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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-08-13
Rats-Mrs. Benedict's Remarkable and
Valuable Discovery.

It has aiways been easy for house
wives who are troubled with rats to pol
son them. but the problem has been to
induce them to die upon the field of hon
or, so TO speak-to,wit, the kitchen floor.
They have usually preferred to retire to
their inaccessible retreats in the walls
as soon as they felt the symptoms of ar
senical poisoning, and the low state OF
sanitary silence prevailing in their COM
munities is such that poisoned rats are
never properly buried or incineIated by
their associates. The problem has been
how to kill the rats without bringing
unpleasant odors in the house.
Mrs. Benedict has solved the difficulty
and is entitled to the honor we give to
an inventor and benefactOr. She was
engaged, it appears, in the domestic
manufacture of plaster casts of various
kinds. Complaint having been made of
The fragility of these wares, Mrs. Bene-
dict began a course of experiments with
the hope of giving greater durability TO
her casts. One of her devices was to
mix wheaton flour with her pulveriZed
plaster of Paris, so that the gluten of
the flour might make the paste less brit
tie. One evening she had visitors, who
rang the door bell just as she was sitting
the mixed plaster and flour for the third
as the chemist says. She had already
set a dish of water at hand, intending
to make a cast at once, and when the
door bell rang she hastily removed her
apron and went to welcome her guests,
| leaving her materials upon the kitchen
! table. The guests stayed until late bed
! time, and when they babe her. adieu
Mrs. Benedict went to bed without re-
! turning to the kitchen.
/ What happened in the night was this ::
| A rat snifliEg the odor of flour, made
up the legs of the table to the top,
! where he was speedily joined by other
! foragers-his brethren. The dish of
/ flour and plaster was easily reached and
! the rats ate freely and hastily of it, as
! is their custom to do, 1t was rather q
! dry supper, and water being at hand,
! each rat turned from the savory dish of
/ flour and plaster to Slake his thirst with
the water. Everybody who has had to
! do with plaster of Paris will guess at
once what happened. The water drunk
first wetted the plaster in the rats stom-
achs, and then, in a technical phrase,
'set' it !; that is to say, the plaster,
thus made into paste, instantly grew
| hard in each rats stomach, making a
I cast of all its convolutiOns. The event
/ proved that with such cast in exist
/ ence it is impossible for a rat to retreat
/ even across IA kitchen.
The next morning thirteen of them
lay dead in a circle around the water
dish. Mrs. Benedict, like a wise wO-
man, kept her secret and made profit OF
it. She undertook, for a consideration.
to clear the premises of her neighbors OF
the pests and succeeded. 1t Was not
long before the town was as free of this
sort of vermin as if the pied piper OF
IIamelin had travelled that way. TheI
Mrs. Benedict advertised for agents tC
work up the business throughout the
country, selling each the secret for ;
fair price. ". y. Ereping Post.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-08-13
So,lE or Mrs CoRsoN,s TEAcnINGs.

SOME OF Mrs. COR$oN'S TEACHINGS.
Potatoes, any time of the year, can
be made mealy if boiled in salt and wa
ter. and drained and then covered with
a thick towel, and left on back of the
range five minutes.
To retain the color of any vegetable,
plunge it into cold water after boiling.
Cooks make the mistake of boiling
things too much. After reaching the
boiling point meats should simmer
The toughest meats can be made tender
by so doing
1t is always best to under-season Tath-
er than to over-Season food.
= When anything is accidentally made
too salt it can be counteracted 10y add
ing a tablespoonful of vinegar and a
tablespoonful of sugar.
Meats of any kind should not he
washed, but wiped with towel to pre-
serve the juice and quality.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-08-13

