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Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-07
Moon MYTHS.

In southern seas sailors warn intrepid
LAND lubbers, who persist in sleeping
in open air, to always WOO the dreamy
god under All awning; otherwise what
might have been Il refreshing sleep may
terminate in temporary loss of sight.
say Temporary" for the reason that it
has never turned out to be permanent
calamity, although it frequently causes
much trouble, and gives the victim u
scare he remembers the remainder of
his life.
In regard To the way the moon affects
the weather many curious facts are
recorded. 1t is an old saying that lone
Saturday moon change is enough for
seven years" The nearer the time of
the moons change to midnight, says an
old saw, the fairer will the weather be
the seven days following.
The nearer TO midday the phases of the
moon happen the more foul the weather
may be expected. The space for these
calculations, according to the weather
WISE" is two hours before and two hours
after midnight and noon. If the new
moon stands on its point, $50 that the
strap of a powder horn would not catch
ON its 'horn,'" there will be much wet
weather. If the new moon lies fiat on
"its back" it will hold all dampness and
a dry spell may be expected. Farmers
who plant and reap ''in the moon"
always plant those vegetables whose
roots are used as food in the decline or
last quarter.-John w. Wright in st.
Louis Republic.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-07
to be. The new member is the game
hunted by the page.

to be. The new member is the game
hunted by the page.
On his first appearance in congress the
member is liberal, if he ever intends to
be so at all. The young men rush to wait
on him then, and if he does not respond
quickly they know that he is not going
to be paying investment for them, and
they are less assiduous in their attention
afterward. AS member grows older in
service he discovers so many ways of in
creasng his expenses above the limit of
his salary without giving away money
lust to impress these little men that he
gradually gets out of the habit of Tip
ping" The pages, too, have suffered
through the graceless conduct of Silcott.
The members at the opening of this ses-
sion did not feel that they could afford
to be quite as liberal as usual.
Another source of revenue sfor the
boys is from the distribution of circulars
and pamphlets through the house. Near
ly every great project that is brought to
the attention of congress from the out
side is supported, and generally opposed,
too, by the circulation among the men,
bers of pamphlets and various docu-
ments. These are left with the door
keeper to be placed on the desks of the
members. If they are merely left with
the request that they be distributed they
do not appear on the desks. If the in
terested party comes back and leaves a
considerable fee for the pages he will
find the desks piled up with his circulars
the next rning.-Washington Star.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-07
The Miserly Shah.

a Teheran correspondent of The Lon
don Times, in a long article on "The
Shah and His Government" writing of
the personal character of Nasr-ed Din,
says; His least attractive feature is
miserlness which induces him to hoard
large sums of money and bullion, frac-
tion of which, devoted to the practical
regeneration of his country, would make
his name live in history. In addition to
the masses of jewels contained in the
royal treasury, he has private fortune,
slowed in vaults or elsewhere deposited,
which is known to consist of at least
three millions sterling. This treasure is
being continually recruited by the pres
ents received on the smallest possibleI
provocation from any minister, NOBLE,
official or merchant possessed of large
means. Meanwhile the country lies i'm
poverished, and progress is indefinitely
delayed, owing to the alleged absence Of
native capital"
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-07
ranuin mud ThaIIln in Cancer.

The anonymous correspondent of The
Lancet, whose suggestion of the COM
bined used of papain and thallin in can
Ger was noticed in a recent number Of
The London Medical Recorder, turns out
to be DIR. j. Mortimer Granville. He has
since supplemented his first statement by
further communication, in which he says
that if the solvent or digestive power of
the papain is to be brought to bear on
hausted by being first mixed with food
He therefore recommends very frequent
administration of the papain and thallin,
and their combination in the form of
pills The aim is to get absorption of the
drug, not local action on the stomach.
In cancer of that organ DR.. Mortimer
Granville gives, besides the pills, papain
suspended in water with thallin and an
alkali
With the view of further preventing
exhaustion of the papain he directs that
the patient shall be fed as exclusively as
possible on vegetable diet, and that the
pills shall be taken before meals or in
the interval between them. He has not
found that the thallin given as described
exerts any injuriously depressing effect
on the organism as whole. The vital
ity of the morbid growth seems to be
depressed by saturation with the thallin
and papain locally; this is effected by
applying strong paste of two drugs in
combination, or, where practicable, by
their Injunction The results obtained so
far are said to be encouraging, and
make it clear that the method will de.
serve full and fair trial by the profess
sion. London Medical Recorder
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-07
The Human Eve.

