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Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-04-11

The obstruction known as the Muscle
Shoals, in the Tennessee river, which
covered about 90 miles out of the 453 be-
tween Chattanooga and Paducah, at its
mouth, are at length overcome by means
of locks and dams built by the general
government, and the river is now open
so that boats loaded at New Orleans can
at all times proceed to Chattanooga, and
most of the time to Knoxville. The dis
tance from Chattanooga to New Orleans
is 1901 miles, as against 2,067 from Pitts
burg and 1857 from Cincinnati, and it is
claimed the coal freights from Chatta-
nooga to New Orleans will be between
SO and 80 cents, as against S1.05 from
Pittsbtrg, The improvement of this
short piece of the river has been more or
less under construction for sixty years. -
New York Telegram.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-04-11

provisions OF Section 76 OF an Act passed March
81 1860, entitled San Act to Consolidate, revise,
and amend the laws of this Commonwealth re-
lating TO Penal Proceedings and Headings"
Cambria County, SS:
j. C. Stineman, Sheriff OF the county OF cam
bria, being duly affirmed according to law,
saith that in obedience TO the command con-
tanned in a warrant OF the Governor of the COM
monwealth OF Pennsylvania, dated the Goth day
OF February, in the year OF our Lord, 1890, and
directed to this afIlant, as Sheriff aforesaid,
he did cause the sentence OF death by hanging
by the neck to be executed upon the body of the
above named Charles Garter in the yard OF the
County Prison, in the county aforesaid. on the
9th day OF April, A. D., 1890. at / O'Clock and
Sc minutes in the afternoon.
j. c. sTINEMAN, Sheriff.
Affirmed and subscribed before me this 9th
day OF April, A. D., 1890. j. C. DARBY.
Clerk OF over and Termiuer, etc
About o'clock the body was taken to
Lloyd Cemetery and buried there.
A few days before his death Carter
made this will
HIS LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT.
COUNTY JAIL, Ebensburg, Pa, 1890.
|, Charles Carter, do viii and bequeath all my
personal property as below:
My revolver, which is in the hands OF Mr..
John Fenlon, will and bequeath to the Rev,
Bowman, my spiritual adviser, My lamp, which
is in my cell, also will and bequeath to Rev.
Bowman. My trunk which is in my cell, (No. 81
also will and bequeath to Harry L. George,
acting day watch, My clothes leave for Mr..
James t. Young, warden to dispose of by CIV
ing to those in the county jail who are in need.
This is my last Will and testament which only
comprises one sheet of paper.
his
Witnesses: CHARLES n CARTER.
II. L. George, +. w. Davis, mark.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-04-11
Not a Religious orn"ration.

According to an opinion just rendered
by the Supreme Court of Illinois the
Young Mems Christian Association Is not
religious corporation within the mean
ing OF the law. In Macon county, man
named Hamsher on his death left will
by which most of his property was to be
bequeathed to the Young Mems Chrirtian
Association of Decatur. Heirs contested d
the Will on the ground that the statutes of
Illinois holds that religious body cannot
hold over ten acres of land, In the opin-
ion OF the Court the Young Mems Chris
tlan Association is not wholly a religious
body, but is largely charitable and be.
nevolent organization, and therefore the
law restricting the amount of property to
be held 10y religious corporations docs not
apply to said association. This is the
first time the question has ever been
tested in the courts.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-04-11

The Ebensbutg Bars Closed Yesterday.
On Tuesday evening Sheriff Stinemen
received by telegraph from Judge John
ston the following
1t is ordere that all public bars In Ebensburg
be closed until O'Clock on Wednesday, the 9th
OF April, RY THE COURT,
X. L. JOHNSTON,
President Judge.
A great many people were in Ebeus-
burg, bu. ev' rything was very quiet. The
Sheriff was highly pleased at the Courts
action, as it had COOL effect on the
crowd, many of whom had they known
of the order would no doubt have come
provided
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-04-11
Hibbard's Throat and Lung Balsan.

Fol throat and lung troubles this remedy has
no equal, IL is qua anteed to cure consumption
IN lts ffst stages and even in advanced stages
oI mat disease II relieves coughing and induces
Iime, ther fore no household, especially with
cnlldren' should be without it. For all afIec-
tl0ns OF the throat, lungs and chest, Group,
WhoOplng cough, hOarSeness, splitting OF blood
ana all pulmonary diseases It has no equal.
prepared only by Rheumatic syrup CO., Jack
son Mlch, AK your druggist for It.
For sale at Slaters drug store corner OF Main
street and Park Place, Johnstown, Pa.
IeD- " .Sd-M-lY
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-04-11
THE IDEAL OF wuMANHOoD.

