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The St. Johns herald., 1892-10-20
A CUNNING TIGER.
A Man-Eater Turned the Tables on Its
 Hunters.

A Man-Eater Turned the Tables on Its
 Hunters.
 A well-known student of the habits of wild animals, writing of the stealthy and dangerous character of the man. eating tiger, mentions a case that hap pened a few years ago in the Nagpur district in India, says the Youths Con- panion. A tigress had killed so many people that a large reward was offered for her destruction. She had recently dragged away a native, but being dis turbed had left the body without de vouring it.
 The shikaris believed that she would return to her prey during the night, if it was left undisturbed upon the spot where she had forsaken it. There were no trees. nor any timber suitable for the construction of Q mucharn. It was accordingly resolved that four deep holes should be dug, forming the cor ners of square, the body lying in the center.
 Four watchers, each with his match lock, took their positions in these holes. Nothing came, and at length the moon went down and the night was dark The men were afraid to go home through the jungles, and So re maired where they were. Some of them fell asleep.
 When daylight broke three of the shikaris issued from their positions, but the fourth had disappeared; his hole was empty. A few yards distant his matchlock was discovered lying upon the ground, and upon the dusty surface were the tracks of tiger and the sweeping trace where some large body had been dragged along.
 Upon following up the track, the re- mains of the unluel1y sililari were dis covered, but the tigress had disap- peared. The cunning brute was not killed until twelve months afterward, although many persons devoted them selves t0 t-e work.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-10-20
MATURE AS AN INVENTOR.
From Her Man Has Got Most of His
 Hints for Improved Machinery.

From Her Man Has Got Most of His
 Hints for Improved Machinery.
 Most of the slxillfuI devices invented by men for doing fine work rapidly can be traced to nature, where for count less ages they have been operating, says the Pittsburgh Dispatch. The discoverer of each new appliance of mechanism might be shown that his idea was as old as the hills. It is sug- gested that the inventors of the future will be those who carefully study the natural world. The stones of the mills are another style of the molar teeth, which grind all the grist that feed men and beasts.
 The hoofs of horses are made of par allel plates like carriage springs. The finest file of human manufacture is rough affair compared with the Dutch rush used by cabinet makers. The jaws of the tortoise turtle are natural scissors. The squirrel carries chiselS in his mouth and the hippopotamus is provided with adzes which arc constant ly shaTpened as they are worn- The carpenters plane is found in the jaws of the bee. The woodpecker has a powerful trip-hammcr.
 The diving bell initiates the water spider which constructs Q small cell under the water, clasps bubble of air between it's hind legs and dives down to it's submarine chamber with the bubble, displacing the water gradually until it's abode with the fishes contains c large airy room surrounded by water. In leaving it's eggs on the water the gnat fashions ther1 into the shape of life boat which it is impossible to sink with out tearing it to pieces.
 The iron mast. Of a modern ship is strengthened by deep ribs running along it's interior. porcupine's quill is strengthened by similar ribs. When engineers found that hollow pillars were stronger than solid ones they only discovered a principle that is very com naonly seen in nature. A wheat straw if solid could not support its head of grain. Tine bones of higher animals are porous; those Of birds, where hghtness and strength are most beautifully com bined arc hollow.
 The framework of a ship resembles the skeleton of herring. Aeronauts try to copy the structure and move nents of birds. The shipworm is an admirable tunncler, boring his way through any submerged timber and lining the round passage with a hard casing. Brunei, the engineer, took hint from this animal and was the first to succeed in tunneling under water.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-10-20
An Observant Horse.

The observation exhibited by horse belonging to Prof. Romanes is both in- structive and amusing. T had a horse,'' the professor writes, which was very clever at slipping his halter, after he knew the coachman was in bed. He would then draw out the two sticks in the pipe of the oat bin so as to let the oats run down from the bin above upon the stable floor. Of course, he must have observed that this was the manner in which the coachman ob- tained the oats. On other occasions, he used to turn on the water tap to obtain a drink, and pull the window cord to open the window on hot nights"
The St. Johns herald., 1892-10-20
A FIERCE CONTEST.
A Struggle Between Spider and Scor niOn.

