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Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-25

there is one in the hall for extra beddill
and the bath room is convenient ,..
towels, soap, etc. The attic stairs stafr
about two feet from the floor The hal.
bathroom and two smaller bedroom a.
heated by registers in the kitchen cr :
ing. The family and spare bedroom
have access to the chimney. If stoves
are closed when not in use, the pipc-
from all may enter one lue. Two tank
or cisterns in the attic, filled by pipes
placed in the angles of the double ROOT
can supply water for the bathroom. :
pipe entering the chimney and returnir z
to one of the tanks would give a choice
OF cold or warm water.
The kitchen, hall, etc of this house
could be built first and the most costly
front portion could be added afterward.
Agriculturist.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-25
Feeding Rack for Fowls.

The accompanying illustration is of a
device for protecting the food and water
of fowls from dirt and waste. The base
is p board or rlanl5 4 feet lone and foot
VICE. An PI.sD1 ,.svC Z. l-oL botuC =
foot square is firmly nailed crosswise,
inches from each end. Thin boards D.
inches wide are nailed all around the
edge. Three strips one inch square an
3 feet long are nailed the top of the
vertical boards, one at each upper cor.
ner, and tho third midway between. o
each side q series of vertical slats 3
inches apart extend from the bottom
board to the outer strip. These make &
rack through which the fowls can exteuy
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-25

point, only to roll out, reform and
thunder against the bluff further south.
The storm struck Coney Island with
all its force, and where but a few weeks
ago New York's and Brooklyn's thou
sands bathed, rode, rambled. feasted
and drank in the melodious strains Of
Gilmore's splendid band at Manhattan,
or of Seidrs classic orchestra at
Brighton, only the sullen waters moan
remorsefully over scene OF awful havoc.
Buildings which had been considered
so far in shore as to be beyond the
reach of breakers raised by the heaviest
storm are gone, in some cases not yes
tige being left to tell where they once
stood. Music stands, bathing pavilions,
and even parts of the magnificent hotels
nearest the beach were carried away.
The 500-pound sand bags and the great
pieces of masonry used to protect the
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-25
BEADING RAILROAD BRIDGE hCRoss TIL
Dc. !. n. .1.--

BEADING RAILROAD BRIDGE hCRoSs tn,
MARSHES AT ATLANTIC CITY.
the people are full of hope and spirit and
already promise that all these damages
will be repaired in time to make Atianlir
City as attractive as ever for next sea-
son.
Sweeping away every splinter Of tn
great substantial board walk that ran
from the inlet to below the fops of Ocean
avenue, q distance Of near wo mileS
the waves stormed up al vaC.Jus place.
against hotels and cottages. illing the
Inches TO eigbleen feet In ay)th. -
foot of Massachusetts avenT" seems to
have been the point whrrr ne fullest
fury of the storm was Co.,. ed. Such
battering was the .ucl LelanU
house here subjected to that l. ) surviva
ls marvel.
The highest maximum v, ,locity at
tained by the wind at Atlantic City from
10 o'clock p. m. of the l1th to o'clock
a. m. of the 18th of March. 8, was 5U
miles, blowing from northwe t. Fro
g o'clock a. M. of the 18th lu 3 o'cloch
p. m. of the same day the maximum We
Iocity was 60 miles. From 3 o'clock p
On. of the 18th to 10 o'clock p. "A. of thu
same day the maximum velocity was q,
miles. The extreme velocity turing the
blizzard was so miles during one minut
which occurred on the l2l. II Mar h.
The extreme velocity for one minute
during this storm was 100 miles. Il
shows big contrast, tI's storm, a
against that of March, 1855
All communication with the city both
by rail and telegraph was cat 3ff some
Of the trains which attempted to reach
the submerged city being u andoned in
Che midst of the waters w",,h covered
Che tracks for miles.
For three days the ocean beat madly
at The Sandy Hook peninsula, opposite
Che foot of the Highlands of Navesink,
pptil it succeeded in reoPcning pas
Gage in the Shrewsbury river that hal
been closed since the days of ne r ,vo-
luton. This inlet was gradually wideneG
4nd deepened and another new inlet cut
between sea and river mil north of
Highland Beach. Two islands were
thus formed of the old PENN iula. A.
Seabright, Low Moor, Monmouth Beach
and Highland Beach the waves tore out
bulkheads, carried away the beautiful
lawns which were the pride of summer
residents, and toppled beautiful cottage
into the boiling surf, where ihey were
Quickly shivered to atoms.
At Long Branch the fearful storm o
The winter of 1885, which carried away a.
large part of the shore and irightenrr
the people into building breakwate,
has been the red-letter event tina
marked the time from which erythin.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-25
sEAR1E WINS Fnoar o,coNNok.
The Toronto oarsman Beaten bt Ten



