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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-12-08
"BEY0ND THE ALPS LIES ITALY,

A fresh memorial to vanished youth.
The sweet girl graduate, with flower face;
Her eyes so full of trust, her heart Of truth,
Looking o'er all the world to find her place.
Her theme holds weighty words and thoughts
so staid,
A travesty on life in phr;sc austere:
But youthful confidence is unairaid,
And gladness vibrates in the tCnvs 50 clear,
Beyond the Alps lies Italy!'
The joy of triumph and of proud applause.
Sweet floral offerings, the music's .sTir!
Fair, sunny slope of youth! Oh, let is pause
And linger in this girlhood's u, ,le with her,
Ere yet she climbs those :. t:ed D.. as Of life,
Where womanhood with all It's -. ,tery lies.
Remember, ere you go to meet its strife,
Oh, maiden innocent, grown STRANGELY wise,
Beyond the Alps lies Italy!"
The essay soon will yellow grow with time;
The years will string their rosary of tears;
Weary and footsore we the hills must climb,
And stumble DER the stones of cares and
fears.
The mists of doubt will all the landscape veil,
The summit lies so very far away;
The feet may falter and the courage fail,
The stern pale lips will quiver then to say,
Beyond the Alps lies Italyp'
Oh, when the hands that helped you up the
slope
Shall loose the clasp we cannot always keep;
When in the night of pain you upward grope-
Blinded by tears, with tagging footsteps
creep;
Then let your girlhood's maxim cheer your
heart
peal of Joy through all life's sad refrain
Though here we love and lose, and meet and
part,
There is height where pleasure conquers
pain
Beyond the Alps lies Italy!'
Anna b. Patten in Youths Companion.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-12-08
The Glass Sponges.

Did you ever carefully examine one
of the so called "glass sponges?" The
most delicate and beautiful of these
perhaps is the Venus flower basket,
which is found only in the deep sea near
the Philippine islands. 1t looks for all
the world like spun glass woven into an
intricate pattern, and is so delicate and
exquisite that one can hardly believe it
to be nothing but the skeleton of a
sponge. This particular species of sponge
is composed of bands of spicules running
lengthwise from end to end, with cross
bands intersecting at right angles. Be-
fore they are thoroughly skeletonized
the corners of the squares formed by the
crossbands are filled with a brown jelly
like substance, which reduces the spaces
to little tubelike holes.
The edges of these little holes project
slightly above the general surface of the
sponge and give it the appearance of
being dotted with miniature volcanic
craters. The ridges, instead of having
their surfaces made up of continuous
CLASSY skeleton, have their soft sub
stances supported by whole multitudes
of delicate microscopic, six rayed spic-
ules., In some instances these fragile
spicules seem to be supported, OF at
least held in place, by little hooked stars
and rosettes. In its natural state the
whole of the Venus flower basket is
covered with fine hairs, the mouth being
kept closed by net of fine glasslike
needles.
Captain Simmons men found the flow
er basket fastened to rock by handle
carefully attached to the basket in four
different places, and the divers of the
Exile brought up one specimen that
rested on the top of marble pedestal
which at some time had been lost in the
harbor at Najaja.-St. Louis Republic.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-12-08

Some interesting processes i'll obtain
ing distilled or lighter products from
mineral oils have been described by Dr.
Laing, of Edinburgh, before the Royal
Scottish Society of Arts. Among these
he names the arrangement of a still i'll
such a manner that the oil is continu-
ously being distilled into itself until the
required density is obtained. DR.. Laing
showed that radiant heat is powerful
agent in breaking down oil vapors, and
can be utilized by passing the gases as
they leave the still through super
heater at a high temperature, placed
between the still and the condenser.
His ingenious method for distilling
under pressure-by means of which a
hold is kept ON all the considerable gases
until liquefed-he describes as consist
ing of relief tank interposed between
the pressure valve and the condenser,
into which the gases escape as they come
from the still, the pressure here getting
distributed over such large area that
it is practically reduced to nil, the oil
running to the receiver at ordinary at
mospheric pressure.
DIR. Laing's new form of still for pre-.
venting oils being broken down, as in
distilling for lubricating oils and paraf-
fine wax, is so constructed that the non
conducting heavy residues which are
continually forming under distillation
are constantly being removed from the
source of heat.-New York Sun.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-12-08
A Great Piaue for Salt.

