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, 1879-02-15

AA0UNKNT OF 7uK WEsTkNN UNION ATfoRNEfH,
xprcial RtspascA ta 1As 7tttunA
WAsu1aoTnN, u. G.. Fab. 1.-THE hearing
bcforu ahe Senate CotIllIttea OH tltu Raiiro1sl
n,ll Telegraph bill has been lastNnod tu allow
smonton, General A'a',u2cr Ut thu Ncw York AS
socaicd Press, to give his testimony. Quo Ut tic
arguments 1uato by the atturueys VI tho W1st-
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-08-08

TIE WELLS OF PRAIRIE Does
Some time ago the statement was made
i'm the Ia.c,icqp IgTjcutUriSf, on the
authority OF Mr.. NJ. 7. Leech, Of Ne
brasEa. that the prairie dogs of the
Western States dig wells, each dog
town being provided with one. This
statement has been widely copied, but
has been denied by some persons, and
among others by one of the professors at
Yale College. Recently one of She staff
Of the AgFiosjaTi-t has met MI. Ieech
i'm Wyoming. where he holds "a response
ble position in the railway employ. This
gentleman reiteratcs his original state
meu-s, and adds that if skeptics VIII
come to Sidney. Nebraska they viii Hnd
convincing proof of thaaccUTfcy OI what
he says. There is u town Of % or 3"
pet prairie dogs about five rods from the
track northwest OF the Railroad Hotel
The owner Of the dogs VIII show the
visitor the wen. and viii inform him
that the first move that the dogs made.
after locating there. was TO dig iorwater.
At point on the Kansas and Pacific
Railroad. not far from Buffalo Station,
the '. ,.0rkmcu i'm siukm-a tank reservoir
some time ago struck one of these prairie
dog wells and followed il down 10 q
depth of 300 feet GIr. Ieech's state
ments We're verified by Prof. Aughey,
the well known ae0logist at the Nebraska
state University, who had also discover
ed such wells while making geological
explorations along the Logan River in
northern Nebraska.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-08-08
CRUSHED GRAIN FOR HoGsEs.-0v

CRUSHED GRAIN FOR HoE-Es-0-s
are justly advocated rs the g.
above all others adapted to lo-- S.
and it is true that for young hos
and those used on She road, the
probably nothing equal 20 oats. .-
they ought TO be crushed OF Url,
and not ground In fact, / think
grains are better ted in this wav. 3D.
it seems strange that there aug D.
good American oat cTuzlers. I-
seem to me simple affairs, as I L.a
seen them In English stables.
wheel Of perhaps eighteen inches e
diameter, made strong, ana LaylL
perfectly fat periphery of steel, / I-l
sumo, like q steel tire, having q t-l
about three inches wide, is tul-
. so IS to bear evenly against @ sua-
one Of say eighs inches or less IL s
ameter, having a similar face. I-s
/ two wheels are gearcd TO turn t0gs--
! er, and the oats are slowly fed in
a hopper Good oats, when crus-
are nearly round and as big SIS g s--
, yer three cent piece, and the husss %
quite incOnspicuOus poor ones SD
more husk than grain, and retain E-
nearly the form of the uncrushcl O.
Barley may be crushed equally -
with oats, although harder; and --
/ when too green TO grind might We
f. thus treated. If grain be swallow.
whole it is not easily digested t-
crushed or broken even. it L. likely
be. Coarse meal" that is the .-
/ meal usually sold for feeding in mar
/ eastern towns, simply because 1t cl.
Z cheaply produced, Is better than U-
/ corn because il is toleIably fine bu-
the finty part Is in large solid pies
which do not adhere to cut hay
not soak quickly and are slow Of i
! gestion. When new corn IS crlsl-
/ although it Is not commiuutel L
I meal its integrity is destroyed -
/ is easily digested, because it rla-
absOrbs water OF the juice oil the s.--
( ach.-Am. -Hgriculturisa
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-08-08

