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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-10-12
DRAWBACKS OF FREE LIBRARIES
The Particular Book You Want l. Always
out and the system of Fines Annoying.

The Particular Book You Want l. Always
Out and the system of Fines Annoying.
Here i one mans experience OF
free circulating library: Il gave my
reference and took out my first book
II was good 10 scan the library list and
see the amount of literature l could
read free. The second time / wrote.
according 10 the rule. the list of "a abaI-
i>tic figures which index the book. and
after nearly half hours delay / was
told that the one / wanted was out
Then put down fresh sets Of figures
ami wasted more half hours. hut they
were ,all out. until / finally took iu
desperation q book recommended me
hy the young woman who disappears
for such am age to make the searches
This huuk proved ~u uuiutcr,~tiu-r that
! brought IL back next day aud again
went through the figure list hu~iu,-~
and the half hour uf waiting. until !
wound mp hy repeating my previous cN-
p,.riyucy and taking "a book by recon
uyuGariuu
Il threw IL aside uu reaching home
ami forgot I had it until "a postal warn
iu- me uf tu, due II one cent for every
day over two weeks in which ! had IL
had now ~yt in ] turned mp with IN
when eight cents were due. took uut
another ] didn't want and forgot il
until eleven cents were due. kept up
the business Of figure lists. waitingS.
buul,> ] didn't call for and fines after
ward throughout "a year until might
far better have bought straightout the
book, ! wanted. hut never got.
AT last one time with book in my
Possession left town. 4 siege OF
pu>tal> and uf visits from a mysterious
looking man kept my servant busy I
had forgotten all about the book and
my friends were indignant over the
dunning Of this individual. On my re
turn To town | found that my refer
ence had been called upon to pay for
the book which | was in the position
of having stolen from the library. and
that my reputation was in an unpleas-
ant fix l now pay for my books
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-10-12
CHINESE WARRIORS.
PracticinC with Bows and Arrows-Bomb
shells Filled with Mud

Shells Filled with MUD
Rev W. E. Crocker, who went from
Louisville as Chinese missionary,
writes of the war in China as follows
saws the Louisville Courier-Journal;
Just outside the city of Ching Chow
Flu is a garrison of Tartar soldiers As
| walked on the wall one day | saw
some bow, and arrows: Just think,
bows and arrows in this day of repeat
ing rifles and Krupp guns
The government of China is not
Chinese. but Tartar. over three hun
dred years ago a Chinaman by the
mamie of Ii drove the last emperor of
the Ming dynasty from his throne in
Pekin- This emperor was sent beyond
the great Chinese wall to the nation of
fierce Tartars. who lived in tents and
engaged in much war. The Tartar
king came down and drove out Mr.. Ii,
and instead of reinstating the rightful
emperor. took the throne himself. He
ordered the Chinese men to shave the
front part of their heads and plait their
hair into a cue. and the women To un-
bind theirs. The men obeyed, the
women did not. The Tartar women do
not bind their feet, and the court
ladies and most of the soldiers wives
are Tartars. 80 really China Is a sub
ject nation To an outside power. There
l. very little connection between the
government and the people The pres
cnt emperor has just recently come of
age and some think that he will be ia
vorable to many reforms in China. He
Is studying English, and has inter
course with the representatives from
foreign governments China has no
conscience. and until the name of Jesus
shall teach them to have a conscience
no kind of reform or advance in science
can help them They have fine silver
mines. fine gold mines, fine old wells.
fine resources as yet untouched, and IL
il impossible to utilize them until
China can depend on a Chinaman to do
his duty cOnscientiously.
DIR. Crawford was telling how in the
war with France several years ago. a
shell was shot from a Chinese gun into
a French ship. and they expected an
explosion which would seriously in
jure the vessel 1t did not explode.
They got skilled men to extract the
dangerous shell from the timbers of
the ship. and, after much care, the
shell was taken out and carefully
opened. to be found filled with mud,
The willy Cinnamon, having no con
science. extracted the powder, sold il
and put in the mud"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-10-12
They Must Cure

Medical skill is at a rather low eb b
throughout Russia, and not without
cause. An American physician. tempt
ed by the enormous fees so frequently
paid 10y the nobility, went to St Pc
tersburg and within year had lu-
crative practice. Then he was called
in to attend a baron who was suffering
from lung trouble. The doctor gave
his patient the best of care and skill.
but the baron died. and the widow
promptly sued the doctor for damages
for unSlSillful treatment. The unlucky
American was sentenced to pay a fine
of one thousand roubles and undergo
an imprisonment of thirty days. Under
the circumstances il is not surprising
that the physician left Russia as soon
as he got out of Jail, and nothing cou Id
tempt him to return
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-10-12
with the Naval Reserve.

