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The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-04-27
FEELING AT HIGH TIDE.
Striking Bituminous Miners Assault
Train of Block Men.

Striking Bituminous Miners Assault u
Train of Block Men.
BRAZIL. Ind, April 25.--Feeling on
the part of the bituminous miners
toward the block men is running al
high tide and at places manifested in
overt acts of reproach and retaliation
over the decision of the block men not
to come out last Saturday. AS the
block men at the mines on Otter creek.
who live here, were returning home
from work Monday on the Chicago and
Indiana Coal local train, the train was
assaulted by the striking bituminous
men at the coal bluff crossing of the
Indianapolis and ST. Louis who hurled
stones, tin cans and clubs at them, de-
nouncing them vigorously as ''scabs'
and "blacklegs." The next morning as
they went out to work their train was
again assaulted in the same way, the
bituminous mems wives joining them
in the rabble.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-04-27

WASHINGTON, April 3d. Belva Lock
wood, once candidate for the presi-
dency and more recently an unsuccess-
full applicant for admission to the bar
of the Virginia state courts, has,
through Attorney Il. N. Christian, APP
piled to the United States supreme
court for mandamus to compel the
supreme court of appeals of Virginia to
admit her to practice before it. Her
application asserts that she has con-
stitutional right to be admitted to said
bar, and in being refused is denied a
sacred privilege.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-04-27
WILLIAM M'GARRAHAN DEAD.
Was a Familiar Figure at the National
Capital For Years.

WASHINGTON, April William
McGarrahan, the celebrated claimant
to the new Iberia mine. is dead at Prov
idence hospital. He had been famil-
lar figure at the capitol for years and
was well known to a majority of sena-
tors and members. majority of whom
believed in the justice of his claim.
A bill to permit trial of his case
in the court of claims was passed by
congress, but was vetoed by President
Harrison. Several other bills had been
paesed by one house or the other and a
score Of committees had reported favor
ably on this claim.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-04-27

ATLANTA. April 24.-United States
Marshal Turner has been active in ar
resting White Caps in northern Georgia
the past 10 days. On returning home
from the trip he found his wife and
baby gone. A searching party found
them in the woods near by, where the
woman had fled for safety on account
of threats against her husband. She is
said to be hopelessly deranged.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-04-27

WASHINGTON, April 19.--House: Con.
sular and diplomatic bill discussed.
Senate: Meager attendance and pro-
ceedings uninteresting.
WASHINGTON, April 20.--Senate: The
day consumed by the speech OF Senator
Perkins of California, who was OPP.
posed. House: Slow progress being
made in the diplomatic and consular
appropriation bill.
WASHINGTON, April 21.-The senate
transacted no important business Fri
day. House: Practically no business
done.
WASHINGTON, April 23.--No business
of Importance transacted by either
house of congress Saturday.
WASHINGTON. April "a. --Senate
Tariff bill discussed. House: District
of Columbia business consumed the
day.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-04-27
House I,roceedings.

WASHINGTON, April 25.--Mr. Hep.
burn (Rep.. Ia.) still persists in his de-
termination to hang OH the flank of the
Democratic machine and by constantly
harassing them force the consideration
of pension bills reported from the Fri
day night sessions. Again at the open
ing of the session of the house Tuesday
he objected to the approval of the jour
nal and forced rollcall. The journal
was approved. 232 to 0. The senate
joint resolution authorizing the laying
of bronze tablet to commemorate the
Tooth anniversary of the laying of the
cornerstone of the Capitol was taken mp
and passed on motion of Mr.. Bynum Of
Indiana.
The house then went into commit
tee of the whole and resumed the con-
sideration Of the postoffice appropria-
ton bill, and after the debate it was
passed. At 8 o'clock the house ad-
iOurned
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-04-27
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY IN VIRGINIA
Father Hangs His Two Children and
Then Suicides.

