Altoona Tribune from Altoona, Pennsylvania • Page 3

MOUNJLNM T1UBUNJ5, MONDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1899. MALTA ANDJfiT Si, Another Interesting Letter From Captain Fair, Forty-third Regiment. Daniel Liddick, aged 82 years, and Mrs. Lucy Myers, aged 811 yearB. All of these aged people are quite active yet.

As formerly stated in The Record, Constable Fortney walked from New Bloom Held to his home, a distance of fifteen miles, in less than a day. Daniel Liddick is still able to walk to Newport and baok in hall a day, a distance of six miles eaob way. BAJXBOAD RUMBLING! the iHthmus of Panama. If there were nothing more than the revenue to be considered it would certainly be worth while to flulsh the Nicaragua canal. John 8.

Fair, IB OTHER COUNTIES. Items of Intereet Clipped Or Condenied From Oar Xxohtngei. Five houses at Moueesen, Westmoreland county, were burned to the ground FOR- Unlimited Quantities of Xmas Novelties. Just received three more shipments of Men's and Boys' Light and Dark Overcoats especially ordered and tailored for Xmas purchasers; at prices that will surprise you at this season of the year. Men's Covert Cloth Overcoats, At $7.00, 10 00, 12 50, 15 00.

Men's Beaver and Melton Overcoats, $5.00 to $17.00. MUFFLERS. We find that we have an unlimited quantity of Muf flers and to reduce them we will quote you exceptionally low prices. Come in and see them. KERCHIEFS In colored border, in linen and silk; also the initialed, in linen and silk and an unlimited quantity in plain white linen.

Items Which Will Interest Both Employer and Employe. Tha nnrt. nnnfuronna nf ho nenret.ftrif of the Pennsylvania Railroad Young Men's Christian associations along the I ill I main line me 1 enuByivaum, win ue held in March at Altoona. 11 II II The Pennsylvania is now employing at its Bhops in Fort Wayne 600 men, and, like the Big Four, iB employing addi tional niaohinists and boiler makers, in fact, nearly all the railroads are in need of more men in their shops, so heavy is re pair work, II II II Tbe new class G-4-A express engines of the Fort Wayne with extended wagon-top boilers are "doing good work, says the 1'ittBburg I'oet. IN us.

leu and vjm 01 mis type are in use on the Eastern division hauling fast freight and passenger trains and they are satisfactory so far. Tbe absence of the Bellpaire boiler on these engines iB taken as an evidence of the fact that the recommendations of the engineers are being considered. The Pennsylvania railroad engineers have always insisted that tbe extended wagon-top boiler was the best, and while they admit that the Bellpaire gives better facilities for stay bolts, yet it lacks the space for dry steam and water which the extended wagon-top boiler poshes. II II II From eight to ten locomotives are in the machine shop at the Allegheny works of the Pennsylvania company. The repair work is heavier than for many months, and a large force of men is kept constantly at work.

The big repair yards are crowded with crippled cars which are being put in shape as rapidly as possible. The brass foundry is doing good work supplying composite metal for all the lineB of the Northwest systsm. The carpenter, upholstering and painting departments are busy and everything about tbe big establishment is indicative of the tremendouB rush of traffic on the main line at present. II II II Harrisburg Star-Independent, Decern-der 23: The Pennsylvania has commenced to get ready for Christmas and the let op in business due to merchants being we'll stocked up for tbe holidays, has not come a bit tob soon. As a matter of fact both divisions of the Pennsylvania entering this city are seriously put about for lack of adequate motive power.

The Philadelphia division yesterday become embarrassed through lack of locomotives and last night freight trains had to be run on the storage sidings in Harrisburg and along the middle division about this city. This morning, however, there was muoh activity and the officials at Union station said at noon that freight was moving nicely. All day lone big trains were moved to the east and all available engines were brought into service. The western movement was also heary, enormous trains of empties being handled. It takes but a minute to overcome tickling in the throat and to stop a cough by the use of One Minute Cough Cure.

