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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-10-08
ThOrOughfares of Paris.

Paris contains about A 900 streets, ave-
nues and boulevards. We have them
from forty feet to three miles long, and
are no fewer than 17S streets which are
not more than $500 feet long, and if my
readers would realize what that distance
is let them measure it off on their own
account Everybody who has been in
Paris knows what the grand bouleva-ds
are between the Madeleine and Place
Bastille. Well, the whole length of the
great boulevards-th names are
Madeleine, Capucines, Italiens, Mont
martre, Poissonnierc, Bonne-Nouvelle,
int-Denis, Saint Martin, Place de Ia
Republique (295 yards), Temples, Files
du-Calvaire and Beaumarchais, but they
connect directly with each other-is only
4,750 yards.
They scarcely equal in length the Rue
Vaugirard, which in itself is equivalent
to one-seventh of the circumference of
Paris. This circumference is formed by
the Notifications. Between the outer
houses and the ramparts runs an interior
boulevard which is about twenty miles
long. This immense circle is cut up in
to nineteen almost equal parts, each
bearing particular name. They are the
Boulevards Massena, Kellermann, Jour
dan, Bruno, Lcfevre, Victor, Murat,
Suchet, Lannes, Gouvion-S -Saint-Cyr,
Berthier, Bessieres, Ney, Macdonald,
Serurier, Mortier, Davout, Soult and
Poniatowski. The longest is the Boule-
ward Serurier, in the nineteenth arron-
dissement; the shortest is the Boulevard
Bessieres, in the seventeenth arron-
dissement.
In Paris 17S thoroughfares exceed five
furlongs in length; two of these are more
than two and half miles long, and these
are the Avenue de Ia Republique and the
Rue de Vaugirard. The five next longest
are: Rue de Charenton, 3,413 yards;
Avenue Daumesnil, 3,823 yards; Quai
d'Orsay, 3,290 yards; Rue des Pyrenecs,
1920 yards, and the Boulevard St. Ger
main, $3.50 yards. Twenty three streets
exceed mile and quarter in length,
and their names are: Rues dAlesia, de
Belleville, de Crimee, des Fourneaux, de
Ia Glaciere, de Grenelle, de Lafayette,
Lecourbe, Marcadet, Ordener, de Rivoli,
Faubourg st. Honore, Saint Maur and de
fUniversite; Avenues de Versailles, de
Villiers and Victor Hugo, and Boule-
wards Haussmann, Malsherbes, Massena,
Ney, Periere, Serurier and Voltaire.-
Chicago Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-10-08
FACTS ABOUT CITRON.
An Agricultural Industry Of the
Future-HOw 1t is Prepared,


The cultivation of the citron is a grow
ing industry in California and Florida,
and the time is likely TO arrive before
many years when the large demand for
the fruit in this country will be supplied
by domestic production.
The fruit affords very delicious con-
diment, and, therefore, there is interest in
a description of its preparation for mar
ket, which the Department of Agricul-
ture has published for the instruction of
growers in the. United States. OF course
it is the thick rind only that is utilized.
To begin with, the fruit is cut in
halves and placed in casks filled with a
strong solution of brine. In this shape
it is delivered by the growers at the
mandatory.
subjected is the separation of the pulp
from the rind. This is done by women,
who, seated around a large vessel, take
out the fruit, skilfully gouge out the in
side with few rapid motions of the fore
finger and thumb, and throwing this
aside, place the rinds unbroken in ves-
sci alongside. The rinds are next car
ried to big casks filled with fresh cold
water, in which they remain immersed
for two or three days, the object being
to rid them of the salt they have alb
sorbed.
The rinds, upon being taken out of the
casks, are boiled in a copper cauldron to
make them tender and to extract from
them the last trace of salt This pro-
cess performed, the peel is sufficiently
soft to absorb the sugar readily from the
syrup in which they are next put
This is the most important part of the
operation. 1t requires eight days, be-
cause the absorption of the sugar must
be very slow in order to be thorough.
Each batch of rinds must be soaked in
eight syrups of different strengths. The
first day they are put into great
earthen jar containing a weak solution of
syrup; the next day they have stronger
solution poured upon them, and so on to
the eighth day, at the end of which they
are ready for second boiling. This is
done for an hour in a copper vessel filled
with sirup of extra strength, over slow,
coke fire.
Taken off the fire the vessel is carried
to big wooden trough, over which is
spread coarse, wire netting. The con-
tents are poured upon this, and the sirup
permitted to drain off them. Now it is
considered that the peel has taken up
as much sugar as is necessary.
Next comes the final process, which is
the candying of the surface of the peel
with layer of sugar crystals. To eff
feet this, quantity of crystallized sugar
is dissolved in water, and in the solution
the peels are again boiled. A few min
utes suffice for this operation, the water
evaporating and the sugar forming its
natural crystals over the rinds. Once
more the latter are dried on the wire
netting, whereupon the product is fin
ished. Last of all, the candied peel is
carried to the packing room in shallow
baskets, and put up carefully by women
in boxes for Shipment Washington
Star.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-10-08
The japanese POtters.

