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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-12-18
A Floating Tabernacle.

In North st. Louis a boat is being
built for a somewhat novel purpose. 1t
is tiatboat of two decks, which is be-
ing equipped by the Free Will Baptists
for mission work along the Mississippi
river and its tributaries. 1t will be used
for combined tabernacle, floating Bethel
and colporteur work, and is expected to
devote its attention to the towns and
cities along the banks of all navigable
streams in the Mississippi system, stop
ping from one to four weeks at each
point. The work of the Gospel Taber-
nacle in large tent was started in May,
1899, by this denomination and met with
remarkable success. The twin sister of
this tabernacle is the floating Bethel,
which combines the best features of the
tabernacle works with lodgings on the
second deck of the craft, where the bands
of Christian workers are provided with a
comfortable home. Three bands of
workers will inhabt the boat, namely:
One band to hold daily meetings in the
Bethel for the benefit of all classes of
river men and residents along the river;
another band to hold daily meetings in
the tabernacle, which will be erected in
such towns or cities as are visited, and a
third. band, which will visit families and
distribute evangelical literature. The
boat itself and the Christian bands will
be under the direction of Rev. NJ. A.
Shepherd, who, for twenty-five years,
has been u minister of the Gospel. 1t is
proposed to drift down the river during
the winter and visit the Southern towns.
Next spring the floating Bethel will be
towed up the Mississippi to st. Paul and
will stop at the cities in the North dur
ing the warmer months, again dropping
down to the South with the return of
winter. : New Orleans Times Democrat.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-12-18
The Welsh Fasting Girl.

Sarah Jacob was known as the "Welsh
Fasting Girl She had pains in the
stomach during the year 1867, and these
pains were followed by hysterical spasms.
She refused to take food, and the story
was eventually circulated throughout
London that she tasted for sixteen
months.
A corps of trained nurses from Guy
Hospital was sent to watch Sarah. At
the end of five days the doctors insisted
that the fast be given up. They said the
girl was dying. The parents decl,red
the girl was only in her usual state dur
ing fast.
On the sixth day the girl died of star
walton. The father and mother were
sentenced for manslaughter. New
York Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-12-18
The Mexican is the Ideal Socialist.

The Mexican is the only natural-born
bred in the-bone socialist in the world.
He has never read up on the subject; he
never hears our long haired ranters voci
ferating about the beauties of their sys
ten, nevertheless he is the ideal socialist.
and, although heis not up to the average
in arithmetic, he knows the rule of diyi-
sion to a nicely. The average Mexican
will share his blanket and his last loaf or
penny with you, should you need it, but
if you have anything you are expected
to be fully as liberal; if you don't, he
compels your libcrality by taking your
possessions away from you forcibly. In
short, if you have not, he gives if you
have, he takes, whether or no.-IChi.
cago Times
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-12-18
WHERE SLEEP THE BRAVE?

Where sleep the brave tonight?
Ask the pines in a sunny land,
Ask the RAISES that wave
Ger the dust of gallant band
Laid in hurried grave.
There sleep the brave to night.
Where sleep the brave tonight?
Ask the waves Of the mighty seas,
That once the heroes bore;
They sing parting threnody
Against the rocky shore.
There sleep the brave tonight.
Where sleep the brave tonight?
Ask the winds from the starry sky
Where holy angels dwell;
Tney have roamed where the ashes lie
And they alone can tell
Where the brave sleep tonight.
-[Pittsburg Dispatch.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-12-18
Underground London.

Underground London is far more Won
derful than underground Paris. Take,
for example, its 1000 miles of sewers, its
34, 900 miles of telegraph wires, its A, 500
miles of water mains, its 200 miles OF
gas pipes, all definitely fixed. Yet not
even these compare with the vast cellar
age area beneath the feet of pedestrians.
In Oxford and Regent streets alone the
capacity is said to exceed 140 acres.-
I Chicago Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-12-18
KEPT HIS PLEDGE.

