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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-01-02

The immigration to this country for
the last eleven months foots up 4O7 ,237,
against 49S,59l in eleven months of
1888.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-01-02
JOSEPH NEUBERGER'S BRICK STORE.
BARGAINS FLYING RIGHT and LEFT

Goods are being sold at less than cost
of production. Don't miss this opportunity.
Be wise and convince yourself by calling at
once and inspect our immense stock, such
as has never been exhibited in this vicinity.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-01-02

The Congressional Directory is record
of idiosyncrasy. Some new members
give every local honor ever conferred on
them, while certain of the older ones
merely mention the post office address
and the number of the Congresses to
which they have been elected, with an
indication of their politics. r.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-01-02

There is growing sentiment in Con-
gress against the national banking sys-
TEN which promises to materialize in
legislation, and bill is now being pro-
posed with the view of greatly curtailipg
the powers of the national bank. The
influence at work is very powerful, and
Congress is much older that they have
to deal with the strongest legislative
enemy they have ever encountered.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-13
Tronsers Pressed WeekIy

ga few days ago we sent out circulars
TO a great many gentlemen in the Back
Bay and elsewhere, stating that we would
press one or more pairs of trousers every
week for year, sending for and return
ing them. for the sum of $40" said
swell tailor to a Boston HeraHreporter.
''Have YOU had many responsesf"
TWENTY-FIVE or thirty gentlemen were
in yesterday, and every one gave me his
address and a SO bin. Beside that we
have received many written acceptances
to our invi tations. For example, here is
one from distinguished surgeon on Bea-
con street, who iucloses his check, and
requests US to call for his trousers every
Saturday morning. Why it's a great
thing for gentlemen who desire to keep
their pantaloons from bagging at the
knees. They are not put to one-tenth
the trouble they arc in preparing their
laundry for the wash. They always have
fresh looking trousers to put on, and 1t
costs them only twenty cents a week,
even if they have only one extra pair to
send
'How many pairs Of trousers on an
average do well-dressed men haven con-
slant usel"
..Oh, from three to five. Some men,
with not an extraordinary wardrobe,
have as high as fifteen pairs doing service
at the same time. That Is not counting
the men who wear fancy clothes, some of
whom appear in one particular pair Of
trousers only three or four times before
they cast them aside. 1t Is not an IN
common thing for a man to come and
order from Us half dozen pairs at one
time.
''What is the usual cost of pressing
trousers
Fifty cents a par. So you see tSlO
a year, even supposipg that a man sends
in only one pair week, we are not coin
ing money out of the business. In TACT,
we are now doing it loss
'sThen what Is your objectl'
"Wen, in the first place, we do enough
pressing now to keep force Of men busy,
and. if we have forty or fifty more Gus
TONERS the business VIII pay. In the sec
ond place, We attract people to the store.
They come here to see what sort OF
place It is, and if they car trust US with
their money and their clothes, and you
mav,be sure we Will induce them to come
again.H For the high class Of customers
we cate., to $40 is a small amount to pay
for having their trousers kept in good
condition whole year-"
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-13

In man, says DR.. Henry Gibbons, OF
San Francisco, almost the whole of the
body IS covered with hair. Hair is de-
veloped in minute closed sacs before
birth. First hair is shed like first teeth.
The saving that Fright made his hair
stand on end" is not founded on imagi-
nation, but is a physiological fact. The
poets, as far back as the author Of the
book of Job, are full of references to this
phenomenon. In the lower animals the
muscles that erect the hair are more
highly developed than in man. The
manufacture of the hair takes place in
the follicle The hair has neither circu-
lation nor blood vessels. The finest
pointed needle is dull compared with
the point Of hair. Hairs do not rise
perpendicularly from the crown of the
head, but at an acute angle. Blonde hair
is usually the finest, and black or red
the coarsest. A black haired girl aver.
ages IS, 600 hairs and a blonde 140, 600.
A Michigander is on rcord who had a
beard feet g. inches long. When cut
frequently, hair grows at the rate of half
an inch a month. The statement that
hair grows after death has no scientific
foundation. A hair twenty inckes long
can be stretched to twenty four or TWEEN
ty-fve inches. One of the dangerous
properties of the hair is that it encour-
ages sparkling and Of other
kinds. Hair absorbs moisture, as many
a lady who goes to a party on foggy
night knows to her cost. A hair from the
beard will sustain a weight of six ounces.
A good head.o Of hair, made into a rope,
viii sustain a weight Of nine or ten tons.
The hair can BE- preserved by good
RS Il Chat S4n ten days or two
weeks lins-sdonld be followed by Wig
orous brushing, to restore the oil lost in
washing The style of mems hats and
the constancy with which they wear
them are responsible for much badness.
Hair, like everything else, fiourishes best
when it has plenty of air and sunshine.
Gray hair is often a hereditary peculiar
ity, and is not necessarily a sign of old
age. Gray hair developing slowly'is the
result of the hair foIlicle failing toisecure
coloring pigments
The chances of failure for a blonde in
the matrimonial market are as three to
two in favor of her dark haired sister,
The Teutonic races seem to be losing
their fair-haired, characteristics. Perox-
ide of hydrogen (ameoline) is the most
recent preparation for producing beauti-
full blonde hair and is'harmless.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-13
Susanna Snooks Saw Simon slade.

