NATIVE LIFE IN MANILA.
Some of the Peculiarities of Dress and Queer Cus
toms of the Filipinos.
ODD WAY OK DOING HOUSEWORK
There is nol (treat deal of fun in
tbe Philippines, but one occasionally
encounters n sight or an iucident
which urings a smile. Usually, these
re of a type which mnst be seen to he
appreciated. In wandering about Ma
nila, particularly the new city, which
is the centre of material life as the
old city is of spiritual life, one should
cither have his nose tit home or plug
it np. The wear and tear exercised
by the highways and byways upon the
olfactory organs are quite severe.
There is a fair mensuro of offense to
the eye as well, but that instrument
possesses a widnr adaptability than
does the nose. It resents less keenly.
The novelty is ephemeral, but there is
novelty for the outsider in the life of
the chief city of tbe Philippines. The
novelty gone, one rather shrinks from
ft all. It gets almost to border on the
pulsive, so greatly is it lacking in
lerent attractiveness.
A HIGH-BORN FILIFINA WEARING rrPKB
GARMENT OF COSTIiY PINA A TEXTURK
' riNEArpLE leaf, as choice as
THE FINEST LACE.
The native woman's shoe consists,
usually, of a flat sole with a toe-cap.
Hometimes the cap has room for all
the toes, sometimes not. Often tho
sole is raised from the ground by
wooden heels and sole blocks like,
bnt lower than those used by the
Japanese. Stocking are not usually
Worn. The gait of the Filipino is a
little outward curving swing from tho
knee, with resultant side swing of
the hip. There is, perhaps, a certain
grace in the movement, but there is
also a good deal of "scuffling," and a
general appearance of being slipshod.
In fact, one gets an idea that the
average Filipino, male or female, is
only abont half-dressed anyway, from
onr standpoint. The customary male
body-covering is only au undershirt.
Those of higher sooial rank and greater
wealth woar also cotton shirt, or a
garment of gauzy texture of some lo
cally made material. Bnt the garment
will be worn, like a coat, in the full
measure of its beauty, outside the
trousers. A higher step in the sooial
oale brings the enbstitntion of the
' eoat for the shirt. A Filipino dnde
with a cane and little "billy-cock"
bat, s pair of black tronsers, and a
gauze shirt, worn outside of them, is
resplendent spectaole, and be has tbe
ir of being entirely conscious of it.
From our standpoint, there is the
. same half-dressed look abont tho
women of the poorer classes. The
Negrito woman of the mountains may
use only a oloth extending from waist
to knee. The Mangyan woman of
Mindoro may wear a oontrivanoe of
braided rattan, wbiohis even more ab
breviated. These garments do not sug
gest the half-dressed. They are dis
tinot. There is no suggestion of Eu
ropean costume. It is not so with the
Filipino woman at Manila. Eor gar
ments are neither dress nor native
Pbostnme. Fieoes of cloth cover her
from the waist downward. The shoul
der and body covering varies in the
number of articles and detail of con-
THE STOCKS
(A Filipino criminal and bis Jailer
tmotiox All are cut somewhat low
in tbe nook, and on plan which give
tbem "list to port or to starboard,"
which leaves shoulder and n upper
arm wholly bare. In the upper cir
cles, there is exercised a greater care
in adjustment, and kandkerohief,
diagonally, is laid across the
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m n i s i a vr . i.wi ill
shoulders and pinned In front. This
tends to steady the outfit and keep it
in place. Tbe sleeves are gathered at
the shoulder and flnre outward, broad
ly bell-mouthed to a little below the
elbow.
The Filipino nmy be said to work
in driblets. Concentration for any
length of timoia not a national charac
teristic, there must be plenty of in
termissions, and the work mnst never
be of such a character as to preclude
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FILiriNO WOMEN BOWING
the smoking of the favorite cigarette.
In house work it takes one native ser
vant to accomplish each task of a dif
ferent character. For instance, in a
large bouso there is a "floor boy,"
whose duty it is to keep all tbe beau
tiful hardwood floors in a clean aud
shiny condition, and this is the way
he does it: The dust is first carefully
brushed np with a hemp arrangement
which in its effects is a cross between
a feather duster aud a hoarth brush.
This is merely a preliminary to the
act of polishing, a work of art which
has been developed on original lines.
