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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-08-29
Wanted to See Mckinley

Chautauqua, N. y, Aug. Ex-Governor
Mckinley of Ohio and ex-senator War
ner Miller listened to a sermon this
morning by DIR. w. w. Ramsey, pastor
of the fremont street church of Boston
The people were so anxious to see the
governor that he was obliged to hold an
informal reception after the services and
shake hands with several hundred.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-08-29
REFUSE TO TAKE A BACK SEAT
Oldest knights T.mplar Lodge in Provi
dence Will Not Parade.

Providence, R. l., Apg. 25.-St John
Commandery No. l, Knights Templar
of this city, the oldest commandary
in America, tonight announced it's re-
fusal to Join in the parade at Boston
Tuesday because Grand Commander
William c. Lawrence decided to place
ST. John Commandary No. 2 of Boston
ahead of Providence.
RECEIVING WEARY KNIGHTS.
Boston, Aug. 25.-Local commander
Knights Templar have been on the alert
all day looking after the welfare and
comfort of their fellow Knights who
have been coming in at intervals, some
of them after long and tedious journeys.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-08-29
THE WHEAT CROP OF THE WORLD
Government Estimate on the Yield of
Various Countries.

Buda Pesth, Aug. 25.-Details of the
government estimate of the wheat crop
of various countries, the total of which
was stated in a dispatch in August,
show the following, in bushels: Great
Britain, 46,S11 900; France, 31,573 900;
Germany 102, $50 900; Austria, AZ, 1892, 900;
Italy, ia, 900; Belgium, 21,277, 900;
Spain, S6,52S,000; Russia, 410,0 900;
Hungary, 50,361, 900; India, 227 ,456, 900;
United States, 400,0 OF, 900; Canada, 51,-
100000; Roumania, 62,414,0OO; Bulgaria
j2,432,000; Turkey, 42,555O00; Argentine
jO,995,000; Australia, 35, 742, 900; the Meth
eralnds, Switzerland, Denmark, Scan
1inavia. Portugal and Greece together
29,6020OO; Servia, S,511 900; Chile, 1S440,-
300; Africa, 47,094, 900; all Asia except
India, 70,950,00O. Total, 2,4O2, ,671 ,O00
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-08-29
TO COMPETE FOR JAPANESE TRADE
O. X. 4 N. Steamers VIII sHereafter
Touch at Honolulu.

Portland, Aug. 24.-The Oregon Rail-
way & Navigation Company's steamer
Altmore arrived last night from Hong
Kong and Yokohama. Hereafter all
steamers of the o. r. & N. will touch at
Honolulu and compete with the Oc-
cidental & Oriental steamship line for
the japanese trade on the Hawaiian
islands.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-08-29
corea's New Postage Stamps.

Washington, Aug. 25.-A document re-
ceived at the state department from Min
lister Sill at Seoul encloses four new
postage stamps, the first issued by Corea
for domestic purposes. The stamps are
manufactured in Washington for the Co
rean government. They range In value
from cent to 10 cents, or 80 poems.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-08-29
American snhiect Released.

Constantlnople, Aug. A-Representa-
tions of United States Minister Terrill
made to the Turkish government have
resulted in the release of the Armenian,
Arakalian, a naturalized American citi-
zen imprisoned at Marsova several weeks
under suspicion of belonging to the revo-
lutionary society.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-08-29
MONEY is EASIER IN LONDON
Due TO an Influx of Gold American Se-
curities Better.

Due 10 an Oh oS-
curities Better.
London, Aug. 25.-With the continued
influx of gold the rates for money have
again slackened, and from the same
cause gilt-edged stocks have ad-
vanced, but an exception was the min
ing market, in which business was ex-
ceedingly quiet, although prices were
firm. Home railroads were strong and
foreign railroads were quiet.
American securities were better, es-
pecially bond issues, which were in
good demand at advanced prices.
Shares were neglected, but the antici-
pated Erie and Reading organization
schemes, when issued, will improve
matters. Eries have been sold on a
basis of a $12 assessment. Grand
Trunks have been better on better traf-
fic prospects. Advances have been as
follows: Illinois Central, 2; Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul and Lake Shore
~.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-08-29
BILL TO EXCLUDE THE JAPANESE
senator White Asked to Introduce Such
Measure in Congress-.

