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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-04-27
REPRODUCED AT a RAPID RATE
Prodgious Fecundity of an insect Which
Feeds on the Plant Kingdom.

Prodigious Fecundity of an insect Which
Feeds on the Plant Kingdom.
The aphis. which is known by the
common name of plant louise" Is an
chronological enigma as well as an
agricultural pest. The scientists do not
pretent To know just exactly how many
varieties of aphis browse on the green
things OF nature. but some authorities
estimate them them at 1000. a large
proportion of that number having been
named and classified single insect
of any of these species of aphis may be-
come the progenitor of billions of
young. even during its own lifetime
Latrielle. who is regarded by the st
Louis Republic as an acknowledged
authority on this branch of cntomol-
ogy, makes some curious and interest
ing calculations: \ female will pro-
duce young at the rate OF about TWEEN
tv-iive a day during the summer
months. and as each Immediately be
comes the progcnitor of Others one
aphis may possibly be the mother,
grandmother, great at-grandmothcr. etc,
ct al OF the enormous number of 5.9U4.-
530. 900 individuals by the end of the
season. Nongarl and MOrrcn. who are
equally as good authorities aS Lat
ricllc, extend this number into qlin-
tillions as being within the clpabili-
ties of a single mothers efforts. The
late Prof. Huxley once made Il calcula-
tion which affords some idea of what
quiHtillion of aphides might mean: AS
suming that an aphis will not weigh
more than the onc-thousandth part OF
"A grain. and that man must be very
heavy in order to weigh more than
1000. 900 grains. the tenth brood of APP
hides alone. without adding the prod
net of all the intermediate generations
tif all the members of this immense
family should survive the many dan
gers to which they are eXposed). would
contain more pouderable substance
than 800 600 900 men. In other words,
they would outweigh the entire popu-
lation of China.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-04-27
His Point of View.

An odd illustration once given En-
erson, the philosopher, of the fact that
the laws of disease are as beautiful IA
the laws of health is reported in his
lecture on The Comic"
Il was Fastening" he says. "to visit
an old and honored friend, who. | wa:
informed. was in a dying condition
when | met his physician, who accoste.
me in great spirits.
And how is my friend, the reverend
doctor?' | inquired.
''Oh. | saw him this morning. 1t j:
the most correct apopleNy have even
seen; face and hands livid. breathing
stertOrous. all the symptoms perfect.
And he rubbed his hands with de
light. for in the country we canno;
find every day case that agrees with
the diagnosis of the books"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-04-27
HAVE THE SMALLEST HANDS.

American Women Take the Lead. Fol
lowed by Their sisters of Austria
The women of North America have
the smallest hands in the world, and
next to them come the Austrian, Span
ish. French and Italian ladies. Those
of the fair Spaniard, according TO the
New York Tribune. are often spoiled
by coarse fingers, rounded at the tips.
Russians have long. but beautifully
formed hands The hands of English
women of rank are aristocratically
shaped, but they are long and some
times too dry. The French grande
dame takes the best care of her hands
all the world over. Germans are gen
orally endowed with large and fiat
ones with enormous fingers A typical
beautiful hand is that of Duchessc
de Mouchy (nee Anna Murat); il is
very small, delicately formed, with
taper fingers curved a little at the cN-
tremities. and almond nails. The hand
of Nicomtesse de Galard is exquisite.
1t recalls Canova's statues, of which
the hands are smaller and more aris-
tocratic than those of the famous
Greek models. Two of the Austrian
archduchesses are noted for their
lovely hands, Archduchess Eliza
beth, mother of Queen Christina
of Spain, and Archduchess Maria
Theresa, sister-in-law of Emperor
Francis Joseph OF fair Frenchwomen
who can boast of a charming hand the
duchesses of Ayen and Mouchy are
among the best known; also Princess
de la Tour d'Auvergne and Princess dc
Wagram, Duchess de Luynes and
Princess de Polk. Mines Yturbc ard dc
Mieri, though Spaniards, have hands
as perfect as their feet, an Duchess
de Morny is another of the peninsular
beauties whose hands are good. A
charming specimen of the Russian
hand is that of Duchess de Sesto-long,
but superbly made, while those of
Duchess de Ia Pouchefoucauld and of
Lady Randolph Churchill, nee jerome.
afford illustrations of the lovely little
hand of the North American woman.
Most Parisiennes wear 81 or G34
gloves. These are not the smalls.
sizes for a pretty hand, but are those
worn by mauy of the fairest of the sex
nevertheless; for a tight glove is a por-
feet abomination. 1t makes the hand
look larger instead of smaller
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-04-27
Hunters Great Feat.

