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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-29
TANNING BY ELECTRICITY.
A Queer Industrial wrinkle Reported
from France.

A Queer Industrial wrinkle Reported
from France.
For some time past reports have been
current as to the perfection in France of
method of tanning by electricity, and
the matter has excited great curiosity
throughout the country. This country
is, as America is, ono of the largest
leather producing countries in the
world, and has no fewer than 5000 or
1000 tanning establishments. Within
the present month the process has ac-
tually been experimental with in
America, and the results are now excit-
ing no small amount of discussion and
controversy in leather circles. The pro-
cess, which is the invention of Worms
s. Bale, of Paris. has been under trial
abroad since 1887, in a tannery in Paris
aud another large tannery has been
started for the same purpose at Long
Juneau: A third plant has been es-
tablished in Bermondsey, the great
leather district in London. In this
method the tanning is expedited in two
ways; first, by the agitation of the skins
in contact with the tanning liquor, and
secondly by the passage of the electric
current through the body of the liquid.
To attain these two ends q circular
drum is employed and as the drum ro-
tates current is passed through it by
means of wire brought to contacts at
its side. The skins to undergo this
process are prepared in the ordinary
way, the hair being taken off by lime,
and they are then put into the drum
with the tanning solution. The current
to which they are subjected averaged
about 70 to 100 volts, and the direction
of the current is changed every twelve
hours, so as to act equally on the skins,
which constitute the electrodes. During
the operation the liberation of gas is in
significant, so that the hides may be
considered to act in the same way as
the plates of an accumulator. Goat and
sheep skins require forty eight hours.
Cow, steer and horse hides require from
seventy-two to ninety-six hours, accord
ing to their texture. The leather pro-
duced in this way has been examined by
experts and is said to be of excellent
quality. Nine hundred and nineteen
pounds of hide treated in this electrical
manner at Newark gave 1,27S pounds of
leather in four days, while 1,042 pounds
of hides, subjected to the action of the
revolving drum, but without the current
turned on, gave only 1,210 pounds of
poorly tanned hides. Hence there ap-
pear to be economics additional to those
involved in the saving of time AS far
as the electrical process goes, it may be
said that it is based upon thoroughly
sound theoretical considerations, which
have been tested aud proved by some of
the best known electricians in France
and England.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-29
How Spiders Kill.

Spiders kill their prey by the agency
of poisonous fluid, which is secreted in
gland, and which flows at will to the
extremity of one of the fauces or jaws.
Some writers have denied the existence
of this poisonous substance; but the
effects which spiders bite have been
known to have upon human being prove
undoubtedly that it is present. Persons
who have been bitten by very large
South American spider, known as the
Mygale Jitsca, have felt the effects in the
recurrence of severe pains in the portion
of the body attacked for as long as twelve
or even twenty years after the infliction
of the wound. The stories told of the
disastrous effects of the bites of the tar
antula are, however, quite fabulous.
Everybody has heard of the belief, held
by the inhabitants of the district around
Tarantum, that if one CHANGED to be Bit
ten by tarantula, he became subject to
a dire disease which could only be cured
by musical strains. The disease no
doubt existed, and was probably form
of hysteria, in the cure of which music
may have proved beneficial, but to saddle
an innocent spider with the odium of
producing it was distinctly unfair
The destructive powers of spiders do
not stop short at killing insects, for
some tropical species habitually catch
and eat small birds. The accounts first
given of these formidable creatures were
for long time looked upon as mere
travellers tales, but more recent observa-
tions have fully confirmed the statements
made NV thosa who ORIGINALLY describad
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-29
A becullar fact with refer

A becuAw fact with refer
ence to DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery is, that,
unlike sarsaparillas and other
blood medicines, which are
said to be good for the blood
in March, April and May, the
discovery" works equally
we'll all the year 1owla, and
in all cases of blood-taints or
humors, no matter what their
name or nature.
It's the cheapest blood
purifier sold through drug
gists.
Why? Because it's sold
on beenzar Plan, and you
only pay for the good you
get.
Can you ask more!
"Golden Medical Discov-
cry" is a concentrated vege-
table extract, put up in large
bottles; contains no alcohol
to inebriate, no syrup or
sugar to derange digestion;
is pleasant to the taste, and
equally good for adults or
children.
The Discovery" cures all
Skin, Scalp and Scrofulous
affections, as Eczema, letter,
Salt-rheum, Fever-sores, White
Swellings, Hip joint disease
and kindred ailments.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-29

what is supposed to have once been g
city. Here and there for several hundred
yards in every direction were found the
half-buried ruins of what were once the
home of people of whom we know
nothing. A quarry close at hand showed
evidence of having been worked in the
long ago, and from its capacious bosom
the material with which the houses had
been constructed was taken. The most
wonderful thing seen was the one build
ing, which has stood the storms of ages
and is still intact and good for centuries
more. 1t is square building about
30x40 feet, and is built of huge blocks
of stone, which are fully ten feet long by
five wide in the foundation, and grow
smaller higher up, until at the top,
thirty five feet from the ground, the cap
stones will measure about three feet
square. The unanimous opinion of all
who have visited the ruins is that this
must have been built and used as a fort
by the inhabitants of the town in the
time of danger.-1Globe- Democrat.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-29
A Celebrated Duel.

