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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-07-11

Probably the most remarkable occur.
renee ever known happened in Dawson
Wednesday. Martha Roundtree, the
well known negro woman who kept a
restaurant at the south end of Main
street, now occupies grave at the ceme-
terry, the result of sneeze. The ply
sicians of Dawson say that they have
never heard or read of a similar case.
Wednesday the woman, as well as usual,
was at the restaurant attending to her
work. She had just left the rear of her
eating saloon and walked to the front
when she was attacked with an exces-
sive spell of sneezing and coughing.
She had been afflicted with hernia, and
the strain was so great as to burst hole
in her stomach. Surgical aid was called
in and her stomach sewed up, which
gave temporary relief. She fingered
until late Saturday afternoon, when she
died. The victim of this remarkable oc-
currence was large woman, weighing
246 pounds. Savannah News.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-07-11
Prehistoric Giants.

Near the Mediterranean coast not far
from Nice, are some grottoes which are
remarkable for the prehistoric remains
found in them. The value of these
grottoes as field of prehistoric research
was recognized twenty years ago. They
were at that time purchased by Mr..
Emile Riviere, who, however, neglected
to work them, and sold them again to a
quarry master, who, on removing some
of the rock, unearthed some of the re-
mains. Since then the grottoes have
been in litigation much of the time and
no one has been able properly to investi-
gate them.
AT present three skeletons found there
are figuring in the law courts. One is
of a man whose estimated height is
feet 8 inches. The head of the skeleton
is missing. Another is the skeleton of a
woman 8 feet 3 inches tall, and the third
is the remains of youth. These added
to previous discoveries make seven skel
etons of prehistoric men unearthed up
to the present time in these caves. The
Italian government has not attempted
to exercise any rights in the matter.
Up to 1875 Mr.. Riviere had discovered
the skeletons of one man and two chill
dren, which were some twenty-nine feet
below the level of the caves and were
surrounded by undoubted paleolithic
implements. The bed is a compact one
of limestone.-Chicag News.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-07-11

A young boy named ellison, in com
pany with one or two other boys, was
on the sewer dock and discovered sew
eral bottles in an old iron tank. In one
of the bottles was white substance
Young Gilson's curiosity was aroused
He produced match and, lighting it
dropped it into the bottle. He held the
bottle in his right hand, and no sooner
had the match struck the bottom of tn,
bottle than an explosion followed, blow
ing the bottle to atoms, filing Gilson
hand with the fragments of the glas
and also nearly blowing the thumb of
his hand.-New Haven Register.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-07-11

Sheep shearing is now being pushed
rapidly, and most of the focks in the
valley have been shorn of their feecy
coats. Some big records have been
made in shearing, but the ten men
headed by o. H, Lane seem to take the
lead. They clipped $4,000 feeces in six
weeks. The best record for single day
was made by G.. o. Meager and l..
Palmer, who sheared 1855 each. Lane
will start in few days for Flagstaff,
where he and his band have work al
ready engaged to last three months.
The clip this season is unusually good,
although the early winter drought killed
off large percentage of aocks. Han
son Brothers, of Show Low, We're among
the heavy losers, having lost $4,000
worth of sheep by death and strays.-
Arizona Republican.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-07-11

An electric launch on exhibition at
the crystal palace, London, is thus de-
scribed: The Lily, as she is named, is 2s
feet long and has beam of 3 feet 6
inches, depth Of . feet 10 inches and a
draft of 2 feet. The electrical equip
ment consists of a two horse power mo-
tor, supplied with current from thirty
Epstein" cells, Her weight complete
Is $500 pounds, she will hold from
twelve to fifteen passengers, and with
one charging will run at her full speed
of seven miles an hour for five hours.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-07-11

Friday morning as ten miners We're
going from the Eureka Mills boarding
house to what is called Rough and
Ready, with dinner pals in hand, to
begin their days work, the soft new
snow above the trail on the mountain
side began to slide. In moment the
men were being carried down the slope
with great speed. The snowslide sep
arated, one part carrying five of the
men down a slope about 700 feet, the
other part continuing down about 100
feet, leaping over precipice probably
thirty feet high and carrying the five
men with it, At different times all the
men but one We're under the snow and,
strange to say, but one man was in
jured. 1t was first thought his leg was
broken, but we learn it was only
sprained and bruised. Another man
was almost mothered.-Pulmas County
Bulletin,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-07-11
Thousands of Tons of OIL.

