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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-02-20


from the attacks of the savages. Tc
built Fort Henry, which was erected
on the right bank of the Ohio short
distance above Wheeling Creek The
entire fighting force of the village, in
cluding the garrison of the fort, con,
sisted of but forty-two men. AMONG
that number, however, were many
whose deeds of powess and skill with
the rifle had made them terrors to tho
Indians. In the latter part of Sep.
tember the settlement was attacked by
four hundred warriors and the gillag-
ers were compelled to flee to the fort
for protection. Driven to desperation
by the sight of their homes being de,
stroyed by the sayages, they made an
ill-adyised sortie, in which they were
all but overcome, and only sixteen men
lived to return to the fort and defend
it and the helpless women and chill.
dren within its walls against more than
four hundred savage redskins.
The history of those days within the
fort is a record of deeds of daring and
personal heroism, one Of which is I'M
paralleled in ancient or modern times;
feat beside which General Putnam's
performance at Horses Neck" sinks
into insignifcance, and which, had it
occurred at later day and been
performed by man of more prom
inent position in life, would have fur
nished a theme for many pen and
pencil.
In their distress the garrison sent
messengers to the nearest settlements.
The response was immediate, and four
teen men from Cross Creek succeeded
in fighting their way through the sur
rounding savages and triumphantly
entering the fort. Forty mounted
men, under Captain Samuel McCul
loch, followed this first detachment to
the relief of the fort. Every prepara-
tlon was made by their friends inside
to assist them in their attempt to
enter. The gates were opened, and a
sortIe was organized to cover their adj
vance. After desperate hand to- hand
conflict, In which many Of the redskins
tYa:a tilla1 thav i1i"ceeded in fnrni n o
single man. McCulloch, however 1os
less fortunate than the rest Of his
company. Toward him the savaees
cherished a bitter hatred. A fear.
less and daring woodsman, dead
shot, and cunning scout, his
name was known throughout the entire
frontier, both to whites and Indians,
and he had been one of the most prom
inent figures in the numerous bloody
fights in which the two races had con
tended. Among the savages surround
ing the fort there were few who had
not lost either friend or a relative by
his unerring rifle. As he dashed for
wsrd in the rear of his troops. encour-
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-02-20
That Wooden. Headed Young Man.

"I take it for granted, Miss Laura"
said young DR.. Smidgley, that you
condemn, as all sensible young women
do. the unwholesome and barbarous
practice of tight lacing?" =.
"On the contrary, Mr.. Smidgeley,"
returned Miss Laura, with wistful,
wearing look in her glorious dark eye,
II think compression of the waist to
a reasonable extent not only harmless
but at times positively exhilarating."
And that dense, stupid, wooden
headed youth sat there for an hour and
argued with the young lady on the
evils Of tight laoing. Chicago Trib-
u1le.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-02-20

score or more of words ard phrases in
use twelve months ago have lapsed into
innocuous desuetude. Now, no one says
Brown was loaded tonight" or Brown
got caught in a blizzard. or Brown was
full" or Brown was leery," or Brown
was swamped."
Brown had jag last night" is the
modern expression which you can qualify
with any expressive adjective. "A cold
jag" is good form, mixed jag" is in
common use, and #. o. j." meaning
fine old Jag" is the very latest" but
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-02-20
A Senatorial Episode.

II the police will please look the
other way moment we will slyly slip
in the following communication sent to
us by youmorist, who appears to have
been marvelously inspired by the ma
jestic scene that lay before him as he
sat in the Senate gallery the other
day. He entities his prose epic "a
Senatorial Episode" It canters along
thus:
Sitting in the press gallery of the
Senate recently saw a Moody Senator
Beck to the Gray Butler, who seemed
to understand the signal, for he prompt
ly proceeded to Call the Stewart, who
hastily procured for the aforesaid SEN
ator Berry and Plumb. Very soon
thereafter he was seen to clasp both
hands over his Vest, from which it was
evident he was suffering great Payne.
Thereupon q Sawyer suggested that
the best remedy was a little Bate taken
out of black bottle, which was prompt
ly administered, and in short time the
patient was as Hale as country Squire
doing in his Pugh during the Sunday
morning service.
"By George" said he, "that little
Bate was worth kings Ransom. Now,
when 1 get the Barbour to give me q
nice shave, and take stroll on the
grass Platt and down through the Pad
dock to the Quay, will feel as happy
as the bank Teller who has escaped to
Canada with his pockets full of Doodle.
Then when 1 get to my quarters and
Frye any fish caught in the Quay over
a good Coke fire, l will be ready to go
to bed and bid Farwell to earthly
cares"
Now, he who cannot see the point of
this story should procure tallow-dip
from the Chandler, by the light of
which he may be able to Pierce the
darkness that envelops his under
standing Washington Post.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-02-20