Science gives us interesting details
about what the human eye has been and
what it may become. The Vendas of
India, which are the most ancient writ
ten documents, attest that at times most
remote, but still recorded in history,
only two colors were known-black and
red. A very long time elapsed before
the eye could perceive the color yellow,
and still longer time before green could
be distinguished; and it is remarkable
that in the most ancient language the
term which designated yellow insensibly
passed to the Specification of green. The
Greeks had, according to the generally
received opinion, zhe perception of colors
very highly developed, and yet authors
of Il more recent date assure us that in
the time of Alexander the Great the
Greek painters knew but four colors,
viz: white, black, red and yellow.
The words to designate blue and violet
were wanting to the Greeks in the most
ancient tirIes of their history, they call
ing these color5 gray and black 1t is
thus the colors in the rainbow were only
distinguished gradually, and the great
Aristotle only knew four of them. 1t is
a well known fact that when the coors
of the prism are photographed there re-
mains outside the limit of the blue and
violet in the spectrum distinct impress
sion which our eyes do not recognize as
a color Psychologists tell US that it is
reasonable to suppose that us the color
organ becomes more highly developed,
and even before the human eye becomes
perfect, this outside band will evolve
into color perfectly discernible.
delphia Record
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-07
1 UDITOR'S NOTICE.-In the

4 UDITORS NOTICE.-In the
N Orphans Court of Cambria county. In
maugh borough. C'mbria county. deceased.
And now tO-wlt, December 9, 1889, on motion OF
I. j. OConnor, Esq, NJ. B. stephens, appointed
c. Carroll Executor per curlam. Notice is here
by given that will sit for the purpose OF the
above appointment at my ofIice, In Johnstown,
on tuesday, the 18th day OF January, 1890 at 10
A. NJ, when and where all parties interested
may attend II they see proper. or be for ever de-
barred from coming In on said fund
NJ. Ii. STEPHENS,
Iohnstown, Jan. O. l8gD-9t auditor,
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-07

A DMINIS TRAITORS NOTICE.
A-Notlce is hereby given that Letters of
Administration on the estate OF Thomas walsh
bria, and the state OF Pennsylvania, deceased,
have been granted to James b. 0'Connor OF
Johnstown, Pa, to whom all persons indebted
TO said estate are requested to make payment
and those having claims or demands will make
known the same without delay to the under
signed at the Office of O'Connor Bros SO Frank
lin street, Johnstown, Pa.
JAMES b. o'CoNNoR, Administrator
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-07
4 DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE

IA Estate OF Mr.. John Sigmund, deceased,
Letters OF Administration on the Estate OF Mr..
John Sigmund, late OF Wo0dvale borough, Cam
bria county and State of Pennsylvania, deceased
having been granted to the undersigned all per-
sons indebted TO said estate are requested to
make immediate payment, and those having
claims against said estate to present them duly
authenticated for settlement to
GOTTHOLD SIGMUND. Administrator.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-07
RHEUMATISM!

II this valuable medicine is taken according to
directions we will guarantee a sure cure for
rheumatism, tolpid liver, gout affection, bladder
and kidneys, ulcers, billousuess and OF costive-
ness. TEsTlMoNIALs-We have hundreds OF tes-
timonials from the best known people of Pitts
burgh and Allegheny City in regurd to cnres
and the value OF this wonderful compound. AS
A BLOOD PURIFIER
1t has no equal. Price 81 per bottle, bottles
for$5
For sale by all Druggists, or
DANNER MEDICINE CO.,
234 Federal Street, Allegheny City.
, 1890-12-13
EmsrsIa1'i H.a!ka.sia!s.
Gents Fine Neckwear and
SILK S%USPENDERS.

