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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-11-07

are linked together, and, II they con-
tain pearls, are sure to have the largest
in size. shapeliest in form and purest in
lustre. The oysters which produce the
greatest number of Tearls, however, are
thick, stunted and deformed, which
seems to indicate that the formation of
pearls is due to some disease in the AMI
NAL. Strangely enough, however, the
finest pearls are often found in the
healthiest oysters. In former times,
when tradition began first to be plac-
tlced with the natives, many very large
pearls were secured which the savages
had found and placed in their temples
not from any notion of their value,
but because it was Their habit to pla e
the largest of everything, whether CO.
coanut, crab, oyster, or what not before
their gods. The seductions of beads,
rum and red calico led to these things
being withdrawn from the place where
thev had lain for generations and gwen
to the traders-foolish people, who re-
gar ed them as having value. AS for
pearl shell, the natives were more than
delighted to give half q ton of it for IL
sing!e tomahawk, and some groups, like
Paumotus, have exported us much MS a
Thousand tons year the last qnarter of
a century, representing value in Eu-
rope of over $5, 900, ,000 Although this
particular group does not now export
over two hundred tons of shell year,
there are plenty of others possessing
vast deposits that have never been
touched. and should yield equally large
returns. If, also, amy means could be
devised for excavating and sitting the
sand of old beds, great value of pearls
could doubtless be found, since the
number VIII ch fall to the bottom from
dying and decaying oysters largely ex-
ceeds that VIII CHI has been brought to
the surface by the pearl fishers.
The Polynesians are most expert pearl
fishers and do not use any stone to nix
themselves, or any apparatus to ose
their nostrils, as do the Cingalese. They
can remain under water over three min
utes, and bring up shell from a depth
OF 120 feet although not liking the
undertaking, and needing to be paid
extra for it, The cost of raising shell
by this means is about $25 ton.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-11-07
Greenbacks Reduced to Pulp.

All the money that is made in the Bu
reau OF Engraving and Printing at
Washington, except the national bank
notes, generally finds its way back to be
ground into pulp. In the basement
there is a great cy Under into which the
redeemed notes are put in the presence
of committee there are three locks to
this cylinder, the keys held by different
men, and there is no danger of single
dollar coming out whole after the keys
have been turned ard the macerating
process begins. When the pulp is taken
ont of the cylinder it is dirty mass
and is subjected to cleansingto get the
ink out OF it. Then it is pressed into
thick sheets, dried, and sold to the
paper-mil!s, which use it in making II
coarse grade of aper. A small quantity
of 1t is used in making souvenirs Of
Washington. In the basement is also
the laundry where the cloths that the
plate printers use in wiping the plates
are washed. This washing is all done
by machinery, because the acids in the
INKS eat the hands.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-11-07
Pearl Fishing in the Pacific,

Writing from New Zealand, cores
pondent of the New York Times says:
Perhaps the most lucrative of the en-
terprises of thcSouthI'a 'iic is that of tie
pearl and pearl-shell fisheries, in which
large fortunes have already been ma le,
chiefly through the ecent great demand
for the mother of pearl in Europe.
where, within few years, its utility
has been demons rated in thousand
directions before unsupported. Pro-
digious profits we're made on the shores
of North Australia until the Govern
ment, pandering to the demands Of the
"labor" element, prevented the men
engaged in the enterprise from en-
ploying the only labor that could be
got for such q purpose. Even be-, cl
opportunities exist in tho South Sea ISL
ands, for the shell is equally good, To-
Dor is obtainable on the spot, and food
is produced spontaneously at the scene
OF operations.
In favorable situations-as in the
branches of growing coral and
where thore il little or no sand to dis
turb the oysters they often attain pro.
digious size, not infrequently measuring
. yard in the diameter Of their opei
valves. Sometimes dozen of these
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-11-07
A Wonderful Dog.

