TEE wcm_ m YEARS. OVR BECEXT STORM AXD THE WRECKS IT WJtOCCItr, Mi© Loss to Property and Life Very Great—Tloiv It Appear* Wlien Con tracted with the Uliizurd—i Our Coa-it Line Resul£!•*; from the Waters' Fury. Again has tho "oldest Inhabitant" keen given a chanco to trlk, which ho Hasn't had much oppoi unity of doing ilnce tho memorable b1.^... .1 or lust fear. Truo, tho grout storm just passed tamo at a different season of tho year !rom tho blizzard and was of a different iharacler, but tho dest ruction it wrought was parhaps far greater than that occu lioned by the blizzard. It uus confined inainly to tho eastern coast regions, and property all along its path felt.its effects lo a greater or loss extent. AH the noted seaside resort i, particu larly Atlantic City, Long Branch and donoy Island, suhorod heavily, tho for ner being cut off for three days from tho mainland by six miles of water; and instead of being the "city by tho 60a," .tWas really a "city in the sea." During ;he time tho oity was thus cut off the food and water both ran short, and this, taken togethor with tho fact that ihe dwellers in tho famous resort mo nentarlly expoetod to find death In the surging wators, will make this storm of September, 1889, ono to bo remembered i.nd talked about for many years to somo. Aftor a threo days' reign of torror, in which the storm threatened to blot At lantic City from the map, after visiting upon its imprisoned thousands all tho horrors of starvation, the destructive Uorthoastor ceased, tho waters in some iegrees subsided, and the people were tblo to estimate damages. The storm had shorn tho resort of i 1 greatest pride, tho board walk, and bat tered the beach, its chief attrac tion, out of all shapeliness. But READING RAILROAD DIitDGE ACROSS TH MARSHES AT ATLANTIC CITY. tile people aro full of hope and spirit and already promise that all those damages will be repaired in time to ma ,e Atlanti City as attraotivo us over for. next sea son. Sweeping away every splinter of th great substantial board walk that ui From the inlet to below the fo >. of Ocean avenue, a distance of near .vo mile.-, the waves stormed up at v:u..mt plaee against hotels and cottage-, lling th. bv " ' r<• '; pic - ■ ' . •• incites to eighioeu leet in d >th. '1!. foot of Massachusetts avenue seems to have been the point wi •• ho fullest fury of tho storm was . jd. Such a battering was the .uci Leliuc house horn subjected to i lial i s eurvlva Is a marvel. The highest maximum v. locity at tained by the wind at Atlantic City from 10 o'clock p. m. of tho lltli to 7 o'clock a. in. of the 12th of March. ' 8, was miles, blowing from north we t. Fro V o'clock a. ni. of the 12tli w>3o'oloc! {). m. of the same day the maximum ve ocity was GO miles. From II o'clock p tn. of the 12th to 10 o'clock p. n. of th • Came day the maximum velocity was < miles. The extreme velocity during the blizzard was 82 miles during one minul , which occurred on the 12iii of Mar h. The extreme velocity for one minute during this storm was 100 miles. 1: Shows a big contrast, tYs ■ tonn, a against that of March, l-v.s. All communication with the city botl, By rail and telegraph was cut off, some Of the trains which attempt-; to read, fcho submerged city being at a.loned in the midst of tho waters w..ch covered the tracks for miles. For three days tho ocean beat madly t tho Sandy Ilook penin uln. opposite Che foot of the Highlands of .'avesiuk, until it succeedod in reopening a pio-- jago In the Shrewsbury river hat lia Been closed since the days of iho E vo lution. This Inlet was gradually widened And deepened and another new inlet cut between sea and river a mil- north of Highland Beaoh. Two islands wore thus formed of the old penin ;ula. A Soabrlght, Low Moor, Monmouth Beach snd Highland Be ich the waves tore out bulkheads, carried away the beautiful lawns which woro the prid" of summer residents, and toppled beautiful cottage into tho boiling surf, where .hey wore Quickly shivered to atoms. At Loug Branch tho fearful storm o Che winter of 1885, which carried away s largo part of the shore and frightened the people into building a break wale, has been the red-letter event tha marked the titpe from which •• erythiug COTTAGES WASHED FROM ATLANTIC CITT. •also was dated, much as sou - '-nor-- re fer everything to "before war or •'after the war," and Chit --oans iix time by their great fire. On he ISrst days of this storm the water washed away bath houses and pavilion - and left the beach on which beauty and fashiou