when we are off on the ship for
practice during the summer" said nv
friend, 1--WE get lots of fun out of life
While on watch we go around amongst
the sailors and get acquainted and
talk of matters nautical
'One day, just after we had taken
on board the mem bers of the New York
reserve, l asked one of the old tars
how he liked our new friends.
Don't like 'em at ALL he said.
They won't talk with you nor do
anything but go around with their
heads up. as if they bossed the whole
affair. But now with you Boston fell
lers it's different. We like you first
rate; you aren't so stuck up.
"I'll tell you just how it is he
added, confidentially. Them New
Workers is ge,1tLen1enf f"-Harper's Mag
aZine
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-10-12
AUSTRALIANS GOLD MINES.
Two Young Adventurers Who struck
Great Ronanza in That Country.

Two Young Adventurers Who Struck a
Great Bonanza ip That Country
Some big stories are current OF the
richness of the Coolgardie gold fields
in western Australia, and particularly,
saws the Scientific American. of one
mine in the district discovered by two
Young adveuturerS named Bailey and
Ford. The former, while prospecting,
found forty-tiVe ounce nugget stick
ing out from d reef in big mountain
of quartz. As quickly as possible
claim was staked out but in spite OF all
precautions much valuable surface ore
was stolen before a proper guard could
be eSta blished.
The monthly output from the mine
now amounts To 1000 ounces. From
thirty tons Of ore picked from bulk
OF l,iOO tons 5000 ounces Of gold were
obtained. and the remainder Of the
stone i expected to yield from nve To
six ounces To the ton. ont of go tons
raised from depth OF fifteen feet
twelve tons were picked. giving $500
ounces Of smelted gold From another
part Of the mine four tons selected out
Of 100 tons of ore yielded l-IGJ ounce
OF gold Some Of the other returns oi
picked stone were: Five tons from 80
tons for 1000 ounces. two tons from
seventy tons for guO ounces. four tons
for 900 ounces and thirty y-fivc hundred
weight for 500 ounces. Some ot the
surface is - rich in gold that ounces
can sometimes be picked out in "a few
minutes" Down tu the tifty-fout level
only it i estimated that gold To the
amount of 10000 ounces Il now in
sight 1t i as yet too soon u speak
about the prospects of other claims
which have been pegged out in and
around Coolgardic. Very few of them
have got beyond the rudimentary stage
of prospecting claims. although re
ports have been received of some val
uable finds. among which may be cited
a reef carrying ten ounces to the ton.
and the discovery OF nuggets OF fifty
two ounce weight on a field forty-five
miles distant The population of the
place amounted to about I.5OO some
weeks ago. but since then has dimin-
ished in consequence OF the terrible
hardships which must lee encountered
there. owing to the climate.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-10-12
RIDING IN A RICKISHA.
Experience of American Traveller will
the Human Horses of Japan.

n
the Human Horses of Japan.
The most novel. and withal natu-
raj. sensation | ever experienced re
garding ricllishas and their human
horses was on a certain occasion when
driving, or rather being pulled. in
Tokyo. writes Walter Rogers FurncsS
in September Lippincott's. l was idly
watching Il ricllisha ahead of me. which
was bowling along at a gOodly rate
and contained two young Japanese
girls most deliberately dressed. All of
a sudden. to my horror and alarm, the
hub of the ricllisha struck sharply
against the hub Of another ricl.ish go
ing in the opposite direction with 80
severe a shock that their collie pitched
forward on his head. breaking both
shafts. and the two girls rolled out on
top Of him. We're il not for the mud
the tumble was IN reality no more Sc
we're nor dangerous than that of fall
ing of d chair. Nevertheless. without
stopping to reason, | took an inStan-
taneous flying leap over my collic's
shoulders. landing close to the over
turned riclIisha. seized a girl in each
hand and dragged them clear of the
wreck and the east stced. OF course
without the greatest promptitude on
the part of the collie on the ground.
entanged in the harness. would in his
struggles kick the girls brains out or
else get up Snorting and terrified and
trample them to death before he bolt
ed up the street with the broken shaft
dangling at his heels.
l have a recollection of even think
ing. as soon as the two girls We're in
place of safety. that l ought to dart
back and sit on the colIie's head while
some one got the harness off. All. but
the two poor Japanese maidens, What
could have been their sensations when
they We're suddenly and rudcly
grabbed by a Withholding foreigner
dragged through the mud and bundled
up against a wall? All. forsooth be
cause that big. ugly foreigner was
afraid OF very timid, apologetic and
bruised little collie.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-10-12
FHEENAEN ETERSY AND
IaAW ~lTTItF

