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Mower County transcript., 1890-12-24
BILL VESTS HEAD.
Tom STAR the Desp-1ado, Cut 1t or aad
Got q keWard for It.

Tom STAR the Desp-rado, Cut 1t or AID
Got . Reward for It
The remarkable career of old Tom
Starr, the notorious Cherokee despera-
do, which has lately appeared in print,
recalls an incident in his life, the plain
est statement of which sounds like a ro-
nance. Bill West WAS old Toms
brother-in-law, and the most powerful
man of his day in the Cherokee Nation
A blow from his fist was as deadly as =
Winchester bullet With this formida-
BILE weapon he killed several men. and
. law was passed declaring Bills fst a
deadly weapon Old Tom and Bill had
been close companions, but one day
they quarreled over the division of the
spoils of = plundering expedition.
West struck at Starr, but the willy
savage lodged the blow and at the
same time deftly placed long. keen
knife-b blade between the formers ribs.
This was the tragic end of Bill West
At this time there was . reward. Of
81 600 offered for Vests head. snd
S, 600 for that of Starr. Old Tom was
in need of ready cash. and determined
to run the risk of losing his own head
BY trying to secure the reward on that
OF his brother-in-iaw. So. after killing
West be cut OF his head. put it in a
gunny-bag aud proceeded to Talequah.
the capital, where he presented hi,
CORY charge to the chief, with the proof
that it was the right head, and demanded
the reward. The chief and the treas s.
uree are both old men. and they knew
Old Toms reputation. They alsoknew
that the reward on Vests head was
only s., 000, while that for Old Toms
ras S., OO0 But starr was there him
self, and meant buiness- At the mug
xle of six-shooter the treasurer forked
over the s., oo0. and Old Tom departed
with the money. to the delight and IS
constituent of the people OF Table
quah. without killing = single person.
Ardmore l. T. Special.
Mower County transcript., 1890-12-24

precincts OF the village. These young
savages we're no respecters of persons
They whooped and shouted under the
very windows OF Judge Jones, whose
name usually inspired fear in the breast
of large or small Hillporters. Nor did
they stand in awe OF ministers of the
Gospel or show any regard for church.
In truth, they did not know the uses of
church, beyond the fact that it was
lot OF fun to throw stones at it while
people were within on Sunday morn
ings And as for preacher. wasn't he
= creature whose long-tailed coat af-
torde3 glorious opportunities for deco
ration which made laughter for the dec
orators? These were the base uses to
which the Hunter children put sacred
beings and buildings They did dozens
OF other things equally hateful in the
eyes Of the respectable portion1of the
community; but with all their mischiev-
GUS instincts their depredations were
never absolutely fragrant and unendur-
able.
By and oy some of the more .charit-
able of the townfolk began to pity the
foriorn condition OF the young savages,
particularly when it became known
that their father was shiftless soul,
who loafed three days for every one he
worked. and that their mother had lost
whatever spirit or energy she had once
possessed and vas now merely enduring
existence until it ended And as for
poverty, Hillporters had never really
known what it was until the Hunters
enlight tened them
One of the few persons who felt sorry
to see the little Hunters grow up SO
neglected vas Mrs. Raynor. whose
pretty home was not far from their
dreary dwelling. She made the ae-
luaintance Of all of them. but had
taken a particular fancy to six-year-old
Ruth. q pretty child, with much sweet
ness and gentleness in her face and
voice. Indeed, to look at Ruth one
could not realize that she had been
born to neglect poverty and all the un-
happy results these two evils breed
Mrs Raynor helped the poor little
natanght soul to many an innocent
Mower County transcript., 1890-12-24
A 1ABOON SWlTCHMAN.
Tho Sols Companion and Assistant at q
Legieas Mast z.

Tho sols Companion and Assistant at HIS
Legiess Mast z.
A baboon is well-known character
in the Cape Colony, but more particular
ly in the neighborhood OF Port Eliza
beth. The history attaching to him is
curio:,s anu, probably, unique one.
The gnal.man. his owner, was. through
no fault of his own. run over by . pas
senger train. and had to have both legs
amputated, which would naturally in
capacitate him from work, but the idea
struck him to secure baboon and train
him to do his work. This he has
successfully accomplished, and for
many years the one in ques-
ton has regularly looked after
the levers, and done the hard work Of
his afa cted master. The animal Is
possessed OF extraordinary intelligence.
and has never made mistake. OF
course, the human servant works the
telegraps, and the baboon the levers
according to instruction; and taking into
consideration the fact that at the sta
tion in question. Uitenhage Junction,
and about twenty miles from Port
Elizabeth, there Is = large volume OF
traffic, the sagacity OF the creature is
really wonderful At first pas
sengers raised strong protest
against the employment Of the
animal on the score of risk of
accident but the baboon has
never yet failed during his many years
of work, and on more than one occasion
has acted in manner simply astounl-
ing to those who never had personal ex-
perience OF the intelligence of these
brutes. One of his most noteworthy
performance was the correct switching
Of an unannounced special train on its
correct line in the absence of the signal
man. The latter lives about a mile up
the line, and the baboon pushes him
out and home, morning and night, and
is the sole companion of his legless
master.-N. Y. Examiner.
Mower County transcript., 1890-12-24
PRODlGlES OF STRENGTH.

