WHISK BROOMS.
Sharing the Corn Stalks in the
Fields.
Tho Bristly Product Def tiy Made
Into Brushes.
ki oom corn, from which brooms are
made, cornea principally from the
Western States, says tho Scientific
American. The deeds are sown in
May or Juno, about one loot apart, in
cows. Iu about three months' time
the Btnlk reaches to the height of from
eight to twelve foot; the top ends,
which contains tho whisks, aro then
ready for cutting. The atoms arc first
bent over about one foot below the
whisks and then cut off and packed
into wagons and carted to the barns
to bo scraped and dried. After dry
ing it is packed into bales weighing
from 830 to 400 pounds each and
shipped to tho broom manufacturers.
'1 ho first operation is sorting or se
lecting tho stock, the finest and green
est being used for the best brooms.
After sorting tho material is scraped.
Tho scrnper consists of a circular re
volving cylinder nineteen inches in
length and twelve inches in diameter,
the surfnee of which is covered with
iron pins. These pins are placed in
V-shaped rows about six inches apart,
each row containing about fifteen oar
shaped pins two inches in height and
about ono inch apart. Tho operator
presses a bunch of tho whisks contain
ing tho seeds against tho revolving
cylinder, tho teeth of which, travel
ing at tho rnte of 8."0 revolutions per
minute, tear through the material,
scraping off tho seed from the whisks.
If the material is old, having lost its
green appearance, it is dyed. Tho
stiilks aro then clipped oft' and the
whisks mado of an even length. Tho
best and straight whisks, which is
called hurl, grows in tho center of the
stalks. It is kept separately from tho
rest and is placed on tho outside when
forming tho brush.
Tho next operation is winding or
forming the brooms. A circular piece
of wood about three inches in length
and about three-quarters of an inch in
diameter is fastened into what is called
the broom barrel. Connected to the
inaehino is a reel of No. 22 iron wire,
the end of which is tacked to the cir
cular stick in tho barrel. The opera
tor then takes a quantity of the poor
er quality of whisks and places them
around the stick, starting the machine
in motion, which causes tho barrel to
revolve, which in turn, wraps the wire
tightly around the whisks to tho stick.
After two or threo turns of the wire
have been taken the shoulder of tho
broom is then formed by putting a
bunch of tho material on each side,
and wiring and tacking them down as
before. Tho hurl is then fastened on
tho outside in about the same manner.
The rough edges are then trimmed
with a knifo and the broom sawed off
from tho barrel. A good band can
form about 150 brooms in abont ten
hours.
Tho brooms are then taken to the
sowing vise to be stitched. A broom
is fastoned seourely iu the jaws of the
viso, the top part projecting above
about threo inchos. The operator then
takes a flat, oval-shaped steel needle
threadad in the oontre with tine linen
eord or silk and passes it through the
brush, scouring the end. The cord is
then wrapped tightly around the out
side of the brush and the needle
pushed through back and forth, each
stitch passing over and under the out
side cord, which is druwn taut, secur
ing the whisks and giving shape and
form to the broom.'
Brooms are sewed with from one to
threo strings. The noodles are six
iuchos in length and double poiutod.
huviug the eye in the center. From
ten to twolve stitohea are taken in
every seam, taking up about thirty.
six inches of cord. A good hand can
stitch about 600 single soam brooms
per day. After sowing they are re
sorapod and then clipped into sizes.
Tho ends are then Hhearod and eurriod
to froo tho brooms of Burplua seed.
The handles, which are made of bone,
ivory, wood, eto., are then glued on
and tho brooms stood up to dry. They
re then packed into boxes and are
ready for market. Twenty hands can
lura out about from seventy-five to
eighty dozen brooms per day. The
green etook is tho best for broom
making, it bringing from five cents to
six and one-half cents per pound by
tho ton wholesale. If too ripe, the
color of the material being ' reddish,
tho stock losog in value about three
cents per pound. . , .
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Surprising Clrcumstauce.
Boggy Anything unusual happen
while I was out, Juiuob?
James Yea, air i your tailor didn't
call.-Tid Bits.
