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POInIOes.

80 bushels pure Early Rose, for saie
by G. c. JANdEY. mil In.
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For Rent.

A new brick dwelling with rooms
IS per month 5 j. II BRISTOR.
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New Spring Hats.

New spri g hats and millinery just
received at Scheu's. Call and examine
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Ladies' misses and children's gum
thoes for sale at cost at ID EATRICK'S.
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COrsets.

DR.. Warmers Nursing and Flexible
Hip. CoraIine, Duplex and variety of
other makes ut HOK Els.
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For LADIES SHOES go t, the Thu
BLUE FRO Mt, closing out sales
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THE next meeting of the Balti-
more Southern Methodist Confer
ence will be held at Charlestown
Jefferson county.
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Literary: Il occasionally drop
into poetry" as the man said when
he fell into the editorial waste bask-
et.-N. Y. Pest.
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THE regular meeting of the Lyce-
um will be held on Monday night
next.
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A large stock of shoes for, sale cheap
at DEATRICK'S.
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A few pairs of large size gum boot
or sale cheap at DEATRICK'S.
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A large lot of Ladies' Slippers just
received at DEATRICK'S.
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Cost.

II. N. DEATkiCk is selling his ca
tire stock of goods at cost. Call in and
let bargains.
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Fruits! Fruits! Fruits !

Green Pippins, Readstreaks, Russell
III other apples, 25 cents per peck.
Only to be had at the popular cash store
of G. T. HERRING;
Corner Queen s. Burke, st.
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Dress ginghams only 10 cents at
DEATRICK'S.
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Oats.

80 bushels White Russian oats, pure
seed for sale by n. G. JANNEY.
IN IL St
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LACE and Hamburg edging at
EMMERT u FIERY's, cheap.
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Best unbleached mus in in town only
81 cents at Deaf KICKS.
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Corner Burke & Queen SITS.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-02-24
$500 REwARDy

5000 HE w - RDE
ME- will pay the above reward for any case OF
w Liver Complaint. Dyspepsia Sick Headache
Indigestion. Costipation or efstivaness we cannot
cure with Vests Vegetable Dver Pills. when the
directions are strictly complied with. They are
purely vegetable, and never fail TO give atisaetiou
Sugar Coated. Large Boxes. containing 50 Pills,
- cts. FOR sale by all Druggists. Beware OF coun-
terielters ans tmtta.orS- The genuine manufac-
Lured only BY JOHN O. WEST * co, The Pill
Makers, ?, Isl x ls3 ". Madison St, Chicago. Free
Irlal package sent by mail prepaid on receipt OF a
Scent stamp. Is-5'sl -IvU
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-02-24

POTATO PICKINGS. S.-What did people
eat before they had potatoes This in
duiry suggested by the fact that the an
nual crop of this vegetable in America
is estimated at 200 100000 bushels-one
ghth of which are grown in this State.
The potato is a modern vegetable, the
first mention being that of Pedro Cieca
(15S6), who says the people of Quito eat
a root which they chill popds. This city
consumes and exports 25,0 900 bushels a
day, and yet Old Rome with thrice our
population did not have a potato. You
cannot find mention of the article in
Gibbons Rome, " nor in Virgil's Geor-
GIGS which is and agricultural work.
Few families would feel comfor liable if
deprived of potatoes for week, and yet
the world had to do without them for
more than 5000 years. The principal
potato district, IN addition to Rensselaer,
Saratoga and Washington counties, is
the western part os the State bordering
the Central and Erie roads. Potato va
rieties are constantly changing. Some
of our readers may remember the old
fashioned ''pink-eye" and the ''early
Junes," which were succeed by the
Western reds,;' and then came the
''peach 6low" This was a high popu-
lar variety, but like others was transi-
tory, and then came the "early rose, y
which also soon proved unreliable.
There is dozen new varieties before
the public at present, some of which put
forth extraordinary claims.-Ne1C York.
Commercial.
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INPoRTANT TO HoUsEwIvEs.--A

