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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-12-24
Enormous Demand for Eggs.

An egg merchant who goes from house
10 mouse buying eggs, told us few days
since that he expected to pay so cents a doz-
en- for eggs before Christmas.
Many persons who keep hens will prob
aDly not have an egg to sell when they reach
htty cents. Some one may ask, what can
body do when the pesky old hens stop lay
ing, and the pullets refuse to begin until
springY Why do as VIM. II. Yeomans of
Columbia, Conn, Editor of the Germantown
Telegraph, did last winter. He says: Last
fall made an experiment worth giving our
readers. Until about Dec. 1st, | was getting
from twenty common hens, only one or two
eggs a day. | decided to try Sheridan's
Condition Powder. confess had but lit
tie faith in its value to make hens lay. Com
menced feeding, and for nine days saw very
little effect. Then the hens began laying,
and in three months laid 1858 eggs. Part of
the time the thermometer was 10 degrees
below zero, and my hens were laying dozen
eggs a day, while my neighbors (who did not
use the powder) were getting none. | now,
without hesitation believe it is a valuable
aid to farmers for egg-production." Well
might he believe, for nearly ~ dozen eggs,
in three months, from twenty common hens
with eggs worth so cents, is worth having
l. S. johnson & Co., % Custom House st,
Boston, Mass, tthe only makers of Sheri-
dams Condition Powder to make hens law
viii send, postpaid TO any person, two 25
cent packs of powder, and a new Poultry
Raising Guide, for 60 cents. The book alone
costs 25 cents. For Sl00 five packs of
powder and book; for Sl20 a large ~
pound can and book; six cans for 81. 90, ex-
press prepaid. Send stamps or cash. Inter
esting testimonials sent free.
Thirty-four pounds of raw sugar make
twenty one pounds of refined. 1852
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-12-24
Tunnel Diggers Strike Gold.

Workmen, while boring for the Kansas
City (Mo.) Water Works tunnel under
the Missouri River the other day, OBJ
served some brightly tinted particles in
the dirt which they were handling, and
showed them to an engineer who had
formerly been connected with n mining
company. Putting the samples sub
mitted to him under Il powerful micro
scope, he declared that the stratum con-
tained free gold in quantities to make the
mining of it profitable Kansas City
people are now talking about paying for
the tunnel with the profits to be made by
mining the stratum discovered At any
rate, an assay of the gravel has been
ordered Boston Transcript.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-12-24
A BODY in Feathers.

One is reminded of the old story of the
monkey compelled to pull tho chestnuts
out of the fire when he reads of the
BOBBY birds of the African coast The
natives keep these birds tanned and use
them for fishing. A boat pushes out to
the deep water and anchors; poles pro
ject from the sides on which the birds
sit contemplating the waters; when one
sees fish he rises, hovers over it, dives
and brings it to the surface, then he
tosses it in the mir, catching it right end
downward, but before the fish can get
half way down the bird is seized by his
owner and choked until the fish is dis
gorged. Time after time this operation
is repeated, and the birds meal is long
deferred. The naturalists aptly named
the stupid creature which seems not to
know enough to get away and enjoy the
fruits of his own exertion.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-12-24
a DISTANT CAROL.
Mark.

Marx.
Leaning from the easement dark,
How the keen -kindled light
vi the pulseless winter nghU
Gints upon the bosom white
OF the froz n earth,
Drear, ev'n for that wond' rous birth,
Lofty, lowly,
Human, holy,
Whereat now all earth reicices.
Hark! distant choir of voices
In Christmas carol blending,
To the sparkling sky ascending.
Hear the far chimes measured ringing,
Family blended with the singing;
Sinking, soaring,
Soft, adoring;
Midnight now hath found a tongue,
AS though the choired stars that sung
High circling over them
That watched in Bethlehem,
Were echoing, echoing still,
Peace and good.toil
Good-lcu.
Peace and good-,oiu 10 men,
The voices wake again.
Soft chimes their tones repeat.
oh, far.heard message sweet,
So family heard as yet
That men forget,
Forget.
Come nearer; louder swell!
Soar, voicesl Peal, clear bell?
Wake echoes that last
Till all the year be past!
When yuletide comes again,
Still may GOod-,oU TO men
Be echoing, echoing still
Peace and good 'otH,
Good-,ciU.
-[Katherine Van Harlngen, in Harpe
Weekly.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-12-24

