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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-03-21
A Neat Trick.


A pony glass of whisky and p6.
glass of water are placed side by sa
both glasses brimming full, and a vag
made that the liquids can be made
change glasses without pouring eiit.
of them out. Il the wager is ac'ePh
a thin card is placed over the glass
water and held tightly on it while Il.
turned upside down and placed oD O.
of the pony whiskey. The card is Ba.
carefully showed aside until one end
it is hairs breadth beyond The rims
the glasses and the whisky will ID
work itself slowly into the upper g.H
the water descending TO the loVa
Care should be taken that both gls~
are full TO running over, and the o'
should be thin and moved aside Ia
slightly, or the opportunity for capIS
attraction, on which the perfect cou.s
tion of the trick depends, will be iS-
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-03-21
Whole Potatoes for Seed.

In order to determine whether it will
pay TO use whele potatoes or not, says
the Lire Stock Indicator. take a plot of
ground of as even fertility as possible,
prepare all in good tilth, plant half of
it, twenty, thirty or forty hills, using a
good, medium-sized potato in each hill.
In the other half cut to one or two eyes
or whichever plan you have been in the
habit of adopting. When the vines in
the hills where the whole potatoes have
been used show well above ground, tn in
out SO as not 10 leave more than three
vines, and if the soil is not reasonably
rich, leave only two. Give both plots
as nearly as possible the same cultiva-
tion throughout, and then in harvesting
keep each lot separate and consider the
quality of the product. a test of this
kind made carefully will be the best
argument for or against the plan. II
VIII Cost but little and will be more
satisfactory than any report of others.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-03-21
A Crow Court.

1 never would have believed stories
told about crow justice had not attend
ed their court" says a writer in the
81. Louis Post Dispatch. One day 1
was riding on the pubic road two miles
north of Hamlin. / had noticed great
fiocks of crows flying about me, and
when nearing q cotton wood grove IN
making a turn to the right l saw hund-
reds of them perched In the trees in
solid lines to the end of the rows. had
read somewhere that crows were we'll
governed birds, and when / saw this
"6De looking body" judged that it sat
there to give trial to an offender Of some
sort. 1 stopped my horse, half fearing
the crafty birds would fly-adjouTn
court, or continue the case. To my de-
light no attention was paid to me.
was just in time to hear and see all
that was done. From tree at the head
of the row where ten crows sat there
came such loud and rapid cswing as /
never before heard from so few throats,
and every now and then all the flock
joined In making the noise, and the
chorus thus furnished was all that could
have been asked-if more noise was de-
sired. After two or three minutes of
this racket q silent rest was taken,
which was broken by a single crow, who
made a little talk in the crow dialect,
followed quickly by others.
Things became more dign flied, and
my interest il the proceedings was so
intense that, when a fine, fat bird sub
NIT ed q few remarks and was applaud
ed by general cswing from every bird
present, / could scarcely keep from
clspping my hands.
Suddenly twelve crows flew down the
lines twice and back, and all was still
as they did so. l was amused and
startled. This might be a jury o: crows
on parade And / believe it was. Az
ter two OF three crows bad again spoken
the twelve flew down the lines onct
more. but this time there were 6erce
caws from every crow in answer to caw'
from the twelve.
My fancy explained The jury wal
seeking Its verdict in public opinion
and the excited crows like revolution
ary Inobs, demanded blood. Back u
their perches for the last time few th'
crows, and again silence fell-not uu.
like the abrupt hush of courtroom
whispers :as the prisoner steps FORWARD
to learn the worst.
But / could distinguish no criminal
AS looked for the poor fellow tber'
WAS q great, angry cav from ever,
crow, and all flew to the center of tn
line. where, as live, they tore three o
their kind in shreds, leaving only fe '
feathers to float upward and out of sigh
as they separated and noiseIessly fiev
away, seemingly satisfied with wha
they had done.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-03-21
Seed Corn.

