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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-08
A COUNTRY BOYS RISE.
The Life Story Of Bank President
Williams, of New York City.

Forty years ago, one pleasant summer
day, n good deacon from Norwalk, Conn.
drove into the city of New York in an
old-fashioned one-horse shay. He
brought with him his son, mere boy of
eighteen or nineteen, then for the first
time to experience the vicissitudes of
life in large city. Would you like to
know what became of that boyl" inquired
Mr.. J. s, Gaffney of New York, Super
intendent of Agencies for the United
States Life Insurance Company, now re-
gistered at the Coates House.
"Well, will tell you. To-day that
youth is the President of the Chemical
National Bank of New York City, the
most solid and substantial banking insti
tuition in the country. His name is
George Williams, and he has been con-
nected with that bank in some capacity
from the day he first entered the doors
with his father forty years ago until the
present. Such record here in America,
where everything is shifting and chang
ing, is worth more than passing
mention. -
The Chemical National Bank is the
bank in which the wealthy New York
crs, the Astors, the Nanderbilts, the
Goulds and many Others who care more
for security than interest make thei:
large deposits. l myself have seen a
check for $1,000, 900 in favor of Jay
Gould drawn on the Chemical National
Bank. The stock is limited to $500,
900, but the property of the bank, in
dependent of the name, is worth $780,
900, 900. Is it any wonder that
the shares, which started in at par
value Of 800, are now worth S., 900 at
least, and it is almost impossible to get
one of them at any tiguref Other banks
come and go, other banks rise and fall,
but this bank seems to have caught
glimpses of immortality, if this phrase
can be used in speaking of bank.
"The brains of this bank, the man
who has made it what it is to a large
degree, is George Williams. His record
is one to be envied. He has made
money himself, and he is rated mil
lionaire several times over in the com
mercial agencies. But he can command
tens of millions of dollars. He is re-
garded as one of the best among living
tinanciers. If you can get his indorse-
ment to any project you can get any
amount of money that you need in New
York. Go to your Kansas City bankers
or any bank on either side of the water
and whisper the magic name of George
Williams to them and it will cause the
sesame to open their vaults and let out
their millions. Too often the worth, the
merit the work of men like George Will
liams is forgotten in the West, especially
where men are always in a hurry, but
once in while we remember these
things. y Kansas City Times.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-08
MODERN FIRE APPARATUS.
Working the Water Tower at a Big
Conhagration.

In principle the towers are very sim
pie. There is an iron tube so pivoted
over one end of truck that its top may
be raised to height of sixty feet above
the street pavement. The upper end ter
inmates in nozzle. Connected with the
bottom of the pipe is a very large hose.
From two to four engines may be coupled
to this hose, and the united streams
forced up through the pipe and out of
the nozzle. The nozzle is controlled by
n man on the truck, so that solid two
and one quarter-inch stream may be di-
rected through the top windows of o
siX-story building with ease and certain
ty. The newest tower in the New York
Fire Department differs from the older
ones in several important details The
old tower had to be raised by hand
power, and it was a slow and tiresome
job. Moreover, the old tower was made
in sections that had to be screwed to-
gcther by the men. The new tower has
Il twenty-eight-foot pip, suspended
inside of slender steel der
rick that is twenty-five feet
high. The derrick is pivoted
over the forward wheels of the truck,
and when not in use, it, with the pipe
inside, lies prone upon the truck. At a
fire the derrick is erected by means of
what may be called engine power-the
piston rods of two cylinders, which are
very like stcam-engine cylinders, connect
with the bottom of the derrick. Instead
of steam, however, carbonic- acid gas,
which is generated in retort, suspended
near the rear axle of the truck, is used.
This retort is partly filled with soda and
water, and when the time comes for rails
ing the tower small quantity of vitriol
is spilled into this mixture. The gas is
generated in sufficient quantity to create
pressure in the cylinders of about one
hundred pounds to the square inch, and
1t is this power, exerted through the cyl
inders, that raises the derrick. The pipe
is elevated above the derrick by means
of stout metal rope working over pull
leys and hand winch. The stream from
the tower can be swung around in any
direction, and thrown up or down
through wide arc.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-08
YOUR MONEY, OR YOUR LIFE!