The Woman's Congress is doing no
work more important than that of recon-
structing the ideal of womanhood. The
Sculptor Heart told me. when was visit
ing bis studio in Florence, many years
ago, that he was investing his life to work
into marble new feminine type, which
should "express, Unbalanced" the twen-
tieth century's womanhood. The Venus
de Medici, with its small head and but
tonhole eyelids, matched the Greek con-
ception of woman well, lie thought; but
America was slowly envolvlng another
and loftier type. His statue, purchased
by patriotic women of his native State,
Kentucky, adorns the hall at Lexington,
and shows
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-04-11
THE FATAL ROPE
Puts an End to the Life of Charles
Carter, the Murderer.
HIS EXECUTION AT EBENsBURG YES
TERDAY.

The Drop Fell at 1:52 O'Clock,
and In Fifteen Minutes the
Condemned Man Died OF Stran-
gulatiOn-The Warrant Of Ex-
ecutiOn-The Trial and the
Jury-A Detailed Description
OfHis Last Moments and Of the
ExecutiOn-IIis Burial and His
Will.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-04-11

Many people think that gutta
percha and India rubber are the same or
very similar gums. This, however, is a
mistake. India rubber is the solidlfied
sap of South American tree. 1t is of a
soft, gummy nature; not tenacious, but
very elastic; is easily decomposed by oily
substances, and does not stand acids
well. Gutta percha winch is found only
in the East Indies, is obtained from the
Gutta tree. 1t is brownish gum, which
solidities by exposure to the air.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-04-11

Supt Of Dept for Promotion Of S0c,C
Purity.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-04-11

Mr.. w. G Berry, of Wilmore borough,
announces himself to-day as a candidate
for County Auditor, subject to the action
OF the Democratic primary election to be
held on June 18th. He is good account
ant and would make an efficient and
careful Auditor. Mr.. Berry Is an active
and energetic Democrat and deserves a
favorable consideration at the hands of the
Democracy.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-04-11
"A perfect woman, nobly planned
To warn, to comfort, and command
A creature not too bright or good
For human natures daily food,
And yet spirit still, and bright
With SOmnt hing Of n npplin ltuhf -

With something of angelic light
She is the embodiment of what shall be.
In an age of force, woman's greatest grace
was to cling in an age of peace, she does
not cling much but is just as tender and
sweet as if she did. She has strength and
individuality, gentle seriousness there
is more of the sisterly less of the syren /;
more of the duchess, and less of the doll
Woman is becoming what God intended
her to be-what Chrisrs Gospel necessl-
tates her being-the companion and cOun-
sellor, not the toy and encumbrance of
man.
To meet this new creation, how grandly
men themselves are growing! How con
siderate and brotherly, how pure in word
and deed The world has never yet
known half the amplitude of character
and life to which men attain when they
and women i've in the same world. 1t
doth not yet appear what they shall be, -
or We either.
With all my heart | believe, as do the
best men of the nation, that woman will
bless and brighten every place she enters,
and that she will enter every place on the
round earth. Its welcome of her presence
and power will be tue final test of any in
stitutions fitness to survive.
FRANCES L. WILLARD.
Sup't Of Dept for Promotion Of SOCIAL
Purity.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-04-11
One Do liar fo- FIFTY Cent..

Competition and improved methods OF manu-.
1acture nave reduced the cost vf drugs and other
commodities fully one half within the last ten
years; In view Or these facts the PrOprietOrs o.
Van Werts Balsam for the lungs h Ave decided
TO give their patrons the benefit OF the saving
which they are thus able to make In the produc-
uon OF their remedies, and have therefore re
uuced the price OF the Balsam ana offer the boz
tle which mas hitherto been sold for 100 for
nIty cents. The Balsam can be obtained of W.
Il. lice, corner Franklin and Locust streets.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-04-11
A Braddock Newspaper Man Dead

Editor Charles Mills of the Duty Neaos
OF Braddock died last Monday evening at
the home of his mother at Mills station.
He was forty-two years old and grad
uate of Bethany College West Virginia.
MIR. Mills suffered from overwork. His
widow survives him.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-04-11

In purchasing medicines, don't try ex-
periments the first and only considera-
tion should be genuineness. Ayers
Sarsaparilla has stood the test of forty
years, and to-day it is in greater demand
than ever-a triumphant proof of popular
approval.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-04-11
OBITUARY.
MRS, CATHERINE MATES.

