The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-08-06
NEWS AND OTHER NorINGs.


are recorded of DR.. Thomas's Electric Oil.
Never fails to cure esrache.
An Albany (Gs. lady says that during
the war she paid $50 for a spool of thread,
$500 dollars for pound of tea. and s4OO for
a Gingham dress.
Martha washington's portrait will
adorn the new one dollar certificates and
that of General Hancock the certificates of
two dollars.
The oldest and largest tree in the world
is said to stand near the foot of Mt. Ftna.
1t is PIP feet in circumference and is a
chestnut of course.
An enterprising young woman has a
( farm in Ashton, OAK, which she runs with
/ out assistance. and last year she raised
/ POO bushels of grain.
The NetherIand steamer Wsesland while
/ out two days from Antwerp struck a sleep
/ ing whale eighty feet long. and cut it In
two. The steamer was not damaged.
! 'I'll attend to It soon" Don't cheat
yourself in that way. Your hair is growing
thinner, dryer and more lifeless every day
Saveit and restore it's original color. softness
and gloss by using Parker's hair Balsam
while you may.
1t is fact not generally known that q
banana tree bears but one bunch OF fruit,
and is then cut down to make way for the
suckers that spring from its root, which
reach maturity and bear their bunch of ba-
usnas in eight months.
in someIparts Of Indian q farmers areltear-
ing down their worm fences built OF black
walnut rails, and selling the seasoned sticks
to chair makers for prices that will refence
/ their fields with pine, and leave a margin
OF profit.on the operation.
With your next order to your grocer,
send tor sample pound of Dreydoppels
BOrax Soap. You will find it to be the best
and cheapest soap you ever used, It is
. used by the best families In Boston, New
York, Philadelphia. Baltimore and Wash
ington.
"A contemporary records that Is wears
ago man quit Berlin, Canada, owing $40
board bill. The other day he returned,
found that his creditor was dead, hunted up
his family, and paid the debt with interest
The asylum he escaped from is not stated.
The most deadly foe to all maIariaI dis
eases Is Ayers ARue Cure. a combination
OF vegetable ingredients only, of which the
most valuable Is used in no other known
preparation. This remedy is an absolute
and certain specific, and succeeds when all
other remedies fail. A cure Is warranted.
1t is impossible to count billion. Had
Adam counted continuously from his crea-
ton to the present day he would not have
reached that number, for it would take him
1912 years. At the rate of 200 a minute
there could be counted Il, 900 an hour. 288. 600
day and 1O5, 100, 600 year.
"A rattlesnake got in front of a moving
machine in st. Joseph county, Ind. and
was cut into three pieces. When Mrs.
Ronck, who was rakin0 hay, came up where
1t was the head stiII had life enough to bite
ner, and the Jaws had to be torn apart to re-
move the tangs. Mrs. Ronck came near
dying.
Mexico is the only country In which the
mule can complete with the railroad Along
the track for miles you may see hundreds of
these little bronchos with great loads Of bav
stone and other goods strapped on their
backs, without bride or harness, driven by
I ne Inoians, and going the same wsy as thn
trains. They carry freight for hundreds of
miles in this way.
AT Brownsville. Texas, early on Thurs /
day morning Of last week, Emanuel Chiarez /
aged sixteen years. Killed his step mother
with an axe while she was sleeping. The /
boy was found by her corpse weeping. He /
said he bad become enraged because she
would not leave him go to the circus. and
"hen ne awoke Thursday morning the devil
told him TO cut her her head off.
MARY Smith stands six feet in her boots
ana WORKS single-handed large and -four
ishing farm a few miles from Saltwater
mlnn. When she plows she wears mems
trousers, and her physical aspect is aIwavs
lntlmidating. She has no use in the world
for any man, and seems to love only her
mule team, which she drives into Saltwater
three or four times a week.
j. V. Dexter, of Denver, has a pair of
ancient pistols which, he claims. are the
ones used by Burr when he fought the duel
with Hamilton. They are hint-locks the
barrels are of lsminated Steel heavily
;hased the handles are of mahogany. In.
laid with gold and silver. The case in
"hlch they rest also contains q flask, in
mold.
1t seems their are some heavy drinkers !
fhiiadelphia. The Times OF that CITY
ays that one Philadelphia hotel has 6 cus- !
ouieIs VINO drink over 65 whiskysa day each. Z
AhoIher mas two customers who imbibe
eRuiary quarts of champagne a day. 10
Il who take over 20 whskys a day. g or o
'ho guzzle 40 glasses Of beer after O'CLOCK
ach daY' and one customer who reUnlarlv
rlnks bottles Of cogniac day.
OF the Cascade mountains in Oreoon !
nd WASHINGTON Territory, there are five
otaole peaks, Mts. Hood, Adams. st. Hell
H. Tacoma and Baker. Rising almost from
sea level to height of from IO. 900 tn IA
~ feet, Isolated and predominant. they are
'ore Impressive and beautiful than the
rominent peaks Of equal height of the
ocky mountains. which reach but few
nncred feet above their fellows.
The cost OF transporting one passenoar
one ton per mile has practically remsinad l
le same on all roads in Great Britain dur-
y the past twenty years. On Nav York
'ads The cost has decreased 51 ner cont
~ iu Oh Fennsvivania roads 76 per cent
i'hln that time. Five hundred and 6ftv c
nerican locomotives on the PepnsvIvanfo u
aiiroau 90 as muchiwOrk as 3.76 enoinas ~
ene London and North western Railroad q
"A horrible story from the lower end os -
atnall county Georgia, has inst reached
iVannah. negro woman, engaged tn pra-
are dinner for colored picnic, murderad !.
'u"N culid which had been left in her