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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-03-06
The Compass.

The compass needle points to the
north because practically the earth is a
magnet, not differing essentially in it's
magnetic properties from bar of mag
netized steel. 1t has two poles OF
greatest intensity, and, like most large
steel magnets, there are several sup
Elemental poles of lesser intensity.
just as the pole of one bar magnet at
tracts the end of another, so the mag
netic poles of the earth behave toward
poles of the compass needle, unlike
poles attracting and like poles repelling
each other
1t is well to modify the statement
that the needle points north and south.
As matter of fact, there are but few
localities on the earth where it does
point due north and south, and these
are constantly changing. An irregular
line drawn from the mouth of the
Orinoco River, through the east coast
of Hayti, Charleston, S. c., and De-
trolt, Mich, represents very nearly the
line in which there is no variation at
the present time In all the places
east of this line the north end of the
needle swings slightly to the west
ward; in all places west of it, to the
eastward. At the north of the Colum-
bia River the variation of the compass
is about twenty-five degrees east; in
Alaska it is from forty to sixty degrees
east; midway between New York and
Liverpool it is about thirty-fve degrees
west.
The reason is that the compass
needle points, not to the geographical
but to the magnetic poles, and these
do not coincide in position. The mag
netic north pole is at present on or
near the southwestern shore of Boothia
Peninsula, in the northern part of North
America.
Its position is constantly changing,
and in the last five hundred years it
has moved about half the distance
round the geographical pole. During
the three hundred years in which OBJ
servations have been carefully made
at the Magnetic Observatory in Paris,
the variations have changed from eleven
degrees twenty minutes east of north to
twenty-five degrees ten minutes west
In the United States the rate of the
change in variation differs much in diff
ferent parts of the country. In Wash
ington State it changes at the rate of
about seven minutes year; in Arizona
and New Mexico it is stationary in the
New England States 1t is from one to
three minutes per year.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-03-06

In this | was meeting with decided
success, and was making money at a
rate had not, in my widest dreams,
anticipated.
was widower, and, as will readily
be believed, was devotedly attached to
my only child an active und unusually
bright boy of eight years. A father
particularly doting one, as l admit
gerate the abilities and attainments of
his children, and [ we'll know that the
first branch of my statement will be
given greater credence than the last.
l will not stop to argue the matter
with the incredulous reader, but pro-
ceed to relate the story upon which /
have already made beginning, conf
dent that it will convince the most
skeptical of the quick wit and nerve OF
my little Robbie,
l had brought him with me to Mich
igan, and left him at school in East
Saginaw while | conducted my profit
eble canvass among the pineries. Late
In November the friend with whom l
had left him wrote me that he had be-
come exceedingly lonesome, and could
AiOb tiIlilN lllillotll W HIS NbllNllCS.
1t required no great evidence to con-
vince me of the truth of the report,
for months separation from my boy
had brought me to n similar state of
mind. The letter decided me upon a
course that for some days L had been
considering "a foolish course any man
in full possession of his faculties would
have said. / directed that Robbie be
sent forward to me in the vast pine
woods.
Three days later he joined me, hav-
ing been placed in charge of kind
hearted lumberman, who delivered him
safe enough, though with but little ap-
petite for the sweetmeats l had pro-
vided in honor of his advent.
But the ripened harvest of dollars
pleasure of playing with my boy could
detain me from business.
1 had worked all the camps in that
section, and decided to start the next
morning for point on the river, some
twenty miles away, where was conf
dent of disposing of number of ma
chimes.
was to make the journey on horse
back, Robbie riding behind me. We
had mounted. said good-by to our new
but none the less warm friends, when
an old skidder came running toward
US.
"Don't start to-day" cried he, when
within speaking distance.
"Why not?" | asked
"'Cause we're goin to have storm,
an it's long an lonely stretch you've
got before YOU"
81 see no indications of it."
"You would, if you'd been waitin',
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-03-06
SPLENDID CROWN JEWELS.

