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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-08
The Darien Canal.

The commission appointed by the Presi-
dent to examine the various surveys and 70.
port upon the most feasible route for an
interoceanie ship canal across the Isthmus
OF Darien, have every reason to believe that
work upon this great improvement, connect
ing the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, will be
commenced within the next two years. The
Clayton-Bulwer treaty of July o, 1850, be-
tween the United States and Great Britain,
guaranteeing the neutrality of this work,
provides that friendly powers shall be in
vited to participate with our Government
and that of Great Britain in its construction.
as the commerce of the entire world is in
terested in it. The Department of State is
now in correspondence with various friendly
powers, preparatory to the negotiation of
treaties with them similar to the above
mentioned Clayton-B ulwer treaty. The cost
of a transcontinental ship canal by the Mica
ragua route, which has been selected. will
be about one hundred million of dollars, and
ten years at least will be required to COM
plete the work. Hence, it must be under
Government control, as the great outlay of
capital required for its construction and the
length of the time before any profits from
it can be realized present too great Difficult
ties in tho way of its construction by private
enterprise. Should foreign powers, how
ever, cooperate with the United States in
the prosecution of this work, the Govern
ments participating will become stockhold-
ers in it to the extent of their outlay of cap
ital, and the management of the canal when
completed will be by an international com
mission, the members of which will repre-
sent the respective Governments having cap
ital invested in the work.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-08
An Intelligent Turtle.

A little girl in New York has a drol pot.
A visitor met her at the gate with what she
supposed to be a lunch-box under her arm.
To tho lady's surprise a snake-like head ran
out a little way from the ~lunch-box, and thr
pet turned out 10 be a common mud-turtle.
Some one had brought the creature home q
year or so before, and let it loose in the
garden. When the children began to play
there, out from its hole came the turtle, and
singing out this child, gave evidence of in
telligence beyond belief. The turtle was
called Pedro, and the little girl had but to
call that name two or three times at the
back door, to soc the old box waddling up
from the bottom of tho garden directly.
Any one else approaching or attempting
familiarities, the clumsy feet were drawn
promptly in, and the wise old head retired
within its shell, and no sign of life would
Pedro give. But let the child take it, ans
the claws would close around one of het
fingers, and the head, run out to its fullest ex.
tont of neck, would be waggled against her
with every token of love a turtle could give.
There came a time during the summer
when the little mistress was sick. The
mother, sitting in the dusk, thought she
saw q dark object moving in the room, and,
shortly after, hearing a humping on ths
stairs, went out, and found it was Pedro
returning to his hole in the yard. Each
day, for weeks, with the opening of til.
outside door, in would walk Pedro. TIE
girl generally found him waiting on tn,
steps. He would go to the stairs, stand
upright in a corner, and setting his little
feet into the stair above, pull himself up.
This operation no would repeat until he
reached the landing. If the door into the
sick child's room was closed, he waited pa
tiently to be allowed to enter. When taken
up and laid beside his mistress, he made no
offer to move, but lay for hours with his
solemn head wngging from side to side.
At night he waddled to the stairs, and then
the racket commenced, as he fell of each
step in q clumsy fashion, sounding like that
famous clock in the Ingoldsby Legends that
went hopping after Mr.. APP Jones.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-08
Poor Uarlntta.

The Paris Figaro reports as follows on thu
tate of the ex-Empress of Mexico. wife of
he late Maximillian who lives at the chateau
II Merueren, near Brussels -" The de.
nented lady takes no notice of her attend
ants, and only converses with ghosts, keen.
ng up with them a regular i~nteilocutory.
When her eye meets any person she turns
way, and on hearing any living voice she
BECOMES as excited as if she were beholdine
=. vision. The King and Queen of the Bel
gans visit her regularly, but she turns away
rom them with a CHASTITY look of horror.
her adherence of company she will not
wen allow her maids to serve her, but will
her own dressing. Nevertheless the
Impress has an astonishing memory for
ertain things. When she has IN order to
ave she writes it on n slip of paper, which
} always to be found at the same spot. On
ertain fixed days she takes a bath. When
n order has not been attended to she will
aenton 1t on q supplementary slip, but
nthout the least ~ncrimonv."
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-08