erstwhile disported a s<u wi- k and desolation. Then the s.ives cut huge gaps all the way from Klberon to Forth Long Branch in tin- l.lulf 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 to nue. In other places the great ov-u hanging bank, notably in front of th • United States hotel, has been so badl under (nined and broken that at the next as sault it may fall to its ba. already "swilled by the wild and wasteful ocean." Groat bowlders weighing several tons and huge fragmonts of masonry torn from the sea walls wero tossed about in tho ocean like wooden playthings. Im aenso log piles wero picked up and tshed against tho bulkhead- like bat tering rams. The surf broke >ver the ocean pier more than mid war toil" {Store, retreating and sheltered at tm, point, only to roll out, re-form and thunder against the bluff further south, Tho storm struck Coney Island with all Its force, and where but a few wooke ago New York's and Brooklyn's thou sands bathod, rode, rambled, feasted and drank In the melodious strains ol Gllmore's splendid band at Manhattan, or of Soidl's classic orchestra at Brighton, only the sullen wators moan remorsefully over a scene of awful huvoo. Buildings which had been considered so far in shore as to be beyond tho reach of breakers raised by the heaviest storm are gone, in some cases not a vos tige being loft to tell where they once stood. Music stands, bathing pavilions, and oven parts of the magnillcont hotels nearest tho boach were carried away. Tho 500-pound sand bags and the great pieces of masonry used to protect the ON TriE TIER IN THE STORM AT ATLANTIC , CITY. various buildings on ono part of the beach from tho heavy breakers were washed from their places, and tossed about, and finally used as battering rams by the angry waters to wreck the very structures which thoy had been made to protect. • Tho raco track at Brlcrhton was sub merged, and a stable containing 300 lino horses was washed from Us foundations and went floating about with its living freight until ono daring fellow reached its door, portly by swimming and partly by floating on wreckage, and liberated tho imprisoned animals. The water in some places on the track was five feet deep, but the course could be distin guished by tho red and white flags along its edge, which had weathered the sto.m and could bo seen sticking out of the water. A considerable part of Coney Islnnd has been claimed by this storm for Old Ocean, many yards of the beach having been cut away, and the far-off hotel-- being considerably nearortho beach thai be lore the heavy blow and the (treat downpour of rain Some people even go so far as to declare that the famous re sort has only a very fow years before it, and say that it will not require many storms to g vo all the properly which now gives so many hours of pleasure to weary thousands, and which is estimated to be worth $.10,000,000, over to the ciutehos of Old Neptune. All along the Now England coast did Old Boreas have full sway, but no where does the damage seem to have been so front n, in New Jersey, not onlv the r'ii.iue ,ucor..o but pr.vai.ii i u > a and railroad corporations also suf fered heavily, largo sections of track in various localities being wa-ho d away, leaving tho servico for days in a badly demoralized condition. Sea isle City, Capo May, Ocean Grove, Asbury Park and Baruegat were visited by the storm in all its sovoritv and tho damago done is something appalling. Tho cities of New York, Brooklyn and Jersey Cily also felt the storm se verely, ail tho lower sections being flooded, and much loss caused to mer chants in all three places owing to tlie d image done to stock of all kind. The stonu had its funny features too, New York on one day boing visited by a veritable "plaguo of rats," which had WKECK OF BATHING PAVILION AT MAN HATTAN BEACH, CoNEV ISLAND. been driven from their dwellings along tho wharves and in sowers by the phonomonal high tide, tho waters having reached to a hoight highct than in fifty years. All through the streets in the lower section, the squealing animals rushed, pursued by many a "email boy" and his dog, as well as many boys o larger growth, nr.d the amusement that it afforded proved quite a relief, coming as it did In the midst oi the fury of tho elements, Many lives were lost in various places owing to tho storm's mad fury, hut fatal ities 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 household as a result. The loss to property cannot bo estima ted, but It will take many millions to re pair