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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-11-19
A COeOanut Festival.

Hindoos of all classes celebrated the
Cocoanut Festival in the late summer,
when thousands of cocoanuts, with flowers
and sugar-candy, were thrown into the sea
at Chowpatty, the Kennedy Sea Face, and
at Modykhana, to bespeak the favor of
the sea-god towards those who during the
ensuing year, intended to embark upon
commercial enterprises and trust them
selves and their goods to his mercy. The
festival is known among the natives as
the Sharavani or Narel Purnima festival,
which is considered to mark the beginning
of the end of the monsoon. The date of
the festival varies, but it generally occurs
towards the end of the month of August
Early in the morning of the day the
Hindoos and their families, young
and old, dress themselves in their best
clothes and pass the day in the inter-
changing of social amenities. In the
afternoon, the children and adults deck
themselves with ornaments, and in the
company of the elder members of the
families, with cocoanuts and flowers in
their hands, take their way towards the
sea at Back Bay or Mody Bay. The
densest crowds of the native population
are seen swarming all over the Esplanade,
conyerging from different parts of the
city, to witness the fair held in honor of
the day. This fair is curious enough
sight in its way, many of its attractions
being common at an ordinary native fair
The shops and booths erected in long
lines along the verge of the Cruickshank
road for the sale of trinkets and sweet
meats, English and native, attract a large
amount of profitable business. Rings of
people are formed here and there to wit
ness the feats of wrestlers and fencers,
or the antics of cunning wagheries, or to
listen to the tales of the prowess of Rama
or the amours of Krshna, which are re-
cited by wandering minstrels with accom-
paniment of their uncouth instruments.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-11-19
The Target for Wits.

Wits have often made merry at the ex-
pense of women fnanciers, and have
written up some real and many imaginary
stories of the way women make mess
of it in banking business. 1t has been
charged, for instance, that women are 80
busy with drawing out funds that they
often fail to appreciate the necessity for
first putting in funds against which to
draw. There is venerable and oft
peated joke of this nature which repre-
sents woman saying to her husband:
"Why, my money is all gone, and my
check book is not half used up!"
"About all the faults that can be found
with women depositors apply equally to
men," said an official in one of the banks.
1--WE have to watch both men and women
to see that they do not overdraw their
accounts. We have both men and wom-
en- customers whom wo can trust and do
trust to overdraw. We have fussy men
as well as fdgety women. We have
men as well as women whose ac-
counts are small. Possibly it may be
true that womens accounts are the lean
side of the business, but it must be re-
membered that when all these accounts
are added up they make a very handsome
showing and average a good round sum.
GAS for mistakes and fuss, the men
who open bank accounts also make them.
The women are quick to learn the
methods. They are quite as apt to keep
good balances us men are. They are
quite as prudent as men, and the average
of downright dishonesty is to the ad-
vantage of the womens side. l mean
that they are quite as honest as the men,
fl not more so. ."-[Chicago Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-11-19

A curious shooting affair which 90.
CURED In Medora, n. B., is thus do
scribed by Theodore Roosevelt: II
did not see the actual occurrence, but
saw both men afterward and l heard
the shooting, which took place in a
saloon on the bank while was SWIM
ming my horse across the river. 1
will not give the full names Of the
two contestants, as I am not certain
what has become of them. though
was told that they had since Seen put
in Jail or hanged, l forget which.
One of them was a saloonkeeper, ia
miliarly called Welshy. The other
man, Hay, had been pickering with
him for some time. One day Hay en-
tered the saloon and the quarrel be-
came at once violent. Welshy sud-
denly whipped out his revolver and
blazed away at Hay. Hay staggered
slightly, shook himself, stretched out
his hand and gave back to lis would
be slayer the ball, saying: Here,
man, here's the bullet!' 1t had
glanced along the breast-bonc, gone s
roundabout course, and come out at
the point Of the shoulder, when, being
spent, it dropped down the sleeve
into his hand"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-11-19
Peculiarities of French Bread.