water Is dangerous!
Waggs-Yes, in the winter, when the
ice is thin.
KEPT HIS PLEDGE.
Foggs-I have never yet been able to
stand up to New Years resolution.
Boggs i am proud to say my pledge
for 1890 has been kept sGcredly.
Foggs-What was it pray?
Boggs--I quit quitting. i Bazar.
HIS SACRIFICE.
Highwayman Ito deaf individuaD-
Money or your life.
Deaf Individual lin carriage with wife)
WHAT'S that? Money or my wife.
Well, then, take my wife.
NO cYcLoPEDIA.
81 tell my wife every thing"
81 don't"
''You ought to-"
81 can't"
"Why not?"
81 don't know every thine.n
HE GOT THERE.
Paterfamilias This won't do, Young
man; you are altogether too late getting
away when you call on my daughter.
Young Man-Oh, but sir, haven't you
kept track of how early l always come?
Judge.
lie SOUGHT IN VAIN.
Give years ago." began the stranger
to Wentman, 81 sought that woman to
be my wife. l believed her congenial
light-hearted and beautiful. Has our
married life been pleasant? Mo-"
mo? Why not?n asked Wentman
''Why not? Because she declined to
marry me, of course !"-- American
Grocer.
THE VALUE OF THE INITIATIVE.
She-Miss Perkins is very intellectual,
to be sure, but why should she wish to
be man?
Ue-Wcll, her chances for matrimony
would be vastly increased, don't yousee?
HINT TO A BORE.
Borum-I fear let in some cold air
when | opened the door.
Business Man-It is not the cold air
that you let in that object to.
HER MOTTO.
Gurley-My adorable one, will you
marry me?
Adorable one-Sorry, but l promised
another gentleman while ago. First
come, first served, you know.
WANTED ONE MORE.
Customer-What is this, waiter9
Waiter-Just what you ordered, sir
pea soup.
Observation-Disclosures bring me another
pea as side dish Boston Herald.
SHE WAS TIRED.
He--I always pay as go.
She (yawning)-Well, how is it that
when you are paying attentions you
never goa
WITHOUT ADVERTISING.
"Ah, good morning." said the early
bird to the worm. 'Looking for job!'
That's what. Any thing l can dc
for you9'
"Yes, you'll about fill the bill,
think. ."-L Brooklyn Life.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-12-18

month of September. For these races II
is necessary to train the birds as an ath-
lete would be trained before long run.
= New York World.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-12-18

MARYLAND proposes honoring the
foundation of the commonwealth in
March, 1884, probably on the date of the
settlement of st. Mary's A handsome
monument with suitable historical in
scriptions is preparing.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-12-18

Gaggs-Now, do you really think ice
water is dangerous9
Waggs-Yes, in the winter, when the
ice is thin
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-12-18

Welded BLISS.
Mrs. Mulvaney-An' how do yer hus-
band an yerself get along together, Mrs.
O'Brien! Good, hope.
Mrs. OBrien-Oh, yis; very good,
Mrs. Mulvaney. Here we've bin married
goin' on six months, an amt had to
call in the police but twice. II Life.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-12-18

Paterfamilias-Th won't do, young
man; you are altogether too late getting
away when you call on my daughter
Young Man-Oh, but sir, haven't you
kept track of how early always Gomez
= Judge.
Mohave County miner., 1890-10-04
hrigands ogtwitted.

Feuin0re Cooper, Ia his stories u
hairbreadth escapes from Indiana
never hit upon moro extraordinary
device for eluding pursuit than one
which was related to President Carn5i
during recent tour Ia Corsica. A
French traveller, sd the story went,
yentured. some years ago, TO pass
through d niountaiuous district ol
Corsica without escort or any means oi
protection, and 10 crossing n particn.
larly rough and craggy region. found
himself pursued by band Of brigands.
As the traveller had some money Ou
bis person, and feared that, besides te.
Ing robbed, he would be held Ia cap,
tivity for ransom. even II he were moi
put to death, he took to fight:
Knowing little Of the country, ht
soon stumbled upon the. border Of Q
lake Ia the mountains. There was be
path around Il; IL was impossible 10
swim across it, and tho brigauds were
behind him, though he was hidden
from them as yet by the rocks.
Whatever he did must be done In an
instant Necessity quickened his wits;
be saw at once way ont of the dbl
Guilty, and ayailed himself OF 1t.
He hastily cut with his knife one OF
the long. hollow reeds that grew on
the shofc Of the lake. Then he stopped
up bis ears and nJstrils with wet clay
from the margin, took the reed in hf,
mouth. end waded out into deep water.
where he remained submerged. with
upturncd face. just allowing the upper
end of the reed TO project above The
surface,
Ou came the brigands. following
the travellers tracks to the waters
edge. Rut what had become Of himl
Had he flown across! Certainly be
could net have swan. There was no
other way Of escape. and the surface
had by Ghis time stilled TO perfect
calm.
The bSigands remained waiting on
the shore for some time, but no sign
of the traveller appeared. They conclnd.
ed, at laKt, that he was a sorcerer, who
had capsed himself TO vanish into thin
air.
The4 they disappeared, and The
French nau, who had been under water
all this time. breathing through his
tube, came out. He managed TO keep
under cover and make his way &c
Ajaccidj and there he declared that he
had been under water four hours.
II Is possible that his distress and
alarm may have caused this period to
appear many times longer than il
really was; but In confirmation of the
main part Of his story. the Frenchman
brought with him a water-soaked
section of hollow reed.
Mohave County miner., 1890-10-04

