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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-12-29
ACTIVE VOLCANOES.
burning Mountains OF South and Centr.
America That DO Deadly Work

Turning Mountains of south and Central
America That DO Deadly work
The volcano of Abina. in Peru, which
for a century and a half had been con
sidered extinct. suddenly awolHe from
its long sleep the other day and began
pouring forth lava smoke and ashes IN
such quantities as To obscure the sun
up to the date of the last report, says
Panama correspondent of the Phlla-
delphia Press.
Together with this news comes an
account of remarkably severe earth
qualzes in Ecuador that shook the
whole Pacific slope and extended far
into the interior. a series of rapid
violent shocks continued one minute
and some seconds. 1t created the
greatest terror in Guayaqnil. where at
every convulsion it appeared as though
the pile-built structures must go over.
However. no damage to speak OF oc-
CURED there. but several accounts OF
disasters had arrived from the in
terror. At Canar seven families-and
their homes are known to have been
swallowed up by the earth One Gu
rious incident at Guayaauil WAS the
bursting open of the doors of the peni-
tentiary Many convicts escaped be
themselves together To prevent it.
Then the guards fired indiscriminately
on the prisoners, those fleeing from
crumbling walls as well as those es-
Gaping. The city waterworks were so
damaged that a water famine was i'm
minent This series of shocks was felt
over an area of eighty thousand square
miles. At almost the same time Coto-
lat1.a f0rfh in
such terrible activity as has not
characterized them during the last
two centuries. The South American
volcanoes frequently ravage their i'm
mediate neighborhood, but it is be
licved here is another instance that
they are safety valves that render the
continent habitable.
Reports of unusual volcanic activity
all along the line of tae continental
backb bone have been coming in since
the beginning of the year, and those
more recently to hand indicate
steadily increasing disturbance. Alarm
ing accounts arrived last week
from Mexico of the condition of
Colima, which, pouring forth vast
volumes of lava and regular bonn
bardment of rocks and ashes, had sent
the people of Jalisco fleeing in terror
from their houses. Only few months
ago dispatches from Chilli and Peru
told of fierce outbursts among the
volcanoes of the southern Andes, and,
later yet, of the seismic disturbance in
the volcanic region of Carca. in
Colombia, by which an entire mountain
ridge was swallowed up and deep de-
precision left. while elsewhere in that
same region two rivers were buried by
the side of a mountain tumbling into
the valley.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-12-29
AMERICAN BUSINESS LIFE.
One of the Things which English
Gentlcmn. Canno: Endcr.-and.

One of the Things which an English
Gentleman Cannot Understand
This business life of American gen
tlemen Is one OF the hardest problems
fog an Eurlishmau TO understand cor
rectIv SAYS the Nineteenth Century.
Til comparatively lately in England
commercial business, except banking,
has not been thought highly of for
gentlemen. Politics, the church. the
army and navy, the bar, etc. have
been the outlets for English younger
sons. In America it is quite different.
Among the many reasons for this I
viii mention but the one important
one, that the pursuits above men
toned afford but few openings, com
paratively speaking.
The church il a poorly-paid Profes-
sion for the sons of the wealthy mer-
chants. and the army and navy are SO
small in number that they do not af-
ford a field for more than few. The
bar is. Of course, open. and is crowded
in America as in England. Politics.
for some inscrutablc reason, does not
seem to attract many of the higher
grades Of youth. Consequently. the
young American seeks the commercial
field, and in every American city.
especially in the west. one finds ut he
head of cultivation and progress men
whose rise has been due to successful
commercial enterprise. II Is well for
The. individual that success should be-
50 rewarded. and II Is vci for the
community. also, that the man OF bust
ness. who has gained his success ON
LEGITIMATE lines. should hc ItS leader
In a now and partly unsettled country
like America. 50 fortunately situated
as to need practically no foreign pol
icy, ana 10 fear no foreign enemies.
the creator or the distributor Of wealth
is far more valuable man than the
politician or the soldier.
The SaDguiucucs- OF the American Is
another feature especially striking 10
an outsider. The whole temper of the
people Is one OF hope. No youug man
enters life in any line without the
fullest belief that he l. coins I'D sue
cced, and going to make a great deal
of money. and do IL All very quickly.
This may he true of yoU" men every
where. but it is especially SD in the
states And men are Justified in their
youthful hopes
Practically any young man ot rea-
sonable brains and industry is sure To-
succeed. Openings are numerous. and
the sharp-witted American IL quick u
take advantage of them II is q Curl
ous fact. hut one that ] have often
heard employers of unsSillcd labor
comment upou. that none of their
worllmen were American born. unless.
possibly, some Of the foremeu. As an
EngIishman, I am glad To add that
rarely are Enrl,shmen either found a.
unslSilied laborcrs in American work
ShppS
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-12-29
EAIR WAS a DRAIN.
other Cities Grudge the Millions Speu
in Going to Chicago

