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The St. Johns herald., 1889-11-07

were no rumors, and evidences, too, of the power of men suspected of complicity in the great crime to se- cure and retain the appointment of corrupt officials would the two bal lifls have sinned as they now have sinned? Could such scheme of corruption have been matured upon behalfof a plain John Smith charg- ed with the murder of plain John Jones as has been matured to se- cure the acquittal of men who evil dently are but the tools which an as yet unknown hand has used, and which as yet the unknown hand dares not to let depart from within reach of its grasp? No one be- lieves in such a possibility.
 lThe attempt to buy the jury is confession of belief in the guilt of some of the ascused. The men who furnished the money know that some of the accused is either actually a party to the crime or know who was it's instigator, and is likely to tell if himself be convict ed. The hand of a dictator, an aut- ocrat supreme ruler is at work in this. Till that hand is shackled the country is not safe. It is a hand that has shaped murder, a hand that we'll nigh overthrow the pomp and dignity, the power and form of law.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-11-07
Pueblo Justice.

There was quaint bit of aborig- inal justice at Acomita, the other day. A Mexican school-teacher bragged to some of his friends that he had been intimate with a pretty Pueblo woman of AcOmita. Her husband heard of the boast, which was probably a lying one, and with out stopping to investigate, attack ed his wife, and cut off her long hair. This is as bitter disgrace as can be inflicted upon Pueblo woman. The governor of the pue- bio of Acoma, of which Acomita is merely a colony, heard of the affair at once, and took prompt action. Summoning all the Mexicans in the vicinity he said: "I will show you what we do with a husband who abuses his wife without proof" Two stout cherries then triced the hus- band up to q rafter, and dashed him with switches until he was nearly dead. His father, a rich old In- dian, offered any price to stay the hand of justice, but in vain.-Her- aid.
The St. Johns herald., 1889-11-07

Mrs. Annie Besant, the English sosialist, is a woman of strongly marked features, with soft brown eyes and a handsome forehead, from which she combs back her iron gray hair. Although of slen' der frame and delicate constitution, she works unceasingly..
The St. Johns herald., 1889-11-07

The beautiful Queen of Italy has become an earnest student of Vol apuk. She takes several lessons every week in the new language and can read quite rapidly, but finds some difficulty in pronouncing the curious sounds,
The St. Johns herald., 1889-11-07
Notes and Comments.

7 1t did not come until the sickly sea. son was over.
 That electricity was known in early biblical times is proved by the fact that Noah first made the ark light on Mount Ararat.-Baltimore American.
 Somebody figures out that 3,OOO,- 900 people walk about London's streets daily, and that in so doing they wear away a ton of leather particles from their boots and shoes.
 In popular elections, in halls of legislation, even upon the bench, contention is settled by the voice of the majority. Why should not the same principle apply in the jury box?-Chicago Times.
 A newly made lake in Brookfeld, Mass, has been christened Qua cumquasit," and ability to pro- nounce 1t accurately the first time is hereafter to be the local test of culture and sobriety.
 There is too much solicitude for the comfort of the proved and con- victed murderer. Sentimentality, sickiy or otherwise, could be better expended in almost any other di rection.-Boston Gazette.
 Punch's famous suggestion that railroad accidents might be pre- vented by strapping a director on the front of each engine is worthy of heed in the case of the electric light wires in New York-send up up director to feel of each wire before letting the lineman climb the pole.-Bangor Commercial.
 If 1t is true, as MT. Edison de- clares, that electric light wires, car rying high-tension currents, cannot be made safe, even by burying them in subways, the public will still not be without a remedy. We shall sim ply have to forbid the use of high tension currents.-New York World.
 France is safe for the present, Hayti's affairs are at last straight ened out and the Turk Is having his own beautiful way in Crete un- opposed, but the captain of Prince toms football team has been forced to resign, and the horizon is again overcast. Shall we never have peace?-Philadelphia Times.
 If we are to be truly hospitable, we shall place in the vest pocket of each of the delegates from the two other Americas a box of liver pills. So many banquets, even where the pie is fashioned in the highest style of the art, are certain to affect the human system unpleas- antly.-Louisville Courier-Journal.
 It sends a thrill of pleasure through our heart to learn that over in New York they are talking ol erecting a monument to the mem ory of Robert Fulton. This insures immortal fame to Fulton, since New York, no doubt, will keep on talking of erecting this monument until all futurity shall have sunk into the deep abyss of the past Washington Post.
 Edwin Arnold gushed most ef- fusively over the United States Su- preme Court. 1t is grand" he said, "and I wish we had it in Eng land" Edwin, your wish finds an echo in the hearts of nine in every ten free-born American sovereigns. This country could rub along so well with the Supreme Court over the ocean. The old world could utilize judicial ornaments that we nave no use for.-Pittsburg Post.
 Iowa, if the figures of the Rail way Age be correct. has been shun- ned to considerable extent by the
The St. Johns herald., 1889-11-07
Odds and Ends.


