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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-07-16
ABOUT PEOPLE.

Alfred Nicol, the inventor of dyna-
mite, was an author as we'll as a dis
tinguished engineer, aud ii is said some
of his English poems rise to u very
high plane. Shortly before he died he
wrote a Swedish drama, Beatrice
Cenci."
After this August Belmont Will race
his horses under his own name. Here
Jofore his stable has been known
Blemton stable. Blemton was the nick
name given Mr.. Belmont by the Hasty
Pudding club when he was in college.
Archduke Francis Ferdinand is one of
the crack shots of Europe. He shoots
with Smolleless powder, handles his
weapon quickly and is credited with
killing $50 head of game in an hour
and a half. To perform this feat he
kept three leaders constantly employed.
The two brass-bound oaken dispatch
boxes which stand on the table dividing
the two front benches of the English
house of commons bear indelible rec
ords of Gladstone. When speaking ii
was MS habit TO bring his fist down with
violent emphasis on one or the other of
these two boxes, and his signet ring
has made great indentati tons in the OAK.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-07-16
Tn. Greater United states.

The distance across the United States
is found To be 2.625.2 geographical
miles from the lighthouse six miles
north of Cape May. y !. TO the light
house six miles south of Punta
Arenas. following the jhirTy-Einth
parallel of latitude As closely
a. possible This iS conceded To
toe about the mean breadth Of the
country \ glance at the map viii
show that the United States l. much
wider toward the north and much mar
rover toward the gulf coast. but the
thirty-ninth parallel i about as fair an
average as can be drawn The meas
urementS were made 10y trianCulation- -
that IL. 10y taking observations from
fixed landmarks and verifying them by
astronomical tests The distance
across the continent thus obtained l.
40 feet longer than that reported by
Ressels in lS56. and - feet longer than
that reported 10y Prof. Clark in 1880
Chicago Record.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-07-16
IN A LONDON ThEATER.
A First Night ns Seen by an Artist
ENerN ONO I'm ENenInp Dress

London audience is brilliant. Every
one is in evening dress and the audion nee
is often more entertaining than the
play, says Scribner's. This is cspe-
cially true on the first n. .ght. At such
times the pit is watched most anNiouslY
by the management, as the success of
the piece generally depends on its yer
l have seen people on storm night
forming a line on the pavement out
side the pit entrance, taking il all scri-
ously enough to stand there for hours
before the doors were opened, that by
letting them inside the management
might improve their spirits and they
in their turn might be more gentle.
And IT has also occurred to me when
| have seen stout man standing in
the aisle fumbHng for a sixpencc or Il
shilling in pockets that probably only
contain . bank note and a gold piece
that the management might further
improve the spirits of its aud ience by
doing away with women ushers and by
selling the programme at the same
time il sells the seat. for il is hardly
fair to the first act of play to make
it overcome the fretfulness- caused by
annoying attendants before il can hope
to amcse. But the second act = sure
to have a fair start and If the play i
good from there on il will have no rea-
son to complain of it's audience.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-07-16
MILLIONS IN PAINTING.
The HertfOrd-WaIIsre Collection IL
Worth R7.aUD,OOO.

Worth Rs.aoO,opo-
The celebrated Hertford-Wallsce col
lection of pictures bequeathed To- the
British nation by Lady Wallace is esti-
mated to be worth S7,5O0,UOO. Her mag
nanimity, says the Boston Transcript,
i ali the more noteworthy because she
was struck off the queens visiting list
many years ago.
Sir Richard Wallace died on July 20,
1890, leaving behind him the most ia
nous art collection of any Englishman.
The whole of Sir Richards great wealth
and the peerless collection of pictures
(which includes - examples of Nelson
ier and Is of Greuze) were given To his
wife for her own free disposition. Prior
to his death, however, he expressed his
wishes To his wife that after her death
his superb collection of works of art
should go To England's national gallery
and that his wish in this respect should
lie carried out she arranged several
years ago.
The magnificent Hertford collection
comprised when il passed into Sir Rich
ard Nallace's hands a splendid assort-
ment of paintings. porcelainS. bronZes
decorative furniture, jewclry and other
works of art. His own purchases dur
ing the past 80 years included many of
the choicest examples of old japanese
art, which he was one of the first to
bring to the attepiipn of European
connoisseurs; of the masters of the
Italian renaissance, notably the produc-
tlons in silver of BenYenuto Cellini and
his immediate followers and of modern
French painters.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-07-16
FIRt-ACARM BOXES.
The Mechanism That summons Help
I'm Cuse of Fire.