Indigo FACToRY.--IIave you s7E
thought what indigo is, and wbeF
comes from Near the city OF AL5.l
bad, IL India. our missionaries mag So
the little indigo plant growing. zHl tls
factory where our indigo Is FTepaTgiiE
use. The following account Of the I--
paration Of the indigo from the plant
was given 10y the prOprietOT.tO one Wl8
travelled in that country:
1t is the young shoots Of the luulk
plant you see before You which Vr0yia
us with the precious material 0rd!e-g
and not the flowers, as Is commonly SIP
posed. The gathering OF theSe s-1oI
is a very delicate operation. NhH
they have arrived at a proper degrs- d
maturity, they must be speedily n
meved. and each cutting must b. fIr
cuted with rapidity and during therIsl
for the sun would wither the brarClH
and deprive them of their Tr1TvT-ss
We therefore require a greatmany talls
all the villagers on my estate art p-a,r-
in requiSition. The wOTkmen aTs a.
dispersed in the fields at midnight alt
in the morning the produce Of the lll-
vest is deposited in these stone i11us
which have been previously illed VII
water. Then is the time tOT the sIl I.
perfOrmits part. Under the nt1e1f. q
its rays the substance undergo o seer.
of fermentation f: the water becomes o.
Orod with variegated tinges, and Ial /!
tuiHa .lue. After a space OF about i.-!-
eight hours, the liquid is drawn of nc
the smallest trOughs. 1t now sul.' ;
slightly ammoniacal smell, and ils or
or is almost black. II Is allowed %
evapOrate again, and is then placed 2
metal watts. heated 10y steam, IN Wls-
when the evaporation has ceased, " z
pOSit of pure indigo is formed u o-i
remains TO dry this deposit, pleh hll ID
send it to the market at Calcutta,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-08-13

SULPHUR FOR INsECTS.-A subscrib-
Ell at South Braintree, Mass, says an eX-
change, has found a mixture of sulphur
and finely cut tobacco, two parts of the
former to one part of the latter, an ex-
celleEt preventive of the ravages of in
sects on squash and other vines, as well
as for keeping lice from cattle, dogs and
poultry. He also recommends its use
for sprinkling trees and bushes that are
eaten by cankeT worms or currant worms.
Sulphur is excellent for use in the pOul-
try house and stable, and so are tobacco
and snuff, used with care but we are
of Paris with just enough Paris green
to give it a light tinge, as being both
cheaper and more effectual for squash
vines
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-08-13

Is a sure cure for all ordinary diseases Of Horses
Cattle, Sheep and Swine. 1t cures and prevents
CHICKEN CHOLERA. Your COW is certain to yield
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cows, chickens and pigs. and hnd 1t FIIs5T-CLASs
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l have used two packs Of your Cattle Powder on
my and chickens. Tue COW GAVE NEARLY
TWICE QUANTITY MILK she did before. My
chickens dying. but were CURED IMMEDIATE
after had used the powder.
Yours truly, JONAS PAsoUR, Dallas, n. &.
I have used your Cattle Powder and must say 1t
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EVEHN CAsE.-IoN. WEAVER Bcrrysville, Pa,
Last summer you sent me a package Of your pow
der which gave TO my poultry, and have not had
droopy turkey or chicken since.-Mrs. WM.
kNAPP, Orange. y. Y.
Send me n pack two Of your Cattle Powder.
The pack l got from yOU last winter CURED THE
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bor and it cured his chickcns.-JoHS WILLIAMS,
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Address for pamphlet, +. \. MILLER. 33I
Arch St, PHILADELPHIA. Pa. 9.'S0-ly-l
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-08-13

SEIF-WINDING CLOCKs.---,'A. Is :
maker of Copenhagen named - - y,
enderburg, who for some time Me- tigt
had charge of that city's elect.C C-s-iiss
keepers, has Just invented an l.n,sscss5il
appliance which o5viateS the Ma
of winding up the regulator IT, H.. .iuls.
the clocks in question take - hid e
BY a mechanical contrlVsiiCo = slecrs.
iodically cuts off the stream -,,sry. - -
fluid emanating from the u'',,,,r ,'ssr US
brings an electric-magnet 10 - va .
the relaxed mainsping IN sI'cn CIV. r
to renew its tension inst an'esou,s,Irte1 2
petual motion is practically il. HI
the works of the regulatoI--,..,s3 "
say as long as batteries coInC;,b In std'
it are kept properly supplied WV
London IelegrUpt.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-08-13

To CRNIP the hair take little gum
arabic and put it into just enough boil
ing water to dissolve it. When dissolved
add enough alcohol to make it somewhat
thin. Let this stand all night, aud then
bottle it to prevent the alcohol from
evaporating. When wishing to 'do"
the hair for the night, damp it with this
mixture, and the result will be, next
Gay, stiflly crimped or curled hair, which
will not ''come out'' on damp or hot
days, as is usual with hair crimped or
ctUled in the usual way,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-08-13

