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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-02-10
BISMARCK ON WAR SCARES.
In His Opinion Neither France Nor Rus
sIa L. Thinking OF aostiIitIes-


sIa L. Thinking OF HostiIitIss-
why grant this enormous peace
strength" asked Bismarck while talk
ing with a London Times correspon-
dent recently. Who viii be the con
querOr in the future? He who can win
the first two or three battles, and those
battles will no more be fought by mn-
lions of armed men than they have
hitherto been, but by some two or three
hundred Thousand men at most Large
masses cannot be directed by single
general, not even with the help of n
balloon. The chief things, a. hitherto,
Will be good leadership and superior
tactics. and for these an enormous in
crease in the army affords no kind of
guarantee With our present forces we
can perfectly well operate on two fronts
if we have the right kind of leadership.
Count Caprivi himself spoke not so long
ago with conviction against la rage des
nombres.' Why is he all of a sudden
converted To a belief in numbers, and
mere numbers?
Again, we are told that the danger
of war is greater. /, for my part, can
not see il. On the contrary, believe
that war cannot break out for the next
two or three years France Is incom-
parably more peaceful and less ready
to strike out than she was in 1855.
Then Boulanger had to but press the
button and his dynasty was founded.
Now any form of monarchy is more
dangerous To the maintenance of peace
with Germany than the republic. A
monarchy would find il much easier 70
conclude alliances with monarchical
states. especially with Russia
That the present rulers on the banks
of the Seine are not thinking of war is
shown by the papal blessing they have
asked and obtained for the republic
The pope has done us no harm in grant
ing il. for its effect was to lay the
spirit of internal strife in France, to
satisfy the great and universal and sin
cere desire of the French people for
peace and to T lle things smoother and
easier for those in power. The latter,
moreover, know quite well that the
first thing "A victorious French general
would do would be To sweep them away
with a dictator's broom. AS for Rus
sia. it is the fashion to describe her as
painting for war with Germany. But
who wants war In Russia? Not the
ear. He is a cautious gentleman, who
asks for nothing beyond peace and
quiet at home so long as he can get 1t.
The vast majority of the Russian peo-
pie do not want war. The only warlike
elements in Russia are the press, the
Poles and the Jews"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-02-10
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Foremost Democratic Morntitg Nacspdpel
in Pennsylvania.
CLEVELAND AND STEVENSON
on their loay TO the White House.

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year 81 year.
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and Operat ors. connect q with the centres
Of the world. with iis rapid facilities Il reaches
three hundred and sixty -hse towns with all the
news IRON three To seven hours ahead OF all 9TH
Harrisburg will be unusually important
point the coming year. The session Of the legis-
lsture the election OF q successor 10 q nay, Re
publican legislature confronted toy Democratic
administration. all tend TO draw the public eye
t. the capital. THE PATRIOT will give most
complete reports of all these interesting proceed
ings.
The past wear hast has been the most succesiul
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new year be still better.
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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-02-10
AN ExCiIEO LOON.
How the Distressed Mother Acted Over
Her Young.

How the Distressed Mother Acted Over
Her Young.
Hon. Lewis VI. Lcllan, of Gorham,
Me. while fishing for Ian d-locked
salmon in SebaCo lake last May, was
SURPRISED to see "A loon with her young
one near his canoe. The anxious moth
e.r was employing every artIiice To call
her child away. but the little one SWAN
81 near the fisher that he easily took
him aboard in his lauding-ncJ. and hold
inc him on one knee gently strol.cd his
dowuy coat. u the little fellows evi-
dent satisfaction, says the Lewiston
journal. Meanwhile the mother was
in an agony of distress.
At first forgetting her native Wild
ness and timidity in her mothers love,
she boldly approached the canoe. and
rising in the water till She appeared to
stand upon il, furiuuSly happed her
wings. uttering mcnaCing cries tIud-
ing this of no avail. she pretended that
she was wounded. rolling over in the
water. and finally lying still a If dead,
evidently To- attract attention to her
self and from her young one The fish
erman. touched by these displays of
motherly affection, put the young loon
into the water. The distressed mother
instantly came TO life and again tried
u entice her little one to go with her,
but he liked his new acquaintance 50
wen that he remained near the boat.
until the fisherman rapidly padded
away for a considerable distance, when
he waited to see the outcome of this adj
venture. As he withdrew. the mother,
with cries OF JOY, swan t. the little one
dived beneath him. and taking him on
her back quickly bore him To a safe dis
tance. when she stopped and seemed To
be talking to her truant child in very
different tones from the wild, strange
hoarse laughter 10y day and the weird,
doleful cry at night, which John Bur
rou"hs attributes to this bird. The
fisher SAYS ne never imagined the loon
could produce such soft. sweet, melOdi-
.,In. notes. hI. fhnn heard
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-02-10
ORIGIN OF MARTINMAS.
The saint Turned satan Into Mule and
Rode Him