There is very little difference in the
actual process of the most improved
methods of manufacture in any part of
Europe. The Japanese possess greater
variety of materials, marvellous knowl-
edge in their use and combination, dis
tinct originality and greater sense of
the picturesque, which must account for
the attractiyeness of their pottery, for
their methods of working the clay are
exceedingly primitive. They use the
common flying wheel, with working disk
twelve or fifteen inches above each
other; these are united so as to turn out
vases six and seven feet in height. A
skilled workman with these implements
makes bowls three feet in diameter or
the delicate ware known as "egg-shell
porcelain. In this, as in any art, the
secret of success does not seem to lie in
having the greatest array of the most
nearly perfect tools, but in knowing how
TO make the best use of the rudest ones.
Il Philadelphia Record.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-10-08

An incident occurred in the -four
trade that created considerable amuse-
ment on Change recently. The
Jewell Milling Company had been
showing West India shopper several
samples of fine city mill -four, which
failed to suit him. When they in
Quired at last, in despair at their
failure, what he wanted anyway, he
replied: 81 want flour that will
stick on the wall when the darkeys
sample it, as that is the way they test
their flour in the West Indies" At
thin the sample was fired against the
wall Of the Exchange and stuck, when
the sale was completed Bulletin,
New York.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-10-08

A very sensitive metallic thermom-
eter, with electrical recording ap-
paratus, has been devised by French
mathematician. The thermometer
proper consists of a bar of metal
firmly fixed at one end, and at the
other end joined to a short arm of a
lever, the long arm of this lever being
attached to another bar. A second
bar. connected at it's other extremity
with a similar lever, operates a pointer
working on dial, which registers in
degrees the expansion of the two bars.
By suitable electrical attachments
the temperature is recorded at any
distant point, no matter what the
distance. This device is of great
value where Il constant heat must be
maintained in manufacturing es-
tablishmcnt, as the recording of the
temperature may be read in the office.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-10-08
Sorghum MOlasses.

The process of making sorghum mo-
lasses is as follows: When the seed is
ripe the stalks are stripped of the leaves
and cut and topped, the seedheads being
cut off with foot of the stalk attached.
The stalks are then run through pair of
rollers to squeeze out the juice This is
strained and run into yats or barrels, in
which it is treated with limo to remove
the surplus gummy matter and theacid-
ity, which will prevent the syrup from
keeping as it should. The lime is mixed
in the form of thin, smooth liquid
known as milk of lime. This is strained
from all Jumps and is gradually stirred
into the juice, which is closely watched
to observe the change of the color The
juice changes from green to clear
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-10-08

amber, but the most accurate test is by
the use OF litmus paper. The blue lit
mus is used, and as the lime neutralizes
the acidity the paper turns purple in
color. The juice is then neutral-that
is, neither an acid nor alkaline. 1t is
now boiled in shallow tank or evapor-
ator as rapidly as possible. 1t is not
really boiled, but is brought to the boil
ing heat and kept there, while the gum
and other impurities are separated in the
form of a thick scum. This is skinned
off and the skimming is repeated until no
more scum rises. The juice is then boiled
as rapidly as possible until it is thick
enough, which is a matter of experience,
or may be known by the weight of the
syrup, which should weigh twelve pounds
to the gallon. The syrup is then run
into iishaiiOw pans to cool, and is then
barreled for sale or keeping.-[New York
Times.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-10-08
Ne Was q Rebel Dog.