Susanna Shocks sings sad, sweet songs, she
sees soft summer skies;
Strange sunset shades sift sllently-she
somewhat sadly signs,
Soliloquizingly she strays, sweet songsters
shyiy sing,
She sees slim spruces slanting shades sur
round some sparkling spring.
Still southwark silently she strays. She
spies shy Simon Slade,
"Stop Simonf' says Susanna Shocks. Still
Sits sweet sunsets shade,
Shy Simon six snug satisfying squeezes slyly
stole;
Susanna snickered. Simon stayed. Sick,
silly, spOony soul
Susanna's sire saw some shy, suspicious
stranger stray,
Saw Susan say, stop Simon Slade.n Saw
simple Simon stay.
Stern sire sought some solid sUick-serenely,
slyly slipped,
Susanna saw. She shrilly shrieked. skip,
Simon!n Simon skipped
Chicago Herald.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-13

The fear which so many men have of
contagious diseases and the desire to
lessen the risk of exposure to mysteriou,
microbes, has led the municipal authori-
ties of Nordhausen, a small town in
saxouy, to issue an edict that all bar
bers and hair dressers shall, under legal
penalties, disinfect their instruments
every time after they have been used.
g'his use of antiseptics illustrates as deli
ate a phase of apprehension as is shown
By that editor of New York magazine
who uses gloves when he reads manu-
scrips. A similar instance of care is
shown on the part of some of the exam
iners in the public schools. The children
work out examples on their states, and
the examiners have to look over the
problems as performed by the children.
a few years ago one of the assistant su-
perinteadents contracted, or imagined
that be contracted, a slight case of blood
--'soning in handling the states. After
recovered he had pair of rub
9ves made. and whenever he had
over the states he always put on
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-13
PITH AND POINT.


True as dyen-ldigo.-d. Louis
Magazine.
"Was that your uncle's will read yes
terdayw eyes" ''What did he leave
vou!'' s.He left me out. r-lGlnsey,s
V,.L1,,
Hee@'y'
Blacksmith to Than
dor ,,,r 5or,t bo,t tI,1t anvil 90 Anv-
--'''" -
Dou 9 T DS,. 'ii'iiA II was d piano - '''-
s''''+' D''''''''
Il loved you once he SAID IN re-
proachiul tone. wei, she re-
sponded. u don the earth- once
Is enosssa.. - q "
4 .l fosse = q SieA YOU'RE young
That 4 sifss ssis.s'eai.s e 50
You win b I'festt5 old
7J"dge-
New 'Waitress--s' fssaiiy.-fnadam, this
Is 100 much. l cannot stand the ever
lasting fault-fnding OF the coachman.
He says | have a worse temper even than
you. "-FLiegeade Blaetter-
Miss Gush-s'And you were in that
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-13

smugglers arc reaping rich harvest
near the Canadian frontier. They pm,
sue their unlawful work in houses built
on the boundary line, half in Canada,
and the other half in the United States.
Generally these houses contain tram
way, upon which cars, containing con-
traband goods, can be moved from one
country to the other. When United
States officers make raid the cars are
pushed over into Canadian territory, and
vice versa. The Canadian Government
viii take measures to prevent contiu-
nance of the fraud.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-13
Peculiarities ofEngIish Pronunciation.

