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The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-07-26

Miss Thatcher saw it too "Yes,
| know" she said softly. Il wrote
it there. | could not help it. Twas
the tribute ofny sympathy"
He turned to her very earnestly.
Something in the tremulous sensitive
hess Of her face smote his heart pain
fully. Tears started to ois eyes. He
folded bis strong arm around her
with sense of Infinite tenderness.
"Let me tell you," she said olsen
gaging herself from bis embraces,
"what strange thing / found, or
thought | found, in diary. First of
ell, you know, | was drawn singular
ly into rapport with the writer by
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-07-26

away when you was a-readin' out.
Catch me! Says e: Sir, you must
bring written order So be went
up the hill to the old deacon's-that
wus yesterday He'll be here fur
certain to-day. But you've got the
manuscript, miss, to look at once agin,
anyhow. Catch me a-givin' ont up
till / had ter"
4 Tim, you are very good, kind
fellow" said Miss Thatcher.
She took the manuscript, and it
was then that. before she read word,
she wrote in fne pencil mark upon
the margin of one of the sallow pages
"a page she turned over leaf after
leaf especially to fnd:
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PRICE AND STYLE OF BINDING.

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until completion will be issued once Intwo nonths
s..Specimen pages Of the American = cyciops-
dis showing type. Illustrations, etc., viii be sent
gratis on application.
First class cauyassing agents wanted
Address J. IL WILLIAMSON,
Agent, No. 1917 SixthSt., Pittsburgh, Pa.
dec2
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LARUE ". BIC Ks
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-11-17
ONLY REMEDY
HARD TIMES
CHANGE YOUR SURROUNDINGS.

Whilst visiting the Centennial Exposition
NlneIand can he visited at snail expense.
paper containing full information will he
sent free Ot cost ON application to CHARLES
X. lands, NINELAND. n. j.
thc following Is an extract from descrip-
tion OF Nincland. written by the we'll known
agricHltHrist, Scion Robinson, and published
in the New York Tribune:
All the farmers were OF the ''welI to do sort
ana some OF them. who have turned their attention
70 iruits and market gardening. have grown rich
The soil is loan. varying from sandy to clayey
anu sur ace gently uuduating. iutcTsected with
small streams ana occasional wet meadows. in
which deposits ot peat or muck are stored. su iii
ctent 70 tertiltze the who,e upland surface after
IL has been exhausted of its natural fertility
IL IS certainly one 0f the most eafensice tracts in
or almost ieCef position. and suitable condition
g0r pleasant forming, that IRE knoW Of this side Of
fae y eStcfH PrGirieS. We found SOac Of the old
est Farms apparently just as proffaLIy productive
as tchen cleared of forest nifty or hundred years
age.
The eeologist would soon discover the cause of
this continued fertility. The whole country is n
marine deposit. and all through the soil we found
evidences OF calcareous substances, generally in
the form OF indurated calcareous mari. shovyi
many distinct forms of ancient shells Of the ter
ttary formation and this nearIy Substance is scat
tered az through the SoH, ia reTy comHlin uted
form and in the erGcf condition most cGSiiy assfgn-
Hdted 6y such plants the drmer desires TO Guilt
rf'f. (S-25.-1y.1
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n-siGhk of Uiaker Rnlmed.

Therc are MANY natural facts and
phenomena presented to our almost
duly observation, OF a very interesting
character, which very few persons,
even among the intelligent, ever study
and contemplate How many per-
sons, for instance, could give anything
like an approximate guess at the
weight of the water discharged from
;he clouds in the storm that visited
our city OH Sunday evening
Let us calculate. Suppose that the
rain cloud extended over ali area of
country ten miles square, which is u
veIy low estimate. Now it was ascer-
tanned by young lady of this city
that rain fell at this point to the depth
OF II inches by actual measurement.
That is to say, if the surface of the
earth hal been perfectly plain and
horizontal and impcrmeable to water
the whole surface would have been
covered after the rain by sheet of
water inches deep.
There are IA square inches in Il
square foot and therefore every square
foot of surface received II times l4l
or $50 cubic inches of water.
One square mile confirms 100000
square yar,is or 21,STS, 400 square
feet Multiply this by 80 and you
have a grand product of 5,0lS, ll2, 600
cable inches Of water to the square
mile In 100 square miles, or an area
Of ten miles square, the territory as
suned rs a basis, YOU have 50l, ,Sll,-
10000.
Tweuty~nine cubic inches of water
weigh one pound. Dividing the above
number by % yOu ascertain that the
whole quantity of water discharged
was II, ,303, ,S34, 400 pounds or S,65I, ,917
tons. emitting small fractions in the
calculation.
Suppose the Philadelphia & Read
ing railroad company were to run one
hundred freight trains daily, each
train composed OF one hundred cars
and each ear carrying five tons, it
would keep the company continually
employed for one hundred and seventy
three days to ship the water from ore
point to another, and vet, before the
rain set in. this enormous weight of
water was floating above orr heads III
the air, supported only by-what !?
Let the high school graduates answer.
Observer
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-11-17