A Comparison Between tho SluggerS Of
Our and tho Olsiea Times.
The prize-fghters OF our epoch would
make short work of the ear-crushing
boxer OF old Greece. whose method of
procedure was not to strike out from the
shoulder, but to swing down his heavy.
weight ted dst like hammer, and whose
deadliest attack consisted in standing
on tiptoe and pounding the top Of his
adversary's head. 1t has been said, and
with much show of reason, that the rec
ord> OF our heroes Of the cinder-path
would have astonished the past runners
at the Olympian and Pythian festivals.
And similarly, it is probable that the
professional strong men OF recent sensa-
tions have been at least the equals OF
those who we're the delight and aston
ishment Of the ancients
Milo of Crotona, the celebrated wres-
tier, was, vf course, the strong man par
excellence of the classical era. One Of
the deeds attribut ted to him is otable
enough. Pausenias tells US that he
would bind his forehead with cord,
after the fashion OF a fillet or crown,
compress his lips, hold his breath. and
30 fill the veins on his head with blood
as to burst the cord by the strength Of
his veins" The physiological explana-
tion OF ''how it was done" does not
appear very satisfactory, and it is, per-
haps, not uncharitable to suppose that
this particular story is fictitious Or
an exaggeration. But for the rest Of
Milo's muscular exploits parallels could
read .ly be found in molern, or COM
paratively modern times. Thus the
staying Of an or at single blow has
been BY no means an uncommon feat.
Mr.. Gregoire, who at = very advanced
age, startled the good people OF liere-
ford some twenty years ago by his dis
plays, and who was said to he so strong
that he was afraid to nurse his own
baby. frequently performed it and
there is at present living In London
at least one man who has done the
same.
Against Milo's tricks with the trees,
which he Is de scribed as tearing up by
the roots--tha size and growth of the
said trees being. BY the way. nowhere
recorded-we may set the achievement
of Topham, the strong man of Islington,
who pulled against > horse, with his
feet resting against a low wall; or, bet
ter still, that Of William Jay, the En-
glish Sam son." Kentish man, born IN
the latter part Of the seventeenth cent
urr. who restrained strong horse
plunging forward undeg thu influence
OF the whip, without availing himself
Of any SUPPORT whatever; or, again. that
Of the asrobat some y,.ar, ago st Ber-
lin, who, banging head downward from
, trapese, slowly drew up from the
stage horse and il, rider and as slow
II let them down again.
Mower County transcript., 1890-12-24

the rosy-cheeked children sickened and
died, and Mr.. Raynor soon followed
them. Mrs. Raynor found herself alone
and penniless, for her husband affairs
were in bad way, and his property
had been seized by his creditors.
She struggled for time, but sickness
eventually everpowered her, and, as she
was destitute, she was taken to the
almshouse.
Here, on New Years morning she lay,
helpless and sick at heart She put her
thin hand over her eyes to hide the
tears OF humiliation which trickled
slowly over her cheeks. Silently she
asked herself how she had sinned that
she must be punished thus? Had she
not always given out kindness wher-
ever and whenever she eould7 Had not
her heart always been full of pity,
mercy and ch arity, and her hands ready
to help the needy7 Yet here she was.
i'll, old and pauper. . recipient of pub
lie aims "lt is greater than I can
bear" she groaned. as the full force OF
her humiliation came upon her.
Somebody began to sing in the next
room It was poor old Nancy. one of
the county's feeble-minded children.
In quavering voice she sung:
Bread upca the waters cast
Shall be EI-hered at the last"
The words blazed before the brain of
Mrs. Raynor and she repeated them
doubtingly: @
Bread upon the waters cast
Shall be gathered 1t the last"
All. but it was not true-the promise
in these words was not true, it was not
true Had she not cast her bread upon
the waters in deeds of kindness, again
and again? Yet here she was, forsaken.
The tears gushed forth anew-tears of
such misery IS many an eye which has
known sorrow is still stranger to.
The door opened softly. Somebody
entered, but Mrs Raynor did not re-
move her hand from her eyes 4
Mother" said IN eager voice,
Mother Raynor." !
Z Who could call her mother? Surely,
every voice that had > right to address
her BY that name was hushed in death.
The next instant pair of arms were
xbont her, and young lips we're kissing
her faded ones Mother, M; true
mother, it is |, Ruth Hunter Speak to
ma
Mower County transcript., 1890-12-24
POTOMAC PONIES.

