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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-23
LIZARDS IN a TRANCE.
One Medical Authority Regards 1t A. n
Kind of Hypnotism.


An English scientific journal has re-
ceived an interesting communication
Oh the subject of the so-called death
feigning instinct of certain reptiles,
says the Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The correspondent, who writes from
SYRIA SAYS that when a certain species
of Egyptian lizard is captured, it malts
a few vigorous efforts to escape. and
then. if held firmly, falls into limp,
motionless state. which might easily
lead an inexperienced person to think
ii dead. The animal, however, is sim
ply in "A trance-lille condition.
Gentle respiratory movements are
visible Just behind the shoulders. and
sometimes show a rising and falling
rhythm with short intervals of com
Ylete rest: the eyes remain wide oper,
but are commonly half closed, and the
lids wink slowly from time to time
spontaneously or by reflex action; the
mouth Is almost open. sometimes wide,
sometimes but little--and in either
case the jaw is quite rigid. and if closed
by force is apt to reopen when the
pressure is wiChdrawn; the limbs lie
extended and semi -faccid with some
approach to a cataleptic condition, i. (,
if bent or stretched into position not
too strained, they maintain such posi-
tions when let 90; and the same is true
of the trunk and tail.
A pin may be run through a fold of
the skin. without fully rousing the
animal. a sluggish. feeble wriggle be
ing the sole result. The trance usually
lasts about five minutes, when the
animal by brusque effort assumes its
normal position. This done, it lies
quite still, but evidently awake and OBJ
servant for a few moments more, and
then scuttles off in hurry.
DR.. Van Dycll looks upon this mani
festation not as voluntary or conscious
death-feigning, but as form of hypno-
tism. The natural enemies of these
lizards are foxes, jackals, martens,
birds of prey and snakes
Can anyone believe" asks DIR. Van
Dyck, that any one of these animals,
having captured a lizard, would be in
the least inclined to let it go because il
lay motionless and apparently dead i'll
the captor's grasp? Or will it be
argued that the trance condition is a
special gift in mercy to the victim, To
mitigate or abolish the pain of death?'''
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-23
SCIENCE OF ALL KINDS,

MILK which has stood over ten min
utes in a sicbroom should never be
drank.
HOUSE well built of the best brick,
1t is said, will outlast one constructed
of granite.
IT is estimated that the thinneSt part
of a soap-bubble is only 1-156, ,OOOth of
an inch in thickness.
WHEN a snake has gorged itself with
a large meal. its skin is so stretched
that the scales are some distance apart.
CONSUMPTION has been successfully
treated by DIR. Niquerat. of Geneva. by
the suhcutaneous injection of the
serum of asses blood. Several ex-
traordinary cures have been effected.
STEAM engine cylinders are now
bored when heated up by steam at full
pressure by one English firm of
makers. as ii is asserted that if bored
while cold they are not perfectly true
when under steam.
WHERE the bottom of the ocean is
bad an ocean cable will frequently last
only three or four years, but on good
bottom wire taken up after twenty
years has been found almost as good as
ever.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-23
wHIRR OF THE WHEEL.

THE female bicyclists in France are
far more numerous than those of the
other sex.
ANY person in France who Is in iured
by an accident resulting from a
structural defect in bicycle. can re-
cover damages from the manufacturer.
Miss REuE LONDONDERRY. of Ros-
ton, the 'round-the-world bicycliSt. has
declined over $50 offers of marriage
She says she has saved $500. 1t isn't
every girl who has wheels who can do
that.
PRINCE CANTACUZENE started the
bicycle craze among the members of
the diplomatic corps in Washington.
The prince. who is the Russian min
lister. astonished the capital when he
began to take out his daughter on a
wheel.
Bishop CLEVELAND COKE has a bitter
dislike to the riding of bicycles by
women. Some one began to speak to
him lately of "a lady on a bicycle. -
hut he said impatiently: Sir, you
never saw a lady on bicycle, and never
will q"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-23
PITTSsURGH'S LAW LIBRARY.
Contains Acts of Scottish Parliament and
MANY Valuable Reference BOOKS.


