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New-York tribune., 1890-01-12
Financial.
BOSTON. 1o DECEMBER, 1889.
bVSION, 10 Df@OLNb BIN, I6l
To the Stockholders of the
ATCALS0N, TOPEKA
& SANTA FE
RAILROAD COMPANY:

In April last asked you 10 intrust 10 us your
proxles be used at the annual meeting of the COM
pany in May. This resulted in change of manage
mcnt the introduction of reforms and economies "ud
a financial reorganization OF the Company that mas
met general approval.
During the progress this niZation has Dcen
frequently suggested in the public ana Dy h"ne
rOus and large holders OF the Companys securi'ies
that IL would give greater stability 10 the rcorRaniZch
Company IL n mana agement committed 10 'nc SucceS-i"
working OF the plan Of reorsHnzation and nbso-
Iutc, interest the property, could be secured
for scvern years.
Consulting our own inclination md convenience, we
would prefer 10 leave the of this great
property 10 others but recognize the force of the
sugQeston and the necessity for some such arrange
ment and many shareholders believe that great ad-
vantopes ore likely 10 result the holders OF all
elasses of the Companys securities from such cO-op-
erntion we have consented 10 act In the matter.
Iyolders of stock o the AchisOn, Topeka and santa
Fe Railroad Company may deliver their certificates,
assigned upon the in of George &. ,Ingoun,
Tbomo, Barring, Oliver W. Peabody and John J.
NcCook 10 the BOSTON SAFE DEPOSIT AND
TRIsT COMPANY, - Milk street, Boston, subject TO
advancement that the title such stock and the
ing mower thereon shall he vested In nominees
our also be named by us for ten
or until July 1, 1900.
The Trust Company will Issue stock Trust Certif-
cate. entitlng the holder all the beneficial interests
andadvanta ges belonging growing out of the de-
posited shares and to the return of hke number oil
shares the OF the trust has EXPIRED unless
M. s.mc shall be further extended by the respective
parties in interest
AppIcaiion will be made 10 have the Trnst Certid-
aboye referred 10 listed upon the New ork B0ss
top and London stock Exchanges
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-28

The superstition of actors and actresses
extends to all the smallest minuti@ of
their business, and one peculiar fad with
many of them is to seek out some little.
insignificant shop in some unfrequented
locality where they can buy their wigs,
their footwear, their powder and paint,
and so on. Happy is he or she who can
discover some such place that has been
little known before, for is it not an au-
gury of good fortune? Many theatrical
people abjure entirely the large and well
known establishments that deal in the
atrical supplies and give their patronage
to less pretentious places down town.
There is sort of Freemasonry in the
profession by which the news of the find
ing of these small shops is passed from
ear to ear, so that a considerable patron
age in time accrues to the lucky proprie-
tor. On the other hand, there are those
who are more selfishly inclined and keep
their lucky "finds" to themselves as far
as possible, believing that the "spell"
will be broken if they say much about
it or advertise it even to their friends
New York Star.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-28
ONE CLASS OF GOVERNMENT CON
TRACTS

Commenting on the new postal card
and the method of letting the contract for
the same the Pittsburgh Dispatch says;
The universal testimony, both of admin
istration organs and Of the opposition, is
that the new postal cards are about the
poorest specimens of their class ever furn-
lshed to the Government. If only the
Democratic papers made the charge 1t
might he regarded as ms rire | by partisan
prejudice. But when it is supported by
so steady Republican organ as the New
York Press with cOmpari i-on of the cards
to blottng paper, there is not much room
for doubt that the work is decidedly in.
ferior
50 1t Is n cogent fact that the contract for
the postal cards was awarded to a well.
known New York politician, and there
does not seem to be much conceament
about the former fact that 1t was given as
reward for political services. OF course,
IN that case, the poor quality of the postal
cards is inevitable. If Mr.. Daggett should
give the full worth of the money that he
gets for his cards, in the quality of the
cards, he could not obtain any profit for
his political services. lie would just get
the ordinary profit that the non-poltical
contractor does, and that any industrious
and intelligent man can make in business
That would make the business of politics
wholly Improbable and sadly mar the
working quality of party machines.
But the moral is not the less obvious
for these controlling considerations.
When Government work is awarded as a
return for political services the quality of
the work done for the people is certain
to suffer-"
And thus the interest of the brave, free,
generous. and patriotic American people
are cared for by one branch of the Gov
ernment, under the management of a
Sunday School Superintendent, who gives
the publc a blotter that a political debt
may be pal /.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-28
IMPROVEMENTS IN ENGLISH.
Suggestions About Words That May he
Improved by Simpler Spelling.

