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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-03-27
ONE OF LIHC0LK's STORIES.
Told 10 n Governor in tho Darkest
Hour of the Rebellion.

Just before the bait of FrederiCksburgh,
knowing that a large number Of Pennsylya-
mia troops were with Burnside and that a
general engagement between the two
armies was imminent ! went to Wash
ington and asked for transportation 10
the front. A tug was placed at my dis
posal, and I reached the army I'm time to
witness the battle The terrible slaughter
of our troops on THAT day we all know
when our defeat was beyond ques-
tion, boarded the tug and FASTENED to
Washington. hoping, as railroad commu-
nication was impossible, to forestau the
exaggerated rumors that might be ex-
pected, and to alleviate even in only
slight degree the shock OF unwelcome
tidings. Il was considerably past mid
night when I reached Washington, but
proceeded directly to the White House.
It was no surprise to learn that the Presi-
dent had not retired. l was Immediately
ushered into his presence. As he accosted
me and read in my face the character OF
the news had to communicate he sank
into chair with sigh Of distress"
" What news, Governor d" said he.
Bad very bad
"Tell me all " He rested his head on
his hands while l gave the outline and
the results Of the battle. He heaved a
heavy sigh and looked At me with an ex-
preston OF intense suffering, and l re
marked:
- I heartily wish 7 might be a welcome
messenger of good news. instead that
could tell you how 20 conquer or get rid OF
these rebellious States-'
Looking up quickly with a marked
change Of expression, Lincoln said.
That reminds me Of two boys in
Illinois who took a short cut across an
orchard and did not become aware Of the
presence of a vicious dog until il was too
late to reach either fence. One was spry
enough to escape the attack by climbing a
tree but the other started around n
tree with the dog in hot pursuit. until by
making a smaller circle than H. was posi-
BILE for his pursuer TO make, he gained
sufficiently to grasp the dogs tail, and
held with desperate grip until nearly ex-
hausted, when he hailed his companion
and called him to come down"
What for" said the boy.
81 want you to help me let this dog go"
II l could only let them GO said the
President, in conclusion; but that is the
trouble l am compelled to hold on to
them and make them stay - NcIU
York TClcgrG1n.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-03-27
The Prisoners Pet.

Michael Davitt has written a pathetic
description of the Liberation of pet black
bird which had shared with him his prison
life For many mQpths the feathered COM
panion had relieved the tedium Of his soil
tude, but he felt at last that he owed his
little friend the right of liberty. He says /:
1t was q day which would fill ones
whole being with yearning to be liberia
ted-a day Of sunshine and warmth and
beauty, and the moment had arrived when
my resolution to give freedom TO my little
feathered chum could no longer be sell
fishly postponed. l opened his door with q
trembling hand, when quick as a flash of
lightning he rushed from the cage with
wild scream of delight, and in a moment
was beyond the walls Of the prison The
instinct Of freedom was too powerful to be
resisted though / had indulged the fond
hope that he would have remained with
me. But be taught me the lesson, which
can never be unlearned by either country
prison or bird-that nature win not be
denied, and that liberty is more to be de
sired that fetters Of gold"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-03-27
Rottor Thnn -Ercr.,rnr.

Did yeever hear of the original discovereR
Of the Toughnut Mine at Tomb=toneF
Well he was = regular tcndrrfo0t from
way back, and was workiu' with two
par,ls on the claim, an one day he came mp
from the bottom 81 tire shaft an -avs he
BOYS said he. I'm played ont lii ] amt
got no more heart iu f5ii- racket ] allow
as long As ! was striking anything like
ore I'd stand ID oat here. but NAV yr spit
on my grave if aint working h-c AK
an he showed his THrls r piece uf rnck
thickly covered with q brown suHrisrce
as did look uncomGoniy like wax " III
We take $500 sOr y0Ur share SAID ono of
his parls Bet ynlrr sweet life I wil,'
and 50 the stUa was handed over. the
quit-claim decd made ont sn the trllcr-
foot lost n fortune. The thing Ec took
for beeswHx was chloride OF silver an ths
rock went $780, To the ton.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-03-27

