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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-17

and lust what we want in every way;
and yet that man always goes for the
crackers and cheese the minute he
strikes the store. wonder how he'd
like it if we should start in on his
butter and eggs or anything else that
he brings in?"
"You can try, Miss Cragin, tor
here he comes. ] dassen't l tell ye
that fore hand. Why not let Cy.
see what he can do. Come now.
You're the boss, Cy., Just g'out M
most cternally du i'm up"
Into Jane Cragin's face crcpt that
little spot of pink-the unering tell
tale Of things to comc-and slipping
from the high stool, she gave that
portentous little nirt to the immacu-
late apron and with a CHEEKY good
morning went out to attend TO wants
OF her thrifty farm customer. Al
ready the screen cover of the cheese
box was turned back and a generous
slice was in the hands of the deacon
who was peering over his spectacles
tor the crackers.
''The Hill-fa m folks are all well
this morning. L hope"
The deacon managed to say with
his mouthful of dry crackers and
cheese that "they was putty wal.
"What have we hcre?-some of
Mrs. Phelps Dutch Cheese? Well,
amt that nice" and reaching
for the checse-knire, she cut the big
gest ball of snow in two and took a
generous mouthful. "Well, that is
good. Here Cy. you and Jim may
have that half. This is mine. AS
long ago as can remember, ! used
to tease for gingcr-snapS ana Dutch
cheese When | have crackers --
these are rather ncc-don't you
think they are, Deacon?-I Iust like
tp dip into jar of Mrs Phelps but
ter ard spread 1t on thick. The
Phelps buttcr-I call its Just sal t
enough to go with the ilaky white
crackers in the box here: and if any
body is cracker hungry-Cy. says
| always am-.and will slice the
butter off like that--shc suited
the action of the worldly the time
it gets melted IN the mouth with the
cracker, it's what call good eating.
Aha! what have we here? Well,
Deacon those are the finest radishes
we've seen yet. Here Cy. Just try
that. Want one jim? Mn. Aren't
they good" And three of the best
disappear in shower OF praise.
"llcre! guess I'd better get these
things out Of sight before they are
all gone. Jim take the butter in and
weigh it and weigh the cheese, too
and I'll count the radishes. Cy. L
wish you would wait on the Deacon
for L must get on with those books.
You must remember Inc to Mrs
Phelps and Just tell har from me that
we want all the ladishes and Dutch
cheese she can possibly spare.
A minute later the high stool was
occupied by the book keeper, Cy. was
filling the Deacons orders, and Jim
was sampling still further the rad
ishes and the butter in the back
store.
Deacon Phelps? O, yes. lie didn't
say anything; but he never after in
the Milltown store helped himself To
the crackers ana cheese. III. NJ,
Strceter in Tri.State Grocer.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-17
Origin OF "Rook."

The Anglo Saxon word Doc signi-
les beech tree. Before paper came
INTO general use the wood of this
Tree, being close-grained, was used to
write upon, and from this fact comes
the word book.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-17

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Ifanlicted with sore eyes use Dir. Isaac Thomp-
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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-17

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It's curative powers that they offer Ono Hun
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Send for list of testimonials. Address
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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-17

S1ON Reward. &iOO.

Tho globe of the eye is moved by six mus
nlpl
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-12-17
Pure and wholesome Quality

There are over 100000 State militia in the
United States.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-05
THE CHEROKEE ALPHABET.
1t Is SyIIabary, and n Child Can
Learn to Read Books in 1t in Two
Months.
IVA shington Star.l