An article in St. Nicholas, in speak
ing of New York fire-alarm boxes, says:
This box forms part of lamp post,
the post being so constructed that the
box is inserted in the middle. The box
is painted a bright red and the lamp
at night shows red light. thus making
it easily discernible either by day or
night. The wires from the box are con
veyed down through the center of the
post to conduits buried in the street
and thence on TO fire headquarters.
White letters on red pane OF glass
in the lamp over the box give direc-
tfons how to send an alarm. The same
direction in raised letters are found
on the face of the box. If we turn the
large brass handle on the ouside as
far as it will go, a loud gong will ring
inside. This is not the alarm, but sim
ply a warning bell TO notify the police
man on the beat that the box is be
ing opened and to prevent the sending
in of malicious or false alarms of fire,
ali Offense that is punishable in New
iork state by a fine of 800 and one years
imprisonment. Turning this handle as
far as it Will go opens the outer door
ard we find inside another door, with
"a slot at the left hand side, and at the
top of this slot a hook projecting. By
pulling down this hook once and re-
leasing il we set at work certain clock
work mechanism inside, and this sends
in the alarm.
When the first officer arriving at a
fire discovers that it Is not of enough
Importance to warrant his sending for
reinforcements he opens this inner
door with a key and sends in second,
third, fourth, fifth or sixth alarm. as
the case may be, or a call for any spe-
cial apparatus that he may need. The
inspectors of boxes can also carry ON
conversation in the Morse alphabet
with the operator at headquarters on
this key and sounder.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-07-16

ALL SORTS.

In the last 25 years, as indicated by
life insurance statistics, the average life
of woman has Increased from ~ years
TO 46 years, an increase of over nine per
cent.
Near Lakewood, y. j., there is a ferret
farm, where these useful animals are
raised. The chief service is to cap
ture rats in dwellings and storehouses
Last year 1000 ferrets were raised on
the farm.
a perilous performance is witnessed
nightly at a London theater The per
former is tied up in a sack soaked with
kerosene. The sack is then set on fire
and when il is all ablaze he leaps into
tank of water,
Emma McCue, 50 years old, who mar
rIed George McCue, three years older
at Franklin, Ind, last December on his
promise to support her in ease and
comfort, has sued for divorce because
she has had to do farmhouse drudgery
\ citizen of Suffolk, Va, has of
fered factory site free to anyone who
Will establish a manufacturing indus
try there, and one of the inducements
held out by a local paper is that "the
other places"
Farms in England are selling at
ruinous reduction of their former value.
and in many cases cannot be sold al
all In many cases farms have been
sold for less than one-tenth of their
value 20 years ago. Well-to-do farmers
are abandoning the business and 90
ing To the colonies OF to cities to start
life anew.
y London court has recently done
something to settle the social status of
artists models. \ young woman
brought suit for breach of promise
against man who had promised to
marry her, but had been alarmed bV
the discovery that instead of sitting for
the head alone she had also sat for the
figure, though not without drapery The
decision of the court was that the pro-
fession is respectable, and that she was
entitled to damages
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-07-16
OU MAURIER AND MORRIS.
Both Born I'm March, IS:;I and DIedt,
October. ~:,S

october. l~:b5.
One of the most extraordinary mar
alIels in chronology r. the almost ..,--
act coincidence of the time Sr-au, Il,
the world by two men who had - TpF,,.l,
II do with the molding Of the Irter.,r,,r,.
and art of their day a. George ,lu Man
rier aud William Morris. savs the. N.,,-
Orleans Timcs-Dcmucrat Du Maurice,
the elder of the two, was born exactly.
IL days before Norris on March &. I>gs
and he died but four davs after him
50 that these two great men. who I.y,4
more than Ca years. were on the ,ar7r
for exactly the same time. vi b the ..,.-
cePtion of less than three weeks. both
being horn in March. 1884. and diving
iu October. lS96. Similarly. Irath SIR
John Millais and the archbfshap .F
Canterbury. who died within a month
or two of each other. were born IN I~-g
1t X one of the most striking events
in the long history Of the arc.hbfSbaps
OF Canterbury that the late arcilbfSbop.
who was one of Mr.. Gladstone's aDDoint-
mentS and afterward diverrpd from
him in political opinions. should have
been stricken while sitting in the.
squire's pew of his cid friend at Ia
warden. II i most merciful thing
that Mr.. Gladstone did not happen 10
he in church To y man Of his years
the shock must have been most danger
Gus What an archbishop 81 Cant.r-
bury Mr.. Gladstone would have made.
himself. He would have riyaIed even
Dunstan or Becket and not improIablv
proved the greatest prelate Of them
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-07-16
THE WORk-A-OAYW WORLD.

