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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-02

PERSONALS FROM EUROPE.

AMONG the exhibitors at this years
Salon are the countess of Flanders, sis
ter-in-law of the king of the BelgianS,
and the prince de Joinville, who sends
a number of sea views.
EMPEROR WILLIAM has promised a gift
of $500 and 4 site for the proposed
monument to Helmholtz in Berlin. for
which contributions are now being So
icited in all countries.
QUEEN NICToRIA's daily menu is
written in French. with the exception
of the single item. roast beef" which
is Loyalty and uncompromisingly
English, as BELTS a national dish.
On the battlefield of Worth the
monument to Emperor Frederick Ill
will Ice unveiled by Emperor William
on his fathers birthday. October \.
Empress Frederick and most of the
German s"vereigns will be present.
PRINCE BIsMAECK's grand-nepheyy a
youth of 2l. has inherited from his ma
ternal grandfather an estate that con
tains twenty-three castles and other
seats, and is worth a number of mil
lions.
MoNsIGSoR BoEGLTS. director of the
Nouveau Moniteur de Rome. recently
suppressed for an attack on the gov
ernment. has been sentenced to two
years Imprisonment and fine of two
thousand francs on account of an article
in that paper against the free masons.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-02
COMMON EXPRESSIONS.

The expression To rain cats and
dogs Indicating a severe shower Is
found in Dean Swift. Il X supposed To
Toe OF proverhial origin, and much older
than hi~ time
-FIASCo~ means a bottle OF flask
When the Italian ClaS>blower~ detect
ed flaws In the vase they were blowing
they made an ordinary bottle Of the
failure. and hence the name
-FANIIIAEITY breeds contempt" l. "a
provcrb found in one form or another
IN every English and Asiatic language
having "A literature Its earliest form
Il believed To be the SansLrit-
To TURN the cold shoulder l. prob
ably "A very ancient pruverh- Il first
appears In literary form IN Scott =
--Antiguary.~ where II Is used with
exactly the significance attached To IL
al present.
NEVER less alone than when alone
has been traced from one author To an
other. and many claims have l.e,u
made - its first employment NJ
earlier use can he found of IL. however,
than 10y Cicero
TuE phrase almighty dollar was
first used. 50 far a. known. 10y Wash
inrtuu Irving. Il has since passed into
general employment To- indicate 'le
worship of wealth. both IN this country
and IN England
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-02
ALL SORTS.

IF You sneeze in Vienna cafe. even
strangers will remove their hats and
eXclaim: God bless YOU"
THE scales used i'm weighing dia-
m"nds are 50 delicately poised that the
weight of a single eyelash will turn the
balance.
\ CARP taken out of the water may
be kept alive for twelve hours 10y
piece of bread soaked in brandy placed
in its mouth.
THERE are five casters" in the sui
tan's kitchen at Constantinople. They
taste every dish before it is placed he
fore their royal master
AvoID the frequent use of soft.
sloppy foods and of soft bread Give
the teeth something to do. If You would
have them grow strong and keep clean.
II is said that moths will not attack
green fabrics. Arsenic l. used in dye
ing green. and the moths are wise
enough to shun that deadly drug
THE black ostrich stands seven feet
high. The speed is that of a horse. and
it can carry man. The casSowary l.
as large. but has shorter neck, and
feeds on vegetables.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-02
HINTS FOR HoUsEKEePERs.

EFFACE scratches on furniture 10y
rubbing on some linSeed oil and then
following with little shellac dissolved
in alcohol.
NOTHING will give such a polish to
glass. even in the finest. As slightly
moist newspaper To wash it and dry
newspaper to give the finishing touches.
IT will be well when cane-Ncatcd
chair bottoms have ''sagged" to make
them as tight as ever 10y washing them
with hot soapsuds and leaving them To
dry in the open air.
To CLEANSE glass bottles that have
held oil. place ashes in each bottle and
immerse in cold water. then heat the
water gradually until it boils: after
boiling an hour let them remain till
cold. Then wash the bottles in soap
suds and rinse in cold water.
STEEL knives or other articles which
have become rusty should Toe rubbed
with a little sweet oil. then left for
day or two in a dry place. and then
rubbed with inely-powdcred. un>lallcd
lime until every veStige of the rust has
di appeared, and kept in dry place
wrapped up in bit of flannel.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-02
PEOPLE OF AL CLASSES.

