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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-09-25
Cast Iron Bricks.

What are termed hollow cast iron
bricks form the subject of recent Ger
man patent described in the technical
journals, the article being the invention
of an Erfurt mechanic. As the name in
dlcates, they are made of regular brick
form and size, the walls being O12
inches thick, but no mortar or other
binding material is intended to enter in
to their use, the method of fastening
adopted being as follows: The upper
and lower sides of the bricks are pro-
vided with grooves and protecting ribs,
which fit into one another easily and per-
fectly, so as to make uniform and com
plete union or combination.
There are in addition two large circu-
lar openings in the upper side of each
brick, arranged to receive suitably
formed projections on the lower side Of
the brick above, one of these projections
being also hooked shape, thus securing a
more secure hold; and in order that the
joints be made and remain air and water
tight, fluid is applied to the surface Of
the bricks with a brush. The non-con-
Quoting air spaces in the bricks, and the
case with which they may be put to-
gether and taken apart without iniur1ng
them, are cited as special advantages in
their favor as substitute for ordinary
bricks and brick construction.-TCh Chicago
Journal of Commerce.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-09-25
A Diminutive Millionaire.

Jacob Seligman is the smallest million
aire in the world. He is hardly more
than four feet high, and he strikes you
comically as having just stepped out of
museum collection. Pardon me, but
he will not be offended. Nobody gets
mere fun out of his size, or rather want
of size, than he does himself. Even
when people, who intend to make him
feel good, remark that if he were stand
ing on his money he would be as big as
the late lamented Irish giant, he smiles
and says, "My littleness is what made
me my money" And so it did truly, in
a degree, at least. In fact, he realized
the market value of his diminutive size
so thoroughly that he had it copyrighted
years ago. In the collection of
quaint and curious trademarks at
Washington you can find his "Little
Jake" He is reputed to be worth about
$15, 100000. He came from Germany
when a boy, and went out to Michigan
twenty y-nine years ago without dollar
He grew up with the country, and man
aged to seize pretty big slice of it while
the process was taking place. He owns
a railroad, a private bank, the greater
part of national bank, and only he
knows what all besides. He is giving
himself entirely to this sort of thing
nowadays. 1t was in mercantile pur-
suit, however, that he got his big start.
He ran eleven clothing stores at once at
Saginaw. 1t was in that business that his
own trademark, "Little jake" did him
so much good Philadelphia Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-09-25
A South American Beverage.

I can testify from experience, says
Fannie B. Ward in the Washington
Star, that the civilized chicha of Peru and
Bolivia, the universal beverage of the
lower classes, is good enough for any
body. There are many ways Of making
it in different parts of South America.
That most common in the two countries
above mentioned is from shelled corn,
well washed and bruised then tied up in
leaves and boiled ten or twelve hours
until quite soft. This pulpy matter is
then run through coarse sieves and put
into barrels, which are filled up with
water. Miehl Goney) or sugar-cane
syrup is then added in varying degrees
to suit the taste of the chicha maker,
and after few days of fermentation it
is ready to drink.
Another and perhaps more common
method is to put the shelled corn, un
cooked, into large, square holes dug in
the ground not deeper than six or eight
inches, the top and bottom being well
covered with layer of clean straw.
Water is then poured on several times
every day and in the course of week or
two the corn begins to sprout. When
these shoots have grown about an inch
long the corn is taken out crushed be-
tween stones, put into barrels and fer
mented with water and honey as before.
Chicha is not intoxicating unless taken
in inordinate quantities, but is mildly ex-
hilarating, and among the poorer classes
in measure takes the place of food. 1t
is the fashion among los ricos and the
foreigners to treat one another to picante
luncheon-meaning native dishes made
very hot with peppers and ali, cooled by
goblets of chicha.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-09-25
sALTED sUNFLowER SEED.
They Play a Great Part in Russian
Life-A Big Field of Sunfowers.

