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Show Sad and Sadden. Tne home of Carl Johnson, of the Twenty-first Ward, has been suddenly sud-denly visited with terrible affliction, by the death from diphtheria of the two oldest children ot tho family, a boy and girl, which occurred yesterday yester-day morning. Up to Saturday morning tbe children appeared as well as usual and romped freely ahoatlbo yard In their childish EUy. On the morning mentioned, owever, both coniplalneirof sore throats. Upon examination the glands were found to be considerably consider-ably swollen, and continued to enlarge en-large durlnjr the day and night Professional skill was summoned, but all to no avail, they seemed destined to death, and expired yesterday, witbiu twenty-four hours from tbe time of taking HL They were burled side by side. Brother and sitter Johnson have the sympathy sym-pathy of a host of friends In their bereavement |