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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-11-02
Mexican Maiden Washers.

The stranger in Mexico, especially
if he be young and good looking. is
liable to be considerably surprised at
hlr first ball here, when some pretty
senorita, whom he has never seen be-
fore, trips up to him with an engaging
smile on her face and something that
looks like an egg in her hand, and
suddenly smashes the latter over his
Uranium. To one not acquainted with
the cascarone custom it is startling, to
say the least. Luckily. however. tie
egg has been robbed of its usual in
terror, The original cantents having
been emptied through q small hole at
ole end. The she'll is then refilled with
finely chopped tinsel and colored paper.
perhaps with tbe addition of perfumed
satchtt powder or some dainty trinkets,
after viii n the opening in neatly closed
by bit OF paper pasted over it.
La the good old days OF the Spanish
aristocracy the egg shells to be used by
proud grandees at swell fand .ngoes we're
filled with gold ard diamond dust.
Similar extravagances are sometimes
INDUCED in nowadays, but rarely. Oc-
casionaily small gold coins, charms,
pearls. opals, or spiced candies are
stuffed in with the chopped tinsel.
making the advertisement very expsn
sive. One can buy very pretty cascar-
ones, however, for about 81. per dozen.
and it is quite the correct thing for a
belle or beau to go 10 ball armed with
several dozen of them.
Often the shells are hand painted or
otherwise beautifully decorated, much
like Easter eggs in the north. Society
matrons who propose giving balls dur.
ing the cascarone season have the shells
of all the eggs used in the household
carefully saved for the purpose, and
many an hour is spent by herself and
friends in filling and decorating them.
The act of breaking a cascarone on
another's head IS considered a compli-
ment to the recipient, who feels in duty
bound to return the honor at the first
opportunity. Previous acquaintance
Is not essential, it beng OF itself a sort
OF informal Introduction. Thus any
Mexican lady may literally make a
"mash" on every strange gentleman
who pleases heT. and without offending
her countrymen's extremely sensitive
notions of propriety.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-11-02
The Worm that Helps Farmers.

A worm has been recently imported
into Louisiana from the West Indies for
the purpose of destroying the coco or
nut grass.
The experiments with this worm have
been made in Madison parish, Louisiana,
ON the plantation of Mr.. F. L. Maxwell.
This plantation is largely covered with
COCO grass, which, as mary farmers
know, is a pest that is difficult to deal
with. Hearing that this worm had de-
stroyed large tracts of the nut grass in
the West Indies, Mr.. Maxwell imported
some of the eggs. These eggs were
forwarded through the mails on blades
of grass covered with damp moss.
Most of the eggs were spoiled in tran
sit, but few of them hatched, and Mr..
Maxwell placed the worms IN a nut
grass patch. at the end OF a week no
signs of the worms were seen, and it
was concluded that the experiment had
proved to be failure.
But one day Mr.. Maxwell noticed tn at
a number OF the nut grass plants had
begun to wither. Several weeks after
this he observed on the under side OF
the grass blades number of eggs, the
result of the development of the worms.
There have been five crops Of worms.
1t is estimated that each moth will lay
million eggs, and at this rate few
crops of worms will cover a Compare
lively large area. On Mr.. Maxwell's
plantation they have destroyed about
ten acres of nut grass since the middle
of May, aud are still vigorously at work.
When the worm issues from the egg it
makes its way down the blade OF grass,
eating as it goes, enters the ground
follows the root until ii reaches the nut
and bores its way in. thus destroying
the vitality of the grass.
Naturally, Mr.. Maxwell is very en-
thusiastic over his success in destroying
the pestifeIOus nut grass, and he de-
sires TO distribute the eggs over the
South wherever the grass has secured a
foot-hold. This would be a very good
thing, il the farmers could be sure that
tie activity of this remarkable worm
would cease with the destruction OF the
nut grass but what will ne the history
of the worm after the nut grass has
disappeared This may prove to be =
very important question in the future,
for 1t is possible, though we hope. it is
not probable. that this worm may prove
to te a worse pest than the nut grass
itself, which is bad enough.
The English sparrow experiment is
case in point, though we are bound to
say that the worms are more valuable
than the sparrow. The worms were i'm
ported TO kill nut grass. and they have
surpassed all anticipation. The sparrow
was imported to kill insects, but insects
are about the only things it doesn't at
tack. 1t may be that the West Indian
worm, after destroying the nut grass
may turn its attention to other vegeta-
tion, Du: It is not to be hoped that after
it has served its purposes in the nut
grass patches 1t will disappear.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-11-02
Pearls OfThOught.