There are in this country nearly 90
100000 people who live on wages, and of
these nearly 3.OO0.OO are women
The proposal to abolish barmaids
after the year 1900 was defeated in the
South Australian Legislative council by
nine votes.
President Mahon, of the National
Street Railway Employees association
Is authority for the statement that
street railway men receive higher wages
IN cities where three-cent fares prevail
than in those municipalities where five
cents is the ruling price.
For the first time in several years
every department of the Lackawanna
Iron and Steel company, Scranton. Pa,
steel mills, furnaces and rolling mills
are simultaneously in operation In
all, over 1900 men have found work.
since the works began to resume
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-07-16
Chocolate PIE.

IIalf square chocolate, one and one
half cups milk, two eggs, one-half cup
sugar, two teaspoons cornstarch or
three of flour, one teaspoon vanilla.
Mix the cornstarch or flour smooth
with a little of the milk and heat the
rest. Beat the yolks of the eggs and the
sugar together. Melt the chocolate in
n cup set in boiling water. When the
milk is hot stir in the thickening and
add the eggs and sugar. When smooth
remove from the fire and add the choc-
oIet4 and vanilla. When cooled a little
bake with one crust. Beat the whites
of the ,4~gs to a stiff froth and add six
teaspoons sugar and spread on the pie
when done. Brown in the oven.-BOs-
ton Globe.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-07-16
VICTORY FOR THE LITTLE ONE
= Scientific IIangan, COCK Whips a BiE
risnioath Rock EIuo-ter-


\ cock fight. ludicTou~ i-ecau~,. Of the
disparity uf ~iz. iu rtr- -y,r, rooster com
hatau1~. attrIsl,-l "a crowd one recent
afternoon leo ill. roru,- uI Third and
Niur streets One uf ris,- birds 0s.S a
Tiny i=su1a,n uvi-hiu-- al the outside
mot more 1hau B. pounds. NyhiI. IL an
taguui-r, "A huge plymouth Rock. was
credited nl lu,- uau who owned both
with weighing Io pounds. Yet. despite
rhis adyanfa-e iu weight and conse-
quont "rvslch-" the hig rooster VA
ulsiti,- leo -,faaak-
The fight started 10 appears. through
the Plymouth Rock intruding has pres
vuce among tht. Isinram'~ flock of hens.
they a. fancy fowls being released
from their caop during certain hours
OF the day and allowed the freedom of
the street. Mr. bantam resented this
Intrusion and with a CROW of defiance
NllIaully flew AT the big rso<rer-S head
The Plymouth seemed To have, no r.
sPect for lh,. chiyalric law Don't hir
"a fellow smaller than yourself but
uugel hack tirrcoly al the bautam- For
fully ten minutes the harrlt kyrur ou.
to the editica15nu of "a crowd every 1miu-
NE growing thicker. Then the ~upe-
rior science of the bantam began to tell
ON hiS Uei"htier oppnueut- With The
little fellow IL waS nat and gel away
tut the Plymrurh Nya~ iu the AIR all The.
time. striking hlindIy when the bau1am
vNsl~ "a yard removed
This riTn:t of throwing l6 pounds of
flesh and feathers ~llyWard and rher
lighting out with both feet al last le-
gan To tell on the Hig rooster. and he
Squa1tsd for "a moment ro catch his
Mind Evidently this WAS what 1ht.
hanram had been waiting for. for. CIV
ing "a deriSiyo crow be- flew at the wind
"a Plymouth. whaeking the l,iE bird
right and left alyut the head. until.
with "a ~guaWk- the l6-pounder picked
himself up from the Sidewalk and
sought security behind an adjacent
coop That the crowds Symparhit-S were
entirely with the bantam Was shown IN
the applaudin- rewards that followed
the PIympurh'> r.1rrat. tits not prob
able that the gallant little bantam uu-
d-r~toaa the applause. hur az least he
seemed To- show his appreciation bv
facing the audience and ri,ing ven. 10
"A Shrill CROW. emphasized bv a lu~rv
slaFpinr Of " ings- Portland Telegram.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-07-16

The bubonic plague. disease closely
akin, if not identical with the BLACK
death" of the middle ages, is raging in
Bombay to an extent which occasions
great alarm Up to the first of the
year the number of cases was over ZOO,
and death was the result in a large
proportion of the cases. One-half of
the population of Bombay is reported TO
have fled from the city, and there is
grave danger that the disease will thus
be spread Comparatively few Eu-
roPeans have been stricken with the
plague, but the unsanitary conditions
in which the native population live pro-
mote its spread among them, and their
tenacious observance of the principle
of caste makes il difficult to secure the
segeration of the sufferers in such a
way as to check the spread of the con-
tagion--Youth's Companion.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-07-16
New Protection from bullets.

