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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-05-05
PERSONAL.

Among the citizens doing jury duty
this week are Hugh McGeehan, Adam
Sachs, Freeland; Christian Miller, Fos-
ter, and Robert Boyle, Jeddo.
Capt. James Collins has been in town
for few days this week.
Miss Thresa Carr, of Wilkes-Barre, is
spending few days here among friends.
John Shigo, Jr., is in Scranton attend
ing the first annual convention of the
Catholic Slavonion Union. He is the
delegate from st. Johns Beneficial
Society.
Chas. McGill, of Highland, has &C.
cepted a position with Ferry & Christy.
John NJ, Powell, I'd, is on business
trip through the Western States.
John Coyle and wife, of Lattimer, were
visiting here on Tuesday.
George Chestnut made business trip
to Philadelphia on Tuesday.
Jacob Falk, of Wilkes-Barre, spent
Sunday with his friend, Joe Neuburger.
Willie Heiney, of Allentown, has been
visiting here this week.
Miss Nellie Campbell, of Eckley,
spent Saturday with relatives in town.
John Muldowney, of Carbondale, spent
a few hours here yesterday.
Joseph Gallagher, of the Philadelphia
Medical College, is home on his summer
vacation.
Andrew Pfaff, book-keeper for J. P.
Mcdonald, has resigned his position and
returned to Philadelphia, where his wife
and family reside.
Chas. L. Fowler, of the Shamokin Drift
Office, spent few days this week with
relatives in town.
David T. Richards and family have
removed to Wyoming, this county.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-05-05

When was in Germany few years
ago was shown street pavement that
had been laid which was made of rub
Der. 1t was almost noiseless, and some
went so far as to say that if it proved
successful otherwise it would do away
with vehicle springs. The only objec-
ton made to the pavement was that it
was feared it would be affected by the
change of temperature. l saw man
the other day who had recently arrived
from Germany, and he told me the pave
ment of which have spoken has proved
to be a complete success. That it is not
changed by cold or hot weather, and
that it wears we'll even under the heaviest
teaming. Interview In Chicago Tribune
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-05-05
Sam Boyd's Latest.

Samuel w. Boyd, editor of the Wilkes
Barre Neacsdealer, whose sweet songs
have done so much to advertise that city,
has added another to his long list of po-
etic effusions. His latest song, "She Is
Waiting for Her Boy" the words and
music of which are now out, is up to the
high standard which Mr.. Boyd main
tains in all his productions. The song
is for sale at Perry Bros. store, Wilkes
Barre. The words are as follows
She is watching for his coming, with CHEEKY
heart and bright,
In the homestead that he left long years ago,
But the anxious care and waiting left their i'm
press on her face,
And her sunny hair has turned to locks of
snow.
Twas an early morn in summer that he left the
cottage roof
That had sheltered him through every storm
and joy,
And his mothers heart was saddened when she
pressed him to her breast
To give parting to her fond and loving boy.
At the firesde she is waiting with loyal heart
and brave,
His parting words come to her with refrain.
am coming back, dear mother, will surely
come to you,
And hold you in my loving arms again.
When passing years brought wealth and fame,
his thoughts then homeward turned
To the loved spot where he played in childish
gee;
And he prayed while on his journey that his
mothers voice once more
Would greet him when he knelt beside her
knee.
From the window of the cottage the mother
saw him come
All her anxious years, her vigil too, were
past;
His fond arms went around her with kind and
loving care,
And there's gladness in the cottage home at
last.
CHORUS.
There is gladness in the cottage and on the
mothers face,
Her heart is filled with pleasure and with joy.
And forgotten is the sorrow of the long and
weary years.
In the presence of her fond and loving boy.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-05-05
JEDDO NEWS.

