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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-09-20
COLD sToRAoEFoR HUSBANDS.

Boston's Great scheme to Secure to the
Absent Housewife Peace of Mind
The resources of modern civilization
are capable of meeting nearly all the
demands OF the woman who wants TO
go into the country for the summer
with a free mind. absolutely devoid of
care for the home she leaves behind
her. There are. says the Rochester
Democrat and Chronicle. storage ware
houses where she NAV safely bestow all
her houses furnishings. safe deposit
vaults for her valuable places where
her dog, her cat. her parrot or her
canary can enjoy all the comforts OF a
home
But in one most important and es-
sential point modern civilization fails
this woman For if not the most vai1ed.
certainly the most important and frsiil-
est object IN her urban encourage, the
source of more anxiety and care than
all the other accidents of her environ
mcnts combined. no place of safe be
stowal is provided. To her question:
What shall do with my husband?"
modern civilization returns no answer
She cannot take him along In the
first place, he won't go; in the second
place. she doesn't want him. But there
Is no e>Ift place 10 i'Al hilu s'itT must
leave him knocking about. entirely out
of view of his lawful guardian angel. the
sport of fate and bachelor acquaint-
ances. subject To all the risks against
which her presence by his side ordi-
narily insures him The result Is that
many a woman who really needs and
deserves a long summer rest abandons
her cherished project. and the pro-
saT her
patronage
We are pleased olearn that in Bos-
ton. whence all good things come. this
want has been recognized, and an eff
fort that promises to be successful has
been made to supply IL. \ cold storage
warehouse for husbands has been eS-
tablished by refined widow lady "
who offers to contract with wives bout
to depart for the sea shore or the noun
tainS. to store their husbands during
their absence and return them in as
good condition as when received, at the
end of the season Her establishment
has some slight resemblance. II must be
confessed. to the ordinary boarding
house of commerce. but the resem-
blanee Is only superficial. The great
feature of her plan Is constant super
vision of her charges. Every care viii
be taken to interest and amuse them,
but the strietest discipline viii be main
tanned. No latchleys viii be allowed,
an efficient corps of stalwart assistants
or keepers Will be maintained. and. in
the terse and significant language of
the prospectors, no funny business"
viii be allowed
If the refined widow lady" is of suffi-
| cient age. and hideou>ness 10 invite femi-
nine confidence. If she has the record she
claims as a stern and uncoInpromising
manager of husbands, the motel keepers
at the resorts frequented 10y Bostonese
may anticipate an unusually profita BILE
summer. There may be some little diff
| iculty in Turing a husband into this
asylum, but once she has got him there
his wife may depart for her ''villegia-
tura' with mind free from anxiety as
TO his safety
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-09-20
EBENSBURG. FRIDAY SEPTEMBER
RURAL GEORGIA JOYS.
The Old-Time Log-RolIings and Corn
Shuckings Are Things of the Past.

Shuckings Are Things OF the fAst
The old-time corn-shucl1ings and
og-rollngs have played out in the land
of the south" remarked a Georgia
farmer from Ebert county recently
to an Atlanta Constitution man, the
conversation turning to farm life and its
joys. Yes, one rarely ever sees the
genuine old-time Georgia corn
shucking these days. You, see, for
a number of years the farmers
OF this section of country did not
grow enough corn to have a
spectacle corn-shucking, and as for log
rollings, the farmers have not been in
the humor of late years to clear up
much new ground land, and for this
reason there has been no occasion for
much log-rolling."
A listener wanted to know what was
log-rolling anyhow.
hy, have you never heard of the
-rollingS we used to have in this
country?" asked the farmer. Then
youve missed half your life. 1t was
the greatest fun the darkies on the
farms had for years and years. The
farmer who had cleared new ground,
when the trees had all been cut down
and the brush clipped off and burned,
wanted to get all the logs off the field
before he could cultivate it. Therefore
he would give what is called log-roll-
ing, to which he would invite all the
-darkieS and laborerS on the neighboring
farms on some suitable day. There was
no compensation in it, for ii was a pie
ME, though you would never think it.
for it was the hardest sort of work.
The darlIieS all would come in high
glee, knowing that a great jug of
4. 4 l.. IL.
and that a big dinner would be given
by the landlord who gave the log-roll-
ing. What Is meant by rolling logs is
putting handsticlt under them. with
a darlly ut each end of the stick and
lifting the logs from the ground and
then conveying them to a pile here and
there about the new ground, where
they would be burned later The fun
came in with the rivalry among the
darkies to see who was the champion
litter of the day. They would have
great straps of leather that went over
their shoulders in a loop, and through
this loop they would stick their hand
sticks, sometimes ena abling them to lift
with their hands and their whole bod
les at the same time, throwing their
strength against their opponent, who
had hold of the other end of the hand
stick under the log. This strap of
leather, for some reason, was called an
Ala bama. 1t was great fun to see
them straining their very lives away
under the great, heavy logs here and
there about the field. When night
came on the frolic wound up with a
great dance and hot supper. as they
called it in the landlords Kitchen
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-09-20
THE POETS.