Mr. F. c. Selous. the great African
hunter, in one night killed three lions.
Two had been shot. and Selous and his
native servant had gone to bed in their
hut, when another lion began to sniff
around the frail shelter. 1t was so
dark that nothing could he seen, but
instant action was necessary, as the
lion might any moment force an en-
trance To prevent such a consum-
nation" says Mr.. Selous. Il pushed
the muzzle of my rifle between the
poles. just where my ears told me my
would-be interviewer was moving
them, and. pointing it upward, holding
the stock on the ground. pulled the
trigger. Once more. and for the third
time that night, the report of the rille
was answered by the most terrific
roars it is possible to conceive. uttered
as they were within six feet of ouI
ears" Then the hunter returned to
his couch and slept calmly till morn
ing.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-04-27
A DUEL WITH CLUBS.
Brawny Montana Pro-p~ctors Who Drew
Lots for the r irst blow

Lots for the First blow
THE most remarkable duel | ever
witnessed" said William A. Gladwin
to the St Louis Globe Democrat man.
was away out in Montana several
years ago. 1t wasn't one of your tin
de steele affairs of honor, nor was it a
glove contest for points; il was simply
an attempt to decide who was able to
give and take the most punishment
Two burly fellows in our prospecting
party had difference which they
wanted to settle by shooting each
other, and il was only by disarming
them both that we saved their bullets.
The men were very surly after being
deprived of their siX-shooters and for
several hours did not speak. Then
they approached each other and con-
versed with a caImness which some OF
the party mistook for burial of the
hatchet, and the wag of the crowd
handed over his plug and invited them
to chew the pipe of peace. A few
minutes afterward cash man lounged
off into the adjoining timber, going in
opposite directions. Feeling nervous.
/ struck out after them. / lost the
track of the man / was following, and
despaired of finding him until | heard
a thud, like mans skull being bat
tered. l followed up the sound and
was soon the spectator of Z brutal duel
on the old Indian plan. The men had
drawn lots for first blow, and the loser
had stood his ground while his adver
sary tried to fell him with something
very like a club. AS provided in the
code the men took turns in giving and
receiving blows, and when | got up
each had had two, if not three, chances
to brain the other. Each had his face
covered with blood and was beginning
to be feeble. / stood for a moment
overcome with horror, and then draw
ing my revolver came forward and
compelled the combatants to quit.
Neither suffered permanently from his
punishment. and the exponents of one
of the most bri1al dueling codes ever
heard of lived to become fairly friend
ly with each other"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-04-27
INFORMALiTY OF JUDO ES.
Supreme Court DiGnitaries Less Austere
Than Might he Expected.

Than Nigh BE Expected
Sticklcrs for the incest proprieties
find but one fault with the supreme
court of the United States. and that Il
that Chief Justice Fullcr'S hands are
too much in evidence there. says the
New York sun. They are like the
pretty hands of the tavern hostess
whom poor Gerard met in Charles
Rcadc's ''Cloister and the Hearth
Her hands were forever flying ahnut
like excited white pigeons. Tie chief
Justices hands are also like the arms
of the angelic actress with whom Ar
thur PcndcnuiS fell in love when he
was boy. Her arms were so cnntinL-
ally exposed, says Thacllcray. that she
could ONLY be seen through them. as it
were Chief Justice Fullrr'S long
nervous. thin. white hands are forever
pulling his long mustachiOs or hover
inr about his nose. and if anything
could upset the dignity of that high
court il would be those hands that
would do it. Our New Eori, lawyers
find the court most interesting in its
contrast with our own courts. The
other day a great light of the bar was
arguing very serious case before the
almost full bench when Mr. Justice
Field interrupted him. called him 10y
his surname without taking the trouble
To- prefix the word Mister" and then
cracked little joke with him in tn,
most free and easy way. 1t was as j
he had said: See here, Tomkins. yoI
New Workers see clean streets wheI
there is fresh fall of snow on them
don't you?" There was absolutel
nothing to criticise in such an inter
ruption, and yet no such thing would
occur in high court in this state once
in twenty years.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-04-27
The pnni.. on s,.hlr Island.

