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comes dangerously 80 when treated with rub
Der. Some years ago a serious accident &C.
CURED with a balloon made OF silk and rubber.
When II was brought to the ground and the
men put their hands on It, they received a vio-
lent shock. a moment later the envelope
burJ, into flames and the gas ex 1lodcd. One
man was instantly killed and five men serious
ly wounded. This is the only fatal accident
which has so far occurred at this park.
The regulation field balloon Of 500 cubic mo-
tres con .ents costs. complete, $3.50. It is
spherical in shape and is called The bal balloon
In nontradIstinctlon TO tho kite balloon. It
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MODERN WAR BALLOONS.
p,pTD DEpELoPMENT OF 4 SYSTEM
over THROWN ASIDE.

,,.rce In Er,p ana sardinia. ana we In tho
r,II war. Uscd Balloons. and Thought Them
rsc,cSs-Thc systems or the Great war
Pow Cr--rruSSia Probably at the Head
our own system and Peculiar signal Corps.
Accurate information Of tho enemy's num-
N,.. position. and movemsnts is absolutely
s,,,s.ar, to every General commanding In war.
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.lsH BALLOON WAGON OUTFIT.

the barracks In charge OF a sentinel. Early In
The morning. while n high wind was blowing.
without any apparent cause. the entire pile Of
cylinders exploded with = fearful report. caus-
Ing the ground TO quake. shaking houses and
breaking windows ut n considerable distance.
Quite miraculously. no one was killed. or even
Injured. though the fragments OF tho cylinders
were thrown with great force FOR several hun
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One signnl officer. In command OF both Hold
and telegraph train and balloon detachment.
One Lieutenant.
One aeronaut.
Three signal serGeants.
Twelve or more -privates. tThcre are no
privates in the Signal Corps.)
Our BALBOA mark Is under Can't. w. A..
Giassford OF tho Signal Corps. lie Is an
officer of known ability. who has devoted him
self to his task with zeal and industry. lie
has visited France and England. and studied
their balloon systems as far as possible.
The balloon material which the Signal
Corps has adopted is excellent. In some
respect.. improvements have been made on
European methods. 1t Is to he hoped that we
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balloon: parks. organised on the -same principle
ne those OF other European nations.
UNCLE RAM's WAR nAIInONa.

UNCLE BANS WAR DALLoONs.
The United States have the YOUNGEST war
balloon establishment In the world. 1t was or
ganized by an order. dated Headquarters Of the
army. Juno 8. 1902. II is directly under the
Chief Signal Officer and is part of our flying
field telegraph train.
Our balloon detachment made It's first APP
pearance at tho Chicago Exposition. where IL
attracted much attention. The FIRST balloon
WAS called the General Myer. after our first
signal officer, who devised the code OF visual
signals and organized the corps. both OF which
proved themselves most efficient during the
war. This balloon was made of goldbeater's
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uo OF balloons In war. Yet the subject
snort history which Is particularly in
or "nH !" Americans; for we are the first
H." make a practical use OF war balloons.
~uVeeGsful attempts 10 make use OF bal
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-05-28
ABOUT POSTAGE STAMPS.

stamp collectors continue to issue
protests against unnecessary issues"
and the little republics and kingdoms
20 right along issuing them. If the col
iccior would not buy the stamps the is
sue would cease Do they ever think of
that?
The three leading stamp catalogues
for 1897 are out, and they differ con
aiderably in prices This Is To b. ex-
pecte,i- however. since dealers regulate
IrieeS 10y stock they have on hand.
This creates confusion in the mind of
the amateur collector. until he discov-
crS the T, aSon.
he biggest registered letter ever
mailed ia the United States was a box
containing 1hc testimony and exhibits
in recent suit concerning the chloride,
process Of Extracting gold The post
a1- was Sl~1- II was sent from New
York TO Pretoria. South Africa. The
largest previous record was $40
The EoSton Journal saws that peri
odical stamps are only bits OF col
ored paper" and If the government viii
not sell them 10 collectors. the collect
ors are justified in getting them by
hook and crook. The assumption that
collectors must have these stamps Is
very amusing What dreadful things
would happen If they could not get
them2 Would they die2
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-05-28
VOLUME XXXI.
HOW EASY IT is,