HIERONYMUs LoRM, the famous poet,
philosopher and critic, of Germany, is
totally blind.
JULIA WARD HOWE says that Long
fellow was good deal of dandy in
his youth His linen was immaculate
and he paid particular attention to his
collars.
SIXTEEN hundred dollars in cash has
been handed over to Rev. 5. F. Smith,
the author of America" as the sub
stantial evidence of the peoples af-
fection for him.
ALFRED DE MUssET's sister refuses to
have any of his works in her possession
published, as she says they will not add
to his fame as a poet. She likewise
refuses to let his letters be seen, among
which is the correspondence between
the poet and George Sand.
A SCHILLER museum is to be founded
at Marbach, where the poet was born,
by the king of Wurtemburg. A Swa-
bian lady has offered to buy for it the
valuab BILE CohD Schiller library, which
contains, among other rarities, a com
plete set of the Schwabisches Magazin,
where his earliest poems appeared.
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PASSED MANY MiLESTONES.

RALPH SwINBURN, said to have been
the oldest locomotive engineer in the
world, died at West Virginia recently,
aged ninety-one years.
Mr.. AMOS S. BRACKET, of Saco, Me,
has just started life afresh, when near
ing the age of three score and ten. He
has been night watchman for forty
four years and has just retired. The
world will look different to him.
ABRAHAM III. LAVENDER, of st. Paul,
now nearly eighty years of age, is liv
ing on the exact spot where he settled
forty-seven years ago, when there We're
only five American families in the
place.
MOTHER MARY GoNZAGA, who is said
to be the oldest Sister of Charity in the
United States, celebrated the sixty
ninth anniversary of her initiation into
the order at Philadelphia recently.
She is eighty-five years of age.
In the Russian government of Sa-
mara, laurent Effimoff died recently
at the age of one hundred and fifty.
Under Catherine IL. he belonged to
Pongatcheff's band of brigands, was
captured and spent thirty years as a
prisoner in Siberia. A few years ago
he became blind
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-09-20

In the archives of the patent office
there are many curious documents
preserved, but To papermakers the eX-
tract given below from the first patent
granted for making writings and
printings" must be interesting: Where
as. wee have bine informed by the
humble peticion of our trusty and well
beloved Eustace Burneby, Esquier
that he, by his travailes abroade. and
create charge and industry. hath at
tayned to The art and skill of making
all sorte of white paper for the use of
writing and printing, being a new
manufacture and never practised in
any of our kingdoms or dominions,
and wee being willing to give all en-
couragement to the inventors of such
arte as may be of publique vse and
benefit. and particularly to the said
Eustace Burneby: Know We. therefore
that wee of our especial grace, Ger
teine knowledge, and meere mocon,
have given and granted by theis pres
ente. vnto the said Eus STAGE Burneby.
theis our letters patente witnes the
King at Westm the one and twentieth
day of January 1878"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-09-20

History furnishes but very few in
stances of persons of exalted station
who have freely renounced their titles
and their fortunes to don the garb of
simple workman The duke of Gal
leira, lately deceased. is a case in point.
AT the death of his father, he firmly re-
fused to assume his title, but dressed
himself as a worl1ingman and took the
simple name of Ferrari. His mother
tried her utmost to make him listen to
reason; all her arguments proved un-
availing- Persuaded that it would be
foolish to bequeath the large family in
heritance to such an eccentric char
acter, she left the greater part of it to
charitable institutions
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-09-20
THE FLEET OF MONITORS.
Their History Long Record OF Extravs
gance Consequent Upon Neglect.


