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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-04-17

On the recent arrival Mt Chemulpi,
Corea, of the United States steamer
Marion, Commander Gridley, accom-.
panied by three of his officers, paid an
official visit to Seoul, where they were
the guests of United States Minister Au.
gustine Heard, at whose request His
Majesty, King Lii Fin, granted private
audience to the officers and assured the
commander of his friendship for the
United States. The officers were also in
vitcd to witnes: the drill of battalion
of Corean soldiers, whose military bear
ing was specially noticeable, as were also
the precision and excellence of thair
drill.
Two companies of 13) men each took
part in the evolutions, which were per-
formeI according to Upton's tactics.
The manual of arms, wheelings and
marching in quick and in double time
were admirably performed. The file
closers all carried long handled clubs, or
paddles, instead of rifles, like the rest.
The officers curiosity regarding the use
of these paddles was soon satisfied. A
poor devil in the rear rank, who brought
mis- piece to "shoulder arms" instead of
"order arms" was instantly pounced
upon by two burly file closers, knocked
down and given beating that must
He made no more mistakes that day.
This interesting diversion was repeated
several times.--New York Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-04-17

with the plow, again two, three. or even
five engines are coupled together, ac-
cording to the depth and extent of the
drifts to be encountered. The push
plow simply pushes the snow to the
sides of the road. The engine or en-
gines are always run at their highest
speed, for their weight and momentum
are depended on entirely to arry,them
through. If they were to run slowly
they would stick in the drifts and would
have to lie shoveled out 1t is perilous
business, for the snow packs so hard out
On the great prairies Of Kansas, Ne
braska, Minnesota and Dakota that it
often throws the plow from the track,
particularly II it Is side drift, with the
snow deeper on one rail than on the
other Sometimes the plow slides up
on top of the frozen snow without
throwing the engine in the ditch Hard
ships, as well as danger, are connected
with snow bucking. When running fine
snow sifts in through the crevices in
the cab, and, falling on the boiler-head,
melts, filling the cab with steam. The
clothes OF the engineer and fireman are
soon wet through, and they continue in
that condition until their trip is finished.
The cold air comes in through the same
places that tho snow does, SO the men
are not only wet but cold. The engl-
neer Is under a great and constant
strain to keep his engine up to it's maxi
mum capacity and watching the road.
Tho fireman has no easier time than the
engineer, for the coal soon gets so full
Of snow that only the most expert fire.
man can keep steam up to serviceable
pressure. Sometime an engineer and
fireman are out froTl fiiuy-six 10 seven
tytwo hours on II snow-plow without a
moments rest and perhaps but two or
three meals during that time.
AS an example of what engine men
are sometimes called upon to endure,
take tho case of an engineer on the
Northern Pacific, who was sent with q
enow-plow west from Brainerd in the
midst of blizzard eight years ago to
keep the road open. He was to be fol-
lowed by other plows at intervals of a
couple OF hours. The officials hoped,
in this way, to prevent blockade. This
engineer, after proceeding fifty miles,
stuck in drift. 1t was so stormy that
lie could not see the length of his en-
| gine. He had big tank of COAL but
| the water was low, so he and the fire.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-04-17
The Next Century.

What will the discoveries and in
yentions of the nineteenth century
leave to the twentieth? Steamboats,
and railroads, ocean steamer naviga-
tion, clipper ships and screw propel-
lers have been invented; the powers
and mysteries of electricity have been
developed to the uses OF mankind.
Implements and machinery to en-
able farmers to master the tillage of
thousands of acres with less toll than
was required in the cultivation of the
farm of less than one hundred acres.
Lighting by gas was introduced,
metal pens ano friction matches were
invented; aluminium, was discovered:
also chloroform, iridium, lithium,
magnesium, palladium, potassium,
Quinine, rubidium, ruthenium, stron-
tium, thallium, Yttrium. and zincon-
ium; daguerrotypes and photography,
photography the stethoscope, the COM
plete sewing machine, the bicycle, re-
volverand Gattling gun, and tremend-
Gus explosives used in quarrying, MIN
ing, and gunnery.
The steam printing press was an
invention of the early years of the
century, now developed TO the print
ing of many thousand sheets per
hour.
Electricity has been reduced and
trained to the uses of mankind in
every conceivable manner, and Edi-
son has made its powers the wonder
of the age Franklin caught it,
Morse reduced and utilized it to the
uses of telegraphy, Field and his as.
sociatcs employed it, Puck-like, to
cable continents and belt the world
with instantaneous intercommunica
ton.
Electric light and railways are
among the wonders which are in
common use. The photograph and
telephone are trained mysteries,
which everybody uses. What will
there be for the twentieth century to
discover or invent?
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-04-17