THE WAY TO NYEALTU.-The Rev
Dr. r. D. Hitchcock, who is not only q
prominent theologian, but Il profound
thinker, says:
suppose no muscle is put into the land
10 sweat moisteus it it goes back into its
original wilduess, and that which formerly
supported one hundred civilized men, af-
fOrds support for one savage. The value
which land possesses has been developed Y
abOr. Have you considered how short-lived
IavCr Is? Crops last no more than year.
Railways, SO long as you stop work upon
them, % TO pieces rapidly and cease 20 BE
valuable. Houses have TO Ee made over
constantly. St. Peters church, ~ Rome,
Que Of ihe most solid of structures, is repair
cd annually at cost Of $50 ,GJ9. TEhe rev-
csouJ doctor might have added, mechanics
actually live in houses erected OH the top OF
81. Peters that they may watch for any de-
feet aud attend 70 any leak in tie roof n
great part OF Jhe wealth OF the world IS only
twelve months old ; when men stop working
ii passes away. suppose you earn 81 .2J q
day and spend the same at the end Of the
year yOu are 10 better off than at the begin
ming. You have only lived. Suppose gOu
spend s., or, better still. eiglty-five cents 4:
then you have become q capitalist. CaDitaI
is wages saved, and every man can become
capitalist. l began 90 preach at $3.50 q
year L We been thara. aud know what it Is.
Sly rule vas then, and has been cvuI since
To live within uy income. SO IL would
have been, nJ matter what my business
Spend less than yoG earn then yOu viii aa-
guIra capital, and your capital vii. be as
good as that Of any other man.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-08-08

TgEAr,rEEr OF n WoHE-OrT NEA-
Meadows that have been run
down IaeUu. sod bound or covered with
moss. -srrai or other weeds may be re-
u0.ateI with p'1Wilc. The old sod
needs tJ De disturbed, but a thorough
narrowing ur % ca1Wuing of the surface
with q disk harrow Will disturb iJ -utli-
ci.utIv without blowing. Fresh seed is
needed and dressing of lime may in
MANY cases be ajl That is required in the
WHY of 81 fertilizer. ID it can be afford
td. q moderate quantity of fine manure
used as % tou-dreS-iu-, and narrowed in
just before sowing. viii he of great beue-
it The work may bc done at amy time
before September. So that the grass and
clover the latter more particularly,
should DE well set before severe fCU,ts
occur. Orchard grass viii thrive upon
soils that are not rich enough for tim1-
thy. lut 1T is better to have the ground
good enough for the latter even if the
f0uGariS to be slWu. Grass is q crop for
which the soil can no, be too rich. for if
the growth is excessive il can be cut at
amy time and made into hay or fed
green
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-08-08
Hands and Feet in tericuIiurs

Peter Henderson, the veteran CO.
dcner. in an address at a recent g.
cultural convention, said that altbo7-.
engaged in gardening operations
over a quarter Of a century j. a-5
only been lately that hc fully rear.z-5
how Indispensable Is the use Of tbe F---
in sowing and planting. In the san
ing of seeds he thought millions NV
lost annually through neglect Of af--,
ing the ground around ;he sr.5-
During the past dry season, enormr-
losses were incurred by marke, r.-
dencrs and other cultivatOrS Of c,I1-
ges, caulihower, celery, etc. mair.-
because they persisted in sowing Il.
seeds without taking the precautior ~
firm the soil by rolling. His on
practice is, after blowing, harrov.--
and leveling the land smoothly j,
draw lines by the marker wiz
makes a furrow about two inches f-.-
and foot apart after the man rI.
sows The seed follows another NIL.
with the ball Of his foot presses dr--
his full weight on every inch Of ..-
sown. The rows are then lightly r-
eled longitudinally with the rake
light roller Is then passed over tba,-
and the operation 5 done. Bv III.
method his cabbage and celery crr.
have never once failed, and wbs.
true in these seeds is equally true -r
all seeds requiring TO be sOwu durr-
the late spring or summer monrs
/ On July %, 1874 rs an expern
, he sowed twelve rows OF beets. trass
/ inc in after sowing every alternate
/ Of each. III both cases, those tros -
came up in four days, while those
Grmed remained twelve days ha--a
I starting, and would not tucu has.
! terminated had rain not fallen. for
soil was as dry as dust when plant
! The result was that the seeds that
been trodden in, grew freely from
/ start. and maiurcl their crops % e.
Z marketable condition bv fall. ri
/ the rows Impressed did not mature
I they were not only eight DAYS late
4 terminating, but the plants were e.-
/ to some extent cnfecblcd 10y being
TALLY dried in the loose lrv soil
The same season I'm August r
treated seeds Of turniPs and spin
in the same way. Those tr0l in -
minated at once and made an excel
crop, while those impressed GERM
ted feebly and were eventually ueu
ali burned out by q continuance Of Gr-
hot air, penetrating through the los
soil 10 the tender roOtIets. A I--
proportion of the blame often la.
( door Of nurserymen an account Of
ing dead trees, he attributes t0lle
glcct of growers to compact .Le s-
about the roots.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-08-08
4 roy CITY.
WONDERFUL PIECE Of -NEcHANTs1

