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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-08-27
An tnfUrtunat. Royal Family.

The Duchess d'Alencon. whose watch
and betrCthal ring were found in the
ruins of the burned Paris baZar was a
member of royal house which has had
more than its share of misfortune in
recent years. She was the daughter of
Duke MaNimilian of Bavaria and a
,ounger sister of the empress of Aus
!ria and the eN-queen of Naples, and
she had Il good deal of the high spirit
which distinguished those two brilliant
ladies before public and private sorrows
had dimmed their vivacity. The en-
press has lost her only son under pc
culiarly painful and melancholy cir
cumstano es. The queen, the dashing
horscVy oman of :he COS. has long lived
an exile from the kingdom which her
hys...and's weakness did "a good deal to-
forfeit. and now the third sister has
come To Il tragic and untimcly death.
Their cousin, eN-King Louis of Bavaria.
committed suicide IL years ago.-N. Y
World.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-08-27
some Of the ADJ NanTa=-e- Po-se-sed bS
the AnhideNtraa.

AmhideNtrous men and women, or
those who can use either right OF left
hands with equal facility. are not near
lN 50 frequently met with as might at
first be supposed; in fact. they are
quite rare This double faculty Il. how
ever, much more frequently met with
among butchers and sailors than IN any
other walks OF life. Lcft-handed butch
ers are uum,r. -. as walk through
any II our large market houses viii
GHt"hlN demonstrate. hut IL is a very
o.. rreSi.ng study TO watch any Of them
Nh" VIII cut. chop. saw and handle his
meals l'ha--- 're changingit from one
~li' u" The "tiirr on the block or chang
in- hi> own position.
ln Nicw of the many advantages de-
llfe" from the ability To use both hands
equally well. many people have often
'N8'F''sS'd Snri riS- al the action Of ed
uo"'Enn@i authorities in insisting ON the
u>, "f oulN tha ri-Lr hand. instead of
ifAll@ - develop au equal skin an the
other They aH ~1icl, to The rinhr-hand-
81 idea however. and .n old resident Of
FraEhford- nofed for his S.1nbideNtrous-
Ness. I> Siill uuurnin- the loss Of a prize
al school Through the use of his left
hand in writing, although he was equal
iA Nhlilful as "a reuman with has right.
hr benefits derived from the use
OF both hands Noere eNceIleutlv illus
1rated in the experience. of two car
renierS Who lived In Frankford some
tt',.r> ago Their names were Cross and
Walton. and the former MAS rieht-hand-
ed, The latter left handed. ~ one was
also very taH and The other very short.
they made curious couple. but they
always worked together laying floors
and putting mp joiners' work in build
iu-~-
They could take iolpS Of this character
cheaper than any other. because they
could work from either end toward
each other 80 hanuily- Cross would
square "a floor board at one end and
Walton would scribe" and cut II OF
To III M The other end and then nail
down. working together from opposit.
ends
lrft-hauaed machiuists are ALWAYS
at "a disadvantage as machinery Is in
V"riai.ly adarted TO people who work
Ti"ht-haHdcl. hut the amhidextrous
Hlau ur woman Is always at home in
whatever work Is undertaken.-PhiIa
dtlphia Record
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-08-27

When his eNcellcncy. MIR Chung, the
special envoy from the emperor of
China to Queen Nictoria's diamond ju-
bilee. arrived AT Port Victoria. Il. G,
it was found that there had been small
pox on board. and the authorities at
once ordered the ship To quarantine for
- days, and all the passengers to be
fumigated- Mr. Chung refused To sub
nit to such insulting treatment lie
said to fumigate the envoy was prac-
tically the fumigating of the emperor
of China, and the most awful crime
that amy mortal could commit The
Canadian government. the British gov
crnment and the Chinese minister in
London were all appealed To, and the
unfumi@ated envoy was allowed to 60
free and carry infection even Ia the
diamond iuDilee.-Detroit Free Press
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-08-27
Mahogany Railroad Car..

y new train for the queen of six
carriages is now in course of construc-
tion at Swindon. England. and its elab-
crate internal and external decoration
Is enrrossing the attention of the most
expert artists employed by the Great
Western railway The only wood used
Is mahogany. and the doors of the
queens carriage are SO contrived as
TO allow Of the entrance OF two attend
ants, one at either side of her majesty.
1t II also arranged that the approach
10 the royal salon is TO be on a level
with the platform, 50 as TO dispense
with any necessity for steps.-St- Louis
Globe Democrat
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-08-27