A gentleman employed at colliery
few miles from Glasgow Scotland, had
dog called ,limmy, which he parted
with to fr end at Il coliery some miles
distant The two offices are come ted
By telephone, and the other morning
the gentleman rang up his friend and
asked how Jimmy was doing. "Oh,
he's fine," was the answer: "hes at my
feet just now; I'll hold him up and see
if he knows your voice." This was
done, and the former owner shouted
over the wire, "Hillo, jimmy" Jimmy
made no sign of recognition, but on
being set down again he at once made
for the door, and when his old master
went home to dinner the dog was there
to welcome him.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-11-07

Scrofula, Bron hits and General Debility will
try SCoTT's EMULSION of Cod iver Oil with
Hypopho.phites they will find immediate re-
ii and permanent b neft. The Medical Pro
fession universe ly declare it a remedy of In
greatest value and very platable. Rea |: Il
Scrofnla and Debility in Children. Results
mos gratifying. My little patients take IT
with plea3uro."-W. A. HuLBERr, Md, Sails
bury LII,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-11-07

Is in store for all who use Kcmp's Balsam fol
the Threat and Lung, the great guaranteed
remedy. Would you believe that it is sold on
It's merits and that any druggist is authorize
by the proprietor OF this wonderful remedy to
give you sample bottle frer? 1t never fails
to cure acute or chronic coughs. All druggist,
sell Kemp's Balsam. Large bottles 50c. and
n
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-11-07

A man who has practlced medicine Tor ~
years ought to know salt from sugar; read
what he says:
TOLEDO, O., Jan. 10, 1887.
Messrs. B. J. Cheney d Co.--Gentlemen:-1
have been in the general practice Of med icino
my practice and experience, have never seen o
preparation that | could prescribe with as
much confidence of success as can Halls Ca
tarrh Cure, manufactured by you. Have pre-
scribed 1t great many times and its effect Is
wonderful, and would say in conclusion that
have yet to find a case of Catarrh that 1t
would not cure, if they would take 1t accord
ing to directions.
Yours Truly,
l.. l.. GoRsUCu, NJ. D.
Office, 2l5 Summit st.
We will give 800 for any case OF Catarrh
that cannot be cured with Halls Catarrh
Cure. Taken internally.
II. ]. CHENEY & Co., Props, Toledo, o.
gY- Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-11-07

You wear out clothes on a wash board ten
times as much as on the body. Ho,o foolish
Buy Dobbins's Electric Soap of your grocer
and save this usel SIS wear. Male ever since
1854. Don't take imitation. There are 10 S OF
them.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-11-07

II AFFLICTED with eyes DR.. Isaac Ihomp
sons Eye.water. Druggists sell 2sc per bottle
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-11-07

A copy of John Eliot's Bible has been
purchased by the trustees of the British
Museum
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-11-07

1t is said that large quantities of so-called
wine are yearly manufactured in France from
dried currants.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-11-07

Oregon, the Paradise or Farmers.
Mild, equable climat certain and abundant
props. Best fruit, grain, grass and stock coun-
try In the world. Full information free Ad-
dress OREGON Im'igrat'n Board, Portland. Ore.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-11-07

The greatest snuf-taking country in the
world is France, though it shows decline in
thr hn hit
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-11-07
L. L. GoRsUcu, M. D.

A First Folio of Shakespeare was sold re-
Gently in New York for 81, 400 to an unknown
purchaser.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-11-07

Ripe tomatoes will remove ink and other
stains from white clothes; also from the
hands.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-11-07

There is IL family living in Ohio whose aees
are 104, 100, Ill, and 115 years.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-11-07

To experiment with uncertain remedies Nh on
afflicted with any OF the ailments for which
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical discovery is rec
commended, as it is SO positv. y certain in its
curative effects as to warrant its manu- factur-
ers in guaranteeing it to benefit or cure, or
money paid for it is returned 1t Is warranted
to cure all blood, skin and scalp diseases, salt
rheum, tet er, and all scrofulous sores and
swelings, as well us consumption (which is
scrofula of the lungs il taken In time and
given IL far trial.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-11-07

Don't hawk, hawk, b ow spit and disgust
everybody With your offensive breath, but use
Dr. SaSs's Catarrh Ronedy and end it.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-11-07

DEAT ESTATE and Loan Agency. ALESAN-
hEhA DER HAMILTON. Salem. Marion Co, Ill.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-30
A GENERAL EXCUSE.