This question is "pert" one, but we
mean it. VIII you sacrifice few paltry
dollars, and save your life? or will you
allow your blood to become tainted, and
your system rundown, until, finally, you
are laid away in the grave? Better be
in time, and "hold up" your hands for
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery,
guaranteed remedy for all scrofulous
and other blood-taints, from whatever
cause arising. 1t cures all Skin and
Scalp Diseases, Ulcers, Sores, Swellings
and kindred ailments. 1t is power
fully tonic as well as alternative, or
blood-cleansing, in its effects, hence it
strengthens the system and restores
vitality, thereby dispelling all those
languid, "tired feelings" experienced
by the debilitated. Especially has it
manifested its potency in curing letter,
Salt-rheum, Eczema, Erysipelas, Boils,
Carbuncles, Sore Eyes, Goitre, or Thick
Neck, and Enlarged Glands. Worlds
Dispensary Medical Association, Max
,rs, No. 663 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-08
The Oldest Game of Ball.

Court Tennis is the oldest game of
ball that we have--that is to say, it goes
back farther in its present form than any
other.
Games of ball of some kind go back
so far that there is no trace of their be-
ginning. In their simplest form the
ball was thrown from one man to an
other. If we carry the process one step
farther and imagine the ball, or what
ever stood in its place, to be hit back
with the hand, instead of being caught
and thrown, we have at once hand ball,
the original of all games like tennis,
rackets, etc. Indeed, the French name
for tennis remains paume to this day,
because the ball was struck with the
palm of the hand.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-08
THE COAL MINERS RISKS.
Many Widows and Fatherless Chill
dren in the Coal Regions.

Probably no part of the Union contains
so many widows and fatherless children
in proportion to its population as the
anthracite coal regions of Pennsylvania.
Scranton's last directory shows, says let
ter to the New York Tribune, that there
are 1,O12 widows in this city, and 1t Is
estimated that the proportion is about
the same in all the coal mining cities and
settlements of the Lackawanna and wy
oming regions. On an average, the
widows of Scranton have three children
apiece, so the number of fatherless girls
and boys in the city limits is more than
5000. A majority of the husbands and
fathers of this host of widows and father
less children lost their lives in the mines,
the furnaces, the steel mills, the foun-
dries, the, machine shops and on the
railroads of this bustling metropolis of the
anthracite coal fields. More men and boys
meet with violent deaths in the mines
and breakers of the Lackawanna and
Wyoming valleys than in all the other
death traps combined, and it is not an
unusual thing for ten or a dozen fatal ac-
cidents to be reported in single month
III the immediate neighborhood of Scran-
ton. The average coal miner and mine
laborer is a married man. These indus
trious underground toiers, whose lives
are in constant peril from the moment
they enter the gloomy shaft or slope in
the morning until they emerge from it
with black faces at night, have families
OF from three to six children Many of
the children are put 10 work as soon as
they are old enough to do any sort of
manual labor. A large percentage of the
workmen in the b'ast furnaces, steel
mills and other manufactures, where
there is always danger to life, are also
married men with large families.
Some of the widows are obliged to APP
ply to the Poor Department for tenn
porary assistance in the summer, but as
general thing they take care of them
selves and their children while the warm
weather lasts. When cold weather sets
in, the number of applicants for relief
is much larger. Now and then one
of the big coal-mining corporations con-
tributes little toward the support of
the families of the men who have lost
their lives in its service, but the corpora
tions as rule pay little attention to the
needs of the families of their old en-
ployes. In the winter the Scranton
Poor Board, which takes care of from
$50 to 1S0 insane and intirm persons in
its well-managed institutions at the
Hillside Poor Farm, is called on to fur
nish outdoor relief to dozens of widows
and half-orphans who have been deprived
of their natural protectors, whose bodies
were crushed and mangled deep down in
the black holes of this busy valley
Coal miners arc generous hearted men;
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-08

