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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-05

because you only see that clause by q
hasty and casual glance. If you have
no conscientious scruples or strange
antipathies to electricity, you "go the
machine one if you lose" as sport
would say. If you have ten cents about
you it is all right. II you have not
you will suddenly feel yearning sem
sation, as if you would like to have ten
cents or sink through the floor, while
the suave and refined electricity man
politely informs you that ten cents is
due him. Mid the jeering and sar-
castle remarks of the crowd you try to
explain, as meekly and sheepishly as
you can, that you thought he was run
ming his machine for sweet charity's
sake, and not for the filthy and con-
taminating root of all evil.
In your promenade through the gal
lery of wonders you frequently come
across "fakes" like the following. A
placard reads thus: "Draw the curtain
and see the homeliest person in town."
You draw the curtain, and see your
own reflection in mirror. At least
you do SO if you are not pretty cute
and knowing. You are astonished and
awed by the "human salamander"-
the man who drinks molten lead and
boiling oil and rubs red pokers
across his tongue, and winds up his
performance by indulging in dessert
of burning charcoal. You wonder how
ihe does it, but he does not offer to ex-
lplain when You ask him about 1t.
People who visit dime museums
should ask no questions and they will
hear no lies. If You see anything there
that battles YOUR keen intellect and
causes n heavy sensation, as though
you had great weight on your mind,
60 to the manager and ask for an ex-
PLANTATION, and do not question the
freaks. When inspecting the hor-
rors of the Inquisition, which
is done up so ariistically, and
painfully lifelike, in wax, do not
let your emotions overcome you.
Remember that you paid your dime
expressly to see these horrors, and you
should appear as if you were enjoying
yourself. 1t is not considered good
form" in Bridgeport, the swell" and
smell district of Chicago, to evince any
emotion, either of pleasure or pain, at
the dark side of life in museum.
When You have wearied Of the curl
osities, you visit the auditorium. The
players are quite amusing in their
poor, weak way, and those who have
been there frequently in the past can
readily recognize them as the same
players they had often seen there be-
fore. hicGgo Ledger.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-05
A Sturdy Centenarian.

The guardians of the Eiffel Tower, in
Paris, were lately surprised to receive a
visit from man one hundred and two
years old, who wished to ascend the great
tower.
He was quite willing, however, to
avail himself Of tho elevator, for, though
he is able to walk several miles day ON
level ground, and carries his cane as o
''switch, and not as support, he did
not feel equal to walk up fight OF
stairs nearly 200 feet high.
This old man, whose name is Harduin,
and who was formerly harness maker
by trade, has had q somewhat interest
ing experience in his last years, About
thirty years ago, when past seventy, he
granted all his property to nephew in
consideration of regular year y income
to be paid to him. The day he was q
century old he called the nephew and
said to him:
"Well, my boy, think You have
made me an allowance long enough.
shall not be charge on you any longer
because, you see, I've saved up enough
to live on. n."-l youths Companion.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-05
BY 7. p. CRANE.
sensation of 1


,place. The woman with the heavy
beard repels us, and we thank fortune
that our own lady friends and kin are
mot heavily bearded as this one. Any
woman afflicted with large growth of
beard can find lucrative position as q
monstrosity in dime museum, but
will find herself tabooed by her friends,
and especially her gentleman friends,
If she does.
+ Living skeletons, fat men and fat
women, midgets, dwarfs, and giants,
wild men from Borneo, and other I'M
fortunate people, are the stock in trade
of dime museums. This stock in trade
never varies. 1t is always in fashion.
Those who visit a dime museum for
Ethe first time are struck by the plebe-
ian aspect of the people who throng
its galleries and its chamber of hor-
Srors, and they may probably be struck
iby the man who runs the electric bat
Merry to try the machine. A placard is
Stacked up on the wall with the follow
ing equivocating remark printed there
pm ELECTRICITY free. Only ten cents"
t'Electricity free" being printed in
heavier type you are naturally fooled.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-05
Phases of Economic Entomology.

