Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 June 1889 — Page 3

THE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD.

80XK INTERESTING INCIDENTS. A pretty, pale little woman told part tis her sad story as she nervously clasped and unclasped her hands and cried in a quiet, heartbreaking way. Yea* ago in the Virginia Valley, soniewhere near Winchester, she met and loved a hard working, intelligent engineer named Fenn. They were married some eight years ago and cime to Johnstown, where they had a neat, comfortable home. Fenn made good wages; . their several children were always welf clad, and the mother lived with her life concentrated upon them. On the afternoon of the flood Fenn went to the butcher’s and passed out of this Short history into the waters. When the flood cadre into the Fenn house the mother gathered her children in the parlor and told them not to be afraid, as God was there and would guard them. Up came the torrent and they went to the second floor, and again the little mother talked of hope and bade them be of good cheer, for j apa would come soon in a boat and take them away. Up and up rose the water, and now the family were forced to the top story. The rooms were very low, and the heads of the mother and children were beating against the ceiling. “Mamma,” said the eldest child,a girl, “would it not be better to go outside and die in the open air?” “Yes, dear,” said the mother, “we’ll make a raft and all go down together.” She fought her own and her children’s way to the -window and opened it. She canght a piece of plank and on it put the eldest child, with a hearty kiss and a “God bleSs you.” Then she let it float away in the darkness and the roar of the waves. Six times were these frail barks freighted with precious cargoes and argosies of pious trust. The children were frightened, but obedience was part of their creed, and they made but littie protest. Now came the turn of the last child, Bessie, the four-year-old. One can fancy what it meant. The last and dearest. There was scarcely breathing space in the robin now, and if haste was not used death would come there at once. To a broad plank Bessie was fastened securely, and was blessed as had been the others. “I loved them all, oh, I loved them all,” said the mother, “but I had two kisses from Bessie, for she was Tom’s favorite and was such a good child. She put her drms about my neck and said, ‘You know you said God would take care of me always, mamma. Will He take care of me now?’ I told her He would and she need not fear, and then she was carried away. ‘I am not afraid, mamma, she called «ut,’ and I heard her. although I could not see her, and that’s all, except that the roof was torn off and I floated off on it, and some Italian saved me at Keruvilie, sixteen miles from here.” “And the children, did they all escape?” “We Rave found two of them, dead, Bessie and George, and there is not a mark on Bessie’s face, and, oh, I am so tired. They’re all gone, every one, and eight of them, and I am going home to Virginia aftet all these years to rest and try to think.” This is only one mother of the hundreds, only one of the multitude.

“No one ever will Know the] real horrors of this accident unless he saw the burning people and debris beside the stone bridge,” remarked Kev. Father Trautmein. “The horrible nature of the affair cannot be realized by any per- ' son who did not witness the scene. As soon as possible after the first great crash occurred, 1 hastened to the bridge. A thousand persons were struggling in the ruins and imploring for God’s sake to release them. Frantic husbands and fathers stood at the edge of the furnace that was slowly heating to a cherry heat and incinerating human victims. Every one was anxious to save his own relatives, and raved, cursed and blasphemed until the air appeared to tremble. No system, no organized effort to release the pent-up persons was made by those related to Shrieking, they would demand: “Go to that place; go, get her out; for God’s sake, get her out,” referring to some loved one they wanted saved. Under the circumstances, it was necessary to secure organisation, and thinking I was trying t<f thwart their efforts when I ordered another point to be attacked by the rescuers, they advanced upon me, threatened to Bhoot me or dash me into the raging river. One man who was trying to tteer a float, upon which his wife sat on a mattress, lost his hold, and in a moment the cratt swept into a sea of flame and never again appeared. The agony of that man was simply heartrending. He raised his arms to heaven and screamed in his mental anguish, and only ceased to tear his hair and moan like one distracted. Every effort was made to save every person accessible, and we have the satisfaction of knowing that fully two hundred were spared from crema- . turn. A young woman was found nnder the dead body of a relative. A force of men attempted to extricate her, and succeeded in releasing every limb but one leg. For three hours they labored, and every moment the flames crept nearer and nearer. I was on the point several times of ordering the men to chop her leg off. It would have been

