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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-16
WEATHER AND HEALTH
Weakly Persons Most Susceptible to Cli-
matte Changes.

matte Changes.
You know the weather affects your
health. but have you ever satisfied YOUR
self as To how 1t does il? BY observ-
ing the barometer for d few months
and comparing your feelings with its
readings YOU will discover that they
fiuctuate in harmony. Then. says the
Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette, just
little plain thinking will make it clear.
When the barometer is low the atmos-
phere is light and the air pressure on
the body is considerably lesSened.
When this pressure Is removed the
blood is forced to the surface and dis
tends the vessels. Weak diseased
parts are congested. sensitive nerves
submitted to unusual pressure and a
sense of fullneSS, a sort of stutfy feel
ing. pervades the whole body. The
blood does not flow freely on account
of loss of nerve tone. the brain becomes
sluggish and mental acuteness il i'm
paired. The barometer il not respon-
sible for all this, but it explains how it
all happens.
Healthy, vigorous persons are not af-
fected by the changing pressure and
moisture of the atmosphere like those
who are diseased or have weak spots.
They have sufficient vital energy To re
sist the tendency to congestion of the
small blood vessels and of the mucous
membranes to throw off more moisture
than the atmosphere will absorb. 1t is
for this reason that children and young
people in good health do not suffer to
any extent from atmospheric changes.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-16
A SACRED STONE.
1t Served the Oneida Indians as ~ Sac
rificiai Altar.

rifciai Altar.
1t Is a well-known fact in history that
the Oneidas, one of the confederation
OF the five nations, were the allies of
the English, and rendered valuable as
sistance To the British troops in their
numerous encounters with the French
They were recognized. says the Jtica
(N. " Herald, by the various names
of Oneiadds, Oneides, Oneids. Oncva-
dera. Oneyders, Oney des, Oncyedas.
Onneydes, Onneydoes, Onyades. DnVc-
dauns and Oneidaa. From time imme-
mortal it has always been their custom
to regard with great solemnity a Ger
tain huge bowlder which went with
them from one place To another when
ever they changed their habitations.
The oneidas were referred tu 10y the
other Indians as the people with the
stone. and they called il onia. oinota
meaning ii man who had sprung from
a stone. 1t was used by thos,. rcd men
as ii kind of sacriticial altar. and in
front of ii the sa .hems held their conn
ell fires, celebrated the fcasts of the
dead. and worked themselves into Il
frenzy of excitement with their war
dances
The stone stood on the summit of "a
foothill overlooking the valley of the
Oneida creek, and there it remained
unmolested after the Oneidas joined
the federation and long after ths
last bold warrior had gone to- his happy
hunting ground in the unknown world
beyond this mundane sphere. The
stone was readily identified. for the
legends of the tribe made known its
history. and DIR. VI NJ BIg". the Ii
brarian of the Oneida Historical ,snci-
ETY.. had it removed many years ago l."
the Forest Hill cemetery, where it can
vet be seen.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-16
a TERRIBLE GUN.
New Cannon That Can Destroy "A ship
Ten Miles Distant

Ten Miles Distant
Maxim the gunmalser- and Dr
Schupphaus, the gunpowder expert.
have invented Il new cannon and tor
pein powder which viii knock all mod
crn war vessels Ia pieces like egg>hell>
This big gun viii throw q hug. cannon
ball full of explosives ten miles. ami
" hen II strikes IL viii smash into kind
ling wood everything within hundreds
Of feet.
In fact. this new terror doesn't even
have to hit = war>hip IL Do this. If
the shot lands in the water near by
1t viii sink the ship and stun every
body On uarG from the force Of the vN-
plo>ion.
The discovery l. called the Maxim
Schupphaus system of throwing aerial
torpedoe> from guns 10y means of a
special powder which starts the pro
jectile with "A low pressure and in
creaSes it, velocity by keeping the
pressures well up throughout the " hol,
length of the gun Patents on the
system have been IA ken out in the
United States and European cnuntries-
The special powder employed j. al
most pure gun-cotton. compounded
with such a small per cent of nitro
glyceriur a. to possess none OF the dis
and preserved from decomposition
through a sligh; admixture Of urea. 1t
i perfectly safe to handle, aud can he
beaten with a heavy hammer ON an
anvil without exploding
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-16
The SECRET OF CLAIMS.
The Hidden ChanlI,-r in the Ancient Cas-
tie of Macbeth