Rev Dr. Frederick Evans, of Phila-
delphia, told a story recently to illus
trate the difficulties Welshman has in
studying the English language. The
Welshman undertook as his first lesson
from an English teacher this primer
story, very simple to an Englishman:
That ploughman has rough field to
plough and when he is through let him shoul-
der his gun as though he was not tired, and
while he isroughing it his wife is busy with
the dough, for which he should feel thank
full, and she has two children sick with the
hiccoughs.
The Welshman was taught first to
pronounce "ploughman' and on that
tough" sound he read off the story
thus:
That ploughman has row field to plough
and when he is throu let hun shoulder his
gun as thou he was not tired and while he IS
rowing it ms wife IS basF with the dew. Tor
which Be should b thankful. and She las t7Fo
cAilaie.44 siiffll;;ilEith the hieaows.
t,ii,. -. 3 e s,s q
him that Tough was always .sruii,
and tlierenpon the 4Telshman corrected
his story, as ne thought.
That Pullman has a rough field to pluff
and when he is thruff let him shoulder his gun
as thuff he was not tired, and while he is
ruffing it his wife is busy with the duff, for
which he should feel thankful, and she has
two children sick with the hiccutfs-
But Through" was not thruff, and
after much coaching on that word the
Welshman innocently produced another
remarkable use of the Tough:
That plooman has rue field to ploo and
when he is through let him shoulder his gun
as thoo he was not tired, and while he Is
rueing it his wife is busy with the do, for
which he should be thankful, and she has two
children sick with hiccoos.
Then the Welshman was taught how
to pronounce dough" and keeping that
in his head made his story more mon
strous:
That ploman has row field to plo and
when he is throw let him shoulder his gun as
though he was not tired and while he Is
rowing it his wife is buy with the dough for
which he should feel thankful, and she has
two children sick with hiccoes.
Then when the Welshman could
master "hiccoughs" he capped the
climax:
That pluppman has a rupp field to plupp
and when he is thrupp let him shoulder his
gun as thupp he was not tired and while he
IS ripping It his wife is busy with the dupp
for which he should feel thankful, and she
has two children sick with the hiccOughs.
1t is left to be understood that the
Welshman then caught his teacher on
dark night and slew him with the jaw
bone of an ass and went back to Wales
to the unmolested enjoyment of his own
phonetic language. in which only one
letter., ~" has more than one sOur.s.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-13
LineaI Descendants Of David.

Some remarkable statements have been
made public in connection with the pro-
ceedings under the bankruptcy of the
Prince of Mantua and Montforrat, who
resides in London. Some time ago the
Prince published a work in which he en-
bodied some extraordinary documents.
One of these was a statement to which
the name of the late Sir George Jessel,
Master of the Rolls, was signed, affirm
ing that, upon examination of pedigrees
and old copies of the Pentateuch, the
Prince and his mother, the Duchess Of
Mantua, were found to be lineauy de-
seended from David, and therefore en-
titled to the appellation of Prince and
Princess of the House of David.-JeDish
Chronicle.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-13
Fuzzy NecktIes.

aewen, who deals in gentlcmens
lang goods II n viT01t'sat1 WIS
Ii 8 party recently, when member of
the group stepped to the adjacent mirror
and attempted to adjust his stubborn
necktie. Il can't make it stay in place, >
he complained, ''and l guess I'll have to
throw it away It's about,time, 1 think,
because it is worn and all covered with
fuzz." Hewen stepped toward the young
man and regarded the four Sspd scarf
with critics eye. "TaSSt off a
moment" he said, ''and I'll fix it for
YOU The young man removed it and
handed it over. Hewen struck a match,
and, when it was burning well, he held
it near the necktie The flame Tapped
off the fuzz in an instant, and the tiewas
returned looking as good as new, almost.
"Never throw away fuzzy ties, said
Fred. 'Burn off the fuzz in that way
and you'll get twice the wear out of
them" Here is a pointer for. economical
Young men who are careful Of their per-
sonal appearance Chicago Herald.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-13
WE AND THE WORLD.

The world is the same the whole world over,
In every country and every cline.
Men love beauty and bees love clover,
And will to the distant end Of time.
The world is the same Old world forever,
There's JOY in truth and there's pain in vice;
The fruit forbidden we taste and sever
Our hold on the hearts pure paradise.
The worlds to-day is the worlds tomorrow,
And both shall be its yesterday;
Our joy and grief, our love and sorrow,
Like our fathers thoughts shall pass away.
There snothing new and there nothing olden
Each day is born on the dawn's fresh wings.
Our hearts have music sweet and golden,
Or discord, just as we touch LIES strings.
Washington Star.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-13
american DusIs. .

