiting in the ante
room, are now admitted to pay the
proper compliment. Before leaving
the artist, unless a person of superior
rank. takes the flowers out Of the vase;
1t i considered presumptuous OF him
To quit without destroying the evidence
Of his skill Should the entertainer by
inadvertence have supplied scented
flowers on an occasion such as an in
cense meeting" when perfume Is pro-
hibited, the polite artiiicer makes no
remark, but ships off the blossoms,
leaving only the unopened and scent
less buds. The flowers must not be
offered trimmed, or they might look as
If they had been previously used
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-04-07
THE PATRIOT,
Foremost Democratic Moy1fug Newspaper
ia Pe1u1syi,aaia.
CLEVELAND and : STEVENSON
on h,eir ,odg 10 the White Ho,ise


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Harrisburg twill q he an unusually important
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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-04-07
NO CRowpiNG IN TEXAS.
Some Staggering Figures Regarding the
Area of the Lone star state

Some Staggering Figures heSsrui"s '
Area of the Lone star state
recently printed statement that
the western states of America are
becoming crowded is dlsproved Oy
figures that through various man
ipulationS, tell most WONDERFUL
story of the length and breadth OF
the magnificent empire lying west Oh
the Mississippi river. OF the vast area
of the larger western states, people VINO
have not visited them and travelled over
tbar have no comprehensive idea.
Taxas the largest of the United States,
has an area OF 262. .29O square miles. To
tho casual reader, SAYS Kate Field 5
Washington. these figures mean but
very little; they show, however, that
the Lone Star state is more than
fftv-four times as large as the state OF
Connecticut If it were possible to run
a railway train from Connecticut 10
Texas and back in a day, and II the
train could take the entire population
of the Nutmeg state, as given by the
last census, at every trip, and, upon It's
return. there should be as many persons
in the state as there were before the
train left with its cargo. and II each
one of these people were placed upon an
acre of ground upon his arrival IN Texas,
the train would be obliged TO make PA
trips. or to depopulate Connecticut IA
times before accomplishing its MISSION
and theu there would remain in Texas
IO3. SOS empty acres. 1t may be OF pass
ing interest TO know that such train,
made up of coaches twenty feet long,
capable of accommodating fifty pas
sengers each. would extend over dis
tance of more than tifty-siX miles.
If the entire state of Texas were
planted with corn and the hills were
two feet apart and the rows were three
feet apart. and if every man, woman
and child in the state OF Connecticut
were set TO work in the field To hoe the
corn. and each person was able TO and
did hoe two hills in five minutes.it would
take this army of laborers seven years.
$50 days and seven hours TO hoe every
hill of corn in the state, laboring con
tinuously day and night 300 days each
year.
To those persons who have never
stopped to consider how great d country
they are living in these figures may be
of interest The man who fears that he
could not elbow his way around in the
crowded west without chatting the nap OF
his coat sleeves may gather some solacc
from the statement that the entire liv-
ing population of the globe, l,400, ,00O,-
600 souls, divided into families of five
persons each, could be located in Texas,
each family with a house on a half
acre lot, and there would still remain
$4,000, 900 vacant family lots.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-04-07
oe1NcF or OFFICE eoYs.
An Editors Guardian Who Was worm
His weight in Gold

An Editors Guardian Who Was worth
His weight in Gold.
He was an office boy worthy OF
nlace among heroes, albeit his lot was
east IN the newspaper Office ot west
arn town. where enduring fame Is
crowded to the wall, says the Detroit
Free Press. He occupied place
at the foot of the editorial STAIRS and IL
was his duty To give warning 10 the
editor when an irate visitor came with
a 0un To correct an item appearing IN
the paper With a polite bow and a
gracious smile he was wont to inform
the visitor that he would 60 and see If
the editor was in, and then If the editor
concluded, from the boys description of
the caller, that it was safe To see
him he was in; otherwise he crawIed
into a fire-proof safe in back room
and waited until the danger was past
One day a man came who was partlcu-
larlv ugly. He was a lawyer-Politician
in the neighboring town, and the editor
had not filtered the language he used
in describing his moral turpitude-
Il want to see the editor" he growled,
as he started upstairs.
I'm see if ha Is in. sir smiled the
boy. innocently getting in his way.
'-Weu. / guess not exclaimed the
visitor, grabbing him by the coat col
lar I've heard how the chump has a
way of turning people down when he
doesn't want to see them and ! won I
have it You stay right where You are
and I'll attend To this business myself" "
And he slapped the boy down hard in a
ricl1ety chair.
The boy gasped, but he didn't lose his
wits.
That's all right, mister" he said,
showing pad of paper and pencil at
the man, but before you go up them
stairs won't you please write out an
ante-mOrtem statement for use at the
coroner's inquest?'
The man stopped moment in his
headlOng career.
Its favor To me. sir" pleaded the
boy; for the coroner gives me a dollar
apiece for 'em. and the five or six week
/ get barely supports my poor sick
mother and me, and he wiped his eyes
on his coat sleeve.
The boys pathetic earnestneSs affect
ed the visitor visibly.
Il m-er-er-'- he hesitated as he
started for the door. ''on the whole !
guess IN postpone my visit until this
afternoon" and then he disappeared,
and the boy drew a long breath and
chuckled away down in his honest little
heart.