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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-02-07

THE ANTIQUITY OF ~ EAE EESG.-Ihe
earliest records of the arl OF wcav-
ing are to Uo found In the old Tes-
lament. Pharaoh arrayed Joscpl In
'yestuTes of fine linen" and Job Ia
mented that his days were swifter than
the wcaver's shuttle, the use of the
simile proving that the shuttle was a
common and well known object at the
time Portions Of woven cloth and
weaver's shuttle have been found
among the remains of the Lake dwell
ings, and rs the latter are believed TO
belong to the stone age. the origin of
the art may possibly have been nearly
COinCideEt with the existence of man.
Few if any savage races have been dis
covered altogether ignorant of the srt,
and many OF them have brought 1t to
q considerable degree of perfection;
while the relics Of the ancient Peruvi-
ans and Egyptians show that they
were skilled weGvers. Some fragments
of Egyptian cloth were found on ex-
animation to be woven with threads of
about 100 hanks to the pound. with
l4O threads to she inch i'm the warp,
and 81 in tie wooC Although the art
was practiced extensively, and with
no mean skill, in very ancient times,
it progressed slowly and gradually
by small steps at long intervals. The
great advances in the art of weaving
have been made during the past 300
years, mainly during the past century.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-02-07
PnocUR1Ne FREsu WATER FROM SEA

PROCURING Fresh WATER FROM SEA
WATER.-A method Of procuring fresh
water from sea water through the di-
rect action Of the suns rays is among
the foreign inventions. The appara-
tus consists Of box OF wood one inch
thick, about fourteen feet long, two
feet wide. and OF an average depth Of
six inches. The upper part of the box
is closed with ordinary glass, which
has an inclination of tan inch and half.
At the lower edge of the glass there is
q semi-circuI8r channel, destined to
receive the fresh water which is con-
densed on the interior surface of the
glass. The operation is entirely sim
pie. The salt water is let into the
pox for about an inch in depth, and
it is then exposed to the rays of the
sun. A very active evaporation then
begins, and il is found that q square
metre of glass Will condense daily
the amount of two gallons of pure
water.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-02-07
Hoe CHoLERA.-ThH disease

HOG CHOLERA.-Thk disease
wholly prevented by feedin~ o'Ih
full supply or wood Coz q lneil,i- 1iI-
and giving copperss l. ;'s ana ashes
proportions Of one 4 their drlnk IN
hoes Farmer --half pound to ten
iaoya anr foa,S will find hogs will
- 49, 1 to eat Goals and ashes,
,,,;n,: a,iu ~ treated in this way can
LliI-sle WITH cholera hogs without
uauSet' 1t will be necessary to keep
theLo from all drinks until they par
.aI.e OF the copperas water freely.
from fIn Ohio farmer, who speaks
from experience - Cor. So. Louis Re
publican.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-02-07

An EZCELLENT AND CHEAP PRE-
sERvATIvE.-Chemistry IS constantly
finding new thing or new use for
an old thing. The latest is salvciliC
acid, for the preservation of fish in
their freshness and flavor. Salt fish
have very little flavor Of fresh BY
the new process of curing. which has
been used in Germany for more than
a year, fish Of al kinds can be so pre-
served as to retain nearly all their
original exceilcnces. 1t Is understood
that the expense Of preparing fish
by the use of this acid IS not much
greater than the cost attendant on
the older method, while the result Is
infinitely more satisfactory. 1t IS
already about as cheap as ice. The
supply of salycilic acid Is well nigh
inexhaustible The salicine Is derived
from willow bark. The acid may also
be procured from carbolic acid Like
the latter, it is powerful anti-ferment-
When well diluted il Is tasteless ana
inOdorous. 1t is now used TO prevent
/ the soUring Of beer, and to arrest pu-
trefaction in the manufacture OF glde-
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-02-07
ARIzONAyS STONE

