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Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-04
Keeps His I6nite at Work.

There is man in Biddeford, Me-, who
has whitfield so industriously and skill
fully for eleven years as to bring himself
into notice. Among the products of his
iackknife are violin case OF ,, 937 pieces
OF wood of LOG different kinds Il yoke of
oxen and cart, put together in glass
jar with small neck, and a great mum
ber of really we'll made animals tha'
would sell readily for toys. But this
Maine genius will not part with any Of
his creations for love or money, and as
he does nothing but whittlo he is getting
together largo and interesting collec-
tiOn.-Exchange
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-04
4 uo1E.noRrNa oRrcKrr.
The Peculiar Insect Which is Ravegs
ing the Grain Crops OF Algeria.

OEOpb fAA3eElSs
peculiar species of cricket, the STAN
ronotus maroccanus, infeets the eastern
provinces of Algeria, and is ravaging all
the growing crops of grain.
The insects mouth is armed with two
strong horny hooks in the upper jaw,
moving horizontally, crossing each other
like the blades Of scissors.
With these, having climbed corn
stalk, they first quickly strip off the
beard and husks of the ear Of corn,
which they allow to fall to the ground,
and then cut open every grain, devour'
ing only its farinaceous part, and this
to the last crumb.
Five or six insects will ascend corn
stalk at once, till it bends under their
weight; millions and millions are in the
field, swarming all round, seeking an un-
occupied stalk, for they will seldom eat
the husks or the stalk itself.
The female insect, which Is much
larger than the male, lays her eggs
about the end Of June or beginning Of
July, says the ILLUSTRATED London
News" She uses dry and sterile ground,
in which she bores q hole an inch deep
by the instrumentality Of valvular
sucking-tube at the extremity Of her ab-
domen.
Applying Jne emu OF UHlS IuDe W Inc
grains of earth or sand, which are loos-
ened by its moisture, she lifts and re-
moves them sticking to the tube, and
continues the process till the hole is ex-
cavated Then she deposits in the hole
q cylindrical ovary, a case or shell OF
hardened mucilage, containing about
forty eggs, very neatly packed to-
gether.
The eggs remain nine months in the
earth, and arc slowly Matched by the
heat of the sun, till the spring of the fol-
lowing year. when little white caterpil-
lar comes out of each egg; it is speedily
transformed into a cricket; and these in
sects, collecting rapidly over spaces OF
hun. reds of miles, form vast and terri
rible armies. which begin their march as
creeping things, but are presently fur
nished with wings as they attain the full
Size of adults, while they proceed in their
devastating advance, guided by some
mysterious instructive knowledge, to the
corn-groWing regions far distant from
the land OF their birth.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-04
OUT ON TEE DEEF.

Out on the deep. whom the sun is low
And the sea with splendor burns;
With his soaly spoil. from his evening toD,
Tho fisher homeward turns.
And his oars flash bright. in the ocean light
And he knows that eyes on shore
Look out on the deep for his bright oar sweeps
And he sings as he sweeps his oar;
"a long sweep, lads, and q strong sweep, boys,
and a song as along we go
For the hearts that yearn for our homo return.
When the evening sun is low"
Out on the deep. when the sun is dead,
And the first sweet star doth CLEAN;
OF day that is dead, and love that is fied,
The fisher oft will dream.
And he thinks. tho afar. like that first bright star
She is still beside as of yore,
And his CLEAN bright, in its sweet pale light
And he sighs as he plies his oar;
Allow sweep. lads. and a low sweep, boys,
And song as along We go
For the star of love. that is bright above.
And its CLEAN in the wave below"
Samuel cowan.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-04

In many branches of industry it has of
late been found necessary to supersede
natural by artificial products. The sup
ply of whalebone has for some time been
yradually diminishing, and now an arti-
cial whalebone has been produced
which is said to be perfect substitute.
It can be produced very cheaply, as the
process of it's manufacture is n simple
5ne. One part of soaked and softened
India rubber, one-fourth part of shellac,
one-flfth part of magnesia and one-fourth
part of gold birthstone are mixed to-
gether. They are then heated in an
oven at 100 to 150 degrees Celsius, and
the material is ready for the market.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-04

The forty-third annual report of the
commissioners in lunacy for Great
Britain contains interesting figures. On
New Years day last there were in the
Kingdom 81, $40 insane persons. Various
causes of insanity are set forth in table
covering 1856, ATS cases. OF these 1860
persons lost their reason from domestic
trouble, 5000 from "adverse circum-
stances" 9,27S from overwork and
worry, 3,7G9 from religious excitement,
and Is, 900 from intemperance. The in
fluence of heredity was ascertained In
2S, 063 cases, and congenital defect in
r. SS1 -Exchanue
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-04
The Sweating sicIxnes !.

