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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-02-02
INDUCING INDIANS TO MARRY
The Indian CommissIoaer's scheme for
Rn-rntratin.- TN. Indlan Lsnce.

The Indian ComnissIoaer's scheme for
Perpetuating the Indian Race.
The commissioner of Indian affairs,
Mr. Browning is determined to prove
to the Indians that marriage is not
failure. lie has discovered that most
OF the red men under the bureau At the
present time have been induced to
believe that it is not the proper thing
to get married. and for this reason. in
the mind of the commissioner, the
numbers of the red men are decreasing
fast. 1t Is not certain bat that the
commissioner, IN the interest of pro
serving his bureau. was forced 5a give
some study and attention TO the matter
of matchmaking among the peopic.
The commissioner has laborej over
this matter very iudustriOusly, and, aC-
cOrding To the Kansas CITY fournal, he
has evolved q scheme. lie proposes 70
prove TO them that they can gct IN fa-
vor with the great father if thcy VIII
join in the holy bonds of mat-imouV.
The scheme Is a novel one. and t. 5s
the opinion of the commissioner that
very soon the leading duties OF the
Indian agent VIII be to act a rcmu-ry-
ing agent for his colony. tn. reward
for getting married is a striking mar
riage certificate. II starts With
heavy sheet of paper with n red bcr-
der. Much is expected of this red hn--
der. Then the United States OF
America" i in blue. while the "Cra-
Glorious Eagle" has not the savage
look, bat sort of wcddipg-3av srniIe-
and the E pluribus unuu'-anI t',c
American flag are displayed uith au
intensity that would be cheap at any
price. The eagle pr-sjdrs over q mar
riage certificate in the usual form. The
agents are to bc instructed e. make Ju
exhibit OF the scheme. and To use their
influence in getting the Indians o.
come 70 the conclusion that they viii
be- out of luck If they refuse toret mag
ried. The agents are 10 show the
certificates. which have been prepsr,si
with tine hope that they would have
the catchy" appearance. aud 10 pos
sess one would bc the ambition OF the
average Indian. and this would Lass
him until after the ceremony was per
formed. by the flash OF tine q, rtit.ratc
it is hoped To prove that marriage is
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-02-02
MADE FOR a KING.
A Turnip-sized Timepiece That Weighs
Two and "A Half Pounds.

\ ponderous watch of antique pat
tern displayed in the window of a san
Francisco jewelry esta blishment on
Montgomery street, attracts the at
tention of the curious The timepiece
is four inches in diameter and is de-
clared by the Bulletin to weigh two
and half pounds Its case looks like
old gold, but is a composition of base
metal The chain attached to this
watch is. proportionately ponderous
and bears a seal ring large enough for
the finger of a giant. The watch was
made by John Bittleson, of London,
two centuries ago. 1t was, no doubt,
a marvel of workmanship in those
days, and is still timekeeper. 1t
probably cost about one hundred
pounds sterling, or five hundred dol
lars in our money. The hands upon
its ample dial mark seconds and fifths
of seconds, as well as hours and min
utes. The dial also shows the phases
of the moon. This remarkable relic is
not for sale. 1t is owned by a gentle
man of this city, who has collection
of such curiosities.
The old watch has history of some
interest. About two hundred years
ago an English sea captain obtained
from the king of a tribe of savages in
the south seas some valuable trading
privileges. The king showed him
many favors, and one day the captain
asked the insular monarch to say
what most he would like to have sent
to him from London. 1t pleased his
royal highness To- intimate that a big
watch would suit him well. Accord
ingly watch was made to order on a
scale befitting his royal parsonage
And great was his pride therein. Hav-
ing no pocket, he appointed a youth
watch bearer extraordinary to the SOW
ereign. Wherever the king went the
watch bearer followed, carrying the
precious royal timepiece in his hands.
When the king died his sons succeeded
to the ownership of the watch. They
sold it to the captain of an American
ship. and he disposed of it in Phila-
delphia. Some time ago ii fell into
the hands of its present owner, who
prizes it highly. This is no doubt one
OF the oldest repeating watches in ex-
istence. Its ring is very musical.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-02-02
FASHIONS DICTATES.