The servant girl question was under
debate in coterie of ladies up town,
and bitter words were spoken by some
Of the housekeepers when telling of
their troubles with housemaids, scullery-
maids, nurserymaids, cham bermai6s,
and kitchenmaids. The strain of bit
terness was interrupted by one of the
ladies who said: II never have any
trouble with my domestic help. keep
q housemaid and O cook, who have been
with me for five years, and l. do not
known that they are extraordinary
specimens. One of them is an Irish
American, the other German. They
say that treat them we'll. do not over
work them or keep them atservice from
dawn till midnight. / don't scold them
for every fault. I have nice bedroom
for them and they keep it neat. 1 let
them go off in the daytime once or twice
every week to take walk or to visit
their friends or to do their shopping. 1
talk to them at times about their gowns,
bonnets, shawls, aud ruffies. 1 see that
they have something else than scraps
or leavings to eat. I pay them their
wages on the first of every month. 1
help them to do things now and then.
They give me their confidence. show
them that 1 take an interest in them
and my husband is considerate toward
them. I don't believe they will ever
leave our household till they get mar
ried, and my cook is widow who says
she will never marry again. 1 cannot
see why SO many people should have
80 much trouble with their domestic
help or talk so often about the servale
girl question." The ladies in the coterie
to which this contented housekeeper
thus spoke did not feel very well when
her words were ended, and soon left for
their respective abodes with q new no.
ton under their blooming bonnets.-
NeU York Sun.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-08

1t is sometimes said that a lawyer
with big criminal practice hears as
many confessions as priest. There is
donbt whether that is really so. AS a
rule prisoners do not admit guilt to
their attorneys, and sometimes even
weary them with reiterations of inno-
cence. Criminals generally are very
suspicious and they do not believe that
the honor supposed to exist among
thieves exists among counsel; at any
rate they act as though they do not. A
Chinese prisoner is exceptionally eau
tious and sensible. Even if he can
speak English fuently he will keep his
mouth shut when in Jail, and no amount
of coaxing can drag him into making
any admission. The police are well
aware of this peculiar national charac-
teristic, and realize that there is no
sweat-bo in existence that has any
terror for the Mongolian. Few respect
able attorneys would care TO defend a
man who had admitted his guilt, es.
pecially if he wanted them to call wit
nesses to prove that he must be either
a criminal or liar.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-08

A booklet Of forty-six pages recently
published in Christiana has succeeded
in proving one thing at all events, and
that is that it is still possible to write
something on English as she is spoke"
which does not appear stale and un-
profitable. The author says in his
preface, at is four years ago that I. at
the age of 35, resolved to make English
the vehicle OF my thoughts. How far
have succeeded may others Deem" He
then begins Immediately to write down
the "stapzas' making up "this opus
cule,' which SIS an experiment to cor
roboration of theory. Its gospel is
auto-didacticism, and itself an offshoot
of"-well, of the same long word.
The following are few of the "stauzas :"
$50 it happens that the stones so many
one ploddingly rolls ever and again
thump.' 1T has become the vogue to
sing the praise of childhood as the
happy age. The children of the nine
teenth century will sparely Join in this
hallelujah, knowing at once too much
and too little to do cherubs." "Idea is
reality etiolated, and finds through. sub
sanitation its complement. Idea with
out substantiality-oh, spinster's wan
phantom!" All this and much more
leads up to the following dictum ::
From immemorial times every new
conner has been taught to despond on
mortal's lot de has been told that he
is born in woe and shall die in rue !;
that life is fecless fight, in which evil
has got the better Of it." And the eli
max is reac he'd when the writer, having
summed up the grievances of some
what shrieking humanity, calls out: {:
"Be the cries not deadened! Let the
shrek rise to Heaveul Let it wax a
veil. horrisonous anathema"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-08