How curiously the American civil war crops
up in all sorts Of circumstances In 1861
the daughter of an officer in Ireland married
a man named harrington, and they lived to-
gether about a year. He then went to
America and entered the confederate Scr
vice, and she heard nothing more of him
until, after advertising, satisfactory evidence
WIS obtained that he was killed during the
war. In 1871 she married the head of one
OF the most respectable families in Scotland,
and has since had several Children. Re-
Gently however, Darlington made his ap-
peafance and claimed his wife. You can
imagine the distress that was o~ccasioned,
ont by some happy accident it was discoy-
cred that when Darlington married the lady
IN isGl he had another wife living, who is
still alive, and SO the Divorce Court has This
week pronounced the 1861 marriage null and
void, and the lady remains with her sco,oh
husband.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-08

When is a candle like a tombstone? When
1t is put up for a late husband.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-08

Is IT DURABLE z.

THOSE who hnvo suffered from tho various and
i complicated forms of disease assumed by Ca
tarrh, and have tried many physicians and rene
dies without relief or euro, await the ans yer to this
question with conside rable anxiety. And well they
may I for no disease that can be mentioned IL 80 uni
yersally prevalent and so destructive to health as
Catarrh. Bronchitis, Asthma, Coughs, and serious
and frequently fatal affections ofthe lungs follow,
In many Instances, n case Of simple but neglected
Catarrh. Other sympathetic affections such as
deafness. impaired eyesiRht, and loss OF sense OF
smell. may he referredto as minor but nevertheless
serious results Of neglected Catarrh. bad enough
In themselves, but as nothing compared with tho
dangerous affections of the throat and lungs likely
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-08
A COMPLICATED CASE,


Gentlemen My case is briefy as follows ; / have
had CAtarrh for ten years, each year with increas.
ing severity For nine years i had not breathed
through one nostril. Ihhl dropplngs in the throat,
avery bad cough, asthma so bad asto he obliRedto
take aremedy for It ut night before being able TO lie
down and aleep, and q constant dull pain In my
head. My head was at times so null OF Catarrhal
matter as to inJure my sense Of hearing and compel
me 20 get up several times in tho night to clear 10
and my throat before / could sleep. Every one of
these distressing symptoms has Glsappeared under
the use of not quito three bottles OF SANFoRD's.
RADICAL CuRE. My hearing is fully restored. !
pings in the throat, no headache, and in every way
better than l have been for years. i could feel the
effects Of the CURE on my 1ppetite, on my kidneys.
and. In fhct, every part OF my system What has
been done in my case Is WHOLLY, the effect OF tho
~trcH9uHG, Oct. IL @. II.
Endorsed by O. Prominent Druggist.
I hereby certify that Mr.. Lawrence purchased
tho RADICAL CuEE Of me-, and from time to time
made mo familiar with lila case. Ihelleve his state
ment to be true in every particular.
FIToiDupo. Oct, IL JAS. T. DERBY.
Each package contains III. sauford's Improved
1nhaling Tube, and iill directions for Its use in all
cases. Price, 81. For sale by all Wholesale and re.
tail druggists and dc9lcrs. throughout the United
Btates and CnnGdas. WEEKS & POTTER General
Agents and whoiranle Druggists. Boston, Mas.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-08

IL doesn't make any difference, after all.
which city packs the most pork. It's the
number Of ulster overcoats worn in a town
which tell the stor of its progress.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-02-15
4 FOWL MONSTROSITY.

