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The Van Buren press., 1896-08-22

Arkansas practically embraces 10 de-
grees Of latitude, though the map gives
the state less than four. The great di-
versity of climate is occasioned by the
high levels of that part known as tho
mountain regions.
The Van Buren press., 1896-08-22

A systematic effort should be made
to get Arkansas newspapers into the
hands of northern and eastern people.
They are the ones who will read with
interest and profit the festariS Of Ark.
ansas. -------..-------.--
The Van Buren press., 1896-08-22

The prominent points of attractive
ness which Arkansas presents to home
seekers are a delightful climate, fertil-
ity and cheapness of lands, vast vaults
of mineral wealth, expanse of forest
streams whose water powers are wait
ing to be utilized.
The Van Buren press., 1896-08-22
Good Roads Convention,

held February rs in Little Rock, at
which 220 delegates were present, rep
resenting AZ counties, a thorough dis
cussion was had of the question of inn
proved highways. 1t was gathering
of intelligent, serious and patriotic men
who had studied well the subject Opin-
ions were freely interchanged and a
good start made in the direction of or
ganization. A committee of IL was
authorized to perfect a state organiza-
ton and issue printed address. April
9 the committee met and presented an
address, from which we extract the fol-
lowing:
'In New Jersey it is claimed that the
lands near any macadamized road
double in value, while traffic is more
than doubled. Scores of farmers unite
In testifying that good roads are worth
TO them far more than the cost of build
ing and maintenance. The following
example shows the value of good road:
A machine weighing 10000 pounds was
drawn four miles in one hour and n
half by four mules at a cost OF 80 cents
on a macadamized road which cost only
5000 mile At the end of the hard
road it was drawn 1900 feet Qess than
one .eighth OF the distance) over an or
binary dirt road. This required 10
mules and seven men nine hours at a
cost of s19S So For the same distance
at the first cost would be about s17s.
In Massachusetts,, New Jersey, New
York, Ohio and Kentucky good roads
have been built at a cost ranging from
5000 to So, 600 mile. In Arkansas ma
terials and labor are cheap and 1t is not
unreasonable to expect that a macad-
amized road may be built for $500 to S2,-
900 according to locality, and good dirt
roads may be had at small cost if
proper tools are used under skilled
sunervision
The Van Buren press., 1896-08-22

"If the people of any community will
agree to unite and work faithfully their
own roads, they may by a small ex-
penditure for plows, scrapers, rollers
and materials for bridges and culverts,
secure well graded and drained dirt
roads, and by repairing at frequent in
tervals, keep these roads passable for
ordinary loads at any season. But for
permanent highways, capable of sus-
tanning the heaviest loads during all
kinds of weather. maeadamized roads
costing at least $500 a mile are neces-
sarv. These can only be secured by
taxation, as the labor system will not
providc materials and skilled labor.
When a new tax is mentioned men say
they cannot afford to pay more; but
they should consider that they are now
paving in loss of time, wear and tear OF
stock and wagons, low prices and loss
Of products, and deprecated value of
property. much more than any tax
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-06-12
Large Enough.

A foot-traveler through one of the
hilly regions of Ireland came one day
upon a curious little cabin. small
as to seem hardly large enough for
human habitation. While she was
whimsically considering as to whether
1T might not be the abode of the famous
good people," about whom so many
loving superstitions cling, the figure
Of a short, stout old man emerged from
.he cabin and stood confronting her
in smiling silence. After salutations
Lad been exchanged, the traveller laugh
ingly told the old man that she had
half fancied his dwelling the home of
fairies mo. indade, ma'am, but it's
n good warm place, God bless 1T, re-
piled the old man. But surely you
cannot stand up in it?" said the trav-
eler. curiously. AN fwhat made to
shtand. ma'am?'' returned the owner
of the tiny house. Shure, an Oi can
come outside to do that same. an whin
Oi'm insoide. it's mesilf that can either
20 to bed or sit down, ma'ami" There
was such warmth in the smile with
which this cheerful philosophy was
propounded that the traveller was not
disposed to pick flaws in it, and smiled
acceptance of its trutk.-Youth's Com
panion-
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-06-12
BRITISH RECRUITING.
Secretly Carried On In This Country Dur
ing the Crimean War.