1t is easy TO make straw men.
No man ever failed until he lost con-
fdence.
The hangmaD has no grudge against
the murderer.
We all think we car do bes5eT tbAn
the other fellow.
Do not squander time, fOC ,haL is 'n'
stuff life is made of.
Never take the harsbsg way "DeD
love VII do the deed.
Never kick unless you end you aI0
getting the worst of il,
1t Is hard to catch fish If you haven
the right kind of bait
A man wants a great many things N'
doesn't need IN this world.
The world is like a wheel ineessan'V
revolving on which human things a''''
nately rise and fall.
When you rise in the morning loiI
the resolution to make the day A"pF'
one TO q fellow creature. =
He who comes up TO his own lo7"
greatness must always have haa ''''
low standard of il in bis own miAO'
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-11-02
To Detect Poison in CANDY.

Several samples of suspicious looking
taffy, sold in the public markets, we're
lately collected and submitted 10 rsO
chemists for analysis. Their report
states tha: four of the i've samples eZ-
amined we're colored with chrome ye!.
low 10 a very dangerous degree, Toe
chrome yellow poisoned stuff may easily
be detected. Ii has the bright ye.o"
shade of fresh lemon, somewhat ap-
preaching that Of clear sulphur. Ii is
usually Favored with lemon essence and
sold as lemon tafTy. II there be any
doubt as 20 a sample IL should be dis
solved in hot water. To do this pa.
CENTS worth in a tumOier, and pour
over it hot water TO nearly Oil the Ium-
bier. Stir with spoon until dissolved
Allow it 10 settle from fifteen to lwsu'
~ minutes. If any yellowish setimen,
covers the bottom of the tumb'-r IL is
almost certain it is the poisonous
chrome yellow. Indeed, If any sedi-
ment aC all be found, the taIy sboail
net be eaten. Good tsfTy or candy Is
always completely dissolved Wne1
treated in this way with hot water.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-11-02

A HINT FOR AMERICAN HoRsEMEN.
"A traveller in Norway says that the
horses in that country have a very
sensible way of taking their food,
which perhaps might be benefcially
followed here. They have a bucket
OF water put down beside the allow
ance OF hay. 1t is interesting to see
with what relish they take sip of the
one and mouthful of the other alter
nately, sometimes only noistening their
mouths, as rational being would dc
while eating dinner of such dry food.
A broken winded horse is scarcely ever
seen in Norway, and the question is if
this mode of feeding has not something
to do with the preservation of the ami
malls respiratory organs.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-11-02
Eating Singed Flesh.

/ went into one of the stone-buil: re-
cesses, where several of our Tarters
were couchiug around small
grass root fire, and was consider
ably edited by watching them cooking
and dispatching their morning repast.
To begin with, a very dirty copper ves-
sci was put on the fire and filled with
some green weed-like nettles, barley,
-four ard,water. While one of the men
stirred this pottage round and round
with wooden ladle another produced
some raw meat-a bit of the dog had
shot. This he proceeded to tear up in
10 small strips and throw them on the
fire, every now and then popping a raw
lump INTO his mouth and masticating it
with the greatest gusto. Even the bits
on the fire were quickly disposed of
after being nearly singed. AS soon as
the pottage was considered ready it was
ladled out into little wooden cups like
the whisky 'qusighs' of the highlands.
After being replenished again and again
until the pot was emptied the cups were
carefully licked clean and redeposited
where they had been before the meal.
Another course OF flesh was about to be
partaken CT after the manner of the
first, but regard for my appetite for
breakfast prevented my waiting to see
the performance. These hardy Tartars
are quite independent OF any other
dishes beyond their little wooden bowls.
In these they mix their suttoo (meal
made from barley with little water
and salt and made an expeditions repast
of it whenever they feel hungry. In
deed this kind Of uncooked porridge
seems 10 be their staple food.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-11-02
A Chinese Opium Story.