 | It took seven years to make handkerchief for which the En- press of Russia paid 2,5OO.
 Great Britain saves 100000 tons ot coal year by utilizing the gases which once escaped from furnaces.
 Somebody who believes in old fashioned methods of discipline recently sent young lady teacher in Maine bundle of shingles.
 Recent statistics show that 9,000,- 900 Germans live outside of Fath- erland, of whom 100000 are to be found in the United States.
 The latest Parisian novelty in gloves has small purse inserted in the palm, wherein women can carry their railway tickets and small coins.
 An Eifel tower in diamonds, which has been on exhibition in Paris, may be expected in America soon. It has been purchased for exhibition in this country.
 Key. Joseph Cook has bought an acre of land at the summit of Mt. Defiance, Ticonderoga. The place includes the site marked by the old drill-holes where Burgoyne's block house stood, from which he drove out Gen. St. Clair from Fort Ticon- deroga.
 Thomas A. Edison made strong impression in England through his conservatism. He is not fond of what is called society" and his refusal to be lionized added to his dignity in the eyes of exclusive Britishers. He came high, but they couldn't have him.
 Ex-Queen Natalie, of Servia, in- tends to build mansion in Bel grade, and establish a court inde- pendent of the one already existing. A lively time may be expected when the two factions get to work plot ting against each other.
 Meissonier recently said to lady who remarked upon visiting his new house that she missed pictures of his own from among the beauti- full things with which he had adorn- ed the rooms: "Ah, madam, they are too dear to allow me to keep them"
 When Wilkie Collins was present. ed to President Grant, two gentle men made a bet that Grant had never read one of Collins works. As soon as the President met the novelist he told him that he had read all of his works and thought that "No Name" was the best.
 The daughter-in-law of the poet Tennyson has entire charge of the dairy connected with the poets es- tate on the Isle of Wight. By 9 strange coincidence, the son-in.law of James Russell Lowell has a fa- nous dairy in Scarborough, Mass. and supplies the poets table too.
 Bret Harte, who has great soci. al as we'll as literary popularity in England, is now a handsome, rud- dy, white-haired man, and owes his popularity in measure to his mas- tery of western slang; and that eloquence of destitution of the proper phrase, his pathetic, unedu- cated, humoristic slang.
 John c. Fremont is noticeable these days in New York by reason of the foppish manner ill which his hirsute adornments are dressed. His whiskers are cut in the Frenchy style of young men about town, while his snow white hair is parted in the middle and plastered down in dnlinnto n,1rvoS on his fornhnnd
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-10-04
How Tea was Discovered.

Tea came into use almost by acci-
dent. Some Buddhist priests going or
missionary expedition from Northern
India to China, took with them the
dried leaves and also some cuttings OF
an indigenous shrub which was said
TO have the power OF correcting any in
furious properties in the brackish water
they might meet with on the way.
The decOctioh thus made pleased the
missionaries so we'll that they continued
as matter OF taste, to drink it afteI
they reached China, and introduced il
TO their converts.
They also set about planting the pre-
cious shrub, and, although it did not
thrive so we'll in China as in its native
Assam, becoming smaller both in stem
and leaf, It was so well liked that il
soon formed the foundation of the
favorIte beverage of all China. Thence
it was brought TO Europe, to be- drunk
and desired by Englishmen of every de-
gree. And it is only OF late years that
Assam tea has come into the European
market, to be looked upon rather sus-
pIciously at the rival of Its own degen-
Grated Chinese daughter.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-10-04
Things Worth knowing.

