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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-06

minds into infdelity." To these prudent
warnings his son says: eff L was not con-
| vinced of the impossibility of changing his
opinion what anguish should 1 feelp' "Yet
very few years passed, saws his biographer,
'before his fathers words about him came
true" He was not merely the strictest of
churchmen, but a believer in spiritual man.
ifestations, ghost appearances and creduli-
ties of other sorts.
Faults of Popular Diversions.
Driving is the favorite diversion of men
| who spend their brains monevmaking, but
| it fails to relieve certain class of maladies
induced by sedentary habits, which end
their careers with months of lingering tor
ture Rowing is good halfway exercise,
| not the best for a studious man, for it does
not vary position of the days labor suf-
fciently. Bicycle riding is complained of,
as obliging bent position of the
chest, fatiguing and injurious to men
who sit for hours bent over desk
work. Professional men are fortunate
who live in villages where society
is democratic enough and happily poor
enough to make ii respectable for every
man to do chores for his own household.
The town LAWYER, editor and school teacher
can take their exercise without losing caste,
much to the betterment of their faculties.
Where pavements take the place of or
chards and it is taking bread from poor
mans mouth to shovel ones own coal, the
fullest relief afforded weary nerves is foundin
the late invention of mechanical massage. To
very nervous and suceptible people the idea
of personal contact of a masseur has some
thing unspeakably revolving. Such per-
sons can hardly suffer the touch of anyone
except their nearest and dearest,
and not always those, the sense of
personal reserve is so strong. Personal
magnetism has more or less to do with this
feeling. One could tolerate and njov
massage from Japanese or South Sea
Islander with little more intelligence than
q refined pet animal, and destitute of the
remotest idea of magnetism, but the
civiliz>d masseur, with unhealthy breath
and perspiration, and mind saturated with
notions of 'giving you nv magnetism" or
semi-spiritistic, mind-cure hash, who volun-
teers to magnetic aglass of water for you to
drink. or to send you magnetiZed paper by
post to 'keep up the influence" is
nuisance. and better ones are rare have
risen from the hands of such one with a
sense Of unclean influence which soap and
wafer could not wash away, and which af-
fected the nerves for days. One does not
want anything more in a masseur than q
mechanical movement and this is best sup
piled in most cases by machinery.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-12-31
Why Do We WOrry9

Any one who is eagerto to make family
record for old age must learn to stop
worrying. He should let nothing prey
on his mind. When troubles loom up
ahead and while the shadows grow larger
and creep nearer he can lose five years
from the latter end of his life just by
fretting about the impending calamity.
Now, the way he should do is to size
up TIE trouble carefully and accurately.
Surely, we have all noticed how such
things, if one looks hard at them and un-
finchingly, really grow smaller as they
come nearer.
SO, having got some idea of the true
extent and nature Of the impending
trouble, and having exhausted all his in
genuity in trying to find way around
it, then If it must be met, let him face it
and meet it, boldly and calmly, with
full realization of its probable severity
Jet him stand up like man with cool
head and stiffened muscles, when behold
the frowning thing will dissolve like
vapor or he will ride it as the boat rides
the wave,
But to worry! that makes the trouble q
real one and leaves us weaker for every
shock that follows. 1.-THE Argosy.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-12-31
Russian Servants.

We have pleasant way of growing
and grumbling over the inet1iciency of
our Mary AIMS and Elias, and consider
ourselves very badly used because they
do not come nearer the pinnacle of per-
fection, but the Russian servant double
discounts ours in vexatious incompetency,
and the Russian mistress has trials beside
which our fade into insignificance. Every
household has host of retainers. They
go off to sleep at any hour in the day.
They annex anything within reach, and
truth is an unknown virture to them. A
lady cannot help about her house or she
loses all caste with and authority over
her servants. She can only scold and
wait for the spirit of the domestic to move
her toward the accomplishment of her
duties. The servant is expected to pro-
vide her own mattress, and usually sleeps
on the kitchen stove in winter and out in
tho yard in summer. The idea of provid-
ing room for servants never occurs to
the Russian housekeeper.-[St. Louis
Republic.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-12-31
Bugs That Eat Meal.