In Paris bread is indeed the "staff of
life" 1t is carried about the streets
without even string around it. Women
clasp the long rolls affectionately to their
bosoms and rest the ends against their
hair. Men forget that it isn't a cane
they are carrying and rap the end of the
loaf on the pavement as they walk. l
saw little boy in the dirt by the Seine
using long piece of bread for a play
thing. Presently he wiped it upon his
dress and took mouthful. | saw a
woman in the Luxembourg Gardens COST
ly hugging great round loaf-without
any wrapper. please remember. We
heard angry voices before our window,
and beheld woman humping man
with fresh baked roll. 1t broke in two,
but the woman beat tattoo on his back
with the pieces. When we go to buy
bread we are tempted to ask: GLOW
much is it a yard?" We are sure the
French people never die of lockjaw, for
any grinding apparatus that can stand
the test of years on this bread can stand
anything. Il Paris Letter to Chicago
Post.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-11-19

already perceived that 1t was the new
comer's weapon which had brought down
Briff in the very act of shooting his
friend.
1t was Jim, the Ogallala, who with a
friendly greeting to Frick, made clear
the meaning of what had taken place.
Briff, he said, had become one of the
most fanatical of all the ghost t-dancers,
and his sudden hatred of the white peo-
pie was intense. When he joined Frick,
he undoubtedly meant to kill him at
the first opportunity. Well aware of the
bravery and skill of the white man, and
cowardly at heart as he must have been,
Briff had shrunk from acting until he
seemed to have Frick quite at his
mercy.
When Jim saw the two in company, he
read Britf's purpose ut q glance. His
retention of Frick' hand, and the search
ing look into his eyes, was meant to warn
him of his peril, and to learn if he sus-
pected it.
Briff's whispered words to the two
young warriors were really an urgent
counsel to them to fall upon the
scout and kill him then and there.
They would have done so but for the
course of Jim, who told them that if they
tried it he would join the white man in
defending himself. Briff had then de-
clared that he would manage it alone.
Jim knew his intention, and after riding
q short distance with the two bucks, he
told them to keep on their course, and
that he would join them soon. Then he
rode back, determined to warn Frick of
his danger.
He arrived in the nick of time.
81 fight you when we meet in battle
not like him." said Jim, as he wheeled
and rode off to reioin his companions.
Jim did fight after the manner of his
people at Wounded Knee, where he was
one of the first to go down. Frick was
not present at that fierce conflict, but
when he learned of his fall, he said:
Some Indians may be devoid of
gratitude and honor. Britf was one of
that kind, but jim was not Youths
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-11-19
"GOOD-BYw

Ih I part upon the crowded street,
An 'part and part; with tireless feet
IN y stand and stand, their agile tongues
Frspelled by potent active lungs.
I1dy kiss, they part; they backward HE
IL Kiss and part and say "Good-by!"
-"Wen, Good-byi" "Good-byi" "Good-byi'
"Well, Good-byl"
Tia engine pufs, the whistle blows,
And to and fro the truckman goes
At Gan aboard" the trav'lers rush,
Except the two that ever gush
And kiss and part and kiss and cry
Above all other roars, "Good-by
"Well, Good-byl" "Good-byl" GOOD byp
swell, Good byi"
with cultured pitch or common bawl,
At church or market, hut or hall,
At feast or funeral. still are heard
The pair who speak one more last word,
And start and wait and amplify
Their parting with "We good-byl"
"Well, good -byl" "Good-byl" "Good-byr'
"Well, good-byl"
And OH when night comes dropping down
With gentle touch to hush the town,
There's yet no respite; for below
Perchance It's Bridget and her beau,
Or dainty Kate and hers, who sigh
To part and wait and say "Good-byl"
'Well, good-byl'' "Good- by" "Good- by"
swell, Good-by!"
-[Elmira IN. ~ Gazette.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-11-19
Wonderful Gold Mine.