Suggestions About Words That May he
Improved by Simpler Spelling.
We need not go the length of the fam
atics of phoneticism (who would spell
wife yf, knee nee, and write eye in the
same manner as the personal pronoun y
to desire a change in the spelling of many
English words which are q stumbling
block to foreigners as well as to natives.
The instances of "plough," "though,"
enough" borough" cough"
"dough," ought" in which seven words
the letters ought to have seven different
sounds, are more than sufficient to prove
that reformation in spelling is highly
desirable, and that plough out to be writ
ten and printed plow; through, thru or
throo; enough, enuf; borough, burrow or
burro; cough, cawf; dough, doe, and
ought, aut or ort with the quiescent.
In like manner the verb ''to do" ought
to be written 'to du" or "to doo," and
the past tense of "to read" ought not to
be spelled in exactly the same manner as
the present tense of the same verb; but
l did read pronounced redd) should be
WIlllSH Il uiu eau NpEO-
nounced ] ett, or / ate) should follow
the same rule. Why the double should
necessarily be employed in the words
spell, well, bell, smell, fell, and many
others, while one is considered suffi-
cient in rebel, propel, excel, repel, expel,
etc., is not apparent to ordinary intelli-
gence, or explicable by any pathological
and genealogical reasons.
Why English writers, talker and
printers should persist in ignoring the
past lenses of so many verbs in daily use
passes comprehension, so needless and so
anomalous is the lazy and incorrect
habit into which some good writer's, as
well as the vulgar, have permitted them
selves to fall. 81 bid him do it now," is
correct, but 81 bid him do it yesterday"
in which the present tense is used in
stead of babe in the past is an indefens-
ible corruption. Among the verbs which
have been deprived of their past lenses
and their preterites may be specified to
bet, to beat, to let, to spread, to shed, to
cut to put aud to shut.
There are no grammatical or any
other reasons why they should not have
been among the verbs which have inflec-
tions in other languages, but never had
in English, though they ought to have
had if intelligent grammarians had had
the original ordering of the language
"Can" and must have not even the in
fnitive "to can" and ''to must" "Can"
has past tense ("could'), but no future,
which can only be rendered by the para
phrase II shall be able" or lit will be in
my power" "Must" has neither past
nor future-''I must do it today" has
to be put into the past tense by the
roundabout locution, 81 was obliged to
do it" or 1T was necessary that should
do it, while the future of the verb fall
loir, which, in the corresponding case,
in the more precise language of the
French, is il faut, becoming il faudra in
the future, is in English only to be ex-
pressed by paraphrase, expressive both
of compulsion and obligation in futurity,
Nineteenth Century.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-28
Over $500. 900 for r.astage slnmrs.

The most valuable of all private collec-
tions belongs to NJ Philippe de Ferrari,
of the Galiera family, who regularly at
tends the Paris mart to enrich his album.
This family souvenir has already cost
more than three hundred thousand dol
lars, or u million and half of francs.
The acquisition of stamps seems to be
the only object for which NJ Ferrari
considered his mothers millions good
enough to be spent, for he has been
known to pay from $500 to $500 for a
collection from which he wanted only a
single stamp.-Paris Letter.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-28

The Department of Agriculture reports
that farmers have still in their hands 570,-
600 0O0 bushels of corn and 156, 100000
bushels of wheat-almoSt half the whole
crop in the first instance and almost a
third of it in the second. The stock of
corn on hand is the largest ever reported
in March OF the largest crop after the
mildest winter.
The aver ige of eight annual returns is
677, 900, 900 bushels; that of last year 7S7,-
600, 900 bushels. The estimated consump-
zion to March 1st is /, ,143 100000 BUSH
els, figure exceeded only last year and
IN 1886. The proportion of Terchantable
corn of crop of 1882 is S5.7 per cent. eX
ceeded in recent years only by those of
1884 and 1886 The average value of all
corn on the 1St OF December was 2S.3
cents per bushels. The average on the
st of March was Z7.9 cents for merchant
able, making an aggregate of value $780,
100000 less than The December estimate.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-28
Convanienoes for House Hunters.

