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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-07-17
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

-Hats.-Puck.
'. A rakish craft-The gardeners.
Slight of hand-A refusal to marry.
An open secret-The combination
to your safe.-Truth.
Cupid beats all Congress as an intro
ducer of house bills. Puck.
Like unto a woman, the beauty of q
cheek is seen in its face and figure
Life.
The matrimonial race is often begun
at rattling gate.-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
"He's IN ideal ladies' man." 'But
he never says a word" Precisely"
Detroit Tribune.
Tt is strong boarder who can eat
three plates of hash without turning
hair. Boston Courier.
Few men are driven to drink in COM
parison to those who walk there vol
UNFAIRLY. Troy Press.
Millions are striving for wealth,
thousands for fame, dozen to be
good Chicago Tribune.
Originality is the ability to present
old things in new form that meets
popular approval. Puck.
At the Midway Plaisance q man can
have fight in forty languages.
Memphis Apeal-Avalenche.
Life is no joke, but we refuse to give
it up, even when it becomes the oldest
kind of chestnut. Truth.
In the household the children usually
find that "pa" is the most martial and
INA" the most partial. = Boston
Courier
People who ''would give the worll
for" something seem to forget that the
desired object is part of that world
they give up.-Truth.
Miss Grostesque-''Do you know
te-he-no man has ever kissed me-"
Galloway" Most men are towards"
New York Herald.
Rose Does Mr.. yeryGull know
anything?' Lillian-"Anow any
thing? He doesn't even suspect any
thing "-Life's Calendar.
What wonder ny eyes on him Will tu-n
What eer may be his trac''
He is the borrower who-Rives
HIS neighlors pencil back.
- Wcshin"ton Star
q "IIiss Billion looked ns il she feit
awfully cheap when she was intro
duced to Savepenny." ''-he knew how
to appear attractive TO him. &C Chicago
Inter Ocean.
Sympathizing Tr;enG-''lou ought
to ask old Skinfint TO keep one thing
in mind" Discouraged Debtor
"He'd charge me fcr storage. De
troit Tribune.
There are said by statisticians 20 he
about 10000, O0J Christians in tho
world. Nevertheless, it isn't safe to
lose sight of your umbrella even for a
moment. Shoe and Leather Reporter.
Merchant Ito applicant -"Do you
think you know enough to assist me
in the office?" know enough?
Why, I left my last place because tho
boss said I knew more than he did. -
Society Journal.
Son (who is studying bookkeeping
WHAT is donhle entry?" Absent
minded Father (who has had expert
ence) Putting hnlf the money in the
drawer and half in your own pocket"
Harvard Lampoon.
Doctor-"Well, my fine ieiiow, you
have got quite well again! was sure
that the pills left for You would cure
you. How did you take them--in
water or cake?" "Oh, used them ip
my pog-gun. ''-Tid-Bits.
Bride Gust after the wedding)--
"Fred, you promised to give me q
grand surprise after VIC were married.
What is itT Bridegroom (who is
widower)-T have six children, my
petal boys" Bride - How de-
lightful, dear IAhave four daughters.
Shant we all be happy together.
love? ?"-Td- Bits
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-07-17

The Constitution boasts that "a
glance at the map will show that At
]anta is practically the center of ten
Southern States containing over 15,.
900, 900 people in their $50, 200 square
miles. Reaching out into this magnif.
cent territory we have eleven great rail.
way lines, with their feeders and their
steamship connections with Northern
and European ports. From this point
the airline distance to the Atlantic
ports is 260 miles, to the gulf ports go
miles, to the Mississippi River $40
miles and to the northern line of tho
cotton belt 200 miles. "
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-07-17

The building of the proposed FREQ
library in Philadelphia will cost nearly
a million dollars All citizens will be
entitled to the use of it without charge,
and they will be allowed to take books
to their homes.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-07-17
Talk About Bread Upon the waters,

In 1870 F. A. Walter was In Chicago
and dead broke. His friend, A. J..
Elmerman. loaned him $40 with which
to go TO st, Louis where he had the
promise of job. Tho friends never
met again. Elmerman is now an attor-
ney in Milwaukee, and only few days
ago learned that Walter had died in
Houston, Tex, and left him the snug
sum Of SIT 900.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-07-17

two representatives and alternates
from each State and Territory of the
Union and the District of Columbia
and eight commissioners at-large
with alternates, and board of lady
managers, made up like the commits
sion, with the addition OF nine men,
bers from the city Of Chicago.
On April 4, 1890, the local corpora
tion met and elected board Of forty
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-07-17

The act of April 25, which really
authorized the Fair, provided for the
establishment of local ctrp1ration.
to be known as the Worlds Colum
bian Exposition, to prepare site and
buildings, Worlds columbian Com
mission, the represe native body of
the Government, to be COMPOSED of
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-07-17
A GRAND JUROR.
BY ROBERT C. V. MEYERS.

