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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-02-22
ABOUT EMBIEmS.
The Significance OF Many of Them ShroI
ed In Mystery

The Significance OF Many of Them shroud-
ed In Mystery
What the learned DIR. Aiken once
called "A Visible Image of an Invisible
Thing in fact the emblem, has so lit
tie record in modern times, that even
the encyclopedias give concerning il
only the dictionary definition Yet
two centuries ago il formed the subject
for the work of some of the best
writers, painters and engravers of Eu
rope; while antiquity has illustrated it
in a myriad of forms, the meaning of
which Is in thousands of instances lost
to US in the mystery and darkness that
overshadows the history of so much of
human life.
Any object which presents at a
glance a meaning beyond its mere ap-
pearance is an emblem The torch for
Illumination. the scales for Justice. the
anchor foT Hope. the owl for Wisdom,
the butterfly for the Soul, the scythe
and hour-glass for death. The first at
tempt at writing was emblematical,
and Chinese writing is SO to this day.
So We're the Egyptian hieroglyphics
and the same can be said of our own
Indian picture writing.
All coinage, from the first Hebrew
shekel to the last American dollar; all
the flags of all nations; all state or ma
tional seals, are emblematical of some
thing. The cross, the crown. the scep-
ter, the inter, every church steeple in
every land, mosque minaret and pago-
da, temple and shrine, idol and fetish,
all are emblems-
Every letter in every language. every
figure, the sign of every trade and pro-
fession, the roses of England, the lilies
of France. Ireland's shamrock and
Scotland's thistle, are all emblems.
And yet, strangely enough, it is only
by persistent search that one can find
out even the least about the origin OF
this class of art, the meaning of its
varied forms, the hidden sense being
often lost utterly while only the form
| remains
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-02-22
A Great Fortune

The huge fortune of the late Mr.
Hugh McCalmont, which for seven
years has been accommodating AT com
pound interest, Will pass into the
sole control of the heir. Mr.. Harry
Leslie Blundell McCalmont. the we'll
known owner of IsinglaSs- The amount
is believed to be not much. if at all,
less than four million pounds sterling,
and the bulk of this enormous sum
was accumulated by the testator while
a member of the once prominent firm
of McCalmont Brothers Rumor has IL
that the amount to which MIR Mccall
mont will succeed exceeds that at the
absolute disposal of any other single
person in this country, and this is not
improbable. OF course larger amounts
are owned by some of the great city
magnates. but probably in most eases
their wealth Il not entirely unfettered;
il is either subject to heavy charges,
or else Is invested in business from
which il could not be easily Olsen
gagged The largest amount of person
atty recorded in recent years was that
of Baron de Stern. which amounted,
we believe. to some seven million
pounds sterling, acquired largely
through Portuguese finance operations.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-02-22
NATIONAL PROSPERITY.
The Sea an Important Factor In the Al
yancement of Mankind.

The Sea an Important Factor In the Ad-
yancement of Mankind.
1t is impossible that one who sees in
the sea-in the function which ii dis
charges toward the world at large
the most potent factor in the national
prosperity and in the course of history,
should not desire a change in the
mental attitude of our cOuntrymen to-
ward maritime affairs. The subject.
says the North American Review, pre-
sents itself not merely as one of ma
tiOnal Importance. but as one concern
ing the worlds history and the well
fare of mankind, which are bound up.
far as can see. in the security
and strength of that civilization which
is identified with Europe and its off
shoots in America. For what, after all,
is our not unjustly vaunted European
and American civilizat tion?
An oasis set in the midst of desert
of barbarism, rent with many inteS-
tine troubles. and ultimately depend
ent. not upon its simple elaboration of
organization. but upon the power of
that organization to express itself in a
menacing and efficient attitude of
physical force. sufficient to resist the
numerically overwhelming. but mad
equately organized, hosts of the out
side barbarians. Under present con
ditions. these are dyked off 10y the
magnificent military organizations of
Europe, which also as yet cope success
fully with the barbarians within. OF
what the latter are capable-at least
in will-we have from time to time,
and not least of late, terrific warnings,
to which men can scarcely shut their
ewes anCkears: but sufficient attention
is hardly paid to the possible dangers
from those outside, who are wholly
alien To the spirit of our civilization;
nor do men realize how essential to
the conservation of that civilization is
the attitude of armed watchfulness be-
tween nations, which is now main
tained by the great states of Europe.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-02-22
SCIENTIFIC NOTES.

