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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-04-05
The TreacherOus Sitting Hen.

1t is very annoying to have a sitting
hen leave her nest after YOU have taken
so much pains to make her comforta-
bic. The reason hen sets in this man.
ner after being removed to the place
you have selected tor her is because she
feels more at home on her old nest and
prefers to give up incubation in prefer
ence to being removed. When it is de,
sired to change hen to another nest.
do it at night remove the nest and the
hen on it. and cover them for twenty
four hours, first placing two or three
porcelain eggs under her at night. and
she will then begin to feel at home, and
no further difficulty will be experienced
unless the nest is lousy.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-04-05

TRUTH is stronger than any network
of deception, however complex NAV be
its weaving, and sooner or later the
reality Will break through and make
Itself manifest. It is only a question of
time when he who pretends TO wisdom
which he has not is weighed and round
wanting. Yet the betrayal OF his jgpo.
rance will be the least of the penalties
he will have 10 suffer. The creates,
mistake he has made has peen in sun
porting that the wise and good, whose
esteem ho eOvets, value knowlsdOe
above sincerity. IgnorTnce is, in itself
no disgrace. IL may result from cir.
cumstances oyer which he could have
had no control. In any case, the few
things he can by the utmost labor ac,
Puire are mere nothing 10 those of
which he must remain ignorant. But
honesty is a Characteristic which all
may possess, and its absence is a dis
grace that nothing can wipe out.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-04-05
How to Make Grating Wax.

Grating wax is made Of resin, tai
low and beeswaX, and there is no set
rule as to the proportions. What is
wanted is wax that will adhere well.
A good wax is made oy melting .ogoth-
er two pounds OF resin, one pound Of
tallow and half pound OF beeswax.
Stir 1t thoroughly, and pour it into cold
water and pull it with the hands until
nearly white. Or waxed cloths for
wrapping the gratis may be made by
saturating thin strips of cotton or calico
in composition Of two parts resin, one
OF tallow aud one of beeswax, melted
together. These strips may be wound
around the gratis to exclude air and
water. As general rule grating is
done in the spring, just before or at the
time the buds begin TO swell, but chers
lies and plums should be grated earli-
er. In all cases the scions should be
cut while the buds are in a dormant
state.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-04-05
Seeding with Oats.

Oats are beyond question the best
crop TO seed grass and clover with. 1t
is not so much the crop as the condi-
tion OF the soil and the time that favors
the successful growth of grass oats
secure the very best time, and II that
crop is properly prepared for, it affords
all the necessary conditions of soil. II
farmers would always sow their grass
AMI cloyer seed upon well manured soil.
fresh plowed and well narrowed. we
should hear no more of poor catches
and half sown meadows, and if farmers
would only give their oat crop liberal
quantity OF manure, which it will repay
with good interest, they can always get
good catch of grass and clover on the
land.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-04-05
Keeping Supernuous Horses.

II IS comparatively few farmers
can accomplish all that they sr
They lay ont plans that require O.
men and team help than they can O.
mand. OF late years it is ilcrs4t
to hire reliable farm bell? .
horses are always TO be had ir-
money if the farmer wants 20 l-r,-s p
them. 1t is in this way tha. ll
overstoc6 themselves with hOrs-s .
evil Is the worse for the fact tha.51
horse In the stable is template
the owner or 20 his family 20 -
around the country, instead of alta
ing strictly TO their business. hs'
lieve that farmers do well TO VEL, Il
other and learn different and imp.
methods of farming but The ''l
for this is mainly In Winter, whsa u
work is not pressing. It is haT1!F'
sible for a farmer to leave work iJ''
thing in the growing season VII
loss.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-04-05
Girls Writing.

