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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-09-28
DANGER IN 4 LOeSTER's CLAW.
Twenty-Five Pound Monsters Can Easily
Snap a NIan's i-ins..r OF.

-
\ mature lobster iS not small or
harmless locking by any means. says
the New York Evening Post Without
thc claws an old fellow should measure
from one To- two feet in length and
Will weigh altogether from five to iif-
teen pounds. Smaller ones are caught
more frequently than larger ones.
especially since the competition has
become So fierce a t. reduce the num-
ber and size all along the New Eng
land coast. occasionally an old-timer
Is caught one that weighs as high aS
twenty-five pounds. Such monster
Is a vcritable fighter. and "A fierce strug-
gle is sometimes experienced before
the creature is landed safely. The
claws of a large lobster are powerful
enough to crack the she'll Of Il clam or
10 snap off a mans finger. Instances
are on record where several fingers
have been thus nippcd off and where
severe injuries have been inflicted on
the hands and arms. The fishermen
are consequently very cautious when
they land a big lobster. and take par
ticular pains To see that hc is well Sc
cured before taking him out Of the
trap According to the fishermen Of
\cyvburVport. Mass. the lobster sheds
his shell for the first time when he is
about five wears old. but no one seems
able to tell how often after that the
shedding occurs. The young Holsters
a few inches in length have very little
power to protect themselves, and they
generally seek refuge under their
mothers shell when danger approaches.
If startled by enemies when away from
their mother they viii run into conch-
shells or other places of refuge. The
parent lobster shows the same ma
tcrnal instinct noticeable in all living
creatures. If her young are pursued 10y
enemies she il pretty sure To enter into
the race also. Her powers of locomo-
tion are pretty good at such times and
her fighting abilities of no mean order.
Very few fish or shell creatures can with
stand her on,laughtS or give effective
battle with her. one stroke Of her pow
erful claws will suffice to destroy most
enemies. The food of the Holsters con
sists for the most part of CLAIMS. mus
sclS. founders, sculpin and other fish
that get within their reach. They
seize these creatures with their strong
anterior claws and hold them up To tLG
mouth while the substance il slowly
sucked in.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-09-28
FRUIT BUDS.

GREEN currants make good sauce or
pies.
RASPBERRY jam has no superior among
the sauces
The currant is a native of the north.
perhaps Of Holland
Do NOT have the currants too ripe
when making jelly; but they must not
be green.
II making raspberry jelly. add CON
siderable currant juice; the flavor Will
not be impaired.
4 CURRANT bush will grow almost
anywhere. and give good returns for
even Indifferent care.
RAspBERRIEs are best when Plucked,
fresh and ripe, from the bushes and
Immediately used-and so are other
berries.-Good Housekeeping.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-09-28
FLAX CULTURE IN EUROPE.
Russia Grows More of This Crop Than
Amy Country in the World

Our principal supply of the raw ma
teriai. says Chambers Journal. Il i'm
ported from Russia. where the plant
ha, lone been. and still il. cultivated
more extensively than in any other
country i'm the world: but there, the
culture Of the crop and preparation of
the fiber receive less care and attcn-
tinn than in any other flaN-producing
country. This neglect may Ice ac-
counted for 10y the immense tracts
under crop and also 10y much thinner
sowing than i, prIcticed in other coun-
tries in order To give the plant greater
strength and more numerous branches.
To- prevent it being laid during the vio-
lent thundCrStormS that prevail about
the time it is in flower. The result of
this treatment. however. il a coarse
fiber. and also a very much inferior
yield to that grown thicker and under
more favorable circumstances of soil
and attention in its earlv stages. Ger
many. Austria and France will follow
Russia as fiaX-producing countries and
in each of these an average area of
over two hundred thousand acres is
kept under this crop In Holland flax
Is grown principally for the seed. and
the planting and growth of the crop
40 ~ Ell ID bI4t tliilt lpI DIillliP- - TtIu-
lated for this purpose. By properly
maturing the seed the quality of the
fiber Is injured and renders the subse-
qucnt process more difficult; but the
Dutch farmers are amply remuncrated
by the high price obtained for the
seed, which has for agricultural pur-
poses worldwide fame. and Is chiefly
sown in Britain. although Riga seed is
also used and preferred by some grow
ers being more hardy. 1t Is Bel
gium. however, to which we must turn
to see flax in the highest state of Guilt
vation. where nothing il neglected that
can in any measure improve the guam
tity. and more especially of the quality
of the crop Here proper rotation of
the crops superior tillage and liberal
manuring of the land are attended to
il = manner not seen elsewhere. and
to this the careful. plodding Belgian
farmers owe their success in raising
other crops a well as flax. and which
| has earned for them the reputation
they enjoy Of being the most successful
agriculturistS iii the world.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-09-28
.innanr-r SnId.crs.

