The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-11-08

| selves toward Galveston's relief. Thirty
OF the poor cid alms-house pensioners
formed relief society and gave up
their only luxuries, tea and tobacco. to
swell the fund. Truly, in Heavens
reckoning, zthese acts of self-denial on
the part of the lowly and afflicted NAV
count for as much as the $50, 900 raised
by the great, rich city of Chicago.
Even the poor, forgotten negroes of
the Carolina sea-islands, to whose assist
ance the Red Cross went after their
great flood, a few years ago, have raised
among themselves s16s; an astonishing
amount considering their abject power
ty, Miss Barton considers that it would
be the proper and graceful thing to turn
this money over to reliable committee
of Texas colored people, to be used for
the benefit of flood suffers of that race
alone. Some of the most extensive
donations of food. money and clothing
have come from JOhnstown, Pa. I'm
mediately following the first appeal for
help, Johnstown began shipping things
in surprising quantities to Galveston's
aid. A sense of gratitude for help rem
dered to them in a similar but smaller
disaster no doubt prompted the noble
liberality of its citizens. The havoc
wrought by the storm in Galveston
was much larger in loss of life and prop
erty than at .Johnstown, but the dona-
lions in money, thus far have aggregat-
ed one third less for both the city and
the mainland than was given at Johns
town. An old lady living at Centralia,
in the State of Washington, writes
to Miss Barton that she is So years of
age, has raised eight children of her
own and one adopted child. These are
all married and doing well, and now she
wants to adopt four children from the
flood sufferer district She says she has
good farm of 12O acres, with plenty to
eat and comfortable clothing; offers to
give references and all that sort of
thing, and as guarantee of good faith
sends twenty dollars to the Red Cross
orphanage. She wants two boys and two
girls, the latter between two and six
years of age, the former somewhat older.
Yesterday little penciled note, in a
child immature chirography, was found
in we'll kept book of fairy-tales, en-
closed in a box of children's clothing
1t said: "Apulia Station n. y. Dear
Red Cross children. | will send you
one of my nice Christmas books, and
we are so sorry for you. Mamma has
told us all about the flood and how so
many of the poor people were drowned.
Whoever gets this book may write a
letter to Robert Tompkins.
Many pathetic things happen in the
shoe department of the Red Cross ware
house. The other day big, burly,
middle-aged policeman came to get a
pair of number brogans. After he had
been fitted by the gentleman in charge,
he was asked if he didn't want some
shoes for his family. Dead silence for
a moment, and then flood of tears and
sobs that shook the mans great frame
was the only answer They are gone,
all gone" he finally said; and then it
came out that he was one of the three
policemen whose entire families were
swept away Oh the night of the storm,
while they were attending to duty,
helping to save other peoples families.
This man had wife. four pretty chill
dren and happy, prosperous home; and
not a trace of any OF them has been
found What is there about a pair of
baby shoes that appeals to the heart of
a parent more than any other article of
infant apparel? Many mother keeps
among her choicest treasures pair OF
tiny shoes, over which she sheds tears
of sorrow for the little feet that once
pressed them. She does not weep Ovel
the cap, or dress; but the shoes more
than anything else bring to mind the
wee bit of humanity that for a little
time toddled about the house, battered
up stairs and down, out doors and in
Many mother, whose babe was tori
from her arms ON that cruel night OF
storm, has given way to her grief al
sight of the little shoes in the Red Gross
| warehouse, and our tears have falle1
| with hers.
Among the varied contributions that
are constantly arriving, came yesterday
large consignment of mems hats, from
the National Hatter's Union; also 6
quantity of machintoshes and overshoes
from New Jersey India-rubber manu-
factory. The same day we received
| two carloads of disinfectants, includ
| lug 81 barrels of carbolic acid, 81 barrels
| of copperas and 5000 pounds of Other
disinfectants, all of which we turned
over to Galveston's Mayor without loss
of time. If ever disinfectants were
needed, it is right now, when hundreds
of putrefying corpses are poisoning the
air. Though two thousand men are
constantly at work, aided by two hund
red teams, the heaps of wreckage seen
| fO no hirb ovar. II ic &c ri or