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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-08-11

An extraordinary punishment is now
in vogue in Persia. 1t was introduced
by the present shah with view to put
ting stop to the petty pilfering that
had had unbridled sway for hundreds OF
years. 1t consists in taking the culprit
through the following 'course of
sprouts" and is said to be very effectual.
especially when it has been applied to
one guilty of the third offense:
The first time man is caught in the
act of stealing he is "bastinadoed" (beat-
en- on the soles of the feet with an iron
roO and made to sign paper declaring
that that will be his last offense. If he
forgets this when the soles of his feet
quit burning and tries it again, the sec
ond offense calls for the amputation of
his right hand. If he is still obdurate,
and goes at it left handed, the third and
of course last resort is decapitation. -
st. Louis Republic
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-08-11

In book in which Jonathan Trumbull
recorded the minor cases he tried as
justice of the peace is this entry: Ellis
Majesties Tithingman entered com.
plaint against iona and Susan Smith
that on the Lords day, during divine
service, they did smile" They We're
found guilty, and each was fined five
shillings and costs. But it was the
''small boy" whose behavior in the meet
ing house provoked the Puritan elders
to groan in chorus, 'Foolishness is
bound in the heart of child"
The boy behaved badly because he
was seated with other boys, instead Of
with his father and mother in family
pew. They were herded together on
the pulpit and gallery stairs, and tith-
ingmen and constables were appointed
to watch over them, "and see that they
behave themselves comelie, and use such
raps and blows as meet"
In one parish it was ordered in town
meeting "that there be some sticks set
up in various places in the meeting
house, and fit persons by them and to
use them"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-08-11
Arranging Pansies.

You must pluck pansies every day if
you would have them bloom continually
There is not so great field for their ar
rangement in the house as with many
other flowers. | have a low, shallow,
faring basket of amber glass in which
lay them.
A pretty way to arrange them is this
Along the edge of shelf, bracket, man
tel or whatever it may be, put in row
of small vases straight up and down,
little yellow match jars shaped like a
mug without handle (Which, you can
find in any store where japanese goods
are Sold, and into these put your PAN
sizes with faces upright looking over the
edge, only three or four in each. There
is room for all sorts of delicious COM
binations and contrasts of colors in this
arrangement.-Mrs. Celia Thaxter.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-08-11
AN AMERICAN STONEHENGE.

Far up on these abandoned mountain farms
Now drifting back to forest wilds again,
The long, gray walls extend their clasping
arms,
Pathetic monuments of vanished men.
Serpents in stone, they wind DER hill and dell
Mid orchards long deserted, fields unshorn;
The crumbling fragments resting where they
fell,
Forgotten, worthless to race newborn.
Nearer than stones of storied Saxon name
These speechless relics to our hearts should
come.
No toiler for priests or monarch's fame.
This farmer lived and died to shape a home.
What days of lonely toll he undertook!
What years of iron labor; and for what?
To yield the chipmunk one more secret nook,
The gliding snake one more sequestered spot.
So little time on earth; so much to do;
Yet all that waste of weary, toilworn hands!
Life came and went; the patient task is
through;
The men are gone; the idle structure stands.
IT w. Higginson In New England Magazine.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-08-11

The Germans are trying to count the
languages that are spoken in their colo
NAL possessions. In east Africa they
have found fifty languages, in southwest
Africa, twelve; in Cameroons, twenty;
in Toga, five or six. These figures do
not include a large number of dialects
which are almost equivalent in some
cases to another language. The Ger
mans have no idea yet how many Ian
guages are spoken in their South sea
possessions, but they have thus far
counted fifty. Their missionaries and
agents are hard at work reducing the
languages which are most used to writ
ing and making dictionaries of them.-
New York Sun.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-08-11
bought Up Offending Organs.

A story is related of the composer
Verdi that has to do with organs. One
time a friend while visiting him was
shown through the composers home.
When the door was opened into one
room it was found to be filled with bar
rel organs of all sizes and patterns.
"What on earth are you doing with
all thesey" asked the astonished friend.
"Those are few that have annoyed
me with La Miserere,'" answered the
great artist, land they will never do so
again. New York World.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-08-11
What Good Clothes Are For.