BRAVE ACT.-Thc Boston Trapeger
says that few days since, as an excursion
train of eighteen heavily laden cars on the
Vermont division of the Portland and Og-
densburg railroad had commenced the de-
scent of heavy grade between the ST.
Johnsbury and the Connecticut river. the
engineer suddenly deserted three cattle
upon the track just in advance of him. To
drive or frighteu them from the track, or
to seasonably stop the train, was impossible
Instantly he decided upon his course. He
sent his fireman to disconnect his engine
and tender from the train, whstled ''down
brakes" and with full steam on, plunged
forward alone, and with the impetus thus
gained threw the cattle from the track
lie then quietly allowed the train to over
take him again, connected it, aud continued
on, his passengers knowing nothing of the
danger they had escaped by lis quick wit
and fidelity to duty.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-11-17


WHY We Use THE RIGHT HAND
The habit of using the right hand in
preference to the left, among those
people whose monuments date from
the remotest antiquity, appears to be
universal fact, and this is accounted
for by the anatomical mechanism of
the human body. 1t is known that
the right lung, liver, lobe and limbs
exceed in size those of the left side.
involving, of course, q greater amount
OF tissue structure and n larger supply
of nerves md blood vessels for their
nutrition. a person walking in a
dense fog figures with his feet the seq
ment of 4 circle, ard if he is right
handed he takes direction to the left,
because the right leg naturally takes a
longer stride. The left side of the
brain is larger than the right, and as
1t appears that the power of verbal ar
tIcuiatlon IN the right handed is con-
fined to a certain cOEvolution on the
left slle, the conclusion is arrived at
that in speaking and thinking, the left
size of the brain is used. this being
the result of dextral education. The
opinion has also been expressed bv
some medical writer's that amnesia and
aphdsia in right handed men indicate
disease of the left brain, and that
hammer palsy and writer's cramp show
the results of excessive working o. the
left brain.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-11-17
PHYSICIANS RECOMMEND IT..

DIR. Isaac III. Herhein, Strausstown, Berks
county, Pa, says: ] have made use OF DR..
Swaync's Compound Syrup of Wild Cherry for
my years, and il always proves efectuaI in
curing iong standing coughs ana all pul Onar ry
affections. believe il to be the very best rem
edY of the kind in the market.
DR., Thos. J. b. Rhodes BovertOwn, BcrkS
county, Pa. writes: Your Com pound Syrup of
Wild Cherry I esteem very highly: have been
selling and recommending 1T to my patients for
many years, and il always proves cfTi,aciOus IN
obstinate coughs. bronchial and asthmatic af-
tCCtions 1t has made some remarkable cures
in TINS section. and consider il the best REM
edy with which am acquainted.
50 Describe symptoms in al cOmmuuicl-
tuns, and address letters to DIR. SWANNE &
SON, $50 \. sixth street, Philadelphia. No
charge VIII h" ma 70 for advice.
Sold 10y Druggists and dealers in medicines
generally.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-11-17

REMEDY FOR SCARLET FEyER-As
a simple remedy for that dreaded dis
ease, scarlet fever, we publish the fol-
loving, which, says the San Francisco
Chronicle, has Invariably proved sue
cessful: 1t is very simple, and lies
within the reach of those whose limited
means preclude them from employing
the services of physician 1t is this:
Take an onion and cut it i'm halves, cut
out portion of the centre, and into
the cavity put n spoonful of saffron :;
puc the pieces together, then wrap in
Il cloth and bake it i'll an oven until
the onion is cooked so that the Juice
will run freely, and then squeeze out
all the juice and give the patient q
teaspOOniul, at the same time rubbing
the chest and throat with goose grease
or rancid bacon, if there is any cough
or soreness in the throat In n short
time the fever will break out in an
eruption all over the body. All that
is necessary is 90 keep the patient
warm and protected from draught.
and recovery is certain. Mr.. Christie
says he has been employing this rem
ely Tor many years, and never knew
1t to tul when proper care was taken
OF the patient after its application
One family, in which there were five
children down with the disease at one
time, recently used the simple remedy
upon his telling them of it, and every
one of the little ones recovered in 4
short time
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HIGHEST MoNTMrN-