The bedstead in the Whitney man
sion New York city, cost even SO, 900.
CHENILLE embroidery is one of the
coming garniturcs for rich and cererno-
NOUS costumes.
VERY narrow edgings of fur are fash
lonable. They are used TO trim capes.
dresses and bonnets.
MouRNING paper is going out of
fashion abroad. Instead, little tri-
angle l. printed in the corner of the
envelope and the note paper
NEW opera cloals are very long:
some of them have trains of thirty
inches or more They are literally
masses OF embroidery aud other els-
giant decorations.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-02-02
GAR PETERS JOKES.
a Great Monarch VINO Was Decide
Brut a Ia Ills Sense Of IIumor.

Srut a Ia His Sense Of IIumor.
AT one Of the grand dinners given bv
the Car Peter, says the London Tale-
graph, hugh pie was placed in The
center Of the gentBemen's table ont of
which. when the carver broke the
crust, beautiful dwarf lady. iu puris
naturalibus. all except a hcad-dress.
stepped out. proposed in a set spgeel
and drank in a glass of wine the health
Of the company. and then retired %
her snug retreat and wa, carried from
the table. 4 man dwarf wa, ~ub-t-
tuted at the ladies' table. Did not
Peter say he could reform his people
but not himself? a dinner part. O..
the cars must indeed have been o
sight not cOncciva BILE ont of RcGI.m
and could only have been planned u
the maddcst brain on earth. II a mann.
script among the Sloan papers ia t0e
British museum is belicvdble. ~u.l
practical jokes, such wild grote~ou.
gambolingi the frolics OF lcviatlar
the laughter Of Titan. As frightiul b
his fun as in his fury There was 900.
commOdation at the ears table iu-
about one hundred, but the grim lu.
mOrist always issued invitations Cd
twice or thrice that number. and lg.t
his guests TO elbow. jostle and fight fu-
chairs and places, and retain then
against all comers and claimants 81
they could. Not unfrequently "a fired.
fight was eNtemporized and moses
tapped. and even the sacred persons uf
ambassadors have been profauer
touched and triied with The ear .at
at the head OF tho table. q nrraH rrr
on his face. rolling the spectacle likes
sweet morScl under his ton"ue. T.e
guests are so closely packed that te.-
ing room is not 10 bc thought Df. aH.
ribs are often blackencd and aImut
driven in by active and vigoruu- e-
bows. provoking fierce rccrimiuafian,
and quarrels. The kitchen is $50 near
the dining-hall that there Haar.
through the latter a fra~raurs G
onions. garlic and train-oil. mrlIau.a.
and tempered by the more dc.i.iru-
aroma Of the roast. The more l,uow.rr
and initiated guests wave away ~HH~|
and such like edibles. and Iuauif--t 81
special appetite for hams, tongue and
viands that cannot be tamprrrl altA|
or made the vehicle OF practical in's.ur|
loL IL '4NSA ID NOT il 4i'tI 'I''ti.- ''t''.
bunch of dead mice VIII hc drawn ou.I
Of the soup or discovered snugls irI
bedded in a dish of green peas. and
sometimes, when his guests have ur
partalen OF certain paetric= the n
viii courteously inquire if thecat. So
raven or other unclean animal prov
a savory or delicious mor=cl. H.1l
what result let the imaginative rle
The approach toa regular Duung nrp.s
was FASTENED on by liberal supple II
brandies. strong ales and wiua-
adroitly served out as to expedite tutI
grand climacteric of drunkeuuc~~.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-02-02
AN UNSTABLE BOUNDARY. LINE
How Some GuileIess TiiIers of the Sol

