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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-10-18
SeepIng Meats.

= D[. Dr.. ki'snensr's ',.a remarks in s.l,.,.
70 this a{s e. concise, aud viii be Of ',..'' ~.
q! to oU-Eder. He says u ''a'-
The t meat should han.
tender spends on the heat and t.s "s
ity of Jhe air if it is not E.r' nuInA
enough it is bard and tough = '0OI
long 5oses It's fiaver. Il sb,.,.i Il 10
hung oere i, will have a thou lug b
and j'o,dried with a cloth niuss Al,
norm s. to keep It from d. az
m ustiness. Before you dress :, '@
it well If it is roasting bee, y vac
the outside. P~sH
II you fear your meat. e.c rw
keep till the time it is wanted = af
or parroast it it will then .'O'l -.
a couple of days longer. when il r'la la
dressed in the usual way, only
be done in rather less time ". WI
and the butcher as often lose crss,' ''as
meat being dressed too fresh - y
I-nmonger Goes by fish that hs, b.'
kept to long. Os'a
DIR. Franklin in his philosophj,,,
periments, tells US, that ~ a.- s
poultry be killed by electriejtY 1' !, OF
become tender in the twiDkIin, WI
eye. and IL it be dressed inmss,,H q
will be delicately tender. Dn,ia.s!
suitry summer months it is almo,, =
possible to procure meat that /,
either tough or tainted the fo,r.' :"
as improper as the latter for 81
oraced stomachs of relaxed v.ls,.s'
arians, for whom at this season -.
try, stews. etc., and vegetable SOM. -
the most suitable tood). when ,b.,
gestiVe organs are debilitated bv H.
treme heat. and profuse persni,..'
requires an increase Of liquid to rs.,,.,
equilibrium 10 the constitution
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-10-18
fattening Slaves TO Kill

Fattening slaves in 9 nark ,,s,
ing them up like animals destins5 q.
the table, and then leading them ..
shamoles where they are slapgb,s,.,
Ike oxen. cut into pieces an5 sb.,.s
bit by bit among hungry cappib.l,
such is practice which is permitted a,
cording TO NJ. Fondese, a Frepeb =,
piorer, in some of the French. Rsl,;,,
Portuguese aud even British terri,,.
les in Ubaughi. NJ. Fondese wa.,.,.
out three years ago by the French Gos.
erDment to discover the sources ~ n.
NiariguilIon, and having returned st.,
the successful Accomplishment of n,
task, he hsstens to tell his countrymso
all about the terrible things which h.
has seen in his travels.
The "fattening paTks'' or psd5ooks
are. he says, to be seen in each village
and contain men and women who ha,s
been taken in war. The poor wrelebs
take their doom philOsophicalIy. and
some of them to whom N. Fondess Of
Tered freedom actually refused It.
They eat, drink. dance and sing until
the head "Fetishmaa comes round
accompanied by An orchestra Of tom
tom and tin-kettle players, selects
sufficiently fat specimen, carries him
or her.to the market place of the village,
and splits bis or her head with batch
ct or scythe-like knife. The eyes and
tongue of the victim are gi gen to The
"boss" fetish and the rest Of the body
is divided among the anthropophagi.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-10-18
Maps by Telegraph.

The fac -simile telegraph. by which
manuscript, maps or pictures may be
transmitted, is species of the automa.
tic methods already described, in which
the receiver is actuated synchronously
with Its trsnsmltter. By Lenoir's
method picture or map is outlined
with insulating Ink upon the cyIindri-
cal surface of a rotating drum, which
revolves under a point having a slow
movement along the axis of the cylin-
der, and thus the conducting point
point goes over the cylindrical surface
in spiral path. The electric circuit
Will be broken by every ink mark on the
cylinder which Is in this path and there.
by corresponding marks are made in 9
spiral line by an ink marker upon a
drum at the receiving end. To pro-
duce these outlines it is only necessary
that the two drums be rotated in uni
son. This system is of little utility.
there being no apparent demand for fac.
siDile transmission. particularly at SO
great an expense of speed. for it will be
seen that instead of making a charac,
ter OF the alphabet by q few separate
pulses. as is done by Morse, the number
must be greatlyincreased. Many dots
become necessary to show the outlines
OF The more complex characters. The
PanteiegFaph Is an interesting type of
fac smile method In this form the
movements of pen in the writer's
hand produces corresponding move
msnts of the pen at the distant station
and thereby a fac simile record.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-10-18
Onions Beat Ouinine.

