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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-08-31
A Useful GOnt7'iyans

For the benefit of tired rnoIJals who
recline in hammocks most q tea ilae
during the warm months uh5-r g q
contrivancs from which, l. pEJpsziY
made they will derive much ease sDi
comfort. Make q square fran Of Tood
and cover It with ligh .ab- @. ana .laos
thick fringe of the same - Sc -a'-
Tom. To the top OF the frame tafs5
pieces of board, two az the sides am rs
in the center, the three meeting log5-1 D.
er, or attach cords in the same -lsl-e-
by which hang screw above tle 1bl
mock. On one side Of the frame a-.5'n
cords as for kite, and have c7rd .12f
enough to put through another 1f5"
on post on line with the side o. nc
hammock. which. when swung viii
cause the frame TO swing and s'-- l7'
lightful breeze. a damp towel cen u
attached to the bottom, instead o.. lac
fringe, during the intense heat. \
string tied TO a screw on aug-lsr p's.'
if pulled. will swing he hammock.
this is to much exertiOn let sc-1' oD'
pull il. This frame, will mor .-0'-
ment, eau be utilized as a fly fan
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-08-31
instantaneous Interest Indicator.

\ machine by which the interest on
any sum from $4,000 to 81, from ten
years to one day, at any rate per cent,
may be determined in thirty seconds, by
simply turning knob, has been patent
ed. An interest sheet is wound around
the rollers inside the machine, which
are Rotated by the knobs at the side to
stop at the given amount desired, and
given rate per cent, as printed on the
interest sheet, this portion then appear
ing in the open space on the left hand
margin of the machine. Then the
smalt metal tablets on the face and
across the center are thrown ND with
the point or the pencil, for the time the
Interest is TO be computed. This being
done, the required interest is in plain
view. By the use OF this machine all
of the menta! aud three fourths of the
physical labor is dispensed with. Itj
quicker than books or charts. IL ia
safer than books or charts, because Won
cannot see any figures but those Won
wish to see. 1t keeps its own time.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-08-31
Barren Corn Stalks.

The extent to which the corn yield is
reduced by barren stalks, says Professor
Morrow, OF the Illinois Stats university.
Is greater than is generally supposed.
This loss varies from year to year. as
we'll as in different varieties. Violent
storms when the corn is in bloom may
prevent the fertilizitioe OF many ears :
bis, OF course, cannot be prevented.
But Professor Morrow believes that the
productiveness Of any variety may be
increased by preventing fertilization by
the pollen OF barren stalks by removal
OF the tassel from these, or by cutting
away the stalks entirely so soon as it is
discovered that no ear is TO appear.
This course Is impracticable in general
Held culture, but can be applied to small
p'ats especially designed for seed.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-08-31

WHEN butter is gathered in the churn
in granular form it is never over-churn-
ed. Pounding it after It is in a lump
or large mass is what over-churns it.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-08-31
Hsrse Sense.

Everybopy has noticed While ui''''e
how rarely a horse steps on stols '''-
when going very rapidly. 4 wri'ei
Golden days qaotes an old cave.FYHi'.
as saying that a horse never steps Cd :
man Intentionally. II is st-ndi's
der with cavalry that should DIAL y
come dismounted, he must lie do"p "I'
be perfectly still. If he does so Ine =
tire company will pass over him anu
will not be injured. A horse no,'',,
where he is going and is on the lo0No
for firm foundation to put his loO' v. -
1t is an instinct with him. Therefore
step over PROSTATE wan. Ire ny
ries caused by a runaway hor'e
nearly always inflicted BY the "uII "'r,.
knocking men down, not by S''Pf'
90 them.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-08-31
A Snake-Charmer's Martyrdom.

