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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-12-13
An Eastern Horse-Stesler.

The following instance OF endurance
of pain would not have disgraced a
Spartan. A notorious thief coveted
the horse OF a wealthy native, who,
however, by some chance became
aware of his intention, and redoubled
his vigilance The mau succeeded in
getting two OF his comrades engaged
as grass-cutters, and one dark night
managed to slip unperceivsd into the
stable His friends covered him
entirely with grass, and he was
just stretching out his hand from un-
derneath il to unite the rope when
the beast started and became restive-
The owner, perceiving it. for greater
safety. tied the animal by rope TO
two iron pins, which he ham mered
into the ground II so happened the
arm of the thief was just then lying
extended under the grass. and that one
of the iron pegs was driven through
his right hand He never so much as
uttered sigh, and though the agony
must have been excruciating, he only
stirred when he thought the danger
OF being caught was over. He then
pulled the peg out of the mangled
hand, with his left united the horse,
mounted II, and succeeded in carrying
il OF. This was an exploit on which
no ever afterwards prided himself
However improbable it may appear,
the truth of this story may be- relied
on.-N. Y. Ledger.
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DISCOVERY.
When the worlds nrst great westward voy
agcr

When the worlds nrst great westward voy
ager
Sailed out in faith TO this new continent,
Whittier he felt gil his Iife-currents stir.
Though knowing not unto what place he went
One day, no land in sight his grating keel
Reported shoals; the unconscious vessel slid
Across, nor heard the grinding sands reveal
Tho secret OF the coast beyond them hid
He drifted pasL though waif of leaf and bird
Floating ana fiuttering after, bado him stay;
Vague Invitations everywhere he heard;
BY hopes own dazzling giamor led astray,
He landed on an islands rim, nor guessed
How nearly he had won his larger quest
Alas! the dumb, inscrutable human sea
That VIII not tell US OF the shores we seeki
It's jealous waves, in moaning mockery,
But Just returned from pressing q blue cheek
Against fresh roses blown for Us, unseen,
In our own realm, that never viii be ours,
Though through the starry dusk all night We
lean
And, unaware, breathe balsam from the how-
ers,
And feel its soft rnists wrapping US around,
And hear far. waye-tossed voices whispering
From some dim bourne beyond the horizons
bound
Hearts kindred starving for the love VIC
bring.
AS We for theIrs-an unreaped harvest-neId;
Our treasure just within our reach-conceAled!
And yet Columbus, this New World Is thinei
Thy claim was IN thy forward-reachIEg soul,
An inner, presc:ent right; thou didst divine
WoEders that the vailed hemisphere should
uurou
At last from cut the blue blank OF the sea;
And whatsoever foot might tread this shore
Clear was thy title OF discovery,
Whose thought outsailed thy ships so long
before.
That which We recognize and seek IS ours;
Approaching uHporce.ve related souls
Stir irresistlbly our noblest powers;
Us toward cur own the tide OF being rolls:
And shall u not be JOY, the voyage done,
To know the continent aad island onsf
Lucy Larcom, IN Harpers Magazine.
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a Sympathetic Employer.

Old Gent-And so that is your en-
ployer going to the funeral of one of
his clerksP
Young Clerk-Not clerk, but dis
tant relative of one of the clerks
''Myi myi I'm sure that is very
thoughtful
''Yes, most too thoughtful When
ever one of US loses a relative and
tells him about it he always goes to
the funeral, consarn himr'
'.Eh? And do you object to such
kindness of hearth"
"'Tisn't kindness of heart, sir. He
goes to make sure that the funeral
isn't an excuse for day of. IN. Y.
Weekly.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-12-13
AN INTERESTING LETTER.

