HE BOERS DEFY THE BRITISH,
aborate Preparations For
War Made by the Trans
vaal Republic.
RESIDENT RIMER'S STAND
ncral P. J. Joubert, an American,
Is tit Commander of the Boer
Army Consisting of 25,000
Well-Armed Warriors.
Tn little whitewashed cnttnrfo in
nth Africa sits "Oom'Tanl Krnger,
fying the whole British untion. It
one of the strangest spectacles of
e ase to witness thin seventy-year-
1 Doer, the bend of one of earth a
kest untious, raising himself against
ggression of its strongest power.
ike fawn pitting its strength
.it that of a lion.
present differences between the
U Colonial Heerotarv and the
African Republic are but a con
on of the old trouble with the
n of a new phase. For fifty years
d has asserted that tho Trans
a mere dependency, with no
o make laws for herself, unless
re sanctioned by the Imperial
ernment. The Doers have steadily
maintained that the agreement be
msea the two nations,- as arranged at
Tjondon convention in 1881, gave to
ngland only the power of supervis
or international treaties Prnsldnnf
Kragor, who was a member of the
liondon commission, has asserted,
with characteristic vehemence on sev
eral occasions, that England has no
JLrbt to interfere in the Transvaal's
private affairs, and that such inter
xsrence will not be tolerated.
V The British Colonial Secretary,
spurred or uy ueeu J. liuoues, Eng
land' empire-maker in South Africa,
has been persistently trying to extend
his authority ao that the entire law
makinir no war of tho Tinnr Vnlltsraml
should be under his jurisdiction and
control. He has demanded that all
laws and treaties, whether relating to
the internal or external interests of
the republic, shall be referred to him
..for his approval before operative, and
he has asked that old laws which are
not favorable to English interests in
the Transvaal aball be repealed. This
interference has naturally been pro
vocative of much ill-feeling not only
MAJCBA BILL AT
between the beads of the two Govern
ments, but between the individuals as
well.
To understand the Transvaal situa
tion thoroughly one must know that
very British subject in the Transvaal
considers that every inoh of Transvaal
oil is rightfully the property of the
British nation, and that the Boers are
merely interlopers, with do rights
that are deserving the reaped of an
Englishman. Tbey regard the Boers
as so many ignorant, unoleauly sav
ages, who do not know how to govern
themselves, muoh less others. Every
Englishman in the gold-fields, or in
any other part of the republic, still
marts under the sting of the Jameson
failure, and nothing will wipe out that
cor but the sight of the British flag
flying over the whole of the Trans
YtuL Everything that ingenuity can
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PRESIDENT KRCliEU AND niS WIFE.
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rilKSIDENT RnUOER
devise is done to embarrass the Oov
ernmeiit. The amazing part of the aituation is
that none of the 'American, (lerman,
Dutch and French residents of the
Transvaal nud there aro many thou
sands of these in business in the
country joins with the Englishmen in
protesting against tho laws of the
liners. Their sympnthy with the
lloers was shown at the time of the
Haiti, when all of them ranged them
selves ou the aide of the Krugor co
horts. Tho War Department Intelligence
Bureau in Washington has collected a
mass of valuable information regard
ing the armament and equipment of
the Boer Government. According to
the data at hand it is learned that the
Transvaal authorities within the last
four years have equipped the artillery
branch of the army entirely with
Krupp guns. The pieces embrace
standard field guns of 2.05-inch cali
bre, and in addition, mountain guns
of 2.3(l-inch calibre and bush guns of
1.40-inch calibre. The field guns are
mostly of the lighter Krupp variety of
twenty-eight calibres length. It is
this type of weapon which tho Chilean
army used in the late war in Chile,
and for rough country work the
Krnpps f'nclare it to bo tho best
piece of rduauce turned out iu Eu
rope. The 2.3n-incli mountain gun is
capable of being transported on the
backs of thrno mules; one mule car
ries tho barrel, a second the carriago,
and a third the wheels and shafts.