All Russia, writes Thomas Stevens in
the New York World, nibbles salted
sunflower seeds in its moments of
leisure. Imagine half the citizens OF
the United States carrying, habitually,
q supply of peanuts around in their
pockets and nibbling them continual I,
and you have a hardly exaggerated idea
of the ubiquitous part played by the
salted sunfower-sced in Russian life. In
the circus, in the theatre, in the offices,
the shops, the tea-houses, the city streets,
the village door-stoop, men, women, girls,
and boys, peasants, mobiles, merchants,
soldiers, everybody, everywhere, eats
salted sunflower- seeds.
People who have seen the big sunfower
as garden ornament can have only dim
conception of the magnificent sight af-
forded by a forty-acre field of these
gorgeous yellow blossoms. | first saw
field of them in the morning, when every
big round golden face, without an excep-
tlon in all myriads, was looking toward
the east. The scene was striking,
and suggested vast multitude of floral
Aztecs worshiping the morning sun.
Not being aquainted with the habits of
the sunfower wondered all the morning
whether all those worshipful faces would,
in the evening, be turned towards the
west. So | watched other fields as we
rode along and learned, what every other
reader of the World very likely knows
already, that the sanflower always turns
its face to the east.
There was, believe, short time ago,
a question regarding the propriety of
choosing National flower for the United
States, and considerable sentiment was
disclosed in favor of the sunflower.
Could Americans see one of those broad
fields in full and radiant blossom the sun
flower undoubtedly would carry the day.
The sunfower crop is one of the best
paying in Russia. A good crop is worth,
as it stands in the field, 100 rubles des-
siative, or about, twenty-five dollars an
acre. The seeds are sold by the farmer
for one and half to two rubles pood.
Then the merchants salt them and retail
them for four rubles pood, and at about
every street crossing in Russian pro-
vincial cities are stands and peddlers with
baskets, selling to the passers- by the salt
ed product of the big sunflower. In the
field the suntlowers are sowed in rows like
the "drilled corn" of the Kansa7 farmer,
and, like corn, are cultivated and hilled
up with shovel ploughs.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-09-25
Beneath the Sea.

During the last three years, DR.. II. Fol
has been making excursions into region
little frequented by man-that lying be-
meath the surface of the Mediterranean
and has gained larger experience of
subaqueous existence than any other
person has enjoyed. After short time
his diving dress became not at all dis.
agreeable, though he found it advisable
not to continue ''dive" beyond quar-
ter of an hour. He found charm in the
unfamiliar sights of the sea, and was able
to make unexpectedly good natural his
tory collections. He declares that the
notion of walking upright is false one,
as it is necessary to incline the body for
ward at least forty-five degrees. After
the first few yards down all the light is
so blue that even red objects cease to APP
pear red. The limits of vision are greatly
shortened, and at depth of 100 feet it
is possible to see in a horizontal direction
only about twenty-feet under a clouded
sky to perhaps eighty feet under the most
favorable conditions. This difficulty Of
seeing through the water is mentioned as
likely to prove a serious obstacle in the
way of submarine navigation.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-09-25
CURES BY HYPNoTIsM.
Two Remarkable Cases Reported by
German Doctor,