Nature seems always endeavoring to
maintain balance. When destructive
insect pests increase greatly i'll number,
parasites which prey ON them also in
crease and finally reduce their number
to normal point. 1t is estimated that
parasites now destroy over ninety per
cent. of the Hessian flies before they get
q chance to damage the wheat crop. 1t
is hard to say what the farmer and fruit
grower would do We're il not for the ben
eicient work done by the parasites OF in
sect foes in keeping them in check. An i'm
portant discovery in this line of economic
entomology has recently been made.
For several years the clover seed crop
in New York and other States has been
greatly damaged by the lavages of the
little orange colored midge Sometimes
the seed crop would be total failure,
owing 10 its lavagei. OF late years the
trouble has grown less, and the cause of
this is now known. While studying the
midge Professor Lintner discovered
that it was being ATTACHED and destroyed
by a microscopic parasite. This natural
enemy OF the clover midge the professor
identifies as one of the chalcid flies,
which are so useful in keeping down de-
structiye insects. II Farm and Fireside.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-05
No Mans Land.

In England, that strip of land along
high tide, but is left bare at the ebb,
has beon called "No Mans Land from
an early date. This strip varies in width
according to the shelving of the shores.
1t is of peculiar character, and the apt
ness of its name is evident from the fol-
lowing description, furnished by the
author of ga Sea Painters Log"
There Is nearly always one figure to be
seen upon No Mans Land, working his
way to and fro along the windings of
the smaller creeks and over the mud,
walking with careful, measured tread,
and never resting long upon either foot.
This is the eel-spearer, who, with mud
pattens-or mud d-shoes-tirmly laced to
his feet, tows behind him o box about
two feet six inches long, and slightly
rounded Mt the bottom. He works care
fully over the ground before him with
his spear, like a pointer in stubble.
This man knows every square yard OF
the mud for miles, and has earned a
living upon it, and on nothing else, for
the last forty years, his whole stock in
trade being his mud pattens, his spear,
his tide is over, he Sings this box, with
twenty Or thirty pounds of eels in it,
upon his spear across his shoulder,
pattens hanging in front,-and 50
trudges to market.
Like the heron, the eel-spearer is
nearly always alone, and only those who
have spent an hour or two upon the
mud in pattens, mile or more from
real land, can form an idea of how very
much alone he is.
1 have spent many IN hour in q boat
far out ut sea, and know that the small
est boat in such situation is rs house
compared with the eel-spearer's two bits
of elm plank fourteen inches square.
AT every step they sink and suck in the
mud, and tug at the lashings which Sc
cure them to the feet, SO that both the
quality of these cords and the way they
are made fast become quite important
matters
The pattens are fastened in particu-
lar manner, which is seldom deviated
from, for the sarety of the eel-spearel
depends too much on his footboarls for
hlm to venture on rash experiments
with them.
iho ~ cciai skill, bne lOcal hllOWleuSe,
required to travel safely over these
mud-lands is not unlike that needed by
the mountain guide. There is mud
which, though too soft to go upon in
winter. will carry well enough in sum
mer, when the long sea- grass is tough,
and forms a sprface-coat upon it left
spread by the tide. And there are pits,
deep and soft, like crevasses hidden by
snow, into which you may sink at one
step up to the waist or dee OF.
To get out of one of these man must,
by cutting the lanyard or untying the
knot that fastens them, first get rid of
his pattens, which suck him down; and
then. extending himself horizontally,
with his spear held across in both hands,
as one would extend an oar in water, he
may find it possible to draw himself out.
But it is only chance, and when out,
he has but his eel box and spear left him
to regain the shore with. Experienced
mud walkers, however, by carefully
sounding before them with the spear OF
an oar, for the most part avoid falling
into such traps.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-05
MORE OR LESS AMUSING.

