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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-10

DESTROYED.
There was no cloud burst, only unusually
heavy rains All the residents at the head
waters declare it was only continued heavy
rains Over score of dams held back the
waters Of Oil creek and its tributaries above
TtuSville. 1t was these dams that hurled
10 eternity the souls of nearly $50 people
and destroyed millions of dollars worth of
property, left hundreds homeless and Or
phaned mavhaps thousand.
The dams were all constructed in the same
manner They were wet domes in the CEN
ter aud simply banks of earth at the side.
They all broke in the same way The pro-
vision for carrying off the surplus water
was Inadequate or the way was blocked by
wire fish nets. The floods broke round the
side and the dry dams melted like banks of
snow.
Lessons That Are Not Needed
With all this lesson, and even with that
taught by the flood at Johnstown, where
over 8, 900 lives were lost in single night,
aud where there now lie sleeping two regi-
ments OF dead in unknown graves, the peo-
lie have not needed. Down the valley
the dead have hardly been returned to
earth; all are not yet recovered, yet here at
the hcadwaters forces of men are working
daily rebuilding the dams exactly as they
were before.
The dead are scarcely under ground be-
fore the very agency which caused their
doom is being replaced. Another month
and every dam that before existed will be
rebuilt in exactly the same manner, and
another month of heavy rains next spring
viii but cause a repetition of the awful
calamity the people of America mourn to-
dav.
Wednesday l saw gang of mer rebuild
ing the wreck Of the Spartansburg pond
dam which caused the awful loss of life
They were building the same fume and
only dumping dirt to replace that which
faded away under the force of the waters.
You ask why they and all the others re.
build their dams as they were before.
Only because there is no one to hinder
them. Any man who wants dam builds it.
He locates it where he pleases. The floods
come and il breaks 1t is an act of Proyi
dence. No one is responsible Inside of
three years 5000 people have lost their
lives in floods caused by dams in this Com
monwealth OF Pennsylvania. 1t is time
now that the County Engineer or some
other official be empowered by act of Legis-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-10
GREAT DISASTERS
PASS UNHEEDED,
They Teach No Lessons to the
People of the Calamity
Stricken District.
BADDAMS RECONSTRUCTED
How the Great Flood of Water Com
menced Among the Lakes.

Losses at Riceville and CenterviIle
Rose to 30 Feet in q Wave Three
Quarters of Mile Wide-Logs Piled
Up Along the Stream Tell of the Force
Of the Flood-Bridges, Roads and
Property Swept Away by the Pow
erful Current.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-10

danger of falling off, The wreck cannot be
cleared before Tuesday.
The work of clearing up the wreck at
Ttusville is also progressing more rapidly
than on the preceding day. The dead have
been laid to rest and the people seem
inspired with more hopeful feeling and
everybody appeared more cheerful.
CHRISTY.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-10
SIX HUNDRED HOMELESS.

Ninety-One Buildings Destroyed and 564
People Driven Out
OIL CITY, June 10.-[S Special. IA care
full canvass by the Relief Committee yester-
day showed that 81 buildings were de-
stroyed in the recent calamity and that 564
persons were rendered homeless. The COM
mittee having the financial part of the re-
lief business on its hands Is also doing a
large amount of detail work.
The moneys received have to be carefully
accounted for and the different subscription
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-10

A L A NJ l 7 1 E S
teach no lessons in
Crawford county.
Almost 100 souls
have gone out in
that county. In
Venango county
nearly 60 more
perished. FIR o m
Canadohta Lake to
Titus sville the
grand total of loss
foots up at least a
million and three
quarters. Fro m
Titusvllle to Oil
City nearly another
million has been
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-10

lature to supervise the construction of all
dams and see that sufficient provision is
made to carry off all natural floods without
having the main bodies of water break
away.
Ruin That Can't Be Appreciated.
One cannot appreciate the ruin in Craw-
ford county without travelling to the head
waters Roads are honeycombed, bridges
are gone, and the country is almost impass-
able. The floods that rushed down the gut
ters on every road have in many places un-
dermined the bed, and the road has either
caved in or sinks under the weight of the
first vehicle.
Then great gullies are washed out, andin
places whole sections of the road are gone.
The damage to roads can only be estimated
in the thousands. There is not a mile of
any OF the bottom roads in Crawford county
that will not have to be repaired. Streams
that to-day one might step across have left
the marks Of a torrent 500 feet wide that
swept fences and crops and left the finest
meadow lands but arid waste, covered with
stones and debris. In many places L saw
trees that had been torn up BY the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-10