other Cities GrudGe the Millions Spent
i'm Going to Chicago
The close of the worlds fair must
have an important effect upon the
business condition of the country. says
the New York Post. For six months
there has been a steady drain OF
money from ali parts of the nation
into Chicago money which but for
the exposition would have been eX-
pended in thousands of cities and
towns. Millions of people went to Chi
Cog. between the LIST of May and the
lSt OF NONS-~ler. and spent on the
average q large sum S. the round
trip. The st. Paul Pioneer Press csti
mates that there must have been at
least 100000 visitors from Minnesota.
and that it cost them on an average
$50 apiece for the journey and $50 cN-
penscS in Chicago. This would make
=. 600. 900 that was taken out of Mime
sofa by the exposition. We believe
that this not an over-estimate. We
observed the other day a statement in
an Iowa paper that no fewer than 450
people had gone to Chicago during the
season from one county seat in that
state.~and although a large proportion
of them went on cheap excursions,
lilclI average Ntht NH1a-
mated At S:i5 apiece. While there was
a great number of visitors from the
city and vicinity who paid but little.
the expense was heavy for people from
a distance, and there was a constant
stream to Chicago from the remoter
parts of the country.
If it be estimated that the 2l,500.0 600
admissions represented no more than
1000. 900 separate individuals, and that
the average expenditures were as little
as S25. this would mean the diversion
of 500. 600, 900 from the ordinary chan
nels of trade into the treasury of the
fair. the receipts of transportation
companies, the pockets of Chicago no
tel and clearinghouse keepers. and
the other classes who levied toll upon
the travellers. 1t must be remembered,
too, that the large part of this money
came not from the wealthy, but from
people who were forced to save in
and who consequently refrained from
expenditures at home which they
would otherwise have made. In this
way the fair has aggravated the nor
NAL effect of the financial depression
in almost every community. Its close
from thousands of points for half Il
year have been flowing toward Chica-
90 and will thus have a very percepti-
BILE influence in improving the business
situation
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-12-29
Microbes Not An Dangerous.

A physician tells the Cincinnati
Times-Star that the widespread fear OF
disease germs is entirely groundless.
Everything" he says. lis full of
germs or cruSted with them. but every
germ Is not harmful. Every disease
germ on the body does not produce a
disease. If it did there wouId not be a
person on the face of the earth to-mor-
row. People lived before disease germs
We're known and were as healthy as
they are to-day. They lived as care
fully as we do-perhaps more 50. We
cannot avoid contact with disease
germs, but we can do what is better
strengthen the body so that il resists
them as easily as a lion can a flea.
Some scientists pretend TO dcplore Il
lack of precaution people take against
germs. 1t is simply because the people
see, despite theories. that every germ
doesn't produce sickness any more
than every man is murderer. Every
man may possibly be one, but we would
not be justified in going armed on that
account"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-12-29
ESQUIMAUx USE TOBACCO.
They Mix the Weed with Fine Cut Wood
to Make 1t Go Farther.

They Mix the Weed with Fine Cut Wood
Make 1t Go Farther.
Perhaps there is nothing more pccul-
lar about the EsquimauX of Point Bar
row than their methods of using to-
bacco, which, of course, they procure
from the whites. They know good
from bad tobacco, says the Washington
Star. When they get hold of a few
plugs of commissary tobacco from a
vessel of the United States navy they
show a marked appreciation of it. The
habit of chewing the weed seems TO bc
universal. Men, women and even un-
weaned children keep quid, often of
enormous size, constantly in the mouth.
The juice is not spit out, but swallowed
with the saliva, without producing any
symptoms OF nausea.
These people. for the sake of making
their tobacco go further, cut it up very
fine and mix il with finely chopped
wood, in the proportion of about two
parts of tobacco TO one of wood. Will
low twigs are commonly used for thi,
purpose, possibly because they have
slightly aromatic flavor. The mode o.
smoking the weed thus prepared is
very odd. The smoker, after clearing
out the bowl of his pipe with little
picker or bone, plucks from his deer
skin clothing in some conspicuous place
n small wad of hair. This ne rams
down TO the bottom OF the bowl. the
purpose of il being TO prevent the fine
tobacco from getting into the stcIa and
clogging it up. The pipe is then filed
with tobacco, of which il only holds a
very small quantity. The tobacco Is,
then ignited and all of it is smoked
ont in two or three strong whiffs. The
smoke is deeply inhaled and is allowed
10 pass out slowly from the mouth and
nOstrilS.
The method of smoking would be
found exceedingly trying 70 any wh lite
man. In fact it usually brings tears
To the eyes of the Esquimau, often pro-
ducing giddiness and almost always a
violent fit of coughing. A native will
sometimes be almost prostrated from
the effects of single pipeful These
people carry their fondness for tobacco
so far that they win actually eat the
foul. oily refuse from the bottom of
the bowl, the smallest portion of
which would produce nausea in a civil
lied person. This habit has likewise
been observed in northern Siberia
They also eat the tobacco ashes, per
haps for the sake of the potash they
contain.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-12-29
AN OLD IDEA.
The German Poet. Goethe, For
Nicaracua Canal

