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Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-14

The oriental mind is disposed to mingle
ali the dealings of life with an amount Of
"sentiment" which would be scorned by
themore literal business man Of the west,
\ visitor at Damascus gives in Murray's
! Magazine the following description OF a
horse trade in that cityt
! a long dispute took place between the
! intShding purchaser and the owner rs the
former attempted to beat down the price
by a few piasters. The owner, however,
seemed very sure of making favorable
sale, even if the present customer should
wthdraw. So he remained silent, with
an occasional jnconsequent remark, such
as. "fs n,atters not, "Wallah, whom am
/ to argue with thee?' "Wallah, my
horse is as dust; take it without money"
All these expressions are equivalent to
cold negatives, and might naturally have
exasperated the other man, who had
been wasting oceans Of rhetoric in per
suasion Finally, he, iii this turn, ex.
claimed, with helrt warming show of
generosity and philanthropy
"Wallah. are we not brothers? Where
fore all this noise? Is it for morey? Al
lah, why bidl You want l,GO0 piasters:
Here is the money Take IT. Then he
pressed the bulk of treasure into the
others hand and turned away Never
mind about your horse. care not Cor
it. Shall we part enemies because Of
money"
At this point the other, who now had
his money secure. ran after his customer,
fell on his neck, and, kissing him on
both cheeks assured him that the horse
would henceforlh be worthless to him;
that, since his brother wished for it, he
must take it as a present. And so the
bargain was concluded
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-14
Increase ofLnnacy i'm France.

Paris Dispatch TO the London Daily Telegraph
There seems to be some foundation for
the statement made lately in paper de-
voted to the interests of hygiene relative
TO the appalling increase of lunacy in
France. In the paper in question the in
crease was attributed to alcoholic " nip.
ping" but it would not be surprising if
1t were proved that the repeated political
crises through which the country has been
pessing for some time have had the effect
OF also qualifying considerable number
TOR the asylum at Charenton. Every day
new lunatic is arrested, and curiously
enough the poor demented person gcner.
ally lmagnes himself to be a Cabinet
Minister General Boulanger, the Presi-
dent Of the Republic, or a lineal descend
ant of The Dauphln Louis XVII, coming
to claim the crown that ornamented and
was sometimes too heavy for the brows of
his forelahers. THIS morning the latest
lunatic turned up at the Compton dEs-
compte, and called out in a loud voice
Tor cash for a check amounting to CA 900.
- Show me your check, said an account
ant, whereupon the poor mnatic became
highly indignant, buttoned up his frock
coat, pulling red ribbon well to the
front, and in voice of thunder said to
the astonished counter of coin. " How
dare you speak like that to one
who has been appointed Head |
OF the State? was Presi- |
dent of the Republic four days |
ago, and 1 want some money before |
take up my abode in the Elysee " A po-
lice commissary was now sent for, who |
promised to take the poor fellow to the
Bank of France, but conducted him to
the Central Police Station Infrmary in
stead.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-14
soIsent Power of q Linuld.

a very simple experiment may be per-
! formed to show the solvent power of a
liquid namely, by taking u small vial Of
camS Shor water or a quantity of alcohol,
witb as much camphor dissolved as it
will hold. AMI then adding to this drop
NJ water: it Is ~ clear as water itself
until a drop IS given, wien the solution
is wegl:Nned so much that fpcaHnot hold
the camph,r longer ia solution and be-
gins to give it up in a white cloud, al
loving it 10 rain down to tie bottom Of
a glass. Now, about the same process as
this il effective when a Specimen of
drinking water is to be examined for a
test of orgGaic matter, which ii may
contain in sol,HJon. The solvent power
for this impurity is reduced by giving
the liquid something better to dissolve,
or something to dissolve for which it has
a greater liking, sugar being one Of the
best known substances in this respect;
thus, when a spoonful is added to flask,
and corked up tight in the sunlight, the
water drops the organic matter and
adopts the ingredient it thas greater af-
Rnity for-ali that is required being to
watch for the minute black specks
which will be seen floating in every por-
tion of the liquid when water for drink
ing purposes is to be tested.for purity
Philadelphia Record,
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-14