A century later this country was at.
tackled by another serious epidemic,
the sweating sickness, which was SO
called because, In the words Of an old
writer, sit did most stand in sweating
from beginning to ending" 1t first
made its appearance in England, and
was generally known ON the continent as
the "English sweat" It was observed
generally to spare foreigners in this
country. and also to be specially fatal
to Englishmen when it itappeared abroad; (;
and it was surmised that the lmmoder-
ate use of beer, then SO common in Eng
land, rendered its inhabitants particu-
larly susceptible to the disease.
Beginning in 1885 in the army of Rich
mond, afterward Henry VII. it spread
quickly over the country with most IA
tai results. 1t seems to have been a
species Of violently inhammatory fever,
which suffused the whole body with
fetid perspiration. the crisis generally
occurring within twenty-four hours Of
the first seizure. Like most other cpl
denies, it was specially fatal to healthy,
vigorous men in tho prime Of life, and
hardly per cent of such recovered. In
London, where it ragged with peculiar
violence, two lord mayors and six alder
men died in one week.
This first outburst continued its raw
ages until the end of the year, it's cessa-
tion being nearly coincident with vio-
lent tempest on New Years day, 1886,
which was therefore supposed to have
caused it's disappearance. Further out
breaks Of this epidemic occurred in Eng
land in 1906 and 1917, when again London
suffered severely; and in 1928 and 1929
not only this country, but also France
and Germany, and, in less degree,
Holland, Sweden and Poland were Wis
tied by the same pestilance. The last
appearance of the sweating sickness in
England was in 1861, when the disease
was particularly virulent in Shrewsbury
and the valley of the Severn. Cham
bers's Journal,
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-04
Ths src,r PIa,le,

One thing that never fails 10 intsfes
ell who see it, when 1t Is found on tha
mountain heights OF the Sierras, is Il +
snow plant, known to botanists as IL
Sarcodes sanguinea, meaning bloode
flesh, says the American Garden n
flesh or blood could be so exqulsite
beautiful; imagine @ rosy and snow
tinted, crowned hyacinth, from eight
twenty inches in height, every miniatu:
bell wound about by r. ~osy and frosted
silver ribbon, all topped by huge heaa
OF asparagus in hoar frost and silve.
The frosted papilla is very marked C..
every sepal and bract. Though thr
whole translucent spike is flushed with
rose and carmine, the petals are tha
deepest and most brilliantly-colored
parts Of the flower, which is five parted
and each open one showing slightly Il
stamens and pistils.
There have been seen specimens bea
ing eighty perfect flowers and a pseud,
bulb twenty-five inches in circumference
brittle almost as spun glass, and, g.
though solid as O pineapple when frs
dug up, dried away to the size of tn
stem. All attempts at cultivation hay
thus far failed, the bulbs refusing
stand transplanting and the seeds I
sprout. 1t was once said that the
would not survive below the level Of th
summer snow line, but they have bee
since seen almost covering the groun
far below. The snow banks seem, how
ever, to protect them from the vino
sweeping among the mountains, nj
they mako their early growth and dove
opment beneath the driven snow, ar
when the approach of summer leave
the surface of the ground exposed it
covered in o few days with the re
crowns of the snow plants.-Omah
Rec.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-04
Foot Cramping i'm China.

The ''Hu Pao," a Chinese newspap'
has been investigating the origin of IL
cramping by Chinese women. The pre-
tice is of very ancient date. Some all
that il arose in tho time of the +.
Dynasties-that is, in the tenth centu
A. D. Jao Niang, the mistress of Ii !
the last emperor of those dynasties, t
up her feet with silk into the shape
the crescent moon, and all the oti
beauties of the time initiated her
literature Of previous dynasties
not allude to the custom. During
reign of Kaug Hi, 1864, A. D., an ..
forbade foot cramping under variU
penalties, the local officials being he
responsible in some degree for VIOLATE
of tho law by people in their distr'
But the fashion was too strong, ano
1868, at the instigation OF the botrG
ceremonies, this edict was w,tudraV
1t is still universal in huanJunW Il
Kuangsi.-N. Y. Sun.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-04
HEKAs Hrs oKH K1FE.
How q Swindler Collected Insms9ge
Money on His Own Life.