lev have suffered greater loss proportion
ately than either Oil City or Titusville,
barring the loss of life, and that the valley
is almost swept clean. The valley il full
of filth and debris, and there is great danger
of an epidemic.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-10
REPAIRING THE RUIN.
Titusville Resumes Its Usual Busy
and Active Appearance.
RELIEVING THE SUFFERERS.
Only One Verdict Will Be Brought in by the
Coroner's Jurymen.
PROVISION MADE FOR THE DESTITUTE
rFRoM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT

lFROM STAFF CORRESPONDENT
TIrUsvILLE, June 9.-The strangest
feature of the disaster was developed here
to-day. The charred remains of the victims
of the food have been mixed, and some
have been buried in other peoples graves
Yesterday Mrs. Beingheimer and her eight
children were buried side by side. To-day
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-10
CHRISTY.
Irwin Adds Its Mite

IRWIN, PA, June 9.-[speciaz THE
contributions here in aid of the Oil CITY
and Titusville sufferers reached $151 25 this
evening. This total will be considerably
larger py tomorrow,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-10
UNHEEDED LESSONS.

Dams That Caused the Calamity Being Re-
built in the Same Old Style-How the
Flood Started-Losses at CentervilIe and
Riseville.
IFRoM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT
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TITUSYILLE. June 9.
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Continued ON Eighth Page.
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CLEARING AWAY THE RUINS.

Mrs. and Mr.. WHALEN and child.
One OSMER boy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-06-12
opIy sci IS to Helena and RETURN.

The Union Paridc will sell tickets from
Salt Lake to Helena and return at
one fare for the round trip. Tickets on
sale June to IA, inclusive, limited to 30
days from date of SAIL.
For any additional information apply to
D. e. Burley, General Agent U. P. system
POI Main Street
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-12-10

"In these Columbian times" said O
well-known Missouri statesman, 81
cannot avoid recalling a story pub.
lished in a London newspaper some
twenty years ago, as having come from
a school in the Midlands. The master
told the boys of the third class to write
n short essay on Columbus. When tho
essays were called for one ambitious
young man handed up 4 document, as
near as l can recall it, which read like
this:
columbus was a man who could
make an egg stand on end without
breaking it. The king of Spain said to
Columbus: Can you discover Amer.
lea" Yes" said Columbus, '.if you
will give me a ship" So he had a ship
and sailed owe the sea in the direction
where he thought America ought to be
found The sailors qnarreled and said
they believed there waa no such
place, but after many days the pilot
called to him and said: Columbus, /
see land" Then that is America
said Columbus. When the ship got
near the land was full of black men.
Columbus said: as this American
Yes, it is" said they. Il suppose you
are the ~niggers?" YES" they said,
1--WE are;" and the chief said: Il sup
pose you are Columbus?!" You're
right" said he. Then the chief turned
to his men and said: There is no help
for it; we are discovered at last"'"-
st. Louis Republic.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-12-10

porter as first tenor and leading man.
Well. this is a CO."
1--WE got to take her in the house,
anyhow, that's plain" he said to him.
self. and he gently led the willing walk.
err back up to the door and rang the
bell, and rang it with q forty-barse
power draft.
The next minute the beautiful sleep
walker was no longer asleep, but wide
awake, and Charlie had a very plump
young woman in his arms in n dead
faint, and he made a dash with his
burden into the hall, only to meet a
healthy young a in even less dis
habille.
whats this?" he shouted, making q
grab at Charles throat
"Shut the door. you IDIOT" gurgled
Charlie, dropping the girl On the floor
and almost putting his foot ON her,
after the manner of sic semper ~tyrannis.
what does this mean?' again
shouted the young man, and the re-
mainder of the family came tumbling
downstairs, none of them fixed to zee
company.
Let go of me and shut that door
and I'll tell you," wheezed Charlie.
You don't want to raise the neigh
borhood and bring the patrol wagon,
do you?"
Some of the other members of the
family by this time had rescued the re-
porter and shut the door, and, while
the mother and the servants carried
the unconscious girl upstairs, Charlie
told the father and son how he had
met the young lady and what the
trouble was. Both men knew him by
sight and had met him on change and
elsewhere, and it vas not difficult to
explain the situation.
Half au hour later the reporter was
at home, in bed and dreaming sweet
dreams of pretty girls and al sorts of
romantic things.
When he reached the office next day
4 note was waiting for him and he was
invited to call that evening on the
mother of the young lady.
He called, of course. He saw the
mother; he saw the daughter, blushing
and beautiful, and now if Charlie is a
bachelor much longer there will be a
breach of promise suit OF some other
dreadful calamity, for Charles mind
is made up.-Detroit Free Press.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-12-10
SUNSET AFTER A woRkDAY.