India has just lost a snake-charmer,
one Kondajee Muboojee, who felIa mar
tyr to his belief in his own powers. A
lad years old, named Vittoo Heorree,
was bitten by a cobra at Mazagon,
Bombay, and, as usual. a snake charmer
inquired where the cobra had taken
refuge. and, on a woodpile being point
ed out, he removed the wood, found and
seized the snake, and endeaYored TO
make it bite the dead boy, declaring
that if it did so the child would at once
be restored to life. For two hours he
2ersevered, but the snake refused to
strike the body, and at last, irritated
beyond endurance turned and bit Kon-
dajee in the hand. The snake charmer
calmly placed the snake in a copper ves-
sci and then sat down. A vehicle was
sent for and the man placed inside, but
by the time he reached home be was
dead. The story testiies strongly to
the belief of snake-charmers OF India in
their power over the snakes and to the
existence OF superstition that the sec
ond bite of a snake will restore the life
that the first has taken away. The
apathy of tie Hindoo is evident by the
fact that the snake-charmer used no es-
fort whatever TO save his own life.
Whether he thought that he was proof
against its III effects was not stated in
the evidence given a. that inquest held
on the body OF The child but it is clear
that he had no belief in the virtues of
any antidote or mode of treatment. L:
is most probable that he was confident
in the powers of the drugs, ointments,
or charms he had previously used to
protect him. for the evidence of the
spectators showed that upon finding the
snake in the woOdpile he had seized it
without the slightest hesitation. 1t is
certainly singular that a man accus-
toned TO handle snakes should have
been so convinced that their bite had
power to restore life as well as 10 cause
death.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-08-31
Peach Tree BOrers.

The borer and the yellows are greatly
interfering with the cultivation of the
peach in many sections where it was
formerly proftably raised. This insect
sometimes attacks young trees in the
nursery so as TO render them unfit for
transplanting, but more commonly
when they have come into bearing.
The eggs are .deposited in the summer
at the base OF the trunk near the collar,
where the bark is soft. The best pre-
ventives are watchfulness and care i'll
keeping that portion OF the tree in a
condition that is unInviting to the pests.
Scrape away the earth in the spring and
occasionally swab the collar Of the trees
with strong soapsuds. This OF itself
Will be sufficient protection If FIRE.
quently performed at the right season,
although ;he kerosene emulsion, which
IS not so easily prepared, is usually rec
commended for the purpose. After the
borers have made az entrance the proper
thing to do is 70 pick them out with the
point Of knife or kill them in their
holes and prevent future trouble in the
manner stated above.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-08-31
Propagating Plants by LayerIng.

You can multiply many vines and
tender plants as we'll as those OF harder
woods, by layering, which is done by
bending down branch and covering
the middle portion OF i; with soil and
fastening it down with pegs. In LAYER
ing roses ard other hard wooded plants
and grapeyines, cut slight cash in the
under side just through the bark. At
this point tie roots will form. This IS
much more certain process than set
ting out slips, for in this case the par
ent vine is aiding in the formation of
the roots on the partly buried branch.
The best time is in the early summer
eefore The wood becomes old and tough.
Many OF the teuoer vines and plarts $
may be made to take root in pots.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-08-31
How to Make a Tent.

Buy nine yards of good, stout, yard
wide cotton cloth and cut into three
strips OF three yards each. Sew these
strips together securely by overlapping,
and you viii then have strip three
yards square. Make a solution of
twelve ounces of alum in three gallons
of water. and soak the cotton iE IL for
day. Rinse itin warm rain water and
stretch it in the sun to dry. 1t will
then be waterproof.
Having reached your camping out
place, cut two poles eight feet long, each
with fork at one end. Sink the other
ends in the ground about foot and
beat the earth well to keep them firmly
in place. These should be about eight
feet apart Now cut another pole about
nine feet long and put it on the top of
the other two, resting in the forks. Cut
two more poles ten feet long for. the
sides of your frame, resting one end of
each pole on the cross pole and the
canvas over the frame and tack it to
poles. You can make the sides of your
tent weather proof with the boughs of
cedar and other trees.
This is the simplest and least expen-
sive tent you can have, and it will
answer your purposes fully. The inte-
rior of the tent. however, would be
little more roomy and comfortable if
you would put up a second frame in the
rear. similar to that in front, say two
feet high, and stretch the canvas over
that and hence TO the ground.
Select sloping ground to put your tent
on, so that If it rains the water will
readily run off and also dig little
ditch around the tent, with an outlet
running down the incline. As the front
OF the tent will be open unless you
choose to provide enough canvas to close
it-you ha0 better place it with the
front toward the northwest, for storms.
il you have any, will probably come
from the south or southwest.
The rude hut described, for it is little
else, will no doubt seem a flimsy shelter
those who have never occupied one, but
for perfect rest and the soundest of
sound sleeping. you will 6nd it superior
TO the best room in your city house.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-08-31
About Coffee.

