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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1885-10-06
r z n A r X s.

First-In all races, any horse distancing the
field will receive only first money.
SeconG-No money will be paid to any race
without q contest.
Third--All entries are to be made by 10
o'clock the night before the race is to be run.
Fourth-In all races, four or more to enter,
three or more to start.
Fifth-National Trotting Association Rules
TO govern trotting, and Pacific Coast b ood
Horse Association to govern ali running races.
Sixth-All entries must be directed to FERD
RlED, Secretary, ainnemucca, New
f. NJ. FELLOWS, President
FERD. RIED, Secretary. SCI
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1885-10-06
Fourth Day-Friday, october aoth.

FIRST RACE-Running- Purse, $3.50; free for
all; single ,sh Of one-quarter Of mile.
First horse, Sl25; second horse, $25.
Second Race-Running-Pu $500; free for
all; mile heats; best three in FIVE. First
horse, $500; second horse, 800.
Third Race Running Consolation Purse $50;
singles dash of three quarters of q mile, for
all houses that have contested in the above
races and have not taken any purse. First
horse, sl25; second horse, SIS.
Unless otherwise specified, the entrance fee
will be Is per cent. of the purse to be COM
peted for.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1885-10-06
$4,000 = IN PREMIUMS.
SPEED PROGRAMME.

First Day-Tuesday. October 35th. g
FIRST RACE Running Purse, $500; single
dash of three-quarters o. a mile; free for all
First horse, $l5,; second horse, $50.
Sc ,ond Race Running Purse, $3.50; free for
all; one-half mile AMI repeat. First horse,
sl75; second horse, $75
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1885-10-06
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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-09-04
mo r.or, I'M, ,Iu. Againi,

IN the early days Of -Methodisrp g Scok-
Land. a certain congregation. where there
was but one rich man, desired to build .
new chapel A church meeting was held.
The old rich Scotchtnan rose and said
Brethren, we dinna need new chapeli
I'll give e5 for repairs"
Just then a bit of plaster falling from
the ceiling hit him on the head.
Looking up and seeing how bad It was,
he said brethren, its worse thon L
thought Tn make it 50 pun"
"Oh. Lord, exclaimed a devoted
brother on a back seat, " hit i'm again p"
There are many human tabernacles
which are in sore need of radical building
over but we putteT AMI fuss and repair IN
spots without satisfactory results. II IS
only when we are personally alarmed at
the real danger that we act tndepend-
entity and do the right thing. Then II Is
that we most keenly regret because we
did not sooner use our Judgment, follow
the advice born of the experience of
others and jump away from our perlls
Thousands of persons who viii read TINS
raraoraph are In abject misery to-day
when they might be in a satisfactory con.
dition. They are weak, nfeless, full OF
odd aches and pains, and every year they
know they are getting worse, even though
the best doctors are patching them In
spots The origin OF these aches ana pains
is the kidneys and liver, and III they would
build these all over new with warmers
safe cure as millions have done, and cease
investing their money in miserable un-
successful patchwork, they would be wei
and happy and would bless the day when
| the Lord ihit EN- indicated the common
sense course for them to pursue.-London
; Press.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-09-04
The Ronnd.Up Of the GypsIes.

