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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-02-23
AN ELASTIC CONSCIENCE.
The Sin OF IL Lay Only In Being Found
Out With Her.


The penalty attendant upon being
detected is the entire foundation of
many peoples honesty. A woman,
says a writer in the New York Recorder
in whose company found myself re-
Gently; was relating with pride an in
STANCE of her hrewdness. She re-
marked as preface to her story that
anyone who expected to get the better
of her would have to be an early riser
Said She
Il went TO the theater the other
night and after the play a lady who
sat in front of me asked me if the
umbrella under her chair belonged TO
me.
Il said no, and as no one else claimed
il she left il at the box office 1t was a
lovely umbrella with a silver handle
well, now the joke begins About
week later l went To the theater and
asked if such an article had been found
and if they had it / described il per
fectly and told when il was lost. |
didn't say 1T was mine, but just let
them infer il. IL was there still: the
owner had never called for it-proba-
bly, never knew where it had been left
They handed it out when l had an
swered all their questions, and I'm
that much in.
Il had just as good right to il as
the theater people, and il looked, after
"A week, as If the woman who found il
wasn't going to put in a claim I'm
going To get IA hat with the money j
saved by being wide awake, for in
tended to buy a new umbrella"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-02-23
STRANGELY CHRISTENEO.
Some Instances of the Queer Names Give
TO Negro Children.

some instances of the Queer Names Given
TO Negro Children.
1t is nothing new that the colored
people of the south are as fond of large
names as of bright colors, but the St
Louis Globe-Democrat furnishes two
or three new and comical EXAMPLES
The writer says:
/ knew an old negro in Tennessee
who rejoices in the name of Niagara
Falls His companions have shortened
II To Nlgger Falls, but he was really
christened after the great cataract.
l also knew colored woman who
proudly tells you that her name is
Virginia Georgia Alabama South.
Another, who enjoys the cognomen of
Amanda June Day is a school-teacher,
and signs her name A. June Day.
In Mississippi town 1 was passing
along side street, when a coal -bIaci,
negress came ont of door shouting.
GLORY! Glory Hallelujahr' thuugft
she was crazy, and stopped to see what
she would do next
She looked around a moment. and
then repeated her call, louder than he
fore. This time / heard the answer
from behind a fence
"Iere is, ma'am. What yo' want?n
"Nebber you min what i want; Won
come here
Immediately there appeared from
behind the fence one of the blackest
plccaninnies 1 ever saw, and on inquiry
l learned that his name was Glory
Hallelujah Jones.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-02-23
DAYS OF THE HOME MADE.
Times When the Farmers Clothes Were
Made at Home.

Times When the Farmers Clothes were
Made at Home
The cultivation of flax and the man
ufacture of linen were universal in the
early days of New England Nearly
every house in the country had cards
and great wheel and little wheel, reel
and swifts, and dye-tub in the kitchen,
and scarn. warping bars and loom IN
chamber or garnet. From the History
of Rochester" y. h, we Gull the fol-
lowing description:
Every farmer set apart a portion OF
his land for fax. 1t was an indlspen-
sable crop, and the manufacture OF OH
from the seed became a prohtabl
business.
The flax was carefully pulled up by
the roots and stacked in the field till
thoroughly dry, when the seed was
thrashed out. 1t was then soaked In
water for several days, and spread on
the ground to be vetted, frosty nights
helping to wbiten it.
After a suitable time it was slowed
away till spring, when it was brought
out to be dressed by use OF the brake,
the hatchel and the swingle. By TINS
means the flax was thoroughly bruised
without cutting, and the tow ana
coarse, woody parts separated from
the finer fibers of true linen. 1t was
then combed to complete the separa-
ton, and was ready for the wives and
daughters to spin and weave into gar
ments.
Woolen cloth was also made at home.
The wool was carded into rolls by
hand, and then spun and woven into
cloth.
All garments were likewise made at
home. not only for everyday wear but
the go-to-meeting dresses of the wom-
en- and the breeches for the men, even
the suits that the minister wore in
the pulpit and the clothes of repre-
sentatives 10 congress, all were home
made.
The first carding machine was intro
duced by Eliphalet Horne in 1911. 1t
caused much excitement in town, and
set the old people to shaking their
heads and asking what the girls would
have to do now.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-02-23
VlTIATEO AIR.
Impurity of the Atmosphere of Steam
Heated Buildings.


