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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-01-12
SALT AND PEPPER.

''DO YOU have natural gas here?" said
the stranger in Washington. NO"
was the reply; congress isn't in session
now. Washington Star.
SHE-"That's perfect goose. / met
him at a watering place last year" He
Eminently proper place 70 meet with
him, | should say."-N. Y. Herald.
AND He WENT AwAY.-Gruf Custom
er (sIouching into barber shop
ahead of me, old Lathers?' Barber
Two geutlcmenr'-Chica Tribune.
HICKs-''Whatd did You ever see about
Ticker TO make You think he was n mil
lionaire?" DiX-"CraclIer and cheese
crumbs in his coat pocket Y. Her
aid.
SECRETARY NBBEs-"Did you discov-
er any Irregularities in the Red Tape
bureau?" Inspector Sharp-"Yes. Four
of the employees were hard at work. -
n. Y. Herald.
WHAT Is THE GAIN? - Jinl<s-'This
railroad is a soulless corporation, is it
nOt?" Filkins-''Yes Jiul<s-"Wen
then, / don't see what il can hope to
gain by issuing half-fare tickets To the
.ciergy-"-N- Y sun
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-01-12
BROOOING SNAKES.
How the Python Mother Hatehes Out
Her Young.


Her Young.
The python lays eggs and hatches
them by developing a high degree OF
heat. a~ has been proved in the case OF
the Indian and African species.
The first cnreful Investigations OF
this subject were made in 1871 by the
renowned naturalist. Achillc \alcn-
cienncs, in the Jar,lin dcs Plantes.
Paris python there laid fifty eggs
within three hours. which At first were
oval. but pointed toward the poles the
shells were soft and OF gray color
they soon changed TO Il perfect egg.
shape and became white. and the shells
hardened some what. although they re-
maiucd pliabIe. like leather, and were
IusterIess and rather rough. Their
length varicd from two and half to
four and a half inches.
After laying the eggs the snake
gathered them together in heap un-
der the cover She had in her box,
wound the rear part of her body
around the base of this heap, and then
formed a cone-shaped spiral of the rest
of her body around the whole, hel
head closing the top. Not single egg
was visible.
After iifty-six days the first young
ones crawlcd out. They We're about
two inches long The temperature IL
the center of the heap of eggs was 10,
degrees Fahrenheit. while that of the
box was only 72.5 degrees Fahrenheit
Two other pythons tried to hatcl
their eggs in the London Geological
rarden-one in 1859 and the other ii
1881. In these cases the difference be
tween the temperature inside of tn
heap of eggs and the outside air wa
much less; but the eggs were spoile'
and no young were hatched.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-01-12
TREACHeROUS SNOW.
Dangers to which the Ehamois Hunter
Subjects Himself

Dangers
Subjects Himself
One of the pcrils which the chamois
hunter must face is that which turks
in the snow. Mr. BuNton, in his short
StlIl,s. tells the story of Herr SIS
adventure. which graphically Illus
trltrS this danger. lie was following
with one companion, IN the depth of
winter. the trail of wounded cha
mnis. The track led them across n
stccp couIoir filed with deep, loose
snow. into which they plunged up -
their middles.
When half way across tins the mass
par.trd lust above them, and moved
dowuwards with evcr-accclcrailn%
spcrd. sometimes covering them deep
with surging mass, and then again
tossing them into the air
At last $ felt himself suddenly
md violently arrested by some pro
truding substance. which afterwards
proved to be Il broken stump of tree.
After a time he recovered conscious
ness. and succeeded in shaking him
self free
The first Thought was for his friend
of whom nothing was To he seen. hn'
rs he aazcd over the waste of snow he
saw at distance a twig, which had
been pressed dowuwards, recover itself
and spring up.
Thinlsing it might be the sign OF
some life he made his way TO the spot
and close by il found a boot protrGd
ING from the surface. ScraplnE th,
snow away as best ne could with IN
naked hands he at length uncovered
the body So far rs the face.
The man was apparently dead, an'
his face was almost black; but present
ly ne came 20, and was little the worse
while s. himself. in turn. talntc'
from the injuries, ne had received an'
was laid up for six weeks before he re
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-01-12
SIMPLE MEANS.
The Novel Implement Used {" Rem"'
Gas from "a We'll.