What would my Young readers think II
they should find n nest thirty feet iu diam
eter and six or eight feet high Thee arc
such nests IN the M0luCca Islands made,
too, by a bird as small, II not smaller. Than
the straw install. and called me-ar...iiuS
Like the tropic bird, too. they frequent the
scrubby iunCles along the sea-shorc. where
the soil Is sandy. but they have rcfr -rka-
bly large and strong feet and Ions avs.
Where there is a considerable quantity ot
debris. consisting of sticks. shells. sea-
weeds and leaves, megapodlus forms I'M
mense mounds. often with comparative
ease, for with their long feet they can -rasp
and throw backward q large quantity ot
material In the center oI this uCu.d. at
the depth Of two or three feet, the Gags are
deposited and are hatChcd by the -gntle
heat produced by the fermentation % The
vegetable matter Of the mound den
DAYS
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-03-27

The Uuited States Commission engaged
in dcep-sea soundings are making many
and valuable discoveries. They show that
animal life is ripe and active at a depth of
5000 and {, 500 fathoms. At COO fathoms
large crabs have been collected, at 2,574
fathoms a huge lobster was captured. The
character of the soil and minerals is
another study. In the gulf stream
powders, pebbles, rare crystals, and pieces
of iron were collected. In other places a
strong clay and minerals of various kinds
were gathered up. These soundings bid
fair to reveal many long hidden secrets
which scientific men have longed 20 know.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-03-27
ONE MORE UNFORTUNATE.

Ono more unfortunate.
Trusting Ike fstes.
Itr-Aiy impOrtuuatc.
Tired on the skates
PICK her Gp teuderiy,
Loosen the sTrag-.
Fashioned 30 sleuderly.
Unused To mislBpS
Oh. it was uitiful
That she -.uull tlup.
Whore a whole riry tgl
Must see her drop.
BlCk urr up TcudrTIy.
Smooth ont her dress.
Fashioned so sieudrrly,
Made 90 Carp~s.
humping Iuluwaulv,
iulfluE the men.
Size j. pure v0mauly,
Tries 30 again.
Pick her EV fradnrlv.
What does she rHre
Fashioned -u ~'culr-lv.
Plump and 80 fair
Merchant Traveller.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-03-27

Did you kill anybody while you were
in the army, Sergeant Smoker ?" ' You
bet your life / did said the sergeant
" Whom did you kill ?'' Killed time"
All j" replied the questiOner; " l knew
that soldiers often marked time, but l did
not know they killed him
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-03-27

From a single grain Of wheat planted in
1881. says the Grass Valley, Cal, Record,
grew twenty-five stalks, each bearing a
fun head These yielded $50 grains, T6O of
which were planted the next year, produc-
ing 0ne-Gfth Of a bushel of splendid wheat.
This was planted last spring, yielding
seventeen bushels, making ,020 pounds of
wheat from one grain in three years.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-03-27

Fusiuess items. first insertion 10e- per line each
subsequent iuscrtiOn 81. per line.
4 Iu iufstrRtnr and EEecutor's Notices z. 80
Audf-rr's Notices .---.----....- 400
stray 71r sitH4lar Notes lnl
Ase1fiff1rls preceding Qf rFa corporattoH
eocicfV, and co1rtli~fi0 fefigred % call Gffc-
foH % cns sffer g iils'td irdfutfli0 iHtcTcst
must BE- f-1il r0r 1Suerfiae1lcHts.
jon PETrTING Of all kinds neatly and onpedti-
ously erecuted At lowest prices. Don't you forget
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-03-27

d, A pearl weighing ninety. three karats,
the largest known, and valued at sI7.OOO'
was found by an Indian diver at Mulege,
Lower California, recently, and sold BY
him for $50 to n person who shipped it to
London.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-03-27

Recent experiments show that the
weight of grain in wheat and rye in pro-
portion TO straw is about one-third of the
whole. while in barley il ranges from
Cne-half to pnP-thirl
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-03-27

A Deadwood Dakota) husband pub
lished this notice: Ny wife, Sarah, has
Shot my rancho, When didn't Doc thing
Too her an I want it distinctly Under
stood that any man That takes hur in and
Keeps for hur On my account will get him
self pumped so Fun Of lead that some
tcnderfoot viii locate him for a Mineral
cIauc 4 word TO the wise Is Sufficient an
nrtrI work on fools
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-03-27
AdVertisine Rates.