LORD KELVIN holds that the internal
with climates. The earth, he says,
might be of the temperature of white
hot iron two thousand feet below the
surface. or at the freezing point fifty
feet below, without at all affecting a
climate.
a FRENCH railway has lately ar
ranged its telegraph lines SO that at
orcarranged signal the wires are
switched from the telegraph instru-
ments to telephones, thus ena abling the
operators either to talk verbally or to
communicate by the telegraphic code
at will.
COMMODORE MELVILLE, !. :. N. eX-
presses the opinion that not only speed
but maximum economy in fuel will be
attained through the use of the triple
screw in steamships. each acting indie
pendently of the others. the center one
alone being used for slow cruising.
Other expert naval engineers concur in
this opinion
REFERRING to the decreased mortali-
ty among children i'll some countries, IT
Is interesting to know that the sanitary
condition of a region may in a measure
that is. the death rate of children in a
district is a sort of hygienic barometer
of the surrounding physical and moral
Observation-Disclosures Health Maga-
zine
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-02-22
THE STAGE.

ZOIA has agreed to write an opera
libretto in four acts for the Paris grand
opera IN collaboration with NJ.
Bruneau. who helped him in dram
atizing '.Unc Page dArmour." 1t is to
he ready in the spring.
GoUNoD's Faust" will soon have its
thousandth performance at the Paris
Opera Ambrose Thomas has been
asked to write the music for a scene
which viii be introduced on the occa-
sion to glorify the composer.
Mrs. FANNY STIRLING, who for over
fifty years held a high position on the
English stage. having acted with Mae
ready in the thirtics and with Henry
Irving in 1ssG, has just married, at
nearly eighty. Sir William Gregory,
an octogenarian like herself.
Mr.. BEERBoHM TREE recently trans
ported his entire company of sixty per
sons from Balmoral, where he had
been acting before the queen, to Dub
lin in time for the next evenings per
formance. The distance of five hun
dred and siNty-one miles. including the
passage of the Irish sea, was made in
less than seventeen hours
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-02-22
a QUEENS BATH.
How the Queer Royal Custom Is Observed
in Madagascar

Since the great African island has
lately caused great deal of talk II
will not be unfnteresting, says London
Tid-Bits. to give some account of the
strange ceremony practiced at the
Malagasy national festival every year,
As related by nearly all the travellers
who have visited the land of the Hovas.
The -Fandroana," or royal bath, was
first instituted by King RatambO. and
is held annually, by royal proclama-
ton. from November - To January 10.
During this time no business is allowed
to proceed. The people of the king
dom meet the queen in the silver
palace on the first day of the festival,
and red cock il then brought by the
head priest or sacrificer of the court
Its neck is wrung, and its blood, being
caught in a banana leaf. is carried To
the sovereign, who touches with it her
forehead. neck, stomach. armpit.
finger nails and toe nails. The rest of
the assembly follow the example.
Next day the people assemble again
for the royal bath in the great palace.
This the queen takes in one of the
sacred corners of the hall, in a silver
bath, being screened from view by
''lambag." held by her attendants
Amid the firing of cannon and the
joyous shouts of her humble subjects,
her majesty then passes along the
balcony and from a horn in her hand
sprinkles the crowd with the water
she has just been using for her
ablutions, exclaiming at the same
time: "MaSina, aho." Il am puritiedb.
This sprinkling is said to typify an
abundance of rain during the coming
year.
To be absent from the ceremony
would be To incur the royal displeasure,
50 that the French plenipotentiary
minister himself. VI. lie Myre de Nilers,
who is now again on his way to NADIA
gascar. had to submit himself. in lss6,
to this strange ordeal Every wife,
also, must be with her husband at the
time or il il considered that She is as
good a. divorced. The new year Is
then supposed to have begun, and for
several weeks there is a great deal of
visiting and feasting.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-02-22
SILK FROM WOOD.
a Recent Discovery of Great Commercial
Importance