Lengths,
The event now being talked ofjamong
the sporting fraternity, particularly
among those of an aquatic tuTh, is the
great rowing match on the Thames.
England, between Henry e. Searle and
William j. O'Connor, in which the
former won, his time over the four-and-
a-quarter mile course being % minutes,
z2 seconds. O'Connor tired very early
IN The race, and is said to have been
Oyertrained. He was ten lengtht be-
hind searle at the finish.
Henry Il. Searle first became cham
pion of the world in professional rowing
on July 10, 1888. On that day he sculled
against Stansberg over the Paramatta
course OF three miles. Searle, at the
Clarence River Aquatic carnival in Janu-
Dry, 1883, beat G. Nelson, and Hearn,
the champion Of New Zealand.
After beating Wolf, Searle finally
rowed his great race against Stansberg,
in which he beat all records. The next
best record to it was that made by
beach of 20 minutes 80 seconds, when he
beat Hanlan in 1884.
Searle is feet 10 inches in height;
his chest measurement is Al 1-2 inches,
and his rowing weight 1G0 pounds.
Searle is tall, slender blond, with
fair, rosy complexion and an incipient
blond mustache. Dressed in civilians
clothes he appears exceedingly spare in
build, and does not impress one as
a great sculler His arms are long and
small, and he takes evident pleasure in
permitting people to feel OF them and
aonfound them by their comparative
softness. Ed Hanlan. the ex-champion,
,ays Sear,e's arm is as soft as a womaD's
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-25

COTTAGES WASHED FROM ATLANTIC CITY.
else was dated, much as sou rners re-
fer everything to "before war or
s'after the war;" and Chic. oans fix
time by their great fire. On he first
days of this storm the water washed
away bath houses and pavilion and lett
the beach on which beauty ant fashion
erstwhile disported scene of wrc !"
and desolation. Then he waves Gu
huge gaps all the way from Elberon To
North Long Branch in the hlun which
skirts Ocean avenue, the famous shore
drive. The biggest gap is torn In the
bluff above the old East End hotel pier.
and at this point the surf has eaten its
way half through ocean av"nue. In
other places the great oyoi hanging
bank, notably In front OF thu Unitrd
States hotel, has been SO badl under
mined and broken that at the next as
sault it may fall to It's base, already
''swilled by the wild and wastefu
ocean"
Great bowlders weighing several tons
and huge fragments Of masonry torn
from the sea walls were tossed about In
che ocean like wooden playthings. In.
mense log piles were picket up and
dashed against the bulkhead- like bat
tering rams. The surf broke 'ver the
ocean pier more than midwat to tie
ahoEe, retreatlng and sheltered at TINS
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-25
A Good Fence-Fastener.

A good, yet cheap fence. one that viii,
"stay" and still be of easy construction.
Is shown in the illustration. The spe
cial advantage of this fence is that it may
be made either of boards or rails, which
need no mailing to the posts, but are
wired on. The posts are set so that the
ends of the boards or rails are Tapped
across them. A No. 0 wire is cut long
enough to wrap four times around each
post. The wire is first stapled to the
side of the post near the top, is crossed
in front Of the boards, then back of, and
again around the post, staple being
driven in at each point where the wire
crosses the point under the first staple
The boards are then drawn snugly
against the posts. by driving in ten
penny wire nail close to the wire, and
just above the upper edge of the board
About three-fourths of an inch is left
protrudihg; this is turned down by two
blows of the hammer, which hooks the
nail over the wire and draws 1t close 10
the posts, holding the boa DIS or rails
solid. There is no danger OF splitting
tho ends of the boards by mailing, and
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-25