The large and rcitabic circulation o. tire Cav
BErA FEFEzAN commences 10 70 the favo-anFe con
sideration Of advertisers e favors VIII hs IN
sertcd az The fnllowinR rates:
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-03-27

NTTANTED-One agent. lady OF gentleman, in
w every county. Steady employment. Out
agents are making from 81 20 50 per day. Full
particulars sent free. Address At unce
PARK MFG COMPANY,
Box 1871 239 Broadway, New York.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-03-27
| Ies;SJ'1sli}l;y
Enfants and Children

What gives our Children rosy cheeks.
What cures their fevers, makes them sleep;
Castoria.
When Rabies fret. and crv by turns.
What cures their collie, kills their worms,
Castorfa.
What quickly cures Constipation,
sour stomach, Colds, Indigestion;
CastOrfa.
Farewell then to Morphine Syrups,
Castor Oil and Paregoric, and
Hail Castoria.
"Cnstoria is 30 well adapted to Children
that I recommend It as superior to any medi-
cine known to NEIL. A. ARCHER, NJ. D.,
III So. oxford ST.. Brooklyn, NY.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-03-27
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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-03-14
Economy of Eyesig hit.

A very important but extensively ne
elected branch of school education is how
to use the eyes in reading and study with
out abusing them. This bit of physiologi-
cal training should commence early and be
pursued intelligently, both in school and
at home, till the pupil is thoroughly train
ed into the best modes of economizing and
preserving the eyesight. The pupil should
be early and persistently taught to read
and study by day, with his back to the
light. School rooms are usually as badly
constructed for light as for ventilation, and
important rooms in county buildings, legis-
latiye halls and church pulpits are equally
faulty. Architects have much to learn in
the way of lighting homes, school rooms,
churches aud public buildings generally.
The best light would be that of the hall of
Congress and of picture galleries, from
above. Pupils should be taught to use
shaded lights by night, and, above all,
steady lights such as do not flicker In
this the German student lamp and other
forms of Argand burners are superior as
study lights to gas, which is apt to be un-
steady. Certain studies should be pur
sued by daylight only Greek and algebra
for instance, and fine print should be avoid
ed by night lights.
If the eyes itch at the corners, water
and blur with certain kinds of strains, that
strain should be seasonably taken off.
Pocket Bibles and pocket Shakespeare and
pocket dictionaries should be replaced by
books of larger print and should be con-
suited under better lights, Probably one
of the worst habits of the day is reading
in the cars, especially the finer printed
columns of the newspapers. There are
dozens of ways in which people use their
organs of vision that are quite as effective
in injuring these organs as reading the fine
print of the newspapers. For eyes that
have been weakened by injudicious use, alb
stinence from the use, and free layations
with pure water, warm or cold, according
to circumstances, are better than any or all
the nostruns advertised by quaeks at "a
dollar bottle Albany { ~ ~ Journal.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-03-14
Made from Smoke.

The Boston Journal of Commerce says
''The old saying that nothing is wasted or
lost in nature is true in regard to the smoke
from the furnace of Elk Rapids, Mich In
this furnace are manufactured fifty tons of
charcoal per day. There are twenty-five
charcoal pits, constructed of brick Each
pit is filled with 100 cords of bard wood
and then fired The vast amount of smoke
from these pits, which was formerly lost in
the air, is now utilized. Works have been
erected to convert the smoke into chemicals
and acids
'sThese works are a curiosity First,
they have circular tube, made of wood,
with pine slaves sixteen feet in length,
bound together with heavy iron hoops
This tube is placed directly over the pits
in horizontal position, with an opening
from each pit into the tube. At the end
nearest the building there is large drum
containing rotary fan, propelled by ma
chinery, the power of which is gas. That
acts as suction or draft for the smoke,
which is conveyed into fire stills filled with
copper pipe two and one-half inches in
diameter The boxes in which the pipes
are situated are twenty feet square, eight
feet deep, made of heavy pine and filed
with cold water; they are all connected by
copper pipes; they are connected with the
main still, 100 feet In length, ten feet wide
and eight feet deep, filled with copper pipes
two and one-half inches in diameter, in
horizontal position, surrounded by cold
water; from this conveyed to purifier,
from which runs what is called pyroligneous
acid, which is as clear as amber, with an
unpleasant odor.
"From the acid is produced, first, acetate
of lime; second, alcohol; third, tar; fourth,
gas, which is consumed under the boilers.
Each cord of wood contains $4,000 cubic
feet of smoke; 2,8O0,OOO feet of smoke
handled every twenty-four hours, produc-
ing 1000 pounds of acetate of lime; 200
gallons Of alcohol and twenty-five pounds
of tar These products have commercial
value in the manufacture of various arti-
cles The smoke from 0,000 cords of
wood consumed per annum is thus made
source of much profit, as the works are
automatic and require no workmen to run
Them
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-03-14
Give Water to Infants.