\ British officer. who apparently
knows. says that it would he "a rea-
snnablc to charge brave men armed
with pitchforllS against brave men
armed with rifles as to pit. man for
man. the Chinese in their present con
dition against the japanese OF all
native and colonial troops | have seen
and | have seen most of them. says he,
Il would. next tn Goorlhas, prefer
regiment of Japanese They are brave.
to mpcrate, patient and energetic and
AT this moment the Chinese, whatever
might bt done with them. are two
hundred years behind" There Is a
gymnasium in every japanese bar
racks.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-09-28

The heir apparent to the bulgarian
throne Will want even more than the
ual portcntous number of uniforms
obligatory for 4 prince if he goes on at
the rate nc is going now, says Pearson :
Weekly. At the age of one day hc WAS
already chief of three regiments and a
SuElicutcnant in his fathers own
Tirnova regiment. Honors of this kind
are. of course, frequently bestowed
upon royal children, but the practice is
discouraged in the Austrian court,
where the most careful attention is
paid tn etiquette. and under any cir
cumstanccS the gazettIng of a prince To
such appointments before he has even
been publicly christened is most un-
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-09-28
LITTLE BITS OF NEWS.

The most dcnScly popu lated spot on
earth il the island ~ Malta.
TIE ears royal yacht. the Polar
Star. cost almost five million dollars.
THE extravaganza of Empress JOS
ephiuc cost her six hundred thou
sand francs year for dress alone.
PROP. BEUUL believes the female
brain t. he superior to the male he
cause of its more delicate formation.
a PROCESS by which all kinds of wood
can be rendered incomhuStiblc has
been invented 10y Chicago chemist.
NEARLY ten per cent. of the yield
from this years cotton crop in the
south is from cottonseed oil once
thrown aside as useless
THERE is a project of establishing at
Las Vegas. New Mexico. a gentle
mans paradise" which is expected To
rival in detail Monte Carlo.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-09-28
SLEEPING IN CHURCH.
1t Is Sign. for One Thing. of the AP
proachine Old Age.

proachinG Old Age.
DIR. Chalmers went to preach for Ed
ward Irving. the erratic genius who
asked the privilege of making a few
preliminary remarks ami poke an hour
or 80 in crowded building. saws the
Christian Advocate. Chalmers. refer
ring To il aftsrward. said: What could
] do in an exhausted receiver There
are many cases iustifying sleeping in
church; the mother who has been
watching two or three nights with a
sick child; the father who has been
thoroughly overworl1ed. and invalids.
are not To Ice condemned If they doe
in the sanctuary unwillingly. The car
bonic acid gas resulting from crowds
and especially from gas jets, old air
heated 10y steampipes, the effects Of
furnaces with red hot tirepotS, through
which not only carbonic acid gas. but
a far more dangerous gas. can perco-
late. make the most devout and atten-
tive drowsy.
Sometimes the first signs of old age
are a tendency to sleep in church. The
philosophy OF the nod and OF the atti-
tudes Of the head l. this: Unconscious
ly we hold our heads in position 10y an
effort of the viii. When sleep begins
that i relaxed; gravity takes charge II
the head and also OF the under Jaw,
but as the head slips back II produces
an uucomfurta blc feeling that slightly
awakens the sleeper. who SpaSmodical-
" exercises his will and straightenS
himself up. and rclaNes ii Immediately
afterward. This may continue in some
eases, putting the man in the attitude
apparently of bowing assent to
every succeeding sentence. No vvom-
an Will voluntarily sleep in church
if she has the ordinary desire
to appear well II must. however.
be conceded that ia many instances
the minister j. tu blame. II he sue
cumbs to depressing Influences. and eS-
pe-ially If he droncS or i prpiiN. or
breaches only words. words. words
or has a cantinC tone 50 that on what
ever he SAYS the same stress II laid
at regular intervals. If he turns his
face To- the wall and does not look
At the audience. or fixes his eye upon a
point and never removes il. or Is very
long. or makes the same gestures FIRE
quently. he may lull tEe people. some
preachers have to preach half an hour
or 80 to become interesting It WAS
we'll said to one Of them: If you had
delivered the first thirty minutes Of
your discourse in the adjoining grave
ward before entering the church the
effect upon the living would have been
greater
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-09-28
a RESPECTFUL TYRANT.
Discharge of a DisagreesbIe Duty by
Faithful servant