Mr.. John Michels, a correspondent
Of the Scientific american tells of an
interesting instance of a strange mal-
formation in the head of fowl which
has been exhibited alive at the New
York Aquarium, and as Professor FIR
Stengel, of Columbia College, vouches
for its authenticity, itmay be presumed
TO be genuine specimen.
The illustration (given by the Sci
entifc Amerjcan) will convey an ex-
cellent conception of the pcculiarites
of the fowl in question, which is said
to have a monkeys face The ordi-
nary bcak of a bird is absent, and the
nose and lips of an animal are fully
developed.
The nose appears to lie formed by
an extension of the comb, which at the
point Of junction suddenly changes
from a bright red 20 pale fiesh-like
color; the lips, which are large and
prOtuding having the same hue
Both lips and nose are fol med of a
moderately hard cartilagenous sub
stance, having q smooth surface the
nostrils being very similar to those
observed in many species of monkeys.
The tongue is also modified in form
rounded a the point, and having un-
usual power of lateral motion.
With the exceptions | have named
or shown in the illustration, the general
appearance of the specimen is normal,
and indicative of it's being of the
Cochin China breed
We have doubtless here an interest
ing specimen of one of those strongly
marked and abrupt deviations of
structure which occasionally occur
without any apparent cause.
Such cases are rare with birds in a
state ofnature, but happen with greater
frequency with those which have be-
come domesticated
This monstrosity probably arose
from an arrest Of development rather
than arrest Of growth, and is doubtless
capable Of being transmitted Breed
ers take advantage of such freaks of
nature to produce what is called q
variety
Speaking generally, it is conceded
that changed conditions and external
influences produce variation from type,
and considerable effect upon organisms
of all kinds.
There are, however, instances in
which decided variation arises without
any apparent exciting cause, and Oar
win with his usual caution provision
ally" calls it spontaneous )" he at
tributes such variations, whether con-
sisting of slight individual differences
or of more strongly marked deviations
of structure, rs depending much more
on the constitution Of the organism
than on the nature Of the conditions to
which it has been subjected
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-02-15

SIGNS OF A PROSPEROUS FARMER -
When you see barn larger than his
house, it shows that he will have large
profits and small Affections. When
you see hin. driving his work, instead
of his work driving him, il shows that
Le will lever be driven from good res
olutions, and that he will Gel tainly
|york his way to prosperity. When
you always see in his woodhouse a
sufficiency for three months or more,
it shows that he will be more than a
ninety days wonder, in farming oper-
ations, and that he is not sleeping in
his house After drunken frolic
When his sletl is housed i'm summer,
and his farming implements covered
both winte; and simmer, it plainly
shows that he will have good house
over his head in the summer of his
carly life and the winter of old age
When his cattle are properly shielded
and fed in wintei it evinces that he is
acting according TO scripture, which
SAYS that "a meresful man is merciiul
to his beast" Wlen he is seen sub
scribing for a pape1 and paying in adj
vance, it shows that he is speaking
like a book respecting the last inn
provements in agriculture, and that
he never gets his whlking papers to
the land of poverty.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-02-15

A GENEVA matchmaker has lust
completed a 'full-sized hunter" which
is said to be the most complex and
wonderful piece of mechanism of the
Kind ever produced in that city. On
one side is q dial with the ordinary
marking-hOur, minute. and second
hands-together with large independ-
ent chronographic hand in the centre,
making the one fifth of a second and
flying bace MI and to this dial cor
responds repeating mechanisr, sSrik-
ing hours, quarters, and minutes If
the watch is turned over, q second dial
Is perceived, having, besides the ord:>
nary marking, a perpetual calender
months, days of the week, date and
places Of the IL oon-and also a little
regulator for the timing. This watch
can keep two different times, for in
stance, Paris on one side and London
o. the other, while there is only one
Knob on the stem for setting both dials
to time without the addition Of q
pusher OH the rim Of the case. The
mechanism for setting the hands to
time actuates only the finger of the
dial that is uppermost at the moment.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-02-15


DEPTH OF FAMERICAN LAKES There
Is mystery about the American lakes
Lake Erie is only so TO 20 feet deep;
but Lake Ontario, which is 592 feet
deep, is $50 feet below the tide-level
OF the ocean, or as low rs most parts
OF the Gulf of st. Lawrence: and the
bottoms of Lakes Huron. Michigan
and Superior, although the surface Is
much higher, are al! from their vast
depths on a level vi-h the bottom oil
Ontario. Now, as the discharge
through the river Detroit, after allow
ing for the probable portion carried Oh
by evaporation, does not appear b.
any means equal to the quantity ol
water which the three upper lakes
receive, it has been coniectured that
subterranean river may run from Lake
Superior, by the Huron, to Lake On
tario. This conjecture is not imposs-
Die, and accounts for the singular isc.
that salmon and herring are caught u
all the lakes communicating with lns
st. Lawrence, but no others. As me
Falls of Niagara must have alway'
existed. it would puzzle the naturalIs'
to say how these fish got into The upper
lakes without some subterranean nYei'
moreover any periodical obstruetlol
of the river would furnish not IN
probable solution of the mysteTlo|
nux and refiux of the lakes.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-02-15
MOUNT HTEZ4N