She lot the News and George Got His
breakfast Downtown
Husband (at breakfast tablet WHO'S
it from?
Vito Creading letter)-Oh. George,
it's n little girl!
Husbands itP thought It was a
letter.
Wife-And Annie Is getting along
splendidly- Oh. myI She weighed
nine pounds and hall.
. Husband-Nine and half, ehi She
weighed at least a hundred and forty
when saw her last, and she looked
strong and healthy; doesn't seem pos
sible that She
Wife-what wore you saying.
George?
Husband-The tea; you've forgotten
to pour the tea
Wife (reading and cropping around
with one han) oh, it's just too nice
for any thing! Think of it; dear.
sweet ittle girl; little blue-eyed
girl
Husband-The teapot is just trife
to the right of your hapd-there, now
you have it.
Wife Qaying down letter)-Well,
you poor old feHowi You're not get
ting any breakfast It's too bad-it's
just splendid 1 wonder who she looks
like.
Husband-What's the matter with
my own cup this morning
Wife-Why, how stupid ami There.
now, I've got it right-how many
Jumps have put in. GeorgeP
Husband-Four.
Wife-And you only want three.
Won't it be too sweet. dearP They
are going to call her Mildred, George.
Mildred-Mildred-h do you like
Mildred?
Husband-Never met the lady. The
butter, please, dear.
Wife-I like IL. i think 1t Is an aw-
fully prstty name. Edwin wanted to
call her Lucy; but I think Mildred is
ever so much prettier. don't you.
George?
Husband-The butter. please, dear.
Wife-Oh. just want to get. hold
OF that Annie! Won't hug heri But
isn't it perfectly Iovely?-that it's
little girl, L mean
Husband-Much better than II II
were large girl, think. The but
ter, please.
Wife-Butter? Why. havee't you
had any butter all this timeP Why
didn't you ask for it, you goose?
What could Mary have done with the
butter knife? 1t isn't on the table, is
1t? Have you seen any thing of the
butter knife, Georges
Husband-HoldI Keep your hand
steady whore 1t is; now close your fin
gers, and you have it
Wife N the goose. / should think!
But what do you think of it, George?
Why, 1 can't believe that Annie really
has little girl. How happy she will
be- and how / long to see the little
thing; don't you, GeorgeP
Husband do. indeed. VIII you
have a chop?
Wife (absorbed In letter again)-
Chop-chop-ch-ye-es. if you please.
George / don't care if you do give
please; thanks Seems to me II it
WAS my own i couldn't feel any hap
pier than i do; could you, George?
Seorge-I nardly think could; but
I'd try. Will you pass me the cream,
please, dear?
Wife (handing him the vinegar)-
I'm just going to sit right down and
write Annie n letter-why, George.
whore are you going?
Husband-To the Office shall be
little late, too, Tm afraid
Wife-You poor old husbandi You
haven't had half a breakfast, and it's
all my fault L declare it's too bad
I'm awfully sorry. George; but you'll
forgive me this once. won't you, dear?
1t is such happy news. Oh, that dear
little grill -Good-byei George-come
home early. won't you?-Puck
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B0GGS & BUKL,
lE, II-, llg, III FEDERAL STREET,
ALLEGHENY, PA.
Best Of All

Cough myl.a,uos, Ayers Cherry Pee
tu. IS In greater demand than ever.
10 preparation for Throat and Lung
Troubles Is SO prompt in IT'S effects, SO
agreeable - tire taste, and So widely
known as this. II Is tho family medi-
cine Ia thousands Of households.
"I have suffered tor years from a
bronchial trouble that, whenever take
cold 0v am exposed 20 inclement wealth
eg. shows itself by n worry annoying
lgl.ug sensation "a the throat and by
'Cl1culry i'm breathing, | have tried a
great many remedies, but none does so
we'll as Ayers Cherry PectoraI which
always gives prompt relief in returns of
my old complaint - Ernest A. Hepler,
Inspector Of Public Roads, Parish Ter
Te BuLne, La
" I consider Ayers Cherry PeCtoTal Q
most lunorEaur rarnaTv
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-12-13
HOW MANY HOW LIT1ls9

How many dear hearts are breaking
Though smile Is bravely worn;
How often We find the weakest
Are the bravest TO meat the storm;
How often we are discouraged
Ger clouds that need not last
Whllo the gems OF the present are hidden
by failures and griefs of the past
How often dear hearts are hungering
For words that never are told;
How little We prize our darl.ngs
Till their baby liz s are cold;
How oftel we let the moments
Unladen with good pass by
And put on the sTring-time sowing
TIL the harvest-time draws nigh.
Bertha Packard Englet. IN Good Housekeep-
ing.
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For Home Use,

