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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-08-28
NOT A,s INDIAN.
a soldiers Close Brush with n Rand of
HnstiIns

Hos;iIes.
One hot summer dav after climbing
the old government road which winds
in and out of the gulches, bat always
up from Copper basin, my companion,
Col Bigclow, and myself, writes a cor
respondent of the Arizona Republican.
reached the cool spring which bubbles
from the rocks Just before the divide Is
reached from which the road com
mences 10 descend TO Prescott, which is
eight ur nine miles away. The noun
tains here are covered with tall pine
trees which spring from the ground
covered with immense granite bowl
ders.
Resting ourselves At the spring the
colonel pointed 10 n trail leading up the
side of the opposite mountain, and said;
"a good many years since-l think 1t
was in 1868 and when felt much young
er than now-I came very near being
taken in by the Indians up on the trail
where IL passes over the divide. III tell
you how it was.
81 had been down to Prescott for
month or two, having 4 good time with
lot of the boys until / had become
tired of so much hilarity, and | made up
my mind to strike out for camp, which
at that time was at the mouth Of the
Grand wash, which leads down into the
Hassayampa, four or five miles below
Copper basin.
Il started out from Prescott and was
coming up the trail on the other side
of that ridge over there, all the time
keeping my eyes open for Indians, for
in those days person was always on
the lookout for Indians and always had
his gun ready for instant use.
''As | came up the hill I noticed
movement of the bOughs in the top of a
tall pinon pine tree. Not being able
from my position TO discover the com
motion in the pine tree-top, l carefully
made my way up the hill until ! had
good view of the tree, and, what do you
think l saw? Wen, an Indian had
Skinned up the pine tree, and with long,
light rib Of a saghuara, was knocking
off the pine cones, which hold the sweet
pinon pine nuts.
81 felt very comfortable when l saw
the Indian up that tree, for l imagined
the result if he caught me up the
tree. 1 made up my mind that he was
my Indian, for the Apaches had made
things particularly hot for me on more
than one occasion. Without any regard
as TO whether he would fall on soft
spot or not, took good aim and then
didn't shoot"
"No? What was the matter?" I
asked.
'TIl tell you why" continued the
colonel clearing a slight noise !
looked down the trail on the other side
of the hill, and there, not more
than one hundred yards away, Were
coming seven or eight Indians in
single file, and all were armed. They
had not seen me. l suddenly concluded
l hadn't lost any Indian that day, and l
lay fiat down in the brush while they
passed along the trail in full view OF my
hiding place and disappeared over the
hill.
"As1 didn't care to call band OF the
red fieids upon me by shooting, l Just
crawIcG away from them without let
ting the Indian up the tree know how
near he had been to being my meat nor
how near my scalp had been hanging to
the belt of one of his tribe"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-08-28
MORE OR LESS PROMINENT.

FRED DOUGLASS mourns because he
can never celebrate his birthday, hay
ing no idea as to when it occurs.
MARY ANDERsoN's favorite articles
of diet, according to a Louisville chef,
are larded outlets and swcetbreads.
She IS also very fond of spinach.
EDWARD WEBSTER SASBoRS, the New
York lawyer, is n nephew of Daniel
Webster, and has high forehead and
deep-set eyes like the distinguished
statesman.
HENRY WATrERsoN, the brilliant
journalist, aspired to be pianist when
boy, and appeared in a number of
concerts, but felon robbed him of his
thumb and changed his career.
JOHN STEPHENSON, the man who
built the first street car, is very hale
old gentleman at the age of eighty. He
is frequently seen walking on Broad
way in preference to taking car.
CAPT. JOHN McELwAIN, of the New
York police department, has been re-
tired on his own application, after
nearly thirty years service on the
force His pension viii be Sl,325, or
about half pay.
Mr. BLAINE is out for n ''constitu-
tional' every fine afternoon. His ia
vorite walk is one of the many road
ways intersecting the reservation back
of the white house, and frequently the
walk is extended around the monument.
Mrs COUGH, the widow of John Il.
Cough, lies the victim of steadily ad-
vancing disease, which has progressed
to entire helplessness, though. from the
nature of the malady, paralysis, she
may survive many months, il NAV be
years
SAMUEL MACKINDER was treed by n
panther near Crescent City, Cal, a few
days ago. His cries for help were re-
spondcd to by man with "A rifle, who
shot and killed the creature, which
measured nine feet four inches in
length.
JOSEPH ALTMAN, the bankrupt painter
at San Leandro, Cal, is an American
lied Chinaman- His Mongolian name
Is Chung All Wung. He has lived in
California for forty years. Some time
ago he was an adept bartender. He has
forgotten his native tongue.
TIE first offender whom Mayor Post,
of Tampa, Fla, called upon Friday
morning was the last man who appeared
before him when he was mayor of the
town OF Tampa five years ago. For the
sake of ''auld lang syne" his honor only
assessed a fine of one dollar.
CAPT JAMES CARROLL, the new CON
gressional delegate from Alaska, was
born in Illinois and was sailor ON the
lakes in his youth, but for the last elev-
en- years commanded steamers running
from Columbia river to Sitlxa. lie rep
rcsents a constituency of about eight
thousand Alaskans.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-08-28
Man Must Have n Cook.