The chief inducement urged in an in
vitation to make one of woman's s camp
ing party in the month of August is the
assurance: "You can wear one dress all
day long every day until it is dirty.
That's what we all did last year" Then
the note adds: "Be sure and tell me right
away how to have my mousseline de sole
made. Mrs. R. husband and lot of
the girls brothers are going up for a
week, You'd better take something cap
tivating for the dance in the old barn,
and one or two pretty day rigs, but you
won't need them till the boys get there. "
New York Times.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-08-11

A heavy plate glass shade, ornament
ed with gold and securely locked to
three staples set in the marble top of a
pulpit in church in Brussels, is said to
cover one of the thorns which formed
part of the Saviour's crown.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-08-11

Miss Gush ION board the yacht)-What
are they doing, Lieutenant Goldbraid9
Lieutenant Goldbraid-Th are weigh
ing the anchor.
Miss Gush-Oh are they? Would you
mind seeing how much it weighsS | am
80 interested in everything of nautical
nature.-Boston Globe.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-08-11
A Natural Inference,

Teacher-When was Rome built, saw,
Fritzchen?
Fritzchen-Rome was built in the
night.
Teacher-How do you make that out,
you silly boy?
Fritzchen-Because you always said,
sir, that Rome was not built in day.
Saphirs Witzblatt.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-08-11
A FALSE PROPHECY.

Would be prophets tell US
We shall not reknow
Them that walked our fellows
In the ways belowl
Smoking, smoldcrins Tophets,
Steaming, hopeless plaintsl
Dreary, mole eyed prophetsl
Poor, skin plcdging saintsi
Knowing not the Father.
What their prophecies?
Grapes of such none gather
Only thorns and liesl
George Macdonald in Cosmopolitan
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-08-11

Massachusetts has given last rest
ing place to two presidents, New Hamp-
shire to one, New York to three, Penn
sylvania to one, Ohio to two, Illinois to
one, Kentucky to one, Tennessee to
three, and Virginia-the "mother of
presidents"-to five.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-08-11

Gentlemen" said one worthy noble
man, who loved to use the Devonshire
dialect, u wish to propose a toast; and
that there is this here, Fox huntingr"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-08-11

More people were executed in England
during the reign of King Henry VIII
than ever before or since in the tight
little island, the number reaching II 400.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-08-11

Contagious Diseases" says the old
philosopher of the Canebrake region,
sis sometimes gently always ketchin."
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-08-11
The Brook.

Down by little running brook.
] first met Maggie May"
For Maggie owned dairy and
She made the business pay.
Exchange.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-08-11
CaStoria.

"Castoria is an excellent medicine for chill
dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me of its
good effect upon their children"
DR.. G. c. OsGooD,
Lowell, Mass
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-08-11

"Castora is the best remedy for children Of
which am acquainted. I hope the day is not
far distant when mothers will consider the real
interest of their children, and use Castoria in
stead of the variousq squack nostrums which are
destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium,
morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful
agents down their throats, thereby sending
them to premature graves"
DR.. ]. F. KINcuELoE,
Conway, Ark.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-08-11
Castoria.

Castoria is so well adapted to children that
recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me-"
H. A. ARCHER, M. D.,
III So. Oxford ST., Brooklyn, N. Y.
"Our physicians in the children's depart
ment have spoken highly Of their expert
ence in their outside practice with Castoria,
and although we only have among our
medical supplies what is known as regular
products, yet we are free to confess that the
merits of Castoria has won us to look with
favor upon it."
UNITED HOSPITAL AND DIspEssARy,
Boston, Mass.
ALLEN G. SMITH, Pres,
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1892-10-15
SEEDS IN A BUsHEL.

A Mississippi man counted tho mum.
Der of seeds in bushel of the various
grains with the following result: Corn,
1900; wheat, $40, 900; peas, 100, 900;
cotton seed, 10000 These, however,
ire bulky compared with the spores of
he ferns and of the fungi, such as
Mushrooms which run up into the
millions, and these in turn are not to
20 compared with tho spores that form
bacteria. All bacteria are not harm
;ul. 1t is believed now that ono class
lid digestion and perform important
functions in the animal economy
those that are harmful and that create
diseases must find disdrganized coz
.iition in the human body before they
an act For instance, n person can
Ynhale the germs of diphtheria with
out danger unless they come in CON
tact with a raw surface and thus find
access to the blood. A person can
lake diphtheria from sore in his
hand If the LAXATIVE GUN DRors
arc taken and all waste material cx-
pelled from the stomach and bowels
there is little danger from coptagion
IF any sort. These gum drops are
pleasant and agreeable, mud are nut
Up in two sizes. the small for 1Oc, the
large ones for zoe, Get them of any
healer YAM REMEDY Co.,
Peoria. Illinois
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1892-10-15
About Musical Stars.