The only existing alphabet that is the
product of one mans mind and in which
a literature has been printed was the
Invention of a half-breed Cherokee In
dian. His name was Se-quo-yah and he
had no education whatever, but it oc-
Cured to him that he could express all
the syllables in the Cherokee tongue by
characters. Finding that there were
eighty-slX syllable sounds in the Ian
guage, he devised for each one of them
a peculiar mark. For some of the
marks he took characters Of our own
alphabet, turning them upside down.
With these symbols he set about writ
ing letters, and by means of them a
correspondence was soon maintained
between Indians of his race in Georgia
and their relatives 500 miles away.
At present this alphabet,-or more
properly speaking, syllabary-is in gen.
eEal use among the Cherokees. In no
other language can the art of reading
be learned so quickly. Whereas a fair
ly bright child learns to read well in
English in two and a half years, a
Cherokee youngster is able to acquire
fiuency in reading books written in this
syllabary within two months and a
half In 1927 the American board of
foreign missions betrayed the cost of
casting a font of type of the characters.
The literature composed with them is
now very extensive, numerous books
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-05
ST. MA JU-LUNG.
From the Contemporary Review.

lFrom the Contemporary Review.1
The late Ma Ju-lung was formerly
commander in chief in Yunnan.
memorial was presented to the emperor
by certain local notabilities, stating his
good works, and praying that postum
nous honors might be conferred on
him. He had distinguished himself in
I the great Mohammedan rebellion of
May, 1870. First and last" said thew.
ne was instrumental in killing over
1UOU0 OF the enemy, and in his own per-
son practically decided the fate of
unnon.' The emperor duly considered
me STATEMENTS set forth in the me-
moral. and before long issued the graft
Tying decree in the Picking Gazette that
the highest honors possible to be ac-
corded to one of Ma Ju-lungs rank be
conferred on his spirit; that a temple
be erected in the capitol of Yunnan. and
that his deeds be recorded by the state
hlStoriographer.
Mr. Ju-lung was therefore duly beati-
ned and canOnized; he was to be wor-
shipped as a saint But the number of
the Gazette containing these announce
ments struck rage and despair into the
breasts of many in Yunnan In their
eyes the upstart saint was a good-for-
nothing scamp, and his admirers were
pettifogging traders. In the rebellion
he was traitor and sold himself to
the enemy. If he was instrumental in
killing 10000 of the Mohammedans, he
mastered, when in their pay, at least
10000 loyal Chinese. He was a perfect
monster of cruelty, and was only ac-
cepted as an ally of the emperor's party
because it was polite to make terms
with him
All this they set forth in counter
meorial, with much more besides. Did
he not ride IN yellow chair and in all
things do as he pleased?" Did he not.
when ordered to use a green chair.
again enter into treacherous negotia
tons with the Mohammedans? If the
honors bestowed upon him are not with
drawn, the memoralists express a fear
that tens of thousands of innocent
souls whom he sent to Hades will be
unable to close their eyes for indigna-
ton. After some delay in reply 10 this
counterblast comes a highly important
and noteworthy decree from The en-
peror, published, as usual, in the Pc
king Gazette. He had considered the
second memorial, and now declared
that, since the erection of a temple TO
a spirit could only be permitted where
the people were practically unanim ous
in its favor, that portion of his decree
relating to the temple should be can
celed.
But as blame and praise seemed in
the present instance to be equally ap-
portioned, the rank conferred on Ma
Ju-lung's spirit was to stand good.
and his deeds were still to be recorded
by the state official appointed for such
duties. Observe that the important
part of this decree is the recognition of
the vox populi as Identical to a great
extent with the voX Del.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-05
CoMBE AND DIR. sYNTAX.

