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Sc4 fV A QUAKEE CITY LEG-END. 'The Slespy Hollow Tradition Cannot Compare with It. An Indian Cavo on the THssahickon the Abode of a Phantom Horseman Who Carried His Head in Ills IXand. Many years ago, when Philadelphia was yet and before Fairmount park was brought to its present st to oi perfection, there was in the portion of "Wissahickon, near the drive, a cave, called Indian cave, since deserted, which was supposed at one time to have been rendezvous some of these warlike people. Van- vls: stories had been whispered about by the more superstitious of the people in the vicinity to the effect that a supposed to have been murdered thcro long ago had been seen by several belated travelers to rise suddenly out of the cave, mounted on a black steed, and pursue the frightened narrators for a considerable distance and then vanish -as suddenly as it had appeared, says the Philadelphia Times.

Some distance north of this cave there lived a man named Eichard Ashly, whose beautiful and accomplished daughter had suitors galore from all parts of our Quaker City. Among these was a man named George Royal, who did not meet with much favor in the eyes of his adored one, but who, nevertheless, continued to pay the most assiduous attention to the young lady, much to her displeasure and the utter disgust of his numerous rivals. Hi most bitter opponent was John Coif-man, who openly expressed the utmost, contempt for George, and vowed to execute a whole catalogue of tragedies if that young gentleman did not cease hi nightly transits over Girard avenu-bridge toward Wissahickon. But Geor paid no attention to all these threats, and every available evening found hin; at the Ashly homestead, where joinin the fireside group he listened to tin most extravagant ghost stories, amon; the most important that of the India, cave a few rods below the house. But all this did not abate the ardor the young suitor, and one particula evening he decided to pop the all important question and risk the chaiie -of acceptance, as he could not possiblv endure further suspense in the matter.

When an opportunity came he broached the subject with as much elegance anc. delicacy as he could muster to the object of his adoration, but received a rather flat refusal from the lady referred to, which so incensed our youn, hero that he abruptly left the house, and, mounting his horse, immediately started for home. His anger, however, did not prevent him from feeling somewhat scared at some unusual noises among the trees on the roadside, and liis fear increased as he approached the cave. WThen that point was reached he saw a dark object emerge suddenly from some bushes near by which looked like a largo black horse, and on it the very identical rider that he had often hear', of at the Ashly house. The sight mad him fairly sick.

He felt each and ever hair of bis head rise suddenly upward, and a very chilly sensation took possession of his whole being as the apparition came prancing toward him. His horse shied violently and it wa with the greatest difficulty that the animal could be induced to start forward. When he finally got his horse started at a terrific gallop he looked back ant; saw to his great consternation tin Xihantom horse and rider rapidly pursuing him and almost at his heels. lie whipped up his horse in a vain en deav'or to outstrip the speed of his mysterious pursuer and reach Philadclph: unharmed. When he reached the brox.

of a hill and looked back he saw for au instant the figures of a horse and rider clearely outlined against the sky. Horrors! he was headless and carr inj his head in his hand. The cold sweat stood out on his forehead in great dvor and his poor horse was giving out. i I could only keep ahead, he until I reach the bridge I should tuc be comparatively safe, for, as it is us-to a great extent for travel, the spir. spook, orwhatever it may be would I very apt to disappear.

So on he dashed, and finally when th bridge was gained he turned to sec h. terrible pursuer disappear amid fhv and brimstone, but instead the rider raised the frightful head which he ha carried and aimed it directly at that our young hero. George tried to odj. the blow, but it was of no use. 'ike horrid missile struck him and he fell from his horse, badly stunned, just as the phantom horse and its strange rider dashed past him.

