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Began Growing Again After He was as


FF"" -" H'''ttS H"H'"J 'e"s
Oak Gin has o citizen who Is now n robust
old gentleman OF II no physique and 10 de-
ages running to 49, aS. LOS. and up to II, years.
He hasa his teeth sxcept two which were
sound as a dollar. although he Is now 70 years
Old He has grown three-tyurths OF an Inch
In eight since he WAS 30 years old. and 70
wsars u size larger hat now than he wore then.
from that age up to I or AZ years his weight
remained IT ly9 pounds. and now. AZ three
scors and ten years. his mental faculties, he
says. are brighter than eyer before, -
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lime also removes the chlorine gas. which Is
though built upon an admirable plan was
faulty In It's construction. II would become
heated to the danger point and have TO be put
oui at the ends ard have 10 ne replaced. or
something else would happen which would
cause delay.
Tho hydrogen generators worked smoothly
and quickly. and II the oxygen could Lave been
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at the time OF his return, carly ~ 1865, he was
so exhausted thar it was believed that nothing
rope however, restored his health. He was war
corrospo dent for u Chicago raper during the
down to a. course 81 practical and scientific
study e. BHdsn. graduating as NJ j.. az the
the degree OF Phi. ID At tho Unworthy Of Hell
dslbsrg. He returned to this country In 1869.
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IN EQUINE GAME
A Detroit Horse that IL = Marvel In sis'
and Beauty.

There are many beautiful things In this
world. but o the horseman the Thoroughbred
Is u thing OF Joy and beauty foreve. Even the
fle h Ia limited o tho fact that tho animal is
possesse OF four legs aud a tail. is moved to
admiration at q thoronghbredssp spirited action
and superb outlines Bio tells In every
move of the magnificent body and commands
Involuntary homage.
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Explosive balloons to be turned loose upon .
clear sky there was certain to be q smart rain
fol within twelve hours. This did not happen
CAGE or twice or thrice: 1t happened nine or
Ton times. and In country. too. where showers
Of any kind are exceedingly rare. and whore
sood rains are almost unknown.
Whom 1t 10 con sidersd that the General had
totrsvsl an almost untrodden path. and that
b. had to pick and feel his way step BY stop.
often stopping to remove obstacles which
threatened to wholly bar his progress. It 10 re-
narkabls that he attained the desired goal In
70 short time. Badly constructed apparatus
which had to BE- repaired many times on tho
dsld. inefficient cowboy labor. crowds OF gawk-
ils, sxaspsrating siRhtseers from Midland
who stepped on the balloons and invariably
got In the way: alkali water and burning sun.
which together placed nearly every member OF
tho expedition on the sick list at various times
Assries OF extraordinarily heavy gales which
swept over the level prairie almost incessant-
". and snapped balloon cables as though
they were cotton twlns-thess and many other
smaller matters which ct the time were
and IS often overcome.
Such minor Incidents as q cowboy mis-
taking tho anemometer erected on the fence
Of the ranch house for a revolving target and
practising with his six shooter At It, or the ring
log OF tho breakfast bell at 3:45 A. NJ. and the
pouring OF cold water ON the sleepy scientists
By tho llght-hear.ed cowboys to wake EN- up
Tor chuck" were too trivial to cause more than
passing notice. Cpon QUO occasion cowboy.
Who glorlsd in the fact that no was born In
texas And had never been further east than the
Trinity River. WAS sent from tho place whore
Tho balloons wero being filed to the ranch
hou-s. half . mile away. to bring down some
wash bottles" used In making the oxygen.
asrsturned In remarkably short space OF
Tune. Ho came at a full xsllov dragging tho
osttles In sack at the end Of his lariAt and
whoopinG Ike Comanchs Indian. Tho fact
nat al tho bottles were broken did not in
No least disturb that cowboys squanim.
u" DO only smiled good-nAturedly and
Evening journal., 1891-02-18
ADMIRAL poRTER's FUNERAL.
An Imposing Funeral Pageant Follow
His Body 10 Arlington.