ing Srfmean war.
In the North American continent tie
spirit of adventure is strong. During
the Crimean war L was an attache at
the Washington legation, and, as this
was about 40 years ago, L do not sup
pose that l am disclosing any secrets
in saying what then occurred. We re
ceived orders to recruit a force for
the Crimea. This was a fad of Lord
Panmure. who was then war minis
ter. Sir John Champion. our minister,
vainly wrote to explain that this might
get us into trouble with the United
States government The only reply
was the order to obey. So we did. L
was sent to New York to look after the
recruiting there. We had a ship in the
larbor and we found no difficulty in
filling it. \ recruiter got five dollars
per man, and the man five dollars, ac-
companied with many promises of good
things. When the ship was full it was
sent to Nova Scotia. where we had a.
governor an old soldier with the repu-
tation of being able to knock any regi-
ment into shape The government o.
the United States soon got wind of our
proceedings at New York, and at Mag
ara, where we had a Hungarian EN-
ployed to slip recruits across the from
tier The result was that the mem
bers of the legation at Washington and
the consuls at New York and one or
two other places received their pass
ports. What particularly amused me
was that the consul at New York had
had nothing to do with the matter.
But we had elaborated a far grander
scheme. We had found sort of fill
clustering general, who had agreed to
provide us with several thousand men,
who We're. to be recruited IN Texas and
the adjoining southern states. These
were to be commanded by the general
The negotiations went off, because
while we We're prepared to give him
the local rank of general in the Crimea
he insisted upon being made what he
called full general in the British army.
To this we could not assent.
L could never discover what became
of my New York recruits. They were
landed in Nova Scotia. and shortly aft
erwards the governor telegraphed that
they had rebelled. and that he was go
ing to take steps to reduce them to n
fitting state of discipline. This was the
last heard of them.
Inc governor was somewhat OF uun-
derheaded man. We wanted Il forget
why) to have ship sent from Nova
Scotia to Jamaica. We had cipher die
tionary, but L could not find the word
Jamaica in it, so l telegraphed the code
words for Jam" and ''acre." This was
too much for the governors intelG-
gence. Again and again he telegraphed
to ask where the ship was TO go; again
and again L telegraphed back, refer
ring him to the code words for jam
acre" Finally we had to send a mes
senger with a letter.-London Truth.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-06-12
RATENI STATISnCS.

There are 1851 pateDts which may be
employed in the manufacture of glass
Kitchen ware. exclusive Of stoves and
ranges. is protected by 1,747 patents
There are ASH patents for the man
ufacture of furniture other than
chairs.
OF mechanical motors there are 1,775
known to the officials of the patent Of
flee.
Patent needles and pins are made
to the number of rs different varie-
ties.
The manufacture of sugar and salt
is carried on by the aid OF 2.40I inven-
tions
The necessity of preparing tobacco
for the consumer has developed 2.274
patents
There are 1907 patents for machinery
or processes employed in paper-mak-
ing.
The farrier is aided in his work by
the inventor TO the number of 1,234
patents
The implements and materials used
in buildings are protected by 1892 pat
ents
Trunks, valises and baggage eontriv-
ances generally are protected by 1888
patents
. There are 633 patented fuels OF meth
DDS of preparing wood. coal and coke
for use
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-06-12
WEIL-kNOWN PEN NAMES.

"Hans Breitman," whose dialect mar
ratives are even now popular. was the
name chosen by Charles G. Leland.
Thomas Wright. who wrote Alma
Mater" selected the nom de plume of
"A Trinity Man" from his college.
Julian c. Nerplanck, the author of
Political Tracts" chose the name OF
"AbimeIech Coody" from its countri-
fled sound.
ASA Trenchafd' was, it is said.
chosen by Henry Watterson as his nom
de plume on account of its homely.
rustic sound.
Gen. Lewis Cass, whose admirable
letters from France have become al
most classic, wrote under the name of
IAN American"
"Ik Marvel" the famous humorist.
is no other than Donald G. Mitchell.
whose "Reveries of a Bachelor" are
even now popular.
George William Curtis once used n
pen-name. 1t was "Howadji." and
was used as signature to his travels
in Egypt and the east.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-06-12

REMARKABLE JAPANESE WOMAN
Continued Brilliant and Helpful Career
of SteimAtx Rama Kama.


