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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-02-09
Old Mexican Mines.

Whenever n cave is newly discovered
in New Mexico or Arizona the finders
first hope is that he has unearthed an
old Spanish or Mexican mine, but thi.
seldom or never has proved to be the
case. Generally these holes in the
mountains are natural caves in lime
stone or sandstone formations, but
sometimes they lie between walls of
hard rock, which perhaps contain
mineral deposits, indicating that the
primitive civilized Indians may have
dug their way in following a soft
streak in search of tale to use in pot
terry making, with no thought for
precious metals. Stalactites, snowy
white, hang from their roofs, and where
mineral water has percolated these
ryStallizations take on gorgeous me-
tallic hues. Human bones are some
times found in these caves and other
evidences of human work or former
occupancy. The Coffee cave and Rob
inson's cave, in the Black range, in
southern New Mexico, have been ex-
plored for several hundred feet. and
other large caves in that region remain
to be explored.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-02-09

y German newspaper man. evident
ly Jealous of the Irishman'S reputation
- maker of bulls. tool. the trouble
some years ago. saws the London
+ 'iEaro- 10 look mp the German record
in tEis line. Among others he found
IN the published works of certain Tcu-
tonic writers the following curious ex-
arnples: Among the immirrants wae
IN old blind woman. who came to
America once more before she died To
SEC her only SON After the door
was closed Il soft female foot slipned
INTO the room, and with her own hand
eNtmguishcd the taper Both doc
tors were unable To restore the de-
ceased once more to life and health"
The Ladies' Beneiit association has
distributed twenty pairs Of shoes
among the poor, which will dry up
many a tear" Il was at the table en-
loving cup of coffee when a gentle
Voice tapped me on the shoulder. |
looked around and saw my old friend
once more
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-02-09

In no other country of the world is
the telephone in SO general use as in
Sweden, and in no other is the service
so cheap and at the same time SO per
feet. 1t is under government control
and the rates are fixed by the govern
ment. a few weeks ago a new limo
was opened between Stockholm and
Ohrlstlanla by King Oscar. who took
occasion to express the hope in the first
message To the Norwegians that the
hne would tend to draw the two coun-
tries into closer union and aid in over
coming the desire of the Norwegian
radicals TO break up the existing rela-
tons 1t is now proposed. by means of
submarine cable, TO connect the Nor
wegian and Swedish capitals with Co
penhagen.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-02-09
DESTRUCTIVE OCCUPATIONS.
Poisons That Lurk for Flax and Artificial
Flower " orIssrS

Flower Workers
Very little i known of the danger
70 life and health that exists in many
occupations where women are largely
employed In England a league has
been formed To call attention 10 the
facts of the ease. and Mrs e. Noilct
has made eNtentive Investigations,
says the New York sun.
In the linen trade the fax has TO be
left To- soak in the water. and rheuma-
tism- bronchitis and pneumonia seize
upon the women who have To deal
with il in this stage. In the flax-card-
ing department the fine dust pro-
duceS lung disease and kills its
victims al thirty. In fur-cape MAX
ing the odor and the fine fluff are both
extremely injurious \ singular in
jury il caused To artificial flower MAX
crs. especially those employed in MAX
ing white flowers 10y Caslight- The
dry dust causes inilamed eyclids. and
the work is 50 trying that women are
worn ont long before middle age. In
the china trade the clay dust settles
year by year in the lungs until con
sumption results.
In the whitehead trade horrors are
found quite equal TO those s,f the phos-
phorus match trade Lead is in itself
highly poisonous, and the most dan
Eerous part of the process of making
the ordinary blue pigs OF lead into the
deadly white carbonate Is carried onf
by women. because il requires less
muscular strength than the rest.
Cakes Of lead are put 10 ferment in tan
and acctic acid for three months. and
then the cakes have To bc grubbed out
of the mixture by hand. the poison
getting under the finger nails. After
being ground to powder under water
the dishes of damp lead have To be
placed in a stove to dry for Il foi ..iight.
The worst part is when these poor
women have To take away the dry, hot
white carbonate of lead from the
stoycS. Even the muiiied heads the
wooden respirators, the sack overalls,
fail 10 keep ont the deadly dust They
rarely live many years; sometimes
few weeks or months bring on the
symptoms Of acute lead poisoning. to
which they rapidly succumb. This
white carbonate of lead is used for
glazing china and enamel ad-
vertiaements. The only safeguara
would bc i'm prohibiting the ranufac-
ture. and it would be possible to do -
for various substitutes are in the
market.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-02-09
VALUABLE RELICS.