France knows how to protect the
rights of her people Anybody who
doubts the genuineness of an article
of food that lac has purchased from a
Partisan tradesman may take il To the
municipal laboratory for ANALYSIS. 1t
will cost him nothing To have il ana
lyzed and the fact determined whether
il is unadulterated or adulterated, and
if the latter the law deals with the
offender without further action on the
part of the purchaser. The shopkeeper
is liable To be heavily fined and inn
prisoned, and has to display con
spicuOusly in his shop window or on
his door for u year a large placard
bearing the words: Convicted of
Adulterafion"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-08-27
WOMEN ON FARMS.
Extent "f the Help Whioh n New Eng.
Lind -. EIA..

land " ives Give.
The women ur, true heIpmeets. Not
onl. 30 lhcs dn their own work. but
Jhsy are able and willing 10 milk the
-ov> and assist with the hay-EettIng
and ia other WAYS lend "a hand out Of
io"rs ia emergencies Some Of them
.scn ike ont Tine family income by lis1le
ventures of their OWN. such a. raising
hens and bers and gathering and mar
hetIHW spruce gum. beechnuls and bll. g.
nerrics- There II no seryant-girl prob
lem, Lvcause there are no servants.
When sickness OF some other real iisa-
aility nroessiiaJos female help IN the
household a noighhor's daughter Is
called in She II. of course. regarded.
and ln every minutest particular treat
ed. as a member of the family: IL could
not bc otherwise The children are
trained to bear their share OF the family
burden. 80 far as IL can be done with
ont interfering with their schooling
and the very school terms are arranged
with a view To conflicting as little as
.'uS>ihle with farm work When the
children grow up many Of them go
aut into the world To seek their for
tunes tthat. within reasonable limits.
- a law Of naIurvD- but there II nothing
Ike an exodus of the rising generation.
no approach 10 a depletion Plenty OF
ambitious, vigorous young men stay
behind To- arrange themselves in life
is their fathers did before them. ch ID
uing in the yyoads winters and tillil.y
the few acres they have been able to
purchase with their winters savings
.ummers. furthermore. there are
lenty of desirable Young women happy
and proud tu east their lots in with the
Young men and do their share OF the
lrud=ery necessary To establishing a
home Thus new farms are cleared
put of the woodland and the old farms
are kept up.-Atlantic.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-08-27

DEPENDENCE on superfiuities is one
kind of helpleSsness. In one of his
neirhborly chats with lady who lived
near him at Sunnyside. Washington
Irving gently reProved her complaint
.Lout the demands her children made
uron her. Il have to teach them so
many things!" she said TOO many
perhaps" replied Irving. Begin with
one thing. Teach them to be easily
pleased. d.''-IoUth's Companion
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-08-27
Suicides I'm Europe.

On an average about 100 persons
commit suicide in the River Thames
annually. OF these some 30 jump from
the parapets of Westminster bridge.
The average number of suicides in Lon
don is 81 per annum per 100000 in
habitants. The ratio of Paris is APO
The lowest figure is in Naples, 81.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-07
TURKS AGAIN TRIUMPH.
CONTINUED from First Page)

their reserve of two half brigades, alto
gether about 10000 men. Against them
were $4,000 Turks.
THE artillery began the engagement.
the Greek practice being much better
than usual, but after about two hours they
began to retire across the river. This was
great mistake as they were thus en-
closed between the river and the noun
tains, with no room to deploy.
THE sight was superb. In many cases
the Greeks fought with the courage Of
despair. The great black masses, forming
the river guard, to hold the brigade, COW
cred the whole rich green plain.
The dash of the Turks was magnificent,
too reached the battlefield with
regiment whose men Immediately began
to run forward. dancing under fire and
shouting like children when they saw the
enemy. The Greeks repulsed them Wig
orously and followed up the repulses.
1.-THE Turks had formed a semi-circle Of
laundering batteries and cracking bat
talions The division on the extreme right
tried to cut off the retreat to Domokos,
while the remainder of the forces flung
itself upon Pharsalos.
THE battle was but little like the bat
ties described in books. There was no fir
ing of volleys. no bayonet assault, no
rush. no cheering but only steady, leis-
urely advance into the open in perfect or
der There was some individual firing,
and the soldiers shouted Allah, Allah
till the constant REPETITION swelled into one
heavy monotonous shout like the Hear,
Hear of the House of Commons. ! saw
some men suddenly fling up their hands
and fall face downward, but the Greek
| fire in the main was ineffective.
Before O'Clock the last village north
of the river had been taken. Then the
village of Vasli and the entertainments
near the river were stormed with consid-
cradle loss to the Turks and the battle
ceased at nigthfall, the Ranking divisions
having established itself behind the
Greeks and cut off the best line of retreat
to Athens
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-07
STRIKES THREATENED.
White Men on ChHrIestOn's Electric
Line Secure "a Raise.