Many duels have occurred, first and
last, upon the field of Bladensburg, near
Washington, most of them, perhaps, of
later date than the two described, but
owing perhaps to the less prominent
position of the parties scant record has
been preserved. The celebrated encoun-
ter between the Hon. Henry Clay and
the Hon. John Randolph, in 1926, did
not occur here, but took place just across
the Potomac on the Virginia shore, q few
miles above Georgetown. This grew
out of the Presidential election in 1924,
In which the candidates were Adams,
Crawford, Jackson, and Clay. Jackson
had received the highest number of
electoral votes, but not having ma
jority, as required by the Constitution,
the election was thrown into the House
of Representatives, where, by combina-
tion between the friends of Clay and
Adams, the latter was chosen. The sup
porters of Jackson were highly indig-
nant, and when Clay became the Secre-
tary of State under the new Administra-
tion they raised the cry of "corrupt
bargain and sale," though there never
was the smallest particle of evidence in
support of such charge Randolph, a
Senator in Congress from Virginia, in
delivering speech one day in that body,
referred to the affair as "a coalition be-
tween Blitil and Black George, the Puri-
tan and the blackleg." The Kentucky
statesman immediately challenged the
eccentric Virginian, the cartel was
promptly accepted, and they met. Clay
shot hole through his antagonists
coat, Randolph fired in the AIR, and the
parties Immediately became reconcilcd
and remained warm friends ever after
ward Magazine of American History.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-29
OLDEST CHAIR IN AMERICA.
Carved Out of One Block of Wood
and Came from the Bahamas.

The oldest chair in America is carved
out of a single block of wood, and in
full size is about thirty inches long.
The front is cut out in the shape of the
''man TURTLE" the legs stand for the
clumsy limbs of the animal, and YOU sit
on his back.
The oldest piece of parlor furniture in
America came from the Bahama Islands,
the spot where Columbus first landed,
and the natives did not have high
backed chairs as we have. They rested
and slept in hammocks, hamacas they
called them, and we borrowed both the
form and the name.
You sit on this chair just as you lie in
a hammock, for which it is in truth a
wooden and elegant Substitute. Your
feet rest on the ground by the side of
the turtles forefeet, and your whole
body lies along on the hammock char,
your head resting on the extreme end.
cannot tell you how happy l was the
first time | reclined on this curious
couch gazing up into the sky and think
ing of the time when the voyagers of
1899 landed at Guanahani and saw the
dusky savages sleeping in hammocks,
says q writer.
But must tell you how I came to be
SO certain about the antiquity of my
treasure. Well, l suppose there is no
doubt that Columbus landed first on the
Bahamas. This very chair was found in
a cave on the islands by an acquaintance
of mine who was exploring for bats. He
also recovered stone implements and
other relics of Carib occupation, but
these do not concern us now.
But how do | know that such things
were used by the Columbus Indians2
Might not this chair have been made
hundreds of years afterward? The
great discoverer and his followers de-
stroyed and removed all the savages of
this region and substituted negro slaves :;
the African are good carvers ana we
often see pictures of chiefs sitting on
stools carved from single block of
wood.
True, and that is fair question. This
very objection puzzled me long time
until one day was reading the account
of Columbus's voyage by old Herrera,
and popped on the following paragraph,
which settled the matter finally:
"When the ship was ready to sail the
Spaniards returned on the 5th of Novem-
Der with three of the native Indians, say
ing they had travelled twenty-five leagues
and found village of fifty houses, and
that they contained about one thousand
persons, because whole generation
lived in house; and that the prime
men came out to meet them, led them by
the arms and lodged them in one of the
new houses, causing them to sit down on
seats made of solid piece of wood in
the shape of beast with very short legs
and the tail held up the head before with
eyes and ears of gold"
Now, what have you to say against
my chair? l have some doubt about
the eyes and ears of gold. They might
have been of very brilliant shell, be-
cause all our Indians use mother-of-
pearl and other tests of mollusks for in
laying.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-29
A Rnct.