have tested It's curative power, in my
Lu.ly, many times during the past
thirty years, and have never known 10
.. ia'L IL Will relieve the most serious
hGeCCous or the throat and lungs,
MaltAer IN children or adults" - Mrs.
L. u. Edgerly, Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Twenty years ago I was troubled
WITH disease Of tho lungs. Doctors
Aaordet me no relief aud considered
ny case hopeless. then began TO use
Ayers Cherry Pectoral, and, before
had finished one bottle, found relief.
c'uauued 10 take this medicine until a
seso was effected. / believe that Ayers
NGgIry Pastoral saved my life
Samuel Griggs, Waukegan, III.
six wears AGO contracted severe
t',d which settled on my lungs and
s.ga developed all the alarming symp-
'-EF ~ Consumption. l had a cough,
L'-at swuHts, bleeding Of the lungs,
pans IN chest and sides, and was so
ys.'ratCl as % be confined 70 my
l.l most ~ the time. After trying
N-E'.s Prescriptions, without benefit,
Ls physician nually determined 20 give
A. AFyga Cherry PeCtoral. l took 10,
ana ..e effect was magical. I seemed
q rally truu tho first dose Of this
,,..t...-e, and, after using only three
t.s..e-, lIu ls we'll and sound as ever"
-"0eHey johnson, Springfield, III.
Ayers Cherry PeCtOraI,
PREPARED nY
o. :! c. Aver & Co., Lowell, Mass.
60 By 1l uslss's,s. Price eli siz bOrsles. e..
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It's gentle In It's action.
II Is palateable - the
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by assisfisS. not oy Outrag-
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Fiolent purgatives yOur-
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use this elegant phAr-
maceutical Preparation,
which has been for more
than forty years a public
iavorite. sold by druggists
spcTLlrLCTE
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-12-13

committee 10 embalm the memory OF
the late Ranter in the daily papers. /
did it Do yos find any thing objec-
uonable in them?"
Why. you assert that he was
spongen' exclaimed one.
"Unhappily it IS tho truth. have
myself paid for gallons of liquor for
him"
you said he was n bad actor"
THE worst | ever suffered under -
What will his wife think Of what
you said of him?"
"She will recognize the portrait.
and with US thank Heaven for her re-
lease"
You give 1t as the sense OF the
club that he was
Every thing that was bad, mean
and disreputabie. Very coed. II is
true, every word of it He owes me
thirty-seven dollars, sixty-three cents
and a third, which he has owed Gt
was borrowed) since July 9, 1871, at
twenty-scven minutes past ten o clock
in the evening. And every man of
you is also his creditor. II there is
mean thing that he has not done it
has escaped my notice"
By this time MIR. Upandownjohn saw
that his fsllow-members were angry.
and he at once lost his balance and be-
came angry. too.
Brandishing his umbrella Gt was
not raining, but as IL was the time of
the month when 1t should have rained,
he carried it) he exclaimed:
Gentlemen, you have had one set
OF resolutions written which contained
nothing but the truth, not the whole
truth, for my time was limited. ard it
was impossible to get in all that
could have said, and besides / desired
to be as lenient as possible. Having
written nothing but the truth, you are
offended 1t IS well. / will have
nothing whatever to do with club
where the truth can not be told.
Truth, if not the immediate jewel of my
soul, il very close to It. Gentlemen,
adieu. You have seen the last of John
Upandownjohn. Should | stay,
might be called upon TO resolve over
some of your remains, and as can
not tell lie. It would be unpleasant "
And that afternoon the directory re-
ceived his resignation, and he was
seen there no more.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-12-13

More plays of Shakespeare have
been turned into operas than those of
any other dramatist They number
ten in all.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-12-13

There is no moral to this. There ara
very few men in the world of whom it
would be pleasant, as the world now
goes, 10 tell the truth. Therefore. all
who read these lines live, as does he
who writes them, so that when Azraef
waves his dark piniOns over them,
they may lie down and die, feeling
certain that the committee on resolu-
tions. though they may be as truthful
as Upandownjohn, win say nothing
that will call a spirit blush 10 their
checks IN the hereafter.-Tho Late d.
r. Locke in Toledo Blade.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-12-13
49, SUBSCRIPTION RATES. "a
B. & B. +.

u-ssf n dollar can buy In the way Of Black
r,-.ss SIEs. Generally speaking the 81
...4ss of Black silks are not very satisfac-
TOW as 20 service aud appearances, but at
,,r. sp.ri.l silk sale. both these qualities
are richly supplied.
These lots are all special fortunate pur~
.,,.s. of large quantities at cut prices and
90. can rFrnumend them as extra qualities
ana 30 20 20 per cent better than usual
,,,u,t.- ana values sold at 81.
,,,r UlacI, Gro~ Grain silks, 81
n, ,,,r glarg, SIIE Rhadame,
-, uIrrE SIIk FaiIIe Francnise. 4
"a t.,.y rtnrls Penu de sole, I
trth l.nCIl ArmUre Royal, L
s.r.s.r fcr gl values. What OF the finer
,r,r,ur,r Trey are here too in these ex-
,s-s.v, SIa stocks IN AL grades, qualities.
,gasyss ,n3 makes 20 suit all tastes at 81 to
$50 r.r yasd Many fancy weaves tins
seas1a In RqrE Silks.
gr.r. a.uarh .u rreat demand.
,r... -H.uEIpsILk AKNIURES,
NEW CuLOEE1D SILK RHADAMEs,
Nrw CuLUEEu FABLE FRANCAIsE,
NEW CuLORED SURAHS.
NEW CuLURED GKOS GRAINS.
In an rh- COL "a shades for street and house,
Wes-. as also ln evening shades.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-04-27
HOMEMADE FERTILIZERS.

