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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-05-04


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WASHINGTON. ID. G.
Any person desiriny in formation as to the stand
ing and responsibility OF the members of the firm
will. on request. be furnished with satiSiac; Ory
reference in his vicinity or Congressional district
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-02
Clocks, Jewelry, Etc.

In this thriving era of the world when
things are done promptly, II at all, correct
and accurate time is of the greatest impor-
lance. Seeing the great necessity and want
of Public Clocks in San Francisco 1t be-
hooves each individual to secure for himself a
reliable time-keeper in the shape of a Watch
or Clock. This brings us to the point to
mention that Messrs. T. & ID. Lundy, at their
new stores, Nos. and Tn ird street, corner
of Market, Nucleus Building, San Francisco,
are in better position to fill orders than any
similar house in the trade, having the largest
and best selected stock of Black walnut,
Bronze and Marble Clocks in America. In
Jewelry they deal almost exclusively in
California manufacture, than which, for
style and finish, there is none more justly
celebrated. Their Watches are mostly Of
American make. Their manufacturing and
repairing departments are presided over by
the most skillful workmen. They are also
interested and connected, in the Eastern
States in the manufacture of Mirrors in Gilt
and Walnut Frames, which gives them the
advantage of handling these goods direct
from manufacturers. we also nOtlccu the
largest stock of albums, bibles, pictures, win
dow cornices, brackets, silver and silver
plated ware ever exhibited on this coast by
one establishment All the goods are marked
in plain figures, and the two gentlemen being
active and energetic business men, fully I'M
derstanding how to keep pace with the times
have adopted for their business motto "small
profits and quick returns" and by so doing
have already satisfactorily experienced it in
the multiplication of their sales during the
past two years, to the mutual benefit of them
selves and their customers. To meet the re-
quirements of the times this firm has intro
duced the system of selling goods on install
ments payable one quarter on delivery, and
the remainder in ten equal weekly or three
monthly payments; in selling by this method
they add ten per cent. to their cash prices,
with the option on the part of the purchaser
having his ten per cent. deducted If paid in
thirty days from date of sale. Thus it will
be seen that no fairer business convenience
could be conceded to customers who patron
ize the establishment of Messrs. r. ~ ID.
Lundy.-iS. +. Commercial.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-02
A Florida Tornado.

Autumn is the dread season of hurri-
canes in Florida, and at its approach the
inhabitants quake with apprehension.
Tearing through the West Indies they
often strike the coast with deadly effect.
With scarcely note of warning, houses
are Overthrown, sail-boats blown from
the water, and orange groves swept bare
of leaves and fruit. The day may be
bright and beautiful, and all nature re-
joice in the sunshine. Almost imper-
ceptibly the wind may die away. Cries
of terms and water birds fall upon the ear
with painful distinctness. The mud hens
of the marshes pipe an alarm. Not a
blade of salt grass moves. The blue sky
grows hazy, and the eastern horizon is
milky white. Fitful gusts begin to rip
pie the water and handle the green leaves.
A low moan comes from the ocean.
Smoky clouds roll into the sky from the
southeast, and strong wind whitens the
ruffled water. Every minute it increases
in fury. An ominous yellow light tinges
the atmosphere. The sun is gone. and
great drops of rain are hurled to the
ground. Within fifteen minutes there is
a gale, and soon the full force of the hur-
ricane is felt. Birds, large and small, are
swept through the air utterly powerless.
All living things disappear. Tall pines
are twisted asunder. The 1.-THE limbs of
willows and oleanders snap like cow
whips. Lofty palmettoes bend their
heads to the ground, their great fans
turn inside out like the ribs of an UNI
brella. The force of the wind keeps the
trees down until every green fan pops
like pistolshot. Orange groves are
ripped into shoe strings. The leaves of
the scraggy scrub on the beach are wiped
out, and their stems whipped into little
brushes. The tough saw palmetto is
blown as flat as northern wheattield,
and the dead grass of the savannas dashed
into fine dust. Boards in the surf are
struck by the wind and sent spinning
hundreds of feet into the air. The
sand dunes are caught up bodily and sift-
ed through the tops of pine trees miles
away. The foam of the sea is blown be-
meath the houses on the mainland, and
comes up between the cracks of the floor
like steam. Sail-boats are torn from their
moorings and destroyed or stranded.
These hurricanes last from seven to eight
hours, even longer. During the lulls
rain falls in torrents. The tide rises to a
great height, carrying away wharves and
lighthouses, and flooding the low country
for miles. Gardens are destroyed, fences
swept away, and the tormented Floridian
has three months work and no pay to
repair damages.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-02
Relationship of Brain and Stomach

