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Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-05-02

tirely unexplored and untrodden by
either white or Arab. At the outset the
force had been divided and it was the
advance guard that made the appalling
journey. The rear guard, by the way, was
rescued long months after at Banalya,
II being alive out of an original COM
plement of 257. "We bore" says an
officer of the advance guard, 'a sectional
steel boat, % feet by feet in size when
put together, with us, about three tons
of ammunition and couple of tons of
provisions and sundries. With all these
goods and baggage we had reserve
force of about 1S0 supernumeraries.
Half of them carried, besides their Win
chesters, billhooks to pierce the bush and
cut down distractions. This band
formed the pioneers"
The first serious conflict took place
Aug. 10, 1887. On this day the expedi-
ton had crossed a small river and
camped in a village ON the other side.
About in the afternoon some of the
men were shot at by the natives who
lined the opposite bank, not showing
themselves, but crouching in the dense
bush and discharging clouds of poisoned
arrows. The white men, hearing the rifle
fire of the Zanzibaris, rushed down to the
river, and Lieut.. Stairs at once headed a
party of men in the boat and was cross
ing to the other side to dislodge the enc
my, when, about half way across the
river, he, the only one standing up in the
boat, was dangerously wounded by poi
soned wooden arrow just below the
heart, Six or seven Zanzibaris were also
wounded, and most of them died of teta.
nus, but Lieut.. Stairs recovered, although
the piece of arrow that had broken off
short in the wound was not extracted
until fourteen months had elapsed.
Day by day the fierce denizens of the
great forest hung on the flank of the
sorely tried column. Disease added to
the horror of the situation, and in Octo-
Der it became necessary to leave eighty
disabled men behind in a small camp on
the banks of sluggish stream. After
twenty-three days it was possible for the
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-05-02
trcnks OF the Atmosnerc.

The atmospheric conditions Of the des-
erts and high p!ateaus at certain seasons
of the year produce strange phenomena.
The dry weather in Nevada has produced
n host Of giant dancers in Lyon county.
These appearances are puzzlers to all sci
entists. How they brace up and hold
together 50 long is mystery. On a
quiet. sunny day you see a little handful
of sagebush soar aloft on n light breeze
Some more joins it, until it is as big as
your hat, and chen your body, and then
sand and rocks and soil by the bushel
begin to roll into the mass from the
ground, ascending upward like Il col
umn. 1t is soon as big as a telegraph
pole and all the time gaining and ere
long its top may be reaches 1000. may
be 5000 feet While you are watching
this one probably three or four others
will spring up, or half a dozen will come
walt2ing down from the upper end of
the valley, having travelled probably
twenty-five miles and torn up the soil
like steam plow in their waltzing and
zigzaggng. They tear mp the hill sides,
smash houses and suck up men like
waterspouts, They go to pieces in as
strange a way as they are formed.--Sa
Francisco Examiner.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-05-02

1t is one of the oddities of human Da
ture that people are always looking rs
far away as possible from the ground
they stand upon, not only for their best
uhauce for distinction, but for the dan
gers which they believe are most be
setting.
4 lion tanner ventured into the cage OF
tie most ferocious beasts, apparently
having no fear of them. although he
was often quite badly bitten. But he
Dad dreadful fear of taking bronchitis
One day, after he had entered, with
perfect composure, a cage containing
two half-starved bears and Il panther,
he shook his head gravely as he came
out
"Well, well, sir" he said to u gentle
man who stood near, ''this is going to
end badly for me some day"
"You are afraid those ferocious ami
mails will devour you, them
"The animals? Pshaw You don't
think I'm afraid of them, sir! Not at
all; but these cages, sir, are such a
dreadful place for draughts!"-Youth's
Companion.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-05-02
Tinted Paper.

Mrs. East, the wife of am English pa
per maker, happens to drop bluing bag
which she holds in her hands into a vat
of pulp. She is frightened and says
nothing about the accident; her husband
storms when he finds that the paper has
a peculiar tinge, but the astonished
workman can throw no light upon the
matter. Thereupon he sends the paper
to London with instructions that it be
closed out at any price. The public,
however, accept it asa purposed novelty.
1t becomes the rage; orders pour in for
more of the same sort. The wife con-
fesses. the husband forgives her-and
well he may, for his fortune is made.
This is the very simple origin of tinted
paper. Illustrated American.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-05-02
For Letterins ON Glass.

