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Chairman Murphy send. Out a Call.

New YORK, Jnly 20-Chairman Edward
Murphy of the State Democratic Commit
tee, has issued a call for meeting of the
committee at Saratoga early in August.
The date has not been set. II is probable
that nomination will be made by the com
mittcc for Judge of the Court Of Appeals
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Amor the Renegade Indians.

Tucson, ARIz., July 2o.-It is now den
nitelv known that Of the eight Apache prs
oners under the Kid, who murdered Shern
REYNOLDS and deputy, and escaped, that al
save three have been killed. hid ana TWO
others are at large. Detachments OF troops
from all forts are out with hopes oi inter-
nnniinc them.
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CAmo. July 2O-It is reported that Os
man Dicua is at Omdurmau and that hl'
followers have returned 90 Tokar. OsmaI
is said 70 have los. 400 men by famine ant
sickness.
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,..1..rin snnnorts Turkey.

CoxsrlxTINoPLE. July. 20. Premier
Stambulof, Of Bulgaria, has thanEed inc
sultan for appointing Bulgarian Bishop.
in Macedonia and has assured the Porte o'
the support Of the Bulgarans should neces'
sity arise.
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WAR on M.DowELL.
The Auti-Boodie Republicans Repudiate
Him

Him.
Brrrr. PA. July 2O-The news of the
Reputation of the nomination of McDowel.
for congress iu this district by the Beaver
Repub. can County Committee meets with
general approval here. Hon. Thomas Rob
ius0u. the veteran politician, was pleased
with Beavers action. He thought ~ was
the proper course % pursue, ana tnat ID ~
ier tountv would do the same thing II. y.
Cauchor ESQ. was delighted with the re-
suit lie said t was the right thing TO DO
under tine circumstances, and m fact the
only course selfrcspectins Republicans
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DENOUNCED THE \. o. II.
A Priest Warns Catholics Against the
Order.

DUBLIN, July 20-lu his sermon in the
Cathedral AT Armagh, to-day, the Rev. Mr..
MacNeecc denounced secret societies. He
referred especially TO the Ancient Order OF
Hibernians. He said that this society,
which was founded in America, was seek
ing new members in ireland, and he warn
ed all Catholics against having anything to
do with the organization.
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W. narr..on.. onlet snndaH.

Atf. N- o.. judy President
attended church to-day. Mr.
h.a ot the Pennsylvania rail
. H,l his wife Mr. Boyd Is
. . rhe Harrison family. hav
'e Intimate with them iu In
THE President viii leave here
rl,ng ut nine o'clock.
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,,i.marck Doc. Not Want Power.

DRESDEN, July 20.-The Ndchrichtfn says
that Prince Bismarck in an interview, EN-
phatically declared that he had no desire 10
return 70 Office as he was too old 70 assume
office. He said that if he decided TO VISIT
FngIand he would 90 10 some seaside place
in SeDtember
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Ills stnv Devoid of Ceremony.

Lovpov. July 20-Emperor William will
arrive ~ Osborne House August >. and
viii leave August :. It has been ordered
that his stay shall be devoid OF ceremony.
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COLLARS AND CUFFS" Is ILL.
Wales Eldest Son Suffering From Hi
Trip To India.

LONDON. July 20-The Duke OF Clar-
ence, eldes. son of the Prince of Wales, is
in wretched health, and. it is said, is
suffering from his trip to India His
physicians are reticent. but il is certain
that the Duke is frequently compelled to
remain in bed for several days.
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rnliticnl sensntlon ln Bneno. Ayros

BrESos AYREs, July y2Q-Conhlcung re
ports are current Of the discovery :. o. q plo'
ns~s declare that the reports have no ioun-
datiOn
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Rclected Nntnlie.s Plea.

BELGRADE, July 2O.-The Servian Sy-
nod has rejected the petition of EX-Queen
Natalie to reconsider the legality Of her
divorce from Ex-King Milan.
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LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM.
The Tariff and the Elections Bill Pro-
misc Fun.

