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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-11-16
PLAN OF SECOND FLOOR.

two coats yellow ochre. The chimncys
are to be of yellow-pressed bricl. capped
with smooth sandstones,
All floors, including veranda and
porch, will be double, VITA tar paper
between them. No finished Goor is to
be laid until all plastering is done All
doors will have five panels running
across the doors. All glass is to be
American double thick. All windows
VIII be hung with weights and pulleys.
Inc owner will furnish art glass,
shelt hardware, mantcls and bathroom
fixtures. Gropot, A w IN,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-11-16

iator decides that the balls strung a
single time shall represent units, that
those through which two cords pass
shall equal tens, etc, he will be able
to represent any numbers whatever.
He will figure, for example, as in Mr..
Ber's drawing, the figure 4,456 by
stringing balls on one cord, 8 on two
cords, 4 on three cords and on four
cords. The little instrument once tied
at the lower extremity, as it was pre-
viously at the upper, will indefinitely
preserve the quadruple numbers which
will have been confided to it.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-11-16
FREELAND, NOVEMBER 16, 1898
NOTICE TO DELINoUENTs.

During the past few months the TRI
BUNE has dealt very leniently with thos'
who are indebted to it for subscriptions
etc., but we now earnestly request sucf
of our patrons who owe us money to dc
all they can in paying their bills. News
papers have felt the financial stringency
as much as any one else, and prompt
remittance of part or the whole of the
amounts due to publishers will infuse
life and confidence in business of every
kind. 1t is seldom we use our columns
for the purpose of dunnipg subscribers,
and we hope this notice will be sufficient
to remind those in arrears that we want
what is due us as soon as possible. The
bill of each debtor is small, but the ag-
gregate makes a considerable sum-an
amount that is needed at once.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-11-16

A scientific writer says that night is
ihe time which nature utilizes for the
growth of plants and animals; children
grow more rapidly during the nirht
In the daytime the system is kept Lusv
disposing of the wastes consequent on
activity, but while asleep the system is
free to extend its operations beyond
the mere replacing of worn-out parti-
cles, hence the rapid growth. This is
why invalids need SO much rest and
Sleen
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-11-16
RECENT INVENTIONS.

A STEAM bicycle has made its appear
ance in Germ any.
A TOPEKA man claims to have discov-
cred liquid which will turn negroes
into white men.
A MACHINE for making mortar has
been for some months in successful
operation in Philadelphia.
A FoUR-sEATED bicycle has been
made by II. j. Vom Scheldt, of Buffalo,
N. Y. On isohe takes his three chill
dren out riding, one seated behind him,
and two In front
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-11-16

The meeting in New York last
Thursday of the officials connected
with the American Railway Associa.
ton to discuss the best method Of
preventing disaters that result in the
loss of life and limb on the rail is
proof that the warning given by the
large number of casualties this year
has not passed unheeded. The 260
deaths and the S4l persons injured
during the ten months of 1893 show
that some important element of safety
is lacking to American travel. As
181 roads are represented in the as
sociation, it is evident that its action
will have an important bearing upon
the security from danger of the 600
100000 passengers carried annually
by the railroads in this country.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-11-16

Miss Carrie Lane Chapman says
that more than half of the women
who own property in Dakota are
graduates of eastern colleges. There
is, she says, little south of the Grow
Greek reservation section of women,
every one of whom is bonafde far
mer. She says: "The fields are plow-
ed and crops gathered by women.
One Of the most intellectual and re.
fined women Of the settlement is a
breeder of fine horses She has no
hired men. All the help are women
Among these women are graduates Of
universities. Among them are old
maids, young maids and widows"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-11-16

Cigarette smoking among women
is on the increase in England.
Among the latest to adopt the prac-
tice are, it is said, Princess Maude of
Wales and her aunt, Princess Louise,
Marchioness Of Lorne. 1t is given as
q notable fact that a tobacconist
whose shop is nearest to Marlborough
House asserted that the major por-
tion of his cigarette customers be-
longs to the fair sex.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-11-16