-, T. " hNl II TUF Il.
The new cast-iron spir.of. - VI @
dral at Roucn has just been c1. '',s "a ,
The Semaine Ret,yjeuss 81 S,I' /. D, p,
cese publ shes the folIowipg '-a' LAY,
lars relative to the coinpara,;5. -7
OF the principal munumer., '5
globe, as contrasted with = "
work. None of the str,c.r,', ~,
by the hand of man ha. y NJ p
magnificent or so loftv p na5-., =. {
the Christian Cross. The 5 ly'
Peters, at Rome, the MARI I'l, g.
ern art, thrown up 10 the sl.;.., u. 2
genius of Bramante and Nj
gelo, has raised the emil
feet above the ground Sir u
highest Cathedral in an Fr,,.,
es, with its celebrated cloc!. ~ =
feet; Amiens, 439 feet: Cl.r..
feet; Notre Dame, a, Pmis
222 feet. The Paris Pant
sidered one Of the holj..l
does not exceed 3OS feet tla
cluded. On another side f.-.
pyramid, that of Chcons mo-.
feet, according to some trsr.
feet according to Others ami 81.
ter calculation is the ors
adopted-a height which 10
human construction has I.r.
cceded- The pyramid of r-
his 436 feet, that Of Mgcg.-
feet. Among mDIe m .l.-,
the dome of st. Paul's Ial
$50 feet; that of Milan a--
Hotel dc Vile, OF Bruss.,
the Square tower OF An,ir-r
35l feet the dome Of tn. E-
Paris, 344 feet; st. Sop,
stantinople, only rises 80 Igrt..
leaning tower Of Pisa 20 I>-s..
Arc de Trionphe. Paris. ,,lg
the Pantheon Of Aarippa 60 IN
the Observatory of Parr, go v
The dome Of the Capital a, V,.
ton, including its statue r-,-as
feet in height, Trinity Clr-l
being 2S4 feet. From these
which are given in round rrrs
will be seen that the Snie oil
which has a height of 492 f-.
most elevated monument iat.
The old one. commenced An 81
the plans of Robert Buclie
ed by the fire of September Is
and which was justly oun-i'e
of the boldest and most f-rFt
in existence, hal height If
it was therefore - feet lr,,
present spire.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-11-17

\ DRUNKEN FARN-0fra NJ
ten, while passing through tla--
have we passed farms whose ii
we could read at a glance. Tied
ward fence had disaVpearcl-i--
i'm the 'shiftleSsn ess born ofjrfk
house was unpainted and j-H
broken paHes Of glass ~se ~
with rags or old hats: tle l-
stood in a totteTing attitude. lt|
swung in a creaking condition l
hinges the steps were ms'a.1
the owner :cverytAiug WIS ID. p 4
decayed, untidy. cherries A i
look showed that is owner .-
much at one shop-the Tuu 1
The spirit of thrift had been B
the spirit Of the still Ers5
repairs, Improvements. goa-c=
beauty are sacrificed Tor -.eh-I
throat. Outside matters 7e5
same. Tie barn-vauiS Erciclas
the doors were oif, tile Tgs
lcaky, the gates down. the cal.> d
the tools broken. .he fodder
and the stock poor and Th-
Neglect, cruelty. wastetulre'>
all had come from drink lt
showed the trail of the same
The struggling and tumleI
walls, the rickety fences, llt
grown fields. the sparse and -.
ed crops, the dying orchard
to the passer by, Nv h>ay .
Drink had given the nla>tes o.
gage instead of a coating o. '5
sloth. instead OF labor: u..-.
place OF care. and d5moraH
lieu of system. The farm 7'
bliglted, and advertised .ls
as plainly As is owner d'i A
came reeling home from is
One of the most impressive ia
for young farmers especially
look at 4 drunken farm.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-11-17