Patti says that child should BE-
taught to sing rs soon rs it can speak.
Fanny Crosby, who is 65 years old,
pleads guilty to having written 5000
hymns and has not even yet reformed
far enough to take u verseless rest.
Gounod, the composer, is an eccen-
eric individual and will only work at
hA own time and to order. 1t is said
that he has twelve unfinished operas
lying in his manuscript drawer.
Blind Tom, the musician, has sis
ter who loses self-control when she
hears music. 1t is said that she has
tried to ruin several pianos and that
she smeshes every violin and flute
that she can lay hands on.
Jules Massenet is regarded by many
people rs the most popular musician
in Paris. An American acquaintance
describes him as talking faster and
displaying more energy than any other
man in the French capital.
Remenyi, the violinist. has a rare
collection of African chronological rel
les, which includes over fifteen hun
dred specimens, and he has applied
for a space of not less than four hun
drad square feet ut the Worlds Fair in
which to exhibit this rich collection.
ArkaRSdW Irdcelcr
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1892-10-15
Good idea for spendthrifts.

A newspaper reporter who has WELD.
ed pencil for various journals in New
York for nearly score of years told
an interesting story about himself to q
party of congenial friends including a
Commercial Advertiser man, the other
evening that will bear repeating. He
said that during the earlier portion Of
his journalistic career he found it al
most impossible to lay aside any mon
ey, Notwithstanding the fact that he
was then single man and earned a
frst-class salary. Try as he would the
money he received on Saturday for his
weeks work would slip away from
him, and when Monday came around
there remained nothing for him to do
but to strike the cashier. Finally the
cashier became tired of being hit so
early in the week, and the reporter
was warned that he would have to
give 1t up.
al managed it in one way and an
other" said the writer, "but after a
time my friends also became tired and
found myself in many embarrassing
positions, until I finally hit on pecu-
liar but altogether satisfactory plan"
"And what was that?" he was asked.
"Well, it was this: When got my
money Saturday afternoon l went over
to the postoffice, purchased a register
ed letter, put portion of my salary III
it and addressed it to myself at the OF.
flee. OF course, the letter was not de-
livered until Monday, and in that way
| managed to get along all right and
finally to save some money!"
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1892-10-15
Would 10 no Harm.

Senator Hill, while governor of New
York. found fault with Il bill presented
to him by n delegation of country
men because it contained about three
ndjectivcs TO every noun.
whats the use Of that, ana that?'
he growled in Il good-naturod way, as
he put his finger here and there upon
.he unlucky bill.
The chairman of the delegation
meekly replied each time: q may
not be necessary, governor. but it
won't do any harm"
The governor at last found host of
edjectives gathered about one OPP
pressed noun, and looking at the
chairman, said:
Il suppose you'll pat the ten COM
mandments in the bill next"
Did this suggestion disturb the
equanimity and lovely meekness of
that chairman? Not in the least.
Without the culver of an eyelid he
answercd
They might not be necessary, gov
srnor, but they wouldn't do any
harm. from tic Sunny Side ef Roli-
les"
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1892-10-15
TYPHuS FEVER.
Not Invariably Fatal but Always Very
Dangerous.

