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Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-12-13
STORE ROBBED IN HBENsnuRa-

The Store Room OF V. ). Bnrlxer s. BRO. En-.
tered by Thieves ON Tuesday Night
They secure &2I.
On Tuesday night, between the hours
of l and 2 O'clock, the store room of V. S.
Barker & Bros, High street, was entered
by burglars, and the fruits of their devlish
deed consisted in securing from the till,
or drawer therein, about S24 in cash. The
entrance was made through the front
door of the store room, by means of
pole.ax, which was found laying at the
door in the morning by one of the clerks
in the store. The lock had been burst
of. A few years ago Mr. A. A. Barker
halted bold scoundrel in the same act
as above stated, with powder and lead,
and had he the same opportunity this
time, an effective cure would no doubt
have followed. That would have served
him right There is no clue to the guilty
parties.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-12-13

A New YORK paper recently opened its
columns to correspondents who could
give some information as TO the best way
to keep husbands home nights. Ii was
presumed. of course, that the infornants
would be found among experienced mar
ried women. And SO they were. The let
ters were interesting reading, and thou
sands of recipes was given. Itwas, how
ever, reserved for Gen. Wagner Swayne
to tell story before the Ohio Society the
other night which seems to fit the case.
1t was about a young wife who had great
admiration for her mother-in-law, be.
cause of the manner in which she man
aged her husband. The honeymoon was
hardly over before the young wife came
to the older woman to beg for knowledge
how to make her young husband as good
a man as his father. You have some
secret about it, mother, am sure and
now that am your daughter, you can
tell me about 1t, can't you ?" The old
lady Insisted that she had no secret, and
knew of no special plan by which to make
q man always as he ought to be, but
finally, under repeated urgings, she
smiled and said simply this :" Dqugh-
ter, feed the beast"
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-12-13

audience in that part of the house ha
walked over the furniture.
On the main floor, or parquet, the
chairs were standing around in con.
fused manner. Marks of shoes or boots
were plainly visible on most all the chair
seats, as well as on the guard-rail of the
stairway.
The narrow stairway was marked with
blood in nearly dozen places, there be
ing one large pool on the step just outside
the door.
The stairway is five feet in width, and
between the iambs of the swinging doors
on the second step above the vestibule, it
is just four feet.
THE WOUNDED.
Those injured are all reported to be do.
ing well, and the attending physicians
are quite confidant that none of the in
juries will prove fatal.
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE.
Mr.. McCann. one of the managers.
says that 713 admission tickets were sold.
There were perhaps twenty other persons
in the house. One of the boys killed,
George Horner, is said to have been ad-
mitted for holding torch. His parents
did not know that he. was there.
AT THE MoRGUR.
The scene at the morgue was reminder
OF the days after the flood, or of the rails
ing of the dead. A large crowd, mostly
women and children, hung around there
all day. A constant train of people passed
to and from the morguet to view the bodies.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-12-13

NOTHING is better fitted to point the
words of the Preacher" Vanity of van
ities, all is vanity than the sudden rise
and quick decadeuce of reputation.
Just fifty years ago volume came from
the press named ProUer5ial Philosophy,
and in the then deartE of great writers in
England its author was at once accepted
as considerable poet. America was not
slow to follow. over 500, 900 copies being
sold here in few years, and translaions
into foreign tongues still further extended
the authors reputation. But when the
cable flashed the news last Friday that
Martin Farquhar Tupper was dead, at
the age of seyenty-eight, many reader
of the message must have asked himself,
And who is Tupper? tbs hard to realize
that this writer of truisms and and COM
monplaces, in Jthe baldest of ed
prose, could ever have been hailed as a
great poet, but he deserved the Oblivion OF
his latest years as little as he did the fame
of his youth. Those who toll for the ap-
proval of the public" serve a master
whose ficklencss IL equalied only by its
heartlessncss.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-12-13

1t is rumored that Emperor William, of
Germany thinks of visiting America. We
have no crowned heads in this country
who will present him with diamond
hilted swords OF give his wife $240, 900
necklaces, but we can take him to a
Canstatter festival where 100000
schooners of beer are consumed in one
day. That would prevent HIM from
feeling lonesome
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-12-13

CHRISTMAS is coming, the merriest holi-
day of the year. 1t is especially SO to the
little folks whose belief in Santa Claus
has not yet been disturbed by the en-
croachment of time. All the Sunday
schools are making preparations for its
proper celebration, while domestic
thought is almost entirely absorbed in ar
ranging for its demands. 1t takes so little
to amuse child that there can be NJ
good excuse offered for not making
Juvenile joy universal on Christmas
morning.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-12-13
HE DEAD.