One day l was taken with chills AID
headache, signs that my old enemy,
malaria, was on hand. My quinine box
was empty, and l was looking forward
to restless, sleepless night. In des
peration l peeled a raw onion and slow
ly ate IL, and then went to bed, with
warm feet and an extra comforter,
when, presto l was asleep in five
minutes, and awakened in the morning
free free from malaria and ready for the
days duties.
Our homely but strong friend Will be
appreciated in time as a medicine, aud
II agriculturists would turn their atten.
tion to raising model onion, with the
strong scent taken out that taIuts the
breath so unpleassntly, families will he
putting their pills" in the cellar by
the barrel and the doctors would take
TO onion farming. The onion acts AS a
cathartic and diuretic, and may help to
break up cold or lessen the bad symp
tohs.- Said doctor II always store
a barrel of onions in my cellar during
the fall. We have them cooked twice
week, and whoever of the family is
Threatened with cold eats some onion
raw. II this vegetable were generally
eaten there would be no ditpheris.
rheumatism, gout, kidney or stomach
trouble. But, bless you the young
men aud women are afraid to eat them.
One young man went so far as 20 say
to me III my wife ate onions l would
get a bill OF divorce" 4"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-10-18
To Copy Drawings.

A new method of copying drawings
which may be found of service in ARCH.
tects' offices is here given. Any kind
OF opaque drawing paper in ordinary
use may be employed for this purpose,
Stretched in the usual way over the
drawing to be copied or traced. Then,
bv the aid of a cotton pad, the paper !s
soaked vita benzine TO enter the pores
OF the paper, rendering the latter mUs
transparent than the finest tracing
paper. The most delicate lines sBi
tints show through the paper so t1eatsi
and may be copied with the grsa.a
ease, for pencil, India ink, or wBE
colors take equally well well on be1li-
ed surface.
The paper neither creased nor ton
remaining whole and supple. Iuissd
pencil marks ard water color fittings
last better upon paper treated in this
way than on any other kind Of tracing
paper, the former being rather dificu.
to remove by rubber. When large
drawings are to be dealt with the ben
zine treatment is only applied to parts
at time, thus keeping pace with The
rapidity OF advancement with the work
When the copy is completed the bsn-
sine rapidly evaporates and the papf
resumes its original white and oblg1'
appearance without betrsying the FAINT
est trace Of the benzine. If !. is desired
TO fix lead pencil marks on Ordi1V
drawing or tracing paper this mGH
done by wett;ng it with milk, and dry
ing in the air.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-10-18
C0cOanuts

As many AS IL 900 600 TO 20 600 600
cocoaEuts come into New York, ci V
every year, chiefly from Central Amer
ca, though they are grown in nearly all
the tropical countries. Those from Sau
Bias are considered the best. They can
hardly be said to have season. AS
the imports are nearly constant through
the year. A well grown tree vii. yield
in the rainy season two nuts in three
days. and IN the dry season two nuts in
three days, aid in the dry season the
average is about one in two days.
Many are lost by being blown off by the
high winds before they are ripe A
ripe not falls of itself The nuts are
sorted as they are uuloaded
from. the vessels, the inspec or
being able to determine wheth-
er a nut is good by giving it single
tap. They are then packed In bags OF
one hundred each and put into the mar
ket r
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-10-18
"Think OF what p
AN exchange give, the following sx