The Allegheny county law library in
Pittsburgh Is the pride of the judges and
the lawyers and the constant reference
for all of them. 1t contains twenty
eight thousand five hundred volumes
and embraces the decisions of the supe-
rior courts of every nation where juris-
prudence is known and practiced. 1t
had Il slender beginning, says the Pitts
burgh Times, but wise providers. and
ROW, while its possessions are in
creased at considerable cost yearly. the
cost to the lawyers, for whose especial
benefit ii Is, is nothing. The total ex-
penseS are not more than five Thousand
dollars annually, and this money Is
paid by the county commissioners.
Ranged on the shelves are decisions
of the Indian court of appeals. and be-
low them are the deliveranceS of the
crudite, bewigged and begowned JUS
tices of the courts of England, whence
all law comes. There are copies of the
reports of every state and territory.
and reviews of the important causes
which have been decided by the courts
of France. Most of the books are
printed in English. though some of
them are in French. German and Latin
One volume from the supreme court
Il
love ease. which must have excited
statewide comment from the fluent
detail dealt out by the learned and
grave Judges; the admixture of passion
and pistol makes it a thrilling story. Ii
is soiled by the touch of many thumbs
and seems to have been much read in
preference To the dry diagnosis of the
technicalities of suits involving prop
erty rights.
There are some treasures in the Ii
brary which are highly priced. The
oldest book is copy of the acts of the
Scottish parliament from 1924 10 I423.
1t contains charters and seals that are
SO ycllOwed with age as to be in parts
undecipherablc. Another revercd vol
ume is Fitz Gibbons reports of the
eases argued at the kings bench in
Westminster, London, during the five
years of the reign of George IL. This
book begins with the date of 1892. and
its leaves are eaten by worms. The
type il of a large German character.
This is probably the only copy in
America. The Scotch acts. from 1924
to 1921, contain the laws of parlia-
mentS during the reigns of King James
and Queen Mary in one part. and the
acts during the reign of King Charles |.
and IL. and the convention Of estates
of Scotland in 1865. 1861 and 1878. in the
other. The duke of York Book of
Laws" of 1876 To 1852 has all the auto
graphs of the governors and presidents
of the councils of Pennsylvania during
those years. The list includes the
flOuriShed chirOgraphy of William
Penn. There Is also fac-simile of the
charter granted 10y King Charles IL To
Penn.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-23
PEN AND PULPIT.

THE United Zion's Children have 25
societies and 525 members.
THE Wesleyan Methodists have SOS
societies and a membership of 16, 1872.
THE Free Methodist bodies have l.
1O2 societies and 22,1l3 communicates.
THE United Presbyterian church has
500 organizations and 94.+02 members.
THE Old Amish Mennonites have 25
societies and 2,O3S members.
THE African Union Methodist Protes-
tant church has membership of S,415.
THE General Six-Principle Baptists
claim Is societies and a37 members.
THE Associate Reformed Presbyterian
Church South claims 5 1901 members.
THE Defenseless Mennonites have
9 societies and membership of $50.
THE United Brethren in Christ of the
Old Constitution have -, S07 members
THE Reformed Mennonites number
1855, with 29 church buildings.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-23
ALL SORTS OF ODDITIES.

GRANVILLE lIIGGASoN- JR-. Of Greens
burg, Ky l. tventy-one years old and
enly 1hirtv-eirht inches high.
A CLUB of wheelmen had decided 10
attend a brooklyn church in body
The clergyman was highly delighted
and decorated his pulpit with two
BICYCLES. in honor Of their visit
\ TRAMP was arrested Al Sioux Falls,
:. D. a few DAYS ago for breaking into
= synagogue and stealing a lot OF prayer
books. which he subsequently tried to
peddle ON the streets Of the town
\ YOUNG man. tyventy-eight years
old weighing four hundred and ninety
six pounds, died al Fortune, Humboldt
county Cal. recently He was six feet
two inches high and his immense bulk
was symmetrically distributed
IT Is said that the wild lettuce Is
''one Of two weIl-marlled compass
plants and that Il has the property OF
twisting its leaves until they point
straight upward with the edges direct
north and south
II l. said that # two tuning forks Of
the same pitch are placed facing each
other, the one sounding the other
silent. IN a few seconds the silent one
viii be giving ont a distinctly audible
note
FARMERS in Mexico use oxen Of one
color IN the morning and Of another
color in the afternoon. They have no
reason for doing 30 beyond the fact that
their forefathers did it. and they con
clude II must Toe the right thing To do.
PROF. c. Y. RILEY. the eminent ento-
molo-ist. who studies the habits OF
3. u. =
theory Of telepathy among insects
sixth sense. whereby they are enabled
to communicate with one another at
great distances
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-23
ODD BIBLES.