APAPER weight-dead heads waiting
for the curtain to rise.
WHEN man is hung the evening
papers gets out necks-tra edition.
MANY n woman becomes some mans
better half merely for a change of quar-
ters.
AUTHORITY is like dried apples. A
few cents worth will puff small man
up astonishingly.
The young King of SPANS nurses
probably have little trouble in keeping
him clean since he is himself the Cas-
tiles hope.
WHEN man starts out to lecture he
puts on dress suit. A woman with
the same purpose in view puts ON her
night-gown.
QUEEN OF SPAIN-Moi Gracia! The
baby king has the stomach ache. Lord
Chamberlain (excitedly(-Woo-ol Call
the G--.-"AA..'' IS
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-05
Hypnotism and Surgery.

The other day young womsn suffer
ing with tumor presented herself at
the operating room of DIR. Tillany, u
French surgeon.
Instead of using chloroform or ether
he managed to throw her into pro-
found hypnotic sleep. She even plAccu
herself on the table where the operation
was to be performed.
For twenty minutes the surgeon piled
the knife, the patient showing no signs
of pain. At the end of that time she
was awakened and declared that she had
not suffered in the least OF known that
anything was taking place. This is,
however, rare case. Not every one
can be affected III that way. Still it is
an intereDting fact that under certain
favorable conditions n hypnotic sleep,
perfect and complete, can bo induced.
IN. Y. Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-05
A CURIOUS COUNTY.
A Section of Kentucky Where For
eigners Are Rarely Seen.

People in the East will hardly be-
lieve it when they are told that Ken
tuckv has county in which only one
man was ever killed; but it is u fact,
Notwithstanding. A number of years
ago two intoxi lated men fought in this
town and one was shot to death. That
was the only serious crime ever commit
ted in Tiimble county.
The people of Trimbe county are one
big family, and they form such O re-
markable community that the readers
of The Sun, says correspondent of the
New York paper, should make this ad-
dition to their knowledge. Trimble is
O real Acadia, Bedford, the county
seat, being situated almost midway be-
tween two large cities, forty miles from
Louisville and sixty miles from Cincin-
natl, fifteen miles from the nearest rail-
road. Yet the strife of the outer world
has never reached here. Crime of any
kindi practically unknown. The people
are all small farmers and fruit growers,
descendants of Virginians and Mary
landers who settled here hundred
years ago, and are scrupulously honest.
The last lawyer who settled in Bedford
came near starving to death, and went
to Kansas half dozen years ago. There
is q court house in this town, but it is
needed only for the preservation of
the county records, title deeds, and
such things. At the last term of the
criminal court there was only one case
to be tried, and that was on charge of
petty larceny. But 1t was proven that
the man was not guilty.
Every resident of this county is of
pure English OF Scotch descent. There
is not q foreign born person in Trimble.
Although so close to Louisville and
Cincinnati, German or Irishman
would be curiosity in Bedford. Last
spring an Irishman, Mike Rafferty,,
from Louisville, came to Bedford. How
he ever got here or why he came no one
knows, but soon after his arrival word
was circulated that foreigner had come
to town. Rafferty, went into the gro
Gerry to buy, 10 cents worth OF cheese for
dinner. The proprietor stared curl
ously at HIM, but gave him the cheese,
and he sat down IN char to eat 1t In
a few minutes crowd OF small boys en-
tered, ana ranging themselves IN
straight line IN 'front.' OF the !rlshman
gazed at MN with the most evident Gu
i1oslty. kaherty Thought there must
be something the matter with his per-
sonal appearan e, and asked the pro
brletor II there was anything wrong
Inc latter fepilea III the neSative. Mike
tnen wanted TO know why all the poys
We're looking at HIM.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-05
YaIe's Famous COysWaip,

Ralph Thompson, who had been cox
swain of the Yale crew for three years,
has announced that he shall not con-
tinue next year. Shorty as he is
familiarly known, has II great record as
coxswain. In all he has steered
twelve eight-oared crews, including
three Yale eights, six class cights and
three eights at st. Paul's preparatory
school. OF these races ten have been
victorious for his side, and in three in
stances, as it has been asserted by COM
petent judges, the victories have been
due to Thompson's superior steering -
Hartford Colrd1lL
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-05
Superstition About Storms.

