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THE REAL BOERS AT HOME
Simple, Primitive Ways of the People
of the Transvaal.
Yon will hear diver I answers as to
I what kind o( people the Boers are.
I The raoro shortsighted and intolerant
V travelers may say that the Boers are a
dirty lot who don't use table napkins,
" an illiterate set ol brute who never
heard of Kipling, an utterly unrefined
people whose knowledge of art is nil;
in short, a backward, stnpid, nnpro
gressive, half civilized set who are too
thick-headed to know they are stand
ing in the pntb of that J nggernant car,
civilization, and must in the eud be
crushed beneath its wheels.
It is a mistake to take rani Krnger
and his snrronnding politicians as
types of the Boer. Also it is a mis
take to take the dweller in the towns
as typical. To nneartb the real Boer
one must seek the wide and solitary
veldt, the hidden valleys, the distant
hills, and there, on his farm, draw him
out and study Lira, Your true Boer
despises the town. He is essentially
n agriculturist and a hunter. He is
xtremelv conservative, and with
rangers brusque and taciturn, but if
finds you are harmless ho oan be
ry hospitable. He does not drink
ep. He is religions, with a gloomy,
tern religion which makes him be
lieve, as did the Covenanters, as mjich
in the. Old Testament as in the New,
He is moral. He does not believe in
divorce laws. He marries early in
life, and is convinced the highest
blessing is an abundance of children.
He is sturdily built, lis a rule, thanks
to his way of life, which is the same
as that of bis father and his ancestors
for many generations an open-air
life, with lots of beef and cabbage and
milk. He is a good horseman, and a
remarkable marksman. He under
stands that the man who can shoot
straight and witbont excitement
makes, nowadays, the best soldier.
He fears Ood and loves his country,
but cannot understand the need of a
taxgatherer. He is, in faot, the back
woodsman of last century in the
Unite '1 States, eome to life again in
Africa.
At the first hint of gray in the East
ern sky, at the first erow of the cook,
the farm household is up and stirring,
and breakfast, with the usual strong
coffee the Boer loves, is over by the
time the sun rises. The men are out
and about at onoe, looking after just
the aame ohores as on an American
farm in the West, save those who are
off to replenish the larder by shooting
a springbok, a barteheest or some suoh
peaies of deer. The women have
plenty of work about the house. The
genuine old Boer farm furnishes it
self every necessary to its occupants.
The furniture is oftun made by the
farmer, or he has great, unwieldy,
carved chests and bureaus which have
come to him from his ancestors. He
canjmake his own shoes. HiB women
dress and weave his own sheep's wool
and make their and his olothes from
it. .There is almost nothing he needs
to buy. He does not care a rap for
neokties or collars or - store olothes,
and a full beard is fashionable. All
he really has to buy is farming imple
ments, and of these he prefers the
primitive sort, though
enterprising
agents have introduced suoh things as
mowing and other machinery.
During the day he works leisurely,
content to make a living out of the
ground. He dines heartily at noon
Mind sups heartily at evening. His day
hardly differs from that of any farmer
in any oountry, only, if he sings at
his work, it is likely to be a psalm
that he sings. He smokes a great
deal while he goes about a habit de
rived from his forebears iu Holland.
He is fortunate in having no winter
KRAALS OF KAFFIR
no frost, no snow, only the dry sea
son, when his oattlo suffer, and the
rainy season, when the rivers and
ponds are flooded.
Hia house and barns are low and
roomy simply furnished as to the
' no rooms. 'The great featherbed
usually the moat notioeable feature,
;.', perhaps, ha glories in a little
i'rs for bis daughter to pick
out hymn tunes on of a Sunday. Just
before the sun goes down, at a time
which varies very little all the year
round, the Boer calls his family to
gether, and they have household
prayers and pious singing. No lights
are needed, or if one is, it is an old-
fashioned lanthorn, or, more likely, a
rush dip, floating iu a onp of home
made tallow, l.re the daylight has
fairly gone tho farmer has bolted the
door and everybody is in bed.
He has no amusements, aocording
to European or American lights.
Knowing nothing of theatres or pic
ture galleries, he does not want them.
BOEK8 GATHEItED FOR THE
He hardly ever reads anything save
the Bible, and that is a saored duty,
and with stammering and difficulty.
The hunt is his chief sport, for big or
little game, and there is keen rivalry
in the display of trophies. Also he
has one favorite sport of much the
same kind the shooting matches.
Three or four times a day he goes
to Nachtraaal, which is equivalent to
the Scotch Fast Day or Lord's Supper.