Mr. CLEEFI AND'~ income Il said 10
Toe between 100000 ami IUo.uoo year
BILL Cook. the noted desperate. who
is under a forty-tive year sentence has
been put a. work making shirts an the
Albany peuit-ntiary-
GAIT Ju~HUA SIoCUN has sailed
from East Boston in hi~ farty-fuot ~loup
Spray for am all around the world voy-
age Capt SIoeum Il "a noted advvurur-
er
NINE. YANG. wife Of the Chinese mini
lister n Washington. Il progressing 80
finely In English that she X guit. able,
tn converse s.llh hsr many visitors IN
their native tongue
NE~ AN~ F5AFFIN. who died n -entlv
al Philadelphia was present al the
coronation at Queen Victoria Mrs.
Darfiu was born ia Huh. England ia
I-UT- and came 10 this country ia l--.~-
PRESIDENT CIEvELANn-S chief rccre-
alton al Wnp6lev Is a drive I'm the after
noon and game of cards In the even
ing The pre~idru; l. a -oaG whist
PLAYER. and i also fond of pinu-hle
J. L. HANp. of Pelham. ia. l. known
a. the watermelon king. tie plants
several Thousand acres Of seed every
spring. and In the summer season ships
hundreds of carloads of melons north
PRESIDENT ANGEIL Of the Humane
society offers a prize pf so for rIl, best
collection instantaneous photographs
Of doe1eG and over-checked horses.
with th,. names and addresses of their
owners
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-02
MUSICAL NOTATIONS.

BosToN's Kneisel quartette tkneisel,
Roth. Swecencl1i and Schroeder) Is to
play in London next June
MAsCAGSI. the composer, according
to the Milan Corriere della Sera. Is go
ing to Paris To challenge Maurice Wig
naux at billiards.
MENDEIssoHS was not fond of feast
ing. He said he could live n week on a
sausage and a loaf of bread His ro-
mantle opera of 'Lorely" was to some
extent inspired by this diet, for he ate
little else while composing it
a CANTATA by RoSsini, hitherto un-
known. has been discovered in the
RoSsini museum at PeSaro, and was re-
Gently sung there. The subject il the
episode of Francesca da Rimini in
Dante's Inferno.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-02
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.

MANY women have eXcelled as cNecu-
tants in music; no woman has ever been
a great or even a mediocre composer
a MANAGER of a large dry goods
house in New York once said that not
one woman in a million can properly
tie up a bundle
The papillae on the tips of a lady's
fingers are 81 200. OOOths of an inch
smaller than those on the fingers of
man.
THE suffice. or burning of widows ON
the funeral pyres of their husbands.
was inculcated in India religious
duty.
IT is singular fact that of the queens
who ,reigned as soverigns. everyone
who reached middle life became quite
fieShy-
AN authority on micoscropy states
that the hair of woman can toe dis
tinguished. by its constitution, from
that of a man
THERE are said to be over thousand
women in New York, who. in one way
or another, make their living 10y their
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-02
IN QUEEN vIC'S DOMAINS.

THE newest thing out in Lundon's
world Of swelldom is a hand-puinted
shirt front.
IT is claimed that there are - dogs
in the United Kingdom to every 1000
inhabitants.
The total public debt of the self-gov-
erninr British colonies amounts t. some
thing like $500. 600. 900.
OUT of every 100 hotels in England,
Is are White Harts," 10 King Arms
and Crowns"
THE national debt of Great Britain
amounts To more than $40 for each IN
habitant. But very few worry over the
matter
LESS tobacco il consumed in Great
Britain. in proportions to the inhabit-
ants. than i'm any other civilized coun-
try. The average is twenty-three
ounces per annum for each person.
4 POORLY clad woman. who picked up
"A bag containing $500 in Smithtield.
England. the other day, was awarded
by the owner, to whom she returned it,
with a penny.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-02
ADVICE FOR CYCLISTS.

ANuuduly long handle-har Is weak II
spreads the rider ont too much and Il
un>teadie> the steering
RInEE~ should never discontinue
cycling for any length Of time, because
there l. no better tonic; but If they are
compelled Ia for some reason. rhrv
should Immediately adopt some other
form Of exercise
To LEAVE an insufficient length of
haudi,-har stalk IN the tube, though
less disastrous 10 the machine l. more
dangerous To the rider. for the handle
bar II apt 10 come ont into his hands,
occa>ioning an awkward spill
Wien YOU hear a grinding. clicking
noise AT the chain-wheel. don't jump To
the conclusion that your chain Il slack
Try the main bearings They mav
have worked sufficiently loose tothroyv
the wheel ont of line and cause the un-
pleasant noise Of the cors-
CYCIING strengthens the muscles #
the ankle immensely. and Il nearly al
ways beneficial after a Sprain. that l. To
say. when the ankle l. recovered
sufficiently II enable the sufferer 10
hobblc about ON IL To use Il immsli-
atcly after a sprain i suicidal. and Viii
only prolonE the period Of GONZALES
cence--Jiolden Days
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-02
is A SPANKING GOOD JOKE.
How a state Senator BIunder FILLED
sIecning-Ca Car WIN screans.