Two large, soft cloths are laid on the
floor, aud the "boy," who may be a
grandparent, firmly plants a foot on
each. He next glides slowly back
and forth on the floor, more like a
man on snowshoes than anything else.
Waddling along in' bis flimsy white
clothes, casting nn occasional look
behind at his trail tq see if it is suf
ficiently shiny, he presents a picture
which is so amusing that yon cannot
help bursting into laughter when you
see it for the first time.
The native is often barefooted; if
not, he almost invariably wears the
native Blippers which are called
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MOVIJfB IX MANILA ALL HOUSEHOLD
GOODS ARE HANDLED IN THIS WAV.
"ohinelas" or "zapatitos," and which
consist of a sole and a toe. Many
keep these on without frtatoning ap
parently by (notion; others stick the
little toe outside and hold the shoe on
by this method. From long practice
in this tbe little toe is bent in the
form of a cresoent, but the natives
seem to have few ideas of physical
IN MANILA.
In a M nulla bouss of correction.)
perfection and do not object to snob
trifle as a crooked toe., Filipinos at
times seem much like monkeys. It
they wish to pick anything np from
the floor they do not find it necessary
to stoop as we do; they grab it with
their toes and convey it to their band
in that method. In sitting they art
x.
Just as happy squatting on the floor
or on the ground as on a chair.
Besides the native in Manila, there
is large population of "Mestizos"
and "Chinos." The former is the
name for half-castes, tbe latter for
Chinese. After being in Manila a
week or two most foreigners find it
more natural to use these native terms
than the ones that they have been ac
customed to. The "Chinos" are many
of them well-to-do, being merchants
or having some trade, such as tailor
ing. A great number of them, how
ever, are coolies, and form a large ele
ment of the picturesque in Manila. II
the Filipinos are satisfied with a few
clotbos, tbe coolies are quite content
to wear almost none, and nobodv
thinks anything of it. They are to be
seen on tue street at any Hour ol me
day, even at noontime, wheu the
poorest native prefers a siesta to the
trout lucrative employment.
No "American" or "United States
express vans nre to bo seen rattling
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BEFOItE THE CATACOMBS.
about the streets of Manila; the coolie
in bulk represents tbe only express
company there. Trunks, boxes and
all sorts of merchandise, furniture
from easy chairs and refrigerators to
pianos are carried by the capable
coolie by means of poles which he
rests on his bony shoulders, and the
tough bark of some native tree. If
the burden is heavy it is carried by
two or four men, being swung between
A FILIPINO COCKFIUnT.
them on tbe poles; if it is light and
capable of division he places it in two
paila or basket panniers which he bal
ances at each end of his pole. When
heavily loaded the Coolie goes at a
peculiar sort of dog trot, which con
sists of short stealthy steps and a move
ment of each shoulder with it. The
coolie, like all his celestial brethren,
cultivates the growth of bis raven
locks, though they seriously interfere
with business. At home they never
seem to adopt any kind of coiffure ex
cept the pigtail, but in Manila indi
vidual taste comes into play in this
matter and the results are varied and
interesting. Sometimes their tresses
stream freely down their backs and
no attempt is made to confine them in
any style whatever.
One feature of the houses in Manila
whioh is rather hard tor the foreigner
to get aocustomed to is the presenoe
of tue great number of lizards which
crawl around the coilings'aud walls of
the rooms at night. They are harm
less, but the thought that they may
occasionally lose their grip and drop
down in one's face is not calculated ta)
make them welcome members of the
household. There are many Boorpions
about, but they keep exclusively in
the dark corners of the house and yard
and otherwise behave themselves well.
The Frilled Sheep or Africa.
The sheep that inhabit the moun
tainous regions of Northern Africa up
to Nubia is a kind of wild sheep which
has received its speoifio name from
the long mane whioh oovers the fore
pavt of the body. Captured young,
it can easily be tamed aud trained.
The old bucks, however, are very
vicious. These animals attain an
average hoight of thirty-seven and a
halt inches, and the length of the
body is from sixty to sixty-five inohes,
without measuring the tail. The
illustration represents a specimen of
these sheep living at the zoological
garden in JJerlin, uermany. It is not
known whether the frilled sheep bad
any relation with the domestio ani
mals of Afrioa. Skeletons of these
sheep are found in the Egyptian
museums, and these quadrupeds are
AN AFRICAN FBILLSD SHEEP.
represented in different old Egyptian
designs. It seems that these animals
have to be considered as tamed, but
not as domesticated.
