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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-07-26
ABOUT PANACEAS.
Every Man Ha. His Pet Remedies for III.
Own Diseases

1t is extremely interesting and in a
degree encouraging to those who hold
mind-cure theories to see how sensible
people the world over have their cure
alls-widely different remedies for the
same diseases-and give universal testi-
mony to the entire efficacy of these
remedies, says the Boston Transcript.
One person fights off biliousnesS. an
other dyspepsia and another rhcuma-
tism by eating an orange every night
Just before going To bed. Another effect
ually discourages all three of these dis
eases by swallowing every night IA table
spoonful of sweet oil before retiring;
another takes tumblerful of water at
that hour as hot as he can drink it, and
founds his immunity from various dis
eases on that.
Not long ago at n public banquet,
when several diners were grOaning
oyer their dreadful colds, a doctor pres
cnt said that no one living need ever
have cold; that he himself had not
had a vestige of cold for twenty-five
years. whereas before that time he was
continually suffering from them. When
all the company bent To hear what won
dcrful remedy he had discovered. he
declared that what ne did was simply
to drink a glass of mineral water every
night before going To bed.
n well-known Boston physician keeps
his patients in health by making them
20 without underclothes winter and
summer, and he would doubtless scout
the mineral-water remedy Still an
other makes his people sleep in two
flannel nightgowns and under five
blankets, but makes them open all
their windows, 50 that the air and tenn
perature in their rooms are exactly the
same as they are ont of doors. We have
all heard of the Paris specialist who
had Il theory that, since-in his view
the primitive race from which man is
descended went on all fourS, it i necS-
sary if we wish 10 get back to nature, "
in order To- secure or restore our health,
to get down and travel upon our hands
and feet certain portion of the day.
He made all his patients take active ex-
crcise for an hour or two each day on
all fours. and the strange part of the
matter was that it effected some won
derful cures
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-07-26

lady, previously tormcuted with a
corn ON one of her toes, WAS advised by
"a friend. to auoint it with phosphorus.
which in a weak moment she did, but
forgot To tell her husband bcfor" rctir-
inc at night Ii was just struck twelve
when the husband awollc. and wa,
.tartIed t. see something sparkle at
Inc foot Of the bed. He had never
neard of Il freely iii the locality. nor
did he ever remember seeing such Il
tcrrible-loolling object as the toe pre-
scented. Reaching carefully ont of his
bed till he found one of his slippers, he
raised it high in the air, and brought 1t
down with terrible force upon the nys-
terious light \ Shriek and an ava
lanche of bed clothes and all was over.
When at last he released himself from
the avalanche he discovered his wife
groaning in the corner. He had struck
the phoSphOrated toe,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-07-26

One of the schemes for future en-
gineers To work nj will be the sinking
of a shaft twelve thousand or fifteen
Thousand feet into the earth for the
purpose of utilizing the central heat of
the globe. 1t is said that such depth
is by no means impossible, with the i'm
proved machinery and advanced
methods of the coming engineer. Water
at temperature of two hundred de
greeS ccntigrade. which can. II II said,
bc obtained from these deep b"rlngS-
would not only heat houses and public
buildings. but would furnish power
that could Ice utilized for many pur-
poses. Hot water already al hand II nee
esSarilv much cheaper than that which
must bc taken when cold and brought
up to the required temperature. once
the shaft il sunk, all cost in the item OF
the hot-water supply ceases. The pipes.
if good. will last indefinitely, and "a
natures stokers never allow the fire to
90 out. there would come in the train
of this arrangement many advantages
When by sinking a shaft in the earth
we can secure Il perpetual heating APP
paratus which we can regulate 10y the
turning of "A key, one of the trials of life
will fade into nothingnesS.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-07-26

A young Sunday-school teacher IN
one of the Philadelphia churches has
successfully cultivated the acquaint-
ance of the little ragamuifins of the
district and has organized Il class OF
seven bright but untutored boys. One
Sunday he secured an addition and
mentioned to the class that an eighth
member would be present the next Sun
day. The boys protested earnestly that
they didn't want a new boy, but the
teacher was inilcXiblc. Then, one after
another. the boys remarked: He can't
sit side NV me, and the teacher added:
We'll. he can sit 10y me" This settled
the dispute until after Sunday school
was over, and one little fellow lin
gercd to catch the teachers eye. Put
ting his mouth close To- her ear, he
whispered: You'll soon get tired of
him. He's got fleas-'
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-07-26
Duration of Life Among birds.