How state Senators BIuuder FiIIed =
sIeepinC-Car with Screams.
4 prominent state senator lately gave
a dinner al the state capital tn several
OF his colleagues CON rle condition that
they would not make puhlig his nam. i'm
connection with "a litrle affair that re-
Gently occurred ON ;le Albany mid
night train. says the New York Herald
The senator Is of a lively disposition
and somewhat inclined -o practical
joking He and an as~emhl vnau u-cu-
pied section Jointly The senator
went into the sInDlziu--r.,pl about nine
o'clock. The as~rmh -mBu. who had
the lower berth. said .ual h- would re
tire for a short nap.
The senator about haitian hour a ftcr-
ward walked down the ai~., or the car
and stopped opposite his section. The
curtains war. tightly drawn BY way
of good fa-ze" on his colleague the
senator carefully lifted a~lI. the cur
tain. administered a rou~iu- slap ou
the form In the lower berth au3 ua~ti-
~ rctrcatcd To the ~rnoI5inr--nu-u.
\ succession Of piercing female. wells
followed. '-ii~rsit Scott calculated
the senator attracted 10y rse Screams.
"Wh-wiat does this mean
''What'~ the ma-fer2- inquired the
aSSemhlvmau. pcerinE ont IF au d5oiu-
ing upper berth.
What are you doing in that berthe
asked the senator.
Why. there was a lady who had this
berth and as she dia not like an upper
one l exchanged with her l forgot To
tell you about H.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-02
BASIlICA or PARIS.
Little Has Been Heard OF Late About the
Progress of Construction.


Little mas been heard of late about the
progress of the construction of the Mont
Inartre hill. known as the Basilica of
the Sacre CRur. says the London Daily
Telegraph. The vast mass of masonry
gliStcnS in the sun. which this after
noon was summer-lil<c in its intensity
The Basilica dominates the metropolis
of France 10y its towering height 1t
may be seen from various points along
the boulevards. but hardly one Partisan
in a hundred seems TO take any interest
in its existence.
Pilgrims and religious people gen
orally flock to it as the sacred landmarks
of the Mount of Martyrs. but the ordi-
nary citizen does not trouble about it
He Is content to know that il i being
built and that it Will be finished some
time before the day of general judg-
meut. like the Opera Comique. which il
also slowly rising on its former site.
The building of the Basilica has now
been 50 long in progress that it would
be almost a relief to hear that those
who are organizing its construction had
determined To take the scaffoldinr
away and to let the church stand a. an
incomplete specimen of ecclesiastical
architecture, like the Cathedral OF Col
ognc.
1t Is useless to tell Parisians. as they
are informed to-day, after a long spell
of silence. that the works of th,. Bas-
ilica are being pushed forward with
activity. and that 500 men are engaged
in putting the big dome in position 1t
was supposed that the dome i'm ques-
tion would be ready last week. but now
it is stated that it will require many
months to complete it. The belfrv will
not be ready until the year 1896. The
committee. down to July of last wear,
had received 2T.59i.OO0 francs. or 81
lo%.1Go. The subscription list was
opened in July. 1873. but in spite of the
large sum collected since that year.
further appeals will have to be made to
the faithful before they can hope to see
the ch urch even near completion
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-02
q MISFIT IIK KENESS.
The Historians Face Was a Hard one to
Carve.

Carve.
James Anthony Froude had strill-
inp face. but it was evidently one
which lent itself i'll To sculpture. Mrs.
Ireland gives in the Contemporary Re
view an amusing instance of ..ulisiit
likeness OF ii. Mrs. ireland was at his
house, and after dinner she and Mr.
Froudc were just adJourning to the IL
brary. when ne stopped moment. and
pointed ont a bust on bookcase the
center of three fullsizcd and dignified
representations in marble.
Il must not forget. lac said to show
you the very latest addition to my
treasures. What do you think of it?'
| looked up, and with my head full
of the galleries and museums | had
been visiting answered: Its very
terrible head and most repcllcnt."
Yes" ne said. Il agree with you.
Now who should you say it is?"
Ignorant about these things. l an
erred vaguely: Nero, perhaps, or
D.Ic of the old Borgias."
Mr.. Froude laughed. Try again,
he said. you ought to know it"
1t is horrid looking thing" said l,
whoever it is
-Atrocious." said Mr.. Froude. EN-
phatically. is it not? Well, I'm sorry
to say it is bust of myself, just pre-
scented to me by Sir Edgar Boehm.
Very kind of him. wasn't it? And now
of course. have to stick it up here in
a very prominent place, and show it To
all my friends. Pleasant. isn't it,
'-Bochm doesn't see you with my
eyes" said |. 1t doesn't remind me
of you in the least"
lie laughed heartily.
That's well.' said he. Il didn't
thiGk | was quite such a rutfian as
that
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-02
INDUSTRIAL AND STATISTICAL.