How Some GuileIe-s TilIers of the son
Move 1t.
'Eou have heard of smuggling, / pre-
sume." remarked a guest at one of the
hotels to a Cleveland Leader man
We'll" he continued, Il ran against
the most stupendous scheme in that
line last summer l ever heard of You
are doubtless aware that ordinary
everyday smugglers are content to
transport their goods over the line
from one country To another, the OBJ
ject being, of course, to evade the pay
ment of the customs duties The peo-
pie with whom | came in contact were
superior to such common methods.
which might do for low pirates and
outlawed brigands but not for live.
wide-awake Yankee, and especially a
Canadian Yankee. They didn't move
the goods. They moved the line
Up in the farthest easterly part of
Maine there comes a place where
Maine stops and New Brunswick be-
gins That is the boundary line be-
tween the two countries. That is also
where the Canadian Yankees spoken
of have their homes. They are natur-
ally given to farming, some of these
people, and even if Mckinley did put u
ii didn't make any difference with
some of the sturdy yoeman who live
alongside the line. The publication of
the news of the passage of the tariff
bin didn't cause them a moments un-
eaSiness.
They simply went on raising their
Canadian wheat and their Canadian
oats At the same time they kept their
eyes on the boundary line-what they
could see of it The visible portion of
this remarkable boundary consisted of
upright iron posts, set at intervals of
one mile through the land. Not being
clinched on the other side of the earth
these posts are responsive to influence
placed on them on the Canadian side.
In other words, they can be taken up
and reset
About the time these upright and
honest farmers over the line have their
crops in condition to harvest a peculiar
thing happens. Some dark night a
half dozen of them go 'coon-hunting.
and when they return to their fire
sides they are on American soil, they
and their grounds and with them the
crops. The boundary line has moved
and il located a half-mile or SO farther
toward the Arctic ocean. These guile
less tillers of the soil then dispose of
their products at United States prices.
and some time during the winter. in
some unknown manner, the boundary
line takes backward leap. leaving
them again on Canadian soil"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-02-02
A Breakfast Appetite
Can REST he Aided Ry
THE NEWS OF THE WORLD
Const-eIy Toid and Brightly
Commented Upon.

The Patriot is the only complete m9ruin1,
newspaper that reaches Central Pennsy lvania at
early hour OF the day
Ii is one of the foremost Democratic newspa-
pers in the state and the only one printed Ut the
the state capital. the official and political centre
OF the cOmmOnwe lth.
Ii prints the news. receiving II over its own
wires through The extraordinary iFciiities OF the
great press associations. aided 10y its own cor
respondents
The Patriot is Dt mocratic to tho core. IL Is
opposed TO bosses and an enemy Of corrupt mo
nOpolies. IL isn't afraid TO night the wruug; Il
never besttatts to speak Tor The right.
Ii makes a speciaty ut department news and
gives mere each day than all the other state pa
peTs combined.
The leading question drrfng the winter viii be
tariff -eform. An November next Pen"sy lvania
will elect a gov ernur men bers Of congress. and =
state legislature. The man WHO desires 10 keep
informed must read. and the who reads
should get The Patriot. daily or weekly.
To place The PaIrioE IN the hands OF a yet
larger constituency We viii send the ia N from
now until March !. 1898. bv mail e. any sub-
scrtber on receipt Oi FIVE DOLLARS. The
WEEKLY will toe sent 10 any nCN subscriber from
now until March !, ls9a On receipt OF ONE DOIs-
LAR
The Patriot is the best advertising medium
in -nnsy lvania outside OF Pittsburs and Pnila-
delphia.
Free To the UnenpIoyed= IL inserts
employment. Its Help Order has brought as.
sistaDce 10 hundreds It has Cent a " ord Col
umn for other wants.
DAILY, every week day morning In the year.
IS n year.
WEEKLY. Tuesday evening oi eaeh week. sIa
year.
THEPATRIOT COMPANY.
dZ2o Harrisburg. Pa.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-02-02
A STUDY IN BOTANY.

THERE are 6.O0O,OOO leaves upon an
elm tree 80 feet high.
THE parent Of all the varietics 'i
apples is sort of wild crab, and li'
home Is in the Himalayas.
ONE variety of the India rubber tree
(ficus classical has leaves OF the dcep.-'
green, each provided with a narr'"
border of very bright red.
IL a parasitic fig seed is dropped 'h
a bird upon a fruit tree il viii germ 3.
ate and send long root 10 the grouH i
II will then rapidly spread over the tree
until IL has strangled and KILLED 10.
SANDPArER grows ON trees i'm llu'.'
Guiana. for the leaves of the tree
known botanically as the dillrH'
scabrelia are 81 rough on the surface
that they can be used as sandPaPer.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-02-02
WHY OIL STILLS OCEAN WAVES
The Wind Passes Along the Oily surt,,.
with Reduced Power.