his Body 10 Arlington.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4s.--Amid the crasf
Of field artillery, the booming OF guns
from the Potomac. and amid the tears oi
thousands -he body OF Admiral Porter was
last evening placed in the tomb at Airing.
ton. The great naval hero was buried
with all the pomp to which his magnificent
career entitled him, and dignitaries repre-
senting almost every nation on the globe
joined IN paying final tribute to his mem
ory. The body was followed to the grave
by a pageant almost as imposing as that
which paid the last tribute TO Phil Sheri
dan. II now rests but a stones throw
from the remains Of the late commando
Of the army
At noon the dead admiral Law ia state ii
the drawing room The body was encasec
IN q easket covered with royal purple vel
vet, lined with white satin and trimmed
with heavy silver handled ornaments. Ii
was dressed in the full uniform Of the al
miral Of the navy and upon the breast IA,
Grand Army of the Republic badge al
I O'Clock Mrs. Porter aud the members d
the family bid farewell to the dead and til,
services were begun by Rev DR. Douglass
rectorof St John church, assisted BY REV
II H. Bigelow.
Mrs Porter and her family the President
and Mrs Harrison, members of the cabinet
justices Of the supreme court members O.
the diplomatic corps and the honorary pail
bearers Vice President Morton, Senator
Henderson, Mcpherson and Hawiey. Coy
ernor Pattison, Of Pennsylvania. Mai Gen
Scholielu, Rear Admirals Rogers. Howell
Crosby, Stevens, Amy Worden, Joneti
and Queen: Ten Joseph f. Johnston. Con
gressman Boutelle, Sir Julian paunccfote
Count Arco Nally, the German minister
senior Romero, the Mexican minister; Gems
II. 6. Wright. Nathaniel r. Banks and
host OF other former OF present army anC
navy officials and ex-Seeretary of the Napy
William q. Whitney
just as the services were about TO enc
Mrs. Porter, overcome by her grief, fainteC
twice. Restoratives finally restored her
The ceremonies at the house over, eight
hrawny sailors from the receiving shil
Dale shonldered the flower decked coffin
As il was borne to the street the Marin,
band greeted it with Nearer, My God, t,
Thee =
Evening journal., 1891-02-18
RIVERS ON THE RAMP AGE
Pennsylvania and Other States
Afflicted by Floods.
GREAT DAMAGE mas BEEN DONE.
The Worst Seems TO Bs over at III Fated
Johnstown, hut the Raging waters
Are stin Working Terrible Havsc All
Through the keystone state.

Are stin Working Terrible IIavsc All
Through the keystone state.
PITTsnURG, Feb. 1s.-The Allegheny and
Monongahela rivers continue to rise rapid
Is and have reached the highest stage
since the food Of 1854 At noon the banks
of both rivers registered twenty feet
The rain however. has ceased falling, but
river men and those in possession of re-
liable information froIa up river points
expect the waters to reach the thirty foot
point In this event All Of the First ward
Allegheny, and large part of that cits
known as Manchester will he submerged
Every person in both cities owning prop.
erty in places liable 10 be affected hy the
flood is preparing for the worst. Already
many Of the mills, glass houses and factor-
Us along both river banks have closed
Gown on account OF water breaking in.
while scores of residences between Sharps
burg and lower Allegheny City are sur
rounded by water, ia some instances reach
ing the second floors. The dise0mmodod
occupants have suffered heavy LOSSES.
flying to Places of safety.
AL III Alt ilANlts NNAAtn anu WIZ
engaged in the removal OF effects TO places
Of safety, but the rivers came up SO rapidly
that IN some cases the loss Of household
goods will be almost total No immediate
damage to property ia Pittsburg has been
reported beyond the flooding Of many eel.
lars IN the lower part Of the city. GrniEc
on the Pittsburg and Western road has
heen entirely suspended between sharps-
burg and the depot Mt Union bridge. Wa
ter covers the tracks from four 80 six feet
almost the entire distance. Passenger
trains, however, reach the city on the
tracks OF the West Penn road
II is now feared that the disastrous flood
OF 1881 will be exceeded blythe present rise
IN the rivers Property owners along the
rivera are thoroughly frightened and dam.
age Go property in the cities OF Allegheny
| and pittsburg Will be very great. Reports
from points along the Allegheny aud Mon
| ongahela rivers are to the effect thai
nearly every town and island is badis
flooded and hundreds o. people have been
| compelled 10 fee from their homes VAST
quantities 81 drift, logs and buildings ars
coming down the Allegheny river. indi
eating that property for many miles III
that river has suffered great dnmage
| All of the Baltimore and Ohio raiiwa,
branches, the pittshurg and Western nn,
the Pittsburg, McKeesport and loughio
i gheny railroads aru shut down On accom-
/ of washOuts and slides innMmerahle
| Should the water reach the point antici
| pated-thirty-three feet--trafic 90 seyera
/ railroads viii be closed Rolling mills
! glass factories, furnaces and manuiactoriel
/ hy the score in this city have been flooded
! out and work suspended AT an early hour
! last evening the street car lines between
| Allegheny and pittsburg were compelled
| 10 cease operations.
Evening journal., 1891-02-18
= rhis ! wr,noar r,,,s,o