Miss Mary Dugan left here last week
for Bristol, where she intends to make
her future home.
Miss Kate Harkins was here visiting,
She has returned to Hazleton.
Miss Ellie Muligan, formerly of
Hazleton, but now of Philadelphia, is
visiting friends.
Patrick Marley, of Silver Brook, was
here visiting on Sunday.
There must be an attraction for some
of our young men in Freeland. They
get there pretty often.
This place was somewhat livelier on
Thursday than usual. A Hungarian
wedding was the cause. Beer was
plenty on every side and all enjoyed
themselves. The Slavonian Cornet
Band of Freeland serenaded the young
couple in the evening.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-05-05

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.'
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-05-05

Since everything in the coal regions,
life, labor, capital and the coal trade de-
pend on Mr.. Mcleod, let us pray that he
doesn't get the spring fever and go on a
six days loaf or the Lord only knows
what will become Of us.-Senfael.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-11-17
THE AMMEN DEFENSE RAM.

vania have caused considerable de-
lay. Work on her has progressed
SO well, however, that she could be.
ready on short notice IL necessary.
Her principal dimensions are: Length
extreme, 251 feet; beam, 43 feet s
inches; draught Is feet; displacement,
about 2, 1875 tons. The coming tower
armor is of steel, 1s inches thick; the
deck armor at the side is inches
thick. At the center it Is inches.
The smokestack and ventilator armoI
Is inches thick.
The new boat is to be lighted with
electricity throughout, and she will be
submerged to fighting trim by means
of Kingston valves in the various
water-light compartments. Artificial
air is to 5e supplied on the exhaust
system. The foul air is to be withdrawn
by fans, and the fresh air supplied
through ducts connected with the
armored ventilators. The force draft
system will consist of two blowers for
each fire-room, delivering into an air
tight hre-room. There will also be
steam reversing gear, ash-hoist, turning
engines, auxiliary pumps, engine-room
ventilating fans and distilling appara-
| tus.
"The vesseI,9 says Seaboard, sis be-
| ing constructDa with double bottom
the entire length, two feet between
the shells, and DIVIDED into numerous
cells. The framing is on the Longitude
nal system, and greatstrength is given
to the structure by the longitudinals
and girders being continued from stem
to stern. The vertical keel, four OF
the longitudinal frames and the armor
shelves are to be water-tight. AT
every twenty feet the transverse
frames are also to be water-tight,
so that the space between
the outer and inner shells is divided
into more than seventy-fve water
tight compartments. The vessel above
the inner shell is divided by transverse
and longitudinal bulkheads into thirty.
two water-tight compartments, max
ing in all about one hundred compart'
mepts.
The engines are to be of the horizon.
tai, direct-acting, triple-expansion
type, with with cylinders 36 and sc
inches diameter and SO inches stroke
The indicated horse power will be
4,s00, with $50 revolutions minute.
Each engine will have an auxiliary
condenser, with combined air and cir.
culating pump. The boat will have
two double-ended boilers 13 feet
inches diameter, by IL feet 8 inches
long, and one single7ended boiler o.
the same dimensions, all for a working
pressure of 100 younds to the square
inch.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-11-17

inc farRe ueveIUpInenJ Uach % S4.o Co.'s
is indicative of social instincts, ambi-
ton and selfishness The intellectual
region is located in the fore part of the
head, and this is so small compared to
the rear part, that it is evident that
the Egyptians were far more ambitious,
social and selfish than they were in
telligent.
81 do not think that phrenology can
go so far as to say that any particular
shape of head will cause the subject to
perform any particular work. In that
respect there is no connection between
the Egyptian head and the pyramids.
But in another respect there is a strong
association between the two. The
Egyptians were the most ambitious
people on the face of the earth. Their
civilization and all their works of art
and science show that. Therefore 1t
is extremely probable that the
pyramids are monuments to this
ambition. 1t is known that
some neighboring peoples to
the Egyptians attempted to construct
pyramids, but they were only puny
affairs. Thereupon the Nile dwellers
proceeded to erect piles which are
simply enormous, and are still objects
Of the most'profound wonder. The first
building of these commenced about
1,5oo B. G. The largest, near Gizeh, is
461 feet high, with platform on top
30 feet square, and the length of the
base is 746 feet. 1t occupies eleven
acres of ground and is constructed of
such stupendous blocks of stone that
it is impossible to conceive .how they
| were got into place.
"All this, l think, is the result Of
ambition, as instanced by these odd
| looking heads. 1t is fortunate that
prenology is able to elucidate this mat.
tor -
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-11-17
TWO EGYPTIAN PRINcEssEs.