To make really good cup of coffee
has always been ranked among the fine
arts, requiring considerable skill and
experience. So much so in fact that
many persons have for a lifetime put
up with a decoction that is coffee only
in name. With proper appliances it is
not all difficult to make the very best
cup of coffee. In boiling coffee we lose
all the delicate flavors contained in the
berry, and bring out all the noxious
make consumers dyspeptic and bilious
A natiYe of any of the countries where
coffee is grown would ridicule and put
away in disgust what the average Amer.
ican has grown accustomed 10 as his
beverage. In Brazil, Ceylon or Java,
after roasting the coffee it is ground to
fine powder, and instead of boiling.
very hot water is poured through it and
filtered. This gives BEAUTIFULLY clear
and pure cup OF coffee, without any Bit
ter or pungent taste. BY grinding the
coffee very fne double the strength is
obtained, making the same quantity of
coffee go twice as far as by the old
fashioned way. There is no waste in
the coffee grounds, every available part
of the coffee being used, and all the
food properties and delicate flavors
extracted. To prevent the fine grounds
from getting into the liquid coffee a
special textile fabric filler is absolute
ly necessary, as no perforated metal
filter can be made fine enough to pre-
vent the grounds from getting through.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-08-31
A Self Milking Cow.

1t is fortunate that this bad habit is
no. often acquired. but ater it has been
it is a difficult matter to correct.
Among the many devices for this pur-
pose, many of them cumbrous and un-
weidly, a spiked headstall IS as good
and as likely to make lasting impress
sion as any. Wrought iron nails two
inches long, with fiat heads, are driven
through the leather and held in place
by second thickness of leather, which
is sewed or riveted on over the nail
heads. Af.er wearing this few weeks,
sometimes plain halter without nails
will be sufficiently suggestive to prevent
the attempt. If this will not effect a
cure it will be best to dispose of the
cow as soon as she gets in good condi-
tion for the butcher.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-08-31
A Hint 10 Young Men.

The only way by which capital can in
crease is by saving. II you spend as
much as you get, you will never be rich
sr than you are. IL is not what a man
gets, but wnat he saves, that CONSTITUTED 8
his wealth. Go, learn the first two
rules OF arithmetic learn addition and
subtraction. Add to your present capital
any amount you please subtract the
sum which YOU add, and tell US if the
last amount viii! not be the saue as the
hrsE. Every man should, in avery year
OF bis life. make some addition 10 his
capital. Nou say you get but little.
Never mind spend less than little
and then next year you Will get more.
for you will have the prcGt upon The
sum you save.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-08-31
lN:ySIySI !IEsEZs 81

For Dropsy. Gravel. Nervousness. Brights
Heart. Urinary OF Liver diseases. Cure Guarran-
teed. Onice. sS1 Arch street. Philadelphia. Al
druggists. Try u. 81 a bottle. six for e..
March le, lsss.ly.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-08-31

a NEW York farmer states that be
used only coal-gss tar to prevent the
raysges of the potato beetle. He puts a
gallon of tar in tue, over which he
pours boiling water. which is allowed to
settle and cool. This is sprinkl, d over
tie vines with an ordinary sprinkler.
A gallon of tar costing seventy. se
cents sufhces for several acres OF pota-
toes.
, 1888-10-12

We have frequently heard of gems Of
thought falling from the lips, but it has
been left to the Nineteenth century to
implant actual jewels in the teeth, SO
that as the lips move, no matter what
sentiments they utter, the jewels flash
with rare brilliancy. Verify are ones
teeth becoming objects of value. A
':fad" still later than jeweling them is to
preserve the molars as they are drawn,
have them carefully polished and wear
them as single charms, or, if there be a
sufficient number, have them set medal
lion shape and made into bracelets. The
wearing of a human tooth is said to be
unequaled as a carrier of happiness and
insurer of personal safety.
This queer fancy may really be claimed
as belonging to our century, as no record
is found of it in the musty pages of long
ago. Not SO, however, with the long
walking sticks with the crook handles
that many ladies carry along in their
summer jaunts, whether said jaunts be
up steep, rugged hillsides or over the sea-
shores even plane. The Alpine stick
looks picturesque, SO thought the woman
of fashion of the time of Charles II,
although the finger of improvement has
undoubtedly been laid on the sticks of
today. They are made of polished wood,
are about four feet in length, and have
fancy heads of unique designs, usually of
wrought gold.-Table Talk.
, 1888-10-12
A Hcrse,s Sense of Smell.