Wild Animals So Longer Rare.
According to Mr. .Tamrach, the)
dealer in wild beasts, tho competition
for raro animals is not so keen as it
was once upon a time. In former
times he has had to send all tho way
to the Lizard to intercept ships with
animals on board, and tho men would
hang about there in all weathers in
open boats. No animals are rare
nowadays in the same sense that they
used to be. Steamships aro arriving
every day from all parts, and tho mo
ment an animal or any foreign pro
duct becomes rare, it becomes worth
tho while of somo seaman to tako the
trouble to bring it over. It was dif
ferent in the days of sailing ships,
when so long a period as six months
would elapso after one came in before
it could be expected that another
would arrive from tho same country.
To a correspondent of Cassell's Sa
turday Journal Mr. Jamraoh has been
telling somo of tho secrets of his
straugo trade. His father, ho says,
once bought a mummy, which was ex
amined by Mr. Bartlett and Mr Frank
Buekland. It was discovered that
there was a rattling Bound inside it,
and Mr. Buekland wanted to open it
as the ancient Egyptian kings, he
said, used to have their treasures
wrapped up and embalmed with them.
To pull tho mummy to pieces, how
ever, would ruin it, and perhaps it
wonld be found that there was no
treasure at all. They all three agreed
to go shares in the venture, and to
risk the destruction. Whon the mum
my was opened it contained nothing
more valuable than dried-up pieces of
interior. Among Mr. Jamrach's cus
tomers is tho Trince of Wales, who
has bought pets from him, but his
principal trade is with zoological gar
dens and menageries.
Deadliest of Known Poisons.
To tho best of our knowledge, says
the Brooklin Eagle, the most deadly
poison is that which was discovered
by Trofessor Frnzer, of Edinburgh,
Scotland, and known as ahophanthi
din. Ho separated it from the Afri
can poison plant, shophanthns bispi
dus, by means of ether and alcohol.
As little as a onc-thoiisand-millionth
part of an ounce of crystallized shop.
hanthidin produces a distinctly injuri
ous effect upon the heart, and a very
small quantity is fatal. Another
deadly poison is cyanogen gas, the
principle ingredients of hydrocyanic
or prussio acid. At ordinary temper,
alures it is simply a gas, but can be
condensed by cold and pressure into
a thin, colorless liquid and becomes a
solid at thirty degrees Fahrenheit.
The inhalation in its gaseous state of
a most minute quantity would causo
instant death. One of the most deadly
poisons is arseniurettod hydrogen, or
arsenic, which is formed by decompos
ing an alloy of arsonic and zinc with
sulphuric acid. It is a colorless gas,
possessing a fetid odor of garlic, and
acts as a most deadly poison. Adolpb
Ferdinand Ochlon; a chemist bora
about 1773 at Butow, in Pomerania,
was the discoverer of it. While ex
perimenting with it at Munich, on
July 15, he inhaled a single bubble, of
the pure gas and died in eight days
days from tho effects. The accident
occurred through his smelling at the
joints of hia apparatus to disoovor a
flaw. Others engagod in chemical
operations have died from the eff. eta
of this poison in three days.
Healthiest City in Europe.
This is, according to the latest sta
tistics issued by the German imperial
health department, ' Berlin, whose
death rate is only 16.3 per 1.000.
The unhcalthiest iu the world is Alex-
andria, which, dospito its unvarying
ing fine weather, itn three hundred
fountains, and its soft sea breezes, has
a death rate of no less than 52,7 per
1,000. London occupies a favorable
position with a rato of 20.3; but
Stockholm and Christiana are better
off, with rates of 16.9 and 19 1 respec
tively. Borne, on the other hand,
prepared for the advent of the doctors
by running up a death rate of 27.6, and
Venice emuluted this example with a
rate of 30. 1. A bird'a-oye view of the
sanitary situation of Europe shows
that it is the damp, chill, cloudy
North which is healthy, and the dry,
warm, aunny South which is un
healthy. New York Beoorder.
CattlB Surrouuded by Wolves.