Oil is to be used as fuel instead of coal
in all the big furnaces at the Worlds
fair grounds. The exposition company
will pay the Standard Oil company sew
enty cents barrel until 1893, and then
have the privilege of getting the oil at
the lowest market price, not to exceed
721a cents barrel. The contract will
be for perhaps the largest quantity ever
sold to one consumer. The lowest es-
innate that has ever been made of the
amount of coal that would be burned at
Jackson park during the exposition was
$4,000 tons. On this basis 225, 900 bar
rels Of oil would be used, but it is prob.
able that the amount will be largely in
excess of that estimate.-Cleveland Her
aid
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-07-11
Enterprise Among English Papers.

The boat race between the representa-
tive crews of Oxford and Cambridge is
rQwed annually on the river Thames.
This years race was noteworthy, not
only on account of the breaking of the
record in point of speed of the contest
ants, but as enabling the London press
to carry out successfully remarkable
piece of enterprise.
The London papers containing the re-
suit and full details of the race were on
sale within four minutes after the Ok
ford crew had passed the winning post.
The press boat as it steamed up the
Thames paid out cable consisting of a
seven strand conductor, insulated with
vulcanized rubber, with warps and braids
of fax, which had been specially manu-
factured for the purpose. Over this ca
BILE the progress of the boats at intervals
of a few minutes along the entire course
was transmitted to the papers and pub
lished all over London almost as the
crews were passing the points indicated.
Immediately following the result there
was dispatched a complete description
of the race from start to finish. which
was in the hands of the newspapers and
others provided with instruments long
before a single pressman was able to
land his "copy" from the press boat at
Mortlake, and also long before the
pigeons dispatched from the scene We're
able to settle down in homeward direc-
ton. The instruments used were Morse
saunders. The short description of the
race which was finally sent contained
over 150 words.-London News.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-07-11

Representatives of nearly all the Hol-
yoke paper mills that make fine writing
papers and one of the mills in Nit
tineague and one in Westfeld met in
this city Tuesday morning to consider
the matter of the annual shutdown
These manufacturers belong to the fine
writing paper section of the American
Paper Makers association, and shut
down means reduction of from sew
enty-fve to 100 tons day in the output.
1t was understood that the mills would
shut down from July to midnight of
July II, although no formal vote was
taken on the subject. The Holyoke
mills will be forced to shutdown from
July until midnight of July 4, as the
water is to be drawn from the canals
during these days. The shutdown is to
enable the manufacturers to work off
the surplus stock, and is little longer
than the usual summer vacation
Springfield Mass Republican.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-07-11
Tho New Treasury Notes.


Perhaps the principal object of the re-
vision of the United States paper money
is to make the backs of the notes more
open, that is, less covered with the en-
craving, so that the silk fibers shall be
more distinctly visible.
The distinctive paper now in use no
longer has the two threads of silk run
ming longitudinally through the note,
but in their place are two stripes, each
half an inch wide or so, of short red and
blue silk fibers scattered thickly in the
paper, in such manner that they show
only on the reverse of the bill.
These two fiber stripes practically di-
vide the note into three sections of about
equal size, and this feature of fiber in
the paper is held to be an almost abso-
Use safeguard against successful coun-
terfeiting. But that is only one of sew
eral devices employed to insure the
inviolability of the currency.
Each note has an entirely separate
design, the work Of which is SO open as
to show readily any error of an attempt
ed counterfeit, and no portion of the
design is repeated ON the same note; so
that no small part could be engraved by
a skillful operator and then duplicated
by mechanical processes to ill any
amount of space, as has been the case
with some of the previous paper mon
ey" of the government.
The geometrical lathe work of the
new designs is said to be the most ex-
quisite and complicated ever executed,
and such as to utterly battle any at
tempt at its illicit reproduction.-Paper
World.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-07-11
Flies So Thick They Put Out the Light.

