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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-11-14
Al Boston Man Makes Some Interesting
DiscOyerIesi

Mr. Henry F. Waters. whose discoveries
relative to the anco stors Of John Harvard.
the founder OF Harvard College. attracted
so much attention few years ago. has
now done an equally important work for
the Washington family, says recent Bos-
ton dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.
George Washngton's English ancestry has
long been disputed point with historians.
Tho American line OF Washington's an
cestry has been easily traced back TO John
Washington, who with his brother Lawrence
came TO Virginia from England about
1857. but there the course became un-
certain. Mr.. Waters has now cleared this
by his discoveries. Lawrence Washington.
son OF Lawrence Washington OF Sutgrave,
he finds, was a fellow OF Brasenose College,
Oxford. rector OF Burlegh. in Essex, from
1888 to l643. when he was elected by order
or Parliament as malignant royalist. He
removed to Tring. in tho county of Hort
ford. where he died before 1866. leaving a
widow. Amphillis. and children John. born
about 1893; Lawrence, baptized at Tring.
June 23, 1886; and William. Elizabeth.
Margaret and Martha. 1t was his sons John
and Lawrence who emigrated to Virginia
about 1857. On only two minor points can
tn ere be any doubt as to these facts. ana
on these it is probable that further investi-
cation will remove all doubt
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-11-14


With fingers weary and worm
With figures n-rrowdinS his mind,
A bookkeeper sar on rickety stool
Irving his balance to find,
Till figures seem like words,
And words like figures seem,
Till over the figures he falls asleep,
And adds them up in dream.
'1is o for the heather Chineel
And o for the ignorant Turk
A bookkeeper ne'er has soul to save.
For on Sunday he must work.
Work work work
Till the night Is lost in mornl
Till worn and tired the bookkeeper creeps
Beneath the desk where he always sleeps,
And dreams OF balance unborn.
Chicago Liar.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-11-14
Rest Needed.

A tramp knows what it is to be leg
weary, a farm laborer to be body
weary, literary man to be brain
weary, and a sorrowing man to be
soul-weary. The sick are often weary,
even of life itself. WEAKNESS is a
physical OF spiritual "ebb-tide" which
time and patience will convert into a
"how." 1t is never well to whip or
spur worn nout horse. except in the
direst straits. If he mends his pace
in obedience to the stimulus, every
step is spark subtracted from his
vital energy. Idleness is not one of
the faults of the present age; weari-
ness is one of its commonest expe-
riences. The checks which many
man draws on his physical resources
are innumerable; and as these re-
sources are strictly limited, like any
other ordinary bank account, it is very
easy to bring about balance on the
wrong side. Adequate rest is one
kind of repayment to the bank, sound
sleep is another, regular eating and
good digestion another r.--Ne,o York
Witness.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1889-11-14
A SAD DISAPPOINTMENT
BY DWIGHT BALDWIN,

A! Pal"
Bob Miller, a bright,
\vivacious boy of thir-
lteen, burst excitedly
Unto the cosy little room
where his father was
engaged in writing.
What's the matter,
Bob ?" asked the gentle
man, looking up.
"Gou know where the
river is ?"
"Of course"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-10-24

that will not be taken out, since the brine
cannot penetrate into these larger masses
OF fat. Gathering the butter into gran
ules the size of small bird shot is about
the best one can do TO avoid the unde-
sirable extremes above mentioned. Brine
salting can be most perfectly done by
draining the butter as close as possible
after the last washing. then adding a
strong brine, enough TO cover the butter
not TO float IL. Such granulated butts
ter will contain thiry-hvc per cent. of
its weight of wash water, which. of
course, wcakens the added brine by that
much. II, after standing in this solution
Tor few moments, this brine is mostly
removed and salt added to reinforce its
strength, and it is then poured back and
the chwn slowly revolved, the butter
will be salted as much rs il possible by
any process of sailing if all the salt is TO
be dissolved; and this is all the salt that
can answer TO preserve the Gaseous mat
ter and keep the sugar from fermenting.
Possibly, beyond this moro salt may act
for few days ms an antiseptic, but not
long, unless the butter is placed in cold
storage, Make and care for butter rs wo
may, it is best, like buckwhcat cakes,
when eaten as soon after manufacture as
possible.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-10-24
To Cross the Ailnntio I'm a Ralloon