Since the introduction Of opium into
China millions and IeLs of millions have
given themselves up TO its use, its VIC
Tins being found In all the ranks and
conditions of life, among the old, the
middle aged, the young, and even chill,
dIen. But a case of an infant becom-
ing a victim to its pernIcious iufiueuce
has just come 10 our knowledge. A
man and his wife had been in the habit
OF taking opium for years, and one OF
their chief delights Was in indulgipg
themselves over ;he pipe in each others
company, each taking alternate whifs.
One day the woman gave birth to a boy.
and sll the household was il an ecstatic
state OF joyfulness. But before long
the baby began 10 show signs of illness,
and glthough physician was sent for
they could not discover the cause of its
symptoms. Every effort was made to
save the child, but he only grew worse
aud worse until his parents gave him up
for lost.
In despair they took their pipe to SOL
ace themselves, and behold ! as they
pulled at the pipe :he smoke was waited
to the child's nostrils. and, giving a
sneeze, he instantly revived and begau
TO cry. Upon inhaling more of the
smoke he changed his crying into
laughing and became exceedingly lively.
After that he was alright as long as he
inhaled the smoke at regular periods OF
the day. One day, however, his par
ents neglected TO give him the accus
toned dose of smoke and before they
I were aware he died.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-11-02
Farm and Household.

Rice Pies Four eggs we'll beaten,
stirred into quart of milk, two cups
boiled rice. sweeten TO taste ard flavor
When boiling rice add little salt
Bake with under crust same as custaId
pies.
Beet Salad Place boiled beets in
steamer of a kettle of water until warm
then slice and cover with the following
dressing Two quarts sliced beets, 3
tablespoonful melted butter, salt, pep
per and mustard 10 season, rather sharp
ly, and seven tablespoon!uls OF vinegar.
Cover bowl while warm and place IN
cellar OF refrigerator to cool quickly as
possible. a very nice salad.
Delicious Sandwiches Boil three
thoroughly fresh eggs for twenty min
utes, then let them cool. Take six an
choviDes, wash them, wipe them in a
cloth, cut off the heads and fms and
scrape away the shines, With the fin
gers and thum split them open down
the back and take the flIlets OF sides
from the backbone. Prepare some let
tuce by tearing it up into tiny bits and
dressing it with mayonraise. Then cut
six thin slices OF German rye bread or
homemade Graham bread-the ordi-
nary bakers brown bread crumbles too
much. Butter them and lay between
each two, one of the eggs shelled and
cut into very thin slices, layer of the
salad and the fillets OF two anchovies.
Press the slices together, with sharp
knife divide them into small squares,
and arrange them on a dish covered
with a napkin. The loaves OF bread
must of course be large to make the
sandwiches the proper size.
Milk pals and cans should be pro-
tected from the rain, and milk stands
should be constructed to shade the cans
from the sun.
While the milk is warmer than the
surrounding air il should be left un-
covered, and when colder It may with
advantage be covered.
Milk kept over night In small guam
tities-say in tin pails-will be in bet
ter condition than il kept in larger
quantity in one vessel.
Breed for what you want-There is
such a thing as born inclination. The
trotting blood is born TO go, and hence
they do not like the restraint of going
slow and doing the drudgery work on
the farm. They fret and fume and
soon wear themselves out and one who
uses them. The heavy draft horses are
born with an inclination to walk and
work. They draw loads as naturally as
the runners and tIotters dance and
prance. The draft horses crossed on
mares with good dispositions make
horses naturally gentle and kind and
easy to break in. All you have to do
with them is to put the harness on and
go ahead e., after they have been ham
died. The more active blood must be
curbed and trained, and then the great
est care must be had or they will be
spoiled for workers, as it's against ma
ture
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-11-02
Stations Fight.

The Cincinnati Enquirer has Vim
cennes, Ind, special describing a rat
Ting fight between two stations. The
animals we're being exhibited at a fair,
when team of horses ran away and
darted among the bloodei stock. In
stantly all was commotion. The blood
mares began neighiGg, which the two
atallIons seemed to interpret as a sort of
battle cry. They broke away from their
keepers and dashed at each other like
mad. Both snorted terribly, an6 the
fire seemed to flash from their eyes.
With open jaws they bit each others
necks, paving and tearing up the
ground for space of twenty feet. At
last, by some means, they got loose, and
each backing n few feet, they whIrled
and commenced kicking each other.
The sharp corks on the hind shoes drew
blood from the TANKS OF each and left
enormous welts and cuts. Then one of
them, with an instinct that seemed
human, suddenly whirled to the right
and grabbed his opponent by the neck
trying at the same time to get his fore
feet upon his shoulders. They strug-
gled, the sweat and blood pouring from
their wounds.
The farmers about were panic strick-
en-. n couple of cowboys got stout
ropes and tried to lasso them. This was
n easy effort, an6 attended with con-
a DaNA
complished the animals made a final
vicious dash at each other, and while
linked In each others ferocious EN-
brace, the cowboys got in their work,
and succeeded in securing them. They
were delivered over to the keepers, who
led them away covered with blood,
limpiug, lame, and sore.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-11-02
Her Beauty did not Fascinate Him.