WooNsocKET, r. l., Feb Is.-Some time
ago, after Barring Brothers, of London.
found themselves unable to successfully
carry out q project to consolidate the four
leading wringing machine companies Of the
United states, Joseph Hannigan, president
Of the Woonsocket Rubber company, be-
came their American underwater, and he
has Just completed the consolidation on
the original basis by securing contract
for the transfer Of the Bailey Wringer
works, Of this city, making the payment
therefor. The consolidated concern will
be known as the American Wringer com
pany, for which charter is now pending
ia the legislature. The capital will be s.. 500
O1, and majority Of the stock will ~
owned in Rhode Island.
Evening journal., 1891-02-18
THE ALABAMA oLAIMs AeAIN.
khsiish saalers Who Wish e. Have par
of the Money Returned

Enshsh sealers Who Wish to Have pnr
Of the Money Returned.
LONDON Feb. lS.--In the house of com
mons the Hon. w H. Smith said, ia reply
to question, that according TO published
accounts in America portion Of the Ala
bamaindemniiy remained il the hands "
the United states government but 10
would be contrary to the engagements Of
the treaty of Washington in 1871 for the
English government " request return q
the money.
There is said to be an interesting secret
underneath the question Some Of the
sealers whose business was interrupfel IN
the season Of 1889 hy American cruisers
have been urging the British government
70 demand damages from the United States
in their behalf This Lord Salisbury
would not consent % while the issue AZ to
the right 70 catch seals in the Behring sea
was pending The sealers, however have
friends IN parliament 70 champion their
cause, and the question as % the Alabama
money was intended as fCeler to see how
Tar the government would 20 and whether
II would he willing BY making the demand
suggested, 10 remind the United States of
what England had done in the Alabama
case. MI Smith promptly quenched the
hopes Of those who expected to see q share
OF the Alabama muney back In the British
treasury
Evening journal., 1891-02-18
ANGRY WITH THURMAN.
Another Baseball war May Foliow His
Action.

Another Baseball War May Follow Hi.
Action.
NEw YoaK. Feb. iS.-Delecates to the
American association will probably hold 4
meeting today. The delegates are very
much inccnsed at the action Of their presi.
dent. Allen w. Thurman, in voting with
the National league members on the ma.
tionai board in the cases Of the PLAYERS
StoYey and Bierbauer, and if They do what
thes threaten another baseball war Il like
ly to be waged The Boston Players clul
people q last year. who now have the asso
citation franchise for that city. seem to b,
the leaders in the revolt against the Ma
tional league.
Their action in signing the famous Mix
Kelly is generally taken as an open dc
fiance o. the league Other stars Of aImos
equal luster 20 the great "Kelv are said K
have promised to desert the league and
sign with association clubs The associa
tion men hell long conference WITH Al
Johnson, Of Cleveland, who controls the
Cincinnati club today They are deter.
mined TO secure the Porkopolsan city for
their circuit if possible. as their circuit, as
now made mp, is considered a little weak.
The acquisition Of the Cincinnati club
would greatly strengthen IT,
Evening journal., 1891-02-18
10 snennelnnna nonmlnr.

WllLiAMsPuRr, Pa, Feb 1S-Ihe indi-
cations now point to a food Of not less then
twenty-siN feet in the Susquehanna river.
The river has been rising about foot M
hour, and il has now reached thirteen and
hall feet and is still steadily rising Lum
bermen are very uneasy, and many mer
chants have begun 10 remove their goods
from the lower stories OF their establish
menta a flood Is now reported at thu
head waters Of Pine creek at Galet0n On
that creek o boom broke, letting between
100000 and l0000,000 feet of logs escape
Latest reports from Cieariield state thai
the water y within few feet OF the height
reached . couple Of years ago.
Evening journal., 1891-02-18
The New Yorl. Reeoraer Annrnr..

NEW YORK, Feb lS-One Of the bnldest
and most ambitious ventures Of modern
journalism appeared in this city this mora
ing II is new daily morning newspaper
of twelve siX-colnmn pages, complete In
every department from the first issue Of
10000 copies. The New York Recorder
will take the field as an absolutely indie
pendent newspaper It's conductors an
nounce that they have no axes to grind.
no grudges to satisfy. They say that the
daily history of the world will be recorded
without malice, described without vulgar
ity and interpreted without offensive dog
matism. II is two cent paper and
essentially Characteristic in certain feat
ures new to daily journalism. Itpromises
to be a living example of modern progress
and financial success from the start
Evening journal., 1891-02-18
Three Ii.ns 80.

