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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-03-22
SCIENTIFIC And USEFUL.


In recent lecture delivered in Ed
inburgh, on the STARS" Professor
Grant gave graphic idea of the i'm
mensity of space He said a railway
train travelling night and day, at the
rate of fifty miles an hour, would reach
tie moon in six months, the sun in
two hundred years, and Alpha Cen
tauri, the nearest Of the fixed stars, in
42,000,000 of years. A ball from a
gun, travelling at The rate of nine hun
dred miles an hour, would reach A lpha
Centauri in 10000 years; while
light, travelling at the rate of 1S5, 900
miles second, would not reach it in
less than three years Light from
some of the telescope stars would take
$3.50 years to reach the earth and,
from some of these clusters the dis
tance is so great that light would take
100000 years to pass to the earth so
that we see objects not as they really
are, but as they were 100000 years
ago.
CaIbolic acid is recommended by a
German journal for moistenng tools
with which metals are worked. The
duty of grindstones is said to be in,
creased by the use of this acid The
dark and impure, and consequently
cheap grade of this article, may be
employed.
The protective value of trees in
thunder storms was considered by NJ
du Moncel, in paper lately commu-
nicated TO the Paris Academy of Sci
ences. Trees, he said, were all con-
ductors of electricity, their conductiv-
ity increasing with the quantity of
liquid they contained. An ordinary
house, however, offered from sixteen
to twenty times as much resistance to
the transmission of electricity as an
ordinary tree, aud, therefore, the tree
might be considered 4 protection to
the house, if it equaled or exceeded
the house in height. On the other
hand, when the house is vet by rain,
its electrical conductivity is so much
augmented that the author thought
the protective value of the tree might
then depend solely upon its excess in
elevation over the housetop. Although
trees may thus shelter houses TO some
extent, it is very dangerous for indi-
viduals to take refuge under tree in
a thunder shower, as has been repeat
edly demonstrated by many of the
numerous lightning accidents last
summer.
A trial is now being made at Ports
mouth, England, OF an invention which
consists in sheathing ships with paper,
fixed on with a. perpendicular cement;
on paper seaweeds will not grow, nor
will barnacles adhere to it. The re-
suits so far are said to Ce very encour-
aging.
A mixture of carbolic acid and spiri.
of turpentine, in equal weights, is pro
posed for the destruction of wood
boring worms found in office and other
furniture, wainscoating, etc 1t must
be applied in such a way that it enters
every hole. Its disagreeable smell
passes off in an hour, and it is in no
way injurious to wood or hangings
Starch, bean houL, sand, gum, mu-
cilage and gelatine are used as adul.
terants of honey. They are readily
recognized, as they all, except sand
thicken on heating, while the pure
honey becomes thinner under such a
condition.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-03-22

A177 is not easily earned in these times but
VII IL can be made in three months by anv
~ i one of either sex. in any part of ihe couII
VII try who is willing to work steadily at
the employment which we furnish. You need not
DC away from home night. You can give
your whole time to the work, or only your spare
moments IL costs nothing to try the business.
Terms and IS outfit free. Address at once II .
HALLET x Co., Portland Maine. (3-23-iyK s,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-03-22

RECLAIMING Worn Our LAND
will give my plan of reclaiming worn
out land and raising a crop a. the
same time: Sow rye say about the
last of August or the first ofSeptemb Der,
and for the first crop | would spread
on a pretty heavy dressing of good
harnyard manure, and sow the grain,
and harrow in together. The object
is to get the seed as close 20 the ma
nure as possible, and this will furnish
a good pasture till late IN the Fall
Then keep off all the stock in Spring
cut it about the goth of Nav, and in
this country we would get from three
to four tons of the veiy best Of hav.
1t might be cut sooner and used for
soiling; then | would plow in the
stubble and plant to white beans, or
would drill in corn, in lows of two
and a half or three feet apart, and
this | would cut early for fodder for
milch cows, say about the fist OF
September, then putting in another
crop of rye, and keep it up for three
years. Every time the rye stnbble is
plowed i'll it is as good us bed OF
manure.
The amount of roots that rye pro.
duces is quite astonishing. One OF
my neighbols has tried this plan of re
claiming land for the last three years
and he says he can raise as COED
wheat now on land thus treated as on
any part of his farm / would SOW
from two to two and half bushels
per acre; in fact it can hardly be sowr
too thick for hay or for soiling.-Amer.
lcdn Cutirdtor.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-03-22

geo. M. READE. AHoyney-at- La,o,
Fbeushurg. Pa. Office on Centre street
three doors from High street. lS~H,'RJ
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-03-22

