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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-09-14
TOO MANY MEN IN AMERICA.
The Country Overrun with Them,
Proved by the Census of 1890.

The Country overrun with Them, As
Proved by the Census of 1890.
Marrying and giving in marriage is
purely a personal matter in this happy
land Of independence. Perhaps more
than in any other country in the world
1t Is Il matter OF sentiment: and that 50
--y it be until the end of time is the
p ration of all true lovers and happy
welded folk But at the risk OF brush
ing off some Of the bloom of fancy from
tins -ubjcct. says the Boston Post, il is
interesting to regard it in the cold
Ii int II figures. which tells what kind
oI an aggregate Is made up 10y tn in
Givi,lual tendencies of the American
people toward natrimony. Such
.i-ures are furnished for the first time
by the census of 1890. former enumera-
tions not having been concerned with
this very important feature OF the So
lial con. itiou OF the United States
The first thing which catche, The at
tention in the tabulItions OF tn, census
bureau on this subject Is the vast num-
Der Of young bachelors. At the age Of
tvyentv-four years only twenty men
out OF one hundred are married. and
even up to thirty years nearly one-half
still remain single. The women do
better. At the age of twcnty-four
nearly half OF them have become wives.
and before they reach thirty years
nearly three-quarterS have found their
mites As rule women marry at an
earlier age than men. and this ac-
counts in part for the difference. But
the great fact remains that the vast
army of Young men OF America remain
bachelors at an age at which their
grandfathcrS We're the heads of fam
lies and bound to the community by
the strongest ties known in our social
system.
Exact comparison is, of course. i'm
possible. owing to the absence of fig
urcS Tor previous years; but it is safe
To say that this habit of bachclorhood
ms increased and that the tendencies
of modern conditions of life are toward
its further growth. As the standard
OF luxury-which we have come to call
COMFORTS raised. the cost of main
taininga Il family becomes greater and the
responsibility becomes more formidable
The young man who can support him
self in ease hSsitateS to assume great
~ burdens. which must involve some
sacrifice OF his habits and may bring
the need of greater eXertion as Il
bread-yyinner than he in his bachelor
freedom likes to contemplate. And 50
the young woman. seeing new oppOr-
tunitics OF agreeable occupation open
ing up on all hands for those of her sex
who have capacity for business, for
art. for industry OF many kinds, may
be influenced by greater Indifference
To the sentiment which leads to mar
riage. Yet. which i the better state?
If long life il the desired thing. these
census figures have something of in
tereNt to tell the young bachelors of
America. They show that of all the
American men and women who have
re,-,hed the age OF siXty-hve years.
niuety-four out of every one hundred
are married. All but six ont of the one
hundred who have persisted in their
bacheIorhood have dropped out of the
world.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-09-14
PAYING THE PIPER"
The Origin and Significance of the Pro-
verbal Expression.


verbal Expression.
How many times we have heard the
expression pay the piper and won
dercd where it originated. Perhap:
some of You have heard the legend.
but for the many who have not | will
tell it. In all likelihood it came from
the old and celebrated German legcnG
of The Pied Piper of Hamelin." Rob
crt Browning has given us n pretty de
Scription Of the legend in poem of the
same name The story tells Us that Il
young musician, dressed in disguise.
came to lIamel, flourishing town in
Brunswick. and offered to rid the town
OF the rats which had infected it for So
long time. He wore fancy coat of
many different colors. hence he was
called the pied piper. The commission
erS of the town give him orders to de
Stroy the rats. and promised him a re-
ward when he should have done So.
But after the work was completed the
promised reward was withheld. and
the piper in revenge blew his magical
pipe again and by its wonderful tones
drew all the children of the town To a
cavern in hillside. The opening of
the cavern was closed as soon as the
children had entered. and their par
ents never saw them again And so
our proverbial expression. pay the
piper, sprang from this legend. and it
conveys warning to all men to pay
everyone his just dues, or be on the
lookout for revenge as cruel as that
of the Pied Piper of Hamelin.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-09-14
Cut on from the World.