The horse will leave musty hay IN
touched in his bin, however hungry. He
will not drink of water Objectionable to
his questioning shifts, or from a bucket
which some odor makes offensive, how
ever thirsty. His intelligent nostril will
widen, culver and query over the dainti-
est bit, offered by the fairest of hands,
with coaxipgs that would make a mortal
shut his eyes and swallow a nauseous
mouthful at a gulp. A mare is never
satisfied by either sight or Whitney
that her colt is really her own until she
has a certified nasal certificate to the fact.
A blind horse, now living, will not al
low the approach of II stranger with
out showing signs of anger not safely to
be d~isregarded. The distinction is evil
IDENTIFY made by his sense of smell, and at
a considerable distance. Blind horses, as
a rule, will gallop wildly about a pasture
without striking the surrounding fence.
The sense of smell informs them of its
proximity. Others will, when loosened
from the stable, go directly to the gate or
bars opened to their accustomed feeding
grounds, and when desiring to return,
after hours of careless wandering, will
distinguish the one outlet and patiently
await its opening. The odor of that par
ticular part of the fence is their pilot to it.
The horse in browsing or while gather
ing heritage with his lips is guided in its
choice of proper food entirely by its nos
trils. Blind horses do not make mistakes
in their diet. In the temple of Olympus
a bronze horse was exhibited, at the sight
of which six real horses experienced the
most violent emotions. Alian judiciously
observed that the most perfect art could
not initiate nature sufficiently well to
produce SO strong an illusion. Like Pliny
and P%ausanius, he consequently affirms
hat sin casting the statue a magician
had thrown Hippomanes upon it, " which
by the odor of the plant deceived the
horses, and therein we have the secret of
the miracle. The scent alone of a buffalo
robe will cause many horses to evince
lively terror, and the floating scent of a
railroad train will brighten some long
after the locomotive is out of sight and
hearing.-Prairie Farmer.
, 1888-10-12
Stationery IN the oonfederacy.

"Reminiscences of books and papers of
the period recalls the dire and untitled
want of every species of stationery In
each household, and the rough devices
which were resorted to for supplying
such deficiencies. 1t was a time when
any individual who wished to use an en-
yeiope might be compelled first to make
IT. after the theory of first catch your
hare. n etc. The manner of their making
was to cut them out of paper by a TN Oh
p~asteboard pattern, n fasten the flaps
either with glue manufactured from the
p11m of the cherry tree, or with ordinary
-four paste. Old desks and secretaries
were ransacked, and frequently not I'M
successfully, for the red waters or the
sealing wax of an earlier date. Even
the most stylish and fashionable note
paper for correspondence had an ex-
tremely unstylish texture, to say nothing
of its hue, that i'll comported with the
red wax stamped with a crested coat of
arms. The juice Of poke berries, COM
pounded with vinegar, or the distillation
of a vegetable product known as ''ink
balls" usurped the place of ink, and
faded from its original purple or crimson
color with great rapidity to one of ugly
rust.
Steel pens were scarcely to be had for
love or Confederate money, and the for
gotten accomplishment of trimming a
gray goose quill to a good nib came to be
once more an accomplishment with an
ascertained value. The mucilage on the
backs of the ill engraved blue 10 sent
stamps, adorned with the head of Jeffer-
son Davis, often failed of its purpose;
and the fingers, which were not infre-
quently tired enough after cutting out
and making the envelope, trimming the
pen and writing the letter, must need
still go through the labor of separating
the stamps from each other with q pair
of scissors or a penknife, and applying
-four paste to the back of the recalci-
trant stamp, to insure the safe carriage
of the missive of affection to the far
away soldier whose eyes might never read
it. The boys of that day, bereft of pen
ellis, made them for themselves by melting
bullets and pouring the molten lead into
the cavity of small reeds from the cane
brakes. Trimmed to a point the home
made pencil, though its mark was faint,
sufficed to serve the purposes of the
young scribes and mathematicians.-
A. c.. Gordon in The Century.
, 1888-10-12