Mehsure IN Congress-.
Los Angeles, Aug. 24.-In an inter-
view today United States Senator
White said that Labor Commissioner
Fitzgerald OF San Francisco has asked
him to introduce in congress a bill
similar to the Chinese exclusion act.
which shall exclude the Japanese. Sen
ator White has promised to do so If
Mr.. Fitzgerald will furnish the data to
prove that Japanese are seriously in
juring their labor. He does not be-
lieve, however, 1t will be as easy as it
was to get the Chinese bill through.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-08-29
HARD FIGHT WITH HORSE THIEVES
New Mexico Officers Stopped Bullets,
but Got Their Men

Trinidad, Colo, Aug. 24.-It is report
ed from Clayton, N. M, that officers in
search of horse thieves had desperate
fight last night, one officer being shot
in the arm and another in the leg. Six
men were arrested and placed in Jail.
The names of the wounded officers and
horse thieves captured have not been
learned, reports from the field Of bat
tie being very meager.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-08-29
DEFENDERS NEW MAST is IN PLACE
Work of Rigging Had to BE Stopped on
Account of Darkness.

Bristol, R. l., Aug. 25.-The Defender
carries her new mast tonight, it having
been stepped between and 6 o'clock
this evening. At 4 o'clock it was pro-
nounced finished and Immediately put
on board and towed out to the Defend
er by the steamer Archer. The Archer S
derrick lifted the big stick and it was
stepped with the greatest care. Eight
wire stays from the masthead were
temporarily made fast to support the
mast, and the work of rigging had to
be stopped on account of darkness, and
it is expected that everything will be
in shipshape at an early hour Tuesday
morning.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-08-29
FOURTEENTH REGIMENT TO MOVE
VIII Leave Vancouver Barracks, After
Twelve Years StaY.

Vancouver Barracks. Wash. Aug. "a.
The famous Fourteenth regiment is
to be transferred from this post. The
regiment has been stationed here for
~ years. The report that the post is to
be abandoned is false. On the contrary.
it is to be improved and strengthened
and made one Of the largest within the
department Of the Columbia.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-08-29

Chillicothe. Mo-. Aug. 24-The bank of
Dawn, u miles from here, made an as
signment today for the benefit of its cred
Itors, with M. Tumbrook and c. D. Hurx.
thai as assignees. The assets are $4,000
and liabilities $4,000.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-08-29
TO REPLENIsH THE GOLD RESERVE

Half Million Deposited at the San
Francisco Sub-rreasury.
San Francisco, Aug. 24.-The sum of
s500,0O in gold was deposited In the
United States sub-treasury of this city
to the credit of Morgan & Co., the New
York bankers. The money came from
the bond syndicate and was paid pur-
suant to an agreement made with Sec
retary Carlisle to keep a stated gold
reserve on hand in the United States
treasury.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-08-29
M.mhers of the Malta Arrested.

Rome, Aug. 25.-The gendarmes and po-
lice surrounded the village OF Favara,
near Girginti, and arrested AZ members
of the Malta society on charges of muir
der and other outrages.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-08-29

New York, Aug. A.-Exports of gold and
silver from this port this week aggregate
s.. .952 7es. against 81, ,lss,7oo the correspond
ing week last year.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-05-31
RICH BOSTON THIEVES.
kIeptomaniacs Who Are Welcome III Hub
stores.

stores
What do You DO with kIeptomani-
acs9" was the question recently put To
the proprietor of a large shop
We send them bills for what they
take when we know them. If they are
strangers, we act according To circum-
stances.
"A few days ago a lady was in the
shop with her daughter beautiful
little girl Of twelve years.
The girl was seen slipping a roll
of costly ribbon into her satcheL We
spoke to the mother, who became in
dignant.
she opened the satchel 10 convince
Us that we were mistaken. when Il VAS
found To contain three lace handller-
chiefs, two pairs OF gloves and the rib
bon.
well, we took the things back and
said nothing. We can't afford To in
jure our trade oy making enemies
among our rich customers"
You were speaking of sending out
bills for stolen goods" asked writer
for the Boston Globe; are they ever
paid?"
Always, where the person Il a klep-
tomaniac. l have known of shops
' which kept regular list of kleptomani-
acs- Whenever they lost anything they
sent bills to all of them. A. they all
settled for the stolen goods. you can
imagine that the business was a pruTit-
able one, can't you2'
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-05-31
CRUELTY IN GREENLAND.
Barbarou- 4 Eeatures There OF the Marriage
Customs


