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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-12-08
1HE POISON oF rHe COsRA.
So Far NO Remedy Has Been Discovered
for H.


The bite of the terrible cobra of In
dia i looked upon as meaning certain
death. 1t is not surpri5inr that exper-
ir,c,sts 10 determine the nature of this
avvflil poison should attract wide at
tcution. when they are made in
scientific lnanner emitting their re-
suits to be accepted with confidence
Such experiments have recently been
conducted by Mir. \. \ kanthaciz.
The venom was obtained by pressing
the heads cf living cobras, by which
nerve-trving operation the deadly
fluid was squeezed ont of the fangs.
The fluid dries very quickly. sa.
Youths COMPANION. am leaves vel
low substau.., resembling rum ara BIZ,
or the dried albumen of egg. which iS
easily pulverized. The activity of the
poison is destroyed by prolonged boil
irss. q concentrated solution of IL Win
standing the effects OF boiling Tor an
hour or two before entirely losing its
poisonous action. \ weak solution
could bc rendered inuocuous by being
boiled from twenty minutes 70 half an
hour.
But. of course, this can giv. no com
fort To any victim of Il cobra bite. since
the venom. once injected into his
blood. could bv no possibility bc sub
iccteI e. such = process oi boiling
Ammonia and chlorine rat,r also
proved capable Of destroying thc poison
If applied to il for a considerable tirc
in strong solutions. and carholic acil
considerably delayed its poisonous ac-
tion.
As ii has been shown that pigeons
can be rendered practically iuSrusihlr
10 the poison of . rattlcs,uukc'~ bite 10y
being previously treated with minute
injected doses OF the venom. &ir. Kan
thacl, tried a similar experiment with
the cobra poison. but tine result was
not encouraging: ali the animals thus
treated died when . more couccntra-
ted dose Of the venom was given to
them.
Some hope had been raised that
doses of strychuia might prove a means
of cure. but the experiment, showed
that there was 10 foundation for this
hope. SO far. then. "a cu~r for the bite
of the cobra remains To be discovered.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-12-08

The French language, IL appears. Is
better adapted TO the purpose of the
telephone than the English. 1t is
stated that the large number of sibi-
liant or hiss syllables in English rem
ders it a less easy and accurate means
OF communication. Some English
words are especially difficult of trans
mission by telephone. The word
soldier" is cited as one of these.
Proper names frequently occur in the
midst of an otherwise perfectly audi-
bic and intelligent conversation which
the ear cannot possibly catch. These
must be spelled out, involving delay.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-12-08
Aver Pills,
PREPARED nv
Or. j. c. Aver & Co.. Lowell. Mass
Sold by sn Dealers In Medicine.

l'O ALL 20 WHOM Ir MA 4 CONCERN
I Notice is hereby given that have purchas-
ed from vii lam McMAnamy, OF White township,
aad lett them in his possession during my pleas
ure, two horses and sucking colt. seven cows
three hogs, about Is tons Of hay. plows harrows
moving machine, hayTake, two-hosse wagon
PAIR OF DOB sleds, household and Kitchen fnrni-
tare four head OF young cattle and one wind
mill JOHN MoMANAMY
Nov. 3, 1898.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-12-08
stub Ends OF Thought.

The kiss of passion is silent; the kiss
of love is murmurous, and the everyday
kiss is explosive.
The devil is the one perfect imper-
fection.
Half the world tries to make the ideal
real, and tine other half tries to make
the real ideal
good man cannot hide it.
Adversely is grindstone that puts an
edge on us.
Virtue being its owh reward, some
people don't care to earn il.
The richest men don't always know
how TO be rich.
The earth is filed with broken ST.
lences.
Conservatism is contentment half in
blossom--Detroit Free Press
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-12-08

no you need Job Printing! II so, give the
A<fRxxAANs . trial order.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1893-12-08
Mountain House
STIR SHAVING PLkLOkI
CENTRE STREET, EBENSBURG.