The norninl weight for each auimnl
amounts to abont 19'J pounds. To
this muct be addod the weight of tho
saddle aud equipment, making a total
of 287 pounds per animal. In tho
United States 900 pounds is deemed
maximum pack-weight for a strong
mule. The Krupp bush-gun iu tho
possession of the Boers consists of a
piece of very light weight, aud one
capable of being transported in all
places, even over the most difficult
ground. This type of gnu has been
used iu a number of puuitive African
expeditious.
The Boer infantry is now armed
with the latest type of Mauser rifle, the
handiwork of the Loewe works of
Berlin. Tho cavalry carry German
regulation revolvers and sabres.
According to the military attaohes'
reports, the Transvaal forces are
essentially German in equipment aud
drill, and the fact is also noted that
many commissioned officers in the
Boer service learned the art of war
fare in the German army. There is
good reason to believe that there are,
even now, many German officers with
the Boer troops, who are simply
absent from their regiments in Ger
many, on leave. The fact that the
German Government permitted,
THE PRESENT DAY.
openly, German officers to take service
with the Turks in the war between
Turkey and Greece lends additional
confirmation to the report.
In the opinion of mauy well-poBted
American oflioers, the Boers are in
far better shape, to-day, for war than
is generally supposed. A war be
tween the Boers and English trill
mean, it is said in official circles here,
a much stouter affair thau Great
Britain has bad to deal with in the
laiit thirty-five years. The Boers, at
I the present time, are in muoh better
auape, and are more ably oflloered
than tbey were in the last struggle
with the English. It is estimated by
the various reports that the Boers are
able to put into the field 25,000 well
equipped and well-officered men. '
General P. J. Joubert is one of the
few mu who ever -"broke British
AND HtH EHCOIIT.
square" in South Africa, aud he is
confident that ho can do it again. As
commander-in-chief of the Boors ho is
the man who may have the task of try
ing to whip the English forces in bat
tle. General Joubert is an American,
having been born iu Uuiontowu,
l'enn., in 1811, and few men have had
a more piotnrosqiie career or know as
much about the relation of the Trans
vaal to the Swaizos. When fourteen
years of ago he loft this country and
went to Holland. Ilia ttste for war
was always keen, and when the rebel
lion broke out he came to this country
and served in the navy under Admir
al Dnpont. Later ho became captain
of a colored company under General
Weitzel. After the war he returned
to Holland, and later went to South
Africa. When the rule of the Eng
lish became intolerant to the Dutch at
Cape Colony and Cape of Good Hope,
GENERAL JOUnERT, COMMANDEn OF OOM
FAUL'S) FOIICE3.
and many of them went north to tho
Transvaal, Goneral Joubot wont
with tboui. After he had assisted
them materially in driving out the
wild beasts, conqucriug the savages,
settling the country, discovering anl
developing the diamond Holds, the
English suddenly discovered that they
had a claim to this far away country.
He was only a plain Boer, or farmer,
when his fellow subjects determined
to resist the British. Iu 1881, at the
head of a handful of Dutch farmers,
he met the British army at Majuba
Hilt aud put it to flight after great
slaughter. This secured liberty for
the Boers, and they acoordiugly look
upon Genoral Joubert, now Vice
President of the South African Re
public, as the Washington of their
country. General Joubert visited
this country in the latter part of 1890
for the purpose of arranging an ex
hibit at the World's Fair for South
Showing the British troops fleeing bo
tore the deadly lire ol tho lloers at the
buttle ot Majuba Hill, February 27, 181,
when Hlr George Colltty's detent ended the
war and resulted In the recognition of the
independence of the South African Jtepub
lio by Great Britain.
African produots. While in New
York the Holland Society arranged
many reoeptions and dinners in his
honor.
Cuba a Future Winter lUtort.