Sable island Is famous Throughout
the Canadian maritime provinces i"E
its race of wild ponies The IiIe
creatures were originally placed upon
the island in order that they mi-A'
furnish food for shipwrecked mariners
frequently east away there The eoar'5
salt grass of the island il cured ana
stacked in summer time, and upon iAI7
the ponies feed all winter. 1t II ~ald
that they eat their way deep into iA'
stacks and thus find their only shelter
from storms There Is a tradition eHi
rent that they even eat fish cast upon
the shore Considerable drove> of lhe
ponies are taken To the mainland IL
early autumn. and they are sold IL the
Halifax market
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-04-27
AMERICAN HISTORY.

THE first steamboat piled the Hud-
son in 1907.
THE first copper cent was coined IN
New Haven in 1857.
CARACAS. the capital of Venezuela
was founded three centuries ago.
THE first United States postal cards
were issued in May, 1873, and during
the first two months of their existence
thirty-one million were used
The oldest fire engine company IN
the country Is claimed To be located al
Mount Holly, N j. 1t is called the re-
lief fire company, and has had con
tinuous existence of one hundred ana
forty-one years
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-04-27
THE ELK PLAYED POSSUM.
Surprise Awaited the Hunter Who
Started In to skin the Beast

A Surprise Awaited the Hunter Who
Started In to skin the Beast.
IAN elk beats the dickens for mis-
chief" said an old hunter to a writer
for the New York Sun. One time
was hunting on the Yellowstone river
with Uncle Pete McDougall and
squaw man named Jackson, and every
kind of game that you ever saw was
found there. We shot no end of buff
falo, deer and antelope, and thought
the list complete when we struck
band of elk in the open valley The
squaw man said that the only way to
kill an elk was to bury yourself in
clump of bushes and wait for him to
come to You. l knew better, and so
we herded up the group and tried to
close in on them in a circle. Well.
they all got away except one bull, who
was cornered until | could get shot
at him / was 1attering myself that it
was a great shot when / saw him fall
Hat on his side and never move a hair.
You know all about killing elk
said, sarcastic like, to the squaw man.
You killed him, you skin him. he
said
All right said L, but you don't
get any of the meat And with that
out with my knife and walked quickly
over to the dead elk, never noticing
where he was hit | got square over
on his neck, and was just reaching with
nv knife to strike the skin from hi.
head when of all surprises | ever got
that was the worst That bull elk
just raised up in the air with me on his
neck and. tossing his head. caught me
squarely on his horns l came down
like a piece of lead ore in a Thousand
foot shaft | tried TO hang on to his
horns but he jerked my grip and threw
me high in the air and on the ground,
where lay with the breath knocked
out of me and too scared to move and
thinking he would trample me to
death in the sage brush. Finally my
friends got in their work. The elk
had SO much fun that he did not see
them coming, and Uncle Pete put ball
in his heart just as the beast was
about to jump on me with all four
feet The elk tum bled over on me. and
under his crushing weight l tainted.
The next | remembered was the smell
of smuggled Canadian whisky andsthe
squaw man saying with a laugh:
1t takes a long time to learn an
elk's ways
Like Gen. Grant iOthe interview,
i had nothing to say on the subject"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-04-27
THE CARS PRISON LIFE
A Monarch Whose Life Is Constantly Il
Danger


All men must some day die. and al
know that they must die, but the car
walks and talks, eats and drinks an
sleeps under the perpetual shadow Z
death If half the accounts be lra-
which come from the splendid and -.--
itary recesses of the Russian palace
No month passes without some intiml-
tion that the enemies of his thrUlr
and person can menace him thrau-l
all the triple barriers of guards and
safeguards which surround his III
perial majesty. He NAV find words u
treason in the golden cigarette cass
which he opens when he would smoke.
on the back of his dinner menu. upon
the blotting pad when he signs dis
patches, or beneath the pillow of his
couch. The trusted attendant Of h.s
privacy may be sold to the cuuspira-
tors; his kitchen may not be >4fe
against them. nor his study. nor even
the chapel where he worships- When
he walks abroad his path must he
heedfully cleared and protected. The
walls and floors of his palace must be
searched before he visits them. and his
journey 10y railway necesSitate~ a nj
mute inspection of the line. with often
a Gordon of soldiers tn keep IL fruIl
point To- point Amid all his grandeur
and vast power he doth live man
forbid" peace and security cannot ie
50 much a. known To him. for The
strongest nature Is not proof against
the cowardly torture thus perpetuAliy
inflicted One does indeed become IL
a certain way indurated even L. such
an existence as this, and the patient
fortitude of the ear is said To be re-
markable
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-04-27
HER HEART ON HER SLeE We.
The Coster Girl Never Hides Her Emo
tions. ss Fine Ladies' do.

