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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-03-29

Life in the French penal colony at
New Caledonia has been pictured as so
agreeable, both bv reason of the eli
mate as well as the leniency with
which convicts have been treated. that
transportation seems to have lost most
of its terrors. Criminals do not con-
ceal their preference for long SEN
tence in the beautiful Pacific island to
a much shorter term with hard labor
in one of the penitentiarieS at home
and when perpetrating miSdeed have
sought as rule To render their offense
aS serious as possible. 50 as to entail
transportation if captured. 1t i with
view of putting an end to this senti-
mcnt that the French government has
now decided to stop sending convicts
to New Caledonia. and Is making ar
engagements to deport them instead To
Gaboon. the fever-stricken and most
pestilential of all districts of French
COngOland in Africa
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-03-29

In the meat shops of towns in New
Mexico and Arizona the visitor from
the east is apt to notice that the
dressed carcasses of sheep have tuft
of wool still attached to the head and
tail This is left by the butcher to as
sure the customer that it is mutton
and not goat flesh they are buying,
for in these territories many flocks of
goats are reared and pastured by the
small Mexican ranchmen to be killed
for food for the poorer natives Roast
or stewed kid, with Chilli pepper sauce,
is an esteemed dinner dish at the tables
of many well-to-do American and Span
ish-American citizens
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-03-29
TAKE TIME FOR HOME LIFE.
The Mistake That the Intensely Busy
American All Too Often Mak.s.

The Mistake That the Intensely Busy
American An Too Often Makes
There are no buster people in the
world than Americans The rush and
intensity of our business life eNcites
the constant wonder of foreigners ac-
cu>tomed To more leiSurely methods.
says the New York Press. II i a ques-
tion If American me1 do not work too
hard and too fast no, merely for their
own good. hut for the highest good Of
their families In their earnest desire
to win material benefits for their wives
and children they frequently toil with
such unwearying industry that eating
and sleeping come to seem IL them like
impertinences. and they are hardly
more than transient visitors in their
households.
In the old Greek and Roman reli-
gionS the father of the family was the.
priest Of the family \ profound sig
nificance underli,S this ancient concep-
tion. Ii i but an embodiment Of the
eternal truth that the highest moral
responsibilities devolve upon a man in
his character of husband and father.
That the married man Of to-day often
finds himself unable to spend any con
siderable portion of his waking hours
with his own family i owing largely
to the stress Of business life and To- the
ambitions fnstered in country whose
citizens are welcome t. the highest po-
sitions in the land If they can win
them But this constant struggle for
material welfare should not be permit
ted to increase 50 far that the things
that are more excellent" are forgotten
OF ignored.
Sometimes a child dies. and then the
busy father may realize that il was in
deed a little stranger who came To him
and went away again He had watched
the growth Of his business with intense
interest and he knew every aspect Of
it; but he had not had time to watch
the growth of a child's mind and char
acter- The American wife and mother
can change in a great measure this or
der of things 10y holding up true ideals
of what constitutes success in life and
of what makes a home worthy OF
the name: for the husband in a great
majority OF cases l. guide,l 10y the wife.
and Will bring back to her what she
gives to him If life to her means moth
ing but money and social success she
binds her husband To a wheel that will
gradually crush the best that Il in him.
But If 1t means d moral development
whose source OF power i a sympathetic
and ennobling home life She viii take
care that her husband has time To live
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-03-29
a PILL-MAKiNG CRAB.
The Queer Habits of an Interesting Iitt
Creature.