by that wondrous elastic link, the sympa-
thetic nerve, which communicates the alb
normal sensations Of the organ OF digestion
to that Of thought. Now, If digestion is dis
ordered, the brain, being the great focal
point of the nervous system, all the nerves
are in some degree affected. The main
cause Of nervous trouble Is impaired diges-
ton, and that Is usually produced by weak
ness of the stomach. Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters rcctifies this, and overcomes nervous
debility by infusing increased energy into
the operation of the organs OF nutrition.
Through the agency of this benetcent tonic,
not only are the nerves vitalized, but the en-
tire organism acquires vigor and regularity.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-02
Dressed Bed Feathers.

We had no idea that this branch of in
dustry had attained such large proportions
until We paid visit to the establishment of
Mr.. Owen McCabe, No 92l Market street,
opposite Mason street, San Francisco. Mr.
McCabe occupies the whole of the store and
basement for his business purposes, having
another mandatory in some other part of
the city He is the pioneer feather dresser
years in the business, and like most of our
energetic men who attend strictly to bust
ness themselves, even in these hard times,
finds nothing to complain OF in the amount
of business he is doing Mr.. McCabe carries
stock of over $4,000 worth of Dressed
Feathers and Downs Of every variety; white
and grey goose, duck, poultry, downs of all
sorts, etc. His specially is White and Grey
Live Geese Feathers, and the manufa cture of
Pillows, importing German Linen and Tick
ings. All feathers he sells he warrants to
be well dressed with his patent steam reno
vator; he also makes a specially Of Reno
waiting Old Feathers. The feathers are of all
prices, from IS cents pound for poultry
feathers to % 90 a pound for downs. Mr..
McCabe gives constant employment to white
men, and we can only wish continued sue
cess to one of the introducers Of a new in
dustry on our coast and wish we had many
more enlightened citizens like him.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-02

THE EMPTINESS OF Wealth
is not a good thing in itself; it is only a
means to some good end, and like all
good things may be perverted so as to
prove direct curse to you and your fam
lily. Many man in the outcome of life
has reason to regret that he ever possessed
wealth. Material prosperity has proved,
in his household, moral ruin. The riches
so generously given are moth-eaten. The
man has proven delinquent in the duty
pertaining to his high trust. Wealth is
not safe possession without high NOR
al aim, and the use of that wealth to pro-
mote that aim.-ZiOn's Herald.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-02

FORTY MILLION HENs.-According to
statistics given by one of the French pa
pers, France supports at the present time
no fewer than 10000, 900 hens, represent
ing at an estimated average value of
francs and so confines each, 100, O0O, 900
francs. These 4O,OOO,O 900 hens give birth
annually to 1OO, OOO, 900 chickens, of which
it 10 found expedient to put aside 10000,
900 each year for productive purposes.
Accidents aud disease again reduce the
number of chickens destined for con-
umption to $4,000, 900, which, putting
their average value at franc 80 CEN
times apiece, may be estimated rs
worth 12O,O00,OOO francs. To these
figures must be added the further value
due to cspons and fat pullets, which may
be stated a. 6,0O0, 900 francs.-Pau MAI
Gazette.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-02
Notice to Subscribers,

I. l. CRAGIN CO., ils South Fourth Street,
Philadelphia hereoy to send to each Of the Sub
seribers or readers OF this paper, tree sample Of
DOBBINS' ELECTRIC SOAP. provided they receive
the address and fifteen cents. which exactly pays
the postage on the Soap. This Soap pronounced
by the Centennial judges to be the only pure Family
Soap made In America Az II has been extensively
advertised for years our readers have undoubtedly
heard Of the Soap This very liberal Offer OF Its
ufActurers enables oil to test s quality for themselves
very cheapy. Send your address and fifteen cents
for postage direct to
L. l.. CRA0IN 4 CO.,
1lO =. Fourth street. Philadelphia.
NEWTON BROS. 4 CO, Us California Street, San
Francisco. Sole Agents for Pacific Coast
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-02
Use the Whole Farm.