VALUABLE CLEANSING FLUID-For
washing alpaca, camel's hair, and other
woolen goods, and fer removing marks
made ON furniture, carpets, rugs, &c. :
-Four ounces ammonia, four ounces
White CASTLE soap, Two ounces alcohol,
two ounces glycerine, two ounces
ethc". Cut .he soap fine, dissolve in
one quart of water over the fire: add
four quarts of water When nearly
cold. add the other ingredients. This
will make nearly eight quarts. 1t
must be put in bottle and stoppereel
tight. 1t will keep good any length
OF ii ne. To wash dress goods, take a
pail OF lukewarm water. and put a tea
. cupful of the fluid shake well in this.
and then rinse in plenty Of clean water,
and iron on wrong side while damp.
For washing grease from coat collars.
&c, take little fluid in a crp of water.
apply with a clean rag. and wipe well
with second rag 1t will make every.
thing woolen look bright and fresh
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-03-22
EARMS AT PRIVATE S,IE

The undersigned offers at private sale
the u borrowing properties, to wit: tract of land
ih Shyuer township. Blair county, llI miles from
last Tyrone, containing lSs acres well imnroy..i
mNlhe thereon all the necessary farm BUILDINGS
ms iarfn viii be divided into two or three ma -
DESIRED Dy purchasers. and if not sold before he
the hrst oi March next it will then be rented
Also the farm on which now reside i'm I,oyan
township. 319 miles from Altoona This proner,x
Is IN nigh state of cultivation and has a splendid
mouse, parn and other buildings thereon erect ed
Also, tract OF improved land sifuale ed partly
In Blair and Cambria counties containiny 91s
acres. This tract is underlaid with coal OF excel
Icn, quanty, wei covered with timber and has a
railroad built TO it. ready for shipping coal
These lands will be sold as n whole or divided
ana on terms TO suit purchasers or will exchanp r
.or Altoona city property. For further informa-
tion call on address WM DF1, FIR
Nov %, 1S77.-ly. Box $50 Altoona
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-03-22
Chance 5oy agricultural f,,re,,,o,-

While our war was going on orl
men became scarce for farm. wo,I-
there was a great inducement for IN
yentofs % try and replace hand-Iahor
1t had been the reproach Of far,,,i,,.
that while all other branches of =
dustry had reaped great profit from
improved machinery, agriculturists
only had kept up the disposition n d.
"newfangledn things alone. Bpt H.
war came and there was no men 70 ~
the work The inventor saw his -.
portunity, and both he and the farm.
profited thereby. With very mucI, -
lament, as war always brings lament.
tions, it has some slight compensation
as it is an i'll wind that blows no goa5
at all the new agricultural implemar -
! it gave us is one thing at least - -
thankful for.
We have yet a few things to do
We want something to cut and sbocl-
corn, and then something that will ~,
through and husk it; as we THRASH
/ grain, perhaps going so far as to hind
! the fodder; and we have a few Other
matters that we can attend to bv and
by; but the southern farmer beyond
/ al others wants just now a cotton
! picking machine. AT the present time
1 1t Is very labCrious business. HIrs of
contemplating and the same gronr1
! has to be gone over continually becaY,.
of the successive ripening OF the heads
/ or bOlls. If all matured at once there
would be little difficulty in the matter
But as it is now it would be hard n
! get a machine with sufficient iDterF.
/ gence to understand what to select and
I what to refuse. But the 6iai.nrr
seems hardly insurmountable. Tie
mature head is soft and the unripe one
hard and this fact might be taken adj
vantage of, SO that the one should le
accepted by the inanimate oa.lerer
and the other refused.
If in no other way, surely s0metbing
might be thought of that would gather
pretty rapidly by mans ala in the se.
lection of each boil, that would do
away with the loss of time incident on
so much stopping and rising. as in the
present plan. We see no reason what
ever why all this NAV not be done Il
Is no uncommon sight to see now in
the west men riding on plows AMI
cultivators, with pleasant sun umbrel-
las over their heads. as cool a cucum.
bers. Indeed. agri ;ult Iral implements
have made farming in the west such
light and pleasant occupation, that
dumb bells and gvmnastic exercises
are sadly at a discount.
We expect vet to see some such i'm
provement for the southern cotton.
field, the mule leading the driver.
seated and shaded, and the cotton
dropping off at the rate of a hundred
Tolls a minute As it i now. large
quantities must spoil, because the
planter sets ont more than he can
gather. As we said last week. this and
not laziness, is why so mach cotton is
left on the field. \ fortune awaits
some inventor, and we hope to live to
see t.-GermGatOlra Telegraph
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-03-22