;e:sy s.sS s'a$;:, %:: $s: :s5::: s::: !
of hard, smooth granite 17IDs.
ter falling upon this bas z Bath
through nine tanks, oinInkY aso
other The lower tank 1---aS.
access, and are often dF or
contents by men and 4 and
ing Letween Yuma andg ure
upper tanks are appros
circuitCus and difficr't kAnSsinO. -,
rocks To one stan Auoieo7 thu
afford no indication present nSied
nor does climbing not HPPeosn-
mountain side seem tion lt.S...,aI - eg "
unacquainted with a - Uitian-
In the upper tanks \ 80 publishsn
been known to fail. plsci,--
comes game Of all kina ,, thter-
from the great watch
around Tinaias. Antelope, mountain
sheep and deer Of several Kinds come
in herds Rabbits and hates are as
plenty as anywhere, and are prey for
many coyotes and beautiful little rock
foxes. One would think that all this
game would be thinned out bv the
Papago Indians who inhUbit the cOun-
trv But these Indians are supersti-
tiOus, and avoid Tinajas with abiect
terror. Within two miles OF this wa
ter are certainly $50 graves, and pro-
baby more, each marked bT rows Of
stones laid in form of q cross. Scores
of men, famished fox water, have ex-
panded their last streugtLin reaching
Tinaias, only to find the lower tanks
dry, and, ignorant of the upper ones.
have lain down In despair 10 die
The remains have been buried bv later
travellers and their gfaves marked.
Mexican fashion, by q cross Of stones.
During the rush 10 the gold fields Of
California cholera attacked adventur-
ers on the road from Mexico, as it.
did American immigrants along the
Platte; pestilence combined with
thirst to gather corpses at Tiuasas.-
Recollection of bleaching bones and
grinning skulls protects the game from
Papago arrows and flint locks. After
passing through its usual fermentation
the water becomes clear and pure rs
LliA ia lilt HDl-A a. aR4Ae1 mum --IE
clouds only, and, flowing into the
tanks over insoluble gIauite, it carries
no mineral matter Every heavy rain
pours q wbirling torrent through the
tanks, washing them ont to thc ve-7
bottOm-no organic matter Stays be-
hind The number and variety Oi
birds here is marvellous, many of
them appearing TO be OF new an5 un-
described species. At morning ana
evening the din 0ftheir song. confined
by sides Of the mountain, is almost
deafeujug. All around Tinajas is the
remarkable vegetation OF the desert
near its tanks are many and curious
plants nourished by their moisture
The place is one Of much Interest
HrizOu7 Sentinel.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-02-07

PAPER CARPETs.-A paper carpet
is now made in England. designed 60
initiate parquet flooring, the paper
being printed in patterns to represent
different woods from photographs, so
that the resemblance Is quite perfect.
The floor is first prepared by beng
made perfectly level, and the creYlces
filed up with plaster-ofParis; over
the surface, rs thus prepared, hessiaL
is stretched, and on this first hninE
paper and then patterned paper Is
pasted, the whole being finished VIE
a coating of a peculiar and OF yarnisil-
described as wonderfully hard aho
wear-resisting. This kind OF carP.e..
ing can be kept perfectly clean WI VI,
the greatest ease, and though tn-
wear of paper earpeting may 2.
thought problematical, the inven1oi
states that he has had rooms coyeIe"
with 1t for some sixteen months, VIII.
out showing any appreciable signs q.
wear-ErcbGRge
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-02-07

THERE was lately shown at the
rooms Uf the Society of Art, in Lon
don, a piece of milk solidified by the
Hooker process, and weighing one
hundred pounds, and which has been
exposed TO the action of the air for
four years and three months. The 4gTj-
cultltTal Gazette OF that city says that
its quality wes still 50 excellent
that in a few minutes it was dis
solved, by churning. into fresh
butter
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-02-07

VEGETABLE SoUP.-Pass through
sieve all the vegetables used to Inah. .'-
vegetable stalk; melt piece OF ous.,'
in a saucepan, add little flour 70 y. y
mix it well, then add the vegett.al-
pulp. Stir well and moisten Win /.
much of the stalk rs may be necesS
sary. Let the soup boil, stir INTO I.
off the fire, the yelks Of two ess
beaten up with q little water
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-02-07
gERvOUS DEBILITY.