Creature.
Mr. Collingvvood- IN his .-Ramhles Of
i Naturalist 90 gives an entertaining ac-
count Of these tiny creatures which
are mostly Of about the size Of a n.aa.
though a few are a. large a. tilbrrts.
He found them abundant on the shores
OF the Malay peninsula. his attention
being first called to them by seeing th,
beach, after the gong down of the tide.
covered with loose powdery sand and
holes Of various sizes Looking more
closely. he discovered that little rsidi-
ating paths converged among the litter
Of sand To each hole. and that the sand
itself was in minute balls.
The instant ! approached a peculiar
t~inkling in the sand was visible
which required a quick eve To recog-
nize a. the simultaneous and rapid re
treat Of multitude Of tiny crabs into
their holes. not single one remaining
visible.
KneelinP down and remaining mo-
tionleSs for q few minutes. I noticed a
slight evanescent appearance. like
flash OF a bursting bubble. which the
eye could scarcely follow. This Was
produced 10y one or more II the crabs
coming TO the surface and instantly
darting down again. alarmed Toy mv
proximity. 1t was only b.. waiting like
statue that / could induce them To
come ont and set To work
Coming cautiously To the mouth Of
the hole. the crab waited To recon
noiter. and if satisfied that no enemy
was near. II would venture about
own length from its lurking place; then
rapidly taking mp particles of sand in
its claws. IL deposited them IN a groove
beneath the thorax.
A. il did 20 a little ball Of sand was
rapidly projected a. through it, mouth
This il seized with one claw and de-
posted on one side. proceeding in this
manner until the smooth beach was
covered with little pellets OF pills. cor
responding in size to itS own dimen-
sions- 1t was evidently its method Of
extracting PARTICLES OF food from the
sand.
made many attempts To- catch one
before l Succ, eded- At last / caught
two specimens. which immediately
curled themselves up and f-igned death.
/ put one II them on the sand to see
what II would do. At first II did not
attempt To move: but after little. 10y
a twisting and wrigsling movement. II
rapidly sunk into the sand and disap-
peared.
The other one put int a hole which
already contained a crab: but no visible.
result followed I then attempted 10
dig II mp again. hut In vain I dug up
many holes; but though I soon arrived
at the soft. wet sand underneath. never
succeeded III procuring a piIl-making
crab 10y digging IL ont
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-03-29
A Great Feed

Several miners, who had been in the
mining districts Of Colorado for
years. were discussing what they,
would do If they were to become rich
or strike II lucky. Welt" said one
Il know what III do I'll go to New
York as straight as the cars viii take
me. and when / get there III make a
bee line for Delmonico's and I'll get
the biggest dinner money can buy- l
don't care If il costs me fifty dollars or
more I'll have 1t" Now. what do You
think you would order If You were to
go To Delmonicc's for fifty-dollar din
ner?@ well. l dunno, but l guess I'd
have some ham and eggs-yes, I'd have
some ham and eggs
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-03-29
MACHINE-MADE SPEECHES.
Turned Out with Marvellous Rapidity by a
Recent English Invention.


There is no doubt that both the type
writing machine and the phonograph
are very ingenious and useful inven-
tions, but the chief difficulty with
them, says the New York Times. i
that they cannot be made to act auto
matically. 1t i in order To fill this
want that a distinguished inventor.
whose name i for the present with
held. has invented an automatic writer
ana. judging from the private cxhIbI-
tion of the machine which was recently
given in London to a committee Of
members of the Royal society. it bids
fair to prove the greatest invention of
this or any age.
In appearance the machine Is said to
be not wholly unlike a typewritlng
machine 1t. however, is provided with
a sort of hopper in which are placed
blocks of type metal. each one of which
Is provided with a complete word. in
stead of single letter. When his
hopper is filled and the small electric
engine which furnishes the motive
power of the machine i set in action ii
instantly begins to print. OF course.
what is printed depends in a good de-
gree upon the selection of words which
are placed in the hopper. but it is un-
derstoOd the machine can be used for
almost uny sort of composition.
At the exhibition already mentioned
the hopper was filled with a supply OF
words relating to the English political
situation, and in ten minutes after the
engine had been started the machine
had -printed two.full columns. each of
about the length of an ordinary col
umn of a newspaper. When these were
read they were instantly recognized To-
be a speech on home rule in the general
style of Mr.. Gladstone. The hopper
was next filled with a choice selection
of the very finest words in the Ian
guage. and the machine thcreupOn
printed what was at once perceived to
be an essay after the manner of Mr..
Rusllin on political economy. More
words were added and three pages of
what any critic would have unhesi-
tatingly accepted as a passage from
new novel by Mr.. Meredith delighted
the committee. The last experiment
was made with the hopper filed with
words taken from the Slang Diction-
AIRY and the result was story in dia-
lect which was held to be superior to
almost any dialect story hitherto pub
liShed.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-03-29
The Month Mithnnt a Mnnn.

\ remarkable freak in moon phases
was noted in the month of February
1866, month which has gone into as
Economical annals as the month wit H.
ont a full moon In that year January
and March each had two full moons.
but February none. \ writer in a
leading astronomical journal uses the
following language in describing it:
DO you realize what rare thing in
nature it was? 1t has not happened
before since the beginning of the
Christian era, or probably since the
creation of the world. 1t will not oc-
cur again, according to the computa-
tions of the astronomer royal of Eng
land, for how long do YOU think? Not
until after two million and half years
from ISi;t;
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-03-29
a FOREIGN INDUSTRY.
We Use Millions of split steel Rings. but
Don't Make ANY.