A physician of the New York Nursery
and Ghild's Hospital believes, from his
practice that infants generally, whether
brought up at the breast or artifcially, are
not supplied with sufficient water, the fluid
portion of their food being quickly taken
up, and leaving the solid too thick to be
easily digested In warm, dry weather,
healthy babies will take water every hour
with advantage, and their frequent fretful-
ness and rise of temperature is often direct
ly due to their not having it. A free sup
ply of water, and restricting the frequency
of nursing, has been found at the nursery
to be a most effectual check in cases of in
cipient fever, diminished rate of mortality
and marked reduction in the number of
gastric and intestinal complaints being at
tributed to this cause. In teeth cutting
water soothes the gums, and frequently
stops the fretting and restlessness universal
in children at this period.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-03-14
Lead Pencils.

With the improved machinery now used
ten men can make about four thousand lead
pencils of the cheaper grade day, The
cedar comes chiefly from Florida, and it is
received in slabs of pencil length, one for
the lead to 90 in and another to cover it,
as may be seen by examining the end of
any lead pencil. Four little grooves are
sawed in the thicker slabs, for the leads,
which are kept in hot glue and taken one
by one and inserted in the grooves. Then
the thin slab is glued on the loaded slab,
and thus united they are run through
moulding machine, four pencils coming
from each slab. After the ends are rasped
they are run between grooved wheels at
considerable pressure for the only finish
they get. This Furnishes them and they
are tied in dozens and boxed for sale, mainly
in plain wood, and of three degrees of
hardness The manufacturer makes about
one hundred per cent, selling the pencils
at eighty-fve cents gross, and the retailer
makes good thing selling them at cent
piece. The graphite costs about twenty
five cents pound, and the clay little freight.
The more clay is used the harder they will
be. The cedar is cut mostly from the fallen
trees in Florida,
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-03-14
Hay and Stray for Fuel.

The ways and means devised by settlers
on treeless plains for providing fuel incites
much comment among our Eastern farmers,
to whom the burning of corn and hay ap-
pears to be at least peculiar. The Memo
mite settlers construct furnaces or ovens in
which to burn straw, dry sunfower stalks
and hay. This oven is constructed in the
dividing walls of the house. The heat
from the straw communicates its warmth
to a great many bricks, which retain it for
hours, so that one filling of the oven keeps
the household comfortable long time.
The hay and straw used as fuel is prepared
by being twisted and knotted when wet
and then dried, by which process it is
made quite solid The United States MI
Ter thinks the present straw-burning engines
though valuable, do not fully fill the bill,
and suggests that the inventor who will
devise a cheap, speedy working power-press
which will press straw or hay into small
solid blocks to furnish fuel for the vast
woodless tracks of wheat country would
surely enrich himself
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-03-14
Foolscap Paper.

The term foolscap to designate certain
size of paper, no doubt has puzzled many
an anxious inquirer. 1t appears that
Charles l., of England, granted numerous
monopolies for the support of the Govern
ment, among others the manufacture of
paper. The water-mark of the finest sort
was the royal arms Of England The con-
sumption of this article was great, and large
fortunes were made by those who purchased
theexclusive right to vend it This, among
other monopolies, was set aside by the Par
lament that brought Charles [. to the
scaffold, and by way of showing contempt
for the King, they ordered the royal arms
to be taken from the paper, and fool with
his cap and bells to be substituted. 1t Is
now nearly three hundred years since the
foolscap was taken from the paper, but still
the paper of the size which the Rump
Parliament ordered for their Journals bears
the name of the water-mark, placed there
as an indignity to King Charles.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-03-14