THIS weil-knnwn and long established Shaving
L farioT Is now ,cated IN Centre street op-
pCsife the livery stable pf D'Hara Davis n I.uth.
er. where the business Will carried on in the
future. SHAVING. HAIR CUTTING AND
Sh hAMPOOING done in the beatest and most
artistic mahner. Clean Towels a speciaity
aA-LaGies waited al their residences
JAMES II. CANT,
Proprietor
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-31
The MISERABLE MILLIONAIRE

4 oin 90 very, very rich 1t is nuisance quite:
/ y Keeps me anxious all day long and wide.
Sc awake at night
MY ponds they are SO many that it makes INV
myers sore
To cut OF all the coupons, which deem a
dreadful bore.
have six villas in the hills, and seven by the
sg & sea,
But they're no joy but aggravattons rather unto
FOR when the summer season comes Tn al,
ways full OF woe, -. =.
because can't make up my mind to which of
them Ill go.
4 have stable full OF rigs, and horses for each
s one,
+ Yet though they're all of blooded stock my
horses must shun,
Because when I'd go driving In nv sulky or nv
brake,
cannot seem to choose the one 'twoud please
~ me best to take
Upon the water it's the same. I've Graf, OF
~ every kind,
From dingies up to steamers swift that leave
all else behind,
And yet never venture out upon the sound or
sea
Because my mind and do not seem able to
H.! agree.
: Now wealth is very lovely, and there's much
49, that it will buy,
But t Is q sorry burden for fellow such as I,
FOR just the thing need the most gold helms
T. me not to find,
And that as you may guess in briefs q firm and
stable mind
~ --Gastop '. Drake. in Harper's Bazaar.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-31
HE WAS HARMLESS.
But the Contents of His Bundle Scare
Out His Fellow PASSENGER.

But the Contents of His Bundle Scarce.
Out His Fellow Passenger.
He was gong north on a Woodward
avenue car. He had a bundle on his
knees, and from the way he hitched
around and looked at the men on the
other side of him it was evident he
wanted to talk to some one. He finally
selected the man on his right, who was
dapper little fellow with eyeglasses
aud a gold-headed cane
Ever bothered with the rheunatics?''
suddenly inquired the man with the
bundle.
The dapper man never moved an eye
winker.
I'm having it considerab BILE this fall"
said the other. ''Strikes me in the
right shoulder, and can't wash the
back of my neck more'n half the time.
You look as if you might be subject
to it,
The dapper man looked straight
across the car, and the only movement
betraying life was a jerky motion to
one toe.
bin a-buyin' flannel nightshirt,"
persisted the man with the bundle.
oOAAAS ousAoCN AAAO W ScG ulcUlCdGeO
flannel, and some said the common red
flannel would do. Which sort do YOU
think is best?"
The dapper man was now flushing
up, and his eyes turned to the door. but
he gave no other sign.
II paid a dollar for this" continued
the bundle man as he united the string.
land he warranted it not to shrink. I'd
like to ask your opinion of the goods.
Have paid too much?"
He unwrapped the paper and held up
the shirt to view. it was a red flannel
night shirt, which appeared to be nine
feet long, and at first sight the dapper
little man turned whittier than flour. got
up, and fell over his cane and got up
again, shot outdoors and dropped off.
Everybody else laughed heartily, and
after looking around in surprised way
the old man began doing up his bundle
and Observed:
HE needn't have bin scarf of me-
Lands save him. I never hurt nobody
in my life."-Detroit Free Press.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-31
HOW TO MAKE A SCRAP-BOOk.
Semo Details Which Should be Carefully
Observed.

Observed.
A scrap-book should not be composed
of miscellaneous material, but confined
to some special purpose. Let the col
lector decide rigidly whether pictures
or printed texts are to be collected. In
pictures the collector should confine
himself to definite subject, whether
portraits, historical landscapes, or some
branch of natural history. A book of
famous authors may be collected from
publishers catalogues alone. In almost
every city or county a volume of local
scenery may be collected. The collec-
tor should especially seek to save what
islikely to be lost. For book in which
to paste the cuttings almost any bound
volume will do, especially if its pages
show a wide margin, and the print can
be readily covered by two widths of
ordinary newspaper clippings. The
margin may be used for notes, includ-
ing dates and few explanatory men,
oranda. The clippings should be kept
for week or so before they are pasted
down. because second judgment may
rule them out. 1t is quite safe to ad-
wise collectors CnaC no cuCClng Will do
unless it bids fair to be fresh and in
telligible a year after it has been hon
ored with a place in the scrap-book. If
the pages become too thick for the
cover, cut out two or three leaves after
each page filled with the clippings.
When there is the slightest possibility
that scrap-book may be used for pub
fishing purposes, or that any of its
entries may be cut out for other uses,
cover one page only. But on the page
used the clippings should be packed
closely together. If possible, each clip
ping should retain the rule which
marks the end of printed paragraph
or poem. The column lines need not
be retained. In fact, it is best to cut
newspapers always along these lines.
Ragged edges, of course, should be
avoided. and the mucilage with which
the clippings are pasted down should
be used sparingly, lest it ooze through
the paper or exude from under the
edges. Flour paste is better than mu-
cilage, and what is known as photog-
rapl,era paste is excellent. Literary
World
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-31
sHEwANTED SOME HEL,oTRopE