As result of the successful photo
graphic experiments recently made at
the height of a mile above Philadel-
phia an English paper suggests that
to each army corps there should be
attached staff of photographers. 1t
points out that more effective work
can be done upon the reconnaissance
with the camera than with the sketch
book and that the staff could readily
be made part of the engineers.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-11-16
SKULL OF DIpRoToDoN, THREE FEET LONG


tory to seek for refuge in the only
place where water was to be found.
This theory appears all the more FEAST
BILE owing TO the fact that certain
springs of nearly fresh water are found
near the lake, and these would obvi-
ously form the rallying point for
all sorts of animals during a great
drought.
The skull of the diprotodon meas
ures, in some specimens, over feet
long, and the length of the animal,
when set up, will be fully 10 feet. The
bones of the tail are so short that it is
probable the animal had, in life, no
perceptible tail being, in this respect,
remarkably unlike most of the mar
supials now existent in Australia.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-11-16
QUEER COUNTING DEVICE.
The Chimpu Still Used by Peruvian an
Bolivian Indians.

The Chimpu Still Used by Peruvian and
Bolivian Indians.
The chimpu is reckoning device
still employed in some remote parts of
Peru and Bolivia. 1t consists principal
ly of certain number of cords tied to-
gether at one of their extremities and
along which slide small perforated
balls. The cords are of different col
ors and the balls are made of the shells
of various fruits. These balls can be
strung all at the same time upon all
the cords or upon a certain number
only.
The Indian thus has a means of
creating for himself categories of jux-
taposed numbers corresponding in our
processes to as many columns as there
are cords in the apparatus. If, as it
hSppens, moreover, the native calcu-
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-11-16

There is a diptheritic scourge in
Red Wing, Mimi, which has reached
its present distressing extent through
peculiar social condition. Under G
city law all diptheritic cases are com
PEELED to be removed to the Municipi
hospital. Instead of reporting al
such cases number of physicians il
Red Wing, it is alleged, have beer
suppressing those which have occurred
in prominent families. Visits of out
siders to these homes has resulted in
the disease becoming epidemic and
scores of deaths are reported.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-11-16

The explanation of the edict issued
some time ago by China forbidding
the importation of machinery lies in
the fact that Lii Hung Chang and a
number of other Chinese officials are
about to start cotton spinning mills
in Shanghai, and do not care to be
the victims of over-production. Under
natural conditions China would be
our market for such machinery; but
between Gearyism and McKinleyism
Americas rightful market has been
circumscribed in many quarters as by
q Chinese wal.-PhiJa. Record.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-11-16
Weight of the Atmosphere.

The atmosphere weighs about ton
to every square foot of the earth's sur
face, %, 200, 900 tons per square mile, or
5000, 900, 600, ,000,0 900 tons on the total of
200, 1000, 900 square miles.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-11-16
NEAT COLONIAL HOME.
Just the Thing for Lovers of Cozy
Dwellings,.
How to Produce Excellent Results with
Twenty-Six Hundred DoIlars-PIans
and Specifications Prepared
by Our Own Architect.

This very pretty S-room colonial home
can be erected for $4,000 upon a stone
foundation. Its depth, including the
veranda, is 40 feet, the width "a feet
The height of the first story is %
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-11-16
for Infants and Children.