When the crowd had been fought back,
the dead and injured were carried to diff
ferent places. The morgue authorities
were soon on hand and the dead were
taken to Henderson's. The list is as fol-
lows
JOHN MILLER, colored, Chambersburg,
Pa, employed at Koch's saloon.
GEORGE SLONICKER, Mt. Pleasant,
Pa, teamster.
LIZZIE CLAYCOMB, aged 10, domestic
at John Bowser's Bedford street, from
Bedford county.
MRS. WESLEY BURNS, 40 years, Morris
street.
CLARA BURNS, 10 years. daughter of
above, Morris street.
ISAAC FOHLER, so years, Cone
maugh borough.
GEORGE HORNER, aged II years, Park
building, Park Place.
MRS. JOHN w. NESTOR, aged 20, Ma.
poleon street.
EDDIE BIGLER, aged 8, son of John
Bigler, of Gautier street. Conemaugh
borough.
GEORGE FRISCHHORN, Baltimore,
Md.
THE INJURED.
The number of injured cannot be
known at this writing, 2:30 A. NJ, but it
is thought that not less than thirty or
forty persons were seriously hurt Those
now known to be seriously hurt are
ALBERT OWENS, IS years, Peelorville.
JAMES KELLEY, 10 years, Conemaugh
borough.
DANIEE KELLY, colored, Kernville.
LOTTIE JACKSON, Brownstown.
LEWIS BUNDY, colored.
JOHN WIENER, Peelorvile.
CHARLES VAUGHN, Prospect.
STEWART BLACKBURN, Morrellyille.
RICHARD WORTHINGTON, Morrell-
vile.
EDWARD STAUFFER, Sherman street.
WESLEY BURNS, Morris street
AAANJ' OohOJCANs bppti L OtCI JON IL
ship.
MRS. M. S. McGARRY, Sherman street.
CLARENCE ENGELBERTH
JOHN WIENER, Peelorville.
MARTHA OWENS, Peter street, Cone
maugh borough.
JOHN DEVINE, South street.
MRS. WILLIAM PLATT, Grubbtown.
WILLIE DIBERT, South Side.
HOW THE Alarm STARTED.
DIR. A. N. Wakefield's hestler lives in a
small building back of the doctors resi-
dence on Morris street. Before preparing
to go to bed he stirred up his fire. The
fue comes but short distance above the
roof. The building is low, and as the
smoke came from the fine, it enveloped
DR.. Wake6eld's residence, the air being
very still. Some one going past thought
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-12-13

The Rev. DIR. F. S. DeHass, who had
beeen lingering so long at the point of
death, from cancer Of the face, died at II
O'Clock Sunday night at his home in Mar
tins Ferry, Ohio. He was born in Wash
ington county, Pa, in 1921, and was edu-
Gated at Washington and Jefferson Col
lcge. He entered the ministry of the
Methodist Episcopal Church and for
many years was one of its most earnest
workers. He built the METROPOLITAN
Church at Washington. d. c., and was
Consul at Jerusalem during the Grant Ad-
ministration.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-12-13
BIDS FoR pACHELOKs.

Agree with the girls father in politics,
and the mother in religion.
If YOU have rival keep an eye on him.
If he is widower keep two eyes on him.
Don't put too much sweet stuff on
paper If You do you will hear it read in
after years when your wife has some es-
pecial purpose in iniicting upon you the
severest punishment known to a married
man.
Go home at reasonable hour in the
evening. Don't wait until a Girl has to
throw her whole sole into a yavn that
she can't cover with both hands. 4 httle
thing like that might cause a GOODNESS at
the very beginning of the game.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-12-13
The Democrat.
FRIDAY, DECznBEK ls, 1859.