Customs
For Hantun cruelty ia the "a pture ot
a bride wr must 90 TO Greenland
There We find something more than
simulated violence ia the method OF
capture and the means toy which The
girl Is retained. Dr. NanSen. IN his ac-
count of his journey Across Green
land. .~ >av> that uu he. west coast mar
riagc nowadays roughly follows the
lines of marriage IN Europe but on the
east coast old customs prevail \ man
having made up his mind Ia take Ia
himself u wife. goes To- the tent Of a
family. one of whose girl members
meets his views. catches her by the
hair or in some other equally rude
way. and dragS her forth Ia his home
lie there presents her with bucket or
some useful domestic utensil, ana the
ceremony l. complete
According To- Baron NordenSkiold.
etiquette requires that the bride should
receive hard blows. She does not sub
init readily. but bewails her fate. APP
pears with torn garments and di>hev-
clcd hair and makes Il show of getting
away from her husband. Sometimes
her grief X sincere. and a sensitive
European would certainly not know
whether 1t was OF not lie might be
tempted To interfere. IN which ease he
would probably find himself opposed
10y the bride a. well a. bridegroom. In
order that the apparently miserable
woman might Toe compelled To remain
in her new home. the barharouS Gus
tom used To exist Of branding her feet
80 that they were too painful for her
to walk BY the time they We're we'll
she could with propriety declare her
self resigned to her position
In Greenland IL l. easy To tell who Is
married and who i not. The E>qui-
mauN women gather up their hair into
a huge tufJ ON the top. tying it Nth q
ribbon. the color Of which denotes theis
position. i maid wears red. a married
woman blue. a widow. black; widow
anxious to remarry, black and red; a
widow too old To remarry, white
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-05-31
QUEEN VtCTORIA'S WIT.
When . Child Her Majesty Wa fuIi OF
Resources

Resources
When but a mere child. writes Alfred
t Story in the Windsor Magazine, her
majesty used to delight George ~. by
her quick wit.
One day when staying at the royal
lodge the king entered the drawing
room leading his little niece by the
hand. The napd was stationed as
usual in the adjoining conservatory
Now, Victoria, said his ma jesty,'' the
band Is in the next room and shall play
any tune You please what shall it be-"
''Oh, uncle. replied the princess with
great readiness, Il should like God
Save the King better than anything
else"
similar instance of childish quick
ness Is related in regard to the queens
early studies in music;
Being one day required to practice al
che pianoforte, she objected, desiring
10 know why it vas necessary to spend
- much time IA the drudgery of run
ming up and down scales. She was told
that there was no royal road To music.
and that she Rast practice like other
children. The little autocrat did not
agree with this. and quietly locked the
piano and put the key in her pocket,
saying: There. you Seei There IL no
must in the matter" Having made her
point, however, she was soon prevailed
upon to reopen the instrument, and 50
proceed with her lesson.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-05-31
The ITALIAN PEOPLE.
A View OF Their Present Condition and
Prospects for the Future

n
Prospects for the Future
What are the prospects Of the people
That depends IN the present ease larrs-
" upon the people themselves \ peo-
pie that are not united viii never bear
tayation patiently. because a aisuuit,-d
people cannot be commercially pros
porous. and. therefore. cannot afford 10
pay the taxes. The difference between
north and south Italy, or between Pied
mont and Sicily. are not, indeed. like
those between ireland and England
largely religious. but they are certain
y radical, and the gulf between the
eaSy-oinE- hut passionate. children Of
the two SicilieS ami the hardy noun
taincer and SIalwart cultivator of the
Piedmont plains Il almost a. Wild. -
the chaSm between the Tcuton anu the
Cclt. Victor Emanuels favorite unifivr
OF Italy was the army. but saya the
Fortuightly Review. Il has turned in the
hands of his successor into a di~.n-
tegrator. II was all very well TO move
the army up and down Italy when lac
army was symbol Of common liberia
ton from which - much was expected:
but now the tyrantS are gone 1hery u
no longer halo of romance about the
army. nothing but army bills The
tyrant now II the tax collector
Undoubtedly the people have a priez-
ance. The taxes have h,cn not only
cruelty hut uuju>Ily ,Nacted- The ,ol-
lector has entered Sicilian cottage
backed hoy the police. and. seeing the
pot-.i-feu smoking. argued that those
VIII could afford Ip eat could afford ID
pay a supplement or excess tax and
If II turned ont there MAS no money.
the officers of the law have hceu known
To seize the dinner and throw IL ont the
window. under the moses Of the poor
peasant and his hungry family There
was NO redress for the subjects uf Hum
bert any more than FOR those Of Eomba.
when his police. under the brutal
NaniSalco al Palermo. dragged the
wives and daughters uf the Palermitan~
out Of bed. stole their jewelry and ar
rested their husbands and brother uu
fictitious charges. People viii always
rise -aiu>t mi>rovernIneut and oppr,--
sion. whether the government calls IL
self republican monarchiaI or any
other.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-05-31
MIXED MARRIAGES.
Cases In Which Mstrimony brought
About Complications