The Most Intensely Brilliant Diamonds
Worn by the Ladies of the Court of
Brazil.
L wonder what has become of the
crown jewels of Brazil? They were in
large measure derived from Portugal,
OF which for hundreds of years the
crown had the exclusive right to own
Brazilian diamonds.
Those which it did not wish to keen
were sold, and their proceeds were
paid into the treasury. A great ouan-
tity were given to the churches and
looted by the French when they in.
vaded Portugal.
never saw more intensely brilliant
diamonds than those of the ex-
Empress Theresa Maria and the Prin-
cess de Joinville, who is sister of the
ex-Emperor, writes the Paris cores.
pondent of London Truth. Marie
de Gloria was the eldest of the four
children OF Pedro l., and was given O
share of the regalia.
Pedro II. is great-uncle of the
present King of Portugal, and would be
monarch of the country if his father
had not made Brazil a separate empire
and settled it upon him. The first
Emperor was clever man, but had the
manners of buffoon.
He was fond all his life of playing
blindman's buff. 1t was hard, he
thought, for king hemmed in by eti-
quette, to enjoy himself unless he broke
loose in game of romps.
Miguel, his brother, had the advant-
age of him in handsome face, an ele-
giant, slender figure and gentle plaus-
ible manners. He had the grace, of q
feline.
never saw palmer set of women
than the ladies of the Empress of Brazil.
Her Majesty herself was far from pref
ty in youth. But she improved wonder
fully as she advanced in years, when
her face ceased to be the shape of long
wedge and was set round with white
hair, which appeared to light it up,
1t grew to be kindly and rather in
telligent face. The eyes, perhaps, are
too searching. They visibly seek to
take the measure of those who are pre-
sented to her.
She has fine italian voice when she
speaks freely, which is not often, a
guard being placed by diplomatic
Italian temper upon her lips. Marie
Amelie, her aunt, has this guarded re-
serve in speech.
The plainness of the ladies was not
the only drawback to the court of Bra
zil. The courtiers being more or less
mulatto, they stood in need of scented
sachets in their coats and dresses, and
did not always wear them. The negro
skin, you know, has not the perfume of
miLlefeurS.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-03-06
COrnfleld Philosophy.

The burnt child fears the fire, and
so he will try to find some method of
playing with it without getting
burned.
A drunkard can preach good sermon
on the evils of intemperance. He
knows whereof he speaks.
Kindness is the grease that makes
the world run smoothly.
The faster man runs the farther he
will go in certain time and the sooner
he will be tired
The poison you put out for your
neighbor's dog will kill your own canine
if he eats it.
A sheep cannot climb fence as
readily as goat can, and he is not so
self-conceited, but he produces more
wool.
A big head is no more sign that its
possessor has lots of brains than q
large smokehouse indicates that its
owner has plenty of meat. Both may
be empty.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-03-06

walst-line up, measures but six inches
In the center, so one can imagine it a
rather too decollete for the present day !;
and the circumference of the waist is
but seventeen and half inches. 1t is
all sewed by hand i'm the most exquis-
ite of stitches, that would put to shame
the prize handiwork at the Woman's
Exchange, and across the front are
strung little inch-square silken bags,
which, in days gone by, were filled
with perfume.
Lady Catharine wore her dark hair
la pompadour made over immense
rats, and on dress occasions 1t was
beautified by string of pearls.
Her shoulders were so exquisitely
dropping that it was with difficulty her
evening gowns were kept upon them,"
writes one of her admirers.
Where would our society beauties be
if dropping shoulders were in favor
nowadays?
Mrs. John Jay, whose husband was
Minister to Spain in the early days of
the republic, was one of the exquisites
of her day. When she was IS, in IVA,
she was married, and a description of
her wedding chests" is still cherished
by her descendants. Her underwear
was Of the finest white woven. linen,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-03-06

A large yellow-and-white cat started
to cross Broadway, nearly opposite
Park row one afternoon recently when
traffic was at its greatest. Where she
came from was known only to herself,
but that she was making for the friend
ly shelter afforded by the rails of ST..
Paul's churchyard was apparent to all.
Her chances of getting across the street
safely did not seem to be good, as she
shrank back terrified from a passenger
car, lodged under the wheels of an ex-
press wagon, and escaped being run over
by one of Uncle Sans small vans by
less than half the length of her tail.
Two well-dressed men from Phila-
delphia stopped in the middle of the
thoroughfare to watch her.
"Bet you she is crushed" said one.
"Take you" replied the other.
just then the pole of double truck
struck the fifth rib of the man who
had offered the bet, knocked his hat
off, and nearly threw him down.
"Hi!" roared the driver. "Hain't you
got no eyes?"
AT the same moment the man who
had taken the bet received blow on
the back of the neck from the off horses
head that nearly dislocated something
spinal
"Ho!" roared the driver. "Are you
asleep?"
The men escaped to the sidewalk
where's the cat ?" asked one.
"How the devil do know ?" replied
the other.
And as the venturesome creature was
not visible, dead or alive, the bet was
ordered off.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-03-06