Discharge of Di~a aEreeshle Duty by
Faithful servant
Beaumarchais. a famous French au-
thor, had a servant Antoine by name
who had been long in his service. and
against whose tyranny he seldom ven
tured to rebel One evening. in his
old age. the great man was engaged
in a game of chess. when Antoine en-
tered and said. somewhat sharply but
respectfully:
Monsieur. II Is 10 o'clock"
Very well, Antoine" the master
said. but let me finish the game
IF You don't come now monsieur.
you Will be tired tomorrow morning"
''Oh, no, think not, Antoine
And being tired out you Will not
want to get mp"
'-Oh, yes. Antoine. I shall get mp
mo, monsieur. Won viii not get up
'All right. Antoine; l viii go in a
few moments
And if you are not up, monsieur. At
/ the usual time you viii derange Your
! whole day"
In a minute. in a minute"
And You viii have no appetite for
/ breakfast, monsieur"
Come now. let me finish this game.
/ Can't YOU see the clock ! fast?~
But the clock Il slow. monsieur
! i tell you IL i fast
The clock is slow. monsieur"
Now. now, The game l. almost
/ done, and then
But If the game were almost done
| you would not have SO many pawns
left, monsieur"
Antoine, ! should have been done
! already if YOU had let me alone
-But / shall not let YOU alone, mon
/ sieur~
i tell You / shall finish the game
/ Get out, Antoine"
We viii get out together, mon
sieur"
Antoine, I'm not baby"
You do not CRY. monsieur. Apart
J from that there Is not much differ
! cnce.~
The dialogue went on in this way
/ for some time. Bcaumarchais. Shruc-
| ring his shoulder, moved a pawn on
/ the chessboard, and then Antoine.
| bowling very low and with great out
ward show Of respect 10 the company.
seized the board and tipped IL over.
/ dumping the cLessmen in a heap on
/ the floor
BeaumarchiaS was on the point Of
flying into violent rage. hut Al the
! sight of his valet. who stood 10y wear
ing an air of sweet humility Joined
with the consciousness Of duty uobly
done. he burst into = loud III Of laugh
ter and suffered himself TO toe led
home and put To bed
The next morning Beaumarchais
was found dead in bed Whether or
not the excitement Of this mild coutro-
verSy with his valet hastened his
death * not known Antoine. at ana
rate. was sure he had done his duty.
and it Is quite possible that his care of
the old gentleman had already pro-
Ionged his life.-NIillion-
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-09-28
THRIVING ON PERSECUTION.
The GyPsies of Hungary Stin Maintain
Their Ancient Customs Unchanged.