There 1s more catarrh in this section of the
country than all other diseases put together.
ana until the last few years was supposed to
be incurable. For n great many years doctors
pronounced it u local disease and prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly failing to
durable. Science has proven catarrh to be a
constitutional disease, and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure
ONO, is the only constitutional cure on the
market. 1t is taken internally in doses from
~ drops TO teaspoonful. 1t acts directly upon
dhe blood and mucous surfaces of the system.
Ihey offer 500 for any case it fails to cure.
Send for circulars and testimonials. Address
EB- Sold by Druppists T5c - ~
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-12-24

Of health and strength renewed and Of ease
and comfort follows the use of Syrup of Figs
as 1t acts in harmony with nature to effectuallY
cleanse the system when costive or bilious.
For sale in 5oc. and ST bottles by oil leading
druprists
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-12-24

DR.. Hoxsie's Certain Group Cure is boon
% children who are attacked with Group or
nSaiied ON recsinr ~ r., cts kddrass ID De
Hnxsie. Buffalo. n. \.
The State of Virginia owns about mil
lion and n half acres of oyster lands.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-12-24

A CURE for nearly all OF the common ills
Pills. For sale by all druS uSgists. rs cents.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-12-24
What is
1t For?


ed boys. Life is an interrogation
point. What is it for?" we con-
tinually cry from the cradle to the
grave. So with this little introduc-
tory sermon we turn and ask: What
is AUGUST FLOWER FOR ?" As easily
answered as asked: 1t is for Dys-
pepsia. 1t is special remedy for
the Stomach and Liver. Nothing
more than this; but this brimful.
We believe August Flower cures
Dyspepsia. We know it will. We
have reasons for knowing it. Twenty
years ago it started in a small country
town. To-day it has an honored
place in every city and country store,
possesses one of the largest manu-
featuring plants in the country and
sells everywhere. Why is this? The
reason is as simple as child's
thought. 1t is honest, does one
thing, and does it right along-it
cures Dyspepsia. o
G. G. GREEN, Sole Man IF, Woodbury,NJ.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-12-24

DUDELY CANEsUCKER, New York
Society man, met with serious ac-
cident and was taken to hospital.
One of his friends called and asked
If Dudley was delirious. We'll, yes"
replied the doctor, 81 think he is a
little cut of his head. He talked
very sensibly while ago. Texas
Siftings.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-12-24

the extremites dIy and warm, and you
will have done much to conserve the
health and comfort of the whole body.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-12-24

The rent of land in England 300 years ago
was about twenty-five cents an acre
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-12-24

One hundred and eighty million tons of
coal were mined in Great Britain last year.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-12-24
s=B- Sold by Druggists, 75c.

Zanzibar will hereafter impose duty on
cove stems and the organs of horescence of
the Glove tree
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-12-24

Fox hunting is an attraction for winter
visitors at Fayetteville, C.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-12-24

The average size of an American farm is
610 acres.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-12-24

Thirty-four pounds of raw sugar make
twenty one pounds of refined. 1852
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1891-12-24
August
Flower

This is the query per-
petually on your little
boys lips. And he is
no worse than the big
ger, older, balder-head-
The Dickinson press., 1891-07-18
Comfort for Corpses,

Among the inventions that commend
themselves to public notice during the
last fifty years are those relating to cof-
fins, graves and burials. One of these is
intended to furnish the tenant of a grave
who has been buried prcmaturely with a
means of escape or arousing the neigh
borhood. This invention is a simple af-
fair, being merely an open tube provided
with a rope ladder and u bell and cord.
Should the occupant of the coffin awake
from the trance he could climb the lad
der and make his way back to the world,
or pull the bell and alarm the township.
For those whose only fear is that they
may not be allowed to rest undisturbed
a considerable inventor has provided a
torpedo grave" which, if disturbed, ex-
plodes at once and scatters the vandals
to tho ds.-Chicago Times.
The Dickinson press., 1891-07-18
Mark Twain.

Has become rich, fat, and us IL con.
sequence lazy-or else his talent for
quaint sayings has left him. One of
the best things he ever said, in his
humorous days, was that the vital
statistics of the United States Census
showed that more people died at home
in bed than were killed or fatally in
jured in railroads accidents; there.
fore, it was far safer to travel than to
stay ut home. There is perhaps a
flaw in Marks %syllogism, whether in
premises OF conclusion the reader can
determine for himself, but there
would be nothing illogical in a state.
ment like this: All people wish to
avoid accidents while travelling:
"TEe Burlington" has never lost a
passenger by an accident; therefore
all people prefer to travel by "The
Burlington" This is reliable-for it
comes from 'sThe Burlington itself.
For tickets, rates, ETC., call on your
nearest railroad agent, Or address w.
j. G. KENYON, Gen. Pass. Agent, st.
Paul, MINI.
The Dickinson press., 1891-07-18
The Tea Houses of .1anan.