In an article contributed to the
Philadelphia Record by DIR. f. A. Ad
ans, the inquiry is propounded
whether the immense increase of
steam heated Office buildings, in which
the great majority OF rooms have no
adequate means for the renewal of the
air To he warmed, may not in large
measure account for the prevalence of
pneumonia among middle-aged men.
Many of these buildings, DIR. Adams
says, are admirably constructed to
keep out air, whether cold or not; this
very perfection contributing To their
sealed office rooms that abound in
business buildings the steam heats the
atmosphere 10 a delightfully."- comfort
able degree, and the occupant breathes
and rebreathes the air during zero
days when an open window cannot be
endured, the effect being To silently
undermine his powers of resistance, SO
that when he goes forth, exchanging
such tropical air for the keen breeze
of unrestricted nature, il happens
that, through some subtle change in
his system which has robbed his lungs
of their power of resistance, their ca
Pacity To endure the onset or transi-
tion is gone and the subtle poison of
unrenewed air does its deadly work in
the form of pneumonia.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-02-23
a MAN OF FEW WORDS.
The Novel EHpedisnt of . Dun-Ridden
Debtor.

The Novel Expedisnt of . Dun Ridden
Debtor.
He was a man of few words and fewer
dollars, says the Chicago Post He
didn't like TO be disturbed, and he
didn't like to enter into lengthy eN-
planation. When a man came in, took
a seat beside his desk and asked if he
could settle that little account it
wearied him TO say: Really, I'm sorry
but haven't got the money to-day"
And when the man suggested that II
had been running q long time II
wearied him still more to have to say:
Yes, | know it, but 1 have been very
short. I'll try TO have something for
YOU next week" There was too much
chance for a man to get pressing and
annoy him by stringing out the inter
view. He tried keeping away from
the office at the hour his creditors
usually came, but they changed the
hours of their calls, and he was still
bothered and annoyed by their impor-
tunities Just when he was busiest.
Then he hit upon a brilliant scheme.
He put in a day puttering around his
desk arranging things, and the follow
ing morning was ready when the first
creditor arrived. He never looked up
from his work as the creditor began:
Gould you" He simply pulled a
string and a placard appeared which
read: ''No"' The creditor walked sad
ly away without finishing the sentence.
He even forgot to ask when he should
call again. For three weeks now no
creditor has received a verbal answer
and the young man says it is great
relief. He can answer their questions
without stopping his work, and the
placard has discouraging effect that
makes them leave the sooner. His only
mistake has been when a man entered
hurriedly and began: Would you
like" He pulled the placard into
view and the man replied: ''Oh, very
we'll; | am in no hurry, if you are not ~
He looked up just in time to see that it
was man who owed him five dollars,
but il was too late to catch him
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-02-23
THE STORMY PETREL.
Queer superstitIons OF Old Sailors About
the Bird.

Queer Superstitions of Old Sailors About
the Bird.
One of the best known of the sea
birds is the stormy petrol. 1t is
oftenest seen during storms flying
above the waves in search of the she'll
fish and other small animals that are
brought to the surface by the tempest,
saws St Nicholas The sailors call
petrels Mother Carey's chickens,
and do not view them with much favor,
owing to their being constant compan-
ions of storms Jack" thinks that
rough weather may be expected when
he sees petrels about and is not quite
sure that they do not in some way
cause the tempest. When the bird is
on the lookout for its prey IL seems to
walk on the water. Hence the sea-
men of olden time, in allusion to the
Apostle Peters walking on the water,
called the bird petrol, from the Latin
PetreIlus, Little Peter"
So far from the sailor being super
stitious as to the capture of another
kind of petrol, the cape pigeon, which
is of black-and-white color and about
the size of tame pigeon, l have
known Jack" To take a hand occa-
sionally in capturing them as bit of
recreation during dog-watch.
In southern latitudes the cape pi-
geons follow a ship in thousands
common bottle cork is tied to the-end
of piece of thread and trailed astern
so that the cork touches the water.
This gives the required tautness to the
thread.
As the birds fly in clouds from side
to sid aStern some of them constantly
strike the thread with their wings and
the resistance is enough To turn them
over it, when the thread is wrapped
around the wing and the bird is hauled
ON board. In this manner | have seen
hundreds caught in day.
On one occasion a clipper ship carry
ing passengers To India captured
pigeons by hundreds and the surgeon
by some mischance succeeded in en-
tangling stormy petrol
Now, the doctor was an enthusiastic
naturalist and what To the sailors is
known as a ''land-lubber" is, he
was on his first voyage. The doctor at
once took the specimen to his cabin
and made preparations to skin and
preserve it. In hot haste deputation
of seamen, headed by the old gray
haired Sail-maker, came aft with a re-
quest that the petrol be set at liberty,
saying that otherwise the ship and all
on board would surely suffer.
The doctor, somewhat surprised, in
tended to set the bird free, but his en-
thusiaSm as naturalist prevailed
over the SuperstitiouS warning and
when the sailors had disappeared the
bird was added to his collection. The
fact soon became known forward
among the men and the doctor was re
garded with black looks by the crew
for the remainder of the voyage.
In the course of time the good ship
anchored in the Hugil river and that
day at dinner the doctor suddenly
died
There was a gathering of the sailors
around the windlass that dog-watch n
and the doctors sudden death was at
tributed by the superStitious sailors to
his slaughter of the stormy petrol.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-02-23