Mrs. Catherine Mates, wife of August
Mates, o the Sixteenth ward, died at heI
home on Bload street at o'clock on
Thursday evening. The deceased was
aged about fifty years and was horn in
Germany. She leaves large family oi
children, mostly grown up. Catherine
the eldest, is married TO Patrick McKer.
man, George and John are both married,
August, Conrad, Joseph, Maggie, Mary,
Elizabeth, and Rose are at home. The
funeral will take place on Sunday after
noon interment in Lower Yoder Gene.
terry.
Her brothers, Peter Dusman, of New
York, aud Joseph Dusman, of Shamokin,
and her nephew, Ed. Dusman, of Sha
mokin, arc here to attend the funeral.
MRS. MARY NEARY.
Mrs. Mary Neary died at her home No.
30 Walnut street, on Thursday night
about IL o'clock. She came here from
Ireland after the flood with her
husband. She leaves a husband. but
no children, The funeral will take
place this morning, when the body will
be inferred in Lower Yoder cemetery,
after services at st. Johns Church.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-20
Pocket Money as an Evil

IF YOU want to ruin an impulsiYe
boy, give him plenty OF pocket
money. The recipe is intalllble,
It has often been tried, and always
with the same unhappy result.
Rich parents are too liable to in
dulge in this killing species of
kindness. BY the time lie is eight
years old, the little scion of wealth
begins to understand the soft side
of pa and ma. if both have a soft
side, and, if not, the weak spot IN
the weaker Of the twain. If an
only son. he is usually irresistible.
Alas, how many only sons have the
wav to destruction made smooth for
them by blind partially. Young
gentlemen Of large expectations are
accustomed to carry bank-bIlls IN
their p0rtmOnnaies at the Tipe age
of ten, in these days of pIcmaturlty.
At fourteen. they are content with
nothing less than Well-stutfed peck
et-bOOks, which "the governor is
required to refill as fast as they are
empticd, or, if he dcmurs to the
reQuisiuOn. the WheIe-Withal must
come out Of "the old lady's" pm
,,,opav- .sNou+l yr1ct no CaVva1 -
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-20
What MustaChes Tell.

Northwest Nagazi1ol
There IS a treat deal of character
il the mustache. AS the form OF
the upper lip and in the regions
about 1t has largely to do with the
feelings, pride, self reliance, manIi-
ness, vanity and other qualities
that give seu-c0ntrOl, the mustache
is more particularly connected with
the expression of those qualities or
the reverse,
When the mustache is ragged, and,
as it were, flying hither and thither,
there is lack Of proper seIfcontrol.
When it IS straight and orderly the
reverse is the case, other things, of
course, taken into account.
If there is q tendency to curl at
the outer ends Of the mustache,
there is a tendency to ambition,
vanity or display. When the curl
turns upward there is genlality,
combined with a love of appreciation;
when the inclination is downward
there is a more sedate turn of mind
not unaccompanied with gloom.
1t is worthy of remark that good
natured men will, iii playing with
the mustache, invariably give it an
upward inclination. whereas cross
grained or moroso men viii pull it
OhIlnnclN 10WnW0rll.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-20

Women are not slow to c0mpre-
bend. They're quick, They're alive
and yet it vas man who discovered
the one remedy for their peculiar all,
ments. The man was DR.. Pierce.
The discovery was his "Favorite
Prcacription"--the boon to delicate
women. Why go round "wjtb onc
foot in the grave" suffering in silence
Observation-Disclosures there's q
remedy at hand that isn't an ex-
pertinent, but which is sold under
the guarantee that If you are disap-
POI ting in any way IN it, you can
&c. Jour money back by applying to
its makers. We can hardly imagine q
woman'a not trying it. Possibly it
may be true Of one or two-but we
doubt it. Women are ripe for it.
They must have it, Think of q
prescription and nine o2t OF ten
waiting for it, Garry the news to
lL4ml
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-20
sseSsssSs
IS BOOKS BOOKS :!