PARKERsBURG, w. Va, April co.
A terrible double murder of two chill
dren by their father, who afterward
committed suicide, occurred at Noble,
on the northern edge of Wood county.
The murderer and suicide was Floyd
Raidabaugh, an industrious and we'll
TODD Citizen who had always stood well
in the community.
Mrs. Raidabaugh was absent on a
visit. Her husband took the two chill
dren, aged years and 2 months, hung
them on rafters in the barn, wrote u
note to his wife telling what he had
done. saying he intended to kill him
self because his father did not like him
and hanged himself beside the children.
When Mrs. Raidabaugh came home
she found the note and her husband
and children hanging dead in row in
the barn
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-04-27

The file is mentioned in the book Of
Samuel. Speaking of the subject Israel
ties, the writer says: "Yet had they file
for the mattocks, and for the Golfers, and
for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharp
en- the goads. "
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-04-27

South Dakota has 80, 900 farms, valued
at $40, 000 600, on which are raised II,
900, 900 bushels of wheat and %, 600, 600
Of corn and various other cereals. The
wild grasses yield 1900, 900 tons Of hay,
and the wool clip exceeds 8, 900, 600 pounds.
The Black Hills mines have yielded $780,
900, 600.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-04-27
An Even Exchange.

First Speculator--I have some valuable
land in new suburban place, which will
be worth a fortune as soon as the branch
railroad and trolley line reach it Have
you anything to offer in exchanged
Second Speculator-I can give you a city
dwelling close to the elevated railroad 1t
will DO a charming place Of residence as
soon as the engines and cars are furnished
with pneumatic tires. New York Weekly.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-04-27
Saws He Killed Two Men.

VAN CoUvER, Wash, April 25.--How.
ard Nolan, arrested here last week, ad-
mits that his name is John Howard
Nolan of Harlan G. H., KY, and that
in the year 1891 he killed Edward Pace
and John Seller about eight miles from
Harlan G. II. He strenuously denies
ever having killed woman. After
leaving Kentucky Nolan came to Seattle
and enlisted i'll the army, coming di-
rectly to the barracks here. He claims
the killing of Pace and Seller was the
the result of an old feud. He believes
he will be acquitted on the ground OF
self defense.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-04-27

CHICAGO, April 90. The 1000 en-
ployes of the Pullman Palace Car com
pany at Pullman will strike May
The trouble has been brewing ever
since the reduction in wages last year.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-04-27

PosEN. April %. Two hundred ar
rests have been made in connection
with the demonstration on Tuesday
last at Warsaw in commemoration OF
the Polish revolution.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-04-27

There are only four round churches In
England Northumberland possesses one;
Little Maplestead, in Essex, another; the
Temple church, London, is the third, and
Holy Sepulcher, Cambridge is the fourth.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-04-27

There is an unrepealed law in England
passed in the time of Edward III, prohibit
Ing any one from being served at dinner
with more than two courses, except on
holidays
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-04-27

CORONADO. CAL. April 24.--Jessie
Seligman. the well known New York
banker. died here of Bright's disease.
The end came peacefully and conscious
ness was retained to the last.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-04-27

The first glass windows in western Eu-
rope were made by a Greek In 548 for q
church built bv the Frank King Childe-
hart
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-06-22
PROGRESS IN AFRICA.
4 Country That 4, Slow to Adopt the
Customs or Civilization

As a continent il is the home of a
..rous race of mankind. which,
while resisting assimilation with Eu-
r,.pean civilization. deiies permanent
conquest. According to the Nineteenth
Century. il views wiCh equanimity, or
at least l. pOwerleSs to resent, the Oc-
cupation of its coasts and the more
healthy contiguous regions; but the
heart of the continent remains. and
must ever remain, the home of the
African. Allied races, and people who
have FOR centuries undergone the
scarcely perceptible process of accll-
matiaation. may. it is trye, effect
lodgment in the heart of Africa; but II
thcV remain there, they themselves
eventually undergo absorption into the
primitive elements OF the population
or suffer total extinction
Nature has in short marked on
tropical Africa as the abiding home of
the black races. European travellers
traders. missionaries, conquerorA may
at their Will and at their peril pene-
tratc into this dark sanctuary. but
their ojourn is for a day, and on the
morrow the faint traces OF their pas
sage are oblitcrated by the cNub"rant
lrrowths of Dlrbarism. Gruign@Iy aS
II is sometimes conceded. il Is never
ghcIr.s fact that the bulk of the con
tlnent of Africa Is still untouched by
,-es.tern civilization. i, for one, can
not believe that Africa Will ever be
Europcanizcd or brought within the
pale of western progress. For, in or
der that Africa may progress, II Is a b
solutcly ess ntial that il be developed
.long natural lines; but, as yet, the
inherent powers of native genius have
neither been discovered. nor, in the
| absence of a2y cohesion among native
tribes. ard in view of European rapaci-
t.. are they, even if discovered, ever
| likely 10 be encouraged or fostered
! No; Africa is continent fated To b'
: conquered and exploited by the heir:
| of civilization. to whom it may pay
/ tribute, but homage never.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-06-22
ATE ITS OWN TAIL.
The Absurd Trick of One OF the Central
American Ch.meleons-