The manufacture of compound fer
tilizers has been regarded as only posi-
BILE to large concerns and on whole
sale scale, because of the costly
machinery required for mixing and
preparing the product, because Of the
need of capital for buying materials to
advantage, of experience and knowl-
edge Of the business, etc., etc. While
this is largely true, yet under certain
conditions an altogether satisfactory and
reliable fertilizer may be made by the
farmer himself, and that, too, at cost
much below the prices usually de-
manded by dealers.
The manufacturer takes such materials
as cotton seed meal, cotton hull ashes,
acid phosphate, ground bones, tankage,
potash salts, etc., grinds and mixes
thoroughly, ascertains the composition,
and sells the mixture under some trade
name at good profit. The business is
honest and legitimate, but at the same
time the farmer has the right to make
use of any other honest means for OBJ
tanning an equally good fertilizer at less
cost. He may buy where he can buy
cheapest, or he may even make GER
tain class of fertilizers himself.
The ingredients mentioned can be had
from almost any of the large dealers at
Knoxville, Chattanooga, Nashville or
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-04-27

No. Is. Buffalo Bone Guano"
Made by Adair Bros. & Co., Atlanta, Ga.
No. l6. Robertson Co. Tobacco
Grower" Made by G. 4. F. Singer,
Nashville, Tenn. u.l1
No. II. "Bone Meal" Made by
Loudenbeck Fertilizer Co., Cincinnati,
Ohio.
No. IS. Ammoniated Dissolved
Bone" Made by Loudenbeck Fertilizer
Co., Cincinnati, Ohio.
No. 10. Sweepstakes Phosphate"
Made by Loudenbeck Fertilizer Co.,
Cincinnati, Ohio. H''
No. 20. Fine Raw Bone" Made
by Northwestern Fertilizing Co., Chi
cage, Ill.
No. 81. challenge Corn Grower"
Made by Northwestern Fertilizing Co.,
Chicago, Ill.
No. %. "Ralston's Bone Meal"
Made by Northwestern Fertilizing Co.,
Chicago, Ill.
No. 90. "Commonialia Dissolved Bone"
Made by Northwestern Fertilizing Co.,
Chicago, Ill.
No. a. "Horse Shoe Brand Tobac-
co Grower or Compound" Made by
Northwestern Fertilizing Co., Chicago,
ILL.,
No. %. National Bone Dust" Made
by Northwestern Fertilizing Co., Chi
cago, ILL.,
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-04-27

seen detached above. A comparison of
this figure with those preceding will
show how diverse in their habits Of
growth are the fungi which cause the
best known forms of grape-rot.
The treatment for anthracnose is to
wash the vines after pruning and before
the buds begin to swell in the spring
with a strong $50 ~ solution of sui
phate of iron. This wash can be best APP
piled with the spraying pump above
described. This treatment repeated for
several successive season will usually
free the vineyard of this disease. If
the malady appears during the growing
season it may be checked by applica
tions of sulphur or sulphur and lime
mixed in equal parts. Anthracnose will
hardly appear in vineyards that are
well treated for mildew or black-rot.
(The figures Illustrating this paper on vine
diseases were kindly loaned us for the purpose
by the Orchard and Garden. They were origi-
nally drawn by +. l.. Scribner)
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-04-27

Memphis Ground bones, cotton seed
meal, and cotton hull ashes are common
enough commodities. The chief OBJ
stacle in the way of home manufacture
of fertilizers has been good facilities for
weighing and mixing, and some knowl-
edge of the proportions of different sub
stances to be used to obtain fertilizer of
a certain composition. A remedy for
the first objection can be readily devised
by any farmer with set of scales, a
smooth piece of ground or floor, and one
or two farm hands with shovels. The
proportions of different materials used
will vary, of course, greatly within GER
tain limits. The ordinary commercial
fertilizers, containing potash, phosphoric
acid and nitrogen or ammonia, have
about this composition:
Phosphoric acid (available) to IL per ct.
Potash. ...................1t too
Nitrogen Tor ammonial l to3
FORMULAS.
If now, we take acid phosphate (fur-
nishing phosphoric acid), or ground
bones furnishing phosphoric acid and
nitrogen), cotton seed meal, furnishing
phosphoric acid and nitrogen), and cot
ton hull ashes furnishing phosphoric
acid and potash, and mix them in
different proportions, we may produce a
variety of compounds, all corresponding
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-04-27
COMPOSITION OF SOME FERTIL-
IZERS,
Inspected and Licensed for Sale in
Tennessee.

