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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-01-18
NARMS AT PRIVATE SALE

-A The undersigned offers at pri vate sale
the following properties, to wit: a tract of land
in Snyder township. Blair county 114 miles from
East Tyrone containing l8s acres, well improved,
having thereon all the necessary farm buildings.
This farm Will be divided into two three parts,
IT desired by purchases and not sold before the
the first of March next, il will then be rented.
Also, the farm on which now reside. in l. gan
township So miles from Altoona. Tn properly
is in high state of cultivation and has splendid
house, barn and other buildings thereon erected.
80, a tract of improved land si iua ed partly
In Blair and Cambria counties. containing 27S
acres. This ract is underlad with coal of excel
lent quality, well covered with timber. and has
railroad built to 1T, ready for shipping coal
These lands will be sold whole or divided.
and on terms to suit purchase, $, win exchange
for Altoona city property. For furth her informa-
tfon call on OF address WM. DECKER.
Nov. 23 lS71.-ly. Box S59 Altoona.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-01-18
A CuR1ous poogErRonK

A CURIOUS PocgETBooK-An inge-
nious mbinaticn, in which the frame
of pocketbook, cigar case and reyol-
yer are united has been recently in
vented by resident Of Nuremberg,
Germany, The advantage of such a
pocket article will be readily perceived,
as it forms convenient mode Of car
rying a revolver for protection, espec-
iaily when attacked, as it can be fred
AT a highwavman when handing the
pocketbook The revolver is arranged
in the terror, and is attached to the
franz aug separated by metallic
part b the folding pocketbook.
The made 20 swing downward
for hrtl i can be bent upward into
. grooy1 I'd by a catch when not
in use. An cpdnh1g in the side of the
franz ls closed BY 46iMeed cap, which
Is u lhed al shut BY the xc1jop Of the
1f1g9e
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-01-18

PROFITS OF SHEEP RAIsIN0.-The
following from Pennsylvania farmer
shows that sheep raising is profitable:
81 learn by the agricultural report OF
1870 that there were nearly seven acres
of unimproved land in Pennsylvania to
each sheep, and that each produced q
little more than three and a half pounds
Of wool This, at 40 cents per pound,
amounts to $2.500.000. My objecs in
giving these figures, 10 to show the
profit Of this branch Of agriculture. /
am now keeping on an average farm
one sheep to every two acres improved
land. The wool of each sheep averages
four pounds, but these sheep do not
consume one-half the hay and grain
raised, and do not receive any roofs.
Last year | raised my first crop of
sugar beets and find that 80 or 40 tons
may be raised per acre / think these
will enable me to keep at least one
sheep TO every improved acre, and still
have one half the hay, grain. and roots
left to feed the team and necessary
cattle Ii these conclusions be correct,
and ne-half of my sheep raise twin
lambs, making total of one and one
half lambs to each sheep, worth 81
each, we have total of Sc for lambs
and ST. 60 for wool per acre. or $lS,
500, 900 for lambs and $69,000,000 for
wool i'm Pennsylvania. | cannot give
the value of lambs for 1870, and cannot
compare the difference. The wool
produce was 6,500,000 pounds, but at
my estimate there would be 46, 600, 900
pounds, making difference of $l6,-
100000 at 40 cents per pound. This
result is, of course, not aotainable in
one or two years; it must be brought
about 10y degrees. find sheep are
liable to disease if kept in large fiocks,
unless the very best breeding ewes are
selected and the rams changed each
year.-Ne,c York Times
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-01-18

FEVER AND AGUE-The Rural Ne,r
Yorker gives the following remedy for
fever and ague, which it will do no
harm to try, and will probably have a
beneficial effect: ''If you have chills
and fever, express the juice from three
large lemons and drink it down, con-
tinuing to do so every day till the dis
ease is broken. We have known this
treatment to cure when quinine had no
effect"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-01-18
MORE MARINE MoAsTF,.