While crossing the country in the
neighborhood of the Cheyenne Biver
Friday, Doputy Sheriff Williams oame
upon a bunch of oattlo surrounded bv
twenty-eight gray wolves. The cattle
were in mortal terror, and bawling so
as to be beard a mile. Mr. Williams
scattered the wolves with a Winches
ter, killing two, aud the cattle follow-
d the buggy for miles, evidently real.
izing that they needed protection.
Dnntrlaa (Wvn.t Bndsret
FALL FASHIONS.
FULLER RKIItTS AND LARGER
8LEKVK9 ton DUE9SK9.
Reappearance of Round Waists In
Numerous Ways An Adirondack
Maid's Hunting Costume
Quaint Divan Pillows.
tit HE first autnmn dresses
I j brought over from Paris and
I London, according to Har
6 Tier's Bazar, have fuller skirts
and even larger sleeves than those now
worn. Tho skirts are gored tathor
closdy abont the hips, but are very
full in the back and wide at the foot.
They are linod and interlined, but
fortunately are of light weight wool
ens, and are very little trimmed. A
bias satin fold an inch wide hoadod
with a narrow band of jet is around
the foot of very handsome cloth
gowns. Others have meroly a fold of
the wool, camol s-hair or basket cloth
bolow the edge, between the outside
and lining, and held there by three or
fonr rows of stitching, which give a
neat finish. Three back gores, pointed
at the top and spreading out in fan
pleats to the foot, are on many skirts,
tome of them completed by the little
projecting basque introduced in the
spring with silk gowns.
Bias puffed sleeves are enormonsly
wide at the top, and are caught tip or
draped by ehout or bows. They taper
to tho wrist, but are often left rather
large below tho elbow and wrinkled
aronnd the arm, which adds to the ef
fect of great size.
Bound waists reappear in many
way box-pleated, slashed, with a
yoke, or with a guimpe of contrasting
material, the lower part carried up
above the bust in Vandyke points and
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TWO ACTt'MN OOWNS.
edged with jet galloon. Pleated waists
have two box pleats down the bask,
starting from the shoulders, where
they are two inches and a half wide,
and taperiug an uioh narrower at the
waist line. They aro folded in one
piece, with the middle space being
plain. A side form begins under the
pleats, bo that the only Beams shown
are those nnder the arm. The fronts
are much fuller vhan the back, having
two similar pleats and a full gnthored
plastron. The slashing of waists is
confined to the front, like those de
scribed in the summer.
Silk waists with wool skirts will re
main in favor, and are of very rich
fabrics brocades moire, satin and
velvet. A novelty for waists is silk
and wool moire, a similar fabric, to
bengaline, but very soft and prettily
watered. The richost brocades for
waists are also soft, some having a
basket-woven ground, others armure
of two colors and the brocade a third
oolor, as a b uo and brown ground
with large greon leaf design as glossy
as satin, yet sunk in the surface. Soft
collars with bolt to match are of satin
ribbons, or of tho new supple moire
cut bias from the piece. Liberty
satin waists will be worn thi color of
the skirt or in contrast to it. Thus a
mother and daughter just returnod
from Paris have waists of the simplest
fashion of this pliable satin, the
daughter wearing a corn-flowor blue
crepon skirt with a mauve satin waist,
and also with a blue waist of satin,
A HCSTTSfl COSTUME.
One of the projectors of the Adiron
dack Railroad left to hia daughter, a
HUNTING COSTUME.
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lovely woman, a good many square
miles of forest land, which abe herself
knows by heart. She wears iu the
woods a brown corduroy snit, shoot
ing jacket, with ten pockets, cap and
short skirt, rescuing just to the
top of her extremely high shoe. If
Bhe wore thirty years of age, instead
of fifty, writes a correspondent of th
Chicago Beeord, I think alio might
wear knickerbockers, though, ns yet,
I haven't seen a pair of theso bifurca
tions in the woods. Yet they aro a
deal more necessary for camp life and
roughing itthanthoyare for bicycling.