All college women of America must
feel an especial pride in the career of
the charming Steimatz Rama Kama, one
of the three young Vassar women edu-
Gated at Nassar college, 20 years ago,
by the japanese government
Private letters from the island en-
pire continue to bring interesting word
of this remarkable woman. the WIFE
now of Marquis Oyama, one of the
heroes of the late war and beloved of
his nation. The marquise seems to b-.
fulfilling the prophecies of her class
mates OF two decades ago. who felt
that her personality must make an i'm
print on her time. Intensely loyal to
her country, she yet left here thor
oughly imbued with American prin-
ciples, and determined to aid in the
uplifting of her sex in Japan Her
last words to her friends here were
to the effect that her ambition in life
henceforth was to enlighten and raise
her native sisters to the American
standard of education and dignity OF
noble blood, her position, with her edu-
cation, has afforded her unusual OPP
portunity TO promote this desire. Her
home is the very essence of refinement,
with a decidedly foreign style as 20
arrangement, though the gardens abon-
are royalty japanese. With three charm
ing children. Steimatz-for so her
classmates saffectionately speak of her
is dispensing a beautiful and uplifting
influence to all who come in contact
with her. While the war lasted her
practical wor'. was constant. She sent
out from her own hands. aided by wom-
en- of all grades of society, enormous
quantities of carbolized gauze with
great packages of other sanitary sup
plies. to the seat of battle. She is pro-
noting many philanthropic schemes,
but none of them has she much at
heart as the education of her sisters.
She Is using the influence of her own
and her husbands position to bring
about change of native opinion con
corning japanese women Believing
firmly in education as the chief factor
in the elevation of women, in this direc-
tion she bends all her energies and argu-
ments. There is little question thai
her carly American education has
been, through her constant application
of it, the keynote to the growing lib
erality of the Japanese toward women
and an American policy in general
Her progressive spirit was no transi-
tory notion, but a deep, underlying
conviction anG motive of action. which
she has been able to direct upon the
thought of her compatriots at a most
fortunate time--N. V Times.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-06-12
southern educational Announcements

According TO Prof. Alexander Hogg.
state manager of public schools in Tex
as while the south has gained - per
cent in population in the last 20 years,
the increase in the enrolment OF school
attendance has been 40 per cent In
the same period the value of the school
property has increased from $4,000 eco
TO S51.0O0.0OO. an addition of nearly 81
100000 per year. OF all the people in
the south, white and black. one in five
Is in attendance at school during some
part of the year This is the proportion
in SaNony, which eNcels all countries
in Europe Ii is estimated that OF the
sS20.00o.0O0 expended for education IN
the south in the last 5 years cne-fourth
has been for the colored race.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-06-12
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Prof Albert koebele. Of California.
has made thr,r. years contract with
the Hawaiian government to destroy the
insect pests Of the islands. His method
Is TO get insects harmless to man to kill
noNious insects.
Y rays are To he applied TO prac-
teal agriculture Dr. Graetz. OF Mu-
Dieh-, has taken 4 picture OF a one-day-
cid pig. showing its bony structure by
continuing 10 make pictures OF the pig
the action of food on it's growth will
be shown.
New possibilities in the use of the
Roentgcn rays have heen discovered by
DR. Frenzel, Of Berlin. Twelve sheets
of bromide of silver paper LAID one upon
the other were placed in The holder and
the picture OF a frog taken The image
was equally We'll defined on each sheet.
In Germany last year ships Of i0I.-
iO2 registered tons wen. built. against
11s.G2l tons IN l~94- This IL a consider
able advance a compared with lsg2
with but i>.2Os tons. and 1898 with 90
isi Registered tons. The report does
not include the ships built in the gov
ernment yards.
Russia is publishing the construc-
ton Of the TiHis Kars railway as fast
as possible, and viii proDably have II
completed by August next. II Will en-
able her to carry an army from the
Caucasus to the doors of Turkish Ar
menia- The line Is $50 miles long. and
is already built as far as AleNandrapol,
50 miles from kars.
DR.. Pie. or Nuntelinar. France. has
discovered 4 new anaesthetic He has
found that 10y injecting e-ualacol under
the skin in small doses operations can
be performed without pain. \ COM
mittee appointed 10y the academy of
medicine has inquired into the value of
the discovery, and has congratulated
DR. Pie upon his achievement.
Each instrument excels in some
particular passage. the piano in scale
passages the harp in arpeggio. the man
dolin in the rapid repetition Of one note.
the banjoin the rapid playing of-hrolen
chords. and 30 with other Instruments.
but the violin can beat them all on their
own ground, while there Il much violin
music that can he played on no other
instrument
English * the language that has
altered most Regarded merely as a
Teutonic language. II Is farthest re
moved from the parent stock 1t Is de-
seconded from The Saxon. which il the
parent of low German and Dutch. and,
as il were, the -randparent of English
But besides the 1eutonic part which Is
the groundwork OF the language. IL
has suffered all the effects Of a lengthy
Roman occupation.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-06-12
THERE ARE FswIOEAL SPRINGS.
Practical Aspect OF the Season a. Com
pared with Poets Fancies.