HE day Mary Ham
mond accep p t e d
Joyce, her mother
banded her n thou
sand-dollar b o nd,
her share of her
fathers life insur-
nnce. She thought
of pretty gowns-to
be worn as n bride.
Then she sobered
up. David would
think her silly, he
was SO practical. She
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-07-17
THE VALUE OF ADVERTISING.

A wealthy man endeavored once to show.
That Fortune comes to those who advertise
poor man sale, "'Twas money thrown
away"
And seemed the others logic to despise.
They argued long. till each to his own view,
Unknowing, had the other one converted
The rich man hastened TO withdraw his ads,
The poor man rushed to have an ad. inserted
year ego or more is 1t, trow,
Since those two men thus argued and con-
versed.
One rich, one poor, they still exist to-day
But Fortune their positions have reversed.
Yankee Blade.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-07-17

The Governor of California has the
unique distinction, notes the New York
World, of being the only Governor i'll
this Union who has vetoed a bill giving
school suffrage to women.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-07-17

TO that invitation every civilized
country on the globe has made gener-
Gus response. Exhibits of the prod
ucts of art, science and industry have
been brought from the farthest cor
ners Of the earth and representatives
of the human race from the happy
Hottentot up through the scale Of
civilization have collected in Jackson
Park to make the Columbian Expo
sition the most complete, the most
magnificent the world has ever seen.
The Presidents proclamation an
nouncing government sponsorship for
the fair was not however. the incep-
tion of the enterprise. 1t followed
several months alter the Congress
sional act committing the govern
ment to the Worlds Fair and locat-
ing it in Chicago, which was passed
on Feb. %, 1890, and the subsequent
act of April 25, 1890, prescribing
what the Fair was to be.
The Struggle for the Prize.
Who first expressed the idea of
holding worlds fair in cOmmemora-
tion of Columbus discovery is ques-
tion hard to decide. A number OF
men claim that distinction. The
movement that resulted in the loca-
tion of the Fair in Chicago began
with the newspapers. AS early as
June, 1889, they tested the sentiment
of the members of Congress, and in
August made a formal bid. Mean
time maSs-meetings were held, and
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-07-17

In Great Britain it has been recl-
oned that there are about 100, 900 ab-
solutely "homeless wanderers" and
that 60, 900 of these belong to London.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-07-17

Carthage was forty-fve miles in cil,-
cumference, situated on peninsula.
On the land side there were triple walls,
guarded by towers SO large that the
basement of each contained stalls for
300 elephants.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-07-17

The largest foreign government
appropriations were made by Ger
many. France, Japan, Brazil, Mexico,
England and New South Wales, all
countries whose exhibits at Jackson
Park are among the best
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-07-17
One-third of the people who go mad
nre said to recover their senses.

The s~nste of population in the
United States moves westward about
yard every twenty -four hours.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-07-17

They are President Higinbotham and
Charles Schwab, of the directory, and
Gen. j. w. st. Clair and George V.
Massey, OF the commission.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-07-17

4 Eve OF 1870 that eX-
President Harrison
issued his proclama-
tion announcing to
the nations of the
earth the grea t
Worlds Fair enter
prise and asking
their participation
In Ii.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-07-27
FOREIGN.

The German reichstag passes the
army bin 10y a majority OF lG, and is
closed.
Prosecuted Jews in the Crimea are
beaten and killed, the murderers being
melted by the Russian clergy.
1t is said that Chancellor Won Caprivi
is seriously i'll, and that his condition is
more alarming than his friends adj
init.
Ex-Prcmier MERCER Of Quebec. in n
speech ut Boston. declared that indie
pendence was the only future possible
for Canada.
4 hanson occupied by the prince Of
;, ales was demolished in a collision
with a heavier carriage. The prince
was badly shaken up, but received
no serious injury.
Peace i'm Paris is considered but tenn
porary. The mobs are waiting n favor
able opportunity 70 break out again.
-Four French war ships are now 1T
the mouth Of the Meinam, called there
by the trouble with Siam.
Emperor William, accompanied by the
empress, sailed from kiel on the i'm
perial yacht Hohenzollern. Their maj
estes viii visit Bornholm, Al island
belonging TO Denmark, in the Baltic
sea: Gothenberg. in Sweden. and other
places in that country. Emperor Will
lam and the empress will also 20 to
Stockholm.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-07-27
THE NEWS IN A NUTSHELL.
DIGEST OF THE NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE WORLD.
All Important Occurrences of the
Past Week Boiled Down and ARR
anGcd for Rapid Reading, From
Home and Abroad.
WASHINGTON.