The entire island of Cuba is a great
park that needs no artificial training
to enhance its beauty, and it is destined
to beoome the winter resort of all (he
Eastern States. Bnt great adminis
trative improvements iu the ports, be
sides the police and material ones
noted, will be necessary before this
can happon. For instauoe, it would
do muoh for the island if the port of
Havana could be freed from the high
pilot fees, anohorage fees, docking
fees, and fees of all sorts that make it
impossible for small craft to enter.
Even the large steamers do not (look,
but cargo has to be lightered out aud
passengers are eompeUed to use the
smalt boats thai swarm the harbor.'
Bcribner'f.
il nun nnruto nniiiiiii li
i uniLunr.no uuluiym. ij
-sVSVStvO
Tim Vnllt-v uf Mnkntirlleve,
Thorn's an old covered wagon,
yiilln rusty ami gray.
That stands 'nmith an elm tree
Just over the wayi
And it irons nn a Journey,
On r-ach plenssnt dav,
To the beautiful valley of Miikchollavs.
They don't charge you fnro
On this wonderful trlpi
Each passenger guns Willi
A smile on his lip,
L k a boa biir..lnit round
For honey to sip,
To the beautiful vnllny ot Maknhcllova,
It's a iineer, sweet Infid they
Ar lioiiiid for today)
It's tha home of the goblin,
Ami land of thn fay;
Ami though you won't sen Ihntn,
You'll In'sr tln'tn, they say,
All about in the valley of Mukuhellove,
llrlght Fanny and Y'outh era
'I he wliiK"d steeds that draw
This magical conch tn
That fair land before.
Now seu how they're pranelng,
And sen how they paw,
And It's ho! for the valley of Makehnllevet
Th way Is quite plain for
Thn ynmig and I lie guy,
Put you never will llnd It
You old ones, and gray
For the path leads lnn-k through
The yenrs to the day
When you played in the valley of Mnkebe-
ilevn.
Douglas Zobrlskle Duty.
A Mini's Neat In Selliml.
A country school was surprised one
morning by the announcement from a
Jenny Wren that she meant to neigh
bor with them. Gno shutter chanced
to be closed, and she hopped through
n broken slut with a twigiti her mouth.
After turning her hend from aido to
side, and eyeing thn entire school
through tho glass, alio decided that
that window sill was tho very piace
she wanted for her nest. For hor to
decide was to act, and within two
weeks Jenny was sitting on a neat full
of eggs. Hlio beenme the pet of the
happy school. Under the teacher's
good guidance, they scattered crumbs
upon the winduwludge, so that her
daily bread came without much
toil. Of course, the abutter was
never moved; but, as the pleasant
ucqunintnnco lengthened nnd the
wanner days came on, tho window was
raisnd, nml Jenny looked upon the
bright faces with full content. When
tho little birds were all lintchod oiip,
two, throe, four it was hard to toll
which was the prouder, the mother
wroii or tlio school. W lie n feeding
time enmo, that nest full of mouths
was the centro of interest. Teiichnr
and pupils were helped in their work
by the neariiesi of this happy family.
Primary Education.
finmn of Tmvn Whiten.
The good old finma of town whoip
seoms to hare fallen into disfavor, or
to have been forgotten. We have all
played Imio ami ho'jiids. But have
you over played town hoop? This is
the way we did it: In the first place
we all met at sonio special point say
the old town hall, and our routo was
carefully mapped nut from the town
hall to a certain lane, up the lane to
the dead olin, from the elm to a brook
(probably a mile away), and no on, but
our last point bad to be the place from
which we started; also each stopping
point was carefully noted.
Aftor the chased and chasers wore
selocted we set on", giving the former
to the first stopping place before the
chasers started after them. When
they roachod this point they were com
pelled tn whoop, aud thereafter at
each of the stopping places along the
rute dqtormincd upon before the
stirf. They could hide within one
yard each side of the route, but uo
moi o, an I they wore compelled to
keep withiu bounds.
