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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-12

/ couldn't find trace of either of you
I came West again and lived alone"
After pausing to wipe away the
glitteiing tears, he continued: "Tve Q
good piece of farming land, Harry, E
few miles further on; man is renting
it now, as I'm not able to work much,
and so live up here alone. / could
live with them, ] suppose" he said,
presently, "but I'd rather not.
But" and his old face brightened
wonderfully in the dim freight, "the
mans time is out in the spring and he
wants to go South so we'll go over and
manage the farm, won't we, Harry?"
And /, more bewildered than ever,
and overcome with happiness and good
fortune, murmured, ayes, father"
Well, we did go over to manage the
farm; and l invested my means in i'm
provements, so that we now are getting
along finely.
That old gentleman sitting there on
the porch is my father, whose story
you've heard in part; and that lady
fitting about the house in there is my
wife.
Happy? Oh, yes; we are very happy
in our cozy Western home; ana often
look at father and remember the old
man with bundle who seemed so
willing that 1 should lodge with him.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-12

THE most striking figure, physically
speaking, at the recent worliingmen s
,ongresss in Paris, says the London
Star, was that of Amilcarc Ciprani.
Cipriani was born Mt Rimini in 1914.
Nominally, he is n Journalist. Actually,
ne is a fighter A Socialist since he was
fifteen years old, he has for thirty years
fought and suffered. Twice he has been
condemned to death; once to New Gale
lonia for life a -tually ten years; to
twenty-five years hard labor in Italy,
actually eight (chained to alog). He was
delivered from this last by the persistence
Of the Italian people, who nine times
elected him Deputy. 70 defend his
people against tho triple alliance of
Russia, Germany, Austria, on the ono
hand, and against BouIangism on the
other, Cipriana has started Universal
Federation of the people n movement
that has already spread widely in Italy,
France, Spain and Portugal. Ho is a
giant in physique, but with beautiful
tenderness of manner. His eyes, hair
and beard are black, and tho two last
are graying here and there. He speaks
French perfectly, and with great energy
and fire.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-12

He looked at me again steadily for
moment, then, without answering my
question, asked cautiously where 1
hailed from.
"From Indiana" l replied. 81 am
hunting fortune in the great West,
and i rather think / have struck poor
section to-day"
81 guess ye have, sir; but just be-
yond these hills lies beautiful strip of
farming land" he said.
"As to your stopping for the night"
he continued, shifting his bundle a lit
tie, "if you're not over particular as to
'commodations, why, reckon you can
bunk with me; and your nag can do
very we'll in the shed with bunch o
fodder. 'Taint the finest in the
world, stranger, but it is the best l
know of, Mess you go ten miles further
up the creek"
Il shall be very thankful for your
hospitality" 1 said; and we trudged on
together in the gathering night, until
we came to another road branching off
into the scattered timber.
al live up here a ways" heremarked,
turning abruptly into the dimly out
lined way A quarter of mile further
on and we came to his domicile. Here's
where | stay" he said, opening the
door to a rude log hut which seemed
to have grown into the side of hill.
On entering found it quite com
Portable on the inside, despite the un-
promising exterior. "Now rest your
self" he said, putting down his bundle
and striking light, while give your
nag bite under the she'd" With this
the old man laughed little, as sort
of apology, 1 thought, and disappeared
outside.
/ sat thinking. Somehow I rather
liked his looks. Not so very old, he
seemed cheerful, Notwithstanding his
gloomy surroundings, and l wondered
why he was here alone. Wife Is
dead" thought, looking about me
around the plainly furnished, one,
roomed abode. Maybe confirmed
old bachelor, ora notorious character
hiding from justice, and one who IN
tends finishing me for his own aggran-
dizement," whispered an evil genius IN
my ear. ,.,
. This suggestion made me shiyer and
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-12
Bear Shooting in India.