Man always needs cook A college
professor, bereft of his wife, who had
done his housework for years, engaged
n cook 1T greater wages than had been
the allowance he gave his wife. He
bargained for punctuality. "I must
have my dinner at r." he stated. II
can't get II ready till o'clock" she an
swered- He yielded and changed the
hour of his college recitation. The
next week she demanded a new stove.
as the old one was too low. ''It costs
too much" he expostulated. 'I can't
afford to hurt my back" she replied.
He knew it was not easy TO find anoth-
er good cook. and bought the stove. A
week later she desired him to send for
the carpenter that the back staircase
might be changed. Then he dismissed
her and became a boarder Which was
the cheaper thing to do?
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-08-28
TRIUMPHS OF SURGERY.

SkiIlfuI Scientific Operations Whereby
stupid People Acquire More Sense
The surgical operation reported in n
agraph from the Pail Mall Gazette
finds Z parallel running in the other di
rectlon, so TO speak, IN New York case,
says the Evening Post of that city. The
Paris surgeon opened n child's skull
which had closed too early, hindering
thereby the proper development of the
brain, and by this means secured proper
brain enlargement with corresponding
increase of intelligence. In the New
York case the skull (of an adult) never
had closed. and the brain without nor
NAL protection was affected to the point
of clearly deficient intelligence. The
subject was young woman, Il house
servant of good character and disposi-
ton. but stupid and inefficient, despite
her evident desire to do well. Upon be-
ing discharged from the service for this
cause she was for time with her sister,
then employed in n hospital. While
there engaged in such work as she could
perform her liability to headaches of
great severity and the pain occa-
stoned by any work requiring
STOPPING posture were noticed
by one of the house physicians,
who in n leisure time thought fit one
day to examine her head. This resulted
in the discovery of a persisting fontanal
or aperture between the cranial bones,
a thing not unheard of in adults, but
rare enough to excite the attention of
the hospital physicians, to whom there
upon the girl became an object of sud-
den interest. They worked upon her
with enthusiasm and succeeded in eff
fecting the proper closure. Now the
point of the story is that thus furnished
she assumed her proper brightness and
returned to her former service, where
she became one of the most accom-
plished of housemaids, uniting to her
old conscientiouSneSs and willing effort
retentive memory, power of provision,
great capacity for quick learning-in
short. a remarkable degree of general
intelligence. We do not give the name
of the hospital for fear lest the physi-
clans may he overrun by professions of
dull servants coming TO be made over,
but we cite the case, together with the
Paris operation, as "A curious instance of
like effects produced by means which in
form were precisely opposite.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-08-28
FIRST CHINESE LOCOMOTIVE.
Made Out of Scrap Iron by Native Work
men in 1881.