No one will deny that great O.
should be observed in selecting 50
corn to plant, and yet numo7' /,
farmers pever see their seed corn un'
it is carried to the field at psn.+
time. We think that the best Pl'D
to place barrel in a corner OF the o.
and throw IN it every large and wy
Gus ear. Shell off two inches o. y
large ends in order 10 get the 1919
and most prolific grains. These ?.
duce large aud healthy plants 1hS' g
much more rapidly than the P'-
from small grains. Many farmers
think it quite a tedious job 10 -
every ear OF corn planted IN IDS w.
but they will find that it is no 'lOI,
at all If done right. Much o.
selecting can be doue on rainy ~
This plan once adopted will ever V'
hered 20 afterwaEd.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-03-21
Farm Animals in The init, ;,

A late report of the Denaru
Agriculture, which relates n T-
and values of farm animals sbo
increase of horses during the ys',
yond the increase Of popula,;.,
aggregate numbers exceer 71o,.
In the cotton States the usa :.
ponies by tenants still tends 70
numbers and reduce average &c
The Improvement 10 the eentr., = :. :.
from blood of Percherors. c..
bays. and EnglisE shires con,t,- 2
i've. Horse ranches In the = Z
Mountains are improving the s..
that region. The increase Of -
IN recent years, while prices ws,.,
ing higher, has caused an eth /. :
tide OF values, which are nearly -
where lower than in January Is., q
Mules have also increased -,
estimated at about two and s
millions, held slightly lower p,ios. '-'
last year. q
Mich cows make an sygro.
nearly 16. 100000. Prices in So
with values OF other cattle 90 =
slight decline as compared vi,k
of last year. The numbs,s ., '-'
cattle continue to Increase, Win. - !
prices have fallen in still !sres, =.
during the year. The numbsrs :. .
mated exceed $4,000 900. AZ me- :
between ten and eleven miIJfo,s :
1850, which is larger than the -
numbers to population.
An increase of about four psrc.-.
numbers of sheep is indicated p
lowest average price was ren,r,.5
1856. Improvement has beer c.
since, with some acceleratiop s,.,
the past year. as a result NJ g,..,
confidence OF growers in holding
American market for wool.
The increase in swine has ba.,
proportion to advance in ponpl.i,
The average price has declined :,
the case OF all other kinds of farm /,
ma!s, sheep alone excepted.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-03-21
The First Ice In India.

When one OF the first importations OF
ice from America arrived in India it
was most amusing to see the anxiety
with which-it was sought after. The
deposits were only open for a short time
before.sunrise. when crowds OF coolies
were in attendance to carry of the
portions required by their employers
these portions were Immediately envel-
oped in thick blankets and inclosed in
baskets, which were carried on with all
speed but a very considerable quantity
invariably dissolved before they could
reach their respective destinations, says
the New York Ledger. Two or three
patives crowding around a basket
which had just arrived, were eager to
touch the novelty; but immediately on
feeling its extreme coldness they ran
away, exclaiming that it was "burra
gurram''-yery hot. A child, too, cried
violently, and told his mamma that the
''glsss had burnt his fingers"
1t was not little surprising, on sew
eral occasions, to see the ice brought 70
the table as the greatest possibly luxury.
and handed around to persons to mix
with their wine, which although cooled
with ssltpetre and glauber salts, had not
attained a much lower temperature than
that of new milk. sa
The ice in question was taken out to
India as a means OF preserving large
quantity OF American apples In good
condition for the Calcutta market when
the ice unexpectedly proved a more lu-
crative species of merchandise than the
fruit.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-03-21
Keeping Seed Potatoes.