The heads are utterly bare of hair,
which circumstance, though giving the
daughters an uncanny appearance,
makes it very convenient to study the
remarkable rear development of the
Uranium. A line drawn from
the tip of the nose back
over the forehead and then around
under the chin completes an ,illipsoidi-
cal curve with the small end at the
chin. AS aspecimen of art the picture
is not great success. Pie right wrist
of one of the maidens has either suf-
fered a remarkable strain or else the
artist has made the mistrke of attach
ing the left arm TO the side of the
body. The right hand of the daughter
who is doing the chucking is phenome-
nally large, though its shape is perfect.
The necks and arms are very slender.
but the thighs are very good size.
Prof. Nelson Siger OF New York city,
who knowsas much about phrenology
as any three other men combined, has
given his views of the Egyptian head,
together with an opinion as to its pos
sible connection with pyramids,
sphinxes and other works peculiar to
the dwellers of the Nile. Prof. Sizer is
we'll qualified to speak on the subject.
1t has been said of him that he can go
into dark room full of Chinese, Hot
tentots, Indians, Caucassians, Iceland
ers and negroes, and distinguish one
nationality from the other by simply
rubbing the various representatives on
ne head. Tia professor SAYS that
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-11-17
Saving papk Of ENGLAND.

One person out of every seven in the
United Kingdom is depositor in the
postoffice savings banks, which have
nearly $500, 900, 900 deposits. To man
age this business there is headquart-
ers staff of not far from 1000 persons
at the London postofice bank, Of
which every money order postoffice in
Great Britain and Ireland is a branch.
Every deposit made in any one
of the postoffices is forwarded
to the London headquarters. The
local postmaster simply takes
the cash and sends it up to London,
merely entering it on his accounts and
on the depositor's book. The London
Office keeps an account against every
one of the 10000 branch offices. How
great is the labor entailed will be re-
allied when It is stated that in one
day as many as 72,6s9 deposits have
been made; that last year 992, 900 ac-
counts were opened and 7O1, 900 closed.
1t is estimated that in the twenty five
years the postoffice savings bank sys-
tenn has been in operation frauds and
Inaccuracies have amounted to only
about cent for every $4,000.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-11-17

A company is being organized to
BALD on the Back bay at Boston a re-
frigerating plant, from which pipes
filled with a continual few of cold air
will be laid throughout that section OF
the city. The pipes will connect with
a coil in the house of every one who
desires to use it, and it will be arranged
so that the temperature can be raised
or lowered as desired. 1t is estimated
that it's use will save annually 10000
tons of ice and do away with its un
healthfulness, inconvenience and
waste. The service will cost nc
more than the ice would cost and has
the advantage of making a room cool
and dry, whereas ice makes it cool and
damp. This cold air can be used in
food chests, wine cellars and sleeping
and living-rooms.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-11-17
mrs sYpNEY WEBB.

committee of the House of Lords,
which sat to inquire into the sweating
system, and her suggestions were em-
bodied ip the report. When a young
girl she travelled as private secretary
with her father, the late Richard Pot
ter, during his tour in Canada and the
United States. On her return to Eng
land she made the acquaintance
of Herbert Spencer and became his
devoted pupil and friend. In those
years her whole mind was wrapped up
In philosophical research, and none
would ever have believed that she
would become known as one of the
most practical workers among the
poor of London. However, change
came over the spirit of her dream, and
she went down to live as agent to
huge block Of dwellings in the most
wretched and God-forgotten part Of
the city. 1t 10 said that she took this
step in obedience to a suggestion made
to her by her cousin, Charles Booth,
who was compiling his first volume of
'grhe Life and Labor OF the People"
She contributed the remarkable chap
ter concerning the tailoring trade, and
In order that she might really know
what she was talking about, she spent
fifty days working in the sweaters
dens, sparing herself in nothing. She
also lectured ON the cooperative move
ments In Great Britain. A prominent
Asmber of the .London Fabian society.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-11-17
Losses of Dining Car Service.