with Reduced Power.
A great deal has been written .t.,..
the influence of oil on waves at ~.
and of the practically ,seful act;s,,s.
oil in many cases there is abtfrt =.
testimony. but little has been hasrI :.
the reason for the results obtafr.l
says the Chicago Tribune, Exn.-s
ments made in shallow, broken va,
on the coast. where the wind and -.
conflicted, have shown that little or
advantage can be traced from lh, ps.
of oil under such conditions: that 4. /,
say. the wave motion being disturb.
and under forces not wholly tho.. !.
wind action, the oily film bace,,.
broken up. In deep water. howe
where the waves may bc consider "a j n
wholly formed by the wind, their form.
are more regular. and II is in such r.-
cumstances that the recorded ,.,.a,-
pies show 10 the best effect The ~
fectS suggest the real action OF i4. g1I
According To some theories the oil a..,I
as il does when applied 10 bsaru- RI
machinery. and thus the wind .-If.
more easily over the oiled surface. tI-1|
il does over the water surlata d, \
difficult 10 see. however. that tho f-
tioual resistance between air and I'll
should be less than between air ar
water. as the oil il a less ln0bil.. rr1|
that the water Again, when sv, con-
slider the surface tension Of fluid a
can often observe their restraining.
tion on ascending air bubble or -r-,
floating objects in glasses of water r
might suppose that by the addi.iaDofI
the film of oil sufficient rcsistan.s
offered To the uprise Of the upp.r f,1-,
of the wave. and thus the tend..urf I,
break would be restrained The a.
tion OF the film Of oil Is one Of ...r---
ton. When we consider the ieuEsa.
Of air TO become saturated yyitl.t.r..
vapor due TO evaporation and Of ea..-
to retain air by absorption. yy. rg..
readily conceive that the impact n
air on watery surface viii tend nj
cause a commingling at the surIlc. .fI
air and water which will TIM. of Il
Sufficient resistance t. the motion ul t.a|
wind 10 throw thv water and rliNtr.-..fr.
10 an undulatOry movement and. tl.r-|
fore when this forward movcm,rf l..
exceeded the speed due to the prr-a.rl.|
motion i'm the wave itself the up1r-|
part in falling forward from th.eI'.e,.
Of the push Of air from behind SHOW.
"A foaming rush Of broken water. rr...|
is. the air incorporated with 10. g.st..-|
and the water itself Arguing ON ua.
basis there il no difficulty IN ugcgr,.rvI
the theory that the film OF oh spread
over the surface Of the water ..-..t-
ually prevents the formation Of br8a.r|
water: as the air and water ar, L.a,|
separate the tendency to mutual ab|
sorptiou At the surface is checked arlI
the wind passes along the oily -ur.asrl
with reduced power of wave making
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-02-02

a flower lately discovered in the
isthmus of Tehuantcpec is white in
the morning. red at noon and blue at
night, and Is called the chameleon
flower in default of any botanical
name. 1t is probably species of the
hibiscus mutabilis. The colors do not
pass abruptly from one shade TO the
other, but change gradually from the
white of the morning TO the pink and
red and thence to the blue at night.
The Tehuantepec tree grows to the
size of guava tree and gives out n
slight perfume when the flower is of n
red color
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-02-02
PARNELL WAS supzRsTrrIoUs.
The Training of old Nurse LeF; a
Lasting ETScJ on Him.

The Training of an Old Nurse Left a
Lasting EfrScJ on Him.
a little light il thrown on the some
what mystical character of the late
Mr.. Parnell by some curious stories.
says the Westminster Gazette. \ ~
perstitious strain seemed. says nIr
Healy. to thread its way through the
Irish leaders mind like vein of mar
BILE. When he was a boy he had az
old nurse, a Mrs. Tuppenuy,. wh-
scared him with horrible stories: and
he never got over it. He would com
mence no important business on Fri
day; he started if anyone offered tu
help him to salt, and he would drink NJ
wine at table unless the decantcr came
round from right to left.
These foibles affected even the leg
islation he sought to compass. When
he and Maurice IIealv had together
drafted in Kilmainham iail the amend-
ing land bill attcrward brought in 10y
Mr.. Redmond, he discovered that the
final draft contained thirteen clause
and threw it on the table as if he had
been stung. This viii never do" he
said, sternly: and Mr.. Hcaly could not
move him. 1t was late in the after
noon, post hour approached, and az
other days delay might prevent the
draft reaching the queens printer il
London in time for distribution t.
members before the second reading.
A hasty dissection of the bill was
made, but only to disclose that II
could not well be shorn of clause.
What could be hit upon? There, in
bewilderment and anxiety. stood the
statesman and craftsmen in her
majesty's prison at KiImainham. GYM
each other in despair in the dar!,eninz
cell as the minutes to post hour slipped
away.
At last CLEAN flashed from ParnelI'a
eyes, half irouical, half triumphant. -
have it." said he. add those cursed
clauses of yours and that wiil get u
ont of the difficulty" Thus were tn
tenets of Mrs. Tuppenny saved from
desecra ton
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-02-02
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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-02-02
Com ndinR.

