The Democrat.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 23,1889.
TIM hopeful Cooper is now more hope.
ful than ever.
IT turns out that the brave General
Bolanger was not only a conspijator hut a
knave. There seems to he little doubt
Bolanger from the time of his entry into
politics that he has been deliberately and
persistently plotting against the Govern
ment of the Republic.
THE bobtail comet is evidently as the
bobtail horse car. Bobtail comets have
been visible this year, and astronomers
say that the peculiar weather endured
this year is attibutable to the large num
bers of bobtail comets. Oh ! The
wicked bobtail comet.
PRESIDENT HARRISON'S son, Prince
Russ, wants to know something about
•Col. Schulyer Crosby's affairs,
who has sued him for SIOO,OOO damages
lor alleged defamation of character.
But it appears that Prince Russ will not
he able to find out what he much desires.
PRESIDENT HARRISON has the courage
of his convictions. He was heartily in
vited to kiss a baby, and he refrained
from doing so. Most Presidents would
kiss the baby. President Harrison is
not a baby kisser. The President is
right. The baby kissing measure should
he abolished, although it is a paying pol
icy in politics.
IT seems that Stanley wears a charm
that makes him invisible. Bicycled
Stephens who went to Africa to discover
Stanley's whereabouts has returned, hav
ing utterly failed in his mission. Stanley
has a faculty of discovering lost people,
. bttt ho can't be discovered. He wears a
charm that makes him invisible. Will he
not allow himself to be discovered.
THE administration has concluded not
to send General Adam King as Consul
General to Paris. President Harrison
thinks that a man should be sent to Paris
who can better stand a gastronomic siege
than General King. It seems that all the
famous dinners given by General Felix
Agnus, that the terrapin and the etceteras
worsted General King, and a man who is
more simple is his tastes and who better
withstands a gastronomic, may be sent to
Paris as Consul General.
IN the face of such superstitions as ex
ist in this country, missions to Africa
might bo abandoned. A white man in
our land proclaimed himself to bo a Ma
siah and succeeded in persuading colored
men to crucify themselves, and a negro
man proclaims that he is the Prophet
Daniel and three of his followers rushed
into a furnace of molton iron. Instead of
sending missionaries to Africa, our citi
zens would do well to make efforts to
check the religious craze which has
seized the negroes of Ameriea.
THE loss to the human family by earth
quake, flood and fire is still very great,but
in the matter of pestilence and disease we
are certainly much better off than were
former ages. According to Chamber'
Journal, a good authority, the disease
known as the black death, or plague, at
tacked Europe in 1342, having taken its
origin in China. It spread from the north
coast to the Black Sea, to Constantinople
and thence to Italy, radiating from there
by many routes over the whole of Eu
rope. Its ravages were so great as to
check materially the increase of popula
tion. In China the number of deaths from
this disease was estimated at 13,000,000
and the rest of the East lost nearly 24,-
000,000. A moderate calculation puts the
loss in Europe at 25,000,000. By this one
epidemic there were more people lost than
at present make up the entire population
of the United States. We talk about
great calamities, but from such awful visi
tations as this modern science and in
creased attention to the laws of health
have fortunately spared our day and time.
Cholera or yellow fever may make a break
here and there in unprotected quarters,
but it is soon surrounded and its progress
checked while its terrors are largely taken
away by improved methods of treatmmt.
THE HEATHENS AHEAD.
, The Evangelists are 997,000 souls be
hind Reginald Radcliffe, the noted Eng
lish barrister who has licen devoting the
last three years of his life to evangelizing
work, says : " During the last century
we have converted about 3,000,000 heat li
ens and Mohommedans. During the same
period the Mohommedau and heathen
mothers have given birth to 200,000,000
children. Thus we are 197,000,000 souls
behind. It is to be regreted that the
work of evangelizing the world thus far
has not been a success."
SIGNIFICANT IF NOT FORTENTIOt S.
