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Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-06-06
4 r,cnel German schoorhouse.

At Mannheim, il Baden, Germany,
there stands Il schoolAouse which is said
to be the most perfect building of its
kind. 1t cost $225,000 and contains
forty-two ordinary schoolrooms, besides
two rooms for drawing, two for singing,
two for handwork, a large gymnasium,
a hall for public exercises, two meeting
rooms for directors, two sets of rooms
for servants and four little prison cells
for refractory pupils. The materials in
the structure are almost exclusively
iron and brick. The ceilings Of all the
rooms, corridors and the big hall are Of
concrete. The floors of the class rooms
are hard wood laid ON asphalt. They
are supposed to be 50 constructed as to
render the accumulation of dust and the
breeding of bacteria impossible. The
building is heated by low pressure
steam system. In the basement are
swim baths. The boys bath accommo-
dates twenty at once and the girls bath
fifteen. Half of the basement is huge,
bright room, full of tables and chairs.
Here in winter 800 poor children will
receive half pint of milk and a roll
each daily for luncheon. In the ninety
winter days during which this arrange.
ment will prevail the directors estimate
that they will give away 90, $50 quarts OF
milk and 81 900 rolls.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-06-06
SLACK SILKS.

OF every sort at very low prices. Every
piece was bought before the advance in
the price of silk. The same qualities
where anything like complete variety is
found will cost % per cent. more than
our silks cost you. Where will you buy?
Black surahs A. cents yard, 80 cents,
50 cents and upward. A special "A inch
Surah at S1.0O yard, worth S1.25.
Gros Grains at 60 cents and upward.
A "a inch Gros Grain at % cents a yari,
that cannot possibly be sold if fperfect, for
a cent less, except at loss. 1t is worth
every penny of one dollar and fifteen
cents. Equally good bargain in Black
Gros Gram Silks at 81 90 and S125.
Black Faille Franchise at S. cents and
upward and the best "a inch Faine ever
sold at S10O, S1.25 and $3.50 yard.
27 inch Black India Silks at 10 cents.
S1OO, S1.15 to $3.50 yard.
All other Silks and Dress Goods in
largest quantities at lowest prices.
Samples cheerfully seat upon reques. to
any address.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-06-06

self to say when he appeared in the
houss of representatives without flower
a--A in his buttonhoie. Hs
would scarcely be recognized wltnouTlG.
He is very fond of them, and Towering
shrubs and vines cover the pillars and
Ornament the front of his porch. Three
or four flower beds in the lawn in front
also furnish him variety from which
to choose for his daily adornment.
His house is plainly but comfortably
furnished. A large double parlor is on
the right of the wide entrance hall and a
reception room on the left. Mr.. Spring
ers sleeping room overlooks his grove
and has a good view of the famous Lin
coin monument.
Senator James L. Pugh, of Alabama,
lives in house plain and unpretentious
in its exterior and without any ornate
decoration to distinguish it particularly
from its neighbors. 1t is situated in a
comparatively newly developed section
of the city of Washington, and was built
for him three years ago His old home
at Eufaula, Ala, has been occupied by
tenants during the ten years Mr.. Pugh
has served in the senate, and what was
a fine southern mansion, surrounded by
a wide colonnade, is now almost in ruins.
His R street house has no grounds con-
nected With The severity of its front
is relieved by u bay projection running
through two of its three stories, and its
only ornamentation is the colored glass
in the upper parts of the windows. 1t
is very comfortable inside and quite
large enough for the accommodation OF
the senator and Mrs. Pugh and their
occasional guests. Their children have
all grown up and made homes of their
own in Alabama. The reception room
is on the right of the entrance hall, and
separated from it by folding doors is the
senator's library, where he spends most
of his time. There is nothing gaudy
about the furnishings Of the interior,
everything being handsome but plain.
At the end of Main street, in the little
Tennessee town of Carthage, just as 1t
begins to slope down towards the Cum
berland river, is long wooden fence.
Inside the fence are number of maple
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-06-06