Whatever may be ultimately 5s,.,.,
as to the existence or non e,is..-.-
the sea serpent. it seems plsiB' - Y.
there exists at the bottom Of ie. '.,a' -s
monsters quite eqdally worthy ~ - -
name of leviathan. The mosi his sls
and gigantic of these denizeus % ,p'
deep sea of which tradition snasL. 7, e
long to the staihsh or octopus snao;os
and it was the bodies. or rather
ments of bodies, of creatures ~ .
sort which were collected and ,l---s @
in the museums Of Utrecht and
sterdam after the storms Of le3e .-5
1890. M
Professor Steenstreep. who g
authority in these matters. deserib,-.-- .-
sea monster which was throwr s.I.--
in 1853, the head Of which was ss =.
as that of a robust child. Eigb+rs''--..
la+er, the captain of a small Frar
vessel claimed to have seen of m,
coast of Tenerifie another Of H.
creatures, more than fifteen feet Ion
without countingits huge arms. n,
last was swimming or floating # t.s
time on the top of the water sn5
chase ensued, but without any fur.
success tban that Of tearing off al
securing some molsels Of the fins sr5
skin. his year, however. duriDr ,t.
tremendous storm of Septemlsr I.
seems that a complete specimen of ,
similar prodigy was cast ashore n
7 y Newfoundland.
A description Of it is given bv ,Rs
Journal lllustre, whereby it apra,v
that il was no less tLan nine feet Ion,
and six feet in circumterence. and had
the arms or feelers cove, ell with some
two thousand suckers Of an inch each
in diameter, two Of the arms being gs
much as twenty eight feet long. Whr
the brute was first found il was stll
alive and was glazing savagely with
ewes which were literally, like those 0l
the fabulous dogs. as big as saucers
measuring five or six inches across
1t was at this time Of dark red e. !or.
but in 4 very lew minutes after j..n-
lett high ana dry il died. and the c5,Jr
both of its body and Of its Hmbs st
once faded away toa dull white OalT
one thing is wanting to the account ia
+, the Journal Illustre. and that s q
statement what became Of the fsa
when captured, and whete SO valuable
a curiosity Is now TO be seen on ezL-
bitiOn.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-01-18

THE STIyGING TREE-Though the
tropical scrubs Of Queensland are verE
luxuriant and beautiful. they are %.
without their dangerous drawbacas
for there is one plant growing in them
that is really deadly in its etfects-tlat
is to say. deadly in the same way ilat
one would apply the term to ire S..
a certain proportion OF ones BODY Is
burnt bv the singing tree, death VIII
be the result. 1t would be as sale ts
pass through fire as TO fall into che c
these trees. They are found growing
from two or three inches high to len
and fifteen feet: in the old ones ila
stem is whitish. and red berries us'a--I
grow on the top. 1t emits peculiar
and disagTeeahle smell, but IS oes'
known bv its leaf which is nsaIf
round, and. having a point al tl' ,.a
is Jagged all round the edge, Ike il-
nettle All the leaves are Iarge-s5ll5
larger than a saucer.
Sometimes. So saws atraveler "i-'5
shooting turkeys in the scrubs, l nave
entirely forgotten tie stng'ng 'Ie7
till warned Of it, close proximity y u
smell. and have then found 1Fse- p :
little forest of them. ] was o'ly Uss
stunc and that very Slightly. li' e.
fects are curious; it leaves no mem
but the pain is maddening ana y. u
months afterwarj the part "'s. |
touched. 5 tender, in rainy "ea'L1'' =
when it gets wet in washing e,- -
! have seen a man. who treats ol''--
pain lightly, roll on the gIoI-lt a.
agony, after being stung. ana / ,5. Ia
known = horse so completely msu '-- -
lie rushed open mouthed at ever. J, n 4
who approached him. ana i ,'ao nm, ~
shot in the scrub. Dogs, wen s.-'s -s
will rush about. whining pie.
biting pieces from the affected i.l.-. r..
The small stinging trees. 3 le" -. nm
high. are as dangerous as an, lin
so hard to see. ami seriously Imi,..'.lI ...l
ones ankles. This Shr1o !
found growing among palm -'''7
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-01-18

AsTHMA.-One ounce 6ou. sulphur,
one ounce pulverized sugar, a small
quantity Of ground capsicum, enough
to barely flavor it; dose, as much as a
three cent piece can hold every two
hours ruD the chest and spine with
butter and salt. The homeopathic
remedies are arsenicum and capsicun;
avoid sauces, cheese, cakes, pies, and
gravies, as food.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-01-18

HAIR INvrGoRAToR.-Bay rum, one
pint; alcohol one half pint; castor oil,
one halt ounce; carbonate Of ammonia
one quarter ounce; tincture of cantha-
rides, one half ounce; mix them we'll
This mixture will promote the growth
Of the hair and prevent it from falling
out.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-01-18