In order to fasten glass letters, figures,
etc, ON glass (show windows) SO that
even when submerged in water for sew
eral days, they will not become detached,
use an india rubber cement. The best
for this purpose consists of one part india
rubber, three parts mastic and fifty parts
chloroform. Let stand for several days
at u low temperature to dissolve the ce-
ment. 1t tmust be applied very rapidly,
as it becomes thick very soon. When
spread with a camels hair brush over
crack III glass or porcelain vessels this
cement elTectually closes it, and the ves-
sells may be made serviceable for holding
water, though, of course, they will not
bear tise application of heat.-New York
Telegram.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-05-02

main body TO send them succor. The re-
lief party found five of the eighty alive.
The rest had perished, and their bodies
had been consigned to the waters of the
river
Still the awful march continued. The
only hope was to reach the grass lands,
and ON the glorious day when the last
barrier was burst and they saw the
boundless stretch of plain the surviving
Zanzibaris simply went mad with joy.
But more perils were yet to come. One
of Stanley's Iieutenants says:
"a few days after the expedition
moved out from the forest to the plains
it entered the country belonging to a
chief called Majamboni. The natives,
instead of running away, began to col
lect on the hillsides near the line of
march. evidently with the idea of at
tacking ms. 1t soon became necessary
for us to take up some strong position
and inclose ourselves in zareba Ac-
cordngly we selected hilltop, and built
a strong zareba of mimosa bushes, and
then felt able to sally out and punish the
natives. After some feints on
the part of 1Iajamboni's warriors on our
position two parties were sent out under
Mr. Jephson and Lieut. Stairs The
party under Stairs went toward the
north, across the valley to the villages
nvrth of the stream, and while actually
crossing it were fired upon by crowds OF
natives hidden among the bananas.
However, the stream was crossed, the
natives dislodged and the villages burnt.
"The party under Mr., Jephson had
taken a northeast direction, and, return
ing home by different route, had burnt
every hut to the east and northeast of
our position. This had the desired
effect. We could see large bodies of
natives retiring behind the hills to the
north, and next day we were permitted
to march onward to the lake without
further molestation.'
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-05-02


But although a matter of history, the
tale of trials and triumphs is still to be
put on paper. As yet only the main
facts have been presented to the public,
and the full details of the long battle with
disease, with nature and with natives are
yet to be told. 1t is the object of this
article to throw little light on portion
of the march inland, which will live in
the annals Of heroic adventure, not only
as practically unparalleled, but as the
magnificent victory Of trained brain
and indomitable will over the most stu
pendous obstacles.
March 19, 1887, Stanleys column, con.
sisting of 700 Africans, mostly Zanzi-
baris, and few whites, left the mouth
Of the Congo river bound inland. AT
midsummer they plunged into the great
forest, and thereafter their lives were
worn and spent with tolls, perils and
disaster.
eve were," said Mr.. Stanley in a re-
cent conversation, published in an extra
number of The London Illustrated News,
from which the accompanying cuts are
taken, "160 days in the forest-one
continuous, unhroken, compact forest.
While in England, consider
ing the best routes open to the Al.
bert Nyanza, thought | was very lib
eral in allowing myself two weeks
march to cross the forest region lying
between the Congo and the grass land,
but Won NAV imagine our feelings when
month after month saw us marching.
tearing, plowing, cutting through that
same continuous forest, 1t took 100 days
before we could say, Thank God, we are
out of the darkness at last! =
Try and imagine some Of the inconven-
fences. Take a thick Scottish copse drip
ping with rain Imagine this copse to
be mere underground nourished under
the impenetrable shade of ancient trees
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-05-02
MUSICAL ACCENT ILLUSTRATED.
A Witness Explains the Term to the satis-
faction of the Court.


