The Johnstown Democrat. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING, No. 138 (.FRANKLIN STREET, JOH WHO tvJV, CAMBRIA CO., I'A. " TERMS—si.r.o per year,payable In advance ; outside lbe county, llfteen cents additional tor postage. If not paid within three months will be charged. A paper can be discontinued at any time by paying arrearages, and not ottierwl.se. The failure to direct a discontinuance at the expiration of the period subscribed for will lie oonsldered a new engagement. .Veto Sutncrlp t tons must be nccompanled by the CASH. L. 1). WOODRUFF, Editor and publisher, FRIDAY' MAY 10 1890. GEORGE SPBESB, a leading Grand Army man of Shippensburg, Fa., died ou Sun day, aged 69 years. THE first woman to apply for admission to the bar of the Supreme Court of Mich igan is Miss Flora W. Tibbits of Ann Arbor. GENERAL ALGER told a Seattle reporter the other day that the United States could raise an army of 10,000,000 men within sixty days—" quite sufficient to lick the world." Tns Government pays annually to the railroads the sum of nearly $40,000,000 for carrying the United States mails, but the males of the United States pay more than that for their own transportation. Tns most successful salon in Paris is that ot the Comtesse dc Iversaiut, who will receive no gentleman unless he is clothed in as gay colors and as fine stuffs as the women. TUB Emperor of Germany has his cards like other moitals. Tiicy are very simple, although those of the German nobility arc generally very highly decorated with crests and crowns. The royal cards have abso lutely uo ornamentation. In plain gotliic letters Ihey read: "Wilhelm, German Emperor and King of Prussia. CAPTAIN WILLIAM MCCLELLAND, of Pitts burgh, has been appointed oue of the commissioners from Pennsylvania to the World's Fair. The others are John W. Woodside, of Philadelphia; John H. Halloek, of Erie; R. Bruce Rickctts, of Wiikesbarre, and Alonzo Sho'.well, of Philadelphia, delegate at large. THF. hill gi anting a pension to Mrs. Delia T. Stewart Parnell passed the House on Friday, with an amendment which cuts down the pension from SI2OO to SOOO. Against this reduction Congressman Cuin mings made a spirited protest, bringing out very clearly the fact that the pension is granted not because Mrs. Parnell is the mother of the Irish leader, but because she is the daughter of one of the most heroic, devoted and distinguished sailors that eve rserved iu the American navy. MATTHEW S. QUAY, the embezzler and corruptionist, continues as the official head of the Republican National Organi zation. The projected meeting of the National Committee has beeu indefinitely postponed. If there was auy disposition on the part of President Harrison and toe other Pharisees of his party to punish Quay for the sin of getting found out and not even making a bluff at defense, as Dudley did, they have abandoned the plan for the present. It is probable that " the silent Senator" found words enough to notify the other leaders that ire wouldn't go down alone. Quay knows too much to be a safe man to discipline. —N. V. World.. THE selection of Hon. Richard Yaux by the Democrats of the third Con grcssional district iu convention Monday is a very happy solution of a very vexed condition of tilings that convulsed the party of that district for some time. In regard to Mr. Vaux the Philadelphia Times says : " There is no truer Dcmo ' crat, none of higher character and none of more distinguished abilities in Phila delphia than Richard Vaux." He is in every respect qualified to fill the position to which he has been nominated. The opposition being pushed to the wall for arguments, try to make capital of the fact that Mr. Vaux has leached the age of seventy years. Many public men have done years of faithful and able service after having reached that age. And cer tainly no public man at his age was ever stronger pbysicially and mentally than is Mr. Vaux. • A REPUBLICAN .JOURNAL CONSIDERS THE PARTY'S PROSPECTS IN IL LINOIS. liloomlngton Leader. Let it be understood for once and all time : This is an off year, and Republicans cannot afford to simply whistle; they must saw wood and get there. They've got to hustle, get up early and stay out late, else the great enemy will swoop down upon us the next election and gobble the Legislature, the United States Senatorship, lhe Congressional reapportionment, and the general bakery, and leave us in the soup! THE Senate and 'he House have got into " irreconcilable " differences on an amendment to the dependent pension bill. The object is to block legislation tor the present, so that the g. o. p. will have an opportunity to hold the soldier vote again this fall with promises. In view ol the lavishness with which appropriations have been made and must yet be made during the present Congress, the Repub lican party would be afraid to face the country after passing a measure that would call out an additional $100,000,000 rom the public tr< asury. TIIK following remarks from the Mont gomery Advocate, on the