from "a W.
A good workman likes good tools.
but in IAN exigency he can get along
with very simple and homely con.riN
auces. The ~. Louis Globe-Dcmoelal
cites "A striking example.
\ well was TO bc cleaned. hUt the
man who had undertaken the j." $50.
afraid to 90 down until he hal t"r.e.
the quality OF the air II thc b't.#m
lie let down q lighted candi"an " ..gi
II was about 81. feet from the b"'t""" "
went out as auddenly "a if Nvhih d"
wind had struck it.
That told the man all hc needed ID
know. The well was fun of poi~on"H
gas. lie took a small umbrella tied
string to the handle and lowered .
open into the well. Then hc drew D
up. carried it a few feet from the wr.
and upset il. This operation ne r'
peatcd twenty or thirty times, "IN
the bystanders. who are never ale.n
on such occasions. all lau~hin~ al hmm
After this he let do~n another 'ai
die. 1t burned clearly even at the "''
tom. Before going down I" h'' ""f
he explained to those who had hrt
making fun Of him that the gas iu 81.
wen was carbonic acid gas. whic"
heavier than air. and therefore '"H.
be drawn up in an umbrella ASH IL Aa
| been so much water.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-01-12
LUCK IN Tl1E MINES.
The Joke THAT Did Not Have IN" Scqu'
which WAS Intended.


which WAS Intended.
Not many miles from Shasta city iu
California. is gulch of which
strange story is told. II is a deep r.-
vine. with rocks showing ali the way
uD the sides. Gold m payin" quautl-
liz. has been found al1ng the stream.
but il seemed To disappear a few ir.l
from the channel One day, SAY the
Youths Companion. while gam n'
men were toiling in the strr@-.. 20
stranger. evidently ignorant nt mln-
ing. came along and Leaned ON his
ragged elbows 10 watch the results ni
THEN. labor.
The miner near him took ont five
dollar nugget. and anxiety overeamt
the ignorant stranger.
..Sav." he asked. where can ] 90 to
diggin To- Gnd il like that
The hardy miner stopped his work.
and giving the wink 10 all tur boys o
that the joke should not be lost. pointed
up To the barren rocks where noE".a
had ever been four"
..N on see that rough-loollin' place
Yes said the new hand.
well. thar il Is rich. les you stale
ont Il claim an 90 to work an wnei
we finish here well come APP. too.
The new hand thanked the miner
and the bows all griuned their appr"
citation Of the joke. That afternoon
solitary figure was seen picking "H iH
hillside. and every time the miner
looked mp they roarcd with laughter
Hut the next day the new min,
struck pocket. aud took ont sewers
thousands of dollars in gold. Then %
came and thanked the miner who ha
sent him up there, and went down ln'
the valley and bought a farm WIN
the other miners dotted chat SAM
rocky hillside for. days without iIniin
a pocket. They agreed that IT "a-
Joke. but not exactly of the kind ,hr
| had intended.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-01-12
THE OYSTERS ENEMY.
Great Destruction I'm the Delaware Ba
Beds by the "a Dorer-"

Great Destruction I'm the Delaware Bay
Beds by the "a Dorer-''
The .sborer,'' pest about the size OF
a small strawberry, is working great
havoc among the oyster beds in Della
ware bay and tributary streams, says
the Philadelphia Ledger.
Capt. Moses Veale, of the oyster
schooner White Lily, says that the de-
structive powers of the ''borer have
beer known to oystermen only few
wears. He had followed oyster digging
for nearly thirty-five years, and the
first ..borer'' he saw was about ten
wears ago, but their ravages in the oys-
ter beds were comparatively unnoticed
until last year
Can't. vale said that last year the
number dead oysters with holes made
by bore = in the shell became 50 great
that .ystermen were alarmed This
wear the work of the borers has become
a rave matter. and if it continues
= anv bays viii be depopulated of oys-
rers. From one bed we dredged on this
trim we got twelve hundred baskets OF
oysters. but out of these only two hum
drcd were good, the dead oysters hav-
ing been killed by borers- y peculiar
thing about the ravages of the 'borers
Is their apparent selection OF the best
oyster beds We have found this TO be
true several times this season We
have fonnd a bed of small oysters al
most entirely free from 'borers-' Tins
bed will be separated from another
! bed of larger oysters by two hundred
feet. but this latter bed viii be so badly
affected by the creatures that II VIII
| hardly pay TO work 1t
prom what l can learn from oyster
men the destruction wrought by borers
* much more severe in Delaware bay
! than in other places
The work of the borer this yea
makes a double misfortune, for the
| oyster beds were badly damaged by th'
| biz storm in August and September
Very few people who are not IN TN
oyster dredging business know any
thing of the methods of the borer
When first took notice of its work
| secured several oysters Just after TN
borer had fastened itself To the shell
| When the borer fastens itself II hold
on like a leech, and it is with difficult
that il can be removed with tn
fingers.
sometimes the borer fastens itsel
to the oyster shell ne-r the edge an
then the oyster is not killed Nhe
the hole of the borer is made near IN
center of the shell the oyster Is a
tackled in its vital parts and dies l
three. or four days after the hole Is hr'
made
Some of the bed-owners near MaurlC
river have lost large sums of none
this year on account of the borer-
oystermen say there can be no way
taking away the borer without d
stroying the oyster beds.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-01-12
A Queer English Election Custom.

