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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-03-14
Sowing Grass seed in the Spring.

One OF the principal advantages In
seeding grass in the Spring is that the
danger OF winter killing is largely
avoided. While grass plants will stand
considerable freezing after thsy get
well established, they are easily killed
when young and tender. Grass seed Il
OF good quality will remain In tbs soil
for some time without starting to grow
when the conditions of germination are
unfavorsole, and later on, under more
favorable conditions they Will start up
and make a good growth. To say
which is the best under all conditions
is impossible. IN some localities Fall
seeding proves the best. and in others
Spring seeding has been found to be the
best. Again even Ia the same locality
a difference in the season will make
considerable difference in the gsrmina-
tion OF the seed and the growth OF the
plants. If the seed is sown in the Fall
the work should be done sufficiently
early 10 allow the plants an oppoI oItunity
TO get we'll established before cold
weather sets in. and IL this from un-
favorable weather or ether conditions
cannot be done the better plan is to
defer until Spring.
So far as possible Spring seeding
should be done early, for while occs-
sionally late sowing makes q good
stand, taking one year with another,
the safest plsE is to make all the prep
arations possible ahead and then SOW
the seed early. In what may be
termed reasonably favorable season
grass seed can often be sown in Febru-
ary. Even If it does not serminate at
once, the seed will be in the ground
ready to germinate and start to grow
whenever the weather is sufficiently
favorable.
One of the best times TO SOW grass
SEED when the soil has been properly
prepared in advance is after a light fall
OF snow. Another good time is when
there has been a slight freeze and the
soil is thawiDg out the weight of the
seed will usually be sufficient to bury it
deep enough to germinate. II for any
reason the seeding is delayed until late
usually the better plan will be to cover
with harrow or brush.
Grass and clover should be the first
crops seeded in the Spring, and when
Il can be done, advantage should be
taken of the first favorable opportunity
for doing the work.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-03-14
she Dia No, Relish her Grape,.

Many years ago there returned .rom
a tour abroad a young lady OF Boston
society, who. by dint OF 4 course Of
study lie a PLrisian boarding school Of
high degree, and OF more or less resi-
dence among the British arissocrscy, TO
saw nothing OF grounding in good
Bostoniiu cultivation before shs was
taken abroad, had becoms a thoroughly
polished aud accomplished young per-
son. Tlis young lady. who afterward
became distinguished IN Boston society,
related an old story of al experience
Et the Russian court while her father
was visiting s.. Petersburg. She had
had the most remarkable attentions
showersd upon her a. the Russian cap
itol. SIe WAS modest enough To attrib-
ute these honors co the fact that she
was from the country remotest from
Russia, aud that Americans were at
that time quite curiosity at the court
of the Car. But her friends, quite re-
iseting this explanation, credited the
preferences that WAS accorded her TO aer
beauty, vivacity aud accomplishments.
Whatever II may have been due TO, IL
Is certain that a. state dinner given
by one Of the imperial grand dukss. the
AmeBcan young lady was jumped quite
over the heads Of all the noble dowsgers
and miscellaneous duchesses aud coun-
tesses Of the court, and given a seat Of
honor a; the grand dukes left hand.
As she sat 40 dinner. the dev0ured of
all devourers, and as the end OF the
feast was near, plate OF grapes was
brought. They did not appear 20 BE-
anything remarkable, bat the American
giri, % whom grapes were certainly no
novelty, did them the honor OF helping
herself % a good big buneh. Thea the
plate went 20 the grand duks, who
helped himself to-sour grapes Aad
then the fruit Was passed on 10 the
princess Jf high degree, who tO1k three
grapes. Ole or two others helped them
selves 10 two, and the mass OF The com
pany a. the table had TO be contsnt with
one craps apiece
or course the American girl had real
lied by this time that grapes we're pro-
dgious rarity IN s.. Petersburg, and
were produced at such fabuloss cost
that even ROYALTY contented i,self with
two or three. But In spite-of the cost,
she declared that she had never eaten a
bunch of grapes which she en-
joyeG less than she did this one.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-03-14
The Tramp " no Didn't Come Forth.