Vet to-day. in consequence II this
trivial error in urthugraphy he il an
huuurrd citizsn q the Pink Mink re-
lriuu~
Kelly and Lane became involved in a
heated controversy over WALLER
hound and Kelly had Lane arrested
a. k-rp the psacr. squire Frvvmaeu
was Boz trouble how hr should draw up
the paT--r~- After a thuruugh ~sarch
/. fuTm was found Boa the statute under
the head -\alvraut Act The words
APPEARED Boa brackets John pu- and
Richard Eu.N The squire was in a
quaudry what % do. and called iu his
next hr>t friend to help him out. His
friend insisted that William Kelly
and George Lane" was proper. but the
squir1a stuck To- 10 that John Doe and
Richard Roe was proper, and no argu-
ment would convince him otherwise.
and his docket reads -'tJohn Roe and
Richard Roe are vagrantS and stand
committed To Jail until fines and costs
are paid. Kelly vs. Lane paid their
fines
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-10-12
VILLAGE LIFE IN MEXICO.
\ Humdrum Existence with But Few At
fractions.

4 Humdrum Existence with But Few At
fractions.
a glance about the streets reveals
great monotony of color and outline,
writes T. J. Hughes, in the Chautau-
quan. Unbrollen lines of one story
houses form narrow, dirty. gutterlike
streets. The yards and gardens which
make. with their semitropical trees
and plants, delightful interior courts.
whose abundant foliage hides the
houses of the village at distant view.
are now themselves concealed. and
everything looks barren and desolate.
The only relief is the plaza with the
cool and delightful shade of thicLIy-
planted orange. banana and palm trees.
The ancient appearance of houses
and streets is more like what one
would expect To find in Jerusalem than
in nineteenth century republic
Oriental features are everywhere com
mon-women carrying immense water
jars. passing to and fro: Sleepy-eyed.
lazy donkcys loaded with cane until
nothing but their ears are in sight.
prodded along by the sharp-pointed
sticks of mercileSS masters: dirty.
ragged and often naked children wal
lowing in the dust; and great-vheeled.
ancient-lool<ing oX-carts, with immense
loads, women. burros. children, carts.
Struggling along in the middle of the
street. The muddy waters of the Rio
Grande separates Us from a people
more different from ourselves than
many across the waters.
Life among the young folks is of hut
few attractions to one who has expert
enced its enjoyments in the United
States. All innocent amuSement> prac-
ticcd 10y Us are unknown. There are
no parties. no reading circles. no pub
lie gatherings of young people. No
means are employed to bring the sexes
together To enjoy each others society.
the young man not even being per
mitted to visit his sweetheart at her
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-10-12
SOURCES OF THE MISSOURI.
Half "A DoEen Streams Combine To Porn
the Waters of the Big Muddy.

Half "A Dozen Streams Combine to PORN
the Waters of the Big Muddy.
Since the time when Lewis and Clarke
assembled the Missouri river in "A row
boat. occupying the better part of the
years lSul-2-3. equipped 10y the United
States government for the purpose of
exploring the country along and al the
source of the Missouri river. the stream
has become familiar a. far a. the head
OF navigation, Fort Benton. Mont Be
yond that point saws the New York
Evening Post. il Is vet comparatively
unknown. The actual headwater of
the Missouri. or what should be known
"a such had IL been intelligently named
II DE Lacy'S or ShOShonc lake. in th,
National park. This lake. a consider
able body of water, is the source of the
Madison river and forms with the. river
the drainage outlet for most of the
waters of that portion of the National
park. The Gallatin. or left source of
the Missouri. is formed by two streams
the East and West Gallatin. which
unite about Il mile above its junction
with the Missouri The Madison and
the Gallatin are both somewhat smaller
than the jefferson. Had Lewis and
Clarke assembled the Madison instead of
the jefferson, which, being the larger
stream. they naturally mIstooS for the
continuation of the Missouri. they
would have discovered the famous
gcySers in Firehole basin, Shoshone
lake. and all the country which is now
incorporated within the limits OF the
National park. The Big Hole and the
: ''caverhead rivers flow into the Jeffer-
-'on at Twin Bridges, n few miles from
the confluence of the jefferson with
the Missouri, so that in reality there
are SIX considerable rivers. all Joining
one another within radius of a few
miles, which unite to form the longest
river in the world, measured from the
gulf to the heart of the Rocky noun
tains.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-10-12
where Do Looking-GIas.es Go?