According TO the Philadelphia En-
9uiTor, Charles r. Fest, Of Germantown.
has spent lifetime in trying 20 solve the
problem of aerial navigation, having
during the past forty years experimental
with over $50 balloonists. He believes
that his hopes are now about to be real
lied In this particular direction, having
recently invented and constructed new
device, which he thinks will meet with
all the requirements. The invention is
entirely the work OF his own brain and
hands. The balloon, while differing in
minor points OF construction and shape is
essentially an ordinary bag such as is
commonly used for gas imitation In ad =
dition there is device consisting of a
network of cords, arranged with view
of collapsing the bag when the internal
pressure is lowered. The entire weight
is suspended from the lower ends of the
cords, which are all united outside the
summit of the balloon. Arranged around
the horizontal equator at proper distances
are a number of conical orifces, which
may be opened or closed at pleasure, and
from which hot air is expelled, with a
view Of directing the aerial machine in
the desired course. Within the cone is
spiral projection to cause the issuing hot
air TO assume a rotary direction.
The heating or motive power is pro.
duced by flame, created by the burning
OF gasoline contained in cans on the out
side of the hoop. Small pipes running
from these receptacles connect with a
larger pipe, which is attached to the per
pendicular pipe running through the
centre Of the balloon. The flame is in
creased or decreased by a slight turn of
a spiggot, and herein lies one of the
principal features of the air ship.
The steering device consists of two
wings, bisecting each other in the center
at right angles, and arranged upon the
same movable axis, so that the rudder
may be placed in any desired position TO
assist in directing the course of the
ship.
Mr.. Fest has made a balloon contain
ing the above devices which he has
named ''The Phenix" II is constructed
Of MANILA paper and is ten feet in di-
ameter. When inflated il will con.
tain 523 cubic feet of hot air. 1t
is the intention of the inventor
to set it free the first evening that
the weather is comparatively mild. His
name and address is printed on the cans
and woodwork Of the baIlon in several
places, so that If any one secures the air
ship after ii descends the inventor can be
notified of It's location.
The inventor, now feeling confident
chat he has accomplished the object of
his life, which was secured only bv great
perseverance,, patience and the loss of
over $1,000 in the way Of experiments on
his hobby, will make preparations to send
mp his mammoth air-ship Susanna
Elizabeth, named after his wife, which
is expected to cross the ocean in thirty
six hours.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-10-24
nEsr TINE To rrLl. TIMBER.

The best time TO cut trees for lumber.
says j. III. Andre in the New York ri
b'ihe, is in November, December and Jan
uary, when there is least, as well as the
thinncst, sap in the pores of the wood
and when the weather is so cold that fer
mentation will not set in to injurc the
hbre. In summer the sap is richer as
well as more abundant, and in the ho,
weather lively destructive fermentation
rs very liable to set in II is an undis
puted belief among old woodsmen that
trees felled in summer quickly decay.
The branches of beech tree felied while
the tree is full of sap will be decayed TO
such an extent by the following winter
that they may be easily broken, even il
large in size, and are worthless for fire.
wood. Lumber from hemlock felled in
summer, so as to peel OF the bark for
tanning, is not so good as that cut in
winter
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-10-24
COMPENSATION


Lord, am weary r cried my soul ''The sun
Is fierce upon my path, and sore the weight
of smarting burdens ere the goal be won
sink. unless Thou help, dear Lordr' And
n straight
Ny fsinting heart rose braveiy up, made
strong
To bear its cross: God granted me song
Lord, am conquered ceaseiess,. night and
day,
A thousand cruel ills have hedged me
round
Till like a stag the hounds have brought TO
bay
MY stricken heart lies bleeding on the
groundr
When 10, with new-found life INV soul
made strong,
Spurned all its foes; God granted me a
song
Lord, am dying Earth and sea and sky
Fade aud grow dark yet, after all the end
"rings from my breaking heart a feeble
sigh
For this poor world, not overmuch its
friendr'
But suddenly with immortal power made
strong.
Ny soul set free, sprung heavenward in
song
Stuart Sterae IN the Century.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-10-24
THE FARM AND GARDEN.
oBJncr or rEEplNo FOWLS.

Yong and old fowls need enough OF
nutritious food TO keep them in thrift
and good condition. The object of
teeding well is TO increase size as rapidly
as possible, and to furnish nutriment and
the material for the eggs for the laying
hens. With young fowls the rapid
growth of body, bone and feathers is a
great drain, and to supply these and push
the bird along as fast as possible, and
consistent with good growth and strong
constitution, we must have recourse to a
supply OF proper food during certain pc
riodS of growth and during the season
when we desire the greatest number oi
eggs California Caciler.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-10-24
rAn,l Axn nAnnrN No1E..