Insect Life calls attention to two
recently observed instances where insects
have gnawed metal. One was the case
of lead pipe, cut through by bug that
was actually found engaged at its work
on the metal. The "wood wasp"-for
of that species it was-had mode hole
in the pipe resembling nail hole. A
similar occurrence isreported in the shape
of "minie ball." which was gnawed
through by wood-boring larva. The
ball had been fired into red oak tree in
Maryland during the rebellion, and when
split out of the log it was discovered in
the track of full-grown grub, the ami
mails burrow leading directly through
the bullet. The latter had been struck
by the insect at its concave end, boring
two-thirds its length and coming out at
one side somewhat below the apex. The
larva was found in the borrow alive only
short distance above the bullet. So it
would not appear that the story recently
circulated of worms which were alleged
to have attacked steel rails on railways
in Europe is altogether Incredible.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-12-31
Earthquakes.

Several shocks of earthquake which
have recently been felt in various
quarters of the globe at about the time
of the new moon recall the interesting
theory that the earth is more frequently
shaken near the periods of the new and
full moon than ut any other times. Lists
of earthquakes covering many years have
been prepared, which seem to favor this
theory.
The reason assigned is similar to that
by which we are able to account for the
greater height or the tides at new and full
moon.
When the moon and the sun are on the
same side of the earth, as is the case at
new moon, they unite the force of their
attractions in heaping up the waters of
the sea. The same thing happens when
they are on opposite sides of the earth, ,as
at full moon, for then each, by attracting
in an opposite direction, assists the other
in pulling out the ocean, so to speak, as
one might pull out the sides of a rubber
| ball.
According to the theory in question,
the same forces of the sun and moon
which raise the tides put strain upon
the crust of the earth which, by causing
the strata of the rocks to slip and slide a
little, produces earthquakes.
When the moon is at its quarters its
pull is at right angles to that of the sun,
and then, as is well known, the tides are
lowest. Then, too, it is argued, the
strain upon the crust of the earth is least.
If this theory is true, how wonderfully
sensitive the apparently solid globe must
be to the impulses conveyed to it by the
attraction of bodies hundreds of thous-
ands and millions of miles distant
Chicago Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-12-31
Spruce Gum Gone From Vermont.

1t it said that genuine spruce gum has
almost entirely disappeared from Ver-
mont, which used to produce it in great
quantities This is owing to the great
increase of saw and pulp mills, and partly
to forest mills.
But the gum-picker is still u pictur-
esque figure in the Green Mountain
State. The most famous one is Alonzo
X. Bishop, of Woodford. In winter,
carrying bag slung over his shoulder,
Bishop roams all over the Green
Mountains examining spruce trees. With
long pole ending with sharp chisel.
he detaches the gum. His journeys often
take him many miles from human habi-
tations. When the hills are ow-covered,
Bishop still pursues his industry ,travers-
ing the country on snow-shoes. He sells
the gum for fifty cents to $1.50 pound,
according to quality. The purest gum
is transparent or of a light amber color
filled with minute bubbles of air.
Vermonters who have made new homes
for themselves in the West consume
great deal of the pure article, which is
sent to them by friends through the
mails. The Ohio and Michigan branches
of the Olin family, who recently held
their annual reunion in Benningtown,
bought up all the spruce gum in town.
lBoston Cultivator.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-12-31
Memory Feats.

Louis XIII. after years time could
draw from memory the plan of a country,
with all its details.
When Mr.. Blaine was in Congress he
used frequently to repeat bills under
discussion, after having read them once.
Daniel Webster was able torepeat the
whole Constitution of the United States
word for word, including punctuation
stops.
Hortensius, the famous orator attended
public sale lasting whole day and re-
called, in order, all the objects sold and
the names of the purchasers.
Scanger, an Italian, in twcnty-one days
committed to memory the "lliad," which
comprises 1920 verses, and the "Odys-
scy," which also comprises a large
number.
Lipsius, professor at the University
of Leyden, offered to recite Tacitus'
history in its entirety in the presence of
n person armed with a poniard, who
should stab him with it at the first error.
Il New York Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-12-31
How to Pop Corn.