A MAN at Stamford. \. Y. has th,
watch Mai. Andre offered as q ransom
to his captors. He has document I'd
prove that il is genuine.
The sedan chair that was used hy
King Charles Is consort, Queen Henri
eta. of France. has been placed iu Tie
NandvclS room at Windsor castle.
THE sword carried 10y Col. Ethan Ar
len when he demanded the SURRENDER
of Fort Iiconderoga is on cNniu.tian
at the national museum at Washing
ton.
IN the Vatican library there Is 0
treatise on dragons. manuscript iH o
single roll three hundred feet long and
a foot wide. the material of which is
said TO be the tanned gut of a great
dragon"
AN umbrella, aged one hundred and
five years, is the property of Mr.. John
Bickel. of Harrisburg. Pa. 1t has large
whalebone ribs, heavy blue silk cover
and stout ivory handle. In age il
stands preeminent.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-02-09
Managed 1t Between Them.

1t used to be the custom in England
Tor phcasantS to feed from boxes which
opened when the bird stood on a rail
ln front. the box shutting to again a.
soon as the bird left the rail by this
device the food WAS protected from all
manner of thieves. 1t so happened.
according to Bishop Stanley. OF Nor
wlch, that a coot or water-hen had
studied the movements of the pleas
ants, and being anxious to get its meals
as easily as they got theirs it tried the
box one day. As it was not heavy
enough to raise the lid, it kept Jump
ing on the rail to give extra force to
its weight; still the result was not sat
isfactory. Accordingly. it went away.
but returned soon with another coot.
The weight of the two birds was now
sufficient to cause the box to open.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-02-09
One Consolation.

The author of From Tripoli to
Tunis" tells an amusing story of a dis
putc between Il diplomatist and Gus
toms official at Tripoli. On the dock
at Tripoli may be seen a curious col.
lection of articles. They represent inr-
port and export taxes and are sold by
the customs officials. The import tax
is eight per cent. OF the valuc and the
export tax is one per cent. If anyone
refuses to pay the tax the officials take
possession of one-eighth of the mcr-
chandise- Some time ago European
foreign minister visited Tripoli in the
service. of his. country. lie had with
him three hundred visiting cards.
When tax was demanded on these he
was angry and refused TO pay it. a
high official of the government was
summoned to settle the matter He
solcmnly contiscated eight per cent of
the merchandise in question-twentv.
four visiting cards. Very well. keep
them cried the irate ambassador.
keep them. / resign myself l shall
not be obliged to pay you visit Of
ceremony for twenty-four years"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-02-09
THE TABLES TURNED.
Would-Ise Nivisector Operated On by
His Savage AIlIes.

Ills savage Allies.
One of the most curious expeditions
ever planned by man was that once
undertaken 10y Or. j. G.. Bunting OF
Portland, says the Lewiston Me }
Journal During all his life lac had
been u close student of the philosophy
Of digestion. and for the purpose of
his Investigations hc had that remark
able Canadian Alexis St Martin. in
his care for twenty years. In order to
cinch matters and provide facts for
some OF the doubling Thomases DR.
Bunting east about for some one else
upon whom he might continue to ex
pertinent.
lie could think of but one plan. and
that was To go To Africa. buy two
slaves and operate upon their stom-
achs- l;y opening the body near the
fifth rib and perforating the stomach
a condition could be produced similar
to that existing in the person OF St
Ma tin. Therefore the doctor pur-
ohass,i his suppliea and sailed across to
1'nuis. in the north of Africa There
hc hired a native chief with forty OF
his followers, paving thcEa a liberal
retaining fee and promising alluring
larrs's' when the trip was ended They
set forth. The doctor carriSd ore
thousand pounds in his inside pocket
and the chief probably lay awake four
nights thinking about the matter. At
any rate. on the fifth night he ,nealycd
into thc doctors tent ana delivered q
little address over the muzzlcs of two
pistols When hc had concluded the.
doctor passed over his ducat- and th,
chief PASSED over the border ALONG
With ms renegade band They helped
themselves 10 such supplies As suited
their art less ana UnCnlightened TASTES.
The doctor came back without = re
Hnnc and with deal OF experience
that VIII never appear in a medical
work
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-02-09

