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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-04-03
IaDOr Knew Eismere.

A new story comes to the front about
ex-senator Tabor of Colorado, says the
Washington Post. During the Sena-
torial contest which resulted in the
election of Ed Wolcott, Tabor was vio-
lently opposed to the formers election.
A gentleman from the East called on
Tabor and found the ex-senator going
over list of the members of the Legis-
lature. The Eastern gentleman had
some business with Tabor, and when
through with it he thought he would en-
gage in general conversation, and
having just read the much-talked-o OF
latest publication, he said to Tabor
Senator, what do you think of Robert
ElsmereP"
"Elsmere?" said Tabor; "oh, Wolcott
bought and paid for that id scoun'
drel three months ago. No use trying
to do anything with him."
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-04-03

dunn length, thirty-six to thirty seven
inches being the limits for man of
average height, 5 feet s INCHES.
The covert overcoat, made of covert
overcoming, modified for street wear,
will be quite popular with many who
have no very profound regard for the
eternal fitness of things.
For day and half-dress the double
breasted frock is the. most appropriate,
as it is the most elegant style of coat
made. For day dress it will have
lapels of ample width, well peaked,
and silk-faced to the button-holes, Of
which there will be five on each side.
1t will roll when closed to the third
hole, but when unbuttoned will roll
free. The lengths for man of aver
age height will be eighteen and one
half inches to the hip buttons and
thirty-six inches to the bottom of
skirts. 1t will be made of worsteds and
cheviots.
The threebutton cutaway frock will
be, as for several seasons, more popu
lar than the four, two, or one buttoner.
The lengths will average eighteen and
one-half and thirty-three inches, the
roll will be moderately long, and the
fronts will be cut away SO as to show
one button of the vest. The four-but-
toner will close higher on the chest
and button trife lower, while the
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-04-03
AFTER THE BALL.
BY EMILE CLARE.

Fling back the curtain and let In the light,
Strains of sweet music are floating tonight
On the breath of balm-breathing air
The hght-hearted dancers in circles 60 by,
With blush on the cheek and smile in the
For bravery and beauty are there
Fling back the curtain, and once again gaze
On all the old scenes-the wearisome days
The sunshine, the shadow and rain.
Are there apples OF Sodom whose ashes still
cling,
Crushed roses whose thorns still fostering sting,
That gossip and sport with the brain?
Fling back the curtain-re- enact the old play,
The hopes and the fears; have you nothing to
say2
Nothing that brings you pang of regret
Nothing you would not be glad to forget,
And never know after the ball? -. sras4
The haunts we so loved, are they murmuring
still
In their dark robes of green-the clear singing
At the foot of the spicy birch treeP
Do the choir in the wildwood sing giayly as when
We wandered together in that ove-haunted glen
And praised their rare minstrelsy?
Could my steps but keep pace with the wings OF
my mind,
! would leave this fair land and its treasures
behind
And roam over meadow and void;
The hillside and valley again d retrace.
Your true hand to lead, would visit each place
We loved once so fondly Of old.
Fling back the curtain and let in the light,
This is u scene that is sacred tonight,
And yearly its bliss l recall;
And while youth is treading its light mazes
through
I'll linger moment, beloved, with you,
In memory OF After the Ball"
And now when life's giddy waltzes are DONE
When the lights are all out and the dancers are
gone,
With the pleasures that come at our call
Will you sit in your cozy arm chair and repeat
The low whispered words so wonderous sweet,
The parting just after the ball?
ANITA, Iowa.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-04-03
The Small Boys Scheme.

"Gimme nickel's worth of buck
shot," said st. Paul gamin wearing
somewhat disordered raiment. His
head just topped the counter in ba-
zar devoted to sporting goods.
"I suppose he will load them into a
rusty pistol and accidentally shoot some
one of his intimate friends,' suggeste
bystander.
"Oh, no." replied the proprietor of the
gun store; she has no firearms. He is
going in to beat the nickel-in-the- slot
scheme, and I suppose 1 am particeps
criminis."
"How?"
"Why, he will put them on the
street-car track; the car will convert
them into the exact size of nickles and
pennies, and, of course, you can antici
pate the financial panic liable to ensue
in st. Paul shortly, with gum ma
chine at almost every corner" - St
Paul Pioneer Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-04-03
The LongeYitY Of Birds.