A brown corduroy is nnsuited te
some complexions. What say yotl
then to a snit in big English checking
of any tints you want, the skirt mado
to clear the ground by four or fivo
inohos, tho hoad covering a checked
fore-and-after, with checkod gaiters
over tan shoes? One of the prettiest
woods dresses I have seen is so made,
and its complete success emphasizes
the value of accurate fitting audtasto
ful details, even in ttio simplost dross.
BTT7D1ES t CRM-OX.
We learn from the great importer
that crepons wilt be among the favor
ite materials. And this is not to be
wondered at when we consider that
crcpon appears in so many forms and
designs. Those of this season thus far
are varied and beautiful. The greater
number of them show a groundwork
of one eolor, over which art) thrown
stripes or designs in raised 1 mohair or
soft chenille effects.
One of these latter is particularly
beautiful. The ground is an uneven
stripe of black crepon and black silk,
then black and blue silk. Over this
is a dotted effect iu cut chonille or
plush, in shades of golden brown,
shading from a delicate yellow into rich
seal tints. The whole is most brilliant
and soft withal. Another crepon has
a dull heliotrope ground, with a blaok
chain stitch in mohair, forming a
stripe. Another produces a black ef
feot by stripes of dull sage and dull
plum color, with auother stripe cross
ing these of the curling mohiir elect
in black.
qCMNT divan riLt,n-.v.i.
To those who like to cover their di
vans with quaint-looking cushions
these three patterns, recently brou; it
4'rom a Turkish harem, may be inter
esting. No. 1 is of skv-blue satin,
with two of the ends richly enibroid
THREE QUAINT PILLOWS.
ered with gold thread, 'two of the. cor
ners being finished with metal points,
and the other two witu gold tassels.
No. 2 is finished at either end with
two round bolsters, and is a oombiun
tion of greeu aud yellow plush, dec
orated with bands of needlework. No,
3 is a most comfortable arrangement
for a headrest, not unlike, save for its
richness, the usual bolster and pillow
for a bed.
BinilOX MUCH IN C4E.
Bibbon is as much used now as ever
for trimming dresses; straps, bows aud
bands of ribbon are employed in every
conceivable way ; long straps are ar
ranged on the skirt in straight lines
from the waist downward, ending half
way down the skirt or nearer the edge
in a bow, but straps are also fashion
able, risiug upward lrotn the edge in
straight or oblique lines, to a hei.i
of about twelve inches, each strap eu.l
ing at the top under a bow or rosette;
these straps are put rather ne ir to
gether and form a border all around
the skirt. Bobiugs and panels of lace
and embroidery are also trimmed and
draped with bows.
lircfc, WAltM BED.
Bed has not been very good style
for winter wear for some years, but
some capos of red cloth aud also of
crimson velvet have beeu brought over
from both London and Paris, and the
woman who has an unconquerable fond
uess for crimson may hope to gratify
it without bins' of fashion if the
present sirfas iU 'i ' iail.
A man. .?!.i dr-jsy after a hearty
dinner bi -a una a large part of the
blood in the system goes to the atom'
ach to aid in digestion and leaves the
brain poorly supplied.
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Sit IS A BECOM.EOTIONS.
Ob the march and In the camp Hhermaa's
lift was simplicity Itself. He had few brill
iantly uniformed ami useless Mils about htm.
1 ha simple tent "lly was his usual head
quarter, and umlnr It all his military family
ate together. His dlspntches he wrote most
ly with his own hand. Ho hd little use for
clerk. Hilt Dayton, his Adjutunt-Oenernl
was better than a regiment of clerks. When
bs baited somewhere In the woods for the
night the General was the busiest man In the
army. While others slept his little campflre
was burning:, and often In the long vigils ot
tho iiiftlit 1 have seen a tall form walking
up and down by that Are. Sherman slept but
little.
He din not seem to need sleep, and I caste
known hltn to stay but two hours In bed
many a night. Iu later years a slight asthma
made much sloop Impossible for him. After
the war, when I was nt his home In Ht. Louis,
ne soiaom renrea tin i'i or l o cioes.