In the little market square of the
nearest little burg there will stand a
modest whitewashed building like a
barn. This is the churoh for the dis
trict, and here at stated periods the
farmers gntbor from all about. They
don't take their families to hotels,
though some may stay with friends,
but drive the two or three days' jour
ney in the big white-canvassed wagon,
drawn by from twelve to sixteen fat,
white-horned oxen. They make camp
near the town in a meadow probably
by the stream, and live in and under
the wagon during the Naohtmaal,
"OCTSPANNINQ." A BOKB FAMILY REST
ING AT THE CLOSE OF A DAY'S TREK.
cooking for themselves the food they
have brought along. The congrega
tion gathers, during this time, day
and evening. Their neighbors meet
betweon whiles and gosBip and per
haps transaot a little business. Thej
would not belong to the human family
if, of course, the lads and lasseB did
not walk and talk and court and ex
change vows. These are the great
outings, the picnios, of the year, and
small tradesmen and peddlers are on
hand with kuickknack and trumpery
to sell to the young folks, so that,
outside' the services, the meeting is a
kind of fair. Sometimes also there
, may be a wrestling matoh or jumping
match between young men, iu whioh
all, old and young, will take a' deep
interest.
So the Boer farmer and hnnter pur
sues his even way, as his people have
ever done, and if what he considers
the aooiirsed gold had never been
found in his loud, he might so pursue
it to the end of the chapter. It is to
be feared, however, that foreign
capital and railroads and telegraphs
and lightning-rod agents have broken
up his idyllia life forever, or, rathor,
HELP ON A BOEB VARM.
will soon do so. It was not, however,
all peace. As the Amerioan back
woodsman was continually on bis guard
against Indians, so the Boer is ever
ready to take the field against a kaffir
tribe or the British .
Then the plough and the hoe are
laid aside, and the rifle is oleaned
oarefally, but not now for a pleasant
bant after gam. The oU to arms' is
rap1c mobilization Is ptlmitivs.
There is no squabbling 'about volun
teering, or enlisting, or drafting. Ex
cept the women, the very old and the
AND IMHSOSAOE TtriCAl, OF
THE TRANSVAAb.
very young, everybody responds, even
boys of thirteen and fourteen but
the average Boer boy is a pretty stout
and healthy lad, and has been taught
to shoot since he was ten or eleven.
Each man takes his horse and his rifle
and proceeds to the rendezvous of his
district. The pastors are with them,
and with prayer and psalms the
tarraer-soldiers march out to defend
their country.
i miamii win
LORD'S HUTTEM, riETERSRURO.
Testing th Faith of Man.
George Mantelli, said to be a dia
mond merchant from Auckland, New
Zealand, was in Cincinnati, O., a few
days ago. He has been on a trip
around the world, having visited the
South African diamond fields on his
journey. He says that a new process
is being invented in Auckland by
which the Australian diamond can be
cut. It is customary to cut diamonds
with diamond dust, as everybody
knows, but the Australian white dia
mond has proved itself impervious to
ordinary diamond dust, and as it is so
bard it cannot be cut, its immense
beanty as a precious stone remains
dormant. The Auokland inventor has
found a rock that is harder than the
Australian diamond, and is succeed
ing in crushing the hard stone by
means of the still harder one. With
the dust of the Australian diamond
he is to polish and cut the stone itself.
This story will be believed by those
who believe such stories. The Jew
eler's Circular.
A Bushranger's Armor.
The aooompanying illustration is a
photograph of the armor used by Ned
Kelly, the notorious Australian bush
ranger. Kelly, having been in his
more peaoeful days a blacksmith, says
the London Strand, manufactured
armor for himself and comrades from
old boiler-plates, and to suoh good
purpose did these protective ooverings
serve them that for two years the gang
defied all the efforts of the police of
Viotoria to capture them. They were
at last surprised, and many of them
shot whilst drinking at a hotel; not,'
however, until $400,000 had been
AUSTRALIA!) OCBHIIANOER'S ARMOR.
spent by the Government in its en
deavors to stamp out the gang. Ned
Kelly was tried and executed in Mel
bourne jail, and his armor, which
shows many marks of police bullets, is
at present in possession of the Via
torian Government.
alarriaga luduoameots.
"Whatever induced you to marry
me, anyway, if I am so distasteful to
youV" he asked fiercely.
"I think it was the advertisements,"
she said.
"The what?"