The next day, as George did not put in an appearance, his Philadelphia friends started out to hunt him up and found his horse quietly grazing on the roadside, near the bridge, while not far away lay an old crushed squash, all that was left to tell the tale. Later on John Coleman married Miss Ashly, and when people speak of the phantom that chased George Royal out of town he laughs immoderately and his friends say, with a wink, that he could explain matters if he wanted to. French OClcers Study German. Professorships of the German language were estabished in all the French military schools immediately after the Franco-Prussian war, and of late years French ministers of war have been wont to tell how wonderfully well all French officers knew the tongue of the neighbor beyond the Yosges. A few weeks ago, however, when the Russian Lieut.

Winter, who speaks only German and Russian, walked into Paris at the close of his long tramp from St. Petersburg, not a single French officer able to converse fluently with him could be found in the French capital. 1 he military professorship had aliordod. all officers an opportunity to learn to re German. Only a few, however, profited from the opp speaking of the laagur.70, although only acquirement of impcu.

aoe in c-v of war, had been entirely A FEARLESS JUDGE. Lively Eccollectlons of a Quaint and Original Character. Judge Noah Smith, a citizen of Jefrer-son county, who died recently in his 70th year, was, in many respects, a remarkable man, writes a Louisville (Ga.) correspondent of the Atlanta Constitution. His educational opportunities were very limited, and he never read books or papers to much extent, but was a close listener and read men thor oughly. His native "mother wit," or shrewdness and good sense born in him, were of very high order; and it was his delight to associate with the noble and intelligent, and this coupled with hia natural good sense made him conversant with the current topics of the day and a very interesting associate to the mos, cultured that he came in contact with.

A more honest man in principle never lived; and his goodness of heart kept under control his fiery temper, and made him kind and considerate under the greatest provocations. As illustrations, I will mention, that coming one evening from the mill below him Iiq espied a runaway slave close to the road behind a tree. He interrogated him and soon discovered that he had left his master without permission. He told the negro that he must go home with him, but the former, who was very strongly built and armed with a huge club, replied with an nth that he had "started to Augusta and would go there," and walked off. When about sixty yards distant the judge emptied one barrel of his gun at him, but it seemed to make no impression as the shot were small.

After the second fire the negro went staggering along as if mortally wounded, though not a solitary shot had pierced his skin. It was all a sham for a purpose. It was getting dark and the judge couldn't bear the idea of the negro's dying in the woods without attention, so he jumped from his saddle and pursued him. The latter retreated until he reached a pond studded with black gums. He now turned upon the judge, throwing water and mud in his face to confuse I him.

As soon as he was in reach the latter clubbed his gun and struck him a blow which he parried with his club. He drew his gun back to strike a second blow when it hitched to a limb be- hind him, and while trying to extricate it the negro brought his club down or top of his head with all his power. which nearly proved fatal, adding: reckon you will go now." The judge replied: "I will for a short time," anc went reeling out of the pond. As soon as he reached home he bound up the wound and sent after a pack oi hounds. When it came he joined in the chase and that night the negro was brought to bay in a thicket in Richmond county and fought furiously as he could not reasonably hope for mercy.

Several men present armed with clubs and pistols wanted to kill him on the spot, but the judge interceded and saved his life. The next day he gave him a moderate whipping and returned him to his owner. Upon another occasion he came upon a runaway who was slashing his favorite hounds to pieces with a sey the blade. He knocked the weapon out of his hand, captured him and offered him no further violence. He seemed to be an entire stranger to fear in everything outside of religion.

I saw him one day in a hunt, when an old buck had just been jumped by a fleet pack of hounds and had nearly a mile the start of him make an effort to head him. There was only one stand four miles away. The judge took his hat and bridle reins in one hand and double-barrel in the other and went, as hard as his horse could stave, uphill and downhill and over bridges the entire distance. But the buck came out two huddred yards ahead. It was the grandest man and buck race upon record! It makes my nerves tingle to think of it even now.

FIRING A REVOLVER. To Attain Rapidity and Accuracy Do Not Aim Along the Sights. Capt. J. Forman, Thirteenth infantry, says in the St.