It was in agWisconsIn village, and
after supper was over was man who
had jus. been elected constable. He
was naturally anxious TO display his Wig
or as an officer, and so when boy came
in and reported that he had seen a tramp
enter an old barn on one OF the back
streets the constable invited rs 10 90
along and see him Jerk thunder - AS he
put is, out OF the wayfsrer. Half d
dozen OF us accompanied him, and when
we reached the barn il was to fad the
interior as black as pitch and no lantern
in the crowd. We were for sending for
one, but the constable protested.
There is no occasion for a light. /
will call upon him to come out, and he
will come"
He stood in the open door, with the
crowd behind him, and called in loud
voice
"Ho there, you villainI CONS out and
surrender to the Law, and dou't be over
minute about It, either -
There was no answer, although all of
us heard some one moving about inside.
I'd the name of the law order you
to come out ~ shouted the constable,
but the unknown didn't come.
We again proposed to get lantern
and then all go in to back the officer in
collaring the man, but his Official dap.
der had now beenSsroused, and hs re-
piled
Everybody stand back,,against the
fence T! Now, then, I am going In alone,
and forbid any OF you to follow :"
He disappeared into the midnight
darkness of the interior, and FOR some
time we could trace his progress as he
moved about. BY aud by we heard
grunt, followed by a stifled yell and
fRll, and we uttered a hurrah under the
Impression that he bad got his man.
We expected him to appear,at once, but
ne didn't, and after waiting long i've
minutes, and shouting to him without
receiving reply, we sent for a lantern
and used it to light our way in. We
found the constable lying on his back
on the floor, his face covered with blood
and his nose as big as his fist, and Just
as we bent over him he opened his eyes
and sat up. 1t was ten minutes later
before he could explain that the tramp |
had struck him knock-down blow
with his fst, and another ten on /.
top of that before ne discovered that |
MS watch and wallet and tramp had |
left the barn by the. .uDguarded back /
door, When this fact was known il
seemed as IL he ought to make a speech !
or something, and be hauled off and !
kicked a fence board loose ard growled: |
Dog gone my skin If don't sell N.Y. |
self for a yaller jaekass."
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-03-14
Exercise for Chest Development.

Exercises OF strength lead rapidly to
an increase in the size OF the thorax. 1t
is the same with exercises of speed when
they need very energetic mOyemen Is.
No exercise develops the chest as rap
Idly as does running, unless it be wrest-
ling.
MouDtaIneeTs all have large chests,
and the Indians who live on the high
plateaus of the Cordil,era in the Andes
have been noted for the extraordinary
size OF their chests. This great devel-
opment IN mOuntaineers Is due to two
causes which &C. IN The same direction;
frequent ascent of steep inclines, and
constant residence at great heights at
which the air is rarefied. Tue climb
ing OF these slopes needs great guam
tity Of work. which causes increase of
the respiratory need; respiration in a
rarefied atmosphere oblige a man to
take deeper breaths in order to suppie>
ment. BY the quantity OF air breathed, +,
the insuficiency of its vivItyiDg proper
ties.
Singers, with no other exercise but
singing, acquire great respiratory pow
er and a remarkable increase IN the di-
mensions OF their chests.
Numerous observations prove that 1t
is enough voluntarily 70 take a certain
number Of deep breaths every day. to
produce, in short time. an increse ia
the circumferences of the chest which
may amount to two or three centime-
tres.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-03-14
How TO 10 to sleep Properly.

This from a physician 'In these
days OF innumerable hints for health
and eomeliness let me tell Beauty how
not to go TO sleep. Let her take care
that it is not with frown or dlsconted
expression, for such will be apt to leave
Its imprint during her sleeping hours
and contribute Just so much to perma-
nent unbeeoming lines. AS she finds
herself shaking into the arms of the
drowsy god let her close her mouth
easily, allow the eyelids 70 drop gently
but fully over the eyes, and, just as she
yields herself to his soothing embrace.
summon some pleasant thought that
Shall setthe seal OF pleasant content upon
her face. She should not lie with her
hand under her cheek, common habit
with youthful sleepers, which wrink les
ana slightly numbs the skin, and Of
course, she should breathe ALWAYS
through the nose. -
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-03-14
Indian Cradles.