A Race Of spleadid Little Animals R,ised
bv y Peculiar People
There is a little island about one
hundred and fifty miles down the Po-
tomac called Chincoteague, says Repre-
sentative Brown, of Virginia. in the St
Louis Globe Democrat This island is
inhabited by = strange race Of people,
and race Of the greatest ponies in the
world. The people Of the island fish
and grow oysters and are q hardy,
primitive race. who fear God and at.
tend strictly to their business Hun
dreds of these wonderful ponies roam
the island. living in the summer ON the
rank, coarse grass. In the winter they
subsist on seaweed, and in the spring
are mere frames. in consequence Of the
diet
These ponies are unlike any ponies in
the world. They are about twelve to
thirteen and half hands high. nearly
all sorrels or bays, and are 6ne-bodied
and neatly limbed. They have the
head and eyes OF the Arabian. and the
supposi ton is that the stock originally
came from some thorough breds that
swan Ashore from seme wrecked vessel
What is more remarkable about them is
that they trot and pace fast and are
possessed Of remarkable endurance. In
the spring you can purchase . good pony
for $25 and upward The colts are not
gelded. and stations predominaee.
When the weather Is bad and the waves
inundate the island, scores Of the little
fellows are swept into the water and
are lost -.-aE#5. .~ns@ s--.
Mower County transcript., 1890-12-24

Nor was Milo. walking through ths
Stadium with four-year-old heifer on
his shoulders. q more remarkable sight
than that offered In Hungary BY the
Paspi~chill brothers. who are d de>cribed
as having supported : sort OF wooden
bridge while cart filled with stones
and drawn by two horses was driven
over 1t, or that OF the experiments In
bearing heavy weights which have
been prese nted to music hall audiences
In contemporary London - London
Globe
Mower County transcript., 1890-12-24
A WONDERFUL PEOPLE.
4 Colored Wharf Il md T2lks Philosophy
to- His Boss.

A Colored Wharf Il md Talks PhilooopAy
tn His Boss.
A gentleman who has the manage
meat of business that requires large
number of negroes, said to one OF his
employees recently: 'Sam, the colored
people are . wonderful people, are they
not?''
It was dinner time. and Sam looked
up from his tin dinner kettle and re-
piled: Yes, sab. They can get long
with less money. and have more loafing
time than any people know Of. They
are heap better OF than white folks
They don't have any thing to worry
them. You know, boss, colored people
get their eating for almost nothing,
and, if they don't drink whisky, . little
money goes long way with them II
. colored man has friends around town
he can always get good dinner. = reg
ular white mans dinner, for nothing.
White folks don't object to their cooks
giving . colored man dinner occasional
ly, and it he has few aequaintances
who cook he gets on very we'll in tba
eating line. OF course, some colored
men have to Ike house, but that don1
always prevent them from going around
and don't make living cost much, be-
cause his oldS woman, if he has one,
takes in washing or does other thing3
help along. And, boss you know coll
ored men get along just IS we'll single
or married or married as single.
''Yes. sab, the colored folks Are .
wonderful people. Any body's clothes
fts them. Your clothes will fit me- A
colored man with your old clothes on
and with his shoes blacked looks just
AZ we'll as white man with . new SIS
suit He don't mind wearing any whit>
mans clothes, never mind what his sin
is; they will it or he will make them
do SO. --s.-zs-4
Then. boss you know . eolored man
can sleep anywhere. He don't want !
bel He can lie right down here and
sleep. This plank is good enough for
me. And you know the colored man
II he is civil and handA
can get lots of good things from
white people for nothing. 1mean from
people down this way. don't know
how it is in the north or up In the coun+
try. Amt got thing on me now that
cost me cent.
"Yes, boss colored people is tho
Lords people. He takes care Of them
II colorei man don't get along in Tho
world better than white man 1t is h11
e.a fault The colored man, sab. u
.est what you say Of him. 2 wonderful
man If he works little he can sleep
in tho sunshine and almost wait for tne
vicsaals to come to him."-Sayannah
Ne1a
Mower County transcript., 1890-12-24
PjTH AND POINT.

