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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-02-12

+ One of the latest and most popular
developments of New York society is
the lady lecturer, who talks to an
audience exclusively feminine upon the
topics of the day. These talks, - as
they are called, are held only in private
drawing-rooms, and are listened TO
with the most intelligent interest by
score or more of women who have
dubbed together to engage some we'll
informed woman to post them, viva
voce, upon all subjects with which they
rhould be conversant. This is charm
ing way to acquire knowledge, and one
which will undoubtedly grow more
and more popular among those who
either have not the time or the inclina-
tion to study for themselves.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-02-12
An Islarti That Grows.

| In the Missouri River, near Leaven-
worth, there is an island which has
furnished the land law officers of the
Government novel problem. This
island was on the Missouri side when
it was surveyed in 1853. Now it is a
legal part of Kansas. But that is not
the queer thing about it. Islands in
the Missouri frequently shift their al
legiance. The trouble with this isl
and is that 1t has been growing. When
the Government officers surveyed it
they found 500 acres, and that was the
amount entered in the records. When
two Leavenworth men, Skillings and
Diffendorf, took out patents for the
whole island the amount of land put in
the patents WIS so acres. But the
island has been growing through all
of these years in way Missouri River
islands have fashion of doing. There
coal-b bed, it has been discovered, runs
under the island, and that tends to
make the land more valuable. Re-
Gently squatters have tried to take
possession of the surplus over and
above the 500 acres claimed by the
patentees The latter set up a claim
to the growth. The land lawyers of
the Government, after taking plenty
of time to think about the case, have
decided that Skillings and Diffendorf
are entitled to the whole island under
their original patents. st. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-02-12
Drilling With Steel Shot:

The shot process of drilling recently
introduced is the application of very
scientific and mechanical principle
In this method of drilling through
rock, steel shot are poured inside of
the drill pipe, into ring OF channel
made in the rock by few revolutions
of the pipe, the latter bearing on this
ring of shot, and, when the pipe is re-
volved, itcauses the shot to revolve also
and cut the channel in the rock deeper.
From the results thus far obtained, it
is expected that, as the boring of large
holes through hard rock by means Of
diamonds-the cost of which, as is
well known, continues to be very
GREATS very expensive WORK, the
new process of drilling by means OF
steel shot will be used in many cases
as substitute for that of the
diamond drill.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-02-12
Hygienic Value of Perfumes.

DIR. Anders, of Philadelphia, few
years ago made the interesting dis.
covery that the ozone in the atmo-
sphere, the element which is the great
purifier, was mainly supplied from
blooming fiowers-and for this reason
blooming plants were healthful in
dwellings as well as attractive. Some
interesting experiments with; the odors
of flowers have been made in the old
world, and it is found that many
species of microbes are easily de.
stroyed by various odors The odor
of cloves has been known to destroy
these minute creatures in Twenty-Five
minutes; cinnamon will kill some
species in twelve minutes; thyme, in
thirty-five. In forty-fve minutes the
common wild verbena is found effec-
tive, while the odor of some geranium
flowers has destroyed various forms of
microbes in fifty minutes. The essence
OF cinnamon is said to destroy the
typhoid fever microbes in twelve min
utes, and is regarded as tho most ef-
tectlve OF all odors as an antisept1c.
1t Is now believed that flowers which
are found in Egyptian mummies were
placed there more for their antiseptic
properties than as mere ornaments or
elements in sentimental work. -Mee-
hans Monthly,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-02-12
WISHES.
1 asked little child one day.

asked little child one day.
shild intent on joyous play.
MY little one, pray tell TO me
yeur dearest wish What may it be?''
The little one thought for a while,
Then answered with wistful smile;
khe thing that wish most Of all
Is to be big, like you, and tall"
asked maiden sweet and fair,
ot dreamy eyes and wavy hair,
what would you wish, pray tell me true:
ihat kindly fate should bring to youY"
Win timid mien and downcast eyes
And bushes deep and gentle sighs:
Her answer came: "All else above,
I'd wish some faithful heart to love-"
asked mother, tried and blest,
With babe asleep upon her breast:
20, mother fond, SO proud and fair,
What is thy inmost secret prayer"
She raised her calm and peaceful eyes,
Madonna-likc, up TO the skies
'My dearest wish is this" said she
THAT God may spare my child 10 me-
Again, asked woman old,
40 whom the world seemed hard and cold
Proy tell me, o thou blest in years,
What are thy hopes, what are thy feare?"
With folded hands and head bent low
She answer male, in accents slow;
NFor me remains but one request
u is that God may give me rest"
Emile Pickhardt, in Boston Globe.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-02-12
The Steamship OF the Future.