the damage caused by the > toriu king, Atlantic City alone suffering to i lie extent of $200,00(1, while tho losses at. Coney Island will aggregate f .lly u large an amount, and perhaps will even exceed It. Now that the waters have receded, it is found that the contour of the coasi has been so changed that all existing mariners' charts of this coast have been made ob-olete. and a topography not yet set down on any map Is presented to our gaze. Not only has the ocean encroached from four to live feet on the shore, but along stretches miles in lengths has been drawn a Jagged zigzag line wbor the shore before was siraiglit, aud ihr> and inlets have been cut a! various points in the lowland, and at others pro jecting point - have been lopped oil't > to run liuuss of rigid struigh'.ncss wheie bank or shelving beach had before pre sented only u series of bold curves. Nor was the storm confined to the coast alone, but on tho broad bosom ol the ocean vessels were tossed about like oockle-sholls and for days little scorned to the terror stricken passengers to be between theiu and death, aud many tale; have already been told end many more will bo told for years to co ne of Iho tec. rors experienced during the awful wat of the elements. The storm has passed away, but iti work will remain, even when ail memorj of lis terrors has faded and its ravuget have boon repaired so far as may be lj the reconsti notion of houses and road and ships freighted with fullness of net life. OUR YOUNG FOLKS, PVBBY AND THE POPPIEB* Popplon red, and pink, and white, In my grandma'a garden beds, •Gainst the green you look so brightl How you danco and nod your beadflk Little kittle, ball of fuzz. (Brightest eyes I over aawl) If you try to make him buzz, That old boo will ating your paw. You're a lazy pussy cat, Watching poppies bow and away; Breezes make them bend liko that, They don't do It for your play. Only spo bow fust I sew! Grandma h lid to pieco this square; It's no time to play, yon kuow. Till you've done your work all fair. You should go and catch tho mice In my grandpa's corn and meal. If you take ray good advice, Only think how proud you'll feeL There's my gr.tudina calling inol Oh, wha over shall I do? For my Hoam's not done, you nee, Here I've sat and soolded you. —Youth's Companion. THETIS. Little mother-cat, Thetis, sat upon the wood-shod loft, wondering if, alior ull, sho had chosen tho best place for her littio ones, those six wee kittens curled up on a rug near by. Surely there was groat noise und confusion below, she thought. The woodshod was usually dark and still, and only her master came and went with a kind word for her, and a query for tho babies' welfare. 4 'Will those noisy children over go?" said she, anxiously peering over the edge of tho loft. 44 1 want* to go down for my dinner, but I dure not leave ray children alone." Just th n the old loft shook and creaked with the motion of a swing hung to a rafter, in which two of th children wore riding at once, and merry voices waked all tho drowsy spiders in ail tho dusty corners. "Dear me," thought tho littio mother, "this place isn't safe; I must move to morrow. What can master bo about to let those children come here?" Sho crept back to the rug, just to as sure herself that the babies were ail safe, and to give them a little motherly lick. But all the wee, blind kittens woko up at once an I began to cry, so that the little mother was much more unxlous than bofore. "Hush, my dears," said she; "d > try to go to sleep ngain Some one may come up hero if you cry so loud." Just then the children below cried out, "Kittens! kittens! grandpa! i hear them. Come and hunt for Thetis' ki tens." Alother Thetis listened with growing fear. Who might the grandpa bo? Bonn" strange creature oven more dangerou • than the children, perhaps. But there was no help for it; they were surely climbing the ladder. It was no uso to try to "move" then because she could carry only one kitten at a time, and the others might meet with misfortune in her absence. And it crossed her mind, mistily, that once fosp in en absence her little fnmih I hvvmuieu iroai hvo o wo. the ladder came a ourly he:. then another, and a oaby girl in gran . pa's arms. "Then grandpa must be another na:n< for master, and I am suro he won't hm us," said Thetis to her babies, trying i< sit up in front of thom as if sho wet alone. But, nevertheless, all the wee kitten u-.