gance Consequent Upon Neglect.
When the history of the monitors in
the United States navy shall come to
be told it will lay bare a long record of
extravaganza consequent upon neglect.
Some of the uncompleted or recently
completed monitors, says the New York
Sun. were begun while many officers of
the navy were still in their cradles. and
the fleet of monitors just ordered from
the James river near Richmond, has
been lying there rusting these twenty
years They are of the single turret
type One commander aboard the \ jaN
served for the whole fleet They are
all single-screw steamers, of 34O-horse
power, and each carries two guns. The
Ajax, Canonicus, Mahonac, Manhattan.
and Nyandotte are !, 100 tons each,
while the CatslNill, Jason, Lehigh.
Montauk, Nahant, Nantucket, PaSsaic
and Comanche are of l,S75 tons each
Only two out of the six remaining at
Richmond are to be prepared for sea
and it is said that OF the four that have
not been ordered Immediately from the
James some Will probably be sold as
scrap iron.
The history of the old double-turret
monitors, several of which have lately
been completed, is somewhat like that
of their single-turret sisters. The
largest of these great ironclads is the
Puritan She is of 6.o6O tons and of
$500 horsepower, and she carries ten
guns. She is a double barbette turret
monitor and SO are the Monadnock and
Amphitrite. They and the Terror, a
doubleturret monitor, are each of
5000 tons and 1000 horsepower. The
Monadnock carries six guns and the
other two carry four guns each All of
the double-turret monitors are twin
screw propellers. The whole fleet has
been the mystery of the navy for near
ly quarter of century, and the COM
pletion of several of these ships has dis
appointed the expectation of every
body that knows their history. Their
cost was enormous, and there have been
great changes in their plan of construc-
ton. One of them lay for years at a
shipyard at Wilmington, Del, until the
shipbuilders put in a claim of many
thousands of dollars for dockage. 1t
used to be said that the double-turret
monitors, if completed, would never be
seaworthy, though, through change of
construction, if nothing else, this evil
prophecy has been disappointed.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-09-20
NUMBER 81.
CONCERNING OUPPIES.
The Shadows Are Not the Souls Of th'
Departed.

When l first came TO Jamaica the
surroundings of that lovely tropical
island seemed to my unsoPhisticated
eyes to forbid the conventional ghost,
says a writer in the National Review
The tiny wooden boxes, bright with
creepers and gay with green and white
paint, that for the most part did duty
for houses offered surely neither space
nor attraction to properly constituted
apparition.
1t was a surprise, therefore, to find
that in the daily life of the negro pop
ulation ''duppies" occupied a very con
siderable and indeed dignified position,
and were not only recognized as a Sc
rious fact. but were To be spoken Of
if. indeed, it We're advisable to speak
of them at all To strangers-with fit
ting reverence. Even the more edu-
Gated were not above a lurking belief
in their existence, while for the ordina-
ry negro that there We're duppies
around him was as undoubted n truth
as the dear sunlight in which he lived.
Now it is the general idea of Eng
hsh people, even those who have lived
all their lives in the West Indies. that
a ''duppy" is simply the negro equiva-
lent for our ghost" but after many
and patient inquiries from the negroes
themselves this / found to be a mistake.
To be exact, true ''duppy," although
an apparition. is not the spirit or the
soul, but only the shadow of the depart
ed, the soul being perfectly distinct from
its duppy, and gong to heaven or hell.
as the ease may be, leaving its shadow
or duppy to hnger behind on earth.
where, unless exercised by certain cere-
monies, IL may work mischief. or at
least cause annoyance TO the living.
For instance. the soul of notorious
evil-doer, noted Obeah man. for ex-
ample, is supposed by them. naturally
enough, to go straight to hell for his
crimes, but his duppy will remain be-
hind him; only being the shadow of a
bad man, il will partake of his vicious
qualities and probably become trans
formed into a rolling calf, that bug
bear of all negroes. A rolling calf .,
is very terrible creature that haunts
the hillsides and lonely places, to the
terror of travellers 1t has fiery eyes
and is accompanied by the sound of
heavy, clanking chains. Apart from
this, it is shaped much like an ordinary
COW, and to be caught by one is death,
with the additional horror of being
forced afterward to become a rolling
calf ones self. One chance of escape.
however, remains to the unfortunate
victim The rolling calf cannot run up
hill, and therefore if a slope can be
reached, so that one is above instead of
on level with or below tnis terrible
pursuer, safety is insured. Possibly
some dim remembrance of the African
buffalo and its habits lies at the root of
this strange tradition. for l believe a
buffalo cannot charge uphill.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-09-20
REPRESENTATIVES,.