Dining cars are generally run at q
loss and are attached to trains simply
as matter of attraction. A steward,
four cooks and five walters are at
tached to each car. The food costs
from $1,000 to $1,5Oo month. 1t
costs fran sic, 900 to $22, 900 year to
run one of these cars, exclusive of the
wear and tear on the property and in
cidentals. In some places and
particularly in the South, sleepers
are also run at q loss. A sleeping car
leaving New York for Chicago is
supplied with 100 sheets, 120 pillow
slips and 100 towels. The washing is
done in different cities, and is given
out in great quantities at the low rate
of 81 per 100 pieces. An equipment OF
linen, which lasts a year. is purchased
in amounts of $4,000 wssth at time.
One company, for 700 cars, uses every
thirty days 2,40O dozen cakes CT toilet
soap, 1900 dozen boxes of matches,
thirty-fve dozen hair brushes, fifty
dozen whisls, sixty dozen combs, and
a vast number of'sponges and feather
busters. Porters receive from $40 to
$50 month.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-11-17
A Govornor,s GalIantry.

Everybody that knows South Caro-
lima knows that General Wade Hamp-
ton, at one time governor of that
aristocratic old State, is the admiration
of all the men and the idol of all the
women within its precincts. lie is not,
to be sure, exactly the style of person
whom one would think of calling a
"ladies' man." but, with his handsome
and manly face, his elegant figure and
manner, and "the smallest foot in
South Carolina" he is very decided
favorite among the maids and matrons
of the Palmetto State. Hence
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-11-17

other differences there may have been
In the physical construction of the
Egyptians, they were all alike in one
respect-that is, they all had long,
queer-shaped heads.
If this be admitted the question
arises, what does this feature, peculiar
to the Egyptians, indicator These
ancient people were interesting in a
variety of ways and were absolutely
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-11-17
Trade In Ouicksilver.

A curious yet profitable business in
the expectation and reimportation of
quicksilver has sprung up in California.
Quicksilver for export is sold at IS less
per flask of seventy-six and half
pounds than that for home consump-
ton, and shrewd dealers have not been
slow to take advantage of this rebate
of over 6 cents per pound. They have
cheerfully paid the freight to Australia
and back again, and have cleared
nearly cents per pound on the
transaction.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-11-17

1t was not, perhaps, wholly un-
natural, when, at ball given at
Columbia, charming girl tripped and
fell into his arms, and remained in a
faint until he had carried her out of
the room, that some of her sister
beauties should envIously declare that
there was more feint than faint in the
whole business. As for ourselves, we
do not pretend to decide the question.
We should dislike exceedingly to hurt
the feeling of the gallant Hampton, or
of the fair girl who received his mo-
mentary tentions; and, on the other
hand, we trust we have too much dis.
cretion to risk the anger of score OF
two of other beauties by pronouncing
against their theory.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-11-17
Sound Aftsr Tour CenturIes.

Robert Braybrool, bishop of London,
who died in 1404, was taken from his
tomb after the great fire of 1866, after
having been buried for 262 years. Not
withstanding this his remains were
found to be perfectly fresh and uh.
shrunken. His hair had grown more
than yard in length, and had natu-
raj, life-like luster.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-11-17
Cotton In China.

After several years of struggle cot
ton spinning of Chinese cotton by Chi
nese hands is established in Shanghai,
Five hundred and fifty looms and 21,-
900 spindles turn out weekly 1sO,o
yards, thirty-six inches wide, of SUI
perior quality of imitation American
drill sheeting. Half the looms are of
English make and half of AmericaA
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-11-17
HEADS OF EGYPTIANS.
A LESSON FROM SOME RECENT
DISCOVERIES.
Deductions Drawn by n Celebrated
PhrenologIst Who Sees Possible
Connection Between Long Heads and
the Pyramids.