This remedy quickly cures all forms of throat and lung troubles. Harmless and pleasant to take. It prevents consumption. A famous specific for grippe and its after effects. J.

R. Mateer. dec4-lyr Hot and cold soda Stewart's. Do Ton Know Consumption is preventable? Science has proven that, and also that neglect is suicidal. Tbe worBt Cold or Cough can be cured with Shiloh's Cough and Consumption Cure.

Sold on positive guarantee for over fifty years. R. Mateer, wholesale and retail. 2 feb6-lyr Order your Christmas cakes to-day. Stewart.

T. M. Blaoking at tn Brash store. Stewart's for Reymer Bro's. choice candies Only choice candies, fresh at Stewart's.

Exceedingly Pleaiant. Bay-ard-0 is taken internally and cures Blind, Bleeding or Itching Piles through tbe blood. No greasy, unpleasant stuff to use. It cures as if by magic. First bottle mostly cures.

Guaranteed by Burgoon, Mateer and JacobB, H'b'g. dec8-tf Stewart's for Reymer Bro's. choice candies Christmas L. Z. Replogle, Largest Clothier and Gents' Furnisher in the City, 1317 ELEVENTH AVEWIJE, ALTOONA, PA.

Open Every Evening Until the 25th. FRIEHDLIHKSS OF TBS BHGLISH Everywhere They OUe Oar Offioeri tnd Men a Friendly Greeting Con. earning a School and Other Things. COST OF THE MEADE'S TRANSIT fiorriwuouiieiioo 0 tlie TRiBt'sit. O.n Boakd United States Army Army r7.

Transport Mbahk. in tuk Canal. December We are now on our way through the great canal that divides Africa from Asia. It is ninety miles long and seems to be on an average 300 feet wide. We arrived at Fort Said yesterday about 9 o'clock and found a beautiful harbor, a picturesque city and population attired in all the colors of the rainbow.

The ever present British war ships were on hand to the number of three, and the crews gave us the usual hearty reception. There were also in the harbor a French and a Dutch war vessel, but the crews siumlv looked at us. lhe Hollander, however, as he moved out shortly after we anchored gave us a cheer which our men were very ready to answer. Our anchors bad hardly touched bottom before an English onicer from one of the British ship came on board to pay us a the colonel ana otner omcers an invitation to visit the ships of the nation that is at present going out of its way to be friendly to Uncle Sam. At Gibraltar and at Malta, as well as at Port Said, the American omcers were cordially invited to enjoy the hospitality of the British officers at their clubs on land or on board their ships.

I found that the several Englishmen with whom I talked were very well acquainted witn anairs in America. Tbey read the European edition of the New York Herald as well as the London papers, and when told that the regiment waa organized at Fort Ethan Allen, one o( the officers remarked: "That is on Lake Champlain, isn't it?" When 1 remember that in the Tribune office not even the editor-in-chief knew where Fort Ethan Allen is not veiw long ago, I begin to think that the idea that the Englishman knows nothing about any country save his own is wrong. Our vovage 6n the Mediterranean all the way from Malta to where the Nile makes mnddy tbe waters ot tne great in land ocean was very rough. We did not experience a gale, but tbe waves were higher and made tne snip roll more tnan in the Atlantic. There is probably nothing in the world so wonderful as the city and island of Malta.

The town ib built on bills steeper than those of the Mountain City of Pennsylvania. Many of the cross streets are a succession of stone stairways with short landings. There is one street of this kind that was built before the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem took possession of the island, Tbe buildings are all of stone, and nearly all of them are very ancient. I did not Bee a wooden building on the island.

The English occupants compel the natives to keep comparatively clean, a thing they seem to be unable to do at Gibraltar and Port Said. A common sight on the principal streets of Malta is to see the front of a magnificent palace adorned and almost covered over with articles of clothing and bedding hung out to dry. The palace of the governor of Malta with its priceless tapestrieB, historic relics and costly paintings and furniture is worth more attention than any of us were able to give it. The tapestry of one room alone is valued at-f 500,000. The council room is a lofty chamber, painted and decorated mostly by the old masters.