Wistful Longing OF the Mddle-Aeed
Matron in q Hospital Cot.
The women who carry to hospitals
the flowers collected by the different
GLOVER missions are greeted, as a
rule, with gratitude warmly expressed.
Their posies are welcome, whether
Haunting Rudbeckias from the fields
or the rarest of sweet peas from the
garden. Probably poor little Peggy,
the flower girl in the poem, was the
only human being who ever was ''sick
of the smell of roses.''
An enthusiastic flower missioner
from Evanston once met with indiffer-
ence to her nosegays. but it was only
momentary. The middle-aged woman
in one hospital cot turned her head
away from the basket.
Don't you care for a fower?' she
was asked.
Il dun no. What you got?' This in
the dullest of tones.
"Why here are roses, and daisies, and
pinks and heliotrope."
''Heliotrope! Have you got some
heliotrope? Let me see piece of that,
will you?''
The Evanstonian was touched. Her
fancy quickly wove a story or two
about the life of this commonplace
matron. Perhaps, long ago. there had
been heliotrope growing in the garden
where she had been wooed when more
wooa BILE. Perhaps lite child, now
dead, had loved the scent of heliotrope.
She put q big spray in the coarse
hand. '.Ah!' said the heroine of her
imaginings, ''rve wanted to see some
heliotrope for ever SO long. They say
it's such a fashionable color. Chicago
Tribune.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-31
THE SIZE OF THE SEA.
So0s Aids to tho Mind In Comprehendlns
Its Vastness.


Some Aids to tho Mind In Comprehendln.
Its Vastness.
One gallon of water weighs 10 pounds.
80 the number of gallons in the Pacific
is over 200 trillions; an amount which
would take more than a million wears
to pass over the falls of Niagara. Yet,
put into sphere, the whole of the Pa
cific would only measure 726 miles
across.
The Atlantic could be contained bod.
lily in the Pacific nearly three times.
The number of cubic feet is III fol-
lowed by seventeen cyphers; number
that would be licked of by our million
clocks in $4,000 years Its weight is
1926, 900 billion tons, and the number of
gallons in it is Is trillions. A sphere
to hold the Atlantic would have
to be 5s31z miles in diameter.
If it were made to fill circular
pipe reaching from the earth to the sun
"a distance of ninety-three million
miles-the diameter of the pipe would
be 1887 yards, or rather over a mile;
while pipe of similar length to con-
tain the Pacific would be over a mile
and thre-quarters across. Yet the dis
tance to the sun is so great that, as
has been pointed out, if a child was
born with an arm long enough to reach
the sun it would not live long enough
to know that it had touched it, for sem
sation passes along our nerves at the
rate of 100 feet a second, and to travel
from the sun to the earth at that rate
would take century and half, and
such an abnormal infant is an unlikely
centenarian.
The rest of the sea includes the Indi
an ocean, the Arctic and Antarctic
seas, and various smaller masses of
water; it covers an area of AZ, 900, 900
square miles and would form circle of
1900 miles in diameter. The average
depth may be put at 1900 fathoms
$4,000 feet, and the contents at 95,-
100000 cubic miles. 1t weighs 800, 900
billion tons, and contains SIX trillion
gallons, while it would form a column
reaching to the sun of 1000 yards in
diameter.
If we now combine into one vast
whole these various figures we arrive
at some stupendous results in answer
to the question, 'How big is the sea?''
Its area of 100000 square miles
could be confined by a circle 1880
miles across The relative size Of the
areas of the whole surface of the earth,
of the whole sea, the Pacific and the
Atlantic, are represented by circles the
diameters of which are in proportions
to one another of 1853, 1873, SO, and 81 re-
spectively; or by crown for the sur
face of the earth, a half-crown for the
surface of the whole sea, shilling for
the surface of the Pacific, a threepenny
piece for the surface of the Atlantic.
Supposing the sea to be formed into
round column reaching to the sun
the diameter of the column would be
nearly 21 miles. The Pacific would
form $4,000, 600 miles of its total length
of 93,000,c0o, and the Atlantic IS, 000,
600.
If it were column of ice, and the
entire heat of the sun could be concen
trated upon it, it would ali be melted
in one second, and converted into steam
in eight seconds; which illustrates the
heat of the sun rather than the size o.
the sea.-Longman's Magazine.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-31
august
Flower