"Castoriaisso well adapted to children that
Irecommend itas superior to any prescription
known to me-" H. A. ARCHER, M. d..
III So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-09-01

in his own language
"The words Of my reply. After the
ball, kept ringing In my ears, and /
quickly recognized that l had catchy
title for a song. thought out the verses,
and little by little the tune came to me,
and f;tted the words to it. Finally the
whole thing developed, and it came to
me like an inspiration. hurried to a
music house and ascertained that no
music had been published bearing the
same or a similar title to After the Ball
Then I sent for Joseph Chandler, the Or
chestra leader, and picked out the piece
on the piano for him-I can't read or
write music, but can play anything by
ear-and I asked him if he could write
it down for me. Chandler can grasp and
write music as quickly as photographer
can take dictation, and in an hour or
so had the words and music of After
the Bali on paper.
sWell, gave the manuscripts to
Doctor. and after rehearsing 1.-THE sang
it for the first time at the amateur min
strel show. I sat way back in the
house, very nervous over the outcome.
Doctor sang two verses finely and got a
tremendous applause. This staggered
him, and he forgot the third. left the
house chagrined and mortified. I threw
the manuscripts in a drawer with a lot
of rubbish, fully determined never to
publish OF look at it again. But the
people who heard it remembered the
tune, and it grew on them. I heard
boys whistling it a few days later.
Some Chicago visitors carried it to that
city, and had two cor three inquiries
for it. Two weeks later Ditson Of Bos-
ton ordered 10 copies. don't know
how it had got that far out. This
order induced me to publish the song,
and the result is known. Today I had a
telegraphic order from this same Boston
house for 5000 copies. I expect the cir
culation to touch the million mark early
in September. I keep two printing
houses at work on my music, and my
bills for press work are $1,000 per
month. G. FL. YENowINE.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-09-01
Told of tho A...o j. G. breckenridge.

Told of tho izs.c j. G. Breckenridge.
A good story of General John G.
Breckenridge is said to have been told by
himself, with evident relish, not long be-
fore his death. In talking to some
friends about the many kindnesses which
had been shown him by his people and
the pleasant things which had been said
to him, he remarked that he valued as
highly as any compliment he had ever
received one which an old Kentucky
farmer paid him during the war, which
had come to his ears only short time
before.
It was the custom in war time, as it
has always been at all times, for the
country people to come into the county
town on Saturday afternoon to exchange
news gathered during the week.
At one of these gatherings in a store
in Richmond, KY, just after the battle
of Chickamauga, one Of the men said he
had heard some grand news. Upon be-
ing pressed to tell it he said gravely:
81 did hear that thar has been most
powerful fight down in Tennessee, and
they says that for long time it went
mighty agin our folks, but that then Mr..
Breckenridge come forrard and asked
the privilege of the field for just 10 min
utes, and they do say that he slew
sO,00o"
Which statement was received with
due respect by the assembled company,
although it appeared to occasion slight
ripple of surprise, much to the nsrrator's
satisfaction.-You th's Companion.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-09-01

bian song of the Worlds fair, and one
has heard nothing else there. The bands
have played it, the soloists have sung it,
and even the Dahomeyans and Nubians
of the Midway who can't speak a word
of English and the dancing girls Of the
Persian and Algerian theaters have
learned to hum the tune.
CATER the Ball. has been veritable
contagion. From the Bowery to Coney
Island it has been the ballad of the sum-
mer, and millions of Americans are sing
ing it. It is just now the rage in Lon
don and Paris, and the Swiss and italian
makers of music boxes and hand organs
have immortalized it in these instru-
ments of torture, and its popularity is &C
tually increasing day by day. Cold
weather may freeze it out, or cholera
these are mere surmises.
That almost million copies have been
printed and sold is no surmise or matter
of guesswork. l called on Mr.. Harris,
the composer, yesterday, and he verified
this remarkable statement by showing
me bis order books and cash receipts.
Leading dealers are ordering the song in
5000 lots, and Harris income has aver
aged for several weeks 81, 200a day from
the sale of his songs.
The career of the young composer and
the story of how he wrote CATER tho
BalT'' possesses many elements of roman
tic interest: He was born in Pough-
keepsie, N. Y, in 1864. When a year
old, his parents removed to New York
city, where his boyhood was passed.
When 10 years of age, the boy came
with his family to Milwaukee, where he
has lived ever since. When compare
lively young, he began composing music,
and thus far upward of 90 Of his com
positions have been published. He never
had the advantage of musical educa-
ton, but he takes to music and music
making as naturally as duck takes to
water. His first songs were sold to pub
fishers, but shortly after young Harris
became his own publisher. Several
pongs proved fairly successful, and one
untitled kiss and Let's Make Up"
netted him $4,000. But it was not until
he composed "After the Ball' that things
began coming his way in tallyhos and
coupes. Harris told me, and now give
for the first time the simple story of how
the song was written. Last March the
Milwaukee bicyclers were preparing to
give an amateur entertainment. Sam
Doctor, local singer, called on Harris
one morning about week before the
show and asked him to write him song
Harris had attended ball in Chicago
the night before and was lying on sofa
in his office when Doctor called. II am
too tired, SAM" said Harris, ito try to
do anything just now. l am suffering
from the fatigue of after the ball." Doc
tor urged his claims, and finally Harris
consented to compose something for his
friend. will tell the rest of the story
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-09-01
Charles Keene's Anecdotes.