The Absurd Trick of One OF the Central
American Ch.meleons.
traveller from Central America
recently told rather an amusing story
Down III my country" he said. one
OF the first things you get acquainted
with is a small, bright green lizard
They are quite tame, harmless and
very lively When caught by the tail
they have a peculiar fashion of slip
ping away, leaving that appendage
behind them.
One afternoon | was sitting on my
doorstep watching one of these little
creatures darting about for flies 1t
becam.. quite bold. and in one of its
quick movements jumped on my foot
| made a sudden grab and caught it by
the tail With wriggle it was off,
leaving that portion of its body still in
my hand.
As had no particular use for il, |
threw il on the ground. In a few min
uteS | noticed that a lot of ants had
discovered the piece OF tail. and were
dragging it of as fast as they could To-
their hole close by When they had
arrived almost to their destination /
intently watching the ants and his
missing property.
just as the ants were making a
final pull to their nest the lizard dart
ell ont among them. and, seizing his
bit of tail swallowed it with evident
relish
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-06-22
YANKEE INTELLIGENCE.
An UnsuspectIng Lawyer Put to Rout
the SeedN Witness.

An ihsnsp"ctiHg Lawyer Put to ROut by
the seedy Witness.
A lawyer recently objected TO a wit
ness on the ground that he was incom-
Petent To testify The witness ia ques-
ton was a seedy specimen Of a Yankee
farmer. without many visible indics-
tions of intelligence
The objecting lawyer asked for a
privilege Of showing the witness lack
OF intelligence 10y asking hin a few
questions, which was given him. and
he began:
Can You tell me who made you?''
The witness thus addressed stood for
some time as If in deep thought and
then caused not little merriment 10y
answering IN a drawing tone: Moses.
l s'pose."
There, your honor" exclaimed the
lawyer with great satisfaction, Won
see | was right The witness hasn't
intelligence enough TO answer this sim
pie question"
just al this point the farmer unex-
Pectedly spoke up and said to his tor
mentor:
Say, Mr.. Lawyer, as long as ye don't
like the way l answered Yer question.
s'posen Vsw try. Who made vewg''
The lawyer laughed and answered,
Initiating the drawling tone of the wit
ness: Aaron, l s'pose."
Wall, l declare exclaimed the
farmer We dew read in III Good
Book that Aaron made calf. but ~ no 4
er s'posed tn Pesky crittur'd got in
here?"-The Voice
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-06-22
ELEPHANTS CAN COUNT
The Animals Thoroughly Enjoyed The
Benefactor's Little Joke

The Animals Thoroughly Enjoyed Their
Benefactor's Little Joke
a young friend asked me once to
show him some elephants. and | tool,
him with me, having first borrowed an
apron and filed il with oranges This
he was To carry while accompanying
me 10 the stable, but the moment We,
reached the door the herd set up such 4
trumpeting-they had scented the fruit
that he dropped the apron and its
contents and scuttled Oft like a scared
rabbit There were eight elephants.
and when | picked up the oranges l
found / had twenty-five. / walked de-
hberately along the line. giving one TO
each When l got to the extremity of tbs.
narrow stable ] turned and was about
To begin distribution again, when ] sud
denly reflected that if elephant No :
IN the row saw me give two oranges IN
succession To No. : he might imagine
he WAS being cheated and give me q
smack with his probuscis, So / went to
the door and began de novo as before
Thrice l went along the line, and then
/ was IN a fix
had one orange left. and l had to
get back TO the door Every elephant
IN that herd had his greedy gaze TO
cused on that orange IL WAS a. much
as my lie WAS worth To give IL To any
one OF them y hat was l to do2 / held
II up conspieuously, cooily peeled 1t
and sucked il myself. II was most
amusing TO see the way those elephants
nudEed each other and shook their
ponderous sides They thoroughly en-
tered into the humor of the thing
English Iarrer
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-06-22
In at rn. Finish.

