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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-05-18
To Be Killed Without Pain.

Hanging is called barbarous me ethod
of capital punishment, and the electric
shock is to be substituted in New York
as humane and civilized method. The
object to be attained is to remove as Ear
as possible all cogniZance of the connec-
tion between the judicial hand that
slays apd the immediate cause of death
to the condemned. In the use OF cleo
tricity no one Will see the bolt that
strikes the life out of the subject, and
thus the hands of the executioner do
not appear to be the direct cause of
death. Death. moreover, will be
painless, and no narrowing details of
the death struggle will be presented to
the public mind.
As far as the actual absence of pain
after the execution is concerned, it IS
probable that not even death by cleo
tricity is any less painful than death by
the gnillotine. The revolving sights of
blood and muscular twitching, however,
are all removed by the use of electric
ity, which kills every spark of energy in
every part of the humane body, the bolt
travelling swifter than thought or pain.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-05-18
Sam Jones' Sentiments.

My favorite color-Red.
My favorlte aaimal-The horse.
My favorite quality in man-Grit.
My ideal virtue-Moral backbone.
Ny favoIite floweI-May blossom.
My favorite study-Human nature.
Ny present state of mind-Contenr-
meht.
My favorite poets-Bikersteth Shell
ly.
My favorite quality in woman-Fi-
deity.
My favorite names-Mother, home
Lsura.
Ny greatest misery-The misery
OF others.
My favorite Iesidence-A home-like
cottage.
My greatest hsppiness-M Making oh
ers happy.
My favorite amussment-P Playing
with children.
Ny favorite authors-EmersoD, Hol-
land, Burns.
My idea of beauty IL nature-The
| blooming apple trees.
My idea of beauty in ARA six.
months-old boy baby.
NY motto-"Fear God and keep His
commandments"
Ny favorite qUotation-''Time unit
ed waits for no man.
Ny favorite heroines in real Iife-A
| painstakiDg, good mother.
Ny favorite heroes in real lite-Tht
men who Dare to do right.
Ny fayorite musical composer and
instrument-P. Z. Bliss the violin.
My fayorite actor and playa faith
ments.
My sigoature-SamP p. Jones.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-05-18
Lost Her Tongue but not Her Speech

A despatch to the Cincinnati Enquirer
from Boston, says: "a woman fifty
six years old recently had an operation
performed at the Massachusetts, General
Hospital by which she was deprived of
her tongue. Fifteen years ago she
touched her tongue with lye and burned
the upper side of 1t. Soon afterward
she noticed .hick. white costing,
which remained until a year ago, when
it disappeared, leaving q smooth, red
scar. A few months later an ulcer be-
gan TO form. The ulcer soon presented
a deep cavity, which was about an iRch
in diameter. In the middle OF the tongue.
Up to this time she felt no pain, but
now she suffered considerably. not only
in her tonge, but her jaws and ears. a
fne saw was placed around her tongue
as far back as possible and drawn tight
by means of q thumb screw. This saw
was made to tighten gradually until IL
cut completely through the tongue.
The remarkable thing about the case is
that there was no bleeding whatever.
After recovering from the ether she
swallowed milk easily. At the end OF
two weeks she could make herself easily
understood, and has improved SO
much in her speech that she is now
able to act as one Of a committee oi
ladies at fair.''
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-05-18
A Pet Alligator.

Two little daughters of Mrs. George
blen. of Longview, Texas, have a
little pet alligator, about four feet
TSn,lgth, whose name 10 lin. jim
81 mis- little mistresses, recognizes
Nse snslhovhen called, and submits or
Va - limited amount of petting.
n,r,'u rai, ~ enjoys the scratching of
his haoS. ed. surprisingly, seems 20
be sens,<<tfve to the scratching through
his tlaiek skin. a dog excites his an
ger, ann when one intrrdes upon his
'gstorShipS he Issues forth a musky
odor that is disagreeable TO any we'll
regulated human olfactories. Jim's
winter diet, so far as the family can
notice, consists of mud, and whenever
the weather is mild the gator is per-
mitted to wallow in its mudhole, whence
it comes back puffed until it looks like
an alderman, or a prairie pony after
drinking and ending a two days thirst.
The little girls sometimes dress jim up
as doll, and the reptile has qCite sup
planted pet clucking raccoons and
squirrels in the affection of the girls,
owing, it is supposed, TO its odd ugli-
ness.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-05-18
Some Things Worth knowing.