CINCINNATI O., Feb. Is. The steamer
Thomas Sherlock, which left here IL Z
O'Clock last night for NNg Orleans, struck
one Of the piers Of the Chesapeake and
0hioraiiroad bridge and sunk ten minutes
later Three lives are known TO have been
lost. After the collision the boat headed
for the Kentucky shou and an the passen.
gers and crew were safely landed with the
exception Of Mrs. Mclean and her grand
daughter, Marjorie Brown. of pittsburg
and Third Mate William Iapper.
Evening journal., 1891-02-18
Trust Companies il Trouble.

NEW YoRK Feb ls-Vice President
Evans, of the American Loan and Trust
company states that the institution has
raised an the money it needed to tide over
the difficulty The run on the company
was apparently over at 1880 p. M. The
teller denied that advantage had been
taken Of the i've day rule. and said al de
mands had been met with cash There are
persistent rumors that another trust com
pany is in trouble The president Of the
company referred 10 states. however, that
there is no foundation for the reports.
Evening journal., 1891-02-18
Driven frnm rIeir nnme..

McKEEsroRT Pa, Feb IS Both the
Mononwilhola and Youghiogheny rivers
are over their banks and are still rising
Portions OF the W d. Wood Iron works.
the National Rolling mill and the Ster
ling Steel works are submerged. Crooked
run bus swollen tonn enormous size and Is
causing much damage in the lower part
Of the city. Many families have been
compelled TO abandon their homes The
water also threatens to enter the pump
house of the water works, which viii
cause water fame. The food is the
most damaging one that has been expert.
enced for years.
Evening journal., 1891-02-18
NC I,eople Frlgh1ened.

GREENsnuEo, Pa, Feb. 1s.-The streams
nre increasing in volume and the people
are becoming frightened, and those who
have not moved are making preparations
10 80. AZ West llatrobe the Loyalhanna
covers an area one half mile wide and
much of the town is submerged. the water
rising 70 the second and third stories OF
the buildings along the creek bottom. II
ls feared they may he carried away al.
together. AZ i4arimer, Irwin Manor, Penn,
Harrison City, Crahtree aud other places
the water IS very high, and persons living
u the iowlands are preparing tomove out.
bridges, fences haystacks, etc. have been
carried away. The aggregate loss win be
large.
Evening journal., 1891-02-18
A Daring Burglnry AZ waIden

RoNDoUT, n. Y, Feb 1s.-The most
daring and well planned robbery that has
been committed in this vicinity for some
time occurred in the village Of Walden, on
the Waikiki Valley railroad Two men
drove up to the depot during the absence
Of the station agent who had gone TO din
ner, broke open the money drawer and Sc
cured between S3O,0 ,0e0 and $40, 600 from il.
They then jumped into their vehicle and
drove rapidly away They were followed
by an officer, but as the latter was on foot
they easily eluded him and disappeared
There is no clew TO the robbers.
Evening journal., 1891-02-18
The RaiIroad war n wa,er,o,,,n

WATERrowN, N. u, Feb. 1s-New in
terest has been awakened and new com
plications created in the railroad war here
by the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensbure
company assuming an aggressive attitude
IN its struggle to retain possession of the
great transportation business Of this city
and section Of the state The road has filed
a map Of the proposed branch Of its road
running through the city on the north side,
and touches all the water powers which-it
does not already reach on the other side.
Its new line runs close Go the lines sur
yeyed and mapped out by the Central for
its proposed extension, and by the Corbin
people for their proposed extension Of the
Elmira, Cortlandt and Northern.
Evening journal., 1891-02-18
The water Rising Rapidiy.
The Junita on the Rampare.

HUNTINGDON. Pa, Feb, 1s.-The Juniafa
river at this point has overhowed its banks
and now the water reaches from hill to
hill distance of nearly mile Rain has
fallen in torrents for thrty-eight hours.
This city is isolated from all outlying dis
tricts, except that Of the hilly region &c
the north. Citizens Of Pottstown and
Smithfeld have been compelled to vacate
their homes without saving anything nf
consequence. The river now is over eight
'eet above mean water and is still rising
Evening journal., 1891-02-18
Physicians CaIiing II floats.

FREEroRT, Pa. Feb lS-The unnrece
dented rainfall Of three solid inches III
forty hours has swollen an streams until
the town and surroundings are completely
Hooded. There are now two aud a half
feet Of water in the streets, and rising "a
the rate Of six inches an hour Am the
lower part Of the town ~ completely ia.
undated. People ore moving 10 their sec.
ond stories, sick people are being removed
70 the higher places, and physicians are
visiting come IN bonts
Evening journal., 1891-02-18
TO Ilapcach 4 Maine Judre.