A sCHooL-TEACHER in Worth county,
Ga, keeps his pupils in order by threat
eningly displaying pistol.
A HORSESHOE hung over the door for
good luck fell from its nail onto the
head of an Atchison (Kan.) girl a few
days ago, injuring her seriously.
A TRAVELLING hypnctist has been
sued in Ohio by his confederate, who
demands the sum of fifteen dollars for
pretending to be hypnotized when he
wasn't. His hypnotic influence was
merely arranged on a promissory basis,
the same as political influence.
"WELL, the brazen thing; and I'll
bet she's got on three pair of stock
ings," one woman was heard to remark
to another in a spiteful tone on a
crowded Lewiston (Me.) street the
other day as third woman, evidently
an acquaintance, went flying by on a
bicycle attired in stunning bloomer
suit
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-09-20
My.ore Infants Must Not Marry.

The maharajah of Mysore has re-
solved to put down by an act of the
legislature the custom of infant mar
riage among his subjects. A bill to
that effect was published last year
After a good deal of discussion the
measure has now assumed a definite
shape and form. When the act is en-
forced any person causing or abetting
infant marriages, or any person OF
eighteen or over eighteen marrying an
infant girl will be punished with i'm
prisonment of either description, which
may extend to two years, or with fine,
or with both. The same punishment is
prescribed for any man who, having
completed fifty years of his age, mar
ries girl under fourteen years. Six
months imprisonment or fine, or both,
will be meted out to the abettor or
abettors of this offense- All girls un-
der eight years of age will be consid'
cred as infants under this law
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-09-20
QUEER FREIGHT FOR CHINA.
The Skeletons of Dead Chinese Shipped In
Boxes Marked ..Fish Bone"

A curious freight which is shipped
exclusively from San Francisco to
China is ''fish-b bone which pays
twenty dollars "a ton 1t is sent in large
boxes consigned to the Tung Wah hos
pital at Hong Kong, but the contents
of the boxes are really the bodies of
dead Cinnamon sent home for burial
Most of the Cinnamon who come to the
United States, says the Chicago Record
are under the care of the Six Com
panies, who 5 gn contract guarantee
ing to return the bones of the dead for
burial with their ancestors in the celes-
tial empire, and the Tung Wah hos
pital acts as the agent on this side in
carrying out the agreement. They are
shipped as fish bones" in order to
evade the rule of the steamship com
panies, who charge full frst-class
passenger rates for the dead
Nearly every ship leaving San Fran
cisco for China carries among the steer
age passengers number of invalids
who hope to live until they reach their
native country, but several usually die
on every voyage. There is an agree
ment between the steamships and the
Six Companies which forbids the burial
OF these bodies at sea, and the latter
furnishes collins of the peculiar Chinese
pattern for use IN such emergencies.
They are made of slabs, the first cut
of the log, SO that the sides and bottom
and top are rounded. A dozen or more.
are carried on each ship, and the sur
geon is furnish with a supply of EN-
balmiug fluid.
When Chinaman dies at sea the sur
geOn embalms the body, which is then
placed in coffin, sealed up. and
lowered into the hold. The expense is
paid by voluntary contributions from
the other Chinese passengers, the
crowd, and the stewards of the ship,
all of whom belong to that race No
subscription paper is passed around
but a pan containing Chinese sugar Is
placed beside the coffin, and every
Chinaman on board drops in his con-
trihution. from dime to a dollar, and
takes piece of sugar from the pan,
which is supposed to bring him good
luck and prolong his life. When the
ship reaches Hong Kong the collins are
delivered to the Tung Wah hospital.
which disposes of them to the surviving
friends in China. Every Chinaman in
the United States is supposed to be
registered at the Tung Wah hospital
and with the Six Companies at San
Francisco.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-09-20
MYSTERY OF A NECKLACE.
Genuine Diamonds CarelessIy Placed In
Theatrical Property i'm London