The two following cases would be diff
ficult to surpass One was IN England
the other in Australia. Some time ago
"a marriage took place in Birmingham,
which brought about a very compli-
Gated state of family relations. The
woman had been married three times
before. and each time had taken for her
husband a widower with children,
Her fourth husband was a widower,
and, as he had children by his first
wife, who was herself a widow with
children when he married her, the new
ly married couple started their matrt-
monial companionship with ii family
composed of the progeny Of eight
previous marriages.
Another curious case was that OF DIR.
King. of Adelaide, a widower, who
married Miss Norris. Shortly after
the doctors honeymoon the doctors son
married a sister of the doctors wife.
Then brother of the doctors WHY
married the doct9F's daughter. In 9th
er words, the doctors son became his
stepmother's nFather-ip-law, and the
doctors daughter became her step
mothers sister-in-law. The doctor, by
the marriage of his son TO the sister of
the doctors wife, became father-in-law
To his sister-in-law. and the doctors
wife, by the marriage of her sister H.
her stepson, became stepmother-in-
Law to her own SISTER, BY the marriage
of the brother Of the doctors wife TO
the doctors daughter, the doctor be
came father-in-law To his brother-in-
law. and the doctors wife became STEP
mother-in-law to her 2wn brother 1t is
M what rtla-
tionship the children of the contracting
Darties are to e.ch other.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-05-31
ABOUT CUT GLASS.
The Kind That Is in Vogue and How TO
Take Care of 1t.

The Kind That Is In Vogue and How to
Take Care of 1t.
Imported cut glass il now rivaled by
the American production at price
which. though high. is considerably less
than the foreign. Owing to the great
amount of work required in cutting
and polishing and the large percentage
OF breakage while in the hands of the
worllmen cut glass must always he val
liable. Once. while watching the
process at an American factory which
turns out some of the finest in the
world, | saw salad bowl break just
it was receiving its final touches, and
this without any fault of the artisan.
ON the piece had already been expended
enough work to bring the value of the
article up to forty-five dollars. OF
course. the labor was totally lost.
The two finest kinds of glass. Bo-
hemian and Venetian. are named from
the countries in which their manufac-
ture has reached high degree of per
fection. In the Venetian the beauty
consists in the delicacy of the material
and form. Its production requires both
technical and artistic skill in glass
blowing, while the bohemian is dis
tinguiShed by richness of ornamental
tion through polishing and engraving.
After the rivalry of England in add
ing a mixture of lead To flint glass,
by means of which was produced
"a substance superior in brilliance
and transparency to the BOhemians,
the continental workers set to
work to regain their supremacy,
This they did by discovering how To
make colored glass, or rather by redis-
covering the old process and popular
izing it. As a result we have to-day
the bohemian and Carlsbad glass.
which is beautiful, though sometimes
made gaudy by ornamentation of So
styled Jewels ls''-that is. imitation of
pearls. rubies. emeralds and garnets in
colored glass. The result is often a
brilliant medley that will hardly bear
inspection.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-05-31
ONE HUNDRED MILLION STARS.
How Astronomers Compute the Number
the Heavens