MANY a farmer has been Tulneu y
n large farm, who might have acQu-i..@
a competency with one hall the .. =
Most farmers are anxious toI "a"
possessions, and many are thus Ue'i..
ed into the error of taking q si'.
quantity of ground tnan tley Iia'e .ls
means of handling to advantage ~.
delusive hope of acquiring those Nv, n,
by future savings; others lron
vanity of holding more land tIl;uI =.
neighbors. Then arises dehcien'!
stock, imperfect tillage ana 80 +
crops, with all the consequeli,0t51. 5.l,
rent, taxes, wages unpaid, ana -
piling up. and ruin finally caIS
whole. While the farmer VINO
IDENTIFY commences with only SUI
number of acres as he has me
of cultivating with proper enc
certain of obtaining the iuii -
from the soil, and not being o"."r
with more land than lie can pI'u,;.I
employ, Lis engagements are
his means, and while enjoying ~,
ease of mind, he lays the sures' u.s.
tion for future prosperity.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-03-22

IT PAYS TO KNOW How.-When 4
farmer has a good farm, and fails 10
make a good living from it with0u:
running in debt, the cause must be
that he doesn't know how to manage
a farm. / annex an Illustration from
an agricultural paper: "One man
sows crop of beets He doesn't know
much about raising them, but he thinks
he will try it. lie gets barely enough
to pay for his labor, and cOucludts
that it doesn't pay TO raise beets.
Another man knows all about raising
them. He has not himself tried every
variety, nor every kind Of manure and
culture, but he knows what othT'
have done, and how they succeeded
be- t. He adds their experience to
his own and selects the best seed, sows
1t at the proper season. the right DIS
tance apart. and covers it the proper
depth in soil manurei and prepared
in the best manner He does not stop
here. He begins early to cdluyaie,
weed thoroughly, hoes Otten-aat
harvests seventy tons 10 the a'.-
Does this pay for knowing how am
doing his work in the best manner
The man who sows onions wi.l'l.
learning the best way, gets the wrong
seed, puts it in ground that Is h'-
suitable for it, sows it at -le wrong
season, doesn't SOW it thick enough
because the seed cost too much, doeSh.
sow it evenly because he cannot all '.'
to buy a seed drill, covers II une'tnt
and his crop is a failure. The ID
who has taken the trouble to nho '-'
how to raise onions. and what KIM q.
SOW, raises one Thousand bushels d,
acre. So it pays in farming TO an.
what to do and how to do 1t, ana
make the best use of the experience -
Others. And what is,true OF onions
bects, is true i'm a greater Or less '
gree, of all other kinds OF farm I''
duce.n
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-03-22
FARM FOR SALE-Tbe md,

signed offers at private sale at n great
oireain her ARM of 30 t<Rt:S with allow
ahee, IN Adams township, about IS acres of which
are cleared having thereon erected n two stor,,
rLANK HOUSE. lsx25. large BANK BARN and he
I usuai outhuiidiugs. There is an excellent youno
o.chard OF apple, cherry and peach trees VIZ =
piehty oil good water on the premises The FAp,s
- IN an excellent state of cultivation and viii he
500 very cheap and the most liberal ter,,S
for lurther particulars call on or address
To-. o- Mrs. LEAH FLENNFR
~ - io''---m-T South Fork r. u
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-03-22

VERY VALUABLE HIsToRY.-We have
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of their latest publication. The work is
entitled The Pictorial HistoJ.U of the World
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OF the Middle Ages, the Crusades, and the
great nations of modern times, are equally
Eaiuaole and interesting. There is not a
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The book contains over 6J0 of the finest aud
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battles and other historical scenes portraits
of the great meu of ancient and modern
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Inc Work contains complete Uistorg of The
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LII is for sale by subscription only, and
agents will find that this book will sell
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that it is work that the people really want.
See the publishers advertisements for agents
in another column
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-03-22

SMALL FARMS make near neigh5ors: thew
make good roads they make plenty of good
schools and churches their is more money
made in proportion to the labor less labor
is wanted everything is kept neat: less
wages have to be paid for help; less time is
wasted more is raised to the acre besides
1t is titled better there is no watching of
hired help; the mind is not kept in a worry,
stew and fret all the time.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-03-22

A New HAMPSHIRE paper sta tes
that the speediest way to cure the
epizootic and make horse thorough ly
happy is to give him onions to eat.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-03-22
Nv III. Eek, NJ. D.,

II holtlAN AND SURGEON
O@cs ~ -. CARRoLLTowN. p a.
o' the church, where night calls can he M ad % IN
lish. man as wen we, as Eng
IS-S,-om.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-07-04
Fatally Injured at Leap-FrOg.