The swan is the longest-lived bird,
and it is asserted that it has reached
the age of 100 years. Knauer, in his
work entitled "Naturhistoriker," states
that he has seen falcon that was 1862
years old. The following examples are
cited as to the longevity of the eagle
and vulture: A sea eagle captured in
IT'S, and already several years of age,
died 104 years afterward, in 1919; a
white-headed vulture, captured in 1706,
died in 1926, in one of the aviaries Of
Schoenbrunn Castle, near Vienna.
where it had passed llS years in cap
tivity. Paroquets and ravens reach an
age of over 100 years. The life of sea
aud marsh birds sometimes equals that
of several human generations. Like
many other birds, magpies live to be
very old in state of freedom, but do
not reach over twenty or twenty-five
years in captivity. The nightingale
lives but ten years in captivity and the
blackbird fifteen. Canary birds reach
an age of from twelve to fifteen years
in the cage, but those flying at liberty
in their native islands reach q much
more advanced age.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-04-03
Two Hundred Women Killed.

A letter from Zanzibar says that owe,
a year ago caravan of 300 Arabs left
the East Coast to go into the interior to
trade. They have now returned, and
one of the chiefs relates their advent
ures. Arriving at Kavirondo, on the
northeast shores of Victoria Nyanza
the Arabs saw that the natives had
good deal of ivory and that they had nc
guns. They attacked the tribe, anG
before the shooting had gone on long
the natives were willing to do anything
to make peace.
After long palaver with the chiefs
the Arabs agreed to leave the country
upon the payment to them Of two hun
dred tusks of ivory and two hundred
young women. The natives were GLAD
to get rid of the enemy even on these
hard conditions. As soon as they re
ceived the ivory and the women the
Arabs started for the coast. They had
terrible time in the Nasal country.
There was drought, and they almost
perished of thirst. Then provisions
became scarcer and scarcer, and the
whole party was in danger of starva-
tion. Finally the Arab chiefs decided
that, in order to save themselves anc
their ivory, it would be necessary tc
sacrifice their female slaves, who were
very weak from their deprivations and
could march no further.
That night all of these two hundred
young women were shot to death and
their bodies were left in the camp foI
beasts of prey. The victims happily
had not a moments warning of theiI
impending fate. Each murderer Sc
lected his intended victim, and the
horrible crime was accomplished sc
speedily that few of the women made
any outcry. With their force thus
summarily reduced the Arabs were
able to pull through the desert re
gion, obtaining little more food thar
barely enough to sustain life.
The chief who related these facts
in Zanzibar showed no compunctions
whatever for the terrible crime ir
which he had assisted, but mentioned
the massacre only to give an idea o;
the great loss they had sustained by
the necessary sacrifice of the two hun
dred slaves. 1t is curious fact thai
some of the murderers were troubled
in mind because their necessities hao
compelled them to eat rats and othel
unclean food, which is prohibited tt
Mohammedans on the march. h.-ReUat,
| FrdncdiSe.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-04-03