The following appears in the Nat in, a |
Weekly Farmer, Cliauncey M. Depew's i
own organ, and may, therefore, be relied
upon as true, significant and portentiou-. !
as it is. It is estimated that our Cbaunccy.
since he went to Europe, has eaten mac- \
caroni, if laid in the original stick '
Shape, end to end, would reach all the !
way from Broadway, New York, to Peni - !
sylvania avenue, Washington, I). C., such
a maccaroni eater is our own Chaunecy
M. Depew.
WI EE ESTES' ACCOUNTS.
It is a general belief that "no wise man
Will account for money spent in a politi- j
cal campaign," yet notwithstanding this
belief, the great Republican Commander
commands Mr. Estes, of North Carolina, i
account for $5,000 sent him to use I
•"where it would do the most good." Tlii 1
command of th great Commander and
masterful leader, who has himself not
accounted for the millions of dollars he
used where they would do the most
good, seemß not to he & "masterly" de
mand. Possibly Estes does not account
on account of the masterly leader not
accounting for his campaign expenditures.
1 A story is now published that General
Estes, of North Carolina, who was ap
-1 pointed Superintendent of Post Office In
- spectors, in consideration of his efforts to
i carry North Carolina in November last,
i has been bounced at the request of the
great commander and "masterful"
lender. It may be that Estes' delay in
accounting, is on account of Quay's delay
in publishing any report of his campnign
expenditures.
THE I.OST FOUND.
A Young Man of Woodvale Supported to
Have Iteen Drowned in the Flood Turua
Up in Pittnburgh on Thurnday Evening.
Mr. Joseph Sebastian called on Mr.
John E. Strayer, special correspondent
for the Pittsburgh Time* here, and stated
he believed his brother-in-law, John
Seigmund, who was supposed to have
been lost in the flood from their home in
Woodvale had been drowned. He had
lately heard indirectly that he was
| alive in Pittsburgh and wanted
. to know how he could
j learn for certain about the matter. Mr.
| Strayer promised to give the watter atten
tion and wired the Times to look the mat
, ter up. Mr. Seigmund was found by the
, representatives of that paper, and yester
day morning the Time* contained the fol
lowing :
The relatives of John Slegmund, of Johnstown,
have been greatly worried as to his whereabouts
slnoe the Hood, siegmund was only an 18-year
old boy, and during the nrst rush after the flood
ho was lost sight of. The missing youth has
turned up. He was found at the West I'enn Hos
pital yesterday, where he has been lying for
some time In a state of high fever. From what
could be learned from him It appears that
through some mishap he became one of a party
1 of flood sufferers who came to Pittsburgh for a
supply of clothing. After he got Into Pittsburgh
ho wandered about until he succumbed to nerv
ous prostration, to which he was subject. He
was llnully brought to the West Penn Hospital,
and, after weathering his Illness, Is at present
recovering, lllsfrlendsarevcryanxious regard
-1 lng his whereabouts, as they have received no
: word from him beyond a vague rumor that he
was at some Pittsburgh hospital, in fact, they
were fearing that he had been lost.
Mr. Sebastian was much overjoyed to
learn that lxis brother-in-law was alive,
and yesterday evening went down to Pitts
burgh to see about the matter.
.Judge Middle Declares the Police Have No
Right to Make Raids.
Philadelphia Times.
" The way in which people are brought
into this court, without having committed
any offense, is an outrage," said Judge
Biddle, in the new court house, yester
day. The case before him was that of
Joseph Keys and William Anthony, and
when it was called no one knew nnything
about the prisoners, except that a house
on Buckley street had been raided. Some
of the people arrested were sent to the
House of Correction and the two men in
question were kept iu jail for two months
awaiting trial.
After ordering the discharge of the two
men the Judge said to a reporter who
questioned him about the case : "We see
continually iu the newspapers accounts of
police ' raiding,' as it is called, people's
houses and arresting everybody they And
there, notwithstanding no complaint has
been made against them and without re
gard to what took them there. Such con
duct is an outrage upon the people's
rights. The police have no more author
ity to make such ' raids' than they have
to enter the house of aDy citizen and ar
rest him and his friends who may be
there."