The committee of the Ft tderal Shoot
ing association of Switzerland, while
target-shooting at Winterthur recently.
noticed that targets at the left side
of the range received a ma iorifV of
bullets to the left of the bull'S-eYe.
while the reverse was the case on the
other side of the range. Some quick
witted member of the comm ttee suS-
gested that this apparent detection OF
tine missiles might be due to- the electric
telephone wires which chanced to be
strung on each side of the range. The
experimental committee found that all
prolectiles that had been DETECTED
from their course were magnetiZed.
1 he theory of electrical action being
thus supported, experiments were nn-
uertaken to put the question to a final
test. The conclusion was reached that
il would be feasible to protect an entire
section of troops from hostile rifle fire
at distance of 300 yards by means of
AN electric current generated by a dyna-
me or accumulation at one side; ami
that at 900 to- 400 yards even artillery
would be thus rendered harmless.-San
Francisco Argonaut.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-07-16
DON'T VERSUS DOESN'T.
GrammaticnI Oddities Tint Crate Up
4 III


On Tia lars ssf Educated BraierS
The subject uf pronunciation has
been up foT discussion "a good deal OF
late. 1h.' following regarding don't
and '-do,s nj" should be Of interest.
coming from the best authority, says
an eNchaI...--
Don't a. Ike dropping the final L of
the present participle, a Nulgariiy OF
people of culture. Thackrlav and An
tEony Trollope constantly place II.
along with amt for lam not or .-f~
not" in the mouths of their hiuhIy-brrd
characters. The late prince -eu~ori
used it. l recollect quoting from
memory from his Life hy Sif T.. Mar
un-that, speaking OF Princess Beatrice.
as an infant, the prince wrote. --Sf,
doesn't like it
Other corruptions are. OF were. 'Du
for ''tham," Hawyut for ~Harrfelr.'
chawyet for chariot" yallow for vel
low" tosseI for '-taSSel.~ Luuusn for
London" Roome for Rome ga,If
for gold obleegc for .-ubIige.'' The.
first duke of Wellington. "a have. been
told, always said ubleeCe. II certain
~ does CRATE upon the ear to hear don't
used for doesn't" and vet yye find IL
used in 'Pickwick Papers In the song
which Mr. Nardic sings ON Christmas
eve at the Manor farm. DiucIeN Dell.
And love that's too strorfas-yyFr,- ~ .s..-.--
last long
As many have found 10 their rs45r.-
In East Anglia they SAY 'l.su don't
ought" and he didn't ought - which
though true, il slightly ungTammatiraI
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-07-16
GOOD ENOUGH TO FOOL A FOX.
A shooter. Experience with Fancy
Decay. ON AIbc mRrIe sound.


Decoys AlbcmsrIe sound
Eldridge Caringtor, a New Yorker
who went To Albemarle sound duck
hunting "A few weeks ago, tells curious
story of a fox, repoI Is the New York
sun. He bad his decoys off u rounded
point of land one morning. ard was
waiting for il To get light enough TO
shoot. The decoyS were fancy ones
made of iron and rubber, painted to
represent the birds the hunter was
after, and looked very natural
At dawn it happened that for about
ten fifteen minutes no birds came
within range, 80 no slots We're fired
While the hunter WAS wondering at this
he heard a rustic up-~ind from the
blind in the grass of the point. Look
ing cautiously over the grass. he WAS
just in time 10 see u fox cTouched for
a leap at Il decoy hich was about four
feet distant. The fox gave Il quiver as
he gathered his muscles fer the jump.
and then spranC ahead and grabbed the
1ecoy with all his might Thereupon
the fox was the most astonished beast
that ever hunted ducks. The rubber
bag with AN iron frame was hard and
soft in spots. The rubber was pierced
by the teeth of the animal. letting the
air out with a pop like firecrackcr-
The iron. however. had serious effect
on the foN's jaw. breaking several teeth
and cutting the lips in a way that made
the fox squeal. The fox turned three
somerSaults in the water and then
headed for shore and got to the brush,
in spite of two shots
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-07-16
MIDAS HA4sEED AT THE PLAY.
Reads His roErammc IN the Light OF
Assurance and Matches