A blind man got on the train at Har-
risourg recently, says the Pittsburg
Dispatch, and found a seat in the par
lor car. 1 knew he was blind because
l saw the conductor lead him to chair
and arrange his valise, etc., for him.
Otherwise l don't think l would have
known it, Cor his eyes were open, and
in every way seemingly perfect. This
is not an intreQuent phenomenon among
the blind, and it is singularly decep-
tive.
After the blind man had settled down
a woman, of uncertain age and very
fashionable appearance. entered the car
and took chair four or five seats away
from the blind man, who faceo toward
her. 1t was nv lot to be seated lust
behind this woman, and 1 very soon ob-
served that something was annoying
her. She fidsetted il her seat, looked
out of the window. then swerved
around and glanced down the car, and
finally she pressed the electric button
to summon the porter.
The porter came, and the woman said
co him Fetch the CONDUCTOR
The conductor came.
What is the matter, madam ?''
''Will you be kind enough to request
that gentleman, she said, indicating
the blind man, ito stop staring al me.
He's never taken his eye off me since L
entered the car y
II will tell him if you like, ma'am, {"
replied the conductor, 'but he's as
blind as bat and-you'll excuse me.
ma am but L have the tickets TO lake
up"
The scenery seemed to inter-
est the thin skinned woman very
much after this little encounter At
least she kept her eyes fixed on the land
scape till Philadelphia absorbed her.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-11-02
shiIoh's Catarrh Remedy.

ShIioh's Catarrh Remedy. marvellous
cure for Catarrh, Diphtheria, Canker Mouth.
and Headache. With each bottle there is
an Ingeuious Nasal Injector for the more
successful treatment Of these complaints
Without extra charge. Price 80 cents. Sold
BY DR.. 7. j, Dawson.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-11-02
Answer This Question.

Why do go many people we see around
us seem 10 prefer TO suffer and be made
miserable by INDIGESTION, Constellation
Dizziness, Luss of Appetite. Coming Up OF
the Food, Yellow Skin. when for Is cents
We will sell them ShIloh's system VitaIizer.
guaranteed to cure them. Sold by Dr. T. }.
Dsyison.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-11-02
SHILOH. Consumption cure.

This Is beyond question the most success
full Cough Medicine we have ever sold. few
doses Invariably cure the worse cases of
Cough, Group. and Bronchitis. while its
wonderful success in the cure of Consump-
tion is without parallel in the history of
medicine. Since its first discovery it has
been sold on guarantee, a test which no
other medicine can stand. If you have a
Cough we earnestly ask you to try it
Price 10 cents, 80 cents, and sI.OO. II your
Lungs are sore, Chest or Back lame, use
Shiloh's Porous Plasters- Sold by DR.. T. j.
Dawson.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-10-27
Are Your Pullets Layipga

This question is often asked at this sea-
son by persons keeping hens; and the an
swer to often, ''Nol and suppose they wont
lay until eggs get cheap next spring, just
my luck" 1t ought not to be your luck.
Pullets Matched in April last should have
commenced laying month ago; May and
June matches should be laying this month.
1t is not too late now TO force early pullets
TO laying in few weeks. The late ones,
as late as July and Auguss, can be brought
forward so as to pay well, while eggs bring
good prices. Strictly fresh, pullets' eggs
will probably retail as high as 80 or 60 cents
per dozen, in Boston and New York mark.
cts. before March 1st, 1880. Mrs. l.. j.
Wilson, of Northboro, Mass, says: Mn
past years l have noticed when my pullets
laid at all, they would lay little and then
either want to set or NOPE around foI
weeks doing no laying. Last fall and win
ter there was interruption of their laying.
The results were the best | ever saw in an
experiene of eighteen years. My thirty
pullets were all just six months old when
they commenced laying. | meyer had such
return of eggs. In just eight week after they
commenced to lay, the thirty pullets laid
1437 eggs, which | ascribed to the use oi
Sheridan's Condition Power, to make hens
lay" The new and enlarged edition of the
Farmers Poultry Guide contains much in.
formation upon the above subject j. s.
johnson & Co., % Custom House Street
Boston, Mass. the only manufacturers Of
Sheridan's Powder, 10 make hens lay1 will
send Guide postpaid, to any address fol
25 cents IN stamps: or two 25 cent packs Of
Sheridan's Powder and the book for 60 cts.
five packs, ST. A large 2 Ia pound can Of
the Powder for S1.20, postpaid, and The
Guide free; six cans S5, express prepaid; q
testimonial circular free to any one. Send
for IT,
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-10-27
How ARR you GOING M voTE1