One ofthe Eastern courts, which has been
struggling with the usual heavy task of Sc
curing jury without intelligence or infor.
nation enough to know anything about the
case to be tried, has developed a new ex-
cuse by which the average citizen can
escape jury service. One of the jury i'm
paneled asserted that he had lost faith in
the jury system, and the Judge on that
ground excused him from service.
The precedent thus set is likely to have a
wider application than the court is likely
TO have perceived. The average citizen
who desires to escape the service to his coun-
try Of sitting in a box as tie target for the
eloquence of counsel, is often hard pushed
for excuses and sometimes has to stretch the
limit of veracity to the point of rupture.
This is a subject of regret; but the excuse
which proved valid in this case will avoid
all necessity of strained relations with the
truth. The great majority of our citizens
can truly aver that they have lost faith in
the jury system; and when that plea is &C
cepted, they can go on their way rejoicing
and leave justice to look out for itself
The general adoption of this rule would
leave the jury box free to the professional
Jurors who have necessarily an abiding
faith in the system, as a means of bread and
butter. 1t might also hasten some reforms
in the system which would command public
faith in it.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-30
PITTsBURG, MONDAY. SEP. 80. 1859.
A KoN-PARTTsAN APPOINTMENT.

The appointment of General Prentiss, g
Missouri Democrat, to a postofice, is one
of the exceptional examples of breaking
over party lines, made by the present ad-
ministration. 1t is done on the declaration
of Secretary Noble that Prentiss is a
splendid fellow, and that party feeling
ought not to prevail against him.
But if this course is adopted in the case
of one Democratic splendid fellow, why not
in that other equally splendid and no less
Democratic character? On the supposition
that the engaging characteristics of General
Prentiss, who made a gallant but losing
fight at Shiloh, include the qualities that
make good postmaster, cannot the same
rule be applied elsewhere just as we'll? Or
rather the fact that party lines can be
broken over, being established, would not
the more logical course be to keep in Office
all whether Democrats or Republicans who
have demonstrated their ability and in
dustry in the discharge OF their public
duties?
1t is not hazardous to predict that such
rule would result in higher standard of
public service than that of discarding
psrtissnship only when a member of the
Cabinet happens to be personally ac-
quainted with the fact that the candidate is
a fine fellow.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-30
A PREsuMPTIYE TRICK.

A very singular proposition has been
made and accepted, in the grant of a munich
pal franchise for street railroad in Brook
lyn. The company applying for the use of
the street offered 100 per cent of its gross re-
ceipts for the privilege. As this looked
like exceedingly liberal terms, the city au-
thorities promptly snapped it up, and the
singular deal is an accomplished fact, only
awaiting experience as to what it means.
or course it is not necessary to say
that a proposition Of this sort justi6es
a presumption of crookedness; and
ought not to be accepted, except on
the theory that the city is able to
see that the bitter gets bitten. Corporations
do not generally go into the street railroad
business for the sake of giving all their
money to the public; and when one comes
forward with an offer to build tracks, pay
operating expenses and turn over all the
gross receipts to the city, it assumes the
character of one of those gifts of the Greeks,
which are especially to be distrusted.
II will be interesting to watch the devel-
opment of this scheme, and the pretext by
which the corporation lodges iulflments of
its pretended offer. 1t will also be important
to learn whether Brooklyn has city officials
with backbone enough to make the corpora
ton live up to its contract or forfeit the
franchises gained under false pretenses.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-30
THE TYPICAL RACE RIOT.