Sir Nathaniel Barnaby, the late
Chief Constructor of the British Navy,
has given the weight of his high rep
utation to the possibility of construct
ing a ship for Atlantic navigation
which will be 1000 feet long and 800
feet broad, with engines of go, 900
horse power and an ocean speed OF
fifteen knots. This ship he described
as "steel island" which will be in
capable of entering any dock, at any
rate as at present constructed, having
several engines working side by side.
He thinks that a draught of twenty
six feet of water need never be ex-
ceeded. 81 do firmly believe" said
Sir Nathaniel, ''that We shall get the
mastery over the seas, and that we
shall live more happily in a marine
residence, capable of steaming fifteen
knots an hour, than we can ever live in
seaside town" This project is not,
however, intended to shorten the dur.
alton of translantic voyage, but to
make it more tolerable while it lasts,
Most of the efforts hitherto made to
deal with the problem of Atlantic navi-
CATION have aimed at speed as the first
essential, and have left out of account
The possibility of making such me.
chanical provisions against NAL de mer
IS would enable the most squeamish of
passengers to contemplate an Atlantic
voyage with perfect equanimity. In
this direction the achievements of the
last half century have been truly mar.
velous. Manufacturers Gazette.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-02-12
A Cure for Warts.

1t is said to be fairly established
that the common wart, which is so un-
slightly and annoying on the hands and
face, can be easily removed by small
doses of sulphate of magnesia taken
internally. M. Colrot, of Lyons, has
drawn attention to this extraordinary
fact. Several children treated with
three-grain doses of EPSON salts,
morning and evening, were promptly
cured NJ. Aubert cites the case of a
woman whose face was disfgured by
these eXcrescences, and who was cured
IN month by dram and half OF
magnesla taken daily. Another medi-
cal man reports case of very large
warts which disappeared in fortnight
from the daily administration of ten
grains Of the salts.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-02-12
SELECT SIFTINGS.
Oninces came from Corinth.

Ounces came from Corlntn.
The cantelope is native of America.
Melons were found originally in
Asia.
Europeans every year eat 6,470, 900
tons of beef, mutton and pork.
The estimated yield OF pecans in
this country is 100000 bushels.
France and Italy raised 5000, 900
bushels of chestnuts for home use and
export.
The American people in 1892 drank
the decoction from GAO, 900, 900 pounds
of coffee.
Russia raises 1860 pounds Of grain
and fifty one pounds of meat to each
inhabitant.
The tomato is a native of South
America and takes its name from a
Portuguese word.
The United States are said to have
14O, 900, 900 geese of the kind which
are used for food.
In France sixty-seven per cent. OF
the people live on rye bread, only
thirty-thres per cent. on wheat bread.
In many parts of India oxen still
serve as carriers of merchandise, and
buffaloes arc kept for milk and plough
ing.
The first tunnel for commercial pur-
poses was executed by NJ. Riguet, in
the reign of Louis XIV, at Bezieres,
| France.
The onion was almost On object Of
worship with the Egyptians 1000 years
before the Christian era. 1t first came
from India.
Why birds don't fall off the roost is
because they can't. When they sit
down the muscles of the lower leg
must contract.
Many of the caves discovered in
New Mexico and Arizona contain hu-
man bones and other evidences of oc-
cupancy years ago.
The Emperor of China pays his
soldiers at the munifcent rate of 81 a
month, out of which they are required
to purchase their food.
The value of land in Great Britain
rose enormously during the Canadian
and American wars of the last century,
and increased still further during the
French wars owing to the demand for
grain an its advanced price.
Only on two occasions has England
gone to war to aid weaker Nation.
The first was when Elizabeth sent an
expedition to the relief of the Dutch
and Flemings to help them against the
encroachments of Philip II. of Spain.
The second was the war of Greek inde-
pendence in 1927.
The following il characteristic ex-
tract from the manuscript diary OF
King James IL, which is preserved in
the Imperial Library at Paris: ~ did
not retire from the battle on the Boyne
from sense of fear, but that I might
preserve to the world life that / felt
was destined to future greatness. ;"
The diary, filled for the most part with
very frank reflections as to what
course he should pursue to retain the
English throne, is one of the most
singular In existence.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-02-12