(From an interview, N. Y. WOrO
In an interview with leading drug-house
the ". Y. Word Nov. O. 1890, gives the follow
ing comment on the projectors of reliable pat
ent medicines:
"He is q specialist, and should know more of
lhe disease he actually treats than the ordin-
ary physician; for while the latter may come
across says fifty cases in year of the par tic
ular disease which this medicine combats, its
manufacturer investigates thousands. Don't
you suppose his escription, which W u buy
ready made up for 50 cents, is likely to do
more good than that of the ordinary physi-
clan, who charges you anywhere fro 81 II
Sll for giving it,and leaves you to pay the cot
of having it preparedr
The patent medicine man. too, usually has
the good sense TO confine himself TO ordinary,
everyday disease. He leaves to the physician
cases In which there is immediate danger to
lie, such as violent fevers. He does this be-
cause, in the treatment of such cases, there
are other elements of Importance besides
medicine, such as proper dieting, good nurs-
ing, n knowledge of he patients strength and
so on. Where I here is no absolute danger to
life, where the disease is one which the patient
can diagnose for imself or wuich some phy4I-
ian has already determined, the patent med
cne maker says fear essly: L have prep
nration which is better thai any other known
and which will cut you In nine cases out
&c ten his statement is true"
This is abs lutely true rs regards the great
I, medy for pain, st. jacobs OIL. 1t can assert
without fear o, contradiction, that it is a
nrompt and permanent cure of pain. II can
show proofs of cures of chronic cases of ~, 81
'lud 40 years standing. In truth II rarely ever
iails il used according to direction an
~. G proportion OF cures is made hv half he
cuntents of C single bottle. 1t Is therefore the
best.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-29
English Art OF To-day.

In future years, when we walk
through the rooms devoted to the Eng
lish painters in the National Gallery,
we shall sum up the history of the art
of the century in few broad sentences,
writes Theodore Child in Harper's
Magazine. We shall find that the
mass of the English painters have re-
lied simply upon nature, and persist
emily consented themselves portraiture,
the sentimental drama of daily life, and
the patient transcription of the phe-
nomena of sea, sky and lanpscape. At
the beginning OF the century we shall
notice that some painters named Barry.
Fueseli, West and Hayden We're
haunted by poetic ambition, and i'm
agined that it was possible to begi
where Raphael and Michaelango had
left off, and so continue to interest
mankind by the Encouragement of life
less formul@ and worn out conventions.
The productions of these men, re-
main, however, mere historical curiosi-
ties.
Then we shall observe change in
the current ideals of art and the appro-
priation of new stores of poetry and ro-
nance, of National legend and universal
myth. But amidst the leading expo
nents of the new ideals we shall not
distinguish common qualities other
than evidences of wide literary culture,
tendency to dreaminess, symbolism,
and defini,eness of sensible imagery, and
parti pris of initiative admiration of the
works of the intense and complicated
artists of the fifteenth century, like
Botticelli, Mantegua and Memling.
Among the artists of this category
two will be found to stand out with al
the force of their poetical and ultra-re
fined personalities, Dante Gabriel Ros
setti and Edward Burne-Jon the
former the more original of the two,
and the latter the more assimilative,
being content in much of his work with
variations upon or studies from the
masters of the fifteenth century above
mentioned.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-29
A Prize for the Ideal Couple.

The "Dunmow Fitch" was a prize
offered by Robert de Fitzwalter, at Dun
NOW, Essex, England, in the year 1924.
1t was established on the following con-
ditions: "That whatever married couple
will go to the priory, and kneeling on
two sharp pointed stones will swear they
have not quarreled nor rcpented of their
marriage within year and day after
its celebration, shall receive fitch of
bacon" The prize was claimed for the
first time two hundred years after it had
been institu ed, that is to say in 1445.
From that date until 1851 only five per-
sons called for it; and after 1851 the
fitch was left unclaimed till 1866. The
tenth occasion of awarding this prize was
in 1876 Courier-J ournal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-29

SO tho weather prophets seem to predict
that this winter will be, AMI by our expert
euce thus far can we doubt but that they
must know thing or two aoout the natter
Well, be this as it may, all will concede that
n winter with clear, cold bracing atmosphere
is certainly more conducive to health than
those so mi d of the past few years.
Warm clothing is most essent ial; even that
sometimes fails to protect Us from the friend
ly embrace of Jack Frost" who no doubt,
will be very vigorous in his endeayors to let
US know that he has come to stay awhile
Welcome him We mu t, but let not "auld ac-
quaintance be forgot" should he become too
fam liar; checkmate him as | always have
done. No frost-bites for me if you please; the
moment feel his icy breath upon fingers
, toes nip his little scheme in the bud by
bathing freely with some of that grand old
pain reliever called DIR. Tubias's Venetian Lin
iment. You can just try it for yourselves and
find out too, that what tell you is the tru h,
and nothing but the truth; som ething well to
remember
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-29
Prehistoric Ruins in Kentucky.