The Coster Girl Never Hides Her Emo
tions. ss Fine Ladies' DO.
1t is an interesting sight to see the
real coster girl. not her stage pre- sent
ment, enjoying herself on a bank hOli-
day First of all, she is very smart ac-
cording To her own ideas, which, to do
her justice, are original and not pale
copies of the West End ladies.
Her hair, especially, engages her at
tention. and in this she prefers a dis
tinctive style of her own. The hair is
parted at each side, cut short and very
much curled and crimped, and sur
mounted by large hat and ostrich
feathers coming well over the eyes. in
some cases almost hiding them She
is musical, too. and easily breaks into
singing and dancing.
Ii is sad to note this unsatisfied
longing to indulge in rhythmical move
ment as exempiitied in slow valse
danced by two of the same sex, or Il
wild sort of jig partaking of the can
can and the breakdown shared in by
both men and women. says the London
Graphic A crowd of admiring and en-
couraging bystanders gathers round
quickly, applauding or criticising in
their own peculiar manner. The belle
is arrayed in a brown dress with pink
bow at the neck, large green velvet
hat and feathers, a large white shawl
and white gloves She is as self-con-
seious as the beauty of a Belgrave
Square hall, and dances with an enjoy
ment and an JUNCTION unknown to the
languid lady
There is no sitting out here, no
useless dancing men, for both sexes
seem equally delighted to revolve with
each other. There is an evident love
of bright colors in the dress of boys
and girls, and there is hearty, bois-
ferrous flow of high spirits and of some
what rough good-nature, coupled with
laudable determination to be happy,
which is as refreshing as il is unforced.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-04-27
A Horse ON the Rriton.

An EngHshman travelling in the
south sor1e years ago was interested
when chance acquaintance at a hotel
said to him: Il have some of Long
fellows hair" Then he drew from his
pocket a little box and exhibited a
quantity of coarse black hair. "Oh. -
said the Englishman, with surprise. Il
should have thought it would have
been white" NO" said the proud
possessor of the relic. Its all right.
was in the stable myself yesterday
and got this where he'd switched it off
against the side of his STALL 1t was
thus that the Englishman first learned
that famous horse had been named
for the poet
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-04-27

A sheriff Who Would Not Let . Railroad
Law Bother HIM

A ludicrous row over the separate
coach law occurred on the Cincinnati
Southern road recently Sheriff Rob
erts. of Boone county, had a white and
colored prisoner, destined for the peni-
tentiary in this city, and took them
both in the colored coach. The con-
ductor, evidently not informed that
nurses and prisoners are exempt from
the provisions of the law, insisted that
the sheriff should leave the colored car
and take his white prisoner with him,
says the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The sheriff refused to separate them,
but took both to the white car. The
conductor then told him he would have
to place his colored prisoner in the
proper car, and the sheriff replied he
would not do it, and if put off would
sue the company. The row became
, threatening, and the sheriff. in order
to avoid trouble, went back into the
colored car when the train stopped,
and when again seen by the conductor
got back into the white car. In this
way they quarreled over the whole
route to Georgetown, but the sheriff
landed his prisoners in the peniten-
tiary securely locked together.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-04-27
a CRUSHED INSURANCE AeF.-
His Intended Victim Led Him u a III.