{much better !to save her life, even at that lose, than to have her burn to death. Fortunately it was not necessary, but the yonng lady’s narrow escape from mutilation or. death she will never realise. Jacob Schmidt is a hero, if there' was ever one. The prodigies of valor that he performed were sufficient to ‘entitle him to fame. He braved death a thousand times, and always with the purpose of saving a fellow creature. In one way it was fortnnate that the report got abroad that Father Gavin escaped from his house to; the hilll or his friends would have been anxious about him. He was hemmed in by the waters and forced to go to the second story, where he remained for hours, not being able to get down and ont. The miracle that the people insist happened in the church in my charge was ctertainly a remarkable thing. Skeptical people insist that while the water was at the highest point the sisters climbed into the windows anddecorated the statne of the Bleesed Virgin as it was found. But the impossibility of this is so apparent that it requires no contradiction. Personally. I try to explain everything peculiar through natural causes, but this thing is unexplainable. The circumstance has resolved itself into an affair of the greatest magnitude among the people hereabouts, and hundreds of them besiege the church to satisfy their curiosity, skepticism or love for the supernatural. Rev. J. A. Ranney, who passed through the Johnstown horror and came west after a search of four days and nights for the remains of his aged wife, who was lost, gave the following graphic account of his experience: “At Conemaugh, two miles east of Johnstown, and thirty-five miles west of Altoona, three trains of passenger cars, some day, parlor and Pullman coaches, and a number of freight cars loaded with coal and lime, were drawn up in solid phalanx, with huge engines in the van. The mighty torrent from the mountains had to make a short curve just before it reached this solid body of human enginery and strength. This made proach of the torrent invisible till it was so near that little warning was possible. The blow was awful for power and suddenness. Some of the engines and cars were swept-from the tracks down to destruction, while the others were crowded closer together, breaking in the sides of many of the cars. Thirteen of us, strangers to each other, drew dose together, and all thought death was at hand. Frail ladies showed wonderful presence of mind and suppressed their shrieks. In the midst of the terror the sweet voice of a woman was lifted up and ‘Nearer, my God, to Thee’ was sung right there in the presence of death. We all joined in the song. A young man in the party Baid he felt his last hour bad come,and asked me to pray for him. I said to the little company: ‘This young man wants me to pray for him; let ub all pray.’ After prayer various passages of Scripture were repeated, one lady asaing, ‘ What is that passage of Scripure about God holding the water in the hollow of his hand?’ I then repeated the first verses of the forty-sixth Psalm. “It seemed as though the earth were being moved and the mountains carried down into the sea before our eyes. We were hemmed in for more than an hour. All who remained in this car escaped. We felt that it was a miraculous deliverance. To human appearance eur being saved was due to a pile of floodwood being formed in our front,thua dividing the waters and protecting us. In our number, Miss Minnie Hamilton, of Minneapolis, displayed a beautiful Christian spirit and courage. “On Saturday morning, from the mountain side, I looked over the field of carnage. The wildest wreck and ruin was visible everywhere. It reminded me of the view of the battle field of Resaca, just after the awful slaughter. On Sunday and Monday I repeatedly viewed Johnstown. I must say that it retained beauty in its awful desolation, for far up the mountain side, away from the valley, were many beautiful homes facing the valley of death.” Rev.Ranney is seventy-six years of age. Pure food and good health are topics daily discussed in our homes, and yet, how often the proper care in selecting our table articles is neglected. No mistakes are made in purchasing Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder and Delicious Flavoring Extracts.

A Nickel That Nobody Wants.

Baltimore American. About a year ago some wag polished off a nickel till it only resembled the coin of the realm in size and color. After it had dropped into the bottom of the bobtail car box the driver eyed it utapicionaly and evidently thinking that the other side of the coin might be all right he save the decisive pull And let it pass. From that time to this the company has been endeavoring to get that nickel back on the rascally public. But, strange to Say, every man who teare open the little envelope containing it and its companion pieces always chucks the smooth nickel hack into thev box. Of course no driver can now comes oat of the company’s package. During ita first year of service it has taken about 2,190 trips and as it is getting thinner and smoother all the time there is now no hope es its ever escaping street-car service except through the final dissolution of the company corporation.

A number of persons in Atlanta responded to a parrot’s cry of “fire” and discovered that a house across tie way was in flamer. r -

COUNSEL OF EMINENT PHYSICIANS.