/ was once present at great fair Mt
the capital town OF a province in India.
While at its height a bear was viewed
on the neighboring hillside. / hurried
up with my rifle and shot him from
above between the shoulders, but, in
stead of dropping, lie rushed hcadlong
into the middle of the fair and squattcd
in bush. The people foolishly crowd
ed round and so prevented my getting
shot. Presently he rushed FORTH and,
passing grain dealers shop, he gavo
the owner a slap on the face and passed
on, but that slap took out n semi circle
of his jaw with seven teeth attached
The mans nerves wcro so little affected
that he presently he'd up tho piece of
| jaw with pride for our inspection when
we visited him in the hospital, and he
was at his work again in few days.
The bear was soon dispatched after he
left the poor grain dealer Though the
| deadly wound | gave the bear failed to
stop him, / was moro fortunate with
another bear which | got a shot at going
at full gallop, and l rolled him over
with one shot, so that he never moved
again. He was a big one, but doubled
up Just like rabbit Stalking bears is
just trifle tame, as they arc so easily
approached and afford so large mark
but driving them is more exciting.
There is all the excitement of noise and
numbers, and it is moro difficult, of
course, to hit them. In the IIimalayas
we had some wonderful spots for bear
driving In one drive ton bears were
secured. A quaint old planter used to
join in these battues. lie had perfect
armory of guns and rifles, but mono Of
them modern or precise. Ho used to
take his blacksmith out with him, who
would, on the spot, adjust the bullets
to the required gauge, and hammer
them home when tight fit His many
and cratic weapons caused us moro
anxiety than the bears. He had way
of claiming as his trophies all that were
shot. He could not tell, suppose,
what he had not hit IL Mumay's Maya
zire.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-12

hold OF if / wait u week or two. at a red
figure sale, am quite sure. 1t Is owned by
chevaiier who is stopping, baggageess,
near me in Paris. and who has intimated to
me that 1t is only Il matter of n few days
before it will be the Seine or the sale of his
nobility. j have been dickering with him
l,ttlc already, and suggesting that to avoid
publicity he might make a trade with me.
and no one would know anything about it.
i could put the title in my inside pocket. he
could take my vulgar Anne, lean money. and
all would be well. could go homo as the
Chevalier de Nye and he could have three
meals Il day, which he does not have now.
Not long ago l met younger son" who
was on his way to America to get free board
at Il seaside hotel. Possibly the reader has
already heard OF such II scheme. but this
was the first had known of it,. The idea, he
said. was to take over to the American sea-
side resorts II hundred or more hungry sons
of the nobility. pay their passage, and
board them at the hotels for the benefit of
tho American girl, who swarms at the sea-
side and yearns for the blue blooded es-
cort. In fact she pines for most any kind
OF escort, for the small number of full
grown men who dawdle away their sum-
merS ut the seashore makes it mighty disa-
greeable Tor the girls who do not like pretty
little putty-heads very well. So to give
zest to seaside life, and to fill the hotels
with good clothes and tho office wealth.
also to make life miserable for the small,
imitation Englishmen of our own country
who violate the statutes every time they
get up in the morning and put on mems
clothes, these poor younger sons are to be,
or have been already, shipped to certain
hotels. where they will only havo to eat
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-12
An Editors Uver-Uautlon.

Many people make mistakes and
lose lot by being too suspicious, too
cautious. We remember the last time
we visited New York City-with which
place nobody else in Dodgeville is
probably so familiar. A man came up
to rs as we stood on our hotel steps af-
ter taking noontime snack at Del
mOnico's, and says he to us: "The ed
itor of the Bachlooodsman' Hammer.
J. presumed" We had the old bunco
game down fine, and, looking the man
squarely in the eyes, we replied: "You
presume too much, sir. We are not
the editor" (This was untrue, but
lustifiable under the circumstances }
Il beg your pardon" he said touching
his hat politely; IL merely wished to
tender you ticket to the dinner of
the Press Club this evening"" He felt
hurt, and so did we. He had been re-
ceived with unnecessary suspicion, and
we had missed good dinner. We
merely mention this incident as a re-
minder to those who are always saying
"Go slow!" that it is not always wise
to go too slowly. We must risk some
thing if we would be truly great
DodgeUille On. ~ banner.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-12


| happened to be up late ono evening on
my way home from visit to friend who
is ill, and l saw an odd sight; coming in
from the country on certain cad and
passing down by the Arc de Triomphe,
there was an almost endless procession OF
large, two wheeled covered carts drawn by
Norman stations and driven by the blue
frocked farmers of France. These carts
contained the vegetables for the Partisan
market, and were driven in at midnight be-
cause it was cool and they would thus be
on hand fresh at daylight.
The Norman stallion occurs frequently
here, patiently drawing huge loads or plod-
ding along his weary way to or from his
toll with feet that jar the principalties of
Europe. They are generally attached to
the omnibu Ses and tram cars also and three
| big white horses OF this variety abreast.
| going like Ben Hur's beautiful steeds in the
ch9riot race. are worth seeing.
1t is not an odd sight here 10 see peas
ants wife or widow or daughter drying in
from tho country with one OF these enor-
nous dappled neighing horses. and not the
slightest particle worried or nervous about
it. | saw u pretty French girl of twenty on
II load of hay yesterday driving two horses
tandem, either of which would have
weighed ton. She spoke to them as you
| would to n canary, and whistled them in
the most light-hearted way, although their
strength was like that of locomotive and
their heavy baritone voices shook the earth.
lam on the track of title which l can get
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-12