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FARM AND GARDEN.
Have Thlntsnptn the Handle.
A well kuown writer on agricultural
subjects says tlmt especially In seed
ing should there never be any hnp
liazard ways. I '.von in giving milk to
the rulves should the process be the
rule. The in If should have its ration
statedly, should have it sweet, and
should have it warm. Over feeding is
injurious, but feeding cold milk is
worse.
Weptln nn Hit Itosriplde.
Not ninny fnrmers bother them
selves about the weeds that grow
alongside their farms on the roads,and,
as a i nli', not ninny rond overseers
care whether the wends grow on the
road s or not; but these same needs
produce seed and keep the farm welt
supplied with weeds every year, which
cost the farmers lurge sums to destroy.
The wise fanner will keep the weeds
down at his own cxpentfe if they grow
ou the rond.
HMpntal of Potatoes IticllniHl tn If fit.
Potatoes f I oin fields affected by
blight should be kept by themselves,
so they enn be disposed of first nud
in ways that might not be upeu to the
diHposnl of the whole crop. Where
blight hn nppenrod in a Held, except
it bo the early blight, the tubers from
that field will rot, to some extent at
lenst, when placed in nn ordinary col
lar and exposed to about all kinds of
temperatures above freezing. The
first care is tlmt nono of tliem be
saved for soed, as they carry the my
celium of the diseases over from year
to yenr. In disposing of them two
wnys nre open. One is to sell them
for use nt once, even if they bnve to
be sold nt n small sacrifice. If they
go to hotels or otlmr places that use
large quantities of potatoes they will
probably ba used before the rot be
gins to make itself manifest.
If the potatoes must be kept, it can
only be iu cold storage of some kind.
If dug lute in the fall and tbe weather
remains cool this may sometimes be
accomplished by putting the potatoes
into the cellar and keeping the cellar
cool by opening tbe windows at night
and keoping them shut during the
daytime. This w ill keep tbe tomper
ature down to a point where the con
cealed fungus will uot dovelop. Later
the tubers may be pitted.
Tnn Mni'h Tullvn for WlnlrinK
It has been claimed by apiarists
that have tested the mattor to some
extent, tbnt boes will winter better if
uot allowed to partake or pollen, but
conlluud ou combs of honey nlono. I
think some attention should be given
to this mutter iu arranging hives for
winter. I am sntistied that in some
cases whore a large amount of pollen
filled the combs w hich the cluster of
bees Occupied during the winter, did
not winter well. Lysoutery showed
itself to some extent in almoxt every
case iu such instances, bnt we might
attribute this to tbe fact that they
were confined to tbe combs contain
ing pollen, and were obliged to par
take of it or starve.
I believe they should not be con
fined to sucdi combs, but I do not be
ieve it necessary to entirely remove
hem fr om the hive. The frames of
comb that generally contain pure
honey nre found ou the outside of the
brood nest, and those that contain
pollen are always found next to the
brood, nud as this is the ense the bees
are likely to occupy the combs con
taining pollen for thoir winter quar
ters. This cnu be controlled to quite
au extent, aud all I think really nec
essaiy is to remove the centre combs,
or those combs containing pollen, and
place tbem at the outside, aud the
combs that contain honey next to the
bees.
If this is doue and the boes con
fined on combs of pure honey, we
think uo damage will bo done by tUem
partaking of the pollen at their pleas
ure. It is very necessary that bees
have a good supply of pollen in early
spring, and if possible we prefer to
have it in the hive whore they have
access to it when ueeded. It is true
that we can furnish a substitute in
the shape of meal, etc., but can only
do so ou days that they can fly and
work on it. It often occurs that a
large amount of pollen is stored ou
the combs, and as it is exclusively
used for food for tbe young bees, it
naturally is stored near the brood
uest. The amount of pollen stored
depends on the supply. Bees seem to
be ns eager to gather pollen as to
gather honey, aud o'ten a large re
serve is ou bund. A. H. Duff in Farm,
Field and Fireside.
Rase as a Market Cn p.