Good books are the fountain head
of cultivated morality and nobility
Of character.
have ceased to travel for books
and have on hand the following
books prospectus; and am prepared
TO fill orders for The same: THE
Road to Heaven; Bibles from $3.50
to So; "The Beautiful Story; The
Royal path ofLife'; Heart Echoes;
"The Worlds WoDde7s"; "5tory of
the Wild West, or "ButfaIo Blll";
'.Stanley in the Dark Continent;
"Christ in the Camp; "Johnstown
Horrors" 1.-The Light Of the Ma
tons; "PIctorIal History of the
Bible"
l have these books on hand and
will Gil orders fo- some.
| also keep attachments for Sew~
ing Machines. and fiji orders fer
PIANOS and ORGANS.
Cheap foc cash OF on insta1ment.
10 If. ], L. NiTCHIN.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-20
J. KIT CHIN,
NILLWRIGHT and MACHINIST,
Near cor. u and Main St.,
SCOTLAND Neck, n,
6 2G-90-1y.

SCOTLAND Neck, n. c.
Prepared to bore out engines or do any
kind of repairing and fitting connected
with them. Pipe cut and fitted by mas
chinery. steam and water fittings on
hand. ! sell the best mills and mil ma
chincrY, at manufacturers prices, cotton
seed oil mills, hydraulic presses, &c,
| also sell pianos, organs and sewing
machines, on the instalIment plan to re-
sponsibIo parties, or low for cash. viii
trade for old ones, string, tune and repair
the same. All work unhandy to bring
to nv shop, will have promptly done at
your home. . 20 tt.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-20

FITS ALI Fits stopped free by Or,
ninc'o Great Nerve Reatorcr. No Fits
after first days use. Marvellous cures.
Treatise and - 90 trial bottl" free to Fit
cases. Send II Dr.. Kline, 93i Arch ST.,
INllale.phia. Pa.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-20

For the purpose Of condacunS a GEN
EEAL FOUNDRY AND MACHINE
BUSINESS, at the stand lately occupied
by the firms of Wm. II. Tappey, Tappey
4 Delaney, Tappcy x Steel and Tappey,
Lumsden 4 Co. tor the past - years, and
having been associated with them as fore
man for 30 years and book.hecpcr for is
years, we feel confident that IN entering
upon this enterprise we do 50 with a thor
ough and practical knowledge OF the bust
ness, and trust to have a share of public
patronage. Very respectfully,
r. J. STEEL,
S15lv. " N. ALIEN AMBER.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-01-10
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

An English fish culturist has found
that six pound eel contains about
5000, 900 eggs.
/ Gen. Rosencrans, Register of the
Treasury, has decided to introduce the
use of electricity in his office as no
tive power to run the punching ma
chimes for cancelling the redeemed
treasury notes.
| Measurements of quarter of a mil
lion of soldiers have shown that males
do not reach adult age until about 2S,
and Professor Shaler's observat ons at
Harvard prove that full mental powet
! is not reached before 25.
The simple method of treating drunk
enness practiced in Norway and Sweden
is reported to be very effective. The
inebriate is placed in confne ment and
fed only with bread soaked in wine,
which in eight or ten days creates
positive loathing for strong drink.
/ A German authority af1irms that oaks
are more frequently struck by lightning
than beeches, because the leaves OF the
beech are covered with fine down,
which is a better conductor than the
smooth leaves of the oak. Experiments
with electrical machines confirm the
theory.
DR.. Dornil of Paris has discovered
that ice is often a medium for transmit
ting infectious diseases, and particular.
ly typhoid fever. He cautions people
to use artificial ice, made from boiled
or spring water, and condemns ice OBJ
tanned from ponds or rivers liable to
contamination.
The magnetic needle points in the
same direction as to the magnetic poles
in all parts of the earth. The magnetic
poles do not CORES pond with the axis
of the earth, which makes variation
of the needle at places not on mori-
dian which comedies with both poles.
The needle is never inverted, but dips
as it approaches the magnetic poles.
A substitute for whiskey as remedy
for rattlesnake bites has been discov-
cred. A man in Clinton County, Mo,
was bitten on the leg by rattler while
in the woods two miles from home
few days ago, wiped the blood off with
a leaf, and taking big cud of tobacco
from his mouth bound it on the wound
with piece of bark. After reaching
home he bathed his leg with ammonia,
and has suffered no ill effect other than
a slight swelling of the bitten spot.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-01-10
Submarine EARTHQUAKES.