The skies are DARK, the rain drops fast,
The dresry ranks OF toll file past
The workroom's hum sounds tired and slow,
The hand moves listless to and fro;
Even our needles seem imbued
With rustily rebellious mood.
Ard dull revolt against our will.
Like teasing sprites, to work US Ill,
Envy and discomfort steal in,
Whispering to us through the din.
None but ourselves, say they, must climb
Rough paths, while others have free time
For all life's joys. its beauties rare,
Its music soft, its flowers fair,
Tired heads must throb and curved spines aeh'
We hail the whistles blatant scream
That wakes US from this bitter dream,
Break on the thread and fold away
Our work. to wait another day.
Plod homeward through the darkening street.
With chilly hands and mud-soiled feet
The clouds seem frowning heaviest,
When, 10, they open in the west:
A faint pink touches smoke and mist;
One spire, its browning cross atwist
With golden rays, points upward TO
A vapor-edgcd, rare glimpse Of blue,
And through a narrow, brick-framed space
Smiles suddenly the suns dear face.
Life looks SO liveable again;
Where are the longdrawn hours OF raini
Courage and confidence draw near,
Whispering to US, calm and clear.
None but ourselves, say they, may know
The fullness of this sunset glow,
For we alone, who drudged all day
'Twixt streets of mud and skies OF gray,
Can read the symbol fair Alright:
"At eveningtime it shall be light"
Back TO the heart comes, He~aven-scnt,
That guest 1t cannot spare-Content.
Ruth II. Sessions. in Far and Near.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-12-10
AN TIME.
Taking the Inhabitants of the Zoo to Their
Winter Quarters.

Taking the Inhabitants of the Zoo to Their
Winter Quarters.
With the first cool nights of autumn
preparations are begun for making the
tropical animals and birds comfortable
during our hard winter.
A curious cage on wheels is brought
ont, and into this the animal is coaxed
by the kindly persuasion Of q carrot or
other favorite article of food, and then
drawn comfortably to its winter quar-
tiers. This is always an exciting time
for the children; they run along by the
side OF the cage and watch with the
greatest eagerness tho process of plac-
ing the box in position; and when the
final opening of the door liberates the
frightened beast the yells and shrieks
which greet its entrance to its winter
lodging are enough to give it nervous
fdgets- The gnu, although 1t has
many winters and summers in tho
garden, grows very much excited al
such times; and if it could get out ]
think ii would make great havoc among
its small ~tormentors.
l do not think that the lions and
tigers notice much difference between
summer and winter. OF course they dc
not have the summer cages with their
rocks and trees to range in; but their
house is warm. and plants and running
fountain do their best to hide the dis.
NAL fact that it is winter. Sometimes
a tiger will sit motionless for a long
time gazing intently through the win
dows at the snow landscape. Do you
think he ever wonders what can change
the color of the outer world SO com
plctely?-St Nicholas.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-12-10
FARMS AT HOME AND ABROAD.