WRECK OF BATHING PAVILION AT MAN.
HAITIAN BEACH, CoNEY ISLAND.
been driven from their dwellings
along the wharves and in sewers by
the phenomenal high tide, the waters
having reached to a height higher
than in fifty years. All through
the streets in the lower section, the
squealing animals rushed, pursued by
many "small boy" and his dog, as well
as many boys larger growth, ard the
amusement that it afforded proved quite
a relief, coming as it did in the midst OF
the fury Of the elements.
Many lives were lost In various places
owing to the storms mad fury. but fatal
tiles were greatest at the Delaware
Breakwater, no less than forty per
sons going down to death In the raging
tide, and causing mourning In many a
household as result.
The loss to property cannot be estima.
ted, but 1t will take many millions to re.
pair the damage caused by the torn
king, Atlantic City alone suffering to the
extent Of 5000, 900, while the losses at
Coney Island will aggregate I lly a.
large an amount, and perhaps viii even
exceed it.
Now that the waters have receded, il
Is found that the contour of the coast
has been so changed that all existing
mariners charts of this coast have been
made obsolete. and a topography not
yet set down on any map is presented To
our gaze.
Not only has the ocean encroachcG
from four to five feet on the shore, bat
along stretches miles in lengths has
been drawn jagged zigZag line where
the shore before was straight, and fiits
and inlets have been cut ut various
points in the lowland, and az others pro.
iec;lns po!nt- have been Topped oil 81 .s
to run lines of rigid straighlnrss where
bank or shelving beach had before pre-.
sented only series of bold curves
Nor was the storm confined TO the
coast alone, but on the broad bosom oi
the ocean vessels were tossed about like
cockle-shells and for days little seemed
to the terror stricken passe ngers to be
between them and death. and many tales
have already been told and many more
will be told for years to como Of the ter,
ror5 experienced during the awful wal
of the elements.
The storm has passed away, but tti
work will remain, even when all memory
OF its terrors has faded and its ravaSet
have been repaired so far as may be by
the reconstruction OF houses and road
and ships frelehted with fullness OF neV
life,
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-25
LOWER FLOOR.

and await meals without being in ,Ho
women's way. By entering tn cellar
from the hall the expense and increased
danger from frost of an outside cellar
way are saved.
As shown by the dotted line, the cell
ing of the hall next the kitchen is only
seven feet in hight, so as TO permit The
kitchen stove-pipe TO enter the chimney
above it. The vestibule in front is large
enough for hat-rack and umbrella stand
and is lighted by glass door. The stair
door might also have circle Of glass in
ii, and should open on top of the first
step so as to indicate its character to
stranger.
Where nut coal can be cheaply pro-
cured the chimney proper may com
nence seven feet six inches from the
rst floor and the coal be conducted by
mute from bin in the attic into the
base of the chimney, beneath the iluA
where if the inner shell has openings,
and the outer, small doors, it is always
convenient for each stove. The kitclren
side of the house can ofttimes be backed
against hillside where light, tenn
porary bridge affords easy means Of fl!
ing the bin.
IfDstairs all the bedrooms have closatE
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-25
YOUNG FOLKS
OUR
PUSSY AND TIRE PopPIEa

Poppies red. and pink, and white,
inm grandma's garden beds,
'oainst the green you look so brighti
How you dance and nod your headA
Little kittfe, ball of fuzz.
brightest eyes l ever sawD
you try TO make him buzz.
That old bee will sting your paw.
You're lazy pussy cat.
Watching poppies bow and sway;
Breezes make them bend like that,
They don't do it for your play.
Only see how fast I sewl
Grandma said to piece this square;
It's no time to play, You know.
Till you've done your work all fair.
You should go and catch the mice
In my grandpa's corn and meal
If you take my good advice.
Only think how proud you'll feel.
There's my grandma calling mel
Oh, wha ever shall do?
For my seams not done, you see,
Here I've sat and scolded you.
Youths Companion
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-25
Discovery of Lost Art.

