The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-01-20
USEFUL AED EGRxosts-

The famous Silver Islet mine on ,I,.-,,
shore of Lake Superior continues ~ horln In
productive as ever. 1t has been worried - 90
over a year, and has yielded over r9iiI;,"
oi doiiars- The company are able 70 tn9,u
out 100000 worth OF ore 4 nortb
cost of only IS COO - !
Ohio has found new supplv If r.,
natural gas. Wells have been s,,rI n
gainesville and other places. which f,r.:,6 a.
a constant supply il quantities Euficier. -.
hight and heat whole town, and ob.afTsrIoo
at very slight cost.
a firm near Union Square, New Y,rt
ceived $3.50 for the use Of. their three 80
story windows by party who wished 70 %.
the reception Of the Grand Duke. $40
1t is said that men and boys irv,.;.,,
run the heels of their boots aud Shoe, 10y 10y
outwardly, while wemen and girls IL
run theirs over iuward!y.
Every one has heard the word carat -,
in reference to the purity Of gold. bpt -.
every one knows just what is meant b,- ~
IF gold is tweuty-four carats fiae-asf If rere.
Is In use-it is pure. If it is twertv.fvo
earats fine it has two parts Of ALLOW +, w.
| ty-two Of gold-aud SO on. Gold that bse
/ but slight alloy is too soft 10 wear vsU
/ and eighteen carat gold is as pure as is ds.i,'
/ able to have it for watches, rings. and spcb
/ use.
/ In the interior Of Sweden, families IN n7,r-,
/ cases bake bread but twice q wear 7. :
/ made into large round cakes about y f,rf
/ and half in diameter and an inch and .
/ half iB thickness. These are strung on fisv
/ of sticks suspended from the esiinss of ~,
/ cottages, and are often 50 hard that tbev
must be broken with hammer.
It is cited as an instance showiDo the r,,
L. til
/ ihat the Dutch government In 1853 E-5frs3
of the Harlem Lake, on which there had
/ been many shipwrecks and naval battles
and where thousands had found watery
/ graves. The canals and trenches duo IN =
considerable depth through the rescued land
must have had an aggregate Of thousands Of
1 miles, and yet not q single human bone was
! cZhumed from FIRST to last. Some weapons
and few coins, and one or two wrecked
vessels, alone rewarded the antiquar'es Who
watched the operations with the hope Of
rich harvest
In such lsrge i'm as the Fifth kveDus
/ Hotel no food is allowed to 20 20 waste.
That left on the plates is taken 10 the .sss-
sorting room" The untouched roftions are
sent into the kitchen to be warmed over for
the servants table. The remnants are col.
lected aud sold to dealer who arrances
them and sells them to poor people. who
come into his shop to buy ten or fifteen
cents worth at time. The yery dish
water" is collected into vat, and tie oil
on the top is skinned OF and saved.
When Germany Inakes.war On Russia she
will not run her locomotives and railway
supply trains up to the gates of ST. Peters
burg as she did up to the lines around Paris.
In tbs extensive system Of railways that he
IS now building, the Car uses . different
gua9e from any adjoining country.
The Fassar College girls are supplied with
their favorite griddie cakes from a griddle
/ eight feet by ten, on which FIVE hundred can
be cooked at once.
The old BabyioEians were not troHblod
With the quarreis Of aiIopaths and homeo-
paths, having had 30 physicians Of any sort.
Vixen any one was taken sick he vas carried
50 the Forum and those who passed by were
asked If they knew what the disease was; Il
they knew one who ever had it, aud if so, if
they knew how he was cured.
Fish are better as well as healthier food
if they are killed as soon as they are taken
from the water, instead of being left to die a
natuTal-or Gnnatural-death. That is the
way the Hollanders do, and no people SCI
finer fish before trayslleTs than they do
AdDaHce.