I've handled and sold forty thou
sand gross Of split key rings since
lS67," said the little man in an over
coat and a white sweater. and not
one of them was of American make
why. how Il that" asked a New
York sun reporter.
because there are none made in
this country" replied the little man.
with a smile that lifted one corner of
his gray mustache. No. sir" he con-
tinued, the making of split steel rings
Is an art that we haven't got hold OF
yet, somehow. and | must say | often
wonder at it
Where are they made. then?"
The best. sir. are made about fifty
seven miles outside of Paris. at a little
manufacturing town whose name |
can't just now recall. The next best
rings are made in Sheffield. England.
while rings of inferior quality. made
from Swedish iron. are manufactured
in Alsace. | don't know that the steel
in the French rings is any better than
that used by the Sheffield manuflc-
turers, but the Frenchmen in this. as in
50 many things, have got the hang OF
making their things look well. The
Sheffield rings are polished with oil
and emery, and that gives them a dull
steely look, while the French rings are
polished by the dry process. with what
they call 'crocus powder a sort Of
coarse rouge.
What are the extremes in size of
split rings the man was asked.
The smallest that | ever handled
he replied. were three-sixteenths of
an inch across. They are gilded when
they reach this country and are used in
cheap jewelry. The largest key rings
l ever sold were two and half inches
in diameter. and those l sold to the
wardens at Sing Sing. In fact, they
are called pri pn rings. That key ring
with the two little knobs or bosses
through which you slip the key. is also
French manufacture. and indeed |
have never seen an American key ring
except that clumsy little thing where
you have to move around Il Smal II round
double plate with Il notch in it and
then spring out the open end of the ring
through this notch. I must say CON
cluded the little man. muSingly. Il
often wonder why W. don't make
rings over here. Even now there's a
forty-five per cent. duty on them. and
they could be sold at half their present
price and still bring a good profit
Why, just think. l sell over one hun
dred and fifty thousand rings Il year.
and there must be millions of them
handled every year in this country"
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nnite eatisfnc:ory.

The king Of the Belgians went ont
for 4 walk the other day. and entered
a farm to ask for glass of milk When
he had made a remark in English to
hi, companion. he heard the hostess
s:.v TO Esr husband in Flemish: Il Won
der what that lnng-noscd Englishman
viii give us for the milll?" Whercupon
she king took out a fivC-franc piece and
ravc il to the woman. saying in Flem-
ish: Allow me to offer You the por-
trait of the long-noscd Engiishman."
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-03-29
New Eneland-s Rocky Coast.

The annual report of =. l. Kimban,
the general superintendent of the life
saving service, shows that of the 5g4
marine disasters which occurred dur
ing the year ending June 30. 1894. along
the 10000 miles Of seacOaSt Of this
country and along the great lakes. IlO
happened along the rocky coast OF New
England. OF the siNty-eight lives lost
thirty-two went to satisfy the rapaeitv
of the waves tapping the same New
England coast. Thirty of the thirty
two deaths occurred in the wrecks of
the ship JaSen and the bark Belmont
ON Cape Cod ----
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-03-29
Saint Trudon.

Saint Trudon, Christian village on
the banks of the Congo, colonized by
negroes educated by missionaries. is the
product of postage stamps. Over forty
million used stamps We're collected in
Brussels. from the sales of which the
money needed was obtained. The Con
go state gave the land.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-03-29
CHARGED with Treason.

CoPENHAGEN, March 27.-Herr Noerre-
moeu. editor of Heindell, published at
Abanraa, III Northern Schleswig, has
been arrested on the charge of treason
in continually advocating the reunion
of Northern SchleswIg with Denmark
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-03-29

SARATOGA. March 27.-Julius Barker
of Fort Edward has murdered Richard
Jackson and terribly slashed William
Palmer, but the latter will probably re-
cover Barker used razor and almost
decapitated Jackson. All are negroes
They got into a quarrel while drunk
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-03-29

Los ANGELES. March 27.-"DOctor"
Richard Cook, a Christian science
healer, and Jesse Samls, whose wife re-
Gently died III chirdbirth rs result of
Christian science treatment, have be
arrested under charges of manslaughter.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-03-29