st. Martins day Is called MartinmaS.
st. Martin. says the legend. WAS once
going toward Rome on foot. when he
met Satan. who jccrcd at him for walk
inc when he ought to ride in a manner
worthy Of a bishop. st. Martin there
upon changed Satan himself into "A
mule, and jumping on his back rode
comfortably along. Whenever he went
too slow the saint made the sign of the
cross. and the mule was goaded To
greater efforts.
In oldcn times it was at Martinmas
that the new wine was first tasted, and
a day of joviality was the natural re-
suit ON the continent Of Europe geese
were sacrificed plentifully at Martin
mas.
In England the day was more sacred
to beef. Cattle used then to toe killed
for the winters meat, and MartinmaS
beef means beef dried in the chimney
like bacon.
In France the few warm and pleasant
days which commonly occur at about
this time, and are known here aS Indian
summer are called the summer of ST
Martin.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-02-10

The Rosetta stone" a lannon's
Egyptian curiosity now i'm the British
museum, was discovered in the wear
1929 by NJ. Boussard. a French explorer.
near Rosetta. a seaport of lower Egypt.
IL Is of black basalt, about forty inches
long by thirty wide, with three en-
graved inscriptions upon its surface,
The first of these is IN Greek. the sec
ond is a conglomeration of hieroglyph-
les and the third i'm cnchorical writing.
system used 10y the Egyptians in re-
cording everyday matters. After years
of iaborious research the savauts of
Europe ascertained that the three in
scriptions were three versions of a de-
gree in honor Of Ptoiemy Epiphoncs by
the priests of Egypt because he had re-
mitted their taxes. This wonderful
relic dates back to about the year ZOO
Il. q.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-02-10
How African women Gs, D,.nxur.d.

The women of a certain African tribe
distort their countenances by thrusting
pieces of wood and crystal into their
npper lips. They begin with small
pieces and gradually increase the size
until pieces of incredible dimensions
are thus carried and their lips are
transformed beyond recognition The
muscles are so affected that when they
smile the lip is drawn upward almost to
the eyes. producing an effect that a.
most ltadicrous-
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-02-10
CurIou. >atu.ai Ilnrometers

One OF the most remarkable Proane7
tons of the isles of chico - the eele-
brated barometer trees WHICH grow
in great profusioR ia all OF the sal!
marshes, Ia dry weather the bark ot
this natural barometer j. ~ smooth ana
white a. that Of sycamore but WIN
the near approach of storms these char
acteristIcs vanish like magic and the
harl1 turns black.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-02-10

uuring 1898 THE SUN will
be of surprising excellence and
will print more news and more
pure literature than ever before
in its history.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-02-10
Murderers Awaiting rr,,

Among the prisoners now in iail in
the United States under the CHARGE 81
homicide there are ten clergymen. fif-
Teen physicians, eight dentists, seven
lawyers twenty teachers, two planters.
hiteeh stock Saisers, ten cattle traders
thTty-one merchants, eight contractors
thirteen druggists, fonr grocers. four
real estate brokers, five liyerv-stable
keepers, twelve millers, six brewers
Ten hotei-keepers, twenty-eight saloon
keepers OF the entire number nearly
one-third were foreign-born or of for
eign parentage.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-02-10
The Sunday Sun

Is the Greatest Sunday News.
paper in the World.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-02-10