Charleston, S. c., May 6.--For a while
this morning serious trouble among the
PAYERS who are working on the electric
car line was threatened. The white men
brought down from the north by Con-
tractor Lilly. refused to work unless they
received $3.50, instead of 81 per day. A
conference was held and the matter was
adjusted by the men getting the raise in
wages.
Just after peace had been restored, about
one hundred negro men who had been as
sisting the PAYERS by handling rock,
threatened to strike unless they were paid
81 instead of 70 cents Their demand was
refused and they threw down their show
els. Not content with going on a strike
themselves. they attempted TO induce the
men employed by the electric street car
company to go out as we'll There are
some 400 of these workmen. and had they
struck, the situation might have become
serious. The negro PAYERS began TO inter
fere with the track layers and threatened
violence unless they went on a strike A
squad of police was sent down to the
scene, and they dispersed. the negroes who
were making the trouble without any diff
ficulty.
The company has more applications for
work than il knows what to do with and
no serious trouble is feared. A full force
of men will be at work tomorrow morning
as usual
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-07
FESTIVAL OF THE TURNERBUND.
Fifty Thousand Strangers in ST.
Louis for the Occasion.

Fifty Thousand Strangers In ST
Louis for the Occasion.
St. Louis, Mo, May 6.-The national fes-
tival of the North American Gymnastic
Union, (Turnerbund) which is held qua
drlennially, opened here to-day. It is es-
timated that there are at least $4,000 stran-
gers in the city.
All of the principal business buildings
in the down town districts are beautifully
decorated. German and American flags
fly from numerous flag STATS and the
fronts of all the blocks along the route of
the parade are hung with red, white and
blue bunting and thousands Of streamers
and banners Of the Turnerbund.
The festival was opened at noon with
a parade, in which 5000 members took
part.
At the fair grounds at least % 90 peo-
pie assembled to see the field exercises.
One of the most interesting events was
the mass exercises by 1000 boys of the
gymnasium schools of the city, consisting
of calisthenics and movements with flags.
The boys places were taken by an equal
number of girls from the gymnasium
schools of the city
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-07
THoMAsvTLLE ST1LDTSG UP.
Episcopal Rector Moves to south
Carolina.

Thomasville, Ga, May 6-Rev. c. I. La
Roche. who for a number OF years has
been rector Of the Episcopal church in
this city, has moved to South Carolina,
leaving host OF friends and admirers
behind him.
Thomasville continues to improve and
build up, despite the cry OF hard times.
8. Sampson is building a large and con-
venient dwelling on Madison street b.
". Wright has the foundation laid for a
handsome home on Fletcher street Ru-
NOR says II will be occupied. when finish
ed. by a happy and handsome young
couple. Mrs. =. A. Peters is preparing to
build on Jefferson street. l.. j. Sturdlvant
Is getting ready 10 move In his new house
on Madison street.
The old fire engine house IN the middle
Of Jefferson street, near the Stuart house,
has been torn away.
Mrs Jane Ausley died at her home near
this city yesterday at the age OF 30 years
Rain IL badly needed in this section by
the farmers. and especially the oat crop.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-07
AN AIR SHIP ON THE WING.
Successful Trip Made From the Nash
VILE Exposition.

Nashville, Tenn, May 6.-Prof. Arthur
Barnard physical instructor of the Y. NJ.
c. A. of Nashville. made successful trip
to-day in an air ship constructed by him
self. He started from the Tennessee Cen
tennial exposition grounds. The ship
moved off in perfect order and passed out
of sight in a few minutes.
Mr.. Barnard returned with his air ship
tonight. He says he has perfected a
machine which will fly under ordinary
conditions. He stated tonight that it
was not perfect. nor could it be perfectly
controlled, but he believed he could per-
feet it so that its course could be con-
trolled After disappearing from view
this morning, the ship circled around, the
navigator hoping to meet with favora-
bic current. At last the ship began to
sail west When it reached Watkins, a
village fifteen miles west of the city, IL
turned. When four miles from Nashville
the gas in the balloon attached began to
give out. Mr.. Barnard then sought a safe
place and descended and came down east
ly. He was aloft one and a half hours.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-07
NATIONAL MUNICIPAL LEAGUE.
4 Number of Interesting Papers
Read ut the Convention.

