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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-26

Will ma you ali enjoying the same
great blessing. How pleasant it is
for sisters to dwell together in unity and
beloved by mankind. You must indeed
have good time standing in the window
day after day, pulling your long hair
through your fingers with pride. When 1
first saw you all thus engaged, for the bene-
fit of the public, thought it was u candy
pull
l now write to say that the hair promoter
which you sold me at the time is not up to
its work. 1t was n year ago that bought
1t. and / think that in year something
ought to show 1t Is a great nuisance for II
public man who is liable to come home late
at night to have to op-dress his head
before he can retire. Your directions In
NolVe great care and trouble to a man in
my position. and still i have tried faithfully
10 follow them. What is the result? Moth
ing put disappointment, and not so very
much of that.
You said, If you remember, that your
iather was bald headed clergyman, but
one day. with wild shrek of "Eurekal" he
discovered this hair encourager, and the
rest OF his life filed his high hat with hair
every time he put it on. You said that at first
line growth OF down, like the inside of II
mouse's ear, would be seen, alter that the
blade, then the stalk. and the full corn in
the ear. In pigs eur, l am now led to be-
lieve.
Fair but false seven haired sisters, l now
bid you adieu. You have lost in me a good
warm, true e-hearted, and powerful friend
Ask me not for my Endorsement or my be-
fore and after picture to use in your circu-
lars. give my kind words and photographs
hereafter to the soap men. They are what
they seem. You are not.
When a woman betrays me she must be-
ware. And when seven of them do so, it is
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-26

in charcoal and pencil. Some of then
have been so meritorious as to meet
with immediate purchasers. Many OF
the sketches shown are the work of be.
ginners, who have begun we'll Many
of them never did any outdoor sketch.
ing before. 1t is remarkable that there
is an absence of figures and flowers
unless exception be made to the study
nf head for which pretty little Edith
5exton posed, The two little Sex ton
girls are excellent models, and would
prove valuable aids to any artist who
cared to paint picture representing
the two little English princes in the
tower.
The artists have painted almost
everything on, about, or near the isl
and except the town Of Portland.
Prohibition prevented painting. One
object that has been introduced into
almost every sketch is the lighthouse,
marking the main channel, or Port
land light, as it is called.
One of the few points about the isl
and that have rot been sketched by
every artist in the vicinity is old Fort
Gorges, in Portland harbor 1t is
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-26

out extra care and good feeding while you
could train down to that. | judge, if you
begin to go without food on receipt of this
challenge. would ask that we fight I'M
der the rules of the London prize ring in
the Opera House in Paris. If you will de-
eide to accept will engage the house now
and put few good reading notices in the
papers.
| would expect that forfeit of $1,000 be
put up, so that in case you are in Jail at the
time | shall have something to reimburse
me for my trip to Paris and the general up
heaval of my whole being which arises
from ocean travel.
challenge you as plain American citi-
zen and an amateur, partially to assert the
rights OF a simple tax payer and partly to
secure for myself name. was. as boy,
the pride of my parents, and they wanted
me TO amount to something. So far, the
results have been different viii you not
aid me, n poor struggler In the great race
for supremacy, to obtain that notice which
the newspapers now so reluctantly yield2
You are said to be generous to fault, es-
pecially your own faults and plead with
you now to give me a chance to share your
great fame by accepting my challenge and
appearing with me in u mixed programme
for the evening, in which we will jointly
amuse and instruct the people, while at the
same time it will give me chance to be-
| come great in ono day, even If | am de-
| feated.
have often admired your scholarly and
| spiritual expressions and your modest life.
and you will remember that at one time 1
asked you for your autograph, and you told
me to go where the worm dieth not and the
fire department is Intellectual. Will you not.
l ask. aid struggler and painter for fame,
who desires the eye of the public, even il
his own be italiciSed at the timer
must close this challenge more in the
nature of an appeal to one of Americas
best-known men. Will you accept my hum
BILE challenge, so that / can go into training
at once? We can leave the details OF the
fight to the Mdtl and Express, if you will,
and the champion belt we can buy after
ward. All care for is the honor of being
mixed up with you in some way, and enough
OF the gate money to pay for arnicl and at
tendance afterward?
Will you do it?
know the audience would enjoy seeing
us dressed for the Tray, you SO strong anu
| so wide. l so pensive and so fiat busted
about the chest. Let us proceed at once.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-26