vlf-t wfoat(nes9 or depression
y-t.sl, exhausted feeling, no energy or cour-
-a.: the result of snenfal oVsT-<.crk,
iu-s=ccTcfsoTs or oxcesseI, or some
drain vpal the system, is alnavs cured by
HCsFIa.i So h8ABGF .IIrRIO SPECIFIC No. -
It tones Up nd invigoratcs the system.
d'Ue nc gloom and dcspondcrey. y.irpartS
.raustn and energy, stops the ufal' anu
ll.il.euatcs thc entire man' Bvtn tiseu
twlutv wears with perfect success by lhoV-
>1uj~. Sold ly dealers. IFicy' flu per
sircIe .:gI. OF $500 per package OF five yiaix
aud - so Vial OF powder sent by mail on
r.-.ipt OF price. Adtlreys sSITFF.REYs'
fEgEpEu sg'sEEG' SzEsssE<,sSE COMPANY
1Es SUTTON SfltEET.+ X y.
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DIR. NJ. ]. BUCK.
- Puys1c1Ax AND SURGEON.

~ PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
ALTOONA. = q
Once and residence on Fourteenth street, near
Eleventh avenue, where night calls can be made.
Once hours from s to 10. A. NJ. and from to
and to s. P N. Special attention petd TO Dis
eases OF the Eye and Ear, as well r1 -Uf f.-af
Operations Of every description. .--.-...
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-02-07

yT7M. H. SECHLER, Attorney at
Wv Ia,s, Ebensburg, Pa. Office in Col
onade Row. (rccently occupied hyeWm. kitteil,
ESQ Centre street Gl-2l'Th.-trI
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-02-07

TINS line 50 neat makes all complete.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-02-07

AIn@moeR
Auditors -,
present nqied
not sppeoV IN
Sion is csR in
the Counl6z
been, Witiac-
50 publishsn
"a placi,-
,, thJsr-
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The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-08-01

a RINGING LETTER.--Th, following
production is we'll worthy its eminent and
patriotic author. Here the whole matter
is stated with all possible force and concise
ness. This letter deserves to be read by
every man on the continent
UNITED STATES SENATE CHAMBER,
WASHINGTON, ID. c., July 3, 1879
Dear Sir The extra session is at an
end. In nv judgment, no session Of Con.
gress has ever done more for the vindica-
tion of the principles of American liberty
We have successfully maintained the prin.
ciple that the bayonet shall not control the
ballot-box; We have repealed the infamous
jurors test.oath we have provided for i'm
partial juries in tho Federal courts, North
and South, and zoe haze maintained the
principle Mat Me Federal government shall
not interfere in tie election Of officers of
the States. A greater declaration in favor
Of popular liberty has not been made since
the adoption of Magma Charter.
Yours truly. A. G. THURMAN.
Hon. j. W Eylar, West, Union Ohio.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-08-01

SOUTHERN COMPETITION WITH NORTH.
ERN MILLs.-Krk's Mills, Pennsylvania
July 16.-As pertinent to the cotton spin.
ners' strike in Fall River, contribute a
fact within my own knowledge. During
the past winter some time member of a
leading Baltimore firm said they would
have to stop spinning cotton and buy yarn
in the South, as they could buy cheaper
than they could spin. And they were bred
to the business and themselves manage their
factories. In March and April last / was
in Georgia and Alabama, aud then came to
the conclusion that the mills there cosld
certainly spin yarn and make coarse cloth
much cheaper than those North could. The
South has fine mills, low taxes, buys cotton
from the wagons, has water power and cheaT
labor. The people in Fall River arc In facI
in grinding competition with the darkey
who works and boards himself for nine dol
lars tho month.-Corepondem Ihilodel
phia Times.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-08-01

THE SOUTHERN LIFE INSURANCE CON-
PANY.-Time has passed on. Dull, heavy.
long years have rolled by. Poverty has
invaded the sanctity of many widows
home, and not yet one single word from
this fallen giant. What does it mean
Why is it so? Why all this silence? Why
this kid glove handling of this defunct con
cern? We mean no reflections upon its
former distinguished head or of its officers
but facts are stubborn things, and as we are
in darkness, aud as our people have suffered
so much, we call for light, more light, upon
this yet hidden and obscure matter Let
us have clean breast of it. AS public SER
wants, We would be recreant to our trust
if VIC did otherwise, aud as we tender our
thanks to "H. w. A." of Edgefeld, for
opening the ball, we call upon our contem-
poraries to keep it rolling 1t is by these
means, and these alone, that we bring Just
such institutions to a proper appreciation
of their duties and obligations; and it is
but matter of justice to oil well managed
companies of the kind. Lite insurance in
itself is good, but counterfeit is not worth
a penny Camden Jouradl
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-08-01