Tempering of copper is one of the lost
arts, which has been actively sought for
by scientists and mechanics for years.
The process has been accidentally dis
covered, and tests of the copper thus
treated have shown most remarkable
strength and wearing qualities. 1t will
be especially valuable for use in the
bearings and commutators of dynamo
machines, and also for the journals Of
locomotives and cars. An establishment
In Pennsylvania is now placing the metal
on the market.--Exchange
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-25

ON THE PlEh IN THE STORM AT ATLANTIC
CITY.
various buildings on one part of the
beach from the heavy breakers were
washed from their places, and tossed
about, and finally used as batterine
rams by the angry waters to wreck the
very structures which they had been
made to protect.
The race track at BRIGHTON was sub
merged, and stable containing 800 fine
horses was washed from its foundations
and went floating about with its living
freight until one daring fellow reached
its door, partly by swimming and partly
by floating on wreckage, and liberated
the imprisoned animals. The water in
some places on the track was five feet
Geep, but the course could be distin-
gulshed by the red and white flags along
its edge, which had weathered the
sto m and could be seen sticking out of
the water.
A considerable part of Coney Island
has been claimed by this storm for Old
Ocean, many yards of the beach having
been cut away, and the far-off holci-
being considerably nearer the beach THAI
before the heavy blow and the great
downpour of rain Some people even go
so far as to declare that the famous re-
sOfJ mas Only very lew years before III,
and say that it will not require many
storms to G We all the property which
now gives so many hours of pleasure to
weary thousands, and which is estimated
to be worth S50,000,000, over to the
clutches Of Old Neptune.
All along the New England coast did
Old Boreas have full sway, but no where
does the damage seem to have been SO
great as in New Jersey, not only the
saastUe Iu=of.s but pr.yuLu lv.i.'n,a
and railroad corporations also suf-
fered heavily, large sections Of track in
various localities being wa5he away,
leaving the service for days in badly
demoralized condition. Sea Isle City,
Cape May, Ocean Grove, Asbury Park
and Barnegat were visited by the storm
in all its severity and the damage done
is something appalling.
The cities of New York, Brooklyn
and Jersey City also felt the storm Sc
verely, all the lower sections being
flooded, and much loss caused to mer-
chants in all three places owing to the
dImage done to stock of all kind. The
storm had its funny features too, New
York on one day being visited by
veritable "plague of rats" which had
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-25
Rnilrond Cnta.

There are eight cats on the staff OF the
Midland, England, railway. The ex-
penses connected with them are regu-
larly shown in the accounts of the com
paay. These lucky fellnes have under
thor charge, according to the season OF
the year, from one to three or four hun.
dred thousand empty corn sacks. This
holes in the sacks which are eaten h,
the rats are darned by twelve women,
who are kept constantly employsd.-Ex-
change.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-25
FENCE FASTENED WITH WIRE.

they cannot warp off. In building fence
with rails, the posts are set ten feet
apart; the rails can be "spotted" and
Tapped the same way as boards, or they
may be put on opposite sides Of the post.
Or fence wired together in this style may
be made of ordinary fence-boards, six.
teen feet long. In this case, the posts
are set fifteen feet apart from centers, to
allow for the lap of the boards at their
ends. They should be put on the posts
so as to "break joints" with each other.
-Agr iculturist.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-25
Corn Fodder as Food.

Save your corn fodder. 1t is good
food for stock, and when you feed IL you
are saving just that much nay. 1t is
the practice in some sections TO stop"
the corn. The stalk about the ear is cut
off after the corn gets its growth and
thus preserved in good shape for fodder
Exchange.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-25
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A SECURE FEEDING RACK.

their heads to reach the food which l.
placed inside. The ledge along the outer
edge retains any scattered food. The
drinking dishes are set at each end out
side of the upright boards. The hen,
are kept from getting into the food wi,
their feet, yet can reach it easily anG
withdraw their heads without danger Of
getting hung by the neck. 1t may be
very cheaply constructed by any one &c
eustomed to the use Of ools.-Agricul-
turist,
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-25
nonrfxIrnr AxD onrAP.
a House just Suitable for Rural
Dweiiers.

HHVNEsU
Dvyeilers.
Because people in rural districts do
not often patronize architects, few of
their building plans are really adapted
to their needs. Tho building shown
combines cheapness with beauty and the
conveniences of modern life. AS it is
nearly square and has only one chimney
and no expensive front hall and stairs,
1t ought to be built anywhere at from
81, 900 TO 81 800, according to tho finish.
The kitchen and pantry are of good
size the back hall gives ample room Tor
farmers necessary changes of coats,
hats, ETC., while the porch and its sink
afford a convenient place for men to wash
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-25