The publication of the statement
that th1 Germans are training dogs
for war recalls the fact that a soldier
of Col. Bowen's regiment in the Con-
federate army had large dog which
invariably accompanied him on any
duty whatever and was as good as a
companion. The dog was as ardent a
rebel as his master, and somehow or
other seemed to have preternaturally
quick nose for blue coat. When the
man was on picket duty his dog was
always nosing about some distance in
the front, and If there were any Fed
erals within half a mile he would find
them out and bark. He never ven
tured to attack them, but, like cav
alryman, took to the rear when an
engagement was in progress, but
after the battle was over he would
reappear. The man was finally killed
while on the picket line by going to a
spring after water in spite Of the
warnings Of the dog, and the men Of
the regiment tried to keep the animal
but he went away. He had no esprit
de corps. His devotion was purely
personal to his master.-St. Louis
Globe Democrat.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-10-08
The Girls Revenge.

Edith-My dear, l had more fun
last evening than l ever had before.
Some of my proposals have had a
t1nge of the ludicrous, but yesterday
was simply delicious He was so in
earnest; he paved the air like a
grizzly bear; he vowed great big cast
iron VOWS, and altogether was grand.
Helen-Well, dear, you didn't ac-
cept, of course?
Edith-Well, no, hardly, after
what l have said; but he was so
desperately in love l couldn't refuse
him with bang, and l wouldn't
have dared say sister to him, SO i said
would let him know to-day, but not
to hope. Isn't it funny to feel you
are the one and only chance of an
others happiness?
Helen-Yes, dear; but it's a great
responsibility.
Edith know it is. I wonder
what he'll do when | tell him he
must forget me and learn to love an
other. l hope he won't do some
stupid, rash thing.
Helen-By-the-by, dear, aren't you
going to tell me who it was?
Edith don't think / ought to.
do you?
Helen-Well, I had a proposal yes
terday afternoon, and if you will tell
me who made yours, I'll tell you
about mine.
Edith-All right. Mine was made
by Jack Rivers.
s"Wh-a-a-atm fairly screamed Helen:
''Jack Rivers! The brute! the beast,
the hypocritel Why, he is the man
who proposed to me yesterday, and !
gave him the same answer that you
did. l told him l would let him
know to-day, and he was just as much
In earnest with me, and he paved the
air like grizzly bear, and he vowed
VOWS and was altogether grand. Oh
this is too much"
Edith looked as if she had lost the
power of speech forever. At last she
gasped: ''Do you mean to say
that"
Helen-Yes; l mean to say that he
has proposed to both Of us on the same
day-made fools of us both on the
same day, and probably thinks it d
huge joke.
Edith recovering, with a look o.
vengeance in her eye)EHe must bt
punished.
Helen-He shall be punished
Edith-There is but one way. He
proposed to us, knowing he would be
refused. Let us disappoint him; let
us both accept.
Helen-But, Edith, you're crazy
or course it would put him in an aw-
full hole, but when you're engaged to
a man, he thinks he has a right to
that is-well, suppose he should try
to ki-kiss you?
Edith-Oh, we can postpone that.
We will only be engaRed to him
twenty-four hours. He will worry
himself to death in that time
And they did it, and Jack Rivers
grew ten years older in that one day.
The girls think they got even. So
does Jack.-1r,ah.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-10-08

1t was on street car. Two lady
friends were chattering away as only
ladies can.
"Oh! Pm to have some new dia.
monds!" suddenly exclaimed one.
"Is it possible"
eyes. My husband is going to
make IS, 200 all in lump next week,
and he says l may have $500 to put
into diamonds"
Dear me! Is it speculation of
his?"
"Yes. There's man who wants
to sell him piece Of Woodward
avenue property for $4,000, and he
can turn his bargain over to Mr..
Blank for IS, ,000."
"How NIGEL"
"The - it isl" growled man
across the aisle below his breath.
$50 it's her husband who is after my
lot, and he can sell it to Blank for
$4,000 more. l rather guess not, old
man-not this year! I'll hop off and
hunt up Blank and have his option
In half an hour. Free Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-10-08
ANOTHER swINDLE souRLcnEp
The Elder ru bushing Com psny Of Chicago
Comes to 0FfSE