The anecdotes of Charles Keene, the
famous Punch artist, picked up on his
own account, are SO crisp and fresh that
to quote them is enough to indicate the
character of the discoverer. Thus he
wrote:
"Got a story today of a British farmer
on board steamer, suffering a good
deal from the rolling, saying to friend:
This capt'n don't understand his bust
ness. Dang it, why don't he keep in the
furrows?" And again: II heard a story
of a well brought up child, who was
seen to secretly purloin and pocket an
orange from the laid-out dinner table,
but was afterward seen to enter the
empty room and secretly again return it
to the dish and triumphantly exclaim,
Sold again, Satanp" And: ga story
last night Of an Aberdonian, who, MAX
ing morning call, was asked if he .wud
take dram He soberly declined.
''Twas too airly the day. besides, he'd
had gill already."-London Athen-
Hum.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-09-01

The new committee on ways and
means consists of II members. The
new chairman is man of studious hab-
its who will give close, careful thought
30 the preparation of the tariff bill and
will make brilliant prepared speech in
It's explanation and defense. His friends
believe he will prove himself not only
capable of answering attacks after a
week of study and thought, but of lead
ing his party and acting quickly.
The chief duty of keeping down appro-
priations devolves on the appropriations
Committee, Mr.. Holman's successor,
Governor sayers of Texas, enjoys the
respect, esteem and confidence OF the
house to a marked degree. He is poor
speaker, but hard, conscientious work
or, fair, just and upright. His party
has added to his burdens at the very
outset by increasing the membership OF
the committee from Is to II. 1t is an
axiom at the capitol that the more men
on an appropriations committee the lar
ger will be the bills brought in. A con-
sideration of past appropriation bills Will
show the justification for the axiom.
{ In the Forty sixth congress the appro-
praations committee was raised from / l
to Is members. Of the three congresses
preceding the Forty sixth, two were Dem
pcratic and one Republican. c. thethree
congresses beginning with the Forty
sixth, two were Democratic and One
Republican. SO that politics cuts no Ga-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-09-01
scientists May Differ

AS to the causes of rheumatism. but there is nc
difference of opinion among them as to the dan
ger which attends it, the symptoms by which il
manifests iself, and the difficulty of dislodgine
it in its chronic stage. Several mineral and
vegetable poisons are prescribed for it, but
none of these has been shown by experience to
possess the same efficacy as Hostetters Stom-
ach Bitters. This benign specific depurates the
blood by promoting vigorous action of the kid
neys, which strain from the blood as it passes
through them the rheumatic virus when il
exists in the system. Physicians of eminence
estify to the alue of tue Bitters n rheumatism
and the professional opinions regarding it are
borne ont and corroborated by ample popular
evidence. The Bitters remedy chills and fever,
liver complaint, dyspepsia and constipation.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-09-01