WAsHIXGToN, July 20-The debate on the
tariff bill is expected TO begin in the Senate
tomorrow. The understanding is that
during Qhe morning hour the Indian appro-
priation bill shall be taken up and consid-
cred until o'clock, and then give way to
the Tariff bill Senator voorhees, has
stated his intention to deliver general
speech ON the tariff at | o'clock Monday.
The Republicans do not intend under the
present arrangements to engage in general
debate on the bill, therefore a Democratic
Senator will make the opening speech
Republican members of the Finance Com
mittee have been informed the Democratic
minority will not make a formal report
against the passage of the bill.
THE ELECTIONS MoNsTRosITY.
Nothing definite has been decided re
specting Republican caucus upon the
Elections bill, which is being prepared by
the majority of the Committee on Privil-
eyes and Elections. 1t is said as soon as il
is ready for inspection and discussion the
caucus will be called to determine what
shall be done with it. in the House TIA s
week the programme Of business has been
partially outlined by special order
Tomorrow the votes are TO be taken on
the amendments TO the original package
bill itself The bankruptcy bill is TO come
up next in order and will occupy the time
up TO Thursday There is a disposition to
debate at length the conference report on
the District of Columbia appropriation bill
and if it is taken up for consideration on
Thursday or Friday, it will probably occu-
py the remainder of the week. Otherwise
the Elections Committee may be expected
to fill in the time with the pending Vir-
ginia and South Carolina contested election
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CRY oF MENICo. July 2O-The govern
meut has granted Mr. Pcniche, represent
| ing Edison. an extension OF SIN months TO
establish postal phonograph system.
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.A-1. g. g.. July 20-Jay Faait
ot thc Toroutos and last year OF
D.e,e-auds, will join the local club and
.s captain.
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to be made up of golden words II IL Is
TO enter such splendid door ana llTe
beside Seraphim and archangel? ought
not every phrase be rounded INTO per-
lection. ought not the language be mu-
steal. and classic. and poetic, and rhet-
orical9 No. the most illiteratc outcry'
the unjointed petition, the clumsy
nhrasc. the sentence breaking into
Grammatical blunderS, an unworded
groan. is Just as efTectual if it be the
1tterancc of the souls want. y heart
am covered up with glrlandS of thought
would be no attraction TO God, but Il
heart broken and contrite, that IS the
acceptable sacrifice, Il know that my
Redcemer liveth," rising up in the
mighty harmony of 4 musical academy
may overpower our ear and heart, but
il will not reach the ear of God like the
broken-voiced hymn of some sufferer
amid rags and deSolation looking up
truStfully to q Saviour'S compassion
singing amid tears and pangS, Il know
that my Rcdeemer liveth.
7 suppoSe that there was more rhet-
uric and classic elegance in the prayers
of the PhariSce than Of the puolican'
but Won know which was successful
Nou NAV knecl with complete elegance
an some soft cushion at an altar OF ana
boster. and utter prayer Of Miltonic
IL
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-01-31
Electric Lights and the Eyes.

The men who made the electric light
the indispensable thing to us that it is
today must go step further and invent
some means of softening it, or we will
become a nation of blind people in n few
more generations. No eye can sustain
the glare of the electric light that now
meets the gaze everywhere. 1t is ruin
Gus to the sight and induces paralysis of
the eye. Any defect in the eye is readily
transmitted to children, and we can
easily see what weak and unhealthy
eyes people will have after the electric
light has been at work upon several de-
grees of ancestors.
We are much too reckless in our use
of the light, when a little caution would
relieve the eye from the danger. There
is no good reason why a spectator in a
theatre or ball should have to look at an
electric light or past one in fixing his
eyes on the stage, and yet this is what
he must do now and then. Nor should
one read or write by the electric light,
yet there are large number of people in
st. Louis and every large city who never
use any other light for night work
The only light the eyes will stand health
fully is a soft lamp light, and people will
have to pay in the future for giving it
up contemptuously as they have done.-
Physician in st. Louis Globe-Democrat. -,
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-01-31
Not Tall Enough.