WONDERS OF THE ANEEIcA> nm :, nm.
SyNr-The american Enl,'I' f,5r
catalogues a few Of the Wgn''l- sol, -rs.-,s
na+arart = in the word is the tsL'
Niagara. where tle water RON g. ,i-ss
MINER lakes forms a river ~ .lsr
f5,r,b bs OF a mile in width. ana O.. -.
be;nG lor c Suddenly contracted pun
over the rocks in two eoiil-'.l at rs,.
denth of I75 leet. The E'es'5C2s Cav.
in tbe world is the Mammoth - .,s
Kentucky. where any one gi- -oT-srssl
yovape on the waters OF 4 SUI. . .r,s-.
river and catch fish wlih'u. u.-o go-
The greatest river in 'he known Nn,' lor.
is the Mississippi, 4,0o0 n..'i li is Ii.
The largest valley in the "U' 7, c,ntsin'
/ valley of the Mississippi : one
5000 600 square miles ailt ,bs rot
the most fertile regions OF ~ ~ ux5rlj
The greatest city park u ~ 'no S,.rr al
in Philadelphia. ltcontalns ~ 10 @
acres. % The greatest grain pot pot lsl
acIes 'Ja = CHICAGO. The large" -
in the world is Lake SUPERB ,gon
is lrulv an inland sea, beng r. long
lone and ,O00 feet deep p.-;fe +.
railroad at present is the ,artb, | 9Th q
road over 1000 miles in ie.fi =. f,be 70.
! greatest mass of solid IRON r.rri - It d
= ,re Pilot Knob Of Mss, !. circr
$50 feet high and two ,Il'-;on Inllgs archin
The best specimen Of Gre; e;,.ora a., CoIif.
ture in the world is the u''., THE lsrg
for Orphans, Philadelpailia. !. the trS
aqueduct in the o1,. world j It's iergt5e
46I miles. and its its &C e9s1 sa1otihrsciis e
: The largest deposits 3oll.a,nrsTlrsris o. ar.is ]
n the world are in Pe9nss :s,srtet a F-
: mines of which supply the nI nd saps
! m:llions Of tons snnuai'J'
!, 10 be inenhaustsble-
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-01-18

GEO. NJ. READE, AHorneg-as- Lar.
~ FeeaehYrx. Pa Of1ce Oh Csnsre serees.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-01-18

BUCKwHEAT.-The name comes
from beechwheat, because the seed re-
sembes the beechmast in shape, but
has been corrupted into buckwheat.
1t is native of Asia, and was brought
into Europe either by The Crusaders
six or seven hundred years ago, or
into Spain by Moors 1t did not reach
England until the last $50 years, bat
just in time to come over with some
of the earliest settlers in America. 1t
was first cultivated by the Hudson
river Dutch, and bv the Swedes on the
Delaware The Dutch mention it as
early as 1925, and from what they say
on the subject it is quite certain that
they knew quite as much about buck
wheat cakes as was ever worth know
ing From these two centres of early
settlement the cultivation spread over
New York, New Jersey and Pennsyl-
vania. following the colonists into the
new homes they cleared up in the for
ests rs certainly as the honey bee fol
lows in the pathway of the western
pioneer, making his home wherever
the white man builds his cabin. These
thee states have always been immense
producers Of buckwheat, growing two
thirds of the whole quantity raised,
now amounting TO millions of bushels
annually. Its cultivation is rapidly
extending through the North and
Northwest, until the present annual
product is over 30,000,U0 of bushels.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-01-18

SELLING HoGs-For the benefit of
young farmers like myself, saws a
writer in the Practical Farmer | will
give my experience in selling hogs
whether on foot or dressed would pay
best, when one has chance of doing
either. | know it is owing to the
price, age and size of pigs. to a great
extent. The price here last season
was a cents on foot, 6 cents dressed.
The question with me was whether it
would pay best to sell dressed or on
foot tested the subject as far as my
opportunities would permit, not having
anything to weigh with but beam
| weighed the pigs, each one, after
killing and bleeding, then dressed and
cleaned, and after hanging an hour
weighed again, with the following re-
suit: First pig before dressing, 224
IBIS; after dressing 175 lbs; second pig
100 lbs. before cleaning after cleaning
l54; third pig, 23S before cleaning,
after, 200. 1t will be seen that the
first pig lost 49 lbs, the second 36 lbs,
the third 38 lbs; in all. 1913 lbs-
Weight of all the pigs, before dressing,
652 lbs; at cents per cwt would be
$29.34; after dressing, 529 lbs. at 6
cts. per cwt. would ne $3l.74-a profit
of 50 40, which would hardly pay if
you had to spend one day to butcher
and one hauling to market If sold
on foot it takes but one day to deliver,
but in selling dressed it leaves 50. 40,
or one days work
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-01-18