The candidates for bailiff in the
town of Alnwick, North England, just
before the election, ride in procession
to a horse pond near the town, dis
mount and struggle through the mud
and water as best they can They are
accompanied by brass band and all
the population of the town and neigh
borhood. The custom dates from the
time of King John, who visited the
town in 1910. The roads were very bad,
and some of his baggage wagons had
to be left in the mire. On his arrival he
inquired who was responsible for the
condition of the roads, and, learning
that the bailiffs were to blame, ordered
them to be seized and dragged through
the nearest pond
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-01-12
BOB LOST HIS GEESE.
How an Alligator Occupied His spar
Time During the summer.

How an Alligator Occupied Ills Spare
Time During the summer.
Six or eight years ago Bob Norus
started a goose farm on his mill pond.
He knew the value Of feathers, and
thought the people would apprcciatt
the opportunity of obtaining them
near hons for making pillows and bed.
His big mill pond was such a fine place
for them to swim and live and raise in.
So he got up five or six hundred pairs
of geese and put them on his pond.
They were in their glory, and the
water was dotted from morning tlT
night as they gracefully glidcd alour
over the placid expanse of the pond.
Their nests were built in the ruah,s
along its sides. and their mclodioUs
voices rcverbcratcd along its banks
from end TO end. l;ut they did not I'M
crease according 10 Bob's notion-thair
numbers were diminishing perceptihlr.
\ dead one could b. seen occasional 81
drifting along the edge 81 the border
ing rushes. At first Bob thought it
might bc minlls. ottcrS. SllDDil-. pos
sums. or what not that were dcstror-
ing them. but soon found out that r.
was alligators. for lac actually saw ou'
dav one Of the ugly reptiles eaten "a
goose and pull it under the water.
PartIy-eaten geese would sometime, bt
found. In the course Of a few mon. ms
Bob had the same big pond Of waiter.
but not a single goose.
Bob hates an alligator. and hc and
his ten boys have boen occupria~ th.
duh summer months in killing them
They bring into town two or tiraa
every week for the children 10 y..
frightened at. The other day they
brought up the biggest one vet D.
measured nine feet and half u
length and weighed somewhat uut t.t
four hundred pounds. 1t wa forty
seven years old 10y the rings on itH tai.
| II had already begun 10 stow away pisa,
knots for the winters supply. lis ap
petite seemed not to be coufi-ed g.
geese and light wood knots. for an au
topsv discovered in its capacious cold
. storage reservoir pair of brogans an,
| NH
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-01-12
nenru OE a NOTED GIANT
The Cbtnaman Chang. who Was Not Less
Than Nine Feet In Height