Every little while the European news-
papers publish accounts Of Bhat tsszey are
pleased to call "American du6 thongh
why American is beyond com eazion,
since such idiotic affairs Bsps never
heard CT this side of a1e atlantic. AT
Czernowitz in Austria youth qf eight een
was recently found dead in bed bilglng
poisoned himself with istrythnine. sHe
left letter to his mother, in which he
accounted for his self-murder by saying
that he had agreed with comrade to
fight an "American duel" which con-
sists simply in drawing lots to sec which
Of two fools shall kill himself.-San
Francisco ChrpnicLs.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-13
JOHNS CHOICE.
By HE1EN roERzsr aRAvEs.

d HELEN FUNNIEST GAANEs.
- ''Eqaageda,tH' ~; l.;,,,-
ssWcu. I never looked at it in exactly
that light beforen'
"We've all took it for granted" said
Mrs. Jaggett, pursuing her thin lips and
knitting away very fast
''Does she think so, motherl"
.eNhat else can she think, Johnl"
Ell never asked her to marry me,
mother
There's other ways of proposing to
girls, John, except askin' EN- to marry
you in SO many words, said the old
lady.
John Jaggett gave MS thick, brown
moustache a resentfui tug.
"rm blessed if know what they are,
mother, said ne.
Everybody has took it for granted,
John, " repeated his mother, severely.
s'And Melinda Is a capital housekeeper-
Just the girl I'd like to see in charge Of
things here, now that I'm getting old
and feeble"
John Jaggett put MS hand caresslngiy
on his mothers shoulder.
"Why, mother" said he, "don't talk
that way. So far as can see, you're as
young and spry as you ever were"
Mrs. Jaggett shook her head, mourn
fully.
''No, amt John, said she. "wher
a woman gets to be sixty-odd, she be
gins to fail in spiS of everything-and
rheumatism always ran in my side of the
family If could only see you married
and settled down before the Lord sees fl
to call me away"
John whistled.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-13
Eight With a Sernent.

William Underhill, steward Of the
steamship Lisboneuse, which arrived. at
N--l--- Xarl@EaGastlg.- told q thrilling stQr~
o. how tweutv-foot boa constrIJc-
chased the crew all over the deck of the
ship. He showed the stuffed skin Of the
monster snake. It had shrunk, and now
measures fifteen feet from lhe base Of the
head to the tin of the tail
''Nearly every voyage l make from
South America, said he, Il bring back
n big snake or some animal for which ]
find ready purchasers here. While at
Para a native sold me a boa constructor
that measured twenty-one feet. l could
have obtained $50 for him in this city,
and so, when 1 succeeded IN purchasing
the animal for So. Thought l had a good
bargain. bought "a large number Of
live rats, rabbits and pigeons for the boa.
I built a cage for the snake, and over II
l kept the pigeons, rats ana rabbits. The
snake was great feeder, and 1 had
difficult task to apportion the food l had
on hand so that it would last through the
voyage. When about five days out from
Rio was awakened by the veil OF a black
and tan pet dog called Jap we had on
board and the cries OF the deck watch.
I jumped out of my berth aad found that
the boa had left his cage, devoured
several pigeons, many rats, our pet dog
Jap, and was ready for one Of the sailorS
The whole ships crew were on deck IN
hurry, and panic nearly ensued. No3ody
dared to approach the big reptile WIlcn
was wriggIng about, evidently disesllnS
its food IN preparation for another meal
One of the crew endeavOred to throw
blanket { er the snake, but failing IN MS
attempt, h, only reused the reptile 10
further onslaught. The men were cnaseu
fore and aft by the monster We only
had one rifle aboard, and that was IN the
Captain quarters. The second mate 20,
the weapon, and, blazing away WOUNDED ,,
the snake. Then we clubaQi it to DEATH
1 don't think I'll trade snakes any
more. We missed little very mr. F
as he was the pet OF thSahin. ~
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-13

The question of whether or not it is
cruel to dishorn cows is now before the
Scotch courts, the defence being that it
s necasssry to cut of the horns Of Irish
an|i canaaian cattle to keep them from
eofias esea cfter in the feeding courts
rssa n scs'lanf during the winter. One
witness tsstiisiea tfsat experience had con-
yerbs iIsh - favor dishorning, and that
be now saetisss It with all his Guernsey
COWS who seem to suffer little pain from
the operation and the quality of whose
milk is not affected by it. The English
courts have held that the practice was a
cruel one.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-13

'tWonder what's the matter with Harry
and his wifel They don't even speak to
each other now, Pm told"
''So3 Then Harry wasn't disappointed
in his anticipations.
SLOWS that"
"Why, he told me before he was mar
ried to GARRETT it would be joy IN
speakable to pass his life in her society. ;"
Boston Transcript
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-13
The Molrs Musical rasfe.