READING aloud two hours a dav fo r
three or four months, with the teeth
closed. is SAID TO be sure cure for
stammering.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-01-18
HOTEL PROPERTY AND FARM

49, FOR SALE-Tbe undersigned offers
at private sale on liberal terms the we'll known
Mountain House. two doors west OF the Pa r. II.
depot in the borough of Gallitzin. This property
IL wei sitaated and well designed a hotel and
BOARDING house, and any one wishing to secure a
good bargain will find it here.
Also, Will he sold on terms equally satisfactory
TO the purchaser. f. NRW of Il2 acres.
nearly all cleared and with a comfortable HOUS e
and Ba RN thereon erected.
For conditions of sale and other particulars call
address MARGARET WHEIAN
Nov. 30, 1877. GalIitzin Pa
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-06-08
DAILY INTELLIGENCRR.
Saturday, June 8, 1878.


Hast thou come down the airy ways
With such . word for common days.
Come al these myriad skyey miles
70 make dark faces break in smilesI
With what chill drops upon her brow
Forth from the presencs-chamber now
Comes earth through mornings golden
bars
From awful converse with the stars.
The stars they tell US wondrous
things
Nothing but hints and vanishings;
But sunshine folds us, safe and warm,
As in . dear Almighty arm.
And mskes rs know, past fear and
doubt,
That ours 10 not Q world left cut,
Though mystery rounds the grander
sphere,
Loves special providence il here.
While through the maze Of worlds
grope
I find no surety for my hope;
When joy, streams down from heaven
know
Eternal Good bears witness 90 !
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-06-08

BEN. WADE, when he was travelling
westward. interviewed lsnk country
man psddling cakes at small station
in the alksli region. Wall. yss.
stranger, l low we've got jess - good
. patch Of country - can be fetched in
Amsriky. There amt but two things
We lack: ef We had them we'd be ell
right. l calculate that all we need is
water and good society 'Humph
that's oil hell needs. answered the
crusty Senator.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-06-08

4 CORRESPONDENT wants to know.
says the New Orleans Christisn Adpe-
hots: Can Christian 90 to the circuss'
Why, yss, he can 70 to the circus east
~ enough. but It will cost him . qusr.
ter when be gsts there. TO go In. You
go. Chei6tisu 10 always too proud 10
carry wster Tor the elephant, and that
u where the sinner has the advantage
over him IN the matter of free passes.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1878-06-08

Passengers from Portland and up.ssnnd ports
utli take Puget Sound mail steamer and make
connection With the City of Panama Of victoris.
Steamer Dakota goes through to Olympia.
These steamers leave Victoria st noon on the
day advertised. Tickets are good only on the
steamer for which they Are purchased. and are
Not transfsrsble. For freight passage apply
on board. or 10
II. l.. TIBBALs,
osncral AGENT for Puget sound,
Port TvWnssnd.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-04-25

ia SEA neN and Dc
neL seq and sH 81
nak aak On
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-04-25

Too weeks ago butcher in Hunts.
vile, Alabama, named George Schoen-
berger, was murdered by two negroes.
He was on his wagon driving from
his slaugbterhouse at O'clock in the
morning. Iie stopped moment when
driving through gate and at that
moment was shot by the assassins who
In the darkness lay in wait. The
murderers ran to their cabin which
was near the slaughterhouse of another
butcher named Mike White. After
daylight evidences of guilt were found
on their premises. The negroes Ben
Evans and Eph. Hall were called on
10 testify at thea Coroner's inquest.
They at first denied any knowledge
of the murder, but on being recalled
two or three times dropped little by
little against each other until finally
both confessed, and said they were
induced to do it by Mike White who,
they said wanted them to kill Schoen-
berger because he charged him with
stealing cattle. White and the two
negroes were put in Jail and the next
day large mob collected, broke open
the Jail, took out the prisoners, and
hanged them to a tree quarter of a
mile out of town. White protested
innocence to the last, and Judging by
the testimony published IN the Hunts
vile Advocate, we should think the
people there on calm reflection will
conclude that White knew nothing of
the intention of the negroes or of their
acts until committed. He was a reck-
less creature and probably did not
think of the inhuman. negroes doing
what he told them they ought to do.
When a fire is kindled the southern
hot blood boils over too quickly. If it
were given little time to cool the
people would be less like hungry
wolves.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-04-25

