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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-03-23
EARLY SANITATION.
During the Days Of King Richard IL,
Henry VII and Charles n.

During the Days Of King Richard IL,
Henry VII. and Charles n.
As far back as the reign OF Richard
H., says the London Spectator. we find
an act for the punishment Of them
which cause corruption near city or
great town 10 corrupt the air" az Rich.
IL, 9. l3, 4. D. 13ss), the preamble of
which notes that 50 much filth "bc
cast and put in bitches and other
waters, and also within many other
places, that the air there rs
greatly corrupt and infect, and many
maladies and other diseases do daily
happen" This is essentially sanitary
Legislation.
a century later we find an act under
the heading: Butchers shall kin no
beasts within any walled town or Cam
bridge g Henry VII, c. 9. 4. -. l4-1.
The preamble Of this speaks Of the
''corruptions cngcndered by
reason Of the slaughter Of beasts and
scalding Of swine" the ''unclcun, cor
rupt and purified waters" and goes on
to the remarkable statement that lin
few noble cities and towns, or none
within Christendom. the CON
mon slaughter house of beasts should
be kept within the walls OF
the same, lest il might engcndcr sick
ness, unto the destruction Of the peo-
pie"
Under Charles H. the "act for re
building the city Of London" (Ig
Charles IL. e. 3. A. ID. 1861 provides for
the cleansing and securing of vaults
sinks and common sewers" and a few
years later again we find IAN act for
the better paving and cleansing the
streets and sewers in and about the
city Of London (22 and 23 Charles II.
c. L, a. ID. 1870.
We must be just to our ancestors,
though they undoubtedly had not much
science (and did not use long words
ending in alton. the idea of health
as a matter Of public concernmcnt was
not foreign TO their minds. The diff
ference is that what were sanitary i'm
stincts in them have developed into
sanitary methods with us.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-03-23
Monkeys Death-Red Scene.

Prof. Garner'S chimpanZce, Elishaba.
recently fell victim at Liverpool to the
severe weather. The scene at the death
bee was very distressing. Poor Aaron.
the male chimpanzee, had been
most assiduouS in his attentions
To his consort during the whole
of her illness. Prof. Garner was
present during the last moments.
and when he put his hand to her heart
To- find if il had ceased 10 beat, Aaron
also put his hand there. looking up in
the professors eyes as il inquiring if
that was all they could do for her,
Aaron would not suffer Elishaba To Toe
taken from him. and clung to her body
with such tenacity that the professor
was compelled 10 lay it down on its bed
of straw The sadness depicted on
Aaron's countenance could not have
been more clearly portrayed on the
face of any human being. Poor Aaron
was not conSoled until he had placed
his hand in that of the professor. and
by signs and sounds had told him Of
his distress. Both Of the animals had
become greatly attached to Prof. Gar
ner. and, apart from her value in sup
port of his theory, the loss of Elishaba
Is keenlV felt bV him.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-03-23
VISITORS AT WASHINGTON.
How Strangers Pour Into the National
Capital From Eyerywhere-


The national capital is the Mecca of
sight-seers and they flock in hundreds
to this city at all times of the year,
says a writer in the Brooklyn Eagle.
They come singly, in couples and
squads of from dozen to a hundred.
They are from all sections of the coun-
try and represent all classes of socie-
ty. The spoony newly married
couple, the well-to-do farmer who has
harvested his crops and is enjoying the
fruits of his summers labor, and ex-
cursionists from different parts of the
country journey to Washington with
the convening of each congress. They
take in the old historical houses, gov
ernment buildings and monuments
and visit the home of Washington and
the Arlington cemetery. But by far
the most interesting object to them is
the capitol building. Here they de-
vote the most of their time and atten-
tion and roam at will through the ro-
tunda, statuary hall and into the gal
leries of the house and senate Their
chief delight, however, is to go upon
the floor of the senate and sit in the
seats that were occupied by the illus
trious Clay, Webster, Benton and 9TH
er renowned orators long since num-
bered among the great ma jority, and
to recline for a moment of bliss in the
vice presidents chair. A majority of
these visitors seem possessed with
mania for collecting souvenirs, and are
ever on the lookout for something to
carry away memento. Not an OBJ
ject that is portable escapes their dep
redating hands; they clip tassels from
the costly damask portieres; chip bits
of marble from the walls and pillars;
take knobs from doors, and one fiend
a short time ago had the audacity To
cut a piece as large as the crown of a
hat from the center of the twelve hun
dred-dollar Smyrna rug that covers the
floor of the marble room of the sen
ate. Anything ia the way of pens,
pencils and even inkstands that is
found upon the desks of the senators is
regarded as common property and as
such are appropriated by the rapacious
relic hunters
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-03-23
FINANCE NOTES.