Great Britain has $50 900 miles ,,f
roads, which cost 500, 600. 600 and q Ooo
miles OF streets, which cost 600, OO0, OOo.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-02-23

The Somerville Journal has a story
of little Dorothy, six years old, who,
like other children, is a born egotist
She went out for a horse car ride with
her aunt She had her new purse with
her and was very desirous to pay her
own fare, bat her aunt said no You
are my guest" she explained to
Dorothy, $50 | must pay your fare, but
you may takethe ten cents and hand it
to the conductor, if you like" So
Dorothy took the dime and when the
conductor came along she handed it
to him in the most dignified manner
lie gave her quick look, and estimat-
ing that she was under the fve-year
limit, he rang in only one fare. and
handed back a tive-cent piece. which
Dorothy took without word. Wasn't
II strange" she asked after she got
home, the conductor took my fare.
but he didn't charge Aunt Alice any
fare at alp"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-02-23
nUE DISTRICTS FROM UNSEAT-
IL ED LANDS. 1892 AND 1893
MORTGAGES AND JUDGMENTS
AN1 DIE CDIINTN

NUK IGAGES AND JUDGMENTS
AN DUE COUNTY.
Judgment VS. W SieneIs and Lucy Keogh s Al 81
Mortgage, vs. John K McCloskey ct al 90 on
VS. Elizabeth and Casper George q -
VS. Margaret Diaz ct VII, q. 90
VS. Mccartney David Falcon
=. and w c. Sexton ----------------- 67 50
vs. Peter Mcclure iTe.--------. "a 70
vs. James b. Clark and Edw Clark 40 *
vs. CaTon Leahey y------ "a 90
A ]. Watt and John M Watt IoI 10
. VS. haItzoe ,-..----------..-- 10 %
vs. John Ream and Stewart w
Ream ------,ss----------- -.s---..-.-.----- 4ooo
VS. Albert Crook and r. n. BuIk az 90
VS. John Yaumtsky and Ann
Yunnstky ---;-------,-.---..------. SH
VS. B. ] McFeely and A. ]. Farrell S So
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-02-23
DON'T KNOW HOW TO EAT.
Too Many Americans WoefuIly Deficient
In That Branch OF Education.

Too Many Americans WOefully Dehcient
in That Branch of Education.
when my children get to the proper
age" said the man who was smoking a
briar pipe, Il intend TO have them
taken in hand by some competent per
son and give them thorough instruc-
tion in the art of eating, and, further,
in the science of finding out what to
eat and ordering"
What do you mean?" inquired
Buffalo Express man who sat next to
him.
Il mean this: The average American
citizen is woefully deficient in knowl-
edge of what he can get to eat. He
falls down when it comes to ordering
a dinner. The great majority of people
in this country are brought up frugally
at home and do not know anything but
the cOmmOnest dishes. The cOnSe-
quence is that when a man goes into
a restaurant for dinner or to a hotel he
gazes helplessly at the bill of fare and
sees many things of which he does not
know the component parts. lie dares
not order anything that he is not sure
of for fear of ridicule, and he falls back
on roast beef and mashed potatoes.
The fact is, he doesn't know anything
but roast beef. Same way IN reStaur-
ant When a waiter shoves bill of
fare under a mans nose nine times out
of ten he will look it over and then say:
Gimme steak and some fried pota-
toes Now, the man who does this
day after day doesn't want roast beef.
He is sick unto death of steaks and
fried potatoes. He loathes ham and
eggs. and vet he keeps on ordering
them in dreary and dyspeptic success
sion, because he doesn't know any
better and he is too proud to confess
his ignorance. It's that way with me.
and I'll bet it's that way with most of
you. | am going TO relieve my children
of all these things They're going to
know what's what when it comes to
eating. No roast beef dominationr
shall be my household slogan"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-02-23
\ Strange Plant.