If any fell by the wayside or wore
caught they -,vere made cantives. and
were made to go under the paddle, that
well Kuowu form of boy punishment.
Those who escaped could eaoli choose
oue of the pursuers, who on bis part
was then compelled to undergo the
same punishment. Sometimes we
would run for miles and miles, and
great would be the rejoicing of the
paddlers when the race was over and
they who had lost were compelled to
submit to the caresses of their con
querors. New York Herald.
H'r John Lubbock's I'nr.
Ko mortal man ever had stranger
pets than Sir John Lubbock, and every
reader who kuows what it is to have a
wasp's sting ou the napo of the ueck
will be astonished to hear that the
well kuown banker ouce kept a wasp
as a bousebcld pet a wasp.too, which
became so vnnie that when it reached
its nllottod Hpau.it laid down aud died
in its owiiof's arms, so to speak. Sir
John caught this remarkable wasp in
the Pyrenees, and immediately uiado
np his mind to tame it. He begun by
teaching it to take its meals on his
baud and altho igU the tiny creature
was at firs! shy of gaiug through its
table d'hote on such an unusual fes
tive board, iu very short space of
time it grew to expect to be fed in t 'at
way. Sir John preserved this pet
with the greatest care. True, it stuug
him once, but, theu, it had every ex
cuse for doing so. Sir John was ex
amining it while on a railway journey
and the door beiug opened by a ticket
collector, he unceremoniously stuffed
it into a bottle, aud the outraged
Spaniard, not feeling quite at home
during the process, gave him a gentle
reminder as to the proper way to treat
a guest. The wasp was a pet iu eveiy
seiisu of tha word.aud became so fond
of the owner that it allowed itself to
hm strokAri. Tt Aii'nvnN .lvltifni....
(or just uiue mouths,' when it fell ill.
- .1 I , U t. Ulu T-l... a; 1 ,,i .1
uu auuuuyu - uouuaiaau ue rsuia
to prolong its life, it died. Many
wasps have been oaderSir John's ob
servation, but be lias never bad snob
a genuine pet as this one. The others
he has taken in band for the purposes
of experiment and to show that many
of these Insects which the thought
less are apt to kill and maltreat pro
vided a most entertaining study. Sir
John's world is really made up of
lot of little worlds. When be Is tired
of the banking world, he tut its to the
political world; then, when he wants
a change, he busies himself in either
the wasp world, the bra world, the
spider world, or the ant woild the
last four of which are just as curious
as our own world. Hlr John's private
sanctum at his country seat is a re
ceptacle for bees and wasps, and small
wonder, seeing that a store of honey
Is always provided for their delecta
tion. As the winged creatures como
nnd go the master of the house studies
their habits; and, as bo has been
studying them for more than a gener
ation, it is not surprlsiii that he
knows almost as much about the In
sect world as the insects do themselves.
Thn experiments which bo has made
with his pets may be numbered by the
thousand, but how he has acquired all
his knowleilgo one does not pretend
to understand. It is not everybody
who would care to trille with n'wasp.
Home time ago Hir John found n wasp
whose wings wore so smeared with
honey that it couldn't fly. lie watched
It and presently saw a lot of other
wasps chums of the sticky one come
np nnd lick the honey off the back of
thoir distressol companion. The
operation, however, was not conducted
in as praiseworthy a fashion as itmight
have boen, so Sir John went to the
rescue nnd, nfter giving the Invalid a
bath, put it out to dry in a bottle.
When it wns nice and clean and re
spectable looking he let it loose; but,
to bis intense surprise, after flying
home, it came back, perhaps not ex
actly to express its gratitude, but at
all events to fetch Homo more honey.
Chums.
A Mvn Hull nlmw.
I saw a live doll show last winter
fourteen live dolls, and a iiurso all
dressed np with white apron and cap.