Nicaragua Canal
DR.. julius CocL,I prof
Gcrmanic philol"gy and Iitr
Stanford university, says q.
received most "f hi-ilca~ au-
from his intimate frisrI H
father OF the science in Gcraia
in his turn. had been O Z
Baron Won Humboldt. They.
erroneous ideas, SAYS the
cisco Chronicle, but thar
priSing when il is consider
the middle Of the last cen'u
parts Of the earth We're supp
inhabited 10y giants and Ger,
parts by dwarfS.
Goethe conceived the on
consist Of earthly, sidcrraiau
clements. Each star, he th.
governed by a separate spI
of the earth was "a plr-u
known as the earth spirit.
personification Of the eteul
element Of nature.
Goethe's ideas Of the ge-
America are full OF Interest
was one hundred years ago
wrote, in speaking of cut.i
through the isthmu~ of Pan.
Humboldt suggests taa.
rivers on the iSthmus %
render the cutting ot % oau-
places more advisable iHl
ma. 1t would surprise U.
tine people of the ju.'u. 81
not before long have settle.
country west Of the Rocky
On the Pacific coast are 81
finest and most capaeIoa'
the world. ON these rrra
grow up. making q ship Cd"
the isthmuS an altuErthe
able thing"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-12-29

The hotel clerk who '' .'i
prize package 10 his 'mn''
some people love the easy
which blooms wis out r"..
then again, some don T. D."
who doesn't recently "at"'-
desk of a hoStclry.
''Can YOU give me- q |
house?" he asked. with the
who wanted the best
The clerk spried up a' o', .
II couldn't very Wr" -''.
of il. he replied, whir.iN-
around.
"Well, l guess soill'u.'-'
retorted the visitor, ah" T ~
his bag and walked ont '
Press.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-12-29

For twenty years the 81.
mcnt has been making d.
through its forestry STAT.
temperature Of the afro. a
the -oilin the forest l"
tions show that the tcmp.r
forests is always hrI'" W
ture outside. The temper
varies according totnr trees
the forests. A beech t"r,s
cooler than a forest of -a'
the trunks Of the trees.
always cooler than ia'
air. Regarding the tempe. '.-
soil. il is found that ln ..
temperature is invarta".l
of the air. Outside thc Ton
is always warmer than iar
mer and colder I'm winter.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-12-29
HE WARMED UP.
The Bank President Lost That Chilly
Feeling : cry SuddcnIy.


Feeling : cry SuddcnIy-
4 welI-l1ncwn contractor walked
into bank in this city tho other dav
70 c.ss,; check Ipr forty dollars. says
the Na-hingtoHI'-.zi tn paying teller
looked at the caaci- a.f-,,- minute
shcn counted out four huudr-a ,Ioua=--
and hauIcd IL t. the contractor. VINO.
although ne noticed the error. aaia not
"a word. bat rolled mp the bills AMI
wadIcd them down into his pocket.
This hapr.rsd in the maynil", and
about ty., o','ocI, "a" same afternoon.
before iy officials Df the bank had an
opportunity To discover The error the
coatractar walked i'lto the Office OF the
president of the bank.
lis this bank responsible for the
errors of It's clerlSs?" he asked the pres
idcut
If it can be proved that any of our
clerks have erred replied the prcsi-
dent, in a very chilly manner, I'VE viii
make the correction
..Well. nobody saw this error made
but myself. continued the contractor.
''and my word ought to be sufficient
proof, / think"
i am sorry. sir" said the bank pres
ideut- hut we shall have TO nave adj
ditional proof We require this in order
TO protect ourselves: that is all
Very well. sir" replied the con
tractor, risin" to leave. u am sorry I
cannot furnish what you demand. The
error referred TO was the payment OF
four hundred dollars for a check that
called for only forty dollars: bnt, rs
no one saw me receive the extra three
hundred and sixty doilara. l suppose
YOU viii not want to correct the mis-
take. Good day. sir
Hold on. Come bacl5," shouted the
bank president, who by this time was
very .widc-awal.e to the abyss To which
he had been led.
The rIattcr was soon adjusted salts
factorily. and now when any person
reports an error at that bank the first
question asked Is: TN whose favors'
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-12-29
MARIE ANToINETrGs REFUGE
Edgecomb, Ne. Was TO Have Been the
Home or the Ixllcd Princess