THE Greenback party Of Iowa at
their late State Convention passed a
series of resolutions, some of which
exhibit remarkable ignorance and stu
pidity. Here is a sample plank
We demand the remonetiza ton Of the silver
dollar, making il full logal-tender for the
payment of all coin bonds of the Gov
eminent, and for all other debts, public and
private, and that the coinage of silver shall be
placed on the same footing as that of gold.
We had supposed that there was
not man in the country who read the
papers but knew that the silver bill
had become law; that the re none
tization of silver is already fact, and
chat silver had already been restored
to the currency as ga full legal tender
for the payment of all coin bonds of
the Government, and for all other
debts, both public and private" Ver-
lily, for rank stupidity the Iowa green
(back) platformers are entitled to the
belt.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-04-25

STORM LAKE, Iowa, which is the
home of A. r. Mccartney, q. b.
Gould, and we believe other former
citizens of Grant County, was visited
by a very destructive tornado last
Sunday. Houses were blown down
and property injured to the amount
of s25, 900 or $4,000. Two persons
were killed and twenty or thirty 9th.
ers injured. The residence of A fired
King, supposed to be the same who
was former resident at Cassville, in
this county, was lifted and dashed to
pieces. His mother was instantly
killed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-04-25
LAWS OF WISCONSIN.
Published April q, 1881
CHAPTER 257.

AN ACT to protect lumber interests
The people Of the state of Wisconsin, repre-
scented in senate and assembly do enact az
follows:
Section l. Every person who shall willtully
take. carry away or otherwise convert to his
own use, without the consent of the owner
any log or cant suitable to be worked into
plank, boards, joist, Single or other lumber.
the property Of another, whether the owner
thereof be known or unknown, living and be-
ing in any river within this state, or in any of
its tributaries, or on or near the banks of any
such river, or any of its tributaries, for the
purpose of being driven or 1oated to market,
shall be deemed guilty of the crime of larceny,
and on conviction thereof shall be punished
by fine of not less than fifty dollars ard by
imprisonment in the county Jail no: less than
three months; and on second conviction
for a like crime stall be punished BY fine OF
not less than one hundred dollars and by i'm.
prisonment in the penitentiary not more than
two years.
Section 2. Every person who shall cut out,
alter or destroy any mark made or caused to
have been made by the owner on any log, cant
or other lumber lying and being described in
the first section of this act, without the con-
sent of the owner thereof, shall, on conviction,
be punished by fine not less than fifty dol
lars and by imprisonment in the county jail
not less than three months, and on second
conviction for like crime shall be punished by
fine not less than one hundred dollars and by
Imprisonment in the penitentiary not more
than two years.
Section 3. Every person guilty of either OF
the offenses described in the preceding Sec
tions of this act shall, whether convicted
thereof in criminal prosecution or not, be
liable to pay the owner of such log, caat or
other lumber, respecting which the offense
was committed, double the amount of the
value of the same, to be recovered in an action.
Section 4. In any prosecution under the
preceding sections of this act, if any such log
or cant shall be found in the possession of the
defendant, with the mark cut out or destroyed,
or partly cut out or destroyed, or partly sawed
or manufactured into lumber of any kind,
fence posts, or rails, such possession shall be
presumptive evidence OF his guilt.
Section 5. The owner of any such log, cant
or other lumber, may at any time lawfully by
himself or his agent, enter in a peaceable man
ner upon any mill, or mill boon or raft of logs,
cant OF other lumber, in any river or its trib-
utaries within this state, or ON or near the
bank OF such rivers or their tributaries, in
search of any such log, cant or other lumber
which he may have lost, and any person who
shall willfully prevent or obstruct such search
shall forfeit for such offense not less than
twenty dollars nor more than fifty dollars, to
be recovered in the name and for the use Of
| the person by whom or on whose account such
entry was made.
Section q. This act shall take effect and
be in force from and after its passage and
| publication.
Approved March IS. 1878.