What becomes of the looking glasses?
The annual manufactures in Europe at
the present time is about eighteen
hundred and fifty square yards of look
Ing-glaSs- Can it be that to their de
struction much of the ill-luclx of the
race Is due? Glass mirrors are sup
posed To have been first used in SidOn.
and were very expensive for a long
time after their introduction. a letter
written in 1878 says that even if mir
rors had been manufactured in France
at that time only the king would have
been rich enough to have one. In
ancient times polished metals were
used, and grand ladies gave their mir
rors in charge of slaves to be kept
bright enough to faithfully reproduce
the charms of their owners.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-10-12
Some Names Not Allowable

4 workingman of Dresden lately
proposed to register his newborn child
as Robespierre nanton The registrar
declined to put down so revolutionary
n name. and the father refused to reg
lister the child at all, except by mum
ber The matter was taken before the
courts. the workman was fined, and
the decision given that in monarchial
states such names are not allowable
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-10-12
4 Russian Charm

The Russian method for young girls
to find out when they will be married is
for party of them to assemble and
take off their rings and drop them into
a basket of corn. stirring the grain
meantime till all the rings are hidden
and then hen is brought in and in
vited To partalSe of the corn and the
owner of the first ring uncovered will
be the first to enter matrimony.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-10-12
Her Face Her Fortune.

Queen Nictoria's newest maid of
honor, Miss Majendie, owes her en-
trance TO royal favor TO a curious bit of
chance She happened to be singing
In a church choir one day when the
queen was present at Divine services
and her majesty was so greatly pleased
with the fresh sweetness of the girls
face and voice that she invited her to
fill the place coveted by the young girls
of the English aristocraey. The offer
was the last thing Miss Majendie her
self expected
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-10-12
MISSING LINKS

PoIICENHN In Austria "
stand tclvEraVng
PATTI has "a gold w....
fourthS of AN inch ,r
OVER 2onu,a P..~'s.
every day ia the 2 Ha..
II France Belgium ar-
European cauur--.~ --.
held on sunday.
CANADA'- divorce -.r 81.
ty years have ju~- "..H
they amuun. II uu.-
THE water THAI r#-
at Niagara l. wa~..'.
al the rate Il IiEe E-r.-~
THERE are mn-.
California than iu a-.
the union uue county
hundred and fifrE-r..H
ACCoErI~a ta r..r L..-
there are gaaa ~.----
that tn frictiHu Ht r---
cause Of li-hiu!u-
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-10-12

The hay maker
prairies. and for thar -.-..
hilly and mouutaiu.--
America can form -..
the hardNhip~ thatrl. ..-=-.
Of switzerland have, -...--.
TO gather the winter .-
their cattle
Nildheuer- says rh. ras- +
Ocean, Il the name -a.
peasants - men ana
climb the rocky paE~
during the month .s
September and gather -r
that grows on alma>- -.- +
isolated grass pla-- .r Il
precipiceS and r..- +
glaciers The reaG.- Is
Schiller's graphic g..-..--.
fraternity in Willia- Tell
in the third scene ar -..
GesSler, the govern ..s /!
Jri- appruaches down o. Fl
kueSSnacht pass with -.--.
side Before him j. --.s
overgrown with Irr~l.--..-
the poor wife II q r,-.....--...
her children In front .- -a..- Il
horse and heg~ frr -H.. -. Il
husband who i> r.-.....- II
prison bars. and .l.- H.. II
llarras, the adjutaur. disks II
are YOU woman. and ........ III
hand2- he receive -E... str- Fl
in reply: II
A poor wild-hav man .- r....-.
Kind >lr. who Uu rl.. ..r.. .. III
Muw~ down rl. -.-l--
shelves
To which the E-rE gar-... II
Uarra>, the hH--rr-
stricken. and thus .--.-..... II
petitioner
By T.eaveu A>.s a-|- II
] urifErs. rr.E. rH. a-r.-
Huu graz -H..E..r DTS
His an~rla rl-....- .- Fla.- II
To the woman. Il:
You shall nave l.r... r.-....... Ii
Your ~uit. this rn L:
And, indeed. ua u.. -. ..- II
cuVatiuu can i-- .ma .r... IL
II lahuriuU~ ami rH. .a...-. Il
mowers and raspr~ a--.-H -. IL
and Alpine ~ha,.- rl.. ~
where goats and Sheep oh. -.- II
To- Eraze. much l,-~~ rl, E-- III
The muuntaiucer~ here are %
never asSailed hoy vrr-.-. a- III
troubles. which must f,. a--.--. II
10y heredity and constant elm
perilou> heights. Eu- f.- -. u
only such men and women raa-a.
who can find uo other nr->
with To keep the wolf from ,f III
These are the folks who -g II
the balance IF the year ~ nd /
low wages hv day iu village IL
or a. wood-chuppv-~ and ue III
ing the winter Igl.r-.~ - II
holders IN this vicinity -.- III
whole years supply af mll5. I
cheese ON single rHr.. ana -. /
hay on the mountains H.-. IL
shines during August and > /;
Every canton Ia >w.rn-r-- /
hay laws which ~e- apart -r In
during the Year for aar -.-- .-
which appoint THE Very .ar tF
the work may lra e.aurl.. liz
imposing many other .arr- Ir
nances and regulations Sc L
the hav iaE ha~r.ul.-r I..--. II
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-10-12