THE RESIDENCE OF DELEGATE GAME.
There he erected the handsome struct-
ure in which he now lives, and topped it
with the first mansard roof seen in Utah.
The basement, which is entirely above
ground, is of rock, surmounted by
white stone water line. The upper por-
ton is of adobe covered with plastered
stucco-the advantage of the adobe being
that it makes house wonderfully cool
in summer and warm in winter. The
roof looks as though it was mansarded
with slate, but it is not. 1t is covered
with shingles, each one Of which was
shaved and shaped by hand. They were
made by a friend of Mr. Caine, and al
though they have been doing duty for
nineteen years not one has had to be re-
placed and all are apparently as good as
when new.
The extensive grounds in which the
house stands are filed with Towering
shrubs and peach trees, which were inn
ported from the east, and it IS a remark
able fact that the latter although plant
ed more than a quarter of a century ago,
are still bearing fruit in quantity and
quality as good as when they first ma
tured. The average life of a peach tree
in the east is not more than six or seven
years
Mr.. CGine takes Il great personal inter
est in his garden, and was one of the
first to import into the territory the
small fruits of the east, such as straw
berries, gooseberries and raspberries
His house contains eleven rooms, and
commands view, on account of the ex-
treme clearness of the atmosphere, of
twenty-five miles in all directions. On
the east are the Wasatch mountains,
with Fort Douglass, military station.
On the west, at a distance of about
twenty miles, lies the great Salt lake
and its islands, and good view can be
had Of the country ''across the Jordan, "
as they call the further side of the river
which connects the fresh water Utah
lake with the Salt lake.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-06-06

SENATOR PUGu'S WASHINGTON ABODE.
trees and great tall rose bushes almost
trees in themselves. In the midst of this
mass of foliage, but almost hidden from
view, is the home of Representative Ben
ton McMillin. A prettier home it would
be hard to find, The grass plot in front
is filed with Towering shrubs, and the
rose bush seen in the picture rises above
the two storiad veranda and then droops
down, covering the whole front Of the
place with y wealth of ruddy color The
house, which is of brick, stands on a
knoll, and the Cumberland river flows
by the lower slope of the grounds AT
the north end of the house is Il portjco
overgrown with clematis vines bearing
giant flowers seven and eight inches
across. This portico is continued around
the rear and at the north end is conser-
vatory Old fashioned tall double win
dows light the house and a wide hall on
the lower and upper floors affords free
circulation for the air. Trees so thorough
" surround the place that the sun has
but little effect even in the hot days of
summer. The view from the upper
windows OF the river bluffs on the Cum
berland is superb. In the middle Of the
river is an sland which is owned by Mr..
McNiillin md his cousin. 1t iscultivated
as a farm 0. 11j acres, and on the south
side there is an original canebrake,
somewhat Df a rarity in these utilitarian
days in tennessee. The canes grow
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-06-06

"Kenchies slip" (Coenties), as they call
it, is the common parading ground for
many races and classes-the shipping
agent, sailors, boarding house keeper,
agents of many kinds and saloon keep
ers of very peculiar kind, "fakirs' of
various moral shades, peddlers of foreign
curiosities and sailors of every race and
color a city ordinance grants some ex-
ira privileges in that locality to seafar
ing men and those who deal with them,
and the short, broad street or slip" is at
this season crowded with chaffering,
disputing polyglOt and hilarious mass of
humanity. AS one walks along South
street, the enClre water front is thick set
with the bows of sailing vessels from
every part of the world on the other
side are the vast ware houses, while the
streets leading off at right angles to the
shore are well supplied with sailors re
treats" and the establishments which are
usually connected with them, and from
both directions the crowds center on
Coenties slip which is to the sailor what
the Produce Exchange or Stock Ex-
change is to the speculator.
On a recent May afternoon in the slip
l observed great increase in activity,
for now is the season when sailors are in
demand. / was particularly struck
with the appearance of black crew just
from Kingston, Jamaica, who had been
paid at the rate of $50 per month for the
VOYAGE and had already squandered
enough of it to be in quarrelsome hui
NOR and complain of imposition. They
formed a noisy group, one part insisting
on going at once to the British consul
and asking for redress, the other advo-
eating a combine to whale the board
ing master5." Around them was a cir
Gle of interested listeners, and on the
outside another set of agents watching
for prey. At length one jamaican, SO
black that Georgia could not produce
his equal, saw the boarding master
who had excited his special elmi ", and
then en uel wordy battle which was
never equaled on the minstrel stage.
isn't he dangerous:" asked Of den
izen of the slip.
"Ya-as, with Lis mouth, was the COO
reply-"them Barbady niggers never
fights, 'ccptin' with their mouths. But
he'd better not happen around here to
night or that Yankee Niger meaning
the boarding MASTERY will put some o hi:
blackies onto him, and they'll pound that
Barbady till he won't know himself from
last years corpse"
The black sailor had meanwhile ex
hausted his stock of expletives and moved
off, sending back this Parthian shot
yah, yah! yo' tawk big here, yes, yo
do; yes, yo' do; yah, yah; but eff jes
had yo' in England, I'd show yo' law
yes, would" And as far as he could bc
heard down the street he went on will
noisy, if not eloquent, delivery on ole
England and the British flag and British
justice and all that sort of thing, o
which we have heard so much declaring
often, and with most peculiar oaths tina
he was an Englishman, he was, and wa
proud to know it.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-06-06
HOMES OF PTTuIG MEN.
, L1lLN -
EACH HAS A DISTINCTIVE INTER-
EST ATTACHING TO 1T.

