The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-04-23
NEWS AND OTHER SOTINGS.


the East by the Romans. The crab apple is
indigenous to Great Britain.
The authorities of Central Park, New
York. are feeding the animals in the men
agerie on horse meat exclusively.
Captain winship, Providence Police,
suffered five years from kidney disease, was
cured by Hunts Kidney and Liverl Rem
edy.
A bed7tead. made to order by a Mil.
waukee firm, is "a feet wide and has nine
compartments, each intended to hold one of
the purchasers children.
"A boy living within sight of Plymouth
Rock, Mass, weighs 3O4 pounds. though he
is only Il years old. He has grown at the
rate of 80 pounds year of late.
The pupils of a Georgia school who
went out on a strike against an obnoxious
teacher, got so far as to nail up the school
house door. Then their daddies took them
in charge.
"A number of skeletons ploughed up on
the Middleton farm, near Xenfa, o., recent
ly, are believed to be the remains of soldiers
sent out to fight Indians in the latter part of
the last century.
Lake court the other day in a poyeamy
case was in substance that ''she didn't know
whether her husband had another hus band
or not; it wasn't of sufficient Importance to
talk about
As superb hair dressing and renovatOr
Ayers Hair Vigor is universally commend
ed. 1t eradicates scurf and dandruff, cures
all eruptions and itchings of the scalp, pro-
notes the renewed growth of the hair. and
surely prevents its fading OF turning gray.
The finest tiger in America, it is said,
was received at the Philadelphia Geological
Gardens. Saturday. He is one of three cubs
born in the Antwerp Garden 1882, and is
not yet years old. He is remarkably we'll
developed for bis age. weighing about 400
pounds. His head is enormous.
The Queen of Sheba, who visited Solo
mon, brought with her 80 boys and 30 girls,
all dressed in boys apparel, foe King Solo,
mon 70 tell which were boys and which were
girls. King Solomon sent for water for
them to wash with the girls washed to the
elbow and the boys to the wrist.
A novel affair in the way of an election
came of last week in Ef1ngham, III. Mrs
Henry B. Keplev, and defeated him by II
majority for School Director. The vote was
large and spirited. It was the first instance
Of the kind on record in that state.
james Houston, a well known resident
of Morpantown, w. Va. is dying from
most peculiar cause. He has forty-two ri
ie bullets in his stomach. These bullets
he ha swallowed at different times as a
cure for costiveness. and all attempts of
physicians to remove them have proved fu-
tile.
"A cherry tree stood In the way of the
Southern Pacific narrow guage railway ex.
tension that is being pushed at Almaden,
and the owner asked about 5000 for the
tree. Experts we're appOiated, and he then
showed that for years it Yielded him crops,
each of which sold for sums equivalent to
the interest on the amount named. They
finally agreed to award him 5000, and the
tree had to go.
Fifty years ago the boys had a hard
time of it. There were no furnaces in the
house and few stoves. bedrooms as cold and
cClder than barus nowadays; warming
pans for bed at night in constant use, as the
bed-cIOthes were like two cakes of ice.
Washing was done by first breaking the ice
found in the pitchers over night. All the
cooking was done by wood fires and the
wood had to be cut by the boys
"A Paris surgeon kindly set the limb of
a friends dog, and his patient some weeks
after, brought him another dog in the same
plight. Dr. Barnum, of Louisville, reports
a similar case. The patient was a black
and-tan terrier. It resisted the doctor to
the utmost but was finally suDdued and
bound up. Four days later he came alone
to the Office and had his bandages arranged
After that he appeared once each day, and
held up his 'cg for examination.
Two wealthy farmers, named Baringer
and Kline, living near Youngstown, Ohio,
have spent much time fighting each other in
court. Wednesday week BaringeT went to
Kline's house and assaulted him with a
knife. Klines daughter got a board and
belabOred BaTinger until be was disabled.
She and her father tied Raringer with a
rope to a tree, went before a Justice and
swore out warrant, keeping Baringer tied
until he was arrested.
"A turtle story with more than an over
powering odor of fish comes from Moultre
county, Ill August %, 1912, William Gar
VIII ana his SOU, l4AulDtIb NTdINlus Taught q
mad turtle near TOdd's Point. on the Okaw
river. In sport they cut their initials "W
G." a nd IL. G., upon its back, and then
consigned it to the river. In 1879, 80 years
later, T. J. YorkIey captured the same tur.
tie, and added ct. J - 20 the inscription.
Stranger still. last week it was again cap
tured, alive and well. ''GroveT Cleveland"
was cut in its tough canopy, and the animal
again thrown into the river.
"A French woman working in the field
was accustomed to leave her babe in =
shady place to be watched over by a favo-
rite dOg-a bitch, the mother going Occa-
sionally 20 nurse the babe. 1t was discOv-
cred that at times the babe did not nurse
with its accustomed avdility, which was &C.
counted for, when the mother on coming up
saw the dog standing over the babe which
was sucking it. This was permitted to go
on, and wonderful tenderness was mani
tested by the dog for the child which was
heartily Teciprocated.