OK IN" average the potato crop of
Jersey Is yearly wcrth II the growers
about three and Il half millions :;tcr-
ling.
A FARMER living near Scott City,
Kan. raised C:a1:Eh wheat from 100
acres this year to pay for 80 acres adj
joining.-N. y. Press.
THE tea crop in the Aasam valley is
the smallest oI record. Compared with
last years it ;,:p":s Il decrease of 3.OO0,-
900 pounds.
HEAVY shipments Of linsccd have
been made to England from India at
very low prizes. owing Il the chcapncss
of silver. Indian exports to the United
States are also large at low values.
THE average price Obtained for colo
NAL woods in the grease 1T the London
sales WI - cent; per pound in 1855,
10 cents il 1856 and ISIS. 81 cents in
1889 and 1890 and 20 cents in 1857 and
1891.
THE last seasons shipment of Aus
tralian fruit Il London was proftlcss
to shippers, owing chiefly TO inferior
packing. Another such season will de-
stroy the English market for Australian
fruit.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-12-10
A QUEENS RE
The Late Duchess Of Sutherland by Her
Majesty OF Great Britain.

The Late Duchess OF Sutherland by Her
Majesty of Great Britain.
Upon n occasion Queen Victoria
was ready and had entered the carriage,
when it was observed that the mistress
of the robes, the late duchess of Suth-
erland. was not in her place opposite
the queen. The royal lady tapped her
little foot impatiently on the floor of
the carriage and looked the annoyance
which she too evidently felt at being
kept waiting. A dozen people ran off
in search of the absent one, who pres
emily appeared not walking. but posi-
lively running. while the perspi-
ration streamed down her handsome
face. She leapcd into the carriage
with agility of a young fawn, scarcely
daring to look into her royal mistress
face and expecting a verbal explosion,
such as will sometimes issue from the
royal lips. The queen, however. kept
her temper, or, rather recovered it. and
with a smile of forgiveness remarked:
"My dear duchess, ! think your watch
must be n very bad time-keeper. Let
me give You n better one" And so say
ing her majesty took off her own
ticker" and gave it to the duchess,
who could hardly restrain her tears at
the kindly rcproof. and who, it is need
less to add, was invariably up to time
ever after. The story goes that she
placed her resignation in her majcsty's
hands the next day: if she did $ o it was
not accepted. for she remained in her
enviable position many years after the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Times.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-12-10

The gents" have n contempt for the
ordinary decencies of life. They "cuss.
chaw terbacker, and drink red Ticker -
and they desire that you shall be made
aware of the fact They were raised
to do it, and if you don't like it you can
lump it-see?" They pay their way"
and don't ask no man no odds" As
they see him the gentleman is always a
dude" the lady a ''high-fiyer." They
rush against you, jostle you, outrage
your sense of propriety and rejoice in
the discomfort they cause you They
sport" paste diamonds and take in
the town." and are not afraid of the
whole police force" They will have
you know they are gents" and priv.
LEGGED under the law to outrage decen-
g .-Birmin9ham Age-Herald
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-12-10
ABBE MAYS FEE
An Eminent French Lawyer and Ills
Grateful Client.

An Eminent French Lawyer and His
Grateful Client.
The most eminent consulting lawyer
of Paris at one time in the last century
was Able May. His opinion had
great weight in forming the decision of
the judges, and he was often consulted
in important matters outside the law.
His fee for an opinion was usually 1
large one. The story of INT of his ex-
ccptional fees is related by NJ. de Bois-
Saint Just in his history of Paris.
4 cure from the country called on the
able one day, and after complimenting
him with earnestness and sincerity IN
his creditable and deserved reputation.
said that he was involved in a lawsuit
which he did not understand. He
asked the able to advise him whether
he was in the right or in the wrong,
and whether he had better carry on
the suit. So saying he delivered to the
great jurist an enormous package of
papers covered with almost illegible
handwriting.
The able checrfully accepted the
task, and told the curc to call again in
two weeks lie was pleased with the
good, Supplemented man, and devoted
his best energies to clearing up the
case, though he was obliged to put
other matters aside in order to do so.
The cure called on the day appointed,
took the abbe's written opinion, and
read it through critically. He was de-
lighted with the enthusiasm and clear
ness with which his rights were set
forth. He embraced the able CRATE
fully, and cried: ''Ah, monsieur, no one
could bc better pleased than l am, and
| want you to be satisfied also. Here
is money, monsieur, please take what
is due you:' and he threw a three-franc
piece on the table.
Not to humiliate the good man. the
able picked up the coin, took thirty
six sou from his purse and handed his
client the change"
Some one said, when he told the
story, that as usual he had lost by his
disinterestedness.
LOST said the able. 'And do you
count the pleasure of telling the story
nothing?"-Youth's Companion.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-12-10