were eating he began to cough. Sud-
fenly the animals paused In their treat
aud listened, then broke into wild bowls
pf 10y, and tore nj the iron bars, "a
that many of ths tlnld Visitors fled
from tie nensgetie. fhd PATRIOTS;
kangaroos, pelicans and monkeys be-
gan TO screeeh ard scream, the hyena
aud the wolves hoWled. In short, IL was
4 pettett bedlatfii
Then Martin stepped forward. witt
q movement Of his baud and with his
powerful voice he commanded silence,
and suddenly everything was quiet. lie
swung himself over the bar which sepa.
fated tho visitors from the animals
put bis hand Id thu cages ID foBdle the
sniinals. A mighty tigress showed
more Joy than any oI the others. When
Martins hand gIiatd 6yef her mag
niiicent fur herr limbs trembled
ncryouslyj she uttered weak tender
grunts, and through the iron bars, with
her rough tongue, she licked the face
of her former master. When he vent
away sie lay down without eating any
Eore food
thsfe was q iis,H fiamsd Nero who
bad once bitten Martin id the hij aud
had been severely punished by him fof
Il. The lion had 40 tinressueilablo
hatred for the animal tanner. Nerd
made no other mtition at Mart.n's ap.
proach than lift Ills head and eye him
ntently. lie remained 10 his place
lying still In the back Of his cage, when
Martia zane hgar Martin spoke To
him. lie did not answer aud TlHwe,l
Martin with apparent indifference.
But. whsn Martin was going away, the
lion, with mighty spring, entirely
unexpected, threw himself against the
gfdtihg, pushed tiis paws through the
iron bars, and with bis claws ttfe 6tf i
part Of Martin's cloak, BY quick
tndtshisnt Mdr.lii escaped another 10.
Jury from this animal.
Mohave County miner., 1890-10-04
A Queer Old Couple.

Just west of Gallon, Ohio. in n hut
built of railway ties, between the
tracks of the Erie and Big -Four roads.
lives a qpeer old couple. who have at
tracted considerable attention for the
past six years. They have occupied
the shanty each alternate winter for
six seasons, this making their third
wiUter there. In the summer time they
tramp and beg for living, going as
far east as Kingston, N. Y, and as far
west as Missouri. Both are apparently
about seyenty-four years old and the
mau is a strong. healthy-looking fel-
low. Their rude winter home is furn-
ished according to their ideas of cap
ital. The floor is the earth and their
beds are lounges made Of sod. The
interior of their domicile reminds one
of the stories Of the cliff dwellers, and
the two old inmates. in appearance, be-
long to an earlier age, when men were
barbarians. Who they are and where
they came from originally and wha,
led them to adopt this strange life are
mysteries they will not reveal.
Mohave County miner., 1890-10-04
New York Working Girls.

Many columns, says a New York
letter, have been written about the work.
girls Of New York. They have been
described at one time as the most op-
pressed people upon the face Of the
earth, submitting to every condition Of
hardship. and again they have been
described as the underpaid hirelings Of
cruel capitalists, and all that sort Of
thing. The average working girl in
New York is very different from these
descriptions. She Is cheerful sort of
being. who gets up early, works late,
look healthy and complains very little.
often she is lively. recall just now
one instance of absolute cruelty on the
part Of her employer, and that is ia
the case Of rich dry goods firm which
compels her to stand during all the
hours of the day, with a short respite
at noon Of thirty minutes for luncheon.
As an Offset to this case / may, / think.
properly mention the rules of an ex-
teusiye retail establishment up near
Twenty-third street. The salaries Of
the saleswomen in this place are very
liberal, indeed, aud while all the girls
are compelled to be on time in the
morning there is no system of fines. A
mere reprimand usually serves all the
ends desired. In summer every sales
wonan'is is allowed two weeks Of vaca-
ton on full pay. and during the dull
season she may take as many more
without salary. But In no case Is she
compelled to do an amount Of work
that is calculated to injure her health
or TO interfere with her enjoyment in
the evenings, except on Saturdays
Does she firt on the street3 Well, II
she flirts little and 1t does not inter-
fere with her work in the store tho
proprietor is no wiser, or, If he knows
1t. he says nothing.
Mohave County miner., 1890-10-04
CURIOSITY DID IT.
rhs Book Agent Reaches the Farmer ~
New Method.