The house hunter must have observed
that within a few years the real estate
agents of the city have shown a tendency
toward the adoption of trade marks or
distinguishing emblems on their "for
rent signs. For long time these pla-
cards were all Of uniform design. One
firm adopted the plan of covering hair
of the placard surface with red paint or
ink. Such a placard could be readily
identified a block distant The idea
caught on, and now there are stars, an
chors, shields and cross bars, white let
ters on a black ground, clubs and disks
on red, white and blue; crosses, dia-
monds, triangles-in fact every form of
simple design and outline. Another re-
form that is much appreciated by house
hunters has been introduced by enter
prising agents, and that is to have at the
Office photographs of the exterior of the
buildings for rent and floor plan of the
house, showing the location of the closets
and stairways, the size of the rooms,
etc. A lady can tell by single glance
at the plan whether the house will suit
her or not, and it saves her the labor of
running all over the city on an errand
that is full Of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
view in ST. Louis Globe-Democrat
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-28
\ POLITICAL CRIME.

The stealing of Cam bria county from
General ID. ii. Hastings and placing 1t IN
the hands of Delamatcr, was political
crime unprecedented III the history of pol.
itics in the Northern States, ard was
only cqualed by the many political
crimes perpetrated in the South during
the reconstruction period after the war.
In reading the graphic and truthful de
tails as published, after athorough inves-
tIgation, by one of the editorial staff of the
Pittsburgh Chrohicle Telegrdph, the aver.
age citizen is almost forced to say there
can he no honor in politics,
and the less good citizens have
to do with party politics the better
it will be for their regulations. Such at
least would seem to be the case with Re
publican politics in Cambria county. Was
there ever such an expose of corrupt and
dishonorable, high handed and demOral-
iZing, pcllics Can such Things be and
not excite our won Ter and indignation !?
Is il possible that fair minded people of
any patty will tamely and suDlnely sub
nit to this great wrong and political out
rage Wetrow not.
1t this political fraud Is submitted to
the power and prestige of the Republican
party in this county, what little it hvs,
will be destroyed, and it can never again
enter campaign with any hopes of sue
cess. The story Of the fraud is now being
published in the DEMOCRAT, the first chapter
of which appeares to day.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-28
The weakness of Tall Men.

Tall men, as "A rule, have bodies out of
proportion to their lower limbs-that is,
smaller than they ought to be-with the
natural result that they are unable to
bear fatigue, or to compete in the
struggles of life with lesser men more
harmoniously proportioned, Army ex-
perience bears out these observations. In
long and fatiguing march the tall men
usually fall out first or succumb to cam
paigning, unless, as is very rarely the
case, they have well knit and symmetri-
cal frames. \ soldier between five feet
five inches and five feet eight or nine
inches is usually the man most capable
of bearing the strain of life.-New York
Telegram.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-28
: New White Pitch.

A new white pitch for shipDuilders
has been introduced, which, it is claimed
supersedes the present laborious, expen-
sive and inefficient method of white deck
seams by working putty into the seams
with knife. The popularity of the
white pitch is that it is the only material
hitherto introduced of white color that
can be run into deck seams in hot state
like ordinary pitch. The material is es-
pecially suitable for hot climates, as it
will stand sun heat which would cause
ordinary pitch to melt out of the seams.
philadelphia Record.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-28
Love and TRANSMISSION of Blood.