When Napoleon captured the island he carried all of the movable furniture to Paris, but most of it has been returned to the place where the powerful and historic order of St. John left it. The chair of the grand master of the knights is now the chair of state of the governor general. It is more than 300 years old and was used by Napoleon. With all its history and all its checkered experiences it is still in pretty good condition and very comfortable to sit in.

In tbe armory of the governor's palace is the most com plete collection of relics of the days of chivalry and the crusades, in the world to-day. This armory alone is worth a months visit. Every knight of the Order of St. John gave his armor to this collection when he died or was killed in battle and left his bones to furnish tbe interior of a church known 88 the Chapel of Bones. Here grinning ekulla of the once haughty and powerful soldier monks cover the arches and adorn every available inch of the interior, The trunk, arm and leg bones are piled in regular order like stacks of wood from floor to tbe ceiling.

There is an inscription in Latin on tbe altar which gives as a reason for this exhibition of mortality that it is necessary to create in the minds of tbe living a lively remembrance of the death and that all men are mortal. The Catholic church of St. John is also a very fine structure with magnificently furnished interior. Port Said is the most uncleanly town I ever saw. The only clean persons outside of our own men that I saw were the harbor police, the American consul and the English.

The latter seem to keep themselves everywhere. There is a mosque, perhaps several, but I saw but one. There is a school where tbe chil- dren of the Arabs, Moors, Egyptians and Jews are educated. The teacber.an ugly looking Turk, smoked a long pipe, and his pupils sat on the floor moving their bodies np and down as tbey studied or pretended to study. Each different nationality had a different dress, and most were brig looking boys.

The cost ti I'-y. United States to send the Meade through tbe canal was a little over 9,000. It is to be hoped that our country will take advantage of the opportunity to get a passage way through "I was nearly dead with dyspepsia, tried doctors, visited mineral springs.and grew worse. I used Kodol Dyspepsia Care. That cared me." It digests what you eat.

Cures indigestion, sour stomach, heartburn and all forma of dyspep-cia. J. R. Mateer. dec4-lyr Choice 1 to 5 Ib boxes candies, H.wart's.

early Friday morning, entailing a loss of 112,500 on buildings and conteuts. On Thursday eveuing last an attempt was made to burn tbe old Matter planing mill in Lewistown. The fire was dis covered before it bad made any headway, Ivecentlv ft canary bird owned bv Mrs. Alice Fox! of South Kenovo, died from old age. It was presented to Mrs.

Fox in November, 1884, and was several years old then. The editor of the Meyersdale Commercial says there is no excitement there over the disoovery of copper, and that there never was. He adds, "We want to see the ore first." On Monday of last week Harry Brown, a little boy living in Ilenovo, rolled down the side of a steep hill and received injuries which resulted in bis death Thursday afternoon. A few dn ago Charles W. Hartman, who inspects and unloads lumber and ties for L.

C. Mann at Everett, had his left foot smashed by a heavy piece of switch timber falling on it. It is reported that Father Deasy, now pastor of the Ebensburg Roman Catho-lio church, will shortly be transferred to tbe charge at Gallitzin to succeed Father Ryan, who goes to PittBburg. It is reported that the Lehigh Coal company, which recently bought out J. C.

Scott Co. at Ehrenfeld, Cambria county, will in the near future erect 100 dwelling houses and a big store at that place. William Trailer, aged 79 years, died at his home in Newton Hamilton Monday morning of last week after a few days of illDPBB. His widow and nine children survive. One son, Bruce, is a resident of Altoona.

George Gray, of Milesburg, was recently driving in a two-seat spring wagon with several other persons. One of the seats broke down and Mr. Gray was thrown out. One of his ribs was broken and be also received many bruises. He is 76 years old.