1t would be difficult. says the st.
Louis Republic, to convince the aver
age man that fir is stronger wood
than oak. bat such has been proven by
actual tests that were made bv fair
and impartial committee appointed for
that purpose. The timbers used .yvere
each 12X4 inches and feet LONG, both
ends sohdly braccd and the weight an
piled in'the middle of the span. Vel.
low hr stood a strain of 3.OG2 Dounds
common Oregon oak. 2.923 pounds
Fine-grained yellow fir from near tbs
butt stood strain of 1865 paupds
and best Michigan oak snapped with
strain of only 2,42s pounds. The tests
were made by the Northern Pacific
Railway company at Tacoma. Wash.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-02-09
Physiological oddi,i.s

The muscles of a well-developed
human jaw can exert a force of 53a
pounds according to recent expert
inentS The blood in its natural state
contains an amount of pure water that
Il really astonishing to one who has
not tgiVen the subject attention-nearly
ss'Ven-elghths of its entire bulk. Kiel
estimates the surface of the lungs at
100 square feet, or ten times that of the
external body. There is enough of
IRON in the blood of rs men to make a
Plowshare-of "a pounds weight
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-02-09

DR.. Boyd, known as 1.-The Country
farson, says IN one of his essays that
In many Scotch churches the prayers
We're ''the preleeminaries,' - listened to-
but not joined n.
lie tells an amusing story OF the mag
lstrates of town who were forced 10
listen TO a prayer in which they could
not JOIN.
Mr.. smith was preaching at Drum
sleekle In the concluding prayci he
suddenly remembered that ne had not
prayed cor the magistrates. sitting "a
their official robes before him. - be-
put in the prayer. just where he wa~:
Have mercy upon all fools and
idiots, and especially upon the magis-
trates OF Drumsleelsie
He meant no evil, hut the magistrates
were not pleased.-Nouth's Companion
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-02-09
IDENTIFYING CRIMINALS
The Ten-Nesr-OId system Which III,
Proved Uniform Success

The Ten-Nesr-OId system. Which Has
Proved "a Uniform Success.
The identification service at the pre-
lecture of police, Paris. is one of the
most recent and not the least curious
creations of the department. 1t is now
ten years since this service was orpan
lied by NJ. Bcrtillon. At the prefe,
ture i was shown writes a correspon
dent of the Leeds Mercury a collection
OF about one hundred and twenty thou-
sand Photographic records of arrested
persons who had been taken To the
depot. These are ranged in five hun
dred drawers on rollers, called s.cabrio-
let's by process of elimination the
packets are so classified according to
distinguishing physical features as to
enable a stranger going there for the
hrst time 10 identify an arrested person
II previously apprehended by the pre-
lecture IN less than five minutes. A
practical eNemplification of the system
was gwen me. in company with some
other visitors, the other day. A rou-h-
looking youth of twenty years of the
Souteneur class had just been brought
10 the depot on "A charge of the three
card or confidence trick To the oues-
ilon' Have you ever been here beforcp"
sullen No was elected Your
name? Leon Renault," which ap-
preparation of the identity Of a former
project Of police and distinguished ad-
vocate caused a general litter. In the
twinkling of an eye the alleged first
offender was put through the measura-
ton process, which the lad rather rc-
sented, ON the ground that he was not
there ito be made a sight Of" But
NJ. Kenault' was quickly reduced to
reason. When the measurements vere
taken, one of the party was invited to
search for the duplicate in the pigeon
hole. In less time than il takes To
write this Leon Renault appeared under
the same Photographic resemblance As
a certain 'Rossinol," which the culprit
was ut last forced To recognize ~. his
= face
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-02-09
The LABOR FIELD.

IHE Hudson ice crop employs nearly
$1,000 men
pNE Maryland factory alone put mp
4'Ooo'ooO cans of corn last season.
Two hundred and sevcnty-t,vo tex
tile mills were erected in tbis cour,-y
in 1892.
II Is stated that machinery is pro-
uueihs 20 per cent. of the manufacturers
labor of the country.
I'm: value of the honey and wax pro
nnced IN the United States during the
past year has been estimated mt s30,-.
Osse oOO ~ -
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-02-09
onecn vIctoria's Family.