been worn by the Irish down to the time
of Edward III, and by the SEQ. ch, with
cert ain variations, to much later date.
Charles VII. of France wore coats with
long tails to hide his legs, that were the
reverse of shapely. Henry p lantagenet,
Duke of Anjou, TO hide n large and un-
slightly excrescence on one of his feet,
wore shoes with excessively long points.
Henry VIII. is said, though there is
pretty good proof that extremely broad
boots were worn before his time, to have
occasionel the introduction of shoes OF
disproportionate breadth in order to OBJ
tain ease and comfort for feet that were
misshapen In all these instances, the
unsiehtly and ridiculous forms became SO
fashionable and so outrageous that
sumptuary laws had to be pas ed 10 re-
strict their use, or, rather, their proper
tions. Fines and her puishments were
imposed for welring boots with toes over
two inches in length, and at another
period for wearing shoes with toes above
six inches in breadth. The great Cardinal
Wolsey is said to have worn shoes of
gold The probability is that gold en-
broidery or leather stamped in gold is
what he really wore. 1t is rela ed that
courier named Robert in the third Ed
wards time, wore. the toes of his boots
SO long that he had to stuff them
them with tow and curl them up like
rams horn, from which they obtained the
name cornadu. The same thing, it is said,
was practiced as early as Rufus, and they
were before Edwards time worn i'll Cra-
COW.
Legal enactments put them down for
time, but they sprang into existence once
more. and writer of the period says: A
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-02-20

calls forth all that is social in ones ma
ture. No torpid liver should ever attempt
the champagne jag, for the sake of the
fine beverage spoiled. But when GENTLE
men and, mayhap, ladies, throw dull
care away to listen to the popping of
corks, the least harmful and most exhilar-
ating of jags is the result. Its happiest
effects are seen in the early morning. If
one can sing his soul pours forth in mel
ody; if one can dance the heels bespeak
his joyous condition. If neither accom-
plishment is vouchsafed the tongue loos-
ems at both ends and q. happy, harmless
loquacity reveals the jag. 1t is under
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-02-20

months salary. lie rests against the
Lar, and invites everybody to come up
and drink wine with him. He is very
sick the next day. The new young man
with o jag is a rara avis. and the newer
he is the more inclined he is to talk of
his jag.
The Jag acquired by too frequent pota-
tions OF hot drinks is a sad. sad Jag. The
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-02-20

&C ORDIN G to
Webster, a jag is a
small load; there
fore one who has q
jag carries q small
load. That is, if you
go strictly by the
dictionary's defni-
tion. But modern
lied jags are o f
many kinds; some
are weighty, and all
are expensive. The
meaning is SO COM
nra ahanc;ua fbof n
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-02-20

T would be as diff
fcult to fix the
period when foot
clothing was first
worn by m IN as to
fix the date Of his
existence. All that
is known in regard
to the former is that
in some of the most
ancient records al
lusions to foot COW
erings occur. These
tell that sandals and
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-02-20
StamDs lie Didn't Have.

He was stamp fiend, young and
precocious. The plain American stamp
had no interest for him. He was MAX
ing a collection of foreign ones, and so
when they sent him down to the post
Office for package he did not pay
much attention, but brought it home
and handed it over and skipped out to
play tag. Next day they showed him
new sister who had arrived. He
looked at her with some curiosity.
"Say, where did she come from?"
"Oh, from heaven"
"From heavenl Was that the pack
age I brought from the postoffice yes
terday, and I never knowed anything
about it ?"
"Yes."
"Gollyl why didn't you save me the
stamps ?"-Sa4o Francisco Chronicle.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-02-20

shoes were made by the Egypt,a ans and
the inhabitants of other Eastern coun-
tries from the leaves of the papyrus and
rawhides over 5000 years ago; but
whether foot clothing was first made from
vegetable or animal substances must re-
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-02-20
RACY CHAPTER ON JAGS.
swELLED HEADS THAT MAY BE AC-
QUIRED IN MANY WAYS.