Old Iron.
Economy and business-like manage
ment is now most necessary in the con
ducting of the affairs of our borough.
The Burgess, in his late letter, advises
that all iron, junk, etc., be collected by
the owners, or ownership would be for
feited.
Parts of the Poplar and Franklin streets
bridges still lie along the stream. These
cannot be classed as old iron for much can
be repaired, and some is but little dam
aged. The borough would not only set
a good example to other owners of scat
tered property, but would be greatly
benefitted itself if these parts were col
lected and preserved. We can place no
certain estimate on government aid—we
may get none. Johnstown has won a
name for pluck in its attempt to recover.
The same should be said of our borough
authorities. The Government will help
those who help themselves, and the best
way to get new bridges is to make an at
tempt to recover the old ones.
<#. A. K. Reunion at Gettyfthurg.
The Passenger Department of the Bal
timore & Ohio announce that excursion
tickets will be sold from all ticket sta
tions on its lines in Pennsylvania to Get
tysburg and return, fiom September 7th
to 12th inclusive, good for return passage
until September 13th inclusive,at one fare
for the round trip.
The route to Gettysburg via the Balti
more & Ohio takes the passenger through
Cumberland. Hancock, Martinsburg,Har
per's Ferry, along the Potomac, through
the battlefield of Antietam and many
other points made memorable by stirring
events during the late war. The short
lino recently built by the Western Mary
land Railroad is now open for traffic, and
ia connection with the Baltimore & Ohio,
forms the shortest and most direct route
to Gettyburg from all points in Western
Pennsylvania.
Mr. A. G. Kciin, brother of Judge Keim,
of this city, has been nominated by the
Republicans of Gage county, Nebraska,
for the office of Clerk of the Courts.
THE SCHOOL FUND.
Why Not Ask for Help for All the Flooded
School District#*?
JOHNSTOWN, August 16th.
To the Editor of the Johnatoini Democrat:
In glancing over the columns of to-day's
Dispatch I find an appeal has been sent
forth from the Johnstown School Board
to the outer world for assistance in the
building and repairing of their schools,
for paying off their indebtedness, inter
est, etc.
This appears to me a selfish movement,
and I would here say that the great Direc
tors of Johnstown and their Borough Su
perintendent are acting in a very " Tailor
Tooley street" manner in thus represent
ing that they only have suffered in the late
ever-memorable calamity!
What of South Fork, East Conemaugh,
Franklin, Wood vale, Conemaugh Bor
ough, Millville, Cambria City and Coop
ersdale ? Why, nothing about them in
the estimation of the Johnstown Board of
Directors ?
" They are a poorer class than we," say
they, " and the outside world knows
naught of any of those districts but Johns
town alone ; and we will reap the benefit
of all in the future, as in the past, at their
expense. Let every other School District
stand aside while we receive what the
bounteous generosity of the outer world
may prompt them to contribute."
I, as a School Director of one of the
adjacent districts, do enter my protest
against their mode of procedure, and, as a
remedy for the defect, I would suggest,
first, that a Conveution of the School Di
rectors of the Hooded districts be called
jointly by County Superintendent Leech
and Borough Superintendent Johnson.
Second, that an appeal be sent forth by
this Convention endorsed by the State,
County and Borougli Superintendents,and
the Presidents of the respective Boards.
Third,that the amount received be distrib
uted pro rata, according to the number
of schools supposed to be opened the en
suing term.