men in 1881.
In ISIS coal mining was begun at
TongSan, about eighty miles northeast
of Tien-Tsin, says Railways in North
China" 1t was arranged to build a
railroad twenty-nine miles long from
the mines to the nearest na-igable
water-that is, TO LUtai. on the Peh
Tang Ho- 1t was then, in 1873, that
Mr.. Kinder went out as a resident en-
gineer. Before the railroad work could
be begun the authorities had decided
to operate a canal twenty-onc miles
long TO point within seven miles of
the colliery. and to connect the canal
and coIliery bya tramway to be worked
by mules; this was done.
Fortunately. the gauge of four feet
eight and onc-half inches was. after
much difficulty, sanctioned. but it was
stipulated that no locomotives should
be used, but before the track was com
pleted this had virtually become dead
letter The country was easy, but
several sharp curves were introduced
10 avoid graves. Subsequently the
owners Of these graves objecting 20
the noise 50 near the bones of their an
cestors, allowed the remains 10 be re-
moved and the line was rcctified. This
track was laid with thirty-pound steel
rails, tlangc section, and ballasted with
broken limestone.
During the winter of 1SSO-St Mr..
Kinder built a locomotive in the shope
OF the company. II was built entirely
OF odds and ends which could bc pro-
cured without attracting attention. The
boiler belonged 10 a portable winding
machine. The wheels were thirtv-inch
Whitney chilled wheels, which had
been bought as scrap castings. and the
frames were made of channel iron. Be-
fore this was finished its prcparation
became known and orders were issued
that it should lac stopped.
Eventually, however, through the Of
fees Of Ii Hung Chang. Mr.. Kinder
was allowed u finish the locomotive.
which was ehristcned the Rocket of
China just one hundred years after
the birth of George Stephenson. No
vember s. lsS1. this crrfsine took a party
of officials over the line AZ n spced of
twenty miles an hour, and after that
the objections to locomotives were
virtually abandoned Mr. Kinder saws
there Is little doubt that if this eurine
had not been built as it was. in China
and by native worAmen, IL would never
have been allowed 10 run. md the use
OF locomotives would have been post
Poned for many years.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-08-28

one Of the latest Application, .,'., - 90.
tricity is a policeman ''''' when de
tains a galvanic battery. -, rrtsi
rowdy seizes the club. thin'''n5 -5,,5y r-
it from the policeman. ln' ~ IN a,;oa'
eeives an electric shock "ni,r ,,I.riae Is
ishes and paralyzes him. i'"
capture easy.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-03-12

Jdck Seeuleu IL IlUUle udZeQ. III
looks very mnch like one, my DEAR
he said, slowly; ''but of course it is
not the one you took away with
you.''
"Pm-oh, I'm afraid it is, JACKIE
gasped Phebe, as Jack took down the
box, cor rather Pm afraid 1 didn't
take it, after all. I remember telling,
Bridget to put it with the other
things in the carriage, she had my
bag and umbrella in her hand at
the time-and just then the door bell
rang, so l told her to go on and I'd
bring the box, and l didn't think
of it again till I was at the
gate and then Bridget came run
ming out with something that I sup
posed to be it, and slowed it into the
carriage; but now I think of it, it
must have been the lunch box. Oh,
Jack, what a goose I've been!'.
"Moral,' said Jack, taking the
bonnet from the band box and perch
ing it on his own head.
t'Please don't, jack" entreated
Phebe.
"Well, then, let's have breakfast, -
said Jack, hungry enough to be glad
of a truce.
Bnt though the subject was not al
luded to again that day, whenever
Mrs, Prindle shows q disposition to
be little over-positiva, Jack, with
masculine memory for feminine
shortcomings, mildly reminds her O!
the lost bonnet.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-03-12
Habits and Disposition Of Es
kimO DOGS

During the wonderful sledge Jour.
ney from Hudson bay to the Arctic
ocean Frederick Schwatka had abun-
dant opportunity to learn the habits
and the disposition of Esquimaux
dogs. He started out with sixty of
them, using them to draw the
sledges, and only nineteen were alive
= when he returned to Hudson bav
The Others had died, mostly of STAR
walton. He says:
'"They were through all this hor-
rlble time perfect respecters of their
human allies, and the little children
used to go among them and play with
them by pelting them over the back
with their toy whips; and yet the
same dogs were starving, and should
one OF them die his comrades would
eat him. noticed this particularly
assome sensational writer's have tried
to make their readers believe that
the Eskimo dogs are liable to become
dangerous fellows, even to a power
tull y built man, when simply hungry,
and to be worse than wild beasts
when ravenous- Any onslaught
OF Eskimo dogs is unknown among
the northern natives where l Travelled.
1T was pitiable in the extreme to
see their suf1erings as they so devoted
~ helped US along, many of them up
tlll the very minute they had to be,
taken from the harness and abandon
ed on the road. AS they dropped
out along the way we harnessed our
serves IN their places to the sledge-
traces, and it Was thus we were not
compelled I o leave important parts
Of our load"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-03-12
Her Mothers Ghost.