erected on this earth for the purposes of
relig0N Grand as it, the original de.
sign would have made it still grander;
Brunante and Michael Angelo intended
that The whole central front should rise
in one bold relief. giving the full effect
to it's height and leaving the whole
dome visible from the square before the
church. Their successor, Maderu1, add
ed the prominent lower front. which
certainly marrol the general effect; but
ST. Peters is still unrivaled in magni-
tude, proportion and decoration,
Not far away is the Vatican palace, Of
which and its Sreat occupant the world
has heard and still hears much. BY the
liberal spirit Of modern times scholars
are now admitted to its wonderful libra
ry and its marvellous gallery of maps, In
its peculiar line no other collection in
the world can rival this. Questions long
debated by the learned have recently
been settled by the production Of sin
gle map, which proved beyond contro-
versy what the ancients believed as to
this earth. Not the least interesting to
Americans is that curious chart OH which
the pope traced the lines dividing all
this continent between Spain and Portu-
gall or all the vast area neither power
now owns one rod; it is all under repub-
lican rule Canada but nolninally other
wise) and one-half of it governed by de-
scendants of those very English against
whom the decree was aimed.
Little, if any, less attractive is the
College for Propagating the Faith, COM
monty called the Propaganda, from
which 20 every year large Glasses OF
cultured men, scattering to every section
Of the globe classmates Of whom most
will never meet again in this world. To
all the savage, the barbarous, the uncivil.
lied races these missionaries carry bless
ings; let ones faith be what it may he
n, ,,st look upon their work among the
heathen as unmixed good. But many
columns might be filled by Il bare emu
meration OF the aight5 of Rome. Though
the modem city is everywhere hamming
with the noise of improvements, they
really encfoac,, but little upon the an
n. edieval and classical
Rome combine % attract and interest
the world
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-14

and is doibly interesting because of its
beauty and the fact that it is a memorial
of the beginning of Christianity as a
ruling power. The "Arch of Titus"
commemorative of the destruction of Je-
rusalem, is of almost equal interest and
well preserved In artistic effect, how
ever, all these yield TO the great Column
of Trajan in the Forum, which is now
surmounted by statue of st. Peter. The
column alone is 1874 feet high, and on it
are carved $500 human figures, besides
many horses and chariots. The decline
of Rome began about 200 A. D., and, after
Constantine founded a new capital, the
decline was rapid After its capture by
the Vandals it sunk to a mere waste, and
in the Eighth century Al traveller re-
marked with surprise that there were
still some $4,000 people among the ruins.
The second great Rome came with the
rise of the papal power. Finally, when
the statesmen OF modern Italy overthrew
all the petty sovereigns and united Italy
became u great power, Victor Emanuel
in the year 1870 took possession of Rome
and abolished the pope's temporal power
So the third Rome began to rise at once,
and in it are two great centers of inter-
est-the Quirinal and the Vatican The
first is the seat and center, the palace of
the kingdom of Italy, and the second the
center of far greater power-the Roman
Catholic church The dumb war between
the two powers still goes on; the great
ecclesiastics are often insulted by groups
of infidels, and the government is ac-
cused Of enforcing its laws but feebly
against the insulters,
The new city is too much an imitation
0f Paris, ana in laying out the new
streets some antiquities were destroyed.
It's pity, but it had to be. There is
even street railroad nearly around the
Forum, and one may go along a very
Frenchy street to the great St. Peters
the most magnificent structure ever
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-14

THERE are two bills now before Con-
gress which are intended to bereft Il
most worthy class of people, viz, the
postofllce clerks throughout the country.
One of them provides for granting leaves
of absence to clerks and other employees
in first, second, or third class postoffices
for fifteen days in each year with full
pay. In order that The public may not be
put to any Inconvenience by reason Of
these vacations it is further provided that
the Postmaster-Gencral may employ such
number of substitute clerks as he may
deem advisable while the regular clerks
are thus absent. The other bill applies
the eIght-hour law to the clerks and EN-.
p'oyes in question, and provides that
overtime work shall be paid extra, at
salary rates. 1t strikes Us, and WE be-
lieve that it will strike all fair-minded
persons, the country over, who appreci-
ate the services rendered by these men,
that the two bills are deserving Of hearty
support.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-14
In n .Innanese Thentre.