Practical Aspect OF the Season Com
pared with Poets Fancies.
The poets are largely responsible for
the popular notion that the normal
spring should be all sunshine. mild
ness and flowers. instead OF the mix
ture of cold and warmth and alternate
storm and fairness which il usually is
Occasionally. however, a poet has
caught on to the actual facts 1t *
common. especially in this latitude, 10
regard each particular spring as later
and more diSagrecable than any OF its
predecessors But backward springs
are not novelties. As Lowell showed
when he made Hosea Bigelow say
I rather like our backward springs
That kind O. hagEle with their greens and
things
The truth Is. spring X n very indefi-
mite quantity and neither bird beast
nor man is its accurate prophet Every
year about March time people are
seized with wonder al the backward
ness of the seazon-wonder not un-
moved with irritation. Loud were the
recent denunciations at its dilatori-
ness Never was the month such lion
BEFORE, Yet If my memory serves, ne
Alright we had a furry of snow ON April
Il of last year and, in many preceding
years during the first week of that
month. / have tracked the footprints
of the rabbit in the snow" II seems
lot to he a question of comparison
however. Winter. before II i through,
dTags on the best OF us. We want the
warmth. the verdure and the birds
again before we have lived out the al
lotted term of cold and snow, and 50,
each year, we rebel.-Boston Tran
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-06-12
Artificial Snow.

The Popular Science Monthly tells a
curious instance of the formation of ar
tificial snow. 1t was witnessed in the
town of Agen, in France, one night
last winter. A fire broke out in a saw
mill when the temperature was ten
degrees below the freezing point. The
water thrown upon the fire was in
stantly vaporized, and, rising into the
cold, dry air, was Immediately con-
densed and fell as snow. What with
bright starlight and strong north
west wind blowing, the whirling snow
above and the raging fire below, a
brilliant spectacle was presented
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-06-12
MEN OF LETTERS.

Chill is said to possess more poets in
proportion TO her population than any
other country in the world
Albert Halstead, a son of Murat Hal
stead, has become editor of the Spring
field (Mass.) Union He has been the
Washington correspondent of the Gin
cinnati Commercial-Gazet
Henry Willard. who in his younger
DAYS was a journalist and man of let
tiers, winning in the civil war n high
reputation as a correspondent in the
field. is writing an autobiography fo-
his children exclusively. IT viii he pri-
vately printed. it is thought. next year
Robert Louis Stevenson was a very
modest genius. In one of the last le-
ters he penned he says: Il am ficti-
tious article, and have long known IL.
l do not think it possible to have fewer
illusions than ] have | sometimes wish
i had more. But | cannot take myself
seriously as an artist: the limitations
are too Obvious There Is n sermon in
this for several living authors.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-06-12
Knowledge Acquired by Ear.

"Was there any particular kind of
stone you were looking for?'' asked the
jeweler, after exhibiting his entire
stock to the caller.
81 kind O. thought I'd like to see an
Adrian opal" replied the young man.
drumming pensively on the showcase
Chicago Tribune
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-06-12
CIeanIy Japanese Tramps.

traveller in Japan says that the
japanese tramp takes his hot bath
daily if he has fraction of a cent to
pay for it, or his cold bath if he hasn't
a cent. He carries comb. toothpicks.
a razor and a toothbrush in little
bundle. a few Japanese tramps might
we'll be introduced as missionaries in
the American brotherhood, whose mem
bers do not seem to appreciate what
cleanliness is next to-
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-06-12

-r..t-.e cash 10 advance ------.. Isl 81
} '1i!' II. % not paid within months / % %
b. II not pEid within months 90
io 4. 90 not paid within the year. 70
Ef~Tc pes,ss.'---1T r,er year will be charged to
postase. III, tho anove terms he de-
I'D nu md those who don consult their
sei fo-l' ~ f,.vfng IN advance must not eS
lnLeles--..r In the same footing as those v 10
% tos,,s es I.-t r-t ne distinctly understood froE2
iil-' l.,Dsr before you stop it. II stop
Tt4' Lo- I,r-. f.FIr srlIawagS 30 otherwise
b l1s' ...,r4.ssz-lIfe ts TOO snort
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-06-12

busInees Items, INST fneertfon IOr psr Iinc
subsequent Insertions. Sc. per lf7e
Administrators and Executors Notices a. 80
s.. so
ana similar Notices 100
=. - resolutions or proceedings OF sny corpora
u%Sn % OF society and communications designed 70
AL attention 20 any natter OF limited OF indi
Ni9uAi interest must be paid for advertisments.
BOOK and JOB Printing Of all kinds neatly and
ntyou forget IT.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1896-06-12
Advertising Rates.