Delegate Gaines Beautiful E--..7aanoA 1t
.dr. Springer's Springfield
sc Senator Pugh's Washington
MISUNDERSTANDING Tennessee Home.
copyright by Ap@rica1 Press Association
The residence of kr. John T. Caine,
the Mormon delegate to congress, has
the distinction of being the first modern
house erected in Salt Lake City. The
Latter Day Saints had only been located
in Utah five years when Mr.. Caine
crossed the plains and joined them.
Nine years later, in 1871, he started as
pioneer in the improvement of the
dwellings of the city, which were then
nothing better than adobe huts. He
went to what is now known as the East
Bench, an elevated piece of tableland
now almost in the center OF the city, but
then quite a distance out
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-06-06
BUHL,,
1l5 to 119 Federal S.,
ALLEGHENY, Pk
OUR
MaiIOl..rder
Department..

Has the very best facilities for handling
great quantities Of Dry Goods. Itreaches
every State and most counties of the
Union Its pa ticuar field is the western
half of Pennsylvania all of West Virginia,
Ohio, and constantly growing territory
South and West in all states.
Our stock of Dry Goods of every de-
scription i complete, and our prices are
the lowest possible. Other large stores
do not (if they cam and small stares can
net (if they would sell goods at as low
prices.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-06-06

trip, served long apprenticeship with
the firm of which his father was mem
Der, and at the age of Al succeeded to a
partnership, He was a widower and
leaves one daughter. the wife of Hiram
w. Sibley, of Rochester, N. y.
Five members of the firm of Harper
g. Bros. now remain-Philip J. A. Har-
per, the senior partner, son Of James
Harper; Joseph w. Harper, son of j.
Wesley Harper; John w. Harper, Joseph
Henry, nephew of Fletcher Harper,
and John Harper, son of Joseph Abner
Harper, who recently retired.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-06-06

COL. HARTMAN. III u n aJtenUlOn
to the study of drill moyements and Of
the sword and musket manual. In 1886
Col. Fred Grant, who had noticed and
admired the lads proficiency, secured
him cadetship at West Point. De-
fective eyesight barred him from taking
the regular course, but he was permitted
to remain as Il special student of tactics.
June, ., 1887, Hartman was made captain
of the West Point military company, an
organization composed of twenty-four
members of the various classes specially
chosen for their proficiency in drill.
Under Capt Hartman's command the
company won fifty-four out of fifty-six
contests, the chief secret of its success
being bugle drill arranged by the
young leader. This drill is so highly
thought of that it has of late been in
oorporated into the regular tactics of the
United States army.
Jan. /, 1890, after the muster out of
the West Point company because of the
graduating of the members and their as
signment to different posts Of duty, Capt.
Hartman was commissioned colonel of
the Washington military company, an
organization which acts as the body guard
of the president 1t is composed of Off
GERS of the regular army and candidates
for West Point, who are debarred from
active field service by reason of some
physical defect, and turns ont four times
a year for drill and inspection,
In addition to his other accomplish
ments Col. Hartman is a magnificent
swordsman. and Gen. Jordan, U. S. A.,
offers to back him against any person in
the world of hisage for the championship,
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-06-06

TRANSMISSION of sound by the vibra-
ton of sass is the primary feature Of a
telephof recently invented by an Amer
lean. rom a glass diaphragm extend
numbepf glass tubes of various sizes
communicating with an ordinary wire.
Very gar and distinct utterance has
been fond to result ON trials over a line
three nles long
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-06-06
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" Is.
Al advantageous Trade.