Professor L. Hirt, of Breslau, has re-
Gently effected two rather remarkable
cures by means of hypnotism. Eckhard
Klein. the twelve. yesr-ol son of Privy
Councillor Klein, in Breslau, had suffered
since January, 1889, from a severe and
painful cough. At first the fits of cough
ing were comparatively infrequent.
After six or seven months they came upon
the boy daily, and were exceedingly
violent. As winter approached they be-
came so exhausting that the boy could do
no work of any kind, often lay in bed all
day, breathed with the greatest difficulty,
and often spit blood. Persons through
out the neighborhood were kept awake
nights by his paroxysms, and in the
Klein household sleep was almost impos-
sible. Privy Councillor Klein resolved
to take his ailing son to an Italian resort
for consumptives, and incidentally men
toned his plan to DIR. Hirt, who asked
whether hypnotism had been among the
dozens of remedies already tried, and,
offered his services. Privy Councillor
Klein and his son went to DIR. Hirt's
office the next day. The boy was weak,
white and painfully thin. "Ihypnotized
him by the usual method" writes Dr.
Hirt. "Then l suggested to him
that he had had bad throat, but
that it had just become well, and
he would sleep soundly during the COM
ing night. l said this repeatedly, in
clear, decided tone, and rubbed and
pressed gently the larynx as l spoke.
You cannot cough now, it is impossible
l said finally. When you go to bed you
will fall asleep at once, and will not wake
up till morning. Do you understand
Yes he answered you are entirely
well, and you must say, 4 am entirely
WELL He said it. tapped him lightly
on the forehead and he awoke. That
was last February 4. On the next day
father and son came to me. He is all
right, said the father, and you need not
treat him again. The boy stayed at
home, went to studying as usual, slept
without any interruption, and in three
months was thoroughly healthy and
healthy looking"
The other cure is described thus by
DR.. Hirt: "Franz W., 13-year-old son of
a widow in Schweidnitz, was brought to
me on February 10. Since the preceding
November he had been quite voiceless in
consequence of a development of
hoarseness that had begun some weeks be-
fore. The examination of his throat re-
vealed no cause for the trouble, nor was
the boy otherwise diseased. l then
treated him according to the method of
Mesmer- -Bernheim. | brought him un-
der my iniuenceand told him his throat
was all well. l said to him decidedly
several times that his lack of voice had
been only imagination, and that he could
speak as loudly as anyone. These sug-
gestions I accompanied with a stroking
and slight kneading of the throat. After
one vain effort he spoke little. AS he
continued talking he gradually recovered
his voice till, in three minutes, he was
able to speak as clearly and as strongly
as ever The boy left the city the next
day. A colleague in his native town
tells me the cure was perfect and per-
mnnpnt
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-09-25
The Doctor Did Not Say Word.

A prominent surgeon at recent ban
quet told the following story on we'll
known young physician who was present.
Calling the attention of all present to the
young man, he said: 81 have good joke
on John. He had very bad case of
pneumonia which he had treated very
well. His patient pulled along very well,
and was finally nearly well. John told
him so, but said that in three days he
would call again to see if anything fur
ther was needed. In three days he
called. His patients brother met him
at the door with long face and said, 4
have sad news for you, doctor; brother
is dead John stood there for minute
and thought, well, how am I going to
get out of this9 have got to let myself
down easy He began to run over in
his mind all the causes that might pro-
duce sudden death, and finally decided
on one that he thought would do. He
said: Such things happen now and then
Sometimes one cause and sometimes an
other brings it on. Now, expect that
with your brother clot of blood sud-
denly formed in the heart and killed
him He ratified this off and kept talk
ing for several minutes without giving
his listener time to say word. He stood
with his mouth open and gazed at the
doctor as he fred technical terms at him.
Finally, as John stopped to take breath,
he said in the most serious tone: No,
doctor, that amt what killed brother
He went down to the canal and fell in
and was drowned John did not say
word, but left, as the horse was on him,
and has never had the heart to send in
his bill. y Louisville Commercial.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-09-25
Severe Seasons.

Among facts collected by M. Willard,
Of Valence, concerning unusual seasons
of Europe in past centuries, are the fol-
lowing; The winter of 1889 was so mild
that corn-liowers were sold in Paris In
February, and new wine was drunk at
Liege on August "a. In 140S the cold
was so severe that nearly all the Paris
bridges were carried away by the ice,
ink froze in the pen near a fire, and the
sea between Norway and Denmark was
entirely covered with ice. The summers
of 1873 and 1474 were disastrously hot.
In the winter of 1544-45 wine froze in
barrels all over France, and was sold in
cakes by the pound. The Rhone and
nearly all other rivers froze in 1572-73
so that carriages might cross. In 1885
the winter was so mild that corn was in
ear at Easter, but part of May was ex-
tremely cold.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-09-25