The distinguished German biologist
Wiesmann. has pointed out that there
is less exact knowledge on this subject
than might be expected, considering
how many in number are the ornltho-
logical societies. Small singing birds
live from eight to eighteen years
Ravens have lived for almost one hum
dred years in captivity and parrots
longer than that. Fowls live from ten
to twenty years land are then sold as
spring chickens to young houS"keep-
ersD. The wild goose lives upward OF
one hundred years and swans are sald
to have attained the age of three nun
drcd. The long life of birds has been
interpreted as compensation for their
feeble fertility and for the great NOR
tality of their young. From the small
inlands of st. kilda, off Scotland,
twenty thousand young gannets and an
immense number of eggs are annually
collected. and although this bird lays
only one egg per annum and IS four
years in attaining its maturity, Its
numbers do not diminish. Obviously,
as Wiesmann observes, such birds must
reach a great age or they would long
ago have been cXtcrminated.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-07-26
HOW PEANUTS GROW.
The Staple Food Of the Circus Requires
But Little Cultivation.


But Little Cultivation.
All boys, and a good many of their
sisters, are fond of peanuts Every
body knows that no circus i complete
without them. but probably not many
boys, nor girls either, know just how
they grow, says the New York Times
The peanut is supposed To be a native
of Africa, where it forms the chief food
of certain regions, but it i found, too.
in South America and Europe, the spc-
cies varying slightly in the different
countries. Here in the United States
it is cultivated chiefly in Virginia.
North Carolina and Tennessee. The
seed planted is the meat kernel. and
care is taken not to break the skins.
The plant grows like vine. and the
nuts hang on to it like pea pods. \
single vine will. it Is estimated. produce
about one hundred nuts, If it i OF the
average good condition. At this rate
the yield per acre is forty bushels.
Three varieties of these nuts are grown
here-the white, the red and the Span
ish. They are readily distinguished. a.
they have individual characteristics
The next time You eat "A peanut with
two kernels very white. with pink
skins YOU will know il il Of the white
variety, which Is the most important
The shell of the red nut sometimes
holds three or four dark kernels. and
its skin is of decidedly dark red, -
YOU cannot mistake that; while the
Spanish nut il 50 much smaller. with
lighter skin than either of the others.
that it will not be mistaken for either.
Nearly five million bushels of peanuts
are used in this country every year.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-07-26
QUEER STATISTICS.
some Singular Facts Relating tn the Hu-
man Family

man Family
The estimated pupular ION of the world
ON january l. i>.5- was l.,uD.DH8.u 600.
Taking the world over there X AN
average of one death and one and one
fourth births per second Only ou,.-
half Of all who are born into the world
live tp the age of L years.
Vital statistics prove that. taking the
world over. there are Iu4 women lo
every 100 men ont Of every - sudden
deaths reported II the number are
men
The microscope shows that the hui
man body II covered with scales each
scale covering 5oo pores
Only persons of each 600 born
live Ia be - years old. and only / ont
of The same number reaches the century
mark
Figures 10y experts IN vital stati>ii -
prove that not less than s.>s5-5uo.uu hu-
man beings die on cur globe each cen
tury-
The latest anthropolorical statistics
prove that in America the daily. mont IA
IL and yearly number Of births exceed
the deaths in the ratio of & 10 J.
HuNley's tables show that the human
body l. made up of l3 different ele-
ments. of which . are gases and = are
solids
The average height Of man in the
United States l. = feet IOis inches: In
England. . feet = inches: in France =
feet : inches; in Belgium. . feet e =
inches
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-07-26
ACCOhUlNu To HIS CREED.
How Ii Hung Chang Paid Reverence T.
His Mothers Memory.