No, Indeed. no Pi.-Edstor's wife
"Do you Eka pie, dcar?" Editor-
Heavens! g Eo."-Yankee Blade.
Teacher ito class)-"What is ve-
locity? Bright Youth Velocity Ii
what . man puts hot plate down
with" ..~s--~~-s@--s h.
-Sunday-School Teacher. - Nov,
scholars, what do you understand by
movable feast?'" Pupil-''A picnic-"-
America
Indignant Young Man-'.Waiter,
your coatsleeve dipped into this ladyb
SOUP" Obliging Waiter-''Don't men
tion it. sir; it will wash out What
kind of hsh, please?"
"A Boston clergyman, in An evident
" hastily-written adver tisement asks
for "A young man TO take charge of
span of horses of religious turn Of
mind. ."-Christian Reporter.
-Rider-"I would like to sell this
horse; he's just eating his head Of"
Walker-''Well, / think that will i'm
prove him. "-Brooklyn Life.
The Absent Friend-Jack-'1sn't
Adele An enthusiastic dancer?" Maud
"Yes, poor girl; she is getting to an
age when she must be. Puck.
-"Where's the proprietor7" asked
man as he entered . downtown restsu-
rant Hes gone home to dinner. sill"
replied a waiter.-Harpers Bazar.
"A Good Word-Belle lin = pout)-
Haven't you one good word to say Of
ny lover?' Bess-''Yes, indeed. Belle,
lear. he has very pretty name."-
Yankee Blade.
"A Suggestion did the editor
say about that last story of yours, FredT'
Said it wasn't worth the paper it Was
written upon" why don't you try
poorer paper next time?"-Yankee
Blade.
What part do take?' said Chap
pie. You are to be the heroine's
father" replied the stage manager
What does he do?' He dies ten years
before the curtain rises on the drst act"
New York Herald
Mamma ito Little NeIlie)-"Would
my little girl like to 60 out with mamma
and look At the stars?" Little Nellie
''Oh, yes; and want You to show me
the dog-star. mamma-that is il its
muzied, so it can't bite-'-Epoch.
Mr.. Ticks-.'Adam Was certainly
| in great luck" Miss W:ckles-"How
was tba,?' Mr.. Ticks-"Why, when he
got a wife he had only to give'up rib;
and now it takes all the backbone =
has just to think OF getting married -
Boston Cour:eE
-..Blobson," said the millionaire,
here are twenty begging letters
Give them all = refusal" Yes, sir"
'You will note that q two-cent stamp is
inclosed in each for an answer" Yes,
sir" We'll, answer them all On pos
Itals"-American StationeH.
classification What my child!
You danced last night with the Colonel7
And he goes to balls while he yet wears
mourning! What a light man he must
bel" 20 but mamma. really you should
have seen how beautifully sadly he
Iiancedr-F1iegende Batter.
Amateur Theatricals-"Andw what's
Imy part to boz" asked Chollie- '.Pte
written the part for vou and I know
you'll do it we'll You are to he toe
Idiot Boy who witnesses the murder.
and doesn't tell until the last act" re
lplied Scribuler.-N. Y. Sun
Miss Fligh ty-"Here is ans account
Of =, woman OF great intelligence who Is
Ideaf, dumb and blind" Miss Giddy-
docs it mention her address ?" Miss
Highty-''No; why?'' Miss Giddy-"]
was thinking what lovely chaperon
&sha would mako e-America
Mower County transcript., 1890-12-24

In Framingham, Mass. stands an
elm tree which wa. transplanted from
the woods in l774t At one foot from the
ground it now measures twenty-eight
fest six inches in circumference, while
the girth Of its largest limb is ten feet
three inches. It is said that 2.00O peo-
pie could really stand within its noon
tide ~had wv. The giant tres Is still
hes.thy and vigorous.
Mower County transcript., 1890-12-24
UPON THE WATERS.
Bread That Returned on a New
Years Morning.

HEN the Hunt
ers came into
Hiuport from
n 0 body knows
where, the gene
raj sentiment Of
the town was one
of disapproba-
ton They had
no end of bolster
GUS half-clad,
uncared-for chill
dren who ran
wild over even
the most sacred
Mower County transcript., 1890-12-24
his LoNG-TAMED COAT AFFORDED GLo-
RsoUs OPPORTUNITIES.