The royal family of England is the
largest in Europe. Her ma iestv Ouecn
Nictoria's family circle numbers fiftv
living descendants. incIudipo- som. or,J
daughters, grandsons and eranddaurb-
tcrS' great grandsons and Freat-grand-
daughters, besides whom She has four
sons-in-law and four daughters-inlav,
i've grandsons-in-law and one grand
daughter-in-law. The queen has lost
one son and one daughter, five grand
sons, one granddaughter. one great
grandson and one son-in-law. If these
were living her family circle would
number seventy-four
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-09-12
MINNEAPOLIS WON THE PRIZE.

The Next X. of p. Conclave Will Be Held
in the Flour City.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1O.-The supreme
lodge of K. of P. adjourned Saturday to
meet in Minneapolis the last Tuesday
in August, 1896. At the last session
the newly elected officers were installed
and the following appointed members
of the supreme tribunal: George E.
Seay, Tennessee, five years; John II.
Alexander, Virginia., four years; Ed
ward R. Graham, Alabama, three
years; Benjamin T. Chase, Maine, two
years, and Frank n Starke, Wyoming,
one year.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-09-12
LOCOMOTIVE 1IREMEN CONVECTION

Membership Reduced by Hard Times, But
Finances Arc O. K.
HARRISBURG, Pa, Sept. 11.-Nearly
every railroad in the United States is
represented in the fourth biennial con.
vention of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Firemen. The attendance is
the largest in the history of the order.
The present convention will be one of
paramount Importance to the order
from the fact that numerous questions
growing out of the recent boycott strike
and the attitude of the American Rail-
way union toward this and other rail-
way organizations that preserved an
independent course during the recent
troubles are to be considered, while the
future course of the organization to-
wards similar movements will be clearly
defined.
Secret Meetings, With Passwords, Etc.
The convention will last for fully
week, and the business will be trans
acted in executive session with the usual
accessories OF passwords, doorkeepers
and sentries. The only public meeting
OF the week took place Monday evening
at the Grand Opera House, when the
delegates were welcomed in behalf Of
the city and the local lodges of the order.
At the opening session of the conven-
ton Gran1 Master Sargent delivered
lengthy address, reviewing the progress
OF the order and the trouble with which
1t had contended since the last biennial
convention.
Total membership Aug. was 26, sos.
Financially the brotherhood was never
IN better condition. The surplus on
hand amounts to S77. 279.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-09-12

TIE LYNCHING WAS PROMISED.
Plot of the I4ynching of Negro Incendiaries
in Tennessee Laid Bare.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Sept. 1.-THE whole
plot of the lynching Of six alleged negro
incendiaries near Wilmington, Tenn, the
night of Aug. 81, has been laid bare and
before many hours elapse every man
implicated in the conspiracy will be in
Jail. Robert McCarver, son of J. A.
McCarver, sheriff of Shelby county, is
the man who exposed the conspirators.
In his testimony before the grand jury,
McCarver said that he was invited to
participate in the massacre of the ne
groes by II. N. Smith, one of the men
now i'll the county jail, under indict-
ment of the murder in the first degree,
for complio city in the lynching. Smith
gave McCarver the names of the men
which would compose the mob and told
him that the negroes would be arrested
by Detective w. S. Richardson, placed
in a wagon and driven to Big Creek
swamp, where the mob would be in
waiting. Young McCarver declined to
join the mob, but the lynching came off
on time.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-09-12

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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-09-12

Portions of Iowa. Illinois and Indiana
Visited

Portions of Iowa. Illinois and Indiana
Visited.
CHICAGO, Sept. ia severe elec-
trical storm, accompanied by high
winds, passed ovar Northeastern Iowa.
Northern Illinois and Indiana during
the evening, accompanied by heavy
thunder and lightning and torrents of
rain and hail. Marshalltown, Clinton
and Davenport, Ia, report considerable
damage, numerous buildings and trees
being struck by lightning and telegraph
and telephone poles Frustrated. SINH
lar reports come from Rochelle, Spring
Valley, Bloomington, Galesburg, Elgin
and other Illinois towns, and from Col
umbia City, Fort Wayne and South
Bend, Ind.
In this city numerous streets were
flooded through the choking of sewers
and numerous shade trees and small
outbuildings were blown down.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-09-12
Diamond Thief Caught and Pounded.