Girls should look to their handwrit>
ing. Tor it may serve them at some
future crisis better that the short hand
or the typewriter.
There is lady clerk in the Deps.rt-
ment of the Interior, Mrs. Avery by
name, who has a snug and>~easy place
OF sixteen hundred dollasfsa year, chiefly
on account OF the extraordinary excel
lence OF hea penmanship. It is she
who ls-selected to copy the letters of
department which are regarded as
OF the greatest consequence, such, for
example, as are TO receive the attention
of the President, who frequently COM
pliments Mrs. Avery's admirable per-
manship.
Considering the advantage it is to
many girls to write good hand, it is
strange that more of them do not try to
acquire this accomplishment. OF late
years our school girls and school boys
90 a great deal more writing than they
did formerly. Much is done i'll school
now by the way of dictation, and in
and in many schools the pupils have
pencil or pen in hand almost half the
time
But it would not be true to say that
the girls OF today write more legibly
and neatly than their mother did. 1t
would be we'll IL they paid far more at
tention TO this matter than they do.
But they should make a serious study
of it-Gcquire the habit OF taking the
best posture learn to use the muscles
to advantage so that they may not easi-
ly become tired ; and then practice, as
one who intends to become profession,
al musician practices.
When piece OF writing gets worse
and worse, page after page. it is because
the writer did the work with only one
| arm, instead os employing the whole of
lis exquisite and harmonious machine.
/ ~.
Mrs. Avery. II is said, writes as east
! ly as she does legib!y. She writes as
we'll at the end OF her days work as al
the beginning, and her fingers never
ache.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-04-05
Food For Thought.

Knowledge, like money, increases our
responsibility in proportion to the
amount obtained.
Face it my lad you will fnd, nine
times out of ten that danger will then
turn tail and run.
Af1iiction is a school of virtue il
corrects levity and interrupts the conf
dence of SHINING.
Most very one loves TO listen TO a
siander, but there are but few who de-
spise the author Of il.
Most things come TO a man who
works, but very few TO the man who
calmly sits down and waits.
How cunniDgly nature hides every
wrinkle of her inconceivable antiquity
under roses and violets and morning
dew.
Self trained in the best way and de-
veloped in the noblest parts, is ever
giving itself oct for the welfare of
others.
There is nothing more universally
commended than tihe day the reason
is that people can commend it without
envy.
After trying for more than forty
years to have my own way, have final
ly come to the conclusion to split the
difference.
LII man has got eighty thousand
dollars at interest, and owns the house
he lives in, it is not much trouble to be
a philosopher.
Mankind are a whole parcel of apes .
one rich fellow is apeing another rich
fellow. and some poor fellow Is apeing
both the rich ones.
Without money, without friends. and
without imprudence, is about as low
down in this world as any man can get,
and keep virtuous.
The study of human nature is the
only way to increase wisdom, but it is
quite often as disgusting as the secrets
of the dissecting room.
Those Things are generally best re-
membered which ought mos: to be for
gotten. Not seldom the the surest
remedy of the evil consists in forgetting
It.
Let no one suppose that by acting a
good part through life he will escape
scandal. There will be those even who
hate him for the very qualities that
ought TO procure him esteem.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-04-05
Ayrths About the Moon.

maiden was accustomed to spin
late on Saturday in the moonlight. at
one time the new moon onthe eve Of
Sunday drew her up to itself and now
she sits in the moon and spins and spins.
And now when the "gossamer days''
set in late in the summer, the white
threads float in the air. These threads
are the spinning of the lunar spinner.
The moon is especially ghostly aven-
ger OF human arrogance, and has its
humors, according to which things 90
well or i'll with 1t. In its increase it has
a special force and certain will for the
earth and its inhabitants, while in its
decrease it is friendly to no one. The
good woman must not do any sewing in
the decrease of the moon, fer the
stitches VIII not hold farming tools
must rot be left in the field, because. 1t
is believed, if they are, crops will not
again thrive there. II an unbabtized
child Is exposed 10 the moonlight it will
loss its luck for its whole life. If one
points at the moon with his finger he
will suffer from swelling around the
nail and whoever spiLs at the moon
will lose all his teeth.
These beliefs, too, are internationa'.
The same is the case with the religious
notions about the moon. SorceIies OF
every kind, to be successful. must be
performed on Sunday night Of the new
moon. The hair must be cut only in
the increase of the moon, otherwise
there is danger OF getting headache.
II person returning home in the even
ing sees the full moon, he ought to take
some money out OF his purse and utter
an incantation that will make it in
crease a hundred times during the
month.
The moon is also supposed to have an
influence over animals ant plants.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-04-05
Rats and Lead Pipe.


