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FAY-FOLK.
> nights I try to keep awake
To see how fairies really lock;
(You have to watch so sharp and still—
So says my mamma’s Fairy-Book!)
I squint my eyes a tiny ways
And then I see them, one by one,
lome trooping in from fairyland
With funny little hop and run.
They nod and whi sper to themselves=
Then scamper off across the floor
Ag if they'd never, never seen
A little boy like me before!
But if you ask me how they look,
Somehow I cannot seem to_tell;
For pretty soon they've slipped away;
And then—I hear the breakfast bell!
—Laura Simondson, in Lippincott’s.
——eeeeen.
IMPRISONED BY LAVA
on SR
By ALBERT W. TOLMAN.
N 1854 the brig-of-war Eu-
docia, apt. Henker
3 T.ambe, was sent on an ex-
ploring expedition 10 the
Antarctic Ocean to deter-
june certain points of the Southern
Continent, the most cheerless and in-
hospitable of all lands. The vessel
touched at Cape Town late in Novem-
ber, and a few weeks later again set
sail,
Among the brig’s compan; were two
midshipmen, Harry Furness from Bris-
tol and Richard Scoresby of Liver-
. pol, who had been together in the ser-
vice for two years, and had become
close friends.
The Eudocia sighted Kerguelen
Island, and slightly altering her course,
kept due south for several days. On
January 14 land, or rather the glaciers
that fringed it, came into view upon
the southern horizon.
The ship ran for three days along a
sheer wall of ice, from one hundred to
two hundred feet in height, through a
sea filled with floating bergs and floes.
‘Although it was the Antarctic summer,
snow-squalls were frequent and the
avind was at times piercingly cold.
On the morning of the 18th a column
of black smoke was sighted above the
jce-cliffs far to the west, rnd as the
vessel approached, this was seen 10
be issuing from an active volcano, a
strange spectacle in that land of ice
and snow.
It was decided to effect a landing, if
possible, and ascertain the height of
the peak. Upon the coast, rot far from
the base of the mountain, two ice pro-
montorics stretched cut on each side
of a natural basin, almost circular,
with an opening about a hundred
yards wide affording an entrance from
the sea. The cliff at this point was
considerably lower than elsewhere, and
black volcanic rocks and ravines were
visible along its front.
A boat was sent ahead to examine
this harbor and to make soundings;
and as a result of its report, the Eu-
docia was soon riding snugly at anchor
upon the sheltered expanse. At the
head of the little bay was a beach of
volcanic debris, with a ravine leading
up to the tableland above. Beyond.
the smoking cone of the mountain rose
over a disfigured region of blackened
jce and snow. Streams of water, melt-
ed by. the heat, were running down
the cliffs.
Furness and Scoresby were detailed
to go ashore with a boat's crew, to
make observations, examine the sur-
face of the plateau and determine the
height of the peak. The service was
one involving no little fatigue and even
a considerable degree of danger, for an
ice-field at the base of a volcanic
mountain was likely to be seamed with
crevasses and filled with hidden pit-
falls. The young officers were, how-
ever, much elated at the prospect of
exploring an unknown land.
A few strokes of the oars brought
their boat to the beach of volcanic
rock and ashes. The boys landed, tak-
ing their surveying instruments and
two of the boat’s crew. But the men
were wholly unable to keep up with the
nimble youths, so they were sent back
to the shore, whence a boat took them
off to the ship.
After a hard scramble up a steep
gorge, over black boulders and slip-
pery ice, in full sight of the Eudocia,
the boys gained the summit of the
cliffs. From this point a gradual slope
of rock and ice extended upward to the
base of the mountain, half a mile dis-
gant.
Toward this tne boys now made
their way, but with considerable dii-
ficulty. The slope that had appeared
so smooth from a distance proved, on
closer approach, to be a broken coun-
try, guttered with deep fissures and
ravines, from some of which smoke
and steam were rising. There was also
perceptible a slight tremor of the earth
and an occasional rumbling.