The Hidden Chamber in the Ancient Cas-
tie Of Macbeth
In a certain drzayyinlr-room the other
afternoon we We're talking Of some
Ncll-known superstiIions. and among
Others of that secret room IN the castle
IF Glumi>- which Sir Walter Scott
tells IL IL known only To the earl OF
~Irsitluuur,.. has heir apparent and one
other person t. whom the earl NAV
chon>e to eonfidr one Of our party
Erihuu,s- Iu amusing story concerning
this secret chamber Of CLAIMS Once
when stopping AT the castle IL autumn.
"a curious and iudi~-r,-et visitor took ad-
vauta-r,. uf the hosts absence To sug-
.r,-al "a l,ian by which the whereabouts
of 1h, hidden chamber should be re-
yos.l,-d-
The castle WAS fun. and II was pro
posed that each guest should hasten IL
hi> or her room and hang his ur her
pillow ont IF the window. while ont.
visitor was told u mark on such win
dow a. displayed NO white signal In
the middle of carrying out this pretty
plan the master of the castle returned
unexpectedly and great Wa his wrath
al this unSeemly curiosity Never had
the owner # Glamis appeared in 50
towering a passion The display OF
temper - hardly Ia be wondered AT. for
she t.lami> s.--net II regarded with an
ext rsiariinary seriousness bV the Strath-
NOR, family and when impaired TO the.
heir has been known To nh him with a.
gloom hard 10 dispel
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-16
WOMEN IN OFFICE.
The New England Girl and the Widow
Are the Ones " no Remain

The New England Girl and the Widow
Are the Ones " no Remain.
In the offices in Washington the
principal rival of the widow il the New
England young woman, says the New
York Commercial Advertiser There
are Massachusetts girls no taught
school twenty and thirty years ago
who got into the departments AMI are
there yet. In the first place, the New
England girl has been educated u the
idea of making her OWN living and II
regard marriage as very improbable.
She il, first of all, 4 scholar. and
scholar of natural capacity and breadth
of character. She can doanythimg any
man can DO except. possibly. climb
tree. But she can climb u civil service
examination. which il infinitely of
more Importance to the government
and to herself. She MAY Toe q widow.
but she gets there. and she stays To- a
ripe old age. Ia fact. there II no reg
ord of any widow or New England girl
d ing or getting married from Il gov
ernmeut office. Amy one Of them would
scout the idea of leaving a salary of
al 900 or Sl.2OO ar al 600 or al. SUI Il year
To- do houseworl for some man who
can't earn a. much himself. 10 the
New England girl and the widow stick
Ia u salary and leave romance To cal
low fools.
As the civil service record shows that
about one woman out of every sixth
clerk il called for 10y bureau officials.
nothing but superior adaptability and
staying powers will account for the
steady increase Of women in all the de-
partments- Perhaps the permanent
removal of the subordinate places
under the government from the polit-
ical influences which once controlled
them has done more for every class of
employees who can rely upon their own
merits than anything else has done.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-16
A RABBIT PARLIAMENT.
The Prolific Animal Battles Law and
Science.

science
A rabbit parliament was held in Aus
tralia. This was not convention of
the animals. but a great gathering of
gentlemen who are engaged in their
determination.
For four days, says the Philadelphia
Record. representatives from every
part of the colony held high debate
over the animals performances. But
acts of parliament seem vain in this
matter and science itself bankrupt.
The New South Wales government at
one period had more than three thou
sand men employed in killing rabbits.
1t has erected fifteen thousand miles
Of ra bbit-proof fencing. 1t once offered
twenty five Thousand pounds sterling
for a specific against rabbits. and
though it received two thousand
schemes. the too prolific bunny has
triumphed over them all. and at the
present moment the land department
of New south Wales has one million
acres of abandoned land. thrown up in
consequence of the reckless march of
the rabbit.
The rabbit parliament seems to have
failed To produce any clear and strik
ing results. score of ''infallible"
speclilcs. ranging from letretS 10 TANK
slaughter, had their advocates, but
about these doleful experience made
the delegates shake their heads. If
the rabbit could be turned into a profit
able export the question would be
solved. but this seems out of the ques-
ton. The policy favored by the CON
ference is that of 'grid-ironing' the col
ony with rabbit-proof fences. transfer
ring the duty of suppressing the rab-
bit from the state To private land-own-
ers, and giving the landowner every
possible help in carrying on the cam
paign against his furry and four-legged
foe. ."
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-16
TREES AND HEALTH.
Wooded Countries Are Comparatively Free
from Diseases.