Mousmees, rickshaws and tea houses
are the three institutions one associates
with Japan. Kipling has made the rick.
shaws hardly more of a phantom than
the three-horse car, while Sir Edwin Ar.
mold and Pierre Lott have pictured the
gentle mousmee with such exquisite
finish that people ignorant of the mean.
ing of the word a few months back are
in love with her quaint beauty and raw
ishing smiles.
Tea houses are simply inns or restau.
rants where the principal refreshment
(often the only one) is tea. In the cities
they are the favorite evening resorts, for
there you can hire the gaudy Geisha
girls to dance and sing or play the samo.
sin and koto between the intervals Of
love making. She is a mistress of this
art. Nara, one of the most beautiful
placesin Japan, has no other accommoda.
ton, and notice must be sent the day be.
fore to tell the owner how many guests
he is to accommodate.
Rickshaws laden with supplies start a
few hours ahead, the coolies who draw
them acting as cooks and house servants
during your stay. Slowed in these use.
full vehicles is all you require-food and
the utensils for cooking and eating it.
The teahouse supplies nothing but chop.
sticks, fresh eggs and rice. The little
teahouse at Nara was like a white parch.
ment box with wooden corners, and
stood in the shade of a crystomoria
grove. In the heat of the day the parch.
ment walls disappear mysteriously into
the wooden corners; then the entire
house looks like a platform, with high
wooden corner posts, raised a few feet
frsm the ground, covered with dazzling
white matting.-Once q Week.
The Dickinson press., 1891-07-18
Important Trade Name Decision.

Judge Thayer, of the United States
Circuit Court at st. Louis. has recent.
ly handed down an opinion. and grant
ed a perpetual injunction against the
defendants in the case of The Hostel.
ter Company against the Bruggeman,
Reinert Distilling Co., ALIAS Gold
Spring Distilling Co.. prohibiting
the advertising, manufacturing OF
selling of any article of stomach Bit
tiers, either in bulk by the gallon or
otherwise, or in any way making use
of the name "IIostetter'' except in
connection with the sale of the gen.
uine bitters, which are always sold in
bottles securely sealed; and also pro-
libiting the sale of any bitters in
bulk, though the name ''Hostetter' be
not used. but the suggestion made to
the purchaser that lie put them
in the empty Hostetter bottles, and
purchasers would not discover the
difference. His decision supports the
Hostetter Company in the exclusive
use of the name "Hostetter" in con-
nection with either the manufacture
or sale of stomach bitters in any man.
ner or form whatsoever, and firmly
establishes its ownership in the name
'.Hostetter'' as Il TRADE NAME.
The Dickinson press., 1891-07-18

The corner of Jackson and Dupont
streets witnessed as heathenish u sccne
recently rs any four corners in China
town ever presented.
1t was about 1890 o'clock in the fore
noon, and the narrow thoroughfares were
crowded, but the crowd made no differ
ence to the Mongols who gathered there
to perform their heathenish rites. First
a bonfire was built in the middle of the
street, then big wooden idol fully three
feet tall was carried out and placed in
the center of the flames. Twenty-four
bowls of rice were laid out in q circle
about the fire; six bowls of fat came
next, and then four roasted chickens.
A crowd of Chinese gathered with un-
covered heads. First one salaamed to
the idol, then another, then all together.
A tomtom was sounded until those in
the distance thought a boiler factory had
started up heal by.
The big idol grinned and grinned and
grinned, and did nothing but grin, al
belt the flames We're fast consuming his
godly person. And as the idol grinned
the heather worshipers grinned, until
it became a grinning match all around.
"Him bad luckee," said Tin Chum,
who was asked to explain the queer per.
formances. 1t seems that tho family of
Bod Ding Lee were consuming an old
patron idol of the family because he
brought ill fortune on the house. Last
week Bod Chez was locked up as a va
grant, and on Wednesday Bod Dung fell
ill and died. So on Friday the patron
idol was burned alive.-San Francisco
Chronicle.
The Dickinson press., 1891-07-18
Strong Writer,