handsomely put up in individual
boxes, thus making beautiful and
useful presents.
We can show you
Fine Stationery, Art Books,
Celluloid Novelties,
Toilet Sets, Manicure Sets,
Collar and Cuff Boxes,
Writing Desks, Glove Boxes,
Handkerchief Boxes,
Sofa Pillows, Art Pictures,
Old Silver Novelties,
Smoking Sets, Shaving Sets,
Cigar Boxes,
Letter Scales, Jewel Caskets,
Music Rolls,
Rose Jars, Paper Knives,
Autograph Albums,
Picture Frames, PhotoAlbums,
Fine Perfumeries,
Fancy Baskets, Chair Saddles,
Ladies Scissor Sets,
Book Slides, Work Boxes,
Whisk Broom Holders,
Silk Throws,
and 1000 other useful article.
which lack of space prevents men
tioning here.
, 1890-12-13

Here's IA Use for Your Old Gloves
kid glove and bead work" seems to
answer the question. What shall we
do with our old evening glovesT" Long
evening gloves are generally in pale
tlnts, and are not wearable for daytime
festivities. Now. the long wrists may
be cut in strips, aud contrasting or har-
m 9nious tints. such as primrose on
mauve. or tan color and lemon, or pale
gray and white arc Joined together, and
the joining covered with beads-gold,
silver, steel, crystal, or bright colored
beads Of varied sizes. Spangles, too,
may be sparingly used with good effect.
The heads must be sewn on securely,
and strong purse silk is best for this
purpose.
When a sufficient number of strips
have been Joined a border may be ar,
ranged Of squares diagonally put to
gether, or disks Joined with a bead net
work; the finishing fringe should be
Melted at the top. A bright idea was
that of n debutante who used her first
seasons gloves in the makingof tobacco
bags, which she presented to her most
attentive first season beauN. Another
rosebud, whose old fashioned writing
desk contains many shelves and pigeon
holes, has made from the gloves worn
at parties a curtain in alternating four
inch wide stripes of tan color and
cream, Joined with gold and silver
beads; on each of the stripes she
sketched, in sepia, a date and a device.
This curtain she hung in front of the
obnoxious pigeonholes from an oIidized
silver rod. Work bags. photograph
cases and frames, book covers, opera
glass bags and small table covers are
among the useful articles for which this
work will serve; handkerchief and glove
cases of pale gray and tan, Joined with
cut steel beads and lined with pale pink
satin. are exceedingly dainty souvenirs.
New York Sun.
, 1890-12-13
TOWN TALK.
Cosby Little Paragraphs Picked Up
Throughout the City.

Imported Berliner weissbeer at Tivoli
Hall.
DR.. j. @. McGillivray's Office is at 1920
Ferguson street.
Finest ranch butter in the city at the
Cheyenne Meat Market.
Palmer's Frangipanni and Ihlang-
Ihlang perfumes at David's drug store.
A splendid twenty-five cent dinner
served daily at the Germania Hall res
taurant.
Half stew. best oysters in the city, only
twenty-five cents at Germania Hall res
taurant.
David's drug store has the agency of
Kickapoo Indian Sagwa Oil, cough cure
and worm killer.
Jailor John Nuwlan is all smiles. A
bouncing baby boy arrived at his home
Yesterday morning.
Ladies'. we will have on display to-day
fine slippers and shoes at our store.
j. f. jenkins & Bro.
Buy your real estate from Emil Dion.
He always has bargains. No. 22l Sew
enteenth street. Kent's block.
What makes Emil Dion sell so much
real estate, and SO much cheaper than
any n else? It's because he always has
something that there is big money in.
Legislative excursion from the capitol
to Moore's barber shop under Kent's
bank. Best shaves, neatest h%aircuts,
three bath rooms, three woorkmen and
good attention.
At Ashford's palace barber shop. OPP
posite the postofice, there a%re'ive chairs
and that many 6~rstclass workmen. Hair
cutting a specially. Best baths in the
CITY. Onisker work that usual today.
Ladies, we will rave on display today
fine slippers and shoes at our store.
j. F. jenkins a Bro.
, 1890-12-13
THEY WE'RE PARTNERS.
Look Ahke In Appearance, but Dif-
ferent IN DISPOSITION. y .