1t is to your advantage to trade with
us: You may not have thought so here.
totore. But here are a few points for
your consideration:
The assortments In the fifty.two depart
ments of these large stores is the largest,
The qualities are the best. as we handle
no low grade, trashy goods, and
The prices are reliable, just and lowest
always the lowest.
We want you to hold us to a strict ac-
counting for all these claims.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-06-06


South street retreats are numerous,
and it is taken by consent that all who
write or talk on the subject are to de-
nounce the vile stuff sold over the
bars" but must say, after few light
tests, that it averages as good as the
liquor of most village saloons. Its effects
are certainly no worse. | rarely see a
drunken sailor in New York, and the few
/ do see are certainly less noisy than vii
lage laborers in like condition. Indeed,
the most surprising discovery | have
made on South street is that sailors are,
as Il rule, quiet men and comparatively
free from slang. If they habitually
"blast their eyes and "shiver their tar
ry toplights, they do it when | am not
around. In short, must add the sailor
Of the stage and current fiction to the
long list OF noted people have not met.
All this applies to South street from
the Battery around to Fulton ferry, but
farther uptown, and two or three squares
away from the river there are said to be
many places fully down to the old time
level of horror and debauchery; in Roose-
welt, Cherry and Water streets, for in
stance. The old Five Points are almost
respectable, and the adjacent sections of
Mott and Mulberry streets are monopo-
lized by Chinese and Italians. The
place TO see the sailor at his best is
nearest to his ship, and through the
whole of South street one sees con-
tinuous line of bows on one side and
shipping houses ON the other. So South
street is the promenade where one may
find most of the curious with least of
the disagreeable. j. H. BEADLE.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-06-06

had one "British nigger" in the galley
and would never have another. They'll
jaw all day and not lick, uther to work
or to fight; but if they's a row among
these Irish sailors, look out Some fell
lies headll be broke. And them Greeks
you see there-they're mighty bad fellies
with knives Now, an Irishman or Brit
isher viii have it out with you, whip or
get whipped and be done with it; but if
a Greek gets a spite agin you at the start
of wage, you're never safe unless
you've got your back agin something
at he can't get at it. See that h-"---
thereT he as''-' ma
..,u, suddenly breaking of
and pointing.
Yes; he is Il very singular looking
man"
Hes Malay Niger.
what is that"
"A mongrel-mixed Malay and quad
room. Theys a whole house full of EN-
up on Mulberry street. Good sailors,
too, but not so stiddy as straight niggers.
The masters never mix crews any more
either all black or all white-and they
don't mix in the houses or anywhere else.
Each set to itself. Bars up jes as tight
as anywhere"
And so, indeed, found it, No mat
ter how poor or ignorant or degraded,
whether English or Irish, Greek, Span
lard or Italian, provided only that it is
pure Aryan, the little society excludes
the negro as relentlessly as he is excluded
from the mansions of Murray Hill and
Fifth avenue. But, to her honor be it
said, Great Britain stands by her blacks
"Barbady nigger" is an American sea-
port phrase for black sailor from any
part of the British West Indies, though,
in fact, most Of them are from Jamaica,
and the British consul in New York
looks into their rights and wrongs with
the same care as into those of white
Britons But the truth must be ac-
knowledged that neither the consul nor
the missionary, much less the lawyer or
politician, understands the sailors nature
as well as the boarding house keepers.
In the olden time many grave charges
of robbery and brutality were made
against this class; but under the present
shipping laws they have to prove up
some kind of character-or, at least,
the fossil remains Of one, which is much
more than they once had to do. | have
made it point to note their appearance
and method of dealing with the newly
landed sailor, and my impression is that
his confidence in them is, in a majority
of cases, better founded thanis generally
believed. But the minority-ah, there
is hard lot Of them! The "touter'-
landsmeu would call him an agent or
drummer--is a particularly active and
pleasant spoken little fellow, in his way
quite gentlemanly, and seldom or never
strikes blow, under the worst provoca-
ton. As quoted above, however, close
observers on South street assert that he
sometimes has underlings to do the
striking.
Under present laws the sailor has every
advantage, if only he has the wit to use
it and the sober determination to stand
on his right. For mile or more along
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-06-06