WE do live in the banana belt"
The country uses ls.OO0.ou0 punches a
year.
NEW YoRK's factories turn our every
year goods worth over thiE-E-three
times the cost of Central park
II France the population averages
about Is TO the square mile. In this
country the average Is twenty-one L
the square mile.
AT Kioto. in an exhibition of japanese
manufactures just opened textiles
leather, machinery. upholstery. hard
ware. surgical and scientific iu>Jru-
mentS. glassware, etc are shown at
prices distancing all European comPe-
tition-
Russia in Europe has an area Of >
O95.5O4 square miles; Brazil an area ot
3.2U9.s7S square miles. The continent
of Europe does not exceed %.goa- -ouC
square miles in area South America
has an estimated area Of 4, 500, 900 square
miles.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-02
NUMBER 80.
LOTTERY HATED HIS JOCKEY
strange AntIPathy OF the Oid-TiHe
SteepIochaser for Icrn Mason.

strange AntIpathy Of the OId-Time
steepIochaser for Icrn Mason.
The following story Is told in the
London Field of the famous old English
stecplcchascr Lottery. fualed an 1~So,
winner Of the Grand National in lS.ig,
CARRYING one hundred and siNtv-ciEht
pounds: Lottery and Jcm Mason made
up a combination which delighted the
eyes Of every horscman whose good
fortune II was To see the pair across a
big country together. Yet strange To
say. Lottery had the greatest autipathy
to the man who rode him III nearly all
his races and who certainly cannot hc
accused Of any cruelty toward him. for
Jem Mason was 10y no means one of
the whip and spur school lie had fine
hands. and believed i'm them. a. ae was
entitled To do. Stiu he was hated 10y
Lottery. and when the old h.~-,- was
about twenty years old and was located
at Mr. Halls at Nra~Gen Jyru Mason
CHANGED to go down. and naturally
enough asked To be allowed fu have "A
look at the old chaser. Just before the
doors of the box were opened Lottery
heard his Jockeys voice and gave him
one of his old grccriu-~-r I- ra say.
ne flew al him; but Jgm- being uet lu-
prepared for reception Of rli- kind,
was soon out of harms way. During
Lotterv's Stceplerha.iur career Jem
Mason often had To- hide his colors
when he went 10 mount the horse, hut
when the rider was once seated and the
horse cantercd 20 the post Dee two we're
apparently ON the most friendly terms
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-02
EUROPEAN PICK-UPS.

IN the British isles during the pres
ent century seven instances have been
recorded in which the bride has
married the best man 10y mistake.
\ LONDON firm. which has manu-
featured eight of the eleven cables
linking the United States to England.
makes fifty-five miles of cable each
twcnty-four hours.
NAPLES Is to build permanent sea
baths to accommodate ~, 900 persons.
and to enable them to have hot and
cold baths at all seasons of the year.
Three points on the shore have been
selected for the sites.
THE last miller of Dee il dead. but
the Chester Town council has voted 10
buy and preserve the mills, in order to
control the flow of the stream. The
original grant of the mills was made 10y
King Edward NJ.
PRINCE ToUMANoFF, a student in the
University of Odessa. has just been eN-
PEELED and ordered to leave town with
in fortv-eight hours. because he would
not have mis- hair cut short. There l.
consternation among the students of
Odessa
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-02
THE UATES T.

TRH.Ry pies are now sold by a New
York baker
TIrPING Is the latest British institu-
tinn to be threatened. The prince of
Wales has declared that he will put it
down.
Full DINNER" is the latest of the
city restaurant signs. and seems an i'm
provemcnt on regular dinner" and so
on 1t is pleasantly suggestive Of a
square meal.
TIE boys of Sandwich, Mass, and
those of the adjacent town of Bourne.
are in clover, engaged in Il game called
heads and tails" The tirst-named
town pays twenty-five cents bounty for
musIlrats' heads, and the other pays
the same bounty for the tails.
\ HYPNoTIST club is in a bad way in
Richmond. Ky. one of its members 50
hypnotizcd majority of its members
that they each loaned him money.
Now hc no longer visits the club, and
the other members think hyPnutism *
extremely silly and only temporary
dtluSipn
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-02
ELECTRICAL SPARKS.