was talking 20 well-known plumb
er a few days ago, and he surprised NE
by saying there was Torture awaiting
the inventive genius who would get up
poisonous preparation with which TO
coat lead pipe in residences.
"Fully one~half of the unexplained
cases Of burst or leaking pipes, - he
said, 'are due TO rats and not to flaws
In the material. You take q we'll ce-
mented basement, as nearly vermin
proof as is possible to make it, and the
annoyance from rats will be greater
than in one that is not vermin proof.
for being unable 70 find water. they are
driven frantic by the sound of it run
ming through the pipes, and they pro-
ceed to edt their way through to it. A
rat can make hole in a soft lead pipe
IN very little time. The only prevan>
tive that know Of would be TO coat
the pipe with q poison that would Kill
the rat as soon as he began 10 eat his
way through.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-04-05

There is propbly no vegetable that is
so absolutely superb to the dclIcate sp-
petite OF the epicure as the Grst deli
cious cuttings of early asparagus. Al
though native OF Europe and Asia, it
has become so common IN this country
as to be a!mos, naturalizsd in many
places, having found its way into the
fields and sometimes being seen on
beeches and marshy places on the sea
coast, Soil ami location have probably
more to do with the raising OF fine as
paragus than anything else, and Of the
many different varieties introduced into
cultivation at different times few 0f
them have differed greatly from the or
iginal.
Although asparagus grows very read
lily from seeds, we have found that the
special characteristics of improved
strains are not so certain OF reproduc-
tion as when the propagation is effected
by planting the roots. Most OF our
prominent growers prefer TO plant one
year old roots, although two year and
three year old are often used. The as.
Paragus bed should be five feet wide,
and any desirable length, according 70
the size o. the family. Ii should be
well cultivated, one foot apart in the
row, and the crowns should be we'll
covered four inches deep good deep
soil with g sandy bottom will be found
most suitable, as the plants do not
thrive well in wet, sin soil. rs
soon as the tops are cut down in the fall
cover with a top dressing Of coarse
manure, which may be forked in early
in the spring. a partial cutting may
be made the third year, bu. it will add
materially 10 the vIgor of the plants il
none be got until the fourth year, In
locations away from the seashore a tor
dressing Of two pounds OF coarse salt tC
the square yard will be found beneh-
cial. The asparagus is naturally mar
itime plant, this being the reason why
salt acts so beneGcially.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-04-05
Farm Notes.

Il the soil is to feed we must feed
the soil
Never wash a horse with cold water
when he is heated
Feed your horse three times daily.
but never overfeed.
Seour, sharpen and paint the tools
and implements.
The beef market is never so bad but
the best brings fair price.
The early pig catches the right mar
ket and pays the highest profit.
One acre OF grapes has been known TO
show a greater net profit than twenty
acres OF grass.
Those farmers who are resolved 70
stick to cattle, must also resolve that
the beef combine" must go.
y lamb that weighs 12O pounds is
worth In market more than double an
eighty pound lamb of the same age.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-04-05
Wolf in the Tall Of a Cow

Tee so>called "wolf IN The u"
really Inflammation of a joint VILE.
comes suffased with serum al- y
soft under pressure. There is Do ".
in it. The supposed worm seen % y.
sing into the diseased part is one 9, .
tendons, which are whice ooIo' n
thickness Of a knitting neei"
trouble mag be caused by a. l'
as one cow treading uFo"
other, or 10y exposure 10 severe GU
partial freezing, or by the enc
smutty or mildewed fodder. lux
edy is 70 supply tugpentine or Sd! 80
llniment to the part.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-04-05

This IS beyond question the most success
ful Cough Medicine We have ever sold. n few
doses Invariably cure the worse cases OF
Cough, Group, and Bronchitis. while its
wonderful success in the cure Of Consump-
too Is without para lle in the history OF
medicine. Since its first discovery it has
been sold on guarantee, test which No
other medicine can stand. II you have a
Cough we earnestly ask you 20 try II
Price 10 cents, % cents. and $40 II vour
Lungs are sore, Chest or Sack lame, Us.
Sbiloh's Porous Plasters Soldby DIR. T. J.
Dawson.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-04-05
TO Kill Potato Bae,7--