FLOATING GARDENs.-,n the beau
tiful valley OF Cashmere, among the
Himalayan Mountains, lies lovely
lake called Dal Floating about on
its snrfaee, sometimes carried by the
winds from one end Of the lake TO the
other, are numerous small islands. on
which grow the fairest cucumb bers and
the mo lUscious'mclons known. The
way in which these floating gardens
are made are very curious. All about
the main shores of the lake grow quan-
titles Of reeds. sedges, and water-lilies.
When these grow very thickly togesh-
er people cnt them from the roots
which holds them near the shore.
The leaves OF the plants are then
spread out over the stems, making n
sort of trestle work to support the soil
with which it is next to Jr covered.
Aftcr This has been done, the seeds are
and the floating garden is
eft to care for itself until the fruits /
re ready for picking st. Nicholas. |
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-11-17
4 SIMPLE REMEnE ElE NN-

4 SIMPLE REMEDY EoH oA'.-.
Ed. Hine a correspond" +
Liverpool Mercury in q com q.
tion TO that paper speaks .
Il am willing to risk my -'.
as a public man if The Uo'>. .. +
small pox cannot be eiioe,a-.:. +
in three days, simply 10y e''--
tar. This is the sure hs'' "a
remedy: Ore ounce OF cream l... =.
dissolved in a pint Of b'i.,.-
to be drank, when cold, a; '-
walls. 1t can 6c taken q.
and is a preventive As well 7,
tive. 1t Is known to have
hundred thousand cases " ~.
ure. Ihave myself restored y, ~.
bv this means. it never /"
mark, never causes bllnIheS,
ways prevents tedious llngs
the people would only L,
port all the cures to Hoi. ".
require many columns j
them publicity.
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n FASHIONABLE WOMAN'S PRAYER
Strengthen my husband and may his faith
and his money hold out to the last
Draw the lambs wool Of unsuspicious
twilight over his eyes, that my flirtations
may look TO him like Victories and that my
bills may strengthen his pride in me.
Bless, Fortune. my crimps rats ard
frizZles, and let thy glory shine on my paint
and powder.
Enable the poor TO shift for themselves and
save me from ali missionary beggars.
Shed the light of thy countenance on my
camel s-hair shawl, my lavender silk, my
point lace, and my necklace of dmomds. aud
keep the meth out of my sable [ beseech
thee, o Fortune
When I walk out before the gaze of vulgar
men, regulate my wiggle and add new grace
TO my gait.
[ may do it with ravishing elegance, and
preserve unto the last the lily-white of my
flesh and the taper of my fingers.
Destroy mine enemies with the gall Of
jealousy, and eat up with the teeth of envy
all those who gaze upon my style.
Save me from wrinkles and foster nv
plumpuess.
Fill both my eyes, O Fortune, with the
plaintive poison of iniati0n that may Law
out my victims-the men--as numb as i'm
ages craven.
Let the lilly and the rose strive together
in my cheek, and may my neck swim like a
goose on the bosom of crystal water.
Enable me, O Fortune, to wear shoes
little smaller, and save me from all corns
and bunions
Bless Fanny, my lapdog, and rain down
hailstones of destruction upon those who
shall hurt n hair of Hector, my kitten
Smile, % Fortune, most sweetly upon
DICK, my canary, and watch over with the
fondness of a ghost my two Iily-white mice
with red eyes.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-11-17