The word typhus- literally smoke
refers to the heavy stupor that charac.
terizes this fever Formerly the name
was used to include also what is now
known as typhoid, which was then re.
garded as only a milder form Of
typhus. The two diseases are wholly
distinct, Notwithstanding some resem.
blance in certain of tho symptoms,
says the YOUTHS Companion.
Iyphus fever prevailed extensively
during the sixteenth century in Italy,
France and England. In England
sherlffs, judges and jurymen took the
infection from prisoners brought be-
fore them and on account of the prev.
alence of the disease i'll jails it came tc
he known as jail fever. Other names
have been camp fever, spotted fever,
pl:.rid fever and ship fever. In Eng.
land and Ireland it has repeatedly
prevailed with great severity within
the last two hundred years.
There have been occasional out
breaks OF it in the leading seaports Of
the United States. Between Jan. l,
1861, and NOV. l, 1861 ,42S cases were
admitted to Bellevue hospital. New
Iork-more than 500 of them during
the last six months of that period.
Typhus fever, when not fatal, lasts
about three weeks. For the first weel,
the symptoms are not severe, and the
patient may even keep about his work.
Toward the end of that time the char.
acteristic rash appears, the other symp-
toms are more pro3ounced, and the
patient takes his bed. During the sec
ond week all the symptoms great
prostration, frequency of the pulse and
mental confusion--are rapidly intcnsi-
fed. BY the beginning of the third
week convalescence begins, and by the
ated.
When the disease proves fatal death
occurs as a rule by about the tenth
day. Relapses are rare. A person is
seldom attacked more than once.
Tvphus is not nearly so contagious
as some other diseases. 1t originates
in crowded conditions and its spread
is mainly confined to such conditions.
1t is almost unknown in the rural dis.
tricts. 1t does not spread from house
to house. A free circulation of the air
arrests the infectious principle, so that
patient can be safely isolated in his
own house.
While in typhoid fever the infection
is mainly in the discharges, in typhus
it is mainly in the breath and the
cmanations of the skin. 1t is believed
that clothing does not convey the in.
fection unless strongly imprcgnated
with ii; hence the fever is not likely
to be communicated by an attendant.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1892-10-15
This Doctor Saw a Ghost.

II saw ghost once, and have no
desire to see another" said DR.. A. P.
Hepworth, of New Orleans, now sos
journing at Laclede. "It was while I
was a medical student at New Orleans.
My roommate and decided that we
would get head to dissect. A half
crazy negro died that day ut the hos.
pital and we dug him up, appropriated
his head. and filed it away in the dis
secting-room for future reference. We
then separated. My route home led
past desolate old garden, in one of
the lonelicst quarters of this city.
Suddenly that dead negro rose up be-
fore me. He was very much alive, his
head was on all right, and he glared
at me, with eyes as big as saucers.
lnvoluntarily retired about 800 yards,
and would have gone further, but was
stopped by thick wall Well, l de-
cided that must lay that ghost or it
would haunt me all my life; so went
back. 1t was still, and its eyes had a
wicked glare. explained the situa-
ton to it; told it was poor student
devoted to science, and did not sup
pose dead colored gentleman cared
particularly about having his head re-
moved. But it only glared the iiercers
Then | got mad. didn't think l was
being treated with proper respect.
made rush, struck at his ghostship
with my cap, and he vanished. What
was it9 A black tom cat sitting on a
fence post. ."-!St. Louis Gi26e-De0socrat.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1892-10-15
PRETTY PoLLY's STOCK PHRASE,
It Case In Pat in the Course of q Battld
With Rocks.

A friend of mine was keeper Of a
hotel in the old country famed for its
excellent accommodation and superior
bitter beer, says a writer in the n. Y!
Recorder. His name was Joseph Norl
lis, but among the boys he was better
known as Joey"
joey was little man, no more than
5 feet inches in height. He dressed
faultlessly and was methodcal to a de-
gree. No guess work about joey.
When he said yes he meant yes. But
Joey had little temper of his own,
and nothing delighted the boys more
than. to rush into Joey's barroom eight
or ten alta time and all call at once for
their glasses of bitter beer, while keep
ing mp u running fire of chatf. This
invariably irritated the little man, and
he used to eSclaim: This is too bad
of.you. One at time, gentlemen; I'll
serve you all in turn"
Joey had a gray parrot that usually
adorned the barroom, and this mode
of rushing Joey" as the boys called
it, occurred so frequently that Polly
was not long in catching on, and l
hnve seen her literally scream with de-
light when the boys entered with a
rush, and i'll the thick of the fun Poll
would eNclaim: "One at time, gen
tlemen; I'll serve you all in turn
Poll became n great favorite with the
customers, but her language was not
at all times up to drawingroom stand
ard. However, one fine morning the
boys entered rs usual, but poor Poll
was missing. 1t appeared that IN
cleaning the cage the servant had
thoughtlessly left the door open, and
the bird had escaped to the garden
and flown off. Nothing was heard OF
her for couple of days or so, when
Joey was informed that Polly had been
seen in a field few hundred yards
from the house. in the midst of n flock
ofrooks and jackdaws: With cage in
hand, Joey and few of the boys
started in pursuit of the missing bird.
On approaching the field where Poll
had been seen they heard mighty
c!amor among the rocks, and looking
over the fence discovered that Poll was
there. but in a most uncnviai,le posi-.
ton. The rocks had pecked and crowd.
ed her back into one corner of the
field, where she was supporting her.
self by her tail and one foot, while
with her benk and the disentang!ed
foot she was defending herself. at tho
same time exclaiming at the top of her
voice:
"Onc at time, gentlemen, one at o
time. III serve you all in turn"
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1892-10-15