The Ute Indians of Nevada use a fiat
wicker cradle-frame, kite-shaped or
roughly triangular. Over this is
stretched covering of buckskin, and
the young Use is also provided with a
sometimes elaborately decorated avn
ing.
The elements Of the Moki cradle frame
are the floor and the awning. AS a
foundation stout stick is bent 10 shape
of the OK yoke bow. Rods of the size
OF lead pencil are at ached to the curve
OF this bow and stretched parallel to
the limbs. Twigs are closely woven on
this warp by regular basketry weaving.
An awning is also provided.
The Comsnche cradle is the most
primitive cradle In the national
museum. IL is strip o: black bear
skin 80 inches long and 20 vide. doubled
together in the form o. a cradle frame.
Along the side edges loops of buckskin
are made to receive the lacing.
The Sioux Indians are very particular
In their baby habitatioIs. II is a
frame of two diverging Stats painted
yellow, held in place at the head and
foot by cross Stats. The tops of the
side pieces project above the cradle,
each at least Is inches, and are studded
with brassheaded nails in straight lines.
The case is shoesshaped. and all over
the outside is ornamented with bead
work. II the infant dies during the
time allotted to it for remaining In the
cradle, 1t is buried and the mother fills
the empty shell with black quills and
feathers and carries it around with her
for months.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-03-14
An Eskimo Love Story.


The frozen wastes about the Pole,
where the Eskimo live, have their love
tradegies, their Romeos and Juliets.
A young seal hunter loved the fair
daughter of one of his richest neighbors.
She returned bis passion, but it was the
old story unslterabIe opposition on her
fathers side and the same ar, icle on her
mothers with the usual feminine i'm
provements thrown.
Between the cake OF ice on which tie
young sealer had erected his hut and
the larger foe which was pre-empted
by the parents OF his sweetheart. the
cold had broken an impossible crevice
some hundred feet or more in depth
and twenty in width. Save for a single
juttipg fragment just thick enough to
bear little more than his own weight.
bis home was completely cut of from
the world about him. This practical
Isolation inspired him.
He began storing up in his humble
quarters oil blubber and other eatables,
sufficient for the support OF two for at
least six months. He had resolved 20
steal his bride and knew that If he
gained his ice foe with her and broke
down the bridge they were safe from
trouble or pursuit for the winter sea-
son, or until the warmer waters OF the
summer moved the icesergs to closer
contact. By that time he hoped the
opposition Of the parents would give
way to pardon and reconciliation.
The Eskimo slept together promiscu-
ously on a raised snowbank on one siue
OF the iDgloo or ice house. Encased in
their sealskin night bags with the huge
protecting hood over the head and face.
they are as comfortable as their natures
require.
The youth waited outside the girls
home until be felt that all within were
asleep. Then creeping through the
narrow entrance, he made his way tow
ard his darling. He seized the long
bag like mass in which her fair form
was encased, bore it tIiumphsntIy across
the narrow bridge to his stronghold ere
the afrighted elders could pursue him,
with his axe had cut down the ice
bridge, and was safe.
Not waiting TO hear the objurgs tions
of those on the other side OF the abyss,
he knelt beside the fluttering form OF
his hearts devotion, sure OF short per.
iod OF bliss. at least, and anxiously
dragged thefur hood to catch glimpse
Of her sweest face. --
He had stolen his father-iu-law.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-03-14
Millions of Horses.

The February report of the depart
ment OF agriculture, which relates to
numbers and values of farm animals,
shows an increase OF population.
The aggregate numbers exceed four
millions. In the cotton States the use
OF Texas ponies by the tenants still
tends 20 increase numbers and reduce
average values. The Improvement IN
the Central States from the blood OF
PercherOns, Cleveland bays and English
shires, continues active. Horse ranches
in the Rocky Mountains are improving
the stock OF that region. The increase
OF numbers in recent years. while prices
were tending higher, has caused an ebb
every where lower than in January.
Mules have increased, and are estimat-
ed abOu. two and a third millions, held
at slightly lower prices than last year.
Mich cows make an aggregate OF nearly
16. 600. 900. The increase is general,
being shared quite literally this year
by the East and South. Prices, in
sympathy with values OF other cattle,
show a slight decline as compared with
those OF last year.
The numbers Of other cattle continue
to Increase, while the prices have fallen
Ia still larger ratio during the year.
The numbers, ss estimated, exceed
thirty-six millions, an increase OF be-
tween ten and eleven millions since
1889. which Is larger than the ratio of
numbers 10 population.
An increase OF about four per cent. in
hunters OF sheep is indicated. The
lowest average price was reported In
! 1856. Improvement has been gradual
since with some acceleration during the
past year, as a result of greater conf
dsnee OF growers in holding the Ameri-
I can market for wool.
The increase in swine has been in
I proportion TO advance in population.
I The average price has declined. as /,
/ the case or all other kinds of farm ami
mails, sheep alone excepted.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-03-14
Resting the Land.