Such occurrences. Inc DeSt pfecOn-
certed arrangements, however, are
often inapplicable, and success de-
pends mainly on the presence of mind
Of the watch, the man at the life buoy,
and the normal condition of the boats.
A cool hand will drop the life buoy
sometimes within reach of a man;
bothered" one will either not let go
ut all or do so before the man has got
near the stern. OF all persons aboard
ship, the officer of the deck should be
cool and collected.
Rear Admiral S. B. Luce lays down
the principle that the most important
considerations when man falls over
board are: First, the quickest and
most effectual method of arresting the
ships progress and how to keep her as
near the spot where the man fell as
possible. Second, to preserve the gen.
eral discipline of the ship, to maintain
silence, and to enforce the most prompt
obedience, without permitting foolhardy
volunteering of any kind. Third, to see
that the boat appointed to be employed
on these occasions is placed in such o
manner that she may be cast loose in
q moment, and when ready for lower
ing that she is properly manned and
fitted, so as to be efficient in all re-
spects when she reaches the water.
Fourth, to take care in lowering the
boat neither to stave or swamp her
nor to pitch the men out. And, lastly,
to have sufficient number of the
sharpest-sighted men in the ship sta
toned aloft in such a manner as to
give them the best chance not only oi
discovering the person overheard, but
of pointing him out to the men in the
boat, who may not otherwise know in
what direction to pull.
With steamers the difficulties tc
overcome in rescuing man overheard
are comparatively few, inasmuch as
steam-vessel is always under control sc
long as her machinery is in good or
der. The rule is to stop as quickly as
possible, lower the life-boat, and pick
the man up. The really fine points Of
seamanship come into play when sail.
ing ships are being handled. The or
deal is trying one for the best of Off
GERS, and the young seamen who cap
properly place large sailing ship and
rescue a man that has fallen overheard
deserve the highest credit for seaman
ship qualities.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-04-03

watch, and if men have lived las some
scientists claim for 100000 years, then
how singular the fact that Tor W. .60o
Years of that time no one ever had watch.
OF course the watch grew out of the
precedent use of the clock, and it was
about 600 years between the first clock
and the first watch. That is as closely as
one can estimate dates when the precise
year OF either invention is unknown.
The invention of the clock is generally
ascribed to the monk Gerbert, who was
afterward raised to the tiara, under the
name of Pope Sylvester II. The first
clocks were cumbrous things, calculated
only to be hung to the wall, and worked
with cords and weights. For long time
they were only used in converts and
monasteries, where they helped to make
miserable the lives of the inmates. 9th
ers say that the invention of the clock
was due to the Saracens. However, il
was invented and for long time was
made in such large and cumbrous form
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-04-03

portionately, than for regular form.
but should have the same appearance
of looseness.
In the double-breasted frock coat
shown in the next cut it is claimed
that for half-dress there is nothing
more suitable, effective, or appropriate
than the suit shown in this figure.
The material represented for the coat
and vest is fancy diagonal worsted
and for the trousers very handsome,
subdued, striped trousering. The col
lar of the coat is cut rather long to a
low gorge and the lapels are well
peaked and spaced for five holes, to
button four if desired. The silk ex.
tends to the end of holes and the edges
are flat braided. The sleeves are
cuffs closed with two buttons. The
trousers for this and all other half-dress
suits average nineteen inches at knee
and seventeen and one-half to eighteen
at the bottom. They have slight
spring.
The next illustration shows q low
roll sack suit the material of which is
a striped cheviot The collars and
lapels are one and one-half inches wide
and the fronts are cut with quite q
curve from top to lower button. They
are finished soft. The trousers with
this suit average nineteen and one-hali
inches at the knee and eighteen at the
bottom, and the side-seams are finished
with welt.
In the figure represented following
this the overcoat is soft diagonal
cheviot, the coat and vest medium
vale worsted, and the pantaloons 6
striped trousering.
The overcoat is an accurate repre-
sentation of a lightweight overcoat fol
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-04-03

material in the Worlds Fair city, and
out of their wisdom the following
facts were evolved:
In the first place mems clothes, as
whole, if they are to be really chic,
will show the softest possible finish,
coats will display low openings and
ample sleeves, vests will follow this
form, and trousers will sit moderately
close to the leg as to the upper works,
and will exhibit moderate spring at
the bottom.
In overcoats the Chesterfield or fly
front oversack will be much more worn
than any other style. 1t will be made
from worsteds and almost all styles of
soft oYercoatings, and will be of me-
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-04-03

HE question as to
how a man shall
dress himself is east
er asked than an
swered. There are
certain canons OF
taste which override
all fashions, and to
these he must APP
peal who would be
really and truly a
well-dressed man. A
Chicago Times re-
porter recently Wis
tied a number of the
arbiters of taste and
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-04-03
Still Valuable.