mo. we don't want nothin'l Git, or
Ell call the dorgi" These are the
words that will not down the book
agents nightmare. Bad drcamsI
Here, as he tosses on his uncomforta-
bic couch he sees Bridget Of the auburn
locks, staring from the balf-open
portal as she holds kettle of boiling
water in a threatening attitude. He
turns over in his bed TO fee, but there
a man and savage dog confront him.
The man huris a club against the
agents tender shins and urges on the
dog. The book yender staggers
toward an inviting fence and just as he
crawls up to place Of safety he feels
the hot breath Of the dog1as the brute
prepares to sink his teeth into the
agents neck; but they never sink. The
agent opens his eyes. stares around the
coy room, and exclaims Only 0
dreamm
In the agents long list of expert
enees, the Bridget, man, club and dog
are real, and 1t has been the business
of the agents profession to learn the
habits. pcculiarities and disposition Of
these antagonistic subjects, and. If
possible, educate them to appreciate
the book agents industry.
Book agents follow the motto, when
everything else fails, try curiosity"
aud 1t usually wins. An old farmer
south Of this city, who had thrown
book agents over the fence, allowed his
curiosity TO lead him down to the gate
to see a bicycle 60 by. just as the
Young gentleman came up to the cato
something went wrong with the wheel.
and he stopped to fix it. The old
farmer kindly offered his aid, and the
willy agent slipped a book into the
victims hand to hold till the wheel was
fixed. The conversation turned from
bicycle 10 the book, and the former
was repaired about the time the old
farmer was ready to subscribe for two
of the latter. When the name was
well inscribed and the bicyclist out OF
hearing, the old farmer scratched his
head ia a rather dazed way and said:
Ill be dinged if that amt a book
agent. - Indianapolis keJ0S.
Mohave County miner., 1890-10-04
BE Careful How You Sit.

An erect bodily attitude Is of vastly
more importance 10 health than most
people generally imagine, says the N.
Y. Ledger. Crooked bodily positions,
maintained for any length of time, are
always injurious, whether in sitting,
standing or lying position, whether
sleeping or waking. To sit with the
body leaning forward on the stomach
or to one side, with the heels elevated
ou a level with the hands. tits not only
in bad taste. but exceedingly detri-
mental to your health; it cramps the
stomach, presses the vital organs. in
terrupts the free motion of the chest
aud enfeebles the functions of the
abdominal and thoracic organs, and,
IN fact, unbalances the whole muscular
system. Many children become slight
Iy humpbacked or severely round
shouldered by sleeping with the head
raised on high pillow. When any
person finds 1t easier to sit or stand or
walk or sleep in a crooked position
han a straight one, he may be sure
his muscular system is deranged aud
he more careful he should be to pre-
serye an upright position.
Mohave County miner., 1890-10-04
A BuhaCh Plantation.

Tie work OF gathering aud drying
the buhach blossoms Is in full blast al
the butach plantation. says the Aerced
(Cal.) Star. About one hundred men
are scattered through the fields pick
ing thu blossoms. As fast as they are
picked they are slowed away about
two ins!.es deep in wooden boxes. the
boxes being two and one-half feet
square Wagons are employed 10
haulibs tho boxes TO the drying house.
Probably 1t is called drying house
because II is alongside of the spot where
the dry.ng Is done. Certainly no arti.
fetal leit Is needed at the buhach
plantation to dry anything at this cime
Of the year. The SUMS rays come
down within the inclosure of big
populpy trees with force that makes
IL pleasant to stand from under. The
trays are allowed to lie there. the
blossoms being stirred up by force of
men Us. Ill they, the blossoms, are fairly
cured. Afterward they are placed on
a lara. platform about sixty feet
square, wherG they remain until dry.
and thsn are sent TO the reduction
works, where they are ground into
dust. ihis IS done by men who are
proof against sneeziDg, otherwise il
could Z OF be done at all. Whether OF
not it makes flies and mosquitoes
sneeze E'e don't know, but it Is GER.
tainly the best preventive in use to
keep those insects at distance.
Mohave County miner., 1890-10-04
Lightning Strokes Statistics.