His Mothers Memory.
A Chinaman. be he king or coolie, is
devoted To his father and mother.
When either parent dies. custom or
dainS that the sons shall resign all hon
ors and employments to repair to the
ancestral tomb and mourn there for a
long period.
our former minister to China. John
Russell Young, tells in the Review Of
Reviews how the Chinese premier. Ii
Hung Chang. was prevented from pune
tiIiousIv observing the custom by an
imperial decree.
The aged mother of the great Chinese
statesman died. and he hurried to cele-
bratc the rites at her grave. accom-
panied 10y his brother, the viceroy at
Wuchang. Everyone was expecting
the premicr's resignation, and his en-
forced retirement from all official posi-
tions His enemies thought that Ii
had gone finally; his place would Toe
filled bv anothe and his power become
n memory.
Suddenly there came a decree from
the throne commanding Ii to lay aside
mourning and. at the end of three
months. resume office. Ills brother was
permitted to remain at the tomb and do
the filial reverence The decree was
without precedent; but the emperor
was sacred and his command supreme
Ii Hung Chang returned to Tientsin.
his home.
When Mr.. Young saw the premier's
yacht anchored in the harbor of ChcfOo
he went on board To pay his respects.
The premier looked like starving beg
gar. lie wore the cOarScSt raimcnt.
His beard and forehead had not been
shaved. and his queue hung down from
a clotted mass of hair Lines of sorrow
strcalled his face, and his hands were
grimy.
The first man in the empire. noted
for his carcfulneSS i'll raimcut and clean
illness IF person. appeared as the mean
est subject. that ne might. 10y privatioH
and penance. do reverence to his
mothers memory. according to the
creed of his ancestors. a few days
later. when Mr.. Young met Ii at
Tientsin, the bcggar's mien had van
ished. and he was again the we'll
appointed nOblcman.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-07-26
A HARD THING TO DO.


Hand >tiil
Thought urovpIl,-~ acti,sn- think II DO
iuw sonnet hing. and .uuronsciou>lv. per
hap~-f you begin tn do IT.
Ia 1he university of Wisconsin Prof
Justrov has an instrument called the
automato-raph- which shows very
clearly and precisely the automatic
movements IF the hand.
II consists merely of "a piece II glass
resting nu three. movable. metal feet ar-
in other words. 81 l. "a small carris-r.
which viii shift it~ p,r~itiuu al the
slightest movement
N rh, end i~ "a needle, fixed vertical
ly- ami IN contact with "a roll of paper
covered with "A layer Of lamphiacS- Il
the apparatus moves the movement d
traced uu the paper 10y the needle
Both paper and needle arc hidden 10y "a
screen
Prof Ja>truvv tells yuu to rest vou-
hand upon the glass and keep it per
fcccly still This appears quite ,-sl>s ,
but when you think that your hand i-
quite motionlg>~ yuu find tp your SUI
prise that h,- mccdl,. II tracing lines ou
the paper,
The fact L. vuu cannot keep yraur
Il moves with eur thoughts Look III
that pair af scales. watch how the rrl
goes this way and that way sl~ tee
scales move. Now lupk al th, hlsi K
papcr: you viii find L hat your hand h.~
heeu moving exactly In agreement with
the movement of h,- rod
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-07-26
REVENGE OF The FAT WOMAN.
How She Got Rather More Than Even With
the Ectween-th..- Acts Bore


the Hctween-th,--A Acts bore
Apropos Of the theater, 7 saw some
thing one other night within the. last
seven that filled rn, with "a Totally uu-
holy Elee- says writer In the Wash
inEton Post y woman sal In front Of
me She was decidedly plump ia fact.
she was what Illinois people call corn
fed She WAS bar-head,d- ton. bv the
way, and before the play began and
after every act she had to stand up and
let a man who sat near her pass ont. II
was a tight ~gucczc every time. and as
the man did not say Pardon me. Beg
your leave" cor anything else to show
the faith that was IN him ] could see
the tide II that far ypman'~ wrath rise
till it, crimson edge msia,. the stray
CLING firing. below her back hair bri~t le
Indignantly. At last the play was
over. and the man wanted To- rush out
to Join two women frieu3~-unduuhrt IE-
he'd have called them lady friends
whom hc had noticed near but did ne
rush? Well. If ho li3 his rush wasn't
visible To the naked eye That fat
woman sat down and put au her rub
bers- Then she replaced he- gloves
which She had taken of. Then She stood
up, blocking the passage. while She put
on her hat. adjusted her veil. anG but
toned her cloak. And all the while the
man was dancing with impatience. un-
able to get out. and the two lady
friends" were passing ont the door At
last the fat woman moved. and the
man - well. ina~much a. nothing 80
much anEerS man aS a punishment he
knows he deserves. you can imagine
how he looked For my part. Thought
it was delightful. and If ! ever meet
that fat woman / mean To- tell her 50
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-07-26
A GREEN YOUNG BACHgLOR
Suggests Set OF False Teeth for HIS
Ghutn-s IEabv-