ke8hs iii~ IT'D rEt Etl Etic IN the Liz M al
Assurance and MHtche~-
lie Was middIe-aEed. EuilrltSS Of a~-
pecI. slightly gray wore STORE clothes
and silver SpectacIcS and had yyhi~kers,
SAYS the ST Louis Pust-DiSVatcTi. II
required no sign on his hack for one Ia
discern he was from ont Of town The
onlN urban characteristics hc possessed
WSre an independent air and nerve
that air born OF money in the pocket
aru that nerve the outcome of being the
whole thing in a country town
lie went 10 the ihcater the other
night got there lat, and had a seat iu
the rear of the house. For a time a..
watched the antics of the uinper-legged
comedian and the -friVoling- soubrettr-
lie had never seen them before and ht.
liked them He wanted To see \, no they
were. but she theater Vas too dark for
reading the programme. Then he did
something no cIty-bred man would
have thought OF doing in a thousand
years lie struck half a dozen matches
and read the bin OF the play from end
To end
II WAS all over hy the time the ,aS hers
had noticed What they thought was "a
private houfire and reached hiS seat.
He had settled hack comfortably and
looked ~ innocent the manager
" Wouldn't let him Ice disturbed Nyilh a
Warning
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-07-16

\ meeting WAS held in Washington To
organize = Soldiers and Sailors Ma
tional Manumcnt association Its ol.-
ject i The erection of monument at
the capital of the nation ia homer ani
memory Of the officers and enlisted men
of the army and navy Of the United
States who fell ia the MAR of the rebel
Ion. which shall serve a. a perpetual re
minder To- the present and future gen
erations Of the sentiment enter1a ned
la all loyal people fer the soldiers and
sailors who r.sked their lives in the
defense of their country"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-07-16
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.


''IaSN bricks with hollow center
are found quite desirable in Germany
i'r the construction Of conservatorieS.
1t Is said that baked bananas VII
WfaiHn"ly build up and strengthen
'nin ami weak bodies and enrich the
bl"od- They should be- baked about 20
minutes
-Shiphuildcrs assert that an iron
snip has "a carryin" capacity of lI6 tons
Tor every 100 tons carried hv a wooden
vessel 81 the same dimensions. while
the weight Of the iron ship IS y per
cent. i,~S
1t T." the aye Of % a youth needs
Eine hours Si"rp.. and after that age
person needs eight Ne-rlrcr of this
r"l" causes cNhau-tio and irrftahflfrv
and rr'arls intellectual and physical
growth
In Santa Rosa. Col. there l. a
Baptist church built entirely Of the
wood Of single redwood tree. Even
The roof Wa made of the same tree.
ard there vyrr- SO. .Oeo shingles left. The
church seats 2oo people
Vegetables in the mountains Of
Sw~lcn. Norway aad Lapland suffer
greatly from rh, Norway rats. Farm
iu" IN the, districts would be very
uipruiitahic Nerc IL not for the whit.
foxes, which prey largely upon the
rats.
In Sacramento IS s,-hooIhav who
with ease commits To- mem pry Tonga and
difficult lessons. Sometimes learning
Passages of history fully 500 words I'm
length But the next dav he loses all
recollection of the previous DAYS ac-
Cuirameuts.
A church In Cleveland needing q
minister agreed IL listen TO "a trial ser
mon from "a visiting clergyman. The
chairman uf ril,- trustees fen asleep dur
ing lis delivery. and subsequently, OBJ
l~rt"i To- him because. as ne said He
doesn't make noi~.. ,nouCh-
The friends Of "a man in Kansas City
who had he.n declared mentally UNI
sound secured The proper commirtaI pa
Ter~ and put them ia the hands of a,
policeman. Who was Ia TAX. him ta an
aztlum- The officer discovered HIM
serving ON l jury I'D the r-rcuit court
Willis Warren. who .l-,I recently In
Gt-nrgla, WAS the me-~t influential negro
preacher iu the ~aurh- When q member
of his cHu-r-,z-lfiau WAS Eerg bad ana
could ua- h. improved l1y moral ~uas-o
Mr.. Warren threw ufT his coat and with
ms fists rhrsl~hrI han into submission.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-07-16
Permanent FortIGcatfon-.

Many writer's. both speculative and Of
military art and science, have called in
question the value of permanent forti-
fications. but every great soldier has
regarded them of the highest utility
and necessary 10 the defense OF coun-
try.-PhiIadelphia Press.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-07-16

Nounglev-Nes. We love each other.
and love matches always turn oslr hap
PLY. no y-nu know Of . single instance.
where they have not done 80
ollirg-No. not 81 a single instance.
Lut I kuoW of good many married
ones Tit-Eits.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-07-16
Efuhty-One Below Zero.

The lowest temperature ever recorded
was on December 30. 1871, and was eX
perienced by Prof Gorochon. He was
at Werchojansk, Siberia, and the tenn
perature was 81 degrees below zero
Chicago Record.