From "An Artists Letters from
Japan" written and pictured by John
La Fargo in The Century, we quote as
follows: The doctor took us on Sunday
afternoon to his club-whose name,
think, means the perfume of the maple
to see and listen to some Japanese
plays, which are given in the club thea
tire built for the purpose. We went
there in the afternoon. passing by the
Shiba temples, and our kurumas were
drawn up at one end of the buildings.
There everything was japanese, though
| hear stories of the other club and
its utra-European ways-brandies and
sodas, single eye glasses, etc. However
that may be, on this side we were in
Japan without mistake We sat on the
steps aud had our shoes taken off, ac-
cording to the japanese fashion, so as
not to injure mats, and we could hear
during the operation long wailings high
notes and the piercing sound of flutes
and stringed instruments; the curiously
sad rhythm mingled with background
of high, distinct defamation. We walked
in, with careful attention to make no
noise, forgetting that in our stocking
feet we could have made none had we
wished, and we found the doctors place
reserved for him and us, and marked
with his name, writ large.
Other low boxes, with sides no higher
than our elbows as we sat on the mats,
divided the sloping floor down to the
gfo littIn
building projecting into the great hall
from its long side 1t had its own roof,
and connected with large gallery or
bridge, along which the actors moved as
they came on or disappeared, in a man
ner new to us, but which gave certain
natural sequence and made a beginning
and an end-a dramatic introduction and
conclusion-and added greatly to the
picture when the magnificent dresses of
stiff brocade dragged slowly along to the
cadence Of the music.
a quiet, sleepy appreciation hosered
over the scene; even the deyotees near
us, many Of them older people and be-
longing to the old regime, showing
their approval or disapproval with re-
strained criticism. | could see without
turning my head the expression of the
face of my neighbor, former daimio,
a man of position: face a Japanese
translation of the universal well known
aristocratic type-immovable, fatigued,
with the dropping under lip, Behind
him sat former retainers, ! suppose
defereutial, insinuating remarks and
judgments to which he assouted with in
imitable hrevity
Still, | thought that could distinguish,
when he showed that the youthful anna
teurs-for most Of the actors were non
professionalism not come up to- a proper
standard, that his memory went back to
a long experience of good acting. And
so catching are the impressions Of a
crowd that myself after time believed
that l recognized, more or less distinctly,
the tyro ans the master even though |
only vaguely understood what it was all
about For | need not tell you that the
| lbretto would have been still more diff
cult for Inc than the pantomime before
me, and very often it was but pantomime
| the actor making gestures to the accom-
| pauimrn, of music, or the defamation Of
; the ch0rWgus, who told the poetic story
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-14
HART VS.. YOUNG.
The Squire of the First Ward Gives Hts
Attention to Warden Young OF the
cambria County Jail.

The Squire of the First Ward Gives His
Attention to Warden Young OF the
cambria County Jail.
JoHNsTowN. Pa, March IL, 1890.
To ne Edtta- O, ne Joh,istotca Democrat
viii you allow me space in your col
umns to notice au article in your issue of
this date, taken from the Pittsburgh
Leatler, as far as it refers to an alleged in
terview of Warden Young, Of this county.
For young man whose political atiili-
ations, commencing with his father and
continued by him up until very few
years ago, or more strictly speaking, until
his advent in JohnstowD, were intensely
Democratic his assuming the role OF
ctnsor upon those who all of their lives
have been identified with the Republican
party ana> do not know what it is to
" Kick" except when machiucs try to
ride rouSh.shod over the party, comes
VITA IA very bad grace, and should be
received with great deal of allowance.
We feel confident, however, that we
can account for the milk in this particular
cocuanut A few days after the flood,
and after Mr.. A. j Moxham. with others
had succeeded in effecting an organiza
ton for the protection of property and
the safety of the citizens, Mr.. Young
came down IRON Ebensburg, aud assum-
ing the prerogative of High Sheriff of the
| county, undertook TO dictate to the peo-
pie, and run things to suit his royal high
ness. When protested with he became
very angry and insisted that he would
swear in three or four hundred assistants
and that the county would be responsible
for their pay, although hc was shown that
| it would cost the county some S20,0 900.
Mr.. A. J. Moxham, through his Chief-of-
/ Police, had already assumed that burden.
The matter was finally brought to the at
! tention of Sheriff Stneman, who at once
gratefully accepted the position of Mr..
Moxham, and ordered bis high toned
deputy or turnkey to report to Ebensburg
where he has remained ever since. Sheriff
Stncman had the good sense 10 see that
the attempt of Mr.. Young TO mulct
the comfy in thousands of dollars of ex-
pense at that time, was not only unjust
in itself, but that he, not Mir. Young,
would be held responsible.
Turnkey Young has had 1t in for sew
eral parties including the writer and Gen.
! HASTINGS. who refused to recognize him
as either the Sheriff or acting for the
Sheriff, and has taken this method to get
even, as it were, am perfectly satisfied
to let my record both political and sociaA
before and since the food, he measured
along side of his aud abide by the verdict
I will make the prophecy, that should
our next Sheriff be elected by the Demo
cratic party, you will dud Turnkey
Young dropping hurriedly back to his
first love. A. N. HAET.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-14
TILE ou1RINAt.

