The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1867-12-19

Ca0rlcAL SPICES grow mostly in tie
tar-f souo On ihe tropical islands of
-a..ero hemisphere and the coasts of
"a <.s-si.1 Is cultivated climbing shrub
,.-os,pr t.e oI-ck pepper OF commerce. =
tst iish 5EoNn berry, gathered
e 7-sr 9pd when dry assumes the
-.-sz ana cclor fapi!iAT 30 sA Cinnamon
is ,a. ,Casr bark Of trse growing chiefly
r. Csy'oa, Of Which islazd 1t is probably q
uay>e. Cloves are the dried buds Of a
snsI evergreen tree, cultivated almost ex-
c,vs.se!y on the Island Of Amboyna, one of
the Spi IsIands. NutmsgS Are the seed
0. a tree thirty feet high, now grown prin
cipaily on the Island of Banda Mace is
the outer covering of the nutmeg Vanil-
Il is the prodsct Of the vanilla plant, cul-
tivatsd in Mexico, Central America and
Brazil.
HERR is a statement of what may be
found in a place called Hays City-a
.scity'' SIS miles west of St. Louis, found
ed on spot where buf;,loes, antelopes
and beavers we're unaispuisd land owners
up to midsummer If this year Ii has al
ready four hundred people, railroad, a
depot, three railroad machine shops under
way, two hotels, = fine theatre building,
stores and dwelling Aouses in profusion,
two express lines, two overland mail and
stage lines, snd, of coarse, a brisk little
newspaper, with probably the largest num-
ber Of ''busiuas. Advertisements ever col
lected IN = town whIcb, thrss months be-
fore, was Wilderness, with no settlemeu
within City miles.
Oh the borders Of California and Ore
gon arG series Of GsrShsS or sAksA OF
warm water, extending nsrth aud south
about forty miles, aud IN come places about
fifteen miles wide There are miles OF
uninterrupted water and lien other miles
Of marsh, a strong northsrly eSrrcnt sets
through than, which, it is thought, Is
caused by subterransan rivsr. and some
are of the opinion that the waters that
disappear in Nevada rs-ppear thsrs.
TrE cleanest village in the world i.
Brock, in Holland, which no L0rSe or car
riaae has aver been permitted to enter, aud
whers everything Is kept with the nosl
scTupulOus stness. Betots entering Hlany
tf 'h. houses yOu are required 20 remove
your shoes. Ii is said that cvsn the En-
peror Of Russia was compelled to comply
H.!h this custom.
A TALLoW TRSS grows ia Attakapss,
Louisiana, and on The bsyes ot ~. Mary,
from which Olgh berries may be gath
cred IN a day to make eight pounds ct 81
pcrior t4l0w. These berries grow on the
wax mYt!~, but it should be sailed Ihs
tal,ow myrtle OF taiOw trss, EIncs it pro-
duces nJt wax but taiI0W,
Is the town Of Coburg, n. Y, AZ in
fant WAS born which wsi.hsd only one
p5rnI. The child IL now in her thirc
month ard has gsined pound Gnd ha.f
An ordinary sized mans inGer-rinI vii
easily pass oTer her N to the elbow, auC
hsy shoes are just Two Incues iOHs
TnERE il a bird in Eumilia called the
"Demoissile /. initiates tie gestures,
manner and walk Of woman. Il war
called by Aristotle ILs ''Actor OF Come
dian and by Pllny tue parasite OF
Dancer. 4"
CorToN SOCKS next the skin and Hoolen
Cncs outside of them, are Represented III
cure to prevent cold feet. At night the
cotton socks will be quite dry and the out
side ones damp.
THsBE is cataract in the interior 81
Labrador half as high again as NisE.ra