The new cruiser Detroit viii be
placed in commission July 20, and be
prepared for service rs Don as posi-
BILE.
The total number of fourth-class
postmasters appointed yesterday was
81, of which 3S were TO till vacancies
caused by resignation and death.
Secretary Smith received a letter
from Chief Jones resenting interfer-
ence in the execution of condemned
Choctaws.
Exports of gold from the United
States during the twelve months ended
July 30, 1898, amounted to Sl0S,6S0,-
S44, and the imports 10 S21.1Ii,3S1; ex-
cess of exports, SST, J06,463.
The Stars Guthrie, Okla, special
says the commissioner of the general
land office has decided that all persons
who have been on the Cherokee strip
since the oDeninn of Oklahoma have
since the opening of Oklahoma have
steads there. This will result in the
contesting of thousands of claims and
much trouble.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-07-27
GENERAL.

populiSts of Kansas are believed tn
have stolen letters which are missing
from Chief Justice Horizons office.
Kansas miners viii submit their
troublesome strike 10 arbitration in the
hope of settling I'll differences.
The will of the late Martin Richel-
| berger Of York. Pa. bequeathes almost
$4,000 TO Yale university.
Trustees of the De Paw university
In Indiana fear that requests may fall
81. 900 short of calculations
Citizens of Kansas foresee bloodShed
and revolution in the policy Of disband-
ing the militia and arming the strikers.
Workmen at Ewpod. Ind. where tin
| plate and other factories were started.
are suffering for the necessaries of life.
a company Of Kansas militia, com
posed of colored Republicans, will be
disbanded by the Populist state otti-
Gals.
Laura Moore. the prima donna. has
taken steps TO institute proceedings for
divorce against her husband, Elnathan
Snyder.
William J. Christie. stage manager
of the opera house at Elgin. ILL.,, was
overcome by heat and died from the
b.ostration ensuing.
William Came of Richmond, Ind.
Las entered suit for $4,000 against
the Pennsylvania road for killing Of
his wife and 1--WE children.
Populist papers in Kansas have in
dorsed the deal whereby. Jerry Simp-
son is TO be governor and Gov. LcwelI
ing is to be senator.
Christian Schnmbur of Buffalo at
tended a meeting of the Foresters who
had just buried what they supposed TO
be his body.
Miss Hattie Pascaute of Baltimore
has died at San Francisco of brain fe-
yer. She was prosecuted by her low.
er's relatives.
William ID. Winter confessed to a
charge of forgery ut st. Louis. The
name signed was that of his brother-in-
law.
Lopez Mumaugh Of Indianapolis fired
at his wife and wounded her sister.
head.
In Ohio county. KY, lot Deperster.
gambler. fatally shot a miner with
whom he was playing cards. The miner
then cut Deperster's throat. Both are
dead.
Seven desperadoes made n raid on
a saloon at Whiting, Ind. Revolyers
We're used. and a man named Busch
one Of the desperadoes, was killed
Two meE were wounded.
Russell Sage has been sued for $780,
600 damages for alleged seduction I'M
der promise of marriage. The plaintiff
is Della keegan, She alleges that the
crense occurred In 1865. when Mr..
Sage was a widower. Mr.. Sage's law.
yer calls it 4 ~blackmaiIlns scheme.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-07-27
PERSONAL.