HOW u SW1ndier Collected InsufAG4o
Money ON His Own Life.
Insurance frauds more remarkable
than that alleged to have been attempted
IN the Hillman case have been attempted
In Germany.
who was imprisoned for collecting insur-
In the st. Louis "Globe-Democrat This
man was q sklllful impersonator, and dis
guised as woman, he applied for an In
surance ON his own life.
AS the husband of the applicant he
presented himself for medical examina-
lion, was accepted and the policy issued:
In course of time he feigned sickness and
VAS attended by short-sighted old ply
,lcian he had selected as q man easily to
be duped.
One day during this spell of sickness
he got up quietly, disguised himself once
more as his wife, went to the insurance
office, paid premium about due and
tearfully announced the grievious sick
ness Of the insured.
The company seem to have suspected
;hat this Illness was not at all straight,
'or, having casually asked the name of
the attending physician, they sent to
that gentleman, whose replies to their
lueSJlOHS dlldyeu bHolr SuSplclOuS.
One day this doctor was called in
great haste and told that Kumf was
dead. The old fellow does not appear
to have been very conscientious or
painstaklng.
On his arrival at the house he was met
by Kumf, this time disguised as the wife
or alleged widow, and taken to a dark
ened room in which lay corpse. His
examination of this must have been
nominal, for in a short space Of time he
quit the house, leaving behind him the
desired death certificate.
As the bereaved widow, Kumf at
tended the interment of what purported
to be his own body. Still, as the widow
of himself no obtained the insurance
money on his own life and his little plot
admirably answered.
Unfortunately for him, however, he
got intoxicated, first with success and
then with liquor, whereupon he ne
elected to keep up the disguise, won't
about as the dead man redivivus, was
detected and now languishes in Jail.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-04
Austrta-Hungary's Richest Man.

Tho ArchduIio AIbrecht, commanders
in.chief of the Austrian army, is the
woalthiest man in Austria Hungary.
The other day, while on a tour of in
spection in Hungary, ho spent forty
eight hours in small provincial town.
The bill presented to him amounted to
El53. .12s. 1t was paid without a mur-
mur. but the next day the officers of tho
garrison, received strict orders not to
set foot in the hotel in question, and for
the next twelve months no military band
will be allowed to play in the town.
That will probably make the innkeeper's 5
extortion the dearest transaction he
ever attempted.-N. Y. Sun.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-04

In the southwest they do things differ-
entity from most every other part of the
country. At Pleasanton, Atascosa
county, Texas, they hanged man last
week. To express their great JOY the
citizens got up Il barbecue, which was
largely attended. In the adjoining
county white man who was on trial for
killing a Chinaman, was set at liberty
because the presiding judge could find no
laws providing for his punishment.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-04
That IIO-Ton Gun.

The 110-ton gun at Shoeburyness is
stated to have cost 5000, and the car
rlage, with it's various mechanical do
vices for handling 1t, eli 600 n total Of
COG, 900. Each time it is fired it is cal
culated that, including wear and tear,
the explosion costs E600, and expert
enced gunners assert that 100 rounds is
the limit of its capacity. Its range IL
fourteen miles.-ExchRnge.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-04
HER MOTHER -IN-LAW.

ND one thing, I'm
resolved upon" said
Kate Rider to her
sister. "Tm going
to be mistress in my
own house. / won t
be ridden over by a
dreadful mother-in-
law"
"Stick to tn at,
Kate, and you'll be
happy" said Rose.
r ose h ad been
married two yeas; ;
X ate two weeks.
Roses husband was
a young lawyer, who
lived in q thriving
town, and had no
rela tives S that he
cared anyt h in z
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-04

A peculiar industry mas sprung - n
Albany since 1888; that of s"piy
crushed stone for asphalt anp mae
amized roads. The quarry from W.
the stone is taken is operated nIgHt u
day. One thousand tons of i'ck a G
9to crushed anu $50 cars are used
transporting the fragments of rock to .
parts of the couatry.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-04
who Owns the Country