Il UepUTIaTe
from ordinary methods has long
been adopted by the makers of DIR.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery.
They know what it can do-and
they guarantee it. Your money
is promptly returned, if it fails to
benefit or cure in all diseases arising
from torpid liver or impure blood.
No better terms could be asked for.
No better remedy can be had.
Nothing else that claims to be a
blood-purifier is sold in this way
because nothing else is like the
&C. NJ. D."
So positively certain is it in its
curative effects as to aoarrant its
makers in selling it, as they are do
ing, through druggists, on trail
It's especially potent in curing
letter, Salt-rheum, Eczema, Ery-
sipelas, Boils, Carbuncles, Sore
Eyes, Goitre, or Thick Neck, and
Enlarged Glands, Tumors and
Swellings. Great Eating Ulcers
rapidly heal under its benign in
fluence. Worlds Dispensary Med
ical Association, 663 Main Street,
Buffalo, N, Y.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-09-25
Preservation of Harness,

The best preservativc of harness is
occasional washing with warm water and
saturation with some oily substance, by
which the leather is preserved from the
alternating damp and dryness and from
the destructive effects of the prevalent
impure air of the stables. The harness
should be taken apart and wiped with
sponge moistened with warm water and
CASTLE soap. While damp it is then
thoroughly dressed with mixture of
two parts Of tallow and one part of castor
oil, mixed when melted; to this is added
sufficient lamp-black to restore the color
to the leather. This is thoroughly rubbed
into the harness with bunch of oakum
or brush. The surplus is then removed
by means of rubbing with cloth FL
nally castor oil with a small quantity of
carbolic acid to give it perceptible
odor, is rubbed into the leather as long
as it will be absorbed. This preserves
the harness from rats and mice, which
are apt to gnaw 1t where it has been
moistened by the perspiration of the
horses. 1t is wise thing to have close
closet in some convenient place to hang
the harness in.-[New York Times.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-09-25
A Combination of Fiddles.

A new invention in musical instru.
ments has been brought ou by German
which is causing a good deal Of interest.
This is called a bowed piano, but is really
a case resembling pianoforte frame, and
containing six violins, two violas and two
violoncellos, the strings of which are
tuned to different notes. The instru-
ments are connected by circular bands,
which are brought into contact with the
strings by means of the keyboard, the
hammers of which bear upon the bands
with varying pressure.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-09-25

In an out-of-the- e-way corner of an out
of-the-way Boston graveyard stands a
battered tombstone, bearing the follow
ing epitaph: sacred to the memory of
Eben Harvey, who departed this life sud-
denly and unexpectedly by a COW kick
ing him onthe 14th of September,
1858. Well done, good and faithful
servant"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-09-25

When an article has stood the test of public
trial upward Of forty years, like DR.. Tobias 3
Venetian Iiniment, can there be any doubt
about its possessing real merit2
Ask any druggist and he will tell you that
this valuable preparation is looked upon as
one of the standard articles of his trade; while
the enormous sale and rapidly increasing de-
mand from year to year is at once the surest
evidence of its usefulness and popularity.
Pain yields Immediately to its wonderful
curative properties, therefore no family
should be without bottle Of 1t in the house.
Hundreds of dollars and many hours of suf-
fering may be saved by its timely use. No
matter If you have no confidence in patent
medicines try this and you will be sure to
buy again and recommend it to your friends.
May dew aud morning air will make your
faces bright and fair. U 80
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-09-25
Put the saddle on the right horse.