Ii clothes are absolutely dry before
not mildew.
If your coal fire is low, throw on a
teaspoonfui of salt, and 1t will help it
very much.
In warm weather put your eggs in
cold water some time before you are
ready to use them.
Lemons may be kept fresh long time
in jar of water changing the water
every morning.
A true test for eggs is to drop them
in water, and if the large end comes up
they are not fresh.
Hams wrapped in think brown paper
and packed in q barrel of wood ashes in
the cellar will keep all summer.
To test nntmegs prick them with a
pin and if they are good the oil will in,
stantly spread around the punctare.
Bar soap when first bought should be
cut in square pieces and put in a dry
place. 1t lasts better after shrinking
All fish skin should be washed, dried
thoroughly, cut in small bits and put
in box or paper bag, to use in settling
coffee.
New Orleans or other good brown su-
gar is best for raised fruit or wedding
cakes. 1t should be coarse grained and
clean.
You can get bottle or barrel of oil
of any carpet or woolen stuff by apply
ing dry buckwheat plentifully and faith
fully. Never pnt water to such a grease
spot.
Beef having tendency co be tough
can be made every palatatle by stewing
very gently for two hours. with pepper
and salt, taking out about half of the
liquid when half done, and letting the
rest boil into the meat. Brown the
meat in the pot. After taking up, make
a gravy OF the pint of liquid saved.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-05-18
A Hotel Genius.

The night CLERK at Everett's West
Side Hotel has noyel scheme to pre-
vent impecunious customers from get
ting away without paying their score.
At The same tine he combines business
with pleasure and thereby gets more
sleep than any other night clerk in the
town. Every morning at ] O'Clock he
strews the floor in front of his desk with
parlQr matches aud then drops off to
sleep If q customer attempts to pass
the sleeping clerk without paying his
check his feet encounter the matches,
and they Immediately set up fusillade
that arouses the sleeping clerk and en-
ables him to capture the man who eats
and runs away.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-05-18
Chocolate and Cocoa.

There is not much difference between
chocolate and cocoa. They are both
made from the seeds OF tree that
grows in Central and South America
and the West indies. Humboldt first
made the tree known to Europeans.
1t is an evergreen and bears flowers and
the fruit is a long pod containing 20 to
80 beans in . rose colored sweet pulp.
Twice year, in juno aud December,
the fruit is gathered. and the beans are
separated and dried in the sun. The
manufacturer roasts these beans about
as coffee is roasted, and they go through
several processes of crushing, grinding,
etc., to remove the acrid oils and the
grit. and finally the finely pulverized
mass is mixed withsugar, if any kind o,
sweet chocolate is to be made. Cocoa
is the name given to the bean in its ma
tive country. and also to the powdered
forms OF it in the market.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-05-18
A Queer HabItatiOn.

Oae of thu queerest residences among
the many oddities Of the modern taste
can be folnd on the Great Kanawha
river in West Virginia, not more than
five or six miles above the confidence OF
that stream with the Ohio. The resi-
dence referred to is monster sycamore
tree. This tree is now hollow from its
center 10 within a few inches OF its out
er surface. So large is the open space
that family consisting of two men. a
woman and two children have taken up
their abode within its recesses. They
live, eat and sleep in it, and to all ap-
pearances are as happy as many owners
of brownstone fronts in Pittsburg.
Yes, we are pretty well satisfied with
our quarters, one of the men replied.in
answer to a query. The landlord never
threatens us with q writ of ejectment
because we don't pay the rent ; we never
have any repairs to make ; the house
never needs paiHtine /; the tax gatherer
never bothers Us, and then We never
have the bother of moving. Taken AL
together, we think we're better off than
q great many people"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-05-18
Change or Seed.