The dynamo which generates the cur
rent does so by the revolution of coil
of wire near the poles of magnet, the
force which revolves the coil being de-
rived from the engine. The current
then passes over the wires, down the
trolley, which surmounts each car, to
small motor. This motor has an arma-
ture consisting of coils of wire traver=ed
by an electrical current, which is at
tracted in succession to the poles of the
stationary coils called the field magnets,
through which the current also flows,
flies around and transmits its motion,
by means of cog wheels, to the axle of
the car. The driver of the car, by the
use of lever, turns the current into the
motor beneath the car or diverts it to
the rails at will. In the conduit system
the current passes along the wire, with
which connection is made, into the
motor on the car and then put out
through the wheels of the rails and
then back to the central dynamo.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-08
A Bird Carnival.

Speaking of birds and tropical forests,
the writer recalls having seen remark
able instance of bird instinct, in the in
stance of the so-called bower bird, of
Australia. This peculiar little creature
builds playhouse, as it were, tiny,
shady bower, which it ornaments with
the bright feathers of other birds, be-
sides the yellow blossoms of the waffle
tree, adding dainty ferns here and there.
In this ingeniously devised sylvan re-
treat the feathcred architect holds o sort
of carnival TO which others of his tribe
resort. Herein, when dozen, more or
less, are assembled, they join in bird
concert, strutting about together in a
most demonstrativc and ludicrous man
er.-ICourier-J ournal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-08
A Boys Dying Gifts.

The news comes from Ste. Adele,
County of Terrcbonne, that boy seven
years old, who died there last week
from diphtheria, displayed most mar
velous courage in the face of death.
Sitting on q chair near the stove, he
warned his parents that his end was fast
approaching, and then proceeded to dis
pose of the small articles which belonged
to him. To one of his little brothers he
gave his penknife, to another his pocket
book and his new boots, and to his sis
ter a case for pens and pencils. The
poor little fellow had scarcely disposed
of all his worldly goods when he fell
on his back in his chair and expire L.
Montreal (Canada) Witness.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-08
An Intelligent Horse.

A case of this kind I observed the
other day, when the intelligent animal
attempted to right the blanket, which
had become askew, SO that it afforded
only partial protection to him. He
turned his head around far enough to
get one end of it between his teeth, but
he was unable to move it into the desired
position. His attempt, though ineifect-
uai in itself, however, was the means of
attracting II bystaudcr who replaced the
blanket in position, and was sure, from
the expressive way in which he looked
upon his benefactor, that the horse not
only appreciated but acknowledged this
attention. Boston Post.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-08
A Two-Bottie Hour-Gla5s.

The people of sangir, an island of the
Malay Archipelago, keep time by the aid
of an hour. glass formed by arranging
two bottles neck to neck. The sand
runs out in half an hour, when the bot
ties are reversed. Close by them a line
is stretched, on which hang twelve sticks
marked with notches from one to twelve,
with hooked stick, which is placed be-
tween the hour last struck and the next
one. One of these glasses keeps the time
for each village, for which purpose the
hours are sounded on gong by a keeper.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-08

In spesking of the traces of the glacial
period in the heterogeneous distribution
of PLANTS, he says: 1--WE found flowers in
the Olympics at an altitude of 10, 900 feet
that would be found in Alaska on the
ocean level. | was very much impressed
with the grand mix-up not only of the
mountains, but of the flora as well.
Flowers that we find here around Port
land we found buried among the timbers
of the Olympics near the snow line.
Among these were violets."
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-08
A Human Top.

81 have made no great spin tonight,
but l have gone rs high as 500 revolu-
tions in two and half minutes in spe-
cial trial; $50 to 800 minute is no great
task for me- said Aginton, the roller
skater, to San Francisco reporter the
other day. "liow do l do itl hardly
know myself Suppose it is simply by
keeping the whole of the upper part of
my body still and merely working my
toes about. can make fifty seven revo-
luton in one start, that is, without
making any new effort. | don't become
dizzy as long as maintain my centre "
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-08
The Military Salute.