My wife suffered with indigestion
and dyspepsia for years. Life be-
came burden to her. Physicians
failed to give relief. After reading
one of your books, I purchased a
bottle of August Flower. 1t worked
like charm. My wife received i'm
mediate relief after taking the first
dose. She was completely cured
now weighs 165 pounds, and can eat
anything she desires without any
deleterious results as was formerly
the case. c. H. Dear, Prop'r Wash
ington House, Washington, Va. q
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-31
If YOu Had a Friend

Tormented with dyspepsia, you could not
give him better advice than to adopt and
stick to course of Hostetter s Stomach Bit
ters, finest and safest of tonics and regula-
tors. This is NO barren assertion. Expe-
rience has proved, physicians and the public
certify to it. No less emphatic is their in
dorsement of it as a remedy for maIarial
disease, constipation, rheumatism, kidney
disease, govt and neuralgia. Use it with
persistence.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-31
A Bad Exchange.

Two English country yokels recently
met in a lane. ''Hello!'' said one,
''there's been a conference ~-..--.
"a conferences! What's conference?''
was the astonished reply. IL ~
''Don't you know what conference
is?' retorted the first speaker. "Why,
it's q place where parsons meet and
swap sermons.
'.Swap sermons, do they? Well, then,
our parson must be an unlucky man,
for he alters gets crop of bad uns. =
n. Y. Tribune.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-31

Coming and Going. (mad)
are going to pay this bill?''
Never. What's the nse? As
long as. you are coming after it, why
should be going to pay it?'--Detroi.
Free Press
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-31

-Mistress-''I have written out a.
good character for You, though you have
given me but little ground for satisfac-
ton" Departing Cook-''Well, ma am,
as you are so kind, ought to do some
thing in return, and so 1 may tell you
that the key to the kitchen fits the pan
try door as well " Saphirs W;tzblatt.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-31
The True Laxative Principle

OF the plants used in manufacturing the
pleasant remedy, Syrup of Figs, has per-
manently beneficial effect on the human sys-
tenn, while the cheap vegetable extracts and
mineral solutions, usually sold as medicines,
are permanently I'M urlous. Being we'll in
formed, you will use the true remedy only.
NJ
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-31

going to school any more" .Why, dear!''
tenderly inquired his mother. "Cause faint
any use. l can never learn to spell. The
teacher keeps changing the words every
dayn
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-31

81 HEAR that your next-door neighbors
have new organ. Do you know how many
stops it has!' ''Only about three day,
and those are only for meals"
The only way you can bring child up is
the way you are going yourself
j.. A. JOHNSON, Medina, N.Y., says: "Hall's
Catarrh Cure cured me-" Sold by druggists,
IS cents.
GOOD taste is the fine art of knowing
what to write.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-31

LADIES can permanently beautify their
complexion with Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
Hills Hair and Whisker DYE, SOC.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-31

WONDER if Jatjat Jit Singh's 300 wives
were obliged to take his name, and if so,
how much they took at e.-Chicago
Dispatch.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-31

WHO was the first wheelman? Father
Time. From the beginning he has gone on
by cycles.-Demorest's.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-31

DON'T sit in a draught. If you do the doc
tor will, in all probability, be the one to
cash to.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-31

MEDICAL science has achieved great
triumph in the production of Beechams
Pills, which replace medicine chest. Csc.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-31

PROvERB AND COMMENT. - He-"'Man
proposes" She-''Yes; but he needs en-
enlargement"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-31

Terrible Ferocity Of the Bald-Face
r. Bear.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-31
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For Summer Cookery