I almost forgot an important feature in
my suggestions. I mean in regard to
Lower "Coder township, or Morrellville,
as it is more familiarly known. In this
district the School Directors with an ob
serving eye, and alive to a keen knowl
edge of far-seeing duties had provided
ample accommodations for all the chil
dren of their distrkft with an allowance for
the rapidly inereasing population for
which it has come proverbial, not only
that but for thoughtful consctruction of
their dwellings in being able to furnish
ample room for all of the refugees from
every one of the flooded districts, from
South Fork to Coopersdalc. I say this
district should also be consulted, and if
any pecuniary assistance is obtained from
the public, it should receive its quota.
Now again I most emphatically pro
test this action of the Johnstown School
Board in monopolizing now as they have
already done the sympathy of the gener
ous public.
I say to the Directors of Johnstown :
Give the poor working class of people of
the adjacent boroughs and districts of
Johnstown a chance also to educate their
children.
This action of the Johnstown School
Board in conjunction with other acts
committed partially, by committees high
in suifesteem of late, would tend to sever
any kind feeling heretofore existing to
ward consolidation of the surrounding
boroughs which is so much desired by
those selfish grabbers.
Having unwittingly lengthened too long
on the subject, you will pardon my first
attempt; but feeling the importance of the
occasion demanded a full explanation. I
would most respectfully conclude with an
earnest and urgent appeal to the public
that the money intended for educational
relief be sent for the education of the chil
dren of the Conemaugh Valley sufferers in
general and not Johnstown in particular.
I am yours,
A SCHOOL DIKKOTOK.
The Art of Fating Watermelon.
From the imitlmore American.
Eating watermelon is an art, learned
only by experience. As a dessert it is not
a success. It falls too heavily on a din
ner. Like a pretty girl, it is best by
itself ; it loses half its charm by being
mixed in a crowd. The melon should be
cold. It should be ripe. Its flesh should
blush like a graduate. Its heart should
glow like a sun-kissed cloud at close of
day, and its temperature should be as
chilly as the smile of a Boston belle.
When you get such a treasure do not
bother witli other food. Open it, gaze on
it, bury your face in its sweetness, and
let your appreciation run riot.
Suicirio ut Cliuinhurrtburg.
Mr. John Linn, an old citizen of Cham
bersburg, committed suicide on Tuesday
night by shooting himself with a pistol.
For the past two months he had been re
siding nt Wanosboro' with his daughter,
but on Tuesday lie went. to Chambers
burg, and the act was committed at his
brother's farm on the outskirts of the
town. His wife died last spring, aud
since that time he has been much depress
ed in health and spirits. He was the father
of Mr. Alexander Linn, a conductor on
the Cumberland Valley Railroad, and a
brother-in-law of Colonel A. K. McClure,
of the Philadelphia Times.
Normal nnl Abnormal.
Philadelphia Record.
A woman's proper figure on this modern
plan is said by the English authorities to
be of thirty-three inches about the waist
and thirty-six about the bust. There is a
Mrs. McDonald in England, though, who
lias a waist of eighteen and a bust of
thirty-eight.
"NEARER. MV GDI), TO TIIKE!"
Ily Kimiia Vtoln Hurry, off the 44 Hurry
Mtrr."
[Among tlie many thrilling scenes en
acted during lite catastrophe at Johns
town, the following is to me one of the
most solemn arid impressive. When mid
night hud dropped iter ' luck pull over the
fated city, H number of people wlio were
gathered together on a roof, were hurled
past the watchers on the shore hy the ter
rific violence ot the torrent. Above the
roar of the maddened waters came the
chorus of that mighty hymn, (led by a
sweet female voice.) "Nearer, My God,
To Thee .' " It rose w itli rich and swelling
cadences upon the bieczc. and even the
waters seemed to How more gently. Sud
denly, upon the l ushing breeze, there came
a crash, a wild cry, and then all was still.
They had indeed passed over the Hivor
of Death, nearer, Our Father, "To
Thee! "1
The blackness or night fell o'er mountain and
dale—
And the roar or the waters filled wlldivood and
vale.
For a torrent came down in the i alley so talr,
And Its foam, white and an. IJ, tose high on the
air—
And It brought In lis wake, men, all broken with
age.