A BIBLE printed in London in 1851
was nicknamed the Bug Bible from the
first verse of the ninety-first Psalm be
ing translated: $50 that thou shalt not
pede to be afraid for any bugges by
nighte." The authorized version is:
Thou shalt not be afraid for the ter
ror by night"
THE Vinegar Bible, published in Ok
ford by j. Baskett in l7I7, gets its name
because the headline of the twentieth
chapter of Luke reads: The parable
of vinegar" instead of the vineyard,
1t has also from its numerous faults
been punninglY described as "a bas-
kett full of printers errors
The Breeches Bible served as the
regular family Bible in the reign of
Elizabeth. The translation was made
by the English reformers in exile at
Geneva and was published in 1866. 1t
gained its name because in Genesis, iii,
Z, Adam and Eve are spoken of as max
ing themselves "breeches out of fig
leaves"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-23
STATUE TURNED GREEN.
Astonishing Transformation in One Night
Caused bN Acid.

Astonishing transformation IA One Nj ht
Caused IN Acid.
4 singular transformation i'm the APP
pearauce Of a statue Of the great mu-
sician. Spohr. that stands IN the mar
llet place OF the town OF CaS~el. in
HcsSe- Nassau. Germany. recently
caused Consideration among the inhalp-
itants of that sleepy little municipal
ity- says the New York World. The
good old burghers, the staid matrun>
and the frivolous young people all
rubbed their eyes They could hardly
believe IL. hut there was no doubt that
the statue had. over night turned
green. Hitherto the figure had stood
in the market place, a stately y memorial
in bronze.
The CsSSellites concluded that super
natural means was not an explanation
of particular value. and they inve>ti-
gated II was found that an artful
prentice boy had been the agent.
The statue was dirty and the town
officials decided that 1t needed a thor
ough cleansing, They gave the Job to
a painter. and he thought the matter
Of 50 little Importance that lac turned
1t over To one of his apprentices. with
the simple instruction To clean the
statue well.
The boy had taken the matter seri-
ou>ly To heart and. perhaps. was in
spired by his subject Il seemed To
him that Spohr was deserving Of more
than mere water and a brush pr cloth.
He consulted a chemist. who WAS a
friend Of his a. to what would best
clean bronze. and the chemist suggest
ed hydrochlorie acid. Speedily fellow
ing its application Spohr became Il
beautiful green tint The terrified
prentice confessed ON promise Of i'm
rnuuirK-
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-23
WITH BRUSH AND PENCIL

THREE eminent German artists cele-
brated their eightieth birthday this year
-Schrader. Menzel and Achenbach the
father OF Max Alvary)
Two PANELS Of old Brussels tapestry
with designs after David Teniers sold
in London lately for 3. $50. and one Of
old Gobelin's representing Venus and
the Graces for -. 80
WATTEAU's Lille Enchantee" was
sold for $500 recently at the Hotel
Drouot in Paris; a portrait OF Louis
Nv, dressed as a pilgrim, by Boucher,
for $3.50, and four panels of Brussels
tapestry after Teniers for -. .425.
VI. FRANCOIS DE MoNTHoLoS. the
handless landscape painter, received
the Raigecourt-Goyon prize of 1000
francs at the Champs Elysees salon
He paints with artificial jointed hands
of wood The Marie Raschkirtseff prize
was given TO Mile Dufare-
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-23
MULTUM IN PARVO.
AR has its laws as well as peace.