Messrs. Editors: Knowing how many ex.
pectant Mothers In the land will appreciate
the information, and desiring to save al
the anguish and pain of the trying hour, ]
wish to give my experience.
l used two bottles of Mothers Friend
with great relief, suffered but little pain,
and was not sick over twenty minutes
did not experience that weakness usual in
such cases. and looked and felt so well after
wards hat my friends wondered ut it; as on
previous occasions of this kind i suffered
greatly. fused the remedy on my breasts and
did not have the least trouble with them. j
passed through the crisis with so little
trouble that even my physician was aston
ished, md after j told him that 1t was the
result of the use Of Mothers Friend, he ad-
vised his daughter to use the remedy. and
she says she cannot praise it enough. i
have known many ladies' to use Mothers
Friend, and they all pronounce it a great
blessing to cIpcctant mothers.
MIS-. SAM HAMILTON,
Eureka Springs, Ark.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-12-10
LOOK AT THIS.

Do you know of any cough rene
dy on the market of which a little
child two years old can drink the
entire contents of a bottle without
injury? This is what the daughter
of Heber Chase of Wadey Petra,
Illinois did with a bottle of Reds
German Cough and Kidney Cure
and her father says, at did not
injure her in the least, it did her
good" No other cough remedy
in the world could be subjected
to this test and the little girl
escape with her life. Think of
that. Get this great remedy
any dealer. Small bottles are
twenty-five cents, large size fifty
cents.
SYLVAN REMEDY CO.,
Peoria, III.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-12-10
STRANGE ENDS TO LIVES.

LELY died of jealousy at the success
of Sir Godfrey Knellcr.
ELPHESsToSE died of n broken heart
over the results of the battle of Flod-
den.
NALESTIA, the Spanish thcologian,
died of grief because he was accused by
the pope of having falsified 4 passage in
St. Augustine.
ALoNzo CASo, n Frcnch FAINTER and
sculptor of the seventeenth century, is
said to have had such Z fine sense of pre-
cision and symmetry that he refused to
kiss a poorly-executed cross within less
than an hour Of the time Of his death
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-12-10
Degrees of Cold In Montana.

Everything goes by comparison out
in Montana" said the president OF one
of st. Louis big silver mines. ''Once
a well-known character named Mackay
was asked by a lady visiting the west
if the weather did not occasionally be.
come intensely cold.
"'Oh, yes" he replied, it gets right
sharp here sometimes
We'll persisted the lady, how cold
does it get"'
THAT depends he answered, evas.
lively. Now, to-day is what we
miners call a one-shirt day. When the
weather gets colder it's a two-shirt
day, and when the billiards come
there are three-shirt days The lady
was much mystified until I explained
to her the habit of the miners of put
ting on n or two shirts above an
other, according to the temperature"
st Louis Republic.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-12-10

"A circular was recently received by
the collector of the port, from the treas.
ury department. fixing the value Of the
Austrian form at two crowns, or 40 Gid
cents. This is about the rate at which
the Austrian paper form was valued
formerly. The silver form was rated
at 50 cents, and the gold at AZ 2-lo cents
The Austrian monetary system has un-
dergone some changes, and the present
ruling applies to the form of every
kind, whether paper, gold or silver.
The customs authorities used to be an
noyed by goods that were purchased for
a certain number of gold forms being
entered at the valuation of a certain
number of silver forins-N. Y. Trib-
une.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-12-10
august.
Flower"

For two years 1 suffered terribly
with stomach trouble, and was for
all that time under treatment by a
physician. He finally, after trying
everything, said my stomach was
worn out, and that 1 would have to
cease eating solid food. On the rec
ommendation of a friend l procured
a bottle of August Flower. Itseem-
ed to do me good at once. I gained
strength and flesh rapidly. l feel
now like a new man, and consider
that August Flower has cured me-"
Jas. E. Dederick, Saugerties, N.Y.S
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-12-10

Mr.. Moody is expected to conduct
a series of revival meetings in Chicago
next Rumor goes further
and supplies many details of the plan;
but these are said not to be altogether
accurate. The meetings, however, will
doubtless continue throughout the
whole exposition period, but whether
they will be held in the auditorium. or
in a new building yet to be erected, or
in some other place, has not yet been
determined.