Let us inquire whether there Is an
excessive concentration of wealth goiha
on in the United States of Americ.
Leaving mere clamor and unsupportei
assertions out of consideration,
either side, let US look into facts.
lately as 1917 there was but one man j,
this country who was reputod to !
worth moro than S.. .000,000 and, thour
some estimated his wealth at $50, ,00L
600, there is no good reason for bolievir
it to have been so great. At the smallc
reasonable estimate, there must now
more than 25O persons in this countI
whose wealth averages over so, 900, 00y
for each. But let us call the numb,
only 200. Income tax returned sho
that the number Of in ONES, when a
ranged in large classes, multlplie5 |
from three to iivefold for every redu
tion in amount Of one-half. For c
treme caution, however, we estimal
the increase in the number of incomr
at very much lower rate than tht
At this reduced rate, the amount
wealth in the hands Of persons wori
over $500,000 each in the United Stat
would be about as follows:
200 persons at S2O.OOO, OO........ $1,000. .OOO,O
400 persons at 1O,OOO,O0O 100000 Ga
1000 persons at 5,OOO,O0O........ 100000,
1880 persons at 2,50O.000. G,2J0O00.O
1000 persons at 100000. ....... 1000 OOO,0
10000 persons at 100000. 10000 00)O
Total. al.................,....... 36,23oOUOt
This estimate is very far below ii.
actual truth. Yet, even upon this basi
We are confronted with the startlh
result that 81, 900 persons now posse
three-fifths of the whole national wealt
real and personal, according To the hig
est estimate $50, 900, ,000,00O) which az.
one has yet ventured to make OF the a
gregate amount. Nor is this conclusio.
at all improbable.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-06-20
MORTGAGE SALE.

Default having been made in the payment
of the sum of five hundre and seven dollars
which is elaine to be due at the date of this
notice upon a certain Mortgage, duly execut-
ed and delivered by Rasmus Slettebak and
Elias Ert: esvaag to Charles Budde and Louis
Budde, bearing date the Bird day of May, A.
D. 1883, and duly recorded in the office Of the
Register of Deeds in and for the County of
Bottineaua and Territory OF Dakota, on the
4th day of May, A. D. 1888, at 3 O'Clock p. m.
in Book b of Mortgages, on page ~, and no
action or proceeding at law or otherwise hav-
ing been Instituted to recover the debt secur-
ed by said Mortgage, or any part thereof;
Now, therefore, notice is hereby given, that
by virtue Of Il power of sale contained in said
Mortgage and pursuant to h statute in such
case made and provided, the said Mortgage
will be foreclosed, md the premises described
in and covered by said Mortgage, viz:
Lots one, two and three Q-2-3) in block
seventeen III in the village Of SouhB Ottineau
in BOttineau County and Territory Of Dakota,
with the Entertainments and appurtenances,
will be sold at public auction, to the highest
bidder for cash, to pay said debt and interest,
fifty dollars attorneys fee, as stipulated in
and by said Mortgage in case of foreclosure,
and the disbursements allowed by law,
which sale will be made ny the Sheriff of
said BottineauC County, at the front door of
the Court House in the village of Bottineau
day of july, A. D. 1889, at 10 O'Clock a. m. of
that day, subject to redemption at any time
within one year from the day Of sale, as pro
vided by law.
"Subject to installments to become due on
said Mortgage, amounting to $l27O.W with
Dated May 25th A. D., 1883.
Charles Bud0e and Louis Budde
Mortgage,
John W. Maher Attorney.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-06-20
FOUR NEW STATES.
South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana
Washington.