I WAS coming down from my room,
carefully picking my way between the
fair perchers on the stairs and survey
ing the somewhat startling view that q
collection of decollete girls will provide
to spectator above them, when /
heard the little girl in a heliotrope
gown observe to her companion that
Dolly So-and-So, who was evidently
sitting on stair below them, had love-
ly diamond star ON her neck that evening
Eyes, by Jove" responded the
youth, "and what a jolly place it has
to sparkle on, tool"
"Let me see," said the girl, musing.
"They put stars into books, sometimes,
don't they? What does it mean when
n star is printed alongside of word ?"
1T means see further down" replied
the boy, promptly.
"Oh,yes," said the heliotrope maiden.
what a cle7er girl Dollie is, to be
be sure" y Kameras Bar Hdrbor
letter.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-12
Wood in Her Stomach.

A case which is likely to attract the
profound attention of the medical
minds of the State has been developed
in Burlington, Ala.
Mrs. j. j. Murphy, the wife of q
iaborer, died recently after short ILL
ness of some disease of the stomach,
the nature of which physicians were
unable to determine After her death
DIR. Steves, who had been her attend
ing physician for two weeks prior to
her death, obtained the consent of the
dead woman's husband to make an au-
topsy, to ascertain the disease from
the effects of which she died. He ac-
cordingly opened the stomach and
found most surprising conditions. On
each sue Unere was mass OF nbrouS
matter, and on the right side a large
rag was wrapped up in the fibrous ma
tie rial.
Dr. Steves removed the entire stom-
ach from the body and made a close
examination. 1t was ascertained that
the fibers were of wood. The mass as
taken from the stomach was then
weighed and tipped the beam at ex-
actly two pounds. Then the question
arose, how did so much wood get into
the woman's stomach, and how long
had it been there before death ensued
Mrs Murphy, two weeks before her
demise, summoned DIR. Steves and
complained of the most excruoiating
pain in her stomach. She said she had
been suffering from these pains for
years, and she was at loss to know
what they were attributable to. She
ntinna1 npfn1ltr tbnt ola ho1
been great snuffdipper for many
years. Dr. Steves made an examina-
ton, but could discover no symptoms
of disease, and told her so. He adj
ministered some medicine, thinking it
would give relief, but it did not have
the desired effect
The woman soon began to get worse,
and about week ago began to sink.
DR.. Steves called in Dr. Davis, and
the two had consultation and made
another full examination, but could not
| discover the nature of her trouble
An operation was discussed, but the
lady was so weak that the chances were
that she would die under the knife, and
this had to be dropped. The physi-
clans did all they could for her, but to
no avail, and Wednesday afternoon,
about 2 80 o'clock, she died
The only reasonable theory that can
account for the appearance of the two
pounds of wood in the stomach is that
at various times Mrs. Murphy swal
lowed small pieces of her snuff brushes,
and the mass was the accumulation of
years. The presence of the rag amid
the wood cannot be accounted for. 1t
was two or three feet long, and closely
imbedded in the wood
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-12

near me. who Is here on a vacation. suoou
up. told him to sit down or l would in
sat down. l watched the dance with great
interest because am going to introduce
1t to the attention of the four hundred when
return to America. The gentlemen ch ased
ladies did so. too. Then the gentlemen
threw their feet at the center of the sky.
The ladies' did the same. 1t was so odd and
so shocking that could not. at once, sum-
mon the courage to go away. wondered
what my family would say If they knew
about 1t. We are very proper fam
lily. We como from the old puritanical
stock whose only relaxation was prayer.
ancestors could have been there they
would have shuddered two or three times
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-12