An otru letter 10 7VOHcU. No. ;
Thurlow, Penn.
"Dear Mrs. PInkham
"If any one wants to know
how good your medicine is, just
refer them to me.
81 was so low, people thought
/ never could get well again.
THE trouble was in my
womb, causing bearing-down
and severe backaChe. | was so
nervous and irritable my people
could hardly live with me.
Sometimes | would almost fail
down, was so dizzy, and how
l did lie awake nights
thought | should go crazy!
"But now all that is changed,
and | am a well woman. | owe
all to Lydia f. Pinkham's Hfgr-
ta6Le C0mb0nNd Now, when [
do not feel Just right, | take a
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-02-10
SOUTH W ARD.
NORTHwARD.

bradley, Noel and Lucket are Flag Stations.
No trains on Sunday.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-02-10
Connections az Cresson

DAIDROAD TIME TABLE OF THE ERENS-
n burg CressOn Branch Railroad. 10 efieci
mf.er.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-25

his grandmother did not afford him any
/ great amonnt OF pleasure.
"En-en yer both a-gwlno TO dai
ship" said Dlnah, pointing TO the
I Wanderer.
Vegas, responded the still astound.
ed ser, ant.
Coming close TO Colonel Graham, the
old woman whlspered
You've got TO see me soon agin.
But where do you llyel" asked the
Colonel, glad to see his way to getting
rid OF the crone.
Mong the Montauks. Ha, ha, ha!
was black woman in Bermooda hea
lee Hlnjin prlestess- ess.
"Ill SEQ you again, said the Col
onel, motloning for his servant to follow
him.
you've otto see me agln. Yell be
'bleedged to see mo. Now go to see
Cap'n Wolf. Goodbye, 'Thello, come
en- see yer granny, honey"
Chuckllng TO herself, as II she thought
she had said something humorous, Dl,
nah grasped her STAFF and hobbled away
In the direction OF the land Of the Mon
tauks.
Colonel Graham and 0thello fastened
on board the boat, where Frenauld, who
was in charge, saluted the former with
u Difference that amounted to obsequl-
BUSINESS.
The Captain Is anxlously awaiting
you, said Frenauld, as the oarsmen
pulled for the ship.
You have been here eight days, said
the Colonel, as II he were quite indiffer-
emit to the reply.
Nine days, my lord"
You mistake, sir, said the other In
stern whisper. al am Colonel Gra-
ham,"
Beg your pardon, sir; forgot for the
instant, stammered Frenauld.
Such forgetfulness proves the ruin
Of many men" responded the Colonel,
the line between his eyes deepening, as
If Frenauld's apology had increased
rather than lessened his displeasure.
1t Is hard, sir, for one accustomed
to calling another the name by which
the world knows him, to change to
different name at the order Of the indi-
vidual, and to be censured for q slip Of
the tongue" said Frenauld, evidently
but little pleased by the Colonel's
manner.
Il fully appreciate what you say" re-
piled the Colonel, condescendlngly, but
still with that manner Of ostentatious
superiority which marked everything
he said or did. But Graham Is my
family name, and l hold the commits
sion Of colonel In her Maiesty's SER
vice. You know the rest, and, as pay
you to use this kno Wedge for my bene-
fit, it holds, sir, that should not be an
noyed at any breach of the contract on
your part, or on that Of your superior
officer"
This was said in q low tone, but the
noise Of the oars In the clumsy row.
locks In use at that time would have
prevented the sailors from overhearing,
had they been so inclined.
TO be CONTINUED
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-25

ing. No gourd or calabash must he
eaten from If children have playfully
made tattooing marks upon it. The
priest and all the people are tabu on
account Of the blood during the oper-,
alton.
Girls among the Maoris were given
great license from a very early age in
the matter of lovers. When a girl
married she became tabu to her hus-
band, Anyone outside the relation
of brother or sister could marry,
although marriage Of first cousins
was greatly disliked. Polygamy pre-
vailed among those who could afford
1t, but as the tribe supported all in
food the mean men would be pre-
vented, in some way or other, from
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-25
A Desperate Situation.

