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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-07-19
The 1904 Dollar.

There is something curious abo-
the American silver dollar and hall.
dollar of 1904" said a numismats
"There were about 20. 600 of the d0l.n
coined, but not one OF them got into
circulation. Two OF them are in vel.
known coin collections to-day, howeYs;.
and they are the most valuable OF 81.
American coins. Why the dollar Of
1904 was never seen in circulation after
leaving the mint is one of the ulso.yed
Government mysteries. 1t is ASSERTED
by good authority thai the two lo=
silver dollars now in existence, while
having been made from the original die
were in reality not coined for mani
years after that year, wheE they WeH
surreptitiOusly struck. and it IS supDos'
ed, issued to a person high in au,hoTi,I
from whom they subsequently psss5-
into the collections referred to. I1'
half dollar of 1904 is surrounded by .
mystery equally profound. There S5a
over 10000 OF these co:Ied, but la
one was ever known to be in ciIcua-
I'lation. On the other hand, but @
quarter dollars were coined in that veal
and specimens of these are in eYel!
collection and numismatist's shop.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-07-19
Pearls OF Thought.

Charity thinEeth no evil.
The wise man talks bus little.
Without hearts there is no home.
Ba not simply gocd-be good for
something.
We can have many wives, but only
one mother.
How much che wife IS dearer than
the bridal.
The mind which is free from passion
is a citadel
Love is the brightest ray which lights
the pathway Of life.
It destroys ones nerves to be aniabIe
every day to the same human being.
Confidence Of success is a most sue
cess and an obstacle often fail of
themselves before determination 70
overcome them.
There is no man at once either exs
celently good or extremely evil out
grows either as he holds himself up in
virtue or let's himself slide to yicions-
ness.
Warm bread or cake can be cut with
out becoming moist and heavy, If the
knife, thin, sharp one, is dipped into
boiling hot water, wiped quickly, and
the bread cut Immediately, before the
knife has time 10 cool. \ napkin
should be laid double on the plate
where the warm slices are laid.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-07-19
Odd Kinds oriea,r.

+ ha7 been demonstrated r,
rorls oT skins may BE- ,qnraa
birds, fishes and reptiles A,r.
alike brough. 10 the tan yard .-,
prices are regularly quoted. hr..
skins have long been n favorirs 49,.
for the manufacture of p9or,,.
aud sa'chsIs. The high prr,, NJ
the first produet commanded s-,
dnccl manufacturer so pr59r.s
tions. These are merely a-,
leather. The peculiar scaly r.tu
the al'igstor's hide is succeg7fg.,
tated by means Of steel dies
leave a durable impression ur,,
leather, so perfect a resernblsrcs
genuine alligator skin that o7r.
perts could tell the difference
same process is used 10 initiate .,
fancy skins, so that there is go NC
that is not initiated within d.
months Of its first appearance
alligator skins were first mt o-
market in 1876.
Kangaroo skins have only
market about three years. The Chi.
the porpoise has lately been n.s5
shoes, and is we'll considered bso
Of i,s Gne grain, making it w4te-o- p.
1t resembles a goat skin. The sL.,
a sea! has also been made into ls....
and sells for about $40 a dozen skf,.
one of the latest novelties is rate.
snake leather, which is used ctf.e- -,
making pocket books. Tn. glyr7 n.
monkey has also been tanned ag7 ,-
for making pocket books. Bear Oh.
have long been used with The h,r- ~
for caps and coats, aud the hides F,..
also been used for leather. or c,-.
these novelties are not made in r.,-.
quantities and are mostly used fo- f.-
trade. During the past few wears NJ
hides Of horses have been successrrr.
tanned and put upon the market o,
standard article of leather.
American kid is now taking a r-.~
inent place IN the leather markp, s-.
is even preferred TO French kid by m -.
manufacturers, who find it quite ss s-..
pliable and durable, and much cr-.,.,
It is declared that American kid
twenty-five cents a foot is eog,, ,
French kid at forty cents. Pig Skin.
are yet in demand for saddles.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-07-19
Ten Coed Things 10 Know.