The full returns with regard to that al
legged race war at Pratt's mines, near Birm-
ingham, Ala, are now in, and the usual dis
closure is made of the most ridiculous char
acter. A colored woman got into dispute
with a white boy, and actually overturned
the urchin's goat cart, and slanged the boys
mother. After which the father of the fam
lily went to the colored woman's house,
knocked her down and beat her over the
head with pistol. This is the statement
given by the assailant himself to the re-
porter of the Birmingham Age-Herald; and
that is the sum total of the trace riot. /"
Some people appear to have had dim per-
ception tn = the negroes might be justified
at resenting the chivalrous attack OF an
angry white man upon a saucy negro
won N, and telephoned for troops. Some
parts of the South are yet long way off
from civilization.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-30
AN IMPORTANT ILLUSTRATION.

The statement as published in the local
press this week that there is a demand for
miners along the Monongahela Valley, ow-
ing to large number of the old miners
having obtained work elsewhere, is impor-
tant as an illustration of great economic
principle, in addition to its bearing upon
certain leading business schemes of the
present juncture.
1t is often held, as an excuse of the ten
dencv toward combination, that competition
only acts upon wages in one direction-that
of crowding down the price of labor. That
view entirely ignores the action of competi-
tion in the demand for labor. The most
frequent effect of industrial combinations is
in sitting that demand; but although
the action Of the compensatory prin-
ciple is slow, it is bound to come. The coal
miners case is an illustration. There have
been numberless struggles to put up or put
down the price Of mining; but when the low
wages and long stoppages have led the
miners to seek other fields of labor, the de-
mand for their work makes itself apparent.
This has two important applications. The
uISb - Iudb tnS pollCf Va SAo"HS NN"A
wages and keeping laborers standing Idle
one-third or one-half the year, has its
inevitable penalty. With that policy per-
sisted in, the desirable and reliable labor
will drift away to other fields, and only the
ignorant, reckless and vicious classes can be
secured. 1t is the best policy in the long
run for employers to treat their labor well;
and while immediate profits may be en-
hanced by ignoring this principle, they will
be forced to give back their penalty in the
end.
This principle has decided application
in estimating the possibility of the pro-
posed coal combination as united force in
down wages. That was, on the
surface, one of the greatest possibilities of in
creased profit from that organization. But
if the coal trade now is forced to advertise
and offer inducements to get miners, any
Effort on the part of a combination to force
wages down would only result in leaving
It's coal unmined.
Back of all this is the vital point that the
'urest way to secure the most permanent |
ind best wages is to make the competition |
,f employers for labor as free and universal |
Is the competition of labor for wages.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-30
PEOPLE OF PROMINENCE,