The rice corn is by many considered
the best variety for popping, and while
it is certainly an excellent kind we have
recently come across dark blue, almost
black variety, which we think surpasses
it. This kind has larger ears than the
rice, with smooth kernals of good size,
and pops out much larger. To secure
the best results discard the old fashioned
corn pepper and use deep iron kettle.
The fire must be very hot one, of fine
dry wood, burned to a mass of Goals and
embers. Have ready the shelled corn,
which has been freed from chaff by pour
ing from one pan to another so that the
chatf is blown away by the air. Place
the kettle over the fire and put in half a
cup of lard and about half teaspoonful
of salt. When the lard is melted put in
two cupfuls of corn and stir briskly until
it begins to pop; then cover the kettle,
shaking it by the bail to prevent burning
the corn. When the popping has some
what subsidized, remove the cover and stir
with long handled spoon until all is
popped Turn quickly into pan, as
there is danger of scorching if left in the
kettle This quantity should make at
least heaping milk pan full after it is
popped.
To makepopcorn balls, boil two cups
of the best molasses until it hardens in
water; add pinch of soda, stir well and
pour over the popcorn, mixing it evenly
with a large spoon. When cool enough
to handle, press into balls. Tho balls
may be made by using sugar instead of
molasses, boiling it with little until it
hardens in water. Flavor and use the
same as the molasses. II American Agri-
culturist.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-12-31

classes, and this seemed to the others to
make Liza more important, especially
when she explained that "there was
ladies at the classes"
Liza was nearer being happy now than
she had ever been in her life, and yet she
seemed sadder too. Often she heaved
great sighs that made her neighhor turn
and look at her, and frequently there
were marks of tears on her face; 80 that
bye-and-bye it grew evident to the others
that there was something weighing upon
her.
As the time for her confirmation drew
near Liza looked graver than ever, and
more worried At last it came to the
day itself. She had obtained a holiday
from the laundry through the influence of
Miss Calender. What was the surprise
of that lady and the others, therefore,
when, in the midst of the midday meal,
in rushed Liza. She had on clean
print dress, made for the occasion, but
her hair was disordered, her face pale
from fatigue and excitement, her eyes
shone brightly.
"Hullo," exclaimed the girls in breath.
"My! ain't she swell" They thought
she had come to show off her dress.
Eliza" exclaimed Miss Calender.
"What do you want? You will be late
for your confirmation.
ooh, Miss" gasped Liza, almost
breathless, as she was, 81 had to come.
I've tried and tried to say it, and never
could; and at first it seemed white one.
But, lately, it's come atween me and
God. And I've thought on it at night,
in bed, and when any of you had been
kind to me, it ha cut me like knife.
And, oh, Miss, when you've spoken of
him, I've been near fallin' down and
explaining to yer, but somethin' held me
back. And l told God, but he seemed to
say it wasn't any use my just tellin', un-
less | undid it. Oh, please, all of you.
| don't care now what you think of me,
or if you despise me. / can't go to
church until I've told yer. Him as |
talked of was only what L dreamed about
when | was lonely, evenings and times;
and there wasn't no Charlie, really, and
no one amt never loved me, nor
wanted to marry me. = LLudgate Month
lv
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-12-31
PhOsphorescent Infection.

The curious discovery has been made
that the phosphorescence frequently ex-
hibited by many species of the crustacea
is infectious. A French naturalist, M.
Giard, has traced the phosphorescent
light in Talitrus to bacteria in the mus
cles, these muscles always showing signs
of disease. On inoculating healthy in
dividuals the same luminous appearance
was produced. Each and every inocu-
lated specimen, however, died within
eventy-hours.--lSt. Louis Republic.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-12-31
WORSE rIAN AN ISQUIsITIoN.