Youths, whom lire lay before, like an unwritten
page ;
Maidens fair, chlldcreu loving, and Innocent
babes,
Came down In the course of the swift, rushing
waves,
When high o'er the sound ot the cataract's roar,
Came the voire of the hymn we hale heard o'er
and o'er.
'Twas a hymn ot thanksgiving, isiili Joyous and
sweet,
That tells ot a home where the lost loved ones
mee 1
The voice or the father In deep tones was heard.
And the carol of children like some sweet-toned
bird;
The lips of the maid, who had never known
care.
And the feeble old grundaiue Joined, too. In the
prayer—
The mother, who clasped In one long, last em
brace.
The Innocent babe, with Its talr IMaul face.
Hang above the wild roar of the wind and the
wave,
The hymn that will echo beyond the cold grave.
" Nearer, my cod, to 'th e.
Nearer to Thee,
E'en th ugh It be a cross.
That talseth ine."
Then the chorus swelled grandly o'er valley and
lea.
" still all my song shall be, near r, my (tod, to
Thee'"
Then soft, as the night winds o'er sweet (lowers
blow,
" Nearer to Thee," t hey sang, tender and low.
The listeners on shore hushed the sound of their
tears.
And waited—their hearts filled with grler and
wild fears -
Again came the voices from overthe billows.
Which soon will roll over their cold earthly pil
lows.
" Though, like the wanderer,
The sun gone down,
Darkness he over me.
My rest a stone."
Hushed was the billows roar, as they sang ten
derly,
" Yet In uty tjreiuns I'd be. Nearer, my (tod, to
Thee!"
A wave higher rose, and their frail hark sped on.
Little knew they or feared, as they sang on
and on.
They seemed to see heaven, that "home of the
soul."
Beyond the wild tempests, and rough waves that
roll
'Twlxt the valley of rest, and this dark vale of
care.
And t lielr song was as sweet as an angel's
prayer.
"Therelet the way appear.
steps unto heaven—"
A crash broke upon the ear,
'l heir raft, was riven 1
Oh, o'er the rolling wave, bounding and free,
"Nearer, our Father, they're nearer "toTheel'i
Yes, they have crossed the dark, rolling River—
Their boat returns—never, ah, never 1
But past all mortal cares. In love ami gladness,
Rest they In sweetest peace, beyond all sudncs,
To that bright, happy land, w here none can
sever.
Loved ones have passed away, o'er the dark
Klver 1
Carlisle, Pa.
Marriage Licenses.
/Clayton McVlcker oelstown
tMary A. Lehman Paint twp. Somerset Co
fllarry Jackson Lower Yoder
(Annie Allison Lower Yoder
/Joseph Bonder eonemaugh boro
(Lizzie selbert, eonemaugh boro
/Joseph A. Erb Johnstown
(Annie Horner Johnstown
/Joseph Hoffman fohnstown
(Lena Single Johnstown
/ James Gallagher Prospect
(Sarah Farley Prospect
/Joseph Mlleak Cambria boro
(Mary Hohel Cambria boro
/James Hart Morrellvllle
(Harriet Bunting Cambria boro
/John cullen eonemaugh
(Annie Darby eonemaugh
/Benjamin ltlgg Boston, Mass
(Martha Dick Johnstown
The lied Cross l'iiino.
Miss Claru Barton happened in the
music store of Mr. T. Morguu, on Locust
street tlie other day. Mr Morgan in re
ferring to lite new building of the Red
Cross as the former site ot the Episcopul
Church, said that it lacked but one object
to make it complete and give it the true
air of a home —a piano or organ —and
kindly offered to lend one. Miss Bnrton
heartily •■greed with him and accepted the
gift. Now the long hall is graced by a
piano from Mr. Hamilton, of Pittsburgh,
to be used as long as wanted.
The Figures.
As requested by Governor Beaver,
Chairman ot the Relief Commission, Mr.