From the foundation of the city there
was tolerably regular growth till the
reign Of Augustus, and of that era the
most interesting remains are the old
Forur- and many engineering works
With the emperors came the great struc-
lures, such as the Circus Maximus, and
perhaps the last of these to be erected
was the ''Arch of Constantine" The
Romans Of the early period gave much
thought to engineering, those of the i'm
perial ERA to architecture. If excavation
in Italy develops any work with an arch
it is known to be Roman; if it is mono
lithic-that is, of single stones and no
arch--it is probably Etruscan, as that
people had not invented the arch. Rome
is thought to have reached its highest
pitch of splendor and numbers about 100
to $50 A. D., when the city had about a
million inhabitants.
This city extended over the seven hills.
of which the Quirinal (still d noted place
in Romc) was a center of the Sabine pop
ulation. The Campus Martius Field of
Mars or war; was thick set with mag
niticent buildings, but the modern city
covers it, and one looks in vain for
beauty. in fact, rather the densest and
poorest population is there. OF the once
noted "Portico of Octavia' (sister of
Augustus) only the ruins remain. 1t
stood before the splendid temples OF Ju-
piter and Juno, of which not trace re-
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-14

works did not meet>fhe approval of his
superiors in the Order of Jesuits, and
Father Pecci left theNorder. In 1851,
when he retired from, his professor
ship, he was considered tue first theolo-
gian in Europe.
Upon leaving the Society OF Jesus Fa-
ther Pecci took the position of min
utante in the Vatican library (which he
held till his brother was elected pope. In
1879 the latter raised the Librarian to the
position of cardinal deacon, giving him
at the same time the tituIarJC Church of
st. Agatha.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-14

GENERAL RAUM stated as follows at the
nineteenth annual convention of the
Brewers Association amid great applause ::
g More than $10,000,000 are realized TO
the public treasury from the manufacture
and sale of the products of the brewer
les" He also congratulated them thus :;
American malt liquors are now success.
fully exported TO England Europe, Asia, AT
lica Australia, and the islands of the sea-"
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-14

Mrs. Caroline Donovan, who died in
Baltimore, left $4,000 to Cardinal Glib.
bon5 and his successor to help educate
young men in the Catholic ministry. She
also gave 100000 to the Johns Hopkins
University and $4,000 to Washington
and Lee University. She was not a
Catholic.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-14

