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Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-05-23
DEATH OF coNIRACronM. A. wUsrEl
Sudden and Unexpected End OF "A Useful
Life,

Sudden and Unexpected End OF Useful
Life.
On Wednesday evening. at 1920 o'clock,
MIR NJ. A. Wuster, of this city, died after
q brief illness at Berlin Somerset county,
where he had gone on Friday last to put a
slate roof on the Lutheran Church in tnat
place.
MIR. Wuster was born and brought up in
Allentown, this State. He was "a slater by
occupation, and contracted extensively in
that business. Many years ago he came
to Johnstown, and at the rebuilding of
the Cambria Iron Works, after the fire of
1873, MIR. Wuster had the contract for
stating the new roofs. He continued to
be employed about Johnstown until 1876,
when he went to Baltimore. After that
he spent time in Cuba and III The Southern
States. About two years ago he located
in Blairsville and remained there until the
Johnstown flood, after which he settled
here, following the stating business.
On Friday last, as Stated above, he went
to Berlin. On Saturday hc was taken i'll
with congestive chill and grew steadily
worse until death resulted He lay at
Shatfel's hotel during his illness. Mr..
Jas. j. Milligan, of this city, who was
summoned by telegraph, arrived too late
to find his friend alive. The son of the
deceased also arrived after his fqthef's
death. The remains were brought to this
city over the Baltimore 6 Ohio Railroad
on the afternoon train yesterday, accom-
panied by the son, and were forwarded to
Allentown on the Philadelphia Express
last evening, where intevrment will be
made by the side of the wife of the de-
ceased. The deceased is survived by one
child, James B. Wuster, who follows his
fathers business in Baltimore.
Mr.. Wuster was Mason, and was very
far up in the order, having taken the
thirtY-second degree. He belonged to the
Ninth Commandery of Baltimore He
bore a conspicuous part at the dedication
of the Masonic Temple at Philadelphia in
1876. He vas also a member in good
standing of the Odd Fellows of Dayton,
Ohio. The funeral will be in accordance
with the Masonic ntes at Allentown.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-05-23

MANY of the great industrial concerns
of France an' Germany are operated on
the profit sharing plan. A number of
them include an insurance feature which
provides for the old age of the artisan. A
working peoples insurance fund is likely
to become an institution of the govern
ment of the Dominion of Canada. 1t
somewhat resembles the British annuity
system. The Canadian plan is that per
sons desiring to take advantage of it shall
pay such sum as they please annually to
the governmentup to any age between fifty
and sixty.five. At the expiration of the
period agreed upon payments cease and
the payer begins to draw his profits.
These may consist of the interest on the
sum paid, in which case the principal
goes to the payers heirs on his death or
the annuity may be based on both princi-
pal and interest, nothing remaining for
the heirs, the payers portion being larger
than on the former basis. The maximum
10 be drawn is put at $500 year.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-05-23

SENATOR WILSON, OF, Iowa, on Wednes-
day, from the Committee on the Judiciary,
reported, with a mendments, the bill sub
iecting imported liquors to the provisions
of the laws of the several States. The
amendment is practically new bill, and
provides that no State shall be held to be
limited Or restrained in its power to pro-
hibit, regulate, control or tax the sale or
the transporta ION Ito be delivered within
its own limits) of any distilled, fermented
or other intoxicating liquors, by reason of
the fact that the liquors have been i'm
ported into any State from beyond its
limits, whether there shall or shall moi
have been paid thereon any tax, duty or
import to the United States Mr.. Wilson
submitted a report on the bill in which it
was stated that the purpose of it is to
grant the permission of Congress to the
several States to execute their laws to
protect society and promote its best in
terests. This bill, the report SAYS, is
clearly within the suggestions of the de-
cision recently rendered by the United
States Supreme Court in the original
package case, and, therefore, the com
mittee recommends the passage of the
bill.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-05-23