There is little group of islands in
the Pacific ocean. halfway between
Hawaii and Samoa. One of them Is
called Tanning island, and it is the
property of an American family named
Greig, who work il for guanO. 1t is a
coral isiet, with fine lagoon, which
has been entered by American and
British warships- The proposed cable
across the Pacific ocean, from Austral-
asia To British North America, will. it
Is expected, cross the island. The
Greigs lead an ideal life, apart from
all others of their kind, save a hun
dred natives, who do their work. Once
only in six months do they hear from
the world, and then little sailing YES
sci comes TO them, laden with mail.
BOOKS, newspapers and provisions. II
Is always summer on the island-al-
ways SO warm that one can swing in a
hammock all night with little cover
ing save the clear sky.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-09-14
NAMES OF CHILDREN.
Custom of BaptismaI Christening and Odd
Results % Mistakes

Results a.. Mistakes
Down to the early -rt II the present
century IL was usual To name child
after the saint on whose uaV h,- hap
penCd To Ice born. \ writer To Notes
and Queries in 1853 states that he had
recently baptized a child 10y the name
Of benjamin Simon Jude. ON his eN-
pres ing some surprise at this some
what singular conjunction OF names.
hc was informed that the birth lad
taken place on the festival of ~.
Simon and Jude. and that II was al
ways considered very unluclIy To take
the day from a child.
The custom of naming children after
any particular saint has fallen into
general disuSe. except in those coun-
tries where the population il composed
almost entirely of Roman Catholics.
The giving of n name in baptism Il
really no essential part of the rite hut
Is merely 4 custom derived apparently
from the Jews, and which through
long practice has become an important
element in the ceremony.
Many instances might be furnished
OF children who have inadvertently re-
ceived wrong names. The registers in
WarminStcr church contain the follow
ing entries:
''I79O, January L. Charles. daughter
of John and Betty Haincs. This child
ought to have been christened Char
lottc, but owing to mistake of the
sponsors. 1t was wrong named"
''l79I- July 81, William. daughter of
William and Sarah Weiddicll. y b
1t was intended that this child. being
girl. should have been christened
Maria, but through a mistake of the
godfather it was named William"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-09-14
SNAKE 81 HLKlNG.
PeriIous sprint.tim. sport Indulged In b,
Men of Maryland

PeriIous Sprinl,time sport INDUCED In bS
Men of Maryland
They have novel and exciting
spring sport down in Anne Arundel
county. Maryland" said man from
Baltimore To a writer for the New York
sun 1t Is snake shooting. Long. long
ago the native sportSmen down there
discovered that in the spring of the
year blaclzsnal1es. garter snakes and
nloccaSins-and Anne Arundel county
seems to have 4 good many hundred of
these TO the acrc-are engaged in their
little iovemal<ing affairs They hover
together in dry spots. and make 50
much noise with their kissing and
wriggling that IL is no trouble To stalk
them from a long distance away At
the season named they are not only
bold and fearless, but they viii not
hesitate to attack an intruder on their
trvsting places. The moccaSin snake
looks duh and rusty on land. but his
back light Up into beautiful kali
eidoscopic markings when in the water
Thc moccaSin i the easiest snake to
kill. they say. When the warm spring
sun showers its rays down ON
the pools in which the moccasin
lives and finds his prey he comes
To the surface and hangs on to
iutting bush or weed. or crawlS ont on
the banks anu lies stretched on the
srras., or sand. He is shy and will run
quie,sly at AN approach. except At mat
ing time. and then he Will show YOU q
pretty fight. And You hadn't better
let him bite Won. His bite may not kin
you. hut IL would be better if whole
ne: e hornets rested ON you and en-
Il 1-., 1.
water moccaSin should touch you with
his fangS. But his cousin. the cotton
mouth. or stubtail moccasin, viii bring
your last viii and testament into Serv-
ice nearly surcr than the cholera or
yellow fever. His poison tooth i as
deadly as the rattlesnake's. and when
he hears You coming he won't run
away OF warn You like the rattlesnalle.
but viii lie still and wait for you and
plug venom into you if he can. There
/ cpnsi lcrabI, vim in stalking a
sturuptail moccasin when he is alb
sorl,cd in his lovcmalling. and you want
t. make sure of your shots when You
draw bead ON him.
The proper and sportsmanlike way
of hunting snakes in Anne Arundel
county i TO shoot them with small
rifle. and the ,portsman who doesn't
bag hi, game 10y shooting it in the head
isn't looked up to much. The man who
would 90 out after snakes with shot
gun down there would lose caste i'm
mediatcly. ana be sadly talked about
The fdvuritc rifle i one Of 80 cal
iber. and twenty yards range il the
least an expert snake stalker asks.
\ m"ccasin head can he plainly seen at
that III tancc. and many Il shot among
the snake hunters doesn't brag any if
hc doesn't knock eight heads off ont OF
ten at that distance.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-09-14
SHORTHAND WON HIS TITLE.
Isaac Pitman Has Earned His Knight
hood by "a Busy Life.