United States. At that time, however,
the distinction was wrested from him in
the New York tournament by a young
man named Pollock, living at Hartford,
Conn. Despite this, however, Mr.. Rolo-
son, was generally conceded to be one of
the most excellent and accurate teleg-
raphers In the country. He was q
wfdower and leaves two sons, one Z and
the other years Of age.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-06-06

one of the four
brothers who es-
tablished the bus
mess. Born in
1928, he took a
voyage to China
before the mast
W hen only II
years old, spent
some time at Co
lumbia college.
,,,n,1, a E,,rytNna,,
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-06-06

A Finch leader of fashion appeared
in a sitting costume recently at Paris
weddig She wore long redingote Of
peacof feathers, the ghttering blue
greenIlumage forming the entire gar
ment rom head to foot. The bonnet
was ade Of bird Of paradise, and the
whitaulls veil was fastened with pearl
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-06-06

a Brooklyn hos
pital was due to
injuries received
in a collision
while riding a bi-
cycle. Although
but 81 years Of
age, Mr.. Robson
had achie We d
famein his chosen
profession, and up
to last spring was
accounted d the
fastest sendin g
onarator in th q
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-06-06
REPRHENTATIYE M'MILLIN's HOME.

REPRESENTATIVE MMILLINS HOME.
from eigfeen to twenty feet high and so
thickly tht the daylight never pierces
their hiflen depths. They make good
fishing pies, and Mr.. McMillin and his
friends hrnish themselves with new
rods froli this inexhaustible supply each
time the go fishing.
HENRY L. ELAND.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-06-06

The new Krupp gun ordered for Cron-
stadt is to be forty-four feet long, and
can be fired twice a minute. 1t will
throw ball weighing 1000 pounds a
distance of twelve miles. Each dis
charge win involve an expense of 81 500.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-06-06

in the regular
army of ~
H- ALC
. nlUed States,
but in one Of
its recognized adj
juncts.
Soon after his
seventh birthday
Col. Hart IN an
began to show a
great fondness for
things military,
and from that
time on devoted
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-06-06

Lord Byron's granddaughter, Lady
Anne Blunt, her husband and their
daughter are living on the borders of the
desert in Egypt, about six miles from Cal
TO. They have adopted the dress and Gus
toms of the Arabs, and seem to enjoy
their lapse from civilized usages.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-06-06
SILKS

AT 80 cents, "a inch, extra quality Black
eros Grain Dress Silks. You may think
it strange that we claim these Silks are
equal in quality to most 81. Is and St.2S
ones. But compare them.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-06-06
At 10 cents

100 pieces Colored l'egence Silks, the
new and most popular weave in all the
new Spring colors. We claim the in
trinsic value OF this special bargain is
81 20 per yard. Get sample of it also.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-06-06

Telegrapher ROloson's Untimely Death
Telegraph operators and those inter
ested in electrical affairs all over the
country were grieved the other day to
learn of the death of Mr.. ]. w, Robson,
one of the New York night managers of
the Postal company, whose demise at
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-06-06

Ii interested at all in Silks, write for
sample OF our special value "A inch Black
Surahs at 70 cents. We had to buy Yery
large lot to get them to sell at this price.
but will sell you as many or few yards a.
you like.
Catalogue free. Mail order business
given very best attention.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-06-06

Colored Silk Wrap Cashmers, 4G inches
wide, in large range of colors, at Is cena
dollar quality.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-06-06

"Why drag in Velasquez?" This was
Artist Whistler's recent comment ON a
friends remark that the world had pro-
duced but two painters-Whistler and
Velasanez.