subject of roads, are as true as gospel and have our unquali fied indorsement: " Roads that are well worked and kept in first-class condition attract population, increase the value of real estate and property generally, reduce the cost .of transportation and thus en courage the greater exchange of products between sections, and promote intercourse and development wherever ihey may ex ist. It has been truly said that' the road is that physical sign or symbol by which you will best judge and understand any age or people,' and ' if they have no roads they are wanting in civilization, for the road is the creation of man and the iy"c of civilized and intelligent society.' " JUDGE AMASA J. PARKER died at Albany Tuesday night, i ighty-three years. He was born in Sharon, Conn. He grad uated from Union Col'ege, and in 1833 was elected a member of the New York Assembly from Delaware county. In 1830 he was elected to Congress from the Twentieth district. He was appointed Circuit Judge in 1844, and was elected Supreme Court Judge in 1847, in 1855 and in 1803. He was one of the judges of the Court of Appeals iu 1855. He was twice (lie Democratic candidate for Governor of New York. He was beaten by John A. King in 1850, and in 1858 by E. D. Mor gan. Dining the last years of his life he practised law with his son. General Amasa J. Parker, Jr., at Albany. Although he was in feeble health, Judge Parker's death was sudden, and is thought to have been hastened by excitement over the trouble in the Albany City Bank, of which lie was a director. DISTRUSTING Till: PRESIDENT. I'lillaaelplila Times. The Republicans in the House of Rep resentatives appear to have less faith in President Harrison then the Democrats. Republican Representative Anderson, of Kansas, offered an amendment to the McKinley bill in committee of the whole, giving the President the power to sus pend the duty on any imported article when in his judgment, its production or sale in this country is monopolized by a Trust. On division the amendment was adopted by a vote of 87 to 70, but Anderson, of Kansas, and Owens, of Indiana, were the only Republicans who voted for it. Of the 87 votes it received 85 were cast by Democrats. If the amendment is allowed to remain in the bill the Republicans in the .Senate will have to decide whether President Harrison can be trusted to be lenient enough to the protected trusts. The chances are that they will decide that he cannot. If so they will insure protection to the trusts by striking out the amend ment themselves. OCR RIVER*. Never before in the history of auy place have so many and such great tasks been imposed upon a set of law makers in such brief space of time as have been de manding and are now demanding the at tention of the Councils of the city of Johnstown. The chaos in which the or ganization of the city government tound its matters nas equaled only by the con fusion incident to the disturbances of last year's misfortunes to our city. In the haste to speedily organize the city gov ernment some mistakes would "f neces sity occur, and some consequent dissatis faction, but in the course of time such er rors cau be corrected. There is one matter, however, that can not well afford a day's delay, and that matter is the rivers. It will not do to wait until it will be too late to do any thing ourselves the coming summer in case we get no assistance from elsewhere. It is the opinion of mauy of our people that what is known as the "Hill project" will never be accomplished. We must then look to the improvement of the channels of the rivers in orderjto increase their capacity for carrying off the water that is poured into them in times of heavy rainfall. The one work of most pressing necessity is the enlarging, cither by widening or deepening, or both, of the channel below the stone bridge. The channel at that place is at present insuf ficient to carry off the waters poured into it at times of high water. Many are of the opinion that if the channel were well opened below so that the water poured into it could be promptly discharged, there would be a great increase in veloc ity and consequently the channels in their present condition would be able to dis charge very much more water than at presmt. Any veiy considerable delay in regard to this matter might be attended with consequences for which no one would wish to be responsible. It is the safer plan :o proceed. BEN BuTTERwoRTn'S bold bolt from the Republican party in Congress on the " cabbage head " McKinley bill is causing considerable uneasiness in the ranks of that party. Cooper's Colossal Show. Those who delight in the sensational and realistic will have much to enthuse over in Mr. Cooper's presentation of Adam Forepaugh's histoiical "Wild West" ex hibition, with its daring scouts, crack shots, rollicking cowboys, bucking bronchos, buffalo, elk, and other denizens of the plains and mountains. Capt. A H. Bojrardus, famous the world over as a scout and dead shot, impersonates the la mented General Custer in a startling ami