Crossing a field one day President
Lincoln. il is said. was pursued by an
angry bull. lie made for the fence.
.a,s Iife-s Calendar, but soon discov-
cred that the bull was overtalling him.
lie then began to run around hay
stuck in the field and the bull pur-
.ued him. but in making the short cir
clos around the stack Lincoln was the
faster. and. instead of the bull catch
ina him. he caught the bull and
grabbed him 10y the tail 1t was firm
grip aud controlling one lie began
to kick the bull. and the bull beloved
with agony and dashed across the
field, Lincoln hanging to his tail and
kicking him at every jump. and as they
flew along Lincoln yelled at the bull
Darn you, who began this fight?"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-06-22
CLOSED ON THE DUCKS BILL.
How Oyster Resented lmpsrtinent
Curiosity In chesapeake bay

How An Oyster Re-ented lmpeTtinent
Curiosity In Chesapeake bay.
The meek and lowly oyster can some
times become a revengeful as well a.
dangerous antagonist, aS an unwary
duck found To his cost day or -
ago over on the eastern shore, says the
baltimore American This careless
duck belonging To the tribe known as
Fishermen" was swimming about In
search of food OFF the shore near ClaI-
borne. when he espied an oyster-a
nice fat. juicy oyster he wa>-wlth
shell widely parted. feeding. DOUBTLESS
on the simple and rather intangible
diet upon which an oyster Il supposed
to- feed The duck. true To his greedy
instincts dived for that supposed juicy
morscl and was about to swallow HIM
whole. without salt OF pepper even.
when the angry passions of the oys-
ter arose. and. swapping his shells to-
pether caught the unsu>pectlng duck ;
bill in a vise-lille embrace The duck
rost. to the surface. shook his head,
mumblcd apologies through his tight
shut mouth, but the bivalve's heart
was hardened. and he held on Soon
the constant load pulling down his
head. and growing weightler and
wtiphtier, began To tire the duck and
his neck arched lower and lower until
finally ii sank into the water and he
was drowned. \ decllhand on the
steamboat Tangier saw the duck float
ing with his head submerged and
picked him up. The oyster was still
clinging to his victim with relentless,
deadly grasp. and the tragedy that
must have been enacted as described
was revealed.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-06-22
MspHlsToLheLes IN CANADA.
Odd Snperstitions OF the Peasantry About
His VI Manners and Customs


In the Legendary lore of Canada the
devil plays a prominent part lie does
not appear as the strong angel, who
fell through pride, the enemy of God,
but as the medieval devil of monk
ish legend, the petty prosecutor of
man. says a writer in Popular Science
Monthly. In the rural districts of
Canada Satan is supposed To be very
active. His company may be looked
for on all occasions. The accidental
appearance of a little child in the room
often betrays the presence of the evil
spirit. as the poor innocent is sure To
bewail itself vigorously. The Prince
of Darkness may be met at Il ball III
the guise of a handsome young man
who eXcels all the rustic gallants in
appearance. lie wears gloves to con
ceal his claws, and diSregards the
trammels of conventionality by keeping
his hat on his head to hide his horns.
lie selects the prettiest girl in the
room as his partner, but his choice is
usually the village coquette, whose
vanity or levity has exposed her to the
evil influence. In the midst of the
gayety a piercing cry is heard. A
strong odor of birthstone becomes per
ccptible. and the attractive cavalier
is waited out of the window. carrying
with him some useful domestic utenSil.
as. for instance, a stove or the frying
pan. The girl may escape with d sharp
scratch of a claw, particularly if she
should happen to have a cross or a
crucitiX.
Canadian rustics never answer En-
trez' when a knock is heard at the
door; they invariably respond:
"ouveZ," This is founded upon the
old legend of young woman who re
piled 'EutreZ" to such summons.
when the devil came in and carried her
Arf
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-06-22
LIKE CRANRERRIES.
How Ignorance Prevents People from En-
JoyinE Life

JoyinE Life
Ignorance OF things ginerally pre-
vents Us from enjoyin' dreadful lot Of
happiness in this life said Aaron
linscott To a minister one dav. He
WAS given II this form of discourse
with the clergymen, doubtless on the
same principle that led him to talk
sickness with his doctor and crops VI h
his neighborS
You git terrible blind view OF life
an the way things i runnin' If YOU
don't edicate yourself up 10 KNOWN a
blessin' when you see it When / see
folks throwin' their blessin's away. il
alters makes me think of barr-l Of
cranbriesr
A barrel Of cranberries, If the visi-
tor felt small interest before. he Ger
tainiy lacked none now. He expressed
his surprise.
'Nis, a barrI of cranb'ries." said
Aaron When I was out In the West
lnJles there was a man TUX l1eer Of me
when l was sick, an he wouldn't take
pay, but said l could send him some
thin OF the farm; 80 when I got home
shipped him a barrl of cranb'ries by
vessel that was goin' out from our
place.
Well, after a time letter KEN back.
He writ very perlite an seemed CRATE
ful, but he said, most unfort' nate, that
the fruit looked putty, but he he'd to
throw it away, for IN comm it he'd
turned Sour
And then Aaron added his moral:
That's what / call missin' the sweet
ness of things cause you didn't know
how to get at it"-Youth's Companion.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-06-22
The Man and His stomach.