from Diseases.
It has been noted that the first set
tiers in heavily-wooded sections IF the
country have generally been healthy.
despite their many privations- The
reason for this i. SAYS Halls Journal of
Health. that trees and plants II all
kinds possess the power Of absorbing
poisoned air from decaying vegetation.
besides which the emanation> from
evrrgrren> and the smoke from burn
ing r,SinouS woods are noted for the re
lief they give to those suffering from
pulmonary diseases.
New hcavilv-v"oded countries. a.
already noted are the most healthy
for settlers and they continue ~ for
many years. - only a small portion Of
the forest can be cleared away each
year After the forest - removed and
sunlight II admitted the soil fills rap
t8ly with vegetable. mold. which Dc
cunlpu>cs more rapidly than i can be
absorbed hy the --ant vegetation. and
a. d result the atmosphere \ rendered
impure and malaria ip,.,,om,-S a common
complaint. In view Of the. facts.
people ar. beginning To understand the
value uf trees a. di>ysi>e-a h~orbing and
health-wivinE agents Naturally this
leads Jo the question - what trees
are hc~t for protection against disease.
ON Long Island and in New Jersey
there are localities surrounded and
hemmed in with pitch pines which are
famed for their curative qualities IN
consumption, and the pines are thus
Indicated a. valuable surroundings in
pulmonary complaints II would seem
reasonable 1" suppose that trees having
the largest leaves and th,. most of them
would hr the best for this purpose a.
such trees would undoubtedly have the
most absorbing power Wr have seen
the eucalyptus tree mentioned a. Of
special value a. d purifier OF the at
muSphprt.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-16
COurne of the MissOuri.

Michael Vincent. a professional en-
ginecr and draughtsman of OnL,va. Ia.
has had the happy thought To plot the
course of the Missouri in 1904. as laid
down in the manuscript journals OF
Lewis and Clark. at least for the Iowa
portion of the river. \ few blue prints
of this map are in private circulation
The plotting possesses an extraordinary
interest and no small hydrographic
value. inasmuch as it Includes the
United States survey of 1852 and the
county survey of April. 1894, and thus
exhibits the changes in the stream at
two intervals of approximately forty
five years. The antics of this mighty
river in alluvial soil are almost incred-
ible. one who should attempt to follow
literally in the track of Lewis and
Clark in their ascent of the Missouri
would have frequently To convert his
pirogue into prairie schooner. The
tendency of the river ON the whole AT
this particular point has been to
straighten inself, and Iowa has been
the gamer of the operation at the ex-
pense of Nebraska
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-16
PHILOSOPHY EoR SMOKERS.
\ Man known by His Cigar and the Way
lie Smokes Them

He smokes lhefn-
As a test Of character tobacco II use
full man may be known toy the
cigars he keeps well H. 10y the way
he smokes them No man Of refined
taste will smoke a bad cigar The
phiIo>ophic smoker takes his comfort IN
a leisurcly way. amid proper surround
ingS. and II able To shut himself out
from the world and all its petty annoy
anees a, he follows the curling wreath
into the drcamland of reverie- The
man who allows his cigar To go out a
great many times and relights II IN
successive spasms of tidEetiness may
usually be set down a. an incoherent
character. quite prone to get of hls
trolley. - to speak and certainly lack
ing in tenacity Of purpose. The man
v ho fumblt-s his cigar good deal and
manages To get the wrapper unraveled
and th,. fire ali on one side may be dis
missed a. i nervous person with a pro
,.livirv for umcomfurta blcness. says the
baltimore sun Men who chew their
cigars. leaving their teeth prints ON
them and do this for long time before
lighting them are quite likely Ia Toe
stern. determined men. full of grit and
resolution Gen. Grant used To handle
a cigar in that way, and Bismarck Is
said To DO likewise
A. an index OF generosity or mean
ness Of soul. the cigar l. quite trust
worthy The generous man If he
smokes at all. Il sure To indulge himself
and his friends. when tney call On him.
with good cigar The man who with
abundant means IL smoke the best de-
liberately buys the worst cigars and
pretends to enjoy them II capable of
almost any conceivable meanness- Per
contra. the man who can lind soiace
and refrcShment from cigar Of good
quality. or a pipe filled with choice to
I,acco. and who i always ready To open
his heart wide and let his tongue wag
the most merrily when he takes hls
friend into the huSpitalities Of d mrtuai
smoke talk II pretty sure To be- one
whose instincts and impulses are IN the
main honest genial and right
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-16