The large and rel able circulation Of the eAu-
bkIA FREEMAN G mnends IL TO the fsverz bls
consideration OF advertisers whose fsTorx will be
Inserted az the foIlJNirg low rates:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-02-17
VIRGINIA NEWS.
Isaac Whitestone. aged rs years, dice
AFT Culpener an Saturday

Isaac Whitestone. aged rs years, died
at Culpeper an Saturday.
Col. VIM. NJ. Gray, noted stock.
raiser and dealer, died Saturday at his
home, in Abingdon, aged seventy.
Mr.. Robert Smith died yesterday at
his home, Bunker Hill. just outside Of
Fredericksburg, aged about sixty years.
w. f. Turner, formerly treasurer OF
the r. & D. X. R., died in Richmond
yesterday. He was prominent Ma
son.
The convention of the Young Mems
Christian Association of Virginia con-
Guided its proceedings at Portsmouth
aud adjourned yesterday.
The widow of the late Gen. Phillip
st. George Cooke, aud mother of Mrs,
J. E. B. Stuart, of Stannton, died 10
Dstroit, Mich, on Saturday.
Chas. A. King, lumber merchant
of Fredericksburg, has assigned. Liza
bilities about $4,000. Mr.. J. r. Zimmer-
man, of this city, is among the prefer
red creditors for S65.93.
Mrs. Jane S. Tenant, widely
known and highly respected lady of
King George county, died few dsys
ago at the home of her son-in-law, MIR.
E. P. Arnold, near Port Conway.
The Wakefield monument has been
shipped to Washington there to be re-
loaded on government vessels for trans
mission to Wakefield. There are four
car loads of the material, weighing
$500 pounds.
The body of Col. L. B. Williams,
was taken from Baltimore to Rich
moud Saturday night for final burial.
A delegation of Richmond Confederate
Veterans, headed by Col. W. 81. Pal.
mer, acted as an escort to the remains
of their dead comrade. When Col.
Williams was killed his body was taken
to Baltimore and placed in the private
vault of John S. Cuttings, in Green
mount cemetery, where it remained
until Saturday awaiting claimant.
Col. Williams was a veteran of Orange
county. The remains were inferred in
Richmond yesterday with imposing
military ceremonies.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-02-17

ments to carry out the law in max.
lug each dog contribute 10 the net.
ter education of the people, and i'm.
proving The condition of our common
roads, will meet with the approval Of
all who are willing 10 do their part In
promoting the best interests OF one If
the most attractive countiesin he Stsie
of Virginia. With the earnest opera.
ton OF the taxpayers il tuIs county, in
enforcing the reasonable Requirements
of the "dog law" passed at tie last se,.
sion, that of 1884, it will awaken
new interest 10 lamb raising in the i'm.
mediate vicinity OF the Washiugtol and
Alexandria markets. This will M,
only afford a much more profitable ara
pleasant industry To the farmers of ;his
county than that of dairying or gam
growing but will cheaptu the COS, ot he
most healthy meat TO the consumers in
the county and cities named. Wea
know what high prices have prevsi5e4
for mutton aud beef even during Ri
present financial crisis. Tie .cne8y
lies in lrssening the number OF DO.
and increasing the numhar Of sheep.
our duty to increase The meal suppiyaf,t
proportionately decrease that OF dogs.
An effort in this direction wil surely
lead to a mere prosperous condition u
affairs in Alexandra. The poores. eia-
zen will be the gamer, first by feed.p
fewer dogs aud secondly By being able 10
procure cheaper, wholesome food for hi,
family. Therefore let each lend his
aid in enforcing the most satis.acto.y
law that has Yet been enacted Tie
Legislature will meet again in tao
years, therefore, let Us give the law
fair test and if it does not meet TIE
wants of the people in Alexandria cour.
ty, it can then be amended or repealed.
WIN. NJ. KING.
ror1;, Snr;pr.