CONGRESS and the country are awaiting
with much interest the announcement of
the House Committees by the speaker,
Much of the action of Congress depends
upon the composition of the different
committees.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-12-13
MAKING a NEW EAR.

| Expert Surgical Operation ON IL Victim OF
the Johnstown FIOod-Flcsh Cut From
the Head-The Reconstructed Member
VIII Soon be as Perfect as The Uninjured
Ear.
Philadelphia Daily News.
An unusal surgical operation has Just
been performed on Miss Margaret L.
Jones, of Johnstown, by DR.. Mark L.
Nardyz, of this city. The yeung lady
was one Of the victims of the disastrous
flood that devastated the Conemaugh
Valley. Besides having her right arm
broken in three places, and receiving
gashes on her head by being dashed
against the floating debris, Miss Jones
was so unfortunate as to have portion
OF her right ear torn away.
HOW IT WAS DONE.
The young lady was carefully uursed.
her arm was set and she finally, after Il
severe struggle, recovered almost her
usual strength, The one noticeable de
feet was the disfgured ear. This caused
her much annoyance, as it was noticeable
at the slightest glance. She was brought
to DR.. Nardyz for examination and he
said Immediately that he could remedy
he defects If she would submit to an
operation. He promised to rebuild the
damaged ear
She promised tn do 50 and requested
that the flesh needed for the purpose he
taken from her arm. The doctor, how
ever declared that flesh from the arm
would not do, apd lie decided to cut
away portion of the flesh on the side
of the head, Immediately adjoining the
lacerated member. The laceration was V
shaped and the surgeon skillfully cut q
similar portion of flesh from the head
sewed it to the remaining portions of the
ear with seven stitches and bandaged il.
This was done last Wednesday, and
he operation was so successful that Miss
Jones proposed to leave for Johnstown
on Saturday next. All that is required
is time to heal, the thing being now
merely matter of growth. DR.. Nardyz
said to-day that in thirty days no one
will ever be able to detect the slightest
difference between the two ears. The
doctor is delighted with the success of the
operation. and said it is one of the best
surgical feats performed in this country
for many years.
HOW THE EAR LOOKS.
A Ne,oS reporter saw Miss Jones at
the residence OF DR.. Nardyz, 71S Pine
street, this afternoon, and had a look at
the reconstructed ear. 1t is healing fast
and lready looks nearly as we'll as the
perfect one. There is now a scar behind
the ear, caused by the cutting away of
the flesh, but this will also heal, the doc
tor says and will besides be covered by
tie hair, so that it will not be visible.
Miss Jones had very narrow escape
from death during the flood. Her
mother, sister and three bothers were all
killed. She and her father only are left
of the family. She was carried sfrom
the second story Of her hotel and inn
mediately became unconscious. When
she awoke she was several miles away
and found her head pinned between the
roofs Of two houses, with her body I'M
mersed in water. She was extricated
from her prrilous position by a stranger,
taken to the hospital, and expects short
ly to be in her usual health and appear
ance.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-12-13

Both the Pennsylvania and the Balti.
more & Ohio Railroads will sell holiday
excursion tickets this year as heretofore.
Tickets will be sold fron December 21st
to January 1st, inclusive, good to return
until January Attn.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-12-13

The Western Union Telegraph Office
was closed the operator having retired but
the uuhagging Master Jas. a. B,ough, a
reporter for Pittsburgh paper, went to
Cambria and aroused one of the operators
and sent the news of this disaster to his
paper. Soon came the inquiry from
everywhere for particulars
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-12-13
From Wednesday Mornings Daily:
HORRIBLE !.
A Cry of Fire Causes an
Awful Panic at the
Opera House.
| DEAD AND INJURED.
Men Go Mad, and Women Faint
The Crowd Panic-Stficken Rush
for the Narrow Stairs.
DEAD AND INJURED.
100 STRUGGLING PEOPLE