\ notable example of patient, long
ingenious, but utterly useless
labor was lately ON exhibition in Boston.
II IS the work of a German American
Joseph Bergman, who
has been engaged upon it for seventeen
wears. 1t represents a city, built IN the
Swiss stvle with manSard-rOOiS, bay
windows, and a series OF balconies, with
verandas. etc. The structure stands on
a base. representing a hillside, ledge OF
rocks with underground railways, etc.
There are sixty-five automatic worknen
at work in the mills and about the city.
as natural as life. The motive power
of the mills is furnished by two oyerShOt
water-wheels, the lower one taking the
waste water and running at right angles
with the upper one. The remainder OF
the machinery, as well as the automatic
workmen. is run by weights. The city,
OF village is surrounded by trees and
shubbery drives and walks, a playing
fountain. a running stream, aminiature
lake. and all that goes to make up the
uicturesque in nature The basement
of the principal building is occupied by
a Iiuseed oil stamp-mil III full operation,
with three workmen. On either side Is
a tunnel through which trains OF cars
pass. At the rear of the building Is a
bIacksmith's shop the bellows are blow
ing. the fire in the forge gloWs, and two
bIackSmilhs as DuSIly engaged III alter
natelv heating a bar of iron and pound
inc it on the anvil, the strokes of then
hammers being distinctly audible. \
( third Is ShOeing horse the proprietor
! is at work. and the wife of the last Is
iust entering. bearing her husband
/ dinner. The third story IS occupied by
I a grist-mill the smut-nll beng below
/ both in full operation. one man i
! dressing the stone for the hopper, Will,
/ n second supplies the hopper with gran
from a neighb0riug room; the latte
/ empties his measure from his shoulder
returns tin natural manner and pj'sse
in and out Of the door, closing 1t ate
him each time. An elevator asceuds OI
the outside from the basement with
load of grain. dumps it. and descend
again to be rehlled. Just below th
elevator the millWright goes up an
down on a ladder Under an oak tree
kindly shade. near the banks OF uiuI
muriug stream. sit two lovers, who, b
their motions and gestures, would al
pear to be carrying on an animated con
J vrrSati1u. To the right center oil I'll
, building is a saW-mIil. The log is prt
PEELED on he carriage, the upright sd'
passes through ii slowly Ii IS then Glz
ged back. the man at the end sets th
/ log for a new cut, and ateIlOW-WoThlna
opens the tUme-gate, TestartInE the ~.
. cuiuery. y third man Is engaged silarI
. euing a haudspikC with al AK. III
fifth and top floor of the cdiiice is SUI
posed to be the residence OF the Pr
prietor. The windows are sashed, til
] doors pueled, and the floor made
. matched boards not over an eighthof q
- inch wide. Paintings with gilt frame
+ and lace curtains, adorn the apartInen
/ which is complete jll all the details b
f lowing to a drawing
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-08-08

AE OLD-TIEIE MATRIMONIAL An
NOUNCE3fENT.- marriages were
arranged and described in the papers one
hundred years ago may be gathered from
the following description copied from a
journal published at that time:
Married in june, 1850, Nr. William Don
kin, considerable farmer of Great TOSsOn
iUc3r EoJiIhury !. In the county of NOrthum-
beriand, to Miss Eleanor Shotten, an agree
able young geut!ewoman of the same place
The entertainment on this occasion was
very grand there being no less than 12O
quarters of lamb, fOrty-fOur quarters of
veal, twenty quarters of mutton, and a
great quantity OF beef twelve hams, with
suitable number Of chickens, etc which
was concluded with eight half aukers Of
brandy made into punch twelve dozen of
cider, a great many gallons OF wine, and
ninety bushels of malt made into beer. The
company consisted OF 300 ladies and gentle
men, who concluded with the music of TWEEN
ty-tiNe fiddlers and pipers, and the whole
was conducted with the utmost order and
Unanimity.''
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-08-08