Frivolous maidens are often remind
ed of the modesty, sense, and exquis-
itely proper manners of their grand
mammas. But the reminders should
take peep back into the history of the
fashions of a century ago and then get
down on both knees and adore the
modern girl.
Speaking of the stays worn CEN
tury ago, social history tells us that
the beautiful Dolly Madison's waist
measured but seventeen inches, and
that Mrs. Alexander Hamilton's waist
was but an inch larger.
When Dolly Madison came as bride
to Washington she wore at one of her
first receptions costume which, with
a few notifications, might be worn in
q modern drawing-room. 1t was slip
of soft white silk, narrowed enough to
show the outline of the hips, and
reaching just to the instep. The waist
was cut extremely decollete, and gath
cred in simple yoke, the sleeves were
little puffs, concealing the upper part
of the arm, but not the line of the
shoulder, and just below the bust was
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-03-06
An UneXpected Rebmke.

He was deaf mute Tho had learned
to talk by imitation. His wife could
both hear and talk, but at the theater
they preferred to converse by means of
the sign manual. The couple that sat
behind them, thinking that neither of
them could hear, took occasion to COM
ment freely and speculate on their re-
lations to each other ad libitum, great
ly to the discomfort of the lady, who,
of course, heard everything. She
communicated every word to her hus-
band until he could stand it no longer.
Then, turning to the gentleman, he
mildly asked, "Will you allow me to
see your programmed" The chagrin
and discomfort of the pair were ap-
parent. Hastily handing over his pro-
gramme, the two hustled out of the
theater just as the curtain went up on
the second Chicago Tribune.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-03-06
Fine Sage.

Metaphorical language is sometimes
misleading. When one begins to "call
names," even in complimentary fash
ion, there is q chance that some literal
person will wonder what he means. A
gentleman visiting little town Down
East" says:
called on business at the house of
an old lady, and entertained myself in
looking over her library.
We fell to discussing books, and,
thinking of Emerson, 1 asked her if she
knew much about the "Sage of Con-
cord"
Concord, where?" she asked.
Concord, Massachusetts," 1 an
swered.
"Is it any better'n any other sage?"
she innocently inquired.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-03-06

ried by some Indian mother, or it may
rise to the height of patent springs and
dainty lace, but all nations and all
tribes have been obliged to recognize
the cradle.
The National Museum at Washing
ton has large and growing exhibit of
the cradles used by the people of this
continent, and it is interesting to note
in this collection the points of similar
ity between the widely separated ma
tions.
Many questions of scientific and gen.
eral interest depend upon the knowl-
edge of the manner in which child
passes the first year of its life, and the
museum has gone extensively into the
subject Tor this reason. Deformation
of the heads, in some of our modern
tribes, and in nearly all of the abo-
riginal tribes, was brought about pur-
posely or accidentally by means of the
cradle board or frame in which the
children were confined almost entirely
for the first period of their existence.
Cradles in this case serve many pur-
poses. They are nests for the helpless
infants, serving as beds in which the
child sleeps in either vertical or hori-
zontal positions, and as a vehicle in
which the child can be easily carried
from place to place. 1t is in every
sense cradle to be hung on the limb
of tree and be rocked by the breeze.
And still again it forms playhouse
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-03-06