THE amount of money received and
expended for the relief of the miners
during the recent general strike in
England was fI0l, ,7lI.
FRENCH imports decreased 25l $50, 900
francs in 1898. as compared with those
of the preceding year, and the exports
decreased 25l, III. 900 francs
EAsrBoUND trunk line shipments of
breadstuffs and provisions from Chica-
go for the year 1898 were ,, 16e, ,236 tons,
against l, 135. .O92 tons in 1892
THE official returns show an increase
in exports from Canada for the past six
months of nearly 1000, 900. The i'm
ports for the past six months increased
half a million dollars.
THE foreign trade of Canada was
s245. .G94. .Oe0 in 1898, as compared with
S24I. .369. 900 in 1892. The exports
amounted to SIIs.6I9.OOO, by far the
greatest in the history of the do
minion."
THE Edison Electric Illuminating
company. of New York, reports for
year 1898 gross earnings S1.l93.33s, in
crease $50, 963; net 1851, ,67s, increase
SIOG.54I. and surplus over interest
and dividends of 81, S9,64s.-Bradstreet'
STATISTICS compiled by the census
bureau show that in the United States
there are 1909, 461 horses, or one horse
for every four inhabitants; mules, p
295. .532; cows, l6.5II. $50; swine, 81, 4O9,-
5s3; and sheep shorn, 81, l2G, Sos.
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LITERARY DOINGS.

Mr. HOLMAN Hunt is occupied upon
his new book. which viii treat of the
pre-Raphaelite movement in England.
A cory of the siNpenny pamphlet edi-
tion of Gray's "Elegy," printed by the
author in 1851. sold lately in London
for three hundred and seventy dollars.
The interesting announcement is
made that an authorized memoir of
the late DR. Francis ParlIman will be
prepared under the direction of his
family.
WITH the seventy Thousand dollars
left to Yale by the late Judge Killings
a chair of English literature is to be
established. II will be known as the
Emily Sanford professorship-
A RUMoR has gained some credence
in Germany that Prince bismarck has
sold the copyright of his memoirs to
a firm of publishers for one hundred
and twenty-five thousand dollars
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-03-23
RAINMAkeRs IN THE ORIENT.
Queer Methods Adopted 10y the Japanese
TO Coax showers in Time of Drought.

Queer Methods Adopted 10y the Japanese
To Coax showers ia Time of Drought.
During the summer season in Japan
droughts are very frequent. and the
rice fields, before so beautiful, present
ing as they do all the different shades
of green imaginable. gradually lose
their brilliancy of color. turn yellow
and parched, and threaten the total de-
struction OF the crop. Not only does
the rice suffer. but the wells dry up
and necessitatc the carrying of water
from long distances After waiting
and hoping in vain for a downfall of
rain, says Yokohama letter. the peo-
pie turn out en- maSSe 10 woke the
power Of their deities 10 send them the
saving showers. 4 procession is
formed OF perhaps two hundred men,
all nearly naked, who. carrying straw
emblems representing the sun with
rain pouring from il and with long
streamers having prayers written on
them flying in the wind. proceed 10
the nearest river or bay. where the
whole company wades into the water
until they are waist deep. and. sur
rounding the emblems. pray alond and
throw water on the images with both
hands.
procession il reformed when il pro-
oeeds 10 the temple to pray again.
This ceremony il repeated several
time, and should the rain come i'm
abundance prayers are offered in
thanksgiving. Should IL be only a
shower, they blame themselves for not
having prayed fervently enough and
continue their deyotions until a down
pour takes place
Another form of devotion for the
same purpose takes place at uightfall,
when long boat is filled with men
and padded swiftly across the harbor,
accompanying the prayers by the regu-
lar beating of tomtoms and gonFs.
Sometimes at night, away down the
bay, may be heard the weird sound Of
tomtoms and the voices Of the men
gradually growing louder and louder
as the boat approaches, each man bend
ing 10 his paddle in regular time as IT
passes US swiftly and gradually disap-
pears in the darkness and is soon lost
To sight and hearing.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-03-23
ThE COST OF WAR.