\ resident of Augusta, Ga. has an
oak tree growing upon his place which
is not unlike other trees of that species
in general appearance. Instead of pro-
ducing the regulation acorn. however.
ii is annually loaded with peculiar
formations as unlike the natural pro-
ductiOn of such trees rs one could i'm
agine. A. general rule the cup Of an
acorn is a large or larger than thIIn-
blc. covering at least half of the acorn
proper. but in this ease the tiny rcccp-
taclc is not larger than a pea. and. in
stead of being constructed 50 aS t. hold
but Il single nut or kernel. contains
from three to five small ones. the num-
Der seeming to vary with the di .tance
from the ground. the cups on the lower
limbs being uniformly filed with three
of the tiny acorns. BotaniSts of ma
tional repute have pondercd this sylvan
oddity and old settlers. noted hunters
and woodmcn in general have visited
the wonder and left without even at
tempting to name the variety of oak to
which it belongs.
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Her Choice.-''Won't you come for a
row. auntie?" No, thank you, dear;
awkward pura is very good for young
people. but prefer To remain on terra
Gotta a"-Pick-Me-Up.
Many man might make better
Christian OF himself if he would con
slider the church a composed OF mem
bership of which he Is a sample
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-03-29

WHEAT-Spot market weaker No red,
store and elevator, $3.50; z o. b, 62 &c at1at:
70izc delivered
CORN-Spot market easy. No. ,. SEC and
nominal. elevator; steamer yellow. 5G74c:
steamer mixed, 500
OATS-SpOt market weaker No. ?, 33'2c;
No delivered. size; No. 3. 5-s4c; No No ;
white. SIC; No. white, 36J4c; track white.
S4g4lc
CATTLE-European cables quote American
steers at IL IlgGI2l2c per pound, dressed weight; ;
refrigerator beef at g. galOl4c per pound EN-
ports today, 545 beeves, 2,33l sheep and 2.2I9
quarters Of beef.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Market quiet but
steady. Good sheep, S5l5; good lambs. $500.
HOGS-Market steady at SigOg5.25 for ex-
trelne weights.
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rv ys,- cash N adranee ., 81 5,
o. Ifuut VUid within q months. u
% not paid within the Year. = Is
Inns residing outside OF the count,
81 I. tt4.-.ural Eer year Will be charged [,
lH even. viii the above terms he de
B art those VINO don consult tneir
SCI --.-s -- -.avflL IN advance must not es
90 1.e.'--5-r.s N sae same footing as those VII,
-; @ = - -s.- re distinctly understood tror:
.-- vr-.- .luer before you stop II, II stoI
'Tt-- -.rr rl- -calawGys DO otherwise
.r-- -- --. .a.a-.-Irre IS TOO snort
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EAST LIBERTY. Pa. March %

CATTLE - Receipts hight this week AMI
with a good demand the market Is active and
prices a full quarter higher than last week
Prime - 5Ud5 70, good, SiS5G5I5. good
butchers. SL25dI75. rough fat, s35yaf.25. falr
light steers, 5JG425. bulls. stag- and cows
s=OyG3.25. fresh cows and springers SO Vut
$500.
HOGS-Receipts only fair, very few prime
hogs on the market. demand is tair
and the market little slow At
unchanged prices: Philade. phIas. S4G5tc
5UU. best mixed, 81 s5ai9J: best York
ers. S4sOd4s5: common to fair Ycrkers and
pigs. SlGOG4-7U, roughs. $3O0G4 .
SHEEP-Receipt< fair today, and the dem and
is only fair on sheep, while lambs are steady
at UNCHANGED prices. Export Nethers. = Ij .
.. extra SIgJg5.Uj; good, 81 <5g4 65. taIr
S5OJQ3 81: common. $50 200; best lambz.
= $4,000; good lambs, 5uJH5-jJ. common %
ta!r lambs. - jJa4JU: veal calves, s4UJGi.JU.
heavy and thin calves, 81 5UG2jO
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THE MARKETS.
wHEAT-No, l red, 6Og6Ie. No. ? red. 5sg