-
"hiiam hingen ana hlncn mehinneY'
the one convicted and the other soon to
De tired ior stealing wyoming cattle and
running them INTO NEBRASKA 10 SELL re-
semoie eacn other a ood deal IN personal
appearance. IheV are ooth tall and
rather goo looking and walk with a
quick swinging loose Jolnted motion.
botn snow IN III oil determination and
look like men whom it would be danger
, 1890-12-13

Is a picturesque, realistic, drama deal
ing with the domestic life of the New
England fisher settlement as it actually is,
quaint, humorous, pathetic, lovable, ever
ready to risk their lives in saving others.
The hero OF this play, Terry Dennison,' -
the sailor miller. a character found In
nearly all the villages bordering on New
England's rugged coast, a big. strong,
hearty good natured man. whose whole
life is devoted to doing good to others,
though ignorant in book learning, but
whom Providence las endowed with that
sympathetic nature which always impels
him in the right. The company present
ing the play this evening is a strong one
throughout from James A. Herne, who
takes the leading character, down to the
baby which Is said to be one of the best
behaved babies ever taking a pant on the
stage.
, 1890-12-13
Personal POINTS.

P. j. O'Hern of Bitter Creek is at the
Metropolitan.
John MassengaIc of Carbon is at the
Metropolitan.
Judge Merrell of the supreme court is
In the city staying at the Inter Ocean.
B. A. Hart, Esq, of Fort Laramie will
visit Florida during the winter months.
Miss Miles, stenographer in the Union
Pacific office in this city, has resigned her
position.
Mr.. H. f. Teschemacher leaves today
for Paris where he will make a months
stay with relatives.
Charles Arbuckle. one of the owners of
the Royal Horse Association ranch, spent
Yesterday in the city and will leave for
New York today.
, 1890-12-13

Nearly all peoples have represented
the Gre from the sky by an arm, some
times also by a bird of strong and rapid
fight. 1t was symbolized among the
Chaldeuns by a trident. Cylinders 60
ing back to the most ancient ages of
Chaldenn art exhibit a water jet gush.
ing from Il trident which is held by the
God of the sky or of the storm.
The Assyrian artist who first. on the
bas-reliefs Of Nimroud or Malthai,
doubled the trident or transformed ii
into Il trind fascicle. docile to the re-
inements and ~elegancies of classic art,
by that means secured for the ancient
Mesopotamian symbol the advantage
over all the othey representations of
thunder with which it could compete.
The Greeks, like the other Indo- Eu-
ropean nations, seem to have represent
ed the storm fire under the features of
a bird OF prey. When they received
the Asiatic figure of the thunderbolt
they put it in the eagles claws and
made it the scepter of Zeus, explaining
the combination, after their habit, by
the story of the eagle bringing thunder
to zeus when he was preparing for the
war against the Titans.
Latin Italy transmitted the thunder
bolt to Gaul, where, In the last centu-
ries Of paganism, it alternated, on the
Gallo-Roman monuments, with the two
headed hammer. 1t is also found on
amulets of Germany, Scandinavia and
Brittany. In the east it penetrated TO
India, following Alexander, where it
is found competing with other symbols
having the same significance Count
d'Alviella in Popular Science.
, 1890-12-13

Gents. ladies and children! Your at
tention Just one moment. Before pur-
chasing your Christmas presents see
those beautiful toys, those lovely table
scarfs and throws and, in fact, a full hne
of fancy articles NAV be found at Mrs.
Coykendall's, corner House and Eleventh
streets,
, 1890-12-13