"The advertisements. The house
hold bargains, you know. I thought
it would be so lovely to go to the de
partment stores and buy icepicks for
nine cents, real eight-oent dippers for
only one cent, and all that sort of
thing. Of oourse I bad no use for
that sort of stuff when single."
Furniture Worker,
VuT of Frlaoa Warden,
Kansas pays the warden of her peni
tentiary 12500 per annum, out of whioh
cornea his living expenses,' and her
penitentiary contains 040 convicts.
Illinois pays the warden of the Joliet
penitentiary, with 1800 prisoners in
his keepiug, 13500 and provides his
living. Minnesota, with 529 convicts,
gives the warden of the Stillwater
prison a salary of 15000.
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FOR WOMAN'S BENEFIT, f
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Women In Re Rerncnliad.
Sixteen windows in the dome of tho
rnpitol at Denver, Col., are to have
portraits of leading citizens of the
sta'e, and the women hnve demanded
of the managers that their sex shall
be represented in at least five of them.
Among the women suggested are Mrs.
Augusta Talier. Mrs, Albert U.Boone,
wife of the scant, and Chipreta, wife
Chief Ourny of the Utes. The Wom
an's .lour mil suggests as one of these
portraits that of Margaret W, Camp
bell, a former resident of Colorado,
through whose efforts in INTrt woman
vnffragtt was authorized by the state
constitution.
Tlii tliiren Tend tn Her 1fonhnM.
Notwithstanding the great amount
of business with which she has to
deal, the Queen is to a large extent
her own housekeeper. The first thing
every morning a paper of suggestions
from the clerk of the kitchen is placed
before he', fiom which, in her own
hand, she orders the menus of the
day, both for herself and such of her
granilchildreii as may be with her.
The Qneeu's chef receives a snlary of
8200!) per annum, and bat as satellites
four master cooks, two yeomen of the
kitchen, two assistant rooks, two
roasting cooks, six apprentices and
six kite henmaids, besides pantrymen
and othor lesser lights,
A ttnncli Af (iinrins Xnw.
The proper wrinkle for the weaver
of charins snd bar nric jingles is a
hnn;h of amulets l the smart bau
ble shops cater to this new fsd by
making thirteen diminiitiveand dainty
toys of gold, silver and crystal, all at
tached to one short chain from which
they can serve as watch fob orna
ment, chatcla ne or bangle adorn
ment, or as a play toy for the long
neck chain. Each clisrin is a symbol
of some blessing or virtue. The tiny
amethyst heart in its rim of gold sig
nifies happiness, the golden filbert
long life, the bit of heather pressed
within a flat crystal locket life-long
happiuets, the shamrock good luck,
etc. A bean, a sprig of silver mistle
toe, a tiny pig of bog oak.a violet ami
an anchor are among these charms.
Mine. I.ahoti nml Ilia ('at.
Mine. Marguerite Labori, before
her first marriage, was a professional
pianist. On a tour in England she
was for a week the tenant of a hand
some apartment belonging to another
musician. During this time the latter
called ami the fair pianist said:
"I have fallen in love with your
cat. It is a musical prodigy. I never
practice but it conies and sits down
near me ami looks at me with au ex
pression that is almost human. As
long as I play it keeps quiet, as if its
soul were lost in the pleasure of the
performance. The moment I stop it
wails as if to beg for an encore."
"I dislike to destroy a romance,"
replied her frieud, "but for the last
five years I have made it a rule to feed
the cat the moment my practicing was
over."
Mme. Labori spent muny years in
Bostou, Mass., and became a social
favorite at the Hub. She met her
present husband after her return to
the Continent, where she was en
gaged in professional music work. Iu
appearance she is a typical Anglo
Saxon, with a well-knit frame, show
ing a love of outdoor sports. Her
complexion is pink and white, and her
bright dark eyes show an inheritance
of health and vigor. Philadelphia
Saturday Evouiug l'ost.
Wave Ills Hair Naturally.
Most important in waving the hail
in the great undulations which are so
popular for the pompadour effect just
at present is to make it look as nat
ural as possib'e. The point ot differ
ence between naturally wavy hair and
waves created by the curling iron is
that the former undulate evenly and
match all over the head, no matter
from what part the hair is combed.
The waves tit into each other. The
artificial wavelets are all sizes, aud
jog at every inch or bo, showing an
nueveaueu of heat -in the iron and
no regard for making ends fit to
gether. While it is not possible to perfectly
counterfeit nature, still, having de
cided upon the sort' of coiffure de
sired, the waves can be manufactured
surprisingly even. The first lock hav
ing been w aved, nil others must mutch
it iu size and direction as if the whole
head were waved iu one impression of
the hot iron. This can bo done ac
curately by taking a few hairs from
the first lock and combing it with the
second to measure the waves. This
mnst be cntijued all around the first
lock, and extend all around the Lead.