In my younger days, says an Oriental
traveller, acquired taste for country
sports, and when went to India, where
field reereations were OF more serious
kind, soon became expert at hunting
the iackal, leopard, and tiger; but it
was not for year that tried my hand
at elephant hunting.
When the eventful day arrived l was
assigned to an elephant, and when the
party reached the grove Tagore, an ex-
pert elephant hunter, called my atten-
ton to a tremendous fellow which we
at once attempted to capture. Allow
ing our trained elephants to attract the
wild elephants notice, Tagore skillfully
fastened rope around his leg and to
large tree, and then we retreated to
the rear and waited for him to tire
himself out. Instead Of that he broke
the rope and made for us; and, as my
elephant stood stock still as if paralyzed
from fright, l promptly climbed into the
nearest tree, while Tagore and the 9TH
ers ran for their lives. ina gined that
l was secure for the time being; but to
my horror, the elephant began to bat
ter the tree with his head, and with
such violence that was nearly shaken
from my perch. Finding that I still
chung on, the animal changed his tao
tics and began tearing up the tree by
the roots. 1 saw the tree would soon
fall, and could perceive no possibility of
escape.
Finally, having loosened the roots, the
beast again began to push again with
his head, and felt the tree yielding to
the pressure. fairly shrieked In de-
spair as felt it falling, but to my in
expressible joy, the tree fell against
much larger one, and the topmost
branches become entangled. quickly
scrambled into the new place OF refuge,
and then think my nerves must have
given way, as l remember nothing more
until heard the sound of firing below,
and found that Tagore and his men had
returned to my rescue and driven away
my besieger. But have not cared to
hunt elephants since that day.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-25
Teaching Tricks to Fish.

Fish have many times been taught
to perform tricks, and it would ap-
pear as if they had much more intel
ligence than is attributed to them.
Mr.. j. A. Bailey, Of circus fame, once
had two brook trout in a small
aquarium in his private residence
that would jump out of the water
and take flies held between the fore
finger and thumb, and would also
ring a little bell when they required
food. They would also leap over lit
tie bars Of wood placed about two
inches above the surface of the
water.
1t was very simple matter to
teach the fish these tricks. At first
little tower containing a tiny,
sweet-toned silver bell was fastened
to the iron work of the aquarium
with piece Of string attached to the
tongue of the bill extending into the
water where the trout were. On the
loose end of the string an insect or
other tempting morsel was placed
which the fish would at once seize,
and pulling the cord the bell in the
tower would naturally tinkle. After
this had been repeated several days
the fish were left without food for
some little time until they made the
discovery that they could obtain it
by pulling at the string to which the
delicacies had been attached. This
they never failed to do ever after
ward when they were hungry, and as
that was nearly all the time the little
bell was constantly tinkling as the
fish were continually pulling the
cord, and it was quite pretty and
novel sight. New York Herald.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-25

having large establishments. Gen
orally girls began the counting and
most peculiar was their method. The
young Of both sexes would assemble
in building for play, songs, dances,
ETC., and when the fire had burned
low a girl would stand up and say: II
love -- and 1 want him for my
husband" If he coughed "a sign of
assent) or said "yes," all was well;
but if only silence followed the girl
covered herself with her robe and was
ashamed. Generally the girl ascer-
tanned beforehand if her proposal
would be acceptable.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-25

Syrup"

Ny acquaintance with Boschee's
German Syrupwas made about four
teen years ago. I contracted a cold
which resulted in a hoarseness and
cough which disabled me from fill
ing my pulpit for a number of Sab
baths. After trying a physician,
without obtaining relief I saw the
advertisement Of your remedy and
obtained bottle. Ireceived quick
and permanent help. never hest
tate to tell my experience. Rev. w.
II. Haggerty, Martinsville, NJ. @
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-25