An exchange gives the following ex-
PeIience OF a French agIiculturist
Two peach trees OF my orchard were
covered with insects Just as they were
about to flower. Having cut several
tomato vines, the idea occurred to ms
TO place them around the branches and
trunks OF the peach trees to shelter
them from the sun. What was my
surprise, on the following day, to no.
tiee that all the insects had disappear
ed, except from the leaves beyond the
influeuce OF the tomato plants. / care
fully separated these leaves and ap-
piled the tomato 10 them, when the in-
sects disappeared as though by en-
chantment, and from that time tn,
peach trees began to grow luxuriantly
Wishing 20 carry the experience fur.
ther, put some of the tomato leave:
in water and sprinkled other plants
such as rose bushes, orange trees, pea
trees, cts, with :he infusion, which al
so had the same effect Of completed,
freeing them OF insects within a few
days.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-10-18
The Rope Cure for Kickers.

During the last twenty-five yesl'
neighbor has permanently cured oYs'
twenty horses of the kicking hs'.'
without failing in any ease altenPF~
Following is his method
Take a baf inch rope that has Os'1
stretched until it cannot be s'TeIe0'-
any more, tie it around tho hoT"S.
inches back of the pad aud telly 0'D1
OF the harness f; insert a short sIi'A o.
twist it up nearly as tight as the IVY ".
will bear without breaking, and Ie J" -
stick so that it will stay. FasIen -
horse in stall where there is rooI
hind him to WELD a long lash VIZ,
then strike him around The hlhu "
quite severely at the secoEd OF
blow he will generally kick win ~
feet with all his might, but Only w. :.
three times. If he has been u
habit of kicking in harness, drl" =.
with the rope on for two weeks =,
til he quits making an threats =,
will kick once or twice with one ~
and bob up and threaten for S =
DAYS. They should be tesse'
tickled, or ball thrown under 'u'.
tie to a hind foot several times u% -,
make them try to kick, and un'n 80. -
cease to make any effort in thai u ii
tion. The remedy is then en'', s,pr
After driving the animal hall 81 This
the rope should be tighteneu' ,s,
will also cure backing horses -
which Try TO throw their rider
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-10-18
A Long Lost Process

In the older Egyptian mummies the
face OF the outer casing is usually mod.
eled in relief, in purely conventional
way, but in this latest form of burial
under the Roman empire a portrait of
the deceased was painted on a very thin
piece of wood and then fixed over the
dead fade. 1t is very remarkable to
find such fine coloring and skiIlful
drawing iI work of this late date.
which must have been turned out of an
ordinary undertaker's work shop. The
portraits. both male and female, are
most vivid and life like. The ladies
are mostly dressed in purple garment
and the men in white, with a red orpb-
ey. The modelling o. the flesh is very
skillful and in some cases the coIoriug
reminds one of the Venetian school
from its rich depth of tone.
A special point of interest about these
paintings is their technical execution
10 bot wax, or epcaustic process, as it
was called. The pigments were mixed
with melted wax and then fixed in their
p'ace oy noidlng charcoal hraZier near
the surface of the painting, as is de-
scribed by Vitruvius. The somewhat
Ia mpy impasto of the surface is due to
the hardening of the melted wax when
the brush touched the cold surface IF
the panel, and, owing to the non
absorbent nature of the wood. the sub
sequent application OF heat was not
able to drive the wax below the surface,
as was the case with encaustic paint-
Ing upon -tucco. One of these por-
traits is noticeable from its ornamental
framing, with flowing pattern, formed
by pressing wood stamps upon soft
stucco, which was afterward gilt. pro-
cess exactly like that which was so
often used to decorate medieval pic
lures on panel, especially retabIes, or
aDcone, as the Venetisns called them.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-10-18
A Good Story OF Lincoln.