-ro discovered, and handed about, t,< the groat distress of the little mother. At last the children clambered do r and ran away, uud the echoes aud tie dusty spiders all went to sleep again. Thetis waited anxiously till nightfall watching the little window panes aloft till she could see them no longei. and then, under cover of the dark, began to "move." Sho picked up one baby in her mout i, so tenderly it did not wake even, •• nd carried it carefully all the way to the woodpile. She trotted fast along the pa r, brushed by the dewy grass as sho won;, and laid tho wet kitten on a nest of chip under some logs piled crosswise. To and fro sho trotted briskly six times, till all tho little damp kitteic wore in their now home, and her cares wee happily ended. For several days mother Thetis kept house undor the woodpilo, quite undis turbed. But tho children found her out at last, and, strange to say, grandp aiok four babies away and forgot to bring them back, and Thetis was > • much occupied by moving again, .-i, forgot them, too. Another leng journey by night, and the two little travelers woro safo on, more, hidden under a big burdock leu, in the turnip field. Hero they lived for nearly a wool., when one day Peter, the farm ban 1 pulled up tho big weed and told every body whore the kittens were, and every body came to see. They were so plump, and sat up among the turnip tops looking so wisely out o? their new, blue eyes, tho children cams oftenor than ever to see them, and Mother Thetis was obliged to move once more. A journoy to the haymow was made, only to make another move necessary when the hay was put in. Thetis grew so troubled at last that she couldn't remombor how many babies thoro were, and often went back for a third when tho two were safo in a now place. Sho used to forget sometimes where she had moved to last, and had to sit and think and think before she remem bered. Even then she was often mistaken, and visited some of the empty nests be fore she arrived finally at the right one. After a time she couldn't keep tho ba bies at homo and hidden, with all iter care, for they likod to tumble about and run far away, and frighten the poor anx ious mother thoroughly before they scampered back again. They would not stay at home, oven, in tho soft, groop, curly parsley bed, where their mother had at last taken them for their health and safety. But no harm ever eumn to them, and when they had grown up, they used to climb up into the old woodshed loft, and wako the little mother cut out of her nap to hoar the story of their travels when they were babies, and the old ioft, their first home.—Youth's Companion. Railroad Cats. There ore eight cats on tho staff of the Midland, England, railway. The ex penses connected with them are regu larly shown in the accounts of the com pany. These lucky felines have under tiioir charge, according to the season oj tho year, from one to throe or four hun dred thousand empty corn sacks. Tlif holes in the sacks which are eaten hj the rats are darned by twelve womeii, who A co kept constantly employed.—Ex change. THE FARMER'S CORNER A DISCUSSION OF IDE MERITS OJ SWEET AND SOUR CREAM. Wliere They Differ—Tne Trouble It (Succeeding With Sweet Cream Dul. tor— Sour Creana Oenerally Sup posed to Make the Most Butter. The Temperature fot Churning. In a letter from a correspondent he asks, ilrst, does sour cream make more butter than sweet cream? Does soul cream make better butter than bw< "t eroam? In answer to the first question we would say that it is generally sup posed that sour cream makes the mosl butter, but it would puzzle anybody to tell why. Certainly souring siloes not add to the richness of the cream. The answer to tho second questiou depends upon the taste of tho consumer. Wo like butter made from sour cream the best, but others do not. One of onr best dairy writers rather favors sweet cream butter. He says that it needs no proof when it is said that ocldity is one of the processes of docay, though decay is not necessarily immediate, and that souring cannot create a better flavor than tho natural one, though tho consumer by habit may have come to acquire the preference for an artificial llavor in butter, just as one often prefers fruit pickled to give it a smarl, acrid taste or llavor. The great difficulty In succeeding with sweet cream butter will, as a rule, be found in imperfect churning, resulting from churning at the sumo temperature used with sour croam, so as to make tho one come as soon as the other. This high temperature curdles tho caseino and causes it to adhere to the butter, instead of being mado independent of it. The