man took turns shoveling snow into the
tank, where it was melted by the
''heater is a small pipe to con-
vey steam from the boi er TO the tank,
TO prevent the water freezing. The
storm lasted flfty-six hours. All the
men had to eat during that time was
one small lunch. When the wind went
down, they found they were near u
farmhouse. There they procured food
until relief came twenty-four hours
later. The engineer was the only one
of thirteen caught out on the road in
that storm who kept his engine alive"
Five engine-men were frozen to death.
III the snow is very deep the plow Is
followed by drag out" and gang of
200 or 300 shovelers. A "drag-out" is
another engine to pull the plow engine
out of q drift when it gets stuck. On
coming to a deep cut the plow stops
while the shovelers are brought up to
"break" the snow. This is done by dig
g,ng trenches across the track at dis
tance of 100 feet, more or less, SO that
the plow may not have solid mass of
snow to encounter. Then the plow en-
gine backs up for mile and half and
makes run for the cut. By the time
it strikes the drift it is going sixty miles
an hour. The shock Is terrific. Oft, n
the plow burics itself completely and
comes 10 full s op in going 400 feet.
The concussion throws q ton or so of
coal from the tank forward upon the
deck Of the engine. Sometimes it
breaks the machinery so as to disable
tha engine totilly-as the engineer
would put it-"she strips herself. Then
the shovolers come up and dig the snow
away, and if the engine Is all right the
process is repeated until that cut is
clear. 1t used to lie Il process Of days
| to clear division with Iush
plows and shovelers. Each succeeding
storm made matters worse, for the snow
was simply pushed aside, not thrown
out of the way. By the close of hard
winter great portion OF the line would
be lined on either side by precipitous
cliffs of snow. Sometimes these cliffs
became so high that the only way fresh
drifts could be cleared away was by
shovoling the snow upon fiat cars and
hauling it out to place where it could
be got rid of.
| Dut methods Of snow bucking Lave
improved with ohor branches OF rail-
way scrv.ce. In 1856, j. S. Leslie, OF
Brooklyn, al emplcye OF the Railway
Mali Service, perfected q rotary plow
| which WAS designed 10 cut ard throw
snow from the track ns nearly
lko the shovel in human hands
rs 1t Is possible 10 utlizo steam
power. This iirst rotary plow made
! its trial trip on tho Union Pacific Rail
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-04-17
THE ROAD TO YESTERDAY.

Will some wise man who has journeyed.
Over land and over sea
To the countries where the rainbow
And the glorious sunsets be,
Kindly tell little stranger
Who has oddly lost her way,
Where's the road that she must travel
To return to Yesterday
For. you see, she's unfamiliar
With To-day, and cannot real
What its strange, mysterious sign.posts
Tell of ways and where they leaL
And her heart upbraids her sorely,
Though she did not mean to stray
When she fell asleep last evening
And abandoned Yesterday.
For she left deal neglected.
That she really should have done;
And she fears she's lost some favors
That she fairly might have won.
So she'd like to turn her backward
To retrieve them If she may
viii not some one kindly tell her
Where's the road to Yester1 1aya
Julie NJ. Lippmann, in st. Nicholas.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-04-17
THE OLD WEST.