The t.htistics Of lightning strokes in
Germany during the past twenty-six
years / ave been investigated by Herr
Kastner, who shows that the annual
number nf cases has more than doubled
10 that time. Last year there were no
fewer than l,145 strokes. They arc
most frequent in the hottest months Of
the year. June and July, and in the
hottest hours OF the day or those fol-
lowing ssem (from 8 to 4p. MI. 1t
appears that the thunder-stOrms pro-
coed frsta the hills, and the parts of
their course most liable to be struck
are wosGless and fat places. valleys Of
rivers. aud low meadows, near lakes,
while wooded and hiIly districts gen.
orally escape. This last deduction is
hardly ~ accordance with our popular
ideas o1 the subject.
Mohave County miner., 1890-10-04
The Beasts All Knew Him.

When Martin. the celebrated animal
tanner. who died lately, had retired to
private life, one day be took a notion
that he would visit his former large me-
nagcrie. which be had not seen for five
years. 1t was in Brussels, and he started
to that city from his country seat near
Rotterdam.
At o'clock. the time for feeding. he
entered the menanerie. Being winter
time Martin was wrapped in a cloak
He mingled with the crowd and walt
ed until the animals would receive
their food. for which they were waiting
with wild impatience. While they
Mohave County miner., 1890-10-04

hands. and the skein OF thread about
her Eeck; bright lamp burning upon
the table. and on the other side. hirn-
self cutting pieces Of patchwork from, q
pastcboard pattern, and laying In 4
little brilliant pile. Squares and trian-
gies on which were rose and butt
terily upon towering branch, but
tertly on towering branch, and a
full-blown rose, alternately.
A western editor speaks OF q wlna
thai lust sat up on its hind legs and
howled." Such wind it must have
been that was bowling through the
bleak Maine country twenty years from
the night on which Harry Martin turn.
ed from the Mumfords' door aud won't
his way alone.
The inn or tavern or hotel which
ever 1t was which bore the name Of =
Mohave County miner., 1890-10-04
Ostrfches In California.

The daily ratiOns of a pair Of
ostriches on the Fallbrook farm in San
Diego county, Cal. are forty pounds
of beehp for breakfast and for dinner a
gallon or two of grain. For dessert
the birds are given bits of bone. Gail
Hamilton" the pride OF the farm. is
two years old and stands uine feet five
inches high.n
Mohave County miner., 1890-10-04
Cremation In Paris.

II Is now possible to be crenlated in
Paris for Go cents, recent improvements
having greatly reduced the cost. Near
ly all the cremations, however. consist
Of the remains of persons disposed Of
at The public expense, ~
Mohave County miner., 1890-10-04
CoeduCation.

At the meeting of the national council
Of education ono of the speakers said
that not twenty-five years hence he ex-
pectcd TO see boys and young men
Knocking for admission into Vassar
and other young ladies' seminaries.
Mohave County miner., 1890-10-04

In Bueuos Ayres an opera box fo,
sixty nights cost $1,000. Coal for
range or fireplace is from $S8 to $40
per ton. You may go to the circus
for $3.50. Shoes are worth from SIC
TO $l2.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-03-03

TIE losses by flood and storm in
California and Oregon and Arizona
seem fairly matched by the raging
waters in the Ohio and Tennessee and
Cumberland rivers, all of which are
pouring their waters into the Missis-
sippi, threatening rise as formid-
able as that of 1883. Kansas City
is seriously threatened with flood
from the ice gorge in the Missouri
about twenty miles above that city,
and Arkansas is wind swept and hur-
ricane hustled. Southwest Texas is
smiling as May morn after her I'M
timely frOsts and will come into mar
ket about thirty days behind time
with as fine crops as were ever har-
vested between the aurora bOrealis
and sun down.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-03-03
San Antonio and AransaS
Pass Ry.
General Freight Office,

San HHtoHio, Texas, Dec y, 1889.
After January 1st. 1890, the San An
tonic and Arkansas Pass railway will
be in position to offer to shippers of
live Stock from Fan Antonio and 9TH
er points On,its line, superior advan-
tages.
Under q recent arrangement, the
premium heretofore charged for use
Of Stable or Palace cars will be waved
on shipments via West Point and NJ,
X. and II. railway, or via Giddings
and H. and II. c. railway. The San
Antonio and Arkansas Pass railway
may therefore ask for fair share of
this traffic q 6Sas So s11,l--s5s
For information as to. rates, time
and equipment, apply to
n. NICHOLSON,
Commercial Agt.. Kampmann Bldg.
B. F. YOAKUM,
-. Polk, G. +. A. Gen Manager.