Held in Mass in the Doorway-Men and
Boys Jump from the Galleries on the
Heads of the People BeIOw-Crazed by
Excitement the Audience Loses Pres
enoe of Mind and Makes Mad Rush
for the Narrow Exit-Ten People Tramp.
led o.Death, and Three Times as Many
More Badly Hurt-0aths and Death
Cries COMMUNICATIVE Coroner's In
quest.
Another dreadful disaster was on last
night added to the list of horrors of the
year, 1889. Parke's Opera House was
packed to the doors, and as has long been
predicted if the occasion should present
itself, panic resulted from cry of
fire. The crowd rose en- masse and made
a frantic rush for the narrow stairway.
No second thought was taken. In a
moment the stairway was packed full of
human beings. Those inside could not
get out. There was genuine panic.
Women screamed, men and boys yelled,
a number tainted. The scene was indie
scribable Outside at the foot of the
stairs was heartrending scene. Piteous
shrieks came from the bottom of the
secthlng mass. People begged to be re-
leased others had the breath crushed out
of them at once.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-01-12
STABLE ECONOMIES.
How 70 Avoid the Profirste Vast. Of FER
titillng AGENTS.

II J had d gutter behind the cattle
il my stable J should make haste 30
close il up Level with the floor and
raise the standing floor several inche-
as J have already done. Cutters are
more expensive. cause more rapid de-
cay Of the building, are an annoyance
to the cattle in coming and going and
sometimes cause much evil of one or
another kind, are NOT 80 easily kept ~
condition, and are, in short. every wur
less desirsble than d plain floor inclIu-
ing slightly toward the elevated stand
ing platform 10 prevent the liquids
from spreading too far, Orif the floor
be level, nail down d guard Of 2x4-incL
timber about two feet from the rear of
the standing floor. have cen many
stables arranged with reference to
temporarily storing the manure in
them with the expectation that il
would be hauled out from day TO day,
or AT other stated intervals, but ]
| never knew d case when the expeCta-
| tion wac realized, or where the health
and w~ell-being Of the cattle were not
| endangered by the inability 10 Season
| ably remove the manure. ] should
| prefer a shallow pit outside the build
Ing, at or near one end Of the stable.
with b driveway through il; put a
| roof over il. and with a stable truck
dump the manure into it every morn
ing and night.
When convenient TO haul the msnure
away as fast as made, ] would dump il
| directly into the spreader. wagon or
| sled. and save one handling OF it.
| There need be no extra work or ex-
pensive appliances: indeed il il prac-
| ticable TO reduce the manual labor
quite materially. The truck may be
run upon the gutter rail, and a CORE
| spending one further 10 the rear, and
save more than one-half the lifting in
the original cleaning upoi the manure,
and / have seen an arrangement for
using a large, slightly modified wheel
barrow. and dumping it into a wagon
or the pit, which was claimed to be a
saving OF labor owe throwing il on,
OF side windows. and every way pre-.
ierable 10 leaving it TO be drawn out
occasionally by passing a team
through the stable. But ] heartily
commend any plan which results in
getting the manure 10 the field with.
out having been exposed TO the rain OF
caves water. Any farmer can much
better afford TO stack out his fodder
than ais manure. The waste from
manure exposure in the country q,
large Is q hundredfold greater thar
that from fodder exposure. Nc
farmer a afford this in these days O
small profts.-0. S. Bliss. IN n. T.
L Trrl.,na
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-01-12
mnNEY IA HORSES
Senator stocknridEss success asa hrr
n I'm, stock