Five or six years ago the people OF
Colorado City, away ont on the rugged
bluffs of the Colorado river, felt that
they had reached degree of advance
ment which justified municipal airs.
They thought they ought to have a city
council. When they got that they dis
covered that their water supply wasn't
what it ought to be, There came in a
class of high toned settlers who weren't
satisfied with whisky and water, but
wanted all water, and good water, too.
The city council in due deliberation
moved in the matter. A considerable
fund was raised and a deep hole was
bored The drill went down 200 feet
1t didn't find good drinking water, but
it struck petroleum, eighty feet of rock
salt and other things.
The boring stopped for awhile. Colo
RADIO City offered its hole for sale, but
found no takers. After awhile some
body thought of making use of the salt.
The hole was bored deeper 1t struck
fresh water, which arose to within 200
or 300 feet of the surface al dissolved
the rock salt. A pump was put down.
A windmill was hoisted abe the pump.
The wind raised the salt water, which
was run into reservoir This west
Texas sun, which shines about $40 days
in the yer, did the rest. Colorado City
had salt. Other wells have been bored.
Windmills have been hoisted in rows
until Don Quixote might think he saw,
by the moonlight, a whole army defying
him. The process commends itself to
an economical, not to say lazy, man.
The water dissolves the rock salt. The
wind raises the water. The sun evap-
crates the water and leaves the salt on
the ground.
Could anything be easier? Manual
labor is necessary to take up the salt
and barrel it, that's all A 30-foot wind
mill raises from 5000 to 5000 gallons of
salt water in an hour. OF the salt thus
manufactured by natures forces Colora-
do City ships ont several hundred car
loads month. A chemical analysis
shows this salt to be 9S per cent. pure.
In country where there were less sun
shine and wind saltmaking could not
be carried on so successfully.-St.L Louis
Globe Democrat.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-12-08

dtte, they say, an fve.snd twenty year
is lang eneuch, but the scars wi me
yet, Owen, the scars wi me yet, an will
be till my deeing day, an | Gamma see a
wee BARN warslin wi this wicked warl
like the puir Dutch lass, but | maun
think: Hoo, if twere Bess? My ain
wee Bessie?"
And the old man, dashing his hand
across his eyes to clear away mist
that was not all of age, drew from
his inner vest pocket one of those old
fashioned daguerreotype cases that used
to be SO common on country house cen
ter tables twenty years ago and handed
it to me. | opened it, and after turning
the case this way and that to avoid the
reflection from the CLASSY surface, saw
two dimly outlined faces, the mothers
and daughters, looking at each other.
1t was impossible to get much idea of
what they were in life, but | looked at
them as one would look at strange face
in a coffin and then handed back the case
in silence.
Just then the door was flung open and
number of men entered the room, their
forms but dimly discernible in the dusk
which had fallen upon us unheeded.
"Why, it's Langdon," said one, ad-
vancing with an exclamation of sur
prise. 81 suppose you've got everything
all arranged for the picnic, Sandy?"
NO" said |, hastily interposing, I'VE
have not been talking about the picnic
at all. That's what came for, but Mir
MacNab has been telling all about the
old days in Scotland, and we hadn't
really got down to business yet"
Sandy hustled about to light couple
of gas jets as | spoke, and when he had
finished he slowly returned, thankful,
was sure, for the moments respite.
"I'm thinkin," said he slowly, that
sail ma gae to the picnic"
mot go to the picnic" said young
MacGowan in astonishment. why,
uncle, how can that be? What would
the picnic be without your"
AYE, lad, it's kind o you to speak sac,
but Pm owre auld for sic tricks. Icanna
pit the stane, nor hurl the caber, nor
rim, nor loup, nor warsle, nor step a
hielan fling. Young folk s'uld be blitbe
an merry an auld folk s'uld stay hame.
Dinna mind me, lad, but go your ways. "
"He's thinkin O his BARN, puir
Sandy" whispered Rob Mackenzie in
my ear.-Owen Langdon in New York
Recorder.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-12-08

The worlds submarine cables now
measure about 1901 nautical miles,
in 1 1853 sections. Different governments
control s33 sections, or 1888 miles,
France claiming 3,269 miles, Great Brit
ain 1899, Germany 1879, and Italy
1,027 miles. The remaining 1856 cables,
aggregating 129, ,62S miles, are owned by
private companies. This great length
of cable has been nearly all made on the
banks of the Thames, but Italy now has
cable factory, and France will soon
have two, To lay and repair the cables
requires the constant service of spe.
cially equipped fleet of thirty-seven yes.
sells of 56, 955 tons.-Ohio State journal
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-12-08