Means of Getting Them Are Only Limited
by tho Com binations to Be Mado In Mix
ing Drinks-The Straight Whisky Jag Is
at the Bottom of the Ladder and the
Champagne jag at the Top.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-02-20
EVOLUTION OF A SHOE.
CHANGES THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE
IN THIRTY CENTURIES.

They Were Used Originally as Instruments
of Torture and to Degrade the Wearer-
Events That Led Up TO Crispin's Being
Made Patron Saint for Martyrdom to
His Calling.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-02-20

A BUSINESS woman: Jones Ito
former sweetheart)-So you are going
to throw yourself away on old Jimson?.
She-Throw myself away! 1 guess
you don't know that he has million
and bad case of heart disease. Call
that throwing myself away? That's
what l call getting fancy prices.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-02-20
THE ENGLISH SOVEREIGN.
A Pleasant Wow OF Queen Victoria.

,WT& WZ after break
l fast reads
>T&S and answers her letters
MAAAand transacts business.
V&@She is fond of the open
air, and if the weather
NJ, be favorable often has
her papers taken into
tent or summer-house
upon the lawn, which commands an
extensive and most lovely view of
Lochnagar its surrounding mountains,
and the Valley of the Dee.
After this comes walk Oh drive in
pony carriage, and then luncheon, at
which no one is ever present except
members of the royal family.
During the afternoon the Queen
takes long drive, often extending to
over thirty miles and always in an
open carriage. She dimes late, never
before $3.50 a. m. An hour spent in
the drawing talking with the
guests who may have been invited, fin
ishes the day, and the Queen retires to
rest.
No question of state is ever decided
finally until her Majesty has been con-
suited and she is such a sensible and
clever woman that she has often put
her Ministers right and settled q diff
cult point, and generally for the best.
The Queen is faithful to her old
friends and thoughtful for everybody
with whom she comes in contact, re-
membering the smallest details about
them their families, and their occupa-
t1ons, and giving evidence of this at
most unexpected moments. A circum-
stance which happened to me iustifes
strongly the truth of this. Four years
ago | was singing at the Royal Opera
at Berlin, and was not even aware that
the Queen knew of my engagement
there. 1, soon after my debut, was at
large dinner party at the English
Embassy, and sitting next to me was
one Of the gentlemen of the Crown
Princess household. During dinner
he put into my hand telegram, telling
me to read it. This was from the
Queen to her daughter now the EN-
press Frederick, recommending me to
her and desiring her to do all she could
for me. Needless to say that after
this was so excited that I could eat
no dinner, and insisted on keeping
the telegram, one of my precious
souvenirs.
Her Majesty is fond of music and is
good musician.
The Queen herself looks after the
welfare of all her tenants and servants,
and if any one of them is sick she is the
first one to pay them visit and take
them little comforts.
During her stay in Scotland she takes
pleasure during her drives in stop
ping at various cottages to ask after
the welfare of the inmates. When so
occupied the Queen is as kind and SIM
pie as any ordinary lady could be.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-02-20

THERE'S nothing like fame, and even
the children recognize it, as is illus.
trated in this dialogue; Bob-My
dads squire and gets his name in
the paper every day. Tom contempt
uously)-That's nothin'. My dad took
Jink's liver pills and got his picter in
the papers.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-02-20
A Fresh, Cory Arm.

Writes an old timer: "The night
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated I
witnessed curious incident, which 1
shall never forget. | was one of o
party of young men playing billiards
about square from Ford's Theater,
where Lincoln was shot. The fatal
shot had not more than died away in
the reverberations in the theater than
word flew like wildfre along the street
that Lincoln was assassinated. A
young medical student who knew our
party happened to be returning home
from the dissecting room when he
heard the news. He was carrying the
forearm of man, and had it wrapped
in newspaper. When he heard the
awful news he threw away the news
paper and, swinging the ghastly
human bone above his head, rushed
into our billiard loom and shouted in
an excited manner: Lincoln is kill
ed? We thought he was insane, and
it was some time before we could be
made to believe the news. All of us,
together with the medical student,
Joined the surging mass of humanity
that collected around the theater. An
hour after, when the excitement had
cooled down somewhat and we were
walking away, one of our party asked
the medical student what he was car
rying in his hand. 1t was the human
bone. The bleeding, ghastly thing
was taken from O stiff that night,
and he had clung to it during all the
excitement in the crowd"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-02-20