ONE gets an interesting glimpse OF Ben.
iamin HARRISON from this story Of him, at
tribu.ed to Colonel Dudley, by the N9sh-
ington correspondent Of the Chicago
Times. We have good grounds fer be-
lievirg, however, that while the Presi-
dent is ashamed TO invite Colone! Dudley
to dinner the Colonel has good deal Of u
pull with the Administration. Dudley is
reported as saying " Harrison sent for
me the week after his nomination aud
asked me to art rs treasurer of the Re
publican National Committee, I had
been, You know, OF some little service to
him at Chicago and told him that my
own affairs were in such shape that must
stay out of the campaign altogether. |
was in debt $4,000 ana had just formed
a law partnership in Washington that
promised me a good income and opporlu-
mites to get out of debt. Itold MIR. Liar-
risOn all this, but he still seemed to think
that ! ought to give up these plans and
sacrifice myself on the Harrisonian altar.
He said Do this for me and if We win
I'll see that you are not the worst for it,
/ went into the campaign aud we won,
The 'blocks-of-fvc business came up,
and Harrison, who had as much to do
with it as did, left me with the bag to
hold. lie has never since asked to see
me, has never written me, never opened
his head about me IN any way. Neither
have ] gone near the immaculate b. lIar-
rison. Hereafter | am in politics for
Substance
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-14
RESTORATION OF ROME.
THE CAPITAL OF HUMBERT'S KING
DOM A GREAT MODERN CITY.

The Remains of the Ancient City-The
New City not Quite the Same Site.
The City Has Had Continuous Exist
ence for 1900 Years.
"Rome is transformed" Such is the
united testimony of all recent visitors
Rome is once more the capital of united
country, and, though not SO great as the
Rome of the later Caesars, it is quite a
great city of the modern order Nor
are the antiquities disturbed, for the
Rome of restored Italy-Victor EN-
manuel's Rome, the "Sardinian" or
"Piedmontese Rome, as unfriendly pol
iticians call it--does not cover the old
sites.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-14

The death Of Samuel b. Washburn
leaves but one remaining out Of one of The
most remarkable families ever reared in
the United States. William d. is the last
OF the seven brothers who grew up on
Israel Washburns farm in Livernore.
They were prize specimens Of Que of
Maine's most noted products. men of
brain and action
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-14

W g q 80 ~
at r o M and
while very young
Joined the Soci-
ety,of Jesus. Be
ing Appointe q
professor Of phi
losoplly in the
Romuiltcollcge, r
he became noted
for his the@'o osic
ability. He ygNde
several works ON
the teachings ard
system ofThomas'
Auuinas, which
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-14
HARTERnD SEPTEMBER u, 1870

I nEPOSlTS received OF one Holarand upward.
~ no deposits exceeding total or 81 600 Will
DC received from any one person. Interest is due
In the months OF June and December and If not
withdrawn is added to the deposit thus COM
pounding twice year without troubling he de-
positor to call or even TO present the deposit
book
Money loaned on Real Estate. Preference with
liberal rates and long time given TO borrowers
Offering first mortgages on farms worth four on
rlOra times the amount or loan desired also,
moderate loans made on town property wnere
ample security Is offered. Good reference, per
iCCt titles. etc, required
This corporation Is exclusively Savings Bank.
No commercial deposits received, nor discount
made. No loans on personal seCurit.
Blank applications for borrowers copies ot
the rules bylaws and special acts OF the Legis-
lature relating 60 deposits of married women
and minors can b9 Obtained ut the Bank.
TRUsTEEs-HermGn Baumer, =. l.. Yeagley,
John llannan, John Thomns G. h. Ellis, Fear
son Fisher james j. FrOnheisevt .fOln Lowman,
W. b. Lowman, James McMilleu, James Quinn,
Howard J. Roberts, VIM. A. stewart, Geo. y.
Swank, Jacob Swank, W. W. walters. James
McMillen, President; John LOwman, Herman
Baumer, Geo. r. Swank. Vice Presidents; w. c.
Lewis, Treasurer; cyrus Elder. solicitor marl2
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-14

mains. Part Of the oft described Manner
tine prison remains, and the two cells
alleged to have been occupied by st. Pc
ter and st. Paul are used as chapels. AS
no one can prove the contrary, they will
do as well as any. The great Flavian
amphitheater founded about A. D. 72),
however, still stands in sufficient pres
ervation to astonish the visitors-called
from its size the Colosseum.
The great "Arch Of Constantine" COM
memorates his victory over Maxentius,
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-14

Charley Green, tie champion heavy
weight wrestlerof England, is looking for
blood. Jim Kelly is ready to back him
against any heavy weight in America for
$500 or S400 at catch-as- catch can, two
falls down, two fails out of three.