At least, she callod them dolls, and
they 1 ehaveil very much like dolls,
moving only at hor touch. They had
evidently I con taught that "children
should be seen aud not heard," all
but tho "squeaking" doll nud the
"proverb grandma," which will be
described in their turn. The exhibi
tion was gotten up by a girls' club
that wns organized for "sweet
charity'a" sake. The ('. W. II. M.
Indies were giving a socin', and one
room had been converted into a nnr
sory for the dolls. They chut god live
conls admission, nnd they intended
to spend the tno'iey in making some
body happier at Christmns.
The most of the dolls were jointed,
and, when the nurse pressed a spring
iu the liu k of their uecUs, they would
bob their hcuds iu a little courtesy.
A lady Rlaniliug by one said thnt
she tlioii'dit tinopio init io courtesies
with their bodies.
'Mh: lint dolls do not, you know,"
answered tho iiuiso.
Aud, sure enough, they don't.
The biggost doll of all wns a rag
baby, which was thrown carelessly in
a rocking chair. Sho behaved beuuti
tifully, though every one who passed
her took hold of hor head to see if she
was jointed, and they would ask if
she was filled with sawdust. Sbn
never once smiled, till a little boy, in
passing out, snid, "Good night, Miss
ling." All tho dolls Inughe I at thnt.
But they all did splendidly, and I
know the nurse was proud of them.
There were three paper dulls, Tina,
'less and Tot, dressed in plaited wall
aper dressos and quaint paper bals.
Their arms only were jointed. The
china doll wore a dark dress nud a
white npro'j,
'ill j littb Esquimau, when wound
np, wuld stump across the floor.
Then the uiusa would turn her round,
wi ll Iidr up again, nud she would trot
buck. She was dressed iu white furry
looking stuff.
The young-la y doll wore her big
sister's dress.aud looked quite stylish.
The Scotch lassie was equipped for
sport, dressed iu plaid, with her
skates slung over her shoulder.
A mau offered the nurse ten cents
for the "squeaking" doll. When
pressed in the chest, she would say
"Papa" or "Mamma" in a squeaky
voice, very much like a doll. Poor
thing! Every oue wanted to bear her
"say it over and over again. She.
the nurse snid, was a present from
Mr. iUcIuuiey.
"Pocahontas" was like n veritable
Indian, with her red (candy-painted)
choeks and oug straight black hair.
She set ou the floor beside a Japauese
lady, who wore a gay-flowered dress
nud carried a Japauose umbrella.
A sweet-faced nun, ".Sister Marguer
ite," stood guard by a high-chair in
which sat a curly-haired baby doll.
The "buby" was jointed, and could
make her little curtsy, like the others.
Tbey were nil remarkably polite dolls,
owing, perhaps, to the presence of the
"proverb grandma." When wound
up, she would jerk out, iu slow suc
cession, these three proverbs: "Peuny
wise, pouud-foolish," "Spare-rod,
spoil-child," and "All's-well-'t-euds-well."
The "proverb gvandnia" is the min
ister's daughter, and when the nurse,
iu describing her, suid she was very
energetic, ber papa said: "What's
that you say? Active U she?" Then
everybody laughed.
Quite a jolly lot of dolls they were,
who were tiausformed in a trice into
fourtoeu buugry girls as tbey were
invited to the diuing room.
Their tougues were soon loosened.
and in a few minutes they went home,
nappy mat tliey ucl giveu others
pleasure. Sunday School Times.
The aunnal tribute of the United
State to consuinptiou is over 100.000
of its inhabitants.
IEI5R1 Slilt CONDENSED
SEIZED BY A SNAKE
Hugs Rattler Surprises Wllllamsporl Lid)
While Wheeling a Baby Carriage.
Saved By a Parasol.