Royal Baking Powder will be found the
greatest of helps. With least labor and
trouble it makes bread, biscuit and cake
of finest flavor, light, sweet, appetizing
and assuredly digestible and wholesome.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-08-31

the same motions.-N. Y. Sun.
-Hibbert's Gore is the one place in
Maine where taxes are unknown. Onlv
six families reside there-forty persons
in all. The Gore comprises 800 acres,
bounded by Waldo, Knox, and Lincoln
counties, and by some mistake was
omitted by the engineers when these
counties were laid out. Having no con-
nection with any county, and never
having been organized as a town or
plantation, the residents of the Gore
neither pay taxes nor vote. They build
their own roads, however, and send
their children to the school nearest bv.
BY special provision of the statutes
the paupers of the Gore are cared for
by the oldest adjoining town, Palermo,
but there have been only three paupers
in the last forty years.
The registration and sanitary COM
mittee of the board of health of Phila-
delphia has issued the following sig
nificant notice: 'Physicians are re-
quested not to place on any certificate
"heart failure as the cause of death,
but the disease of which the patient
was suffering prior to the heart failure.
This term has never been placed on the
list of diseases adopted by this board,
it being looked upon as a result of some
other illness from which the patient
was suffering. Furthermore, it fur
nishes an opportunity to conceal con-
tagiOus diseases, and thus permits the
ignoring of the rsies of this board,
either innocently or designedly."
-Wats-sI cant see what reason Won
have for comparing old man Gotrox to
sausage" Potts Because his stuff
is all that maks him of any consa.
uuence. "-Indianapolis Journal
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-10-07
THE RACEiAND REFINERY.
THE HOS! ELEGANT AND ONE OF
sRE LARGEST IN THE STATE.

This magnificent sugar Refinery the
most elegant, ona one Ct the largest,
if at the largest, II the Sta,e Of Lou
i&iana. is beautifully built Oh the Race
land plantation, at about $50 yards in
;b,. }ear ST Raceland station, Bayou
Iafouvchr, Parish Of Laiourche. 1t is
he property ct Nj. Leon Goachanx,
the largest clDthier Of the City OF New
.! oans. 1t is built according to the
views and ideas of his handsome son
Charles to whom. dame rumor has it.
th. old gentleman has made Il present
Of tie refinery and the large sugar es-
tate surrounding it, and in the midst
Of one Of the largest sugar districts in
the State. y narrow guage railroad
will soon he constructed to zap all the
surrounding country between Latour-
cae Crossing and Lock port, principal
Is for The purpose o! conveying to this
mammoth sugar factnly Il large por-
tion of the sugar cane cultivated be-
tive n these two points. Il construction
which is greatly lis seded, and will
prove most beneficial to our small
thrift! farmers.
ne nlii ana eiiSi''c room iS oo
| :j2h -lI,lh ,rouna 70 girt!rrs, and is 60'
) i,-, by lag long, aEd contains:
One new improved ".Leed'sH En-
! ,it.t,. 80" bore, and IS sti"ke, q fac
| ,ia,.:c of ;Ae oue ia tie "Catlcry Re
!nr4.r" s,l;h the exception of the in
,r,.y,d ba,auct piston waive instead
| nI In. ordinary slide valve which iii
tl.c Cai.rry refinery requires small
cn.:,.r to START tie large one. The
| t!yMhec! OF this engine is III it. in di-
.nlei>;, face II" with lim weighing
u eco pounds the shaft Is l3" III di-
.,.ti..:e, solid crank disk 8 TO- in dl-
2mciel. with s" face crank pin g
,liaueter, 101" face. This powerful
engine drives six-roller mill eacl
aiIcr 81" in diameter by z long, will
tie following gearings: 2 spur.wheel'
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1893-10-07
OPINIONS OF THE L0UI-
SEANA PRESS.
DEFECTIVE SCHOOL LAWS.

Crowley Signal: The people of
Southwest Louisiana are dissatisfied
with our present laws and are not par
ticularly mild III their denuncia tion.
The immigration element III this dis
trict is from a country where educa
tion IS regarded as one of the upper
most neeessitiaS-iroa. !; country that
l1ii,les itseli0n It's free schools ANA the
number OF them. When we consider
these people bringing up :heht tami
lies in country with inferior! ednca-
t;onal facilities it is not tt be wonder
ed at that they are dissatisfied and
clamor for change. The advance
tNent Is t0o slo" to meet their require
meutS, considering our present primi-
tive state. II speedy and stringent
measures are not taken those children
who are school children to-day viii
have passed that age before they have
lad tic opportunity ola good eduea-
| tion. There is q great deal OF Worf
for the constitu ional commission, hut
! Gone Of it is more deserving OF atten
tion than that Of the question OF eda
cation If Louisiana as state dee
not care to advance III educationa