"It will not do to have home umpires.
That experiment has been tried too
often, and invariably resulted in more
evil than good. What is required is to
have an octet OF umpires, who shall be
subject to orders, as at present, and thus
all talk of favoritism will be reduced to
a minimum. 1t is but comparatively
short time before the playing season will
end, and, despite talk to the contrary,
our staff OF umpires will remain as con-
stituted today. At the last meeting OF
the league in the spring a suggestion
from me for a fifth umpire was agreed
to, and at once Knight was chosen for
the position. BY the way, we have a
little taste of civil service reform, so far
as promotion Is concerned In the national
league. Umpire Curry was the fifth UNI
pire at one lime, but when q vacancy oc-
Cured he was put in as regular at
81 500 per season and expenses.
''The other features which think the
game requires Is that foul tips shall be
counted as strikes. In many instances
some of the prettiest plays In the game
are spoiled by the rule now in vogue,
and there Is no valid reason why a
catcher should be deprived of credit for
o clever piece of work by not allowing
foul tips to count anything when he is
dose up behind the bat"
Joe McAuliffe and Pat Killen have
fought before the California athletic club
at San Francisco. and the former has
proved himself the best man. 1t took
only seven rounds, but Killen's friends
claimed the Knockout below was foul
but the referee would not allow the claim
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-10-25

I'D scarce suggests the brawny appear
tnce which his arms present in the
hotos of the oarsman in rowing cos.
ume. Where Searle gets his wonderful
-cull-propelling power from is a mystery
ianlan ascribe5 it to a remarkable
trength of the thighs. Searle wont
Iiscuss it, and when asked about it las,
aI! he remarked laughingly: "Oh. I've
sOt new movement that the Other
are not onto yet"
William J. O'Connor was born at To
ronto, Canada, in 1864. His greatest
achievement was defeating John Teemcr
"a5Ah 4, L y. O., on -OI. -, lasr,
OF champion rover of America. AS ar
amateur. O'Cornor, with Enright as
ldrtner won many single and doubh'
Gull races in 1884. In 1855 he became
Professional, and since then has won
fifteen races. Hanlan was the man who
developed O'Connor's rowing abilities.
LAS far as have been able to Judge
oy personal inspection" says President
Young, 1.-TWO changes would be advise
be in the national game and it is very
likely that they will be brought before
the league at It's annual meeting in No
cember First and foremost there is NO
doubt in my mind that the patrons Of
no game would be better pleased wt,h
wo umpires than one, and the expert
ence of this season has demonstrated
This fact to my entire satisfaction, no
that there is any objection to the staff o.
league umpires as it exists today as far
as the officials of the league are con
cerned, for we think our selections for
these trying places have all endeavored
to do their duty conscientiously and
without favor to home or visiting clubs
as often alleged. But there is demand
for two umpires, which cannot be- ig
nored, and for my part l shall favor eighr
good men being chosen for these places
next year.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-22
Wool Markets.

PHILADELPHIA-The wool market was finn
at unchanged quotations.
ST. LoUIs-Receipts, 239,5l9 pounds; market
quiet and steady.
New YoRK-Wool fairly active and firm:
domestic feeces, 32G3Sc; pulled, 3S@39c;
Texas, 4@2Sc.
BosToN-There hos been quite an active de-
mand for wool Prices remain very firm and are
higher. The transactions of the week amount
to 4.795,000 pounds, of all kinds, of which q
96I, 900 were of domestic grades. Prices are
higher on domestic wool owing to active move
ments and advancing markets at the West.
The principal sales have been of new Texas. of
which there have been sales of CSC. 900 pounds
at prices ranging from zoe to 26c for fine and
medium, but principally from &c to 24c.
Spring California wool has been fairly
active with sales of 3060O0 pounds at 16@23c.
Oregon wool was quiet, but the only important
sale being one of 20, 600 pounds of choice new
Eastern at 25c. Georgia wool was firm, selling
at 30c. In Kentucky, Indiana and Missouri
clothing woods have been sales at % to BIC: as
to quality Western unwashed and merchant
able tieeces sold at 80 to 33c for choice medium
fat shoep with other sales Mt % to &c. and fine
at % to Sc Fine washed deeces were dull and
nominal small lot of new Michigan No.
cOmbing sold at 40c. In pulled woods there
have been sales of 425,000 pounds including
super at 80 to &c and extra at 25 to 30c. Aus
traIian wool was active and firm, and sales are
reported of ], ,o05 900 pounds in the range of 81
to 40c. Monte Video sold at 2S15 to 2914c.
Carpet woods are fiyn, with an improving
demand.