IL is :rue sometimes. as illustrated by
the fable of The boy who grssped full
handful of nuts in a naTIow-Decked jar
and could lot withdraw his hand until
he had let go the greaIter part of them,
that men fail in their eager efforts to
to get too much out of their land.
Constant cropping is now commonly
advocated as the most useful and prof.
table method of growing crops. 1t is a
reasonable outgrowth of the present
restlesss pirit Of the times which can
not wait for the results with any pa
thence, but tries to gather fruits before
they are ripe. TO rest the lsnd was a
principle Of agriculture enforced by
Noses, sustained by every ancient
writer upon agriculture, and insisted
upon by the best farmers Until within
a score of years ago. Its purpose is to
gain strength aud renewed fertility for
the soil, and its effectiveness has been
proved by practice beyond any question.
It's effects are to clean the land of pal
asites gathered during the previous
rotation of cIops and both animal and
vegetable in kind-weeds and insects
are both destroyed by it and some
troublesome quadrupeds are also got rid
of, such ss moses, mice, etc. 1t is a
serious question if at this time. when
the great burden of agriculture is the
too small produce raised on too great
space of land. it would not be most
Profitable 10 summer fallow field or
two every year ana so increase the fer
tility and pToduetiveDess of the soil.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-03-14

THERE is this difference o5.
those two temporal blessings, D
and money-nopey is the most CIV.
but the least enjoyed; health is tn5 I.
enjoyed, but the least enVied; aDO
superiority OF the latter is still m'''
vious when we reflect that the !
man would not part with hea'D
money, but that the richest ~ou'u
ly part with all his money for ne'''
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-03-14

VIII you heed the warning. Ipe :.
perhaps of the sure approach Of 80 80 rss
terrible disease, Consumption. A'a s
selves II you can afford for the sase -,
ng so cents, to run the risk and 90 ~ /.
for 1t. We know from expeI,S.s
Shiloh's Cure will Cure your - ~. .
never fails. This explains WY ~ q
a Million Bottles were sold the go,
Il relieves Group and WhoopinS Il
once. Oothers do not be Wl'nO1 Ssls
Lame Back, Side or Chest use n,,s
Porous Plaster. Soldby DR.. J. -
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-03-14
Dyspepsia and Liver comp,a,n,.

Is It not worth the small price Of 70 cents
20 free yourself of every symptom Of these
distressing complaints. IL you think so cali
at our store aud get bottle OF Sholoh.s
Nitalizer Every bottle has a prInted
guarantee on IL, use accordingly, and IL is
does 'you no good it VIII cost Won nothing
Sold hy Or. r j. Dawson.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-03-14
w

sALEsMEN 10 sell choice Nursery stock
Lioerai Pay Weekly. VIII pay salary. but can
give something better 20 workers. No experience
needed. Write FREo. r. DUNG. Nursery man
Rochester. n. Y. 4 PRESENT II you be-
come my agent and sell sloO, Will give 81 for
copy OF this al. Cut this cut
a. Dec. O. 'S4--2n
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1890-03-14

''I have used two bottles OF YOUR Paine's
Celery Compound. aud it has given entire sat
isfaction as an appetizer and blood purifier"
T L. BERsER, Waterfowl n, Dakota
Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-08-02
A Wonderful Book.

Over 200 years have passed by since the pub blication of the Pilgrims Progress In that time the world has made won derful advances forgotten or out grown hundreds of thousands of boo k. Yet this same Pilgrims Progress written in Bedford jail by common tinker 2CO years ago, is to-day read in more lan- guages aHd by more people of all classes than any other book in the civilized world, the Bible alone excepted.
 A grand memorial edition has just been published-to be sold at a price within the reach of all, and yet to be the finest edition in print. The book IS richly illustrated with over 100 of the grandest and most wonderful engravings which have ever appeared Tn work of thls kind. Superb character delinea- tions, magnificent and realistic illumin- ated plates printed in oil colors, valuable Bible references, together with life Of the famous author, and the beautiful poem "The Little Pilgrim" make this great memorial edition one which will be eagerly sought after by all. It offers the book agent an unequalled oppor- tunity for rich harvest.
 The History Company of San Francis co are the publishers, and their adver- tisement will be found in another col umn.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-08-02
Exercise for Chest Development.