Louis Globe-Democrat: "It is a peculiar fact that very few men, even accomplished shots, know how a revolver ought to be handled. Nearly all of them arc taught to aim a revolver as if it were a rifle; that is, by bringing the object aimed at and the fore and hind sights into line. This is all well enough for shooting-gallery practice, but should never be followed in the field. In training troops to use the revolver they are taught, in aiming, never to look at the weapon at all, but to keep their eyes on the object to be struck. In quick firing, and especially in shooting from horseback, much better results are obtainable in this way.

A man throwing a stone does not look at his hand; neither does a billiard plajTer sight along his cue. The same rules apply to the use of short weapons. I have seen men trained to shoot excellently at a mark when they could not see their pistol sights at all. Pieces of pasteboard were fastened just in front of the cylinders, which effectually prevented the men from using their foresights, and greatly increased the rapidity, as well as the accuracy, of their ire. Nearly anyone can sight a pistol jorrectly, the inaccuracy of the aim Deing due to trembling of the hands before the trigger is pressed.

By hiding the sight the temptation to hold too long is removed, and the first aim, generally the most accurate, is preserved." An Apt Illustration. A little man asking how it happened that many beautiful ladies took up with but indifferent husbands, after many fine offers, was thus aptly answered by a mountain maiden: A young friend of hers, during a walk, requested her to go into a delightful canebrake and there get him the handsomest reed; she must get it in once going through, without turning. She went, and coming out brought him quite a mean reed. When he asked if that was the handsomest one she saw, "Oh, no," replied she; "I saw many finer as I went along, but I kept on in hopes of a much better, iintil I had gotten nearly through, and then was obliged to select the best that was left." JatAJBJBW, OilWII Will Mi AT AN "OLD HOSS" SALE. Some of the Queer Things Bought and the Buyers Sold.

An "old hoss" sale is a funny, sight. It is a kind of lottery after all, and to what extremities the followers of the fickle goddess of chance will go is shown with many striking incidents. The various express companies, at stated periods during the year, sell the unclaimed packages that have accumulated in their offices. All day an east Washington street auction-room has been crowded with men, women, old and young, eager bidders at the so-called "old hoss" sale, says the Philadelphia Call. Packages, bundles and trunks of every description were brought forward by the voluble anc tw TW 1- tioneer.

"Here is a trunk," said he "that may contain silk dresses." A man paid a big round dollar for it. Opening it he found a lot of old calico dresses and aprons. One man paid 25 cents for a small keg labled "handle with care." Dynamite? He thought so. Cautiously, in a back room, it was opened. It contained axle grease.

A "culled gem'man" paid SI for a trunk filled with air. A dude secured a package with a Bible inside the wrapper for 20 cents. A gentleman with a shining siBc "tile" and wearing a "creased" pair of trousers paid SI. 85 for a package containing a pair of overalls. For 25 cents a man got a miniature sewing machine, and a lady paid 20 cents for a box containing a dude's laundry shirts, collars, cuffs, etc.

One fellow bought a package of four water vanes and thought they were some new-fangled bric-a-brac. A colored girl secured a package of jewelry for 25 cents, just what she wanted. A man with one eye got a box of spectacles. A carpenter secured a package of blacksmith's tools. One fellow, who said he didn't smoke, purchased a large case of "red letter smoking tobacco" for S1.05.

A colored man got a trunk full of dishes for $1.30, and a lady buyer found a "governor" for an engine in the package she opened. A young man paid 10 cents for a tintype of an old lady with two grandchildren about her lap a photograph of a dear relative had gone astray. A young lady secured a package of gentlemen's socks, and a boy bought an immense iron pulley for 15 cents. This "sight unseen" misfit sale continued hour after hour, and as the packages were opened by the buyers there were great surprises, laughter and guying. Every class of people was represented, and a man remarked on leaving, after the sale closed: "I have laughed more here to-day than I ever did before in all my life." APRIL FOOLED.