Alter nasty consultation IL was de-
cided to conceal the horses in grove
hard by, and every man enter the pur-
suit, which they felt sure would lead
to the recapture of their escaped pris-
oner. Striking into the brake,
they We're soon on the Lieutenants
track, which led through the intricacies
of the thicket.
Meanwhile, Arthur Hartwell was
making gigantic strides through the
bosky brake, stumbling over clinging
vines, which We're densely cntangled
about the canes; splashing and dash
ing into hidden pools of stagnant
water; then out again and into another
worse than the first, despoiling the
polish of his No. rs and ficking with
clayey splashes his spotless uniform.
His physical strength was not ade-
uuate to the demand which his really
desperate effort to escape enforced.
Still, on he hurried
The early autumn day was intensely
hot. The sun seemed to bear par
ticular spite toward that spot and
poured down mercilessly upon pursued
and pursuers. The huge canes defed
the admission of any cooling breeze
which might be astir without.
Ere Lieutenant Hartwell had reached
the southern border of the thicket he
was almost exhausted. Great beads
of sweat stood on his face, and his
limbs trembled from fatigue. He stood
irresolute as to what course to pursue
next. He had been forced to flee in an
/
camp. Where would he seek refuge?
His strength was failing. He could not
keep up the fight any longer. Then
he dared not hide among the canes.
Already in nearing pursuit, he could
hear the heavy boots of the guerrillas
crushing canes and brambles, leaving
no nook unsearched
Just before him, through grove of
cottonwood, walnut, and hickory, all
tiuged with autumn's russell gold, he
caught sight of handsome southern
home, built of red sandstone, with
clambering vines half yelling the front
and roof, and beautiful flowers of every
variety surrounding it, lending to the
entire place the splendid glow and
beauty of tropical aspect. 1t was the
home of some abettor of the Southern
cause. Hartwell knew this, and he
felt quite sure that if he sought refuge
there he would be handed over to his
rough cNptors, who, if they did not
belong to the Confederate service,
favored it, while they bitterly opposed
the Federal army.
But haste, not debate, was neces.
sary. He could hear the guerrillas
drawing nearer; their curses, too,
reached him, as non-success at every
turn ballled them. They had expected
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-26

that much worse. You fooled mo with
smiles and fales promises, AMI now it will
be Just as well for you to look out. / would
rather die than be betrayed. 1t j. Disagree
able. 1t sours one and also embtters one.
1t also causes that tired feeling.
Here at this point our ways will diverge.
The roads fork at this place. i shall go on
upward and onward hairless and cappy,
also careless and happy to my goal in life.
do not know whether each or either OF you
have provided yourselves with goals or n OF.
but if not you will do well now to select
some. The world may smile upon you and
gold pour Into your Golfers. but the day
will come when you will learn to wrap the
drapery of your hair about you and lie down
TO pleasant dreams. Then will arise the
thought alasl-1hen You'll Remember Me.
now close this letter, leaving you to the
keen pangs of remorse and the cruel jabs of
unavailing regret. Some people are born
bald, others acquire badness. whilst still
others have badness thrust upon them.
Some are bald on the outside of their heads,
others on the inside. But oh, girls, beware
of badness on the soul. ask you. even if
you are the daughters OF clergyman to
think seriously of what have said. Yours
truly, BILL NYE.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-26
So Let Us Be joyful.