y lawyer is presumed 70 be alway,
able 10 suggest a d'fiiculty, no matter
how self-evident the case may seem
but the truly great lawyer knows how
to state point so that even a brother
lawyer cannot start an objection.
stephen a. Douglas and Nr. Lov-ioy
were once gnss'prng together when
Abraham Lincoln came in.
The two men Immediately Iy turned their
conversation upon the proper length OF
mans legs.
Now" said Loveioy, "Abe,s legs
are altogether too long, ana yours.
Douglas, | think are a little short.
Let's ask Abe what he thinks of it''
The conversation had been carried on
with view to Lincoln overhearing it.
and they closed by saying
Abe, what DO you think about it p,
Mr.. Lincoln had a far-away look as
he sat without one leg twisted around
the other, but he responded TO the
question
"Think Of what ?"
well, we're talking about the
proper length of mans legs. We
thiok yours are too long and Douglas
to short, and we'd like to know what
you think is he proper length"
well, said Mr.. Lincoln, "that's a
matter I've never given much thought
to, SO of course / may be mistaken :;
but NY first impression is that a mans
legs ought to De long enough to reach
from body to the ground.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-10-18
Scared by a Red Light.


The recent railroad disasters on the
Rock Island has recalled a number OF
stories regarding the carelessnsss OF en-
gineers and other men in the operating
department OF railroads. AID old rail-
roader Was telling the other day of the
time when be used to be conductor of
a freight train. It was his misfortune
to have abnormally lazy engineer, who
would go to sleep on the slightest pro-
vocation. Whenever the train was side
tracked to wait the passage Of an ex-
press train, the engineer wnuld lie
down on bis seat In the cab, prop his
feet up against the boiler head and go
fast asleep. He would remain that way
until the noise of the fiying express
awoke him. Then he woald yawn and
prepare TO pull out. The boys in the
train crew did not like this.
why can't he stay awake and watch
for signals as we do 2" asked one of
them one night, as the long train was
on siding waiting for the arrival of
mo. 6.n
We'll. why don't you see that he
keeps awake ?" asked the old railroad
or, who was in charge of the train.
81 will,'' said the brakeman.
With the assistance of the other bows
he firmly set the brakes along the train
and then hung red lantern from the
roof of the engine cab. so that it was
hanging in front of the window lust In
front of the slumbsring engineer.
These Preparations made he put his
foot On the old-fashioned crank whistle
and there was an awful shrek, The
engineer jumped up and saw the red
light. Confused for a moment he
thought he was about to run into the
rear end of another train, so he reversed
his engine and jumped into the ditch.
nearly breaking his neck. or course
the engine did no. move a peg. The
boys were all black in the way-car by
this time, end when sleepy edgineer re-
covered himself and limped up out of
the ditch he thoug BIT be must have been
dreaming. However. be lost years
growth and never went to sleep at his
post ter that. He was cured.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-10-18
HindOO Tricks.

Kellar the prestidigitsteur. speaking
OF the famous Hindoo magicians said
"a trick which puzzled me for long
time was making pineapple grow un>
der a handkerchief. The juggler lays
a handkerchief fiat on the ground and
then begins to sing and beat on the tom
tom, when in the centre of the hand
kerch!ef something begins to stir and
rise in pyramidal form, dislsting upon
jus: about the size of pineapple, when
the coujurer inserts his hand under the
handkerchief and pulls out ripe pine
apple.
Il watched this trick several times
before could get clue to il. The
motion Of life puzzled me. But one day
l took position on the side-the con-
jurers sit On one side of a circle, max
ing the spectators form the rest of the
iTcumference-where ] could see the
iuggier's motion clearly. and noticed
that one OF the confedeIates put a bag
like sailors bag, near the coDiurer's
hands. He sat there tailor fashion,
and as he spread out lis handkerchief
on the ground / saw his hand make a
trip swift as lightning to the bag and
back under the handkerchief, and 1
thought saw something like the tail of
a snake accompany it. That gave me
an idea, afterwards, by pretending to
understand the trick, and by paying one
Of the Hindoos four rupes, I got him to
confess how the trick was done.
1.-The coDjurer does take a snake from
the bag placed conveniently at his
elbow. When the cobra Is put under
the handkerchief he naturally coils him
self up. Then the coujurers begin their
music and the cobra raises his head,
and this gives the lifting motion to the
handkerchief. One of the first things
a cobra does when excited is TO swell
out his neck, and this makes the pyra.
midal shape. When the juggler puts
his hand under the handkerchief he
takes with it followed pineapple and
removes the cobra inside of it conceal
ed BY his hand. That Is one of the
cleverest tricks 1 saw in India
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-10-18
ON. wnas a Cough