BufIaiocs, Indians and Outlaws Now Al.
most Gone.
There are men in the far Western
States and Terri ories, AMI very good
fellows, too, when you meet them. in
whose ears the whistle Of the locomo-
tive is an abominable sound. They are
men who crossed the plains in covered
wagons, and growing accustomed to the
freedom, the romance and lawlessness
Of Western life, came to like it. Civili-
eaton as it prevails in the States to
the eastward seems too much like
harness to them, and they would fain
not wear it. They would have pre-
ferred TO see the country remain wild
and undeveloped, without railroads,
telegraph lines, farms, fences and laws,
and with enough Indians to produce ex-
citement on demand. Whatever oil
feudalism crossed the Atlantic found
somewhat OF a sphere for its activity on
the mount aims, in the canyons, and on
the plains of the West, but all is pass
ing away.
The pride which various Western To-
calities have taken in audacious out
laws has been marvel to many people
living in the orderly and more closely
governed communities OF the East.
lnlS was only DcCuuSc COuiu NV
appreciate Western conditions as they
existed during the last generation
But Jesse Jamesism, Youngerism and
Daltonism is coming to an end. A faint
flicker OF the spirit that did homage to
such boldness is now seen out in Colo
RADIO, where the son of the famous Kit
Carson has had the chains OF The law at
last fastened on him, and must submit
| 10 the restraint OF prison bars. Thrice
| tried within a year for felony, he was
twice acquitted. even though it seemed
that the evidence adduced was conclu-
s.ve of his guilt. Finally convicted, it
was only after great difficulty was ex-
perienced in getting q jury, since so
many Of the men called acknowledged
that they were biased in his favor.
! Charged with shooting at an inoffensive
stranger to compel him to dance-and
yet men declared they were biased in
! his favor.
The West is going. 1t was great
land. 1t has furnished many a stirring
story. But it is well enough. The In
dans are gone. The buffalo are gone.
! The West must 60. The West has
gone. Give the mountains up to com
mon hickory-shirt toilers with pick and
ak. Give the plains up TO homes, farms
and fat cattle. They are not SO excit-
| ing and picturesque as the old scenes,
but they mean more comfort and more
humanity, and they are the idols of that
blessed empire whose star takes its
course westward.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-04-17

pard for life. aud have n regular warranty
deed made out by Plrson Wilson? l never
was in love till met you. don't know
how this affair will pan out but 1 don'b
think Pll be able to winter throu IN without
you. know my love amt worth as much
to you as yours is to me, and if you say you
will be my wife, I'll try and make the bar
gain even by throwing in the whole Good
ness Gracious" mine and the "Small Pota-
toes" which is an adjoining claim. Answer
me quick. If l don't get an answer, I'm
afraid I'll hurt soma of the boys, because
don't know what pm doing half the time.
Please marry me-will you? And oblige
yours respectfully,
MAXWELL Fl. BROWN.
Just as Doris finished reading she
heard step, heavy step, at the door.
She grabbed the pen and wrote in largo
letters at the bottom of the sheet:
My answer is yes.-DoRIs.
Some one was bending over her.
Some one had seen her write. Some
one saw that plain, big Eyes" and she
was gathered tight in pair of strong
arms, and felt tervent kiss upon her
lips.
Another step at the door. 1t was
"Galena" Mike, miner.
"Chilhuahua," he said, "there's an
eight-foot vein OF that stuff, and it will
run at least $1,000 to the ton.
'Chilhuahua" did not answer Mike,
but Doris heard him say:
81 wouldn't give one minute like this
for s, 900, ,000 tons of it."-New York
World.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-04-17

