The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-08-13
NEWS AND OTHER SOTINGs.

/ Never fails to cure earache.
The California wine crop this year will
/ be, according to estimates, about 20, 900, 600
[ gallons The demand for If in the Atlantic
! States will absorb the whole product.
Among the products of Shasta comfy
Cal, now on exhibition in San Francisco,
are growing corr stalks fourteen feet high,
and an onion that measures 17]z inches in
circumference.
When an EIkhart. Ind. farmer was IN
loading load of hay which he had driven
to market and sold, he found very lively
rattlesnake in thelhay, and in il he found two
meadow mOles still alive and kicking.
"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 its original color. softness
and gloss by using Parker's hair Balsam
while you may
General Harney, of the United States
army, is the oldest man on the register.
He became a soldier in 1913 and participa-
ted in every war in which the country has
engaged since that time. He is Sc years Of
age and very rich
A preacher in Southern Indiana is men,
toned by the New Orleans Picag0pae as the
owner of horse so spirited that no black
smith could shoe him unless the'owner stood
at his head and sang lively campmeeting
hymns while the process was going on.
For soothing and grateful influence on
the scalp, and for the removal of dandruf,
Ayers Hair Vigor has no equal. 1t restores
faded or gray hair to its original dark color
stimulates the growth Of the hair, and gives
it beautiful soft. glossy and sIIken appear
ance.
The rice crop of LOusona, as reported
from the different rice growing parishes, is
the best for years the acreage Is large,
and the yield promises we'll The recent
heavy rains have been beneficial to the
the crop. Harvesting will be soon begun.
Frank Butler of Prairie City, Ill, says
he saw a snake near Niger Creek which
was black on one side and cream cOIored on
the other. 1t was as big around as a mans
thigh, He threw stones at the monster.
but these missiles bounded from its back as
it were of rubber.
With your next order to your grocer,
send tor sample pound of Dreydoppel's
Borax SOAP. You will find it to be the best
and cheapest soap you ever used. 1t is
used by the best families in Boston, New
York, Philadelphia. Baltimore and Wash
ingtOn.
1t has always been supposed by many
that feather beds we're sure bulwarks
against thunderbOlts A Michigan woman,
however, who sought one of those safe
guards during a recent storm, was stricken
by lightning and lost her senses, her hair
and teeth in consequence.
of Indian marriages an Indian agent
says: They marry young. Frequently a
girl is sold before she is IA years of age
If-aD Indian marries an older sister, that
entities him to all the rest of the girls in
that family as they grow up. He takes all
the sisters also. They are practically Nor
mons"
"A cloud burst occurred Monday last
near Fort KeOgh, Mont, which destOyed
800 head Of sheep. The cloud exploded
at the head of Dry Run creek, and came
down in a solid wall D feet high, carrying
off nearly the entire herd, and almost drown
ing berder. The carcasses of the animals
were strewn along the river for distance
of Is miles below the scene of the disaster.
To kill one fly in March is estimated to
as good work as killing s 100, 600 900 in
August, the increase and multiplication of
the fly population being figured as follows
One fly on the goth of March is represented
by 300 on the oath of April by 800 times
800, equaling 9O, 600, on the 2Sth of May by
p ,0O0, 900 on the 2nd f.July, and by $780,
0O0, 600 on the Sth of August.
Rocky Mountain sheep use their huge
/ horns to asst them in descending from one
eminence to another. If skipping from
/ cTag to crag and from ridge to ridge should
! it become necessary to make Jump down
/ ward, no matter what the height, they roll
! themselves up into kind of ball. vanlt out
/ into the air and, turning succession of
/ somersaults, keep the ball rolling, so to
/ speak, until they strike on their powerful
/ horns below,
"A Constable from a town in Middlesex
county, Connecticut started for Haddam a
few days ago, having prisoner in the bug
gy with him. While going, the couple par
/ took of the whiskey several times and when
/ they got to to the Jail each insisted that the
other was bringing him to Jail. They were
so drunk that the jailor was unable to tell
which was the officer, and they were both
/ permit an indentification
/ While a circus was moving by rail from
. Manor to Sag HarbOr on Monday night ar
elephant, which was in the car with two
camels, killed one of them outright, and in.
jured the other so that on the arrival at SaG
Harbor it bad to be shot 1t is said that tn,
camel, which was fOnnd dead, was badly
crushed, and that while the train was NOV
ing the circus men heard the elephant bel
lowing and the camels screaming. Tt,
train was stopped, but keeper found tha
it would not be safe to enter the car. and 50
the engineer was ordered to make all speed
to Sag Harbor where the car was sldt
tracked, and the elephant, which had by
this time become calm, was taken out
Most of the Washiugtons now living il
this country are descended from Georg,
WashingtOn's brother Samuel Georg
found himself fully occupied in being faith
at of his country, and left it to Samuel, VIII
was married five times, to father the family
They were a courageous pair, those tw
early Wash!ngtons. George never fearet
the fire of the enemy and Samuel dared Il
take five different wives. The latter achieve
ment has not received due acknowledge
ment from cur people. 1t strikes us tha
Samuel Washington is fully entitled to
national monument. Perhaps the women O
country will see to it that his fame is per
petuated -Ne1D York World.
While train on the MOnon route wa
nearing Banbridge, Ind, on Wednesda,
night of last week, with Express Messenpe
Geo. Perkins and Baggageman J. P, Win
chester in the baggage and express car
some one kicked against the rear door of tn
car for admission. The door was chained