How easy it is to spoil a dayl
The thouehuess words Of a cherished
friend,
The selfish work of a child at play,
strength Of a viii that viii not bend,
The Slght OF a c1mrade, the scorn Of a foe,
The smile that is fun of bitter things
They all can taruish its golden glow.
And take the grace from its airy wings
How easy it is to spoil day
by the force of a thought we did not
check
Little Icy HtJlc We mold tho clay.
AID Httl" flaws may the vessel wreck.
The .ars less waste of n white-winged hour.
That hoii the blessing we long had
sought
I he sudden loss Of wealth and power
and 10. the day is with i'll inwrouEht
How easy it is TO spoil a Iirc!-
And many arc spoiled ere w.lI i,-gr1E--
IH Egmr light dari-ou.d ly sin and strife.
Gr down ward course OF "a .hrrj=h-d one.
iiy toll that rot's fhs. form of its grace,
Ard UU4srmires tiIi health ives way
liN tho p..TEl-'i temper tll.. froUuir,.. face.
The hopes that 20 and the cares that stay
\ day is too louG to be spent iu vain.
some good should come as the hours go
some tangled maze may be made more
plain.
Some lowered glance may be raised on
high.
And life is too short to spoil like this:
lf only a prelude. il may Nr sweet
Let us bind together its thread cr bliss.
And nOuTiSh the flowers around our feet
-WaJchman.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-05-28
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

England sent 35O.OOU. 900 messages by
telephone last year. $1,000, 900 more
than the year before.
France has set up about 300 monu-
lncntS TO more or less distinguished
Frenchmen during the iast 25 years. and
There are now l27 committees collecting
money for more.
\ statue OF Cathclineau. the Nendean
chief. set up in a Breton village on pri-
Nate grounds, has been forciblv re-
moved by the prefect Of Maine ct Loire.
and stored in the cellar of the prefec-
ture
small diamonds have been discovered
IN the sand taken from a lake formed
~ the crater OF an extinct volcano in
'he Ni'zieS HOek mountains Of Natal.
which are beyond the hitherto known
diamond fields.
Marshal I.anneS' divorce. from his
vale. granted on Fructidor Of the
year VIII tAucust -, 1900. has been
declared valid by the Perpignan courts.
N'i't L" set II ASIDE had been brought by
descendants Of has divorced wife.
Mother GonZaga Kennedy. Who Is said
10 have been the oldest nun in Ireland
uied recently al the UrSuline convent.
Hih"kruck. County Cork The reverend
mother had spent G3 years at the con-
vent and was - years old when she
died.
Fifty Years ago England imported
three eggs a head for its population:
last year II imported 40 for each in
hahitaut. the whole humber being
l-5>9,@>7.oOo. Many come from Russia.
which exported l,5c0oO0.O0O eggs last
year, and more from Italy.
\ life-sized bronze statue Of Poscidon
was recently discovered in the sea near
Mount tithaeron by a fisherman.
Though 1t Is badly rusted the head is
untouched and only the hands are miss
In@- Near ii was a splendid marble
pedestal with an inscription The
statue Is assigned to the sixth century
before Christ 10y archaeologists. who
say il IS as fine as the Jupiter Olympus
found at Delphi.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-05-28
FAIR FIELD FOR WOMEN.
\ Writer Tells Nhut Ter Feminine
Nn-NNort>crS Should IInNc.

\ Writer Tells Nhut Ter Feminine
C"-Nori>crS should Have.
All women who are active in business
or professions want Is faiT field and
Ilofayor. Tvs tIaT@src Sau~Steriu Dem
oTcSt's Magazine We ask for moth
ing oH the ground of sex. We are will
;ng To compete with and worl, with mcu
on their own ground and desire 10 be-
measured by the samc standards. w
demand TO courtesy furth her than that
which prevails between gentlemen: we
expect no Difference. iu business life
men and women are simply workers.
and the more the element of sex is in
trudci the greater the interference
with the success of women.
know young woman who went
into newspaper Office on purely bust
r,ss crruud to sell an article. il. fact
and was Indignant because the re
TnTters. all of whom were busy writ
ing. did not jump TO their feet and offer
her seat They were absorbed in
their work, and most of them were
probably unconscious of her presence.
Perhaps - women enter the Office of
great New York daily every dav. You
can easily see how il would interfere
with business If the reporters should
Immediately stop writing and pay hem
the little attentions they are accus-
toned 10 i'm the drawing-room. The
woman who expects these shows her
ignorance OF business; if they are nee
cssarN to her peace OF mind She is out OF
place in the business world.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-05-28
EIashIfEhTs.