Cayerns were supposed by the Rom
ans to be secure places of refuge during
thunder storms and they believed that
lightning never penetrated more than
two wards into the earth. Acting on
this superstition, the Emperor Augustus
used to Withdraw into some deep vault
of the palae e whenever tempest was
feared, and it is recorded by Suetonius
that he always wore skin OF seal around
his body rs a protection against light
ming. That both precautions are equally
unavniling needs scarcely to be NEIL
toned.
Lightning has been known to strike
ten feet into the earth but not even
tho marvellous accuracy of modern
science can determine ut what distance
from the surface safe retreat may be
found from the descending fluid; and
even were this ascertained, the dangers
from ascending electric currents remain
the same. With regard to seal-skin, we
find that the Romans attached 80 much
faith to them rs non conductors that
tents were made of them. beneath which
the timid used to take refuge.
1t is a curious fact that in the neigh
borhood of Mount Cevennes, i'll the Lam
puedoc, where anciently some Roman
colonies were known to have existed,
the shepherds cherish a similar super
etitution respecting the skins of serpents.
These they carefully collect. and, hay
ing covered their hats withal, believe
themselves secure against the danger of
the storm. M. Labossiere is disposed
TO see link of interesting analogy be-
tween the legend which yet fingers in
the mind of the peasant of Cevennes,
and the more costly superstition held in
reference by his Latin ancestors.
The Emperors of Japan retire into q
deep grotto during the tempests which
rage in such severity in their latitude;
bnt, not satisfied with the profnndity of
she excavation, or the strength of the
stones OF which it is built, they complete
their precautions by having reservoir
of water sunk in their retreat. The
water is intended to extinguish the
Iiehtning-a measure equally futile,
since many Instances have hoen pre-
served in which the fluid has fallen upon
the water with the same destructive Of.
feet as upon land. 81 New York Mail and
Express.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-05
What O Girl Should Learn.

To sew.
To cook.
To mend.
To be gentle,
To value time.
To dress neatly.
To keep secret.
10 be self-reliant.
70 avoid idleness.
To mind the baby.
To darn stockings.
To respect old age.
To make good bread.
To keep house tidy,
To control her temper,
To be above gossiping.
TO make q home happy.
To take care of the sick.
To humor.a cross old man.
TO marry q man for his worth.
To be helpmate to a husband.
To take plenty of active exercise.
To see mouse without screaming.
TO read some books besides novels.
10 be light hearted and fleet footed.
To wear shoe that won't cramp the
feet.
TO be q womanly woman under all
circumstances.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-05
Forced to Leave Home,

Over 6S people were forced to leave their
homes yesterday to call for free trial pack
ase of Lanes Family Medicine. IL your blool
is bad, your liver and kidneys out Of order, IL
you are constipated and have headache and IN
unsightly complexion, don't fail to call on any
druggist to-day for q free ample Of this grand
remedy. The ladies' praise il. Everyone likes
it, Large-size package 80 cents.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-05

HHHfHH VsIttIH Bttttf.
There is gladness in the household;
The shadow fades away
That darkened all the sunshine

Inere is glauncss IN til g household;
The shadow fades away
That darkcned all the sunshine
OF ma n summer day.
70, mamma's getting better"
The happy children cry,
And the ght of hope shines bright again
In the loving husbands eye.
In thousands of homes women are ''sick
unto DEATH with the tie, rible diseases SO com
mon to their sex, and it would seem as if all
the happiness had gone out of lie and the
household in C n equence. For when the wifi
her This ought not 10 be, and 1t need not be,
for anever-failing remedy for woman's all
ments Is Mt hand. Many home has been
mado happy because the shadow of disease
has been banished from by the potent power
of Dr. Pierce's Favorte Prescription-the un-
failing remedy for all weaknesses and diseases
d ,culiur to women
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-05
A Snake Swallows An Eel.