faction of the Court.
AT trial in the court of kings bench
as to an alleged piracy of the "Old Eng
lish Gentleman" one of the first wit
nesses put into the box was Cooke.
Nov, sir" said Sir James Scarlet in
his cross-examination of Cooke, ''you say
that the two melodies are identical, but
different. What am | to understand by
that, sir?'
"What | said" replied Cooke, twas
that the notes in the two arrangements
are the same but with different accent
the one being in common while the
other is in triple time; consequently the
position of the accented notes is different
in the two copies.
"What is a musical accent" Sir James
flippantly inquired.
My terms for teaching music are
guinea a lesson," said Cooke, much to
the merriment of the court.
II do not want to know your terms for
teaching" said the counsel, II want you
to explain to his lordship and the jury
what is musical accent" Sir James
waxed wroth. "Can you see it?' he
continued.
NO" was the answer.
"Can you feel it,"
"Well," Cooke drawled out, ia mu-
sician can" After an appeal to the
judge the examining counsel again put
the question. "Will you explain to his
lordship and the iury-who are supposed
e know nothing about music-the mean
IT,: Of what you call accentr'
iusical accent" rejoined Cooke, ''ls
emphasis laid on certain note just in
the same manner as you would lay stress
on any word when speaking in order to
make yourself better understood. will
give YOU an illustration, Sir James. If !
were to say you are donkey the ac-
cent rests on donkey; but if instead |
said you are a donkey it rests on you,
Sir James. and have no doubt that the
gentlemen Of the jury will corroborate
me in this" The story is more personal
than polite - nevertheless, it is well
worth telling as an instance of forcible
illustration. 1t is useful, too, since it may
serve to impress upon the minds of that
very large circle of people who plume
themselves on being musical some faint
notion of what accent in music really is.
1t is the outcome of that wonderful in
vention, the division of music into bars,
but for which music might still be only
the magical accomplishment of few.
Gentleman's Magazine.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-05-02

Here closes the epic period of the
great march, the anabasis of the Zanzi
baris. The time from December, 1887,
until April 10, 1889, was employed in the
rescue of Emin and the collection of the
fugitives from the Soudan. Then fol
lowed the journey to Bagamoya, and
the end of the expedition at Zanzibar,
where the surviving natives received
from their monarch the honors due
them as brave and much enduring men.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-05-02

''Gen. Greedy, thought you promised
us a cold wave"
$50 did; but had to postpone it on
account of the weather. New York
Sun.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-05-02
B. & B.
The NetO Spring Assortment are
NOaO VU in.

1t is great pleasure to us to offer this
seasons productions, because they are the
most elegant and satisfactor for the prizes
we have ever seen.
Our Mail Order Department will cheeFa
fully submit samples by mall and you
order will be filed at the lowest prices
and as satisfactorily as though you were
here to do your shopping in person. Have
you tried it?
Special mention is made of few items
only.
A very large assortment ofi.Alll WOsl
Imported Suitings, 3S to 40 inches in width
large assortment of stripes, plaids and
mixtures, at so cents. This the most
comprehensive offering of 90 cent Dress
Goods ever made by any mercantile
house.
100 pieces 40 inch Imported Plaids, 40
cents.
Also, at 80 cents, large assortment of
All Wool, 50 inch Scotch Cheviots.
New and stylish Cloth Bourettes, 81
inches wide, at so cents.
A rs cent offering-the most for the
money ever offered-Tmported Tailor
Suitings, in large variety of stylish
stripes, 3S inches wide, elegant quality.
At 33 cents, SO inch Wool Suitings, new
stripes and plaids.
500 pieces extra fine Satines, 10 cents
% cent quality.
New Zephyr Ginghams, l5c, zoe, 25s.
Anderson's Ginghams, 40c, 45c.
Challis-largest variety in all qualities
up to the Imported All Wool Goods at 80
cents.
Our Large spring and Summer FASH
ION JOURNAL AND CATALOGUE will be
ready April 1. 1t costs nothing but your
name on postal card to get it.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-05-02
me Lord,s PRAYER ON His Arm.

1--WE find strange mementoes on some
of our bodies, said an undertaken of
Detroit. "The other day we were pre-
pairing the body Of an unknown man for
burial. lie had met violent death, but
there was the most serene expression on
his face that I ever saw on any one.
When we dressed him for the grave we
found the Lords prayer beautifully writ
ten in India ink on his forearm. 1t was
as fine piece Of tattooing as / ever saw,
and it set me to thinking that perhaps
that was what he depended on for com
fort and that gave the peaceful look to
his face. Montreal Star.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-05-02