In the island of Reunion is a plant
known as the wild orange, which pro-
duces a fruit, green at first, afterward
blush, and verging into purple as 1t
ripens. This has been tested and
found to make beverage in every
way equal to- coffee and at a much
lower price. The product is called
''mussaenda," and can be used
alone or mixed with pure coffee 1t is
announced that about twenty-four
thousand acres of this plant are now
being cultivated. 1t is most likely,
however, that ehicory, more than cof-
fee, will suffer from the introduction
of 'mussaenda."
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-02-23

-She-'How can we keep them from
hho"lhg that We are bride and
groom? He-"oh. if anyone asks me
II you are my wife I'll say: No. ~
BROOKLYN Life.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-02-23

He Was a Little Afraid. -Waggley
is this watch adjusted to all posi-
tions?" Jeweler-''It is" Waggley-
We'll, if there's no danger To fellow
who is awkwardly situated with re-
gard to the sheriff, III buy it"-Jew-
oAers Weekly.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-02-23
$3.50 So
A MOUNTS REC EIVED FROM
"A REDEMPTION OF LANDS

4 MOUNTS PAID ON REDEMP-
IA TiON OF LANDS
, 1894-12-05

into the Caribbean, south Of Guadeloupe.
to the coast of Cuba. In this regard
the October storm is IN striking
contrast with its predecessor for
although it commenced about 200 miles fur
ther to the south and actually appears to
have had its centre south of ST. Vincent, il
began at once to curve towards the north in
such a manner that it crossed the track of the
former storm ana passed as neartO Santa
Cruz and s.. Thomas a. that storm did,
Thus is explained how it was that We, here,
were taken by surprise by this storm. After
learning Of its great distance to the south
we concluded that it was certain to pass us
at a similar increase Of distance, not allowing
for its making such a rapid northing. Tho
storm centre crossed the west end OF Porto
Rice on the morning of Sunday the l4th and
made its way up the Atlantic, ouryIn9 back
ward around Newfoundland and the coast Of
Labrador.
Two other tropical cyclones occurred in
Oct ber,one commencing between Yuc tan and
tie West end Of Cuba and passing t rough
the eastern States; the other originating
about 2G0 miles north Of the Mona Channel
ana proceeding in the usual, curved course,
to the Banks of newfoundland.
, 1894-12-05
1.-THE AVIS,
ChristiansteA, St. .Croix,
Wednesday, 9Th December.

In an article reprinted not long ago in the
St. Thome Ijdsnde reference was made to
a~strologerS, aud the remark, 'for there are
such people was parenthetically added. Yes,
indeed, "there are such people, and it is one
of the wonders Of this enlightened age that
the peculiar form Of darkness with which
these people deal not only continues to exist,
but occasionally to make itself "felt." One
would suppose that the spread Of elementary
knowledge Of astronomy would long ago have
silenced these people by depriving them OF
readers and Of people willing to publish their
nonsense. Practically, however, it is not SO;
for not only do they get a large sale for such
productions as Zadkiel's almanac, but they
manage, it seems, to get articles inserted
sometimes IN newspapers Of wide circulation.
We should, of course, look in vain for such
articles in the higher class Of newspapers,
among which astTology is never mentioned
except to laugh at it, but it is evident that
they appear somewhere. Only last week ar
article Of the sort under the head of planet
airy Disturbances was reprinted in the st.
TR0mG Tidesde, the name Of the paper from
which it was taken not being given. The arti-
ole is a tissue of nonsense from beginning to
end and we must confess to some surprise that
our st. Thomas contemporary should consl-
der it worth while to find room for it IN his
columns. One function of a newspaper Is to
help to eBlighten the world; but the publlca-
ton of SUCH an article, without ally comment,
as if it were a real contribution to knowledge
or had any value whatever, cannot be regarded
as going in that direction. In a certain ~sense,lt
is true, such things are curious, as exhibiting
the survival of a deiusiOn at one time much fH- .
lowed but then their publication should be
accompanied with notes indicating its pur-
pose, and putting readers on their guard. 1t
ought to be made clear as far as possible that
real science knows nothing of the marvellous
effects Of those planetary influences" that
the as~trologera talk of Influences which on
the surface of the globe itself are infinitesimal,
and in the world of history or OF individual
experiences are nOn-existent.
The "Pilot Chart of the North Atlantic"
for N ovember, which came to hand by the
Madiana, possesses unusual interest for West
Indians, as it contains the tracks of the two
cyclones which originated near these islands
in the past hursicane season, namely the
storms q September and October. The
course of the September storm had
already been deliniated to a considerable
extent on the previous chart, but now
appears with It's whole course shown far
into the northern Atlantic and down to
the 4th of October. Its course through The
West Indies, in the light of further
information, has been laid down with
some . changes; the new line follows
the south Gnstead Of the north coast
of Cuba, and the curious backward bend in
the curve shown in the first chart thus
disappears The course Of the storm is,
however, unusua ly Straight from its entrances
, 1894-12-05
I Z Z C e A NJ s
ST GROIN STATION.