Thoroughly cleanse the blood, wmch is the
fountain of health, by using DIR. Pierce's Gold
en- Medical Discovery, and good digestion, a
fair skim, buoyant spirits, and bodily health
and vigor will be established.
Golden Medical Discovery cures all humors,
from the common pimple, blotch, or eruption,
to the worst Scrofula, or blood-poison. Es-
pecially has it proven its efficacy in curing
Salt = rheum or letter, Eczema, Erysipelas,
Fever sores, Hip Joint Disease, S%crofulous
Sores and SwellinRs, Enlarged Glands. Col
Ulcers.
Golden Medical Discovery cures Consump-
ton (which is Scrofula of the LuugsJ. by its
wonderful blood = purifying, invigorating,
and nutritive properties, II taken in time.
For Weak Lungs, Splitting of Blood. Short
chitis, Severe Coughs. Asthma, and kindred
affections, it is a sovereign remedy. 1t
For Torn ~ I've tn9 sg nHio oOugns'
Complaint" Dyspepsia, and indigestion, it is
an, unequaled remedy. Sold by druggists.
, 1888-10-12
nROPOsALs FOR BUILDING MA

OhOfOSAL rOh bOILD1NN nA-
t~erials. Department OF
the Platte. Chief Quartermaster's Office.
Omaha. Neb Sept. 10, 1888. Sealed
proposals, in triplicate, will be received at
this Office until l O'Clock p. M. central
time, Oct. 20. 1888, when they will be
opened for furnishing nails, hardware,
doors, windows, blinds, stairways, interior
finish and finishing lumber for the con-
struction Of three or four double sets of
officers quarters at Fort Du Chesne, Utah,
to be delivered aboard the cars, as the
case may be, at Omaha, Salt Lake or at
Price station, Utah. Descriptive lists and
specifications with all necessary inforna-
ton can be had on application to this
Office or that of the depot quartermaster
at Ogden or the post quartermaster at
Fort Douglas Bids will be received fo-
the whole or any portion Of the materials
required, preference being given to artl-
Giles Of domestic production or manufact-
ure. The United States reserves the
right to reject any or all bids. Bids to be
addressed to the undersigned and envel'
opes marked proposals for materials for
Fort Du Chesne." WIN. B HUGHES,
Quartermaster, U. S. A., Chief Quarter
master.
, 1888-10-12

A noiseless clock has been invented BY
a Frenchman. In place of the usual
pendulum, the hands are set in motion
by the unrolling of a chain, the end of
which is fastened to a buoy floating in a
tank of liquid. This fluid escapes at a
uniform rate, and can be utilized to feed
a lamp wick, thus giving the apparatus
the double character of a clock and
lamp. When the lamp is lighted the
necessary dininution of liquid tak@s
place by combustion, at other times ey
carefully regulated dropping.-Home
Journal.
, 1888-10-12
DROPOsALsFO o HAY AND OATS.

T-Headquarters Department of the
Platte, Chief Quartermaster's Office,
Omaha. Neb, September, S2l, 1885.
Sealed Proposals, in triplicate, subject To
the usual conditions. are invited and Will
be received at this Office until two O'Clock
n. M, October odd, 1888, for del
Fort Washable, Wyo., of thirty (3o) tons
of hay, and forty thousand (40, 00O
pounds of oats, sacked. Bidders to specify
price per ton for hay of 1000 pounds,
and price per 100 pounds for oats deliver
ed in burlap sacks. The supplies must
be good and merchantable. The hay to
be well cured and delivered in the stacks
or in bales-kind to be stated in bids.
Preference given TO articles of domestic
production. The government reserves
the right to reject any or all proposals.
Further particulars and blanks for bidding
may be obtained at this Office or of the
Post Quartermaster Fort Washable.
Proposals TO be addressed to the under
signed marked proposals for hay and
oats" WIN. B. HUGHES, Quarter
master U. S A, Chief Quartermaster.
, 1888-10-12
Notice for Publication.
United States Land Office,
Cheyenne, Wyo., Oct. 9, 1888.
Notice is hereby given that

Notice is hereby given that
William "A. Taylor,
of Hinsdale. Mass, has filed notice of in
tention to make proof on his desert land
claim No. 1920, for the whole of section
4, in tip u, n of r 81 W, before register
and receiver at Cheyenne, Wyo,, on Sat,
urday, the 10th day OF November, 1888.
He names the following witnesses to
prove the complete irrigation and reclaim,
alton of said land: George w. Welsh,
Gilbert Shapcott, Pharis S. Munich,
Charles Peters, all of CHEYENNE, Wyo.
Edgar S. Wilson, Register.