TELEPHONING THE MOON.
Electrician Holds That Ii VIII Is. Accom-
pIished by Ether Vibration.


Both Edison in America and Preece
in England have long maintained that
it is possible to establish ON the earth a
record of the electrical disturbances
that take place on the sun. An clcc-
trician now holds that it Is easily feast
BILE To telephone to the moon. lie bases
his belief in the possibility Of this com
munication on the well-knOyvn laws of
ether vibration. The ocean of ether
quivers to every touch. 1t binds the
planets together with an iron hand.
flexible yet firm. solid yet infinitely
elastic. 1t is the ideal medium for the
transmission of signals. When il moves
even to an extent inconcriva bly small
our sight il affected: we see These
ether waves are eight minutes coming
to us from the sun, travelling at the
enormous velocity of one hundred and
ninety-two Thousand miles a second
1t Is possible To produce waves moving
at this terrific speed by electrical
means, as. for instance in the tele-
phone, which Is actuated by infinitely
small pulsations. When an iron mas,
Il in the vicinity of these electrical vi
brationS buzz or hum is given out
This noise NAV be distinctly hear i'm
some systems of street lighting appa-
ratuS, where the current il trans
formed from high To a low pressure.
In accordance with this principle it ~
proposed To send electrical pulsatiuns
far out into the ether and have them
act upon any metallic mass like iron
with sufficient force tn produce sound
If the moon contains iron. and there i
reason to believe that il does the.
striking upon IL of these marvellous vi
bratiOns would give rise to a Inurmur
of sound 1t Is suggested that this dar-
ing experiment could be carried out 10y
means of gigantic coil mounted yer.
tically with its axis in line with the
moon.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-16
WRGINIA's SWELLING TOAD.
Queer Batrarhian That strongly Re
senblt- a Fish


The wonder of the genus batrachia
and the greatest natural history oddity
to he found along the Atlantic coast #
the nitcd States l. the swelling toad.
a semi-aquatic creature known TO nat
uraliSts a. bufomachalatus. 1t l. Occa-
sionally met with from New York cisy
IL Jacks unville. I la, but Il most COIL
mon along tl.e coasts Of Virginia Mary
land and North Carolina. When IN i.S
natural state the swell toad l. about
the size Of d large bullfrog, but looks
more like "A fish than IL does like either
"A frog or a toad He II about six inc.Ies
in length and has the curious faculty Of
being able to swell to the size Of Z.
Yale football in which state his les,
tail and head are scarcely visible. Irri-
tatiOn appears to be the chief factor in
causing these curious creatures II ia
hale air until they swell almost ta
bursting The bellies of both the
males and females are nearly pure
white and are covered with spines
which give that portion of their an
atomy the appearance uf a well-rip.ncd
'-iimpSon burr Persons who under
stand the swell toad. and know what
an irritable little rascal lac II. catch
him and rub the spines on his belly un-
til he swells up until he is utterly help
less. Another curious point about the
creature il that as long a. he II kept On
his back ne i unable To eNpel the air:
So as To reduse the swelling.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-16

A solar day" is measured by the ro-
tation of the earth upon its axis. and is
of different lengths, owing to the clip
ticity of the earth's orbit, and other
causes. An Astronomical day com
mences at noon and is counted from the
first to the twenty-four hours. a civil
day" commences at midnight and is
counted from the first To the twelfth
hour. and then again from the first hour
of the day till the twelfth at night. The
nautical day" used by ship captains,
expIor ers and some few others is
counted as a civil day" only that the
reckoning is begun at noon. as with the
astronomical day"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-16
ALL PRIZE WINNERS.
The Joy of a Japanese Mother at Baby
Show "A Pacific Steamship.