The Chinauan Chang, who Was Not Less
Than Nine Feet In Height
The famous Chinese giant, Chang
died at Bouruemouth, England NO
rember >. Chang had been seen several
times in America, says the New YORK
Herald. Because Of a prevailing super
stition among the Chinese. people
his height was never measured as
they believed that death would lnllhe-
diatelv follow the measurement buI
there are none who have observed nm
or who have stood up beside him VINO
estimated his stature at less than nine
feet. His physical proportions were
very symmetrical and his strepEth was
herculean Having Travelled and eNhlp-
tied throughout the civilized Elope ne
acquired and spoke with tuency hVe
different languaEcs- LngIl7h' ger
man. French. Italian and Spanish. lie
was n very companionable man and
delighted 10 meet and converse WIN
intelligent men and women.
Chang was born in 1871 at Naang-
Hue. near Pel<iu, China His parents,
who are still living, are large tea ana
silk growers, and are independent.
There is nothing in their constitution
nor that of their progcnitors To lldl-
cate the possibility of transmitting
gigantic proportions TO their eNtraor-
dinary son. ON the contrary, Chang
parents are about the average size OF
Chinese people, who are well known
to be rather under the ordinary size
At his birth there was nothing 10 IN
dicate that ne was to grow 10 ms pres
eut stature, and up to the age OF nearly
six years his height did not exceed
most children of his age. After a short
illness he began to assume such gigan-
tic proporuons that his parents were
much alarmed at the growth of their
huge son. At the age of twelve ne
was equal 20 the height of his father
and the generality of the ne1ghborlnR
people The phenomenon OF ms bclhe
as tall as a man, and yet showing al
the habits and actions OF chlld
caused him to become the wonder an'
aStoniShmeut of the ncighborhood. a
the, same time he suffered great per
souaI discomfort. for the men woul'
not associate with him and the chll
dren would not play with him. Vt th'
age of eighteen he commenced To eN
hibit himself in public.
Chang was here in 1850. in lse3' an'
in lSS6. After his last visit here he re
turned TO his native land To- marry
Chinese beauty. 1t was his intentlol
ot that time to come back to AmeT1c;
and To settle down in the west. li
used to wear a watch given him b.
Queen Victoria which weighed tw
pounds and half, and had n chan
nine feet long, which barely reache
around his neck and down To his YES
pocket. lie had a large stock of glove
and icwelry presented to him by roya
and other distinguished pcrSonages-
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-01-12
THREE MILLION BACHELORS.
That's What the Census Shows and III =
Time Some Rspente ed

That's What the Census Shows and It's
Time Some Rcpented-
According To the last census reports
there are over three million bachelors
in the United States, by which 1
meant there are three million men
over thirty years old who have never
been married
This fact. of course. furnishes very
handy text for all sorts of comment
and suggestion Now and then III"
scheme i advocated of making neglect
of matrimony a statutory o1fcha''
either by way of tax discrimination IA
favor of married parties or otherwise
In earlier times, says the Boston
Globe. marriage was com mpuisory. The
great world conquerors wanted matt
rial for their armies, and SO heavy pen
alties were laid on a neglect to marry
One interesting question which tho
census figures do not answer Is this
How many of these three million
bachelors are single from choice rather
than necessity"
The factors affecting the ability L
support a wife have been very muci
changed under the newer industril
and commercial condition. SO grea
has become the competition for place
among the higher pursuits, and so large
" have. women come to fill position
once exclusively occupied by men, tina
the bureaus of industrial statistic
show a larger and larger percentage
men in these pursuits whose incomes
from their point of view, will not pei
NIT them to marry
1t is easy to scold the young men
tins matter-quite as easy to find far
with the young women who are iooi
ing out for husbands with plenty {
ready money. But there is nothing
the published census figures regardin
the average earnings of certain class
of workers which at all warrants Il
conclusion that the majority of the:
three million unmarried men rema
single through willfulness rather ths
what they deem necessity.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-01-12
MCNCOLS or hO-nO NOR.
BrIeandage Is the General Profession O
Ambitious Young Mel