Numbered among various experien-
ces related by practical cultivstors IS
the following, from New York paper
correspondent
81 am satisfied that my crop of po,a-
toes is materially reduced whenever
have planted badly sprouted seed. Il
is quite reasonable TO believe that
tubers that have exhausted portion of
their vitality and substance in warm
cellar before they are planted cannot be
as efficient in the production of new
crop as they would be if they had been
stored in a cool place where the sprou.-
ing would not have occurred. or
course the early and the late varieties
differ in this particular. but wherever
IL occurs, it can hardly be otherwise
than that such potatoes become greatly
deprecated for seed.
81 know very many scarcely give
this thought, but if they will retard
the termination of their seed potatoes
by keeping them in place cool enough
to prevent il until planting time, they
will have an earlier and more vigorous
growth and larger crop. We know
that potatoes grown in Maine and nor b.
ern sections are firmer and superior 20
those raised further south, and no doubt
one of the reasons is that their seed is
unsprouted. from having been kept in q
colder climate until their naturally
late Spring before it Is put into the
ground. When seed potatoes from the
east and north are received by merN
chants here for sale in the Spring, they
show none of the long sprouts that are
so common on those we keep ourselves. -
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-03-21
Sherman as a Little Boy.

Speaking OF General Sherman re-
minds one of a story told by a member
Of the family concerning the way il
which the hero, when a youngster.
came TO be q member of the family of
Thomas Ewing.
There was distant relationship be-
tween the two families, and when Ex-
Governor Ewing heard at his home in
Lancaster, o., OF the death of the
father of the Sherman family, he at
once hsd his carriage brought up and
drove across the country to whtre the
Shermans lived. There was big fam
lily Of children, and they were very poor,
so after consultation with the widow
and the eldest daughter It was agreed
that Mr.. Ewing should take one OF the
boys-aIl little fellows home with
him for the present. until the family
fortunes seemed more certain. So the
three elders walked out into the yard
where half dozen OF these. no breeched
morsels of humanity" IS Stevenson
would call them, were tumbIing and
playing about in the grass.
"Well, which one OF 'em shall I
take" asked the Ex-Governor, .'they
all look alike to me-" The fearful
mother was unable to respond, but tie
daughter, with practical foresight, SAID
sustching one of the gingham skrted
youngsters mp in her arms and holding
him out "Well, Mr.. Ewing. if you
must take any take "Cump, (" cause he's
the smartest."
"Al right, then. "Cump'' it is"
said the Governor, aking the child in
his arms aud placing him in the car
risge.
''Cump'' went home with Mr.. Ewing,
Was placed with his own boys, educated
with them. and finally married one OF
the daughters.
And Governor Ewing never ceased
to congratulate himself on the chance
that led him 70 'Take Cump" cause he
was the smartest."
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-03-21

Mr. BoDDY, OF Morgan county, H.,
ding sheep of grub in the head He
feeds them sheiled corn on barn floor,
literally strewn with air-slacked lime.
The sheep in eating fill their noses wxh
the lime, which causes violent sneeAng.
thus expel!ing the grub. In few mo-
ments the floor will be covered with
grubs, which should be destroyed.
The use of this remedy occasionally
through Fall and early winter has rid
Mr.. Boddy's sheep of this pest.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-03-21
hMonsi,r freight Car.