J. B. Kremcr has distributed the follow
ing special contributions winch were sent
to the Commission:
First Methodist Church $ 11 00
Employes of ttafe Postoflice 238 00
The Israolits of Johnstown 40 00
Presbyterian Church 200 00
Royal Arcanum 50 00
The Fire Department 231 00
Knights of Pythias 75 00
Masons 15 00
Pennsylvania Children's Aid So
ciety 23 00
TliE FLOOD AT JOHNSTOWN.
Linen Written by Kmma Viola Harry, of fUe '
" Harry SiHtern."
[Having 1 ravelled through thnt portion
of the State, and having many friends and
acquaintance# in the vicinity, my feel
inga were deeply touchid, and my inter
est awakened by the sad and unlooked
for event, that has desolated so many
hearts and has almost devastated that
once beautiful and flourishing city. This
little tribute of sympathy I dedicate to the
bereaved.]
Evening fell o'er the silent town.
Evening, dismal and dreary—
Steadily, sadly the rain came down,
seeming never to weary.
Happy and blooming, a young mother, fair,
Sat clasping her babes asleep—
Rwcet rose her song on the stilly air.
While the o ngel.s paused to weep.
Youth, so though 1-88, and age. so meek.
Were dwelling'mid tears and smiles—
The sky Is dark'nli.g—oh l man is weak,
And no thought (l fear begur.es.
But, hark! what means this rushing sound
'l hat Is lulling upua ttie ear v ,
A cry of horr'" breaks around.
And mlngh - with ;r ions and tears
The waters are font ug and dashing past—
They are ■7si' i mo ' ta ind HIGHER—
They wrlthe! and lib.- .. nd plunge : and gasp :
With a menace tier, e and dire
AfTrlghted! the mother elusps her arms
Around her babes—a prayer
ltlses to heaven loguard from harm.
And keep them with tenderesi cape.
Oh ! many have sought, and sought In vain
A shelter from wind and wave—
And now. as the evening pales and wanes.
The torrent becomes a grave:
And others have . aught a floating plank.
And their will e. unearthly faces,
Oleara through i he mosses, damp and dank,
'I hat once decked their old home places.
The frowning mountain, so dark, and cold.
l.ooks down, all In gloom—full of pity—
And Its Juttlngvddes, and Its tree-tops hold,
seem sorrowing o'er t lie doomed city.
Oh! how piercing the shrieks of the young and
the old.
And how ghastly their looks—how their tones
Grow wild-then feeble—ah: still, and so cold.
They sink—'neath the billows—alone:
Oh, Father: In mercy look down from on high.
And say, as or old, •• Peace, be still:
Thou, Lord, and Thou, only, these storm-waves
can dry
And witli Joy i Itese sad mourners can till;
And, oh : when we took on the lake, w lion It lies
So peaceful, ami blight, and calm,
lieposlng serenely, beneath r tie blue sky.
And seeming, no sorrowful jualm
E'ru rattles hei O - 1.1, as brightly,the sun
lieflected In beamy appears—
oh, conemau .n: tlduk of the deed tii it hast
done.
And thy cold drops w ill change Into tears:
Bnt, orewl.lle the wind Uses, and blows o'er the
lake,
And sobbing, tlteb ilo .y waves
Lap the baukar.d the im - ,js, the flower and the
brake.
And frighten the blrdtlng that laves
Its whlto-cresied wing In the water, that blows
With a tlrele.-s iiioilon on -lio.e.
Saying, still say lug, as It ebbs, and It flows,
"I have made them agi ve evermore !
Nevermore wl t the children, so blooming and
bright.
Play In Innocent sport 'round my bed.
Nevermore will the ymuli, with steps free and
light.
The sands of my banks blithely tread:
I have made them a grave 'neath the shade of
the hills,
In the valley s, by mo attains, and streams.