IT is complained of in some parts of the
State that examination OF pupils in the
public schools for advance to higher grade
is made In special effort of the taacheI
to have them meet the tests to which they
will be th' subjected. 1t is urged by an
exchange that the children in each school
should be examined as to what they actu-
ally learned duriug their study in GER
tain grade, without being specially pre-
pared for such an examination. To train
pupil for special test is no evidence of
his or her requirement, as such process
renders their answers to questions of a
parrot character, only that and nothing
more, the education in it being worthless.
The subject is certainly full of interest
and deserves more official and public at
tention than it has ever received in con-
ncction''with free school education.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-05-23

SINCE Congress assembled in December
three bills against trusts have been intro
duced in the Serate and fl teen in the
House. The most important of these is
the bill of Senator Sherman. The Sena-
tor was quoted some time ago as saying
that the tariff protection should be with
drawn in cases where trusts or combiua-
tions are formed to limit production but
his bill does rot embrace that very W Sc
feature. Why does he not hit the trusts
at their most vital spot?
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-05-23
THIRTY-FOUR KILLED
by q Powder Explosion in the City of
Havana, Cuba-Over One Hundred Per-
sons Ininreh.

BY Powder Explosion i'm the CITY of
Havana, Cuba-Over One Hundred Per-
sons Injured.
HAVANA, May 19.-At II o'clock Satur-
day night fire brtke out in Ysasis' hard
ware store. Ia a short time the flames
reached barrel of powder in the building
aud terrific explosion followed. The
whole structure was blown to pieces and
twenty-five persons were killed. Among
the dead are Senores Musset Zensovlech,
Oscar Couill, francesca Ordonez, and the
Venezuelan consul, Senor Francesca
Silvo, who happened to be in front of the
building at the time Of the explosion. In
addition to the killed, over one hundred
persons are injured.
The explosion caused the widest ex-
citement throughout the city, and thou
sands aocked to the scene of the disaster.
The Governor General, the Civil Gov
ernor, and all the principal authorities of
the city were promptly on the ground and
did everything in their power to aid the
injured and calm the grief-stricken re-
tivcs of the victims. Several houses sd
iacent to the wrecked building were dam
aged bp tho explosion.
Ysasi, the proprietor of the wrecked
hardware store, has been arrested. 1t is
feared there are several more victims in
the ruins. Over the theaters and the
chamber of commerce and many other
buildings flags are hanging at half mast.
Everything are signs of mourning. Up
to the present time the number of dead is
thirty.four.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-05-23
The Time Extended for Paying the Special
License Tax.

Thursday last was the day upon which
the time for paying the special license tax
expired by the terms of the ordinance, but
one week more will be given owing to the
shortness of the time after the enactment
of the ordinance. The time will, there
fore, terminate on Thursday next, the
22d, after which anyone not having his
license paid, whose business comes
within the terms of the ordinance, will
be liable TO fine.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-05-23

TIE Republican party was never the
party of the people. ALI Its legislation
shows that to be true. 1t has legislated
for the classes and not for the masses.
1t has legislated for Wall street, for syn
dicates and for trusts. 1t did this 10 such
an extent that many of its ablest men
were compelled to abandon it--men who
thought more of their country than of
their party.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-05-23

SOMERSET county has another Congress
iOnal candidat3 in the person of Daniel j.
Horner, Esq, present Prothonotary, 1t
will thus be seen that Hon. Edward
Scull, present member, will not have the
walk over that some of the Pittsburgh
Republican papers have been claiming for
him. With candidate iu Blair county,
one In Bedford county, two in Somerset
county, and possibly one 10 Cambria
sounty, our friends, the enemy, are likely
to have monkey and parrot time be ore
they succeed in nominating their Congress
ionsl candidate for this district.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-05-23

STATISTICS show that the United States
uses 100 pounds of soap to eighty five
for England eighty.five for France and
eighty-three for Germsny. 1t is MT
strange, comments the Cincinnati En-
Suirer, to hear that Italy uses only thirty
seyen
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-05-23
Fatally Injured by the Cars.