OF the 10000 or more relics of all
kinds preserved in the Army Medical
museum at Washington the most inter-
esting perhaps are two portions of hu-
man body all that remains above
ground of j. Wilkes Booth, the assassin
of President Lincoln. These ghastly
but most interesting specimens are num-
bered and catalogued for ready refer
ence. The first (mounted on little
stand and labeled 4,0S6) is a section, or
rather, sections of three vertebrR, the
third, fourth and fifth, through an aper~
ture in which thin wire is placed
showing the course of the ball. Near
this is the second specimen, suspended
in wide mouthed vial of alcohol and
labeled 4,0S7. 1t is about three inches
long and reminds one of section of
we'll cooked beef marrow.
Referring to the catalogue, under the
head of No. 4,0S6 we find the following:
Mounted specimen is the third, fourth
and fifth cervical vertebr9. A conoidal
carbine ball entered the right side, COM
minuting the base of the right lamina
of the fourth vertebra, fracturing it
loHSltuulHdlly anu Separating IL from
the spinous process, at the same time
fracturing the fifth through it's pedicle,
and also involving the transverse pro-
cess. The missile passed directly through
the canal with slight inclination
downward, and to the rear, emerging
through the left base of the fourth and
fifth laminR, which are comminuted
and from which fragments We're imbed-
ded in the muscles of the neck"
The alcoholic specimen, labeled
4,0S7, has the entry in the catalogues:
"A portion of the spinal cord from the
cervical region, adversely perforated
from right to left by a carbine ball
which fractured the lamine of the
fourth and fifth vertebre." The cord is
much torn and discolored by blood
AS mentioned above, these two speci-
mems are the only portions of J. Wilkes
Booths body that were not consigned to
the grave.-St. Louis Republic.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-12-08
ASH BARREL PHILOSOPHY.
The Comedy and Tragedy of HousehoI


The Comedy and Tragedy of Household
Recalled by It's Receptacle for Debris
An ash barrel overhowing with house,
hold refuse!
Not very tempting object, but a vol
ume of philosophy is slowed away among
the curious debris of this fat receptacle
on the curbstone. Near the top is bit
OF dainty fabric-a mere fragment of a
woman's handkerchief. It has futtered
in the brisk sea breeze of Newport or
Long Branch, a pretty vehicle of gay
fiirtations. A sad spectacle it is now
with its torn and soiled lace edging. Be-
meath this relic of the flown summer lies
the ferruled end of heavy walking
stick-the gift of a fond mamma to her
fair haired boy, who is considered a
great swell among his fellow chappies.
The cane was bit out of fashion when
the Youngsters mother presented it, and
"the fellows of the club" you know,
guyed him about the Stick In a fit of
anger he broke the thing over his knee
IA wondrous feat of strength), and it
found its way next morning to the ash
barrel.
Peeping from beneath broken fruit
dish is the tiny toe of a dilapidated
patent leather boot. The graceful lines
of feminine foot are still there, despite
the shabbiness. Do you think this san
dal of modern Venus still remembers
the night that Harry Highflier begged
to drink in champagne the health of his
adored one from this same castoff piece
of footgear?
A battered, torn and glossless silk hat
OF date long past next comes to light
Through what vicissitudes has this dis
carded title" accompanied paterfamil-
las! 1t would still be reposing in cor
ner of an attic closet had not the wife
of the wearer's bosom thrown it in the
rubbish pile.
What a jumble of broken objects are
overturned by the prodding hook-a
young girls glove; bunch of wilted
roses, with card attached (compli-
ments of Dick Dovely); fragment of
mirror, with the end of "a spray of forget
menots painted on its silver surface; a
shred of materfamilias' wedding dress;
a shattered Nankeen vase; badly
cracked billiard ball and the remnants
of a schoolboy's slate!
All, but here is symbol of gayety-
the green nose of a pot bellied demijohn
-rotund and robust, and not mite dis
concerted by its present unfortunate po-
sition. Its fiery contents, long since dis
appeared down the throats of men, has
helped to cheer as well as make foolish
L.. IL
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-12-08
TOWARD A FAR LAND.

Toward a far land, whose dream discovered
shore
Our hearts do hope for, we are sailing on;
The way is dark, and mutinous thoughts.
anon,
Protest against the voyage and implore
The master, Faith, to search the sea more
For unknown lands. We soon are set upon
BY winds and waves of doubt, that make us
The awful vastness of what lies before.
But oh, my brothers, bear abounding trust,
And fearless Faith will doubling crew dis
may;
So was Columbus tried by thoughts unjust,
Who found a world, while seeking for a way
That would be shorter from Spain's heat and
dust,
To the fair gardens of far famed Cathayl
William S. Lord in Kate Fields Washington
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-12-08
In Down Town New York.