II a whole egg is too much of a bur>
den for an invalid's stomach, try the
yolk only.
Ii poisoned by ivy. bathe the affected
parts freely three times a day wit h
sweet spirits OF nitre.
Damp salt will remove the discolora-
tion of cups and saucers caused by tea
and careless washing.
To clean willow furniture use salt
and water. Apply it with a nail brush
scrnp well and dry thoroughly.
A room with low ceiling will seem
higher il the window>curtains fall Il
the floor. Laubrequins may be used
30 extend the curtains to the ceiling
and thus carry out the effect.
y London medical man says "B,
careful in your dealings with horse
radish. IL irritates the stomach IA
more than spices, and an overdose will
bring an unpleasant sensation for DAYS. >
For excessive Precipitation OF the feet
one part of alum with two parts OF gly
ceriue should be rubbed on the feet a
night and light open sock worn. Ii
the morning the feet should be washe,
with tepid water.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-10-04
The Electrical rInnt OF India.

There has been discovered in the for
ests Of India a strange plant which pos
sesses to a very high degree astonishing
magnetic power. The hand which
breaks leaf from it recelYes immedi-
ately shock equal to that which is
produced by the conductor OF an Undue
tion coil. At distance of six meters
a magnetic needle is affected by it, and
It will be quite deTanged If brought
near. The energy of this singular in
huence varies with the hour Of the day
All powerful about O'Clock in the
afternoon, it is annulled during the
night.
At times of storm its intensity aug
ments to striking proportions. During
rain he plant seems to succumb ard
bends It's head during a thunder shower;
It emains there without force or virtue,
even if one should shelter it with an
umbrella. No shock is felt at that time
in breaking :he leaves, and the needle is
unaffected beside it.
Oce never by any chance sees bird
or insect alight on the electric plant ;
an instinc! seems to warn them that
they would find sudden death. 1t is al
so important to remark that where it
grows none Of the magnetic metals are
found neither iron, nor cobalt, nor
nickel, an undenjaole proof that the
electric force belongs exclusively to the
plant. Light and heat, phosptores-
cence, magnetism, electricity. how
many mysteries and botanical prob>
lens does this wondrous Indian plant
conceal within its leaf and tlowes.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-10-04
Never Take a Lady's Arm.

1.-THE question is often put 70 w'
said lady, whose opinion in the u'.
ters of etiquette is wholly comp5.'I. !,
whether it is ever permissible 10 %
a lady's arm in acting as an escort %
promenade. Unhesitating'y anu >
emptorily, no. Not after nigh'ia'' :.
by daylight. nor at any other time
invalid may lean upon a young "O-
arm a grandfather, If he is iDhTD' - -,5
avail himself of a similar suppo'',
a Broadwa policeman seems 10 .,s
acquired the right to propel bis 'o~s
in petticoats across the thorOusD
by a grasp upon the arm, but thesF !,
the only persons so privileged :
acquaintance, a friend, or one WV ~
pires to a still nearer place, TO 'SAy r.,,r
arm of a young woman when Na .,,a.
with her on a public highway IS lD.- ,ti,,
sable. You may be sure thSV I'M. NM
will so quickly offend. To sea yD. .,,t
woman pushed along, ht'l' IN bsl
of her escort. by his clutch rPor q
arm reyerses ali precoDceiVtC ryogOs
ganantry. Offer her yonr alm .gynDi!
man, every time, and 90
the offense of taking heI''
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-10-04
His Wife Was Hard TO Please.

President Lincoln had been during
our most stormy weather to visit the
camps of the Generals in Virginia and
taken a violent cold. Mrs. Lincoln
was in despair, and one day said to Sec
retary Stanton Il do wish you would
lock Mr.. Lincoln out of the rooms
for a week He is Iii enough to be in
bed now, and suffers agony with his
arm from acute rheumatism. 1 don't
know what Ia do. He goes out and
Keeps at work every moment.''
Mr.. Lincoln waved his long arm at
the Secretary, saying well, Stan
ton. there ought to be one comfort for
my poor wife, anyhow-the same that
the poor man Jefferson had, whose ouly
son died. Did you ever hear the story ?
His friends, family, neighbors, and
church lamented, extolled, and grieved
over the loss at the funeral, when JEFF.
ferson himself arose and said NV
dear friends, we have the blessed con-
solation of knowing that everything
was done that could be done. He was
bled no less than twentv-four times in
twenty-four hours. But he had no
strength and had to die =
Now, I've been wrapped in no less
than twenty four pieces of red flannel
and liniment since yesterday, and still
nay wife isn't satisfied.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-10-04
Tin Mines OF the Black HgIIs.