That typical Arizona town. Yuma.
will probably soon be lifted from Ari
zona into California, where, it is
claimed, it has always rightly belonged.
Up to about fifteen years ago the point
was often contended between the local
authorities both sides the disputed
line, but since the arrest, in 1877, bv
the Arizona authorities of San Di-
ego (Cal. tax collector who tried to
collect taxes in Yuma, the question
has been dropped. The land Office
authorities have always evaded the
question. Recently William Hycks
was indicted by the Federal grand
Jury for selling liquor to Indians in
Yuma He denies the jurisdiction of
the court to try his case, citing the
authority of the treaty of Guadaloupe
hIdalgo and the recent reports of the
boundary commission to
show that Yuma is in California. 1t is
thought out there that Hycks may win
his case and that the town will soon be
Yuma, California, instead of Yuma,
Arizona.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-02-12

''he Gismantlement of Worlds Fair
structures has in one respect proved n
godsend to the poor of Chicago. In
jackson Park there were recently 2O0O
wagon loads of excellent firewood
which the officials were glad to get rid
of. The Chicago Relief and Aid So
ciety obtained permission to cart tbe
wood away, and put up the following
sign on the park fence near the Sixty
second street gate: Gree Wood for
the Poor" Any person with a horse
and wagon is now admitted to the parl
and allowed to take away all the wood
his wagon will hold, the only condi.
tion being that he shall present a per-
NIT from the society. The pile of
debris through which the wood is scat
tered has length of 300 yards, n width
OF 100 yards and height of twelve
feet. 1t consists of baskets, boxes and
barrels. The man in need of fuel has
only to delve in this pile to get as ser.
viceable kindling wood as could bs
found anywhere. The applicants are
foreigners for the most part, and judg-
ing from their ragged coats and pinchcd
faces, they could get the means of
warmth for their families nowhere
elsp
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-02-12
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

The average man uses twenty-nine
pounds of sugar per annum.
A scheme has lately been devised to
use electricity as fertilizer of the
soil.
The largest meteoric stone was
found in Greenland and weighs 90, 600
pounds.
The purer the water the more active
it is in corroding and pitting iron or
steel plates.
The water that trickles into the
Comstock mine, Nevada, near the bot
tom of the shaft is heated nearly to
the boiling point.
One of the African Steamship Com
pany's vessels recently steamed for
sixty miles near Senegal through To-
Gusts that thickly covered the surface
Of the water.
A substance that is expected to excel
ivory-in point of cheapness only, of
course-is being made out of milk,
coagulated, mixed and submitted to
tremendous pressure that renders it
absolutely solid and durable.
The average quantity of salt in the
open water is about 81 per cent. 1t has
been estimated that the total amount
in all the ocean area is equal to
81, 419, $50 cubic miles, or fourteen
and one-half times the entire mass of
the continent of Europe above high
water mark, mountains and all.
A sort of antidecay apparatus has
been invented for preserving pictures.
1t is glass tray with solid back, and
the picture is put inside and hermeti-
cally sealed. The air is then ex-
hausted with an air pump, with the
result that in this vacuum the paint
will preserve its pristine freshness
pretty we'll forever, unless the thing
leaks.
By exposing hens eggs to the vapors
of alcohol for periods ranging from
twentysix to forty eight hours, M.
Oh. Fere has ascertained that their
often results in the production of
monstrosities. In some instances al
coholized eggs of nearly hundred
hours were hardly as far developed as
normal eggs of twenty hours.
A curious method of resuscitation
in vogue among the miners of Scotland
in the case of insensibility from ex-
posurc to choke-damp, and which is
said to be very efficacious, is as follows:
The half-suffocated man is placed face
downward over hole freshly dug in
the earth and allowed to lie until he
showed signs of consciousness. The
idea involved in this proceeding is
that the fresh earth draws the foul gus
out of the lungs.
Trees are felled by electricity in the
great forests of Galicia. For cutting
comparatively soft wood the tool is in
the form of an auger, which is
mounted on a carriage and is moved
to and fro and revolved at the same
time by small electric motor. As the
cut deepens wedges are inserted to pre-
vent the rift from closing, and when
the tree is nearly cut through an AK or
hand saw is used to finish the work
In this way trees are felled very
rapidly and with very little labor.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-02-12
Branding Criminals in China.