BrIeandaCe Is the General Profession of
Ambitious Young Mel
Our road first lay through the dis
trict inhabited by the agricultural
tribes on the frontier. Then we en-
tered the country occupied by the
Nongols of the Ko-ko Nor, says
writer in the National Review. The
nasture there was the richest / have
ever seen in any part of Thibet; but
an idyllic pastoral life II by no means
practiced 10y the inhabitants Brig
andage Is the general profession
The voung men spend their time either
in making raids on travellers and on
rncamDmcntS of their tribes, by which
means, they mostly acquire their cher
iShe,i horses, or in practiclng the ART
of warfare | witnessed military
tournament, at which some riders at
ruII Gallon fired one after another at q
small given mark.
These Mongols are tall and fierce look
ing. though they proved amiable when
friendly. The men shave their heads,
Both men ana women dress in a gown
of sheepsllin girded round the waist
birb boots OF felt and skin. bound be
loXy the knee with a leathern strap OF
cotton garter. and long white fell
coats. which they wear over the sheep
skin when il rains. Their summer ha'
j. of white felt. in shape something
like the top hat worn by the ol'
Welch market women. The cap they
wear in winter is of white astrakhan
shaped like sugar loaf, with red an'
green cotton briIn.
The women dress their hair IN llttl'
nIaitS. more than n hundred. caugh
together at the ends with a wide ban'
| of colorcd cloth. which is ombroidere'
with gay silks and gold thread am
! studded with coral and torquolse
silver coins and brass buttons, whlcI
| they get from Lhassa. The tents ar
round: the inner sides of trellis-worh
the top of wooden ribs. giving an an
breIla shape, and the whole eovere
with white felt, with an aperture 10
a small door of wood, and hole IN Tn
roof to let out the smoke
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-01-12
a PARCEL OF DATES.

\ CLUSTER of mayiowers was plucl1ed
near Machias, Me, on January 30.
IT was not until the eleventh century
that leather uppers were made for shoes
The wooden sole was still in use ut this
time.
PoRPoIsEs assembled the Delaware
river on October "a, 1891, as far as
Trenton. Two of the school were killed
opposite Bordcntown.
\ BIG candle at Carrollton. Mo,
which was lighted December :, burned
exactly S42 hours and 20 minutes. There
were 5000 gues ses made as to the dura-
tiOn Of the candle, ranging from hour
IL -. 900 hours
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-01-12
GOSSIP FOR THE FAIR SIX


Az eleveu-year-old daughter of hma
'asha is being carefully educated -
europe.
TIM crown princess Of Sweden ta try
ng TO establish women Photographic
n Stockholm.
AMONG the notablcs at Lucerne ia'
past summer is Mary Andor>on-N'
garro. with devoted husband Do %.
tendance.
Miss AMvE READE, niece Of 4"
novelist. Charles Rcade, has full"A'
in the footsteps of her uncle 10 thr 'N
tcnt of writing two novels, "Ruby "'
"Zerma."
QUEEN VICTORIA proposes 10 er'''
cairn in memory of the marr1at' '
the duke of York. Ii VIII hc an ".'
land. near the one she erected bon r
membrance of the wedding of %.
prince of Wales.
ANorHTR Of Queen Nictoria's o.ar-
servants has just died. This time o.
W. II. Cover. who was "yOcman oi '
silver pantry" at Windsor castle. D."
man Cover had been ia the queen
service for over half a ccatury an" "'
much esteemed by his mistress.
THERE are one hundred and ''
women lawyers in the United ~'"'
and eight of this number have eaT"'
the right 80 practice before the 81
preme court. To acquire tins '
necessary To have practiced Tor ii.
wears at the bar without flaw in l'.
career.
Ir is to be feared that the infan'
/ has been spoiled by her taste "i -.
land of the free, for she is repori''
having a little lark in London
has been living ''incog' in furnl-. 9
house. riding in the park on hn
horse and shopping on foot. Her %,
small boys. Princess Louis ana ~
fonso. have been with her.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-01-12
seems to have got ri'h

Parker seems to have got ri'n
g. srdden-n Yes. He caused /"
be reported that ne was dead an"
the papers printed obituary no''o'l
him lie got all these together anu p.
stituted suits for libel agalhs' ~ Psr
fishers. They compromised an ..
er's living on velvet in consequent
Harper's Bazaar.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-01-12
. DNINISTRAToR-S NOTICE.

4 DMINISTRATOR' NnTl"E.
\ Estate al Felix TcJe. deceased.
Letters a. GdminIstTafiOu-o n the estate 90 FeiN
Tooie. deceased lare OF Portage borough, IN Gam
Dria county Pa having beer grained 70 he Toe.
notice Is hereby given tu all persGns iHde tel %
said estate 20 MAKE "a ment 20 mc without lie
law aud those n wing Claims agairst said estate
viii present thu m properly auiheR5ieated for set
Element !. !. M'DUN ELL,
Adminisfra or at Felix fccle, deceAse /
Portage. Pa. Zee. - ISIS.