Every wear as soon as the WIN
ter snow begins to melt on nearly every
road within a radius of 500 miles of
Chicago, gypsy trains can be seen
vending their way to the metropolis
The suburbs of Chicago are the yearly
meeting-place of all the gypsy families
of the West and South. Often these
families, such as the Stanley and Butler
tribes, number hundreds of persons.
They camp conveniently near the city.
Few of the Romany folks can write, and
there is little exchanging of letters
among kin. The time passed near the
city is the visiting period when rela-
tives learn of each other, and when
matches between the gypsy youths.
The Romany tenting season about Chi
cago usually begins in March. Camp
is broken about this time. The tciSes
scatter, some individual families going
in one direction, some in another, to
meet again when year has passed.
All winter, before coming to the city's
boundaries, the men have been engaged
horses, and fitting them for the mar
ket. These horses are brought into
the city by the gypsy vendeT. They
are disposed of at handsome profits.
The gypsy is, therefore, never poor. In
variably he has plenty of ready money.
He invests his wealth in no permanent
way. Seldom does he entrust It to the
keeping of bank. If he buys lana
with it and settles down upon a farm,
even for a short time, he is no longer a
Rom. Albeit, some of the youngest
gypsies in America have shown disOo-
sition within the last few years to ignore
the custom of their fathers and settle
themselves to the steady calling of
/ farmers. A few are located in cities
/ as horse dealers.
The gypsy is prodigal in his expendi-
/ lures He does not save. Everything
! that the market affords in the way Of
eatables he buys. He is especially fas-
/ tidious in regard to the selection of the
meats which he eats, and particular
about his butter Nothing is saved
from one days provisions for the next
days meals. Whatever remains is
thrown to the dogs or to waste. Gypsy
cooking is rude and often unclean, but
the eatables are the best that money can
buy. The gypsy is not thief. He is
nc purloiner of chickens. He has nc
need to steal for he has a suficiency
without. He will tell you with iustif-
able pride that in all the length and
breadth of the land not one prison shell
ters a gypsy.
1--WE break no law,' he will tell you.
So he has in this western world, ceased
to be a beggar and a thief. He has
however, persisted in being a vagabond
outcast. Yet as such he has prospered
Many a gypsy who camps about Chicago
has more than 500, 900. Ho keeps hi:
money in the most idle and careles;
fashion. It is wddded in his capaciou'
pocket, tucked about the crevice OF hi:
wagons, hidden in the bedding. AS &
horse trader he is of necessity a cheat
But he steals nothing. Il is folly tC
search gypsy camps for stolen goods o.
missing children.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-09-04
Cupping and Leeching.

''I commenced the practice of cup
ping and leeching for the cure of many
Of the ills that man is heir to some sixty
years ago, - said Mrs. Harriet O'CounOr,
an octogenarian, who resides. still hale
and hearty, on Fifth street below South,
Philadelphia. when I started practi-
cling in this city there were about three
hundred persons engaged in the busi-
ness, and many a struggling artist
earned his first dollar in painting the
fancy signs that adorned the window
sills or hung projecting from the front
Of the office of the leecher. The prac.
tice has declined within the last few
years, and at present there are only
twelve persons in the whole city follow
ing the profession for livelihood"
The leeches used now are brought
from Sweden and Norway, although
those found in the pine districts of New
Jersey are much more preferable. For
eign leeches will take from three to five
times their weight in blood, six being
applied for every fluid ounce of blood
to be drawn. When leeches are scarce
they are utilized several times before
being thrown away, and to compel them
to disgorge salt is thrown upon them or
they are squeezed with the fingers, great
care being taken no. to crush them.
They are imported into This country by
firm whose Office is in Maiden Lane,
New Y ork, who collect orders from its
customers, and make but one general
imports tation, receiving fully 1900, 600
leeches per yeaI. The average price is
about So per thousand ard the cost price
and freight are about 81. The profit is
simply enormous. The Ieeches are
packed in moss and shipped in air tight
wooden buckets, and must be kept in
cool, dark place. Attempts have been
made to breed the foreign leech, but
with 70 success. BARRIERS some thirty
years ago we're not considered proficient
in their trade unless possessed os a
knowledge of cupping and leeching.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-09-04
Pointers for Advertisers.

Don't expect an advertisement to bear
fruit in one night.
You can't eat enough in a week to
last for a year, and you can't advertise
on that plan, either.
The enterprising advertiser proves
that he understands how to buy because
in advertising be knows how to sell.
People who advertise only once in
three months forget that most folks can
not remember anything longer than
about seven days.
If you can arouse curiosity by an ad-
vertisement, it is d great point gained.
The fair sex doesn't hold all the curl
Osity in the world
Quitting advertising in dull times is
like tearing out a dam because the
water is low. Either plan will prevent
good time from ever coming.
Trying to do business without adyer-
tising is like winking at a pretty girl
through pair of green goggles. You
may know what you are doing, but no
body else does.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-09-04