AN OLD REAPER.--A Virginia cor
respondent of the Country Gentleman,
tells of a Mccormick reaper which has
completed its tbirJy-first harvest on the
same farm, having cut Sc acres of wheat
in 49 days. Its owner estimates that it
has cut over 5000 acres of grain, on land
abounding in fast rocks
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-08-13

CoPPERAs dissolved in water and
quart spTinkled once week around the
roots will revive declining fruit trees.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-08-13
Persian INSECT POWDER

Reaches, ants bugs. moths. garden worms ETC.
fall victims TO its deadly effects Immediately upon
coming in contact with IL. 1t l. truly the genuine
Persian. the flowers being imported direct then
ground and prepared at our laboratory under our
own supervision, 80 that we guarantee its aD-
Solutc freedom from adultCratiOa. Druggists and
country storekecpers sell it. Wholesale Depot. y.
W. Corner Sd and CailOwhill Sts, Philadelphia.
July ., lssO.-1y.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-08-13
DR. jones' TARAXCANUM TONIC

or pYsPEPsIA MEDICINE. a vegetable compound
whose virtues has stood the test Of 40 years in
fallible in the of Dyspepsia, General Debility
Chronic Weakness Of Lungs, Spleen aud Kidneys,
Short Breath, II Heartburn, st. Nitus' Dance. pains
in the Stomach. Back and Chest. Particularly
adapted to all Female Diseases, no matter what
the age of the patient may he. Price. IS cts. Sold
by Druggists. (7-9. 'SU.-Iy.I
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-08-13
AROMATIC Birch BEER F!

Composed Of roots and herbs that are specially
hcalthiuI giving tone and vigor to the system. 1t
is nutritious. an excellent preventive of Summer
Complaints. "A Tonic. and n Blood Purifier. 1t IL
cooling and refreshing without being stimulating.
Endorsed by Physicians and Temperance .idrOcGfeS.
1 have tried Aschenbach < Millcrs Birch Beer.
and consider IL superior to any article of the kind
/ ever tricd.-JAMEs LOSGwELL, Ccylon Spice
Mills l47 n. Front St, Philadelphia. Pa.
Having tried Aschcnbach y Miller's Birch Beer
I regard il excellent Summer Drink. My
neighbors think likewise. Success to il. q. w.
ScHoCH, Pub. Telegraph, Miffiinburg, Union Co,
Pa
Ifyour druggist does not keep it, or you happen
to live in the country YOU can have package for
warded TO you by sending p cents TO ASchenbach
y Miller. propretors, Sd * CallOwhin Sts., Phia
dclpha. Ia.
June p, ISSO.-Iy.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-08-13

In con per day at home. samples worth -
,N,DtO gu free. Address STIESoS \ Co. Port
land. Na..e. us. ..T9.-lY.tl
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-08-13
LYDIA E. PHNkHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND.
The Positive Cure
For all Female Complaints.


This preparation its name signifies. consists OF
Vegetable Properties that harmless to the most del
icate invalid Upon trial the merits of this Com
pound will recognized relief Is immediate; and
when Is continued in ninetyninc cases In hun
tred perrna effected thousands will tcs
tifv ON account OF its proven merits It is to-day
commended and prescribed by the best physicians in
the country.
1t will cure entirely the worst form CT falling
Of the uterus, Icucorrho,a, irregular and painful
Menstrunton all Ovarian Troubles. Inflammation and
liberation, F1oodings all Dispnccments and the
scquont spinal weakness and especially adapted to
the Change OF Life. 1t viii dissolve and eIpel tumors
from uterusin early stage OF development. The
tendency TO cancerous humors there is checked very
Tpeedily by its
est and best remedy that has ever been discover.
ed It per1neates every portion OF the system and gives
new Iifeand vgor. fantness ratulency. de-
rtroys craving for stimuants and relieves weakness
OF the stomach
Itcures Dloating, Headaches, Nervous Proetration
General Debility slceplessness Depression and Ind
gestion That feeling Of bearing down, causing poin
weight and becschc, is always permanently cured by
its use 1t will lat all times and under all ercumstan
ces act in harmony with the Law that governs the
female system.
For Kidney Complaints Of either sex this compound
is unsurpassed.
lydia {. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Isprepared at 9s and 2j Western Avenue Lynn Mass.
Price scO Six bottles $500 by mail in tho
form Of pills in the Of Lozenges receipe
OF price SI.OO. per box for either Mrs. PINKHAA
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No family should be without LYDIA F. PINKHAH'
LIVER FILLS. They Constipation, EilousnesS
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RS- For sale by GEO. y KELLY X Co. Gencra
Agents. Pittsburgh. Pa, and Dr. WIN, 14EMNOc
Druggist, Ebensburg, Pa. II-2. oo.-ly.l
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-08-13
LEANING TOWERS.