Yet the murmur of brooks, and ihe song of the
tills,
Disturb not their sweet, happy dreams:
But the homes of their youth shall know tliem
no more-
Fair John-tow uis w rapped la deep gloom—
And the savt.s tlm. were Joyful lit bright
days of j ore.
Are now silent and sad as i he tomb:
Carlisle, Pa., June 4. lsstt.
CONEMAH.It lIOKOL'GtI LOCK-UP.
The New Budding tteeelves Its First Guests.
An Altneiia Damsel Among the l.ot.
On Saturday Messrs. Horn & Son, con
tractors, complete! a new lock-up in Cone
maugh borough. The Building is a sub
stantial woiuiti. structure and contains
six cells, and t. large room used by the
policemen, and as a lJun:..-s' office. This
is the first lock-up the borough has ever
had and the officers naturally feel quite
proud of it.
It was not allowed to remain idle long,
for during the night three unfortunates
were gathered in and caged. In the
morning they gave their names as Lewis
Austin, J. Maloney and Lilly Gillin. Of
ficers Cotmery and Brimllc picked up the
two men while they were howling drunk
on the streets, and officer Metizer gather
ed up the fair Lilly while she was making
too much of a show of herself.
Acting Burgess Freidhotl gave them
a hearing and they were all remanded
for Ave days. Miss Gillin claims Altooua
as her home, and insisted that a young
man wearing a straw hat, who was with
her, should also be arrested. A number
of visitors calling at the lock-up during
the day were closely scrutinized by the
fair damsel, but she failed to identify any
of them as being the man that was with
her, although the reporter narrowly es.
capcd, as she appeared to recognize some
points of resemblance to the party
wanted.
A Go.xl Act.
The bright little son of Secretary Krc
mer, of the State Commission, while at
Moxliam tiie other day, discovered that a
man, Thomas Hugs, who was living in an
Oaklahoma, had no furniture or house
hold goods. lie reported the facts to his
father and feelingly portrayed the hard
ships and uncomfortablo condition of
this man and his family. Soon after Sec
retary Kreracr saw that the necessary
household goods and furniture were
supplied, and the family was made hap
py. This manly little fellow deserves un
bounded praise.
A Sunday Dress Parade.
Company H, of the Fifth Regiment,
Captain Wonders, and Company C, of tiie
Fourteenth, Captain Neshitt, hnd a dress
parade in front of the T. R. It. Depot yes
terday evening at 7 o'clock. The boys
went through the various evolutions in
great style, much to the admiration of the
girls who were out in torce. If there is
anything that will make the average girl's
eye sparkle it is to see the gay soldier boy
on dress parede. By all means give us
some more dress parades.
DEATH UFA GOOD MAN. t *
Will nm Thaw, the 1 ittnlmrgh Mllliunare
Philanthropist, Pirns** Away at Parts.
William. Thaw, father-in-law of W. K.
Thompson, Esq., Treasurer of the Johns
town Relief Fund, died very suddenly ia
Paris, France, Saturday morning ' last.
Mr. Thaw, who was in Hie seventy-first
year of his age, hail been advised by his
physicians to take a trip abroad for the
benefit of his health, and about a monty
ago, accompanied by several members Of
his family, started across the ocean. His
denth was caused by rheumatism of the
heart.
At the time of his deatli Mr. Thaw was
a director in the Pennsylvania Railroad,
Second Vice President of the Pennsylva
nia Company and Second Vice President
of the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati ifc St. Louis
Railway. He was identified with other
enterprises, but devoted the most of liik
tiiuu to railroad affairs. 4
.Mr. Thaw's charities were unbmmdegl.
It was his custom to devote a few hours
after breakfast each day to hearing the
wants of people seeking aid, and it is said j
his private residence on Fifth street, Pitts
burgh, was always surrounded by a crowd
lonic before the hour for being heard.