At last, after much labor and fa-
tigue, the two explorers reached a log,
narrow stretch of fairly level surface,
parallel to the base of the mountain.
Beyond lay a deep ravine, apparently
impassable. Here they stopped, and
made observations to ascertain the
height of the peak. A rough calcula-
tion gave its altitude as a trifie over |
four thousand feet.
By this time the long Antarctic af-
ternoon was drawing to a close, and
the boys started back toward the ves-
gel, which lay hidden from view be-
neath the edge of the cliffs. They
moved slowly. observing the configura-
tion of ihe land as they went.
Suddenly the deadened boom of a
gun from the brig came to their ears.
Its echoes had hardly died away before
there came another report, and then
another. What did it mean?
Involuntarily they gianced back at
{the mountain, and a cry o° surprise |
and alarm broke from both
of the thin, tapering column of smoke.
great clouds of pitchy blackness were
rolling up to the sky, as if some giant |
were heaping fuel on the subterranean
fires beneath. Even as they looked,
there came a series of muffled explo-
sions, and dull red fla'ues began to
flicker about the crater. The ground
beneath them trembl~d omincusly.
#Hurry ‘up, Dick!” cried’ ‘Harry.
“There's goirg to be an eruption,
sure!”
He bad hardly spoken when a tre-
mendous roa: came. The whole upper
part of the mountain disapp-ared in a
burst of fiam: cond smoke. Great:
stones Yegan to fall about them, and
deluge of fiery lava came pouring down
the sides of the peak.
The boys put down their instruments
and ran for their lives.
They reached the gorge leading to
the sea, and plunged headlong down
it. Half the distance had been cov-
ered withoat mishap when Dick, look-
ing behind, gave a cry of horror:
“Run higher up, Harry! Keep out
of the middle!”
At the head of the ravine appeared
a crest of glowing lava, which hung
for a moment on the verge, and then
darted down toward them. The boys
leaped up to the higher ground above
the middle of the gorge, still keeping
on in their rapid course. And it was
well that they did so! In fifteen sec-
onds a lava stream six feet deep was
flowing down the channel where they
had been running!
It overtook and passed them, and
swinging a little to the right to follow
the deepest part of the ravine, plunged,
hissing and steaming, into the sea
about a hundred feet from the landing-
place. At it passed the base of the
cliffs, it had swerved abruptly toward
their foot, almost touching tt, and cut-
ting off the boys’ retreat to the water.
For an instant they stood in horror,
looking at the crawling stream of
boiling lava. Then the danger of their
situation roused them to action.
“Quick, Harry!” cried Dick.
for your life! It’s only six feet broad
below there! We must jump it!”
They dashed on over the boulders to
a point farther down, where the cur-
rent of lava was narrow. Dick, with-
out pausing a moment, gave a quick
leap that landed him on the other side.
As he passed over the stream, the
intense heat seemed to scorch his
clothing.
Having heard a cry just as he
jumped, Dick looked about for Harry.
On the other side of the fiery current
he saw his friend struggling to rise
from the ground, and falling back,
Harry had twisted his ankle on a
slippery stone, and could not stand
upon his feet.
Just for an instant Dick hesitated,
uncertain what to do. Then he ran
back a short way to get a start, and
another leap carried him back over the
lava. A faint cheer from the brig came
to his ears, showing that his action was
appreciated. He- put his arm about
Harry, and half-carried, half-dragged
him back toward the foot of the cliff.
With a sudden swelling, the width
of the current increased a foot on
each side.
“0 Dick,” groaned Harry,
trouble with me! Save yourself. You
can jump it yet. Quick!” he added.
It's growing broader every minute!”
It is no shame to the memory of
Richard Scoresby to say that for a
moment the wild desire for life, the in-
stinct of self-preservation, came upon
him strongly. To remain where he
was seemed but to invite a speedy and
terrible death. He could not save his
companion. At best he could only die
helplessiy with him.
He looked at the red stream. It had
broadened to twelve feet, but it wa
not yet too late.