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
& Co.. Kansas City, Mo. Write for particulars
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-09-25
You can't have your cake, and eat it toe


The high position attained and the universa,
acceptance and approval of the pleasant lionid
fruit remedy Syrup of Figs, as the most excel
lent laxative known, illustrate the value q,
the qualities on which its success is based and
are abundantly gratifying to the California
Fig Syrup Company.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-09-25

Money invested in choice one hundred dol
lar building lots in suburbs of Kansas City will
pay from Ave hundred to one thousand per
cent the next few years under our plan. 80
cash and s. per month without interest con-
trols desirable lot. Particulars on application.
y. ID. Bauerlein d Co. Kansas City, Mo.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-09-25

NJ. L. Thompson & Co., Druggists, Con-
dersport, Pa, say Halls Catarrh Cure is the
best and only sure cure for catarrh they ever
sold. Druggists sell 1t, T5c.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-09-25

less In effect quick and positive in action.
Sent prepaid on receipt Of 81 per bottle.
Adeler q Co. ,522 Wyandotte ST., Kansas City Mo
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-09-25

Timber, Mineral, Farm Lands and Ranches
in Missouri, Kansas, Texas and Arkansas,
bought and sold Tyler 81 Co., Kansas City, Mo.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-09-25

7 Keep alfalfa closely cropped if the weeds
are growing among it. In this manner the
weeds will be killed, while the alfalfa becomes
stronger.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-09-25

Rule children with love, it comes from
above.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-09-25

Woman, her diseases and their treatment.
~ pages, Illustrated; price Soc Sent upon re-
cept Of i0c., cost Of mailing etc. Address Prof.
r. H. KLINE M D., 93l Arch St, Phila., Pa.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-09-25

If afflicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thomp.
son EYe-water. Druggists sell at Roper bottle
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-09-25

Do your clothes last as they used tor II not,
you must be using a soap or lrdshing TlOtpder
that rots them. Try the good Old-Jdsti med
as in 1856 - '
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-09-25

ARE THE OLDEST FAMILY STANDARD.
A Purely Vegetable Compound, without
mercury or other injurious mineral. Safe
and sure always. For sale by all Druggists.
Full printed directions for using with each
package. DR.. Schenck's new book on Ths
Lungs, Liver and Stomach SENT FREE. Ad-
dress Dr. ]. II. Schenck & Son. Philadelphia
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-09-25
An Argument That VIII Not Fatigue You.

Keep your hands clean if you can't get
them full.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-09-25

The more bad eggs for shilling the worse
the bargain.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-09-25

HB1sy-boLies are always busy with doing mis-
chief
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-09-25

Oklahoma Guide Book and Map sent any whore
on receipt of 90 cts. Tyler Co., Kansas City, Mo-
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-09-25

Bad eyes see no good.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-09-25
Beauty hath made wise mon fools.

Money invested in sums of from 81 to e5
weekly or monthly will make you a fortune.
Write for inf rmation. Benz. Lewis & Co., So-
ourity Building, Kansas City, Mo.
Children are certain cares and careful COM
fortg
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-09-25

More rapidly than you make it in any other business
with ten times the capital invested. At the same
time the Wells you make will furnish nothing but
pure water, all surface seepings being shut out
permanently.
This advertisement will appear but oncel Cut
out and preserve address.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-11-07
IMPORTS ARE THE PAY FOR EXPORTS.

The passage of the MCKINLEY bill for
the purpose of shutting out from American
markets the goods of Europe has begun 10
do what it was expected to do. Importa-
tions of foreign goods feel a slackened
movement. But another result not anticl.
pated by the friends of protection is also
felt. That, is the export Of American goods
to Europe is also falling off, 1t is found,
too, that the export decreases with the i'm
port When imports are heavy, exports
are heavy. Each is the pay for the other.
To stop one is to stop the other.
The protectionists thought they could
stop the import without stopping the ex-
port, and we should receive our pay in gold.
We might thus drain the gold from other
countries and get it all for ourselves.
The trouble with this theory is that il
doesn't work in practice. Forign trade is
simply trade, or barter. Goods pay for
goods. No money is used in foreign com
merce. We do not receive Chinese coins in
payment for the goods we send to that
country. We receive tea, silk and fire
crackers. We do not receive English
sovereigns and shillings in payment for the
goods we send to Great Britain, though we
send every year vastly more to that coun-
try than we receive from it. English mer-
chants pay US the balance with the goods of
nther nations to which they have sent more
goods than they have received from those
countries. No country in the world could
pay for imported goods with money. There
r not enough money in any country in the