Show IA Pacific Steamship.
DIR. \. Nelson Beach. surgeon Of the
steamship China. when last here. told
the story of the most remarkable baby
show and of th. most remarlla BILE prize
winning family that has yet been put
on record, says the san Francisco EX-
aminer.
The China ON the last trip To- the orr
ent took on board at Honolulu four
hundred and ten japanese. all home
ward bound after having worked out
their contracts on the Hawaiian islands.
Many Of the Japanese had their wives
and children with them. and there
We're eighty-three babies under four
years -tifty-thrcc girls and thirty boys.
The eiThtv-threc almond-eved VnungS-
tiers furnished amusement for the cabin
passengers fnra time. When there i no
view save the broad horizon eighty
three Japanese babies are great at
fractions. Somebody suggested q baby
show The mothers had never heard
of baby show, but the eagle of an
American dollar il a great interpreter.
and the Japanese commissioner of inn
migration to the Hawaiian islands.
who was Il passenger on the steamer.
aroused the maternal pride of the little
ilplh'IS III III" StttEdSt- hN cphlTlbu-
tion of the cabin passengers a purse
was made up and prizes were offered
for the three handSomcSt girls and the
three finest boy, under four wears
The eighty-thrce little Japs in gor-
geous kimonos were placed on eNhibi-
tion one afternoon, and then the judges
awarded the prizes.
After the prizes were awarded a
startling discovery was made. The lit
tie girls who took first and second
prizes were sisters. and the little BOYS
who took first and second prizes were
brothers. But when the passengers
found that the prize-vinninr little boys
and the priZe-winning little girls were
brothers and sisters. all children of the
same parents. there was aNtonishment
unbounded. and the passengers made
up a purse of five dollars for the mother
of the priZe-winning family. in addi-
tiun To the prize money bestowed ON the
children.
If there had been more in the fami-
~ they would have had the rest of the
prizes. | suppose" said DIR. Beach but
the award of four prizes To four chill
dren Of the same family. the oldest IF
the children four years of age. was suf-
ticient glory for the mother. who WAS
the proudest pLrent l ever saw The
awards were fairly made. and none of
the judges knew that the children were
brothers and sisters"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-16
NUMBER 80.
STUPID SUPERSTITION.
stin Rife in Rural Districts OF England
and in spanish Towns

In SomerSetshire the peasants have
no doubt a. 10 the play OF male ticent
Influences. SAYS the Academy The pig
that falls i'll and dies WAS Overlooked
\ murrain ''afiiictS farmers cattle.
and of he goes To- the white witch.
that i. To the old witch finder. to learn
who has overlooked his things. and
To ascertain the best anJidute. because
they there farrierS cant do No good
4 child pines away with some mys-
terious. wasting sickness. which the
Tipperary peasants. a. shown in the
recent falsely called witch burning"
case. believe IL bc the work of fairies
in substituting a "changelinE. but
which the Somerset woman refers To
the action of a witch who has east Il
fatal glance upon the victim
Often she gives up not only hope, but
all effort t. save the child the conse-
quent neglect, of course. ha>tens the
expected result and then it is- oh, /
l<now'd very well he wouldn't never
get no better. 'Tidu' no good for To-
strive vur To 20 agin' it This IL no
fancy. no isolated csl>e- but here in the
last decade If the nineteenth century
one Of the commonest of everyday
facts.
While in England the belief Is mostly
confined u rural districts in more back
ward countries, a. Spain and Italy. II
tiourishes in the large towns In Ma
pies the appearance of a person having
the ill-rrputc IF a jettatore l. the signal
for general stampede. and Mr. FL
worthy amu>ingly relates the fright
which he unwittingly gave a second
hand bookseller in Venice when asking
about a copy Of Nalletto'S -'Cicalata
sui Fa>cino." ON hearing the last
words of the title the man actually
turned and bolted into his inner room.
leaving the customer in full possession
of his entire stock" Pho Mono WAS be-
Hevcd To have the jettat"re and the
faithful. when seeking his blessing.
protectivelv pointed two finger, at him