History has record. that foreign
princess to whom Henry VIII of Eng
land offered his hand in marriage sent
back the pointed answer that ''if she had
two heads she would gladly have placed
one of them at his majesty's disposal" {"
This allusion TO the fate of Anne Boleyn
and Katherine Howard was good speci-
men of the epigrammatic smartness of
that period; but, says Mr.. David Kerr,
an equally creditable performance has
been furnished by our own age.
Just at the time when vague reports
were beginning to creep abroad that
Germany was meditating fresh extension
of her frontier at the expense of Holland
Dutch official of high rank happened
to be visiting the court of Berlin, where
he was handsomely entertained. Among
other spectacles got up TO amuse him a
review was organized at Potsdam.
"What does your excellency thing Of
our soldiers" asked Prince Bismarck, as
one of the regiments came marching past
in admirable order.
"They look as if they knew how to
fight" replied the visitor, gravely, but
they are not quite tall enough"
The prince looked rather surprised at
this disparaging criticism. He made no
answer, however, and several other regi-
ments filed past in succession; but the
Dutchman's verdict upon each and all
was still the same "Not tall enough"
At length the grenadiers of the guard
made their appearance-a magnificent
body of veterans, big and stalwart
enough to have satisfied even the giant
loving father of Frederick the Great; but
the inexorable critic merely said, Fine
soldiers, but not tall enough"
Then Prince Bismarck fairly lost pa
tience, and rejoined, somewhat sharply,
''These grenadiers are the finest men in
our whole army; may l ask what your
excellency is pleased to mean by saying
that they are not tall enough?'
The Dutchman looked him full in the
face, and replied with significant empha-
sis, 81 mean that we can flood our coun-
try twelve feet deep. London Tid Bits
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-01-31

1, 1901, and declares that of all whom he
ao,s sressed for an answer about half took
one da,sa and half the other. There
should be n,2 question about it. This
century ends witn the last moment of
the year 1900 and the next begins with
Jan. l, 1901
The muddle grows out of the fixed
idea which some people have that the
reckoning Of time begins with cipher,
and that one is counted when the hour,
day. month or year has closed; whereas
all the counting of time begins with one,
and at the end of the first period two
begins to count Thus, when child is
born, he enters on his first day of the
first month of the first year of his life
His ten years are finished, not when he
enters in his tenth year, but at its close;
and his hundred years are completed,
not when the hundredth year is begun,
but ended. When we write 1900 we
have begun the last year of the century,
not ended it. The centuries do not
begin with 0, 100, 200, but with 1, 101,
20l, and thus the Twentieth century
begins with 1901 at the first moment of
that year. The quoted date comes with
the beginning, not the close of the twelve
months and therefore, while we quote
the year 1900 as we do every other year
at its beginning, we must wait till it
ends to close the century. y.-Journal of
Commerce.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-01-31
TheN Got tho Scent.

There is a miserly old lady living in
Oshkosh who, it is believed, judging
from circumstances, has chests and
chests of gold secreted in her house
somewhere. She is so penurious and
hates to part with her money so bad, that
when she is compelled from absolute ne
cessity to buy the necessaries of life she
walks to the store farthest from her
house so that she can keep in her posses
sion the money that must be spent for
food a little longer, and pays for her
purchase with more reluctance than
Isaac of York could command while
parting with his gold
1t is told of this old lady that one day,
while counting over some money, a five
cent piece dropped in big wood box
filed with wood, shavings, etc. She
searched for an hour in vain, and was
almost distracted by the loss, when Il
bright thought struck her. She would
have couple of little boys, who were
playing near the house, seek it. Accord
ingly she called them in and told them if
they would find the money which had
dropped in the wood box she would give
them each a cent. The youngsters, eager
to earn the price of stick of candy,
went willingly to work, and after hunt
ing for about two hours, gave howl of
delight when they discovered the missing
coin.
The old woman eagerly snatched it
from them and, after carefully deposit
ing it in her pocket book, called them
dear little children and said they well
earned their reward. She then went
into another room, brought out bottle
that had once been filled with perfume,
and gave each one of the boys a scent of
the lingering odor, after which she called
them dear little darlings again and told
them to run away now and play. The
little fellows We're so overwhelmed with
gratitude at the old lady's muniicence
that they kindly thanked her in their
abstraction. on.-Oshkosh Times.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-01-31