While wheellnif a lmby carrta
nloim- the principal street, Homh WM
llnmsport rceemiy, M,. i. n ,u
!!n!!Lw,"Vnt,,,n,'k,1 by k lftr" W'tlu-
suhUp. r-Pidinir aoincthliiir tlirhti'nlnir
around her ankle she Kluticeil d,v
r ,7:,'r'n,', " the reptlln
colling Itself about her nnd apparently
reiuly ti bury Its poisonous farms In
the llnsh. Hastily IhrustliiK a pura-Mil
throtiKh the MiiilrmliiK colls of the
snnke she (ore the nitller loose and
with a scream run down the street.
Hevcrnl hoys killed the snake, which
measured vft f,.,,t. . '
Thn following pensions were Issued
nst wpek: Mlrhaol Krlnrr, Wnynes.
b'.ro. Ill; Charles Henry Vilas, l.vnotn
ing, $U; Hiiiuunl Trevets, Fe.'burg.
Hiiy.ler llflj Inane 7.. llurget. H. nrV-
tn. illalr, IS; Ilobert A. Confer.
I uifhesvllle. Lycoming, II; (leorge W.
Horner, old Frame, Fayette, o
;."..,,"l',..AlllH"n Npw' I'rlKhton, Heaver.
II"; Chnrles 1). Tlnsley, Ain-cd, flusl
MUihuiinn, I2; I-vl Lease, n-rlln.
N.inersn, fvi; Mnrtln 1'fell, Pittsburg
l; Jumps Welsh, drove Huinnilt, Jef.
fHHi.n, Hi); j(1H,.ph T. Onihr, Key.
nohlsvlll.., JeOeisnn, 110; Jnmes Mos
f'T.' tV'?"" Wayne, I2: Amos
focht, Mnhnntnnno, Juniata, M; John
Albirt, Cnmpbellstown, Lidinnon, llfl:
llltuin Hciintllng, WrlghtHvllle. York,
It; Ivter Moore, York, 112; Anson tl.
Hinartwoo.l, Kmporluiii, 12; Jumcs 1.
olitrite. Iliiwiey, Wayne, 10; Joiteph
It. Hers, Table Ko-k, Adams, $12; La
fayette Mnssey, Allegh. ny, IS; Joseph
J. Harnett, West Kllmiheih, Allegheny.
112; Hlmon 1'. TowiihhiiiI, olivet, Arm
strong, I2; Conrad J. Kekenroile,
Orcenvllle, Franklin, $0; Htephen Hny
moiiil, flurnalilo, Clearfield, ii; Wil
liam Parker, l.lgoriler, IS; Philip Mer
kid. Klinmokln, til; Hamiiel H. llaupt.
U utsotiMwn, $6; Ji,hn Midllnger, B'd
illers and Hailois' Home, i;ip, o; Wil
liam Myers, Hopwood, Fayette, 8;
lleiijnmln F. Morgan, Btnte College,
11; Luther Morgan (dead), rtradford.
McKenn, !!; Kllza Harrison, Hunting
don, s; F.lljsiiheth Unhid (mother),
Churrhtown, l.nniaster, I2; Harriet
N. IHiiMgow, Lebanon, I2; Cornelia
Cathent, Clearfield. IS; minors of
Henry If. King, Crlbbs. Westmore
liind, I2; Henry Jiixtheltner, Ju-kson.
Center, Jlrrcer, $12; James W. Mllll
gan, West Flnley, Washington, IS;
John Ilurhamin, Pittsburg, Iti; James
V. lMrr, West Alexander, Washington,
117; Abraham H. Ha iron, Champion,
Fayette. 17: Win. J. (Irnhnm, Alle
gheny. ; Charles A. MurUork, Colum
bia, li.
Krimtor William J. Scott, of Luzerne,
n member of the Joint legislative com
mittee to welcome the Tenth Pennsyl
vania regiment on its return from tho
Philippines to be mustered out, had a
ciinfereiiee with Adjutant Ktewart, In
which he suggested that a provisional
brigade of the National Guard he or
dered to J'ittsburg to receive the regi
ment. General Stewart said it would
cost upward of l2,uuu to ihlp three
regiments to Pittsburg, and that there
are no funds available to meet this ex
pense, no that the scheme will probably
be abnndoned.