A marriage which was to have.
taken place at Campden the other
night, was interrupted in an unex-
pected way. The contracting parties,
Henry Brown and Miss Mary Nor
gan, stood before Rev: Mr.. Clayton,
preparatory to becoming man and
wife. A portion of the service had
been already read. about fifty wit
nesses being present, when the bride
uttered a loud scream. All eyes were.
Immediately fixed upon her.. She was
seen to raise her hand and point to-
ward corner Of the church. The
next moment she fell on the floor in
a swoon and had to'be carried out.
Physicians worked with her for near
ly an hour before she was restored to
consciousness. When fully recovered
she gave curious explanation other
conduct. Her mother; who died four
months ago, was opposed to her
marriage with Brown. The marriage
was for a time delayed. but after
Mrs. Morgan's death, arrangements
for it were pushed. Miss Morgan saws
that just when she was about to pro-
nounce the binding words she raised
her eyes and saw her mothers ghost;
then she tainted. The wedding was
postponed for several, days.-NeW
York Journal.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-03-12
A Story About Moody.

Those who have heard mir. Moody
tell the story of his life will appreciate
this from the Boston Transcript: The
picture of the small boy, Moody, leav-
ing his home because the funds of the
family were too Strengthened to sup
port them all comfortably; his depart
urc for the place in the country which
his brother had obtained for him, there
to do the work needed on a farm, his
inconsistencies and despair, and his sit
ting down by the way to have "a good
cry'-these are the shadows.
1.-The light thrown on the canvas
came from the kind-hearted man who
made point of giving a cent to every
new boy who arrived in the town. The
cent was given, one of the old
fashioned. generous ones. and so
bright and shining that it looked to
the child's eyes like gold.
''But better far than the coin was
the act of this same man, when he
gently lifted the boys cap and laid
his hand upon his head, giving
him a hearty God bless you. The
action of mind on mind is mystical, in
finite. Who can compute the result
of that blessing on the youthful head {?
Mr.. Beecher has we'll said, Men need
brotherhood and sympathy as much as
they need the loaf The soul is often
hungrier than the body, and no shon
can sell it food.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-03-12
A Relic of Early DAYS,

While quarrying for building-stone
in the foothills. near. the old st
Mary's college, yesterday, Edward
Loughry found among some loose
rock on the surface IL flint-lock dra-
COON pistol. bearing on the butt
plate the date 81 $50" and the letters
gu. B." surmounted by the English
crown. 1t has been altered to a pre-
cussion lock, the nipple being far for
ward on the barrel and the brass
socket Of the fash-pan still remain
ing. The stock is of reddish wood
and has evidently been whitfield out
with a knife, the rough surface left by
the chipping being plainly visible, as
the stock has never been painted or
varnished The trigger is broken off.
The spring OF the lock is still sound
and the hammer falls with vicious
snap suggestive of the days of 40.
San Francisco Chronicle.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-03-12
A Queer Bird.

During visit to New Zealand DR..
Fristedi, succeeded in obtaining a
specimen Of the quaint and al most ex
tinct hibi bird. The bird is somewhat
like IN ostrich, but only the size of a
crow; it has no wings at all, and is
covered with fur-like, short-striped
feathers. Another peculiarly about
the kibi is the fact that it's egg is
larger than one-third Of it's body. He
also succeeded in bringing home some
Maori skulls, which are difficult to OH
tain, on account of the manner in
which the natives bury their dead.
When the bodies have been so lono
in the ground that all the flesh has
fallen from the skeleton, they uneartb
them and carry them into the interior
OF the forests, whore they are de-
posted in natural caves, which are
very difficult to find. Any one dis
covered with one is sure to be killed.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-03-12

The remains were taken away and
given a decent burial, but moth.
ing further was ever discovered in pa.
gard to them. Whose they were
could never be ascertained.
Whether an insane murderer had
taken this awful way to guide the
world to his victims body, or whether
the spirit Of tho murdered man him.
self had returned from its abode in
the unknown and mystery Swallowed
future to point out his mortal remains
for interment, will probably never be
known. Joseph tried in vain to find
out the identity OF the singular man
who conducted him to that midnight
scene of horror on that pleasant moon
light night; and if it was not man,
what was it?
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-03-12
The Odd Ending Of His First
Case,

"My first case in San Francisco:
said Attorney James X. Wilder to a
reporter yesterday, "was: the defense
of a young fellow charged. with steal
ing watch belonging toa catholic
priest. was appointed by the court,
because the prisoner said he had no
money.
1.-The jury returned a verdict ofnot
guilty, and as the defendant was
leaving the courtroom | called him
back, and just as a joke handed him
my card and told him to bring me
around the first $50 he got.
Next day he walked into my Office
and planked down two twenties and
a ten.
Where did you get al that mon
ev?' l demanded as soon as l got
over my surprise enough to speak.
Sold the priests watch he re-
piled, as he bowed himself out. SAP
Fran cisco Examiner
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-03-12
The Length Of The Day.