.Raislnr t~OrtIne auC running morse
Is nor 8 very Improbable business
said Senator StucEn-idFe q lev GAYS
ara. rs he leuneG hack II al easy eaAN
IN -,s ~ann5 OF TIM senate Committee Oh
Ti.ne~ias o. which he i chalrnlaNa
The Senator haG i1s- returned ron
NichIrar where NJ spent 4 delightful
drv M his stock farm il Is situated 8
fsy miles IRON The beautiful little cry
nj Kaiamuzuo. vher, the Senator va
sides. and Is one o. the tines pieces o
farm property IL Western Michigan
81 Had no- bse1 ont To the farm 10y
.1us time" saiO tne senator : n
fue da7 r p~-uurel with ny partner.
NJ E-rvu. vino i manage, OF
-rr pace u 70 uu- ant look over
tine gterf uud take 3 sort OF inventory
~ il We started ubOut nine II INT
morning aud when We arrived al the
aru the horses had all been lee ano
r~DomeG anu were feeling ana looking
II Hrst-ciass condition. WeEOt ON the
uadjrres book and tneu carefully ez-
umiued every young animal on the
place Many Of them ] mao never seen.
ATr Brown would tel me the name o. d
coli and AFTER we mao gone over ms
rood points ] would put his value down
or ny inventory book and then lei nm
rur off irto the field We spent
several hours il this pleasant oo-
cuuatiun. and ] tel you il was quite
a treat 10 see the young and risky
neRuties scumpee of, kicking their heels
in the ain. Vel. after ! had entered
all the, horses and sci q very moderate
value npuu Them in no cases exceeding
the price which they would bring II
auv open marie. ] found that We ha-
iust slOS 900 worth of norse-hesA Nov
sac what q nice profit that represented
We bought Inc farm three years age
and Organized q stock company with A.
nwpita of SRI. 900. We nwea few thou
sand d0..urs 10Y running expenses and
things Of taut kind, but a. this IL more
than offset by the value of the Earn.
80 thu. deaurtInr the amount OF caI~
ital We uut IL. the profits IL three
vaurs. without Hftv particular effort tc
run the iu"m ae q mouey-uaElLG COR
,. ,-,,,. ,,.,r.a -por glu# HNU v-nlvr
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-01-12

A NAL named Medina. living neal
Tlalpam. on the day of the funeral o.
d child OF a friend met in the street al
old woman who had long passed for 4
witch. He asked her why she bad
caused The death Of the infant. She
replied that they would not pay what
she demanded. He then told her that
il was useless 10 ask for payment She
then threatened TO kill Medina's young,
est child. Enraged at the audseity o.
the old woman. he raised a heavy club,
aud. striking her over the head with
it. be said: you will. will you? IEor
take that-and that-and that And
he beat her TO death Medina has beer
arrested and is in prison. He has ab,t
counsel TO defend him. and will show
that IL was the universal belief that
she was a witch and had power ovel
life ard death.-Grr,e~soIa Star.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-01-12


Onions are moi % THE lA-hEs us
m-s ws-mtb II the winter b steam!
,-o,sr condition suits them better
Tn, vater trough needs 3 nor
cprb srrubbue ana srHia-nF oooSslol-
.sry, or it soon VII be aaaiea WIZ
slime
Nv moving thorough In the la
no so7 Is il. bsrtsr condition 10 De
benefited ny tne actIon oitae clemens
curing TIT winter.
The tanl colt VIII ppy vel as 'hs
dam viii MOI nave much lan7f 10 per
to~m nj thai season BY the TIME ine
rolf is veaped the spring WORK WILL
,onmenre ana The coli d pe put Oh
the pasture j.,
-Anricot Craam-IaEe u can %
sprcot,. ana put into d saucepan WIN
two ounces of sugar let It pol 10Y d
n~,arter OF m hour, and strain through
aeolanuer Dissolve al ounce OF gem
tine il 8 little milk and vhlp d PM
Of cream MI the gelatins Win u'e
anricor pulp. and work into The cream,
| Mold aud uut Oh ice. serve cold
A cheap ana convenient wa! 10
supplv the hogs with charcoal i 10
hu~r the co~ncobs thut accumulate
about the feeding places and about the
barn. Rake or deposit them Ii 3 pie
burn till well cnarred. then tEtLngulsh
the fire. Sprinkle salt over The heap
and ii viii b a pleasure TO STE now
the hogs viii relish this cheap neutral
izar Of gases.
-steumed Ovsters.-set d covered
dish where il viii heut wash and
drain the oysters put them II q shal-
low tin and place il In the STEINER
cover and leave it over boiling vu.e'
until the oysters ARE pulled and ea'lea.
They may zoe dressed al table WleA
euteu or butter. salt and pepper muy
I he added il The kitchen when served
in the heated dish
Nurses should remind children
vhfIs having the meat ind vegetable
rar- of tbejr dinner that pudding /,
coming This NAV seem simple, and
not worth mentioning. but ii il. most
essential. after all. for from the iariu-
acaon. foDd the rre,t bulk Of the diet
shnujd come. think thai There
sbould nearly alwav4 he q good mo.
tri-ious pudding TO follow and here
a~air we have rot 10 ring the changes
on SAW rice. tapioea. braad, sago.