About tho best specimens of ready wit
we have met with in long time are re-
ported in Virginia paper. They arc good
enough to go tho rounds and be remem-
bered. Here they are:
'!When Gen. Getsy, commander Of the
garrison of Fortress Monroe, received Capt.
Wise and the Richmond Blues with band
of music at Old Point, the other da", as
soon as the music struck up it frightened
the team of a countryman, consisting of a
runt of bull hitched to stick cart, to
such an extent that he ran into and demor-
allied the entire command. When order
had been somewhat restored, Capt. Wise
wittily remarked to Gen. Getty:
"Another Bull Ram, General
"Yes, replied the General; "a regular
rout but | promise you when get inside
the fort you shall fare better at GeHy's
burg.
"And they did, too
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NUMBER 81.

SA-LU"ING THE BRIDE-Thcrc was n
marriage at the upper end of the Detroit,
Lansing and Northern road the other day.
~ great big chap, almost able to throw
car load OF lumber off tho track, fell in love
with widow who was cooking for the
hands at saw-mill, and after a weeks ac-
qualntancc they were married. The BOYS
around the mill lent William three calico
shirts, dress coat, and pair Of white
pants, and clipped in purse of about $50,
aud the couple started for Detroit on bri-
dal tour within an hour after being married.
This ere lady, explained William, as the
conductor came along for tickets, are nv
bride. Just spliced fifty-six miuits ago
Cost S2, but durn the cost She's iily
of the valley, Mary is, and I'm the right
bower i'll a n w pack Of kccrds Conductor.
salute the bride!
The conductor hcsitatcd. The widow
had frcckles and wrinkles and a turnedup
nose, and kissing the bride was no gratiG-
cation.
Conductor, sa lutte the bride or look out
for tornadocs, continued William, as he rose
up and shed his coat
The conducto or sa.luted 1t was the Lest
thing he could do just then.
never did try to put on style before,
muttered William, but M bound TO sec
this thing through, if have to fight all
Michigan. These ere passengers has got
to GS2me up to the chalk, they has.
Inc car was fuI. 1ri,rldnI w.llhuu uv,..
the aisle, waved his hand to command at
tcntion, and said:
81 We just been married, over thar sots
the bride. Anybody who wants to salute
the bride kin now do so. Anybody who
don WANT to will hev cause to believe that
tree fell ON him
One by one the men walked up and
kissed the widow, until only one was left.
He was asleep. William reached over and
lifted him into sitting position at one move
mcnt and commanded
'.Arye goin to dust over thar an kiss
the bride
"Blast your bride, and you, too -
growled the passenger.
William drew him over the back of tho
seat, laid him down in the aisle, tied his
legs in knot and was making bundle of
him just of a size to go through the win
dow, when the man caved and went over
and sa.lutcd.
"Now, then, said William, as he put on
his coat, "this bride tower will be re-
sumed
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-08-01

The TEXAS FEVER DYING OUT.-The
Texas papers admit that the rush of immi-
grants to their State is over, and say they
are not sorry. The glowing pictures drawn
by railroad agents of the certain wealth
that awaited every conner attracted thou.
sands Of shiitlcss people, who, of course
have found that it was necessary to work
for living in Texas, as we'll as in other
parts Of the country. Even the railroad
companies now see that immigrants of thi,
sort are worse than useless, and there is {
general disposition to stick little more
closely to the facts in immigration circular,
and get better people If fewer of them.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-08-01