New York, Zee. lst-The New ork Times
publishes a letter from Washington stating
that the vic torious japanese are now ad
vancing on Moukden, the so-called sacred
capital of Manohuria and the home of the
reigning Chinese dynasty. Other advioes
state that the capture Of Weihaiwel by the
Japanese is daily expected.
The Pail Mall ,%azeTte, in its column Of
military intelligence, publishes a despatch
from Chefoo, III which 1t psserts that peace
negotiations are proceeding SO satisfactorily
that a large number Of foreign ers are re
turning to Pckin. Similar reports have also
reached Washington.
\ despatch from the London correspond
ent of a New York paper states that the
Barring list was ope ned yesterday tor sub
scrlpt;ous, and that London alone covered
the amount required several times over. See
bulletins 22nd and 23rd ultimo.
Senior ii. Guzman, tn NicaraguAn Minister
at Washington, has received a telegram from
the President Of Nicaragua stating that The
Mosquito Indians have unanimously agreed
to abandon their claim of independence, also
that they viii be incorporated as citizens
of that country.
Senior Guzman, on being interviewed on
the subject, believes that this action on the
part Of the Indians forever settles the
question of Chieftainship, which post Will
now be vacated.
The Central News Agency OLondor) reports
that the new Papal Budget shows 3 reduction
of sixty thousand dollars in expenses, this
being in consequence of large reductions in
subsidies to newspapers and to the poor
fund.
A despatch from The Vienna correspondent
Of a London paper declares that the King
of Seryia has recalled the 6ervian Minister
from ST. Peters burg, owing to his uusatis
ia tory reception by the Russian Court,
combined with the mis- er's failure to
inform the King Of the Cars attitude
towards him.
St. Thomas, December 3r1-PaSsengers Per
Orinooo, Mr.. Faber, Mr.. Kramer.
New York, Dec. 3rd-Londsn news an
nounces that the Zines" in an editorial,
expresses the opinion tht- the Manchester
Ship Canal approving financial and CONNER.
DIAL failure. The earnings for the past
eleven months are seventeen thousand pounds
sterling below the expenses, and are still
decreasing, consequently a financial disaster
is feared.
The Daily News reports that Lord Rosebery
purposes receiving a delegation regarding
the Armenians'. Respecting the latter a
despatch from the Athens correspondent of
a London paper states that a committee has
called the attention of the Siguatorjes Of the
Berlin treaty, imploring action under article
81, 1t is also stated that Lord Kimberly
recently gave Rustem Pasha, the Turkish
Ambassador in London, a serious warning.
Another London paper expresses the
opinion that Russia will occupy Armenia on
behalf of England. This is considered to be
the first fruits Of the new Anglo Russian
entente.
Other London news states that Parliament
will meet during the first week in February
next.
The late Professor Froude's will orders the
destruction Of all his papers, including the
imprinted Carlyle documents.
, 1894-12-05
UNCLAIMED LETTERS IN FREDERIK.
STEDS POST OFFICE.
DoiS

Joseph II. Arthur, sIary Bushly. Mary
Cooper, Alice B4hagen, Henrietta Bal>am.
Augusta GODDARD Main Williams. Robert
Williams, Mary Ann Edwards. John Garvey
John P Hendricks, Mary A.. James, Joseph
LASTLY, WiIto1d Roberts, SaIomi Richard,
BicharI. Caroline Richmond. S A. smith.
John Faens, \. Williams, Hugh I. Williams.
Unpa d.
Louisi. Anderson, James Brady, E. P.
Bridgeman, Mary Beal.y j. A. Christian,
Cathrine Heyliger, Casper Howell, James
Joseph, Capt. G. II. Ryder, Sarah ]. Tate,
Miss ?. Thomas.
Erederik ted Post Office 30th November
1894.
L. RICHTER.