Quite curiosity, which has caused
considerable talk, has been discovered
five miles from Russellville, Ky. On a
high, cliffy, miniature mountain, so
thickly overgrown with cedars as to rem
der the passage of human beings almost
impossible, was accidentally discovered
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-29

Money invested in cnoice ono hundred dol
lar building lots In suburb bs of Kansas City will
nav from nve hundred to one thousand per
cent. the next few years under our plan. 10
trols = desirable lot. Particulars on application
j. IA. Bauerlein IL Co.. kansas City, No.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-29

contain nothing violent, uncertain,
or dangerous. 1t must be standard
in material and manufacture. 1t
must be plain and simple to admin
ister; easy and pleasant to take.
The child must like it. 1t must be
prompt in action, giving immedi-
ate relief, as childrens' troubles
come quick, grow fast, and end
fatally or otherwise in a very short
time. 1t must not only relieve quick
but bring them around quick, as
children chafe and fret and spoil
their constitutions under long con-
fnement. 1t must do its work in
moderate doses. A large quantity
of medicine in a child is not desira-
Bile. 1t must not interfere with the
child's spirits, appetite or general
health. These things suit old as
well as young folks, and make Bo-
schee's German Syrup the favorite
family medicine. o
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-29

FITS stopped fres by Da. KIISE's GREAT
NnRyE REsToRER. No fits after first day . use.
Marvellous cures. Treatise "a 8. trial ootus
free. Dr. Kline, s3l Arch st., Phila, "a
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-29

Lee Was Chinese Headache Cure harm.
less in effect, quick and positive In action
Sent prepaid on receipt of 81 per bottle
Adeler a. Io..5s2 Wyandotte st. Kansas City. Mo
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-29

Do you wish to know how to have no steam,
and not half the usual ,0ork on wash day. Ask
your grocer for a bar of DObbinS's Electric
Soap, and the directions will tell you how. Be
sure to get no imitation. There ar5 lots of
tunu.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-29

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. IL. Bauer letn
az Co.. Kansas City, Mo. Write for particulars
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-29
STATE OF ONO, CITY OF TOLEDO, S.

STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, 90
LUCAS COUNTY, w
FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that he il
the senior partner of the firm of f. j. CHENEY
81 Co., doing business in the CITY of Toledo,
, ounty and state aforesaid, and that said firm
will pay the sum of One Hundre Dollars for
each and every case of CArARRH that cannot
be CURED by the use of HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed In my
presence, this 9th day of December, A. d., 1886
1sEAl W ra,ax,, v,,,,,.
'~~C-' Notary f'ubttc
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and muc us sur.
faces of The system. Send for testimonials
free.
FL. CHENEY G. Co.. Toledo, o.
tB Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Stra wberrips fetch I cents n hoy et po
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-29

ANY person sending us their name AMI al
dress will receive Information that will leai
to a fortune. Benz. Lewis & Co., Security
Building, Kansas City, Mo.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-29

A stingy man is the last man in the world
to find out that he is one.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-29

The man who has nothing worth fighting
forSdoesnt fight much.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-29

Timber, Mineral, Farm Lands and Ranches
in Missouri, Kansas, Texas and Arkansas.
honeht and sold. Tyler Il Co.. Kansas City, Mo.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-29

No man can understand anything thai
does not begin in himself
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-29

Miss Mary Garrett, of Baltimore, has
bath n her home lined with Mexican onyx
that cost SO. 600
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-29

People are very poor who have nothing
they can not lose
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-29

A doubt is the heaviest load anybody eve
tried to carry
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-29
The COldcst In Ienrs.

Books that do not make you think had
better not be read.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-29

Good sense is one ofthe good things it is
hard to have too much of.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-29

u AFFLICTED with sore eyes use DIR. Isaac Thomp-
son's Eye-water DRUGGISTS sell at 25c. per bottle
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-29

: ONE ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figsis taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gentlyyetpromptly on the Kidneys
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn efiectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habituaI
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances,
its many excellent qualities COM
mend it to all and have made it
the most popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in SOC
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept
any substitute.
CALIFORNIA Eic SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. kY VIEW YORK. M
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-29

The devil never likes to be told that he is
a devil.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-29

Oklahoma Guide Book and Map sent any whers
on receipt OF 50 cts. Tyler q Co.. Kansas City, Mo.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-29
Every habit is either wing or chain.

Beware of the thing that bad men are il
favor Of
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-29

stra wberrics fetch / 5 cents box at Po-
mona. Cal. Us
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-29
German
Syrup"

For children a medi-
A Cough cine shou1d he abso-
and cro,,n lutely reliable. A
motiier must be able to
Medicine. pin her faith to it as to
her Rib1e IF tnust