Bishop Racine died at Sh%erbrooke,
Que.
Gen. Edward Jardine, who served gal
lantly through the war, died at New
York, aged sixty-nine years.
Patti Stone, the opera singer, died
al the st. Louis home of her father,
Maj. George III. Stone.
Mrs. l.. s. Wing was married to Con-
gresham w. c. T.. Breckenridge of
Kentucky at Louisville.
Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria is not
likely to set the Tfber or the Thames
on fire, if, rs ii is said, his chief claim
TO fame lies in n mania for collecting
fine dressing gowns.
DIR. Noah Brooks, IL. d., who for
min years has been the editor-in-chief
of the Newark, y. j., Daily Advertiser,
has resigned and will leave Aug. l to
give his whole attention 10 book and
magazine work.
Emil paur, who is to succeed Mr..
Nikisch as conductor of the Boston
Symphony orchestra. is tiIirty-seven
years of age. He succeeded Nj. Nj
kisch i'm the conduct of the Ieips.c
opera house.
Father Nardiello of the Roman Cath
Ollie church of Bloomfield, y. j., advised
the wives of the mel who abused them
when drunk to ret.iliate. He said that
the wife had as much right 10 beat her
husband rs the latter had 10 beat the
wife.
Harvey Albee has been constable OF
one township in Illinois for fifty years.
He has never had any opposition m any
election. for men OF all parties would
vote for him. When first chosen for
| the place he was not quite twenty one
years old.
thomas Carmody of Shelby county,
| Ind, a stalwart friend of the new adj
ministration, has named his three GaDies
Grover. Adlai and Gresham.
All of ex-President Hayes sons are
in business, able to earn their W
living and doing it.
Henry +. Spaulding, senior mcmber
of the dry goods firm OF Spauiding,
Hunt & Co, New York, died from an
affection of the heart. He was Tor
many years president of the Central
Trust company and senior director OF
the Mechanics National bank, a Ill
| rector in the Continental Fire Insurance
! company, and was connected with varl-
Gus other industrial and charitable IN
situations. Mr.. Spaulding was seventy
five years of age. and leaves Il second
wife and two children.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-07-27
CASUALTY.

Games +. Fiske. president OF the
Fiskdale mills, was drowned at way
land, Mass.
BY an explosion of fireworks in Chi
cage, several persons are killed or
hurt.
The Glen house at Mount Washing
ton, n. v, burned with a loss OF SIoo-
coo.
Thomas Seaton of Bolivar. Pa. was
bitten by n copperhead snake and ply
sicians despair of saving his life.
John Powell. living at st. Johns,
while working in a wheat field was in
srantly killed by lightning.
Mrs. Allis of Mt. Vernon. Ind, and n
child were drowned while the woman
was trying to save another child.
In a runaway at Thomasboro, H.,
two young sons OF William Seymour
were so badly injured that they died
soon after the accident.
Isaac and Isadore kroot of Indian
apolis were run down by an electric
car. and the former was instantly
killed
The village of Natrona, Pa. was Wis
tied by n waterspout, which carried
away SlIluu bulluiuES uhh hNd AhueiA
damage.
Lena Gardner OF Jeffersonville, Ind.
twelve years of age, swallowed zorro
sive sublimate by mistake and cannot
survive.
August Meyers and Roy Keefe, who
were injured in the Pomeroy, Iowa,
cyclone, died in Sioux City, making
the total number Of deaths seventy
five.
Mrs. Sarah Ketchum of Grand Rap
ids, Mich, was killed by falling down
q flight OF stairs in a clothing store.
Mrs. Charles Baker vas burned to
death at st. Paul. Mimi, by the ex-
plosion of a gasoline stove.
While Henry Wolf, a farmer Of Free
burg, Ill, was cutting wheat his three
year-old child became entangled in the
knives OF the reaper and both legs
were cut of near the body. The child
died.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-07-27

Previous TO the destruction of tn
Temple of Solomon by the Babyio-
aians the ark of the Covenant was
contained therein, but what became OF
IL after that time is not known. Ii is
believed by some 10 have been taken
away or destroyed by King N~ebucha1.
nezzar, while certain of the Jews De-
heve that 1t was concealed from the in
saders, and account it among the hid.
len things which the Messiah (who is
,et TO Gomez viii reveal. That the old
ark was not in the second temple all
writer's agree; and its absence is one of
the important points Of difference be-
tween the two temples, the second be
ne held as much inferior on that ac-
count. The reason that Ii is thought
10 have not been in the second temple
Is because Ezra, Nehemiah. the Mas
eabeos and Josephus never mentioned
Il.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-07-27
town. and charges Of fraud are made