vivid reproduction of' Custer's Last Rally,' which is now given in the same complete form that characterized its production in New York City, under Mr. Forepaugh's management, where it ran 153 nights with unexampled success. Many of the Indians who participate in the grand mili tary spectacle were actually eugaged in the battle on the Little Big Horn. A new spectacle for this year, Sheridan's Ride from Winchester, never before seen under canvas. The marvelous power that Adam Fore paugh, Jr., exercises over the lower ani mals has a striking illustration in two features introduced to the public for the first lime this season—his intrepid and ex citing forty-horse act and his trapcsc-lcap ing pony, Eclipse- and which have cre ated a furore wherever the show has ap peared. Scarcely less wonderful are said to be the performances of the young trainer's gieat herd of elephants, who dance, march, form pyramids, and, in fact, do everything that any human being can do, except talk. The "circus proper," given in two rings and on a big central stage, is said to fairly blaze with novel and meteoric attractions, and the hippodrome races possess all the stirring realism of the race track scenes at Sara toga and Long Braucli. Everybody will want lo sec Adam Fore paugh's big show on the Point, on old show grounds, at Johnstown, on May 33d. A DELAMATKH SET BACK. Mono anil Watson Carry Hie McKean County Delegates. BRADFORD, May 14.- The largest con. ventiou ever held in this county was call ed to order in the Court House at Smcth port yesterday afternoon by Chairman W -11. Weaver. Lucius Rogers, [of Smeth port, a prominent Stone delegate, was elected temporary ch tirman by a majority of live votes over W. A. Lyte, of Katie, the Delamatcr delegate. Perkins, of Kane, offered a resolution declaring the .Delainater delegates from Eldred, a contested district, elected. It was defeated by a vote of 34 to 27. A memorial was presented setting forth irregularities in the election of delegates in the Third ward of Bradford city. In this it was shown that several of "Stone's supporters at the primaries in that ward were pronounced Democrats and others were Prohibitionists. A similar com plaint came from Lafayette township, and both were referred to the committee on credentials, who failed to throw out the districts. The vote for Gubernatorial delegates re sulted in the election of W. W. Brown and A. J. Wilcox, supporters of Stone, who received 37 votes to 31 cast for Dela mater's delegates, A. F. Bannon and Joshua Davis. Two ballots were taken for Congressman. The contest lay be tween Watson, Emery and Smith, and on the scco lu ballot Watson was selected. GLEANINGS I'KOJI EVERYWHERE. Just byway of getting ahead of the Signal Service, we wish to predict rain— followed by mud. " The Calliope of Kalamazao" if what the New York Sun calls Congressman Burrows. After sizing up the political situation we have come to the conclusion that everybody is a sure winner. , A jeweler at Lawrenceburg. Ohio, missed several valuable stones earlv the other morning, and couldn't account for their disappearance, for he had only opened the safe a few moments Before. He searched in vain for them, and then, turning to his three-year-old baby, who had been running about, asked : " Where arc those little things?" *" Me eat 'em all." was the baby's answer. A physician was at once summoned, He did not think any serious result would follow the costly feast. An examination of the tray showed that fourteen pearls and five diamonds had been swallowed by the child. .Statistics of the stealings of trusted per sons in Philadelphia and vicinity lor the past twelve months foot up to $2,092,000. Yet we are accustomed to regard Phila delphia as slow. The Marriage License Bill has passed the New Jersey Assembly. If the Senate should concur, Camden, will cease to be the Gretna Green of Pennsylvania couples who can not run the gauntlet of the License law of this State. Probably the oldest train hoy in the world is in active service on the Derby Railroad, between New Haven and Bir mingham, Connecticut. Ills Dame I s Henry Warren, and he is in his" eighty second year. He is almost as old as the regulation boy preacher. John I. Blair, the millionaire owner of Illairsville, N. J., and also the owner of one half the railroads in lowa, a man estimated to be worth from $40,000,000 to $100,000,000, was in Chicago the other day, and, it is related by the Tribune'oi that city, changed his linen in the] wash room of the Grand Pacific Hotel to saye the expense of paying for a room. JHe is 88 years old and wears an .