-,
1 sat feV9lVlhS u III my niue untiI Nv 10
seemed 'ile l.'oSt 49,; .ili - EiiT
Norlu aho ~ 'Io t 'rito taI ne 80 o',o me"
was Al Supu I'm w "''Goi ~ iiio'
mem VI g''J 1e ;'lieS oi'' ili"
ar ne p''Si'' i'-'''sei' "0o"' 'i0 o 0"'''e
Aie''t a1,o,. go. :. .o.,, ,,,,,.,.;oa - bo
so;l ,r;+i' az - 81 orronaina o0 tbn corn
%rnod I%l bacon and coffee on the table,
T r,as soM,atrbo+ '1, +okan obacl however
;n ~ tbo 9 nv;I \ ITomntine IO S' considerable
IL, nc N.Y. Nv i bdat iol 81 tbn coIin bowed his
bead raverontIv and asked Gods bles-
sinos ON tha frnoal repnst.
Us a7Welly" thought, " he surely isn't
an oeconnd convict. unless he hasare-
-" ''nntod boro anono the hills" And
trnI, il seemed TO me inst then. n
fttiHp locality for repentance of the
deepest kind.
What might YOUR name be?" he
asked. as he handed me the second cup
of coffee.
When [ told him, he gave little
start and eyed me curiouslv for Il mo-
ment. before he settled back into his
former quiet demeanor, but said moth
Aftar tba ra,,ost bo tool, a ,,;,e from,
tba shelf and asked mo II I smoked
I1non NV renIvino that 7 did not bo
6IIed +bn corn-cal, i1yant;on u,itb Lo,,lo-
modo twiot ond cot dou,, 10 onio,, a
whiff by himself.
"I don't use tobacco much" he said
apologeticallv: but | generally smoke
afore / 90 to bed. a pipe or so: it kind
of browns trouble"
"Then YOU have had trouble?" |
asked
"Yes youno man n craot deal of
sorrow t6ouob vonnostors can n under-
stand II Inv the telling y he renlied
With a siob
Nv heort softened toward tho old
man os he sot thonobtfnllv loo1,;ng
into tLo fro wb;Ia 10 ToI+ donooG
nver his lone orav heard
I had a 9reot cur;o.itv 70 find ont
more of his b;story. hnf he raveoIeI
notb;ng roro and 10 was fot;aned
w;tb fbo ionrnav of +Lo dov VOC
raoIv 70 retira
~Son can sloep with mo or brnk on
fine sottee be said at badtima nro.
! sorrad 70 Sloan oIone ond fortLyi, h he
d,ow from, n oroot red cbeet in the cor,
nor Of +bn roon, a on,,,1e If beavy oon,.
fo,tol1eo and nrocoedad 70 MAKE ~, q
he'd for his gnast on tbe aforesaid "set.
Lea .
r..
. L lorsoe lny suspicious l us, us ! 9 lolie' lfe ul
~ my itntronlP1u COUCH anu ''o%eo oii
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-12
THE UNREMEMBERED DEAD.


They lived they suffered. this we know,
Yet see how vacant aro their places.
Where are they now? Where did they go2
Those yearning, anxious human faces.
They must have loved the sweets of earth,
Have loved what we now love and treasure
They must have had their taste OF mirth,
Their FIJI of pain, their seanty pleasure.
why then, is all so shadowy
So dreamlike and so silent hereP
There should be left some momory,
However faint-some yestige dear.
Here once, like us, they hailed the dawn
Their children must have gamboled here.
And yet how Needless life goes on,
Without pause, without Il tear.
They were our kindred souls, and though
They left behind no trace of glory,
Still omething of their lives We know
Our beating hearts tell us their story.
Phantomsl Are there no Phantoms here,
Spirits of the Forgotten Dead?
Yes, there are Phautoms everywhere
Shapes that we dream. not specters dread.
We cherish life-we would not die;
We long to live in memory still;
We dread Oblivion-ths is why
With ghosts We people vale and hill.
NEW YORK CITY
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-12
neir meals. dance little. bathe still less