Heau at the convention
Louisville, KY. May 6.-The second
days session of the National Municipal
League was devoted mainly to the reading
of papers on timely topics. Among those,
who participated were the following:
Prof Frank j. Goodnow. of Columbia
university. whose paper was entitled the
Powers of a Municipal Corporation"
Frank M. LOOMS of Buffalo. N. Y,
THE exclusion of partisan politics from
municipal affairs; the democratic Euro
pean Method"
A paper on American political ideas and
institutions in their relation to the condi-
tons of city life, by Prof. l.. S. Rowe
of the University of Pennsylvania. was
read by Prof. H. e. Borne of Cleveland.
DR.. E. j. James. of the University of
Chicago, read paper on Home Rule in
American Cities"
Frank M. LOOMS of Buffalo, presided
at the afternoon session.
Rev Henry d. Hopkins, D. D., spoke
on Municipal Conditions of Kansas City"
John A. Butler of Milwaukee read the
paper of J. r. Freud on Municipal At
fairs in San Francisco" The city did
not enjoy the power of home rule. The
statutes had been tinkered with by the
legislature. The main portions of the
government were controlled by five
boards, which were more under the con,
troll of the governor than the power or
the mayor. There was a lack of business
methods, and money raised for one our
pose was often diverted or perverted to
other purposes. The result was that when
money was raised all of the city depart
ments made a grab for the money.
]. 7. Alling, president of the Rochester
good government club, read a paper on
the reforms in Rochester. ". Y. The re-
formers had elected a mayor on a plat
form favoring civil service and economical
reform. and people were beginning to see
the benefits of the system.
Alfred Cassel Of Cincinnati, who read a
paper on The present condition of Ohio
cities" closed the days session.
The conference will conclude tomorrow
night with a banquet.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-07
RAILROADS STANDING ALooF.
Discrimination TO Enter the Western
Passenger Association.

E0SSenE ger association.
Chicago. ILL.,. May 6.-Some of the roads
that were good and consistent members
of the Western Passenger Association. are
showing reluctance to become members
any more. They have no fault in particu-
lar to find with the new agreement or
with the manner in which the affairs of
the organization are managed by Chair
man Caldwell. In fact, all of them admit
that no passenger association was ever
handled better, but they have a reluc-
tanoe to put themselves into a position
where the courts may get whack at
them in case the legal gentlemen OF the
roads, who have pronounced the agree
ment perfectly valid in all respects, should
happen to overlook something or another.
1t is not expected that any of the roads
that so far have failed to become menu
hers are Withholding themselves from
membership because of any desire to de-
moralze rates. but one or two roads are
not quite sure that associations are legal
after all. and some of their competitors
do not come in because they desire to be
In a position to meet whatever rates their
competitors may make. That is, at least
the reason given by some of the roads
and yet the Western Passenger Associa-
uon has nothing to do with the making
or maintenance Of rates, and any road is
as free to take individual action i'm the
association as out of it. Strong pressure
is being brought to bear upon the lines
that are still outstanding, and 1t is likely
that they will, in a short time, become
members of both the freight and passen-
ger association
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-07
A SKETCH OF PHARsALA.
The scene of the Present Fighting n
Historic Spot.

Historic Spot.
Pharsala Is a city OF Thessaly. in Thes-
sallolis. near the left bank Of the Erupeus.
and at the foot Of Mt. Nsrthaclus. In as
y. c. II was unnecessarily beseiged by
the Athenian general. Myranldes. II was
for a time IN the possession OF Antlochus
the Great, but was taken by the Roman
consul. Giabrio. IN 1911.
In the time Of Phiny Pharalus It was a
free state. The Ancient City was nearly
four miles In circuit. and situated on an
eminence which was 500 or 100 feet high.
and on three sides was defended by pre-
clpices Leake called IL one OF the most
important military positions In Greece
Pharsaia is chiefly celebrated for the
battle fought In It's territory on Aug. .. IS
y. c., between Caesar and Pompey The
army OF the former. consisting OF 1900
foot and 1000 horse, was posted on the
plain between Pharsalus and Er7ipcus:
that OF the latter consisting OF 5000 foot
and 1000 horse. was drawn up opposite.
Pompey expected, with his body OF cav
airy. to turn Caesars right wing. and thus
galn the victory but his cavalry was uu-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-07
AUGUSTUS RACES.
The Weather Pleasant and the
Horses in Fine Form.