The last b-ood os tha -,,s.-.
which usually appear late in
crawl INTO the ground or undo ~.
bish ard remain there in a sar.. q. ID.
state through The winter. A,.-
the ground becomes warmed ty a.
in spring, these torpid beetle ray.-.
come ont IN search oG food. 7r-
males !ay their eggs upon the r-.
10 leaf appearing above grar-s
gathering TIE beetles as rf.v
and destroying them We are sr.,
check The increase in memJsrs ~.
FIRST or new brand and Of the sa,,,-
every one OF the old female b.su-..
escapes destruction viii lay fran.
10 twelve hundred eggs. U..-
are very watchful some OF ,t
beetles vii! escape, and their CO..
the young grub5 VII be found s
weeks iare- on the potato gla-..
then should commence the qsgar
Of destroying them 10y dus.irp
tees With Paris green mixed Uaf =.
ter OF Paris or common a,gr
pound OF the poison mixed VIII, o..
Of -four will 6e sufficiently s'rorg 49,.
either the grubs or full-gr5wn 49,.
feeding upon the plants. Sbgps
other or later brood Of beetles an,
apply more poison, and continue ;,
it On the plants as long as any fr..
are found on them. II your rr,gt.
will practice the same warfare On .
insect few or none 1t al will De- s.z--
following year. But iu almos, s-
neighborhood there viii be ous orr
farmers who will neglect applying
Ons 10 their potatoes, and as
thousands Of these insects escar...
intess the grounds Of the most viz
and palnstaking cullivators OF The s.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-04-05

Why do so many people we see
us seem 70 prefer 10 suffer and p
miserable by Indigestion, O'D'''r r.
Dizziness, Loss of Appetite, Com.uE
the Food, yellow skin, when l', ,.,,.
we will sell them Shiloh's System v r
guaranteed to cuIe them. so-d Rs
Dawson.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-04-05

LIFE is very critical. ANY word may
be our last. Any farewell, even amid
glee and merriment, may be forever.
Ii this truth were burnt into our con.
sciousness, would it not give a new
meaning to all our human relationship?
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-04-05
ShtIoh,. Ca,,rrh R.n,.,

Shiioh's Catarrh Remedy, a marvellous
cure Ior CatArrh, Dphtheria, Canker Mouth
ana headaehe. With each bottle there is
an ingenious Nasal Injector for the more
successful treatment of these complaints
Without extra charge. Price 30 cents. Sold
by DR.. I. j. Dawson.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-04-05
RELIABLE RENE ID
For Sick stomach.
For Torpid Liver.
Bilious Headache,
COsrlvrnaSs
Tarrant's ETerveseont

= : =. . = - -
Seltzer Aperient-
II IS certain Ia its effects
tits gentle In its sctIcn.
II Is palateable to the
taste. It can he relied
upon TO cure. aud Il cures
by GssistiHs, not by oUtrag.
tug. nature. DO Rot take
dOleRt purgaJiyes your
selves OF allow your chill
dren 10 take them, always
use this elegant phar-
maceutical PREPARATION,
which has been for more
than forty years a public
favorite. Sold D. drUgg isfs
eUcTItDkers
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-04-05
STIR Shaving PLRL0Rl
COR. CENTRE AND SAMPLE STREETS
EsENSBURC, PA.
J. II. CAN'T. Proprietor,.