About o'clock Tuesday night Battle
mountain was infested with a cloud of
tiny flies that drifted into the saloons on
Front street in myriads, in many in
stances darkening the rooms and putting
out the lights. When the pests had
passed away it was found that the tops
of the lamps were covered an inch and
half deep and the lamp chimneys
choked. 1t would appear that these
minute flies were attracted by the lights
in the saloons, and In countless millions
perished. d.-Central Nevadan.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-07-11

A woman with baby in her arms ap-
preached an innocent looking young
man who was sitting in Central park
yesterday. She asked him to hold the
baby while she went to look at the
menagerie. AS she did not return the
young man thinks she must have been
taken In by the boa constructor OF
the rhinoceros, but the sparrow cop tc
whom he confded his suspicious is OF
the opinion that it was the young mar
who was taken in.-New York Evening
Sun
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-07-11
The Human Journey of a Lathing Nail

About fifty-four years ago Washing
ton Megahan, contractor and builder of
this place, was working at his trade,
that of a plasterer, in Blair county, when
he accidentally swallowed lathing
nail. He was very much alarmed about
the accident at the time, but as he felt
no evil results from the extraordinary
diet, In the course of two or three weeks
he had forgotten all about it. Recently,
however, Mr.. Megahan has felt pecu-
liar sensation in the palm of his left
hand, and one day last week he was able
to feel the outline of small nail, and
then it was that he remembered having
swallowed the lathing nail fifty-four
years before. The nail is rapidly work
ing its way through the flesh of his
hand, and when it has worked up under
the skin Mr.. Megahan will have physi-
clan remove it.-Somerset Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-07-11
Queer Chickens In Ohio.

DR.. Stounsbury, of Middleport, has a
hen with brood of twenty-one chick
ems that combine all the hues of the
rainbow la their down, much like the
grown peacock. 1t is said the ancestress
is peculiar breed imported from Aus
tralia--Portsmonth Times.
At the dictation of the men put in
power by the unionists in Australasia
all immigration into the colony is pro-
hibited, so that the thousands of people
now unemployed there may have an
opportunity to find work.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-07-11

A novel lighting plant of sixty-five
lamps capacity is carried by the railroad
car at present making tour of the
country exhibiting California fruits.
The furnace, boiler, engine and dynamo
are placed completely in one corner of
the car, and current is furnished to the
lamps distributed in and around the car.
The experiment has proved so satisfac-
tory that steps are to be taken to equip
the entire train.-New York World.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-07-11
Run Down by an Island.

Captain George w. Torrey, of the
fishing schooner Alice, reports that his
boat was almost run down by floating
island in the Pacific ocean off Cape Flat
terry. The captain and crew went on it
and made partial exploration. There
was a hut and small farm on the is
land and other signs of habitation, al
though there were no signs of life.-
Seattle Letter.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-07-11
Welded Over Her Mothers Grave.

The most unique marriage ever per-
formed in Baltimore took place Mon
day within the boundaries of Green
Mount cemetery over the graves of the
parents of the bride. The groom was
Colonel Hendrick Won Stamp, ex-minis-
ter of Denmark to the United States, a
knight of the Order of Dannebrog, and
the bride was Miss Mildred Hammond,
daughter of the late General Hammond.
Six carriages We're occupied by the we'd
ding party, but the vehicles were sup
posed to be funeral cortege as they
slowly moved through the cemetery
When the Hammond lot was reached
the graves were strewn with flowers
and the wedding was quickly per-
formed, the bride standing upon the
grave of her mother and the groom
upon the grave of the brides father.
The bride is of one of Maryland's oldest
families, being remote descendant of
President George Washington She is
forty and the groom forty-four years
old.-Baltimore Letter.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-07-11

Fifteen natives ON the east coast Of
Australia, suffering from fever, put
themselves in the hands of the Maori
tohunga, or doctor, who prescribed.
After taking his physic they were told
to go and "sit in the creek" until the
tohunga released them. Thirteen out
of the fifteen died.-Exchange
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-07-11