Importance
At Bradford. England. silk has been
made from wood pulp so much like the
real thing that II bids fair 10 occupy a
place in commerce and use 1t l. pro-
duced by subjecting vegetable fiber To
the action of various acids, the re-
suit being a product said To be identical
with the filament of the worm. having
its lightnesS luSter and all its quail
tiles. including that of durability
Commercially speaking. SAYS the Phil
adelphia Ledger. the Importance OF the
discovery can hardly l,e overestimated,
and IL Is possible that II viii produce
the most revolutionary consequence in
the trade in that commodity every
where. The worlds stock Of silk. both
woven and raw. l. immense and has al
ways held a staple value likely to be
much shaken and disturbed 10y the in
trusion Of new supply which can he
cheaply and abundantly produced.
Samples of yarn fringe. braid. gimpS,
sewing silks. handkerchiefs. bro
cades and other fabrics. dyed in vari-
Gus colors, have been exhibited by the
Bradford makers to the trade and pro-
nounced all right and up to the com
mercial standard in all respects With
artificial diamonds and rubies such as
are now being turned out in great
abundance, modern society Will doubt
less take on style of Splendor hither-
To unknown outshining the courts of
Solomon or the queen of Sheba or the
retinues of Mahmoud or Haroun Al
RaSchid.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-02-22
AN AMERICAN AIR.
German Band Leaders Idea OF tho
Proper Thing


A good story was told by Boston
man who was in Antwerp while the
preparations were in progress for the
exposition Representatives of all na-
tions were there preparing exhibits
from their respective countries In the
evening, saws the Washington Star. all
the visitors were in the habit of gath
sring in large hall on the grounds to
listen To the band play Out of com
pliment to the visitors the national
airs of the different countries were
the group of that nationality in the
hall The night that our Boston friend
attended the band performance this
playing of national airs was on the
programme All were played. but not
a thing that could be twisted into an
air for the bird of freedom 4 delega-
tion of the Americans went up to the
leader and told him that they felt
sighted that their country had not
been recognized With profuse apol-
ogies the leader said IL was clearly an
oversight. and promised to give them
the American air at once. He distrib-
uted the music. and, waving his baton.
the band broke loose, not with any IA
miliar patriotic air. but The Man
That Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo -
Amazement among the Americans final
| ly gave away to visions of old Hoss
Hoey and his song, and when the band
finished the tumultuous applause from
the American delegation elected an
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-02-22
BREWERS HORSES.
They Are. .s - Rule. Fat from Eatin
Brewery Grain

They Are. Rule. Fat from Eating
Brewery Grain
Did YOU ever see thin. square, cadav-
erous, bony horse pulling a brewery
wagon? Proba bly, not in New York,
though such a thing could happen.
though ii would not pass without no
tice The reason for ii Is simple, SAYS
the New York sun These horses are
fed on what Is known as brewers
grain. the residue of the brewing proc-
ess, a nouriShing but unstable prod
uct of the brewery When the labor
of beer making Is ended gallons of
these grains in liquid form are poured
into closed wagons and carted To the
stables, where they are fed To the
horses They are fattening- and give
brewery cart horses that rotundity
which Is the marvel of many, who do
not understand the true cause Of IL
1t is estimated that nearly seventy per
cent. of brewers grains are water and
unavailable for transport. except at
large expense, for considerabl dis
tance and. more than this, they spoil
easily so must be used at once as they
come from the brewery. hot and steam
ing. In some places. especially out IF
New York. these brewers grains are
fed to cattle with very good result,
but in this city the supply Is taken up
chiefly in the stables of the largest
breweries.
Very few persons have stopped to
compute the extent TO which horses
are necessary in the brewery business
The largest of the city breweries has
two hundred and fifty horses constant
ly in use in delivering kegs OF beer to
customers distributed about New York
city and BROOKLYN The next largest
has two hundred horses, and 50 on
down the list. the total number of
brewery horses in the city footing up
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-02-22
BARGAINS IN INDIA.
Merchants Sometimes Come Down viii
Jump In Their Prices

