People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 January 1895 — THE DEADLY PARALLEL. [ARTICLE]

THE DEADLY PARALLEL.

The Four Hundred Hnnce TF hlle the Tour Million Btorve. The two articles following: are both taken from the New York World of Sunday, Dec. 11. 1894. and both incidents occurred on swaae-day in the tame city, and were published as mere items of every day occurrence in one of the leading papers of the greatest nation of the world and very few people thought of comparing the two Items:

MAHAR STARVED TO DEATH. The Man Went Without Food for Elrht Days and Dropped Dead Reside the Brooklyn Tower of the Great Bridge. James Mahar died of stayvAion 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 starvation — nothing else. There arc indications of Bright's disease, due 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 ane. 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 tall and dark hair and blue eves. He had no relatives in the city. He stopped with a family named Maloy. on State street, Brooklyn, for some time, but for a week or two had been wandering.

THEs % PATRI ARCHS’ BIG BALL. Ward McAllister, the Social Dion, Taken Mrs. Morton to the Supper Table and Mrs. Stevens Accompanies Baron Fnva. Patriarclis’ ball, which wa» held last night at Delraonico’a 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, swing 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, was gorgeous with masses of American Beauty roses. After the supper Mr. Franklin Bartlett led a spirited cotilion. Sirs. John Seward. Jr., who fairlj- glittered with diamonds, was his partner. She wore a rich ribbed silk gown of mauve color, trimmed on skirt and corsage with yellow* flowers. Among the gowns worn that of Mrs. George Gould, of white satin, embroidered in sun rays in gold and pearls, was greatly admired, and was very becoming to her brunet type. The necklace and ribbon in her coiffure were as superb in diamond ornaments as any in the ball room.