road west Of tho Missouri Ono tale IS
told Of passenger trai:i that ran into a
snowdrift on "Buckhorn" Hill, n few
miles south OF Milwaukee, and siucl;
there twenty-four hours before it was
shovoled out. Tho engine was l'ur ed
completely except small holo over tho
smoko-sta melted out by smoke and
gases.
On another occasion The same winter
six engines coupled togethc. made Il
run for drift. Tho Snow was racliot
co hard that the engine carrying the
plow left the rails and olmbc'i ZIP on
tho snow. When they camo 10 a stop
and got down TO Investigate, the o.hcr
engine men :oand the front engine stick
Ing up In the air ct an rnsle oi twenty
five degrees, Gnl tho engineer ana fire.
man lying under tho engine between
tho ;!.ebox and the tank. They were
not seriously hurt.
il The good old days that veteran
iailicaders tell OF snow w.bGcl:.ne was
done by mcaus ot 'push-ploN, which
was fashioned eomethiag like the pioT }
farmers uso, except that instead OF
III, owing the snow all 10 one side, as q
biz farmers plow would do it. threw it
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-04-17
DREAD CERTAINTIEs FORETOLD.
What Climate, Neglect and Want of the
Proper Medicine VIII DO.

What Climate, Neglect and Want of the
Proper Medicine VIII DO.
There are some things which are as sure
as fate and can be relied on to occur to at
least one half of the human family unless
means are taken to prevent:
First, the climate oil winter is sure to bring
colds; second, colds, not promptly cured, are
sure to cause catarrh; third, catarrh. inn
properly treated, is sure to make life short
and miserable.
Catarrh spares no organ or function of the
body. 1t is capable of destroying sight,
TASTE smell, hearing, diges, ion, secretion,
assimilation and excretion. 1t pervades
every part of the human body-head, throat,
stomach, bowels bronchial tubes, lungs.
liver kidneys, bladder, and sexual organs.
Catarrh is the cause of at least one half OF
the ills to which the human family is sub
ject, Is there no way to escape from it2
There is. Pc ru-na never fails to cure cold.
Pe-ru-na never fails to cure catarrh in the
first stage. Pc ru-na cures catarrh in the
second stage in nine cases out of ten. Peru
ma cures catarrh in its last and worst stages
in the majority OF cases, and never fails to
benefit every case, however bad. Pc ru-na
also cures la grippe, coughs and consump-
tion in the first stages with unfailing Ger.
tainty.
A book on the cure of throat and lung
diseases and catarrh in all stages and vari-
eties sent free to any address by The Peru
ma Drug Manufacturing Company of Col
umbus, Ohio.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-04-17
One DUTY of Russian Police.

One of the principal duties Of thu
Russian policeman is TO awaken thos'
unfortunates who have fallen asleep IL
the streets during hard frost. Thes'
are usually either the isyoschik in hi
sledge waiting for his fare, and doing
of ere that fare comes into the sleep o
lethe, or drunken men who have trippef
and fallen on the pavement and hav'
not the energy to get up again. IN.
orthodox method of awakening sucl
sleepers is to rub their ears Violentl.
backward and forwards plan special,
TO lie recommended because 1T not onl,
rouses the slumberer but also puts hin
into such rage that he is far too angr'
afterward 10 fall asleep again. .-Iempl'
Bar,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-04-17

Pharaoh, who drove the Jews out
Of Egypt, 1900 b. c., was not aware
that Jew would be the premier OF
Egypt 1898 A. d. The Jewish Rial
Pasha is now the prime minister OF
Egypt's ruler, even as Joseph, the son
OF Jacob, was the prime minister Of
another of Eeypt's rulers. From tho
seat of his power, Riaz bcholds the
pyramids which his ancestors helped
TO build for .he mummlcs of tho
Pharaohs. The fellahcen OF Egypt
are under the Jewish pasha, as the
Jewish bricklayers wore once undey
Pharaoh.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-04-17