Still further proof of the superior char
acter of the wolf is found, according to
Mr.. Mumford, in its musiciI taste. BE
says that once upon a time te1dHfoot
came to his cabin in February and els-
gagged his help in securing Eumber Of
wolf pelts. As the easiest way fo accom-
plish this Mr.. Mumford anncinted the
mans heels with asafetifa, and sent BIN
off up a gorge where wolves Eers known
to be. Wolves will always follow such
a trail. The man was 60 60 70 tree
previously pointed out and clint Into the
branches, and from that peh shoot as
many wolves as he liked, Ter US eer-
tain that the wolves in stne Be drug
would have to come to hii se pelt
gatherer started off as dir. AAyery
much sooner than he exp srd
the howl of the first es i.
minutes later anoth5 crock =
the air tremble heathing els,
tree seemed a terrlass hard
in hot 10 pursuit. ojust bed
wild with fear, nd, who il
up he went. In4ees of %
the the rife i t on the hethea
and yapp xthe ca
l bark Of pps IS the
The & anssihles Ii
his comes outside of
wolves rs. slaa qsfelightful
away the time :
come to his resd ar 49,. - u
from his pocket
"Home, Sweet i
hoated out on th9 the man !
fighting. A locke, spice, :
over each VOLTS fac ..,acco'
they squatted on y Aanags PUP
went their noses, and brd
they opened their mouths iOs wongtdd as
never before. No soonsg WET
through with the first % stsey
caught their breath and ST. ID again.
Itwas at this juncture tlsf alfoFd ar
rived. The sight of row Of wolves
sitting rs an audience TO such concert
and encoring the star performer in such
accents was too much for Munifofd, and
he rolled on the ground and laughed and
shouted aloud. Thereupon the wolves
clapped their tails betwees their legs and
sneaked away through the brush, and
the hunt was off for that a4y,--zNe'O
York Sun.
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the stranger. as he Sac lled down the

the stranger, as he stro He'd down the
village street with his friend.
''Yes, said his friend, 'that is Peter
Gray; he is very homely, but the pleas
ATTEST tempered man in the world. You
can't make him mad; 10 matter what you
do You can't anger him"
"Dollars to doughnuts," said the
stranger, II can rile him all up"
He walked up to Peter and caught
hold of his grey beard.
''You miserable old swindler," he
said.
You surprise me, said Peter, with
an impatient gesture.
When Petition recovered conscious
ness he was lying on the drug store
counter, and they were bathing his face
'What was that he said?" he murmured
In broken tones.
"He said that you surprised him, re-
peated his friend.
That's what l thought he said, - muir
INJURED the stranger. ''Let Us return
thanks that I didn't irritate him."
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-13
Laws Tinted Erps.

Hiram Hall, of Columbus, Ind, has a
freak of nature--a hen that lays Easter
eggs. 1t is young pullet OF the Ply
mouth Rock variety, and since she be-
gan laying, she has laid an egg that is G
deep pink all over, with white spot on
the small end. No coloring is necessary
10 prepare the eggs for Easter An In
dianapolis drummer has offered Mr. Hall
$50 for the pnllet, but the offer was de-
clined. Cincinnati EaQxirer. ~
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-13

The present standard car coupler SIDE
scribed as huge iron hand, whose
fingers can be opaned from the side Of
the car and closed by the impact of an.
other car. This is the safety drawhead
the railroad employees are asking for, and
this is what many railroads are putting OF
their new cars. The Incentive Age hopes
that the change viii put stop to the
slaughter of brakemen.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-06-13
HAD BEEN IN THE BUSINESS.

A seedy-looking individual stepped
Ato the hotel and said to the clerk
ave been in the business myself, but
FIN broke; and can't you help the pro;
lpessionl"
He was given the best meal the house
afforded. As he sauntered back, COM
placently picking his teeth, the clerk
queried;
"Bin in the biz, heyl"
ayes"
--,-.Hotel or boardingi"
''Boarding"-here they reached th'
door
Boarding whatl"
Boarding freight trainsIh
And a dull, dun streak sped around
the corner.-Light.