Horses in Fine Form.
Augusta, Ca, May 6.-The third day Of
the racing meet furnished good entertain
ment for the spectators at Dan Bowles'
race track The weather continues per-
feet and the racers are In fine form. To-
days events and winners were as fol-
lows:
First Race .-Trottlng. 2:25 class, best
three in five heats, purse 800. Entries
Wiltone, bay mare c. f. Levy; Ella o.
X, bay mare, T.. l.. Dennard; Musque-
ton, bay gelding. T.. c. Boodon; Bessie
Jordan, bay mare, ALI Schwartz.
First Heat.-Wiltone, first; Bessie Jor-
dan second; Ella o. X. third. Time 2:22iA
Musqueton, the favorlte. finished last
having broken badly at the first turn and
did not get squarely down to work again
until the half mile was passed. The
horses were badly fretted at the starting
pole, making half dozen false starts
Second Heat-This was between Mus
queton and Bessie Jordan but the latter,
while leading to the finish. broke within
200 feet of the pole and the horse led
| her under the string. Ella o. X. was third
and Wiltone fourth. Time egg
Third Heat-Musketon. FIRST Bessie Jor-
dan. second; Ella o. X, third Witone
fourth. Time 2:24h
Fourth Heat-Musqueton, first; Bessie
Jordan, second; Witone, third. Time
2:24ia
Second Race-Trottlng, 2:S5 class. best
! three in five heats. Entries: Sam RAY.
bay gelding, ]. =. Roach; Stella Nor
wood, black mare. Peacock; Queen Bird,
roam mare. Stiles.
Primus ]. Gray geldug, J. b. Jones;
Nelsne. bay mare, A. Mowers.
| First Heat-Won by Stella Norwood.
| Queen Bird second Primus j. third, Sam
Ray fourth Time 2:39
Second Heat-Sam Ray, Stella Norwood,
Nelsine, Queen Bird and Primus J. finish
ed In the order named. The grand stand
| thought il a dead heat between Ray and
Norwood. with vantage for the latter but
the judges gave the heat TO Sam Ray.
Time 2:36
Third Heat-Stella Norwood Queen Bird,
Primus j. Sam Ray. and Nelsine finished
In the order named. Time 2:S7iA.
| Fourth Heat-Stella Norwood Queen
| Bird. Primus j.. Nelsine, and Sam Ray
| finished in the order named. Time 1854.
| Third Race--Three-fourths of a mile dash
| Entries Miss Mordred and Hands OF, ].
Ready; Mike Kelly, Donovan. Won by Miss
Mordred; Hands OF, second: Mike Kelly,
third Time 117h.
| Fourth Race-Ifalf mile dash; purse, $i25.
| Starters: Lord Henry. Strabertha, Miss
! Mordred, Sweet Marie. Queen Nab and
Mllds. There was much haggllng and see
saving at the start and Lord Henrys
! jockey was fined $500 The race was won by
Miss Mordred, with Lord Henry second,
and Queen Nab third. Time :JOh.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-07
SUMTER SUPERIOR COURT.
some of the More Important Damage
suits ON File.

Some of the More Important Damage
suits ON File.
Americas. Ga. May 6--Among the num-
erous suits filed for the May term OF sum
ter superior court Is that OF W. p. Per-
sons. a picture canvasser. against Mayor
-. T. Wise. OF the Plains, for the sum OF
5000. In his petition Persons alleges that
when he sought permission Of Mayor Wise
10 canvass that town he was roughly han
died and elected from the Office the mayor
curslng him. His ankle he says, was
sprained. and for this injury and the ours
ing alleged. he asks balm Ia the above
amount.
Dan Moye. a brakeman on the Georgia
and Alabama railway. wants 5000 OF that
company for the loss OF n little finger,
while coupling cars.
Mrs. John l.. Adderton sues the Central
railroad for 5000 for alleged injuries sus-
tanned IN jumping from her buggy, her
horse having become frightened at the ap-
proach Of a switch engine In the company's
yards here.
Mrs. s. II. Hawkins and Mrs. q. v.
Weaver have also entered suit against the
Central for alleged damage sustained by
the burning Of the woods on their lands
adjacent 70 the railroad.
Court convencs on Monday May -.
and the docket promises 70 be the lightest
Ia several years.