IMPORTANT TO HOUSEWIVES. "A
correspondent of the Country Gentleman
says: Il send you recipe for a wash
ing preparation which / have nsed in
my family for some time, and find very
valuable, as i saves time and labor and
dies not injure the clothes in any way,
but keeps them of a clean and beautiful
color. To make fifteen pounds of the
soap, take seven pounds of frm, tough
soap (home made hard soap Will answeT)
cut into thin slices, two pounds of sal
soda and one pound of unslacked lime.
Put the lime and soda into a dish, pour
over it two gallons of boiling soft water,
stir it well and let it settle, Pour off
the clean water iutO a dish containing
the soap put it on the fire and let l. re-
main there until the soap is dissolved.
Dissolve one ounce of alum and two
ounces of boTax, and put it into the soap
as it is taken from the fire. Let the soap
cool a little and then add one ounce of
benzine, When the soap is perfectly
cool it can be cut into bars. Soak The
clother over night. Cut one pound of
this soap into seven gallons of water.
put the clothes in and boil without rub
bing. Wash them enough after boiling
to get the soap out, and rinse thorough
ly. Use the same water for second boil.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-02-24
THE GIGANTIC FIG TREE OF INDIA.

The majestic and mighty banyan 6g
tree lords it over the vegetable world of
Asia. Ne other tree ever measured a
tithe of five acres in the ground inclos-
ed by the circumference of its branches,
nor affords shelter from the sun atsone
time to a thousand men. Under its
vast Shadows one may stroll leisurely
for hours along avenues and footpaths
bordered by Towering shrubs and cooled
by gurgling streamlets. There is ban
yam in Ceylon which measures 1900 feet
around the branches-mOret than quar-
ter Of mile.
Under the shade of still larger tree
on the banks of the Merbudda, in India.
which measured a circuit of 2200 feet.
whose large trunks number 354, whose
small ones exceed 5000, and whose To-
Eage makes a home for thousands of
birds and monkeys, the chief of Putnah
used to encamp there in magnificent
style. Here hewould entertain his guests
on his tiger-hunting expeditions. Sep
arate tents we're goTgeously fitted up as
bed chambers, and each guest having
one had three servants at his command.
Saloons, drawing rooms. dining rooms,
smoking rooms, kitchens-all were per-
tectly appointed. Including all the an
lmals and servants, there were seven
thousand individuals in the retinue, yet
the great banyan easily sheltered them
all. Here, when the glow and flush of
the fierce sun has given way 20 the cool
dews of evening, the guests of the Orien-
tai Prince slipped there sherbet or cham
pagne, and watched the mo vements of
the dancing girls, while the monkeys
chattered and the night birds sang in
the LEAKAGE above, and the pale moon
shine gllnted through the openings in
the vast roof.
When the banyan first springs up its
method of growth is normal, and during
the first century of its life, indeed, it
shows no disposition to do anything &C.
centric. But when the great branches
or the tree have reached such a height
that 1t can no longer support their weight
horizontally. the end begins to bend
downward, and they lower from the tips
one or more roots, which entering the
ground send forth rootlets, and them
selves become fresh stems. So the hor-
lzontal branches, once in danger of
breaking by their own weight, are as
easily supported by the pillars as a
bridge by its piers. So the process goes
ON for ages till the grand tree covers its
acres of ground. Lateral branches shoot
out from the main limbs, while the lat
ter are constantly growing until they
reach gigantic size. These lateral
branches also put down the stems and
shoot out branchlets, until it comes to
pass that instead of one tree, there is a
marvellous colonade of stems supporting |
IS many natural rafters. on which re- /
pose dense masses of foliage. Such is |
he gigantic fig tree of India, truly one I
If the wonders of the world.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-02-24