butter thus charged with caseino gives it a light color, prevents solidity and does not give sufficient time :i. churning to bring the smaller butter globules into adhesion with the larger ones, and they go off in the buttermilk, making a double loss, for the butter i weighed down with undesirable casein . and tho buttermilk is rich in buttei globules. If churned at GG degrees it would have taken a longer time, it i true, to bring tho butter, but natural ad- Uesion would have unitod the buttoi g'.obulos, aud the lower temperature would have held the uniting of the oaseino and fats in cheok, and a perfect separation without loss would have re sulted. Anothor serious dofect in the usual course pursued with sweet crearu is to mingle creams of different ages or skim mings under the impression.timt tliey are alike unehangod, but when together ea<'h will have its own period of granula tion, and to churn all overchurns Ihe oldest and in this way defective bullet must result. When the amount of cream at each skimming is sufficient for churn ing a uniform butter ca be ntado, bul only under raro circumstances with lix tures.—Western Rural. Feeding Hack for Fowls. The accompanying illustration is of a device for protecting the food and watei of fowls from dirt and waste. The base is e board or clank * feet lone and 1 feet tnuV. An t i-aU bul..'. . foot squuro is ilimly nailed crosswise, i inches from each end. Thin boards . inches wide are nailed all around tin edge. Three strips one inclt square an 3 feet long are nailed o the top of tin vertical boards, one at each upper coi - ner, and tho third midway between. 0 each side a series of vertical slat- ' inches apart extend front the botton board to the outer strip. These make c rack through which tho fowls can cxteu A KECUBE FEEDING BACK, their heads to roach tho food which i placod inside. The ledge along tho outer edge rotains any .scattered food. Tin drinking dishes are set at each end out side of tho upright boards. The lien are kept from getting into the food with their feet, yet can reach it easily and withdraw their heads without danger oi getting hung by tho neck. It may be very cheaply constructed by any one ac customed to tho use of tools.—Agricul turist. A Good Fence-Fantener. A good, yet cheap fence, one that wih "stay" and still be of easy construction is shown in the illustration. The spe cial advantage of this fence is that it mat be made either of boards or rails, which need no nailing to tho posts, but are wired on. Tho posts aro set so that the ends of tho boards or rails aro lapped across them. A No. 9 wire is cut long enough to wrap four times around each post. The wire is first stapled to the Bide of tho post noar the top, is crossed in front of the boards, then back of, and again around the post, a staple being driven in at each point whero tho wire crosses the point under the first staple. Tho boards aro then drawn snuglv against the posts, by driving in a ten penny wire nail close to the wire, and just above the upper edge of tho 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 tho wire and draws it close to the posts, holding tho boa ds or rail* solid. Ttiere is no danger of splitting tho ends of tho boards by nailing, aud FENCE FASTENED WITH WIBE, they cannot warp off. In building fence with rails, the posts aro set ten feet apart; the rails can be "spotted" and lapped the same way as boards, or they mny be put on opposite sides of the post. Or fence wired together in this style may bo 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 bo put on the posts so as to "break joints" with each other. —Agriculturist. Corn Fodder mm Food. Save your corn fodder. It Is good food for slock, and when you feed it you are saving just that much hay. It is the practice in somo sections to "top" the com. The stalk about the ear Is cut off after the corn gets its growth and thus preserved In good shape for fodder. —Exchange. VaxrrisiKßT A\n cheap. A Ylouhu Junt SiiiUble Tor Iliiral Dwfllrg, Because people in rural districts do not often patronize architects, low of their building plans are really 'adapted to thel- needs. The building shown combines chenpne ,s th beauty and the conveniences of in' dein life. As it is nearly souarn and has only on" chimney amino expeimlv front ball and stairs, it ought to be built anywhere at from SI,OOO to $1,500, according to tho linisa. The kitchen and pantry are of g<l size; tho back hall givesaiuplo room lor a farmer's no changes of coat -. hats, etc., while