merchants sometimes toufc Win
= Jump In Their Prices
Indian travel Is full of surprise,
pleasant and otherwise. a gentleman,
wishing to purchase some of the beau
tiful Cashmere shavls which are made
not far from Delhi, went to one of the
largest establishments in the city The
merchant showed him book in which
was written recommendations of his
goods by Gen Grant and hlS son, as
well as by many others.
Among the recommendations was
this one in German: Il have bought
shawls of this man and think l got
them cheap; but do not offer him a
third of what he asks"
The gentleman selected two very
beautiful shawls. and asked the price
The merchant. after a little consulta-
ton with his clerks said:
Il have not sold d shawl to your
party | sell you very, very cheap.
You may have these beautiful shawls
for fourteen hundred rupees"
Absurd. Let us go." said the gen.
tlenan, having in mind the Germans
advice. and he started for the door
Don't GO said the merchant;
make me an offer"
Il will give You four hundred rupees
for both shawls."
To his astonishment the merchant
replied:
Take them; will send them to your
hotel"
At Jaipur the same traveller lodged
in hotel conducted by a native, but
owned by the rajah. He found the
following amusing notices posted in
various places:
If visitors are not satisfied with the
food or cooking they can deduct from
the bill what they consider fair
Guests are requested not to strike
the servants"
Guests wishing ice are requested to
give days notice and name how much
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-02-22

Long she stood at the window and
unused. The rays of the setting sun
entangled themselves in her Titan
hair or surrounded her glorious height
of five feet eight inches with an aureole
halo. Proud. queenly. limbed like a
goddess. she was indeed a magnificent
specimen of femIninitys strange" :"
she muttered. Then a soft, half-pity-
ing. half-happy smile fitted across her
face like a CLEAN of April sunshine.
Strange" she said again, Ito think
that |, who only six short months ago
was the quarterback of the Emanci-
pated Maidens' football eleven, should
have lost my heart to a man whose col
lar is size and half smaller than
mine But such is fate. And | love
him. Carelessly picking up forty
pound dumb-bell she tossed it out of
the window and across the lot, and
then sought her boudoir.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-02-22

4 distinguished instance of a conn
plete revulsion of feeling over ones
first impression is said To be afforded in
the case of Mime. Adelina Patti. Some
years ago she took pronounced dis
like to a French tenor, allowing her
unfavorable impression to influence her
professionally To the degree that she
refused to sing with him. Gradually,
however, she grew able To tolerate
then grew fond of, and. finally, when
she added Nicolini to her name, mar
ried him.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-02-22
Misery Shared

The Partisan beggar il generally
person of wit One of the fraternity
met one evening, at eight o'clock,
gentleman who was on his way to a
dinner party.
Have pity, monsieur, and give me
sou" said the beggar, for l have had
no dinner to-day"
Get OUT exclaimed the gentleman
I've had no dinner, either"
Too badr' answered the beggar.
Make il two sous, then, and we IL dine
together"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-02-22
NEW YORK Feb. 10

WHEAT - Spot market duh No red.
store and elevator. SOC: afioat 57ssc. O b..
s. &C aIioat, No ! northern. 6o5sc delivered
No I hard G75kc delivered
CORN-Spot market duh No islsc ele,
vator. steamer mixed. 4754c. No 3. iIa4c-
OATS-Spot market firm No ?. 53a4 a 34c
No 2 delivered 35c No 8. 33c. No white.
s7i.aa7S4c. No D. wlite. S54; track white
states and western. 3SG42c
CATTLE-European cables quote American
steers at II(Gl2c per pound dressed weight re
frl.-eraUor beef at gal per pound
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Market slow, 1sG1 &C
lower over ZOO head unSOld- Sheep, poor to
prime. 81 so; lambs, common to prime, s4.OOG
$40
HCSS-Market steady. inferior 20 choice,
81 3ua375
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-02-22
The Universal Plant.

The tobacco plant his become
thoroughly naturalized in every part of
the world. and i'll many parts of Asia
and Africa has become so completely
dOmesticated that several writer's nave
cOntended that it is aboriginal in one
or the other of those continents.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-02-22
Father Garin's Funeral.

LOWELL. Mass Feb 20 The funeral
nt Father Garin the celebrated head Of
the Oblate order in this vicinity, has &C
enrred IN ST Joseph's church The day
was generally observed III his memory
by the merchants and cItIZeus.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-02-22

PARIS Feb 20 M Auguste Vec-
cuerle a we'll known French literature
ana editor IN chief of The Rappel.
radical Republican organ is dead He
was the author of number OF works OF
prose and poetry and also wrote several
dramas
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-02-22
a Victory For the Government.