/ SOME HINTS ABOUT ROAD-MAKING
| The public roads of a country, say:
| the Valley Spirit, show the spirit and
enterprise of the people in the comfy to
! a certain extent, and all will admit that
good public roads add TO the value OF
! the land as much, if not more, than any
! thing else of equal cost. A bad road
means small load with great wear and
! tear to a wagon and seam. and bad roads
| is the complaint generally. An ex-
| change, in asking why Is this ?'' an
swers its own interrOgatOIy very sensi-
bly, by Temarking: First, they are badly
drained, and not enough work done on
/ them there is but little thought given
to making roads, and the work is often
done late in the fall; third, men scrape
and plow more than there is need OF
| and make narrow, poor road when
they get through. It is cheaper to make
a good wide road when the laud Will
permit, than narrow one from the fact
that in making a wide one you simply
bring the dirt from the bitches upon the
road bed, which should never be plOWed
or disturbed. a public road should be
50 feet from the outside Of bitches, high
est in the centre, and curying gradually
to the Outsid of bitches. The road bed
THAT is the part between the ditches)
shOnld be twenty-five feet wide and one
foot deep on the outside, and deeper, if
necessary, with sufficient drain to draw
off the water, otherwise there will be a
bad muddy road. Now, with such a
road the bed is solid, and the soil scrap
ed on top will soon pack and become
hard. There is no danger in being tip
ped over, and travel is not obliged to
follow in a single Tut, as it must in a
narrow road. Dry roads mean good
bitches. To ill up mud holes without
draining, is simply putting on more dirt
to make more mud.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-02-24
GREAT SALT LAKE.

The lake from which this town, says
a correspondent, takes its name, is the
'City of the Great Salt Lake''-is q
very curious and interesting body of
water. 1t is about one hundred miles
long from north to south, some twenty
five to thirty-hve broad, from east to
west, is more than four thousand feet
above the sea level, and has no outlet
It's greatest depth is sixty feet, but it is
generally very shallow, being in many
places not more than two or three feet
deep. At one time it must have been
vastly larger than it is now. spreading.
an inland sea, for hundreds of miles.
The water is transparently clear, but so
sBlt-it contains twenty-five per cent. of
chloride of sOdium-as to form one of
the concentrated brines.
It was long thought that it contained
no living thing, but recently a kind of
shrimp and several species of insects
have been found in it. Large flOcks of
gullS. geese and swans frequent its bor-
ders and islands, one Of the latter-An-
telope islaud-beinge eighteen miles long.
It is so bu0yant that a man may float in
at full length, his head and neck, his
legs to the knees and arms to the elbow
being entirely out of water. In sitting
posture, with arms extended, his shOul-
ders Will rise above the surface. But
swimming is hard as the legs can hard
" be kept under water. and the brine is
so strong as to nearly.strangle him who
swallows it, and causes severe pain if it
gets into the eyes. Nevertheless, a bath
in the lake is refreshing, although fresh
waite water is required, although fresh
water is required afterward to remove
the salt from the body.
The lake was first made known to the
white race nearly two hundred years
ago, through Baron La Hontan, who
had learned of its existence through
some Western Indians. It was former
ly named TimpanagOs was supposed to
be much biggsr than it is and to have
an outlet into the Pacific, Fremont was
the fist man to navigate its waters, and
he described it in 1S43. The lake re-
minds one in many respects of the Dead
sea, and the resemblance had its influ-
ence in deciding the MormOns to settle
here, associating the neighborhoOd with
Judea, and prompting them to name the
strait connecting Salt and Utah lakes
the River Jordan. They have copied va
rious features of ancient Isreal, and
claim to believe that they, like the old
Jews are under the immediate direction
of God.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-02-24
Comparative Value OF White Bread and
Brown.