Three performing seals are said to be
seen at the Westminster aquarium in Lon
don. They perform on such musical in
struments as the banjo, guitar, drum and
cymbals; they smoke, and in the comic
part of their performance a blind member
of the trio plays the part of the needy
knife-grinder; while another, left to rock a
cradle, overturns its baby-charge into the
tank. They dive from heights, carrying
sticks out of the water as retriever dogs do,
and catch fish and take them unhurt to
their master. And one of them has been
taught to save life. A man is launched on
a raft into the tank, and when the raft cap
sizes, the seal seizes him by the collar OF
his coat, and swimming on its back, so as;
with the lower portion of its body, to keep
the mans head above the water, tows him
to shore.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-03-14
rerra-cotta for House Fronts.

Terra-cotta, when properly burned, is
absolutely imperyious to smoke, and is un-
affected by acid fumes Of any description;
it is about half the weight Of the lightest
building stones, and its resistance, when
burned in solid blocks in compression, is
nearly one-third greater than that of Port
land stone; it is not absorbent great de-
sideratum when damp has to be considered;
it is easily nodded into any shape, for strings,
cornices, or windows and architrayes, and
can easily be modelled for figure, or other
enrichment 1t can be got in good, warm
yellow or red color, and, when glazed, can
be produced in almost any tones of soft
browns. greens, reds, or yellOws; and its
strength, durability and imperviousness to
all the destructive influences of town atmos-
pheres recommend it as the building ma
terial most adapted for facing street front
ages.-Popalar Science Monthly.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-03-14
Keep Your Receipts.

People who carelessly throw away or de-
stroy receipts will find wisdom in the fol
lowing lines on a receipted bill:
o fling not this receipt away,
Given by one who trusted thee;
Mistakes will happen every day,
However honest folks may be;
And sad it is love, twice to pay,
So cast not this receipt away!
All, yes if e'er in future hours,
When we this bill have all forgot,
They send it in again-ye powers =
And swear that we have paid 1t not,
How sweet to know on such day,
We've never cast receipts away.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-03-14
Aoetital.
Under The Snow.

BY WILLIAM LYLE.
Under the snow the daisies sleep
Silent and still sleep they;
Over them winds in anger sweep
snowhakes in frolic play.
But winters reign will soon be DER,
and they will bud anew
Pink and white as they were Of yore
Jewelled with May-born dew.
The skies will smile and streams run free,
And sweet birds join loves melody.
Under the snow the grass lies cold.
But faith can see it green,
speekled with buttercups made of gold,
Glowing in golden sheen.
Then on the hills the lambs will leap,
The squirrel dance with glee
Through the nut-clustered woods, and keep
A grateful jubilee.
Earth shall grow rich, for nature lives,
Never poorer for what she gives
Under the snow dear hearts are laid,
Hidden from love and light,
We know the winter sorrow made
When they passed from our sight.
But faith, that feels through storm and rain
SHmmers soft breezes blow,
Hath no fear that love viii remain
Sleeping under the snow.
It need not fear-the same sweet care
That keeps the flowers can keep love fair
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-03-14

Left-handed penmanship is now taught
in number of American schools. The
method of instruction is to make the pupil
write his name in pencil and then go over
it with pen held in his left hand. After
doing this for some time the writer is able
to write his signature without the aid Of
pencil copy. This is kept up until a sutfl-
cient degree of proficiency is obtained.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-03-14
~ ENERAL AGENCY.

We take this means of informing the public
that we have opened Real Estate Agencyin
Westminster, and will give special attention
to the purchase and sale of Real Estate in
Carroll and the adjoining counties, and to the
renting of property and collection of rents,
negotiating loans on mortgage, and all other
business usually conducted by agencies Of this
kind.
One of the members the firm being prac-
teal surveyor oflarge experience will continue
his profession, and will also attend to all man
ner of conveyancing, searches, investigation
of land titles, &C., on the most reasonable
terms.
Bag~ Office in the building of the Carroll
County Mutual Fire Insurance Company.
VIM. A. WAMPLER,
ian5 RICHARD MANNING.