The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-09-03
NEWS AND OTHER NOTINGs.

II wenty-four rattlesnakes were killed In
one thicket. on Spoon river, IN Knox county,
H., last week.
A farmer of Moore township Canada,
found the skeleton of a mastodon In q
wamp. The tusks are over four feet long,
the jaw three feet, and ribs in proportion.
In Holland, Mich, c. J. Doesbury pub
fishes the Net0s, and in its column strongly
recommends DR.. Thomas EcIectric Oil for
coughs, colds, sore throats, catsrrh and
asthma.
Last week Mrs. May, of Dshlonegsy &,
Ga. was stuDg on the nose By a hornet.
The nose sweIled and she had severe pains
in the head. The pain and swelling cOu-
tinued, medical aid was unayailing and she
died
"A dispatch from Carter couLly, Ten
nessee, says John Randsom and James q.
Gaines have been counting the same girl.
a few nights ago they met at her house,
and in her presence Gaines shot his rival
dead.
How many bald heads you see. Work,
worry, disease, dissipation. These do It.
Parker's Hair Balsam stops falling hair and
restores gloss and youthful color. Excep-
tionaily clean, elegant, a perfect dressing,
not greasy. Prevents dandrufI.
The secret of successful advertising is to
tell the truth. When we say that Drey-
doppel's Borax Soap Is the best and cheapest
soap you can use for all purposes, it Is plain
statement OF fact, and tae best way to salts
fy yourself is to try pound.
Fu.z
port OF the finding OF the bones of q mastO-
don. One part OF the tusk was broken
leaving il only 80 inches long, IA inches IN
circumference one tooth measured 12x
inches across the top the ribs laid out in
pleasant manner are 46 inches apart.
-Bslwin county, Alabama, has probably
the oldest voter In the United States in the
person of Thomas Gsrret. who is 119 years
old. He cast bis first vote for John Adams
for President 10 1896 when he was % years
OF age, having been born In Maryland 10
1867. He Is the father of 81 children, and a
Democrat
The largest yield OF faxseed was
thrashed from IL acres of ground on the
farm OF Peter dollhouse. five miles west of
Decatur, Ill. The total yield was 800 bush
els, or % bushels to the acre. The remark
able yield sstoGishes the farmers 10 that
part of the state, 1t was raised on thor
oughly -ditched and titled prairie
Major Levi Lybrand, one of the leading
citizens OF Edgefeld county, S, C., died on
wednesday morning of last week OF hydro
phobia after twelve hours of the most
terrible suffering. Last May he was bitten
by cur, which was instantly killed. The
bite gave him no alarm, and 10 q few days
the wound healed. Tuesday night he was
attacked with violent pains and the symp-
tons OF hydrophobis soon developed.
"A recent case Of poisoning by Paris
green demonstrates that one cannot be too
careful in the use of that powder. Mr.
Benjamin Bower. resident Of Pleasantvile.
n. j., sprinkIed Paris green on his grape
vines. The wind blew some OF It into the
face Of Miss Allie Bower, his twenty year
old daughter. She inhaled it unconscious
ly, and soon after became violently ILL., A
physician, who was summoned Immediately,
could co nothing for her. and she died in a
few days
The story of the rattIesnake that swaI-
lowed eggs in Georgia pantry, and was
thus caught In jug handle, is followed by
like story from Chattanooga. A citizen
heard a noise In his henhouse, and investi-
gated. He found that blacksuake had
swallowed a china nest egg outside of the
house, thrust its neck through a knot
hole, and swallowed real egg, and was
thus unable to 90 backward or forward, as
the eggs were larger than the hole.