hood 10y busy Life.
When Queen Victoria one day recent
ly with a stroke OF sword and formal
courtesy exclaimed: Arise. Sir Isaac
Pi- man" she not only. conferred the
knighthood on the aged inventor OF
phonetic shorthand. but illustra ted the
fact that in England honorS are a re
ward sometimes long DELAYED. Sir
Isaac Pitman. SAYS the New York
World, il now eighty-one years of age,
and llnighthood. although it carries
the lowest title in the realm. and one
that lacks the hereditary principle
comes to him "a a graceful recognition
of lifc'S work well done
For sixty seven years he has worked
ten to fourteen hours a day. almost
without vacation. His phonetic short
hand was not pure invention. but he.
undoubtedly did more to extend and
popularizc the art and TO bring il into
use than any other man. Shorthand
comes down to us from the ancients
The first crude hieroglyphics in Egypt
We're kind of shorthand while Pepys'
diary was written in a system used in
his day
In 1887 the system of Isaac Pitman
was published. He popularized the art
by cheap publications. which brought
schools OF shorthand into existence and
made his system the standard. Dick
ems. who had been a reporter in the
house OF commons. has drawn in
David Copperfield" an amusing pic
turc OF the struggle of the early short
hand writers before Pitman-s day.
when the art lacked the clearness and
brcvity which he gave it, but it is a
curious fact that the official steno-
graphers of the house of commons Us,
the system IF Gurney to the present
day. Pitman, however, justly deserves
the title of The Father of Shorthand. e
which far eclipses in glory that which
the queen has conferred upon him. for.
a. Labouchere says: Every coal HEAVIER
in these days is a knight
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-09-14
How a City Was Started

The little city of Mt. Vernon. New
York, owes its origin to communistic
discussions in a tailor's shop far
down Hudson street. The tailor and
some of his acquaintances finally
agreed to put in one dollar a week
until the accumulations should reach n
sufficient sum to purchase a tract of
land in the suburbs of New York The
little organization grew to contain
more than one Thousand members. and
they put in one dollar week for sew
enty-siX weeks. Then, about 1851. they
made their purchase. Horace Greeley.
who was one of the subscribers to the
fund, wished to range the private lots
about central common, but To this
his fellows would not hear. and to this
day Mt. Vernon has no considerable
public square. All traces of the orig
inal cOmmunistic scheme have disap-
peared, though some of the original
subscribers may survive.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-09-14
No Prohibition About 1t.

During certain court-martial trial
held recently in New Mexico. a coIored
sergeant was called to testify against
a lieutenant formerly his troop-com-
mander, now charged before the court
with lntoXlcation and neglect of duty.
You say that the lieutenant told Won
to march the troop down to So-and Sos
ranch and there go into campo" asked
the judge-advocate. Yes. sah.-- re-
piled the African sergeant We'll.
from previous testimony. it seems that
your troop went that night without
water" No, sab; we didn't git no
satah." well. how was that? There
was plenty of water at the ranch.
They didn't prohibit you from getting
water, did they?" asked the judge-ad-
vocate. ''Oh, no sab! dey warn't no
pro bition about it. Dey was watah
dere, but dey just wouldn't let us
hab it."
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-09-14
King Asked for Suea

There is some uncertaint,- =,
date of the introduction OF 60 " me tne
III would appear that it was consiJo,e,1
luxury in 1926. when Hen. IEI TI'
asked the mayor of Winchester 70 80.
Tor him three pounds of AIaxands5;a -
sugar, if SO much could he had 81 ,i,'i oIi Id
some rose and violet colorad s,,r,a- Is
fore the year 400 however - -
more plenty, and was sold =, III.
would be equivalent to from ,h;I.1-
en anu one-halt to seventy-five cents
per pound in American nancy
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-09-14
GLAOIATORIAL ssov,
Festiv titles and Ceremorie. ,-.
Great Show