with them consists in placing the in.
FAINT on board, to which it is so Sc
curely lashed that, being only a few
days old, it can only make known its
objections vocally. An inclined board
rests on the forehead of the infant, be-
ing every day drawn down little by
means of cords which support it until
at length it touches the nose, thus
forming straight line from the crown
Of the head to the end of the nose,
after which the young Adonis is re-
leased to commence his career of break
ing hearts.
In California the Indians weave very
pretty and artistic slipper-shaped era
dies of wicker-work, which they deco.
rate elaborately with beads. The Mo-
doc women make very pretty baby
basket of fine willow work, cylinder
shaped, with one-half of it cut away
except a few inches at the ends. The
little fellow is placed in this and wrap
ped around like mummy, with moth
ing visible but his head.
The cradle of the Pitt River Indians
is transition type. A pole of wood
with the bark removed is bent in the
middle. the two ends crossed and
lashed together. Across this frame are
laid broad laths, perforated at the ends
and lashed to the poles with buckskin
strings. The foot-rest is block of
wood, perforated, and through it are
passed the two ends of the pole. This
cradle passes from the stage of a mere
nest, in which the child is tied, to a
primitive cradle, as we know the arti-
Gle. The Mohave cradle is also of this
class, being prettily made ladder OF
trellis. A dainty quilt or counterpane
of braided bass is used with this.
The Montana infant has any amount
of pains spent on both himself and his
cradle-board. The board is covered
with tanned elkskin or deerskin and
beads worked on it. The place where
the child reposes is loose and is laced
and tied up when the child is placed
in it.
The Ute Indians of Nevada use flat
wicker cradle frame, kite-shaped OF
roughly triangular. Over this is
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-03-06

as | have, a fortnight for snow to start
.he sleds, so that you could earn the
grub you was a-eatin' Wen have a
storm, and big one at that, afore
dark
But I've lois of time. It's only q
few hours ride"
Il hope SO, for sees you's bound to
go. Well, hustle along, an don't waste
time a-talkin' to me. -
The old man had Judged me rightly;
did design to go, seeing nothing por-
tentous of evil. Accordingly. | acted
unon his suggest Jon. and roda o,vo,
from the log buildings that consti
tuted the camp.
For some miles there was a fair b,idla-
path through wilderness of stumns
and underbrush, and we made good
progress. At length we reached a
point where we were obliged to make
u turn, and strike into the heavy tim
ber, through which the remainder of
our journey lay,
A railroad line had been projected
here some years before, and abandoned,
after the timber on the course had
been felled, telegraph line con
structed and some little grading done.
well knew that it was but poor
apology for road, and had only
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-03-06

made by hand, of course, and beauti-
fully trimmed with drawn work.
Some of it was trimmed with lace,
which was rare in those days, as it was
al hand-wrought. She had "six cedar
chests of white linen petticoats and
underwear, and double number filled
with house linen"
Women century ago were not less
extravagant than nowadays. 1t was
necessary for them to have a new
gown for every ball. To be sure,
gown in those days did not cost as
much as Worth or Pingat. Slip
pers, stockings, and gloves were, how
ever, more costly, and at least e1 was
needed to purchase any one of them,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-03-06

sash of white China crepe, embroid.
cred in white blossoms, with mon.
strous deep silken fringe"
She wore her hair in curls about her
snowy neck and shoulders, curls glis.
tening with perfumed pomade, and
about her waist fell in careless grace
scarf of white gauze. Her slippers
were white and silver; her silken hose
showed the "pink flesh" through them.
This costume was among the first of
the Josephine gowns to be worn in
Washington society and came into
vogue after the great hoops and bro
cades which prevailed during the days
of Martha Washington.
"We have the latest fashions from
France here, and our profit is great be-
yond that of Washington and Philadel-
phia," wrote Mrs. Alexander Hamilton,
who during the revolutionary days was
the leader of the world of fashion for
all Manhattan Island.
The best portrait of the lady shows
her in brocaded skirt, pink flowers on
a cream ground, made in eight widths
over a petticoat of red quilted satin.
The waist is cut low, in what is now
known as the English decollete," and
is pointed in front, lacing like the mod
ern ball bodice in the back. Her hair
is drawn straight up from the brow
over great roll, and is made into COM
pact puffs at the back of the head.
Lady Catharine Duer, who was the
daughter of Lord Sterling, was a leader
of fashion for many years in New York
and Washington. Her gowns were
brought over from France by special
packet steamers, and it is said that she
wore the finest gloves of two buttons
and slippers of satin, with soles of fine
thinness." Mrs. Duer of the present
day has part of gown worn by her
ancestress. The little bodice, from the
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-03-06
The (,rucial Test.