Almost all farmers grow some snge
for home use iu making dressing for
roasted turkey and chickens. Iu the
olden time, when cheeBe making for
home use was common, sage was
usually put in one or more of the
cheeses to improve the flavor aud
make variety. There is no more
wholesome seasouing than sage. Most
others, especially tbe boughten spices,
pepper, allspice and tbe like, brought
from the tropica, are too constipating
for health. Sage is not so, or at most
only in very slight degree, and as it is
always used as condiment with fresh
meat, which is laxative, it does good
rather than barm. Those furmers
who grow sago hare generally au
active demand about holiday time
from their neighbors who have been
less provideut, aud they bare enough
demand in their own-neighborhood to
take all their surplus. Sometimes,
however,' the well-to do neighbors are
ashamed to take so little a thiug as
this for a gift, aud what peunies they
give for sae much - more than pays
tbe expense of oaring for the bed.
Tbe irfarket gardeners grow celery
as an - annual, and by taking the
thriftiest plants and allowing them to
seed, they have developed several
varieties of large-leaved sage, whioh it
is always better to use as seed when
setting nut new plantations. Hage,
may, however, be spread from the
root. This requires no annual plant
ing of the seed, and of course keeps
the large leaved variety pure, though
after being grown in -a clump the
plant will be less vigorous aud have
smaller leaves. Tbe layered snjre
stem, with its lower lenves stripped off
and covered, roots very quickly, and
this can be done any time in midsum
mer and secure a well-rooted plant
next yenr. Most of the old sage beds
in the country are grown from Inyers.
This is why they grow in clumps, as
the Inyer has some dormant buds
which send up shoots tbe following
senson. Tho snge plant is best grown
from seed which may be sown now,
nnd get growth enough to live through
the winter if the top is cut down in
tbe full, pretty close tn tho ground,
nml covered with a forkful of manure.
This w inter covoriug Is importnnt to
keep the snge roots from heaving out
iu winter by alternate freezing and
thawlug.
Nn Wnj of rinntlna Ktrawlisrrlfis.
It has been found that it costs more
to cultivate a spring-set strawberry
bed during its first six weeks tbnn for
nnv other period of its life. Atten
tion must be given at the very time
Mint other items of farm work need
looking after. If this cure is withheld
the bed will become a moss of weeds
aud will be so checked that it may
never reoover. Tbe following method
which is iu use in some sections of
New York state and which the writer
has tested in a smnll way, will be
found as practical as it is simple.
The young plunts are removed from
tbe field iu the usual manner, but are
taken to a previously ariuuged bed of
good soil where they are planted, after
being trimmed of old leaves aud in
jured aud superfluous roots. The
shortening of tbe remaining roots is
rapidly done as follows: The plant is
held in the left hand, lenves up, the
collar grasped by tbe thumb and first
finger, the hand is closed around the
roots, which are snipped off by means
of a pnir of shears. In the bed the
plants are set in rows about a foot
apart and an inch apart iu the rows.
They are shaded until they have be
come established and a mulch of well
rotted stable manure that is free from
straw is applied. The plants nre
k prayed with Bordeanx mixture every
Viii ibtys or two weeks, nnd watered
it' necessary. The ground is soaked
just before they are to be removed to
the field. They are then lifted, set
closely upon trays and carried to the
field. They are remarkably well pro
vided with roots and sutler no check
when sot iu the permaueut rows.
While tho plants nre in the beds the
Ilo'd is being prepared. It is plowed,
harrowed and thoroughly fined by
means of a weeder run over it once a
week or ten days, nnd after each rain.
It not only pulverizes the surface but
kills weeds aud turns np any grubs
and worms for the birds to remove.
The plants have, by this method, a
wnriu bed to start iu, which Is very
different from the usual cold comfort
forced upon them iu early spring,
wheu, in order to be ready, the
grutiud frequently has to be plowed
before it should be touched. The re
maining treatment is the same at for
other beds.
This method permits of easier spray
ing of the plnuts for disease, whioh
operution occupies less time and re
quires less fungicide by far than is
used in the open field. A double
saving is thus effected. No spraying
is usually ueeded iu tbe tiold utter the
plnuts are set, unless the germs of
disease are already present in great
quantity in it. Much more time is
ul lowed for transplanting since it may
be done when the greatest rush of
spring work is over. Shipments of
pluuta that arrive late cau sometimes
lie saved from utter loss by this plan.
Lastly, plants grown in this way are
in every respect equal to pot grown
plunts. M. G. Kains in the Lpito
mist. I'oiiltry Notes.