Wood ashes makes u good fertilizer.
II is difficult to give cabbage toe
much cultivation.
When the crop is marketed Is the
time TO count the profits.
Better and sweeter pork may be OBJ
tanned by feeding plenty ~ sweet apples
thau by any other process.
scaldcd sweet milk and cooked ric,
viii stop diarrh0a in chickens Avoid
giving sloppy food when in this condi.
tion.
a common mistake in applying inscc
ticides e. often made IN not repeating in
a week or ten days to destroy the young
that may have Matched out after the first
application.
The best specimens Of tomatoes an,
seed Improvement goes forward by Sc.
lection, natural or otherwise. and tho rule
is that like produces like
II the choice can be made, always &C.
lect a light sandy soil for the location ol
the poultry house. a cIayey soil is nearly
always damp, and Tor this reason should
be avoided when possible
A farmer Is said 10 have cleared hi.
stable Of deas by the use Of sticky hy
paper lie puts a piece on the floor and
1t gets black with the insects. 10 is ther
removed and another laid down.
n the car corn that is fed 10 tho young
hogs ON pasture is Of the more solid sorts
it viii pay 20 soak it twelve hours before
feeding when fed dry it makes theii
teeth sore and they only eat rs prompted
Iy= rcssing hunger
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-10-24
SWINE AND POULTRY.

When cooi nights come il is time TO
begin 60 force along all fattening ami
mails, not TO crowd them TO their utmost
capacity, but 90 be liberal with food, so
that they will show perceptible
gain. Swine TO fatten well need rood.
dry beds and not too much sloppy food.
Pork usually sells at better price before
Thanksgiving than afterward, and a
bushel Of corn in October will make more
pork than five pccks will in December.
IL will also make more pounds of poultry.
II the fowl have comfortable quarters in
hennery where they will not be too
warm in warm nights or too cold in cold
nights, and are not tormeuted by verinin.
The opinion held by some poultry men.
that II is OF no use TO try to fatten poul.
try until cold weather begins, is simply
the result of their experience where fowl
roasted out of doors or in open sheds un
I'll late in the season, and were not kept
free from parasites that robbed them OF
vitality. Another reason why poultry
may not fatten as rapidly now as later is
owing to the constant worrying of the
young cockerels. They should be sepa
rated from the rest, the henhouses and
roosts should be washed with Kerosene,
and the fowl taught 10 go in there. Then
with little care to close or open win
dows rs the weather changes, there will
be no trouble in fattening them in season
tor Thanksgiving .-1mericH Cuuicator.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-10-24
TO SAVE GRAIN IN BINS.

Every year a great deal Of grain Is
spoiled by molding or becoming musty
after being thFeshed This year. unless
threshing is delayed until very late. the
losses from this cause are likely 90 be
unusually heavy, owing to the wet
weather at harvest time, and the bad con
dition in which much grain was got I'M
der cover. We heard few DAYS ago a
practical farmer describe method by
which he put up grain, however wet and
In any amount, without injury. He kept
a lot Of common brick under cover, SO as
to be always dry, and when the grain
was put into the bin he interspersed
brick through the heap, enough TO alb.
sorb all superduous dampness Almost
every one knows that kiln-dried brick
will absorb q great amount Of water i'm
proportion TO their size. The brick i'm a
heap of damp or even wet gram will. II
numerous enough, dry il out, saving all
danger Of heating. After serving their
purpose, the brick should be carefully
put one side for use another year. Our
informant's father had used the same
pile Of brick many years, and however
dry the grain, he usually threw few
brick in the bin 70 insure greater safety
II is possible that this would prove %
good method in drying out corn, or to
keep hay or grain in stacks from being
spoiled by heating through The bricks
would thus be in greater danger Of being
lost. or with grain stacks Of being put
through the threshing machine -Ameri.
cSfn CVHir0fOr
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-10-24
BRINE sALrrNo on BuTrEn.