The charming wife OF 4 congress
man. noted for his energetic labor an
behalf of his constituents and his rem
eral efficiency and unfailing good-na-
ture il quite Il noted cook When size
Is to entertain at dinner. she II fond of
surprising her guests with "a dainty
dish of her own preparing Il believe
she said. when some one complimcn1cd
her on her accomplishments, that we
grow like what We eat MY husband
has sensitive digestion. and bad cook
ing came near making fiend of him
and a maniac of me | set myself to
correct this and | tiatter myself that
| have succeeded improperly pre-
pared food depresses one. and VIII
transform my husband into Il cynical
pessimist in less than an hour. ! really
consider that his popularity in hi> dis
trict and his return tu congress depend
upon the food l give him and the man
ner in which it is prepared
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-06-22
THE INDIAN MONEY LENDER.
He LIS Hard Hearted and Mercenary as


The Indian money lender almost
everywhere Is a thorough Shylocis
Rajah Brooke tells me that in Sara
wax, where land may be sold for debt
nnless as a penalty for swindlin~. and
where limit is put on the interest
that his courts will enforce. the Indian
money lender has been found a. hard
and merciless as the Chimaman and
Malay are fair and reasonable With
men like these says the National Re
view. and an ignorant pcasaBtry. one
would have thought that English
judges would have done their best 80
to administer the law between the
two a. To give the debtor Il fair chance,
while allowing the creditor y il:it was
justly due. But they are 80 hide
bound. such slaves to the letter Of the
law and To English precedents. that
not helping hand can the debtor get.
and the courts are mere machines
which the money lender sets in motion
or directs at his pleasure
| remember a ease in which Mo
haInmedan lady. one who never APP
peared in public. and the owner of
valuable village, WAS sueu Tor soEn,--
thing like fifty Thousand rupees. the
money advanced being. 50 far a. !
could ascertain, not more than two
thousand rupees at the outside. The
court of first instance. native subor-
dinatc judge. appointed committee To
examine the creditors accounts, which
reported them aS very suspicious Still.
bond for the amount sued for had
been given, and in face of rulings Toy
the high court. the sub-judEe had no
alternative but To give a decree for the
full sum. And an appeal To the high
court Of Boml ay, which was prose
cuted by the ladys friends. met with
no success. However much the lady
might have been defraudcd. they de
cided the bond was in order and the
village must 20.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-06-22
A PLEASANT EXPERIENCE.
An Old Lady's story Of Being Held in
Wa-hington's Arms

arms
In Dr. Mines volume of reminis-
cences, "A Tour Around New York,
the author devotes u paragraph To the
attractions of Battery park. and adds a
pleasing little story OF a time before
his own:
remember a dear old lady who
loved TO talk about this park and tell
of the people she had met here and the
scenes she had witnessed; and of these
one man and one mornings adventure
stood out most prominently
\ little thing in white, her nurse
Lad brought her To the park to wit
ness a civic ceremony and the crowd
prevented her from obtaining a good
view OF the pageant
As. with a child's impatience. she
tried To press through the throng-
tail and handsome elderly gentielnan,
clad in a suit of black velvet and with
a dress sword at his side. stopped
down to her, inquired pleasantly
about her trouble. and then lifted her
upon his shoulder and held her there
until the procession had passed
Delighted with what she saw. the
child thought little about the gentle
man who had brushed away her
trouble. but thanked him when A.,
released her with a kiss ana set her
down upon the ground A. lac moved
away. the nurse. in an awestruc!S voice
asked the child if she knew Whose
arms had held her, and tnen told heI
that it was President Washington
The little eyes watched him out OF
sight. and never forgot his stately aP-
pearance-
think dear old Mrs Attorbury Wa
prouder of having been the heroine oi
this incident than OF all the social
honors that afterw ard fell TO her lot