It is possible to improve the egg
laying qualities of any flock by careful
selection.
The farmer who tries two colonies
of birds this wiuter will want four
next wiuter.
It is a good plan to give laying hens
i. . . .i . i.
an occasional ieeii oi corn itiut lias
bveu burned nutil it is charcoal.
Tho color of an egg has nothiug to
do with its nutritive value. A white
egg is just as good ns a brown one.
A party gave a dollar for a horse,
killed it, sold the hide for $1.25 and
hud the meat for his chickens for his
trouble.
If you havn't got a bone mill feed
ohipped meat scraps or sausage to the
fowls meat is Just about as goou as
bone, anyhow.
Tbe heu is the most profitable of
all birds kept on tue farm, but it is
well where one cau to nave duck,
turkeys aud geese.
If the bens are too fat to , lay or
moult well, feed tnem but ouce a day
if yarded, or not at all if free, until
reduced in weight.
The first three days that a hen sits
on her eggs sue should attend faith.
fully to business in order to start the
"iluck to growiug.
Oue brood at a time is best for the
farm unless the farmer has money aud
time to build the yards and houses to
keep tue birds spurt.
Orouud oats, when made from
good quality of grain, is oue of the
best parts of the worulug math. It
produces muscle, bone aud feuthets
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UE STATE HEIS COKED
LIBRARY FOR TYRONE.
Andrew Carncolt Offers to Contribute $60,000
II the CI i Furnishes Sullibls Ills
and Will Maintain II
A citizen nf Tyrone Is In receipt of a
letter Iroiii Andrew CnrncKle. dated at
Rklrm Castle, Hcotlnnd, In which he of-
rrs to rontrlliute l!0,000 to provide a
frie library for Tyrone on conditions
that the town furnish a suitable site
for the building. The site Is to be de
tached nnd have sutlli-lent ground
around It and $.1,000 prr ynar Is to be
provided to maintain the library.
The following pensions were granted
Inst week: O. T. Wlllurd, Boldlers
end Hallors' home. Krle, $12; John W.
Miller, dt-nd, Conncnut l.nke, IS to $12;
imvld Coll., dcHil, At. I'lcasnnt, $8 to
$12; William num. llarvcys, $12 to $14;
Oliver Hidbert, Tyrone, $IS to $17;
VVujdilniiton 1'. Altmnn, Vnndergrlft,
$8 to $10; William H. Chrlnlman,
LnuKhllntown, $ to $12; William
Hmlth, Lewrem-evMIe, $16 to $W
Thoinns Franklin, letersburg, $6 to ti
Ksra Hmlth, Cherry Flats, $12 to $14;
Jacob K.-ller, Hells Hun, $8; Rarah B.
Miller. Connntint Lake, $8; Pllns For
mer, West Ford, $8; George Ilowman,
Pittsburg, $; Conrad Hagerstock, Hel
knnp, $6; William Andre, dead, Vleas
entvllle, $8 to $12; George W. Arlson,
Fayette City, $12 to $14; James Craig
head, Washington, $0 to $S; John li.
Fletcher, Hedford, $14 to $17; George
Castley, Academy Corners, $10 to $12
Hubert W. Khali er, Itlchardgvllle, $l3
to $17; Charles Clnwsun, Mercer, 113 t.
$14; Levi nswayo, $14; David I). I.yoi,.
I'latea, $17; Leanore J. McMeans, N
trona, $8; Muggle ('. Htouler, llul
dayshurg, $8; Isabella Cole, Alton!
$12; Patrick O'Connor, Pittsburg, $b
Martin McDonnell, Pittsburg, $; II.
II. Krlder. Tyrone, $10 to $12; S. P. Mo
Fadden, La Jose, $14 to $17; John R.
I'unlap, Jefferson, $17 to $'.'4; Edmund
T. Itlchards Cranesvllle, $12 to $17.
One man was Instantly killed anil
five others more or less Injured by a
falling wall In Oil City a few days ago.
The dead man Is George Allen, Jr.
The Injured are John Elert, John
Uulnn, Hamuel llruner, John Itoblnsnn
and Timothy Iteardon. The men
were tearing down an old warehouse
building, cleaning the bricks and re
moving them to a new building In
course of constiuctlon a short distance
away when the wall fell without warn
ing. The other part of the building
hd been removed, and the wall Is
thought to have been Jarred down by
a passing freight train. Allen was
burled under several tons of brick,
and was dead when the rescuers
reached him.