A Struggle Between a Spider and Scor-
 pion.
 Desirous of ascertaining the natural food of the scorpion, says a writer in the Lewiston Journal, I inclosed one, which measured three-quarters of an inch from the head to the insertion of the tail, in a wide-mouthed phial, to- gether with one of those large spiders so common in the West Indies, and inclosed it with a cork perforated with quill for the admission of air. The insects seemed carefully to avoid each other, retiring to opposite ends of the bottle, which was placed horizontally.
 By giving it gradual inclination the scorpion was forced into contact with the spider, when sharp encounter took place. The latter received repeated stings from his venomous adversary ap- parently without the least injury, and with his web soon lashed the scorpions tail to his back, subsequently, securing his legs and claws with the same mate rial. In this state I left them some time in order to oberve what effect would be produced or. the spider by the wounds he had received. On my return, how ever, was disappointed, the ants hay ing entered and destroyed them both.
 In the West Indies I have daily wit messed crowds Of these little insects de stroying the spider or coclroach. As soon as he is dispatched they carry him to their nest. I have frequently seen them drag their prey perpendicularly up the wall, although the weight would overcome their united effort, and fall to the ground perhaps twenty times in succession, yet by unremitting persever- ance and the aid of endorsements they always succeeded. A struggle of this description once amused the officers of his H. M S. Retribution for near half an hour. A large centipede entered the gun room surrounded by a concourse of ants. The deck for four or five feet round was covered with them; his body and limbs were encrusted with his hE- putian enemies, and although thousands were destroyed by his exertions to es- cape, they ultimately carried him in triumph to their dwelling. From these circumstances it would appear that the ants are a considerable check to the in- crease of these venomous reptiles, so troublesome to the torrid zone; their industry, perseverance, courage and nu- merical force seem to strengthen the conjecture; in that case they simply remunerate us for their own depreda- tions.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-10-20
A SMART MULE.
It Rescues One Of It's Fellows and Saves a
 Railroad Train.

: It Rescues One Of It's Fellows and Saves Railroad Train.
 I heard good story the other day that was told by an old locomotive en- Cineer. or engine driver as they mere properly cali him in England-for the engineer is the man that surveys and ''lays out the road-and 1 am going to give it to you exactly as he told it, says writer in the Humane World. If you don't want to believe it all I shall not object, but shall preface the yarn" with the remark that there are some mighty smart mules in the world. Here is the story: Railroad people have a horror of running over animals, not only obecause they don't like to kill them, for humane reasons, but because a collision with one often results in de railing the train. There is another reason, too, as the old engineer said they don't like to ''muss up" their en- zine by strewing pieces of animal all over it. One day, on a railroad out in Illinois, this engineer scared up a mule on the track beside him. They were about two miles from bridge at the time; knowing the fashion all animals have of running straight ahead on the track instead of putting their common sense on the matter and sheering off to one side, the engineer fairly made the surrounding country ring with the noise of his whistle, 50 as to get clear Of the mule before they got to the bridge. But Mir. Mule seemed to think that the T, se4J 4O1 fn him on the track and make him run faster, and he kept straight on at redoubled speed. Of course the en- zine could easily have overtalzen him and knocked him into smithereens, but as that might have resulted in knock ing the train into the same kind of frag- ments, the engineer slaclened speed little, and finally stopped and sent the fireman out to drive the beast off the track. That was done several times. but each time the fireman had hardly got into the cab again when the mule was on the track the same as before, and tearing ahead like mad. Iii fact the thing was becoming very monoto- nous, when, looking up, suddenly, the engineer saw that he was very close to the bridge Then he began to get un- easy for fear the idiot of a mule-as he thought the animal to be-was going to try to cross the bridge, though how he would manage to step on the ties sure footed the puzzled railroader could not understand. They were so near the bridge by that time that the engineer dared not go another rod. so he stopped short-just as the old mule dashed off across a field, praying like good fel- low. And then the engineer and fire man saw the game the wise old animal was playing. Right in the middle of the bridge was another mule, stuck fast with his legs between the ties. The old railroader insists upon it that the mule had kept on the track to make the train go slow, and thus prevent it from coming into collision with the mule on the bridge, not because it cared so much about the fate of its compan- ion, but to save the train from wreck. decline to express an opinion; as for you. you can take your choice as to the mules motive.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-10-20
The Peturia.