GREENsBURe, Pa, May Yesterday
while Leonard Firie, car inspector at
Derry, was at his work of inspection he
was struck by passing freight train and
fatally injured. His skull was crushed
He is middle aged man and married.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-05-23
Dwelling Honse burned,

GREENsBURG, May 19.-Ihe dwelling
house of Saul snyder in Mt. Pleasant
township, oOgether with most of the con.
tents, was entirely destroyed by fire this
morning cause, def sctive few. Loss,
$4,000 insured for 81 200.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-05-23

SEVERAL idiots have lately been burned
to death in insane asylums, but the man
who didn't know it was loaded is still
ubiquitous.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-05-23
Crazy ON One Point Only.

DETROIT, Mich, May 19.-The examin-
alton into the sanity OF ex-senator Charles
W. Jones, of Florida, occurred this morn
ing, before Probate Durfee. Stnator
Jones appeared with petition to the
United States Circnit Court, praying for
the removal of his cese to the Federal
Court, he being citizen of Florida. The
petition was dlsregarded by the State
Court, and an order for his commitment
issued. He left the Court before the
order was prepared, and posse of dep
uty sheriffs are now looking for him in
the street. He will be confined i'll st.
Joseph's Retreat of the Sisters OF Charity,
at Dearborn, nine miles from Detroit, and
an effort will be subsequently made to have
him transferred to the Government insane
asylum at Washington. The ex-senator
says he will carry the case to the United
States Supreme Court before he gets
through with it, and as he is clear on
every legal point, and unsound only as
to his monomania as to his marrying an
heiress, he promises some work for the
lawyers.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-05-23

STATISTICS placed before the State Sani-
tary Convention in session at Norristown
showed that S5s, 900 Pennsylvanans were
victims of the grip.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-05-23

BI-oENTRNNIALs are not plentiful, but
Bapti ct Church a: B'idgeton, N. j., cele
brated its two hundredth birthday on
Wednesday.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-05-23
Ordination and confirmation at st. Marks
on Friday, May 3Oth.

Bishop Whitehead, of the Episcopal
Church, will visit st. Marks on Friday,
the Both inst. instead of Sunday the 18th,
as heretofore announced. On that dav
Mr. Chas. Snavely will be ordained to the
ministry and confirmation will be admin
istered.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-05-23
MIR. George Ii. McCielland ON Prospecting
Tour Through the West.

Mr. George B. McClelland, who for
more than ten years past has been EN-.
ployed as a timer by Mr.. Jacob Lever
good, departed Monday for Denver,
Colorado. He will visit several cities in
that section, and afterward continue his
journey to Ealifornia, and if he finds a
suitable place, may locate permanently
and go into business for himself. Mr..
McClelland is young man who by in
dustry and careful habits, has won for
himself an enviable reputation, and is
highly respected wherever he is known,
and while wishing him success elsewhere,
we are sorry to loose him, as a citizen of
Johnstown.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-05-23
The Democrat.
FRIDAY, MAY %, 1890.

HONESTY is the best policy, but there
are very few policy shops where 1t can be
found.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-05-23

In America every man has right to his
own opinion, but nobody who has an
opinion seems to recognize that right ex-
cept as 10 himself.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-05-23

"The old walls of the masonry along
mountain sides to keep the inclines from
sliding are moss-coVered now. the trees
have shaded the whole thirty-six miles
into sylvan promenade, but many of the
massive stone viaducts are crumbling and
cracking with age"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1890-09-27
An Emperor's MausoIeum.

The mausoleum Of the Emperor Fred.
erick is completed externally. with the
exception of the copper roof Of the
cupola. In the interior the stonema-
sons and sculptors are still at work. The
decorations OF the Interior are very
rich. and carried out entirely in light
gray Silesian sandstone. The sober
color of this is only interrupted by the
polished dark green Syenite pillars.
As finish to the arch which spans the
opening of the altar niche. beautiful
formed escutcheon has been chosen.
over which the imperial eagle SCARE
with outspread wings. This Is flanked
on both sides by figures Of angels
holding religious symbols In their
hands. The spandrels OF the upper
gallery are adorned with cherubs.
Within the last few days the emperor's
consent has been given to the carrying
ont of the mosaic Ia the cupolA and on
the ceiling Of the altar space. The
designs for the mosaics were worked
out 6y Professor Ewald, after early
christian works. The cupola il to re.
ceive figures Of angels on gold ground
between palms.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1890-09-27
A Long Speech.