The military salute, which consists of
the hand being brought to horizontal
position over the eyebrows, has very
old origin, dating, in fact, from the
commencement of the English army. Its
origin is founded on the tournaments of
the middle ages, and was as follows /:
After the queen of beauty was enthroned,
the knights who were to take part in the
sports of the day marched past the das
in which she sat, and as they passed
they shielded their eyes from the rays of
her beauty. Il New York Dispatch
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-08
Flowers at a Great Altitude.

q Professor Henderson, who accompanied
the late exploring expedition to the
Olympic Mountains, and who is recog-
nized authority on the flowers of the
Pacific Coast, gives some interesting data
of the trip to the Portland Orcgonian
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-08

All are entitled TO the best that their money
will buy, so every family should have, at once.
bottle of the best family remedy, Syrup OF
Figs, to cleanse tie system when cos,ive OF
bilious. For tale in SOC. and $l.00 bottles
all leading druggists.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-08

Arkansas has seven creameries.
A machine makes 20, 900 bricks a day.

Oklahoma Guide Book and Map sent any where
on receipt of " cts Tyler q Co, Kansas City. Mo.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-08

1hose who use Dobbins's Electric Soap each
week and their nam Is le1ton), save their
clothes and strength, and let the sO1p do he
Work. Did you ever try III II not, do so next
Monday sure. Ask your grocer for it,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-08

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 }. IL. Bauerlein
& Co.. Kansas City, Mo. Write for particulars
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-08

FITS stopped free by DR. RLINR'g GREAT
NERVE REsToRBn- No fits after first days use
Marvellous cures. Treatise and ~ trial bottle
free. DR.. Kline. a3l Arch St.. Phlla.. Pa
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-08

Timber, Mineral, Farm Lands and Rancho,
bought and sold. Tyler Co., Kansas City, Mo
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-08

less in effect, quick and positive In action.
Sent prepaid on. receipt OF 81 per bottle.
Adeler & Co. .622 Wyandotte ST.. Kansas City Mo
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-08

The United Society of Christian Endeavor
has mem bership of 1850
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-08

The fnvorite form of suicide in India is
drowning.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-08

Any person sending us their name and ai-
dress will receive information that will lead
to a fortune. BENZ. Lewis q Co., Security
Building, Kansas City, Mo.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-08

Major Boyle, n hero OF the Indian mutin
of 1857, is dead.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-08

Secretary Blaine is great student of
Napoleon Bonaparte.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-08

Money invested in choice one hundred d9i; ,i,
FAR building lots in suburbs OF Kansas City VIII
pay from five hundred TO one thousand Eer Esr
cent the next few years under our plan. 90
cash and $ per month without interest con-
trolls desirable lot. Particulars on application.
J. Ii. Bauerlein & Co.. Kansas City, Mo.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-08

Illinois Methodists are arranging to cele
brate their centennial in 1898
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-01-08
500 Reward. S1UO,

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure in all its
stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now known to
stitutional disease, requires u constitutional
treatment Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the blood a ID
stroying the foundation OF the disease, an
giving the patient strength by building up Ii .
constitution and assisting the nature in doing
its work. The prop ietors have so much faith
in its curative powers that they offer Ons
Hundred Dollars for any case that IL til- to
cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address
Il: j. CHENEY &c Co., Toledo, O.
lf5 s Id by DRUG ygists 75c
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-09
Hosiery. Gloves
UNDERWEAR.

Ladies' hosiery and gloves is . special
department of ours. A large and perfect
stock OF which we append few suggestionst
Ladies' Black Cotton Hose, 10c to SOC.
Ladies' Lisle Thread Hose, 300 to 81 26.
Ladies' Silk Hose, Soc to So so.
Children's Black Cotton Hose. 10c to SOC,
ChildIen's Lisle Thread Hose, 35c to SOC.