l. That salt will cardle new milk,
hehce in preparing mix pOrridge,
gravies, etc, the salt should not be
added until the dish is prepared.
?. That clear boiling water will re-
move tea stains and many fruit stains.
Pour the water through the stain and
thus prevent its spreading of the IA
brio.
3. That ripe tomatoes will remove
ink and other stains from white cloth,
also from the hands.
4. That tablespoonful of turpen-
tine boiled with white clothes will aid
in the whitening process.
). That boiled starch is much i'm
proved by the addition of little sperm
salt or gum arabic dissolved.
6. That beeswax and salt will make
rusty fiat irons as clean and smooth as
glass, Tie lump of wax in rag and
keep it for that purpose. When the
irons are hot, Iub them first with wax
rag, then scour with a paper or cloth
sprinkleG with salt.
z. That blue ointment and kerosene
mixed in equal proportions and applied
to the bedsteads is an unfailing bedbug
remedy, as coat of whitewask is for
the walls of log house.
5. That kerosene will soften boots or
shoes that have been hardened by was
ter, and render them as pliable as new.
8. That kerosene will make tin ket-
ties as bright as new. Saturate wool
en- rag and rub with it. 1t will also
remove stains from vanished furniture.
10. That cool rain water and soda
will remove machine grease from wash
able fabrics.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-07-19
Culinary MaXims.

A good meal Is worth hanging for.
Is there nothing between the fast and
the feast
n hungry stomach seldom loathes
common victusls.
A hungry man discovers more than a
hundred lawyers.
We must eat and drink though every
tree was a gallows.
There is never enmity between the
cook and the butter.
One bird in the dish is better than
hundred in the air.
They must hunger in frost who
spring-time have lost.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-07-19
Wonderful Condolences.

Alexander wept because he had no
more nations TO conquer at last set
fire to a city, and died in a scene Of de-
bauch.
Button says he owed ten or dozen of
his best works TO his servant, who pull
ed him out of bed early, at six in the
morning.
Admiral Byth5ssa, a very distin~
guished officer, was picked up at sea
when an infant by ship of war, aud
lashed TO a bale of goods. Inquiry
failed % elicit any sort of information
about this human flotsam. SO the ships
officers adopted him. calI=d him by
the-Sean and sent him to a naval
school. The first ship in which he
served was that which had saved his
life.
Bernadotte, King Of Sweden, was a
surgeon in the garrison Madame Ber,
nadotte was a washerwoman in Paris.
Boliver was druggist.
Catharine, the Empress of Russia,
Was gIisette.
Ciuciunatus was blowing his vine
yard when the dictatorship OF Rome
was handed 20 him.
Columbus was sailor.
COnfucius was carpenter.
Franklin was a printer.
King Christopher of Hayti was a
slave o: s.. Kit.
King Louis Phillippi was teacher Of
the French tongue.
Mohammed. called the prophet, was
a driver OF asses.
Napoleon, a descendant of an ob-
scure family os Corsica, was Major
when he married Josephine, the dsugk-
ter OF a tobacconista Creole OF Martin
ique.
Diver Cromwell was originally a
brewer
Pes dent John Tyler was captain of
militia.
President Polk had been an iunkeep-
er.
The step-father of Isabella, Queen of
Spain, the husband OF Queen Christina.
aud the brother~in-law of the King Of
Naples, was once a barkeeper of coffee
room.
There are, according to history, in
Spain and Portugal, at the present
time, several dukes, marquises, counts,
viscounts and baroDs, who were form
ally BARRIERS. cobblers, cooks, sweepers
aud tailOrs.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-07-19

This Is beyond question the most success
ful Cough Medicine we have ever sold, q few
doses Invariably cure the worse cases OF
Cough, Group. and Bronchitis. while It's
wonderful success in the cure Of Cousump-
Ton Is without para llel In the history OF
medicine. Since It's first discovery 20 has
been sold en guarantee, n test which no
other medicine can stand. II you have n
Cough We earnestly ask you Co try IL
Price 10 cents, 80 cents, and S1.OO. II your
Lungs are sore, Chest or 5ack lane. Us.
shiloh's Porous Plastrrs SoIdhy Dr T. y
Da Yison
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-07-19
Origin OTO. h.


While at Nashville in search of ma
teriai for his history, a gentleman
named Parton found among the records
of the court of v hich General Jackson
had been judge a great many legal doc
uments endorsed 90. r. which meant
"Order recorded but often so scTawl-
iRgly written that one could easily read
It as .. X. II Major D0wniug''
noticed a bundle of papers thus marked
upon President Jacksou's table, dOcu-
meuts, perhaps, from his former court,
IN which he still had interest, il is very
easy to see now u puns5er could imagine
it 10 so. X " or "OiI kUrTect."
No doubt Seba Smith, who whote
under the nom de plume OF Major
Jack Downing, " had much 20 do with
creating the impression that President
Jackson was unlettered and uIiterate.
whereas many existing personal letters,
military reports, court opinions and
State papers snow to the contrary. lie
lived before the day of sleuogrlph rs
typewriters, and yet carried on a vols
luminous correspondence. Hundreds OF
his persOnal letters TO old soldier
friends are still preserved as hsirlooms
in South, and his handiwoTk is numer-
Gus in Washington. He was evidently
rapid penmau, and made greater use
Of capital letters than is the present
custom, but misspellad words and
stumbling sentences were few and far
between.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-07-19
Tomato Cultivation.