LONDON, Feb 20 An election has
been held IN Colchester to I'LL the va
Gancy III the house of commons caused
ty the resignation of Captain Herbert
Naylor- Layland. Conservative. and 1t
resulted I'D a victory tor the govern
u.tEt
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-02-22

cash 10 advance ST 30
~ not paid within months. .
.rur Irri within months. = 10
r.- paid within the ear = .
-s residing outside OF the county
..----..l Ter year viii be charged 10
--a-. VIII the above terms be de
-r those who Jon { consult tneJI
I. 2. p ID -rr.l- Iu advance must not eE-
s.'5,,'7s.s-sl 10 re same footing IS those who
~ -.t.rr before you stop II, n stop
r--T r. - H.--- So. f1 ways do CjnerWISe-
Us, ----ya.-rrrr rs too snort
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-02-22
PROVERBS ABOUT PAPERS.

RANK papers by bigness, you'll rank
pictures by size.
need never change his mind.
READ everything in the paper, and
you have read nothing in the paper.
The paper that vaunts its circulation
is arguing that what's good for its
purse is good for your brain.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-02-22


HOGS Market active and higher at S5OS
90 receipts , 7Ul head shipments, 2OD head
CATTLE - Market easy at S2.2JGi %. re
Celpts 2JJ head; shipments, 800 head
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Sheep, market steady
at - 2Uyd45O. receipts. 80 head. ship
mcuts 3OJ head Lambs. market IN good de
mand at $3.UUG5 %
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EAST LIBERTY. Pa. Feb. 10

EAST II BEtIY, Pa, FtD. TT
ATTIE-Receipts light. the demand good.
Market active and prices full &c higher than
i;.-t week Prime - - G5. 80. good. s46O % 1 81.
good butchers, $4OOG4.35; rough fat 500 1870;
faIr night steers, S3 3lU9335: good fat cows
and heifcrs S3 y 5G3.sO; bulls. stays and cows.
a. UvG-3 p: fresh cows ana sprngers, Sl5G35-
HOGS-The receipts of hogs Is light today.
demand fair and prices steady at following
prices PhiladeIphlas. 81. .IOlGI.JO: mixed Phil
adelphlas 81 % al ~. best Workers, 81 p Gi5O;
common to fair Workers, S4lOG4.2O. rOughs.
60 UU04OO
SHEEP-The supply Is liberal and the
demand fair. while the market Is
slow at the following unchanged prices Extra.
s. sJd4lU; good. S3.2OG36O, faIr. s. 4J9
2gO common. 5UctdSl.5O: best lambs, So. l5 u
: 30 common to fair lambs, S2.sUd4 so. veal
calves. -. 5.JOg6 p: heavy and thin calves. - W
(G3UU.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-02-22
The MARKETS.
PlTTsBURG FEB 70
WHEAT-No. / red 57g5sc. No : red. 56s

SbI hSf req ~
wHEAT-No, red 57tg5sc. No red. 56S
SIC
CORN-No. . yellow ear, 49dJOc; mixed ear,
s7lG lSc; No = yellow sheled, 4G1gG47Iac.
OATS-No. l white, 56G3612c, No. do 35l I
036c; extra No. white. 81 q,g35s; mixed. IL ,
CG34c
HAY-Choice timothy, s12.OOG12.5O: No
timothy. sll.50Gl2OO; No. timothy, $l050
Il %: mixei c over and timothy, 5000 all u;
packing. S7.OOG7.jO; No. l feeding prairie. - -
Gg5O, wagon hay. $l4UUG 1900.
BUTTER - ElgIn creamery. 27Cd2S:; Ohio
fancy creamery, 23G24c; fancy country roll,
lsG2Oc; low grades and cooking, 9GIOc
CHEESE-OhiO, mild. lltGlllzc; New YOrs
new. II gGI2c; Hmberger fail make, II 2'Gl2C; ;
new, lOI2GIIc; Wisconsin Swiss, l3Gl3t2c;
Ohio Swiss. II aldl2c.
EGGS Strict y fresh Pennsylvania and
OHIO cases. 23d25c: storage. l79ISc; southern
and western, fresh, 2OGZ2c-
POULTRY-Large i've chickens, 70GSJc per
PAIR; I'VE chickens, small, 90 d6js; ducks, to
sUc per pair. as to size; dressed chickens. IL q
Iac Fer pound; turkeys. l4dl5, per pound .
ducks, l4dI5c- i've turkeys, lOGllc per pound. .
ave geese. Sl.0yGl p per pair.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-02-22

J ne Floor Oil Cloth, l yard wide,
/ Inc Floor oil Cloth, l yards wide,
Fine Floor Oil Cloth, , yards wide,
Fine Table Oil Cloth, assorted,