THE richest maiden in California is Miss
Jennie Flood. 1t was reported lately that she
was to marry Mr.. Loubat of New York, but
Mr.. Loubat's properly roll Is not as large as
hers, and his suit did not culminate in an en-
gagement
LAPoRTE now enjoys the distinction of hav-
ing the only lady pastor in Indiana. Miss Mila
+. Tupper to-day accepted call to the pastor
ate of the Unitarian Church. Miss Tupper is a
graduate of Cornell University and is described
as a 1.-the little woman of easy grace and
charming manners.
ITALY has peen almost devastated by the
Abyssinian Embassy bearing presents to King
Humbert. The King of Abyssinia's brother
headed the delegation, and several dignitaries
accompanied him. Their appetltes are enor-
nous Ten of them ate 81 steaks at one sitting.
Unless the presents are very valuable Italy
will lose by their visit.
SAYS an American tourist, writing from
Rome: I'VE went to St. Peters twice on Sun
day to hear the choir. They are all men. and
there is one among them who has phenome-
nal soprano voice. He is called The Angel Of
St. Peters, If had not looked right at him
when he was singing should not have believed
that the voice was a MANS"
No WOMAN is less known to the newspaper
world than Mrs. Depew, though her husbands
name is a household word all over the country,
perhaps because she is very quiet home-keep-
ing person, and because Mr.. Depew is wise
enough to be always civil and communicative
to reporters, that their curiosity and investi-
gative instincts are allayed by his cheerful
frankness. She is, however, as genial and
pleasant-tempered as her famous husband, and
has good deal of his humor, perhaps through
long association with him.
Hrpp PoTrT uonderfuI tanor ;e 70 Sr;uo tino
the audiences at the Krall Gardens, Berlin. He
was coachman not long ago, and his rise to
fame has been romantic in its details. He
must find opera singing more remunerative and
agreeable than driving horses. AT recent
Sunday night rendition of popular opera he
was recalled six times after one song and
masses of flowers we're showered upon him. He
is ambitious to come to America, anc will doubt
less have a chance to crafty his ambition be-
fore long.
WILLIAM BELL; Assistant Surveyor of the
Postof1ce Department of England, is In this
country examining our postal system. He ex-
presses surprise that the railway companies
here carry the inspectors and mail clerks free.
In England all postal employees have to pay
their fares and are reimbursed by the depart
ment. 1t has also perplexed Mr.. Bell to under
stand how the inspectors here are able to COM
plete an examination IN one or two weeks, when
it requires month or two in England. He
says that the profits of the department of En-
gland last year were s2O.OOOOOO.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-30
RIGHTS ON THE STREETS.

The general adoption of the system of
electricity for street transit in Cleveland
has just developed a new dispute, which
ought to teach a lesson to all municipalities,
with regard to the preservation of common
rights upon the street. One of the street
nar lines adopting the electric power was
the first to put up its poles and wires on Su-
perior street, the central point where all the
street car lines of the city converge. An
other line which is Of equal importance
now desires to come upon Superior street
and to share in the use of the poles and
wires which the first company put up.
This is opposed by the first company,
which claims exclusive rights. The conse-
quence is that if its claim of exclusive
right is sustained, either the principal
street of Cleveland will have to become a
labyrinth of electric poles and wires, or
only one electric line can be admitted to
that street.
The company seeking entrance to the
street bases its claim upon a previous con-
tract for joint use and occupancy of the poles
and wires, but this is an extremely narrow
and limited view to take of it. The right
position is that the public interest and pub
lie proprietorship OF the streets forbids the
gaining of any exclusive privileges by cor
porations, so that any method of use of the
street can be concentrated in one corporation
to the exclusion of all others. A street like
Superior street, in Cleveland, or Fifth
avenue, in Pittsburg, should be open to all
companies when they desire to come upon
the track in order to reach the central part
of the city, subject, of course, to fair charge
to reimburse the people who have built the
poles and wires or the conduit necessary to
establish such new methods of transit. The
vital principle which affords the solution of
half the difficult problems of conflicting
rights and interests in the streets, is that the
public character of the streets forbids any
such establishment of exclusive privileges as
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-30
WESTERN LAND MORTGAGES,

The failure of the Farmers Loan and
Trust Company, a corporation engaged in
negotiating mortgage loans on Kansas
land and guaranteeing the interest, calls
attention to the extent of the business
of negotiating such loans. The total
loans of 13 land companies are about S51, ,0O0,-
600, while the loans of other similar corpo-
rations, of insurance companies and of indi-
viduals are beyond statistical knowledge.
The failure of one company does not indl-
cate a lack of security in the business
At the same time, it is plain that while the
business, conservatively and properly man.
aged, can be made very sound, it is most
open to the abuses of careless loans, extrava-
CANT management or more downright dis
honesty. Integrity and stability can make
a frst-class and solvent business of bring
ing the surplus capital of the East into
closer relations with the borrowers of the
West. Recklessness and dishonesty can
utterly discredit it, just as they can any
other line of enterprise.