The petunia originally came from Brazil, where it now grows wild, but the flower in g wild state presents diff fercnt appearance from the petunia af- ter it has been developed by cultivation. The Brazilian petunia is white, and the flower has stem two or three times as long as that of the cultivated variety. The development of the plant and the increased beauty of the flower are due solely to cultivation, and the changes produced, when the cultivated flower is compared with the wild, are alE-st incredibly great
The St. Johns herald., 1892-10-20
Pennia uho L.anI. Salt.

Salt does not enter into the food of the poor Venetians, says a letter from Ven ice to the Omaha Bee. They never taste it and the hospital for the scrofulous children at Lido is filled by those who have not had this necessary article in their food. Every evening I have no ticed poorly dressed woman, accom- panied by two small children, boy and Q girl, go to a point on the river and lean over the edge of the wall and fill bottle with the salt water. Becoming curious as to the use made of it ap- preached her, with an apology for the question, and asked what she did with the sea water. Turning upon me sweet, sad face. in which traces of beauty were still visible, she replied that this was the only way she had of giving her children the taste of salt which they required. The tax levied upon this article by the government placed it entirely beyond the reach of the poor.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-10-20
Winged Messengers.

A census of carrier pigeons and their owners has just been taken in Paris, in accordance with the terms of the army law of 1877. The object of the inquiry is to enlighten the war office as to the situation of each owner" as we'll as on the directions in which the birds have been trained, in order that the military authorities may take possession of the establishment immediately upon an outbreak of war" and at once utilize the pigeons.
The St. Johns herald., 1892-10-20
Medical Traininr in India.

The medical training of the native young women of India is extending with great rapidity under the encouragement of the Countess of De1ferin association. In BombGy alone sixty-iive native girls have been admitted to medical college within the last six years, and several of theza ere qualified practitioners.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-09-23

Educating patriotism in children may
occasionally lead TO unsatisfactory oc-
currcnces. At belgrade. in Scrvia, two
hundred such Juvenile patriots met to-
play at soldiers. They began throwing
little stones at each other. slowly in
creasing the missiles in size, and when
victory hesitated in declaring itself
for either party they took To sticks and
poc!lcti1nivcs and assaulted each other.
Some women and men trying to make
peace were driven away with stones.
a few officers of police looked on and
enjoyed the lively and practical way of
luculcating patriotic sentiments. When
the little warriors were finally Separ-
ated nine boys Were seriously hurt, 4
few of them dying of their wounds and
"A large number were for weeks put hors
l.a
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-09-23
AIo.t Article Bureau.

An absent-minded young woman. who
left a package in an elevated railroad
cac 4 few days ago, went to the lost
article bureau in the hope of recovering
her property. says the New York Times.
She was much surprised at the extent
and variety of the things that lie there
awaiting Identification. Each article
or each package bears tag telling
where and when it was found. This
accumulation of lost articles increases
very rapidly, and a large percentage of
them Is never claimed. Just now the
display of umbrellas and canes Is par
ticularly noticeable. There are several
scores of umbrellas and almost as many
canes, some of which are handsome
and valuable. 1t strikes the casual OBJ
server as somewhat singular that per-
son can leave Il t.venty-dollar umbrella
in an elevated car and not take the
trouble to inquire for it, and yet many
of the most expensive umbrellas and
canes are never called for.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-09-23
The KIND 1 LIKE.