Only iu this way can a waved coiffure
be made effective. The iron must also
be of eveu temperature throughout
the whole process, otherwise one wave
will be tighter than another. When
properly done the most simple ar
rangement is beautiful.
I,alat FameleB tu Llngarle,
The fendness that women have for
dainty lingerie not infrequently leads
them into grave mistakes in purchas
ing it. The cheap garments, with
their fluffy lace, while so attractive ou
the bargain table, lamentably fail to
keep their character after one laun
dering. The cambrie umbrella skirt, four
and a half yards wide, with four in
sertions of Valenciennes and a wide
l.noe ruffle is fashiouable. Another
favorite ia a skirt of the ' same style
with a two-inch Poiut de Paris inser
tion aud a full lacs ruffle, protected
by a dost ruffle.
The most desirable nightgowns srs
mads of fine French cambric, in plat
white or with pink or blue dots. Col
ored batistes in delicate tints are much
nsed for all undergarments, snd srs
trimmed with flue thread laces. These
materials launder well snd are very
durable.
Nightgowns are trimmed with Point
de Paris lace, and have large revers
trimmed with fine tucks and inser
tion. Gowns with the square yoke
effect are elaborately ornamented with
dainty satin bows ot white, pink, lav
ender or bine. The empi e gown does
not lose its popularity, aud it is m st
effective when trimmed with fluffy
lace and I'aiuty satin bows.
Some of the best shops are showing
petticoats made to fit. snugly over the
hips and flaring full at the knee.
These are designed '? "-om .vith
the new box-plaited skirts.
The finest corset co'vers are no
longer fitted to the figure, but are
drawn into plai-o at the neck and waist
by tiny strings, Some exquisite crea
tions in this line are fashioned of
white silk and trimmed with creamy
silk lace and iuserlion. Others are
elaborately trimmed with white lace
and baby ribbon. These special con
fections, however, command as high a
price as the average woman pays for a
silk shirt waist, and consequently are
within the reach of only a favored
few.
Creations in the line of Bilk petti
coats are becoming more elaborate
daily. As much labor is frequently
expended in making one of them as
would be required to turn out a com
plete costume. Accordion or knife
plaited ruffles adorn all of the latest
petticoats and where insertions of silk
luce are added au appearance of ex
treme airiness is produced. The up
per parts of many of the skirts are
trimmed with lovers' knots of lace.
New York Tribune.
Womanly Kxerrlae Not New Willi Vs.
Susan, Countess of Malmesbnry,
seeks to rid the mind of the fallacy
that outdoor exercise is a special at
tribute of the women of the presont
day. Our mothers and grandmothers,
she reminds us, could sit a horse,
wield a salmon rod or use an oar. We
know, too, that Mary Cjueeu of Scots
never could keep her health unless
she rode twenty or thirty miles a day,
and that the ladies of her court ac
companied her when she went out
hawking.
Both the women and the men of
past days led, forcedly, lives which
were in the maiu quieter than ours,
locomotion being so much more ex
pensive, fatiguing and difficult.
Many things which formerly were
done at home by the mistress of the
house and her maid servauts now are
accomplished best elsewhere.
The doctor and the chemist of today
are more reliable than those of the
post, therefore the mother of the fam
ily does uot find it necessary or even
advisable to concoct medicines for
those about her.
Certainly the principles and prac
tice of today appear to have created a
race of fine upstanding young women,
many of whom leave their homes,
where they have beeu loved and deli
cately nurtured, to follow their hus
bands, enduring all manner of hard
ships without complaint.
Mauy of these women, who have
never done a hard day's work in their
lives, go to the colonies, and what
their bauds find to do that they brave
ly undertake. Their mental training
would be of the wroug sort indeed
had it not taught them the diguity of
the uecessary labor of a womau for
those she loves.
Careful diet, continues the count
ess, and exorcise specially adapted to
the needs of each individual are the
most powerful indeed the only last
ingremedies we possess against the
enervating effect of luxury or high
pressure, and the sedentary existence
which the stern necessity of earning a
living has imposed on too many of
our sex, and they are remedies which
cannot be replaced by medical treat
ment. Almost every woman might, if she
had the time at her disposal, derive
beuetit from the bringiug iuto active
use of some one set of muscles, sup
posing that her efforts were directed
lightly. The SwediBh syBtem of gym
nastics fully recoguizes this fact, and
it is well known that there are special
movements which improve the action
of the heart or of the digestive facul
ties, as the case may be.