The demand for less salt in butter has
called attention anew to brine sailing. and
] think, says a writer in the New Yor,
TriJvae, that whenever the maker has
mastered the method. this brine-salted
butter has given best satisfaction 10 con
sumors. II has been wrongly supposed
that salt used for saltDg buttor. strikes
into the fats themselves and pickles them
us we assume it does i'm the case of meat
But sll that is accomplished is 70 substi
tutc for the water left in the butter. usu-
ally from ten 10 fifteen per cent satur-
ated brine or water containing an The
salt it can hold 1T ordinary temperatures
At the Minnesota Experiment Station IL
was found that butter fats cannot be made
90 absorb salt or brine: the PARTICLES Of
fat are only surrounded by this solution
All The salt that will be discovered i'm n
pound Of butter by its own moisture
amounts 10 little, If any. over half on
ounce; hence of an ounce Of salt In a
pound Of butter, large part IS simply
undissolvcd salt It was shown. further.
that the finer the Qranulati0n Of the but
ter, and the longer the butter stands in
the brine, tho more Of the solution it viii
take up the more brine the butter con-
tains the moro Of the Gaseous OF cheesy
matter is removed, or in some other way
rendered harmless, and Che longer the
butter will keep
But II the grain is made too fine an un-
due amount Of water is leftin the butter.
which washing viii not remove. On the
other hand, ifthe grains areleft too large.
they nclose more Of the Gaseous matter
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-10-24
An Astonishing Thirst.

One Of the stoutest men in New Eng.
land some time ago was Squire Ball.
who weighed 300 pounds. The squire
had one peculiarity, and that was re-
markablc thirst, of a still larger proper.
ton than his body. He could not pass
q pump, well OF spring without Stopping
and partaking copiously Once when
out driving IN his buggy, he met a
country friend opposite n well where
teams were accustomed 10 stop for water
Ills friend. at his request, filed a rather
dilapidated bucket. which stood at
hand, and passed It up 10 him. The
seams Of the bucket was little loaky.
but The Squire was very thirsty. 20 he
took It eagerly and set to work drinking.
As pint after pint of tho liquid disap-
peared the friend stared opon-eyod, but
still the squire drank on until. with a
hearty sigh Of satisfaction, he handed IL
back empty. The friend who either
thought that n man who could drink
such an immense amount at one time
must have an unlimited capacity. or else
misinterpreted the sigh, said urgently.
Have mother pailful, 'squirel You
didn't git more'n half ont into yer "--
Bosion AdUertiser.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-10-24
GENERAL HARTRANFT.
Death of Noted PennsyIvanian--
sketch of His Career.


General John i. Hnrtranft, Ex-Governor
of Pennsylvania, died few days ago at his
home in NorTistown
A short time since the General was brought
20 his bed by severe attack OF pneumonia.
This would have yielded TO the efforts of the
physicians had not uremea developed as a
result OF an unsuspected arrangement OF the
organs which had existed for a long time.
John Frederick Harhanft was born i'm
New Hanover, Montgomery County, Penn.
on December 10, 1880. He graduated nt
Union College In 1853, and after studying
law FOR Few years was admitted 10 the Bar
IN 1893. AT the outbreak of the Civil War he
raised the Fourth Pennsylvania Regiment
and commanded IL during It's enlistment He
Then organized the Fifty-flrst Pennsylvania
regiment, and wac commissioned It's Colonel
july -, 1861, and accompanied General
burnside In his expedition through North
Carolina. lie led the charge that carried
the stone bridgoa Antietnm aud commanded
his regiment at fredericksburg. He fought
In many other important battles and was
breVeted Major-General In August 1864. He
was elected Auditor General of Pennsylyania
IN October, 1865, WAS reelected I'm 1868 and In
lSi2-S wes Governor OF Pennsylvania. AT
the close OF his second term he removed 10
Philadeiphia, whore he was appointed POST
master IA June, 1879, and Collector OF the
Port IN 1880. He was also Major-G General
commanding the National Guard Of the State
Of Pennsylvania.
VVhan 10 conas IN cuttfue, do,r., -
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-10-24

a man who made murder o stduy and
deliberately engaged IN the business of
siaughtering his fellow creatures for gain
was recently executed in Hungary. ~,
was an intelligent and fine looking youno
man, but shed blood without any appar.
ent compunction His favoriie weapon
was a heavy walking stick and a hatchel
those having been recommended 60 him
by another successful murderer. The
cold-biooded assassin had mother aud
wife Of whom he was very fone, aud
whom be supported by his bloody trade.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-10-24
sob, yes. Malcolm loves me. And
Margaret was away that day
HAnd he looks like youm
tsYeS evervhoav SAYS 50