An explosion of gas occurred at the
Khenandnah City colliery at Hhenan
doah a few days ago, and fire Immedi
ately broke out In the mine, hemming
In 22 men who were at work at the
time. Those attracted to the surface
of the mine by the explosion at once
began vigorous efforts to rescue the
liiipiisoned men, and In this they were
suceensful, all the men being taken out
alive In a comparatively short time.
J. M. Cllnghnm has made a discov
ery of block marble In Mercer county.
A stock company is being formed to
mine the granite.
George Wolkosk!. a miner living
south of Irwin, a few nights ago was
the victim of whltecaps. Wolkoskl,
about two weeks ago, was prosecuting
witness In a trespass case Against sev
eral of his countrymen. They vowed
vengeance. Four masked men ap
peared at Wolkoskl's cabin. They beat
down the door and got a promise from
film to leave the country In three days
or suffer death by hanging. Next
morning Wolkoskl swore out warrants
for Frank Labousky, John Miller, Krlst
Cute and Anton Petcoinas.
Charles Vokes, a trimmer In Worth
Tiros.' Iron and steel works at Coates
vllle. wus shocked to death a few days
ago by the falling of an electric light
wire, which rested upon the material
he was handling and sent l,4ft0 volta
through his body. Death was Instan
taneous. Fellow workmen feared to
touch the body for several minutes, as
It seemed t be heavily charged with
the electrical current. Vokes was
known as the strongest man In Ches
ter county.
Midway between Sharon and Wheat
land, east of where the new $3,000,000
steel mill ia to be built. In where the
Hharon Kteel Company and other In
terested parties will lay out a new
town. The town will practically be a
suburb of Sharon. Mrs. Elizabeth
Haywood has donated ten acres of land
In the heart of the town for a park to'
be named for her late husband, ex
Btate Treasurer Haywood.
John Campbell, late of Company I,
Tenth regiment, who is employed by
Contractor Frank Htark on the new
coke ovens at Jamison, was held up by
two men a few days ago and knocked
down twice. Ho got his revolver and
fired three times, shooting one of his
assailants In the leg. The man's pal
dragged him away and they escaped.
Oyster suppers are to be put. to a
novel use In Lower Purrell township,
near Greensburg. The farmers of the
county will Inaugurate the new Idea
on Halloween night. The object Is to
raise a fund for the Improvement of
the public roads without Increasing
the taxation of the township.
Mrs. Emma Miles, aged 3X years, who
resided In Cherrytree township, near
Franklin, was burned to death In a
mysterious manner at her home the
other day. Her body was found a few
rods from her home by her son on his
return from school. No one knows how
the accident happened.
Ground was broken at Titusville last
week for a monument to the memory
of Col E. L. Drake, the man who
drilled the lirst oil well. The monu
ment will be erected near the entrance
to Woodlawn cemetery, and will cost
$20,000. The name of the donor has not
been disclosed.
While trailing for quail on the pre
serve of the Nlttany Gun Club at Rede
fonte a few days ago, David Martin, of
Philadelphia, took a shot at a covey
that arose from a clump of brush and
In doing so accidentally shot his best
pointer, valued at $1,000.
Edward C. Caldwell, a member of
the Tenth regiment living at Uranden
vllle, has been granted a pension of $14
a month. Caldwell was a member of
Company P. and at the battle of Ma
late received a bullet wound in the
right chest.
Tho mangled body of Frank LaRew,
a Pittsburg & Western railroad brake
man, was found along the track in
New Castle recently. It Is not known
how he was killed.
A barn belonging to D. K. Ramey.
two miles east of Altoona, burned the
other night. All the crops, eight horses
and 15 head of cattle of the tenant, J.
D. Dlehl, burned with the building.
Tramps started the tire. Loss Ji.ooo,
partially Insured.
James Hoover, of Qallltzln, was In
stantly killed at Crrsson a few days
ago. He was. standing on the railroad
when an engine struck him, knocking
him under an eastbound frvgtht. Mr.
Hoover was a flagman. II leaves a
wife and one child.
Simon Fair, of Bherrett, accidentally
shot and killed his daughter Nannie a
few days ago but the child llvsd until
yesterday morning. The accident hap
pened while the father waa cr
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