The People of Oakland County Wild ;. “’’ With Excitement. Pontiac, Mich., Mar. 16,1857. On the 10th day of December, 1886, I came from Orion to Pontiac to visit my parents, and was taken suddenly ill. Dr. Gatbreith, 6fthisplace,waß called, and after making careful examination of my case, desired council, and named as councilor, Dr; McGrow, of Detroit/ They met in council December 15, made a careful examination, and pronounced my disease as cancer of the* liver, and stated that there was no hope for me, as it was impossible to cure me. The pain was very severe and Dr. Galbreith continued his visits, administering quieting powder?. A swelling or bunch had formed upon my right ribs almost as large as my fist, and I had given up all hopes of recovery. But having heard of Hibbard’s Rheumatic Svrup, I sent, February 1,1887, and bought a bottle of the Syrup from Mr. Peter Schmita, a druggist of this piace, and took it as directed. About March Ist something broke and the swelling commenced to eo down until it has almost disappeared. Up to this date I have taken two and one-half bottles of the syrup, and have s# far recovered as to be able to visit my neighbors, and am truly rejoicing that I am fast being relieved of such terrible pain, and desiring to acknowledge the benefit I have received in using your Syrup, I send you this statement, hoping you will use it so that others who are afflicted may be benefited and relieved from pain as I have been. Very truly, Chas. A. Spike, . . of Orion, Mich. Pontiac, Mich., March 16, 1887. This is to certify that Mr. Charles A. Spier, my son, has made a correct statement of hiß case, as I have watched by his bedside during his entire illness. John Spier. The undersigned certify that they are well acquainted with Charles A. Spier, whose signature appears above, and we have no hesitation in saying that any statement made by him can be relied upon as being true in every particular. Bebridge & Berridge, Druggists, Orion, Mich. ___ Ul T7 ct ;k A. Neal, the Pease, Orion, Mich.

Postmaster. Orion, Mich., March 19, 1887.

Brief but Interesting.

Joseph Sutherland, who was a powdermonkey on board the vessel which first brought to England the news of Nelson’s victory at Trafalgar, has just attained his one hundredth year at Milton, Sittingbourne, England. He has good health and has all his faculties intact. The making of leaden soldiers is an industry centered in Nuremburg, and employing about eight hundred people. A long war brought out the toy at the beginning of the eighteenth century, and artists were employed to make lead eoldierß faithful representations of regiments and countries. And the industry prospers more in times of war. M. Ungerer believes that flowers and the perfumes distilled from them have a salutary influence on the constitution. He says that residence in a perfumed atmosphere forms a protection from pulmonary affections and arrests the development of phthisis. He adds that in the town of LaGrasae, where the making of perfumes is largely carried on, phthisis is rare, thanks totheodorous vapors exhaled from the distilleries. A new system oi electric alarms has been fitted up in the British Museum. Pulls are so arranged throughout the building that upon any alarm of danger Dy fire or dynamiters, Ac., being given not only are the police and fireman informed of the situation from which the alarm is given, but by an automatic relay an alarm is also given at all the entrances and in the principal librarian’s house, so that precautions could be at once taken by the police to prevent the escape of any suspicious visitors.

A husbandman is not always a husband. F. J, CHENEY <t CO., Toledo. 0., Propre. of Hall’s Catarrh Cure, offer SIOO reward for any case of catarrh that can not be cured by taking Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Send for testimonials, free. Sold by Druggists. 75c. It is reported in Bt. Petersburg that during the Shah’s visit there, a secret treaty was made between Russia and Persia for the temporary annexation of Northern Persia to Russia, in certain cases.

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Two friends in youth met on the etreeta of Waterbury, Conn., a few day ago for the first time in seventy years.

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Here’s a health to the wives and the mothers -Who nit in our,households to-dayt, - ■ • Who are glad when they brighten for others The hours that go drifting away. Mjty their eyes keep the light of the gladness, Their hearts hold the fullness of bliss That banishes shadows and sadness, And what need we ask more than this? Bat how can this happiness be kept? What shall protect those we love, those who make a Heaven of the home, fr om the ravages of disease that is often worse than death, thatis, in fact, a lingering death? The questioff ia easily answered: Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription, the standard remedy for all of those peculiar diseases to which women are subject, ihwhat must be relied on to preserve the health of wives and mothers. It prevents those diseases, and it cures them. It is a blessing to women and therefore a national blessing, because it gives health to those about whom thehappiness of home centers, and the strength of a nation is in its happy homes.