| TFrom the Gentleman's MagaZine.l
1t was in 1910 that Combe was first
introduced to Alderman. Alderman
was a German who came over to
England to draw designs for coach
builders, and about 1896 opened print
shop first at SO and afterward at 101
Strand there ultimately becoming one
of the most famous of London publish
ers. Combe was engaged to contribute
to Ackerman's "Poetical Magazine'' and
write up to Rowlandson's Illustrations,
and it was in 1910, when he was three
score and ten, that the most famous
of his compositions, but for which his
name would now be unknown to all but
literary students, 1.-THE Tour of DR..
Syntax in Search of the Picturesque"
was first issued.
The history of this work is somewhat
curious. 1t is thus told by Adolphus
in his Memoirs of John Bannister':
Dining at a tavern with John Bannis-
ter and a third person, Rowlandson was
asked, What are you about, Rowly?
Why nothing in particulars; think my
inventive faculty has been somewhat
sluggish of late-I wish one of you
would give me hint Being asked of
what kind, he answered: I feel in a
humor to sketch a series where the OBJ
jects may be made ridiculous without
much thinking. have been making a
tour in Devon and Cornwall with a
friend. who, although 1 made sketches
on the coast for him, wishes me to in
troduce adventures at inns and other
comic incidents. But what can | do
for such hero+as gentleman weighing
seventeen stone? For such scenes he is
quite out of the question. 1 want one
of a totally different description L
have it, said Bannister; you must
fancy skin-and-bone hero, pendantic
old prig in a shovel hat and rattle
traps, and place him in such scrapes as
travellers frequently meet with-hedge
alehouses, second and third rate inns
thieves, gibbets, mad bulls, and the like
Come, give me a sheet of paper, and
we will strike. off a few hints
The paper was produced, Bannister
gave his ideas, Rowlandson adopted
them, Combe explained them by
Well-written poem, and to this con-
versation and to the lively invention of
Bannister the public is indebted for a
publication"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-05
WHEN A PENHoLDER IS WANTED.
[C. w. Dayton in y. a. Review.l

The postal system. of the country, or
gsnized in 1889. when the population was
about S,000,000, is still conducted on the
same general principle; that is to say.
pQstmasters at the largest offices are
charged with maximum responsibilities
and a minimum of power, even to the ex-
penditure of 5 cents for penholder or a
bottle of mucilage. unless by written di-
rection of the department at Washington.
To illustrate: 1t is desirable or neces-
sary to change or establish a branch sta
ton. The postmaster must communicate
that fact to the department; the depart
ment refers it to a poStoffice inspector,
who investigates without any obligation
to consult the postmaster; the place IS
selected on the recommendation of the
postoflce inspector, and the postmaster
receives Word that the postofffce inspec-
tor will be sent, to see that the station
sIector may be, one appointed from New
Mexico, while the selection of a site and
the fitting up of a station in any large
city should be based upon intimate
knowledge of the postal needs Of that
city.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-05
MIR. CLEyELAND's DOMESTIC LIFE

J.
A writer in the New York Herald, dis
lcussing the personality and political in
tentions of President Cleveland, says:
| The president is rich man.
| Riches, like wife and children came
TO him at a conlparat lively late period in
life. His domestic tastes are conspicu-
Gus. l doubt if man exists who takes
greater pride in his domestic. surround
iings than he. 1t has panied sim mex
pressibly to encounter sundry cruel gos-
sips concerning himself, his habits, his
wife and his children. 1t may be said
that while not a total abstinence man,
1.-THE president is notable in his own town
lof beverages for his temperate habit
gossip to the contrary Notwithstanding
1t may, further be said, and as a
stranger l think it should be. that the
lstories told about the Cleveland little
one and its infirmities are absolutely
baseless. Indeed, it is the concurrent
iopinion of all who are privileged to
know the Clevelands we'll that there is
not happier nor a healthier family in
all this broad continent
however the country may regard it,
MI. cleveland feels, and his wife agrees
with him. that he has had all the pub
lie hfe he needs or should desire and
the time has come for him to care for
himself which means not alone his own
personality, but his wife. his babies and
his fortune. 1t is perfectly well known
by his lntimates, and they desire that
the public should thoroughly UNDER
stand it also, that with the close of his
present term Mr. Cleveland's official ex-
iStence ends
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-05
HOW THE cory CAME.

Sometimes young woman would
enter the shop in the morning while I
was busy sweeping Or busting, and
throwing down roll of PAPER with an
exclamation of ''Tnerey' would rush
off as abruptly as she hld er tered. On
examining the roll l would find 1t az
dressed in De Quincey's neatest hand
writing to William TAFT, Esquire >
On more than one occasion a night
policeman arrived early IN the after
noon with a similar packet, for which
he demanded and received a shilling
a coin destined to be divided into three
parts, the packet having passed
through as many pairs of hands.
''Who gave you this?" 1 once heard
Mr. TAFT ask at was my neighbor,
sir, at the North Bridge and Who
gave it to hin?' 1T was his neigh.
Dor, sir And where did he get it p
.Oh, he got it from the little man, sir,
that makes the fine speeches and lives
down yonder, sir" was the reply
Some Memories of Books, Authors.
EIVents-J Bertram.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-05
THE PENGUINs FEEDING.
From The spectator.l