II. we're distinguished by high heels and
longish toes, tapering toward their points,
but cut square at the ends, The uppers of
which not only covered the instep but
extended some distance over the shins of
their wearers.
Buckles, it is said, were first used in
the reign of William Ill, but the brass
of Robert Attelath at Lynn, who died in
1876, is pictured with shoes with buckles.
The costliness of many of the buckles SO
worn is placed beyond doubt from the
fact that they were often fashioned of
the most precious metals and studded
with brilliants. William himself wore
high jack boots scarcely differing in form
from and having the same belongings by
way of instep-guards as those of his
predecessor. They were cut as ugly as
can possibly be imagined.
Ladies' shoes had high heels. 1t was
quite common 10 bridge the arch with q
leathern clog. The high-cut quarter
shoe was worn by men during the reign
of George 1. and George IL.
Buckled shoes lasted down to the be-
ginning of the present century. They
were speedily succeeded by shoes fastened
with strings. In the reign of George
III. close-ftting top boots, the legs of
which were cut from grained leather,
were very commonly worn. L He upper
portion was cut more to resemble the
form of the leg, and it was furnished
with turnover or top, as it was after
ward called. High boots SO cut were
found to be difficult to get on and off,
and in the process of time the height Of
leg was lowered. In many of these low
cred boots the turnover reached down to
the ankle. 1t was during this reign that
the Hessian came into fashion perhaps
the handsomest boot ever worn. This
boot was German importation; but
boots similarly cut are known TO have been
worn in Bohemia as early as 100. This
WAS followed by the Wellington.
In the reign of George ~. ladies wore
boots laced up the front.
The Blucher, which came into fashion
in the early po' ton of the present Gen.
tury, continued in great favor down to q
very recent date, and even yet it is not
entirely displaced. The introduction of
elastic within the memory of readers of
moderate age did much to dscountenance
the BlucLer boot.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-02-20
CAPT. MCULLOCHSLEAP
An Incident of Border Life at
Wheeling, West Virginia.
W E n L Y-FIV \

W e n L Y-FIV E
rough log cabins
comprised the ham
let of Wheeling, w
Va, in the yea,
1775. 1t was on the
far western border
of colonial civiliza
tion, and, occupy
ing an extremely
isolated position.
suffered severely
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-02-20

hot-drinks jag is never remembered with
enthusiasm. Sad, stupid, and sea-sick,
the man with hot drinks jag is to be
pitied.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-02-20

THE place to see sea serpents is
when you are "half seas over"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-02-20

IT certainly will be necessary to
look into the opera glass trust.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-02-20
Twill give thee sweet pleasure If thou wilt

draw near.
And ah Robin dearest let me thee entwining
Burn into thy soul the sweet passion of love
Or reyel me in its sweet comfort sublimng
And Joy in its glory which comes from above
CHICAGO, Ill.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1890-01-08
mlains intelligence.

Owing to the bad condition of ths roads. mining is almost at s standstill al the Eita camp,
 Robert Cartnell left today 1 the Bradshaw mountains, 10 fix up the old Tiger mill and pat it in condition to run.
 Jaoeb Hsskle came in yesterday from his Rapid Transit mine in the Bradshaw mosntains, which is one of the best properties la the county.
 Mr. Colchester, who recently inspect cd mines in Greek Canyon, hss travslsd from the nsrth psle ts the South ssas, nearly, lceking at mines. He. cay. be likes Arizona AS well as any place hs has sssn.
 The Hockinghird lniMs has bsea elessd temporarily, on account st ,hs storms snd bad reads.
 English capital is locking 10 this sec. ton just now for opportunities for in- yestment in minss.
 Mr. Colchester. representing English hss ID ads an exhaustive ex- Aminatiee of A group ei mines in CrooA Canyon, ssd left for the east today, ts report ea the property. He eI- presses ainssli as highly pleased, not euly with shese properties but with the general mining outlook fer this section.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1890-01-08
City Council peceealnes.