In hungary there are. according to a
rough estimate. about one hundred and
fifty thousand gypsieS, vagabonds who
wander about the country with their
carts and horses accompanied 10y their
women and children; and though at
one time prosecuted as unbelievers and
hunted to death as sorcerers and poi
soners the cruel edicts which cnj0ined
such treatment were never sympat athized
in 10y the hungarian people. The re-
suit is, we learn from The Peoples
of the World that the gvpsies have
increased, and, in their own thriftIess,
squalid fashion, prospered, despite the
hard usage they have received at the
hands of their rulers. Indeed, the Hum
garian kings have more than once pro-
tccted them as a poor wandering peo-
pie without IA country, and whom all
the world rejected" and granted them
safe conducts to go wherever seemed
good to them. with their troops of
dOu5cvs and horses. Joseph III. of
Austria tried to settle them as agricul-
turists, and had huts built for them.
But instead of occupying the comfort
able dwellings themselves. they stabbed
their cattle in them and pitched their
tents outside. Then. To prevent their
corn from sprouting, they boiled it be
fore sowing; and though their children
were taken from them and trained up
into habits of work under Magyar and
German peasants. these wiIdlings soon
escaped and joined their parents. with
out having learned anything from their
f"rsible apprenticeship To civilization.
1t il affirmed that gypsy who had
actually risen to the rank of an officer
in the Austrian army disappeared one
day and found six months after
ward with band of Zingari encampcd
ON the heath y young SIovack peasant
fell in love with and married gypsy
girl. but in his absence she escaped to
the woods, and, when discovered. was
sleeping under the skies and feeding on
hcdgChogs. after the fashion of the
race from whom she had been taken
Abbe List. charmed with the talent
for music displayed by gypsy boy.
took him To Paris and tried To train the
little lad. But all in vain. The mo
mcnt he saw his own people in Vienna
his delight was indescribablc: there
was no longer any hope of keeping him
under the restraint of polite life.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-09-28
AFFECTED BY WEATHER.
The Mental Faculties Regulated to Some
Extent 10y Atmospheric Changes.

The Mental Faculties Regulated To some
Extent 10y Atmospheric ChnnEes-
a writer in the American journal of
Psychology for this year discusses the
subject from the view of common eX-
pcricnce. and presents some facts that
are interesting as well as leading in
their directncsS. He says: The head
of a factory employing three Thousand
workmcn said: We reckon that n disa-
grccable day yields ahout ten per cent.
less work than a delightful day. and
we thus have to count this as a factor
in our profit and loss account Acct
dents are more numerous in factories
on bad days. \ railroad man never
proposes changes to his superior if the
weather l., not propitiOuS- Fair days
make men accessible and generous. and
open to consider new problems favora-
bly,. Some say that opinions Icachcd
in best weather states are safest to in
vest on" Other facts are mentioned in
the psychical and physiological rela-
tion. as weather often affects logic.
and many mems most syllogystic con
illusions are varied 10y heat and cold.
The llnec-jerll seems proved
to have another factor. 1t is not
strange if the eye. e. e. which wants
the normal stimulus in long, dark
weather, causes other changes.
Temperament is a fundamental fac
tor in scnsitivcneSs to atmospheric
changes. that type Of it called the
mental being the more intensely af-
fected. while the bilious type may eX-
hibit 10y comparison the more capricious
or morbid Impressions, says the prcHo-
logical Journal. The mental mani
fcstations. as Il rule, however. depend
upon the organism primarily. If the
culture i good. /. e the faculties have
been trained to coordinate, harmoHi-
ous action. and the elements that con
tribute to serenity and self control
have been well developed. weather
conditions will but operate like other
parts Of the environment. and self
training Will show adaptation and self
repression. The nervous" cNcitablc
iraScible person Is he who has not
learned To control feeling and EXPIRES
sion and ii Is he who finds fault with
his surroundings and imputcS uncanny
conduct To them. That there are func-
tiOnal states Of the body that predispoSc
one to mental depression or cXhilar;I-
tion we are ready To- admit. \ torpid
liver. chronic catarrh. 4 rheumatic
joint. and even an old corn may render
one susceptible to weather changes.
the physical ailmcnt producing a nerve
reaction that Is lIculy felt at the spinal
centers and may test the spirit Mind.
however. Il superior To matter. or
rather constituted for superiority.
Fairly organized. carefully developed
and trained. il viii exhibit that supe-
rinrity 10y its pose and calmnc~S in cir
eumstances that are disagrceable or
painful to the physical sense.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-09-28