The tin in rs raw state is black. and
is called black cassiterite. This black
tin is Embedded in gigantic rock OF
mica schist. 1t also appears in crystals
sometimes, and frequently is distributed
through the rock In such small parti-
cles as 20 mere black specks, almost
imperceptibe TO the naked eye. The
whole country IN which tin is found is
volcanic. The earth Is broken and
thrown up by pressure from under
meath. Ages ego it was a seething
cauldron. The mountain Of Harney' IS
Peak does not itself contain tin, bpt
nearly every hill around it for miles and
miles is filled with the precious metal.
The black luInps were the terror of the
miners when they sought for the sparse
ly scattered through chat region, and
they cursed The "iron," as they called ;
but now they are searching for the very
Jumps which they once cast away as
worthless. TAgo are mica beds, but the
back iron 80 inpregnated them that
they we're thought to be worthless :
now the more iron in the mica the bet
ter.
The most careful estimates show the
Black Hills tin to be very valuable, and
equal IN quality to the best TIN of
Europe. IL all the rock is taken and
broken at the mill the yield in percent
age is low +; but if the rock is picked,
as it usually is, it is very high. Hand
samples for exhibition contain twenty.
five and even fifty per cent. Of black
tin.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-10-04
The Dead sea.

The Dead Sea is one of the mo-,
markaole phenomena on the eartb
The Bible calls il the Salt Sea. or =,
OF the Plain. the Greeks Of the .ats :.
Asphalt and the Dead Sea, wbio a.
Arabs know it as Bahr Int, or Sea ~
Lot preserving the memory Of ~
tragic castrophe which occurred n, a.
shores. According to the travs,o-
Maundrell, the lame Dead Sea I, a.
rived from the fact It moveth not b..
is ever still. A modern traveller s,u.
it is the least dead ofanything he knev
On the day of my visit it was great.
agitated-its high and angry wavs.
crested with foam. For other ressor-
it deserves the title. Not a sb-,,t
grows on its shores. Not a fish dvsI,.
in its surface. Here and there m -.
beach lies the dead trunk OF a trsa
brought down by the Jordan brs
thrown up by the unwilling lake. Trbr
and ManRles tried TO light one of tbe..
pieces of drittwood. but In vain. On a.
count OF the impregnation OF salt. Tbo
old tradition that birds could not q,
over the water and live was a mistaks
The lake IS the deepest depression an
on the surface Of our continents bsir,
300 feet below the Mediterranean ana
600 below the Lake of GaIilee. 7. :,
AZ miles long and 10 wide, GOVERN,
three times the area of the nortbsr1
lake. The water is intensely braekis,
and bitter, containing 26 per cent or
salt, which DR.. Ds&son says is not com.
mon salt, but mostly the chloride and
bromide of magnesium and calcium
There are hot salt and sulphur spring,
in the hills along its eastern and west.
err shores. The lake has DO outlet brt
receives the sweet current of the Jor.
dan, which pours 100000 IONS or
water daily into its deadly and ipss-
tiate bosom.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-10-04
Natures Own Bridges.

The most remarkable natural bridge
in the world. is the Jisrsl Hsjar, which
opens a gorge not far from the ruins OF
the temble of Ad0nis, in the provinces
of Lebanon, in Syria. II is ia. piece
of limestone rock, from ten to fifteen
thick, perfectly arched on the under
side. TIE gorge is about one hundred
ana fifty feet across, and the bridge is
about one hundred feet from the bed of
the torrent below. The bridge is so
broad aud level that a good carriage
road might be made over it.
This bridge is surpassed in height by
the natural bridge in Rockbridge
County. Virginia, about one
hundred and twenty-fv miles west of
Richmond, and about two miles from
the James River. II extends over
Cedar creek. The height of the arch is
two hundred feet, and the upper surface
of the bridge is two hundred and forty
feet above hhe stream.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-10-04
Things a Woman Can Do.