Little Minnie Mack, 7 years old, of
Penn, Is a real heroine. Hhe saved the
life of Mary Cook, aged 8 years, at the
risk of her own. The little Cook girl
was kindling a lire in the kitchen stove
the other morning. To hurry matters
tho kerosene oil can was pressed Into
use, and the usual result followed, en
veloping the child in flames. The
Mark girl came to the rescue, threw a
uullt over the burning girl and suc
ceeded, after hard work. In saving her
life, although she Is badly burned.
Undertaker Mooney was called to
prepare the body of 4-months' old Vic
tor Jackson, sou of Uanli l II. Jaekjon.
of WllkeHburre, nnd found the little one
alive, although It had been reported
dead five hours. A physic Ian was sent
for and he worked over the child with
such success that the parents hoped
tor Its recovery. It remained alive 10
hours before death finally came. The
child was sick two months of spinal
meningitis.
Private A. J. fihepperd of Company
H, Nineteenth infantry, in. camp at
Camp Meade, was found dead in the
Columbus hotel the other morning,
having been suffocated by gas. Bhep
perd retired late and the strong odor of
gas was perceptible early next morn
ing. Ho was dead when found. Bhep
tierd. was from JJnrnesvllle, O., and
Vas r,2 years old. He had been In the
service 27 years.
Postolllce Inspecter Hugh Carman
caused the arrest of George M. Host
wick, whom he had dismlrsed from the
position of assistant postmaster at
Montrose Just Monday, whin whole
snle rilling of letters In transit were
disclosed. He was brought to Scran
tog and arraigned before Commis
sioner Taylor, who held him In 11.0(h)
ball for his appearance at a future
hearing.
William Epps, Oeorge fit. Clair and
George Weeks, three colored mi-n re
cently convicted of murder in the first
degree, were sentenced to daih al
Philadelphia a few days ago. Kpps
strangled Ann Lawler, an aged wom
an, while robbing her house last Janu
ary. Bt. Clair and Weeks nhot and
killed Ilertha White, a negrera, last
Christmas night during a quarrel.
While one-legged Ambrose Kelley of
Manayunk was seated on the Heading
trestle at Wllliamsport a passengei
train bore down upon him and he was
compelled to lie at full length at ono
side ot the trestle. The step of the last
car knocked him Into the water, where
ho would have been drowned but fur
the fact that his cork leg buoyed him
up.
Richard Parker, aged 16 years, son
of Mrs. Mary Parker of Carliule, was
drowned at Duggans Iium, Perry
county, last week. He was with a
ramping party of the Carlisle Young
Men's Christian association. He went
out on the creek in a boat, and becom
ing ill fell into the stream and was
drowned in water only four feet deep.
Leads Gordon, aged 68 years, of
J'lttston, was drowned late last week
in the Busquehanna river at Falling
Bprtngs while fishing for bass. He anj
Hubert Green were In a boat when a .
storm came up and capsized the craft
Green managed to reach shore. The
drowned man was in the publishing
business some time ago, but retired.
Maggie Jacobs, 17 years old, ot
Wllkesbarre, died of lockjaw Monday
morning as a result of injuries received!
July 4.
Michael F.omsn, who was shot
through the head In the claih of
deputies and striking mlnsrs at Lat
timer September 10, Uu7, was dis
charged from tha Miners' Hospital the
other dsy as cured. He underwent
several operation and lingered for
months between life end death.
While Willie Frank rirield. 15 years
of age, of Allentown. was shooting at
a mark -.vlth a revolver he shot him
self in the leg. With a po.'ketknlfa he
proceeded successfully to cut out thf
bullet, but the wound bled so much
thut he became alarmed and sought a
doctor.
While waiting for service to begin In
the Mennonlte Church at Wenaport
the other night Miss Florence Oawald.
afti-d IS years, was struck by lightning
and Instantly killed.