Young Wife-I don't like that cooking
school teacher It all. She has neither
patience nor consideration. She actual
ly cruel.
Husband-Geat snakes! She doesn't
really make yor eat the things, does she!
New York Weekly.
SOME CONSOLATION.
Spacer-Isnt your little attic room
awfully cold thee days?
Liner-Sometm mes it is; but Cheer
fully the CHIMNEY catches fire sometimes.
/ New York H,rald
ROO AT THE TOP.
He-I don't see what people keep
diaries for; caa keep oil my affairs in
my head.
She-Thats agood way, too; but not
every one has tn room.
WORTH THINKING OF.
Customer that a pretty good
price for porous plaster?
Druggist-Yes but think how long it
will last.
CHAU1AUQUA SPOON.
DELI wonder if Maggie Morrison
brought home on of those spoons from
Chautauqua with her?
Bill-Oh, yes; | saw her with him at
the social last night
NEEDED TINE TO IMPROVE.
Old Resident Yes, sir, I'm eighty
years old, and walked thirty miles
t'other day. Kin you do that?
Average Man-N-o, not yet. I'm not
forty.
wISKEG AT CRIME.
ooh, not u whoe bird on my hat"
| She cried: 81 cDuldnt think of that,
It's wrong to kill the dainty things,
Just use the head and pair of wings"
-[Chicago Times.
A DIRE THREAT.
Snooper-I'm AFRAID we'll lose young
Harris. He's very capable man, and
we are not payinghim much. I'm afraid
some other firm will tempt him away"
Swayback- tell him that if he ac-
cepts another situltion, we'll discharge
him on the instant Epoch.
| THERE WERE EXCEPTIONS.
The Shopper (in china and queensware
store, to salesman You don't break
these sets, presume
The Saesman-No m; but our errand
boy does, sometimes.
SAFE PURCHASE.
GIVE just mortgaged my house for
| $4,000" said New Yorker to his broker
friend. "Can you give me pointer on
something that's q purchase ?"
81 can," replied the broker; "buy that
mortgage on your house. ~ Harper's
Bazaar.
CURIOUS SIMILARITY.
"When we were in the north seas, "
said the whaling captain, 1--WE frequently
traded blubber for sealskins."
"Thats nothing" said Bond; down
in the North River region my wife worked
the very same racket on me."-l New
York World.
THOUGHT SOMETHING OF HIMSELF.
She-I wouldn't marry the best man
living.
He-Then there is no hope for me. 1t
was because | thought you would that l
proposed to you.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-12-31
HARD ON soPHTIE.

~ am very sorry for poor Mrs. Soph-
tie."
"Why?"
"She has 80 little to live for"
GLOW is that?"
"They say she lives only for her hus-
band"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-12-31
LIFE.

o Life. how slightl
A little sweet,
4 brief delight,
And then-we meetI
o Life, how vaini
A little spite,
A little pain,
And then-good-night
-lCharles G. D. Roberts, in Independent.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-12-31
L,DY IGNORANCE.

Kind Lady-If you did not drink
liquor you would have more to eat.
Tramp-Oh, no, mum; no, indeed,
mum; it's just the other way. If the
barkeeper didn't see us buyin' drink
once in q while we'd soon starve.-l New
York Weekly.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-12-31

Little Dick Did you ever see half
boy? E
Little Dot NO; did you?
Little Dick--Not yet, but we both will
next week. Acousin of ours what we
never saw is comm here from the West,
an mamma sal he's half orphan"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-12-31
A USEFUL PRoyERB.

"She was so much attached to her first
husband that she would not marry again
till she went to his grave and asked his
consent"
GLOW foolish! OF course she couldnt
get any reply"
mo, but she married again, neverthe-
less; she remembered the proverb, 81
lence gives consent"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-12-31
MEMORY FOR LITTLE THINGS.

Bloggs (returning to his native town
DO you remember me, Jay?
Jay-Well, no, | can't recall you
name, but l well remember lending you
five dollars in 1910, which you never
returned. Do you happen to have that
amount with you now?
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-12-31
DANGERS OF PRocRAsTINATIoN.