Come, no more of grief and dyingi
Sing the time too swiftly flying:
Just an hour,
Youths in flower,
Give me roses to remember
In the shadow of December.
When at length the grasses cover
Me, the worlds unwearied lover,
If regret
Haunt mo yet,
1t shall be for joys untasted
Nature lent and folly wasted.
Feigning age will not delay it,
When the reckoning comes we'll pay it.
-- Own our mirth
Has been worth
All the forfeit light or heavy,
Wintry Time and Fortune leavy.
Feigning grief will not escape it,
What though ne'er so well you ape it
Age and care
All must share
All alike must pay hereafter,
Some for sighs and some for laughter.
Know, ye sons of Melancholy,
To be young and wise is folly,
'Tis the W ak,
Fear to wrea5
On this clay of life their fancies,
Shaping battle, shaping dances.
While ye scorn our names unspolen,
Roses dead and garlands broken,
o, ye wise,
We arise,
Out of failures, dreams disasters,
We arise to be your masters.
Margaret L. Woods in Albany Journal
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-26

Southern cause. Would it be right to
assist him in his efforts to avoid re.
capture? Would it not be the very
height of disloyalty in her to hide this
Federal officer on the Starlton prem
ises?
The girl thought rapidly, one hand,
beautiful and shapely, resting on the
clothes-line, the other dropped at her
side
She glanced up into the pale but
firm face of the man who had applied
to her for aid. His eyes were so blue
and manly, his whole countenance so
noble, her warm heart felt throb of
nifty. His captors were not soldiers
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-26

At Beverly Farm, near Boston, on
the 29th day of August last, Oliver
Wendell Holmes quietly celebrated his
eightieth birthday. Letters and tele-
grams of congratulation poured in
upon him from all over the country,
and many ladies and gentlemen called
in person. Many beautiful floral gifts
were sent to the Doctor, and the house
was filled with sweet flowers. He also
received a very handsome remembrance
in the shape of solid silver gold-lined
cup of beautiful design from personal
friends and classmates. The Doctor
greeted each of his visitors personally
with cordial grasp of the hand and
expressed his great pleasure at their
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-26
STUFF AND NONSENSE.

A STRIKING tale-the whales.
A PLACE for lawyers-the Sioux
Reservation.
GRAVE diggers are said to do work
that is beneath them.
The tailor hopes to succeed by
clothes attention to business.
To LOVERS: Never put off till to-
morrow what you can WOO to-day.
The coal dealer sometimes, by mis-
take, gives the cart driver a weigh.
A BooTLEss attempt--To get up
stairs without being heard by your
wife.
The man with boil on his neck
never borrows trouble. He has enough
of it.
DroK-Going on any fishing trips
this summer? Jack-No; [ swore off.
Dick-Fishing? Jack Drinking
The well-bred woman says "please"
to her servants, and sometimes to her
husband if there's anybody around.
A TEXAS COW has died from eating
corn with a full grown beard. Men
with full grown beard have died be-
fore now from drinking it.
Mrs. SoURFAcE-I hear Mrs. De
Sweets husband is just devoted to
her. Mrs. Sharptongue-H He is? Well,
well There amt many such men.
A sEEDY individual being told that
his coat "looked as if it hadn't had a
nap in dozen years." replied: "II
beg your pardon, but this coat has been
lying in my WARDROBE two and twenty
years till to-day, and that's time
enough to have had good long nap"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-26

among the I1vlng pictures lew call QUO
as much admiration as is bestowed
upon "the pretty girl" as she is called
by the many who have eyes for the
beautiful. The pretty girl" is Miss
Lila Wittredge, of Lynn, Mass, who
came here with her mother. Miss
Wittredge has been likened unto
wild rose, she is SO fair to look upon.
She is of the brunette type, with dark,
lustrous eyes, plentiful supply of
black hair, a complexion that is rich
and rare, defying description. Miss
Wittredge is about II years of age, but
is nevertheless belle. She has an
immense repertoire of dresses" in the
selection of which she has shown not
only startling originality but exquisite
taste. The professional artists have
thus far been unsuccessful in getting
Miss Wittredge to pose for them, but
here is an attempt at portrait taken
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-26
NYE WRITES SULLIVAN.
HE CHALLENGES THE BRUIsER TO A
RING COMBAT.