Suggests n Set OF False Teeth for His
Chun's BABY
He was a bachelor. while the other
man upon whom he was calling was a
young married man. and the visitor f-lt
very much like fish ont Of water. SAYS
the Philadelphia Record.
The wear before they had been in~cp-
arabic chums, with the same tastes, the
ssImc abitS.
Now everything was changed
The young benedict seemed to he Just
aS ~pciable and talkative a. ever hut
his old chum was iil al ease
lie felt like making a bolt for the
door, and with difficulty restrained
himself
His nerves were at high tension. and
ne sat watching the door pathetically-
eNpectanrly- like the felon awsitinrthe
coming of his eNecurioucr-
The door opened finally. and yyom-
an wearing white cap ami apron en-
tered with avery young baby in her
arms
Here he is said the married one.
Here's my son and heir. Isn't hc a
beauty. Jack. eh2~
Jack Inad, some idiotic remark about
the hahy-S sex.
oh YES. said the father. Hadn't
you heard2 Its boy, of course
Certainly, / might have known
Jack gaSped- Its got hair ON it,
head
The father laughed, hut Jack looked
solemn.
Bahy's got a tooth, said the father,
proudly.
Only one queried the bachelor, and
then hy had "a bright idea
OF course. that needn't worry vou-
he said; Il should think You might get
a fal>e set pretty cheap. Such small
kid. y know
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-07-26
TALMAGE ON HEREDITY.
a Thousand Years Cannot obIitcrate Fam
ny Characteristic.

ilN aharACrCrI-ftr-S-
Now. the longer / live the more he
Heve in blood-Eood blood. bad blood.
proud blood, honest blood chewing
blood, heroic blood. cowarIlv blood.
writes Rev. T. Dewitt Talma-a in th,
Ladies' Home Journal. The tendency
may skip a generation or two. but II l.
sure To come out. a. in the ltrle child
you sometimes see a similarity 10 "A
great -grandfather whose picture hangs
ON the wall That the physical and
mental and moral qualities are inherita-
BILE i patent 10 anyone who keeps his
eyes open. The similarity Is $50 striking
sometimes a. 10 he amusing Great
families. regal or literary. are apt IL
have the characteristics all down
through the generations. and what i
more pcrceptiblc in such families may
Toe seen on a smaller scale ia all fami-
lies. \ Thousand years have uD power
To oblitrrslt, the difference. The large
lip of the house Of Austria X seen in
all the descendants and l. called the
lIapSburg lip The house Of Stuart al
ways means in all generations cruelty
and hiGntry and ~cn~uaiitv. Witness
Queen Of Scots Witness Charles l. and
Charles IL Witness James l. and
James IL. and all the others Of that i'm
pcrial line
Scotch blood means persistence.
Dutch blood means cleanliness and
good breeding English blood means
reverence for the ancient. Welsh blood
means religiu>ity- Danish blood means
fondncss for the sea. Indian blood
means roaming disposition Celtic
blood means ferviditv- Roman blood
means conquest
The Jewish faculty for accumulation
You may trace clear tack ro Abraham.
Of whom the Bible ssivs: He was rich
in silver and gold and cattle and To
Isaac and jacob, who had the same
family characteristics
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-07-26
HE HAD NOT BEEN PRESENTED.
For Time. However. She Much Enjoyed
His AcquAintAnce-

Yarns of adventure on the road are in
order now that the travelling players
are at home again. One that New
York actress tells about herself Is of
her visit To a splendid natatorium in a
city ON the Pacific coast. 1t IS famous
place and one of the sights of the town.
1t il Illuminated at night by electricity
and a visit to it was arranged 10y a
party of friends in the company after a
performance. \ swim was the regula-
tion thing To do on arriving, and soon
the party were splashing about in the
water This particular little woman
Is not at all at home as mer-
maid, and she was floundering
about rather badly when man
near her, whose fine swimming
had already attracted her attention,
came to her with some valuable Sug
gcStiOnS. His face was familiar To her
and as they had come out in carriages
with one or two stranger guests, She
assumed this was one of her party
whom she had barely met. She CRATE
fully availed herself of his directions,
and as he was an expert swimmer and
splendid athlete his aid was both eff
cient and agreeable. When. however
the party reassembled after dressing it
was rather a blow tn discover that her
water friend, was, ON land, the driver
of the carriage in which she had ridden
to the place.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-07-26
In n womsn's stomach.