r sfosT IMPORTANT ONES AND TIE
USE OF THEIR ISCLINATION.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-11-17
Bold Robbers.

Dallas, Tex, 16.-The city is thrown
into great excitement over the arrival OF
squad Of forty armed farmers bringing
in the body of dead man and recount
ing the boldest robbery ever enacted in
this section. Marion johnson, planter,
was met. twelve miles out, by two masked
men. Knocked down and robbed. Being
overtaken By sixty men in pursuit, he
Joined them. Five other farmers were
met who had been robbed, and
hey slso jIned in the pursuit
The outlaws were overtaken within three
miles of this city, when a general fight
occurred. One robber was recognized BIS
Adam Curtley, Of Nashville, Tennessee,
and was killed. The other escaped,
carrying eighteen buck sho. in his body.
Eleven farmers are known to have been
robbed. Both of the men are thought to
be implicated in the robbery of Adams
s. Leonard's bank recently.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-11-17
FOREIGN.

Vienna, 16.-The meeting Of the Aus
tro-Germsn cOnstituti0nslists here, on
Sunday last, was al imposing demonstra
ton. Nothing can shake the fact that
the liberal German party in the Reichs-
rath has quite nine-tenlhs of the we'll
TODD educated Germans Of Austria be-
hind 1t in any struggle against fede alist
attempts.
Cape Town, 16 Fifteen hundred men
have gone patrolling through BasutO
la d.
Brussels, 10 There is good reason to
lieve that 5000 rifles were shipped re-
Gently 81 several Italian ports for Ire
land, and that the rifles were purchased
ia Switzer and by Ii.hmen who came
from the United States.
BAllinrobe, 10. - The commander of
troops here has been ordered to be ready
to proceed on q moments office by
forced marches in the direction of Gal
way, probably on account of the alleged
importation of arms into disturbed dis
tricts from America by way OF English
ports. Members of the Land League in
formed q correspondent that an expedition
Of Tough Mask tenants to Lord Ernes-
houses residence has been abandoned, as
the executive land league has refused to
sanction it, on the ground that Boycott
intends to quit the district. The adore
Of the tenants has been withdrawn.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-11-17
The SteIIarton Calamity.

Stellsrton, N s., I6.-Thsre is no yerz
great change in affairs here, TODAY. a
meeting was held lest evening in the
company's Office, and il was esllved tu
send the following appeal to the mayors
and citizens Of the various towns
throughout Canada and The United
Sta es: a terrible calamity has hap
pened IN this place. Two disasters in
succession have been the means of killing
fifty men and boys and leaving thirty-
three widows and one hundred and ten
orphans Seven hundred men, repre-.
seniing a population of two thousand
eople, are thrown out of elnploymantI
in the face of a Canadian winter. We
appeal TO q generous public for immediate
help. Contributions may be sent to any
ot the undersigned: james Hudson.
of Albion mines; Robe tS-mp-
ION, mansger of Drummond mine;
henry Poole, msnsger Acadian mines:
John Or en-, manag-r Vale mine; q. L. |
Angel, m ,n~ger-. NoYs Scotia mine;
Rev, VIM. Mcdonald P. P; Rev. D.
: More, Rector Christ church; Rev.
Shas Dunn, of the Church Of Scotland;
Kew. Thos. Coming, OF the Pr,sbyter-
an church, Rev. NJ. E. Thurlow, of the
Methodist Church
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-11-17