remember that during the rehearsal
Of "The School for Scandal was i'm
pressed with the idea that the perform
ance would not go well. IL is always
a difficult matter to bring a company of
great artists together for q night and
have them act in unison with each
other; not from any i'll feeling. but from
the fact that they are not accustomed to
play together. In a fine mechanical
contrivance the case and perfection with
which it works often depend upon the
fact that the cog wheels have their diff
ferent proportions. On this occasion
they were all identical in size, highly
polished and well made, but not adapted
to the same machinery.
Seeing a hitch during the rehearsal in
one of the important scenes, L ventured.
in my official capacity, to make a sug-
gestion to one of the old actors. He re-
garded me with a cold, stony gaze, as
though l had been at a great distance
which was, both in age and in expert
ence-and gave me to understand that
there was but one way TO settle the mat
ter, and that was his way. Of course, as
the company did not comprise the one
regularly under my management, felt
that it twouId be becoming in me to yield,
which | did, not, however, without pro-
testing that the position l took was the
proper and only one under the circum-
stances, and when I saw the scene fail
and virtually go to pieces at night, con-
fess that l felt some satisfaction in the
knowledge that my judgment had been
correct In fact, the whole entertain
ment, while it had been a financial sue
cess, was an artistic failure. People
wondered how so many great actors could
make a performance go off so tamely.
Harmony is the most important ele-
ment in a work of art. In this instance
each piece of mosaic was perfect in form
and beautiful in color, but when fitted
together they matched badly, and the
effect was crude. An actor who has
been for years the main attraction in his
plays, and on all occasions the central
and conspicuous figure of the entertain
ment, can scarcely be expected to adapt
himself at once to being grouped with
others in one picture; having so long
performed the solo, it is difficult to ac-
company the air. A play is like pict-
ure: the actors are the colors, and they
must blend with one another if perfect
work is to be produced. Should they
fail to agree as to the value and distribu-
ton of their talents, then, though they
be ever SO great, they must submit their
case to the care and guidance of master
hand.-Joseph jefferson in The Century.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-01-31
Early Use of Soap.

More than 1900 years ago the Gauls
were combining the ashes of the beech
tree with goats fat and making soap.
When Marius Claudius Marcellus was
fastening southwark over the Flaminian
way, laden with spoils wrested from the
hands of Viridomar, the Gallo king lying
dead by the banks of the Po, his follow
ers were bringing with them a knowl-
edge of the method of making soap.
The awful rain of burning ashes which
fell upon Pompeii in 70 buried with
palaces and statues) the humble shop of
a soapmaker, and in several other cities
of Italy the business had even then a
footing. In the Eighth century there
were many soap manufactures in Italy
and Spain, and fifty years later the
Phunicians carried the business into
France, and established the first factories
in Marseilles. Prior to the invention of
soap, fullers' earth was largely used for
cleansing purposes, and the juice of GER
tain plants served similar purpose. The
earth was spread upon cloth, stamped in
with the feet, and subsequently removed
by securing. 1t was also used in baths,
and as late even as the Eighteenth CEN
tury was employed by the Romans in
that way,-Exchange.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-01-31
EricssOn's Home Life.