Thc Elder rrubushing Company Of Chicago
Comes to Grief
The hot-bed of swindlers and wild
cat schemes, Chicago, has furnished
the latest victim to Uncle Sans
postal authorities. This time it Is
the Elder Publishing Company, and
the instrument Of its downfall was q
green country boy named Jared
(Heaven forgive his parents) Housed,
of Three Rivers, Mich. Jared paid
$50 for his title of General Manager
of the Elder Publishing Company for
Three Riven." and s5. % for four
samples Of II cent books. Being I'M
able to sell the cheap literature, he
wrote to the company demanding q
return of his money. In reply he re-
ceived letter admonishing him to
put on the armor Of self-reliance
and press forward and make a name
that would be remembered with
honor" Instead of doing this he put
on his fighting clothes and made such
row for the swindling company that
its projectors were landed in Jail.
He was but one of several thousand
victims.
Besides the scheme they worked on
Housel, the company" had another.
In reply to their advertisements for
agents they received from 300 to 500
answers per day. A circular would
be mailed to each applicant telling
him or her to furnish not less than
eight references, with sixteen 2-cent
stamps to cover the cost of cores
pondence with such references. If
the applicants for agencies gave no
evidence in their letters of special
greenness and qualities, the smooth
swindlers, without having written
the references at all, would wait a
few days and then inform the would
be agent that ''after investigation
they had decided to not appoint him."
and they were just fourteen 2-cent
stamps ahead on that one ''sucker."
But, if the applicant appeared to be a
fit subject-and hundreds of them
were-then the fun began, and he
was plucked numerically.
The scheme was ingenious, but it's
successful working depended upon
| the carelessness with which the fool
killer attended to his business. And
it came to grief.
1t will not be long, however, before
another takes its place.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-10-08


been penned in by the falling timbers, SC
that she had no avenue of escape. When
the timbers were removed she jumped
out and pounced upon the first thing
edible that came in sight. On making a
calculation it was found that she had
been confined in her narrow prison for
Just seventy days. During this time she
mad iald an egg and hatched chicken
which had died.
is NOT necessary 10 Join an AFRICAN
and dangers of exnlorntion and wild
beast encounters. The ambitious vouno
man might ioin a railroad building pang
| While such a gang was pusbinp the con.
struction of fbe Florida and Western
Railroad through the swamns nenr Tallo-
hasse an enormous nantber> leaned fran,
a tree upon one Of the men named No
Williams. The rest of the gang Ao5
McWill;oms tr;ed to dafepd b;n,sofe r,;ti,
his sbnveI bnt tho non,bar L;ua1 -.
ana mangled him beyond recognition.
WORK on the road was suspended, as the
men refused to work any more.
Ar tho snnon,;t of .bo . -. Az
corner of Chez and Ms as. 49,. -. 'io ~
Princeton Ma ;s at.naa.;,. a"1 80
culiar ecbo 4 oinstas ae -, 80 p
born and +mo dmoIi;, ittond IL ~, ~
left wb;Ie On tho ,;a.h. sta1as bau, onS
n d,oiI;. M. .S1IA p" - IL -
plank and some two hundred feet from
the summit of the hill footman of
quiet evening can hear three, four and
often five echoes of his footsteps. Loud
clapping of the hands produces half
dozen pleasant reflections of the sound.
Az I.o,;o, fr,;. ,ao; Nom yo.l
has n fanov fnr wv wosns ~ and on almost
any Jov mooriv M . hundrod % & Of thoSo insects
can be seen flying around or sucking the
fruits and candies on the stand. They
are not all harmlessly engaged, however,
as many settle on his hands and face and
sting him. His face and hands bear wit
ness to his bad treatment by his pets.
He says he has to sacrifice something for
his little friends, so he does not mind.
Tyr soor.;oo, o;t;vo,s of IIo,stor
Tex, to the number of 5000 turned
out few days ago to witness goat race.
There were sixty three entries, big books
were made on the event, and hundreds of
dollars in pools were sold. The mayor
and other city and county officials ofiici.
ated as starters and Judges. Some of
the goats made 200 yards in ~ seconds
in harness.
MIR. SANFORD and Mr.. Carroll went
hshing for tarpon at Daytonia, Florida,
short time ago, and hooked fine
tarpon about ten o'clock in the morning.
The fish towed the boat around the bay
in front OF the town until after O'Clock
in the afternoon Then the fishermen
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-10-08

The Berlin Museum has among its
treasures, in wonderful state of preser-
walton, an ancient Tyre, dating to the
handicraft of a man living two thousand
years before Christ. This peculiarly con-
structed instrument shows fifteen
strings. Another, a copy of still more
ancient instrument, came to light among
the ruins of Wadi Halfa; an enthusiast
in all that relates to the expression of
musical ideas mentions that this Tyre is
splendid in blue and gold, with a SER
pent wound about IT, Harper's Bazaar.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-10-08

tennessee can not get ahead of
Georgia" remarks the Atlanta Con-
stitmion. "The petrifed man story
has been exploded. And now Georgia
boasts wonder in the form of a pet
rified bird found in the heart of
tree which was blown down by
storm at GAINESVILLE. The head of
the bird was perfect, every outline
being very plain. How the bird got
into the tree is question. There
was no hollow in the tree and it has
caused considerable speculation"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-10-08
A sense of fslllnsss