The Tacoma papers tell Of the interest
that has been aroused in the state Of
Washington by the prospect of the OPEN
ing of the Puyallup Indian reservation.
The land of the Puyallups is fertile,
well timbered and contains mineral and
oal deposits.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-07-11

The new catalogue of the University
Of Pennsylvania shows ,764 students,
or twenty less than Yale, while the Uni
versity of Michigan has 1898, or just
twenty less than Harvard. In the num-
Der Of teachers Harvard now comes first,
with 253; the University of Pennsyl.
vania second, with 237; Columbia third,
with 220; Yale fourth, with 1853, and
Michigan fifth, with 145.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-07-11

Shakespeare's birthday celebrations at
Stratford- on Avon and in London were
attended with great success. The Me
mortal theater in the poets native place
was crowded by pilgrims from all parts
of England, as were also those thea
ters in the metropolis where Shake
spearean plays are presented.-London
Telegraph.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-07-11
A Rand water Wheel,

In one OF the Comstock mines a new
water wheel is to be placed, which is te
run /, $50 revolutions minute and have
speed at its periphery of 1O,sO5 feet
per minute. A greater head of water
than has ever before been applied to q
wheel will be used.-Exchange.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-07-11

A sore throat troubled John Haines,
of Danville, Ills, and he lost his voice in
consequence of it. After few days he
coughed mp brass pin and his voice
was restored.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-07-11

A musical prodigy has been discov-
cred at Albany, Ga, in the person of
Tom May, who can reach low F, and
whose voice has exactly the same com
pass that Whitney had in his hakcyon
DAYS.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-07-11

Australians have had bitter expert
ence of the mischief which rabbits are
capable of doing, and now they seem
likely to have trouble of similar kind
from the introduction of foxes.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-07-11

The man who wrote to his wife in the
country that he didn't know how to en-
dure the heat was told to keep the gas
turned down and not to play poker all
night.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-07-11

A calf with single eye, no ears and
five legs is the joy of Wayne county, la.
1t is now over month old and bids fair
to grow into full cOwhOod.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-07-11
A Suicides Gloomy View of Marriag,

II am as happy as though was going
to be married." was one of the queer
sentences of a note left by Vito Miraglio
who committed suicide by shooting
himself on Tuesday.-Philadelphia Rec.
ord,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-07-11

The legislative assembly of Styria, in
Austria, has passed law forbidding
poor people to marry without special
license from the authorities.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-07-11

In 1888 nearly II 400, 900 citizens voted
for president. This year the total will
be not less than 10, 100000.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-11
Mrs. Terry Judged Insane.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. March TO-
Mrs. Sarah Althea Sharon Terry was
today adjudged insane. ard was COM
mitted to the state asylum at Stockton.
the nervous tension of the past few
Vparc
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-11
LIVE STOCK POINTS.

The business of exporting dressed
beef from the Northwest is on the in
crease constantly. 1t probably will in
crease till most of the meat is shipped
in that way. 1t is much more humane
way. and in time will come to be more
profitable way, as cattlemen see their
way clear to adopting it.
The hog does not thrive best on
single grain ration of any kind. He
wants mixed diet.
Keep brood SOW alone two or three
weeks before narrowing, as the other
hogs may crush and injure her in her
helpless state. Keep her and the pigs
also by themselves after the litter
comes, and see that they are warm and
dry.
Mud upon horses hoofs and legs
causes scratches, and limestone or
sandy mud is the worst. Therefore
clean your horses legs and feet. Wash
the mud off every time. Standing in
foul, wet stables also causes scratches.
Therefore clean the stable and stalls
and keep them dry.
A mixture prepared in the proportion
of four pounds of wheat bran, one
pound of cottonseed meal and two
pounds of cornmeal, with good hay ami
enSllage, makes an excellent ration Tor
cow in heavy milk in winter.
TO dry off your cows give them dry
iced.
The Athens Reporter says that Mr..
Roger Williams, of Hermon, N. Y, is
keeping l27 cows, besides sheep and
swine, on 100 acres of land, and about
the only feed ne buys is cottonseed
meal, which, he thinks, adds 81 per ton
more than its first cost to the value of
the manure made.
Don't kick colts and calves, but pet
them.
Exercise your hourses several times a
week in cold weather, and do not let
the sheep stay out in snow or cold rain
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-11
Exneriences of a Year.