The prevalent belief among farmers
that a change of seed is beneficial, and
that the best seed is brought fcom q
cooler climate has been proved by tests
made at the Canadian experimental
farm at Attama. The vitality of ger
minating ability of wheat brought from
Manitoba was found to be ninety-six
per cent, OF barley ninety-seveu per
cent, and of oats ninety-five per cent,
against ninety-two, seventy-three, sixty
five per cent, respectively of seed pro-
cured in the eastern provinces OF Cana
da. This fact has a most importan:
significance in regard 20 the choice Oh
seed. The average yield of oats in the
Southern States is 20 to % bushels per
acre of grain weighing "a to 2S pounds
per bushel, and this low yield is due in
a great measure TO the use or seed OF
this inferior character. Where oats i'm
ported from Scotland and weighing
81 pounds per hushel have been
sown In a southern State the yield was
over 90 bushels per acre measured, and
the grain Was nearly as plump and
heavy as the seed used. The same will
apply no doubt to the Southern wheat,
of which the average yield is no more
thar seven bushels per acre. Much tbs
same occurs in the Northern and West
ern States, and indeed, everywhere that
that seed is used from The crops grown
in the locality and without selection.
A change of seed produces more vigor'
Gus and productive crops and the grain
necessarily possesses superior vitality
The careful selection of seed is of the
greatest Importance, and is matter 70,
present consideration and action.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-05-18
Bad Prayers.

l do not like to hear him pray
On bended knee about an hour,
For grace 20 send Alright the day,
Who knows his neighbor has no flour.
I'd rather see him 60 to mill
And buy the luckiess brother bread,
And see his children eat their I'LL
And laugh beneath their humble shed.
1 do not like to hear him pray,
Let blessings on the widow be-
Who never seeks her home, to say,
''If want o'ertake you, come TO me-
hate the prayers so loud and long
That's offered for the orphans veal.
By him who sees him crused by wrong
And only with his lips doth feel.
/ do not like to hear her pray,
With jeweled ear and silken dress,
Whose washerwoman tolls all day.
And then Is asked to work for less.
Such pious shavers despise
With folded hands and face demure,
They lift to heaven their "angel eyes"
And steal the earnings of the poor.
1 do not like such soulIess prayers
II wrong. 1 hope to be forgiven.
No snRel wing them upward bears
They're lost million miles from heaven.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-05-18

AN Eastern Senator tells this STORY
about his little girl. He says that
when the family had gathered for
dinner little Elsie was too busy with
ker playthings to suspend. and hel
mother called to her to come.
"Yes, in minute" was the response.
but we are all waiting" said my
wife, land your papa is waiting to ash
the blessing"
She came in, climbed into her chair,
folded her littls hands demurely, bowed
her head and said in low voice .'Le,
her &C, Gallaher ~
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-05-18

a GERMAN doctor has lately been
making Investigations as TO the rela
tive sizs of men and women's hearts.
He announces that the masculiue
heart weighs more and Is larger
than that possessed by the fair sex.
a hea:t, it would appear, grows
most quickly during the FIRST and sec
ond years of life and between the
second and seventh years it doubles
in size. Until after the fftieth birth
lay the heart still grows a little. In
childhood the male and female heart
re the same size, but after manhood
ne masculine heart develops much
more than the female and ends by being
-wo square inches larger than the latter.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-05-18
A Brave Girl.

Miss Greene. sixteen-year-ol girl
is the hereoine of :he hour in a town
near Tower City, Oak. She entered q
burning dwelling and, seizing two in
fants, who were sleeping alone in one of
the upper stories, attempted TO reach the
street via the stairway. As the latter
was partly ablsze, she went down about
half way. then tossed the children
through and beyond the flames. When
1t was seen they were safe. she made a
leap through the fire and was saved also,
though considerably burned.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-05-18
Crops for an Orchard.

AS rule, an orchard should not be
cropped, but if it is in vigorous coudl-
tion and making much wood, il may be
a benefit to it TO be cropped occasional
ly. The best crops are those that are
cultivated, potatoes being the best
peas, beans and clover are desirable
but grain crops are not. Care IS no'
taken not to break the surface roots oy
deep blowing near the trees, BY which
the growth of suckers is encouraged
When an orchard is not thrifty mauur-
ing and plowing and seeding with Glow
er, leaving the clover to fall on the
ground, are very beneficial.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-05-18
Strange Affection OF a Snake.