way In the winter OF 1885 and 1887,
making a reco!d of 5000 miles through
snow that sometimes reached depth
of fifteen feet, at cost Of 16I cents a
mile for operating both rotary and
pusher. This was remarkable when
compared with the cost OF the old
methods of snow bucking. The rota y
has been improved since then until it is
considerel perfect. Now an entire
division can be cleared Of snow in day
without discomfort to tho men who do
the work. The plow simply starts from
one end of the division and keeps going
at the rate of twelve to twenty miles an
hour until it gets to the other end, AMI
that is all there is to it. When it goes
through a drift it opens roomy pa
sage, throws the snow entirely out OF
the way, and "flanges every loot o.
road. Flang ng is cleaning out the
snow between and below the level o.
the rails.
The rotary has been introduced on o
large number of the Important lines De-
tween the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
Thousands OF miles OF track have been
cleared by it without the loss OF single
Ii e, it is claimed, or the wrecking OF a
single engine. Compared with the long
llSuS OIL cosby WRECKS anu uunoioue
fatalities by the old methods OF snow
bucking this is something remarkable
The rotary is also in use on the German
and Russian Government lines.
Another plow luilt and operated or
the same principle as the Leslie rotary
snow plow is the JUL centrifugal snow
excavator Instead Of fat wheel made
up OF cone shaped scoops as in the Les
lia niOw tho ,JulI nlOw removes the snow
by means OF q great auger with the
point directed down. 1t is operated in
precisely the same way as the other.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-04-17
No Name to ConJure BY.

"Yes, l have some funny experiences
on the road" said New York drummer
just in from trip through Texas and
Mexico.
About three weeks ago | was going
from Eddy to Roswell, N. NJ, on the
stage coach, myself and the driver be-
ing all on board. We met q great many
teamsters loaded with goods from the
railroad towns for the interior, and ]
noticed that every one OF them made
the stage give the road. l asked the
driver what made him do it, telling him
that the law requires everything else
TO give the right OF way to the United
States mail.
"Now," / said, "the next wagon we
meet you keep the road and I'll do the
talking"
"'All right, boss, ef you say so,' he
answered, smiling peculiarly.
We'll, we met the next wagon at O
very bad place in the road, and the
driver, obeying instiu ,tions, stopped.
put my head out of the coach and called
out to the teamster in front OF us that
he must turn out as this was Uncle
Sans mail
The teamster went down into his
wagon box and, whipping out a big Colts
revolver, said
'Looky here, young man, I'll have
you to know that this amt no kintry
NV plug hats, an that Uncle Sam don't
travel this road; an eff he did, by -.
he'd hat to give the road to the lightesi
load Now, I'll give you jist one min /
10 git out'n my way!'
"WellH" asked the listener. seeing tn,
narrator pause, what did you do?"
The drummer smiled.
We got, he answered, "and hat
thirty seconds to spare. New Yorl
Re order.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-04-17

equally on each side. In other words.
the push-plow consists OF two concave
surfaces joined at an acute angle slop-
ing up at an angle of forty-five degrees
from horizontal plate of steel at right
angles to and two inches above the rail.
The plow is constructed Of heavy iron
and massive timbers. 1t is the width of
a car and the top is on level with the
bottom of the headlight. 1t is bolted
on the front of the engine where the
pilot is usually carried.
In light snow one engine is sent out
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-04-17
Parental influence.

AS general rule child's taste, opin-
ions, character and trend in life, and
even its permanent destiny, are practic-
ally shaped before the child is seven or
eight years of age. The failure of the
parents rightly to instruct and train it in
those early years, both by teaching and
example, by constant watchfulness and
loving care, can never be made good by
lifetime of devo tedness in later years.
Detroit Free Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-04-17

There is more cararrh in this section OF the
country than all other diseases put together, r
be incurable. For n great many years doctors
pronounced it local disease, and prescribed
cure with local treatment, pronounced it ~
durable. Science has proven catarrh to be q
constitutional disease and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by f. j. Cheney g. Co.. Toledo,
Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on tho
market. 1t is taken internally in doses from
10 drops to teaspoonful. IL acts directly upon
the blooc a2d mucous surfaces of the system.
They Che.' zoo for an case IL fails to cure.
Send for circulars and testimonials Address
Il. j. CHENEY dS Co., Toledo, D.
EJ Sold by Druggists, I5c.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-04-17
Best OF All

To cleanse the system in gentle md truly
beneficial manner, when the springtime comes,
use the true and perfect remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
One bottle will answer fer all the family and
costs only 70 cents the large size 81. Try IL
and be pleased. Manufactured BY the Califor-
mia Fig Syrup Co. only.