Hereupon Captain Titlow called in 9
Sergeant and file of soldiers from the mex,
room, and the Sergeant advanced to seizt
the prisoner. Immediately Mr. Davis flew
on him and seized his muskct and attempted
TO wrench it form his grasp.
Of course such a scene could have but
one issue. There was short, passionate
scuffle. In a moment Davis was flung
upon his bed, and before his four powerful
assailants removed their hands from him
the blacksmith and his assistant had done
their work--one securing the rivct on the
right ankle while the other turned the key
in the paddock on the left.
This done, Mr. Davis lay fer n moment
as if in stupor. Then slowly raising him.
self and turning round, he dropped his
shacklcd feet to tho floor.
The harsh clank of the striking chain
seems first to have recalled him to his situa-
tion, apd dropping his face into his hands,
he burst iuto passionate food Of sobbing,
rocking to and fro, and muttering at brief
intervals Oh, the shame the shame
Ii may here be stated, though out of its
due order-that we may get rid in haste of
an unpleasant subjcct-NIr Davis some
months later, when frequent visits had
made him more free to converse, gavo a
curious explanation of the last feature in
this incident.
He had been speaking of suicide, and
denounced it as the worst form of cowardicc
aud folly. Life is not like commission
that We can resign when disgustcd with
the service. Taking it by your own hand
is confession Of Judgment to all that your
worst enemies can allcge 1t has often
flashed against me as tempting remedy
for neuralgia torture; but, thank God, 1
never sought my own death but once, and
then when completely frenzied, and not
master of my actions. When they came to
iron me that day, as 4 last resource of des-
peration, l seized soldiers musket and
attempted to wrench it from his hands,
hoping that in tho scuffle and surprise
some of his comrads would shoot or bayonet
me.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-08-01

A JUDGE LEARNING HIS TRADE.-You
will perhaps be surprised when l tell YOU
that the ablest lawyer of this or any other
bar, when he is for the first time appointed
a judge. has to learn his trade, as much as
the mechanic apprentice. OF course do
not mean by this that he has to learn the
law, for | am supposing him to be learned
in the law. But what the apprenticed me-
chanic learns of his master is not the sci
ence of mechanical forces, at least not
mainly that. What he does acquire in that
apprenticeship. is skill in the use of his
tools. This is precisely what am saying
of new judge. Let mo illustrate this
from my own experience, for it is closely
related to training in a lawyer. 1t is in
fact tho same thing. am very sure that
it does not take me half the time now that
It did at first to eliminate from complex
case presented to me for decision what is
irrelevant or immaterial, and to ascertain the
point of conflict nee ,ssary to be decided
And this is equally true whether the con.
test be one Of law or fact, or both. BY
practice and attention can listen to law.
yer read document offer ID in evidence,
pass with him lightly over the formal parts
of the instrument, and when he comes to
the vital matter, the few words, perhaps,
which alone touch the issue, I catch their
precise meaning, and if l do not get that
clearly stop him there until do. 1t is rare
that [ need go over that instrument again.
So have acquired, hardly know, how ex.
cept by practically training-the faculty
of taking an immense record of five hun.
drea or ono thousand pages, and turning at
once to the material parts, whether of plead.
ing, Of evidence, or whatever it may be,
and in one-third tho time it took me when
| first went on the bench, I gather the ma
terials for my judgment without digesting
n mass of useless chaff ff-Justicc Miller be.
fore the Io,oa Bar association.
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WANTED-ONE HUNDRED MALE GRAD

WANTED-ONE HUNDRED MALE GRAD.
UATEs.-Papcrs North, South, East and
West have innumcrablc accounts of com.
mencemcnts, aud able and manly graduates
stepping from the college rostrum to the
stage OF actual life. These young men go
forth with sheep skins in hand, aspiring to
comfortable and distinguished place at the
top, wherever that may be, for they have
often been assured that there is plenty of
room up there, aud they have nothing to
do but take few upward steps and land at
the aforesaid top.
Now there is room hore in Spartanburg
County for at least one hundred of these
sHaduates---Het4ial law nor .medicine, nor
politics, but on the farms of the county,
where there is plenty of room not only at
the top, but everywhere else in the line of
ascent from the very bottom. IF we had
more OF these young graduates, with their
habits of study and investigation and
reading, in charge of some Of the good
lands OF our county, they might help
to bring thsoccupation into even high.
or repute than it now enjoys There
are hundred questions that come up
in daily farm lite that need the applied
force of trained and vigorous minds. Take
the one that is now attracting some attcu.
tlon in the Spartan, the best way to econo-
mizo rain in dry weather, and you will fiud
that book-learnng, combined with attual
experiment, would in Few ye~-s throw
much light on that very important subject,
The growth and habits of plants, the i'm
provemcnt in farm stock, labor saving ma
chinery, diversified crops, a higher home
education for farmers and their families.
better and more stylish houses, are qucs.
tions worthy of the best minds Then let
many of the graduates go to the farms; there
they are needed, and there they may do
much good Carolina Spartan.