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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-02
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-02
IN 18TH ST. ANNEX (MAIh FLOOR

We are showing o largo and attractive assortmehs OF
p.py CARRIAGES. from $500 to s27.61.
Fancy ROCKING CHAIRS, sass to s3l.24'
Willow ROCKERS s2.S2 to S0.3s.
Oak and Cherry Rockers, S2.S2 to S7.a0.
Trimmed Sewing ROCKERS $3.50.
Ladies' Shoe CHAIRS. s4.69 each
PARLoR CHAIRS plush seats), S249 each.
WRITING and MUSIC CABINETS from S12.49 to
S2490. -.,- 4. $40
All these prices will prove handsome saving TO pur'
cha.ers compared what they would have TO pay else
where
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-10-16
A SEA OF FIRE.
The Unusual Phenomena Witnessed
in Sunda Strait.

LONE unusual phenomena were obser-
we'd by Capt. John Newman, commanding
the bark Kelvin, during his recent cruise
in the East Indies. On his voyage from
Singapore to New York his track lay
through Sunda Strait, which separates
Java from Sumatra, and through which
passes large portion of the trade of
China, also most of the trade of Batavia
and other ports of the Java and China
seas. The great channel is limited on the
north by the conspicuous island of Kra-
katoa, ON which is the volcano that
kicked up such rumpus while in state
of eruption few years ago, the effects of
which, it is fair to presume, are contin-
ued in measure to the present day. The
changes in the locality resulting from the
eruption have been so great that new
survey has been necessary, and vessels are
still advised to take every precaution
when navigating near the shore or coming
to an anchor there.
On June 26 last, the Kelvin was quietly
going along with sails barely filed by the
light southerly airs that caused hardly
ripple on the surface. About II 80 in the
evening, when about eight miles east
northeast from the entrance to Sunda
Strait, which is marked by Krakatoa,
the water suddenly appeared on
fire in patches of about two feet
in diameter. These patches were
about eight or ten feet apart and radi-
ated in long lines from the vessel as far
as the eye could see. They ex-
tended in every direction, the bark her.
self being the central point. The Cap
tain at first thought the show was due
to an unusual phosphorescence, the like
of which none of the hands aboard, sailors
though they were, could ever remember
having seen before. The patches seemed
to pulsate as the bark slowly sailed along,
and their brilllancy would change with
each successive throb, growing quite
dim and then suddenly springing into
their full blaze of light. These pulsa-
tions continued for about three quarters
of an hour, the rate frequently running
as high as sixty to the minute. When
the light would reappcar after its mo-
mentary dullness, the water seemed to
be literally on fire and the flame on top
moved like the idle Tapping of the top
gallant sails.
This last feature continued some ten
or fifteen minutes after the pulsations
had ceased, and gradually it died away.
The moon throughout was shining
through the light clouds that covered
about one-third of the sky, and there
were occasional flashes of lightning to
the northward and westward. There was
no apparent effect upon the workings of
the barometer, nor was there anything
apparently taking place in Krakatoa that
could throw any light upon the subject.
Il New York Times
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-10-16
Ancient Light Standard.

NJ. Steinert, whose famous collection
of rare old musical instruments has been
exhibited in various cities and is now in
Washington, has just become the pos
SCISSOR of rude light standard of the
fifth century. This article is not q
candlestick, for it antedatcs the age of
candles. 1t is about foot in height,
made of iron and wood. A rude and
rusty rod of wrought iron is driven into
u block of wood, which, though very
aged, probably is not the original block
that was cut out for the implement. The
rod supports a tool which works on the
scissors principle, one end being used
for nippers. One of the iron rods
extends backward and has a huge iron
for weight to hold it down. The fire.
brands were placed in the nippers and
held there by the weight
One material which was used for il
Eliminating in the days of this instru-
ment was sort of vegetable candle that
grew in swamps. The ends of this were
dipped in grease and set on fire, the
centre of the candle being placed in the
iron Jaws of the standard. This was the
best method of illuminating at that age.
The instrument was presented to Mr..
Steinert by lady in whose family in
Wales it had been kept for generations.
Washington Star.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-10-16
Romance of q Dead Heart,