One of the wonders Of Australia,
and one of the greatest natural Curl
Osities in the world, is the Mount
Morgan gold mine in Queensland.
The precious metal contained in this
mine, which has paid dividend of
not less than $6, 900, 900 in year, was
deposited by a hot spring.
Mount Morgan is a hill about 500
feet high, containing at its top a cup
shaped deposit made by the hot spring
which once gushed out there, and In
this deposit the gold exists. Truly a
cup of Cresus! Through untold ages
the waters dropped their glittering
burden, and now man comes and ex-
tracts the boarded metal to add to the
wealth of the world.
Specimens of the ore from this
strange mine have recently been sent
to the United States, that they might
be compared with the deposits of the
great hot springs in our own Yellow
stone Park. 1t was but natural to
suppose that the Yellowstone springs
had also golden treasure in their
cups, but the most careful search by
biologists has thus far failed to de-
tect any trace of it,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-11-19
Man and the Locomotive.

A locomotive is noisy when she is hot;
so is man.
When locomotive gets too full she
lays down; men do.
A locomotives draft is governed by a
petticoat the drafts of men are often
affected by the same influence.
On damp, dark night locomotive is
slippery and treacherous; man too.
A locomotive, when run by night,
should always have a pilot; man should
have two.
A locomotive that is always out nights
soon becomes faded; we have seen faded
men.
A dead locomotive has no pull; dead
men same.
Locomotives spark nights; so men do.
Il Western Railway.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-11-19
GrewsOme Groceries.

An invoice received by the caterer of
an English regiment stationed IN India
contained this bewildering item: "One
case of Tomcats."
No one had asked the caterer to order
any dainties of that kind, and the mys-
terry remained unsolved until the pack
age arrived.
Then it appeared that the grocer's as
sistant had fancy for abbreviation, and
that tomcats was only his way of
writing the name of that useful condi-
ment, tomato catchup.-[Philadelphia
Record.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-11-19
''GePn1an
Syrup"

Here is an incident from the South
mississippi, written in April, 1890,
just after the Grippe had visited that
country. Il am a farmer, one of
those who have to rise early and
work late. At the beginning of last
Winter l was on trip to the City
of Vicksburg, Miss. where got we'll
drenched in a shower of rain. I
went home and was soon after seized
with a dry, hacking cough. This
grew worse every day, until had
to seek relief. l consulted DR.. Dixon
who has since died, and he told me
to get a bottle of Boschee's German
Syrup. Meantime my cough grew
worse and worse and then the Grippe
came along and l caught that also
very severely. My condition then
compelled me to do something. I
got two bottles of German Syrup. I
began using them, and before taking
much of the second bottle, was
entirely clear of the Cough that had
hung to me SO long, the Grippe, and
all its bad effects. l felt tip-top and
have felt that way ever since"
PETER .BRIALs, Jr., Cayuga, Hines
Co., Miss. @
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-11-19

Taking butter from milk
was known in the earliest
times. 1t was left for our
time to make a milk of cod
liver oil.
Milk, the emulsion of but
ter, is an easier food than
butter. SCOTS Emulsion of
cod-liver oil is an easier food
than cod liver oil. 1t is rest
for digestion. 1t stimulates,
helps, restores, digestion;
and, at the same time, sup
plies the body a kind of
nourishment it can get in no
other way.
ScoTr BowSE. Chemists. r,s South sth Avenue,
New York.
Your druggist keeps Scotts Emulsion Of cod liver
oh-ali druggists everywhere do. 81.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-13

The people of Texas, having to de-
mend upon themselves as individuals
for making a display at Chicago, can
not afford to let factional differences
divide and weaken them in that work.
They must act together. The Texas
Worlds fair exhibit association IS Or
Ganized-well and thoroughly organ
ized-to raise means in this state Tor
making creditable display at Chicago
of our resources. If the people OF the
state support this association II VIII
succeed. Otherwise it may not. The
movement begun at the Dallas ialr by
an organization of the Texas eXhlol-
ter's association can only result, II per-
sisted in, in depreciating, If not de-
feating, the valuable work OF the Texas
Worlds fair association, which alone
I can be depended on.
The complaint of the rival organiza-
ton is not against anything that the
Texas Worlds fair association is do
ing. but against the rules OF the
Worlds fair association in Chicago,
which do not allow collective exhibits
by the states. But what can the
new organization do to change
the rules? Nothing! Nothing more
than the regular organization, which
has the ear OF the Chicago management
and tenfold more influence with the al
rectors than the exhibitors association
has. 1t would be extraordinary, IN
deed, ii special exception were made
in favor of Texas, allowing this state
among forty-three others, privilege
that are denied to the rest OF the world
We are given the same rights, tn
same publicity OF display, that ever
other state and nation is accorded, an
the man who is not satisfied with tina
will have to content himself with Wors
which means no display at all.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-13
GOOD REPUBLICA An.