The writer, during 1891, has been con-
Quoting a series of experiments, and
has noted down many important items.
l. That scratching pens adjoining
the hen houses are of untold value, Civ
ing the fowls chance to keep up their
exercise during the most inclement
weather.
2. That water kept in stone fountains
and placed in the rear part Of these
sheds is not so liable to freeze IN win
ter.
8. That fowls kept free from lice will
suffer less from ailments and lay more
eggs.
4. That fowls free from lice never
shed their feathers out of the moulting
season.
5. That corn fed growing stock and
an unlimited range Will give better and
healthier fowls than any other diet.
6. That crested fowls in flock of
,non-crested ones are apt to be the tar
gets for feather eaters.
Z. That chicks in brooders thrive bet
ter by beginning with temperature Of
90 deg than higher one.
s. That not more than fifteen hens Of
our American breeds should be IN ated
to male bird, and about twenty hens
of the Mediterranean class to male to
insure strong. fertile eggs.
9. That gill of water to each bird is
a good average for daily allowance.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-11
CLAMoRlNG FOR WORK.
German Workmen Unemployed
Want a Chance to Live.

Want a Chance to Live.
BERLIN, March 1O.-Meetings were
held 10 Leipsic today at which 1900 men
out of work were present. The dis
tressing state of affairs in that city was
fully discussed, and a number of
plans for lettering the condition of
the workingmen were debated. 1t
was finally decided that delegates
should be sent to the municipal
authorities. asking that public works
for the relief of the distressed people be
Immediately started. In Cologne 400
destitute men were today given employ
ment on relief works started by the city
officials. 1t was found impossible to
supply work to more than compare
lively small number of all the great
crowd of impoverished men who be-
sieged the authorities. begging to be
given a chance to earn little money
with which they might purchase food
for themselves and their starving fam
lilies.
The authorities. however, despite their
efforts to find places for as many of the
applicants as they could possibly put to
work, were forced to turn away hum
dreds of the clamoring workmen. Those
formed themselves intoa procession and
marched in body to the town hall.
Here, in answer to the shouts and cries
of the men, the burgomaster ap-
peared and made an encouraging
address. He said the authorities
were doing all In their power to
alleviate the great distress prevailing
and hoped that some means would soon
be reached to accomplish this end. He
promised that they would try to find
work for everyone and that in the
meantime employment would be given
to those of the men who were married
and had families dependent upon them
for their support. The professionals
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-11

say, that will most
quickly and effectually restore the sys-
tenn to health, give strength to the mus
cles, and create normal action in the
physical organs.
DR.. Vandenburgh's report, emitting
its technical medical terms, is as fol-
lows:
Mrs. L. S. Bailey, of West Potsdam,
n. Y, is a woman who for the last
twenty years has been afflicted with
scrofula. At first small blotches broke
out on her head, and In short time her
whole body was covered. She faithfully
tried the best of medical skill. consult
ing some ten physicians, but none of
them helped her. At night her whole
body itched so that she was often forced
to walk the floor nearly all night.
1.-THE various patent medicines, such
as sarsaparllas, ointments, etc, that
are advertised for the cure OF this dis
ease, were tested. Still further diScour-
agement was the only result.
''Acting upon the theory that blood
diseases are caused by weakness of the
nervous system. prescribed that stand
ard nerve and brain food. Paine'S celery
compound. The result was almost
miraculous, for the terrible disease that
had so long resisted all treatment yield
ed to this compound, and Mrs. Bailey is
now completely cured, with the excep-
ton Of one spot on her arm, and that is
fast going away"
Many things have been recommended
to give strong muscles, pure blood, Wig
orouS health and firm nerves. But it
required something more scientific,
more advanced, than the ordinary nerv-
ines, sarsaparillas and cheap decoctions.
A discovery was demanded. And
discovery was made by the eminent
Prof. Phelps, of Dartmouth. Paine's
celery compound was the result. and it
is today the best 'spring medicine" in
the world, ensuring health, happiness
and long life.