AN INEXPENSIVE HAMMOCK. .-Th g
season for hammocks is here, says wri-
ter in an exchange, and will tell you
comfortable one. Bring your old flour
barrel from the cellar or store room,
knock it to pieces and clean and paint
the slaves. Procure a rope four times
in length of the place it is to be suspen-
ded, and in size a little larger than a
clothes line. Now halve your rope.
double each piece in the middle, AID
commencing two yards OF so from the
end, weave it over and under each stave
about Shree inches from the end of each
one, which will bring the rope crossed
between each do both sides the same
and your hammock is complete. One
end of the rope should be fastened up
higher than the other, At first this
may not seem firm, but when there is
any weight on it the rope becomes 'taut'
and secure.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-09-04
Hints for the Farmer.

A great mistake is sometimes made
in ventilating cellars and milk houses.
The object of ventilation is to keep the
cellars cool and dry, but this OBJECT
often fails of being accomplished by
common mistake and instead the cellar
is made both warm and damp. A cool
place should never be ventilated, unless
the air admitted is cooler than the air
within. or at least as cool as that, or a
very little warmer. The warmer the
air the more moisture it holds in sus-
pension. Necessarily, the cooler the
air the more this moisture is condensed
and precipitated. When a cool cellar
is aired on a warm day, the entering air
being in motion appears cool; but as it
fills the cellar, the cooler air with which
it becomes mixed chills it, the moisture
becomes condensed, and dew is deposited
on the cold walls, and may often be
seen running down them in streams.
Then the cellar is damp and soon be-
comes mouidy. To avoid this the win
dows should only be opened late at
nIght-the last thing before retiring.
There is no fear that the night air is
unhealthful; it is as pure as the air of
n idday, and is really drier. The cool
air enters the apartment during the
night and circulates through it. The
window should be closed before sunrise
in the morning and kept closed and
shaded during the day. If the air of a
cellar is damp it may be thoroughly
dried by placing in it peck of fresh
/ lime in an open box. a peck of lime
/ will absorb about seven pounds, or more
/ than three quarts of water, and in this
way cellar or milk room may soon be
dried, even in the hottest weather. A
bushel of lime absorbs twenty seven
pousds of water, and still appears as a
dry powder. In this condition il ap-
pears to be very useful to spread over
the garden or lawn, or around fruit
trees, or it may be used for whitewash
This precaution is often necessary in
the daily because of the prevalence
where the air is damp, of mildews and
the various forms of mould. The orange
and red kinds of mould especially
which sometimes form upon the cream
have most injurious effect upon TIT
buttter.-Anaerica1 Agricultorist.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-09-04

TRUE WORDs.-Truer words than the
following were never uttered when
a fast youth goes astray friends gather
around him in order to restore him to
the path OfviItue. Gentlene IS and kind
ness are !avished upon bin to restore
him TO manly grace. No one would
ever suspect that he had sinned. But
when poor girl has been betrayed. she
receives the brand of society and hence
forth is driven from the ways of virtue.
The betrayer is Eonorsbly received but
there is no peace for her this side Of the
grave, Society has no loving, helping
hand for her, no smile of peace, or voice
of forgiveness. There is a deep wrong
IN this, and fearful are the consequen-
ces. And yet, to our shame be it said.
in this christian land we boast of hu-
maDity and kindness to women.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-09-04

WHERE THE NEGRO Is INDIGENU-
oUs.-It is a common mistake to regard
the term negro as synonymous with At
rica. The word negro does not denote
a nation, but an ideal type constituted
by the assemblage of certain physical
characteristics exemplified in the natives
Of certain portions of Africa and their
descendants in America and the West
Indies. As rule, the prevalent color
in Africa is that of the Arab, Indian
and Australian. The true negro dis
tricts are the Senegal, the Gambia, the
Niger and the intermediate rivers of the
coast, parts of Sudania, SEMINAR, KARI
dofaD and Darfur. People who are GER
tsinly not negroes inhabit the whole
coast of the Mediterranean, the desert,
tbe Kaffir and Hottentot areas south of
the line, Abyssinia and the middle and
lower Nile. This does not leave much
territory for the typical negro.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-09-04