We wonder IL Henry George will
ever forget that memorable anniver-
sary of the Declaration of Independ-
ence, when he delivered the better part
of a seventeen column Grafton at
the California Thcatrep He began
his Grafton late in the afternoon. After
he had spoken for an hour or so the
gallery began to manifest unmistakable
signs of impatiencc. The orator
deemed it timely to skip hundred
pages and conclude with the perora-
ton. This was deity done. and then
getting fresh wind, he began: .
"A thousand years hence who will
fight for libertyp"
"A thousand years hence who will
write for libertyP" .
"a thousand years hence who will
speak for libertyp"
The pause ut the last liberty-inspir-
ing interrogatory was broken by a
voice in the gallery, which rang thus
through the theatre:
you will! Harry George"
There was an explosion Of laughter,
Tho merriment spread to the stage,
and in tho midst of it Harry George
folded his papers and silently stole
away,"-Sdn Francisco Wasp.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1890-09-27

It wasin Breatbitt county. Kentucky.
For several months an evangelist had
been laboring with the mountaineers.
trying to turn them from their evil
ways. Every little while something
would turn up and undo the labor OF
months Then the people would seem
to take an increased interest Ia matters
OF religion, and hope would bud again
In the evanGelist's breast. On Sunday
the little chapel on the mountain side
was crowded. and the evangelist was
exhorting his hearers to leave their
rifles and hunting knives at home when
they went to church. In the course OF
half an hour he grew eloquent and was
just thinking that he was going TO
carry his point when fat buck trotted
past the chapel and disappeared In the
in the laurel thicket. An old hound
that was sleeping In the chapel door
gave a yelp and started after the buck,
and the male portion OF the congrega-
tion grabbed their rifles and followed
without waiting for motion to ad-
journ. When they were out OF sight
the evangelist said in despair:
'Oh, it's no use, it's no use."
"Yas. it's" said a one-legged man
that was left behind; ''I'll bet you n
dollar they'll have that thar deer inside
O. two hour"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1890-09-27
PUTTING Children to Bed.

The mother who puts the timid child
to bed and takes away the light and
goes down stairs and leaves him to his
conjuring, careless and disbelieving,
or bent on overcoming the mischief
forcibly, is destroying something that
one would think of small worth to her
not only his nervous fiber, but his
love Of herself; and the day will come
when fate will have its revenge on her
in his own indifference to her. and she
will recognize it, even II he behave in
all outward respects like n dutiful son.
1t Is her part to examine the matter,
to reason with the child, to comfort
him, to see how far it is possible with
him to subdue the fear. If she cannot
stay with him herself, she can at least
leave the door open, so that he may
hear the cheerful downstair voices,
the hum OF life, not to be shut into his
tomb, as the unformulated thought of
his desperate little mind makes 1t; she
can leave a lamp on the hearth, and so
let there be some light to dispel his
fancies and to keep back the dark and
its unshaped visions. She may regard
1t as trifling, but to him 1t is tremen-
dous, and il she is wise either in
mother love or human kindness, she
will not let the imaginative child suffer
more than it must.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1890-09-27
Go with Your Husband.

A lady writes: / know farmers
wife who almost invariably stays at
home while her husband goes to SOC
ials, lectures. etc. Now don't blame
the poor husband and say he ought to
stay ut home and help take care OF the
little ones; but wait until you have
heard all. He asks her to 60, but she
thinks 1t a trouble to get ready and
says she does not care to 60. How
was 1t before she got married. She
did not refuse then, and. sisters, do
you think she ought to do so noDp /
say when your husband asks you to
accompany him lay aside your gown II
possible. and GO; 1t Is your duty as a
wife. mother, and companion. Enter
tain your husband as you did your
lover. for IL he not that YETI He will
be pleased to see You always dressed
neatly and ready with pleasant words
for him as we'll as the sometime guests.
In this short life we have no time for
unpleasant words, and do not forget q
emile. Strive to make home the most
pleasant place on earth.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1890-09-27
Advice to q Bride.