WAR has its laws as well as peace
Hume.
AID he that lives to live forever never
fears dying.-Penn.
WHERE there is no hope there can be
no endeavor. johnson:
HUMoR is the offspring of sympa-
thetic fancy.-Henry Giles
HUMILITY. like darkness, reveals the
heavenly lights.-Thoreau
IDEAS are ofttimes shy of the close
furniture of words.-Tupper.
WE have more Incidence in the mind
than in the -Rochefoucauld.
HUMANITY is the peculiar character
site of great minds.-Chesterfie
MEN may be ungratefnl, but the
human race is not so-De Bouffiers.
INTELLECT is the simple power an
terror to all action or construction
Emerson.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-23
POINTS FOR HoUsEKEEPERs.

SOFT newspaper IS excellent to cleanse
windows or any glassware.
VAsEIINE makes the best dressing for
ruSSet shoes
SPIRITS of turpentine is the thing
with which to cleanse and brighten
patent leather.
MODERATELY strong salt and water
taken by the teaspoonful at intervals Is
a cure for catarrhal cold
ALEvEI teaspoonful of boracic acid
dissolved in a pint Of freshly boiled
water and applied cool Is the best wash
for infiamed sore eyes or granulated
lids. aud an excellent gargle for IN
famed sore throat.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-23
WHERE BIG GAME is PLENTY.
How Hunter Found Himself Face to-
Face with Two Big Lions.


Face with Two Big Lions.
In Lion Hunting in Somaliland,"
Capt. c. J. Melliss tells how he first
found himself face to face with two
full-grown lions. He started from Ber-
bera for the Hand with ten camels, a
dozen Somalis, two donkcys, a pony
and two months provisions.
The game on the route were gazelle,
antelopes, guinea fowl and bustards,
and at night jackals and hycnas,
Shortly after reaching the Hand, which
is a great waterless plateau, he met the
two lions, actually waiting for me"
he writes. all 10 myself; a vast plain
on all sides. clear of jungle a lawn,
not another bush even in sight.
Il was going to get them. or they
get me. That was the only uncertainty
in the whole thing"
He goes on to say that what struck
him most forcibly on seeing a wild lion
for the first time was that there was
none of that slim, weak appearance in
the hind quarters which is 50 visible in
Gagged lions.
Capt. MeIliss used a much heavier
charge than Mr.. Selaus, and seems To
have had little difficulty in disabling a
lion with a well-aimed shot. When he
had killed them. the lions were skinned
and the hides tied behind two horse
men.
He describes vividly his delight after
his first days shooting. Il shall never
forget the pleasure of it." he says.
What ii paradise the country seemed
as my eyes wandered from the two
great heads at the crmppers to- the wild
herds scattered over the plain
In four days he shot no less than five
lions and eight lionesSes and captured
four cubs.
Capt. Melliss usually rode up and dis
mounted to shoot, but a much more
exciting way, which he occasionally
experienced. was to track the lions
spoor and follow HIM into the jungle
on foot
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-23
sharpness. of a Woman. Tongue

ncyly-married couple on the train
near Gainesville, Ga. the other day. at
tracted a good deal of attention bv
their peculiar behavior. \ lady got on
the train a q station. and took a sat
in front of them Scarcely was she
seated before they commenced making
remarks in loud whispers about her
wearing last seasons hat and dress
She WAS severely criticised by them for
some moments Presently the lady
turned around She noticed at
glance that the bride was older than
the groom and. without the least re-
sentiment in her countenance. she said:
Madam, viii you please have Your
son close the window behind yoa?"
The son closed his mouth instead. and
the bride did not giggIe again for an
hour
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-23

Ones surprise in the fact that no tw"
narson's voices are perfectly alike ceases
when one is informed 10y an authority
that. though there are only nine per
feet tones to the human voice. there
are the astonishing number of l'.5'2'-
t15.OA.4l5 different sounds or these
fourteen direct muscles produce ld,5s2'
and thirteen indirect muscles produce
i73.T4I. s23.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-23

Business items. frst insertion. l0c. per line
Subsequent insertions. Sc per lf7e
Administrator and Executors Notices g 30
90 - - - .
Stray and similar Notices --------------- = 90
aF-kesolutIons or proceeding OF any corpora
ton society and Communications designed 20
call attention 10 any matter OF limited OF indi
vldual interest must be paid for entertainments
Book and Job PrintinZ q al kinds neatly and
eNeIiousIy executed at the lowest prices and
don -Tyou forget il
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-23
Constipation

