CHAS. R.
LIFE ON A
TRANSPORT
fesse Underwood Writes Another
lateresting Letter.
SUEZ CANAL
THE FAMOUS
ption of Some 0 d And Interesting Cities
Her
Interesting Sights and Pecu
vesct
Royally Entertained by Majesty's
Troops
Incidents Along the Route to Manila
af
About a month ago an inte
ication was received from
wd, a Bellefonte boy who i
er of Co. D, 47t }. 8: 1.,
York on the Transport Thomas, for
The last letter was upon their
val at Malta, in the Mediterranean
ear Italy. From that point this
tter takes up the course of their trip
A cablegram from Manila announced
of this Transport at Manila,
» town There were
rd house, and they only pul
could not walk Every English sol.
w would meet sted upon dri
your you
health, and if
fered it an
would not let us
‘oglish think we wi
» world Gibraltar, but
Lar is origina
built
r forts did not
f Malta
It was
ADTR
have to be I'he entire city
isa fort and it is all undermined
started ong before America was discov.
ered ; has little narrow streets, and a
where a hundred
It
speak a
mixture of every nationality and it takes
learn it
thousand people live
Americans could not get their breath.
is inhabited Maltese who
by
years to They resemble the
Italians, are dark gomplected and very
The women put their hair
up with a stiletto, and fasten their belt
with one, You dare not smile at one, or
scowl at another, or you endanger your
life, There are more Eoglish soldiers
there than anything else,
treacherous,
the buildings. Most of them are certain.
ly historic, and the palaces are magnifi-
cent, The bands on every war ship
played “The Star Spangled Banner’ as
I don't know |
how to begin to tell you about some of |
KURT.” .d. and Prop.
| we passed out the harbor, and ours play
ed “God Save the Queen,” with three
cheers at the end by us. Our outfit is in
the best of health, only one man on board
who is sick enough to be in the hospital.
Nov. 24.—We
from Malta aud the
| d coun
are twenty-four hours
ea is heavy and it
1s still co a coat when on
igh washing
ing about all
mount have
We
to match the rest of our outfit
guard in’ them,
hats
are the shape of a policemans, only
they
not
ow,
and vel
SO die rs
arc
on board
Of
our ieliows
at Malta
ch had a
An amusing ened
eit
scene hap
before we X
the
boat in tow and the guard ef
drunks in
Thanksgiving and
first sin :
bad
potatoes,
was about the r we starte
linuer we turkey, cranber:
dressing, bread
mashed i
y, with pears and oianges for de
the pile of
to feed thirteen hundred
You can imagine turkeys it
would take
men
them up, and every man was to
stil he had enough outse there
were a few hogs. You people hav
Thanksgiving tomorron, we are a day
ahead of your time, and a i six months
ahead of you in weather It certainly is
warm here and it is not
a8 warm as it
will be We are about twenty degrees
north of the equator now, and in two
weeks we will be below five degrees, and
The
trousers
then down in the bottom of a ship
only clothes we wear is out
About nine o'clock this morning we pass.
ed Mt Sioal and any person who knows
anything about the Bible knows what
happened at that place. | know more
about the Bible now than I ever did, for
{right around here 1s where it was com |
| pled,
Dre. 3: We are about ball way across
the Arabian Sea. We passed through
| the straits this morning and intended
stopping at the town of Aden lo get water
Continued on page |
:
BELLEFONTE, PA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1900.
IMPORTANT
TO ADVERTISERS
A Few Facts for Progressive
Business Men,
CIRCULATION KEEPS GROWING
Democrat 1s not Troubled wil
" A Newsy sper that
{ Word to Some of
Lentre
the Deadly Dr R
is Appreciated —A Kir
mocral
cvyens
of the
day mw
count
any date they chos walch the mail
ing department and see how many are
sent lo regular patrons each week
through the malls, or inspect the sub
scription accounts
ing
line
Further, any lead
merchant who will favor us in this
will be paid handsomely for his
time and be royally entertained
here, and all that will be asked of him
is to tell the truth. Who will volunteer?
We think it 1s in place for us to put
i
to chame some promisent individuals in |
| this community who have endeavored in
various ways to cast imputation upon
our circulation statements and try to dis.
credit the extent of this paper's standing.
while |
We declare that The Centre Demo-
crat bas a larger circulation by hundreds,
other
apy Democratic
than
entre county. ve declare that
ore subscriber any and
than any
are that
.-
ENORMOUS SHIPMENT
2
which
I'l hit v4 } ) et
Peter M er : i body
Mr. Mei
noved a pl
bullet fell
was
er's under
that
into the
found in changis
garments, they aster
was on hus back,
bed The ball
the upper end
Mr
the heart and came out on
was slightly fattened at
It went clear through
Meitzler's body It entered above
the leit side
pear the lower ribs
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Silk Mil Notes
There are now 210 hands employed
in the silk mill, and 128 looms in opera.
tion,
Right more looms were receivea to.
| day and will be put in operation at once,
The daily output now is 1400 yards of
silk, and shipments are made three
times a week. Lock Haven Express,
-
The wouldbe poet generally starts
out with verses and vp with reverses,
STALWARTS AND
INDEPENDENTS
No Signs of a Compromise Among
Republicans
BATTLE FOR LEGISLATURE
An Es 1! Effor be Made
dent. RB
ndent Keg
nly Organizat
Fel
eral ON
Aged Couple
Raftsman's Journa
S58, Mr, and Mrs
anion township
tn
Joseph
celebrated
the 62d anniversary of their marriage
Sixty vears of married life the diamond
wedding —are considered very rare, but
this old couple has now lived
beyond that, Mr. Sch is now
years of age and Mrs, Schofield is 8g
Both are in the enjoyment good
health There were present on this oc.
cassion four of their children, five grand
children and ten great grandchildren.
» - .
Donated the Land
Hon. A. C. Hopkins, of Lock Haven,
and John Dullols, of DuBois, bave
| donated thirty.one acres of land, situated
| between Falls Creek and Datiols as a
| site for the new shops of the Buffalo,
Rochester and Pittsburg railroad. The
| railroad company will expend about
| $300,000 in the erection of the shops and
600 men will be given enploy ment.
two years
field
Ke
of
VOL. 22, NO. 2.
FACT, FUN AXD FANCY
Bright Sparkling Parsgraphs—Selected and
Original
ippy Arrangement
Broke Her Thigh
Mary
Horner,
wm Monday of last week,
the bome of her son George
te
M1
Horner, widow of the ia
unforiunate
while
met with an
accident
Visiting at
Horner, tenant on the Hoffer farm, on
mountain, She was
from the house when she
slipped and fell, breaking her thigh:
Mrs. Horner is aged aboul seventy years,
and it is hoped her great age will not im-
pede a full recovery from the injury .—Re-
porter
the top of Nittany
walking out
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Coal Operation.
Kelley Rrothers, of Snow Shoe, hav
| purchased the interest of W. B. Carley,
in the Mt. Carmel Coal Mining Co. a
| Karthaus, the other interest
[by 8. K. Emerick, of that
pew firm will also control 300,
| jogs and 20 rafts of timber this