"Oh, yes' Malcolm loves me. And
Margaret was away that day
"And he looks like you.n
"Yes, everybody says so.
And YOU asled him dear Aud |
thought he called YOU smammyfn
"Aunt Amy" she corrected, faint
with laughter
81 see, said the schoolmaster, slowly.
"Do you know, he added, gazing down
upon her, "that it has worried me ever
so muchi Somehow didn't like to
think of your being widow. liked
you, said the schoolmaster, rather
breathlessly. Il liked YOU right away.
That was congenial talk, wasn't iti
and IL admired you. But | was en-
tirely persuaded that YOU were widow
with young, hopeful, and somehow |
didn't like the idea in the least On my
soul don't know why said the young
man, laughing as he looked down upon
her.
And he didn't know, though he
blushed as he said it, and though she of
the rose-bouquet had her pretty face
turned away.
But he knew later. The summer was
long, and the Clarks' front porch and
croquet ground were rich in opportunity.
When the young schoolmaster went back
to college in the fall he left modest
diamond ring behind him. And when,
two wears later, the bright young graduate
went TO fiji remunerative position in
Marsden, he took his young wife with
him. Saturday Night.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-10-24

SECRETARY BLAINE has arranged on cx
cursion for the nations South American
guests 30 start South in December
ADDITIONAL appointments by tho Presi
dent: Daniel ri Frost Of Kansas TO bs
Register Of the f4and-onico nt Garden City
Kan. Daniel h. Sheets. of Colorado. - 8,
Receiver of Public MonoYsat Durango Col.
William B Newman Of Missouri 80 De- Re
ceivor of Public Moneys az lronton Mo.
TnE international Congress for the discus.
sion Of questions affecting the safety of nayi
eoiors has bccn opened in WashinRt0o
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-10-24

THE President has appointed Carroll T.,
smith postmaster nc Syracuse, N. Y.
IN his report for the last fiscal year Chief
bell, of the Treasury Secret Service. shows
that t5' arrests were made and large quan-
tity OF plates dies moulds etc was seized
besides counterfeit money rcprcsentinc
| A1t, ,O3i
| IHE Convention OF Railroad Telerrnnb
Operators at Washington elected c. ii, Dal.
| ton President.
C, GEyERAL a. b, cAsrBELL, OF Kansas.
one OF the prominent can didates for th,
| nenslon Commtssionership, has been given
'he NonSuiship at Melbourne, Australia.
luE international Maritime Conference M
washington has completed its Organization
una entered upon its deliberations.
PRESIDENT HARRISON has appointed Oliver
9, bosilysheil OF Pennsylvania, 90 be Super
hntendent OF tho Mint of the United States
at philadelphia, and Richard Il. Sloan OF
ariHonn, TO be Associate Justice OF the SUI
preme Court of Arizona
Foreign.
TaE R>---,n Cyar aud his son have been
visiting the German Emperor at Berlin Ex-
traordinnry precautions TO guard the persons
OF tho royal visitors from violence were
taken
CARINrnIA, Austria has been inundated
by an overflow of the Drabe. A number of
bridges have been destroyed, and much other
damage done.
TniRrY.FIvE HUNDRED coal miners went
OH strike at Lens France.
IRE Italian Government has declared =
protectorate over Abyssinia.
In battle between the British and force
of natives at the Island of Demararn ON the
Indian Ocean, twenty-five Of the latter were
killed
ALL the engineers and stokers on tho
Transatlantic steamers lying nc Antwerp
went on strike for an increase In wages and
a number of vessels ready 90 sail were de-
layed In consequence,
A FRENCH council of war was held I'm
Paris 20 discuss the increase OF the German
frontier corps.
Tux arrivals OF American cattle nj Liver
pool, England, have recently been very
heavy. The cattle sheds are crowded be
yond their capacity aud steamers have been
waiting for days to discharge their cargoes.
FRENCH sergeant named Nogues has
been sentenced 10 Imprisonment for life for
offering to sell "A Lebel cartridge TO Count Won
Moltlte
GENERAL HPPoLyTE has been unani-
mously elected President of HRyti
THE Russian gunboat Nasr-ed din Shah
has sunk at Batoum, In the Black Sea. The
crew were drowned.
A SERIOUS outbreak of smallpox on the
island of Pclee, In Lake Erie, is reported
The widest excitement exists there.
THE Emperor and Empress of Germany
started from Berlin on their trip 10 Athens
and the Grown Prince OF Greece.
TnE fisheries have altogether failed nt ES
quimaux Point on the Labrador coast, and
over "A hundred families nre starving The
local government authorities will send aiffi-
clent food 10 relieve their immediate wants