The appearance of the keeper with his
pail of live gudgeon is the signal for sud-
den and intense excitement in the cages.
The penguins wave their little f1ippers and
waddle to the door, whence they peer
eagerly down the wooden steps leading 10
the pool; the cormorant croaks and sWays
from side to side, and the darters .poise
their shaky heads and spread their bat
like wings At the waters edge he pen
gums do not launch themselves upon the
surface like other water fowl, but in
stantly plunge beneath.
once below the water, an astonishing
change takes. place. The slow, ungainly
bird is transferred into a swift and bril-
liant creature, beaded with globules of
quicksilver, where the air clings to the
cjcse feathers, and flying through the
clear and WaVeleSS depths with arrowy
speed and powers of turning far greater
than in any known form of aerial flight
The rapid and steady strokes of the wings
are, exactly similar tt, those of the air
level with the body, unused for propul
sion, or. even as rudders, and as little
needed in its progress as those Of a wild
duck when on the wing.
The twists and turns necessary to fol-
low the active little fish are made wholly
by the strokes of one wing and the ces-
fish are chased, caught, and swallowed
without the slightest relaxation of speed.
in a submarine flight which is quite as
rapid as that Of most birds which take
minutes some thirty gudgeon are caught
and swallowed below water the only APP
pearance of the birds on the surface be-
ing made by one or two bounds from the
depths, when the head and shoulders
leap above the surface for a second and
then disappear
Any attempt to remain on the surface
leads to ludicrous splashing and con-
the submarine bird cannot
float, it can only fly below the surface.
the meal is finished. both
scramble out of the water. and
shuttle with round backs and dropping
wings back to their cage to dry and di-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-05
THE POLAR Rear.
[From Longman's Magazine.l

[From Longman's Magazine.l
Its principol food consists of the
flesh of seal and walrus, but it al
$50 condescends to the carcasses OF
whales, the larger kinds of fish, and
other aquatic animals, and even for
want of anything better, to marine
vegetables 1t wanders about contin-
ually in search of seal, generally
against the wind, as it has a good
off must also be attributed to the pure
air which uninterrupted sweeps the
surface of the ice in these high lat
itudes. In catching its prey it often
shows remarkable cunning. AL
though a good swimmer and diver,
it cannot reach the seal in the water.
but must take them on the ice. This
hears and sees well, and always keeps
close to the edge of the foe in order
to be able to take to the water at the
first approach of danger. The bear,
however, knows well enough how to
outwit it; it markes the seal at some
distance, and then crops forward I'M
der cover of projections and pieces of
ice; to deaden the sound it twists it's
feet in such a way that the hairy
side is underneath, and in this manner
succeeds in coming noislessly on it's
victim.
If the ice be fiat and offer no shelter,
the bear dives under the foes ana ap-
pears suddenly in the opening near
which the seal is lying. Even when
basking on a lonely foe in open water
1t is not safe, for the bear glides nois-
lessly down from the ice, swims out
toward the foe with only its nose Wis
able above the surface of the water,
and, when at a suitable distance,
dives completely under and comes up
close to the saal. 1t has been observed
how, like the Esquimau, the bear will
lie for hours watching the seal holes
holes which the seal will keep open in
the ice to enable them to get upon it
ready to strike with its paw the first
which is incautious enough to stick it's
head up.
The smaller seal are easy prey,
while on the other hand the bladder
nose and walrus may cost it many a
hard fight. I saw place where a fight
of this kind had taken place between a
and a bear, and the
marks in the snow showed them to
have been two mighty warriors. The
body of the bladder-nose was still
lying there part of the bIubber had
been eaten up. but the gashes proved
that it had not given up without a
ST ruepIa
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-05
A DRUM MAJORS DUTIES.
[St. Methodist