Down IN Virginia robbery had been
committed. The finger of susnicio,
pointed to negro servant, and he was
arralgned before the local Justice. who
happened 70 be the negro's old maste,
TO whom he was still intensely lovs,l
lie made no defense or denial os tho
Juuge lala the evidence point by point
aH@inst hlm' and sentence was about
% De pronounced when suddenly tlae
real culprit was discovered
why didn't you say you didn't do
IT, George% asked the justice.
why, said the faithful old servant
'you's a homes man, judge, an if You
say is the man. den / is the man, but
you see l amt the man. an.r-Youth's
Companion.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-02-02
CTRAY HORSE

- Came To the premises of the subscriber
in Munster township on or about the stb
day OF January, 1891. a dark brown or
black horse with little white on hotb
hind feet. supposed To be about Is wears
OLD. The owner Is requested To come for
ward, prove property. pay charges and
take him away, otherwise he will be dis
posed of according TO law
JOHN DAILY.
Munster Twp. Jan. 10, 1894
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-02-02

Among the novel societies incorpo-
rated in Europe recently is The Soci-
ETY. for the Protection of Nonsmokers. -
in lower Austria. The members, a.
ready numerous, propose no campaign
against smokers, but they intend to
accomplish, if possible, the strict en-
forcement of the regulations regarding
the prohibition of smoking in certain
railroad-train compartments, public
buildings, restaurants frequented by
men and women, street ears, concert
halls and other places of public amuse-
ment. They wish to prevent smoking,
if possible, in all public places. Circu-
lars are to be sent to restaurant-keep-
ers asking that rooms be set apart for
nonsmokers. Branches of the society
are to be established in Vienna,
Prague, Bruenn and Graz. Influential
names are on the roll of membership
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-02-02

The Latest Dodge.-"A queer thing
happened to me the other night" said
Adolphus. Il was out in the suburbs
nVe miles away from home and hadn't
farthlng in my pocket" went home
on Shanks pony. eh?" observed Helm
rlch- No! / pretended TO have a fit
and was taken home in an ambulance" &"
-Berliner Borsen- Courier.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-02-02

The man who has a character that
mud will stick 10 never feels safe
Rams Horn.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-02-02

HrHIRTY EVENT II Ann l IL.
Il statement of the Protection Mutual
Fire Insurance Company OF Cambria
County for the year ending December 81,
ISt'3:
Amount insured De-
crIuher 81. lS92. ..-.--Sl .1l1.9,'
Amount insured dur
-- :. .I03, $50
Deduct amount eXpir-
ed during vcar..--.--S 42l,blb
Deduct amount sur
rendered and
ccllcd. 29.SlS
45l ,44
Amount insured De-
ccmber 81, lS.3 Sl.03l 500
Amount notes in force
December 81, lS'2....S l61,O2l
Amount taken during
2O9O5G
Deduct amount eNpir-
eel during year.......S 4O,l3o
Deduct amount sur
rendered and can
cellrd ............-... .i,2S3
- 1880
Premium notes in force
December 81, lSJ3.... lG5,6S1
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-02-02

Topaz took it's name from Topazas
an island in the Red sea.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-02-02

Balance on hanG and In bank....S .9I3 %
Jan. -, 1894, the foregoing report exam
ined, found correct aud approved.
JNO. LLOGD ID.
JNO J. EVANS,
{. II. ROBERTS.
janl9.3 Executive Committee.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-02-02
CASH ACCOUNTS.

CASH ACCOUNTS.
RECEIPTS.
Amount on hand at
last scttlcmcnt.......S 2,93S 81
Cash for new insur-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. POI 90
Balance AS>e meuJ
No. l2................ 10 90