A dog howied at roe "a Gle dagt,
A toad came from his hole to croak,
And the devil cat in anger spat
AT me beneath the druid oak
And, as it never creaked before,
Creaks yonder swinging dairy door.
There is deaths head in the fire,
An hour ago broke glass;
And down the lane see a train
OF shadowing, mummering phantoms pass;
see those ghostly shadows go
Where broods the grewsome carrion crow.
The flax l strewed outside the door
Some evil sprite hath whisked away;
The candle burns awry and turns
Its flames where bones of men decay.
The picture in my cup portends
The loss Of riches, health, and frcndsl
INVOCATION
Iput these pence upon this plate
And these sweet curds upon this shelf,
set them down for Bawsybrown,
My own familiar little elf;
Take pence, eat curds dear fay, and be
Protector Of this house and me.
Eugene Field.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-05-02

ranging from 100 feet to $50 feet high;
briars and thorns abundant; lazy creeks
meandering through the depths of the
Jungle, and sometimes deep atlluent of
great river.
"lmagine this forest and jungle in all
stages of decay and growth-old trees fall.
ing, leaning perilously over, fallen pros
trate ants and insects of all kinds, sizes
and colors murmuring around; monkeys
and chimpanzees above, queer noises of
birds and animals, crashes in the jungle
as troops of elephants rush away; dwarfs
with poisoned arrows, securely hidden
behind some buttress or in some dark re.
cess; strong. brown bodied aborigines
with terribly sharp spears, standing
poised, still as dead stumps; rain patter-
ing down on you every other day in the
year; an impure atmosphere with its
dread consequences-fever and dysen.
terry; gloom throughout the day, and
darkness almost palpable throughout the
night; and then = you will have
some idea of the Inconvenience endured
by us.
"Until we set foot on the grass land,
something like fifty miles west of the
Albert Nyanza, we We're never greeted
among the natives with smile, or any
sign of a kind thought OF a moral sensa.
ton. The aborigines are wild, utterly
savage and incorrigibly vindictive. The
dwarfs - called Wambutti - are still
worse, far worse. The gloom of the
forest is perpetual. The face of the
river, rejecting its black walls of vege-
tation, is dark and somber. The sky one
half the time every day resembles win
try sky in England; the face of nature
and life is fixed and joyless. If the sun
charges through the black clouds envel-
oping it, and kindly wind brushes the
masses of vapor below the horizon, and
the bright light reveals our surround
mgs, it is only to tantalize us with a
short lived vision of brilliancy and
beauty of verdWe.'
Until Stanley column penetrated and
marched through it this region was en-
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-05-02
FIVE MONTHS IN PERIL.
THE STRUGGLE OF STANLEY's MEN
THROUGH AN AFRICAN FOREST.

One Hundred and Sixty Days Spent in
Cutting Path, Fighting Fierce Dwarfs
and Enduring the Pangs of Starvation.
A March Unequaled.
The march of Stanley's relief column
across the African continent is now a
matter of history. The purpose of the
expedition was accomplished by the res
cue of Emin Pasha, and the European
survivors Of the wonderful journey are
again safe at home.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-09-25
The Clemson Request.

from the Washington Post. .
1t is not generally known that part
of tho Clemson estate ~bcqucathed to
South Carolina is near this city, at
Highland, Md. This was the coun-
try homo of Mr.. Clemson while he
was at the head of the agricultural
bureau. 1t was then in thorough
culture, and the house was in an
excellent condition., and one of the
finest buburban homes around the
city. The house is Of a high hill,
and is surrounded by several acres OF
the largest forest trees in this section,
and was, aud is to-day, one of the
most beautiful places around Wash
ington despite the rack and ruin the
place is in. The old mansion is
built after the one at Fort Hill, S.
c., and the outbuildings arc similar.
The leaving of this property and
that at Fort Hill to the State was
the cause of tho Tillman campaign,
and OH tho farm near this city was
born the first possibility of the Till
man boom.
AT the beginning,of the war Mr..
Clemson resigned his office and hur-
ricd South to take part in oiGaniz-
ing the Confederate Government in
his State. He left his wife and
daughter at the country place alone
and without protection. The family
were Southcrncrs to the backbone,
especially the daughter, but in her case
the Blue conquered the Grey, and
she surrendered to a gallant soldier
who came to guard herself and
mother. Gen. Scott placed a guard
over the property for the protection
of the family, and the care that the
soldiers took is testified to-day by
the giant oaks that arc now there
At the commencement of the wal
the soldiers cut down all tho forest
trees near this city, but spared the
Clemson place, and they arc now
the only large tract OF trees between
Washington and Bladcnsburg, along
the Bunker Hill Road.
But the protection which the SOL
dicrs gave the family ended in some,
thing of q romance. Among the
guard was a young officer who be.
came acquainted with Miss Clemson
and became infatuated with the
naughty Southern beauty: After
the family had gone South he mar,
ricd her. Mr.. Clemson, after the
death Of his wife and son, lived q
hermit at Fort Hill for many years,
and never returned to this city. The
only descendant whom he left is the
daughter of this union of the Blue
and Grey.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-09-25
Horse THIEF Caught.