In the first solitary hour after the
ceremony take the bridegroom and de-
mand a solemn vow OF him, and give
him O vow in return. Promise one
another sacredly never, even In jest,
to wrangle with each other, whatever
thepretext, with whatever excuse 1t may
be. You must continually, and every
moment, see clearly into each others
bosom. Even when one OF you has
committed fault, wait not an instant,
but confess it freely.
And, as you keep nothing secret
from each other, 80, on the contrary,
preserve the privacy OF your house,
married state, and heart, from father,
mother, sister, brother, aunt, and all
the world. Every third or fourth one
whom you draw into it with you will
form party, and stand between you
two.
Promise this to each other. Renew
the vow at temptation. You will find
your account in it. Your souls will
grow, as it were, together, and at last
will become as one. All, II many a
young pair had on their wedding-day
known this secret, how many marri-
ages would be happier than, alas!
they are now!
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1890-09-27
Marrying n Hnusakaspar.

Here is an idea for you. was dis
cussing a probable marriage with a
friend. 1t was marriage of which I
greatly disapproved. Said I, "She
will be no company for him, with his
good education and cultivated taste.
Does she know anything outside OF her
kitchen and crochet hookP" He ad-
mitted that as long as she had lived in
his family he had never seen her with
a book or paper, except to learn new
pattern for knitting. AS for writing a
letter, he owned that he did not be-
lieve she could do as we'll as little
two-shoes," pointing to nine-year-
old who sat scribbling at the table.
"And yet" said l, "you think favora-
bly, of the marriage" The man was
talking with is an old minister of the
gospel--a college graduate, and for
many years teacher OF youth. Be-
ing who he is, l quote his ideas.
why" said he, ''if man doesn't
marry housekeeper, he will never
have one. He can go to books, to his
church, his lodge or society for his
company, but what kind Of home
will a man have whose wife is not a
housekeeperp Excellence in mental
Fendowments and in the domestic vir-
tues are seldom combined in the same
woman. When they are, blessed is
the man whose home shelters her!''
He wound up by saying in an empha-
tic manner: Mrs. Mcclure, / am an
old man; have lived among all classes
OF people, from the best families In
Boston to the pioneers OF Indian Terri
tory. and have learned that there is no
comfort TO be taken with q wife who
is not we'll versed in kitchen lore. It
is far more necessary to the happiness
of family than all other accomplish
ments combined!' There, girls, what
do you think of thatp 1t Is we'll
enough to believe 1t, for awhile. any
how. It may give you new interest in
'.homely duties" and save you from
wrecked happiness. - Mrs. B. y. Nc
Cgure.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1890-09-27
NEW DISCOVERY.
An Innovation in SOAP Making.


Few realize that one of the most impor-
tant factors In keeping the skin In q healthy
condition and free from pimples and
biotches, Is the use of perfectly pure soap,
free from irrrtants and noxious Ingredients.
Most OF the so-called "roilet Soaps" now
made are really injurious, and many of the
skin diseases so prevalent, are aggravated by
their use.
We take pleasure in calling the attention
OF our readers to the advertisement OF the
Chesebrongh Manufacturing Company,
which appears in another column. This
Company are the original discoveries and
only manufacturers OF Vaseline, known all
over the world as the best emollient and
preservativc ever manufactured. After
years OF patient experiments. they have re-
Gently been successful in making "Vase-
line" soap for the skin, which Is perfeetly
pure and neutral, and which il claimed to
be the best ever produced.
After having tried u, we checrfully re-
commend the "Vascline" Soap to our read
ers. II Is not only really merltorious mr.
ticle from medical point OF view. but also
an elegant toilet soap.