No doubt the recent famine in Russia
was principally due to want Of irriga-
ton. The usual process OF carrying
irrigation works IRON neighbOring
streams is too costly and slow, and be-
sides is quite inn racticable in South
Russia, on account OF excessive small
falls in all the rivers in this part Of the
country. The streams, moreover, have
very little water during TIE summer
months, when the irrigation 10 princi-
pally wanted Now in several parts Of
Siberia the water obtained from melt
ing snow is used for irrigation. The
climate OF these parts Is quite continent
tai, with very hot, dry summer, Sc
we're winter, with plentiful falls Of snow.
The snow irrigation is managed in the
following manner: At tho first warm
winter day after a plentiful snowfall,
the whole village, not excepting women
and youngsters, meet at q previously
appointed spot in the field situated on
slope of hill One portion, consist ng
of strong men, collect and carry the
snow to form large bank, while others
press the snow down and spread it
evenly. This operation is repeated sew
eral times during the winter, and by
spring large bank of compressed snow
is formed, dozen feet deep and weigh
ing several hundred tens. With the
first approach of spring, the snow bank
is covered with pine branches, straw
and dung; ii such material is not at
hand, earth and sand are used as COW
ering, but in the latter case the layer
has to be about eighteen inches thick.
The same plan of irrigation would be
quite applicable to Russia, aud for
countries where snow falls in album
dance. For regulating the flow of water
from melting snow in the bank, ditch
is managed on the lower side of the
bank with two openings, one to be used
as an overflow, in case the water Is not
wanted for irrigation, the other leads to
the irrigation ditch distributing the
water en- the fields.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-25

Little Peter is slow at school,
apparently bright enough everywhere
else, The other day at table his
mother alluded to him as a "back-
ward boy"
The next morning in dressing he
but his jacket on by accident the
wrong side before, and instead of re-
moving it and readjusting it, he had
his sister button it up at the back,
and went down to breakfast thus.
"Why, Peterl" his mother ex-
claimed. what do you mean by
coming down in that way9"
"Oh," he said, 81 got it on that
way and as you said l was a back
ward boy, L thought maybe that was
the best way to go!"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-25
CHAPTER VII-Contlnued.

OIthElGh Nll-NOntlnuous
They had gone but few yards from
the house, when q slender well-olad,
elderly man, with piercing gray eyes,
touched his hat and motloned to them
10 stop. This man had military bear
ing, and was accompanied by u young
black man, who carried large double
vallse, slung over his shoulders like
pair OF huge saddle bags,
Would you please to tell me where
one Squire Condlt resIdes2" asked the
stranger, in well-bred tones, his keen
eyes fixed the while on Ralph's face.
The Captain pointed out the house,
and said.
you can see the squire from here,
working In his garden.
MANY thanks; see you are both
officers In her Majesty's service, Per-
nit me TO introduce myself as Col. Gra-
ham Of Gen. Churchlll's staff.
The young officers gave their owA
names and shook hands with the Colo
mel, who, taking two steps in the dlreo-
ton of Squire Condlps house, stopped,
turned and asked;
rs the Wanderer In port"
capt. Fox's ship"
"Yes. Colonel"
There she is, said Capt. Denham,
'and finer ship never entered this
bay. By the way, sir, II you are to
make any stay at this end of the island,
1t will afford me pleasure to receive you
on board of the Sea Hawk, colonial
cruiser, which have the honor to COM
mand."
Col Graham raised his hat, said he
would be honored and delighted to visit
the Captain, and then resumed his
journey, followed by the sturdy black
man.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-25
AMONG THE MAoRIs.
Some of the Customs Of This Interesting
Race

Tattooing is practlced among all
the Maori tribe of New Zealand,
writes Edward Tregear in Popular
Science Monthly, but the full tattoo
ing Of brave takes place only after
he has distinguished himself in war.
The person undergoing the process is
prohibited from eating fish, unless
the fish Is held up to see the tattoo.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-25
OUR BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SAYINGS AND DO
iNoS HERE AND THERE.

Jokes ana JokelotS that Are Supposed 20
Have Been Recently orn-sayings ana
Doings that Arc Odd, Curious and
Laughnble,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-25

LADY Qn drug store)-"I wish to
get a 2-cent stamp" New Boy
"Yes'm; here's one. ma'am; 10 cents,
please. Exchange.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1893-05-25
Ages of Noted Persons.

This year Louis Kossuth will be
OIL; Neal Dow, 80; Ferdinand de
Lesseps and David Dudley Field, 49,;
Gladstone and Oliver Wendell Holmes,
"a; Pope Leo and Senator Morrill,, SO;
Harriet Beecher Stowe, 81; Verdi, 70;
Bismarck, Gen. Early, @. W. Couldock
and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, IS.