i'm the Heavens
Let Us see what richness of stellar
distribution II imDlied 10y this number
of 100. OO0. 900 of visible stars. SAYS the
Gentleman's Magazine. Ii may be
easily shown that the area of the
whole SKY in both hemispheres l. 4I-2:,5
square degrees. This gives 2,424 stars
To the square degree.
The moons apparent diameter being
slightly over half a degree ,Sl deg ,
MINI the area of its disk II about one
fifth Of Il square degree
The area of the whole star sphere Is
consequently about sOO.OOO times the
area Of the fun moon. \ total Of lOO.-
OO0. 900 Of stars gives therefore 800 sta IS
To each space Of sky in area 10 the fun
moon This seems a large number but
stars scattered over as thiclSly a. this
would appear at a considerable dis
tance apart when viewed with d tele-
scope of high Tpyv,r- A. the area IF
the moons disk contains about &c
square minutes Of are. there would not
he an average of even one star To- each
square minute. lpair uf stars half a
minute, OF thirty seconds. apart would
form very wide double star. and with
stars placed at even this distance the
moons disk would cover about :. 200, or
six times the actual number visible IN
the largest telescope.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-05-31
EARTHQUAKE INCIDENTS.
Courageous Condact and Marvellous ks-
capes of Turks.

A COustantinople correspondent OF
the New York Tribune says that it will
probably never be known how many
persons were killed in that city by the
earthquake of last summer The Turk
ish government has chronic hatred of
facts, and the newspapers were forbid
den to publish statistics of the earth
quake. What are believed To be mod
crate estimates place the number OF
deaths at about one hundred and fifty,
and the number of the wounded at
about six hundred.
The correspondent cannot help prais
ing the courage of the tiremen stationed
on watch at the top of II tower more
than two hundred feet high. They
stuck to their post. although the tower
swayed like flagstaff, and when the
fires broke out after the overthrow of
dwellings, they gave the signals as
usual.
Another case of similar sort was
that of minaret builder who had gone
up to the top of a minaret to remove n
conical cap which the first shocks had
thrown asllew. While he was there an
other shock occurred, and there was
another panic in the streets.
His assistants, who were in one of
the galleries of the minaret, began To
run downstairs, and the mosque serv-
ants below shouted to him To come
down, but he stayed where he was.
If this is going to fall" he said, lit
will fall before | can get out of it, and
he proceeded with his work.
Many wonderful escapes occurred.
Two men were walking together
Turk met them. and, as is not unusual
when Turk meets foreigners, he
pushed in between them, instead of
turning to one side. At that instant
stone fell from the building above them,
and hit the Turk. who fell dead between
the two mortified foreigners.
But the most marvellous escape was
that of a boy three years old. He was
running along the street at the base OF
the city wall Just as one of the ancient
towers was overthrown. When the
dust cleared away he was discovered
pinned to the ground by great stones
living on his skirts on each side of him,
but himself quite unhurt.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-05-31
TO IMPROVE YOUR LOOKS.
Devices for Making the Complexion Bet
ter and Adding to Physical Beauty

ter and Adding to Physical Beauty.
Vanity furnishes the inspiration for
many of the inventions of the patent
Office. One of these is mask of very
thin rubber, designed to be worn on
the face at night. 1t causes profuse
perspiration, which washes impurities
out of the skin and makes the complex
ion clearer. Sun tan is quickly re-
moved, SO IL is claimed.
Another device for producing dim
piles, according to the Cincinnati Com
mercial Gazette. is Nvoman's idea. 1t
Is a wire mask, likewise to put on when
going to bed. BY an arrangement of
screws, pencils Of wood, very blunt. are
made to press upon the cheeks and
chin at the points where dimples are
desired. Uncomfortable? Why. of
course. But, as the French say, it is
worth while to suffer for beauty's sake.
False bustS, hips and calves are made
of rubber, To be blown out like bal
looms, and in many other styles. while
the young lady of build hopelessly
skeletonesque may procure a complete
stuffed jacket which fills out her form
at every point to the extent requisite
for counterfeiting desirable embon-
point.
If one is SO unfortunate as to lack
nose he can obtain a false one Of papier
mache, artfully enameled to initiate
the skin. One kind of imitation pro-
boscis is attached to spectacle frame.
SO that the owner puts on his counter
felt nasal organ in adjusting his
glasses.
Masculine vanity Il concerned in the
genesis of about eighty patents for
various kinds of mustache guards. One
such is "a gold plate with spring
which may be fastened to any drink
ing vessel at moments motive
Another is especially designed for
beer glasses. A tube connecting with
it goes down deep into the beer, 50 that
the mustached drinker is able To avoid
the foam.
Other guards are destined to be worn
like spectacles somewhat, with wires
to pass to the back of the ears Of the
wearer, and hold them on. The shield
for the mustache is of gold or silver, or
of fine gold wire net,