Four years ago Frederick Ayres, of
Racine, Wis, became infatuated with
the lady who is now his wife, but she
preferred some one else. He made way
for her more favored suitor. A few days
after her engagement she became i'll and
grew worse rapidly. 1t was finally de-
cided that the only thing that could save
her was the TRANSMISSION of blood. Her
favored suitor was sorry, but he thought
he needed all the blood he had in his
system. Ayres offered himself, and the
operation was performed with successful
results. The engagement was broken,
and six months afterward Ayrcs married
the woman.-Chicago Times.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-28
American Chewing Gum in London.

Gum chewing is an American vice
exclusively, and it is very likely to re-
main so. There are several American
candy shops in London, but they are
veritable robbers roosts, In America
small package of Yucatan chewing gum
costs five cents; here the eXorbitant sum
of sixpence Twelve cents) is demanded
for the same size of package and kind
of goods. We cannot hope to introduce
the vice into England so long as we ac-
company the vice with such fragrant ex-
tortion.-Eugene Fields London Letter.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-28
Cu-oDerative Cooking.

In both New York and Boston there
have been formed during the last few
years cooked food supply companies" :"
which have served families over a wide
area with perfectly well cooked food, in
large variety, hot or otherwise, accord
ing to order. Some families who have
patronized the New York company ac.
cord it the highest praise, not alone for
the excellence of the food, but for the
reduced cost as compared with the ex-
pense of the home cooked food. And in
Boston | know the company has fur
nished meals to its patrons at greatly
reduced expense in as perfect state as
at the best managed hotels,-Miller's
Journal
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-28
Among the exhibits at the Indianapol

Among the exhibits at the indianapolis
meeting of the Western Canned Goods
association were two cans containing
beef soup, part of lot prepared for the
United States navy in 1919. They are
owned by William Daggett, of Indian
apolis, whose grandfather was at the
head of Daggett & Kenslett, of New Ha-
ven, Conn, in the early part of the cen
tury. The contents are supposed to be
in good condition; if not, the fermenta-
ton and creation of gases within would
break the seal. The soup is therefore
seventy-one years old.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-28
Art Notes.

Some of the pot boilers to be seen in
our art stores and in private collections
show SO plainly why they were painted
that one cannot help thinking a kitchen
stove should go with every specimen.
Pictures are improving in Pittsburg.
So are frames, and if the artists do not
take care, the carver and glider will soon
be in a position to demand that pictures
shall be painted to suit their frames, in
stead of the other way.-Pittsburg Bull
letin.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-28

Hawarden, Mr.. Gladstone's country
seat, was invaded one day by little
olive colored man, making many gestures
and talking a strange jargon; so the SER
wants arrested him as a maniac and pos
sible assassin. Mr. Gladstone was sum
moned to see the wretch, who turned out
to be a Greek professor, speaking no
English, who had come all the way from
Athens To congratulate the British states
man on knowing Homer's "Ilad" by
heart.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-28
The Charm of Music.

A new mode of calming the nerves was
one resorted to by little girl who had
to have two large teeth extracted. The
dentist who was to pull the teeth has a
piano in his reception room. His patient
came and brought little friend. Instead
of proceeding to the chair, however, she
paused at the piano. Would you like
me to play for you, doctor?" said she. On
receiving an affirmative answer she exc
cuted gay waltz, and then said: "Per-
haps you would like to hear both of us
play. Shall we try duet?" This ac-
complished, the young diplomat offered
to sing, and the doctor expressing great
delight at the prospect she did so; then
the two little girls sang together, and
then, having either gained courage
enough or recognizing that the evil hour
could not be further delayed, she arose
from the piano, walked composedly to
the chair and stood the tooth pulling
without murmur.-Detroit Free Press
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-28
Mr.. uutchinson's Photograph.

The cuts printed in some of the news
papers and labeled "B. p. Hutchinson"
were made from sketches taken on the
run. Not one of them does him justice
while some of them are little less than
caricatures. The sketches, | dare say,
were made when he was hurrying in his
business or when he was annoyed. aIr
Hutchinson hasno photograph ofhimscif.
Whether he ever had one made or not
do not know. But L have it from his own
lips that he hasn't a photograph. or a
painting, or picture of any kind of him
self in existence. A gentleman asked him
one day when they were at lunch if he
had never had picture taken when he
was boy. Mr.. Hutchinson's reply was
"When | was boy had no time for any
foolishness of that sort. Chicago Times.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-28
where Pumice Stone Is Found.