At the Fi'cbtuTg Railroad car shops
10 East Fi,oAburg, Mass, oEe Of IN,
largest and strongest hst freight car,
ever built for the road has Just haen FIN
ished. 70 is a special car built 70 cars
large wire cable weighing coco "
from Worcester to q mine nerr Denver
Col. The car is D feet lone, 5 fee,
q inches wide, has eighr siIls running
leugthways, each f7x11 inches, end sills
90 inches. The door OF the car is COW
cred With inch oak plank. II hss two
trucks with three pairs OF wheels each
the trucks and journals weigh about
twice IS much as those on a common
car. The axle is ) inches in diameter.
the bearings : ks inches the tsds. two
% each truck, ars made OF oak timt .rs
bOlted together with two 2 inch Hat
irous between, making solid bed okla
inches square. The swing log is made
in a similar manner, with heavy Fat
irons between, making the loy Sx61
inches square. The center bolt is two
inchf' in diameter. There are fourteen
trussss on each ted that have each a
Capacity Of holding "a tons. The car is
supported underneath by Four heavy
holsters, strongly bolteG to the si1s
with fiat irons. 2x5 inches. The center
2aring, which rests on the center bed.
Is ( xl4 inches. and is supported hy
two heavy iron trnsses made OF 5x5
inch fat iron. The truck and journals
are ell more than double the size and
weight of those on a common car. The
car is equipped with the Westinghouse
air brake and the common hand wheel
brake. The draw-bar Is one Of SAT-
ford's patent, works automatically, is
made q rnalleable iron and is easily
worked. The Ftchburg SeatiaeI says
the car is built OF the best material, in
q most thorough manner. by skilled
woIkmen, aud Will be rated TO carry
100000 pounds. y common car is rated
TO carry 40 600 pounds.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-03-21
sh1Ioh'. Uonsumprion cure.

This is beyond question the most success
full Cough Medicine we have ever sold. a few
doses invariably cure the worse cases of
Cough. Group. and Bronchitis. while its
wonderful success in the cure of Consump-
ION Is without parallel in the history of
medicine. Since its first discovery il has
been sold on guarantee, test which no
other medicine can stand. If you have a
Cough we earnestly ask you To try 1t.
Price 10 cents, so cents. and Sl0O. If your
Lungs are sore, Chest or5ack lame, us
Shilon's Porous Piasters. Soidby DR.. j I
Dawson
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-03-21
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miserable by Indigestion Cous"f- Tn {
Dizziness, Loss of Appetite, ComlnE -,
the Food, Yellow Skin, when ioI I,-,,,,a.s
we will sell them ShilOh's system
guaranteed to cure them. Sold " "
Dawson.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-03-21
vl,Lloh,s Cn,nrrh nomenr

sToh's Catarrh Remedy, q marvellous
cr rNc0arrh, Diphtheria, Cauksr Mouth
and ache. With each bottle there is
an nc IS Nasal Injector for the more
sUccessfal treatment Of these complaints
without "a charge. Pr'cs % cents. Sold
Oy DIT. . Dawson.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-03-21

The Portuguese government has
reduced the duty on foreign wheat to
10 reis per kliogramme.
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The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-03-07
Our Platform.

The Gazette is published ostensibly for tho
public good, but in reality for the good Of
the publisher, and is conducted strictly on
the European plan. II you don't see what
you want, ask for it. If you don't get what
you ask for, 20 without it. It recognizes no
fixed orbit, but wanders along the milky way
and among the fixed stars. We claim the
proud distinction of being the only pious
journal in North America published ssfor
revenue only" have no constitution, pre-
amb]e or bylaws. simply this trade mark
and nothing more: ''The under dog: May no
ever be right But right or wrong we shall
always be with the under dog in the fightln
Norwich Conn., Peoples Gazette.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-03-07

proceed, therefore. 10 examine what Mr..
Blaine says about the effects Of tariff lesisla-
ton upon the public welfare. He takes
broadly the position that not only has the
country been prosperous under protective
tariffs, but that the reverses to which it has
been subject in its onward and upward career
have been, with single exception, the legit-
innate consequences of an abandonment of the
protective policy. To prove the correctness
OF this statement, he refers to the period in
which these reverses occurred.
THE REvE2SES OF 1917.
OF these reverses have only to say that il
I have read correctly the financial history of
that period these reverses were not the result
OF the changes of the tariff, but of the tide of
speculation which swept over the country
near the close of the war and at its termina-
ton, diminishing industry and plunging peo-
pie into debt. These reverses, like those of
later days, were inevitable, and they would
have been of equal severity if the war tariff
had been continued. The seeds of financial
trouble had been sowed broadcast before the
tarif was touched, and they bore legitimate
fruits; they were, in fact, but q repetition of
what occurred at the Close of the revolution
airy war, when there was no tariff.
THE REvERSES OF 1887.
OF these reverses and all subsequent ones
can speak advisedly, because held positions
of financial responsibility and had personal
interests at stake. l was in 1887, and had
been for considerable time, the manager of
the branch at Fort Wayne and member of
the board of control of the State Bank of In
diana Mr.. Blaine's statement that s'the
years S45-6 were distinguished for all
manner of business hazard" but family de-
scribes them. They were years, especially
1886, of the widest speculation. In the east
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-03-07