The crowning glory of the e,h,
OF hyoto IS the mountain Hiezan Is ~
verdure cl ad summit towers 2 oOo
above the city. On its sides on, Ieet
tering among the great trees a., o'Ds- rs
ruins of 500 temples 1t is s N"e
mountain, and here fourisbad el .t
Buddhist faith. Their temnIas we
mountain alone once numharoI . ,Ie 'Ae
say the old annals, and were inbot;.gu;,
by ihons; Is of priests. who baco-,-..eu
arrogant in their power, one Do
t. M pied to seize the pover,r,l' a.
But they counted without tbair II
The old Shotgun, Nebonnano, '..
been too feeble to suppress tbe;,. -3u
power, but Fide-Yosi, the vor,,s
Prince, arose in his wrath and ia ny
soldiers against the sacred mo,,,,.-. 1.s
Here he found priests who wero Il',
liz professions of chastity. liv;no .II ~.
countless concubines. and strou.,S "'Sl
fortified in their rich temnles NY
strife was short, and all wars ,,... -e
the sword, and with the fire he srr.r,
the temples from the mountain ~ nv
priests never recovered fully from, -
blow, some 800 temples were ro,.,--
built, and among the ruins oF
with their rich carvings and rot,
copper and bronze. | spent VI
hours looking off in the valley IT.,
Climbing to the summit of this r,orn
tam IN company with Col. Davis an
the Rev. X. A. Burnell. of A.
Ill, view surprising anv otberof r.,
world burst upon our siUht RI.
TO the north, like a sheet Of 81.
stretched for sixty miles Lake n
Its surface dotted With white safIs 70;
junks and fishing craft ON r1
further shore 500 villages. while on 80
plain at our feet, stretching ont liz
vast picture, were | 1000 disifpc. -
lages-in all 90 yillages-ten ri,..-.
and two large cities i'm one view E.lI
oi these villages Is regularly organized
and has a Mayor. Where in an ,Io
world Is another scene like tbis2 Frr
hours we gazed in specchless won5sr
and, as our glass swept the boriz,r
tar to the risht we could datao. ~.
blue waters Of 0soha Bav. This vi.,-
alone is well worth the ocean iourper
to Japan At the foot Of this NOM,
tain, and reached by path descendinr
all the way through ruined temris
grounds, and past the graves of bigb
priests with their grand monumepts
lies the village of Sa- Ka-N -Nato ON.
powered in groves of elm and bamboo
1t Is famous the most beautiful yilaoa
OF Japan Here Jinrikshas awaited
us, and, weary with the wealth Of
wonders this day spread out before rs
we rode to the City Of Ostu. and thence
along the imperial highway to Kyoto.
Chicago Tribune.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-02-15

CURE OF DIPHTHERIA.-AB Bridge
port (Conn.) physician sends to the
Standard the following: Our advice
to parents-for this is mostly a dis
ease of hildhood-protect the feet,
legs and bodies of your children well,
by suitable clothing Give them
plain, substantial food, plenty of rest.
with fresh air and sunshine. Discard
late hours and exciting amusements
and too hot rooms. If your child
takes cold keep it at home in a pleas
antlv-warmed room, and admit sun
light freely. If with the cold there is
some sore throat, use simple remedies
to promote perspiration and a water
compress about the throat. In the
meantime keep a vigilant watch of the
throat, and upon the first appearance
OF white or gray patches send for your
physician. Do not put it off to see if
1T will get well itself Twelve hours
may decide the fate of vour child
prompt, thorough, efficient medication
at this stage of the disease will rarely
fail OF success later, the system NAV
be too depressed to respond to any
remedies"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-02-15

How TO GET RID OE RATs.-The
English Standard says: Several cor
respondents write TO announce the
complete extirpation of rats and mice
from their cowstalls and piggeries
since the adoption of this simple plan ::
A mixture of two parts Of well bruised
common siulls and three parts finely
chopped bacon is made into stiff
mass, with as much meal as may be
required, and then bake into small
cskes, which are put down for the rats
r. est."
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-02-15
EA RMS AT PRIVATE SALE