The Mortifying Experience of a Traveler in Spain. A traveler is likely to be seriously gulled by the practical jokes of foreign countries. With the witticisms of his native land, to which he is accustomed, he can contend, but there is an alarming element of the unexpected in those of other races, writes Irving Montagu, in "Wanderings of a War Artist:" One evening I met two very fascinating Spanish girls in a quiet quarter of Irun, one of whom, being a blonde, was enveloped in a white mantilla. It being customary on meeting a white mantilla to extend her somewhat similar homage to that paid to royalty, I raised my hat, and stepped on one side to allow the couple to pass, when, in doing so, I saw, to my horror, by the light of the moon, that they were followed closely by a grim and grotesque reptile, half lizard, half frog, which, with a series of spasmodic bounds, was making directly for their heels. the horrid beast, the indescribable monstrosity! To rush forward and trample on the uncanny thing was the work of a moment.

I was dumfounded; my exploit of heroism, far from inducing the gratitude I expected, was immediately followed by roars of laughter, the merry ring of which reverberated on the still night air. "Unconscionable fool" does not express the littleness I felt, as I was subjected to the ridicule of those wily damsels, and if a man is capable of that becoming peculiarity, I must have blushed scarlet. I had trodden on El drap a piece of cloth cut into the semblance of some monstrous lizard, and attached by a thread to the skirt of the maiden, so that, by certain dexterous movements and hitches, it could be made to leap after her as she hurried along. It was the Basque equivalent for the old English jokes practiced on the first of April. How to Breathe Properly.

In all the various systems of physical culture now in vogue the greatest importance is attached to talcing the breath properly. The breathing should be slow and deep, six breaths a minute being a safe average. There is still a difference of opinion in respect to the relative value of abdominal and chest breathing, and each system has its advantages. One of the best exercises for increasing the capacity of the lungs is to draw a full breath very slowly and through the nose. Keep the lungs inflated as long as possible and then expel the air suddenly through the mouth and repeat the process.

Care should be taken not to try to make the period of holding the breath too long at the start; the more gradually the power of doing this is attained, the better will be the permanent results. There are many breathing exercises, and one of the best is the taking of a deep breath and Swinging the arms, first one then the other and finally both, while the breath is inhaled. Excessive practice of any system should be avoided and the golden rule of talcing moderate and judicious exercise should be observed. Kansas and Greenland Houses. The sod house on the Kansas frontier and the dwelling of a Greenland Eskimo are very much alike, about the only difference being an overground burrow in the home of the Eskimo.

All Greenland houses are of the same size, face the same way, and are built of the same material layers of rough granite, sod, and mortar. IM II I I will gryrrrgg'S 'iat '2 muj-. BisSi THE "SPOTTER" NECESSARY. CATTLE BRANDS- CATTLE BRANDS. A General Passenger Agent Talks About the Conductor's Plaint.

"It seems natural that all persons engaged in handling money should object, to being watched," said General Pas- senger Agent Eustis of the Burlingt3n to a Chicago News reporter. "But what other system can be employed t'j do away with the railroad 'spotter'. 5 The latter is just as necessary an ad junet to the operation of a railroad a he is to the federal government. Wo must be protected from unscrupulous employes." Mr. Eustis' remarks were called forth by a dispatch which told how the eon rLr Louis had denounced the "spotter sys i tern as unnecessary and an outrage upon the hard-working ticket puncher "It is a mistaken idea the public ha: in thinking that a railroad detective i obliged to prove a certain number oi' employes are dishonest in order to shov that he is doing his work.

In reality it is just the reverse. The conductors who make the greatest clamor abou the 'spotter' gradually come to realize the necessity of their presence. A de tective never reports that a 'certain employe is He has nothing to do with that at all. In sending his re-? port the spotter merely states that a person boarded the train and sat in a certain seat in the car he (the detective) was on, and that the passenger gave tho conductor some cash and left the train at such or such a station. This report is then compared with the conductor's.