The tomato plant IS the prsttiest /,
ege,aOie plant We have when properly
cared for. First make a ridge eight
inches high and twelve wide If the
dirt is not stvoug enough 10 grow
thrifty plants, 50 TO the fence corner
and get some that is place about one
peck where the plant will stand. Set
plants three feet apart-not less. Get
stakes--sly three inches in diameter
and drive in the ground, leaving three
feet OUT. Drive one every eight feet
the length OF the row they viii be
three feet apart the cross way. II you
have elm bark handy cut II in strips
two inches bfoad-;f not, use Stats or
fence vile, making three rows on each
side at one foot from the bottom. 1t
middle and aC top, then cross near the
plant Go keep IL straight. Every i've OF
six days pass along and fix the branches
IL proper shape, as you would have
them grow, do not allow grass or
weeds TO grow within three feet OF
plants. Water the plants IN evenings
IL it does not rain enough 20 make them
grow fast. and when the tomatoes begin
60 ripen you will have a row OF them
Eve feet wide, four feet high and ninety
feet long, from only thirty plants.
Ouly think of it The grand row, jus,
covered with big red tomatoes from end
20 end and from bottom 10 top, all up
out of the dirt, clean and sweet Re
member the things we do should be
done Well. This frama can be placed
on one side of the garden and remain
for years.
AS I travel from house TO house I see
tomato plants here and there in gardens
fiat down on the ground, and the sOma
toes rot as fast as they turn red ol
planted in rioges three inches apart
with stalks about as large as a lead
pencil two feet high and with three
tomatoes per stalk. Friends, try the
frame plan and you will be well please i
with IL.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-07-19
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 rs cents
we will sell them Shiloh's system. VitaIizer ?
guaranteed to cuIe them. Sold by Dr. T. j
DsYlson
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-07-19
shuoh's CaIarrh Remedy.

Shiloh's Catarrh Remedy, q marvellous
cure for Catarrh, DiphtherIa, Cauker Mouth
and Headache. With each bottle there Is
an ingenious Nasal Injector for the more
successful treatment Of these complaints
without extra charge. Price 90 cents. sold
by DIR. T. J. Dawson.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-07-19

Hope nothing fIom luck, aAu =.
probability is that you will pe 81 p
pared, so forewarDed and iole"-'.
that all shallow observers VIII can J
lucky.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-07-19

He shall be immortal who llV5'D
be be stoned By one without iauI''
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-07-19
READ THIS TWICE

kFI7HERE is great HsviuE- Of time. Of labor
J of soap. Ct flel, and 4 the fabric. where Dob
bins Electric Sop is used according 10 diTeC-
tiOss~-
one trial VII demonstrate lis great merit. II
~ viii pay vUl. 20 make that trial
7 iEE IL EC-E tztiyl -, it IS extensively iui-
- tated and c0uaie7El5.ee
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-07-19
There's nothing Ike ii.

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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-04-11
VOL. VII.
SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
Hue and, Cry is Raised Against
Athc Patent Process of Making
It--The Old Way Yet
the Best.

Underwood's patent process Of
increasing the yield of Spirits
Turpentine by the use OF cal
oil in the distillation Of turpen-
tine has raised considerable stir
in naval store commission cir
cles. The leading commission
merchants of Wilmington have
been interviewed by a Messen-
ger reporter and the almost
unanimous opinion is, that if the
process il allowed to be used
unbranded, our spirits turpen-
tine trade will be we'll nigh
ruined. The following opinion
as given by President, II. G. Nc
Queen, of the Produce Exchange,
and member of the firm of Will
liams q Murchison, dealers and
exporters, about covers the
grounds taken by the majority
Of dealers:
"The thing will throw discredit
on our turpentine trade. When a
dealer buys spirits he wants to
know what he is getting, but if this
manipulated stuff is sold on the mar
knt CripitS hl,U in h. -
what he is doing unless he goes to a
great deal of trouble to have every
cask carefully inspected. The conse-
quencc will be if the adulterated ar
ticle is made to be sold for the pure
article, without being branded at
what it really is, buyers of spirits
will by from only responsible deal
ers. Producers under this state of
affairs would then find it difficult to
sell their turpentine, unless their re-
putation for interity Vas we'll known.
"It IS well known that the de-
mand for spirits turpentine al its
best is limited in the world, and any
large increase in production would
necessarily lower prices. Itfollows,
therefore, that the demand for crude
turpentine would also be lessened,
and the maker hurt in this way.
81 would say nearly two-thirds of
the turpeltine made in this country
is exported, and this adulteration
will certainly have effect on the ex-
port demand. think the producers
ought to be compelled by law to
brand their product under this pro-
cess"
Mr.. Joseph Underwood, of
Cumberland county, is the pa
tentee. He is a native of Honey
cults township, Sampson coun-
ty, and has secured several pa
tents OH other inventions before.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-04-11
A SAMPLE PROTECTIONIST,