Maine Lawyer-What is your opinion
of the character of Deacon Blank?
Witness (cautiously)-I never heard
nothin' agin him.
Don't you know him to be an honest
man 2"
wall, he's been fair an square in all
his dealin's with me, and with others SO
far as l know"
isn't that sufficient to prove him a
man Of sterling integrity?"
"Wall, | dunno. never traded hosses
with him. ."-New York Weekly.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-03-06

HE oughten to be
tooken without her
d + e s s body. She
wasn't nice /" said a
little maiden who
was gazing for the
first time upon the
portrait of her great
great grandmamma
who in her day was
a beauty of colonial
reputation, and who
was portrayed in o
Josephine gown of
that time.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-03-06

ing put in some lake or pool and left to
float, the water, even, often being re-
garded as sacred. The compress for
the head is of bark and is drawn down
tightly. The child is kept in this con.
finement almost continuously until
about year old.
The Flathead Indians, inhabiting
the lower parts of the Columbia, carry
the fashion of fattening the skull to
still greater extremes. The process
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-03-06

adopted it because 1t shortened the
distance by more than one half, from
that of the regular wagon road
We were, as nearly as 1 could esti-
mate, within five or six miles of our
destination when, to my con sternation,
I saw that the prognosticat tion of the
old skidder was about to be verified,
The sky had become overcast with
clouds, the tall pines were rocking in
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-03-06
THIS HEART or MINE.

This heart of mine is sadly human,
And passion sweeps 1t oftentimes;
Shall earthly pleasures never fill it?
Or do l long for things sublime?
1t tfluttors restless in my bosom,
As it IL pined sad aud alone.
Is itthe poets soul within me
ThG. makes my spirit weep and moan?
MY heart is empty of all pleasure
Such pleasure as the world can give
My path is shrouded still in darkness,
I've lived-and still-on hope l live.
My heart is tired with Hopes beguiling,
And Faith droops low with weary wing
How long can Patience bear her burdens?
When shall these lips in rapture sing?
BEIRNE, Ark.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-03-06
WHAT WORD!
BY XII coURTLAND.

What was the word you said to me
In the CLEAN of tho sunset glow?
When the moss-rose pressed her scarlet lips
On the lilys cheek of snow
All poets and sages their lives will spend
And the tides will ebb and flow,
But only the roses can tell, good friend,
And only the lilies know.
But what was the word l said to you,
In the heart of the ruby glare?
The passion flower swung high the cross,
The pansies were all at prayer.
All poets and sages their lives will spend
And the tides will ebb and flow,
But only the roses can tell, good friend,
And only the lilies know.
PENDLEToN, S. c.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-03-06

The greatest depth known in the
Western Mediterranean-10 600 feet
is between Sicily, Sardinia and Africa.
Recent soundings in the eastern basin
have yielded maximum depth of 49,
800 feet, between the islands of Malta
and Gambia.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-03-06
The Ingenious Small Boy.

Il the close of O
peaceful Sunday,
. fond father laid
down his paper
for the fifteenth
time to separate
his two cherubic
sons, and prevent
their tearing each
others eyes out.
With an eloquence
of language and a
fervor of feeling
that would have
,ns.,,,t,n<
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-03-06

IN round numbers 10000 mission
aries are sent out by the various Chris
tian nations to preach the gospel to
100000, 900 heathen-one missionary
to every 100000 of the heather.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-03-06
A STUDY IN CRADLES,
RUDE CONTRIvANCES IN WHICH TO
ROCK THE BABY.

Comapche Mothers Mako the Simplest
Cradles, Those of tho Sioux Being Very
Elaborate - Curious Affairs In Which
Children of the Semi Civilized Pass the
First Year of Life.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-03-06

PHYsIoLoeIsTs say that the older q
man grows the smaller his brain lbe-
comes, This explains why the old man
knows nothing and the young one every
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-03-06
THE FASHIONS OF rs.
NOT AS MODEST AND SENSIBLE AS
REPRESENTED.

How Ladies of To-day Would Appear If
Rugged Out In Fashions of a Century Ago
Many Sense of MaidenIy Modesty
Would Be Shocked at the Great and Sud-
den Change.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-03-06
LITTLE ROBBIE'S NERV E
BY DWIGHT BALDWIN.
y..aza5S n the fall of 1878

my business call
.ed me into the
apine regions of
the State of
Michigan. I had
recently secured
| a patent of great
value in the fell
. ing of heavy tim
ber, and was in
tro d IL n G it
among the log
ging camps and
saw mills.