Edgecomb. Ne. Was to Have Been the
Home or the Exllcd Princess
There Is n building in Edgccomb, an
OLD square. white house, concerning
which an interesting story Is told
says the Lewiston Journal This ira
ditiuu is that AT the time Oi the French
revolution Capt Samuel Clough. the
owner Of the house. who sailed n ship
between Maine and Franco. was fcsI-
ga~cd 80 bring To this country no less
valuable treasure than the Uuiortu-
nauc queen. Mario hntoiurttc. aUd
that guantitics of rich stutfs, fuu-ni-
turc and silver We're put aboard hIs
ship for the use of the eNile, Who-e
destination was 10 have been this
same house. which then stood In West
port. 81 having been removed to tiIc
main lahi on raft sixty years arn, 1t
Is vet occupied by Capt. Coughs de
SccudantS.
One circumstance which lends con
frnatiu 80 this story j. that "a similar
legend attaches 10 a house in Dorchcs-
ter. Mass. the famous Swan mansion.
then owned by Col. Swan. who spent
much of his time in Paris, but who set
tied permanently in this country after
the French revolution, his house being
adorned in princely fashion. Now
Capt. CIough and Col. Swan had money
dealings together in Paris, Capt.
Clough in 1874 having mad Il contract
To purchase fifty thousand dollars
worth of lumber for the colonel.
What more likely than that Col. Swan.
who was a warm friend Of Lafayette,
should have engaged the Maine cap
tain 10 aid him in plan of such great
Importance as the attempted rescue
of the French queen, with which he is
credited
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-12-29
ELECTRIC LIGHT
Giant Beetles That A.
TO the Citit- (
Mammoth Winged Insec,,
Unknown Previous To m,
tion OF the NeU r.
minator.

Electric bugs have m,s
pearance in Pittsburrb 49,
the Dispatch of that cit,
study Of them.
These bugs were in A.
the country was first M
are very common in Fp-
tries. Before electric p.
known the bugs were .all.-
not often were specimen. -,
tained. As soon as cIr.,-.
peared in city, SD did 49,
The bugs resemble f
They have six legs or ID.
wings. a body like a b,.-r.
large eyes. Directly brfv.-
they have what b. caII.s..
their only weapon of d.s-
tl.-2G-cighths OF AN iara I.-
crowns ~. Their sting /, j
full, bu| it is not pof-.-
never fight unless int.rf.r.
Electric bugs do NOR.
harm. They eat mp the
sects, and it's novel w.-
too. of catching them Ifrl
iiy after insects o. ca-r. ]
would never captur. arr
upon their backs wifI ta.I
claws in the air. Then 4
them slowly 10 aud fr.
tract the attention uf rh..
soon as an insect aIieH.. r-
the claws it is promptly -
vOurcd.
The bugs make their ann.
soon as the warm weather Vt
are rather small al first
than a month they attain a
growth.
Some of them measure s-
inches in length and are bear
wide. They lay their rr-. N
tom Of rivers. II i-c-tfms..I
female bug win lay three
eggs in three month, during
time. The eggs remain 10
during the winter and are l..
the first warm wave.
Toward the end of the SUNNI
insects become scare. tl.t
small fishes and eat them A.
the bugs viii 20 after 20 small
stab il TO death with ther
They then carry the carcass ,.
10 the bottom Of the river sf
them for food many day,
These bugs can prap,l a
,rough the water faster H.
- KS fear them aithougI
ny fttaclled hl them ua.
are a. Nc caught These I'D
been *. IA 10 kin some 2.
finny spc= us.
The first 3. lwave that con
the bugs to'CNriver where
main until the frost kills thc.
they die they are eaten by 30,
a sort of poctical r-etrihuimt
They are more numerous +
now than at any other tm
bugs remain away from h
until daylight they cannot
way back TO the rivers uutHr
in again. Dayli rht has the Sag
on them as electric iirh.-.s.
high in the air instead uf I'M
against lamp globes. and con.
do not die from exhaustion.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-12-29

-Oregon's salmon fisheries produce
about 600,O00 cases year, and its wool
CLIP exceeds I6, ,O0O, 900 pounds. There
are $4,000 square miles of pine forests,
and the annual gold yield exceeds ST.
Oo0, 900.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-12-29
What She Was Thinking About.