There is no better excess in the world than the exoess es gratitude.—La Bruvere. Dr. Pierce’s Pel.’ets, or Anti-bilious Granules; in vials, 25 cents; one a dose. Druggists. “A hired girl,” once said a backcountry New England farmer, “costs wages, but all a wife needs is two calico dresses a year, and she does all the work.” When an article has been sold for 24 years, in spite of competion and cheap imitations, it must have superior quality. Dobbin’s Electric Soap has been constantly made and sold since 1865. Ask your grocer for it. Best of al I. Southern bank officials are complaining of a lack of copper cents in the South.

J. S. KITCHER.

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m - A Good Appetite is essential to good health; but at this season the blood may be impure, that tired feeUng predominant, and tho appetite lost. Hood’s Sarsaparilla is a wonderful medicine for creating an appetite, toning the digestion, and giving strength to the whole system. Be sure to get Hood’s Sarsaparilla. Sold by aU druggists. Prepared only by C. I. Hood * Co. Apothecaries. Lowell, Mass. In 18831 contracted Blood Poison Of bad type, and was treated with, mercury, potash and sarsaparilla mixtures,growing worse all the time. L took 7 small bottles 8. 8. 8. which cured me entirely, and no sign of the dreadtul disease has returned. J. C. Nancm, Jan. 10, ’B9. HobbyvlHe, Ind. 51 y little niece had white swelling to such an extent that she was confined to the bed for a long time. More than 20 pieces of bone came out of her leg, and the doctors said amputation was tho only remedy to sa-'c her life I refused the operation and put her on S.B.S. and she Is now up and active and in as good health as any child. Miss Ankib Geesliho, Feb. 11, ’B9. Columbus, Ga. Book on Blood Diseases sent free. Swift Specific Co. Drawer 8, Atlanta, Ga. ¥P YOU WISH A/— n— . ■ „ HEviTvER purchase one of tb. oalebra ted SMITH k WESSON a’A-/ iSteBSmN arms. The finest email arms H W >JBKV ever manufactured and the )) 'MWtii first ehnioe of all experts. Swmfactured in calibre* SX SB and *4-100. Sin- HMJ sor double action. Safety Hammnriess and rget models. Oonstmoted entirely of beet qualItwavronght steel, on refn 11 y inspected for work mafishtpand stock, they are unrivaled for fIuKR, durability and area racy. Do not be deceived bj cheap malleable cast-iron Imltotiana which are often void for the genuine article and are not only unreliable, but dangerous. The SMITH k WESSON Revolve™ are all stamped upon the bar rels with firm’s aaaae, addreee and date* of patents and are urn-.realped perfect In every detail. In Hist upon haring the genuine article, and if yxrai dealer cannot supply you an order sent to addreaa below will receive prompt and careful attention. Descriptive catalogue and pricea fnrulshed upon ap JErttoß - SMITH & WEBSON, Us Mention thin paper, • Matt, Gives special attention to all dell?»te diseases fiftieth mm. Regula- , 1 m ting remedies furnished. Cancers. ■Eg -m cures guaranteed without the knife. IK.: Rupture, ne cure no par. and ne Bi ,'Jtfg par until cured. Pilee, Rectal 'A" W W 3 Troubles •nccessfnlly treated, a TmiyjA.JkMacare guaranteed. F6r the mcoessL wiy, JxJpjful treatment of any other ills not call on or address, DB. 50/4 South Illinois Street, HKwHPiiMPi gdltDiMlii, lad. All letters containing Jc stamp promptly answered and mediciues seat to order. ■ Pino’s Remedy fbr Catarrh la the Wk Best. Easiest to Dae, and Cheapest. H ■ sold bv- dnnwtsts or sent by man. fi lij SOe. K. T. Hazeltlne. Warren. P*. ||p Detectives Wanted in every county. Shrewd men to act under Instruction, In our Secret Service. Expert ence not necessary, rend 2c stamp, Orasnss Detective Bureau Co. 44 Arcade, Cln’at!, O

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LETTER FROM VAN ANTWERP, BRAGG & GO.