Demands prompt treatment. The re-
suits of neglect may be serious Avoid
all harsh and drastic purgatives, the
tendency of which is to weaken the
bowels. The best remedy is Ayers
Pills. Being purely vegetable, their
action is prompt and their effect always
beneficial They are an admirable
Liver and After-dinner pill, and every
where endorsed by the profession.
ayers Pills are highly and univer-
sally spoken of by the people about
here. / make daily use OF them IN my
practice. - DR.. L. L. Fowler, Bridge
port, Conn.
Il can recommend Ayers Pills above
all others, having long proved thel-
value as a cathartic for myself and
family" Z. Hess, Leithsville, Pa
For several years Ayers Pills have
been used in my family. We find them
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Advertising Rates.

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BRIA FREEMAN cOmmenSs IL TO the favorable
cons ration Of advertisers whose faTors viii Dc
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Effective Remedy

for constipation and Indigestion, and
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Moses Greuier, Lowell, Mass.
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al suffered from constipation which
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bowels Two boxes of Ayers Pills ell
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a have used Ayers Pills for the past
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and have always found them a prompI
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Having been troubled with costive-
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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-04-20
GOFF FOR vICE-PREsIOENT.
A Splendid Tribute to West Virginia's
Favorite Son.

From the Los Angeles (Cal.) Times
General Golf, now Judge Golf, of
West Virginia, whose name will be
presented by the State at the next
National Republican Convention for
the second place on the ticket, is a
man Of national reputation. He has
served three terms i'll Congress from
the First District of West Virginia, was
made Secretary of the Navy by Presi-
dent Hayes, at the close of his term of
office was the candidate of his party for
the Governorshjp. This was in 1888.
and though unquestionahly elected.
he was counted out by the Democratic
Legislature. During Harrison's adj
ministration he was appointed to the
Judgeship of the Circuit upon which
he is still acting with great ability.
being esteemed one Of the best of Fed
eral Judges. The patriotism and fear
lessness of Judge Golf are we'll illus
trated by an incident of his career
during the civil war. A rebel spy
had been captured in West Virginia,
within the Union lines, and was &C
cordingly sentenced to death. Gen.
COT had been a prisoner in Libby
prison at Richmond, and short time
time before the sentence was passed
upon the rebel spy, had been sent to
Raleigh and confined there in the
penitentiary. When the sentence OF
the spy was known to the Confed-
crates in authority, they in retaliation
sentenced Judge Golf to death. Presi-
dent Lincoln at once interested him
self to secure the release of General
Golf, and the patriotic Union soldier.
confined in his cell and expecting at
any time that he would be called up
on to vi I'D his life as sacrifice to his
country wrote to President Lincoln
the following message: lift is best
for my country that should die thus,
let no consideration for me prevent
the melting out of justice to Others
This was noble and generous
spirit, worthy of the patriots of old
Roman days, and the simple express
ion of his willingness to be offered a
sacrifice has never been forgotten by
his countrymen. General Golf was
exchanged for the spy, for President
Lincoln knew of what value was the
life of the brave soldier and earnest
patriot. The people of West Virginia
think that in Judge Golf they have a
candidate for the Vice Presidency who
can be heartily supported by every
American citizen. The State at the
last election broke the Solid South, "
and with majority of Il, 900 for the
Republican party, elected all four Re-
publican Congressmen and Legisla-
that in return elected a Republican
United States Senator. The Republi-
can party being truly national and
not sectional party, should $50 think
| the Southern Republicans place a
Southern man on the ticket.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-04-20
Wall Paper Trust Busted

Having Panked the Hard to
One Thousand
wholesale prices We working
Get Ceiling,
List of prices. Via save W u
style No. No.
Style No. &C. piece Style No. l2 No. I5c
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-04-20
No More Apologies.

From the Washington Post.
The harp that once through Congress halls
The soul of music shed
Now hangs as mute upon the walls
As though that soul were dead.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-04-20

~ you look at the date on your
wv paper? Did you find that you
we're owing us your subscription
Kindly pay up as we dislike the idea Of
having to collect.