The following ''romance of dead
heart" comes from Burlington, VT:
For resurrecting his lady love and cut
ting out her heart, popular young Can
adian physician, De Armand Patanaud,
is wanted on the charge of grave-robbing.
The doctor belongs to prominent
French Canadian family, and came to
Wihooski to practice. There he fell in
love with farmers daughter, Catharine
Collins. DIR. Patanaud became infatuated
with the girl, who rebuffed his advances
and declared that she loved another.
The doctor, however, persisted, and one
day the girl told him in jest: "You shall
have my heart when l am dead" ''Do
you mean it2" asked the doctor, "Why,
of course" was the laughing reply. Last
week the girl fell sick with pneumonia,
and despite the utmost exertion of Pata-
nuad's skill, she died and was buried in the
parish churchyard. The very next day
the grave was found to have been dis
turbed and the body was found missing.
Eventually the corpse was found in the
woods with the heart cut out. A country
man was arrested on suspicion, and he con-
fessed to helping DR.. Patanaud to rob
the grave. The body had been taken to
the doctors Office and the heart taken out
and placed in alcohol. The doctor fled
to Canada, taking his precious treasure
with him, He had claimed his loves
dead heart, and was happy. His Can
adian friends, however, declare that his
infatuation has unhinged his mind,
and he is now insane.-[Times- Demo-
crat
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-10-16
South Africa is Booming.

In Bishop Heber's classic missionary
hymn we sing, "Where Afric's sunny
fountains, roll down their golden sand"
Though not literally true, the symbol is
being verified. Certainly the southeast
ern part of this Dark Continent is rising
from state of dependency into one of
sunshine and prosperity. 1t has future
which will doubtless astonish the world
more than California or Australia have
done.
About twenty years ago, Mauch, a
German traveller, picked up, in the re-
gion of Mangwato, the chief town of the
Betyuana tribe, few specimens of quartz
containing gold. Showing them to peo-
pie in Natal he observed, "There will be
found ere long in the interior of Africa
vast quantities of the precious metal. !"
Some famous ruins were explored by
him, probably old Portuguese fortifica-
tions, called by Rider Haggard "Solo-
mons Mines" but the. Matabele tribe
then claiming jurisdiction over the coun-
try would not allow him to
prospect. Gold seekers have not now
to go so far to crafty their
wishes. The Transvaal Swaziland
Zululand, and even Natal are auriferous.
In 1888 the total yield of gold was &c.
$1,000, and in 1889 Johannesburg alone
yielded much more than that sum- The
growth of Johannesburg has been truly
wonderful. Hotels, theatres, churches
and stores have been built, many of
which, for style, would do credit to a
city in England or America.
The impetus given in Natal, in conse-
quence of the gold discoveries, was great
to the merchants, who before were in a
state of depression. Durham, the sea-
port town, bids fair to be a second Mel
bourne. There is a great demand for
houses, and in some cases persons were
in search of them for six months before
obtaining them. The railway in Natal
has wrought many changes. At first the
Beers did not take kindly to the idea of
having their nice sheep farms cut up by
this modern invention. But on seeing
that one of their number sold his farm
with its gold mine for $500, 900 to an
European syndicate, and knowing that a
few years since the farm could have been
bought for $500, their views changed.
The "immortal dollar" is taking posses
sion of the Dutch as we'll as English. -
New York Observer.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-10-16
PEARL FISHING.
It Has Become Quite an Industry
in the South.

1t is fact not popularly known that
the fresh water pearling industry in the
United States and especially in the South,
has, during the past few years, assumed
quite large proportions. Dealers in gems
report goodly trade in this article. A
few observations and few details and q
little gossip about the odd characters
who engage in pearl fishing in the South
may not be without interest.
Trade statistics, which are usually dry
enough, are sufficiently interesting to
show us that the pearling industry alone
has done more to enrich certain back
counties in Tennessee and Alabama than
any other trade or pursuit. The country
merchants are the ones to accrue most of
the advantages offered by this commerce,
as they generally get first hands on the
article, and as the pearler is nearly al
ways forced to take the price they set
upon it. Some of these small brokers
take in quite snug sums in this way.
Where the Tennessee and the Cumber-
land Rivers and their tributaries, and the
Pearl and the Tombigbee, and the Black
Warrior and theirs, and the Chattahoo.
chez and the Oconee, and the Ogeechee
and the Savannah, and the Broad and
the Waterec and the Great Pedee, and
half hundred others, flow through
banks of sand and over shoals and bars,
you may come upon group of pearlers
at work, if spring or summer sky hangs
overhead. Their methods are very sim
pie. The bars and sand-banks are raked
and robbed of every living mussel, this
operation usually taking up half day.
Then the pearlers leisurely retire to the
shore and the boat-load of mussels is re-
moved to the bank, where they are slowly
are carefully opened and examined. Often
not even the nucleus of pearl is found
in the whole lot; while at other times,
perhaps, couple of hundred dollars
worth of the pretty gems may be OBJ
tanned as the result of the days work.
The desirability of the sand bank as
searching point is made obvious when
we consider the nature of pearl. 1t is
formed, as most readers know, by sand
or any other fine foreign particle or sub
stance working in between the glands of
the curious, sensitive creature within,
which is compelled in self-defense to
cover it with the transparent enameling
with which it coats its shell. 1t is the
irregular layers of this substance which
yield the beautiful iridescent light OBJ
served in finely formed specimens.
1t has been generally thought that the
fresh water mussel yields but poorly
formed and colored gems at best, but it
has been discovered that the mussels of
North American rivers, and especially
those in the Southern States, sometimes
produce pearls of remarkable beauty.
- Detroit Free Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-10-16
grand jubilee festival, which will extend
over three days.