We often hear it remarked, and par
ticularly after the eruption of a volcano,
that pumice stone ought to be plentiful
and cheap, as quantities must have been
elected during the volcanic disturbance.
AS a matter of fact, however, none of
the white stone in general use is obtained
from active volcanoes. 1t comes from
deposits of the article discovered in one
or two quarters of the globe, the best of
which is at present to be found in the
island of Lipari, situate in the Tyrrhen-
ian sea. The island is mountainous in
character and consists of tufts and lavas
and of highly siliceous volcanic products.
The district where the stone is found is
called Campo Blanco or Monte Petalo
q 800 feet above the level of the sea).-
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-28
A Sentence Containing the Alphabet.

Noticing in one of your recent issues a
short paragraph relative to the shortest
sentence in the English language con-
tanning all the letters of the alphabet, l
would like to submit the following:
j. F. Grave, pack with my box six dozen quills
The above sentence contains thirty
four letters and ten words only.-Cor.
New York Evening Sun.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-28

Senator Vance says a constituent of
his in a pine woods district of North
Carolina, to whom he sent copy of one
of the patent office annual reports, spoke
to him of the occurrence in this way {;
"Gineral, got them speeches o yourn,
but couldn't read em through. Thar
war a leetle too much Wing doctrin'
into 'em"
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-28
The meanest man in Maine lives near

The meanest man in Maine lives near
Lewiston. He had an only son, who
was drafted and killed in the war. The
father now says: II was short sighted in
not paying $4OO for a substitute, for l
have been forced to hire a man ever
since to help carry on the farm, and it
has cost me thousands above the price
of a substitute. Besides, he was a master
hand to work and the smallest eater |
ever saw"
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-28

WHILE in 1889 the number OF homicides
in the Eastern States did not exceed an
annual average of one to every 10000 of
their population, in California there was
one homicide to every 3,377 of the popu-
lation. During the same year there was
in San Francisco alone one homicide to
every 6,S51 of the population.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-28
FRIDAY MARCH 2s, 1850.

WHAT johnston needs at present is
government aid to clean out and widen
the streams ut that city. Certainly it is
as much entitled to this aid as dozens of
places which have received substantial
recognition. altoona Tribune.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-28
To Free His Mind.

Grim Stanton, his war secretary, never
quite knew how to take Lincoln. Stan
ton was for eXterminating such elements
as dared to ask questions. 1t is related
that once some one had refused to under
stand an order, or, at all events, had not
obeyed. Il believe I'll sit down." said
Stanton, "and give that man piece of
my mind" "Do So" said Lincoln;
"write him now, while you have it on
your mind. Make it sharp. Cut him all
up" Stanton did not need second in
vitation. 1t was bone cruncher that he
read to the president. "That's right"
said Abe; "that's a good one." "Who
can 1 get to send it by?" mused the secre-
tary. "Send It'll" replied Lincoln; "send
It'll Why, don't send it at all. Tear it
up. You have freed your mind on the
subject and that is all that is necessary.
Tear it up. You never want to send
such letters; l never do."-San Francisco
Argonaut
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-28

LAURENCE HURON will contribute TO the
number of Harper's Basar to be published
March 2Slh an article on THE First
American Society Play" accompanied
with portrate OF the dramatic author
and distinguished actress of the period to
which he refers, Anna Cora Richie
Mcwatt. The same number will contain
a portrait of Mrs. Gladstone, together
with sketch of her bv r. ID nald.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-28

A NEW French law bcstows certain ad-
vanages on fathers of more than seven
children. The resulting inquiry shows
that there are 100000 households in
France in which there has been no child ;
$500, 900 with one 100000 with two
children 100000 with three about
1000 900 with four; $4,000 with five;
800, 900 with six, and 100000 with seven