Advice Is one of the unpleasant small
er vices that the truly good forget 10
condemn.
Don't persist in error-ofter you're
found out; and don't be found out If
You can avoid II 10y persistiug in IL
Paste this IA vour hat: The easiest
way Ia become immortal iS To be the
first to say what is Self-eviient-
The average man feels complimented
when YOU call him bad in a laughing
sort of a way
In taking the chances. first look out
that they are not against you
\ lightning calculator-the weather
prophet
\ man is known by the umbrella ne
keeps
Money talks occasionally. but there
are times when il is deaf and dumb
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-05-28
WOMEN AMONG FLOWERS.
school of Gardening for Girls I'm "A
Suhurb of nrrIin.

a
suburb of berlin
y London paper tells OF a school Of
gardening for girls in a suburb Of Ber-
i'm Ii i a comparatively new venture.
having been founded two years ago i,v
q private lady. At present II seems TO
- succeeding. The pupils-I5 I'm num-
her-do the work entirely without ex-
tTaneous aid. growing all sorts of veCe-
tables, as well aS apples. melons. grapes.
pears and cucumherS. for which a ready
sale ~ found They wear a dark gray
uniform, consisting of a bodice and a
skirt OF reasonable length which. by
an ingenious arrangement. can be
made quite short for working in and let
down al viii. The girls beat all the
men at a recent hoard OF agriculture eN-
animation. and one of them has Just
obtained a post as gardener TO 4 gen
tleman at a salary OF Sl2O year. with
board and lodging. They are all fine
specimens OF healthy. vigorous Young
vouanhocd- Commenting on this. the
lady SAYS: Perhaps we see the thin
edge OF the wedge, In the near future
women may Ice eligible for head gar
denerS' posts at good salaries And why
not2 We have finer taste than men and
should be quite in our element design
ing exquisite pleasure grounds. A. for
the suitability Of the employment. II
may be urged that digging l. not harder
work than many Of the athletic wom-
ans recreations. nor Is IL a dirtier proc
esS than tramping through Wet turnip
fields after guns
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HE GOT HIS ANSWER.
hut Ii. Was NeryiDincrent from What
he Expected.

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f"iiV'' ii"'cii''S east
slowly removing ms eigar the gen
uthih turned ana looked AT ms que
Toner With slightly raised eyebrows
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where SISTER. Dress Alike.

In Yucatan. Central America. sisters
dress precisely alike. even TO the tying
of - bow, the tLrn of y button, or the
flower in the hair. In the tropics Iar@c
families are the rule. and any day you
may see in tla: country girls in groups
Of from three TO a bakers dozen " vho be
long to the same family, as their clothe-
will show 1t IS thus easy to distiu-
guish the members of 4 FIRMLY any
where. and not iHfreqUently sisters are
called hy their favorite flower or color.
In Aram men and omen wear their
hair in the same way and dress almost
alike Earrings and finger rings are
W vorn by women only. LnPp men and
;,omen drcrs alike. The men and wom-
en- of tn Cree tribe of Indians drofs
alike. but can be distinguished by the
crnarentation of their legCings, that
ofthc men tcing vertical and that of the
women orizontal.-Cnicago Tribune.
1t takes $4,000 tons of paper to
make the postcards used in the United
Kingdom each year.
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EBENSBURG, PA. FRIDAY, MAY %, 1897.