BlDDEFOHD, Ne, Feb 1S-City Marshal
Tarbox has gone to Augusta with docu-
ments which he will present to the gov
ernor and council with a view to securing
theimpeachment o. Judge Charles S. Ham
ilton, Of the Biddeford municipal court.
The documents are afIidavits of two women
who testify that they shared the hospitagi-
ties of the Judges Office two nights drink
ing whisky there with him A warrant
was issued against the judge for an assault
on City Marshal Tarbox.
Evening journal., 1891-02-18
Al ,foI,nstnnil.

loHNsTowN, Pa, Feb. lS-It is mndef.
stood that danger from high water has
passed and further danger is not now
| probable. Stony Creek is stationary
/ while the Concmaugh river is slowly fail
! ing, although the rain continues. Al in
/ dustrial establishments are closed down
and business is at standstill
Threatened By Three Dams.
Il is said that there are three dams in the
| hills above that are about just ready to
break and let down acres Of water and
acres Of logs, too. Nature never intended
a town to be built where Johnstowu Is sit
uated Imagine for town site between
the rivers a long, sandy peninsula. q mile
wide at the base Of the triangle mountains
on al sides, the highest point on the penin-
sdla two or three feet above the level Of the
rivers. and both likely 20 overflow at any
time. That is Johnstuwn.
These dams, which have been the terror
] Of Jobnstown all day, lie twelve miles up
Stony Green e,n-SS-.,llav- The principal branch
of stony creek is sti,A ,NAsa called Dsin
Shade. The region is right in the heart 81
the mountains and the stream is used by
lunibermen to float logs on.
Description of the New Peril.
Just a little above where the Dark Shade
joins Stony creek is the first dam. twenty
feet high, with about 100000 feet of logs
behind il. A short distance np the DARK
Shade another creek comes in called the
Clear Shade, and there is dam on that
fourteen feet high, and with another 2000.-
eco feet of logs behind IT, On the Dark
Shade, two or three miles above the june
tion with the Clear Shade, Is the third dam
eight feet high, and holding back 100000
feet Of logs
If the upper dam on Dark Shade or tile
dam on Clear Shade should break that
would let down such q weight Of water
upon the lower dam on Dark Shade AZ
scarcely any structure built ia these parts
could stand II the lower dam on DARK
shade breaks down comes the whole mas.
acres Of water and millions Of logs
through Stony Creek valley clear to Johns
town There are in the neighborhood 81 4
thousand houses in Johnstown which
stand directly in tho path Of such q food
Scarcely one Of them would be left after il
passed.
The worst Of it is that there is no tele-
graph station anywhere near these dams
and no way Of getting To them except by
wagon road fifteen miles long and in the
lrightful condition Of all mountain road,
IN the wet season.
The Water Rising Rapiaiy.
There is therefore, way OF ,inding out
absolutely just how the case stands The
last word that came from the dams was
that the water behind them was high and
rising, and there was every indication Of y
freshet. The region which is drained by
these streams is territory Of $1,000 and
10000 acres-all hills and mountains. In
this territory the snow is on the average
five feet deep The weather here is very
warm. The loggers say it must be pretty
warm up in the Shade Creek country. Ii |
it is, aud the rain extends that far. the
ioggcrs say the trouble hasn't begun yet.
Evening journal., 1891-02-18

i WAS not expected to live until morniT g
several times. and one physician gave mp my
case as no. eless. ] have taken as many as ls
morphine pills in hours "a relieve me Of my
pain; have spent hundreds Of dollars on pntent
medic ines and tfit d every cure friend would
reconmend. all for naught. They did me no
good or gave me no relief. While sick abed /
read in PHILADELPHIA newspaper the acoonnt
of the remarkable cure Of Mr. Robert Booth
q prominent citizen and business man of
Chester, Pa. who had suffered from a bad
case OF catarrh aud was cured by Drs. Nc
Coy and Wildman. M Booths story Inn
pressed me so much that ] determined then
ard there that the very next day /
would visit Drs Mccoy and Wildmau.
was very weak. and without the help Of my
wife would nave been unable TO walk up the
steps OF the doctor + residence
In three days after my first visit was
wonderfully relieved, and after one month IS
treatsnent considered myself entirely
cured"
And I will say, continued the squire.
after everybody and everything else failed
70 do me any good. that Drs Mccoy and
WildmaD have cured me, and the credit b ;
lor gs TO them. J now weigh ve pounds more
than ever and am healthy and sonnd .
lrs NcCOy ard W'ld.aan furnish all medi-
cines free, and their charles for treatment are
so reasonable that they are within the reach
OF all.