know some people well 10 do,
They - comforts by lii" score,
Their future seems = peaceful view
THROUGH sweet cDnteatment = door.
Yet the ,alue people spend their strength
TnuLea thly might take their ease
L. proving That throughout lis length
LiIt ever ILLS - please
know uu1t-cr class full well,
They wall. Etc's common way,
NiLiu = decent house they uW,u
An haze EIlry. work than play.
ELI somehow, though they have enough,
Nj So, u t,i,-ir lot -.Ercs-,
Tiuuuh trouble nee Aas shown rebur
Lilo ever I44l~ 10 please.
SyiuSoII, r. IL III lower walk,
Ihrir story have revealed
Ot PJNer,y IuL cold they talk,
And z.Ir-oN i'll concealed.
N wonder Ite-r lOCr people think,
~ winter CON, 20 freeze,
= Il, res ggI u.-c scEuTnc.t 10 drink
Life ever falls 10 please"
But there's anoth,r kind OF folks,
Il.Sy J., :so..., times risA ur poor.
Ih.y INA lnI- !il, chocll ruli OI jokes,
Small trOu4l,.s tlry endure
Ta.y'ra IUei lie kind | lOVo 10 meet,
Liz, rctt,g part lAey seize,
T.,s Ina ~ ~. Lcr truly sweet:
ii n-rer fItl, 10 I.lsIs--
G,~. livg Ia, friends with Laughing tears,
1h,g scatter clouds 70! gri-I,
lhtrr.~ .---ic IL their Lop,rtl cheers,
'iLr.T ~UIic- briag slld relief
u yyI.c .tI.d m. gs-~sIuist
NAY gIpat u'cr their disease,
iy-t InGt Gl,. g.. ;.lr laughing list.
EE, =, la.- - bound L. please.
-tru. = Bowen, IL Inter Ocean
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-09-23
4 Painful EfperI-nee.

4 bashful and youthful bridal couple
from the rural districts had a painful
experience at Danbury circus day, says
the New Haven Register. The young
husband wrote his own name and his
wife's on separate lines OF the hotel
register and the purblind clerk assigned
them 10 separate rooms. Each waited
for the other to set the matter straight.
but il was only after terribly lone
some hour that the bride plucked up
courage and her marriage certificate
and descended to interview the clerk.
She held out the document mutely and
the situation AT last dawned upon him.
The banished benedict was summoned
from his seclusion and the curtain fell
amid prnfnSe APOLOGIES.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-09-23

Early Value of Horsez

Horses are not valued at higher rates
now than in the earlier ages of the
world, if we estimate prices paid for
them according to the price of food,
which seems to be Il fair standard of
comparison. In King Solomons time
an Egyptian horse-the best horses
We're then procured from Egypt-cost
one hundred and fifty shclsels, about
eighty-five dollars. Six hundred years
after Solomon, in the time of Xcnophon,
Seuthis the Thracian paid fifty drach-
mae, or about one hundred and thirty
five dollars, for the steed on which he
rode during the retreat of the Ten Thou
sand
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-09-23
NUMBER 81.
CHlLO-TAlk.

/ walked along q country WAY.
The air was sweet-as sweet A. May
A small hand clasped in mine the while
watched A child s swift glaHcing smile
And listened 10 his queries sweet,
The path was yellow at our feet
with Observation-Disclosures > gold
lie stood among them bright and bold
Cay pratIling. and %, mamma dear"
The young voice sounded full and clear,
90 II ali these posies fun OF light
Were only Sovereiyns big and bright
II pick a many as could.
Ia be a rich man, that / would,
Id get = snip. and DER the sea
We would 90 sailing, you ana me.
Ia buy a castle big ami fine,
And on marsh malluvs W. would dine
Your g0Xu should Dc OF silk ana blue
Ia Duy = great big crown FOR you.
90 Some rubies for your neck Ia get
No queen could look 50 iine-and yet
Al eight o'clock II want yoUr gown
To be like this ouc-Old aud brown
TO Law my check On, while you s-ng
just Home, Sweet Hone Qr some such
thing
Pooh, money iSn't much for We
Are happy now A. We can he,
AND thc,. big dand-liucs. 1 SAY,
Are better'n dollars any day.
&c So big, so yellow and so bright,
They fairly dazzle me with light;
How nice 10 be here lG-t with yugl
The grass 80 green, the sky 50 blue.
I'd rather be your boy and walk
out here with you. and talk and talk,
Than be i king or Vanderbilt
only wish they Wogldu't wilt,
How glad / am that am me.
/ wouldn't change a king 10 be
Ada l. Gale, in later Ocean.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-09-23

Business Items, hrst insertion. l0c, Der line
subsequent Insertions. Sc. per line
Administrators and Executor Notices q 90
snoINoi NOhCos. ..--.-"---.--.----------- --oo
Ss-ResOlutiOns or proceedings OF any corpers-
tion or society and com nun ications designsd d 70
Cali attention 10 any matter OF limited or lndt
Viduhl Interest must he paid for advertisements
BOOK and Job Printing OF all kinds neatly and
| eKediousiy executed at the lowest prices. And
dom you forget IT,
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-09-23
Advertising II ates.