see tn little 1Siitr- IL. now. W nat n
'twore me own little Tim? Hes just
four years old, the rascal. an 'twad kill
IL mother, shure. All. bat it's wearyin'
an comfortn to tn heart, mem, the
children bez."
The way grew more squalid as they
kept on toward the Beach. On a door
step a young woman sat holding Il lit
tie child, and looking anxiousiy down
the street.
''Iiav" YOU seen little boy?" the
older mother began. and again the sad
little falc was told.
''No.' sid the other woman: but
l hope youIl find him. lady. know how
You feel. Me hearts sore over me own
little Joey. here, and me man away look
ing for vorruk. The baby * that sicbl
an Jim. me other lad. hc'e gone for med
jciHc. / don't know what's keeping
him"
Let me see tbs, baby" and the
mother. whose little one lay dead at
home reached out her jcveIod hands.
The child was placcI in her arms.
Why. ne is very i'll mdoed." she ex-
claimed. The little ones face was liyid.
The haby'- fingers were cIufchcd over
each tiny r,Iumb. and the tiny body shiv-
erred convuIsiysIv.
WHY'S mother eyed the little form
knowingly. The child should bc put
into "a vITm bath at once" she said.
The three vUmru entered the hOus,.
and busted themselves over tn, sci,
baby. She. Whose. child VA, lost fouod
q battered Kettle and put water 10 heat
over the siu.Ic-buGu,r IaR,u. Tho other
one ur,Irc--nI the. iittIa form. vhile1hc
wee sufferer mother stood vripnipa
her hands I'm bclpI.ss MAIN.
They worked rapidiv. i~ndcrIy; bul
II was nearly an hour brfo.. the t.rri.
l.I. ,.,r,,.,,I.t,,.s ,,r, ,,,,,. .,4 tI,. -,
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CHANGES COLOR EVERY YEAR.
Woman in Ireland Whose skin L.
Alternately nIack md White.


Medical societies ia Great Britain and
Ireland are just nov devoting no little
attention to a remarkable human freak
who now lives in one of the western
Irish counties. The woman was born
with black skin in Jamaica about -
years ago She says that she remained
with the characteristic negro color u
her skin until she WAS - years of age,
when she began rapidly turning white.
the complete transformation being
made in less than three months. She
remained white for about wear. and
then turned black again. but more
slowly than the white transformation
ilad come upon her When this second
change in skin color took place she
WAS sure that she had returned TO her
original color. and would remain that
hue during the balance Of her Iife but
II MIS- only n few short months until
she was again rs white as an albino-
Since that time the changes nave wear
N taken place, the woman being block
ore summer and white the next She
suffers no pain whatever
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-05-28

\ very beautiful work of art.
Christ in ivory. now on view in Paris.
is TO be presented 10 the ear by tbs.
clergy of France II weighs - pounds.
Is composed of a single piece OF ivory,
Is exquisite in design and perfect in
workmanship. 1t is valued AT S4O.O0D.
nnd was once the property of the un-
fortunate Queen Marie Antoinette.-
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l. was n great benefit. The opera
house was crowded. and many turned
ere the curtain raised tolook n the last
newcomers. who had just entered their
box None who looked on that fair
young girl dreamed that she bore. he
meath that outward show a heart sad
dened and weary. To which were ever
added the pangs of remorse- Allen Fame
Is by her side tonight. hopeful, eN-
ultant as of old. For six months h, has
played his role without falJering. soon
he must meet his reward The curtain
rises and falls to rise again. The house
Is enthusiastic Flowers fail like rain
upon the stage. But when the evening
Is but half over and the strains of the
lovely sOngStreSS seem To rise Sweeter
and clearer every moment. a tongue of
flame LEAPS ont from behind the scenes.
The song dies ON her lips tumult gives
place - rapturous silence. and on the air
is horne the cry of Fire.
Men act like madmen. women faint
and are trampled To death by the crowd.
Pale hut silent, Marion turns TO the
man at her SIDE. He is no longer there.
Save her he could not. but for himself
lay one desperate chance. which he
seized as n drowning man a straw. She
Was alone-alone and helpless. deserted
10y him who had told her of that others
selfishneSs.
Keep calm. Marion. Our only hope
lies in decided action without excite
ment. | viii save YOU or die with you."
whispered voice in her ear. and. turn
ing she saw the man who had fought
his way not TO life and air. but To her
side to bear her With him into safety or
share her peril
II am not worthy. Nelson Save your-
self. snd when YOU think Of me. remem-
ber that my folly was for the moment,
that | have met its just reward. for L
loved You through il ALL
Hush. darling. hush-even though
your words nerve me to fresh courage.
Marion. viii it be my wife with whom
| live or die?''
Your wife. If yOu viii take her. Nell
son. Happier to meet death at your side
than live apart from you"
But death was not to have his prey.
And. though Nelson bears ON his hand
some brow a cruel scar. in his wife's low
ing ewes il Is new beauty since IL ever
tells her of the noble struggle which
gave her life and happineSs-a life
which met its rich fulfillment when
crow ned by Nelson Ellis Iove-N. Y.
Ledger.
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FGuz CARDINAL POINTS RESPECTING
HEADAcHE.