Exercises of strength lead rapidly to an increase in the size of the thorax. It IS the same with exercises of speed when they need very energetic move ments. No exercise develops the chest as rapidly as does running, unless it be wrestling.
 Mountaineers all have large chests, and the Indians who live on the high plateaus of the Cordillera in the Andes have been noted for the extraordinary size of their chests. This great devel- Opment Tn mountaineers Is due to two causes, which act in the same direc tion: frequent ascent of steep inclines, and constant residence at great heights at which the air is rarefied. The climbing of these slopes needs a great quantity of work, which causes in- crease of the respiratory need; respi- ration in a rarefied atmosphere obliges man to take deeper breaths in order to supplement, by the quantity of air breathed, the insufficiency of its vivi flying properties.
 Singers, with no other exercise but singing. acquire great respiratory power and remarkable increase k the dimensions of the chests.
 Numerous observations prove that t is enough voluntarily to take cer tain number of deep breaths every day, to produce, in a short time, an increase in the circumference of the chest which may amount to two or three centimeters. .--Ferhand Lagrange N- D., i'll Popular Science Monthly.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-08-02
The Murder of Gen Prim.

After seventeen years of fruitless in tcstigation, there is every reason to Je ,ieve that one of the murderers of Gen Prim has been discovered. A native C. Madrid named Ramon Martinez ' Pedragosa. who died recently in .. lt hospital at BuenOs Ayres, authorized the chaplain to publish his confession ae also told the priest that one of In scComplices was ill Mexico. This news agrees with the version given lii M.drio u 1874 by Signor TamDeriik, who WA. an intimate friend of Gen. Prlm. The :wo chief assassins went straight tc Lisbon, and hence to South AmrTica a. The Due d Aosta las uIos; of tine papers -eferring to the subject, amongst oli:er sd historical souvenirs of his bri.
 "isn -Psil Mali i::dn::
Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-08-02
Omens in a Loaf of Bread.

Among beliefs current with sailors .s the notion that 1t IS unlucky to turn ] loaf upside down after helping one's self from it; the idea being that for very loaf so turned a ship will be wrecked It is also said that if loaf parts in the hand while being cut 1t bodes dissension in the family-the separation of husband and wife. Again, 1t has been a widespread belief that the whereabouts of a drowned body may be ascertained by floating 1 loaf of bread down stream, when it will stop over the spot where the body $. A curious account of body thus recovered near Hull, England, ap- peared some years back in The Gentle mans Magazine: After diligent search had been made in the river for the child, to no purpose, a two-penny loaf, with a quantity of quicksilver in it, was set floating from the place where the child was supposed to have fallen iu, which steered its way down river upward of half a mile, when the body happening to lie on the contrary side of the river, the loaf suddenly lacked about and swam across the river, and gradually sank near the child, when Both the child and the loaf were brought up with grapplers ready for the purpose.
 A correspondent of Notes and Quer. les maintains that it is scientific fact that loaf and quicksilver indicates the position of the body, as the weighted loaf Is carried by the current just as the body is. This practice, too, pre- sails on the continent, and in Ger many the name of the drowned per son is inscribed on the piece of bread; while in France loaves consecrated to St. Nicholas, with lighted wax tapers in them, have generally been employed for that purpose.-Waverley Maga, zine.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-08-02
Literary Notes.

pr. Charles Waldstein, of the Ameri- can school at Athens, will contribute to the nsxt number of Harper's Weekly a paper describing the recent excava- tions and discoveries at Delphi.
 Theodore Roosevelt will contribute to Harper's Bazaar, published July D, re view of Mrs. Clusters new book Follow the Guidon." The same number of the BaZar will contain Miss Elizabeth Bis lands second paper on "An American Woman's First Season in London"
 The fourth number of the popular and handsome Odd Number" series of trans lations from foreign authors issued by Messrs Harper & Brothers, will be Gio- vannI Verga's story of The House by the Medlar Tree. The translation is by Mary A. Craig, and the story will be pre- faced by an Introduction by William Dean Howells.