VIII you heed the warning. The signal
perhaps OF the sure approach OF that more
terrible disease, Consumption. Ask your
selves IL you can afford for the sake OF saw
ing 30 cents, TO run the risk and DO nothing
for IT, We know from experience that
Shiloh's Cure will Cure your Cough. Il
never fails. This explains why more than
n Million Bottles were sold the past year.
10 relieves Group and Whooping Cough AZ
once. Oothers do not be without It. For
Lame Sack, Side or Chest use Shuohs'
Porous Plaster. Soldoy D.. T. j. Dawson.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-10-18
Dyspepsia and Liver Comp.,n,

Is 1t not worth the small price of IS cents
TO free yourself of every symptom OF these
distressing complaints. il you think so call
at our store and get q bottle OF Sholoh's
Nitalizer. Every bottle has q printed
guarantee on Ii. use accordingly. and II /;
does you no good 1t will cost you nothing.
Sold by DR.. I. j. Dawson.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-10-18
Petrlned ROiiles.

y most remarkable story comes from
Aspen, Colo, regarding an unexpected
find in one of the principal mines on the
Aspen mountains. Last Thursday, as
the story goes. the night shift in the
Minnie mine put in 52-inch holes in the
breast of the 500 foot level aud fred the
blast just before leaving for the surface.
On returning 20 the mine it was found
that the two shots had broken into a
cave, the extent of which they proceed
ed explore.
Going in a few feet, they found che
walls covered with crystallizad 'ime, le I'D
that glitteTed like diamonds. Here and
there little stalactites hung from the
ceiling. The lime formation resembl ed
lace and friezs work Of wonderous
beauty. The cave has a descent OF
about twenty degrees, and then formed
rooms and chambers grand beyond de,
scIiption.
The men had entered about two huns
dred feet when they found a flint AK.
a little further was a pool of fresh
water ana current or afr was felt.
Further on chamber was discovered
covered with orownish muck that was
sticky. A man who was in the lead
suddenly stopped and said There
site boy" Sure enough, there sat a
human form. The bead was resting OF
the knees and the arms were drawn
around the legs, Indian fashion. a
stone bowl and AK were found beside
the figure. The body was we'll pre-
served, but in trying to lift it one arm
broke of. Other bodies in different at
titudes were found in the chamber, but
when disturbed they crumbled. One
body of man was brought out with the
loss OF arms and feet. The discovery
has caused great excitement IN Aspen.
as the bodies DO not seem to be those OF
Indians.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-10-18

WHEN purchasing fruit " W,,,srsr
dozen look out that your IA
doesn't count each pear as '"O
kind.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-10-18

sTHERE is great saving Of time Of labor
OF soap. Of fuel and Of the fabric, where Dob
BINS Electric Soap is used according 10 dfrec-
tfonS-
ONE trial viii demonstrate its great merit. IL
- viii pay you make thst trial
IKE al best things, IL is extensively irui-
- tzt-d and couRtcffeited
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-10-18
Made Him a Maniac.

Where are you going, my pretty
maid = he inquired. Should the
weather indications continue of an au.
spicious character, my intended dsstin
alton is yonder enclosure. where nv
unswerYaoie determination is to extract
such an amount of lacteal fluid from the
disteLded udder of the gently articula-
ting kline as may be deemed necessary
and advisable" calmly replied the rus
tic gir', who had worked for wo weeks
10 Boston family. Aud she passed
upon her way, leaving a jibbering idiot
groveling upon the ground where atelv
had stood dandy drummer.
Wichita eagle., 1889-01-05

Elegantfree reclining chair cars all trains. and
Pullman sleepers on night trains. Tickets sold and
baggage checked through ali points nor h. south,
east and west. City ticket Office 30 East Douglas
avenue; passenger station corner Douglas and
Mead avenues T.. A, RUTHERFORD,
Ticket Agent.
Wichita eagle., 1889-01-05
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diagrams. descriptions ana estimates Of value
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