On February %, 1889, the President signed
the bill creating South Dakota, North Da-
kota, Montana and Washington states of the
Union.
to which the st. Paul, Minneapolis & Mani,
toba Railway has three main lines, reaching
Glendale, Aberdeen. Huron, WATERFOWL, and
Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway and
pass through s.. Paul and Minneapolis en-
route.
l Hard Scotch Fife Wheat; whose heaithfui
climate nurtures the most vigorous and
brainy civilization on earth, where single
counties raise more wheat, oats and barley
than entire states; the soil of whose fertile
prairies is richer than the valley of the Mile.
where the Turtle Mountain, Minot and Devils
secure a free home. Magnificent daily train
service to Fargo, Grand Forks, Grafton,
Devils Lake, Bottineau, and all other i'm
portant points.
MONTANA, THE GoLDEN.-Treasures in her
mines Of precious metals; wealth in her 4,0OO
600 head of live stock; profit in her fertile
any aie!9S other Rier state or tsrritory; the richest hest
country per %inhabitant on earth; where pros
perity is universal; which has the best paid
caused by warm winds from the Pacific. The
st. Paul, Minneapolis 4 Manitoba Railway is
the only railroad passing through 9 contin-
Minneapolis to the Rocky Mountains. It
runs through the Great Reservation of $1,000,
600 acres of land, free to settlers, In the Milk
River Valley. Wood, water, and coal in
abundance; no irrigation required; the only
line passing through Great Falls, with its |,
600, 600 horse power catarActs, immense coal
veins, and surrounding farming country of
free land; through Helena, the capital city
and commercial centre Of Montana, and
Butte, the richest mining camp on earth, to
San Francisco by the Columbia River V alley,
Portland and Shasta Route, or Ogden, Utah,
to California points. Remember this is the
only line running dining cars, sleeping cars
and free cOlonists leepers Of It's own from st.
Paul and Minneapolis to NGreat Falls, Helena
and Butte. 1t is also the shortest line to
Butte. @Ey...T =, arr4 81
WAsH1NGroN.-The country Of tall timber
indented by Puget Sound, the Mediterranean
of the Pacific. Do not forget that the st.
Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway is the
only line which offers O choice of three routes
to the Pacific Coast, The Manltoba-Pacifc
route is the only line by which passengers en-
route for Tacoma, Portland n Q Fran
cisco can pass through Port Townsend and
Seattle. Free colonist sleepers run through
without change or delay. Distance to the
Pacific Coast Is same as by other lines, but
prices of tickets are five and ten dollars less.
the Seattle route.
For further information, maps, rates n
publications in regard to the resources Of the
new states. Wrfteor apply to +. ]. WHIT-
NEY, General Pass. and Ticket Agent, 1. ],
p, NJ. 4 NJ. Ry., ST. PAUL, Mimi.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-06-20
Land Office at Devils Lake.

May 10, 1889.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his inten-
ton to make fiual proof in support of his
claim, and that said proof will be made be-
fore the clerk of the District Court for Bot
tineau county, Oak at Bottineau, OAK, on
July "a, 1889, viz:
R. A. ALLAN, D. s., No. SAB.
for the sw4 SEC %, L 1862, r II.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and %cultiva-
ton of, said land, viz:
William Robertson, James Holiday, Thos.
Mckay, John McLaren, all of Bottineau,
Oak.
Amy person who desires to protest against
the allowance of such proof, or who knows
of any substantial reason, under the law
and the regulations Of the Interior depart
ment, why such proof should not be allowed,
will be given an opportunity at the above
mentioned time and place to cross-examine
the witnesses Of said claimant, and to offer
evidence In rebuttal Of that submitted by
claimant.
f, Il. SPILLMAN, register.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-06-20
Land Office at Devils Lake,
May II, 1889

May ~, lSSo.
Notice is hereby given that the following.
named settler has filed notice Of his inten-
ton to make final pooot in support Of his
claim and that said proof will be made be-
fore the clerk Of the District court of Bot
tineau county, Oak, ut Dottineau, Oak, on
July 22d, 1889, viz:
JOHN W. YOUNG, D. s. No. 543G.
for the sw} sec 8, T. 1852, range II.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and c~ultiva.
ton Of said land, viz:
John Patterson, William Fairweath er,
Joseph David, Charles Sheppard, all of Bot.
tineau, Oak
Any person who desires to protest against
the allowance of such proof, or who knows
OF any substantial reason, under the law
and the regulations Of the Interior depart
ment, why such proof should not be allowed,
will be given an opportunity at the above
mentioned time and place to c~ross-examine
the witnesses of said claimant, and to offer
evidence in rebuttal Of that submitted by
claimant.
10. q, Reptster
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-06-20
Land Office at Devils Lake, D. IT,

"oS ACCps
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed nolicc of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim,
and that said proof will be made before the
Clerk Of the District Court in and for Bottin-
eau County at Bottineau, D. T., on July 18th.
1889, viz:
JAMES WADDLE
D. s., NO. 5755, for the S-W u sec 35 TIP. 1G1, r.
II.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, and cultiva-
ton of, said land, viz:
William Bell, Richard Bond, John Bell,
Illus Fill, all of Bottineau, Bottineau Co.,
Oak.
Any person who desires to protest against
the allowance of such proof, or who knows of
any substantial reason, under the law and the
regulations of the Interior Department, why
such proof should not be allowed, will be
given an opportunity al the above mentioned
time and place to c~ross-txamine the witnesses
of said claimant. and to offer evidence in re-
of that submitted by claimant.
E. G. SPILMAN, Register.