Papa" said Willie as he and hi
father roamed over the fields together
81 like to go walking with you. Yo,
know SO much about everything. don't
YOU" Yes, Willie, l know u grca,
deal" returned Mr.. Bronson compla,
Gently. And it is n great pleasure to
me, iry son, TO be able to ilnpart to
you the information that / have &C.
CURED" Willie looked as if lie didn't
exactly know what acquired, and i'm.
part, and information meant, saw:
Harper's RazGr, but he took ii fo,
granted that his father understood
what he was saying, and fte a minute
he was silent. Then he asked, catch.
ing sight of the cattle grazing in thu
next field, Papa, what is cows?'
"Cows," returned Mr.. Bronson after S
moment of thought-"cows-
animals with horns that give milk ant
eat grass" DO cows like grass better
than they do apple pie ana custard?f
asked Willie. "Fsry much BETTER.
said Mr. Bronson. "Why do they,
pnpa?" asked the boy. "Oh, because
they were born that way" "Why dc
cows give milk, papa? Can't they sell
it?" mo. Cows don't know ANYTHING
about money, you know; and, even i
they did, they wouldn't know where tc
keep it" Couldn't they keep it in
their horns" "Oh my, moi" "Whal
good are cows horns anyhow Do
they make that funny moo sound with
their horns?" "What an ideal. No
indeed They do that with thcil
throats." why don't they do it with
their horns?" "They can't" Cant
nybody blow horns?" ooh. yes. Tin
koly.s ;snd-er-brass horns, but no,
ceSs horns" Papa. why don't ocws
have tin horns?' "Oh-nonsense! Oh
-er-because they are cows, l sup.
pose" Willie thought deeply fora long
tire about this, and then he turned te
his father and said, "Why are COW,
COWS anywaya"
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1892-10-15
Ksan or tho Rn.mx.

A foe who turks In ambush is . more
dangerous antngonis. than one who at
sacks us in the open field, and for whose
assaults we are, in measure, prepared.
That dangerous enemy to health. malaria,
must be oncountered fully armed. Its
deadly. and can only be guarded agsinat
with certainty by fortifying the system
by course OF defensive medication. The
snrest defense against ohilIs and fever,
bilious remittent, dumb ngue and ague
cake. is Hostetter's Stomach Bitters,
which is also an eradicator of The most
obstinate forms of malaria which resist
the action of ordinary specifics, and the
virus of which remains In the system even
when the moro violent symptoms are sub
dned Constipation, liver complaint, dys-
persia and kidney troubles are always re-
licvcd by this genial remedy.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1892-10-15
How a Spanish Mine Is Run.


The Rio Tinto, the great copper com.
panv of Spain, has divided its works
into contracts, which the men them.
selves undertake in gangs of two, four.
six, or twelve, the proceeds being equal.
ly divided according to the number OF
days worked. The plen choose their
own companions. Eight hours consti.
tute days work and the average pay
is about 81 cents per day In the com.
pany's store the necessaries of life are
sold at trifle above cost price, but
every one is at liberty to buy where he
pleases. No work is done on SUNDAYS
except repairs. Arrangements are
made for medical treatment and the
relief of families during sickness or in.
jury of the husband, and schools and
recreation clubs are also provided.