The Mill to Come on in the Paris Grand
Opera House-But the Pride of Boston
Must Train Down to 135 Pounds-wiII-
Jams EpistIe to De Lcsseps and tho Suth-
erland Sisters.
Colonel John l.. Sullivan, at large:
DEAR SIR-Will you permit me, with tout
wishing to give you the slightest offense.
to challenge you to fight in France with
bare knuckles and police interference, be-
tween this and the close OF Navigationl
/ have ha no real good fight with any
body for some time. and would be glad to
CO. o-operate with you in that direction. pre-
ierring, however. to have it attended to in
time so that | can go on with my fall plow
ing. would also like TO be my own steak
holder.
We would have to fight at 1876 pounds, be-
cause cannot train up to that figure with
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-26
IOwa's Walled Lake,

The greatest wonder in the State of
Iowa, and perhaps any State, is what
is called the "Walled Lake" in
Wright County, twelve miles north of
the Dubuque and Pacific Railway, and
$50 miles west of Dubuque city The
lake is from two to three feet higher
than the earth's surface. In some
places the wall is ten feet high, fifteen
feet wide at the bottom and five feet
wide on top. The stones used in its
construction vary in weight from
three tons down to 100 pounds. There
is an abundance of stones in Wright
County, but surrounding the lake to
the extent of five or ten miles there
are none. No one can form an idea as
to the means employed to bring them
to the spot OF who constructed it.
Around the entire lake is a belt of
woodland half mile in width, COM
posed of oak. The trees must have
been planted there at the time of the
building of the wall. In the spling of
the year 1856 there was great storm,
and the ice on the lake broke the wall
in several places, and the farmers in & he
vicinity were compelled to repair the
damages to prevent inundation. The
lake occupies grand surface of $500
acres; depth of water as great as
twenty-five feet. The water is clear
and cold, soil sandy and loamy. 1t is
singular that no has been able to
ascertain where the water comes from
nor where it goes, yet it is always clear
and fresh. Darlington QoUa) Ha1ok-
eye.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-26

rather an impressive looking fort, al
though it is no longer in use, having
served its purpose.
Excursions to Boston are common
events. These parties usually consist
of ladies, as the gentlemen are too
scarce to be spared. The ladies, as.
rule, are unfortunate, for they usually
encounter storm, and come back
looking unusually pale. They become
so seasick on the water that it is not to
be wondered at that several of them
wanted the earth while on the ocean.
One young lady narrated her expert.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-26

peautIrui Spots IN tne orest OIty OF
Maine In the center of the square is
the splendid heroic statue of Longfel-
low, born and reared in Portland, the
pride of it's people.
One of the Chicagoans returned from
Portland with unique story. A small
boy said to his mother:
Mother, give me money to go to the
circus"
"No, I can't let you go there.
"Then let me have tooth pulled; L
want to do something"
There are many beautiful things to
be seen about Cushing's Island. but
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-26

summer resort, but Cushing's Island
has a brainy element, and its visitors
are not judged by ordinary standards
The artists and pupils who came here
from the West have had but since the
first of July in which to prepare the
many sketches now on exhibition. The
pictures have been placed in the hote
reading The sketches include
water colors, oil paintings, and studies
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-26

THE urgent re.
quest of the guests
OF t h @ Ottaw a
House, as well as
at the suggestion
of art lovers of
Portland who are
interested in the
work of Chicago's
'sketching party, an
exhibition is now in
progress here at
which are seen
some of the many
sketches made on
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-26