wHEAT-Nc. l red, 6Jg6Ie. No. red $50
sec
CORN-No. ? yellow ear, 1850, mixed ear.
47ta 4sc: No. yellow shelIed. 70 $50.
OATS-No. I white, 56 ga37c. No. ? do. 3Gn
81 sc; extra No 3 white, S5G55l &c; mixed 34g
81 PC
HAY->Ioice timothy. sIaOOaI2 80. No l
timothy, SlI 25GllJO; No. timothy. SD jJG
II %; mixed clover and timothy, Sll UpG II , 4;
packing, = -25a750: No feeding prairie. $ 81
az 90 wagon hay, SI4UJGl5UJ
BUTTER-Elgin creamery, 2iG25c; ONO
fancy creamery, 2OG23c: fancy country roll.
l1g Igc; low grades and cooking. gHIUc-
CHEESE-OhIo mid, lOgIOl &c: New York
fan make, lli2 Gl2c. hmber-er, fall make. lsg
I-izc: Wisconsin SWISS I5gI5 2c. ONO swiss.
IL. 4GIli &c
EGGS - Strictly fresh Pennsylvania and
OHIO cases, II@GI2c.
POCLTRN-LarEe live chickens. S0d sc uer
pair i've chickens, small, 65.G7Oc; ducks. 7gtg
eOc per pair. to size; dressed chickens l4g
I5c per pound; turkeys. I5GI7c per pound ::
ducks. IjG I6c- live turkeys, L gl4c per pound Z:
live geese. gOcGSI.OO per pair
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CINCINNATI. March 26.

HOGS-Market active and higher at - 400
585. receipts. 400 mead; shipments, ,2JJ head
CATTLE-Market active and higher at 500
"a s. So receipts 2OJ head; shipments. 3OO head.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Sheep. market firm
at S225GIJ0; receipts. lOJ head. shipments,
none. Lambs, market firm at S5@5g5.6O
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Business items. hrst insertion, lOc. per line
subsequent insertions. Sc per lfae
Administrator anc Executor's Notices g. 50
A1oiNoI : NeNiCee-- e--.----------------------- ~
Stray and similar Notices -------.------- 100
sF- Resolutions or proceedings OF any corpora
tfOn or society and communications design q 20
call attention 10 any natter Of limited OF lndf
vldual interest must toe pad for vertis nerfs-
Book and JOB Printing Of ali kinds neatly and
execiousIy executed at the lowest prices And
dOn'tyou forget IL
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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-06-07
Love to Love.
GCessOr.

When thou shalt need inc. sond my soul some
word,
Let but "A single drift from thy life to mine,
And like the light my love to thee shall
shine,
by soul soar to theo like ~ singing bird
And sweetor Songs than love hath ever heard
viii sing to thee while kncel and twino
With thornlesa roses that dear brow of thine,
My love thy shelter. by no storm winds stirred
Yea, when thou need st mo. speak, and shall
hear,
Though oceans roll between. Some sense of
theo
Shall mako tho light message shall mark
A meaning in tho darkness and draw near
And thou shalt know, wherever thou may,st
be,
NY step and feel m9 warm clasp In the dark.
Frank l.. Stanton In Atlanta Constitution.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-06-07

dustry. The actual decrease in 1894
was only l0,65l.0O0 ounces, or about
Is per cent.
Perhaps the most notable feature OF
the year is the increase IN the output
OF gold. From time to time through
ont 1891 the diversion of capital and
labor from silver to gold mining has
been noted. Not only have many new
gold discoveries been recorded, but IN
many cases also old mines which had
been abandoned because they would
not pay with the wasteful and defective
methods of early days have been 70.
better and moro careful methods. The
total output of gold in the United
States las. year WAS 500, 7Gl 900, an in
crease of So, SOC. 600 over 1893 and OF
SG,7G4, 600 over 1892. In gold output
Australia has also shown considerable
gain, and runs the United States quite
closely this year, while the pbenome.
mi increase from tho TransYaal mines
has also made South Africa a close
competitor for tho fret rank as pro.
ducer OF tho yellow metal.
The table shows moderate decrease
in production, much larger proper.
tiOnal decrease in the value or prices,
but in both cases tho decrease upon
tho whole less than the general expec-
tation OF its amount. 1t shows also
that in year Of extremely unfavor-
nole conditions the mineral production
of the United States by its extent and
variety still gives the country the fore
most place among the nations of the
world.
The conditions under which the year
closes were far smore favorable than
those with which it opened. Tho year
1880 ia already beginning to show q
very great Improvement over its pred.
ecessor.