It was a singularly Itmiresslve slaht to see
this solitary figure walking there bv the flick
ering campflre, while the army s'ept. It a
gun went off somewhere In the distance, or
it an unusual noise wo beard he would in
stantly call out to one ot us to go and see
wnai it meant. He paid small attention to
appenraneeat to dress almost none.
"lucre is going to be a battle to-day
sure," said Col. Audenrled. of the stall, one
morning before daylight.
now an you know? asked a comrade.
"Why. don't vou see? The (leneral's un
there by the lire putting on a clean collar.
The signs dead sure."
A Dattie aid take place that day, and
Cheraw, with 40 cannon, fell Into our "hands.
It was more a run than a battle. He shared
all the privations and hardships of the com.
mon soldier. He slept In his uniform every
night ot the whole campnlgn. Sometimes
we did not get Into camp until midnight. 1
think every man In the army knew the Urn
era Is face, and thousands spoke with him
personally. The familiarity of the troops at
ttm-s was amusing.
"Don't ride too fast, Oeneral," they would
cry out, seeing his horse plunging along In
the mire at the roadrldo, ns he tried to pass
Haw division. "Pretty slippery going,
I'ncle Billy, pretty slippery going." Or.
Hay, Oenerai, kin you tell us, Is this the road
to mcnmonuY '
Every soldier in his army had taken on the
enthusiasm ot the general himself. They
would go anywhere that be might point to.
Often as be approached some regiment a wild
huzza would be given and taken up and re
peated by the troops a mtlo ahead. Instinct
seemed to tell the bojs when there was any
iouu snouting anywm-re wnatever that uncle
Billy was coming mid thev loined in the
cheers till the woods rang. It was a common
thing for the Oenerai to stop his horse and
speak words of encouragement or praise to
some siiDoriiinato oiucer or private soldier
struggling at the roadside.
lie nun uis numorous skio witn them, too.
When tho army reached Ooldboro halt the
men were In rags. Oue day a division was
ordered to march past him In review. The
men were oure-iegged aud ragged, some of
them almort bailees.
'Only look at the noor fellows with their
bare legs," said an officer at the Qeneral'i
side sympathlr.ingly.
"Hpleudld legs, cried the General with a
twinkle In his eye, splendid legs, Would give
two of mine for any one of them''-MeClure'i
magazine.
tension orric-E rdlinos.
Former practices of the Tension Bureau are
reversed by a ruling of Assistant Secretary
iteynolds announced at the Interior Depart
ment. Judge lleyuolds holds t hut the terms
of section 4703, Ilevised mutates, applies tu
pensioners uuuer tne act 01 June a, lew.
Aecorulngly the i pur month for each child
of the deceased soldier under 111 yenrs old, by
a former wife, will be imld to the widow
where the step children are being educated In
whole or In part at the expense of a Htate oi
to the publlo In any educational Institution
or In any Institution, organised for the care ol
soldiers orphans. A large number of claims
win ue auoctea by tne new practice.
TBI ODDEST PENSIONEB.
Among the veterans who received pensions
Irom the Topeku agency in Heptemher was
Andrew Franklin, of Burlington, the oldest
Ccnsioner on the rolls of that agency. He wus
orn oa Christmas Day In 171)1, and Is there
fore lfll years old. He fought lu the War ol
1H12, a coanle of Indian wars, the war with
Mexico aud was a teamster in the war of the
ltobellion. C'ong'.essmnn Curtis secured the
tnssege of a special act lost Hprlng granting
ranklin a pension of 450 a mouth. The
veteran drew his ilrst full ipiartorly allowance
short time ago.
TI1AT HARDTACK.
Comrade Albert Merrill thought, perhaps
he was theonly miiu who bad oue of the orig
inal pieces of hardtack with which Uncle
Ham led his hoys during tho war, but there
aro a few of theui loft. Here are some more
comrades who possess these venerable relics
K. B. bufkin, to. E, 13th Me., Weld, Mo.,
William A. Crane, Co. I), HW Ohio, Ash, O.,
Kolomon V. Carter, Co. A, 301 h lud., New
Castle, Ind. National Tribune.
last nr.no or balaklava.