The large and reliable eireu lstiCn OF TIE CAV
BRIA FREEMAN commenss IL 10 the fsyorzoIe
conside ration of advertisers whose favors will Do
inserted AZ the following low rates:
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-09-23
| LOVE MY LOVE.

love my love because she is so gay;
With songs aud smiles she greets each dawning
day.
But never meets a sorrow.
Glad as a bird and lovely as a flower,
She takes the Joy Of every passing hour;
happy to-day III sunshine OF in shower
And trusting for tomorrow
love my love because she IS so kind.
So gentle ana so modest Is her mind
The lowlirSt bespeak her;
Because she has such pity for their woe,
80 many liSrlihools and hopes TO show
Ihat hearts the most deSpairing find, know,
New strength II they but meet her.
love my love because she is 80 true:
To her the OLD IS better than the new:
She trusts no fickle feeling
Her faithful words spring from an honest heart:
No falSehoOd in her deeds has any part:
Her very smiles ere innocent Of arr:
Sh" knows no dOublc-delling.
Lille r. Barr. in y. y. Ledger.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-09-23

Mr. F. Humsleigh Blayke-I didn't
Ike what Thorley said about the
BlayIie coat-of-arns; that il was too
elaborate to be very ancient.
MISS S.-Don't mind him. That ONLY
shows his ignorance. Why, the D'Agin-
courts have borne it for centuries-
Life.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-20
FARM MACHINERY.

One great advantage which the in
creased use of the best machinery is to
the farmer is seldom spoken of by the
manufacturers, or by the farmers
themselves. Perhaps the farmers do
not realize it, while the makers might
think it would hinder, instead of helm.
Ing. the sale Of their machines if il
were known. 1t is a fact that the use
of the machine soon makes more care
full farming necessity. The hand
scythc could be worked among rocks
and siumps, and along hedge-rows and
bitches, and ear. led through the boys,
but one who wants to profitably use
the moving machine must remove the
distractions and fill up or drain the
places where the horscs would miro or
the machine pillow up tue ground. The
seed drill is of but little use unless n
perfect seed bed is made TO work it
in.
The corn planters and potato plant
ers that work by hore power, very
quickly suggest that they do the best
work when the land is well plowed,
and well pulverized by narrowing,
and the potato diggers and bean-puIl-
ing machines will not work well if
the land is allowed t. become foul
with weeds that will choke up the
machines. Much tho same thing might
be said of many Of the machines used
in the Southern States, and others
used in tho Northern States, but
enough has been sal | to show that the
farmer who has first-class machine
has got to olive up to it" in the other
branches of his farming Boston
Culliyalor.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-05-20
LEAKrNc coyEns mol nIvEs.

Above all things, keep your bee
colonies dry. Thousands of colonie.
perish every year by leaking covers.
Whenever moisture from without is
added TO the generated moisture OF
evaporation from the bees within, 0
damp chilly atmosphere is the result,
which generally proves fa'al in frosty
weather to the bees.
Tin roofs, with ventilated holes IL
the gable ends arc sure preventive,
A cushion made of collie sacks, tho
SIC of the top of the hive, and filled
with wheat cllaif, is an excellent ab-
sorbent OF moisture.
Such hives rs will not admit q
cushion within, can be aidel by hav-
ing a ventilating apertu e on top, two
inches square, covered with wire
cloth, and a cushion without. Such 4
cushion must be made of "luck," I'M
permcablc TO lain, or Ollie 9th, so cut
as TO go over the outside of the hive,
and with drawing string of lwinc
run through the edge of the cloth, so
that it can be fastened tight TO the
hive. Chaf is put into it, and then
drawn over the hive aud tied Farm
journal.