AMoNG THE other things brought
out by the late political campaign
was the rate of wages in Europe. It
was produced by the republicans to
show how much better paid were
workmen in this country than their
fellows abroad, sGd to make this point
against the democrats that they
would abolish the tariff, and conse-
quently reduce American labor to
the European level. The argument
was not good, but it unquestionably
had great influence upon ignorant
laborers, who would or could see only
one side of the question. They were
alarmed, and looking at the matter
from the standpoint of the protec-
ZIONIST as they did, no one can blame
them on account of their fears. The
German government has 10 lde an in
vestigstion which shows that the
wages in German iron foundries
range from 50 cents to 102 cents, the
average being 62 cents day. But
while the rate is thus low, the cost o.
living is wonderfully less than in
America. What would an American
family Of eight persons-msn, wife
and six ohildren-!hink OF living on
$I4 % a month. or less than so cents
g day2 This is what it costs the Ger
man laborer's family. We fear there
would be too much of the Tanner
business in the economy to please the
ordinary American family, native or
imported.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-11-17

IL NEW YORK there is q rnmor
that KenWard Philip has received
upon making g clean breast of the
Garfeld-Morey. Chinese letter forgery,
and also that bis confession will i'm
plicate others in high station. All
good people, whether democrats or
republicans, will hope there is truth
in the rumor, so far as Philips cor
fession is concerned. and also in the
other portion, provided there be great
ones connected with the forgery. No
one can desire to shield any person
guilty OF the despicAble fraud, and If
Mr.. Philip knows who the really
guilty persons are, he cannot tell any
too soon. It must be borne in mind,
however, il connection with the al
legged forthcoming confession, that
Philip has been discharged from the
Truth newspaper, hence there may be
q spirit OF revenge or retaliation IN
what he is about to do.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-11-17
A Mammoth Fire.

San Francisco, 16.-Bodie dispatch: A
dre at Mammoth City, Sunday, broke
out about 1890 in the morning, in
the roof of George w. RJwsns' store.
1t rapidly communicates to the adjoining
buildings, and was only checked after it
had burned all the upper portion of the
town above the Herald office. The
lower part Ut the town, including all the
buildings and the mill of the Mammoth
Mining Company, were saved. Con-
siderable distress has oeen occasisned to
families burned out. bu. the citizens are
doing all they can to alleviate the suffer-
ings. Mammoth is sixty miles distant
from Bodie, the nearest telegraphic point.
and communication accordingly is slow
and deficient. The losses are thought to
sggr- gate S45, 900; am Junt Of insurance
unknown. The fire is believed to have
been accidental.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-11-17

The NUMERoUsLY signed petition OF
taxpayers asking the City Council to
invest a portion of the public fund in
the capital stock of the Utah Eastern
Railroad, proves the temper OF the
people In regard 10 the coal oues-
ton. 1t shows that the Union Pacific
Company has few friends in this CITY,
and that il it were possible TO do
otherwise, it would have no patrons
here. We are informed that the re-
iusals to sign the petition are few
indeed, the masses being anxious to
put down their names as in sympathy
with the object, and also as recording
their disspproval of the policy pur-
sued by the mammoth corporation
This state Of things 10 to be dsplored.
Ii must Of necessity work injuriously
to all parties. Feeling the intense
enmity on the part of the people, the
q. P. will, and seemingly already is.
adding vindictiveness to its harsh and
cruel course, and having US as yet at
Its mercy, will squeeze tighter than
ever, not only in the matter OF coal,
but as to eserS ching else. But while
on the one hand the company is op-
pressing, and doing all in its power
. annoy and iDjure the community,
the latter, on the other hand, will not !
be apt to put itself out much TO bene-
fit the Union Pacific. II has settled
down to an opsn war between the
railroad and the people, and if the g
one csn vex or hurt the other, We Ii
may feel confident the Effort will be e.
made. While the U. P. has the :
advantage in the contest, it should
that its interests would be- u
advanced by the establishment and es
Of harmony in its rtla- &c
ions with the peopls o! Utah. Power. p
al as the corporation is il is not
upreme, and it can be made 10 feel
hat it is better to have the good will =,
han the enmity Of 200 600 of its 70
atrons. Concerning the petition to =
be City Council We presume those 81
tho know the facts put their names
, the prayer more to indicate their
pposition TO the Union Pacific policy
I'D their sympathy with the Utah es'
Astern project, than with the expeo- ali
'tion that the petition would be VI