A little more than one weeks time re-
mains for political Office seekers to "see
the people, and ask for favors from their
hands. How are you going to vote? Car
bon county is Democratic by at least FIVE
hundred, and on occasions this majority
has been swelled to eight, nine and ten
hundred, especially on state and national
issues, while ProthonotarY George Esser
was elected few years ago by nine hun
dred majority. How are you going to vote?
How do Democrats vote? How do Repub-
lihans vote? How do Prohibltionists voteP
They vote heir own ticket of course. OF
the three tickets in the field, no word of
condemnation can be said against any one
single man; they are intelligent and capable,
but the Republican or Prohibition candi-
dates can be elected only by Democratic
votes. WIN the Democrats elect themf
hardly, when they haYe men so tried and
competent to fill tile offices. We would
not attempt to dictate as to how YOU should
vote, we leave that to your intelligence
your love of party and general principles
but above all things, vote straight, "a dc
not vote at all.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1888-10-27
BROADBRIM'S N. Y. LETTER

Not many years ago Paris was supposed
80 be the most cosmopolitan city in the
world; but the scepter is passing away from
Paris, and its abiding place in the future
will be the city of New York. twenty-five
or thirty years ago, all the hoodlums of the
cown would have run after and pelted a
Chinaman; to-day Mongol n dressed like
Gilbert and Sullivan's Mikado might march
from one end of Broadway to the Other, and
scarcely any one would give him second
look. / stood on Broadway facing Wall
street with my back to Trinity Church. and
within thirty minutes such a procession
passed as could be found in no other city
in the world
First came party of ten carrying all
their earthly goods-the' and men
wearing wooden shoes and thick>homespun
goods, which had evideptY been woven on
domestic looms away in the north of
Europe. The women shared the burden
with the men, and seemed abundantly able
to do their share. One carried huge
trunk on her back, and all of them had
loads that would have appalled, or broken
the back Of an American woman; but they
trudged along as contented and happy as a
New York woman going to Macy's OF
OBrien's on a bargain day. They had
scarcely passed when along came a party
of Albanians with their huge turbans,
fiashy scarfs and baggY breeches, and q
fine active, healthy looking body of men
they were; but what struck me particularly
was that the women were so inferior tc
the men. The men were well featured
some Of them remarkably handsome, while
the women were mostly ill-featpred, and
lacked that bold free air that distinguished
the men; they were not companions; they
were not equals; they were merely slaves
Now dozen Cinnamon sweep by; they dc
not seem to be afraid of Dennis Kearney
or the Chinese exclusion bill; these happy
Celestlals chatter and laugh as freely al
they would in Hong Kong or Foo Chow
satisfied that as long as their barbarian re
lations are kept out they will have
monopoly Of our washtubs. All, here COM
dozen Swedes; their bright, frank, hand
some, honest faces win them TO you a
once; they are all bright blondes, will
large blue eyes and comfortable clean lool
that is at the first glance recommendation
Right behind them are some Russian jew
on their way TO the Russi an Jewish quartz
on the west side. A sorry looking lot the
are, unkempt and unshayen, as If they hal
never seen soap or water since they left tn
empire of the Gar. In looking al thes
miserable immigrants human degradation
seems TO haYe reached It's lowest depth
The faces have all mean, suspicion
sneaklng look, like that of the coyote o.
the western plains. Can such race eve
become good citizens are they desirable
can they ever asslmllats with us aud be
come part Of w. Is not the importatlo