For a short time yesterday afternoon
the temperature in the house rose to blood
heat and a row was imminent that was
not drawn upon the usual political lines.
The majority and minority reports on the
so-called Grant investigation were being
considered in committee of the whole.
Au effort was made by one wing in the
house to force a recommendation to adopt
the majority report which was resisted by
another wing on the ground that the
printed reports had been in their hands
for only a few hours and thew were there.
fore not in a position to vote ~intelligently
upon them. Mr.. Sutherland character
lied the attempt to force the adoption Of
the majority report as the most cowardly
move he had ever witnessed. THE
other side" be said, waving his arms in
eloquent gesticulation, show by this nc
ton that they dare not face the ex-AudItor
here on the floor Of the house. Adopt
ing this report without giving a hearing
to the man most concerned In it is the
most cowardly proceeding 1 have ever
heard Of"
Mr.. Griffin said the house had APP
pointed a committee to investigate the
case so as to save time. Two reports had
been presented. Any intelligent man
should he able to decide between them.
He thought it unnecessary for the house
itself to waste any further time In in
v~estigating something which had already
been investigated.
Mr.. Baker said, for his part, he was
not prepared to cast a vote on this ques,
ton until he had heard the man accused
tell his side of the story. He wanted an
Investigation before he voted, and. per-
, 1890-12-13

The facilities of the present day for &
production of everything that will COR
duce to the material welfare and comfo:
of mankind are almost unlimited and
when Syrup of Figs was first produced
the world was enriched with the only
perfect laxative known, as it is the only
remedy which is truly pleasing and re
freshing to The taste and prompt and
efectua1 to cleanse the system gently in
the Spring time or, in fact, at any time
and the better it is known the more pop
ular il becomes.
Take your pictures 10
THrabnu and haze modern
frames HlHdP.
, 1890-12-13

.or1cal Dept; Cheyenne, Two.
, 1890-12-13
BOTH BREEZY.
Some Heat Shown in the House at
Yesterdays Session.
A Senator Who Was Angry at His
Colleagues.
Grant Investigating Committee Re.
port on the Floor To-Day.


Senator Robins was perhaps the cross.
est man in town yesterday. His hail
fairly curled with Indignation. Robin:
is chairman of the committee on way.
and means. To this committee was re,
farred the house bills fixing the ~sslarie:
of the Judges and the pay of the official:
of the legislature. The committee de.
cided to reduce the salary of the Judges,
as fixed by the house, from $4,000 to
80. 7oO and lowered the wages of five
house aud senate officials 81 per day.
When this report was taken up in com.
mittee of the whole the salaries of the
judges were promptly increased to $4,000
a year. The bill fixing the per diem Of
the legislative officials was then
taken up. A proposition was made
to go back to the per diem originally
fixed in the house. What was Robins
amazement to discover that every mem
Der OF the committee, which had pre-
sented a unanimous report recommending
that these salaries be lowered, voted for
this increase in the pay. Robins was
placed In a very embarrassing attitude but
he persistently voted against the per
diem fixed by the house, and after the
adjournment spoke his mind quite freely
to the members of the committee who
went back on their own report. Senator
Fitch, in speaking upon this matter, said
he believed In carrying economy through
as a consistent principle. He was strong
ly opposed, for instance, to the creation
of the office of attorney general, and yet,
if this Unnecessary Office was created. be
did not believe in the strange economy
which would cut down the pay Of the
legislative officials.
Both bills were reported back to the
senate with a favorable recommendation
and passed as they were originally re,
ceived from the house, exsept that Judi
cial salaries are placed at $1,000 instead
of SO. 600.
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
MIR. Chatterton gave notice that ht
would introduce bills adopting the Re.
vised Statutes OF the territory (noW state,
of Wyoming; tor a general law to asses:
all mines and mining claims: for a Law
regulating the disposition of the unex
pended balances of appropriations.
By Nh. Woodruf-To amend and re
enact section 1891 of the Revised
Statutes. Regulating the tax on move.
able property. Providing for the inspec
ton of sheep and to prevent the
spreading of disease among them.
By Mr.. Notwithstanding cite:
ard towns and certain corporations to Sc,
cure water by prior appropriation and
condemnation. Providing for the general
incorporation of cities aud towns.
ON FIRST READING.
Mr.. Fitch's educational bill WIS reaC
the first time.
, 1890-12-13

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