[ancient, scrubhed-up hat that a poor man would be ashamed of. He is generous, people say, to everybody except himself. POST-NUPTIAL. Before the glowing anthracite, That still reflects enchanting dreams, Come, dearest, sit by me to-night, And banish thoughts of household theme** Of perfect peace this is the goal, The sweet fulfillment of the joy, That in the red, prophetic coal, I pictured when a love struck boy. A many mooded girl were you In those delicious virgin days, So mutable I hardly knew The way to woo, and wooed all ways Your moods enhanced your words to me; Be changeful still, I will not chide; Why should a sweetheart's fancies lie Less captivating in a bride; What if the dimple hearted pinks Have faded from your cheeks? I find Them in a richer bloom, methinks, Within the garden of your mind. You are the diviner now, forsooth, Thau in the ante-nuptial time! When in the tropic heat of youth I sang your praise in ardent rhyme. May nobler inspirations spring From love made perfect by the years I And may your laureate live to sing Songs more delightful to your ears. —Montreal Star. A Itusy Preacher. If there be any busier man in New York than Kev. Morgan Dix, of Trinity corporation, he would do well to step up and he identilied. Besides attending to the vast routine business of the Trinity corporation, with its §20,000,000 invested, preaching regularly, marrying people, visiting the sick and officiating over the dead, he is called upon by men and wo men of every walk in life for advice on nil sorts of questions. No matter how early you go to his office in the morning, you will find a dozen or twenty people ahead of you. They all want to see the distinguished rector of old Trinity in person and explain to him their various schemes and troubles. The writer of this waited two hours for an opportunity to get a word with him on a matter of private business.—Cor. Richmond Dis patch. A Historic Shoe. Joseph F. Graham, of New York, lias in his possession a shoe and a sandal which were worn by Queen Elizabeth more than 300 years ago. The shoo is in a wonderful state of preservation. It is a No. 1 in length, but rather too broad to bo considered shapely at the present time. It is made of yellow brocaded satin, lined with fine, stout canvas. The sole is of oak tanned leather. The heel is exactly like the high French heel of modern times. It is placed well under the foot and is at least two inches high. The toe runs to a sharp point. Across the instep are two satin straps, which evidently were once fas tened with jeweled clasps. There is no stiffening in any part of the shoe. The edges are hound with yellow silk braid. —Shoe and Leather Review. Longevity in Maine. West Ti'enton claims to be a "healthy neighborhood." A correspondent calls attention to the fact that there are five families in that vicinity, adjoining neigh bors, who in the aggregate have reared thirty-nine children, and with their ten parents added would make altogether forty-nine in number. The eldest parent living is 73 and the youngest 02. The eldest child is 46 and the youngest 18. These homes have been occupied by these families on an average of forty years; yet in that time there have been but three deaths from this number, that of one parent and two children,— Ellsworth American. VI iiniii]ill,-el Cats at Auction. It was the first cat's iiead that went for the feeble lud., probably because the curiosity mongers had not yet warmed to their work. This was stated to have formed a portion of "a beautiful Tom." Another, declared lobe "a perfect study of a sweet fact," was knocked down for 3s. 3d. The hindquarters of a cat with two hind feet attached were more briskly competed for amid cries of "Handle that cat gently!" from two gentlemen de scribed as "evidently scientists."—Lon don News. All Kur Machine. The ear machine is one of the latest beautitiers. 1c is merely a bit of sprung steel, so shaped as to come down over the ears and press them back when they stand out too prominently. One can hardly blame people for using them. Ears that stand out from the head like handles from the side of a jug are not pretty. If a mother sees that her child is likely to be so afflicted she can easily remedy the difficulty by a little trouble. —New York Commercial Advertiser. Feathered Dentists in Virginia. George E. Heath, who lives in Hanover county, a short distance from Ashland, was in the city today. He states that on Saturday morning he went to his hen nery and attempted to take a hen off her roost, when she flew in his face, pecked him in his mouth, and took out a tooth which had been troubling Mr. Heath for some time, and which lie intended hav ing extracted.—Norfolk Landmark. African Shoes. There was a pair of wooden clogs, with Arabic inscriptions on them, which were sent to Mr. Ward by Tippo Tib as a kind of Christmas card. The only way to keep them on your feet is to grasp a peg, which sticks up in the forward part, with two of your toes. The fortunate Central African has toes as deft as our fingers.— New York Sun. Ilare Good Luck. Fond Mamma —Why, what have you in your apron? Little Daughter (breathlessly) Oh, mamma! Such good luck! Dotty Dim ple's cat had six kittens, and her mamma would not let her keep but one, so she gave mo the other five. New York Weekly. What a Desirable Diner Must lie. A man to be desirable at dinner must be as agreeable as the dinner itself. 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