! The earliest agitator in the matter
observed two years ago, while travelling
| in Sicily, that the laboTing classes there
| lived healthily and worked well upon a
vegetable diet, the staple article of
which is bread made of well ground
wheat meal. Nor are the Sicilians by
any means the only people so supported.
1.-THE Aindoos of the northwestern pro-
vince can walk fifty or sixty miles day
/ with no other food than ''chappatties, -
made of the whole meal, with a little
''ghee," or Galam odUter, Turkish
| and Arab porters, capable of carrying
| burdens of from four hundred to six
hundred pounds, live on bread only, with
| the occasional addition of fruit and veg
etables. The Spartans and Romans of
old lived their vigorous lives on bread
made of wheaton meal. In northern as
well as southern climates we find the
same thing. In Russia, Sweden, Scot
land and elsewhere the poor live chiefly
on bread, always made from some whole
meal-wheat, oats or rye-and the pea
santry of whatever climate so fed, al
ways compare favoTably with our stout
English poor, who, in conditions of in
digerce precludinG them from obtaining
sufficient meat food, staTve, if not to
death, at least into sickness, on the
habit to prefer. White bread alone will
not support animal life. Bread made of
the whole grain viii. The experiment
has been tried in France by Magendie,
Dogs were the subjects on trial, and
every care was taken to equaliZe all the
other cOnditiOns-tO proportion the
quantity of food given in each case to
the weight of the animal experimental
upon and sofoTth. The result was suffi-
ciently marked. At the end Of forty
days the dog fed solely on white bread
died. The dogs fed on bread made
of the whole grain remained vigorous
healthy and well n0urished Whether
an originally healthy human being, if
fed solely on white bread for forty DAYS.
would likewise die at the end of that
time, remains, of course, a question,
The tenacity of life exhibited by Ma
gendje's dogs will not evidently bear
comparison with that of the scarcely
yet forgotten forty days wonder, Dl.
Tanner. Nor is it by any means asser-
ted that any given man or any given
man or any given child would certainly
remain in vigorous health for an indefi-
mite length of time if fed solely on wheat
meal bread. Not a single piece Of evil
dence has been produced, however, to
show that he would not and in the only
case in which the whole meal bread has /
been tried with any persistency, or on
any considerable scale among us--to wit, |
jails-facts go to show such bread to be
an excellent and wholesome substitute
for more costly forms of nutritive food.
-Nipeteenth Century.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-02-24


for all thore Painful CoHnplniuts ard " Weskresacs
focoHIaOn TO our best female population
1t VIII cure entirely the worst form Of Fcznale Com
plants, al ovarian troublss Inflammation and Ulcs-a
tlon, Falling and nisplaceueuts, and the consequent
Spinal Weakness and is particularly adaptsd to the
Change OF LIE.
Il VIII dissolve and a-ps tu1nors from the uterus in
early stage OF develop Fert The tendency 20 can
cerous huulorF thereis checked very speedily by its Use.
1t removes fautness, fatloncy doz-zoys AL craving
for stinulauts, and relieves weakness Of thu stomach
Il cures Floating, Heaa-ches Nervous Prostration.
General DeHl--, sleaI,=ssnoss Depression and Indi
FestIon.
That feeling of bearing down, causing pain, weight
and backarhe, is alvs permanently cured By Its
Il viii all and under all circumstances Hc
harmony with tho laws thut govern tae female sen-
For the Of Kidney Complaints of eithsr tis
Counpound f. uIsgrrurzr.t.
LYDIA l.. PIEEuksI's VEGETABLE CON-
POUNDS prepared at zs5 and rs western Avenue,
Lynn, Mass Price S. SIX bottlssfor e. Sent By mail
in the form OF pills, also in the form Of lozsncss
receipt OF price, 81 per box for either. Mrs Pinkha
freely answers AL letters Of inquiry Send for psnph-
let. Address above. Mention this Paper.
No family should be without LYDIA 2. FISKHAE's
LIVER Pills. They cure constipation bliorszozz
and torpldity az the liver. . cents Per box
EE sold by ell Druggists. -
Aug, l2 1SSl.-ly.
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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-02-24

NAMES OF STEEL.-A brief account
of some of the most common names. in
use at present, will be of service. Bis
ter steel is made by causing the carbon
of charcoal to penetrate iron in heated
state. German steel is blister steel roll
ed down into bars. Sheet steel is made
by hammering blister steel. Double
shear steel is made by cutting up'blister
steel and putting it together and ham
mering again. Crucible steel is made
by melting in a hot vessel blister steel
and wrought iron, or unwrought iron,
and charcoal and scrap. Bessemer steel
is made by blowing air through cast
iron, burning out the silicon ard car
bon. Open hearth steel is made by
melting pig iron, and mixing wrought
iron, or scrap steel, or iron ore to reduce
the silicon and carbon. -Ercbqn0e.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-02-24

CAMPHoR in drawers or trunks will
prevent the depredations OF mice.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-02-24

THE first law of nature is self-preser-
walton, but to do it she needs PERuNA,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-02-24