“Jump, Dick!” moaned Harry. ‘You
can’t telp me any more. Go, and God
bless you! Quick, before it's too late!”
“No, Harry,’ Dick said. “Here Y
stay with you. Whatever comes to
us we'll meet together.”
The next minute took away the last
possibility ef escape across:the flood.
With a sudden surge the stream broad-
ened to twenty feet, red, fierce and im-
passable.
Just behind them was a mound of
debris several feet high, whiclz had
“Run
“don’t
In place} tom or
fallen from the overhanging cliff at
this spot, leaving a space between it
and the foot of the rocks, and thus
affording some protection against the
heat of the stream in front. Dick
drew Harry behind this natural ram-
part, and they were able to breathe
more freely, for the current of cool
i v in from the sea along the
the wall. Here they awaited
{ come.
Meanwhile Captain Lambe
| the eruption 1 to
| woth anchor on e ind get
the vessel under way, saying to his
[first lieutenant, “If one of those stones
falls aboard it may send us to the bot-
explode We
of range until the erup-
Zine.
| must. get
| tion is over.”
Just tben tbe boys appeared at the
head of the ravine, and a boat was
-manted atonce to go to their rescue.
But it had barely left the, side of the
brig when the boys were encompassed,
as I have just related, and orders were
given reluctantly for the recail of the
boat. Every minute of delay in the
harbor was endangering the lives of all
on board.
© All sail was set, two boats’ crews
took a line ahead, and the Eudocia
moved out of the basin into the open
sea.
As long as the daylight lasted the
officers earnestly watched with their
glasses the two figures at the base of
the cliff, beyond the stream of lava.
After twilight came and all through
the night rockets were sent up to en-
courage them and show them that the
vessel was lying by to take them off
at the first opportunity.
That night was never forgotten by
the two young officers. Through its
long hours they lay gasping at the foot
of the cliff, saved from the falling
stones by the overhanging wall above
and shielded from the infernal stream
in front by their rampart of’ rocks.
The heat of the eruption caused a
strong wind to blow from the water,
and this undoubtedly saved .the boys’
lives, for it swept away the sulphurous
smoke and gases, and gave them oc-
casional opportunities to breathe the
fresh air.
The possibility of escape hardly en-
tered the boys’ heads. At first there
was the dread lest the stream of lava
might rise to fill the ravine; but as the
hours went by and its flow did not
materially increase, their fear was re-
placed by a dull endurance of what-
ever might be in store for them.
‘There was little sleep that night on
board the Eudocia. The two boys
were favorites, both with the officers
and the crew. All hoped for the best,
but feared the worst. As the brig lay
rolling in the heavy antarctic swell,
now and then a strong gust would
blow aside the clouds that hid the land,
and they could see the black peak
spouting its fiery fountain, and the
lava streams winding down to the sea
like dull red serpents, and entering it
with a hissing that could be heard for
miles,
The short polar night soon passed,
and as morning came every eye on the
vessel was turned toward the shore to
detect, if possible, some signs of life.
The force of the eruption, however,
was still unspent, and it was not safe
to approach very near the coast. The
brig was compelled to pass that day
cruising to and fro in anxious doubt.
Another night came, and with it a
strong wind from the morth, which
drove the smoke back upon the land,
and once more revealed the outline of
the coast. When the second morning
dawned the aspect of the shore was
changed.
The long white wall was seamed and
guttered with deep ravines, and black
streams of lava and rugged slopes of
rock showed here and there. The little
harbor in which they had lain was
gone. Scattered along the broken
coast line rose columns of hissing, roar-
ing steam, but the force of the volcano
was spent. No stones were falling
and the flow of lava had almost ceased.
Hardly daring to hope that his mid-
dies were alive, Captain Lambe drew
in again toward the shore. Suddenly
the lookout in the foretop gave a shout.
At the foot of an overhanging cliff
Richard Scoresby rose from the ground
wildly waving a short jacket. Beside
him was seen Harry Furness, striving
to rise to his feet. A cheer went up
from the brig, for it was apparent that
both boys were safe. They had spent
two nights and a day in their shelter,
and come out of the fiery ordeal un-
harmed.