The whole secret lies in knowing
what to do, but in not overdoing it,
aud iu developing side by side the
mental and physical qualities of our
young girls as they are growing up.
Gleanings from tha Hho.
Separate skirts of corduroy iu staple
colors, to be worn with flannel shirt
waists.
Soparate skirts in various plaid com
binations to be worn with black velvet
jackets.
Whip belts made of Mexican cinch
leather fastened with a truce buckle
and strap.
Muuy mottled green aud brown
woolen materials for golf suits aud
separate skirts.
Many chemisettes and dotaohable
guimpes of lace aud some tissue ma
terial combined.
Practical needlework cases of leather
handsomely appointed with sterling
silver accessories.
Imperial ties of rich faille frun
caise with silk-embroidered ends iu
patriotic emblems.
Sheath petticoats of taffeta finished
around the lower edge with a muss
of points, flutes or frills, below which
is a deep flounce of crt ps ds chiue.
Black taffeta jackets iu Etou form
fluished with revers sud high Medici
collar, deoorated with whits silk
guiinp threaded with narrow bUok
ribbon, Dry Goods Economist,
HUM STATE HIS CONDENSED
MURDER AND SUICIDE,
Allcn'own Hotel Keeper Murder Hit Wits I
the View of Hundreds ol Men-Then
Tikes. Hit Own Lit.
George W. Kern, proprietor of th
Hoel Mecca, at Allentown, Saturday
morning killed his wife and himself.
The pair had not been living together
fur three months, owing to Kerr's Ill
treatment. Mrs. Kern was employed
In a laundry, and when she boarded
a trolley car at S.30 o'clock to go to her
work her husband stood on the rear
platform displaying a revolver. When
Mrs. Kern observed him she ran
screaming out of the front door of the
car and sought the protection of about
200 wire mill employes. Kern hastened
after her, and twice pulled the trigger,
but the weapon failed to discharge.
The husband dragged his wife Into his
hotel and, barricading the door with a
chair, In full view of the crowd shot
her head. He than killed himself.
Kern was 38 years old and his wife 29.
The following pensions were granted
last week: Matthew Templeton, Becks
Mills, 112; Marlon Howe, Mitchell
Creek, $8 to 114; Hamuel Hwank. Btauf
fcr, $12 to $17; Oarret M. Hhranger,
1'hoenlx, 110 to $17; John King. Klttan
nlng, $10 to $12; Oeorge Orris, Joint, 18
to X; Jefferson B. Carey, TowandR, $14
to $17: Rose Adwyre, Allciona, $8; Mary
I... Jackson, Allegheny, $8; Miles Terry,
father. North Kast, $12; Hunan Fergu
son, Deep Valley, $12; Elisabeth tic
Kehna, Youngstown, $S; Elisabeth J.
Overcash, Altoona, $H; minors of
Hamuel J. Htewart. Pittsburg, $16;
Michael Mrown, Meyerdale, $6; Charles
M. Moon, Tloneata, $6; Charles Hed
dlck, Haxonburg, $8; David Garloch,
Bwanvllle, $6; John Moore (dead), Be
wlckley. $30: Chauncy F. Ackerman,
UreenHhurg, $ to $10; Michael Wll
helm, Cambridge Bprlngs, $6 to $12;
James . I.eftllngwell, Conneautvllle,
$17 to $24; William Hloan, Flnleyvllle,
$12 to $17; Oeorge W. Coalman, Hor
tons, $8 to $10; James Marsha, New
Mrighton, $10 to $14; William C. Wil
liams, I.lndsey, $4 to $6: Hettle Moore,
Hewlckley, $12; Mary Claycomb,
Flshertown, $8; T.ewls H. Bwlgert,
Eilenhllle. $8; William Pentecost,
Pittsburg. $12; John Mac-Montgomery,
Washington, $; Ell A. Proper, Brad
ford, $6; James P. Wolff, Wayneahoro,
$5 to $27: Ellas Btutxman, Lull. $12 to
$14; Christopher Fawcett, Pittsburg,
$6 to $10; John Hughes, New Castle,
$12 to $17; Chauncey B. .Fitch, Gran
ville, Centre. $12 to $14: Henry H.