In commenting upon The
Worlds exposure Of John Wan
amaker's "sweat-shops' in Ber-
lin the San Francisco Chronicle
says "Mr. Wanamaker would
be a donkey if he did not buy
his cloaks in the cheapest mar
ket."
But why should Mr.. Wanna
maker deny the same privilege
to the mass of his countrymen?
Why, except for selfish reasons,
should he raise a campaign fund
Of 100000 to aid in compelling
the people of the United States
to by their necessaries in the
dearest market? The Chronicle
says that he defends a high tar
if in order to enable him to
"produce here with decently
remunerated labor"
Just how decently Mr.. Wana-
maker remunerates his labor in
this country was shown in The
World of last Sunday. In one
Of the Philadelphia establish
ments which manufacture cloth
ing for this professed Philan-
thopist "the force is entirely
European" and few of the ope-
ratives receive an average of
$3.50 a week. In another man
ufactory a 1niddleman who had
barely made expenses at so cents
a pair for trousers was notified
that no more than 40 cents would
be paid in future. Wanamaker
has the contract for supplying
the uniforms for the employees
of the Pennyslvania Railroad,
and he pays only $2.79 for max
ing an entire suit. The "white
slaves" at Berlin can hardly be
less iecently remunerated than
this.
And it is for this sort of "pro.
lection to American labor" that
the people of this country pay
duty of from 81 to 81 per cent
on their clothing!-N. Y. World
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-04-11

The Democratic , yarty is
stronger to-day than it was at
tie close of President Cleve-
lands Administration. The de-
spondency which naturally fol-
lowed the election in Novem ber
has speedily given place to a
spirit of buoyant courage an !
indomitable resolve. The lines
are closing up again, and the
prospect is that the party will
enter the campaign of 1892 more
thoroughly organized and better
equipped for effective service
than any previous contest. The
educational work of 1883 will
go on until the reign of the me-
nopolist gives place to the rule
of the people. There is every
thing in the outlook to encour-
age the hope that the return of
the Republicans to power will
but result in their lasting'Gefeat
four years hence. The Demo
cratic leaders have not lost their
confidence in the strength OF
their cause.-the cause of the
people, the cause Of equitable
taxation, the cause of honest
governnent.-Charleston News
and Courier.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-04-11

lamp, with a wick that can be
turned down or mp with a screw,
il really entitled TO the honor
of having been the father of
modern courtship. The girls of
the period must have| hailed
this invention with enthusiasm.
for 1t not only enabled them To
turn down the light, but 1t fur
nished them with the excuse
that the lamp had to be turned
down to prevent 1t from sInok-
ing. Then, too, the screw could
be operated with great rapidity,
and an active young man could
turn up the light in an instant
at the first creek of the parental
boot.
We shall never know how
much the domestic happiness
of the last century or two Is due
to the inventor # the modern
lamp. Certain it is that court
ship, with the usual result OF
marriage, has enormously in
creased since the introduction
of a light capable of being reg
ulatsd at will. Love, like re-
ligion, flourishes in a dim. cub
dued light, and a light of half
a-candle power will permit a
tim1d proposal to creep forth,
which would never have dared
to manifest itself in a really
bright light.
And now comes the brilliant,
garish electric light, more pow
erful than half a dozen oil lamps,
and wholly incapable of being
turned down. The inventor
must have been a confirmed
misa1thrope, and the bitter en-
emy of marriage. Does the
young girl, who looks modestly
forward to the cosy library fur
nished with a light that can be
turned down, and an eligible
young man, grasp the fact that
the electrict light will make
that alluring dream impossible?
1t is bad enough for her to know
that the electric light will pitt
lessly show every defect of her
complexion and dress, but it's
inexora5le persistence is what
most seriously affects her inter
ests. II this light becomes uni
versal, courtship will be AS mach
a lost art as it was in the Mid
die Ages, and we shall have to
thank Mr.. Edison for the stimuli
taneous decline of marriage,
and the revival of sonnet-writ-
ing and midnight guitar-prac-
tice.--W. L. Alden in Collins
Once A Week.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-04-11