TIE rcpu bile Of Brazil spent last
ycaron the army 81. 3.OOO.OOO milreis, ON
the navy, Il, ,OOO, 900. a milreis is about
81 cents.
LITTLE Switzerland has an enormous
army in proportion To population. The
population is $500, 900; the standing
army, I2G,O 900.
OVER 100000 French women were
made widows and 5000, 900 French
children were made fatherless 10y Ma
poleon's campaigns.
THE cost Of an Armstrong steel gun
is estimated at $500 for each ton of
weight; Of a Krupp gun, 5000; of a
Whitworth gun, SJ25.
AT the battle on the Thrasymene,
where Hannibal defeated the Romans,
there were $4,000 men engaged, Of
whom Il 900 were killed
THE number OF men withdrawn from
industry to take part in the civil war
on the union side was 2,173, ,40S; the
eonfcderates enlisted over GOO, 600.
WITH the exception of Belgium.
whose debt has been incurred for in
ternal improvements, every European
national debt is in great part a war
debt.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-03-23
MARTS OF The WORLD.

ATTORNEY GENERAL OLSEY has fur
nished an opinion TO Secretary Car
lis.e that clearinghouse certificates
are not liable To taxation.
An order has been received by the
Richmond (Na-) Locomotive and Ma
chine works To build twenty new loco
motives and rebuild ten old ones for
the Atehison, Topeka 81 Santa Fe rail
road.
DISPATCHES from Cincinnati report
the organization of a 100000 com
pany TO develop 5000 acres of coal
land in West Virginia. and of a $1,000.
600 company to develop the mari de-
posits in eastern Virginia.
DURING the year ending June 80.
1893. there were GG6,S0 tons of coal
mined in Arkansas. There were -
mines in operation, employing L752
men. This does not include some small
open workings, where coal is taken
ont for local use.
The coinage of the United States
mints in November reached the eN-
ceptionally large value of l,o31. .4i0.S5,
of which $40. 1S9. 500 was gold coin. The
MINOR coinage, 5,2s2, 600 pieces of which
4.l30,OO0 were one-cent pieces, was
demanded for the Christmas trade.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-03-23
MASCULINE APPLICATIONS.
The IdiotIc Stare, the Walking Stick. Even
Ing Tie and NonchaIsnee.

Ing Tie and NonchaIsnee-
1t is said on excellent authority that
the idiotic stare is still in favor among
the exotic youth of swelldom, and any
fashionable Young man who cannot
learn how to abstract every atom of
expression from the countenance and
look on vacancy with an expression of
imbecility, cannot belong to the select
coterie or hold rank in the inner cir
cles
There are other important matters
which must be carefully committed if
one desires to be in the van of fashion.
The first of these relates TO the walk
ing stick, and this involves perhaps the
most serious responsibility. For the
stick must be left at home when going
to business, to church, or to make
calls. The reason of the latter bylaw
is that in the language of the stick, to
call upon young lady while carrying
a cane, implies that the caller is on
sufficiently intimate terms To look in
on her casually any time What finer
subtlety than this is to be found in the
intricacies of feminine etiquette,
Then there is a fixed and immutable
law governing the carrying of the cane
The correct style is to hold ii at an
angle of forty-five degrees, with the
ferrule uppermost and forward. OF
course. this is the sort of thing no man
could possibly discover for himself, for
the unsophisticated would naturally
carry his stick with the point to the
ground and in so doing stand revealed
as initiated in the supreme refinement
r. of etiquette.
No man with particle of self-re-
spect would wear a made-up evening
tie, and as some men find it quite i'm
possible to learn to tie the bow them
selves there has sprung up a new in
dustry for women. A young woman in
London has taken up the unique call
ing of going from house to house tying
the neckgear of distraught bachelors
who cannot do il for themselves. The
custom will probably be introduced ON
this side along with the other English
quirlxs. Let no man in his conceit AS
sumo that when Pandora opened her
caskct women monopolized all the
vanity.
Besides it isn't good form to be so
critical nonchalant benevolence,
superior and patronizing, is the latest
mode, and it is not good form to be
caustic or pessimistic any more.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-03-23
FOREIGN POLICE STATISTICS.