HIS LDNG-TAIED COAT Afforded GLO-
RloUs OPPORTUNITIES
pleasure and some suhstan tial comforts.
One raw autumn day she met Ruth on
the street in tears ,x- -.
34Whafs the matter, Ruthie7 asked
the kind lady .-
I'LL want to go to school and h-have
xarm clothes like o-o-0ther little girls.
sobbed Ruth, shiyering in he- thin and
ragged gown I'm SO tired OF being
hungry and cold.
This blunt confession smote Mrs
Raynor to the hear
'Don't cry. child. don't cry. I'll SO il
ron can't have some warm clothes and
~ TO srssol.r and she took Ruth bJ the
Mad Ard led her homoL
Mower County transcript., 1890-12-24
THE SKELETON or THE OLD
YEAR,

ALF sinking, half
swimming, h 9
slips from the
land;
+ b e bell.rope Is
clin Oh ed In
his tremulous
hand;
His last sun has
set in the bill
lowy tomb,
The clock Of the
months marks
the moment OF
doom.
Oh! vista mt,
6 b os tly, We
bid thee fare
we'll,
But just for one
moment with
hold thy las t
Enell.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-01-03
CLOTHING. HATS AND CAPS.

In Department carried selected especially for the johns
to material well made
sh Furnishing Goods general cannot be
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-01-03
The DRY GOODS DEPARTMENT.

that the y
splendid assortment Clo
this department for
accessible by elevate
Staple Fancy Goods handled and on measure guar
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-01-03
AT 2 O'CLOCK, p. VI.

A TRACT OF LAND situate in the borough OF
CoOpersdale, Cambria county, Pa, fronting
three hundred (30Ol feet. more or less. on Wal
nut street. running back about one hundred
400 feet TO an alley and TWO LOTS, each
fronting sixty t0O) feet on Church street, and
running back one hundred and hfty-hve u55)
feet to tcn-foot alley These Lots will be Offer
ed as a whole or sub-dvided in parts.
Also FOUR SHARES OF STOCK IN THE
COOPERsDALE ACADEMY, on which TWO
Hundred Dollars are yet due and unpaid.
Terms or SALE.-Ten per cent. OF the pur-
chase money when the property is sold. the bal
ance Of one-third at confirmation Of sale
balance in two equal payments at six and
twelve months respectively, with interest, TO be
secured by notes or mortgages. at the option Of
Assignee. JOSEPH KUNTZ, Assignee
Johnstown December IS, 1SS9
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-01-03
CAT AB&RH,
Catarrhal Deafness and Nay Fever.
q VIEW noME raNArMENT.

Sufferers are not generally aware that
tlase diseases are contagious, or that they
due to the presence OF living parasites in
.4c lining membrane of the nose and eus-
tachian tubes. Microscopic research, how
ever, has proved this to be a fact and the
result is that a simple remedy has been for
mulated whereby catarTh, catarrhal deafness
and hay fever are permanently cured in
from one to three simple applications made
of home by the patient once in two weeks.
N. B.-For catarrhal discharges peculiar to
females (whitesl this remedy is a specific.
A pamphlet explaining this new treatment
Is sent on receipt of ten cents by A. ii.
DIXON 81 Son, 304 West King ST., Toronto,
Canada.-Scientifc american.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-01-03
Groceries, Vegetables, Hardware, Etc

of quality
under invariably
The stock of Queensware
and the
An
the
Grocery tie Hardware Departments buyeri
he will he everyb goods the lowest prices
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-01-03
Tuesday, January IA, 1890,
AT 2 O'CLoCK p. NJ.
Wednesday, January l5,l890
Alto O'CLOCK. A. NJ. ,

a LOT OF GROUND situate In West Taylor
township. Cambria county, pa. having front
Of twenty (2O) feet on the public road leading to
Rosedale, running back one hundred and forty
six (146l feet to a post. Berserying to Cambria
Iron Company all the iron ore. coal, and other
minerals In said lot.
Also, ALL THE INTEREST OF David Teeter In
the planning MILL lately operated by d.
Teeter & CO., and l. Gated in Rosedale, Cambria
county, Pa said interest being the 0ne-third (;
and some PERSONAL PROPERLY. Also,
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-01-03
Merchant Tailoring Establishment.

and third stories of the
the celebrated Woove
Clothing will
u used sasac
ton guaranteed instance
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-01-03
BOOT AND SHOE STORE.

workngmn the dainty
off complete
best the
will be found stylish and durable
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-01-03
Shoe Shop and Leather Department.

with
Shoe Findings kn
constantly on hand
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-01-03

Compans Store has been the Leading M
camille unprecedented
has developed massive poens carrying
propetors supply
the in the possible they
having made their guaranty ndpuable