The Rev. Gorsm Nail, now q resi-
dent of David county, North Carolina,
and some twenty years ago missionary
in Africa, tells strange story Of a ser
pent Shortly before leaving Africa he
went into his house one morning, and,
stepping into the kitchen, he was hor-
riied at finding his little child fondling
on the floor with young serpent. The
two were caressing each other like low
ers. There seemed to be no harm in It,
and he kept the serpent in his family
and 1t soon became domesticated. Ii
grew rapidly, and to-day it is thirty
feet in length, and has the power to
crush an OK, or, perhaps, an elephant
Since it was taken into the family II
has never shown savage disposition il
any way. In 1870 the Rev. DIR. Mai
returned to this country witE his FAM
lily, and brought the large serpent will
him. The boa has been fed on milk
Cruel and rabbits, but it does not hav'
the ravenous appetite that appearance
would suggest. AS it grew older it be
came more domesticated, and to-esy i
is the slave and pet of the child who hs
grown to be woman. y peculiar in'
stance o. its devotion IS told. A fev
years ago its mistress had been ava.
from home on a three weeks visit
When she returned to the house the ser
pent recognized her at once, and crawl
ing to her shoulders, he rested his ugl
head or her back. She had hard worl
to dislodge, it and 1t seemed that he fear
ed that she would leave the house again
Last year Miss Nail was married, on
of the stipulat;ons of the union beiui
that she should not be separated frou
her hugh pet.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-05-18
She Had Him.

THE happiest moment of a mans
fe," be said tenderly, lis when he
Knows he has won a girls heart''
us 1t ?'' she sbyly asked.
Yes" he replied; now tell me
what is the happlsst moment in a wo-
mans life.
She blushed and hung her head.
Tell me-" he whispered.
"You won't think me too bod ?''
Certainly not"
''When she's asked to name the day. ~
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-05-18
shiioh's Consumption cure.

This Is beyond question the most success
ful Cough Medicine we have ever sold, few
loses Invariably cure the worse cases Of
Cough, Group. and Bronchitis. while its
wonderful success in the cure of Consump-
tiou Is without parable! In the history OF
medic ne. Since its trst discovery it has
been sold on guarantee test which no
other medicine can stand. II you have a
Cough we earnestly ask you 10 try IL
rec 10 cents. 30 cents. and 81 90. IL your
lungs are sore, Chest or Sack lame, use
shiioh's Porous Piss,ers. Sold by DR.. t. J
DAWSON.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-05-18
Answer This Question

Why do go many people we see around
us seem to prefer to suffer and be made
miserable by Indigestion. Constipation
Dizziness. Loss of Appetite. Coming Up of
the Food, Yellow Skin, when for 20 cents
we will sell them Shiloh's System Vitalizer
guaranteed to cure them. Sold by DIR. T. j
Dawson.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-05-18
shIIoh,s Caiarrh Remedy.

Shiloh's Catarrh Rem edy. marvellous
cure for Catarrh, Diphtheria, Canker Mou'n'
and Headache. With each bottle there
an ingenious Nasal Injector for the lno,o l.o
successful treatment of these eompiA,o'S :
without extra charge. Price 80 cents 00'u
by DR.. 7. j. DAWSON.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-05-18
N:ySTySIAs|%sNlz

For Dropsy, Gravel Nervousness, Brights
Heart. Urinary or Liver diseases. Cure Guarrau-
teed. once. S3l Arch street Philadelphia All
druggists Trv Il. 81 a bottle. six for s6.
March lo, lsss. 1y.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-03-09

were taken i'll. They were not proof
against all the exposures to which they
were subjected. They found the effect
i've remedies for these common ailments
in the roots and herbs which grew in the
neighboring forests and fields. They
had learned that nature had cure for
every i'll. These potent remedies as
sisted their sturdy frames to quickly
| throw off disease, and left no poison in
the system.
The unpleasant feature of modern
practice with mineral medicines is the
injurious after effect on the system.
May not modern physical degeneracy be
due to this feature?
A drug-saturated system is not in
natural, consequently not in healthy,
state. If any of the main organs are
clogged with. traces of the mineral
poisons used to drive out a particular
disease, the whole machinery of life is
deranged, and early decay of natural
powers is the inevitable result
There can be no question that RENE
dies from the laboratory of nature are the
best. If they are as efticacious, they
have the advantage of having no after
sting.
ETheir efficacy,i If properly compounded,
and the proper remedy applied to the
proper disease, will not be doubted. The
experiences of ages proves it.
Their disuse has come about princi-
pally through the rapid congregation of
people in cities and villages, rendering
these natural remedies difficult to OBJ
tain. Progressive basiness enterprise
has lately led to putting up these old
time remedies within reach OF all classes.
The proprietors of Warmers safe rem
edies, in faith that the people of o-day
would be benefited by using the simple
remedies of log cabin days, have caused
investigations to be made, and secured
the formulas of number of those which
long and successful use had proved to be
most valuable.
They will, We learn, be known under
the general title of warmers Log Cabin
Remedies" Among these medicines
will be a "Snsaparilla" for the blood
and liver, clog Cabin Hops and Buchu
Remedy" for the stomach, ETC., clog
Cabin Cough and Consumption Rem
edy," remedy called ''Scabine," for the
hair, clog Cabin Extract" for internal
and external use, and an old valuable
discovery for catarrh, called LOG Cabin
Rose Cream" Among the list is also
LOG Cabin Plaster and LOG Cabin
Liver Pill"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-03-09
THE INFLUENCE OF BAD EXAMPLE.