In 1892 a woman died at Albany, n
Y. who had for a number of years been
possessed with an uncontrollable desire
to swallow all sorts of indigestible sub
stances. A record kept by the physi-
clan who performed the autopsy gives
the following as list of the articles
found in her stomach: Fifty-one hair
pins. sixteen needles, tAree darning-
needles, thirty-two nails of all sizes
two screws. three pieces of an iron rod
three inches long and one-fourth of an
inch thick. two rolls of hair two
pieces of wood and three pieces ot
cloth, each of the latter being about
five inches long and one inch wide
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-07-26
DOGS AND DOG LAW.
Some of tn" Illegal FooIishness to Which
Owners of CANNES submit.

Some of the Illegal FooIishness to Which
Owners of CANNES submit.
Dogs have not the same property
value here that they have in England.
and this is 50 Notwithstanding the fact
that dogs are property here and they
are not property in England.
This seeming paradox may be eX-
planned from the fact that according to
the old English laws felony was pun
iShable by death. says Iarper'S Weekly.
If dogs had been property then. to
steal dog would have been felony,
punishable by death. 1t was not con
siderered right that a man should die
for "A dog and, therefore. dogs were
held by the courts not to be property.
There are foolish dog laws in nearly
every city and town in the United
States based on the presumption that
dogs are not property, but such laws
would not stand investigation and the
Interpretation of the higher courts.
A dog catcher who seiZeS dogs and
puts them To death is acting without
warrant of law, whatever the local
ordinance. for property cannot be taken
from a citizen without giving him an
opportunity To be heard in a court of
law before jury. The owners of fine
dogs are usually so careful of them
that the dog catchers and poundlleep-
ers have small chance to capture them.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-07-26
STATISTICS FOR IDLY CURIOUS.
Computations on smoke PufTs. Kisses. Air
Pressure and PoIitsness-

flflAitAAthll- smoke runs h1ssF-ss Air
Pressure and PoIiteness-
y German lover Of figures has made
the following curious calculations SAYS
the Berliner Abeu5 Post A man ~muIz-
iu- "a pipe ~ medium size blows out nF
his month for every time he fills the
pipe 400 smoke clouds II he smokes
four pipes "a day for twenty wears Ia.
blows out 2O.44u.u uuD smoke clouds
II two lovers spend four hours to-
Ecther and the lover takes or receives
2uu kisses calculation and each
kiss lasts ten ~eeondN-in five years time
the lover would have -.65.Oo0 kisses.
and their lips would have. b,en united
for the space IF forty->iN days and ~ix
hours
II the entire population X considered
10 Pee, l.4UO- -uoO-oo0 the brains 81 this
number ~ human beings would Evvfrh
l-H2--1l2 tons cor a. much az uinc;y->iN
irnnrlaa~ Of the ordinary size.
The AIR pressure pn "a person of ordi-
nary size - thirteen auG a half toms
a man Of fifty years Of a-rv has iu cor
diuary cases undr,~~,d himself l~.-.-,a
times and of course dressed himself
just a~ many times
When "a person uu the street raises
his hat. makes how the work IF A
second. hc Il carried by the movement
Of the earth 800 meters r.und with the
planet three miles round the sun. and
nearly mile forward with the sun
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-07-26

4 Lawyer who Had Understanding But
DiI Not Use 1t.

\ Lawyer who Had Understanding But
Did Not Use 1t.
Many witty things are said 10y our
bright lawyers in the heat OF legal pas
sion, SAYS the Boston Traveller. Two
prominent attorneys were engaged in
an assault case before Judge Hardy in
the municipal criminal court recently.
whose names, for the sake of modcsty.
are withheld. Lawyer y, becoming
ncttlcd at Mr.. B.'s leading intcrrnga-
tories. called him to account SHARPLY.
Lawyer Il. forgot his caution in his de
sire to draw out a satisfactory Response
in the direct examination. when Law
yer \. intcrposcd a second time Il be
Iicvc sir" began Mr. y, savagrIy. that
| objected to your course Of putting
leading questions To the witness"
I have ears replied Lawyer B.,
soIcmnly.
And l. sir" rejoined Mr.. \, ex-
citedIy. have understanding"
well. why don't you use it?" asked
the opposing counsel. quietly.
The habitucS Of the courtroom broke
into a roar of laughter. in which the
Judge joined. and for the next few min
utc~ the officers were kept busy rcstor-
inLr order