How to rescue them was the next
question, for the lava stream was still
impassable. Finally a landing was
made farther along the coast and a
rescuing party with ropes succeeded
in gaining the summit of the cliffs
above the boys position and hoisted
them safely up.—Youth’s Companion.
First Typesetting Machine.
In answer to the query, How old are
typesetting machines? the London
Chronicle prints an extract from a copy
of the local Herald, of 1823: “Dr.
Church is now at Birmingham prepar-
ing his new printing machine. The
compositor has only to sit down at the
curious mechanism as he would sit at
a pianoforte, and as he strikes the
keys tbe types all fall from the case
into their proper places with a velocity
that keeps pace with the most rapid
speaker. The form having been
worked off, the type moves into the
melting pot, from which it is returned,
recast into its original state, and thence
distributed into the case quite new.
One of these machines placed at the
bar of the House of Commons would
always insure a correct report of the
debate. Dr. Church, the inventor, is
a native of Boston, in New England.”
Governmental Wisdom.
New South Wales, the most pro-
gressive State of the Australian Com-
monvwealth, has for years been building
up its population and productive capac:
ity by advertising its natural resources,
climatic advantages and commercial
opportunities throughout the world.
One branch of its publicity campaign
is conducted by a salaried press agent,
who supplies thousands of newspapers
in Europe and America with New
South Wales prosperity pabulum. His
Government bas learned by experience
the value of newspaper advertising.—
Philadelphia Record.
A Rare Bird in England.
The Zoo has just reeeived the first
humming-bird which bas reached the
arrived in England . alive. It wae
brought. from Venezuela by Captain
Pain, and its food is syrup mixed with
extract of beef. The bird is a dark
green in color, with blue cheeks—
London Chrouicle.
carden, and the second which bas ever
Cleaning Spots.
Nothing else makes a dress look so
untidy as spots on the goods. These
spots are most frequently found in the
front of the waist and skirt if from
fruit, ice cream, etc., but the lower part
of the skirt will sometimes show* spots
from almost anything of a liquid na-
ture with which they come in contact.
One of the best agents for cleaning
spots is soap bark jelly. This is made
by dissolving a handful of soap bark
in a quart of boiling water and letting
it cool.
To clean the garment lay the spotted
portion over a folded towel and rub the
spots gently with a damp cloth dipped
in the jelly. With another cloth and
clear water wash off the jelly, dabbing
it gently with the wet cloth and chang-
ing the cloth under it. ‘Rinse with an-
other clear water and a clean cloth,
then let dry in ‘the air. When nearly
dry, cover the place with a thin cloth
and press with a moderately hot iron.
A dress skirt or waist that has lost
its first freshness may be improved by
a good rushing and sponging. After
er bit of dust has been brushed and
shaken out clean any spots that may
be found, as directed, then sponge one
portion at a time and press it with a
cloth between the material and the
iron. Use white cloth for light goods
and blagk for dark omnes.
“ Shoes That Creak.
A good many children’s shoes (after
they have .had unwary but intimate
knowledge of the contents of alluring
puddles) have a way of ‘creaking that
is absolutely maddening.
No one ought to be forced to listen
to it when the remedy is so simple.
The cause lies in the rubbing of the
‘inner sole against the outer, and the
wetting may cause one to shrink so
that this rubbing is an inevitable fol-
lowing.
Take a large plate or a platter and
pour just enough oil on it to cover the
bottom well. Then stand the shoes
with their heels propped so that'the
sole of the shoe rests in the oil. Let
them stand over night, and in the
morning wipe off any excess of oll
there may be. If you are careful to
let the oil only barely cover the bottom
of the plate the shoes will probably
absorb all the oil and be seemingly as
dry as when you put them in. If you
put too much oil the leather may be
greasy. Then the shoes should not be
worn for a day or two until the oil
has had time to sink in thoroughly, or
it will make ugly spots upon rugs and
carpets.