CURE FOR TOOTHACHE.-Ata meet
ing Of the London Medical Society DR..
Blake, a distinguished practitioner, said
that he was able to cure the most des-
perate case of toothache, unless the dis
ease was connected with rheumatism, by
the application of the following remedy:
Alum, reduced to an impalpable powder,
two drachms, nitrous spirits of ether.
seven drachms. Mix and apply to the
tooth.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-02-24

IT is asserted that the nutTitiousness
of apples has never been properly appre-
ciated and that they are far more nour-
ishing than potatoes. Cornish work
men say that they can work better on
baked apples than on potatoes. There is
a dish in Cornwall called SQUAD pie.
mape of mutton with slices of potatoes
apple and onion, and, strange as it may
seem to many, it is excellent. Cornwall
is the country for meat pies, as the min
ers carry their dinner with them in that
form
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-02-24

WOULD it not pay any farmer to give
a little time just about now, to selecting
some seed wheat from his NOW? We
mean, select some of the fullest, finest
heads, thresh and clean them, and put
away for seeding patch from which the
seed for 1888 will be selected. We SIM
ply ask the question, and suggest that it
was in some such way that Clawson
wheat originated. Journal.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-02-24

AGENTS WANTED a.EyFsEFTTs5F .Es s.i Tg5I;I E {, -
ting Machine ever invented Wi Fr.i a n.i- -
sssl,oe4slilss Witn HEEL and TOE complete, in
sylttsutes II viii aso knit great variety Of fancy
- Hiilcf there Is always ready market Send
-. y 81 and terms @ the Tvvornlbiy Knitting
NAsch1Eae Co.. so9 " ashington ST. Boston, Mass
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-02-24
To KEEP machinery from rusting take

To KEEP machinery from rusting take
one-half ounce of camphor, dissolve in
one pound of melted lard take off the
scum and mix in as much fine black lead
as win give an iron color Clean the
machinery and smear with this mixture.
After twenty-four hours rub clean with
soft linen cloth. 1t will keep clean for
months under ordinary circumstances.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-02-13

GREAT BLESSING TO MOTHERS AND NURSES
"Swayne's Teething Cure" for infants. This new
theory and infalble remedy has saved the lives Of
thousands of children When the child is in pain.
restless with its teeth shooting in its gums simply
rub the gums for two or three minutes with the
Cure" What little it may swallow will relieve the
collie, pain and 6atulence. prevent fever, and avoid
that painful operation of lancing tie gums, which
always makes the next tooth harder to through
and sometimes death. Depend upon 1t, moth
ers it will give to yourselves and immediate relief
and health to your infants very able medical
writer who enjoys large and lucrative practice says:
rubbing the gums with soothing lotion, is the only
true method for children teething POISONOUS drugs
should be introduced into their delicate stom
achs. "swaynes Teething Cure" is prepared only by
DIR. SwayDe Son, Philadelphia. and sold by all lead
ing apothecaries at 25 cents hottle-
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-02-13

are turned over to the quartermaster,
who with a picked detail of soldiers
and the scouts, are to drive them to
our old camp, the whole command
acting as escort.
At three p. m. we start to retrace
our steps to our old camp, where we
arrive little the worse for wear, af-
ter an absence of fifty-six hours.
E. NJ. B.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-02-13
LIFE'S WEST WINDOWS.

We stand at life's west windows.
And think of the years that have gone;
Remembering the coming sunset,
We too must remember the morn
But the sun will SET the day will close,
And an end will come to all our woes.
AS we watch from the western easements,
Reviewing our happy youth,
We mourn for its vanished promise
Of honor, ambition and truth;
But hopes will fail and pride decay,
When we think how soon we must away.
We stand at lifes weat windows,
And turn not sadly away,
To watch on our children's faces
The noontide of sparkling day;
But our must SET cur lips grow dumb,
And to look from windows our children come.
Still looking from life's west windows;
And We know we would not again
Look forth from the eastern lattice,
And live over all lIfe's pain;
Though fes sunrise be brilliant its sunset is sweet
Since it brings longed-for rest to our weary feet.