IL the Hong Kong prison I15 cases of
prisoners fighting with each other oc-
CURED during 1890
ST. PETERsBURG's population is !, ,OOO,-
600 There are 2,l65 police, who IN
1880 made ID. .O02 arrests.
IL Glasgow last year 577 persons
were arrested and fined for failing
to sweep their steps or Pavements-
The City of Mexico has $4,000 peo-
pie and 2.3O2 police. The arrests last
wear were So ,223, over one half for in
toNication.
PARIS has 2,S44,OO0 population and
7.l54 police. Total arrests in 1890, 90
s42, of which 26, ,s22 were for drunken
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-03-23
IN SAAOOH-LANO

The pcnnOn 1T his PROV to float
NJ brc. +; aloH.; the ,si tsWccps;
But ro-nI ana rom shG ,wayIHzs boat
The lIlaI Mt SLOW eddy cro-ps.
If yestgr eve or yCSlcc year
lie drlItod On this i-tlc strand
Who knows. Tine has no measure here
Ia Shadow Land
For one perpetual season flowers,
And knows no change Uf sun moon
t. mark the ueVer-V.IrSiug hours
From d4wn l. dusk, from night 10 noon;
Nor sung oI Lird, nor brcaIa Of rose
But sun LnI far, on eithD hand.
The lily blows, the waller flows.
Ia Shallow Land
That soft, unceasfng ripple rocks
The keel IhIJ WIlu il seems to glide,
And 10 his dreaming fancy mOeks =
he motion OF an ard tide
Dim shapes his halI-shut cySlids I'LL,
lie hears the wave wash on The sand
Nor guesses that he fingers stin
In Shadow Land
Awake, o dallicr with 4 dream
That only in thy fancy dwells!
Push out into thy open stream
Beyond these poisoned honey bells!
Let the strong wind a5mdrr rift
The drowsy fragrance rCuni thee famed,
Or perish OF It's deadly drit
In Shadow Land
Kate Putnam OsgOoI, in n. y independents
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-03-23
FRUIT BUDS.

WHAT better remedy for plum rot is
there than thorough thinning?
ORCHARD. bees, poultry, sheep-all
these go well together.
For a canning plum, give US the
Ogon, yellow Japanese sort.
PRAYER for fine fruit will be most
effective if backed with the sprayer.
The annual crop of wild hazel nuts
in the United States is said TO amount
to two million bushels. If we cannot
succeed in acclimating the English fiji
berts, why not make efforts toward the
improvement of the wild hazel?
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-03-23
CONSTIPATION

Demands prompt treatment. The re-
suits of neglect may be serious. Avoid
all harsh and drastic purgatives, the
tendency of which is to weaken the
bowels. The best remedy is Ayers
Piiis. Being purely vegetable, their
action is prompt and their effect always
beneficial. They are an admirable
Liver and After-dinner pill, and every
where endorsed by the profession.
ayers Pills are highly and univer-
sally spoken of by the people about
here. L make daily use of them in my
practice. - DIR. L. L. Fowler, Bridge
port, Conn.
''I can recommend Ayers Pills above
all others, having long proved thei-
value as n cathartic for myself ana
family" ]. L. Hess, Leithsville, Pa.
"For several years Ayers Pills have
been used in my family. We find them
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-03-23
EXERCISE FOR THE EYES.
Absolutely Necessary I'm Order That the
Vision Nav Be Prc.erved.