NEUFALGIA.-For This distressing ma
lady. there IS says UCa Pogui, Il very sim
pie and efficient remedy. We have tried it
with uniform success. but we have rarely
found sufferer who would make a
thorough use of il. 1t is SO simple that
most people prefer to suffer than to pro-
peTly try it. 1t is this Get a piece Of
the common sal-ammOniac. and every
hour or so bite OIL piece as big as a pea
and swallow it. II more convenient.
wash it down with wafer; or dissolve
half a drachm of the sal-ammOniac in
in an ounce of water. and take a table
spoonful every three minutes or so. An
overdose can do no harm, nor is the sub
stance especially disagreeable to take.
In from one to three hours relief viii be
in f0ur-ffths Of the cases. Why
peol le won try this simple remedy.
after being told Of 1t by one who has
tried it, is to us wonder; but 50 il is.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-08-08

INSTINCTS IN BIED~.-Iu tine stormy
part of the year this last wiu.ara Pcuin-
sular and Oriental steamer encountered
rough weather. and, as often happens at
times, many sCa-guils hoycrcd near the
ship and even came on board One al
lowed itself 90 he caught. and it WAS
found that it had iish-hone stuck I'm its
eye Jon such position as not absolutely
TO destroy the sight. but paupjrtiHg am
inch into the flesh of the bird end pro-
jeCting an inch auJ q half is might
have had a fight with fish or got trans
fixed seeking its preyI The doctor OF
the ship took the bird extracted the
bone, applied a soothing remedy TO the
wound and LET it go. III flew away. but
returned the next day, again allowing
itself 20 DE caught The doctor exami-
ned the wound, which was progressing
tavOrably, applied more of the remedy
and Jet the bird go a second time. fE
flew several times around the slip, an
then denarLod and returned no more.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-08-08

GIVE THE CHICKENS MuE--
this season milk Is plenty and DO b.
ter use of surplus milk can be ma
than 10 feed it to the poultry. Au q
change says Some Of or Iea5-
may begin to think that a pet crotch
or theory with us, rs we refer 10 as
often. Wen, suppose 1t is. vha.
that? The doctrine IS good, IS o..
one viii find who tries it. OuT u5-
od is to scald sour milk, mix bran, 2
corn and oats chopped JOgl'l-- G
both, with it and pour into Lol=,
and let poultry have as much as u.
viii eat. But little corn should .
put into his slop except at tatte--
time. One bushel Of corn to tLr,- .
oats Is enough, and then this sl2-
be mixed with an equal weight 7
good, sweet, wheat bran. 4 -
made with this and scaldeG sour d.
IS as good poultry feed as any one o.
furnish.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-08-08
What IS included in a Fnrm Deed.

At a recent meeting of the MasSachu- .
setts Board Of Agriculture. Judge Ben
nett stated in an address what a deed of
a farm includes
Of course, ne says, every one knows il
conveys all the fences standing on the farm,
but all might not think it also includes the
fencing stuff posts, rails etc, which had
once been used on the fence, but had been
taken down and piled up for future use
again in the same place. But new fencing
material just brought and never attached to
the soil would not pass.
So piles of hop poles stored away, if once
used on the land, have been considered a
part of of ii; but loose boards or scaffold
poles laid loosely across the beams of the
barn and never fastened to it would not be,
and the seller of the farm might take them
away.
Standing trees, of course, also pass as
part of the land so do trees blown or cut
down and still left in the woods where they
fell, but not cut corded mp for sale the
wood has then become personal property.
If there be any manure in the barnyard, 4,
or in compost heap on the field ready for
immediate use, the buyer ordinarily takes
that also as belonging to the farm though
it might not be so II the owner had previous
IL sold it TO some other party, and collected
il in a heap by itself.
Growing crops also pass by a deed of a
farm unless they are expressly reserved, and
/ when 1t is not intended to convey those it
/ should be stated in the deed itself; mere
/ oral agreement 10 that effect would not be
! valid in law.
Another mode is to stipulate that posses
. sion is not TO be given until some future day,
I in which case the crops or manure may be
: removed before that time.
AS to the buildings on the farm, though
I generally mentioned in the deed, il is not
I absolutely necessary that they should be.
A deed OF land ordinarily carries all the
I buildings 10 the grantOr, whether mentioned
or not and this rule includes the lumber
and timber of any old building which has
been taken down or blown down, and has
been packed away for future use on the farm
But if there be any buildings on the faru
/ built by some third person, with the farmer
leave. the deed would not convey these
. since such buildings are personal property
. and do not belong 60 she land owner to con
. vev.
The real owner thereof might move then
OF, although the purchaser of the farm sup
. posed he was buying and paying for all tn
case wouid be against the party selling III
premises.
As q part Of the buildings conveyed, c
course, the window blinds are included
b. even if they be at the time taken of an
: carried 20 a painters shop TO be painted
Tt would ba otherwise if they had been new
. " purchased and brought into the nous,
/ but not vet attached or fitted to it.
Lightning rods also go with the house
- She farmer is foolish enough 10 have any o
r ( his house.
A furnace in the cellar, brick or portab
, / is considered part of the house, but au o
diuary stove with q loose pipe running int
q the chimney IS not.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-08-08
rhe Corals Of the Indian Ocean.