is stamped in the best watch
cases made. 1t is the trade
mark of the Keystone Uatck
Case Company, of Philadelphia,
the oldest, largest and best
known factory in the world
1900 employees, capacity 1000
cases daily. Its products are
sold by all jewellers. 1t makes
the celebrated Jas. Boss Filled
WatcA Cases, now fitted with
the only bow (ring) which can
not be pulled off the case-the
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-10-12

Increased Facilities.
SHDeriOr " iOTk-DiHnSjsiD.
FiFSt-CIn.SS .UafeTi1I.
.HOderate Charges.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-10-12

The most rtmarS-. ..-, 81 Z.
rapid growth w-~ p. u
French acadcmy IN -.-. =, 4
six years of aEe. five IT.. ST.. 81
height. At thu age ' 5-.st
changed. n >iN his ~.
and he appeared % .--'-. man -
possessed great physical
could easily lift 4" MS
carry bags of gram -
hundred pound-- lii>
rapid as his growth.
and beard were -I-.
tered in his walk A'> -
and his hands .e'-', - 4
twelve ne died Win
sign Of extreme old AH'
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-10-12
origin - tn, Chmr.r 10.

It seems that u WAS -.
Of the ancient Chimes.
head and wear "a su,. l
tom brought I'm l.E rlr ---.
nearly three hundred
they forced Il upon ',
provinces. The result "-'
Chinese were driven
the inhabitants ~ ta-t
they yielded to the
TartarS stipulatca tHa' .-..
permitted 10 pr,~,-E,
dress. - the tu-,aT.~. ID.
head. but wear thelr A-..
cestors wore II tHur
ago. a manner which IS
only on the stage
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-10-12
HAZARDOUS HAYN
On Alpine Heights W.
and Sheep Fear u %

BrsWny Swiss Maids SoB.-.-.
Grass in Maseulins 1...-- 3
Rocky Region and I-Ia...- ''-t
Who inspir,-I >-r.u.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-10-26

i.eAke, Miss Donna Wills and Mr..
Schooler Fox. Miss Grace Brown ana
Mr.. E. L. c. Scott. Miss Minnie Wills ana
Mr.. II. NJ. Parker, Jr. Miss Amelia Kerr
and Mr.. II. c. Whitehead. Miss FANNIE
Brown and Mr.. d. @. Whitehead. When
the wedding party arrived at the ehurcn
the organ. under the able management
OF Mrs. II. f. Blackwell. sent 1orth tne
beautiful and inspiring Lohengr'ns mareh,
The bridesmaids and groomsmen ehte1eo
the large door. passing TO the slde aisies'
each couple crossing In front OF the cnah
Gel. the maids taking position INSIDE OF
the rail. facing the audience. WINE tne
Rroomsmeu stood on either slue on 'he
outside. The groom. with his best man.
Robert c. Hiden, Esq. entered ny the
right-hand aisle.
THE CEREMONY.
The bride. preceded by the ushers-
Messrs. A. q. Brown. Jr. LenueI DIN
coe. Frank Hunt. and Z. D. Dee-ahu
escorted by her sister. Miss Nellie White-
head. maid Of honor. came IN py 'he
middle aisle. and met the groom at
the chancel, where they were maze man
and wife. The bride wore handsome
,n,., ~ white cloth veil and orange
Sossoms and carried bunch Of brides
roses The maid Of honor wore gown
OF mink organdie, and carried pink carna-
tons. 49,.
The manner In which the party stood
IN the church was entirely new, and
made n most pleasant appearance. After
the wedding reception took place al
tho residence OF Colonel Whitehead. and
et II 30 the happy couple left for trip
~ several days. Mr.. and Mrs. Perkins
will reside In Richmond.