Wealth was unknown to the Ericsson
family, and Swedish country living at
that time was plainness itself; but love
abounded, and the mothers cheerful
temper, with the fathers good humor
and generous disposition, assured the
blessings of a harmonious and happy
home. Caroline was a child of unusual
beauty, Nils was spirited and engaging,
and the baby, John, a wonder to all. AS
a child John was busy the day long,
drawing, boring and cutting. Providing
himself with pencil and paper, he would,
in the early morning, run to the mines,
and sit there until dark, watching with
deep, earnest eyes the motions of the
heavy engines, copying their forms and
studying into the secret of their motion
-"John Ericsson, the Engineer" by Col.
w. C. Church in Scribner.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-01-31
The Proper Form.

am often asked what is the best style
of dress to be worn at a morning we'd
ding by the groom. can only say that
according to form" in New York if
the wedding occurs before noon, double
breasted Prince Albert coat, silk hat and
light trousers. If after the noon hour, it
is more strictly the vogue to wear a
single breasted black cutaway coat and
vest, dark striped trousers, and carry a
black derby hat. Standing collars must
be worn with either costume, four-in-
hand scarf of rich and quiet colors,
gloves in harmony with the ensemble,
and bunch of white flowers as bou-
tonniere. The ushers and best man must
be similarly attired, with the exception
of distinctive variation as to gloves
and boutonniers. Man in Globe
Democrat
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-01-31

being actually alarmed, or at least star
tied, when saw a man rub little stick
against the side of the house, obtain
light and ignite his cigar from it, 1t
looked like specimen of the black art.
Now what should we do without matches
that we buy at cent or two bunch?
We used to rake up the fire nights and
keep a bed of Goals to start the fire in the
morning. If we lost the fire we had to
use flint and steel and hammer away
at it until we sent spark into the tin
der. Even then there was an outfit that
could be bought for a quarter at the
apothecary' called PHOSPHORUS matches.
II consisted Of round box, six inches
long and an inch in diameter. In the
top were the matches, and in the bottom
was small vial into which they had 10
be thrust to procure the light Before
present sort of matches were in being
they came in oblong boxes, each contain
ing doubled piece of sandpaper upon
which to light them.-Oliver Optic.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-01-31
The Chinese Puzzle.

Imagine language devoid of gram
mar or syntax; unhampered by declen-
sions, moods, lenses or infections of any
kind; essentially monosyllabic; in which
the slightest change of pitch in the voice
completely modifes the sentence; subject
to no rules of logic or construction; a
language petrifed into solid blocks and
representing human thoughts as a mosaic
represents picture; a language in which
every sentence is a puzzle even to the
sons of the country; language which
once written can no longer be read,
but must be scanned-and even then you
have imagined but few of the characters
istic peculiaritieso Chinese.
1t has often been said it is still said
today, that the Chinese speak after the
fashion of children, directly, straight to
the point, with an energy of expression,
a directness of purpose, and u natural
logic devoid of the artifciality Of occi-
dental tongues. AS an example of this
child like simplicity, which we may be
pardoned for thinking peculiar, let us
take the following sentence. A China
man says to us:
10 Ve-one-(uumerc3l partiCle)-
widow wife he to be religion
friend -hoEse r. within ~ necessary ITO
use-all-to have-altlough-
MOTTO nt--rich-noble--to arrive
bottom-to pass-to obtaiu-day-pr
uct
We see at once that in his simple,
straightforward way he meant to say:
There lived a Christian widow who
possessed all that she needed; though
not rich, she had enough to live upon.
If breyity be the soul of wit, our chill
dren OF today have certainly improved
upon the Chinese rendering, though how
they might have expressed themselves
fifty or sixty centuries ago, when the
Chinese language was being invented,
we have of course no means Of knowing.
If the parents of that time at all resem-
bled those Of today, they would have al
lowed the children to prattle on unheed-
ed until they knew better, or sent them
to bed-or- Well, whoever was right,
somebody was wrong. So much for the
vaunted simplicity of Chinese. -Har-
per's Magazine.