The city council met last evening in regular monthly session.
 Application of Martin Maior, for peimiss'on to connect pipe with the city water works, for steam purposes, received and privilege granted. the value to be determined by the city ep. gineer.
 The clerk was instructed te notify the chief of police to make his annual report, as required by law.
 Report ef c. r. Hicks, city assessor and collector for quarter ending Do esr,ber 3Ist, received as fsllsws: 1l9 licenses, amounting to Sl,l2sOS water Ter September si1760, for 0oto- Der 63 66, ssi for November Sl6I. 30 ; tsxss s2.5So.Sl; delinquent taxes $l99.7l. Total collections during auar- ter from all sources, $4,3ls.l2. Of this amount Sl,OlI 06 were collected da- ring the asnth of December.
 City treasurer Geo. s. Porter reported the anssaat of cash sp hand in the cily treasury January 9th, 1890, ss g., ,ss2s4.
 Council adjourned.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1890-01-08
Wednesdays Edition.
Another blizzard is raging east

Another blizzard is raging east
 Ten new influenza patients were re ported at ths whipple hospital yssser day.
 Councilman Connell had his flag ur
 today celebrating Ais victory ef yester- day.
 The weather moderated today and an otser rain storm set in jast before neen.
 Robert Brow has gone so Dakota. to visit relatives and to get ''sniii" of genuine hlizEsri.
 Judge c. C. W. Freneh's numerous friends will be pleased to learn that his health has improved slightly.
 Mercury on Monday msraing stood at degrees above 1sro, on Tuesday morning !, and at 1s this morning.
 Governor Hill, os New York, taking his cue frsm Senator German ol Mary land, opssses the Australian system of voting.
 The lower dam of the WslRut Grove Water Storage Company has been coa. pleted. About ihee miles of Hume is also completed.
 Engine number three was raised rem the mud yesterday aud landed safely in the shops SC that the train sss able to leave on time to-day.
 The Democratic rump legislature si Montana have geae through the for mality oi elscting W A. Clark and Col NsGiaais ss uaited States sea ators.
 oas Of the JoURSAL-AISER carriers was sick last svssing. and failing to report the fact to this office. subscri. bsrs on ais route were not supplied with papers.
 The beard of supervisors, on Taos- day afternoon. cenpleted its ssttlsmen, with the treasurer, and received and accepted his report si taxes collected. The amount of cash en hand is S63,- 574.2l. The amount received during last quarter was SIS. .939.53.
 An ex.iieasurer of Coehise county Is under indictment fer embeEEliag funds belonging to that. county. A demo- cratic sx-trsasuref sg this county, whose was larger amount, es. capped indictment A few years ago through political innnsnce. h both eases the amount smbe1zlea as made good by bondsmen.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1890-01-08

What is cela in the hosdl Medi- cal authorities say 1t is due 10 uneven clothing of the body, rapid cooling when in precipitation, etc. The i'm pertant point is, that & cold in the head is an inflammation of the lining mem. brane of the nose, which, when nn- checked, is certain Co produce ca tarrhal oonditien--fcr ostarrh Is essen- tially a "cold" which nature is no lon ger able to resolve" or throw of. Ely's Cream Balm has proved it's suPe- riori,y, snd sufferers should resort to 1t before that common silnent becomes seated and ends in obstinate catsyrh.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1890-01-08
susrssss .ocAIs.

Birch Beer at the Fashion Saloon. StoddsTt's Buffalo mead at the sas- erac nl4tf
 stonewaTi Whisky at the Monte zuma. If Fine stock of Saddles a. osenborg Ere $. dlu
 Cowboy outfits speciality at ossn- burg's. dlu
 Schooner Beer at the Aontezuma, 5 cts. slass. If $
 Greatest drink of the age--Bufalo mead, at the Sscerae. ni4ti
 Fine stock o. diamonds just received at NJ Goldwater 4 Bros. u
 Try bo,f', of Toland's Tonic, for sale at 'Ls Corner Drug Store. sf
 Try bottle of Tolsnd's Tonic, for sale at the Corner Drug Store. If
 Christmas and New Year Cards,iat Geldwater's. u
 Christmas and New Year Cards, at Goldwater's. a
 Call and inspect J. L. Fishers stock of Xmas Cards. d5u
 Christmas cards in endless variety and styles at J. l.. Fishers. d5ti
 Just tue thing for 6 holiday present Those elegant diamonds at M. Gold water < Bro. fl
 Rubber overshses, rubber boots. rubber coats, and srstics, in sndlsss quantities. at J l.. Fishers. d5u