grand jubilee festival, which will extend
over three days.
OUT at the Folsom prison, Oregon,
there is horse that has developed q
singular characteristic, which consists in
an earnest desire to eat all the red and
green peppers he can get hold of. The
animal behaves just like any other horse,
except in the particular matter above
mentioned. He is a good worker and
tame and manageable. How he acquired
the love for peppers is matter of con-
lecture.
The new japanese parliament contains
one minister of state, three senators,
twenty-seven local government officials,
thirty-seven mayors, forty-three provin-
cial administrative officials, eighteen
journalists, nineteen lawyers, ten school
teachers, four priests of Buddha, and
fourteen professors. OF the 900 members
ia are radicals, fifty-five independents
and only four conservatives.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-10-16

There are some patent med
icines that are more marvel
lous than a dozen doctors
prescriptions, but they're not
those that profess to cure
e1syytAimg.
Everybody, now and them
feels "run down." "played
out" They've the will, but
no power to generate vitality.
They're not sick enough to
call a doctor, but just too
sick to be well. That's
where the right kind of a
patent medicine comes in,
and does for a dollar what
the doctor wouldn't do for
less than five or ten.
We put in our claim for
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery.
We claim, it to be an I'M
equaled remedy to purify
the blood and invigorate the
liver. We claim it to be
lasting in its effects, creating
an appetite, purifying the
blood, and preventing Bilious,
Typhoid and Malarial fevers
If taken IN time. The time
to take it is when you first
feel the signs of 0Oearsness and
soeakness. The time to take
it, on general principles, is
NOW.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-10-16
To Arouse a Drunken Man.

"The best way to arouse drunken
man is to pinch him under the arms"
says police officer. 81 found a
drunken fellow lying across the track at
Tenth and Morgan streets late one night,
and it seemed impossible to arouse him.
l dubbed him over the soles of his feet
and rolled and shook him, but he lay as
limp as rag. Just then an old gentle
man suggested that pinch him under
the arms.
''The effect was electrical. Ihad him
awake and fighting mad at once. On
another occasion Sergeant Pierce tried
the same experiment on sot at the
Fourth district station, who was delay
ing the Black Maria. The man stood it
for while, and then suddenly opened
his eyes and. dealt the sergeant blow
that would have felled an OK The treat
ment is a dead sure thing; fetches them
every time."-[St. Louis Globe Demo-
crat.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-10-16
Wet Feet.

How often do we see people tramp
ling about in the mud, with shoes soaked
through; and, how often do such people
when they return home sit down by the
freside and permit their feet to dry,
without changing either stockings or
shoes. Can we then wonder at the
coughing and barking, and rheumatism
and Inflammation which enable the doc
tors to ride in their carriages2 Wet feet
most commonly produce affections of the
throat and lungs; and when such dis
eases have once taken place, 'the house
is on fire. danger is not far off; there
fore, every one, no matter how healthy,
ought to guard against wet feet The
Ledger.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-10-16