Landlady-I s'pose you noticed that
long -whiskered old gentlemen who sat op-
posite you at dinner to-day? That is
Prof Driebones, and you can have his
room, as he is going West on scientific
exploration-strangest thing you ever
heard.
New Boarder-What is?
Landlady-The object of his tour. He
has been told that u prehistoric cave has
been discovered out West, and in it sat
ten skeletons around u petrifed table.
New Boarder-Well! well! Why
didn't the fools change their boarding
house sooner?-[ Now York Weekly.
Mammals DIARIES.
Little Girl-The teacher says / must
get diary, and write in it all / do every
day. VIII you buy me one, mamma?
Mamma-There are plenty of them up
stairs in the lower bureau drawer, fifteen
or twenty, think.
Little Girl-But isn't those ones writ
ten in?
Mamma-Only the first pages of each
AN ENCOURAGING CHANGE.
Tramp-Please mum, I'm nearly
starved mum. I'm so week l can hardly
crawl.
Housekeeper-Tramps in that condi-
ton are not SO dangerous as the other
sort. Coon with your starving, please
Good News.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-12-31
A DIRE THREAT.

Snooper-Im AFRAID we'll lose young
Harris. He's very capable man, and
we are not payinghim much. I'm afraid
some other firm will tempt him away"
Sway yback-Jusi tell him that if he ac-
cepts another situltion, we'll discharge
him on the instant-[Epoch.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-12-31
WISKIEG AT CRIME.

ooh, not whoe bird on my hat"
She cried: 81 couldn't think of that,
It's wrong to kill the dainty things,
Just use the head and pair of wings"
-[Chicago Times.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-12-31
NEEDED TINE TO IMPROVE.

Old Resident Yes, sir, I'm eighty
years old, and | walked thirty miles
t'other day. Kin you do that?
Average Man-N-o, not yet. I'm not
forty.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-12-31
A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW.

Bouttown-Here comes Sappy, one of
the best fellows that ever lived.
Downtown-Lends you money, eh?-
New York Weekly.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-12-31
LEFT HIS ADDRESS.

The church-bells have joyous sound
OF peace and goodwill bringing;
And sleigh-bells, when the moon is
round,
Have music in their ringing;
But, after all, must agree
That maidens are the bellies for me.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-04-18
RATHER EMBARRASSING.
Tho Predicamcnt in Which Adam Itzel
Found Hlmself in a SleepinG Car.

Tho PrediCamcnt in Which Adam Itzel
Found Himself in n Sleeping Car.
CHICAGO, April 14.-Last night hack
containing a gentlemen ratified up to
the Leland hotel. Arrived there, he
sent the driver into the clerk with the
request that he send a blanket out to
him. The unblanketed gentleman was
Adam Itzel, musical director of the Nc
Caull Opera Company. He left Balti-
more at eight o'clock Saturday night
and being very tired left orders
that he was not to be disturbed
in the morning. He slept long and
late and when he decided to get
up he found that his wearing apparel
was missing. Coat, vest and even trou-
sers were gone, and conductor and por-
ter were unable to account for their dis
appearance. Mr.. Itzel was forced to lie
in his berth until he arrived in Chicago.
All the stores We're closed, and Mr..
ItZel, clad in his unmentionables, got
into carriage and was driven to the
hotel, and, after getting to a room, Dor.
rowed clothing until he could replace
the lost garments.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1891-04-18
CORBlN BLACkBALLED.

The Millionaire President of the Long
Island Road Barred Out of the Union
Club.
New YORK, April 14.-Austin Corbin,
president of the Long Island road, ex-
president of the Philadelphia & Read
ing railroad, and known as one of the
largest owners of the stock of the New
Jersey Central railroad, was black
balled by the governors of the Union
club at their regular monthly meeting
held last Wednesday evening. The
blaclsballing of Mr. Corbin is regarded
by n great many men as an interesting
development of the antagonism of GER
tain elements in the Union club toward
millionaires and the club that million
aires are organizing. 1t is understood
that Mr.. Corbin is interested in the new
club and this furnished in itself a
wholly sufficient reason for unhesita-
ting and unequivocal rejection of his
application for admission to the Union
club.