But the treatment, simple though it
is, is effective, and the “squeak” will,
in nine cases out of ten, be found to
have disappeared entirely. If it hasn't
a second application will finish it.—
New Haven Register.
Self-Government at Vassar,
So far weaknesses In the student
government have resulted in reform,
not so much in this or that particular,
but in general. The most notable case
of this kind occurred now some years
ago, when a kind of slackness crept
into the association and the elders be-
gan to wonder if student government
was losing its grip. The answer to
that question was the advent of a sen-
ior class persuaded in its own mind as
to its destiny, and determined to im-
press its conviction upon the associa-
tion. That year its house was swept
and put into an order which has never
since been seriously disturbed. The
event not only inspired the association
with fresh confidence in itself, and
with higher ideals, but inspired the
college with a confidence well deserved
and of which the students are fully
aware.
Of course one of the most obvious
menaces to a good government by stu-
dents is the fact that every year it loses
a body of its best informed and best
trained citizens, and has to accept in
their place a still larger body of the
unformed and uninformed, coming
from the comparative dependence of
schools and families, and likely, like
any other immigrants, to be either in-
different or overexecutive. It is hard
to see how any executive body so
constituted can keep to a steady policy.
Yet the association does.—Georgia A.
Kendrick, in Harper's Bazar.
————
Women of Oklahoma.
At the ranch we were pleasantly wel-
comed—astonishing fact, despite our in-
troductions, for the hostess had just
dismissed the last of thirty guests who
had stayed with her through the show.
The house was still in confusion, for
they had not expected to entertain
more than half a dozen; but the six
invited ones, relying upon her well-
know. hospitality, had calmly multi-
blied themselves by five. The parlor,
s we entered, proved to be a large,
fe room with a hardwood floor
and mahogany furniture.’ Magazines
and papers were scattered about,
among them, on the centre table, a big
pistol. The daughter was introduced
to us—a Vassar graduate—and instead
of talking murder and sudden ‘déath,
we discussed psychology and recent
fiction. Also the servant-girl question.
They would have no women servants
on the ranch; they told us. ' Girls were
always sick when the mistress felt
under the weather; they would rise to
no extra oceasion, such as thirty guests
instead of six; but explained that they
weren't hired for that. A man cook,
now, djd his work without fretting and
furnished as many meals as might be
' required. They Lad had Englishmen,
colored men, and now- had a Chinese,
; and ihey had all proved satisfactory.
The .adies took care of the bedrooms
themselves.—Marion Foster Wash-
burne, in Harper's Bazar.
Cheap Rugs.
A cheap rug, says the House Beauti-
ful, shrieks out its pitiful price to the
passing critic most unmistakably. Bet
ter bare floors, or one good rug rep-
resenting self-denial and economy, than
a floor lavishly covered with base imi-
tations.
And if only one or two rugs can be
bought at first, choose soft, rich tones,
which will harmonize with everything,
and patterns which are good, but not
very striking, and you will never tire
of them. Hardwood floors as a back-
ground for rugs are of course the most
desirable, but even a cheap softwood
floor may be stained a rich dark blue,
green or brown, so that the attention
will be distracted from the scarcity of
rugs. There is no rug to compare with
the Oriental rug in beauty and dura-
bility; but for upstairs rooms, where
the wear is not very heavy, there is
nothing more charming than the rag
rug, particularly if woven in colors
harmonizing with its surroundings.
The Indian Dhurri rugs are good in
color and design, but have an exas-
perating habit of refusing to lie flat
upon the floor. Perhaps no cheap rug
gives more return for the money ex-
pended than the Navajo blankets, but
their brilliant hues make them difficult
to use. Those with a great deal of
white in them are the safest purchases.
While the rugs woven of bits of carpet
are not beautiful, they often help cover
a bare floor, and if made of soft dull
colors are unobjectionable. —Evening
Post.