A sense Of .ts.llasas
and other troubles after eating ?
Then you need a "Pellet." Not
one of the ordinary, gripping, tear
ing pills it's sickness in itself TO
take them. But one of DIR. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets-the original Liver
Pill, the smallest and the easiest to
take. The easiest in the way they
work, too-they're mild and gentle,
but thorough and effective. Every
part of the system feels their health
full influence. They cleanse and
regulate the liver, stomach and bow
els. Regulate, mind you. They
prevent disease as we'll as cure it.
They're purely vegetable and perfect
ly harmless. Sick Headache, Bilious
Headache, Constipation, Indigestion,
and all arrangements of the liver,
stomach and bowels are promptly
relieved and permanently cured.
They're the cheapest pill you can
buy, for they're guaranteed to give
satisfaction, or your money is re-
turned.
You pay only for the good you
get.
This is true only of DR.. Piorce's
medicines.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-10-08

CARL HERTZ, San Francisco ma.
gician, now exhibiting in London,
smazes and mystifies large audiences
by the novelty of his tricks. One of
the most admired illusions is to drop
eggs INTO tub of water, from which
euoks Immediately arise and swim
ahnnt
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-10-08
Hard On the squeehawkit Man.

City Watchmaker-Who repaired
your watch the last time?
Customer-A matchmaker down to
Squeehawkit; he said he demagnet-
ized it.
City Watchmaker-He should have
said lie demoralized it.-Jewelers'
Weekly.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-10-08

"A Savior of her SEX" is title bestowed
upon Lydia E. Pinkha by the women of the
world, millions of whom are indebted to her
for health,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-10-08

NERVE REsToRER. No fits after first days use.
Marvellous cures. Treatise and 81 trial bottle
Tree. Dr. Kline, e3l Arch ST.. Phila-. Pa.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-10-08

Ladies often compare notes on health, and
while they may differ on many points, they al
ways agree that Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound is the standard female medi.
cine.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-10-08

Many children die annually with Group that
might be saved IL DR.. Hoxsie's Certain Group
1t. Sold by druggists or mailed on receipt OF
30 cts. Address A. p. Hoxsie. Buffalo. n. Y.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-10-08

Syrup

The majority of well-read phys
icians now believe that Consump-
ton is a germ disease. In other
words, instead of being in the con-
stitution itself it is caused by innu-
merable small creatures living in the
lungs having no business there and
eating them away as caterpillars do
the leaves of trees.
A Germ The phlegin that is
coughed up is those
Disease. parts of the lungs
whi ich have been
gnawed off and destroyed. These
little bacilli, as the germs are called,
are too small to be seen with the
naked eye, but they are very much
alive just the same, and enter the
body in our food, in the air we
breathe, and through the pores of
the skin. Thence they get into the
blood and finally arrive at the lungs
where they fasten and increase with
frightful rapidity. Then German
Syrup comes in, loosens them, kills
them, expells them, heals the places
they leave, and SO nourish and
soothe that, in short time consump-
tives become germ-proof and well. %
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-10-08

S. X. Coburn, Mgr, Clarie Scott, writes: II
find Halls Catarrh Cure valuable remedy"
Druggists sell 1t. 75c.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-10-08

Russia proposes to establish Ministry of
Husbandry in that empire.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-10-08

The police justices in New York receive
$4,000 year. There are fifteen of them.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-10-08

Vermont leads in maple sugar produc-
ton,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-10-08

A TRAIN or pure thought will only
run on the track of a well graded
mind.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-10-08

II afflicted with sore eyes use DIR. Isaac Thomp-
sons Eye-water Druggists sell at 25c. per bottle
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-10-08

Italy has 4.S10,000 trees which produce
one billion and u half lemons annually.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-10-08

The Corporation Counsel in New York re
ceives $12, 900 year.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-10-08

The most violent thunder storms in the
word occur in French Guiana. U4l
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-10-08

the leaves Of trees.
The phlegrn that is
coughed up is those
parts of the lungs
which h ave been