"The trouble with you New Workers
is, Quill" said the man from Boston
they had been looking over Trinity
church-"that your buildings lack age;
they are not venerable enough to COM
mand the respect of the soul instinct
with the ideals of all that is hallowed
by the past. Now, there is the Old
South
But what's the matter with thaTF
interposed Quill-they We're strolline
toward the Battery, and were opposite
45 Broadway-"what's the matter with
that? There's Adams Express company
There couldn't be anything much Older
or more venerable than Adam, could
there?'-New York Times.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-12-08
The Right Answer.

A judge, meeting countryman, said
to him, Where are you going?"
"How do know?" was the gruf reply.
The judge, taking it for piece of i'm.
pudence, said: You don't know, you
scamp? I'll teach you better manners
Off to prison with your
The poor rustic was seized forthwith
and was being hauled off to Jail when
he turned round and said, your wor-
ship can see now that l answered cor
rectly, for l assure you that / didn't
know l was going to prison."
This reply excited the risibility of the
judge, who ordered him to be set at
iberty.-Tesoretto
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-12-08

An active pastor, who has now retired
from both ministerial and commercial
life, was for many years partner in an
iron bedstead business, and was not
ashamed. He was accustomed to boast
that his connection with business en-
abled him to live in good house, to
dress his wife well, to educate his chill
dren, to keep respectable table for his
friends, to help the poor and to benefit
the church, all OF which was true.-Na-
tional Review
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-12-08
A Monster Map.

Professor Penck's scheme is to con-
struct new map of the world on scale
of to 100000 or about sixteen miles
to the inch, the sheets to embrace &
degs. in each direction, except for lati-
tudes beyond so degs., for which the
width would be 10 degs. of longitude.
The land surface would require 769
sheets. The cost is placed at $500, 900
beyond probable returns from sales.-
Ohio State Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-12-08

A man who has kept an account of
the number of kisses exchanged with
his wife since their union consents to its
publication as follows: First year, So, 500;
second year, 10000; third year, 1850;
fourth year. 100; fifth year, 2. He then
left off keeping the record. rd.-Exchange.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-12-08
The Price of Church ORGANS.

If you have any idea of buying q
church organ after learning that they
last for centuries, it will interest you to
know that you can buy one in this city
for any price between $500 and $50, 900,
and that in the best factories an instru-
ment that sells for $4,000 takes six
months to build.-New York Times.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-12-08

A bee flies much in the same way as
pigeon-that is to say, it first takes an
upward spiral fight into the air, and
then darts straight for the objectin view.
Now an experimenter ON insect nature
once covered a bees eye with paint,
and sent it into the air; instead of
darting straight off after rising, it con
tinued to ascend. Weekly.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-12-08
The Wire Output,

The wire industry is actively carried
on in Great Britain, Germany and Bel
gium, also in the United States of Amer
lea, and has attained enormous dimen-
sions. A leading continental firm has
alone an output of some 10000 tens of
wire and wire products per arnum.-
Chambers Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-12-08

On one occasion it was publicly stated
that Tennyson had drawn his inspiration
from Horace and Keats, and corre-
spondent wrote to ask him if this were
SO. NO" he replied; Horace and
Keats were great masters, but not my
masters. New York Tribune.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-12-08

The moose in Penobscot county, Me-,
are so accustomed to the train that they
gaze calmly and critically at the locomo-
tive, and are not frightened by whistles
and kissing steam Jets.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-12-08
The Prohibition Line in Maine.

The Prohibition line in Maine does not
extend to elevations exceeding 500 feet
On the tip top of Green mountain,
Mount Desert island, is one of the flash.
lest barrooms to be found anywhere, run
without any pretext of concealment.-
Exchange.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-12-08

There are eight soldiers located in Ire.
land to one in Scotland, and over twenty
boys under eighteen years of age have
won the Victoria cross.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-12-08

The people of Portland, Me-, call the
poets mantle that falls in heavy folds
over their statue of Longfellow "that
rubber overcoat."
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-12-08

Candollo, the investigator, says the
health of dark eyed persons is much su-
perior to that of the light or blue eyed
type.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-12-08

Person, the great Latinist, was the
son of weaver. His taste for learning
was kindled by the accidental discovery
of book of Latin proverbs.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1892-12-08
Ting RAILROAD SYSTEM.
- LEHIGH VALLEY
@< DIVISION.
READING A
Anthracite coal used exclu-
- sively, insuring cleanliness and
comfort.
ARRANGEMENT OF PASSENGER TRAINS.
NOV. 15, 1899.