Among those who attended the resent O
A. It. cncanipmeut at Pittsburg was Captain
Thomas Morley, of the Twelfth Pennsylvania
cavalry, who Is the last survivor In the
United Stutes of tho famous "600" who enter
ed the "mouth of hell" In the buttle of
Balakluva during the Crimean war. He Is
also a stir Ivor of tho notable Ford's tliatoi
a-jvidout at Washington. JnnoM, lHyJ.
FISHING WITH DOGS.
oath Sea Inlanders Employ a Unique
Method.
"Ono of the most unique methods of
fishing I ever saw or heard of," said an
old-time sea captain. "1b that employed
by the natives of the Sjuth Sua Isl
ands, In which their dogs take the
most prominent part. I happened to
touch at one i f these islands several
years ago to take on board a supply of
fresh water, and was just in time to
witness the operations ot a large fish
ing partv, which interested me not a
little. The party was divided into
two groups, each of whioh consisted ot
tout fi.ty mon and thirty dogs. These
groupj were stationed on the beach,
about 200 yards apart. At a given
signal the dogs were started from
their respective points and swam
straight out seaward in single file in
two columna. At a aharp cry from one
of the men on the beach, the rl?ht
column wheolod to the left and the left
column wheeled right, until the head
of each column mot. Then another
Blgnal was given, at which they all
turned and swam abreast for the shore.
As soon as the dogs neured the bea :h
Increasing numrers of tl-h appeared In
the ehullow water, frightened forward
by the column of advancing dogs,
which, as soon aa their feet touched
bottom, pounced upon the fish and car
ried them to their masters. The fishoa'
heads were at onoo out off and each dog
given the hoad of the fish he bad so
cured as his share of the catoh. The
dog who caught nothing got nothing.
KEYSTONE STATE CULLIES
FIRES AND FELONIES.
the Flttsburg Lutheran Synod-A Far
er Dies From a Bee Sting.
Brnnrsro roa monet.
Bernard Toker was murdered and his wife)
Mery fatally wounded, Wednesday after
noon, about 4 o'clock at Rich Hill, af miles
north of f onnellsvllle In the mountains. The
fiendish deed was committed by Frank Mor
ris, a boy IB years of age, who had been stay
ing nt the Toker home since Hunday. Uls
nis intner s noma is only a hnlt-mlle away.
but young Morris pretended such great
friendship with Toker that he stayed there
much oi his time. He was arrested the next
day and confessed to the erlme. He has been
a great render of cheap novels and became
seized with a dosirs to achieve aotorlety.
riTTsncB' lctheban arson.
The rittshtirg Hvnod of the English Evan
gelical I.uthnrun Church began its annual
session Tuesday In Pittsburg. The number
entitled to participated In the convention Is
lib ministers and ill lay delegates. Nearly
s full representation was present, llav. I).
M. Kammerer,of Pittsburg, opened the session
with devotional exorcises, after which ltev.
J. ). Waters, of McKees iiocks, president of
the synod, delivered the evnodlcal sermon.
His theme wss "Helf-sacrlAce as Opposed to
Belt-seeking."
AN EXTENSIVE F1BE.
The most extensive fire, in point of loss,
that ever vLslted flcranton, broke out early
Saturday morning In the business section ot
ths city. When the flames were brought un
der control at 10 o'clock the loss had reached
at a conservative estimate 'iSO.OOO. For a
time It looked as though the entire business
section ot tho city would surely be destroyed.
Mlcael Hkorz, the Polish peddler, who was
found In an unconscious and terribly mutilat
ed condition In an abandoned railroad cut
about half a mile nhove Whltford Station.
Cheater county, died Friday In the Univer
sity Hospital, Philadelphia, without having
regnlned consciousness. He had been at
tacked by footpads, roabed, beaten and left
to die.
Emma Martin, aged 22, the colored woman
of Pittsburg who shot and killed Charles
Johnston, also of I'lttsburg. at the Central
Coke works at Oreenabtirg on July 4. has
been on trial for her life lent week nt Oreens
burg and been convicted of murder in the
second degree.
At Klttannlng, W. C. Phillips and W. M.