The bottom of a cupola dropped out at the Cambria steel works, Johnetown.Fri-day morning, and a flood of molten steel was poured over the entire body of Michael Kopf, a Polish employe. His clothing was completely burned and scarcely a square inch of his body escaped. Harris Cook, of Bellefonte, employed in the Chemistry department at the Bellefonte furnace, made a narrow escape from serious hurt Thursday. He was on the top of an ore car hunting a sample, when the men dumped it. Cook was precipitated through the bottom ot the car, a distance of eighteen feet into a bin, and narrowly escaped being buried.

Luckily he was rescused after sustaining a few cuts and bruises. Duncannon Record: Bucks Valley has five octogenarians. They are Constable Fortney, aged 80 years; Jacob Buck, aged 84 years; John Silks, aged 83 years; For Over Fifty lean Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been used for children teething. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind colic, and is the best remedy for diarrhoea.

Twenty-five cents a bottle. Reymer Bro's. fine candies Stewart's. Tell Tour Sitter A Beautiful Complexion is an impossi' bility without good pure blood, the sort that only exists in connection with good digestion, a healthy liver and bowels. Karl's Clover Root Tea acts directly on the bowels, liver and kidneys, keeping them in perfect health.

Price 25c and 50c. J. R. Mateer, wholesale and retail 2-feb6-lyr Hot and cold soda Stewart's. Deep Rock on draught at Stewart's.

No Old Stock xS offered to our patrons. The assort ment of Holiday Shoes and Slippers Is new, fresh and stylish.and the quality is an tnat could De desired. Our line of Men's Women's and Children's FANCY SLIPPERS For presentation purposes should receive your attention. You cannot find more elegant goods nor lower prices. Knox Knox, 1116 Eleventh Avenue.

Joy Comes in the Morning provided you have rubbed your rheumatic joints and ach ing bones with McDonald Giant Liniment the night be fore. Large bottle little pria is its smallest claim to public favor. mam tf Take Cuticura Resolvent Because it is so pure and wholesome tlm mothers can give it freely to children of all ugos. It cools nud clonuses the blood, and is ot the groutest valuo in spoudlly curing disfiguring, burning, scaly humors, rashes, and irritations, when taken in connection with hot baths of Cuticuka Soap, and goutlo anointings with Cuticura, tho groat skiu cure and purest of emollients. Sold thmuthnuttht world.

Pomi Ono and Ciikm, Uutton. How to Cure llttgr UuheVfroa. four Killed at a Grade Crossing. Palmyra, Deoember 23. reter Nichol, a well-to-do colored farmer, was returning home in a wagon this afternoon when a train struck the vehicle at a railroad crossing, killing him, one of his daughters and a grandchild.

Another daughter was badly injured and a second grandchild has since died from its injuries. Try Grain Try Grain 01 Ask your (Jrooer to-day to show you a package of UK A1IS' -(, the new food drink that tiikoa the place of ootle. The ohlldron may drink It without Injury as woll as the adult. All who try It, like It. OKAIN OIihd that rich seal urown ot Mocha or Java, hut it is mado from pure Krai 118, and the most rtollcato stomaoh receives It without distress, One-fourth the price of cotloe.

16o. and 2bo. per package. Sold by all grocers. 1 doul-lyr Coughs and Colds Surrender to Irwin's PnrrmnnnH 0 VI1VUMU Syrup White Pine and Tar.

Largest 25c bottle in the market. Best Cold Cure Extant. Rock Candy, 13o per pound. Premium Stamps with Cash Purchases. W.

H. IRWIN, Druggist and Apothecary, S. E. corner Eleventh ave. and Sixteenth st.

Andy Gamble is Dealing Out the Compliments of the Season and First-class Table Delicacies. Convenient Coal Office In the same room with the Postal Tele graph next door to the Tribune, on Twelfth Street. All orders receive as careful anc prompt attention as at the Mam Omce. MainOffice: 1810 Margaret Ave H. C.

TUSSEY. octft tf Shopping us certainly prove it. The mammoth memorial to man's genius and industry. Santa Glaus with the happiness be holds in store for so tnicfc and fast. mammoth Christmas Fairyland.