2h0 1koAHS Co1oRens
The pianetsd grouse or. - u Is COM
monly called. the prairie chicken, Is .
3uxes bird. Shy, and often dif3oult 10
2b643Ach, II still loves to be In the
1pa4JsY Of human hsbitations, writes
WAltsf M, Wolf in the September Out
tft6. II has followed the farmer from
The Western Reserve to the prairies Of
illinois, aoross the Mississippi, and it Is
99W beginning to be abundant in the
E9etern counties OF Kansas and
Eekfsska and in eastern Colorado.
6kyere IL has fed the prairie sharp
taiied gsouse, that formerly was found
q the uplands Of Iowa, Nebraska and
Pakota. Following it is the quail or
Bob Wbite-the bird Of the underbrush
shd timber, as the prairie chicken is of
oefnfields and stubble. It has come
with the homesteader and with the
meadow lark, and welcomes the rob-
bins, blue birds and warblers that ar
rive only when orchards are set out and
timber claims are we'll under way.
In some respects the game bird of the
plains changes his habits with his
habitat. Especially is this noticeable
during the breeding season. The prairie
chicken in Illinois will lay its eggs and
rear its young in the same field where
y will be hunted later in the season
But in the Platt valley in Nebraska, it
makes its nest on the islands. These
islands are low, fringed with brush and
covered with luxuriant grasses that are
not out until late In the autumn. Here
there Is absolutely no danger of molesta-
ton from man, and prairie fires are COM
pafitively unknown. Late fires cook
probably one-third of the eggs that are
laid on the uplands.
The booming" by the river has stop
ped. The male birds are already on
the uplands. Amid the carex and wild
grass, under plum brush and beside the
osiers the young birds are getting fat.
Their mothers teach them to exercise
their wings, and their eyes are sufi-
ciently bright to detect grasshopper
or butterfly many yards away. But
this kind of life cannot last forever. 1t
is early in July. The click of the
mower floats down from the rolling
prairies above the river. Oats are ripen-
ing, and the wheat will soon be ready
for the reaper. The river grass is dry
ing. 1t is time for flight. 1t seems as
though this migration is preconcerted.
Early in July the females bring their
broods together, and for a couple Of
days there is an incessant flight to the
North and South. Then the islands are
deserted until the next spring.
The hunting season should not begin
before the middle of August. and
FARMERS as rule comply with the regu-
lations Of the game law. But every town
has few selt-styled sportsmen, who
commence to destroy chickens and quail
before the young birds have their power
Of flight fully developed. This makes
harder work and longer trips for those
who shoot only in the open season.
Still such a state of affairs cannot be
helped until the West makes provisions
for the rigid enforcement of the game
laws already enacted, but which are
practically dead letter. Were sports
mems clubs and institution west as we'll
as east of the Mississippi, the matter
would soon rectify itself.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-10-16
To Beggar Capitalists.

The Kurjcr Warszawski states that an
extraordinary fact has just come to light
in Kew. Two beggars, named Jakub-
owski and Wasilewics, who for years
have solicited aims before the doors of
the Kicw cathedral, have just retired and
set up as renters. Jakobowski possesses
q house worth 30, 600 roubles $50, 000)
and has sum of Sc, 900 roubles 1888, 00O)
lodged at the Reichsbank. Wasilcwics
has invested all his earnings in property
and owns two houses of the value OF
10, 600 roubles 1887, 500 each, which he
let's.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-10-16
LINCoLN's MELANCHOLY.
His ssnpashesie Nsssrs and HI. R.,,
mtsfestunss.