The election of Mckinley in Ohio
nuts him forward as the most con-
spicuous representative OF the policy OF
protection for the sake OF protection.
Nearly all Republicans are projections
lists. but some of them apologize for 1t.
Harrison believes in protection, and so
does Blaine: but Harrison is only
qualified protectionist, and Blame 5
policy OF reciprocity is fatal to the Nc
kinley idea of protection. These three
men-Harrison, Blaine and Mckinley
are the three leading Republicans who
NAV be expected to figure as candidates
for the Republican nomination for
president in 1892. Each Of them will
represent different shade OF Republl-
canism. Harrison's support will come
from the office-holding element of the
marty and that class who shout for the
| king as long as he lives. Blaine's name
will carry with it the Republicans who
are not satisfied. with protection, who
look for a means to escape with honor
from the policy of subserviency to the
protected monopolies, and this they
expect to do through means OF the
reciprocity dodge. But Mckinley il
the honestest of all-he is protection
isl. pure and simple, and protection
ist Of the strictest sort.
And the Ohio Republicans have up
held him. He told them what he was
what he stood for, what he expected II
90. and they voted for him. KNOWN!
him to be protectionist, they electe
him and accepted his belief as theirs
AS against Blaine and Harrison he ha
the most re cent and emphatic popula
Endorsement. We're the Republica
convention to be held next week, b
would be the hardest man to beat
the field, and with deadlock betwee
Harrison and Blaine, the delegate
! would nominate Mex inley in whir
wind.
; The Republican party is party
protection, and Mckinley is the apost
of protection. He is strong and avai
S able. Look out for him in 1892
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-13
ABOUT some PEOPLE.

It cost s25o,OOO to bury Grand Duchess
Paul of Russia.
Professor Virchow has published 125 vol
unes of his own works. No statistics are
comeatable as to the nun Der Of people VINO
have read them.
Annie Tourgee. daughter of the author OF
"a Fools Errand.'' has won the $50 gold
medal prize for excellence in illustration IN
the Philadelphia school OF design.
Miss White, sister OF ex-Congressman
White, is professional architect IN Ash
land, KY She graduated at Michigan uni
versity, where she excelled as mathema-
tician.
1t is reported that ex-senator Fair, of
California, has married the proprietess OF
| a girls school in San Francisco. Senator
Fairs daughters were once students at this
| school
:. The s.real name" of E. Werner, the Ger
| man novelist, TRANSACTIONS of whose stories
| are so popular in this country, IS Elizabeth
| Bursten binder. She is a spinster and lives
| in Berlin.
| Walt Whitman in his declining years has
escaped the fate that Dean Swift feared
that of dying at the top first. Though
| his bodily powers fail, the old poets mine
remains clear and vigorous.
B. F. Butler and Rufus Choate being en-,
! paged on q trial, Gen. Butler used as ar
| authority the words: s.All that man hatl
Will ne give for his life" Mr.. Choate In
stantly picked up copy Of the bible an.
read: Satan answered the Lord and said
skin for skin, yea, all that man hath WI
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-13