Not many grand things to see, so much that is WHITE ENAMELED Dressers, worth $16.00 ana zu.oo, at ana up. GOLDEN OAK BEDKOOM Suits, polish nnisn, nneiy carved, regular $25.00 (TIl cfl suits at PARLOR SUITS, fine damask covering, regular price ou.uu; amooQ oar- 5Q EXTENSION TABLES, solid oak, golden finish, worth $10.00, jj ODD PARLOR CHAIRS, va- 6 f) A A rious kinds, of coverings, at. EASY TERMS. CO 9 U05-7 11th Ave. The Canan Building Supply Company, Successors- to W.

L. Shellenberger, TERRA COTTA DRAIN PIPE, Flue Pipe, Lime, Sand, White Lime, Limestone, Lath and Nails, Building and Paving Brick, Fire Clay, Fire Brick, American and Foreign Cements, Mortar Colors, Victor and Crown Patent Plasters, Stone, Coal and Coke. R. D. CANAN, Manager, Bell and Phoenix Phones Officii and yard, 1710 Ninth Avenue.

SHIRTS Of all the Up-to-date kinds. 50c, 75c and $1.00. In white or colored bosom. HATS. A large assortment of soft and stiff Hats in light, medium and dark shades, made special for the holiday season.

Also a special Stiff Hat each one nicely boxed just the thing for a Xmas present, at $1.87. Bell and Phoenix Telephtsi Connections. The FLORIST, And Children Id Over Thirty Years The Kind You Have Always Bought MUflRAV ITMR, TOM OCT. Canan-Knox Supply SuocesBora to John A. Oanan dealers in Terra Cotta Drain Pipe Fine Pipe, Chimney Topb, American and Foreign Cements, Lime, Sand, Brlaa Paving Brick, Plaster, Hair, Lath, Fire Brick, Fire Clay, eto.

Crown and Victor Patent Plaster. JOHN A. CANAN, Manager. Office, Warehouse and Yard, 1712 to 1720 Margaret Altooaa, Pa. fqll Brings thoughts of brightening up the walls and ceilings of your lull home with new patterns of WALL PAPER something fresh, cheerful and different from that which you have at present.

llAllCp You can tolerate the same furniture in the house for years, UUUJV but old-fashioned or dirty WALL wiimim PlAflfliflff PAPER 8rows monotonous. Let WIMJUH, lvdlJiilfL me estimate on your fall papering. 903 Eighth Ave. IS HERE IN EARNEST, Whitbred The delighted thousands which visit store is now an inspiring sight a beautiful Jolly Old Himself is here, bubbling and chuckling tne groups 01 people wno are nocking Here Our first floor has been turned into a Chrysanthemums, any color or Bize, Roses and Carnations, Bulbs of Hyacintha Tulips, Crocuses, etc. Sixth Avenue and Thirtieth Street.

WHTTRRPT) Both Phones PROMPT DELIVERY. TRADING STAMPS. only with tbe thousands of dollars' worth of Holiday noveltieB for the young folks, but for the older folks, too, with elegant and practical gifts for self and the home. Would be odd if it were otherwise. So wormy, and everything priced bo reasonably bo little in fact that you're pardoned 11 yri 11 1 1 1 11 nil 11 13 I I I It 111! If I 1 -m mm mm mm mm 49 jm 1 1 rv 11 1111 irf 1 1 ior ueing amazea.

CHIFFONIERS Swell front, fflf) tft heavy mirror, in oak Id mahogany, 22.00. LARGE OAK SIDEBOARD Heavv French mirror, worth. $30.00, but now JJJ fjQ HANDSOME WHITE Enameled Beds, brass trimmings, reKUlar price, $12.00 jr. pi Pft at B.3U DRESSING TABLES French as and fancy shaped mirror; in oak QQ In solid mahogany, $18.50. CASH OR CREDIT LAMPE Great Credit Givers.

For Infants TT OOBHUtY. TMC CUTMua.