Nof' 10, 1872
LEAVE FREELAND.
go, $50 940, 1914 A. NJ, 1925 1.5O, 2.43. $50.
i'11, pa oii, ~, Sf p. NJ, for Drifton, Jeddo'
LumDer \ ard, stockton and Hazleton
t.lO, $40 A. NJ, l,50, $50 p. NJ, for Maucb
CHUNK Allentown, Bethlehem, Pbiia,. Easton
ana M New York. (S35 has no connection for
S.85 a. NJ. for Bethlehem, Easton and Pbila-
5.s6, 1856 A, NJ, PIG. 4.5oP. NJ Via Highland
W;iilol WUtniiicnl !, M Ior hte Haven, Glen Summit,
"hAos-n narre' flttston and l.. and B. Junction.
SUNDAY TRAINS.
ll.4O A. NJ. and 345 =. NJ. for Drifton Jadao
Lumber ard and Hazleton 0'
90 7. NJ. for Dclano, Mahanoy City, Shen-
ahdoah, New York and Philadelphia.
ARRIVE AT FREELAND.
55o 1Oa 7,B, 9.lS, 1885 A. NJ, 12.l6, LIS, 2.33,
$50, IR and S.H 2. NJ from Hazleton, stock
ton, Lumber Yard, Jeddo and Driffon.
7.26, DIS, 1856 A. NJ, IL l6 233, 40, 703 p. M
from Delano, Mahanoy City and Shenandoah
Via New Boston Branch).
-, l,i5 and s,.3I p; NJ. from New York Easton.
Philadelphia; Bethlehem, Allentown and
9.ls and 1856 A. NJ from Easton, Philadel-
pha, Bethlehem and Mauch Chunk.
Haven, Glen Summit, Wilkes Barre, Pittston
and Il, and B. Junction (yia Highland Branch).
SUNDAY TRAINS.
ll.3l A, NJ. and 3.3l Z. NJ. from Hazleton-
Lumber Yard, Jeddo and Drifton.
ll.al A. NJ NJ. from Delano, Hazleton, Philadel-
33l p. NJ. from Pottsvile and Delano
Agents. VI i'0AeS
!, A. sWEIGARD, Gen. Mgr.
O. g. HANCOCK, Gen, Pass. Agt.
-, .... Philadelphia, Pa.
South Bethlehem. Pa.
, 1892-01-02
Bekjendtgjorelse

go I L Brug we'd Fordelingen at
SD den we'd For ordningen af 29de
December 1862 angaaende Foran-
dring af nogle Skater og A~fgifteppaaS
Gen St. Croix dens B., taStsatte
Afgift til Colonialkassen, svarende til
So Cents for liver Ager Land, der
alvendes eller er udlagt til Sukker-
avl, opfordres hervedi Henhold til
Anordningens Forskrift, enhver
Plantage Eier eller hans Fuldm@gtig
til linden IA Dage fra Dato at lid
sende til undertegnede Commission
den i Anordningen paabudne skrift-
lige Erklaring ON Netto Vegten af
Diet Sucker, der or bleyet produceret
paa de yedkommende Eiendomme i
Tiden fra lste Januar til Site Deem
Der 1891.
Et Exemplar az denyed Anordnin-
gen paaDudne Fortegnelse fra Told
kamrene over Netto V@gten afSukker
der er blevet udf0rt fra liver Plantage
/ samme TidSrum, SAINT en- Gjenpart
af en- Oversigt over Rorleverancen
leverede fra Plantager etc, til St.
Croix Observation-Disclosures j Cam
pagnen l890-91 vii bliye henlagt til
Eftersyn i Retshuset i Christiansted
Ok neCohuset i Frederiksted.
S5attecommissionen for St. Ccoix den
29l9 December 1891.
LTMPRICHT L.. G. LARSEN
HORT.
, 1892-01-02
A FOR RENT
0&SHE upper floor of the house
60 No. Is Company Street
Apply at this Office.
Christiansted, goth December 1891.
BekjendtgjoTelse
IRA TsOli-x =.

n LIE Hundeeiere i Christiansteds
Is5 By indskjarpes Diet herved
linden SIDE Januar 1892, at udtage
paa Politikammeret Diet we'd Gouver-
nementets Befaling af 7de Juni 1881
paabudne Hundetegn, der Henholo
til samme stedse maa bare af
Hunden og hvorfor erla5ges 81. liter
den It'd vii enhver Humid dr. antrefes
i Byen uden. at bare Hundetegn
for 1892, blive optaget og indbragt
til Politikammeret, hvor d n vii
forblive i 3 Gange "a Timer, hvoref-
ter den drabes, medmindre Eieren
forinden indfinder sig og kr@ver
Hunden tilbage, SAINT erlagger en-
Mulkt af 1920 og eventuelt loser
fornodent Tegn.
Christiansteds Politikammer den 23de De-
cember 1891.
MAXEN,