HIS ssnpashesie Nsssrs and His r.,,,
Mtsfessunss.
,.xnSse EAc Az mgch a Abraham Lincoln
sa1sils As ~ yeAfSof his Ike, wSfs 1 ST4stSn
II y1S4 ne exefesfSn Of ptcfSond
80 Tiay Ris faos always wore 10 repose
d GsaS nses. wsi e Rssss.l.sly s... .y@psass-
tt4f ipagsco4. very hAppily ~ \ nISy.S OHs
hksh shess pehtacal eGrssr. FSsy = woaI IEPysoi Soi
see1 q afs giancs 10 be eaa:s.nt Sst sida "Ss ~
poa&pss . .saac,Ps; but In the peculiar sner.
mscS Lincoln, In the providnce Of
Nh ~ sea to tpsst no veseel Of COM
.::fhasS & i iSs doeeS.S eSSsSs0ly have become the
,aa9G hc4nipted With him from boyhood
MSy sAae safly gfiefs tiugsd bis whoie life
Mlpr A4Qeaa His pertu1r In the eroo}Ev
1pMnsss a. 6alem, was ''Uncle' Billy Gfesn;
q lNliula, ~ who used at night, when tbss
casSofners We're few, to hold the grammaS ram sae
while LINCOLN recited his lessons.
M US % ne sympathetic ear Lincoln told
Jae ssPfy pf his love for sweet Ann Rutlidoa.
snd ha "a return, offered what connfssrt RI,
2Yq when poor Ann died, and Lincoln's
s'S1s "a tess hsafS aIn nearly s broke.
sto,Ay ss E;sA,a Ann DIED ssys "Uncle Billy, ION
aganst the ROOT, ABB would set thar in the
goSy his elbows on his knees, his fnce In
ass aanos and the tears 'runnin through his
HnSera hated to sec him feel bad. IN nj
ssS ADe DON'T cryi aud he'd look ur, an,
say 4 can't help 1t, Bill, the rains a faliin,
There are many who can sympathize with
}s {nis ,overPowering grief, as they think Of q
ios. Ssr aoveS WS cna when the rains failin on
sonstimes Is the thought that The o lost srea ona
might have been saved.
Fortunate indeed, Is William johnson, of
1Sun' cna Il L, builder, wha writes June IS,
Icy: Last February, on returning from
church one night, my daughter conplained
OF paving pain In her aukle. lie pain
&raanany eItended until her entire limb was
swollen and very painful to the touch. We
called physician, who after careful exam.
nation, pronounced IL diseaae Of the kidnevs
81 loqg standing. All we could do did not
scaI g oneat heg until We kisd Warmers
IMPROVE Whsn The c6mmenced taking II
aae could sioe turn ovef "a bed, and could
Just moro her hands Httie, but to-day she
Y as well as she ever was I believe owe
the recoYerY Of nv dauohtor 70 fta ,,aa -
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-10-16
A Fona Earoweus

Uncle John Come, Miranda, it's
lime you and I were getting Cousin
ethel to the depot.
Miranda Why, father, you know it's
pnly ten minutes ride 10 the station.
and the train doesn't 90 for two hours
Uncle John-Yes, I know; but I
want 10 give you two girls time enough
TO say qood-bye.-Somerpttte journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-10-16

We will give 500 reward for any case of ca
tarrh that cannot be cured with Halls Catarrh
Cure. Taken internally.
FL. CHENEY & Co., Proprs., Toledo, o.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-10-16

Money invested in choice one hundred dol
far building lots In suburbs of Kansas City will
pay from five hundred to one thousand per
cash and IS per month without interest con-
trolls desirable lot. Particulars on application.
j. IL. Bauerlen 81 Co.. Kansas City, Mo.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-10-16

less In effect, quick and positive In action.
Sent prepaid on receipt of 81 per bottle.
Adeler q Co. .522 Wyandotte St, Kansas Cit mo
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-10-16

Is It economy to save a few cents puyIng q
cheap soap OF st Iong washing powder, and lose
Iodrs IN Egnea rStsed S9tSssf II not use
pure. Ask your grocer for II.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-10-16

Two men who marry sisters are not broth
eTs-in-law. They are no connection what
ever,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-10-16

1T is said that a divorce lawyer would
starve in Japan. Then by all means lei
him be sent there.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-10-16
Do You Ever Speculate

Herr Krupp's son is visiting Canada for
the purpose of testing various ores.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-10-16

Oklahoma Guide Book and Map sent any wbere
on receipt of 81 cts Tyler g. Co., Kansas City, Mo.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-10-16

Nevada has neither a governor nor lieu
tenant governor, both having died in Office.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-10-16

You can buy 200 acre farm, with built
ings on it, for $500 in New Ham pshira.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-10-16

By accident came into possession of 500 in
door basebaH games, 81 illustrated cards, 18
counters, cardboard fold, and score cards
Every field play shown. Sent complete, post
age paid for Gc. In stamps. Sold In large cities
for 81. VIM. Lyons, % Nassau st., New York.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-10-16

large proportion of the ribbons sold in
the American market are made in Paterson,
N j. T42
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-10-16

Any person sending us their name and ad-
dress will receive information that will lead
to fortune. Benz. Lewis & Co., Security
Building, Kansas City, Mo.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-10-16

Timber, Mineral, Farm Lands and Ranches
bought and sold. Tyler s. Co., Kansas City, Mo.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-10-16

Guaranteed FIVE year eight per cent. First
payable every six months; principal and inter-
est collected when due and remitted without
expense to lender. For sale by j. Ii. Bauerlein
d. Co., Kansas City, Mo. Write for particulars
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-10-16

Berlin recently enjoyed a convention o
midwives. There were 600 in session.