While the carpenters were recently
working on the bridge they noticed a
lively commotion in the river and saw a
large water moccasin fighting an eel al
most as large as himself. The snake
swan ashore and never loosened his
grip until satisfied that the eel was
thoroughly dead, then he began the
difficult task of swallowing an object
third larger than himself. When the
snake had swallowed one-half the eel he
was killed and n stick stuck through
him to keep the snake in place. II Mont
ezuma (Ga.) Record.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-05

Senator Quay, it is reported wants to be
Governor of Pennsylvania MS n step to the
Presidency. Can it he that Pennsylvania is
willing to become Il QuHystonc StateP
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-05

John 7. Sousa. the leader of the Marine
Band of Washington, says that we have no
National air No2 What's the matter with
our air oi confidence?
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-05

.."There Is tide in the affairs of men which
iftaken Mt the flood leads on to fortune" II
your aifairs are Mt u low ebb now, don't fail TO
write to i. \. johnson & Co., 1909 Main ST.,
RICHMOND Va, who have plans that will on.
able VOC to make money rapidly.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-05

" Thus il uas the SpJt's Specific
Brought unto the ,oorld its blessing;
Ooer land and oper aoater
Vent the priest and Uanita;
bringing to the people tidings
Of relief from blood contagio,,-
Of a Salattagy agent
That acouM purge them Of all poison"
.- -ExTGAcr y1loA POEM OF "UANlTA.n
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-05

When Dobbinss Electric Soap was first made
In 1854 1t cost 20 cents bar 1t is pyecisely the
same ingredients and quality no,o, and doesn't
cost hay Buy 1t Of your grocer and preserve
your CLOTHES. II he HASN'T 1t, he will get it.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-05

Alice Licbmann, aged nine is astonishing
London critics with her skill on the violin.
Musicians more than ten years old are be-
coming quite rare.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-05

1t is reported that Baby Mckee remarked
to the President of the United States "lts
n long time between frolics, grandpal'
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-05

King Alfonso, the baby potentateor Spain,
has Just enjoyed his first sea bath, lie must
get used TO breakers. There are good
many ahead of him. 36
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-05
THE DIME MUSEUM.

III e di m Q
museum is q
very CRU e
some subject
from which
to weave n
C o m i C a l
sketch. More
sadness and
morbid gloom
can scarcely
be found else
where. We
always feel a
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-05

$500 Reward Offered fer an incurab1e case of
Catarrh by % proprietors of DR.. Sage's Rem
edy. 90 Cts, by druggists.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-05
Took Or His Under Lin.

Eight years ago cancer came on my lower lip. Z!
had If cut out while 1t was yet small, and 1t healed
up apparently but soon broke out again. and COM.
mchced eating very rapidly. 1t took off my under
Zip from one side to the other and down my chin.
had it treated by burning, and got 50 weak that
did not think that could stand It much longer. 40
ter much suffering discarded all other treatment
and began taking Swifts Specific, and the cancer
soon began to heal, and in short time 1t was COM
pletey healed and l was entirely we'll. It ia nod
over three years since got we'll and there has bean
no sign of any return OF the disease. know II was
cancer, and know It was cured alone by S, 8. g
e. V. FERnAND, RustOn La. |
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-05

Queen Victoria is clever. While in Wales
she, of course, gives the Welshmen tatfy.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-05

s. S. s. cured me of malignant sorc throat ana
| mouth, caused by impure blood. The trouble sxJ
tended down to my left lung, which was very sore.
The doctors practiced for three years without
relief, when left them and took 3. s. s. -Four bot
| ties cured me. BEN RILEY, Meridian. Miss.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-05

Blood and sl Diseases muea m SWIFT spro c0 Drawer, ., a.