Uncle Stephen, an old negro, had come
to cut the grass in the front yard, and as
Colonel Winter started out to his office
he stopped to greet the Oldham. "Well,
Stephen" said the colonel, II hear that
you intend to give your son an educa,
tion."
"Dat's what I does, sab. knows what
it's ter struggle erlong widout larnin',
an I is 'termined dat my son sha'nt
trabble barefoot ober de same hard road
dat l did"
ga noble resolution. Stephen. 1 wish
all fathers felt as you do. Is your boy
learning rapidly"
"Ez fast ez er boss ken trot, sab
Why, last week lie wrote u letter to his
aunt dat Ibis mo dan twenty mile from
yere, an after a while he gwine tie,
write ter his udder aunt dat Ibis fifty
mile away"
"Why doesn't he write to her now?'
"Oh, he KANT write so fur, yit. He
ken write twenty mile fustrate, but
tole him not ter try ter write fifty mile
till he got stronger wild his pen. But
he's gwine ter git dar, l tell you. Won't
be morc'n er year TO dat boy ken SCI
down at one eend OBJ de gumbronmen,
an write er letter cl'ar ter do uddel
eend."-Exchange.
The Dickinson press., 1891-07-18

On the ground of a NJ nui-
sance, restraining orders were served
Wednesday morning ON all the saloons
Of this place. The injunction was
issued by the judge of the district
court OH application of the proper
authorities. The effects of these
places are in the hands OF the county
sheriff, pending further orders of the
court.
The evidence was worked up very
quietly and was a move hardly looked
for, though there had been more or
less agitation of the matter in the
past. A petition asking that the Or
der be withdrawn. is being generously
signed by the business mel and citi.
zens of the town, on the ground that
drinking cannot be checked in this
way; that strife, i'll will and trickery
will be the outcome together with
greatly increased taxation incident
thereto; and that they had rather see
the business carried on as it was than
as it is now. We believe there is a
deal Of truth in the above; yet, every
man should deal with the problem as
his conscience dictates and in such a
way as he thinks eXpedient.
The Dickinson press., 1891-07-18
cloth to sleep, and generally seems very
contented and f1iendly.-Atlanta Con-
Put to Sleep by Lightning.


A strange case is attracting attention
ut Anna, o. Ella Raglan was sitting in
q doorway during a thunder storm one
week ago, when lightning struck some
object in the yard, and Miss Raglan fell
over asleep, and has remained so ever
since. She cannot be awakened. Her
breathing and appearance arc natural
Cor. st. Louis Republic.
HARD to GeI.
Doctors are sometimes more consid-
crate Of their patients needs than they
are of their circumstances. It is easier
to prescribe u journey to Europe or Ber-
muda than it is to fill the prescription.
A gentleman whose affairs had be.
come very much embarrassed, and who
was overworked and overworried, went
to a celebrated specialist, broken down
with nervous exhaustion.
Now" said the doctor, "there is only
one thing that you must have, that is
absence of worry, absence of care and
freedom from all preoccupations."
much obliged for your prescription, y
said the gentleman. "but you've left out
important thing in it,"
What is thatY"
You haven't put in the a%pothecary's
street and number ."-Exchange.
The Dickinson press., 1891-07-18
a Big otter Drowned in a rrau,

An abnormally large dog otter was
caught at the end of last week in the
river Cherwell, close to the bathing
place known as Loggerhead, near the
University park, in a rabbit trap. It
appears that Mr.. Charles Cox, the pro-
prietor of the bathing place, in the early
part of the week set the trap close to the
river side for the purpose Of catching a
rat, and on looking for it the next morn
ing it was nowhere to be seen.
After the lapse of three days the chain
of the trap was seen in the water, and
on a hitcher being obtained an. otter,
caught by n of the forefeet at the joint,
was brought to the surface. The otter
thus weighted had been unable to rise
from the bottom to obtain air, and so
was drowned. 1t weighed 81 pounds
and measured 8 feet 8 inches from the
nose to the tip of the falkland and
Water.
The Dickinson press., 1891-07-18
Tho Burelar Stole a Kiss.