AIdtHHiy2tY IIOlSt anu IIut ubbuJ lllt
SrH0ASfS camp for exercise. He hoped
soon to get himself into fighting trim
again. He was Jealous, courageous
young soldier, and he could not endure
with patience his enforced inactivity.
Hearing that excellent wild fruit
abounded in the woods about one mile
and half from the Federal camp,
Hartwell determined to ride over and
enjoy delicious treat.
While riding leisurely along through
large canebrake, midway between
the camp and the woods to which he
was bound, he was surprised and cap
trTed by a band of rough gueTilas
who had been accommodating the enc
my's position from safe distance.
The Union spies had reported only
that morning that there were no enc
mics within ten miles of their own
lines.
SO Hartwell had ridden off alone,
never dreaming of what was to befall
him. He had been riding carelessly
along, inadvertently whistling some
little tune heard at camp, and think
ing of the dear old mother far away in
her cabin on the Kansas line.
Suddenly his horse was stopped, his
arms We're pinioned to his sides by
brawny hands, while villainous. hard
ened countenances leered upon him.
"Don't yer chip nary word, or by ther
holy smokin' powers O t'other world,
I'll send a bullet clean through yer
burned Yankee carcass" said one ro-
bust guerrilla, holding an old muskut
threateningly near the captiye's hand
some head.
Hartwell was too completely sur
prised to frame an answer. The guer-
rillas surged about him wild with glce
over their great capture. \ Yankee
officer was not picked up every day
Their rejoicing, uncouth and profane,
rendered them for short time in
cautious. The tramp, tramp of com
ing horsemen threw the jubilant band
OF four guerlillas into considerable ex-
citement. In moment every man
was quiet and on his guard. Instinc-
lively, each rough fellow sought
musket or carbine, the rifed property
of some dead soldier.
Every eye was turned in the direc-
ton of the approaching riders. That
could oos;I,- I,o +CId frono +bo .o,,,,d.
tbot +bo barsos, foat IioIa | o,, NV H., I',,' Ln,.I
cIav-boIzeJ rood Lv tbo conas 9a, '''' -'''' w.
iiantonont HorfwaII was Gov. tho mo.
ment forootten Ware those ,idnrs
weorors of tho L1no ~, tho aray9 M
tall. dense intervcnino rones nrovent-
ed an answer to tbot nnte dnoetion
Tbron one,riIlos LnI stotiorad +hnr,,
soIyas IobinJ ,l,,r,,' of -,
while the fourth held Hartwell's horse
with his left hand, his right grasping a
carbine.
II was favorable rnomen+ for T ion
tonont uart,roiI ua ranoo,,,ilad i a..
srcL Will 4La sLart ol,ea,.,,tiar ot
tbo ,,re,,iIIos, attantia, iostad Uort.
we'll nuic, MS n wink slinned from the
saddle and ero his caItors wero oyora
With far moro aaiIitT tbon biS wcol,
physical condition would seem TO war.
rant, he had dorted off tbrouob tbo
towerino canes wbero a horse coEld NOT
follow.
The guerrillas. so absorbed in await
ing the approach of the invisible horse.
men. did not for moment observe the
empty saddle. Then, with n smother.
ed oath, the one holding the officers
horsestruck him a severe blow to make
him stand aside. The spirited animal
resented the blow. and with n suyape
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-26

coming. His manner is as vivacious,
his step is as elastic, and his eyes us
bright and merry as they have been
these many years back. Barring a
slight difficulty with his hearing, the
Doctors powers are unimuaired.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-26

the island during the past few weeks.
1t is something unusual to have an art
exhibition during the summer months,
and hardly an ordinary attraction at
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-26
AT CUSHING'S ISLAND.
SKETCHES AT A PLEA SAINT RESORT
DOWN IN MAINE.

Pretty Pictures and Handsome Girls
The Work of Chicago Skctching Club
Longfoilow's Birthplacs =. Sandwich
Parties.
tCushings Island, Me-, letter to Chicago Inter
lcnnn
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-26

TOMMY (who has been forgotten until
nearly eleven o'clock)-Paw, what is
jiffy? Father--It's just about the
length of time you've got to get TO bed
without licking.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-26

AFTER a man has been married n
few years he never lodges when his
wife throws anything at him.--La,c-
renee american.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-26

while "the pretty girl" was writing a
letter, a past ime that seems to give her
great pleasure.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-26

TErrr Is statue of Bismarck at
COLOGNE and it makes the eyes of
Cologne water to look at it, he Is W
holnelY.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-26
Astronomical Intelligence.

Telescope man-Come up, gents,
and take look ut the moon. Only ten
cents.
Countryman-Does it make the moon
look any bigger?
Look any bigger? Why, it brings
the moon so close that you can read
the signs on the board fences"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-26

} now sufficiently convalescent
a . to mount his jet-black war
SW horse and ride about the
w camp for exercise. He hoped
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-09-26
CHASED By GUERRILLAS.
a Story of the War.
BY A. II. GIBSON.

IEUT. ARTHUR
Hartwell of the I'm
zion army had re-
sceiyed a wound in
an e N ga g gem e II t
fought b y t W o
skirmishing parties
that had surpri ed
each other on the
White River in Ar
kansas.
How yer, the
Young officer was