Df g.i Dee wonderful Sights i'm this
Iaud of wonders there are none greater
than the wonders of the reef when the
tide i- low. The ideas about coral which
people have who have never seen 1t IN
its living state are generally erroneous
They know it is q beautifully white OF
uameut under glass shade or M dtl--
cate pink branches In their IeWelFy- dl1
they imagine living coral Is like tht9r-
Their ideas are helped along by the COM
mon ml-uuugr Ol trees and pIauchea -
applied to coral Z have never seen Do III
the south -aa Islands, but throughout
the Eastern ~rds the most common Va
ricty takes % Illuminated form, not unlike
the larr, FUNGI to DE met with any sum
r...-s ,rr. fl am English wood growing
.uf sr DO. older trees. Fiat, circular
tables of diugy brown, growing one over
another. with spaces under each. These
attain great size. extending Tor yards
without break. SO that the bottom Of
the sea is perfectly level This kind is
much sought after by the lime burners.
Another species grows in detached Dos
ses. like thick stemmed plants which the
gardener has trimmed around the top
These clumps grow out at the sand ana
stand up I'm a dull brown against the
white flooring 4 third pattern IS spiked
is of "a diugivr brown than the first Its
spikes collect the drifting weeds and its
auuearauce is consequently uutIdE
There are scores of varieties Of Cordls
auImadrcpgrgs. but the three mentioned
are those which principally make up tine
mass which is ever growing under the
still waters inside the reef. At AldEe-
burg the reef is distant seven miles from
the shore and the whole ot this great
lagoon Is iu process of filling up by CO.
raI. There are one or two holes left
capririou~.v and % channel which the
river has eu- To the reef, which it pierces
I'm what is locally called pass.
Everywhere eIsethe bottom is onlya few
feet under the water and is always slow
lvri4iuE The various corals, the Iatche-
of silver sand. the deep winding channel
lend each g tint to the water sappHir,
blue. where -t is deepest sea green viii
emerald He.Es. or crTul-au blue sAt
with oTu.ue tiul-. iI tLe shadows. The
reef is % solid wall. shelving toward tn.
shore. absolutely perpendicular toWar,
the ocean and varies in width iron
twenty to- one hundred yards. AgGius
the outer face the rollers rage Iuces-a
lv. Swell follows swell smoothly am,
regularly. LHar. is no hurry, Tor tLer
is mo- shelving bottom t0 keep them back
On they come. separating their ink blu
masses from the tumble of the ocean
rearing aloll their crest. Ike live thing
auEi1us to trv their strength and fa
with roar ON it's edge as If stands uu
meet them. IUu can stand within
few feet ofthep practically b0ttomiesS Sc
and watch them tumble. with the waite
no further than Your knees gs the surg
of their onward rush carries across t.
reef TO stand SO and watch them con
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-08-08

IN regard to the various me--
suggested fo- destroying the cao,-=
worm Prof Riley says that few -l4--
viii prove more effective than lo. y
ter judiciously applied, though =
pound Of whale oil soap disso-'e- 2
about six gallons Of water, oI er
strong tea water, may be used 70 ..o, Z (,
vantage. The application shou-. /.
made several times during the Se's- =
as it viii be more effective WL1- = =
worms are young, As pre'e-..
measures the worms may be induce .
transform under fiat pieces ol o'a.
laid upon any object that Sl- -- r
them about an inch or so ron = +,
ground. These boards should p p y Y.
ami1ed every week and the lTaAS-.-ss
ing larvae or the chrysalids de7.-..
The butterflies may also be cAl.-..
with hand nets, and thus pIe''-
from laying their eggs.