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 11.-Batt Bryant,
alias j. G. Borenton, with several other
names, has been arrested here for dia-
mond nipping. He is said to be one Of
the most expert thieves in this line in
the country. He was caught by w. A.
Rotty, a business man here, from whom
he nipped a $3.50 shirt stud, pulling so
hard as to get caught in the act. Rotty
hammered the thief until policemen
compelled him to desist. Bryant came
here from Chicago. "
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-09-12
SOME GOOD RESULTS OF THE FIRE.

Land Cleared of Brush and Dead Trees,
Saving Years of Hard Work.
H1NCKLEY, Mimi, Sept. 1O.-The ter
rible forest fires which devastated the
north end of Pine county, leaving death
and destruction in their wake, were not
altogether curse. The area burned
over is approximately 16 miles wide and
80 miles long, and therefore contains
4S0 square miles, or $4,000 acres. To
clear this amount of land of trees and
underbrush by the slow process of the
husbandman would be an almost in
terminable task. Yet the fire did in a
few hours the work of years, and did it
in an effectual though terrible manner.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-09-12
Captured an English sea1er.

SEATTLE, Wash, Sept. 10. = The
steamer Collier Willamette from Dutch
Harbor, Alaska, brings news that on
Aug. Il the schooner FaVorite, flying
the English flag, was captured by the
Mohican for violating the sealing laws
and turned over to H. M. S. Pheasant,
which sent her to Victoria. She had
aboard between 1,400 and 1,5OO skins
when captured. Captain Hansen says
the catch in the vicinity Of Dutch Har-
Dor this season has been fair and sailors
as rule are satisfied
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-09-12
SatOlH Refuses to Interfere.

OMAHA, Neb., Sept. 11.-A week ago
the priests of the Nebraska diocese, in
rebellion against the authority of Bish-
op Bonacum of Lincoln, sent COM
mittee to Archbishop Satolli to secure
relief from what they term the prelate's
tyranny. This includes three-quarters
of the priests of the diocese. The COM
mittee returned Sunday. The mission
was failure, the ALLOCATE refusing to
interfere.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-09-12
Memorial Services For the Dead.

PINE CITY, Mimi, Sept. 1O.-Memorial
services for the Hinckley dead were
held in the opera house Sunday evening.
The address was by Mr.. Knutson, the
Hinckley pastor who passed through
the fire. A commemoration poem, by
John Talman of St. Paul, was read.
Bishop Gilbert of st. Paul, brought
tears to the eyes of the audience and
thankfulness to their hearts by his adj
dress. ~.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-09-12
A Wreck on the Omaha.

CHICAGO, Sept. 1.-THE st. Paul
vestibuled limited on the Chicago and
Northwestern railroad collided with a
freight Car which had been blown by
the severe storm from a siding partly
onto the main track at Darlington, not
far from this city. The engine. express
and mail cars were badly wrecked and
the other cars slightly damaged. Sew
eral people We're injured.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-09-12
Trial of the Ericsson.

NEW LONDON, Conn.,, Sept. 1.-the
trial Of the torpedo boat Ericsson will
probably take place on Thursday. The
delay was caused by waiting for
the buoys to be set out on the course
and the presence of the trial board. The
United States dispatch boat Dolphin,
with Secretary Herbert OIL board, has
arrived in the harbor from Buzzards
Raw
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-09-12
Sold q Libeled Vessel.

PORTLAND, Or, Sept. 11.-The
steamer Haytien Republic, which fig
ured so conspicuously in the late SNUG
Cling trials and which has been held by
the government for over year under
libel, has been sold at auction by United
States Marshal Brady. The vessel was
bid in by Captain John Ross, her for
mer master, for SIS, 1000.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-09-12
Disaster on a Railroad in France.

PARIS, Sept. 1.-THE. disaster to the
Paris and Cologne express train at
APPLY, between Noyon and Chauny,
was more serious than at first supposed.
The first estimates placed the number
of persons killed at 10 with twenty in
jured. It is now stated from 40 to go were
killed or injured. Twelve dead bodies
have already been taken from the
wreck.