"This constitutes the work of a detective. A conductor is only dismissed when his shortage continues several I months in succession. We had in our employ a short time ago a conductor who was constantly declaiming against the secret-service system. In one of the meetings of the 'Q' conductors this man made a number of very stfring speeches against the spotter. After the meeting had adjourned I asked him to step into my office.

He did so, and I pointedly told him we would not allow any more of his stealing and that he must stop such work. He at first appeared deeply hurt at the imputation, but when I produced the reports ard showed him that we had evidence that he was dishonest he weakened and promised to reform. Since then his reports have invariably tallied with those of the detectives. No, the secret-service system must be employed, and hon- est men, while they dislike the idea, I have come to look at it in the true light and accept it as one of the inevitables." OPPOSED TO BEDS. People "Who Sleep on tho Floor, in Chairs, or Standing Up.

Several persons, from some cause or other, have resolved at various periods not to sleep in bed. Perhaps the individual who kept to his resolution the longest, says Spare Moments, was Christopher Pevitt, of York, who died in 1790, aged ninety-three. He was a carver and guilder by trade, but during the earlier part of his life served in the army. His house at York, after ho had settled down, was accidentally burned down, and he therefore formed the singular resolution of never again sleeping in a bed, lest he should be burnt to death while asleep, or not have time, should such a misfortune again befall him, to remove his property. The resolution he rigidly kept for the last forty years of his life, his practice being to repose on the floor, or on two chairs, or sitting in a chair, but always with his clothes on.

He lived entirely alone and was his own housekeeper, and seldom admitted anyone into his habitation. Among other articles which composed his home was a human skull, which he left strict injunctions should be interred with him. A pedestrian named Ernest Menscn, who flourished in the third decade of this century and who once ran from Calcutta to Constantinople in fifty-nine days when employed as a courier, took very little rest and never slept in a bed when on his travels. He got short naps of only ten or fifteen minutes at a time each day, as and when he could, and took them standing or leaning against a tree, with a handkerchief over his face. Only the other day a man on being charged with begging declared that he had not slept in a bed for thirteen years, but took his night's rest in doorways and passages.

The Japanese never sleep in abed, but the same spotless floor that answers for table, chairs and dancing stage is utilized also for sleeping purposes. They sleep in a great wadded coat, and, putting their arms into the long sleeves, fold it over them and go to sleep upon the floor, with a block of wood placed under the neck for a pillow. Perhaps the strangest sleeping place was one discovered a few years ago, when the police of Budapest found thirty persons of both sexes lying in a dirty but warm stream of water that flowed out of a mill. The water was shallow, and the vagrants had got into it for warmth, taking stones for pillows. Coins of Brass and Tin.

When England was being made into mincemeat and blocks of real estate by the Saxons and Danes, silver and brass were in use as currency, but the Normans subsequently installed the aristo cratic metal and left the democratic brass to take care of itself. Gold was first coined by Henry and copper made into British coin in 1G72. Tin was used for coinage in 1080, and the national farthing was made of this Cambrian product with a stud of copper let the center. In 1G90 and 1691 tin half-pence were issued in considerable quantities. The only pure gold coins usued liinglish history were those oi Henry III.

living "Without Working. It is said that between the island ol dagascar and the coast of India there l. .1 thousand islands, only sis 'A whi--bsra inhabited. 1 of i man can live an'" in xn princely luxurj xrQ than twenty five In fact, on some cj eedn't-worlc at all, ai prw che iocl. clothe: Earmark: Crop left.

:COMPY.i Postoffice: Bprlngerville, A. Horse Brand: left hip. OTIIEK BRANDS fiB left thigh. A left jaw. Earmark: Swa'lowforkleft.

BULL SHONE. Postoffice: Taylor, Arizona Territory. 2 Range: Lower Show Low. Uorse Brand left shoulder. LOUIS HUNING.f Post Office, Los Lunas, Mexico.