their meals. dance little, bathe still less
and draw the days away.
How does that stiike you, gentle reader?
How does that impress you, sensible. level
headed American girlsp Are you proud of
it? Certainly not You do not care. | am
surc. to buy this sort OF glory with the
money of your father, il you are the style |
take you to be. III your ancestors shed
their good blood for freedom, and later on
your fathers and brothers fought to save
the republic, you arc not ding now to make
their heroism n laughing stock to all ma
tons, arc you? do not think it of YOU
AS the American institutions are all on n
big scale. so the American snob is the big
gest snob in the world. and | appeal to the
American girl to scorn righteously ut all
times. anything of the kind. Our !ndc-
pendence cost too much to swap 1t for the
empty scalp of an old flee bitten title with Il
mortgage on it. would rather be the fear
loss and free American girl holding my
head up all my life than nm ill-trented.
bringing. and scandalized duchoss. and it
Is better to be n concerg in tho house OF
tho American than to occupy the bridal
chamber in ma.arial castle where the
plumbing is poor
| went to q well-known and very celc-
brated place OF amusement the other even
ing, feeling sure that all would be proper
and nice. There was u good deal which
was pleasing and entertaining. even though
l did not know what was being SAID or
sung. Ine actlng was excellent, and the
costumes and stage setting beautiful
About the fourth number on the pro-
gramme, however, saw that l had been
deceived by somebody Two young ladies'
and two young gentlemen OF Paris came
out and proceeded 10 dance II new style of
dance. At lea never danced that way.
1t was not like the dance ut the Patriarchs'
balls, nor tho war dance OF the CORY Sioux.
but | will never 20 there any more to see it.
The dance begun very quietly The men
We're iii evening dress. with crush hats, and
looked as il they might pass tho plate on
Sundays. The ri Is looked pious, also. and
their clothes were really a great deal more
quiet and homclike than some l saw Mt the
American Minister'S the other evening.
But after awhile the music seemed to
make the dancers more risky, and they
began to improvise and introduce novel
ties Novelties in dress, tor instance. Also
novelties in callsthenics. A clergyman
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-12
Family Pride.

If people who are troubled with tha,
form of egotism which they are self
hattered into believing is "family
pride" would catch hold of the idea
that in this republican country every
tub stands on its own bottom, and that
nobody can disgrace them except them
selves, they would escape much misery.
The sad case of the three ladies in
Washington, belonging to "cne of the
oldest families in the District" who
have gone insane as the result of
brooding in private over the shocks to
their pride, illustrates the folly of this
tendency. One of their troubles was
due to the fact that half brother con-
tracted marriage some years ago
which was kept secret for several
months, the wife being known during
the time by her maiden name. An
other brother, q ne'er-do-well, "ac-
cepted position" as marker in bill
iard-room.
What is there in either OF both of
these occurrences to cause poignant
feeling of personal disgrace in the
mind of any relative of the parties
who was not responsible for them !?
An honorable secret marriage, with
true affection as basis, is much more
creditable than the open sale of them
selves for money which many "poor
but proud" daughters of old families
consummate. The "black sheep" of
family may disgrace himself, but there
is neither rhyme nor reason in his sis
ters and brothers taking upon them
selves any of the shame.
The "old family" pride is one of the
most absurd and illogical of all the
survivals and apings of aristocracy in
n republic of equal citizens. Some of
its vagaries are amusing, but the
Washington case is pitiful. l.-Neac York
World,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-12

IRAN @ Il is getting
1 pretty dry an d
dusty outside the city,
there having been no
rain for some time. and
80 the grass is getting
brown and tho people
who are doing Europe
on foot need grooming
pretty often, writes Bill
Nye from Paris to the
Chicago Herald. Still
armers are hopeful and
the small French peas
you get with II dish OF
onion in tnem are as ten
der as they were in June.
The green peas OF Paris
as cooked here would
arouse and revive Me-
,buselah if lie could get
4 whiff of them. The
ried potatoes are also
Justly cele brated.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-12

1t was related by good Confederate
soldier that ON his return from Virginia
in 1865 he brought a biscuit with him
which some one had given him on the
way. When he arrived home he gave
the children the biscuit and sent them
to play while he talked with their
mother. Pretty soon he wanted to see
the children again, and, going to the
door, was surprised to see them putting
live Goals of fire on the biscuit.
"What on earth do you mean, boys p"
said the father.
"Oh, pa, we are going to make the
darned thing poke its head out"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-12
HACIENDA DE SAN MIGUEL


mously-over 100000 to the ton. The gold
is not isolated wholly into pockets. Tor 1t is
found distributed in all parts OF the great
red hill at least in the minimum OF 81 u ton.
In the illustration give the great spur on
the right hand third is the Cerro Colorado.
which requires eight mines to cover the
tract properly. Enormous works are being
put in to develop this mine. and in few
years we will really know whether this is
the largest gold mine in the world or not.