The Radicals of Wayne coun-
ty have held a meeting in Colds
boro to denounce the election
law passed by the last Legisla-
ture. The Headlight, in speak
ing of it, says:
Speeches were made by EX-Gov-
ernOr Brogden and Mr.. w. s. OBJ.
Robinson, both making bitter and
uncalled for attacks upon the Gene
raj Assembly. Brogden talked and
talked, and when he got through his
audience, mostly composed Of ne
grOes, had vanished. we would adj
wise the Ex-Governor to try it again.
Doubtless TIE harraneues of
the two sbove mentioned repre-
sehtatives of the party contain
ed so much more of bitterness
than Of argument and sense that
even the negroes were disgusted
and were glad to get away.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-04-11
WANAMAKER'S CAMPAIGN
PRAYER.

"Oh, Lord, have mercy on us.
Give us clean politics and pure
men in Office. aside to Mr..
Quay: How much money did
you say it wonld take to buy In
diana?) Thou knowest that
when the righteous reign the
people are happy Aside to Quay:
I send 100000 with which to
buy the vote of Brooklvn) Help
US to keep free from the politi-
cal corruption Of the day Ito
Quay: Has Dudley arranged the
"foaters In blocks of five"?)
Grant that the iniquitous prac-
tises Of corrupt politicians may
come to naught (Here Quay:
Take 100000 more) and ths t
their wicked ways may be con-
founded. Amen!w - Raleigh
State Chronicle.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-04-11
THE FIRE FIEND RACES.
s3,ooo,0o0 OF PROPERTY De-
STROYED BY THE ETOUN-
GED FLAMES.
Smithfield, N. C., Savannah, Norfolk
and Pittsbure in Ashes.

Last Saturday and Sunday
were such days in which cry
of "Fire !" sends through every
body a thrill of terror. The
wind was bio wing a gale, at
from % to 80 miles an hour, all
along the Atlantic coast. Satur-
day evening at Z o'clock a clerk
stepped to the front of a store
in Savannah to light a gas jet.
Just then came q gust Of wind,
the flame touched some drape-
ry, and in an iustant the build
ing was on fire. Before an en-
gine could be summoned the
next building was on fire. In a
few minutes the maddened
flames had leaped to the next
block, and ere they were arrest
ed a million and a quarter dol
lars worth of property was in
ashes.
At Norfolk, on Sunday, the
terrific gale flooded the lower
part of the city with water,
which came in contact with
some unslacked lime. In a few
minutes the licking flames were
reaching from building to build
ing, destroying b. bali a million
dollars worth Of property.
At Pittsburg, on the same day,
property to about The same val
ue was swept away.
Last comes the sad news of
the almost complete destruction
Of Smithfield, the county-seat
of a sister county. The cause
Of the fire we haven't learned.
the flames broke out in Morgan's
carriage factory and swept clean
the buiness part of tha town to
the southeast, destroying fifty
eight buildings. Hoods drug
store. Peacock Brothers, general
merchandise, d. II. Graves, gro
Ger, w. M. Sanders, grocer, and
John Gurley hotel and saloon,
are the only business houses
left. The courthouse and Jail
were sayed. The loss is over
100000.
Clinton knows how to sympa-
thize with her unfortunate
neighbor, for just eleven years
ago last Wednesday two weeks,
she suffered the same sad fate
Be it said to the credit of onr
mayor and city fathers that
Clinton is supplied with an ef-
fective fire department, such a.
might have saved Smithfield
had it been provided with the
same precaution.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1889-04-11
THE TRUCKERS AND FRUIT
GROWERS OF EASTERN
CAROLINA ORGAN
IZE AT CLINTON.
faison, New Berne, Mt. Olive, Mag
nolia, Fayetteville, Wilmington
Warsaw and Clinton
Represented.
AN INTERESTING MEETING.

The movement for a State
Truckers and Fruit Growers
Association was started at Clin-
ton on January 31st, 1889, by
organizing the Clinton Associa-
tion. This Association issued 3
circular to the truckers and
fruit growers in other sections,
calling upon them to organize
similar local associations, and
to designate a place for, and to
elect delegates to a ageneral con-
vention. The result of this
movement is the State Associa-
ton, which was organized at
this place last Thursday.