His Intended Victim Led Him t. g. IA
Where "A Human Voice Wa. I-.L..
The toughest experience ever I.
in my life" said solicitor Of Iifa-
surance to a New York Herald r..
was with an iron manufactur--
Troy. / had been informed THAI
WAS hard customer, but q weal,.
man and one who had carrle>>ly r4-
lected to- provide himself with ms.
ance, and - | resolved to tackle him
Upon entering his office and czpIsi-I
in@ the nature of my business u-J
surprised 1t his greeting II "a.
friendly. even cordial Life iu>--
ance.'- said he Well. now. that's a.
subject that interests me. Come VIII
me To the shop: I've got to 20 tLs-.
and you can tell me all about the s..
periority of your company over all u,t-
ers-' Then he took up his hat a1s
hade me follow him As Ne went a--
of the Office l noticed smile on II.
faces of all the clerks, and though
didn't understand il / smiled ia return
for | thought possibly they knew u-
crrand and were congratulatiulr Iue a,
my success The proprietor UalE-
hurriedly and after him, until al lss
he flung open a door II was the Ia
chine shop The din was terrible
thousand hammers, think, were al. q
work beating iron at once. Invulm
tarily / put my hands to my ear
Looking at my man | saw his lips mDy.
and lowering my hands just manage
to catch his words, shouted above u
deafening racket: Now. tell LIE q
about it, lie smiled Sardunically
he said this. and | could have mu
dercd him 1t was impossible 10 say
word, and 80 went right out il VI
a darn mean trirlI'
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-04-27

One of our city physicians recently
received the following letter from 4
country physician (2l: Dear dock
have a pashunt who's phisieol sines
shows that the windpipe was ulceTalru
of, and his lung have dropped intoo ms
stumick. He is unabel to swoller An u
1 fear his stumick tube il gone nav
Civ hym evry thing under heaven Win
out effeckt. his father Is welty oneTaiiS
and influenshial he Is an active meill
Der of the NJ. +. chirsch and god nos
don't want to loose hym- what shan l
due ans buy return male yours ~
neede"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-04-27
STRANGECIIMATIc D,rrr,
Explanation OF the Causes q, a,
Varying Temp@r.,,

Explanation OF the Causes % Il..
Varying Temperzture
People who visit the e.s,
Florida. and especially the Ina.
and the Lake Worth region g
der why the climate Of thar -.
50 delightful at all times uf :.
and 50 different in almost -
ticular from what one woul5 g.
those attitudes The exnls,..s
simple enough The differ.,'
tween northern and semitr,r,f.-1,
ida, apart from the la,ifr.s----
tance. Is due to the elevatigr :, 4
former and the distance from &,
gulf stream The waters ~ -
of Mexico temper the imm-If.,
line Their effect does not ..,,.-
inland. The stream is Pressed n
the east coast shore along bal
ty 10y the bahama bank, A.
steamships southwark bound 8.
the force of the current. stand
near the shore that they can =,
points be hailed from land. m. =
stream II an old story. but i, -
fact This vast, deep blue ocean
q thousand times the voluru..
Mississippi, is thirty miles Wild. .
thousand feet deep. and has d y..1
of five miles an hour the wear -
The temperature of the >ir...-
eighty-four degrees, or nine a.
higher than the waters Of the -
through which it flows. The -
winds blowing nine-tenths Of Tho :
winter and summer. from the ,.a.,-,-
bear the stratum of warm AIR g
by the gulf stream westward a
the land. This Is why the east CO..
mildcr and more equable than In. 4
coast in the same latitude. Mia
gulf stream are found thre, a..
cqualizing agencies-the trade MIA
the everglades. with a water >u-4
preventing a land breeze. and th. -
of high baromctric pressure. The "a
summer heat. that might uthrryf.
IinetY-five degrees. IL reduced Il, 81.
thing like eighty-eight dcgr-.> T
Ilidwinter chill. which might l-,.r a
II thirty degrees II warmed Nm
something like forty degrees.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-04-27
Looked Like a Natural Sequence.

queer coincidence occurred in one
Of the city churches last Sunday Dur
ing the service one of the ushers noti-
fled a physician in the congregation
that a call had been made for him in
the vestibule. The doctor bounced out
with hat and overcoat, and was soon
on his way to see a patient. About ten
minutes later the usher walked down
the aisle until he came opposite a we'll
known undertaken. There was whis-
pered word or two, and the under
taller hurried out 1t was not the same
case, but he followed the doctor. and a
broad smile fioated out over the con-
observation-disclosures journal.
Former Mall Service.
Less than fifty years ago there was
really no postal system in this country.
Previous to 1917 the mails were carried
by private firms, and rates varied ac-
cording to distance. Carriers often
travelled on foot or horseback and the
progress was slow. In 1916 some of the
post offices issued stamps of their own.
called provisional issues" The ad
hesive stamp was first used in this
country in 1s47, and prepayment was
made compulsory in 1856 In 1858 the
stamp containing the head of Andrew
jackson was issued, and from then
until 1855 the style adopted contained
the profiles of presidents of the United
States