Missouri were untouched by the pillow, and
all beyond was a magnificent but well nigh
trackless wilderness, and should see it as it
now is, he would not attribute the growth of
the United States to protection, nor would
he undertake to sustain his favorite theory
by comparing that growth to the slower
growth of the United Kingdom.
No one can tell what would have been the
condition of the country if the tariff had
been radically changed at the close Of the
civil war, but this we do know, that its
present condition is not healthy. 1t is the
greatest producing country in the world,
and therefore needs the widest markets for
its productions. With all needed markets
open to it, it has no well defined and mu-
tually profitable trade even with South
America. Its manufactures as well as its
agricultural productions exceed not only tho
home demand, but what is left to it of the for
eign demand, aud as its productions are in
creasing more rapidly than the demand for
them, it is impossible for me to see where
relief is to come from except from increase
of our foreign trade, which can only be
brought about by a reform of the tariff.
As have said, we do not know what
would have happened if the policy of the
government in regard to import duties had
been changed twenty years ago, but it is
clear to my mind that if the nation Of the
greatest producing power does not hold the
keys Of the worlds commerce, if she does not
make the nations her commercial tributaries,
the fault must be her own. Precious time
has been lost and immense sacrifices have
been made to build up and sustain one great
branch of national industry, but such arc the
resources of the country and the energy of
tie people that, with wiser legislation, which
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-03-07

nave TO CONFESS that this was my own opin-
ion, but the same causes which produced the
crisis Of 1857 were at work, and, as had al
ways been the case, the revulsion came when
least expected.
When left London in September, 1873, to
come to the United States, the financial skies,
il not cloudless, were not threatening. The
letters which were received by tho London
firm from its New York partners were en-
couraging; and l had no reason to expect
anything but a pleasant visit to INV old home.
and a return to London under suspicious cir.
cumstances But ON the arrival of the steam.
SHIP in the outer harbor was met bv the
stunning intelligence that my American part
ners and the correspondents of the Fort
Wayne banking house, in which was inter
ested, had failed; that all the banks except
the Chemical bank, which had weathered all
storms, had suspended, and that one of the
widest panics which had ever occurred was
raging throughout the country. The crisis
was terrible one. Although it came unex-
pectedly, it was only the consulnmation Of
influences which had been long at work be-
meath the financial horizon. In extent, in
ferceness and disaster it resembled the revul-
sion of 1857. It was not, as Mr.. Blaine states,
brought about by the losses sustained in tho
civil war, which had been terminated. eight
years before, nor by the destructive fires in
Chicago and Boston. Great losses may bring
about what are called hard times-not panics
It was produced by an expansion of currency
and Of credits, which fostered speculation,
which rarely fail to terminate in financial
trouble.
PRESENT CONDITION OF THE COUNTRY.
A high tariff has been in force since 1862,
and according to Mr. Blaine the country, and
the whole country. under its benefcent infu-
euce ought to be highly prosperous. The
circulating medium is abundant. Interest is
lower than ever before known. Good rail.
road and municipal 4 per cent bonds com
mand premium: those of the United States
are in demand at LA, and yet what is the
condition OF that great interest which under
lies all other interests-the agricultural III
teresta What are good farming lands worth
IL Mr.. Blairs,s own state, in Vermont, in
New Hampshire, in all the eastern statess
How do prices of farming lands in the middle