AceNf 49, anu t4eftloEie- An.
Great Shows. Z
Jndes the republic Their. 49,.
performances annually. 1s.,=-- p
about Sixty-siN days. Ta....-- =
for by the state. and r.--.-r.
couple Of Thousand % r-#
money. saws Coruhill MAJ. q
times, however, game -r.-
by some public->pirit,d f-a.-.. --
desired TO gain popu larf-. 49,
rowing m"urner> al -ar I'm
friends OF relations T-ra.-
pire the time occupied ID. -s....
clcS was Increased q. ur.,. H.,...
seventy-thrce days srursrr-- ..
more while the cost ..
show rose To seven ur a=-.- 81.
pounds Ihe~e gam. -rs-.r
began at S-nri~c and lasted --.-
set. consisted ui thrg. Er--=-..
/ g. horse and char - -.-.
between gladiator and .....
tween men and wild t..r.-..
these many varieti,.~ rv..-. 5-..-
The rladiator~ w.-..
part criminals ar lBr.-..r.-. ..s.-
certain number ,f r.r--.
part -patrician>- au# even .-
occasionally apprallu-- 7r o..
After a slime schools s.-
were established ia E.rr.
champions were exalted =-.
idols. Their banne~ -.r-r-..
verbal their prai~,-- rs.-.. .r... Il
poets and thvirpurr- ar-.--
lamps and vases T......-..
inals did not iura-.r..- -...
death Ia the arena. y -n.-
three years If rghrf-r -r-a
beasts they wer- r..ua.... s-.- /
Eladiatorial duri.~- s.-. 4-
spent in the pruf,~~iarI -ar.-..- /
freedom
The performauee- rr.-. aa--
means "f aiiicho~ la--..I.r-
buildings pn cone. .- ,a.-..-.
discovered al Fump..s 81 s...-
that shelter viii fa,. ..-.....
spectators in ease ..I r..-. s..
that the arena VflI ..-r...r ....-
order that the dust as.r f-. ..
night before rhe -r.r.r..r. D. 4
great banquet WAS nlr-. -.-..
atorN- pr,-~umahlE ra. r#--
hired champion Ar H....-.
heroes marched lu n-...-..-.
amphitheater- and. aF-.- -..
had been giv.u Dos 81 H....- .f.-
the fun began II..,.-r-.-
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-09-14

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pue lsLg @ql u9sMl0a -SlGIaLd uuITplI
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qua 10 9orIrd qua lB Su!uIp sIuuM apu,
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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-09-14
IIertrifyiuc -

Experiments 60 -r,,
ence Of electricity HH
plants have shown rg
An apparatus consist - -
nectcd 10y wires for
moSpheric cle,tr.ri,l
area was arranged
grain crops grown VIM
showed an iuc-ea~e oh. q
eight To ffty-~iN per -
crops were Uerta~''
The scientist who
pcrimcntS al~a rr.rl ,.'' ~
trifvinr seeds hrt"7'
found that when thrt
the current for only 4
rapidity of their
doubled.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-09-14

Little 'Ra>ru~ wa> 81
Of asking quc>iI,'l-'- r--
and in order ta ~a'il '''- =
he fnund too great l.' .r..-e'
shoulders to hyar. e'- I'D
boy To school. where ',.-
loGuy II said T. have ~
tie -Ra~tu~ ~ = am y.
de moon. fc~~ih- IN
We dun no fa ,hn--
honey Yer Sc, -
night ter light up, an @ i
de day. OATS er NIX
difruncc. / tells yer. ssn,
done tackle dc hlE J''s s.s.a1|
his hands he eouldn
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-09-14

Lopez de Vega, among his volumin-
Gus writings, has five novels. The first
Is without the letter a, the second with
out the letter e, the third without
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-04-12
WAR IN THE COKE REGION.

