The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-03-08

him, and Douglas Green returned the
by falling desperately IN love
with Mrs. McCrea Green's friends say
he was crazy; yet mp to the daY of his
when he left his own little wife,
and sped off to Old Point Comfort to marry
Mrs. McCrea, he was considered quite sane
enough to go on Change, and buy and sell
stocks to the amount of hundreds of thous-
ands of dollars, but now that he has COM
mitted an act which places him in danger
of States Prison, his friends hope, in case
of his apprehension, TO place him In
Lunatic Asylum, instead. It is a strange
affair, look at It as we will, that q man Of
fine business qualifications, of ample for.
tune, with good and handsome wife, and
sweet little children, should deliberately |
march out of his own house, all the arrange |
meDts having been made beforehand, and |
marry a woman who was sure to drag him |
down to ruin, and make him a criminal for |
the rest of his life.
The strangest part of the whole story is
that Mr.. Green was quite religious-tbat
he was a regular attendant at the Presby-
terian church, and never sat down to his
meals without saying grace before meat,
and went down on his knees every night
and said his prayers beforeihe went to bed.
His poor little wife is broken-hearted; his
partners and his relations feel dlsgraced.
Everybody who knew him is asking;
'What was he thinking of2'' "How
could he do it?" give 1t up. It's some
thing that no fellow can find out. I'll
have to leave the guess to him who told
Nellie Bly's time round the world within
half a second.
The benefit to Mrs. James G. Blaine,
Jr., rendered by the citizens Of New York
last week, brought out some Of the best
society people in the city, and the financial
results was something over three thousand
dollars. For several months past the poor
young woman has been lying here racked
by acute rheumatism, utterly unable to
help herself, deserted by her husband and
his family, and absolutely dependent for
food and shelter for herself and infant on
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come forward to assist her. Mrs. James
G. Blaine, Jr., is loved and respected by
everybody who knows her, and It is a
matter Of profound regret among her
riends that her young life should have
been blasted by her unfortunate marriage
with such q worthless husband. Many
times she has been requested by her friends
to enter suit to compel him to support her,
but this she positively refuses to do, pre-
ferring to eat the bread Of charity from
strangers TO being under the slightest obli-
cation to her husb or any Of his
family.
Two hundred millions could not save
him, so on Washington's Birthday John
Jacob Astor died. suppose the proper
thing to do would be to give him an obituary
notice declaring him a public enemy and
an oppressor of the poor man because he
was rich; if so, l shall not follow the COM
mon rule. John Jacob Astor was born
millionaire, so was his father before him,
and his grandfather, John Jacob, the
founder of the family, was very rich man,
if not millionaire when his first child was
born. The two-hundred millionaire who
died on Friday never knew want. From
his earliest life he always had millions at
his command, but he was no money grabber,
no miser; he gained no money by unjust or
Illicit means. He was a just, square,
honorable man, whose word was his bond,
and no man who knew him ever called his
word in question. He was not ostentatl-
ols in his charities, but few men in New
York or out it distributed as much among
the poor. His wife's hand was never closed
during her life time, and it seemed to give
her great delight to help the suffering poor.
The ragged little newsboys were her es-
pecial care-she never forgot them during
the holiday times, and they bless her
memory. Her death two years ago was a
terrible blow to Mr.. Astor, their lives were
so happy together. Just after his wife's
death, feeling that the inevitable was not
far off, he sent for his son, William
Waldorf-our late minister to Italy-and
made oyer to him the greatbulk of his
fortune, only retaining a million or two fol
!, his own use.
} Notwithstanding his immense fortune
and his acknowledged social standing, he
was in no sense an aristocrat; he was a
self-respecting gentleman, quiet, unostenta-
tious in his bearing TO his fellow men, and
summer and winter, mornings and after
Moons miOht ha eaan yolLyin1 ,,p IN
down Broadway from his place of business
to his home on Fifth avenue. His death
is great loss to the Door, though his
mantle falls most worthily on the shoulders
of his son, William Waldorf, whose life up
! to the present time has been no discredit
to bis family. The fortune Is an immense
one; but society is fortunate in having as
its custodian and almoner as wise, as Just
= and as charitable man as William Waldorf
Astor.
Washington's Birthday brought out all
the patriots and was prolific Of Presidential
nominations, At the dinner of the South.
ern Society Mr.. Cleveland received a very
! spirited endorsement, while at another
grand feast some enthusiastic friends in
! sisted on nominating our distinguished
fellowrcitizen Doctor Chauncey N. Depew.
Personally have no objection to the nom.
inatiOn of Ar. Cleveland, but do seriously
object to sthe nomination of Mr.. Depew.
What is my reason well it is this. Presl-
DENTAL timber is abundant in every State
in the Union. Little Rhode Island has
/. fifty men, any one Of whom would make a
} irst-cisss President, Illinois has fifty, Ohio
one thousand, and many other states are
abundantly blessed in that regard; but
Ohauncey Depews are scarce; we have a