Eastern Youth tout West)-"I have
called to get you to help me locate lot
902 in this village mean city. Ny
late uncle left it to me and have
come West to see about it. Pretty
valuable by this time, I suppose"
Real Estate Agent docking over
map)-"Huml 1t was valuable when
your uncle bought it, but the grade OF
the streets has been changed and it is
now 500 feet below the curb, and full
of water"
"Eh? Water? Good gracious! II
can't be of any use at all"
Well, / dunno. If you like frogs
legs you might get meal off it once
in while,"-Ne,c York Weekly.
The old topper always has a gin phiz.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-04-03
N0I So Sensible.

@Father," exclaimed young Jenkins,
entering the old gentlemans office, II
have sold my newspaper Office"
"Sit down, Tom. l am glad to see
that you are SO sensible"
"Yes, father, I have sold my Office,
but have bought another one."
SECT up! You have lost what little
sense you ever did have. ."-Arkansaa
Traveller
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-04-03
Kind.Hearted.

Mrs. Simkins has just heard tina
her husband has been drawn to serve
on jury.
"John Simkins on the crimina
juryp exclaimed Mrs. Simkins. well
all I can say is that L congratulate tn,
criminals.
"Why, Mrs. Simkins? Is your hus
band very merciful man?"
"Merciful? Why, John Simkin'
wouldn't hang a pictur', much less {
door, unless he was jest made TOP
Youths Companion.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-04-03

In report on the Kolar gold
field of southern India, Mr.. b.
Smith mentions the finding OF interest
ing remains of ancient mining, such as
old timbering, fragments of bones, an
oil lamp, and pieces of earthenware
The fact that the old miners. with
their simple appliances, reached depths
of 200 or 800 feet, through hard rock
astonishes him.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-04-03

the same material as the coat, or of
any fancy vesting, and the trousers
may be of any style of striped. check
ed or plain trousering.
Early in the season the doubiD. breast.
ed sack will, perhaps, be IRE worn
than the other styles. 1t has quite a
number of good points to recommend
it. 1t can be worn without an over
coat, it is very dressy when s;lk-faced,
and it is very becoming to good
figure.
So much for the general effect to
be produced by the new years clothes.
Now for the special and particular de-
tails out of which these results are to
be achieved. The first cut shows the
covert coat. The material represented
is covert overcoating. The length
for man of average height, five feet
eight inches, is thirty-four inches. The
back is cut whole. with nearly straight
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-04-03
Inc Engine OF UIynlzatIOn.

Great editor (severely)-There was
no baseball news in the paper to-day
Local man-But, sir, baseball isnf
played in the winter and I've exhaust
ed all the new club rumors, new asso'
citation fakes, and reports of possible
changes of one sort or another. There
isn't scrap more 1 can get hold of.
"Then print the old scraps owe,
again. You don't suppose / want to
lose all my subscribers, do you"-
NetU York Weekly.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-04-03
OutgrOwn His Father.

Mr.. Hawbeck-You amt seen my
son afore, have yer?
City Visitor-Why, no. Very likely
boy, isn't he? Takes after his father.
Mr.. Hawbeck-You bet he does, wher
he gets riled. Took after me four time.
round tn barn this mornin' cause ]
spoke kind + irritated to him.-JatdQe
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-04-03
Too Strong TO Work.

First tramp (watching men and WON
en- coming from the mill Pretty sickly
looking crowd, amt they, Bill9
Second tramp-They are, pard. a
parson once told me that work was
healthy, but / don't believe him. We're
as fat as them people, amt we?-Bos
ton Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-04-03

of these pocket clocks, as did his con-
temporary, Charles V. Watches seem to
have come into wider use about that
time in France than in England, for they
were named with clocks in a statute en-
acted in Paris in 1914.
All the earlier watches were extremely
rude measurers of time, and the necessity
of frequent winding is alluded to by
Shakespeare in Twelfth Night, where he
makes Malvolio say: Il frown the while,
and perchance wind-up my watch, or play
with some rich jewel"
The first great improvement Of the
watch-the substitution of springs for
weights-was in 1860. These springs
were not coiled, but we're only straight
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-04-03

lHE use of the watch
\ has become SO COM
mon, and people are
so accustomed to
take note of time by
t he pieces which
they carry in their
pockets that they are
apt to forget how re-
cent an invention it
was. The first watch
was not t W Q Il t y
years old W h Q N
America was discov-
cred. The gr ea t
mass of the human
race never saw a
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-04-03