Farming must be conducted on bust
ness principles or it cannot be successful.
The first endeavor of a shrewd business
man is to keep all his capital profitably
employed. He is not satisfied to make
large profits on part while the greater
portion is lying idle, nor will he allow
lack Of care or capital to rob him of
profits which he might otherwise have
made. Too many farmers, on the con-
trary, think they are doing we'll when
they make large profits on one or two
crops, or fields, though other parts of
their farm may not be paying anything.
Often on the cultivated parts of farm
the results are satisfactory enough,
if it were not that these were
so small as not to pay necessary
expenses of conducting it. The farmer
finds himself as badly off as the merchant
who made disastrous failure while sell
ling all his goods at one hundred per cent.
profit. The explanation is, that the mer-
chant kept peanut stand and his receipts
were only fifty cents per day. The twenty
five cents clear profit did not pay the
mans board and lodging, and he was
bankrupted by personal expenses.
Looking at the subject from this point
of view, we have innumerabe agricul-
tural and other journals urging farmers
to reduce their expenses-tO economize
to the utmost extent in their homes, in
travel, and on the farm itself. They
seem to forget that farmers are already
far more economical than any other class,
and, without any prompting, have denied
themselves luxuries, and even comforts,
deemed almost indispensable by the resi-
dents of the city. The great majority Of
farmers, knowing that they cannot econo-
mize in their homes and personal expen-
ses more than they do, accept this advice
as recommending the hiring of less Ia
bor-planting and sowing fewer acres,
scanty manuring and imperfect cultiva-
ton. In the meantime, family and per-
sonal expenses remain as before, because
they have already been reduced to the
lowest limit. 1t is easy to foresee that
such policy can only result in smaller
profits and greater pecuniary embarrass-
ment.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-02

LINE AND CROPs.-Tbe bulk of fertil-
ity consists of three earths, to wit: silica,
alumina and lime. Unmixed with clay,
sand or other organic substances, lime
consists of the oxide of the metallic ele-
ment calcium, and as it enters into the
composition Of all parts, it necessarily
occupies large place in natures labor
atOry. Chemists tell us that it has au af-
finity to water and carbolic acid; when
applied to the land it absorbs water,
forming hydrate of lime; this hydrate
then sbsorbs carbolic acid, so that lime,
although in caustic state, really exists,
shortly after it's application, in the form
of carbonate, along with little sulphate,
rs previously mentioned. Lime has for a
long time been used as fertilizer; when
land previously unworked is brought into
cultivation, or when worn-out pasture
land is broken up, lime is generally ap-
piled. It affects chiefly the vegetable
matter contained in the soil, promoting
its decomposition, and thus rendering It
available as plant food.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-02

DY getting your PHOTOGRAPHS at HOwLAND's
DNEw GALLERY, No. - Third street. San FIR an
cisco. firstclass Photographs for half the price
charged at other galleries. Lfesize Portrsits In oil
or water colors, only TEN DOLLARS. Old Pictures
Enlarged to any size and beautifully colored. Best
Enameled Cabinets and Cards VERY CHEAP. at
HOwLANDs NEW GALLERY. tH-Plesse call and
work and get prices before visiting else
where, and be sure and remember the number: Is
Third street, corner Of Jessic.
b. ROWLAND. Artist,
SAN Francisco. CAL.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-02

The Japan variegated Honeysuckle is
q superb acquisition to our climbing
plants, and its real beauty does not seem
to be fully appreciated. 1t is perfectly
hardy, grows freely in almost any soil,
and is we'll adapted to both indoor aud
outdoor decoration. Not only is its foil
age beautifully and richly reticulated
with golden veins, which does not run
into green, but its flowers are highly fra
grant. For wall or trellis, or for run
ming up the stems of trees it has scarcely
an equal, and for large rustic vases or
baskets, it is most beautiful plant. An
English writer, in noticing it in the gar
den, says that this honeysuckle, when
grown under certain circumstances, is
certainly one of the handsomest leaved
plants in cultivation. 1t does well on a
wall or tree. Last summer l saw it
used effectively in the Winter Garden at
Southport, in a basket from which its
shoots hung down gracefully; it does
well, also, AS a fringe for baskets on
lawns, and have likewise seen it used
effectively as an edging for fower-beds,
position in which it has to be often
clipped; and should add that it would
show its variegated leaves to the bost
advantage in sod not over rich. Japan
has furnished us with rich variety of
running plants, of which the Vsriegated
Honeysuckle, the Japanese Woodbine
and the Akebia, are fine examples
american Cultioator.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-02