Cincinnati, May 10, 1889. Soon after the passage of the law to sapplytoxt books to the school trustees of Indiana by contract, the book sellers of that State were visited by the agents of second hand book sellers who attempted to purchase their stock of books at greatly reduced prices. In answer to their letters we seilt a circular letter advising them not to sell their stock at less than cost, for the reason that there were as yet no other books adopted than those hitherto used, and that they would continue to have demands for all they had on. hand and would need to order more,and stated our reasons for this belief: 1. That the law sets up a new and untried method of conducting business by using the township officers and county superintendents as retail and wholesale dealers in books. We do not think it possible that the business can be carried on by them so cheaply or so satisfactorily to the people of the State as it has hitherto been carried on by private enterprise. 2. If any contractor is found who is willing to furnish books under the terms and conditions of the law, he must put them on sale in every township of the 8t ate, and tbe people will have no voice in the selection of their books. 3. From an intimate knowledge of the publishing buaineea extending over fifty vears, we do not see how books can be manufactured and sold at the prices named in the law. We believe that we exercise the greatest possible economy in manufacture, and that we are acquainted with all the latest methods of making durable books, at the lowest possible cost. We know of no other publisher who manufactures cheaply, and there is certainly no other who has sold his books at a lower rate of profit. Of all these facts we have a more perfect knowledge than can be had by those not actually engaged in the manufacture of school bookß. We speak only for ourselves, and do not represent" the intention of any other house, but we know that others cannot afford to do what we ourselves cannot do. If it is for the interest of our competitors to contract, they may probably do so.

It has been asserted that we belong to a “school book trust,” or combination. This assertion is untrue. We are not now, and never been connected with, or a party to any trust, pool, combination, syndicate, or other kind of agreement whereby the benefits of competition are or have been denied to the people of Indiana or those of any other State. The main trouble with the law is that it does not offer the slightest inducement to the contractor. The method of sale is not in accordance with the laws of trade. How would a fanner like to send his produce to the city to be placed on sale with the city officials at cost or less, the proceeds of the sale to be returned to him through official channels ihree months after the goods should be sold? In contracts of all kinds there must be a mutual interest. Both patties must be benefited. No one willingly contracts to sell goods on which he does not make a profit. No one willingly buys goods unless he is sure that he is getting them cheap—at the lowest possible price. When these conditions are fulfilled contracts are made. The limit

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of profit is the smallest profit that any competitor is willing to accept. All persons in business most meet competition. If the profits of the school book business were largsr than those ia either kinds of busine*, new firms would be organised and would ielF H lower prices, and the older firms would have to reduce their prices or be swept out of tbe field. The natural Jiwi of trade are stronger and more lasting than laws made, by men because they are based on the wishes and desires of all men. It will be possible to have school books furnished without profit the contractor when the farmer, the carpenter, the blacksmith, the doctor, and the editor will all furnisn their several goods or services at cost, and not until then. The prospect of a legitimate profit is the basis of all business enterprises. It has been asserted that oar firm has made exorbitant profit; and designing men have misrepresented the facts to create a public prejudice against us. The fact is we have made the best possible books mid we have sold them at the lowest possible prices. These two facts have given onr hooks most extenoed sales, reaching into every State in the Union; and the magnitude of these sales, of which a small proportion goes to Indiana has made tbe business successful even at a less rate of profit than can be shown in any other line of business. We have no reason to be ashamed of our success. It has arisen from the excellence, durability and cheapness of our books. This question has been decided by hundreds of thousands of school boards, each acting independently of the others at different times and in remote places. Of the larger number of their adoptions we have no knowledge until after action is taken. We believe that the same laws will prevail in the future. Until some one offers better books at lower prices, the people will not willingly change. Our circulars to trustees and school officers are issued in the belief that until the practicability of the new law can be tested, it is greatly to the interest of the people of the State that no changes be made in the books now used in the schools. This opinion has been tion,:in nearly all the counties by action taken May 1, restraining teachers from making any changes of books until further notice from the board. We have not set ourselves in opposition to the law; but there is nothing in the law that compels us to bid for the sale of our books under its provisions of the law and we cannot afford to bid. We have no voice in deciding who shall bid; but ws do know and we do not hesitate to declare that any. contractor who bids for books nnder its conditions will assuredly make losses rather than gains. The more business he has at such rates and under such terms, the worse off he will he. There will be no combination against the law, because none would be effectuai if the law were good, and none will be needed if the law is bad. The law is in process of faithful trial by sworn public officers. It must stand or fall on its own merits. Meanwhile we recommend to the people to continue to use onr books until they can obtain others equally as good at lower prices, and shall recommend all. dealers to keep up their supply of the Eclectic books and sell them to all who desire to purchase, and shall repeat our proposition made this year, last year and the year before, to supply at the lowest contract price to all who will agree to retail them at a reasonable advance of profit. Yery Respectfully — [Adv.] Van Antwerp,Bragg & Co.

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