town, and charges OF fraud are made
against him.
Unemployed miners in Montana towns
have ~inaugurated Il reign Of terror and
numerous robbcries and outragcs have
occurred.
The library collected in Cocitingcn
D.! the Orient;iiist. Llgar,se, now dead,
has been bought for the University of
the City Of New York. The library
contains many rare volumes.
John West, cN-city treasurer Of Grand
Island. Neb., is under arrest, charged
with embeZzling $4,000 of city funds.
Sheriff Spradley of N~acogdoches. Tex,
killed his fifth man in Joel Goodwin,
who had a murderous record.
Rent Wiley. a young farmer, was
killed by Harry OFT, a school teacher,
near Oakland City. Ind. They became
involved in IA dispute. which ended by
Olt picking up a revolver and killing
Wiley on the spot. OFT made his es-
cape.
The American champion swimmer.
McCusker. defeated easily the cham
pion English swimmer. Finney, ut
slack Pool. England. The match was
for ZOO "A side. McCusker has been
challenged by the English swimmer.
Nuttall, TO race one mile for $1,000 Il
side.
james Letan, ex-collector of customs
at Portland, Or, was arrested on an in
dictment charging him with smuggling
opium and landing Chinese from Brit
ish Columbia on fraudulent certificates.
Robert G.. Paddock, deputy customs in
spector. and e. ID. Cardinell. who was
dismissed from the customs service a
few months ago, We're also taken into
custody.
The Jews of Yalta, In the Crimea,
refused to obey the decree to retire
within the pale. For several days the
clergy exhorted the rest of the popula-
ton 10 rise and expel them. Last week
an anti-Jew mob took possession OF
the streets, broke into houses occupied
b.. Jews and tried To drive the occI-
pants from the town. The Jews fought
back. Dozens were dragged into the
streets and beaten; many were killed.
The houses owned by Jews were plum
dered and wrecked. Troops were called
to the town 10 restore order.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-07-27

A curious history is attached TO n
carpet used recently in the production
at the Prince of Wales theater IF tire
r1mic opera, Poor Jonathan" When
The star of Napoleon III. was at its
zenith an Aubusson carpet of a mag
nificent description was ordered hv
Gen. Ffeury for the chateau at Com
piegne. but when it was seen by tie
Emperor directions were given that IL
slould be transferred TO the Tuileries.
I'm 1871 during the commune, the car
pet was appropriated, and with Other
artistic works dispatched to Austria.
The carpet has since had several own
srs, but owing to its size has proved
practically useless. To its pre- cent
rossessor ii was recently sold for LILO
relieved 10 be about an eighth part of
It's original value. So much is though.
OF this carpet, which In Poor Joni-
than win be laid down in the recep-
hon room OF the millionaire yandr-.
gold Ivy the manager OF the Prince If
Wales that he has had the dresses OF
he characters appearing liz this seas
nsa-e to harmonic, with its colors.
snch q circumstance ~ probably uniqas
" fhv9trical annals.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-07-27
Natural Gas at Nor,h,n

A telegraphic report has been Y
from Worthwhile, where an ort..;.'
is being sunk Tor the city, that . !,
flow OF gas has been struck ub.I
been piped to the engine furnace
to generate steam Tor runnm'.
apparatus. This is probably NJ
time III the history OF the state tSa.
has been secured from a well 10 n
power to DIG the same. 1t is the \ !
OF the town and county. J.L.W M
Of the electrical company al ,hs.
has been in Worthwhile to perfect ANY,
ments for an electric light Man,
power to be furnished by Hs,.s,
Meyers artesian well. The Man,
cost about $500 and viii h !,
right away. :
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-07-27
Hot After the Saloons.

It is now known that the StatJ
forcement League is behind the IN
enforcement movement at Sioux 4
w. A. Wilkes has been given 5000
attorney OF the league which now
poses first TO enforce the law in thai
and then go after such places as N
Watertown, Madison, Aberdeen, n
Yankton aud other leading towns
OF the incidents OF the present erus1
attracting some attention and cal
not a little trouble. John Laschel
was the first saloon man closed
spirited his liquors away and theenl
ment people thought he had hIdd
quantity in the vault which is 4
building. The crusaders ordenl
sheriff to break open the vault. \
refused and an order was asked 'or|
Judge Aiken compelling the sher1
open the vault at all hazards. Thel
granted the order. The sheriff ha
yet opened the safe. but will do 80
Lasche tells him thecombination q
it can be opened without damage I
safe.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-07-27
Very Low Rates to cblc.,,

On July 18th, oath aud 3lst ana
9TH, the Burlington, Cedar Rand,
Northern Railway will sell exon
tickets to Chicago at very low rates.
the excursion OF July 18th ticket,
good returning July 21st or 2Sth.
the excursion of July oath ticket.
good returning July SthorA Aug 4thl
the excursion OF July 31st tickets
good returning Aug. 4th or IL. "a
excursion OF Aug. 7th tickets am
returning Aug. 18th or 18th. Poriu
information call on or address any,
OF this company or
j. f. HANYEGAy,
Gen. Tiki. and Pass. AT
Cedar Rapids, IOI
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1893-07-27

AT oil public demonstrations in Lon
don expected 10 attract large num-
bers OF spectators, a system of hand
signaling viii be adopted by the police,
g that by Il code passed from official
to Official men held in reserve at any
given point can be instantly centered
at q scene of disturbance.