Genuine Diamonds Csrelessiy Placed In
Theatrical Property i'm London
In support of the idea that it is not
easy even for the practiced eye to de-
tect the false from the real diamonds,
a writer in London Sketch repeats this
story of an actors experience:
a very popular melodrama had been
produced in London. piece in which
the heroine did as new women are pop
ularly supposed to do, and then re
pented in the last act. To emphasize
her repentance, she took the diamond
necklace from her neck. east il upon
the ground and spurned it heavily.
The long-suffering necklace was made
of paste stones, with strong gold set
tings, and had to be repaired two or
three times a week, owing to its cruel
usage After a very long run in town
the piece was sent into the provinces
and the poor necklace was, as usual
thrown about and trodden on. until
came to- grief once more and was sen
to some provincial jeweler for the usua
repairs Toward the evening the man
ager sent man to fetch IL in time 70
the performance. Where Is you
written order?" said the man of Jewels
Said the messenger: Amt got none
it's only a property necklace" or words
TO that effect. Well" said the trades
man, who knew a good thing when he
saw one, ''you go back for a written
authority; l don't give diamond neck
laces worth more than a thousand
pounds to the first man who calls for
them" W hen the manager received the
message he was furious and went to
the shop at once. There he found to
his amaZement that the necklace 50
recklessly treated q nights was com
posed of genuine diamonds worth a
large amount For a long time nobody
could understand the mystery. but IL
was afterward cleared up. At the shou
at London where it was regularly re-
paired the stones had once been set
aside by those belonging to a noble
lady's tiara They We're, by some
some strange chance. very similar in
size, shape and number, and by mis-
take the paste went to the tiara and
the diamonds TO the property necklace
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THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR.

NATIONAL BANKS - National banks
were established in the United States
in 1916.
LEGAL TENDER NOTES.-The highest
denomination of United States legal
tender notes is ten thousand dollars.
BILLS OF EXCHANGE - These We're
first used by the Jews in 1850, and IN
England in 1907.
THE FIRST ENGLISH ExCHANGE-This
was called the '-Burse," and was opened
at London by Queen Elizabeth in 1871.
MONEY AS A SERvANT-To have your
errands rightly done, says an oriental,
you must employ a messenger who is
deaf. dumb and blind and that Is
money.
PAPER MoNEY-The largest circula-
ton of paper money is that OF the
United States. being seven hundred
millions, while Russia has six hundred
and seventy millions.
WEALTH OF THE VATICAN-Impartia
writers say that the gold contained IN
the medals, vessels, chains and other
objects preserved in the Vatican would
make more gold coin than the whole of
the present European circulation.
WEIeHT OF CoIN-In round numbers,
the weight of one million dollars IN
standard gold coin is one and three
fourths tons; standard silver coin,
twenty-six and three-fourths tons; sub
sidiary silver coin, twenty-five tons;
minor coin, five-cent nickel, one hun
dred tons
ORIGIN OF BUDGET - This financial
term is cognate with the French "bou-
gette," small bag. In Great Britain.
from long usage, it is applied to that
miscellaneous collection of matters
which aggregate into the financial
statement made to parliament by the
chancellor of the exchequer.
BANKING CAPITAL-The capital en-
ployed in the principal countries is as
follows: Great Britain, e. ,020, ,00O, 900;
United States, s2. .655, zoo, 900; Germany,
81 ,425 900. 900; France, 81 ,025, ,00O, 600;
Austria, $3.50, ,0OO. 900; Russia, s775, 200,
600; Italy. s455, 900, 900; Australia, si25,
900, 900; Canada, s175, ,0O0, 900.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-09-20
HaMniI,s Animal Life

The Hawaiian islands, as the result
of recent exploration, have been found
to be richer in animal life than was
formerly supposed As the result of
years investigation by the British as
sociation, through its committee. it has
been found that of birds there are sew
enty-eight species, of which fifty-seven
are peculiar to this group. All the land
and fresh water shells are peculiar, and
of thousand species of insects, seven
hundred are not found elsewhere. 1t
thus seems that these islands have by
no means been populated from the
continent but have been centers of in
dependent creation.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-09-20
Swedish SimpIicity.

Twelve Months with Frederika Bre
mer,n tells several curious anecdotes
illustrating the simplicity of the lower
classes in Sweden. Thus, two servants
were given tickets to go to the theater,
from which they soon returned You
surely have not been?" asked the mis-
tress. ''Oh, yesi" they answered We
went to the theater and sat there till
suddenly curtain drew up and some
ladies and gentlemen began talking to-
gether; but as it was on family mat
tiers, we felt we were intruding and SO
came home"