The presence of Amos Cummings at
the head Of the naval committee means
a more liberal policy toward the navy
and appropriations for new ships. Mr..
Cummings has persistently fought for
the new navy and has constantly advo-
Gated an adherence to the policy of pro-
viding new ships each year.
Mr.. BANDS committee on coinage is
pretty evenly divided between the silver
and antisilver men. He faces number
of new men, including two of the most
pronounced ''goldbugs" Of the house,
Messrs. Rayner of Maryland and Harter
of Ohio. The other financial commit
tee, that presided over by Mr.. Springer
of Illinois, appears to be opposed to state
bank tax repeal. It is not likely to re-
main unheard of, for Mr.. Springer is a
man fertile in resources and ideas and
will make the most out of his place.
The foreign affairs committee, with
Mr.. McCreary of Kentucky chairman,
will be in thorough accord with the
policy the administration pursues on the
Hawaiian question. Mr.. McCreary is a
gentleman of culture and learning, and
as member of the international none
tary conference and of the foreign affairs
committee for years has fitted himself
for his present post.
AS chairman of the Indian committee
Mr.. Holman will pare the Indian bill
closely and will see that no big claims,
such as were originally in last years bill,
are brought forward. A significant fea-
ture of the makeup of the Indian COM
mittee is the absence Of men on it from
the Indian country.
Rivers and harbors is practically I'M
changed and is committed in advance to
liberal waterway improvements, while
public buildings is committed to a con-
trary policy, Chairman Bankhead hav-
ing opposed any new public building
bills in the last congress, and with such
success that the congress was absolutely
unique in that not single new public
building was provided for during the
whole congress. Mr.. Hatch and his agri-
cultural committee do not show much
change and later on will bring in anti
options and pure food bills.
No radical immigration or naturaliza-
ton laws will come from the immigra-
ton and naturalization committee, with
Mr.. Geissenhainer of New Jersey at its
head. His selection was opposed una
vailingly by labor organizations on the
ground that he was against the imposi-
ton of restrictions on European immi-
grafton. Mr.. Geissenhainer has never
taken prominent part in the house, but
in committee and quietly he steadfastly
opposed measures intended to operate as
a bar to free immigration.
The labor committee, now deemed of
little Importance, may possibly spring in
to unexpected prominence before the
congress is over in view of the demon
strations of the unemployed. It's chair
man is one of Chicago's bright Irishmen,
Lawrence McGann. His colleagues are
nearly all new members.
Of the other committees it is not nee
essary to say much, they being practical
ly the same as last year, as in the case of
the judiciary committee, or else uninl-
portant. G.. I'll. MERILLAT.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-09-01
Maine's New Industries.
Especial Correspondence

WATERvILLE, Aug. 31.-Canned corn
and sscoats' bid fair to be the resources of
Maine industry in the coming years,
where spruce numbering, shipbuilding
and cod fishing have fourished for so
many generations. The canning of green
corn has been carried on in this state for
a number of years in a desultory way,
but it is only within the past two years
that extensive capital has been put into
the industry and the product increased.
One firm of Gamers at Portland has
invested over 81 100000 in canneries at
various points in the state, and so great
has been their success with corn that the
attention of the farmer has also been
turned to the production of tomatoes,
beans and apples, which are also canned
The manufacture of cans at the can
neyies gives employment to largenumbers
of skilled worl1men at all seasons OF the
year, although the canning season only
lasts few months.
The "coat shop" is a Maine product
growing out of the home tailoring done
for years by many farmers wives ard
daughters. Nearly all the ready made
clothing manufactured for Boston houses
is made in this state. Men with a little
capital have erected in the small towns
large, well lighted, well ventilated
shops, equipped with steam or electric
power for driving the sewing machines,
buttonholers and presses. and these take
on contract the making up of the al.
ready cut clNthing.
CHARLES HANsCoM GRAY.