In the midst of the Atlantic there is
a region of mystery. 1t lies on the line
of sailing from Madeira to Brazil.
Only within a few years has it been
sounded, and its strange phenomena re-
ported. The author of 'The Cruise of
the Falcon" contributes some interesting
notes of observation.
The sea about mile from us became
suddenly disturbed, boiling up violently,
as from a subterraueous spring. This
lasted for about two minutes. Through
out the day we observed great patches
of discolored water, having exactly the
appearance of shoal water.
These and similar phenomena are fire.
quently observed in this part of the
ocean. Often ship reports that here
abouts she has experienced violent
shock, similar to that which is felt when
a rock is struck. Sometimes a great
rumbling is heard like that of heavy
chain running through the hawsepipes,
and the vessel quivers like leaf in the
wind. Another time, in smooth water,
a vessel has been known to heel over
suddenly, as if she had run on sand
bank, for this is region of most un-
canny apparitions for the mariner-a
sort of haunted corner of the sea.
Before this ocean had been as
thoroughly sounded and surveyed as it
is now, these phenomena were attrib-
uted to the presence of unmarked and
banks and rocky shoals, and the old
charts were marked accordingly. But
it must have astonlshed the marine r
somewhat to find that he got no sound
ings with his deep-sea lead, immedi-
ately after experiencing one of these
shocks.
1t is now known that there is depth
of not less than two thousand fathoms
throughout this neighborh ood, and sub
marine earthquake' are recognized to
be the true cause of these convulsions.
So frequent are these man Hesitation
of suboceanic dlstur rbance, that this is
now known as the volcanic regionof the
Atlantic. Fearful, indeed, must be
the forces that can transmit such vIo-
lent action upward through three miles
of water.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-01-10
Ancient Egyptian Flora.

The National Museum of Egyptian An
tiquities at Bulak contains a very inter-
esting collection of plants which have
been found in the catacombs and sepul-
chral monuments of the country. DIR.
Schweinfurth was the first to study this
ancient flora, which contains no example
of plant that does not grow to-day in
the Nile Valley. Nor does the most
minute examination show the least differ
ence between the vegetation which flour
lshed fifty centuries ago and that of the
present time. In some cases the color of
the flowers can be clearly distinguished,
as, for instance, the purple larkspur, the
red poppy, the reddish brown saffron
and the blue lotus.
The leaves of the watermelon contain
grains of chlorophyll perfectly visible in
the microscope. All these were found
In great numbers in the burial places of
the fifteenth dynasty, 5000 years B. c.,
and in one tomb of the same time some
ears of barley. In later monuments were
discovered mustard, flax, cucumbers,
lentils, pine cones, juniper berries, dates,
hollyhocks, chrysanthemums, figs, olives,
ohlons ana grapes. Around the necks
and upon the breasts of the mummies of
HOO B. G. were garlands of celery
leaves and blue lotus flowers. In regard
to the various specimens of grain dis
covered, it may be added that no at
tempt to make them grow has ever sue
ceeded, the plants having been subjected
to great heat at the time of the embalm-
ing and burial, which, while it preserved
them, destroyed their terminating power.
The cases in which mummy wheat is said
to have been raised are due simply to the
fraudulent mixture of modern with the
ancient grains.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1890-01-10
A Life i'm the Dark.

A touching incident was that of Mrs.
William Nichols, a brilliant and much
admired lady of Bath Beach, who had
been suffering for some time from an af-
fection of the eyes, says the Brooklyn
Citizen. She was led to fear speedy
change for the worst, and immedi ately
consulted her physician. An examina-
ton discovered sudden and fatal fail
ing in the optic nerve, and the informa-
tion was impaired as gently as possible
that the patient could not retain heI
sight more than few days at most,
and was liable to be totally deprived OF
1t at any moment The afflicted mother
quietly made such arrangements as
would occur to one about to commen ce
so dark a journey of life, and then had
her two children, attired in their bright
est and sweetest costumes, brought be-
fore her, and so, with their little faces
lifted to hers, and tears gathering for
some great misfortune they hardly real
lied, the light faded out of their moth
ers eyes, leaving IN ineifaceab.e picture
of those dearest to her on earth-a
memory of the bright faces that will
console her in many dark hour.