SERIES OF EXCA-
vations, begun hun
dSeds of years ago
and still under way,
h a s brought I o
light an immense
number of pictures,
skulls, mummies,
carvings and sculp-
lures w hi ch all
bear witness to the
fact that, whatever
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-11-17
Americas olasst CHURCH.

The oldest church in the United
States is the church of San Miguel,
erected at Santa Fe, N. M, seventy
seven years before the landing of the
pilgrims on Plymouth Rock, twenty
years before the founding of st. Au-
gustine, Fla, and tifty-three years
after the landing of Columbus.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-11-17
Foreign Coin in France.

France wants to alter her coinage SO
as to avoid being inundated with for
eign copper money, often inferior in
value to her own. The government
would like to introduce some new ma
terial for the baser coin-possibly a
mixture of bronze and aluminium.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-11-17

The first plate glass was made in
1888 at st. Picardy, in France, where
the process was found by accident, as
so many other important methods in
manufacture have been discovered,
where there were eyes to see the ncci-
dents and minds to apply them or the
lessons they taughts to the advance Of
art or industry.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-11-17
A Relic OF EARLY Navigation.

One of the many curious exhibits
which will be shown in the Transporta-
tion department of the worlds fair,
and one which will be of interest to
lake captains, will be an old wooden
anchor in use on the lakes 100 years
ago. 1t is primitive contrivance, and
has been secured for exhibition by
Chief Smith through the State Histor-
ical society of Wisconsin. This old
anchor was taken from the bottom Of
Green bay, Wisconsin, A years ago. 1t is
a curious contrivance and was not un-
common on trading vessels on the up
per Great Lakes in 1902. The anchor
is about five feet across from tip to tip
of the fukes and about four feet high.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-11-17
Enxland,s Elevated Railway.

The first elevated railway in Eng
land is now fast approaching compile
ton in Liverpool. The line traverses
the entire length of the docks of that
city, distance of six miles, and will
be ultimately extended to the heart of
the town.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-11-17
DIGerent with Aim.

"Yes," said the landlady after fruit
less search for her guests silk umbrella
"I thought 1t had been stolen, and now
am satisfied that il was"
"You may be satisfied" replied th'
guest dryly, "but I'm blest If am."--
Boston Transcript
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-11-17
An old-Fashioned Match.

The old-fashioned birthstone match,
which was used with q tinder box, was
little slip of very thin wood six inches
long and a quarter of an inch broad; it
tapered at either end, and at either end
was dipped in birthstone.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-11-17

ordered by the government A good
illustration of the ram from Seaboard
is reproduced below.
1t was the intention of the builders
to have launched the boat this month,
but the labor troubles In Pennsyl-
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-11-17
THE OLD WOODEN ANCHOR

1t is regarded as a picturesque relic Of
early navigation. Three of the legs
are part of the stump which forms
the head. The fourth leg, in front, is
movable and is secured by an iron bar
shown in the picture. This was moved
outward in order to fill the basket with
stones and then pushed back into place
and nailed in again.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-11-17

! - made the acquaintance OF sydney
Webb, political writer and Socialist;
and they are now going to work to-
gether among the toilers.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-11-17
Tobacco In Austrie.

The Austrians consume moreitobacco
than any other nationality or race on
globe, civilized or savage, Recent in
vestigation by eminent staticians gives
the number of pounds consumed an
nually by each 100 inhabitants of the
different European countries as fol-
lows: Spain, ITO pounds; Italy, 1873;
Great Britain, 1873; Russia, 1872; Dem
mark, 224; Norway, 229, and Austria,
273 pounds.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1892-11-17
AMONG THE ToILERS.

An English Lady Whose Sympathy for
Them Is Deep Rooted.
Miss Beatrice Potter. who became
Mrs. Sydney Webb not long ago, is
said to know more about the real poor
of London than any other woman in
England. She was the only woman