HERE is no sound
aboard ship SO de-
'moralizing as that
O. f IN an over
board!" 1t strikes
terror to the heart
of the bravest of
men, and only the
b e S t disciplined
crews can with
stand the panic it
usually produces.
Almost every ship
h as a particular
rule of action for
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-04-03
HOW MEN MUST DRESS.
THE MATERIAL AND THE SHAPING
OF THE CLOTH OF 1890.

Cuts of Coats Wherewith Gentlemen May
Feel Abreast of the Years Fashions
Wide Vale Worsteds and Soft Finish to
Rule the Modes of Good Dressing the
Current Season.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-04-03

The electric companies seem to be
almost as proud of their dead men ss
they are of their live wircs
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-04-03
HISTORY OF THE WATCH.
1T DATES BACK A FEW HUNDRED
YEARS.

The First Clocks We're Cumbrous Things,
and for Long Time Were Only Used in
Converts and Monasteries-Some Queer
Iat
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-04-03

This Is an age when everything
goes, except tho bore and the Sunday
night caller.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-04-03

the two-buttoner will open lower and
be cut away from rather higher above
the waist-seam. For half-dress these
cutaways will be made from worsteds
or cheviots, with the edges fat-braided
narrow if the former and double
stitched narrow if the latter material
is used.
The vest worn with them may be of
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-04-03

pieces Of steel. Soon afterward the fusee
was invented, connected with coiled
handspring in barrel. This was fast
ened to a piece of catgut, which was
wound around a spiral --grooved fusee in
the shape of cone. The last coils were
around the small end Of the cone, thus
presenting in the running of the watch
the least leverage to the greatest force OF
the spring. As the cone was unwound,
the leverage changed in proportion to the
force of the spring. This made it possi-
BILE to attain considerable accuracy. in
the running of the watch. A small linked
chain was soon substituted for the cat
gut, and this style of manufacture re-
mained until comparatively recent times,
The spiral hair-spring, which is so neces'
sary for equalizing the motion, was in
vented and attached about the year 1868
by Dr. Hook. Lengthening or shortening
the spring lessons or increases the vibra-
tlons and made the regulation OF the
watch an easy matter.
The cases of the early watches were
made for personal adornments, and were
of all sorts and shapes. One that be-
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-04-03
A CHEROKEE POET.
TempeStuouS Life of a Civilized and
Educated Red Man.

H E subject OF
this sketch was
born in the Cher
okee country, on
t h e Oos-te-nah-
ly River, at what
is now the -four
ishing ci t y of
Rome, G a., on
March 10, 1927.
His father, Gen.
John Ridge, q
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-04-03
WHEN ONE FALLS OVERHEARD

It Strikes Terror ito the Hearts of tlhs
Bravest of Men
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-05-23

Far up in the mountains of Ceylon and
India there is spider that spins web like
bright, yellowish silk, the central net of
which is five feet in diameter, while the sup
porting lines, or guys, as they are called,
measure sometimes ten or twelve feet; and
riding quickly in the early morning you may
dash right into it, the stout threads twining
around your face like a veil while, as the
creature who has woven it takes up his posi-
ton in the middle, be generally catches you
right on the nose, and though he seldom bites
or stings, the contact Of bis large body and
long legs is anything but pleasant If you
forget yourself and try to catch him, bite he
will, and, though not venomous his jaws are
as powerful as birds beak, and you are not
likely to forget the encounter. In many I'M
ffeauented dark hooks of the jungle you
come across most perfect skeletons of small
birds caught In these terrible snares, the
strong folds Of which prevent the delicate
bones from falling to the ground after the
wind and weather have dispersed the flesh
and feathers.-EXchange