At London. England, and Bre-
mon Prussia the longest day has ICY
hours. At Stockholm, Sweden, it is
1SK hours in lengnth. AtHamburg,
in Germany, and Dantzic, in Prussia,
the longest day has l6 hours. At
St. Petersburg, Russia, and Tobolsk,
Siberia, the longest is 10 hours and
the shortest 5 hours, At Tornea,
Finland, June 81 brings a day nearly
% hours long and Christmas one less
than 3 hours in length. At Ward
bury, Norway, tie longest day lasts
from May>21 to July %, without in
terruption; and in Spitzbergen the
longest day is 81 months. At st.
Louis the longest day is somewhat
less than Is hours, and at Montreal,
Canada, it is16.-St, Louis Republic,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-03-12
MARJORIE.

Dimpled, and fair as a lily,
With curls of the golden rods hue,
And eyes like shy myosotis,
Rejecting the sky's deep blue;
"A voice like the song of a wild bird,
\ Clear and sweet from the top of its tree
Unlike the Gagged ones threnody
OF longing once more to- be free;
"A laugh like the soft gurgling ripple
OF the brook in the meadow, that flows
In sinuous curves thro' the willows,
And murmurs song as it goes
"a mouth like red rose half opened,
TO whisper Of love and caress,
Has this wee, winsome, rare little maiden,
Sent by heaven to comfort and bless.
-Imogene Pope.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-03-12
I'M KILLED HER.
"A Dream of Death Accurately Carried Gu
to the Peaceful End.

"A Dream of Death Accurately Carried Out
to the Peaceful End.
A remarkable instance of the hold
superstition has upon the mind of even
the educated and religious, says the
Cincinnati Enquirer, was recently ex-
hibited in the case of Mrs. Rebecca
Byrnes of Helena, Ark, a lady noted
for her intellectual attachments and
pious life. One morning, arising in
what seemed her usual health and
spirits, she summoned her children to
come to her.
One son was residing in Topeka,
Kan, one in New Orleans, two daugh-
ters were married and living in Soda
liza, Mo-. but, obedient to their moth
er's call they came at once, though
ignorant of the reason of their sum-
mons. When ali were about her the
lady informed them that she had had
a dream, in which her husband, who
had been dead for nearly fifteen years,
had warned her that she had only ten
days more Of life. She sent for her
children to bid them good-by, VIII ich
she proceeded to do with much calm
ness, but with the air of one who had
not the slightest doubt that she was
already dying.
Her friends attempted to reason with
her and to point out the folly of plac-
ing such perfect confidence in a dream,
but all to no purpose for the lady per-
sisted in asserting that she would de-
part from earth on such a day and ex-
actly at certain hour.
Her pastor demonstrated with her,
and even brought the severest censure
to bear on her superstitious credulity,
and at last Mrs Byrnes ceased to speak
OF the matter, 50 that her family had
begun to think that she had conquered
her fancy. She continued in excellent
health and pursued her daily life, but
just before the hour she had predicted
she sought her children and babe them
good-by, then, seating herself quietly
in an armchair, expired just as the
hour was struck. The physicians de-
clare that her death was due solely to
her Imagination.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-03-12
MoTHER-LovE.

My wife, his mother, rocks him
And braids her nut-brown hair,
And smiles, and stoops to fondle
Our new born son and heir,
Triumphant gaze maternal!
Since Ewes in paradise
What raptured orbs supernal
Could match her love-lit eyes?
Their gloried glow angelic
Brings Eden back again;
Redeems a worlds long struggles
With sorrow, sin and pain.
For Love con win in losing, T.E.
Find victory in defeat:
Knit pain-rent ties the firmer,
Make all earth's SORROWS sweet.
Not Lies unfathomed riddle,
Not Deaths unnumbered gravee,
Can daunt the trust of manhood
In the Mother-love that saves!