1t was formerly a custom among
Teutonic nations To drink a liquor made
Of honey. and called hydromcl. for
moving age IA month"; after the we'd
ding feast Hence the name honey
moon. The TeutonS knew very little
about treaclc. a. we learn that the name
Teutoni was given. go l.. G.. To a race
of people who had long been settled
in the country. and in tbs provinces
which are now known Respectively a.
Denmark and Schleswig-llolstein hut
which were then known collectively a.
the CherSonCSus Cimbrica. The Tcu-
tons may even have brought the custom
To England with them when they came
over the Zimmerman Bo>phorus about
ESQ H. c
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-09-28
\ Born Gallant

A Detroit home has among its lares
ct penates a small boy who viii lee a
Chesterfield in point of manners at
least. if given half chance he mas
a great admiration for his mother,
and yet there are times when she Is
compelled to punish him Such n
thing occurred the other day.
Now she said after she had con
cluded vigorous spanking for will
fuIness. II hope You have changed
your mind"
mo. mamma" he sobbed- i always
said Id rather be spanked by you
than kissed by any other lady in town
and / think SO yet Free
Press
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-09-28

An Australian mining journal i re
sponsible for the following story \
miner in that country who WAS obtain
ing fine gold 10y sluieinr- was asked
how he saved IL lie replied that he
employed the common ANAL lzramafian
process. hut used novel and ingenious
retort for the purpose After ANAL
gamatinE with quicksilver ! get a
potato said the miner. '-cut of one
end and scoop out a cavity In II large
enough To take my ball of analram- l
next take spade or piece OF nat iron
and place that over the fire. and then
upon that l place the potato with the
cut side down A. the amalEam gets
hot the silver evaporatcs and goes all
through the potato; but IL cant get
through the skin When II l. cool 1
have my gold button on the spade and
my silver all IN fine Clohulcs In The
potato. I break that potato up under
wafer and have ..ll M silver 8"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-09-28

In China Ts'aichow men are a su-
perior race. They are the Chinese
Four Hundred and native anatomy
distinguishes them in an altogether
unusual way. The surgeons say that
while all other Cinnamon have eight
pieces of bone from the neck to the top
of the head Ts'aichow men are the
proud posseSsors of nine.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-09-28
Cat Pulls Its Aching Tooth.

a correspondent of a Scottish coun-
try weekly tells story of a eat which
somehow had the toothache, turned
surgeon and extracted the offending
grinder. The eat was one day observed
to bc conducting itself like creature
demented. jumping in the air. rolling
about and rushing in and out of the
house Next he took to ''clawing'' his
Jaws. and lastly brought out a tooth.
which was found To be so far decayed
as to be quite hollow.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-09-28

Little Susie carried to neighbor's
house a beautiful pat Of butter all
covered with fanciful markings
How does your mother make the
butter look SO pretty, my dear?' some
one asked.
..Oh. she did that with our brand
new comb" said Susie.-Ioledo Blade.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-09-28
POINT ERS.

An electric railway mail service has
been established in Montreal.
An extension ladder for upper berths
of sleeing cars has been devised.
THE brilliance of candle flame can bc
measured with compas>es and calPcrs-
PINEAPPLE juice is a valuable medi-
cine for indigestion and throat trou-
blcs.
THE two swiftest runners of the ami
NAL creation are the kangaroo and the
ostrich
early Christians inherited their be
lief in witchcraft from their pagan
fOrCfatherS.
GREEK national elections are held
every four years. The polling places
are churches.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-09-28
Canada T-IeId Pa Cron.

The field pea i an important crop in
Canada partly hccauSe It succeeded in
localities where corr cannot he grown
and partly because in many localities
the pea weevil. which iEfeSts peas
grown IN the states. II not known II
was long the nabit of farmers near the
Canada line TO send north for seed peas
free from the weevil- When Canada
seed peas were procured each spring
one or two crops and sometimes more
could be grown in the states free from
bugs before the pest would reappear.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-09-28

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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-09-28

Tho father of boating at Cornell
University was the author of Tom
Brown at Rugby"
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