woMEx's WAYS FOR MEMS BENEFIT
a little woman's wisdom would help the
other sex greatly if such wisdom could only
be impaired tn the stubborn men, The
phrase ''superfuous women" has created
great Indignation among the persons thus
libelled Aud it is no wonder. for If the
truth is fairly stated, il will be found that
there are more ''superfiuities'' among men
than women, when dull times the rule,
aud labor or employment is hard to obtain.
Men congregate in the streets, at corners,
or in pubic-houses, or, at the best, have TO
lounge at their business places andto come
down TO a colloquial phrase made famous
by the lamented and lamentiug, though san
guine Mr.. Micaw ber-wait for Something
to turn up" But things oftener turn dorm
than up to those who fancy they can wait,
while the ceaSelcSS revolution goes on all
round them.
Meanwhile, what are the ''superfiuous
women" doing? They are eking ont the
half-loaf TO make it serve, on the principle
that half-loaf is better than no bread
They are taxing their capacity for frugality
to the utmost, and converting discarded bits
into useful ends; utilizing shreds, and pec-
ing patches into whole cloth. The conServa-
tive industry of women, when their husba nds
and brothers are in limited employment
without occupation, is something 10 be
admired. This native prudence-a thing
OF intniiion-is one of the characteristics
which happily distinguish the weaker sex
from the stronger" and tempts one to say
that the application of the terms should lie
reversed. For proof of the better ''man-
aging" power of women, we need only -efer
TO the contrast between eases of families of
half orphans. when the father or the mother
is removed by death. The widower often
gives mp the contest with adversity at the
beginning. In what the ''somehow con-
sistS, it might take many words to describe.
But ''anyhOw," " it does exist as everybody
knows, and as men prominent in every
walk of life conlc testify, simply by relating
their own experience.
This capacity OF women for getting on
der difficulties made public, rather tnan
developed by widowhoOd really exists, and
is in exercise all the Time. Business diff
cuitieS, or imprOvioeuce, sickness, or bad
habits i'll husbands, cause many wives to be
in worse condition than widows. They
have all the difficulties of widow hood, with
the encumbrance of "superfiuous' man
sdperadded, and, being wives with living
husbands, have not the advantages of sym
pathy which help the widow. The purpose
of this article is not 10 make useless com
plants of things as they are, hut to set,
here and there, a ''superfiuous' man to
thinking.
1t times change, men must change with
them or in other words if circumstances
alter, they must adapt themselves to cir
cumstances. If a pound cannot be earned,
earn half, or even Il quarter. and above all,
spend nothing for supertiuities above your
earnings. Adopt woInan's prudence and
practice her diligence, and the problem of
meeting hard times is more than half solved.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-11-17

A Coon FEED FOR Hgi'S5
vorite and rather a ne" N..
for horses is coming into y,
ed of two quarts OF oats O' n
and half pint OF faNSee.Ll IN. 4
are first placed in the ~. -.
over which is placed 'lle a '.. -
boiling water, then the pm .,,
the mixture with an Oh 80 So
lowing it to thus rest i'l 1b
then stir the mass well p r,e0
absorbs. while retaining ~. ~
the linseed binds he ''.S .S,.,b
together. A greater qu'~--
seed would make she P'y,.-, fs
oily and less relishod. " - f..
day is sufficient; 1t IS e',S' 5 ,at
and is especially adaP',' ,.',ge
animals. adding to theIt ~
er than to their hel5A.-
stance to the frame.
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A REMARKABLE CURE.

ABRAHAM HUNSICKER, two miles from Skip
packVIiie, Montgomery county, Pa, contracted
a serious cold. which Scttled upon his lungs,
with n violent cough, pains in side and breast,
and short breath. The symptoms became very
alarming; an uhsCeSs formed in the lungs and
made its way through the side, ana discharged
large quantities of pUS externally, So that his
phy sician thought that the power or functions
OF one OF his lungs was totally destroyed, and
therefore supposed the case entirely hopeless
This mOurntul state of things continued for a
long time, untit he was wasted aDd worn to i
skeleton. He was advised TO make of
Swaync'S Compound syrup of Wild Cherry, and
through its use was restored to health.
In every section Of the country there are per-
sons who have been cured OF consumption, i'm
its several stages, by the use of DIR. Swaynr'S
Medicine. Many have been restored TO health
after being confined to their beds, rCduced to
mere skeletons, and troubled with cough. mig t
sweatS- hectic fever, and all other indications
of an advanced stage OF disease. 1t is true that
in all cases where cures are affected the patien;
must have some lungs remaining, but thous
Onds of
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1876-11-17
JOHN D. THOMAS,
Boot and Shoe Maker.

'IHE undersigned respectfully informs his
y numerous customers aud the public gener-
any Inat ne is preparedto manufacture BOOTS
ana SHOES OF any desired size or attaIity from
the finest Freuch caif-skin boots To the coarsest
orogans, IN the VERY BEST MANNER, on the
shortest notice, and at as moderate prices as
like work can be obtained anywhere.
Those who have worn Boots and Shoes made
at my establishment need no assurance as 70
the superior quality Of my work. Others can
easily be convinced of the fact IL they will only
give me "A trial. Try and be convinced.
@ Repairing of Boots and Shoes attended
to promptly and in a work kmantil<e manner.
Thankful Tor past favors | feel confident
that my work aud prices will commend me to Il
continuance and increasc OF the same.
JOHN ID. thomas.