Trouble Again Brenhs Out In the Conn oils.
villo Country-Despernte Situation.
UsroSrows, Pa, April ll.-War has
begun again in the coke region and the
situation to-day was most critical.
Rioting and raiding have been tho pro-
gramme from early morning aud fierce
battles have been averted only by con.
cessions on the part OF the companies.
The first indication OF trouble was in
the form OF m armed mob OF 400 strikers
which assembled at 1880 to-day at the
youngstown works OF the II. @. Frick
Company near here.
About sixty coke drawers were in the
pit, when, ut q given signal, strikers
swooped down upon the plant from
every direction. The workers fed ior
shelter to the company's office which
was guarded by only six employees. The
400 Huns demanded that the workmen
be given up. This was refused at first
but after several attacks the workmen
were given up. They were treated to
all sorts OF insults aud some OF them
beaten with clubs.
Sheriff Wilhelm was notified at once
and started for tho scene Of trouble,
The rioters had left for the Leisenring's,
taking the Youngstown workers with
them. The sheriff gave chase with
twenty deputies, overlook the mob and
ordered them to disperse. The leaders
OF the rioters answered that thoy were
on the public highway and had equal
rights with the sheriff.
a deputy took charge OF one OF the
men. when the strikers surrounded tho
posse and forced tho authorities to give
up the man. The sherifi's force then
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-04-12
FURY OF THE STORM.

How the Albert W. Smith was Pounded to
Pieces nnd Eight Lives Wore Lost.
MAHAsQuAN, n. j., april 1.-The fu.
rious gales and high tides which pre-.
vailed last night and to-day have left
their mark all along tho Jersey coast.
Along the Jersey Central railroad to
Toms river the high tides have done
enormous damage and the sea has over
flowed the shore and formed little lakes
for considerable distance. The beach
far down the coast is strewn with light
wreckage.
In tho height and fury Of the storm
the three masted schooner Albert W.
Smith was driven ashore at point mid
way between Sea Girt and Manasquan.
In less than half an hour after the YES
sci struck ahe was pounded into kin.
ding wood by tho soas which broke
over her. What was left, portion OF
the hull, was carried up about quar-
ter OF mile South Of the lie saving
station.
Eight men, it Is said, composed the
crew Of the Albert ". Smith, not one Of
whom has been seen since their boat
was wrecked.
All along the beach was scattered the
wreckage OF the ill-fa.ed craft, aud her
battered hull was rolled and spintered
with every billow that broke over il, =
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-04-12
IN THE SENATE.

Messrs. Hale and Psrer Address tho Sen.
nte Oh tho Tariff Biil-Pcirer OpposesIt.
WASHINGTON. D. c., April ll.-The
agreement made yesterday between Sen.
ntora Harris and Aldrich went into OF.
feet to-day and from one o'clock until
five the tariff bill was under discussion
and Senators Hale, OF Maine, and PETER,
Of Kansas. spoke against It.
Tho time OF tho senate from 12 to
and from 5 to p. m, when it went
into executive session. was taken up in
a consideration Of the urgent deficiency
bill, but without reaching any conclu
sion in regard to it.
During the course OF his speech
Senator Hill said: from his study oil
the bill three thing, were apparent,
viz:
First, it is bill to protect tho south
and punish the north.
Second, it is n bill for the benefit oil
the European manufacturers and pro.
ducers at tho expense OF our own
manufacturers and producers.
1UlrU, IL ID III eNtIy paEuEIupH tIlul
deals with the products OF the Domin.
ion OF Canada, as brought in COMPETE
ton with the products OF our own poo.
pie along the Canadian border, 4 simon
pure. almost unadulterated bill for the
benefit OF Canada and to our CORE,
spending hurt.
a strong point in Mr.. Halo's speech
was the inevitable annexation OF Cana.
da and he laid great stress npon this
This question woke tho almost somno
lent senate to brief discussion and
Mr.. Gray inquired what advantages
would accrue to the American farme,
along tho Canadian border il the pro
duct of Canada completed Oh equa
terms with his own.
Senator Frye suggested that there
would be no border. il. would be all oui
country.
Senator Morrill, suggested that in case
Of annexation large amount OF immi
grafton which now comes from Canada
would temain there and consume all the
products which now come in competi.
tion with American products.
Senator Hale predicted that il the
bill passed and the Canadians were thus
given every advantage they desired
without any compensating sacrifices or
their part, the growing sentiment fol
annexation would speedily die out.