The Oxford (Penn.) Press says: On
Wednesday noon last the boys at Rock
School, in Londongroye Township, en-
gagged in the sport of leap-frog, and
Eugene, bright little son of Joseph w.
Wilkinson, stopped down and told the
boys to jump over him. Two of them
started, and the first struck the. lad,
pushed. him forward and felton, him,
and the second boy also fell upon him.
When they arose it was found that Eu-
genes head had been bent under his
body until his face touched his breast
and caused him. to bleed at the nose.
He soon got up, and alter "a time walk
ed into the school-house, where-he re-
manned and pursued his studies as usu-
Tal; the teacher, however, noticed that
he seemed dull and restless. At the
: close of school he walked home and did
not complain. The next morning he
started to school as usual without in
forming his parents of the hurt, but his
father noticed that he walked slowly
and unsteadily. On the afternoon of
Thursday the boy showed symptoms of
injury, and on attempting to walk home
gave out and stopped at a neighbours,
who sent word to his parents. His IA
Their took him home and summoned DIR.
r. B. Ewing, of West Grove, who dis
covered that the lads spinal column had
been seriously injured. Saturday after
noon the child died from the result of
the accident, the vertebra having been
slightly cracked at the base of the neck.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-07-04

Four childrenof John Ronleaa were burn
ed to death In their beds at Beau Harnois,
Quebec, few nights ago.
Queen Mercedes, the. Young wife of King
Alfonso of Spain, died on the 10Th. She was
only is, and had been but q few months
b The. Austrian occupation Of Bosnia and
Herzegovina, in the Interests OF peace, has
been settled upon by the Congress, Turkey
protesting. The independence Of Servia is
not to be recognized until the Servian Jews
are relieved from their present disabilities.
1t is provided that the Governor CT Roume-
liza is to be Christian, appointed by the
Porte with the approval Of the Powers.
The Sultan of Morocco is dead.
The Congress has decided to cede to Rus
STA that portion Of Bessarabia which she
lost in 1856, extending from the Prlth TO
the Kilia Valley. The Congress also decid-
ed to transfer the Dobrudscha to Rou-
mania. The frontier of the new territory is
TO be advanced SO as to run from the neigh
borhood of Silistria, without including that
town, to Mangalia, on the Black Sea. Rou-
mania win thus acquire a fertile tract OF
country, and be established on both banks
OF the Danube. The Congress has recog-
nized the independence Of Roumania and
Montenegro. 1ss
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-07-04
The Late Queen of Spain.

So far as the political part of the Con-
stitution is concerned, the King had
said manfully enough, when that instru-
ment was drafted, that is entirely in the
hands of the nation, but in any thing
affecting my marriage l can admit no
interference. From childhood he had
called his cousin his 8" little wife," to
obtain his own opportunity for q declara-
ton he had run away in the most de-
lightful manner with her in state car
rage, leaving bribed coachman, a sur
prised duenna, and scared and scan
dalized family circle behind at the door.
Your father-in-law is the most unpopu-
lar man in Spain, one Councillor had
said. But 1 am not marrying him, re-
turned the King, wittily. 1t was
not long ere all difficulties were sur
mounted. The brides wealthy father
bought off the Princess of Asturia's op-
position by paying her debts; Queen
Isabella threatened scene, but was
packed over the Pyrenees by Canovas
del Castillo, as if she had been Marie de
Medici and he Richelieu. When she
went to the Pope to complain, his only
reply to her prayer that he would refuse
the dispensation permitting the cousins
to marry was to send them his blessing,
two consecrated rings and diamond
rose. During the brief interval proceed
ing their wedding, the royal lovers
whispered to each other through the
telephone. Thus to Castle and Leon
Edison gave new and fanrer world. On
the Esd of January last, in the historical
little Church of the Virgin of Atocha,
they were married by Cardinal Bena7
vides, y Navarette, in the presence of a
splendid and distinguished audience,
and with, ceremonies and popular re-
ioicings described at length in our col
hmns then, which reached the brightest
historic days of heroic Spain. Acorre-
spondent who saw them few days
afterward described them as unaffected
ly and unconcealedly happy, and said
that at every pause the young Kings
eyes turned lovingly and proudly upon
his pretty and blushing young Queen
wife, as he called her. This was the
last glimpse which the newspaper-read-
ing public has had of the lovely young
girl, whose death, in the month OF
roses, is announced.