Like poets, drum majors are born,
not made. One man may become a
drum major in a week, while you can't
make one of another in a lifetime
without the knack of handling the
stick he will never be an artist, and
will, probably at the very moment
when he should look his jauntiest,
commit the crime. objectionable in a
drum major. of dropping his left hand
to his side. For the left hand should
always, except in two-handed move
ments with the staff, rest, knuckleS up,
on the hip. Thus the drum majors
pose. when not marching or giving a
command is to stand with his left
hand on his hip, his right hand grasp
ing his stick just below the head, the
point of the stick resting on the
ground. He presents fine imposing
figure as he stands there, erect and
tall. two PAGES in front of the band.
Now comes the moment so glorious
to the small boy, when he commands
play" and Forward-March" are
given. Facing the band, the drum ma
jor, with a quick turn Of the wrist,
points the ferule upward, letting it
slant little to the right. Then, rails
ing his staff to the heighth of his chin,
he thrusts it the full length of his arm
to the right and draws it back again.
This is the signal to play. Then,
turning. he points the staff to the
front. thrusts it the full length of his
arm forward and music and march
begin.
In the old days, the drum major then
brought the "cane," as the staff was
called in the tactics, to the position Of
Garry sword Now the drum major
beats time. setting the "cadence"-the
number of steps in a minute-of the
march. AS a rule he simply repeats
again and again the thrust and recov-
er. through which he gives the COM
mand to play. Expert drum majors,
however. introduce some fancy move
ment here.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-05
CRUIKsHANk DANCES.
Iron Temple Bari

The only time 1 ever saw Cruikshank
Gustly dubbed "the Hogarth of his
day'D was about two years before his
death, when he entered Mr.. Bentley's
office, in Burlington street, elastic of
foot, and looking more like one of his
own caricatures than ever, judging
from earlier portraits. He was waiting
for an interview, when an organ struck
up polka outside. and he immediately
executed a glissade and a few rapid
steps just to show that there was life
in the old dog yet" as he explained.
Indeed, dancing has always been a
geat passion Of his, and my aunts used
to say that he danced too well to be a
Pheasant partner. meaning that by his
excessive elasticity and observance of
all the steps he attracted the attention
of the other dancers and became too
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-05

[From the Gentlemans Magazine.1
A very curious case of lapse of mem
Tory was that of Linnaeus, who, in his
odd age, was delighted by the reading
!of his own works, without recognizing
them. And then there is the strange
story how Sir Walter Scott, producing
The Bride of Lammermoor' during his
illness, was afterward found to have
forgotten entirely what he had thus ere
ated. According to James Ballantyne,
the book was written and published
before Mr. Scott was able to rise
from his bed, and he assured me, when
it was first put into his hands in
complete shape, he did not recollect a
single incident, character or conversa-
ton it contained. The original of the
story, which he had known from boy
hood, he still remembered but he knew
no more about the story he had written
than he did before he began to write or
even think about writing it, These
facts are corroborated by Mr.. Lockhart,
Sir Walters son-in-law and biographer,
SO that they are placed beyond ques-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-05
THE pooR GERMAN NOVEL.
[From Blackwood's Magazine.l

From BlackWOou MdSdzllle-l
While the number of second and
third rate novels yearly increases,
those that deserve to be labeled Al are
as undoubtedly on the wane. The pitt
able state of the German book market
is partly ansWerable for this result,
since it has driven some of the ablest
contemporary novelists, such as Suder-
mann, Gerhardt, Hauptmann and Voss,
to turn aside from their original and
obvious vocation in order to write in
different dramas, because these prove
to be more remunerative than the
first class novels. Veteran standard
authors like Freytag, Dahn, and Spiel
hagen, who have been before the pub
lie for three or four decenniums, seem
to labor under the delusion that what
ever they now write must necessarily
be worth reading, and that writer
who once has achieved fame has moth
ing further to do in order to keep 1T
up but to go on producing with clock.
work regularity certain number Of
volumes per annum whether or not
these books are distinguished by any
of those qualities which made the rep
utation of their earlier works.