: Business Woman at Home,
"When the business woman gets home
at night she is tired and hot from her
day’s work. It may be her custom to
sit down at once to her evening meal,
and shortly after retire for a bath and
bed, feeling too worn out to spend the
evening in any relaxation or amuse-
ment.
Yet after a day in office or store she
needs the diversion of a little amuse-
ment, and this would be possible, even
after a hard day, if she followed the
plan of resting, bathing and changing
her clothing immediately on going
home.
Say she gets home at 6 or 6.30. One
hour later she can feel like a new per-
son by following out this routine.
The first thing to do on getting home
is to remove all clothing worn during
the day and hang it to air for morning.
The next thing is a bath, and this
should be tepid, as cold water will not
remove the heat and perspiration of the
day, and hot water is too exhausting.
Stay in the tub ten minutes. Then
slip on a night dress, let the hair down,
braid it loosely, and lie at full length
on the bed for fifteen minutes.
During this resting period the nerves
should be relaxed, the eyes closed and
all worrying thought banished. If con-
sciousness is lost, so much the better.
At the end of this time get up and
rub the body gently with alcohol or
any toilet water, patting it gently, so
as not to increase circulation and over-
heat. Then dress slowly, putting on
entirely different garments from those
used during the day. This can be
managed without extravagance by
keeping two sets of underclothing out,
using one for day wear and one for
evening; the following week take the
evening set for day and get a fresh set
out for evening. In this way one set
a week need be sent to the laundry,
although in hot weather the possession
§t plenty of underwear and frequent
changes is an extravagence well worth
while.
Put on different shoes and stockings
from those worn during the day, and
a pretty frock.
And by this time, which need not be
an hour from the time you came home,
you will feel refreshed and ready for
an enjoyable evening. Instead of go-
ing to the evening meal hot and
dragged out and cross, you will be cool
and almost as fresh as if the day bad
just begun.— New Haven Register.
The light and white cloth costumes
that were so popular last winter are
again in fashion this season, and, if
possible, are more elaborate than ever.
Short boleros of caracul dyed to
match the cloth, or made of Irish lace,
are one of the features of this year’s
styles, and certainly are charming as
a novelty.
A ravishing bolero is of chinchilla,
ornamented about the neck with er-
mine and having the sleeves finish
much below the elbow with a band
of ermine. :
In Paris now the furriers reign.
Their word is law and their products
are more beautiful than ever. And all
the garments they make are gracéful
and becoming.
White cloth gowns are almost ‘in-
variably becoming and effective. To
trim chiffon with cloth is another pop-
ular fad, and the contrast of the two
materials is certainly most effective.
The favorite fur of this season in
Paris is without contradiction chin-
chilla. It shares to seme extent popular
favor with ermine, but the latter is
easily imitated, and so vulgarly, th~*
its vogue ie diminishing.
KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS
MINE INSPECTORS NAMED
A
Charles MacGregor, Latrobe, and
John Bell, Washington: Run, the
Appointees.
Two new bituminous mine inspeec-
tors have been appointed for Western
Pennsylvania—Charles MacGregor, of
Latrobe, and John Bell, of Washing:
ton Run. The latter was for years
foreman of the mines of the Pitts-
burg Coal Company. MacGregor has
been a mine foreman in Latrobe and
Connellsville regions for
Two new districts will be
for the new mine inspectors, to be
known as Nos. 17-and 18. The lines
for the districts have not been defi-
nitely decided upon, but they will
probably effect the Ninth district, of
which Connellsville is headquarters,
It is possible that the Somerset coun-
ty mines will be taken out. of this
district. The Eleventh district, with
Scottdale as headquarters, will also
be affected. State mine inspector-
ships are for three-year terms and
pay $3,000 a year and expenses.