Tennessee.
The laws of Tennessee require that all
commercial fertilizers offered for sale
within the State, shall bear, plainly
printed ON the bag, box or barrel in
which they are contained, statement of
their composition with regard to the three
substances, nitrogen, phosphoric acid,
and potash. This is called the "guaran-
tee" The maker guarantees that the
article in question contains all the sub
stances mentioned and in the amounts
stated The wisdom of this law is plain,
since the value of fertilizer depends
before every thing else upon the mate
rails which it contains, and yet its APP
pearance, weight or smell give no clue
to what it actually contains. Many
kinds of commercial fertilizers cannot
be told from ordinary soils or sand by
their appearance. The buyer of such an
article might therefore be easily de-
frauded did not the law require a plain
statement OF what it contained and thus
furnish clue by which its value might
be compared with other similar articles.
Having required the maker to thus
plainly state the composition of his
goods, the law goes a step farther and
provides for an inspection of these arti-
cles after they are brought into the mar
ket. An inspector is authorized to take
samples of fertilizers wherever they
may be found, and such samples are
then chemically analysed at the Agricul-
tural Experiment Station. If this Off
cial analysis agrees with that given by
h. - h. 60 IL
of the article is established, but if the
actual amounts of the valuable ingredi-
ents of the fertilizer, viz: nitrogen or
ammonia, phosphoric acid and potash
are found to be less than those claimed
by the maker, he is liable to suffer the
penalty.
During the winter months, some TWEEN
ty-four such samples have been received
from the State Inspector and analysed
at this station. All but two or three of
these come well within the limits guar
anteed by their makers. The entire list
is given below for comparison.
No. 2. 81. X. L. Ammoniated Bone
Superphosphate." Geo. W. Miles, Agt.,
Milford, Conn.
No. 8. "Planters' Soluble Guano."
Made by Adair Bros. & Co., Atlanta, Ga.
No. 4. Furman's Ammoniated Solu-
BILE Bone" Made by Adair Bros. & Co.,
Atlanta, Ga.
No. 5. Furman's Acid Phosphate. "
Made by Adair Bros. & Co., Atlanta, Ga.
No. 6. "Adair's Ammoniated Dis
solved Bone" Made by Adair Bros. &
Co., Atlanta, Ga.
No. 7. Homestead Guanb." Made
by Michigan Carbon Works, Detroit,
Mich.
No. IS. Ammoniated Bone" Made
by Baldwin Fertilizer Co., Savannah, Ga
No.9 "Bone and Potash" Made by
Baldwin Fertilizer Co., Savannah, Ga
No. 10. "Pure Bone Meal" Made
by Memphis Fertilizer Co., Memphis,
Tenn.
No. II. Fertilizer, made by Jackson
Oil Mills, Jackson, Tenn.
No. IL. "Acid Phosphate" Made
by Baldwin Fertilizer Co., Savannah, Ga
No. 10. "X. l.. G. R. Acid Phos
phate." Geo. W. Miles, Agt., Milford
Conn.
No. IA. Furman's High Grade
Guano." Made by Adair Bros. & Co.
Atlanta Ga
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-04-27

in composition with the fertilizers men
toned above. Some recipes or formulas
for such mixtures are as follows
1000 lbs. of acid phosphate, containing IA
per cent. available phosphoric acid
700 lbs. of cotton seed meal
800 g cotton hull ashes.
1000 lbs, containing about 81 per cent
available phosphoric acid, 80 per
cent. of potash, and 2 per cent of
nitrogen.
1000 lbs. of acid phosphate, with IA per
cent. available phosphoric acid.
800 lbs. cotton seed meal.
200 " cotton hull ashes.
1000 lbs, containing about 80 per cent.
available phosphoric acid, 21S per
cent potassium oxide, and 2H per
cent. nitrogen.
8.
500 lbs. acid phosphate, as above.
500 fine ground bone. u'
800 cotton seed meal.
200 cotton hull ashes. ..,
1000 lbs, containing about 81 per cent. of
phosphoric acid, ~ per cent. of pot
ash, and 80 per cent, of nitrogen.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-04-27

day. AS now made, these spraying
pumps are especially serviceable in the
vineyard, but they are also generally
useful and most suitable for spraying all
kinds of plants excepting large trees.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-04-27
Figure II.

dried and much fattened cells of the
tissue of the berry, b b is the cuticle of
the berry, and d d represents the plant
body of the fungus. At &c are the up
right branches which bear the spores