the porch and its sink afford a convenient place for men to wash ( T.IU ) | A--© - Im|£l ! V * © / © 111 Kite Ken f HiO't- bfrj "k*" I IL ' I U XV /maßtamam —i —■ LOWER FLOOR, and await meals without being in iln. women's way. By entering tli cellar from the hall tho expense ami increa-ed danger from frost of an outside cellar way aro saved. As shown by the dotted line, the ceil ing of the hall next the kilchon Is only' seven feet in hight, so as to permit ike kitchen stove-pipe to enter the chimney above it. The vestibule In front is large enough fora hat-ioekaud umbrella stand am! is lighted by a glass door. The stair door might also have a circle of gla-s in it, and should open on top of the ilrst ■step so as to indicate its character to a d ranger. Where nut coal can bo cheaply pro cured tlio chimney proper may com nce seven feet six inehos from the Irst iloor and the coal bo conducted by a Hide from a bin in the attic into the base of the chimney, beneath the Hue. where if tho inner shell lias openings, ami the outer, small doors, it is always convenient for each stove. The kitchen ide of tho house can ofttimes be backed against a bill-side where a light, tem porary bridge affords easy means of lid Tng tho bin. Upstairs all tho bedrooms have closets ; trxir j fK/i jjj A l*4 ; Bel R.tern , , txn jv H irnic tL / r—.': UPPER FLOOR. thore is one in the hall for extra beddin uud the bath room is convenient towels, soap, etc. The attic stairs sin-' about two feet from the Iloor. The hr.! bathroom and two smaller bedroom- a heated by registers In the kitchen co :• ing. Tho family and spare bedroom have access to the chimney. If stow are closed when not in use, the pipe from all may enter one llue. Two tank or eisterns in the attic, filled by pipe placed in the angles of the double rook can supply water for the bathroom. •' pipo entering tho chimney and returnin; to ono of the tanks would give a choit. of cold or warm water. Tho kitchen, hall, etc , of this hous< could be built first and tho most cost b front portion could be added afterward —Agriculturist. I'orllere In a rteaslde Cottage. Ilero'is an idea for a portiere in a sea side cottage, which may bo utilized by many of our readers next season. The room itself was as far from commonplace as may be imagined. Tho ceiling wn tinted a pale sea greon, the side walls taking a deeper tone. Fish nets wet" draped from friezo to flooring, and in the meshes were tangled many colored fish bought at Jnpaneso shop >. lobsters and the long ribbons oi sea mosses. Our were crossed above tho windows and doors. In tho largo doorway wa- first a curtain, hung straight, of small fish cord, woven into a network, with tho lor. netting needle. Many visits to the beach had resulted in a large collection of scollop and jingle shells—gold and sliver shells, the little people call them—and these had been porforatod and knotted in. Outside the netted curtain hung a pair of portier. r made of coffee sacking and decora!"; with rings of green plush and fringes oi shells. The effect was wonderfully pic turesque, and haß been obtained at small trouble and time.—Pall Mall Gazette. The Piazza Ruction. Build a piazza on the west side of your house? Why the west side? So you can sit and seo the sun sot. Busy people have not time to see It rise. Whothm ouo lives in city or country, the piazza in hot weather is equal to another room and the pleasautest of rooms, too. Who has greater need of a pleasant place to sit down and rest In and read after the chores are done on a hot summer night than a busy, hard-working farmer or hit wife? It will not cost much and will be a good Investment. Mako it broad and long, so there will be room for the rook ing chairs—and tho childron. After you have read the papor and gone to vout early rest tho young folks will take thoii turn. Don't forgot to owing the hammock across ono corner. Plant some hardy vines for shade. A Chlnose wisteria planted now will, In the years to come, be a "thing of beauty," and not only cover the sides but will clamber over the roof If allowed to. A hardy climber is like a child. It must bo trained, guldod is a better word, when young or you can do nothing with it. DlMCOvery of a Isost Art. Tempering of copper is one of the lost arts, which has been actively Bought for bybclentists 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. It will bo especially valuable for uso in the bearings and commutators of dynamo machines, und also for the journals ol locomotives and cars. An establishment