The undersigned offers at private sale
the following properties to wit: tract of land
~ Shyuer township, Blair county. III miles from
rsst Tyrone. containing lSs acres, well i'm proved
Tavlng V thereon all the necessary farm buildings
=: iis iarm VIII oe divided into two three parts
II desired by purchasers and if not sold before ths
'he nrst OF March next. II will then be rented
Also the iarm on which L now reside, in I,oyan
toWhship 81 miles from Altoona Tn proner, "
Is IN high state OF cultivation and has splendid
mousse, parn and other buildings thereon erect ed
Also tract of improved land stuated partly
IN biair ana Cambria counties, containing 27s
acres This tract is underiaid with coal of eY Gel
lent quality, well covered with timber and has a
rairoad ouilt to 1t, ready for shipping coal
These lands will be sold as a whole or firidad
anu on terms to suit purchasers q, will excbanp
.or Altoona city property For further infnr,ps
ti9n call on or address VIM. DECKER
Nov. g. ls77.-ly. Box SEQ Altoona
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CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED.

For proof of the fact my circular, which Will
he sent FREE to any address. OSCAR e. Mos Es
81 COrtlandt street, New York.
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GRACEeS SALNE

06 Fashionable Cards. Snowflake, Marble SC. with
u name IOc. G. " alksrkCo. .,ChathamVil'se,N
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EARM FOR SALE.-Tbe under

= signed offers at private sale at a gr.a,
btrgan her FARN Of so sCRFS with allov
ance in ADAMS township, about 35 acres of which
are cleared. having thereon erected a two sorv
FLANK House. lSx25. large BANK BARN and he
usuai outbuiidings. There is excellent yeun0
orchard OF apple, cherry and peach trees WITH
plenty of good water on the premises The E.pw
is IN an excellent state of cultivation and will he
500 500 very cheap and on the most liberal terms.
FOR Iurther particulars call on or address
hRs. LEAH FLFNNER
'sA' - iVI'-sn' South Fork r u
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A GREAT STEAM HA1nEER-Tbe
steam hammer recently completed at
Creusot, Is the largest and most NOW.
eriui instrument of the kind i'm tba
world. The hammer in the work sba-,
OF Herr krupp at Essen. weirbs ffty
IONS, and dcscends through a maxi.
MIN space of three metres hut m.
hammer OF theCreusot engine. weighing
between seventy five aud eighty tons.
has course of five metres; the en.r.
gy OF the blow struck bv it being J2
300 kilogramme metres. while ibe
hrupp Instrument can only derelon
10000 kilcgramme- metres os yorE
The foundation on which the anvil
rests consists of a maSonrv five metres
In depth; the space between the levfl
OF the ground aud the cast iron table
being filled in with stout wooden
beams, disposed alternately in hori.
Zontal and vertical lavels. 50 - 10
give an elastic bed. Altogether. 100
cubic metres OF cast iron. 100 cubic
metres OF WOO, and LOCO cubic me.
tres OF masonry have been emplovel
to form this foundation. Special ap-
aratus has also been provided for tile
transport and keeping in position Of
blocks of steel weighing from 100 to
100 tons, and which can be forged bv
the lew hammer; and four steam
cranes are arranged around this latter,
three of chem capable of lifting and
revolving with n weight of 100 tons,
ana able TO carry $50 tons Each
erahe is also provided with special
machinery for causing the weight lit
ed by it to rotate about its own axis.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-02-15

OINTMENT FOR CHAPPED HANps AM
CHILBLAINs.-Sweet-oil, one pm.
Venice turpentine, three ounces hog
lard, ha'f a pound; beeswax, thIs'
ounces. Put all into pipkin, over
slow fire, and STIR il with a woole,,
spoon till the beeswax is all meiteu
and the ingredients simmer. 1t Is =.
for use as soon as cold, but the long.
1T is kept the better it will be. fU
chaps OF cracks rub on the hsnds WIZ
you 80 to BED.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-02-15

A PAT CALI 10 62.s per cent. water
and 3Ialsef dry substance