Grim, convicted of assault with Intent to rob
and burglary, were sentenced each to five
years In the penitentiary. Phillips is said to
belong to the Ward gang which had bead
quarters In Westmoreland county.
Messrs. Wnreham and Hughes, of Beaver
Fulls, have contracted for tiUO.onO to build
In six months the Benwood, (W. Va.,) A
Southern Electric Hnllway to extend from
Benwood to Mound.ivllle, W. Va,, a distance
of fifteen miles,
Calvin Cressman, of Harrison City, was re
arrested at Oreensburg, on a charge of horse
stealing preferred by M H, Hassock, of
Indiana, 1'a. In his possession were found
two other horses belonging to Indiana
county farmers, several buggies, harness,
etc.
The cigarette habit, which superinduced
heart failure, killed Harry Johnson, at Co
lumbia, superintendent of the ngencles of
the Anglo-Americnu Savings and Loan Asso
ciation.
A coke train on the Fayette county branch
of the Baltimore ft Ohio road was wreck
ed at Watt station. Twenty cars were de
stroyed.
Thomas B. Young, of Wollsboro. swallowed
two ounces of carbolic acid by mistake. He
died, leaving a wife and five small child
ren. Tho coroner's Jury in Beaver county, found
a verdict of accidental death In the case ol
Wlllam Ithelmer, who was mvsteriously kill
ed at Beaver last Saturday.
David Foy, an sclor, Is under bonds for a
hearing lit Philadelphia, being charged by
his wife, Etta Bartolet, with desertion and
non-support.
Denver Fnlls property owners refuse to pay
more than 6 mills, the borough council hav
ing made a tax levy of V mills, which, It Is
asserted Is illegal.
Harry Hlebold's house, store and stnble and
Al St. Peter's dwelling at New Kensington,
were burnod Sunday. Loss, fO.OOU; In
sured. An Information charging desertion ha
been made by hi wife against Itichnrd
Kockingham, of Beaver Fulls, formerly ol
I'ittsbtirg.
Forty-six tramps, somo of them being well
supplied with mouey, wero arrested by Penn
sylvania ruilroad detectives near Ureous
burg. The shutdown of coal mines near Fayette
county, owing to low water In the river,
has left the miners and other workmen la
distress.
The Beading firebrick works resumed
operations Tuesday, after having been Idle
for several montbs. Large orders are coming
in and trade Is brightening.
John Dry, of New Castle, was beaten al
most to death by highwaymen Huuday
night.
Monongahela has decided to ask for the
Pittsburg MutbodUt Episcopal conference lu
IHU5.
The house of John Goodman, near Madi
son was burnod Sunday night at a loss ol
iil,600; no Insurance,
Beaver Falls borough council has authoriz
ed the building of water works at a cost of
121,000.
Mrs. Henry Wcrley, a widow, died of apo
plexy while sleeping at ber borne in Meadvills
Monday night?
The Knights of Maccabees are holding their
state convention at Warren. T'bey hope to
organize a "state teut."
A wealthy farmer named Oreonleea, living
near Waynesburg.dled Tuesday as a result of
a bee sting on bis arm.
James B. Ledlle, thrown from a buggy
Monday evening and suffering from con
cussion of the bruin, died at Beaver Falls.
Tamplln A Seavey's grocery store at Sharon
was looted by burglars Monday night.
Work on the McKeesport and Wllmerdiog
street railroad bos been begun.
The New Castle tin plate mills declared a
cut of from 20 to 25 per oent in wages.
Ollbert F. Myer, McKeesport's new post
muter, look charge Monday mnrolua.
Wine Hauled In Tanks.
The railroad tank la introduced In
France for the conveyance and distri
bution of wine from the vineyards,
after the manner In which petroleum
has In this country bean conveyed
from the wells to market. The vin
tagera would be lucky it they could
UkowUe adopt a system of pipe linen
aa the oil producers have done, and so
diffuse their cheering product with the
maximum of celerity and at a mini
mum of cost New York Tribune.
The true bero is tea on who ha
tho courage to do rlgbU