The house of Thomas Owens, a we'll to
Do farmer at Valley station, was entered
Friday night by a masked burglar, who
secured about thirty dollars in money
and several articles Of clothing. The
door of the family bedroom had not been
locked, and the burglar entered without
difficulty. He carried a dark lantern.
In leaving the room he looked at the
sleeping ones, and saw the innocent face
of MI. Owens little daughter. He sud-
denly bent v and kissed her on the
check. She awoke and uttered a loud
scream This aroused her father, who,
springing up, spied the burglar. He was
not quick enough. however, and was
knocked sepseless by n powerful blow on
The Dickinson press., 1891-07-18
Consumption Cured.

An old physician, retired from prac-
tice, having had placed in his hands by
an East India missionary the formula Of
q simple vegetable remedy for the speedy
and permanent cure of Consumption,
Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma and ali
Throat and Lung Affections, also a posi-
tive and radical cure for Nervous De-
bility and all Nervous Complaints, after
having tested its wonderful curative
powers in thousands of cases, has felt it
his duty to make it known to his suffer-
ing fellows. Actuated by this motive
n a desire to relieve human suffering,
! Will SEM free of charge, to all who
or English, with full directions for pre-
pairing and using. Sent by mail by ad-
dressing with stamp, naming this paper.
w. A. NoyEs, 800 Powers Block, Koch
ester n. Y.
The Dickinson press., 1891-07-18

An Instance Which Shows That There
Are some Who Arc Very Cruel.
"Meanl" exclaimed Sparkins, as he
lighted the last cigarette in the fourth
bunch since morning. "Why, the mean
ness of women toward each other is CO
lossal."
1t was generally conceded at the club
that young Sparkins was an authority
on the female question.
"You chaps may not know" said he,
chat a woman is always worried that
something may be wrong with the back
of her dress. Well, that's feminine char
acteristic, just as the habit of sitting on
the floor when they put on their stock
ings is. A woman on the streets is never
perfectly at peace in regard to her ap-
p%earance from the rear. She can look
up and down the front all right, but I'M
less she has a girl friend to advise her
she is never IRE about her back.
CHOW, you can imagine how easy it
would be to upset the peace of mind of a
%nervously constructed woman by max
ing her fancy that some displacement of
attire at her back is attracting the atten-
ton of people to her. Well, now, what
do you suppose I have found out? Why,
that there's an organized band of young
female fiends who devote themselves at
odd times to the business of breaking
women up on the street by conveying to
them the impression that their garments
are making guys of them. The plan is
tO 1ook STRAIGHT ot n ~cortoin mint of +ho
victims skirt just as she is passing, and
then to turn and cast up the eyes to the
victims face with a look in which pity
and ridicule are equally blended.
"What do these imps do but go out on
to the avenue of an afternoon, distribute
themselves at equal distances in pairs
and proceed systematically to frishten
every we'll dressed woman that comes
along by their staring. And they gloat
over the discontinue they produce when
they get together afterward. They were
delighted the other day when they drove
a lady back to her house, about ten
blocks away, after convincing her that
her white underskirt was in full view.
Now, what are you going to do with a
sex that's sc mean as all that?Y
Nothing" replied one of the listening
group. "What arc you going to do?%
"Well, I've got to take a couple of 'em
out to supper tonight" said young
Sparkins.
CATER the theater??' some one asked.
"Oh, of course" he replied. "These
are theater ladies. New York Letter.
The Dickinson press., 1891-07-18
Electric Bitters.

This remedy il becoming 80 well
known and so popular as to need no
special mention. All who have used
Electric Bitters sing the same song Of
praise. A purer medicine does not ex-
list and it is guaranteed to do all that is
claimed. Electric Bitters will cure all
other affections caused BY impure blood.
win drive Malaria from the system
and prevent as well a. cure all Malarial
fevers.-For cure of Headache, Consti-
patton and Indigestion try Electric Bit
ters- Entire satisfaction guaranteed, or
money refunded.-Price SO cts. and 800
per bottle at j. J. Freeman's Drug Store.
The Dickinson press., 1891-07-18

WE cannot see that shippers have
reason to look forward to a collapse
in prices this year. In London top
American steers bring IA cents us
against ii 3-4 cents a year ago. The
market has a strong and healthy out
look. and it is certainly a fact that
European countries are outgrowing
their local capacity for supplying
themselves with beef, which gives Il
permanent foreign market for the
American surplus.
If cattle owners will not be in too
great a hurry and rush a lot of light
cattle onto the market, we cannot see
why the present good prices should
not be retained. And it does not
seem as though there was much dan
ger to be apprehendcd from this
source, as the grain output in tile
Mississippi states is good, and the
Dakota and Montana ranges have an
abundance of good winter feed in
sight.