created
Held up on a‘ dark street and com=-
pelled to accept a dollar, was the
experience of D. D. Rogers, a mer-
chant tailor of Franklin. The high-
wayman had a revolver and the ser-
iousness with which he did the job at
once dispelled Mr. Rogers’ thought
that his Masonic friends were playing
a joke on him. After ‘thrusting the
dollar into his victim’s hand, the man
fled. Mr. Rogers thinks it is ‘‘con-
science’ anoney. :
June 8 has been fixed as the date
for the unveiling of the Center coun-
ty soldiers’ monument and Curtin
memorial, which are nearly complet-
ed. Col. Thomas J. Stewart, Nation-
al Commander A. W. Tanner of the
G. A. R., and Col. A. K. McClure will
be invited to make the principal ad-
dresses. The governor and his staff
and Major General Charles Miller and
his staff, with the three brigadier-
generals of the National Guard, will
be invited to attend the ceremonies.
The Altoona glass works, started
10 years ago by popular subscriptions
to stock, was burned. The flames
spread rapidly and the only part sav-
ed was the stock room, which con-
tains $10,000 worth of glass ready .
for market. The plant was valued at
$30,000, with $10,000 insurance. The
fire is believed to have been incendi-
ary.
While walking on the tracks of the
Panhandle railroad near Cecil, Wash-
ington County, Miss Nellie Parks,
aged 22, was struck by a train and in-
stantly killed. The voung woman was
on her way to a religious service. Her
father, who was a tew hundred yards
in the rear, passed close to his
daughter's mangled body but did not
see it.
A company for the purpose of pur-
chasing 2,000 acres of land in Dunbar
township, Fayette county, for a game
preserve is being formed. Jacob
Macfarlane, Robert F. Sheppard and
H. M. Liston are the promotors. The
tract extends from Bear Run on the
Yough. river, through Dunbar town-
ship to the rear of Dunbar. It is well
timbered.
The body of John Walker, an aged
recluse who resided about four miles
from New Kensington, was found near
the passenger station at Valley Camp.
He had been killed by a passenger
train on the Buffalo and Allegheny
Valley division of the Pennsylvania
railroad. ]
old.
Viewers appointed by the Westmore-
land county court met in the matter
of the condemnation of the wooden
bridge over the Youghiogheny river
at West Newton. The board unani-
mously agreed upon recommending
the erection of a new bridge, the cost
of which is to be borne by the coun-
ty:
The Carnegie Steel company sus-
tained a loss of $100,000 as the result
of the storm which prevailed. at Shar-
on. The cantilever ore bridge was
blown over and is a - wreck. M.
Seifert, of Hubbard, O., was on the
structure when it was wrecked ang
was badly injured.
When the list of applications for
wholesale and retail liquor licenses
closed in Cambria county, it was
found that 367 applications have been
filed, two less than last year. Of this
number, one attorney has 53, one 4%
and another 43.
The home of Cashier D. R. Ander-
son, of the Masontown National bank
was entered early in the morning by
robbers and besides considerable cash
some valuable jewelry was taken.
Sheriff M. A. Kiefer arrested Andrew
Alexander on suspicion.
Charles I.. Sanford, formerly presi-
dent of the Washington (Pa.) Novelty
company, who disappeared last Sep-
tember, was arrested at Newark, O.,
on charges of obtaining money under
false pretenses and embezzlement.
Sanford is said to have confessed.
The Pennsylvania Ccal and Coke
company has decided to construct 300
more coking ovens at Moss Creek,
Cambria county. A new slope will
shortly be sunk at the West Branch
operations at Frenchtown, near
Barnesboro.
Oliver B. Blair was killed by a train
at Zelinople. He was the son of J. W.
Fair.
Nearly an entire block in the busi-
ness district of Turtle Creek was
wiped out by fire, causing a loss esti-
mated at $125,000. Little insurance
was carried, owing to the high rates
demanded by the companies.
Trouble in the Polish Catholic
church at Footesdale, near TUnion-
town, resulted in a fistic encounter, it
is alleged, and the priest, Rev. Ignates
Ostasevesky, was arrested, charged
with assault and battery.
The station of the Pittsburg,
merville and Clarion
Sum-
railroad at
Strattonville, Clarion
county, was
robbed by burglars,
years.
" Walker was about 65 years,
Su