TTHEPUBIIC viii always md US 1t our place
j OF business IN business hours. Every thing kept
neat and cosy. bath room has been con
nected With the shop where the public can be ac-
cunmOl4ted with hot or cold bath. Bath tub
and everything connected therein kept perfectly
clean, CLEAN TOWELS 4 SPECIALLY.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-04-05
Wire FENCE

The cheapest and neatest Fence for around
LaNus, school Lots. Poultry Yards, Gardens,
Farms etc. Also Manufacturers OF Light and
Heavy Iron rcncing, Crestiug. Stable Fittings
+ IRE Snutters, Fire Escapes OF different designs,
and all kinds Of Iron and Wire Work
TAYLOR X DEAN.
2o3 \ 2o5 Market Street, Pitts5urg, IA.
April 3, lsSg.-lyr.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-04-05

"I have used two bottles OF your Paine,5
Celery Compound. and It has given entire sat
as an appetizer and blood puriner."
T. I. BEESER, Watertown, Dakota
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-04-05
Paine'S
Celery Compound

IL prescribed by physicians, recommended by
druggists. endorsed by ministers, praised by
users and guaranteed by the manufacturers.
as n spring medicine which VIII do all that Is
claimed for IT. Use IL this spring, and see how
quickly II tones you up
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-04-05

Speaking Of wagers, what was q
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-04-05
PuriheS the Blood.

Full accounts Of wonderful cures made by
Paineis Celery Compound after other medicines
and the best physicians had failed, sent tree.
There's nothing Ike It
s1.Oo- Six for $500. Druggists.
WELLS, RICHARDSON & Co., Burlington. Vt.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1889-01-25

~ you ever u-c lemons, remarked
one housewife 20 lady friend, and
have portion ~ one left over. bo
sure you do not throw IL away
II am never without them in tho
house, ~ always use thcm Tor layOr-
ing. but of what use arc pieccs,'
just this The next time you
think you have done with "a lemon,
Just dip II in salt and rub your copper
kettle or stcwpnu with H. You will
boz surprised to End what n brilliant
surface you will obtain II you rub Tho
article instantly With a dry, soft cloth
You can polish all brass work by tho
same means, every stain disappearing
az II By magic a moldy lemon put
into a dirty saucepan half full Oh
ws,or and boiled for half an hour
eleansos the utensil amazingly and re-
moves any odor such o. hsh or onions.
Try IL and eco II ] an not right "
r va and Ezhre2a.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1889-01-25
o MEDICAL TALK.
DomsIic Nnim,ls ton-idrrc ~ Vehicles
nI InIan Inn.

Dome, ,tic Nnim,is ,on-idrre ~ Vehicles
"f Infection.
1t Is reported from Chicago that
hy no means inconsidcrablc local out
break Of scarlatina has been brought
about by II cat, which acted ns tho
means Of conveying the Injection IL
has long boon known that almost any
thing which can serve as "A vehicle for
carrying the desquamating epithcnum
Df scarlatiua patients may act as an
Intermediary between the sick aud
healthy; and although recent study of
the specific fcvcrs tends 10 show that
the period in which these diseases aro
most likely to be- communicated Is tho
acute stage rather than that Of con-
valcsccncc il must be admitted that
some of these diseases can be- conveyed
by such methods IA the reception aud
-ub,cqucnt discharge Of infectious NM
tcrial from the coat Of cat uurscd by
patients. But that any thing like an
outbreak Of scnrutina should be di-
rcctly brought about by such u causo
is contrary to experience, which goes
To show that this disease is not often
communicated from one person 10 an-
other through the agcncy Of "a third
party who Is free from the disease;
and IL is FAR more probable that any
extension Of scarlatna In the case re-
fcrrcd 10 was due tO infection con-
tractcd directly from the first person
To whom the disease was conveyed
But our main object In referring 10 tho
incident il 10 draw attention 10 the
fact that the domestic animals 10 con-
stitutc distinct danger 30 man, in 80
far ~ some 81 the specific infectious
fcycr- nrc concerned. A. yet wc know
nothing about any disease In the cat
which can lead 10 scarlaliun in the hu-
man subject But IL is probably
highly different ~ regards diph-
thcria. Tor number ~ instances
have been placed on record iu
which. while diphthcria has been
prevalent in the human subject u
similar n not the same di-onsc has
been nzccrtaiuod 10 oxi-t among cats,
aud it Is certain that in some prcya~
lcucc- there has been close association
between the human sick aud the af-
fcctcd animals.
We are AT present only just on the
bordcrlaud of wide subject namely,
that of the relationship of diseases ~
the lower animals tO diseases IN man;
and wo may possibly learn hereafter