Range, Quclites, Valencia county, New Mexico, selfi R. C. BLASSINGAME. Post office: Woodruff, ATizona.2 Kange Milky-Hollow and Little Colorado River. Cattle branded on left jaw and OU on left side.

Old brand OU on left side not kept up. Ear mark wallowfork left; under-bit and crop right Horse brand OU on left hip. Vent QjM in same place. Ear marks: Under half crop right, underbit left. ST.

GEO. CREAGHE, Postoffice: Springerville, A. T. Range: Coyote Springs and Esquidilla moun1 tains. Horse Brand: flj right OTHER BRANDS 74- left ribs.

RUDD. Cattle brand as in cu on the right ribs. Ea mark Crop off the lei and swallow fork in the right. Horse brand on the left shoulder. Range Nutrioso.

Post Office address, Sprincerville. Apaehe county, Arizona wm. sr. RUDD. BILLINGS LAND AND CATTLE CO.

Cattle brand Diamond in circle, on leftside or hip and left jaw Horse brand: on left shoulder. Eange: Billings on Ric Puerco. P. 0. address Holbrook, Ariz.

LIFE EH EWER DR. PIERCE'S New Galvanic CHAIN BELT with Electric Suspensory, gtmr-1 rvnteed the most powerful. durable and perfect Chain -t me wunu. uiuwi, srithout; medicine, Nervous Debilit7, Pain in tho Back.Kidney Disease. Dyspep3ia Rheumatism, Weakness of Sexual Oran; "st Oall orsand stamp for Pampn.Ito.i tfnn Franciarg.

CnL. or S04 N. SiMjrtSt.JLpetsMo, 1 WM fe21 lv CURTIS POTTER, iarmarjc crOj rit, uveroitieft. I Calves branded as in cut on both hips. Post OlbctWoodruir, Arizona.

HORSE BRANDS. on left thigh, or Eionleftbip. jell 91' A. A. ARMSTRONG.

Post office. Ta-lor, Apache county, Arizona, auge. SilverCrck and HayHollow. Ear-mark Crop and split right, over half crop left. All increase oranded as in cutonleftslde.

I own all cnttle branded on both sides on left side, on both hips, and. A on left hip. "Horses branded Ahon left on left thigh and shoulder, mh591 Earmarks, Crop right, underbit left. AZTEC LAND AND CATTLE CO Post office, Holbrook, Arizona. Range, Apache-and Yavapai counties, Old cattle branded jrfjfc' Also in various other on left side and hip jLSi brands and marks.

on both sides kept Dp. Horse Brands :7: right or left shoulder. HS SZJJ-S right thigh. Earmarks: Clean split from root to point left ear, uppcrl.it in right ear Wattle (varuga) on jaw, under on left jaw (cheek) bulls on left cheek only. Blooded stock on left cheek and on left ribs.

HENRY HUNING Post office: Show Low, Arizona. Range: Show Low reek, Silver creek, Laguna. Ortejra and Laguna Salada. Horse brand left shoulder. j.armurk.

Crop" r.gnt. underslope left. JOHNSON BROTHERS Post office: Navajo Springs, Arizona. Kange: Ojos Bonitosand Pine Springs, Valencia county, N. aud Zuni river, Apache county.

A. T. Horse Brand right shoulder. 7 jt Ear marks. Crop and split left, upper and underbit right, A.

H- PRATT. Post office, Springerville, Arizona. Esquidilla mountains. Horse brand, I left hip. HANK Earmark Crop and pplit right; sharp, left.

Post office Springerville, Apache county, Arizona. au29 89 LECTBIC BELT Be3t Mad El Dis. eases of both 0ni7 averiuvent'a UiTosanhiec trio Current ACIDS. SEXES Cued withcratMedlclne ET.ECTIUO SUSPEKSOBY i Estab. 1875.

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