The young woman had married and
there was great array of wedding
presents. She didn't seem TO care
about them, however
My dear" expostulated her mother,
who had made the match, lust see
these lovely presents; aren't you inter
ested in them?"
Not much," replied the bride. 'it's
the future I'm thinking about"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-12-29

An electric light of i'
candle power almost suiI
prehcnsion. Yet tins t'''
light is To issue from o
tower on Penmarch poin. 7
of Brittany. The beam "
twenty-five miles bet"r' y
horizon. and after that '
ficctad on the sky for
thirty-eight miles further. .
light on the coast Of the y
can only be seen twentl-''-
clear weather.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-12-29

A mouse lately Shove"
ence of mind on falling n
cream. 1t swan roullu
lently. until ii was able
on the butter. This ""s
Tid-Rits-
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-12-29
, DMINTSTRAToR's MOTT r.

4 DMiNTSTRAToR'S MOTT II.
~ Estate 81 Felix TooIe deceased
Letters Of administration on The estate OF Felix
T. ole De cased laie % Portage borough in Cam
orta county Pa having been granted TO the me
notice Is hereby given To all persons inde ted to
SAID estate 10 make aymeDt to me without de-
LAY; AID those having claims against said estate
wiu present tina N properly authenticated Tor set.
tiement. . M'UDNNEIJ
AcminIitrator oi Felix 1oOle. deceased
orta &c. Pa, dee -, lss3.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-12-29

H0uEH IIV WdU'T ~ |TVF m
d KS fear them. aithouga
nelS ATTACKED hl them u..
are 4. Nc caught. IA,-. %
been *. n To kin some 3
fuuy eag- ms
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1893-08-23
ECOS DE LA ESCENA,

! La heroina de aroche cs Amali
Rodriguez.
Su .7antenqnfsauO y su donaire lie
nan ell proscenios
A todos Jos papeles Sc adapta J
en- todas las situaciones luce sus ia
cultades como actriz de amplios re-
cursos y de extraordinaria ductilidad
escenica.
Puede pedirse mas tersura, mas
robuztez. mas evol1men a su voz
pero mas gracia a sus actitudes, mas
seduction sus movimientos no por
que de seduction y de gracia hace
verdadero alardc
Sc Ia obligo a repetir varios mime
ros de FL CORE I11g1o y de Nina Pan
eta. FL hielo entire la tiple y el p1-
bllco esta roto. La aplaudiran STEM
pre- los que rinden culto al genero
que ella con fortuna cultiva.
Los demas actores la secundaron,
sin desafnar, girando en- torno suyo
como los satellites en- torno de un as
tro.
Descollaban, desde luego, Bolivar,
ajustad1simo al caracter de los tipos
que da vida en- las tablas y Salazar,
que en- cada representation nos ofre-
ce nuevos testimonies de sus faculta
des comicas.
Marin Varona, en- la orquesta, muy
bien. Dirige con vigor su batuta
logra efectos magnifcos. Para juz-
garle es precise esperar que vengan
obras de mas empei1o; en- La Tempes-
tad y en- La Braga conoceremos fon
do sus talentos musicales.
Estas piecesitas en- I'm acto, ligeras
y faciles, son agradabilisimas; pero
no permiten aquilatar el merito de
una troupe lfrica.
La que act1a en- La Peyzo va ga, |
nando terreno y no serla aventurado |
una temporada regular.
x Maf1ana debuta Ell tenor Carbonell I
en- La Tempestad, zarzuela de expec-
taCulo y de grandes atractivos.
Irabaja tambien la senorita Gil del
Real, que es una cantante muy dulce,
? que supo arrancar aplausos caluro..
los en- Ell Rey que Ra5i6.
Nuestros amigos de Cuba nos ha-
'lan con entusiasmo de la joven ar
ista y de los triunfos que alcanzo an
e I'm auditorio tan culto como el de !
os teatros habaneros.
No sera nuestro aplauso el t1ltimo
ue vaya sus pies entire los ruidos {
e La Tempestad I