Two Of the most fashionable ladies
in Austin were conversing a few days
ago, when one of them said there was a
very dangerous dog in her peighbor-
hood.
Has he bitten anybody?' asked one
of the ladies.
Yesterday he caught little pig by
the ear and bit it terribly
rs that so? If he is that kind of a
dog I'm not going TO let my child play
with it; L can tell you that new.'
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-09-04
Fafs DIES

Clean The fence rows
1t pays to stack straw we'll
are the harvest tools hoB,ss,
Briers cut down will rsosiva
check. q 'svs
Wet muck is usually sb,..
tenths water. d,
Wire worms are not tbs
scaly potatoes. 0a-s
Take time 10 decide MI.
wheat you had better SOW q
In the heat of summer So .
fowls have plenty Of fresh vat. .-''
Have you bought the flock =,
you thought Of fatteuinps n1 !, q
lay. ll 1
Nature manures on the surf..
member this and don't br-- ~
ten inches deep. u'''e
Keep the surface Of the nh
mellow, to preserve the mo-.
thus add the seed to veeeta,s
Above all else allow no W. '''-
the land by seeding.
What becomes Of all the ov
new kinds of wheat, oats. ap,r,. f's
and other things that by so5rs. :.
fered every year2 The faet
one in fifty of them is bs--4 &.
years after their introduc Ism
price, should lead culffvs...
little stock in novelties r....
of all new things is a. t.-......
business. Leave the costly ...
to others, you may O. -r-a.s...
is really good it will -r. a.r...
world, even if you ar gq.
first to invest. We aCg.=e ....
we want TO save the money
Preparing for wheat.-Wba,
is lacking in fertility, the bsz.
apply manure is as a top-dres.i-,
plowing. A single coat of mar
applied has raised the yield psrs-..
20 bushels on manured parts IN -.
lowing crop. The gains 10 2 si----.
or more at this rate can ess1V
oned, and the figures will sff7r5 IN
argument needed in favor Of us,-.
as many acres as possible Tss II
and older the manure is for this r--
the better, pains should be tsEs- b, !.
vide it carefully in spreading ana =.
ward with the harrow. That tbs ~,
of the manure wagon need not f,.s
the plowed ground, for delivsri-,
manure properly, the work Of ~
( should be done while the pT7ri-,
going on, or else if the lands an
row, these may be started sr.u
Geld wide enough to acc0mmo5gss-
of manure piles, which may te-b 4
posted by driving alongside ths r.
turned earth.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-09-04

WEIGHT OF TIE Sun.
mer gives US an idea Of .l
weight Of the sun and earth IS
LET us, to start with, weign y
Suppose we have 8 balance e1o's-
the purpose, and the sun IS T5'.-.
one Of the scales. Now put 'ls =
in the oppsite scale. You nights. .
weigh your head against one o. 'l.-
ers of the East River bridge
hundred thousand esTths into ".
ance and the sun does not stiI' =
lies the colossus imuOvsole. %.
together another hundred tbous-
stack them up in the pat aga.-s
sun. THREE hundred thoussnl y
piled up on one side Of the bs.aI''
still the sun keeps them up IL =
take 10000 more, or $4,000 si,--
movethe beam even against siDs =
and six sextilliOns is the nunus
seuting the weight Of the eaT'l /. :. .
"a mass which is shooting "
space at the rate of eighteen
second"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-09-04
Farm Machinery.