In Pennsylvania Is now placing the metal on the markot. —Eichango. BE A RLE ITINS FROM O'CONNOR* Tli Toronto Oarsman Beaten hf Ten Lengths. The event now being talked of among the sporting fraternity, particularly among those of an aquatic turn, is the great rowing match on the Thames, England, between Henry E. Sairle and William .T. O'Connor, in winch the former won, his time over the four-and a-quarter luiic course being 23 minutes, ■"2 seconds. O'Connor tired very early in the race, and is said to have been overtrained. He was ten lengtht be i ind Teurlo at the finish. Henry. E. fcearle tirst became cham pion of the world in professional rowing ou July 13, 1888. On that day ho sculled against Htansberg over the Paramatta course of three miles. Searie, at the Clarence ltiver Aquatic carnival in Janu ary, 1888, beat C. Neilcon, and llearn, t lie champion of Now Zealand. After beating Wolf, Searie iinally rowed his groat race against Stansberg, in which ho beat all records. The next nest record to it was that made by Touch of 20 minutes 29 seconds, wuen he beat Hanlan in 1884. Searie is 5 feet 10 inches in height; his chest measurement is 41 1-2 inches, and his rowing weight 100 pounds. Searie is a tall, slender blond, with a fair, rosy comploxion and an incipient blond mustache. Dressed in civilians olothos he appears exceedingly spare in build, and does not impress one as a great sculler. His arms are long and smalt, and ho takes evident pleasure in permitting people to feel of them and confound thorn by their comparative softness. Ed Hanlan, the ex-champion, •ays Sear.e'saim is as soft as a woman's HENRY E. BEARLE. nrl senrce suggests the brawny appoav . uce which his arms present in the hotos of the oarsman in rowing cos uuie Where Kearle gets his wonderful cull-propelling power from is a mystery, ■ianlan ascribes it to a remarkable -t length of the thighs. Searle won't INcurs it, and when asked about it las: ail he remarked laughingly: "Oh. I've col a new movement that the other are nut 'onto' yet." William J. O'Connor was born at To ronto, Canada, in 18G4. His greatest achievement was defeating John Teermv :.! a- ' D.C.. OU Nov. i or champion rower of America. As ur. amateur, O'Connor, with Enright as ai nner, won many single and double cull races in 1884. In 1885 he became u • rofessional, and sinco then has won ifteen races, llanian was the man who icveloped O'Connor's rowing abilities. "As far as I have beefi able to judge oy personal inspection," says President Voting, "two changes would be ndvisc.- lile in the national game, aud it is very i.kely that they will bo brought before ho league at its annual meetiug in No vember. First and foremost there is no doubt in my mind that the patrons of ;ho game would be better pleased wV. h wo umpires than one, ahd the experi ence of this season has demonstrated this fact to my entire satisfaction.no that there is any objection to the staff of leaguo umpires as it exists today as fat as tho ofllcinls of the leaguo are con earned, for wo think our selections for these trying places have all endeavored to do their duty conscientiously and without favor to homo or visiting clubs as often alleged. But there Is a demand for two umpiros, which cannot be ig nored, and for my part I shall favor eigli good men being chosen for those place s next year. \ \ WILLIAM J. O'CONNOR. "It will not do to have home umpire-. 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 bo reduced to a minimum. It is but a comparatively short time before the playing season will end, and, despite talk to the contrary, our staff or umpires will remain as con stituted itoday. At the last meeting of the lcaguo iu 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 promot ion is concerned iu the national league. Umpire Curry was the fifth um pire at one "ime, but when a vacancy oc curred he was put in as a regular at $1,500 per season and expenses. "The other features which I think the game requires is that foul tips shall be oounted as strikes. In many instances some of the prettiest plays In tbo game are spoiled by the rule now in voguo, and there Is" no valid reason why a eatcher should be deprived of credit for a clever piece of work by not allowing foul tips to oount anything when he is tfoso 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. It took only seven rounds, but Klllen's friends olaiinod the knock-out below was a foul, but the referee would not allow the claim.
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