Among his last contributions for the aid I
of the needy was sending in his check for
$3,000 for the aid of Johnstown sufferers. 1
Rev. E. R. Donchoo, the Pittsburgh
clergyman who devotes a great deal Of
his time to aiding poor people, says of
linn:
•' He usually devoted the hours from 9
to 12 to hearing tho petitions for aid of all
those who called to see htm at his private
residence. He answered all the rings at
the hell personally, and I have seen him
hobbling to the door to answer a summons
No one was ever permitted to intrude on j
those asking charity. He obliged all To
state their cases briefly; he gave littfii
time to each, but the poor man receivc'i!
just as much attention as the man of
wealth. By a few well-directed questions, j
he judged of the need ami the fitness of
the applicant.
"He advised me to lake to charitable
work, and promised to listen to all my
calls for aid. And he advised me not to
devote myself to the worthy, as plenty
would take care of tlictn, but to aid the
unworthy. 'Surely,' he said, 'they are
worthy at least of the services of one sueff
man.'
" lie never allowed the extent of his
eharities to he known, and was bitterly
opposed to anything being published
about them. To my personal knowledge
lie spent at least SIOO,OOO a year for char
ity ; aud I was aware of but a small por
tion of his chanties. A great many per
sons have blamed Mr. Thaw for indis
criminate giving; but his charity was not
indiscriminate. When he received a call
for aid, he made a memorandum of it and
answered all in succession, every effort
being made to discover tho applicant's tit
ne.-'s."
She Visit lMl the Domain of "Jack th
Ripper.'*
Mrs lielva Lock wood, who was the
Woman's Rights candidate for President
in 1884, and who is at present in London, '
is known to have the courage of her con
victions, but she broke all her previous
records last week by going down alone'
into Whitechapel to visit the scenes of
Jack the Ripper's amusement, an adven
ture that a great many men would not
care to undertake. Mrs. Lockwood did
not use her tricycle, however, though she
lias it witii her in London, but drove
down on an omnibus. Among the other
things witnessed by the ex-candidate for
President was a tight in Castle alley,,
brought about hv a talkative woman".
"Finally," said Mrs. Lockwood, in de
scribing the fracas, " a man raised his fist
and dealt the talkative woman a blow in*
the face from which she bled freely, but
still continued to talk." The latter cir
cumstance need not have surprised a wo- j
man who knows her sex so well as Mrs.
Lockwood does, but she did her duty
when ultimately a policeman arrived by
saying to him: " Sir. you should have
come before." Like all policemen, he
was callous to this reproof, and respond
ed : "Oh, tnadam, this is a matter of
hourly occurrence. I have just taken two
men-from here to the station-" 9
This disgusted the reformer, and she re
turned to civilization.
Asking fur Information.
The Board of Inquiry Saturday received 1
the following letter from the British Con
sul nt Philadelphia. Search was made
for Mr. Isaac, but nothing could be learn
ed about liirn. If any of the leaders of
the DEMOCRAT know of the whereabouts
of .Miss Isaac's brother, they can address
the Board of Inquiry, and the information
will be forwarded to the British Consul i'
BRITISH CONSULATE. 1
PHILADELPHIA, PA., Aug. 14,1889. F
Drill' Sir.
A Miss Emma Isaac, of 18 Mulgrove '
street, Plymouth. England, has written
to this consultate with reference to her
missing brother, Wm. Isaac. She fears
that he may have been in the neighbor- j
hood of the late disastrous floods and have
met with misfortune.
Should you have any record of such a
person in your registers. I will thank you
for such information as you may he able
to furnish. Yours truly,
R. C. CIIIPPKBTOH,
H. R. M. S. Consul.
P. B.—Another missing Englishman
named Wm. Howclls Lewis is also being
inquired for.
To Chief of the Bureau of Information,
Johnstown, Pa.
The •• Elixir" 011 Bricks.
Mr. E. P. Gerber, the painter, hag
formed a preparation which simply and
easily removes the deposit left by the
high waters on all brick houses. Dr. W. I
B. Lowman suggested its application. An
experiment on his own house with a small
amount brought back the natural color of J
the brick. jP