A CURIOUS CUsTOM.-In one of his ad-
mirable letters from the East, Bishop
Marvin thus refers to custom among
the Brahmans of Madras: People here
indicate their faith by wearing a mark
ON the forehead. Is is put on in chalk
dust, generally white, but sometimes col
ored. We saw the pigment exposed for
sale in the temple portico. Sometimes it
is broal baud across the forehead,
sometimes spot just above the base of
the nose, sometimes trident extending
upward from the base Of the nose, the
outer lines white and the central one
brown. This trident is worn by Brah-
mans, and there are two forms Of it. In
one form the lower extremity Of the fig
ure makes regular curve, like horse
shoe; 10 the other little point extends
downward from the extremity. These
different forms represent differences of
doctrine-slight, very slight, differences,
venerable wearcr Of the horse shoe told
us; but when the two meet in the temple,
they sometimes make the walls rcsound
with the vigor Of their angry reproaches
and recriminations.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-02
DRESSED FEATHER PRICE LIST.
DIR. Hunters Letters.

DIR. j. A. Hunter, OF San Francisco, who
has for twenty years devoted special atten-
ton to diseases Of the Head, Throat and
Chest is now publishing n series OF fifty let
tiers In the columns Of the leading journals
Of that city, upon the ailments OF these parts.
Anything from physician Of his experience
and reputation deserves the attention of this
class Of invalids, and we advise such TO send
to him for copies Of his letters
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-02

FoR Throat Diseases and Affections OF the
Chest, "Broscs's bronchial Troehes" are Of
value. For Coughs, Irritation OF the Throat
caused by cold, or Unusual Exertion of the
vocal organs, in speaking In public, or sing
ing, they produce beneficial results.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-02

A MAN cannot walk down street now
with his collar hanging limp and starch
less about his neck, his forehead beaded
with perspiration, aud his shoes smacking
as If he had been wading in water, with
cut some chap asking him If it's warm
enough for him to-day. There are some
men in this world who are too inquisitive
for c0mfort.-OA CITY CAL.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-02

The superintendent of the Davenport
Qowa) schools 10 . woman, = teacher Of
long experience, and those schools were
never in more efficient state than under
her rule. She has been elected President
of the State Teachers Association.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-02

A JAPANEsK studeut newly arrived in
this country. thought we were oil doctors,
because everybody took his hand and
asked after his health.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-02

A CURE within the reach Of the poorest
sufferer from rheumatism, sore throat stin
joints, and all aches and pains--Trapper's In.
dian Oil. Price. 50 ceDts per flask.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-02

New YORK spends two hundred thou
sand dollars for amusements.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-02

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The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-02
MRS. s,meMAm's SWEET TAN aGmEoles

Uss Burnhsm's Abictinc for rhcumatisl
and neuralgia
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1877-08-02

900 POST STREET, SAN FRANCISCO. THE
CLU Oldest and most complete Commercial Col
ege the coast Elegant halls new furniture thor.
with the public Students commence At any
time. Day and evening sessions. Circulars may be
had free application.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-12-26
THE COUNTY suprRINreNpEscv.

Mn. EDlroR IL notice In the last issue Of the
REPUBLICAN you commend an article taken from
the School Journal, pertaining to the County Su.
perintendency, TO the careful eonsderat tion Of the
School Directors Of our county. II the Directors
are to =" light their lamps and begin to search for
the right man" allow me to quote a small item
from the School Journal, Of April, 1875, which
will give them clue to finding the right man
among our teachers, to wit
The Office vi Superintendent Of schools belongs
10 the teachers. IL has TO do with the teachers
and should always be filled by teacher. II the
Directors can Ind In a county u teacher ioho is a
citizen Of the county and devoted to his profession
who always attend Institutes who reads works
on teaching who advocates Common Schools
who, like Richter Of old, fears God and loves
little children !" who, in short, Is an snthusiasi
In his work--he is the man to make superitend-
enl, even though be has never been to College"
In my opinion, Directors would do well TO fol-
low the timely advice Of DR.. Wiekersham, as
given above, In their search for he man. They
should bear in mind that College diploma is not
The only requisite necessary in the selection Of
County Superintendent. A TEACHER.
CLEARFiELD, Pa, Dec 20, 1871.