She can come to conclusion with hout
the slightest trouble of reasoning on it,
and no sane man can do that.
Six of them can talk at once and get
along first rate. and no two men can do
that
She can safely stick fifty pins in her
dress while he is getting one under his
thumb nail.
She Is cool as a cucumber in a half
dozen tight dresses and skirts, while a
man will sweat and fume and growl in
one loose shirt.
She can talk os sweet as peaches and
cream to the woman she hates, while
two men W ould be punching each others
head before they bad exchanged ten
words.
She can throw a stone with a curve
that would be a fortune to a base ball
pitcher.
She can say MOI in such a low voice
that it means yes"
She can dance all night in a pair of
shoes two sizes too small for her and
enjoy every minute of the time.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-10-04
Signs OF a Long and Cold Winter

1--WE are going to have a long, cold
hard winter" remarked Samuel Love.
lace, an old Jersey farmer, to severs
friends in New Washington Market
yesterday.
How do you figure that out - asked
one of the market men.
''In the first place." the JsrsymsD
replied, lust try the skin OF any Of
your fruit. You will find your apples
and peaches and grapes, and all your
fruit, TO; that matter, which is home
grown, with a thicker and tougher
skin than you have seen for several
years. That is one of the indications
That is the way nature takes care Of
her products. Last winter apples SD
other fruits were so thin>skinDed s1d
tender that IL WAS hard to gather them,
if you will remember and we 5ad 80
of natures signbosrds. The earr DDS
year are protected by thicker aol
stronger husks than l have seen before
for years, and talking with farmers 1g
in Pennsylvania End il the same WH'
Whea: and rye straw are tougher o"
is wirier and the seed pods are Is''5
protected than usual. These OD
farmers signs, and the good ones "
cause they don't come from any mo'-,
planting superstition bat from ac.u1
observation year after year by COS
of men whose interest lie in BeelDs
close watch of all Of natures m0Jl"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-10-04
How stephen Girard Made Man Rich.

Seeing a story about old Stephen Cir.
ard the other day reminded me of al
/ incident that shows one OF his peculisTi.
| ties. Girard had dTayman who was q
/ decidedly poor man. OEe day the
drayman, who was an industrious, bright
fellow. with a good many mouths to fill
at home, was heard to remark that be
wished he was rich.
What's thst?' sharply said Girsrd,
who heard the grumble.
oh" said the man, ~ was only
wishing was rich. 90
well. why don't you get rich ?''
said the millionaire harshly.
81 don't know how without money -
returned the drayman.
''You don't need money, said Girard
"Well, if you will tell me how to get
rich without money 1 woE't let the
grass grow before trying it," returned
the other.
There is going to be a ship load OF
conhscated tea sold at auction to- NOR
row at the wsrf go down there and
buy it in and then come TO me.''
The man laughed. "I have no money
TO buy ship load Of tea with, +" he said.
You don't need any money, 1 tell
you," snapped the old man. $50 down
and bid on the whole cargo and then
come to me-"
The next day the dIayman went
down to the sale. A large crowd of rer
tailers were present, and the auctioneer
said that those bidding would have the
privilege of taking one case or the whole
ship load, and that the bidding would
be on the pound. He then began the
sale. A retail grocer started the bidds
ing and the dIayman raised him. On
seeing this the crowd gazed with no
small amount OF surprise. When the
case was knocked down to the drayman
the auctioneer said he supposed the
buyer only desired the one case.
"I'll take the whole chip load ''cool-
ly returned the successful bidder.
The auctioneer was sstonished, but
some one whispering to him that it was
Giard,s man who was the speaker his
manner changed, and he said he sup
posed it was all right. The news soon
spread that Grard was buying tea in
large quantities, and the next day the
price rose several cents.
Go and sell your tes.'' said Giard 20
.he draymsn the next day.
The drayman was snrewd, and he
went out and made several contracts
with several brokers to take the stock
at shade below the market price,
thereby making a quick sale. In few
hours he was worth $50, 900.