Clark, Elllsburg. $6 to $12; Elisabeth
A. Luce. Meadvllle, $8; Elenor E.
Kawles, Bells Landing, $8.
A short time before the death of
Morris Oaut of Wllklnsburg, formerly
of the mall service In Pittsburg, he In
vested $MM) In a Western gold mine at
10 cents a share. After his death the
certificate of the stock was found
among his papers, but they were not
regarded with much consideration.
The unexpected happened and the In
vestment has Just turned out to be one
of real value. The mine operators
have Just notified Mrs. Uaut here that
the shares of stuck are now worth $1
each, and that the $!iU0 Invested by hei
lute husband hus rounded out to $5,000.
Fire broke out on the third floor of
the Altoona Mirror building Tuesday
night, and before It was got undei
control had done $30,000 worth of dam
age. The heaviest losers are: H. & N.
H. Hlep, proprietors of the Mirror,
whose loss on plant, Including linotype
machines, presses, stock and building,
will foot up to $27,000; W. H. Mulhol
land's feed store, next door. Is dam
aged by water $2,000, and his whole
stock is ruined; Thomas Wler, whole
sale confectioner, Is damaged $1,000 by
smoke and water.
Hattle Frits and Anna Esllch. of
Wllkesbnrre, aged 17 and 15 years re
spectively, were arrested at thelt
homes In I.uierne borough last week
charged with tampering with the
Vnlted Bantes malls. The prosecutrix
Is Miss Alice Aregood. Bhe alleges
that the two defendants got hold of a
letter addressed to her, and opened It
by the steaming process. The girl
were held In $r00 ball euch for trial In
the United Btates court.
Among the hundreds of tons of cop
per and brass Junk received from for
eign countries by the Kelly & Jones
Company at their manufacturing plant
lit Oreensburg the other day were a
rouple of tons of old coins from China,
Japan, Jerusalem and other countries.
Muny of the coins bore dates showing
them to be centuries old. There was
ulso received a lot of Cuban church
bells.
A man, believed to De John Wllhelm
of Hermlnle, was ground to pieces on
the Hemptleld railroad near Carbon a
few- duys ago. The man fell from a
freight train, and the body was so
badly mangled, the head and face be
ing ground to a pulp, that It is not
recognizable. The man was well
dressed, and a bonk in a pocket con
tained he name of John Wllhelm.
Benny Watklns, of New Castle,
waited for an hour the other morning
at East Uronk for a rabbit to come out
nf a hole Into which he saw It run.
When the animal suddenly made its
appearance the young mun was so
iturtled that he let his gun drop and It
was discharged. His right arm was
blown completely off at the elbow and
his condition Is serious.
Isaac Beiker. aged 71. of Philadelphia
committed suicide at the store of his
wife In Milton Thursday evening. He
had been parted from his wife eigh
teen years. He arrived from Philadel
phia and went directly to the store,
where he pulled out a revolver and
sent a bullet through his head Just
above the ears. He leaves a wife and
two daughters.
The body of a Russian coal miner
named Beverel Makossky was found
along the Pittsburg, Virginia & Char
leston railroad at Washington a few
duys ago, and from an Investigation
Indications go to show that he was
murdered by two fellow-Itusslan
miners, Peter Roblpus and Qeorge fle
wicsky, both of whom have left the
oountry.
Mrs. Thomas Reese of Wyland was
killed by a freight train on the Balti
more & Ohio Rallroud at Washington
while crossing the track near her
home. Bhe sustained serious Injuries
in the skull, and was brought to the
Washington hospital, where she died
Saturday afternoon. She leavea a hus
band and three small children.
One hundred and forty employes of
the cigar factory of H. R. Moss & Co.
st Lancaster struck last week, because
a new order Increused their work and
not the pay. They marched In a body
to another factory, where nearly every
ine was given employment at once
snd the rest will be given work aa soon
la benches can he erected
Walter Grant was killed and Den
Clee so seriously Injured that he may
die by a full of rock In the Blooming
ton mine at Olen Itlchey, eight miles
south of Clearfield. Clee had an arm
amputated and Grant was crushed to
death. Both wera young men,
Walllngton Lavelle, a Honesdale
photographer, and John Gunaell of
Muucy Valley, wars held for court at
Bcrunlon In $1,000 ball, on a charge of
counterfeiting.
Leonard Faubia, a farmer, aged ii
yaars, of Chamborsburg, committed
auiclde by hanging himself a few day
ago. Domestic trouble Is said to hy
tha rim, ITa lerctv i v 'it u"d -i f
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