THE trolley has invaded the land of
the Pharaohs. Cairo Is to have a sys-
TEN.
ALL harm from trolley railroads has
been prevented in Budapest Hungary.
There the roads are in cuts below the
street surface, where pedestrians never
GO
THE first electric light was produced
by Humphrey Davy, in 1SOs. The first
practical dynamo was built in 1857, and
was first used to run an electric light at
the lighthouse of South Foreland,
Eng December :. 1858.
\ CRATE fire, produced by electricity.
is a recent London invention. The
Goals are formed of a combination of
firc-cIay and chemicals: they are almost
instantly made To assume "A red-hot
glare. and the illusion Is perfect.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-02
AROUND OUR OWN LAND.

MosT of the black pearls in existence
come from the dark-tipPed oyster of
Lower California.
ALATE curiosity cleaner claims that
there are 500 open caverns in Edmond
son county. Kentucky
THE eucalyptus tree attains height
of fifty feet in three years after the
seed is planted. They are grown eX-
tcnsivcly in California.
4 roMPoUs barber in Kansas pro
claims himself a professor Of the ton
sorial art and declares that he has
Just accepted a chair in a Douglass
shaving parlor."
THE number of potential voters in
this country in 1890 was l6, ,94O.311. In
1850 the number was II. .S30.3f9. The
total presidential vote in 1892 was H.,
1IO,636.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-02
IN a HUMOROUS VEIN.

IT never occurs to boy that he will
some day knows as little as his father.
West Union Gazette.
If a man is big and fat, and keeps
his mouth shut, he can bluff nearly
STANDARDIZATION Globe
My investments said the Specula-
tor in oklahoma. depend largely upon
my belief in a future state. Yale Rec
ord.
SOME people are afraid of a gun,
nevertheless they will tritle with an
umbrella which is liable to go off at
any timc.-Adams Freeman.
You can't be sure that man is lazy
simply because he gets another man to
do his work for him. He may be only
shrewd. Somervillc Journal.
jones' suppose you have a police
man hanging about your kitchen every
night Iirown--No. Our cook Is mar
ricd To one.-Town Topics.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-02
NOTES ECR WOMEN.

JOHN HUNTER the famous anatomist.
once said that the feminine love of con
vcrsation was consequence of pecul-
iarity in brain tissue.
As ARTISTS, women have shown more
taste than originality. They paint
landscapes and portraits beautifully,
but rarely achieve great pictures
TIE brain of woman Is absolutely
smaller than that of man, but is stated
to be somewhat larger in proportion to
the weight of the body.
A WOMAN with military nose and
prominent chin is certain to make her
mark All female society leaders have
had such facial peculiarities-
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-02
NEW NOVELTIES.

TIE newest puncture proof band for
use on cycles Is made OF strips Of whale
bone inserted between the air tube and
the outer cover.
THE nursery tricycle. has appeared IN
London II contains two seats one for
the mistress and one for the maid and
her charge. and has two pairs of pedals
Use has been found for the top Gin
der made in iron forEes, which has
hitherto been wasted, and large prices
are paid for II. II - needed IN the
manufacture of basic steel
PoRoUs glass Is a late novelty in the
Paris market The holes are - small
that neither dust nor draft follows its
use. and yet the ventilation is said TO
be excellent
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-02
SCIENTIFIC GLEANINGs.

ERoNY wood i hardened after Telling
Toy immersion in water for periods vary
ing from six TO eighteen months
\ CURIOUS fact has been noted hy
Arctic travelcrs-suovy when al very
low temperature absorbs moisture and
dries garments.
y Careful observer in Maine finds
that one inch of snow in December l.
the equivalent of O.l5 inches Of water.
while one inch OF snow IN March gives
O.22 inch Of water.
DIR. OLIVER WALGoTT GIBBs. who has
been elected president Of the National
Academy OF Science, Is scCeuty-three
years OF age. He Is the only American
honorary member Of the German
Chemical society
To TIE average eve not more than
FIVE Thousand stars are visible. t. some
extraordinarily keen ewes about eight
Thousand are visible Through the
largest telescopes about .ifty million
stars are seen. and there - every rea-
son TO believe that millions more exist.