The demoralizing influence of the
Sugar Trust is evidently making it's way
to the uttermost parts of the earth. 1t
is rumored that Hart and Horn have
formed, after much coquetting and fe nc
ing, a combined candy trust, under the
suggestive name of the Charts horn
Candy Trust" which will be-well, to
use a comprehensive term, rough on
rats generally. No other candy refineries
will be tolerated in competition. sect
under the blankets with US, or BUST is
the motto of this dangerous monopoly.
1t is further rumored that Hart, with
his son James, will leave per Kinau
next week to establish candy centers all
along the line. What next? P. S.-We
don't vouch for the truth of the above
rumOr.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-03-09
THE TWO LIBEL CASES.

1t will be remembered that on Mon
day woman giving her name as Har-
risOn swore out warrant for the arrest
of the editor of this paper on a charge of
libel by publishing an article headed
"Driven Out of the Country" The case
should have been heard yesterday morn
ing, but it was not The fact of the mat
ter was there was no case at all to be
heard. 1t would be an impossibility to
write libel7on such a vile character as
the man Harrison or his alleged wife.
He kept notorious house, had pleaded
guilty in Court to the same, and this
woman who posed as his wife knew very
well the business he was engaged in.
AS we have said before, it was a most
disgraceful business for an able-bodied
man to be occupied in--living on
woman's shame.
j. A. Magoon, the lawyer, had charge
of the libel suit brought by this woman,
and he must have felt very cheap when
he entered the Police Court yesterday
morning and was compelled to ask His
Honor to grant a nolle prosequi. II
Magoon had had common sense he
would have seen for himself that there
was not the slightest chance of his prov
ing that a libel had been committed
The Harrison crowd evidently saw there
was nothing in it, for they cleared out in
hurry and left on sailing vessel for
San Francisco on Wednesday night |
They dare not stay and face the music. |
The Court granted a nolle proseuui. |
The country is we'll rid of them; there is
no room for such people here. We can
not help taking to ourselves little of |
the credit for having broken up Har-
rison's vile business and driven him ont
of the country.
Yesterday afternoon the libel suit
brought against Mr.. Walter Hill, editor
of the Bulletin" was heard in the
Police ourt. He was charged with
having libelled Vim QIon by stating
that he had been arrested for cruelty to
animals. After hearing the evidence
His Honor dismissed the case. Mr..
Chas. Creighton appeared for Mr. Hill
and Mr.. V. V. Ashford conducted the
prosecution. This is the second libel
'iase that Mr.. Ashford has lost within a
thori time
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-03-09
THROUGH THE FOREST.
The Young and the Old Dance All
Nisht-Our Hardy Ancestors.

Old men live in the past.
Perhaps it would be better for the
yong men of the present if they lived a
little more in the past, and drew less on
the future.
The log cabins of primitive times
would seem very cherries habitations
to the people who live in the finely con-
structed, furnace heated mansions of to-
day. But our grandparents took great
deal of comfort in these rude homes.
They were rugged and healthy. The
men had stalwart and hardy frames,
and the women were free from the mod
ern ailments that make the sex to-day
practically helpless slaves to the hired
foreign help.
White-haired grand-sires frequently
took their life partners and on horseback
rode a score of miles through the forests
to enjoy the lively pleasures of frontier
ball, danced till daylight, rode home
again in the early morning, then put in
good days work.
Middle-aged folks of to-day couldn't
stand that sort of a racket.
To these undermined log cabins doc
tors visits were a rarity The inhabi
tant lived to rugged and green old age.
Sometimes these log cabin old-timers