Absolutely Necessary in Order That the
Vision May Be Preserved.
When the eyes are treated fairly
they are strengthened. not weakened,
by work says the Philadelphia Times
just as the arms of a blacksmith
grow the stronger for his trade. So the
eyes of watchmaloers who work under
healthy conditions are found 10 i'm
prove and not to deteriorate in vigOr
and quickness. 1t is the abuse OF the
eyes. not their use, which is to be
avoided.
If man is aware either that his
eyes need no artificial correction or
else have received their proper adjust
ment, and if his work, whether liter
airy or mechanical, is done in light
both steady and sufficient and with a
due regard as TO ordinary sanitary
rules. he may fell sure that he is
strengthening his eyes, not weakening
them. by nara work. Men OF InJeI-
lectual pursuits sometimes are afraid
of losing their mental powers in old
age because they have drawn so much
upon them when young. The reverse
Is nearer the truth. and if they have
not overtaXed their brains the fear is
absolutely groundless-
1he man whose intellect goes nrSt
in old age * generally some farmer or
laborer who has never strengthened
and invigoratcd it by use; not the
politician. the lawyer or the man Of
letters. So with the eyes. Those who
have strengthened their eyes by using
them properly keep keen sight longer
than those who have never trained
them. In the case of the man who has
neglected TO give his eyes full develop
ment they will fail in power along
with his other bodily fun ctions. When
however, the man who, born with
good eyes, has kept them in constant
hard work and vet never strained them
reaches old age, he may find them
capable of performing their functions
better than any other organ of the
bndv
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-03-23

"A marriage contract according to
the laws of England or of the United
States is not valid in France unless alI
the details of French law are complied
with The American woman who mar
ries Frenchman in this country is not,
in the eye of the French law, his wife
until all the requirements of the code
Napoleon have been com piled with.
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Effective Remedy

for constipation and Indigestion, and
are never without them in the house"
Moses Grenier, Lowell, Mass.
al have used Ayers Pills, for liver
troubles and indigestion, during many
years, and have always found them
prompt and efficient in their action."-
L. n. Smith, Utica, y. y.
" suffered from constipation which
assumed such an obstinate form that L
feared it would cause Il stoppage OF the
bowels. Two boxes of Ayers Pills eff
fected n complete cure.'-D ID. Burke,
SacO, Me.
% have used Ayers Pills for the past
thirty years and consider them an in
valuable family medicine. l know of
no better remedy for liver troubles,
and have always found them a prompt
cure for dyspepsia. - James Quinn, 30
Middle St, Hartford. Conn.
Having been troubled with costive-
ness, which seems inevitable with per-
sons of sedentary habits, l have tried
Ayers Pills. hoping for relief | anu
glad to saN that they have served me
better than any other medicine.
arrive AT this conclusion only after a
faithful trial of their merits" - Samuel
L. Juues, oak ST, Boston, Mass.
Ayers S Pills,
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Not Surprising. = Williamson "a
poor shot)-''I haven't had any better
luck hunting this year than dill last
Hcnderson-.'of course not The birds
aren't any larger.
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Advertising Rates.

The large and reliable circulation cf the CAV.
BRiA FREEMAN commences 10 to the iavOrh hla
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GENERAL DEBILITY. ETC.. ETC.

arge bottles, so cents per bottle. Sold by
ggsts generally, or sent to any address on re-
i of 90 cents.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1894-11-16
HE4 rs AND THIRST ~ INDIA.

The handling of gun after the
sun has played upon 1t for an hour
or two Was sufficiently warm work
when done in gingerly fashion and
with the least possible contract with
the metal or barrel or tri gger guard
and sudden clu ching of barrel
suggested collision with the wrong
end of Il red hot poker.
And the thirst. When once the man
who is ont in that yields to the tempa-
ton of his water, or cold tea, or time
Juice anc water bottle he is thereafter
for the rest of that day lost creature
the slave Of ony fluid with which he
can wet his parching lips aud allay his
Unsuitable thirst.
Then would he drink kerosene, or
ink or sherry at eighteen pence quart
or ny illumination that possessed, IN
his view, the indispensable qualification
Of being liquid. SO, too, will the
natives-the mahout and others-de-
scend from the elephants, and drink
greedily from any fetld pool, the ugh
death be IN the cup.