= cry headache * \
Il Vrayer of the cram
TaI nerves f1- REST
So1;hs them with kOFF.
ALI-E.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-12-01
A lrrrIIic ErnInsinn

ANDERsoNvILLE Ind, Nov. 26,- Chesterfield, Indiana, was almost wiped off the map at an early hour this morning by the explosion of eighty quarts of nitro-glycerine in an open field half a mile from town. Marion Mansey and Sam Mansey were working at the gas we'll near by when the explosion occurred. MaUsey was thrown fifty feet, but pot fatally injured. Mcguire was thrown a hundred feet in the air and badly injured, but will recover. James Goods house, 300 rods dis tant, was torn to pieces. The ex- plosiUn tore a hole in the ground down to the water Ene. A three ton engine was torn to fragments, and every animal in the vicinity was killed instantly.
 The little town of Chesterfield is a mas of ruins, every house was moved from its foundation, windows shattered, doors smashed in, every light put out and plasteripR shaken from the walls. Several people were shaken out of bed. At Dales- vile. two miles away, and at York town, five miles distant, the damage was almost as great. Many people were injured, and it is 8 miracle that none were killed outright. The jar of the explosion was felt for fifteen miles in all directions. The gas in the we'll was blown out, and a work man named Cooper lighted it and caused another explosion in which he was fatally burned. The damage cannot be estimated.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-12-01
A Brewery For Prescott

Two experienced brewers from Colorado are at present in Prescott, looking over the situation here with a view of starting a brewery. They are already SO favOrably impressed that they have ordered lot of tools and material for the purpose of commencing operations. In the course of their investigations, as to the possibility of such an enter prise, they have learned that during a period of ten months, from Janu- sry l to November 1, 1897, there were ninety-nine car loads of beer shipped over the s. F., P. & P. rail- road. Of this amount Jerome re- ceived Is car loads; Prescott, 34; Congress, 10; Phenix, 40.
 Of course the success of such an enterprise will depend largely on the ability of those engaged in it in producing an article which would satisfy those who consume the beer. If even half of such 6 trade as the above could be secured, the institu- ton would pay.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-12-01
Ptm..a and HartcoD.s

Chief Azul of the Pima Indians arrived from the reservation last evening and will make an effort to dispose of several thousand pounds of grain which he has raised during the past season and a number of head of cattle. He reports the In dians on the reservation as being prosperous, with good crops, and consequently happy"
 The above item Is taken from the Phoenix Herald. and Is quite sug- gestIve as to the improvement in the condition of the Pima and Mar icopa Indians during the past few years.
 It is stated that on the arrival of the first white men in the Gila river valley these Indians were found to be peaceable and industrious, but it has been during the past few years thst their greatest progress has beer made. Their old fashioned couical matched wiekiups, without chimneys or windows, have been re- placed in very many instances by comfortable adobe houses with doors windows and chimneys, and in few instances, with shingle in stead of dirt roofs.
 They raise annually about 3,OO0,- 600 Of wheat, most of which is man ufactured into flour by the govern ment Touring mill located at the agency at Sacaton. The govern ment takes toll for grinding the wheat and the four is returned to the Indians, and all that is required for use at the agency IS then pur- chased from them. The Indians have also a great many horses and cattle. The government purchases from them all the beef used at the Sacaton agency by the government and the Indian school, the requirements being a beef every other day.
 A few of them engage in mercan- tile pursuits and are doing we'll m business. while one of the chiefs Is said to be worth anywhere from Sl0,O0O to 5000 in lands, stock and money.