A correspondent Of the Nsv T-.
Tribune, in an extended article hes
to say IN relation to farm macHrs-
considering all the maehirs7 :
used bv our best farmers. it is fond
dispensable to have some ore o. =
farm who is a mschinist. Olanh-'
some one person is usually bs.t- \
formed On machinery shau o.hzs +
is a good plar to ri-- such a v51r--5
every 0pp0-tuuir '. study m5a-
and to see the difr-5nt kinds # n
chinery in operation. He should q
something Ot a speciality IN that
partment. Tie shosld make taEs
point to visit l75rs where msCb-1s7
exhibited and visit al. trails Of uss
" in his neighboTbood. aud ran u
every source possible all that Be 4
about the operations Of the di7Es1
chimes. 1t would be very eas! tx /,
young man to make his services Of Il
value on a farm BY becoming thC-1-|
informed. 1 have in mind yoUlTuE
who made himself an expert b7 v1E.
with machinery on his Own farm Z q
East. He went West s1j q
employed by a large manufactur1g g
pany to look after its machines 17z
large territory at a large sslsry. Hzi
a good opening for any e1is-F-z-
young mechanic. While The i1l-HI
machinery Of the present is doing q i
for the farmer, it requires an i1,-as
capital, and the exercise Of co1E'ss-
judgment IN the selection Of us,l
II the farmer should buy every inI i
implement offered 10 him be W1Its
have more than he had stOrs
had means to pay for. The-5--
ing at the business in any WsE .sl
we must see that the farmer
more thought, and rec r.--5
informed than IN old % .-s
Mental work deveIaHs --.
US, and we should g --E T"
advent of inteIlectual farming
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-09-04
SHELTER IN PASTURES.

In some sections of the country past
ures are supplied with shade trees that
serve as a shelter from the rays of a
scorching sun and a partial shelter from
the pelting of the merciless storm.
When this natural provision does not
exist some sort ot shelter should be pro-
vided temporarily. This may be ac-
complished by erecting one OF two sheds
without any siding-a simple roof that
while affording shelter also admits a
free circulation of air This of course
for early spring or late fall shelter
when storms prevail would not be as
suitable as an enclosed structure. When
pastures are so situated as to have no
open connection with the barnyard or
farm buildings to which the cattle can
90 for shelter from storms, 1t would be
well to erect shed with large doors
that may be thrown open in hot weather
or kept closed for stormy weather. A
structure of this kind need not be ex-
pensive nor 80 elaborate in construction
but that any farmer OF average capacity
could erect it alone. The roof might
be made of boards and replaced when
worn or too badly warped. Ali the lum-
Der that need be required would be two
sills of the length Of the building re-
quired, six by six inches, two of a
length TO correspond with the width of
the structure; four or six posts of the
same dimensions, six feet long, (as the
shelter need not he high), two plates
and two cross beams, (or three il the
length requires that.the middle be tied)
four by six inches; a ridge pole of the
length of the building; two pieces four
by four inches to serve as purlin plates,
with which to form the roof of the
boards, putting them on up and down,
and some short pieces to use for braces
and to support ridge pole and purlins
and studding for the doors. The sills
may be halved together, also the plates
| and cross-beams, and the posts cut
square and spiked. Such structure
twelve by twenty feet would require
about 600 feet of lumber and 1000 feet
of boards and few pounds of nails. 1.
there farmer who is unwilling to dc
so little for the comfort of his animals:
-Gernadnt01Un Telegraph.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-09-04


How TO PRESERVE FREsH p, :
Apples, pears, peaches and o'l'-
can be preserved in q fresh sag =,
and taste as well as when pi'A'- =
the trees, in the following
Large sheets of soft tissue psle-
to a strong alcoholic solution o. > !.
acid, diluted with as much P-.l -.
as it will bear without pTso's.'. =
The paper is then dried, when u -
for use.
The fruit is dropped piecs y
into these slips of paPar sna s -
mp and is thus pres arTea b =. !.
nice as when piohsi from - -,
Fruit thus preserved was la'5' ,r...
ted in New York. al the FaIloH -.
that looked as if it had ln'' -
from the trees,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-09-04

A BIT of real life-a piece OF board
ing house cheese.
A LOVES sscrifice-taking the small
ler plate of ice cream.
BOSTON maidens love flowers. It is
haughty-culture, don't you know.
THERE is nothing so certain in this
world as that baseball is uncertain.
A PONY of brandy at night often be-
comes nightmare before morning.
For street cleaner that will do its
work thoroughly we suggest mad dog.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-09-04

M. II. GILCHRIsT, of Philadelphia,
owns an imported Shetland pony mare
six years old, 20 inches high, weight rs
pounds; measuring 80 inches from nose
to tail. II inches round stife, A round
the hook. SO round the girth, and II
inches from wither to couplings. She
takes a nine-inch collar.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-09-04

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