he give for his life" Mr.. Choate repeated:
" Satan answered the Lorc.' The court
will be pleased to take notice OF what my
learned opponent considers his hlghes'
authority
HIP. Cheatham of North Carolina, the
only colored member of the next congress-
is n colored college graduate and IS sad 70
be the best educated negro, with single
exception, that has yet sat in the house
The father of Adelina Patti. Salvador
Patti, was tenor of repute. de died IN
Paris on August 50, 1859. HIS wl1e,
Madame Patti, the mother OF Adeiina
Patti, was prima donna OF considerable
reputation.
Evangelist Moody told the reporters at
Cleveland that he will leave America IN
about month to take up work eltner III
Scotland or in aid Of Rev. DR.. Pentecost III
India. He is undecided yet which course
he Will take.
r. 6. Witherbee, who is known as the
Sapphire King of Montana says: IN
side of five years l thoroughly believe the
value of the precious stones pr9uu .Se o ~
nual output of all the precious metals pro-
| duced in this country"
Miss Alice Fletcher, who is allotting pub
|
great deal, sleeping in a tent in all security
| the Indians understanding her wori anc
having great respect for her. Conslder,lne
| the mountainous character of the country
| her labors involve great fatigue.
Cyrus W. Field said few days since: :
| don't see why the chances for young mel
| are not as good now as ever. II IS tfut
much is done by combinations of capital
| still. the field is larger and the posslclllue'
are fully as great As to my advice t
Young men, 1 would say: Stick TO VIVA
you undertake. Be punctual in your ap
pointments, be honest and be brlet. Ike
member that time is money, and that prey
ity and punctuality are among the best ele
ments of success. | don't believe in lon
business letters. There is no business S
long that you can't put the whole OF Ii
one sheet of paper. l have cultivated breI
ity throughout my life and l think 1t ha
paid me to do so. 1 believe in early rlsi n
and l lind that my brain works best 6'
tween the hours of and o'clock in tn
morning.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-13
ANOTHER OPEN LETTER.
j. L. Ray, Lecturer OF the Grange ehai-
lenges j. NJ. Perdue, Lecturer OF
the Alliance.
To the Hon. j. NJ. Perdue State Lecturer of tn
Farmers Alliance.

To the Hon ]. NJ. Perdue, State Lecturer OF the
Farmers Alliance.
DEAE SIR AND BRoTHER-At the last
meeting of the state Alliance that BODY
3depted the Ocala demands as the prlncl-
ples of the Farmers Alliance of Texas. and
at the last meeting of the state Grange
that body condemned the said demands IN
nlain, unmista kable terms-at least The SUB
treasury portion of the said demands, SUD
seQuently, the master OF the state Grange
challenged the president of the Farmers
state Alliance for free, full and open DIS
cussion of the differences between the Two
great farmers organizations, for the pur-
nose presumably of benefting the farm
ers, laborers and other honest inqulrers LOT
the right way in the state.
1t appears from the answer given that
! Brother Jones declines to enter INTO the
| discussion. for reasons best known 10 him-
| self-It NAV be from want of time from his
| other duties, it may be he thinks he is not
| the proper one to take up this discussion
| and now / come to you as brother and
| friend and ask that you and l take up TINS
| great. all-absorbing question, the sub-treas'
| ury plank in the Ocala demands, and dlS
cuss it from beginning to end, IN all OF It's
phases, and ask Texas Farmer and South
ern Mercury to publish same, each paper
to publish both sides. l will guarantee
| that Texas Farmer will accede to the prop
osition. F'raternaly yours.
JAMES L. RAY,
State Lecturer Texas State Grange
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-13
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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-13
Makes it Harder on the Farmer.

Correspondence OF the Gazette
RocKDALE, MILAN COUNTY, TEX, Nov.
1.-THE recent adoption of the amendment
to the constitution reducing the legal rate
of interest is likely to seriously interfere
with the operations of the very people 1t
was designed to benefit, at least in this sec
ton. During each season many small
farmers have found it a source OF great
convenience to borrow small sums from the
local banks, which the latter now are not
willing to lend at the reduced rates. The
probabilities are that the banks will conhne
their attention to large contracts and toe
the mark rigidly as far as the law is con-
cerued. 1t may be urged that the farmers
will be benefited by being deprived OF this
opportunity of going in debt. but thtt
chances indicate the effect will be increased
store accounts with limited option on the
part of the farmer as to where he shaL
trade and what he shall pay for his pur
chases.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-13

The Peoples party in Kansas
thought they had majority without
fusing with the Democrats, and such a
combination between Democrats and
Republicans was contrary TO good
sense and party instincts. But the Re-
publicans met the Democrats half way
and two such opposite political ele-
ments coming together made it blow
alternately hot and cold for the third
party people. It further demonstrates
that the $4,000 Democratic votes in
Kansas hold the balance OF power.