John Kirkdall, of Cock County, Tenn,
was captured on Wednesday morning by
ShcriT Moss and posse ncar Mr.. w. b.
Whites. Io had stolen II horse in Cock
county, Tenn, from John Clcvingcr,
which Inc rode to Franklin, n. c., and
snapped to - Woods. IIo then rode
the Woods horse Oh to Walhalla, arriving
here Tuesday. lie was pursued hotly all
tho way from Tennessee, and ovcrtaken
here Wednesday by Clcvingcr and Woods,
who identified tho man and horse,
~whcrcupon he was arrested and lodged
III Jail. 10 confessed tho crime, and
told all the particulars of his theft. lie
is a young man of good address.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1890-09-25
SEQ notice. 81 County Treasurer Hoalllemap. fot

SEQ netice.ofI Comfy Treasurer Holleman for
opening Of tax books on October 10.
The Congressional primary jill the 4ti,
SDistriots@as held OF, tuesday. No eiece
ton Duncan and Shen will 10 in tho
second race.
If you are q tall woman, hayo your
workable and ironing-board IL foW
inches highertl than they arc usually made.
This little procaution will prevent many
q backache.
The Beayerdam Baptist Association
will hold its annual Sessions at Cleveland
on Thursday, Friday and sa lurday, I'd, 3D.
and dth of October proximo. The intro
ductory VIII DO by Roy. w. w.
feathers.
Tho lettor Of Judge Hines, of Georgia,
which appears on or fourth page, dis
f~cussos tho st. Louis platform. We print
it SO that our readers may have. the benc-
fit'ot his argument, and not because wo
endorse it. paS
Mr.. Tllos. V. l.. Falmestock, Of Grcenville,
formerly of Walha,la, his old home. and son of
our townsmah, pr. I. &C. Famestock, is on a
short visit tn friends and relatives ~ t.ts place
Ito is making rapid Roadway in tho profession
of his c%lioicc, being now d number one, first
class mechanic.
The Republican Congressional Convention
met at Greenwood on Tuesday to nominate a
candidate for Congress. -Four mon, Bryce,
Russell, Tolbert, and Tom Finlay, wanted the
nomination and worked hard for IL, but John II,
Tolbert received IL. Now for the tug of wal
between tho Democratic and Republican hosts,
Lot every Democrat grid his loins for tho fight.
The following are the arrivals at
the Norman Park Hotel for the week
ending Tuesday, September 23d: w.
Il. Baker, Gus Tripod, Atlanta, Ga;
L. NJ. Todd, st. Louis, Mo-; w. M.
Crookshanks, Grcenville; Joe Thomp-
son, Seneca; G. w. Garrett, S. G.;
w. II. Rccder, II. E. Alexander, a.
p. Rccder, High Falls; John Smalley
and wife, Miss Sheppard, Now
Jersey; w. 3. Bischoff, wife, nurse
and two children, Charleston; Jesse
II. Ives, Florence; j. Jay Smith, j.
b. Smith, j. p. Mckinney, High
lands, n. G.
The following arc the arrivals at
Biemann's Hotel for The week end
ing Tuesday, September 25d, 1890
j.. IL. Whitncr, Ashley Purse, At
%lanta, Ga; G. Il. Cantwell, e. Isc-
mann, Mrs. a. II. Haywood, Miss
Haywood, Miss Cally Simmons, Miss
Daisy Smith, Thos. w. Hughs, J.. e.
Smith, wife and four children, Char
lesion; G. G. Twitty, Virginia; II,
w. Davis, M. L.. Alexander, Green
villr; II. II. IIughs, Richland; w,
Laughlin and wife, fndcrson; Miss
Maud Diffendcrfer, Virginia; Samuel
Hughs and wife, Summcrvillc; ii. X,
Sullivan, Anderson; j. NJ. Zachary,
North Carolina; Jesse w. Bell, Clay
ton, Ga; Rev. S. j. Pinkcrton and
wife, Augusta, Ga; p. p. Williams,
Townyillc; Miss Kate Hampton, Miss
Anna Hampton, Miss Caroline Hamp-
ton, Frank II. Haskell, Charlie 9,
Haskell, Columbia; @. l.. Doll, Mont
gomery, Ala; G. w. McDavid, Bel
Ton. .