People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 January 1895 — THE DEADLY PARALLEL. [ARTICLE]

THE DEADLY PARALLEL.

The two articles following are both Sunday, Dec. 11, 1894, and both incide same city, and were published as mere bf the leading papers of the greatest people thought of comparing the two MAHAR STARVED TO DEATH. The Man Went Without Foo4 for Eight Days and Dropped Deed Beside the Brooklyn Tower of the Greet Bridge. James Mahar died of starvation yesternay noon at the Brooklyn city hospital. A native American, he had walked the streets of New York, without food for eight days, looking for work, and late Saturday afternoon fell exhausted and unconscious at the Brooklyn tower of the great bridge. At the hospital all that science and unremitting attention could do was done. A special nurse gave her undivided attention to him, and nutriment was administered at frequent intervals, but the patient relapsed into insensibility. !Said Dr. Molin. the house surgeon, as Mahar drew his last breaths: “It is a clear case of J starvation—nothing else. There are indications of Bright's disease, duo directly to exposure and lack of nourishment, but otherwise he has no ailment save exhaustion, in most cases it is impossible to save a patient when he is as far gone as this Dne, although we pull them through sometimes. After being entirely without food for eight days, the organs are unable to assimilate even milk and whisky, which we generally use.” Mahar was 35 years old and was single. He was 6 feet lall and dark hair and blue eyes. He had no relatives in tiie city. He stopped with a family named Maloy, on State street, Brooklyn, for some time, but for a week or two had been wandering.

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taken from the New York World of nta occurred on the same day In the items of every day occurrence in one nation of the world—and very few Items: THE PATRIARCHS’ 810 BALL. Ward McAllister, the Social Uon, Takes Mr*. Morton to the Sapper Table and Mrs. Stevens Accompanies Baron Farm. The Patriarchs' ball, which was held last night at Delmonico's was as large, or larger and as gay, if not gayer,than any of its predecessors. Immense golden hanging baskets were a novel and effective feature of the floral decorations by Small. They were Egyptian in shape and headed with masses of gorgeous roses, swung by broad satin ribbons across the center of the huge mirrors which line the beautiful big ball room, and between the windows. The smaller red ball room, on Fifth avenue and Twenty-sixth street, was adorned with a profusion of white roses, lillies, orchids and palms, and the blue room, where the Hungarian band played for the dancing in the auxiliary ball room, whs gorgeous with masse of American lioauty roses. After the supper Mr. Franklin Bart lett led a spirited cotillon. Mrs. Johr Seward. Jr., who fairly glittered witl diamonds, was his partner. She woi a rich ribbed silk gown of mauve coloi trimmed on skirt and corsage witl vellow flowers. Among the gowns worn that of Mr* George Gould, of white satin, embroid ered in sun rays in gold and pearls was greatly admired, and was very be coming to her brunet type. Tin necklace and ribbon in her coiffun were as superb in diamond ornamentas any in the ball room.