Finding that long terms of impris
onment and fogging do not check rob
berry and piracy and systematic prac
tice of imposition on strangers in the
nature of thievery in the Soochow dis
trict, the authorities have resolved to
try branding. For the first offence
the thief is to be branded on the right
cheek, and for the second on the left
cheek. The brand is to be the Chinese
sign for the word thief. As the Chinese
have superstitious horror of all facial
Disagreement, the belief is entertained
that the new punishment will check
the criminal element. Sacramento
Record. Union,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-02-12

Word has been sent to the courts of
Europe that the Shah of Persia intends
to visit Berlin, st. Petersburg, Berlin
and Vienna next spring. He will start
on his journey in May or June, and
will remain in Europe several months.
The rulers whom he is to honor are in
an unhappy state of mind already on
account of the proposed visit, allege.
the New York Tribune. No livinc
sovereign, in all probability, is Il more
nnwelcome guest than the Shah, but
his cousins in Europe are obliged to
receive him with all the honors due to
his rank. Entertaining him is more
expensive than entertaining any other
monarch. His retinue is almost o
legion.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-02-12
THE SURPRISE PARTY,
DY HELEN FORREST GRAVES.

HERS gwine to be
n good hard frost
night, said Dea.
con Cummings, as
he pulled the rag
ged buffalo robe
over his knees, set
tied the tub of lard
in front of him, and
touched up Old Dicl
with the extrem,
point of his whip
lash.
|. In the east a burn
ing planet gloweC
like u point of mr.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-02-12

r Tests of modern rifles aro being
made by using human corpses for tar
gets. "This sounds brutal, muses. the
San Francisco Examiner, "but it really
is less brutal than making the tests op
bodies that are not corpses in the be.
ginning"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-02-12
Only ten per cent. of the sugar we
consume is grown in this country,

This is an estimate in the Atlanta
Constitution; The wealth OF the South
in 1860 was 1000, 900. Ooo, and in
1890 about the same. The war cost
the South about 81, 600, 600, 900. She
has just about recuperated.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-02-12

Mrs. Cummings would have enjoyed
her evening at the parsonage, if her
husband had not glared so severely at
her new bonnet.
"Gloves, eh?" said he, as she climbed
ont of the wagon. Squire Silleck' g
wife don't wear no gloves. I'll go bail
them cost fifty cents Humph ~
'But they're mended, father-and
I've had EN- year,"
''Humph !" was all the reply he
vouchsafed
The parsop, withered little man in
threadbare black suit, received his
guests in truly Christian spirit of
resignation.
II hope therell be enough for them
to eat, whispered he to his better
half, tall, pale woman.
81 guess likely there will, she re-
sponded. "Most of 'em has brought
victuals and very little else. do
wonder how they knew it was our we'd
ding anniversary! 1 tried all could
do to keep it secret"
Everything was there. Plates and
dishes, which matched nothing brass
wardlng pans, of no use except for
senseless decorations; tissue paper
howers, and gruesome worsted work
painted banners, and embr oidered
"splashers; crochet lace, and dam
aged tides; anl as they kept arriv-
ing, Mrs. Potter's heart sank CORE
spondingly.
Presently, however, she came to
Clara with in her faded eyes.
"Oh, Clara I" she faltered, "how
can thank you enough for your kind
ness-you noble generosity? Mr.. Pot
ter is as grateful as I am, but his voice
issimply gone. He can't spsak.
The deacon hugged himself.
81 knowed that dollar bill would be
a plenty" said he. 'Bless me there's
that young Lawyer Harrison, the par
sons nephew, goin' off to the study
with Clara. He once had quite no.
tion to the gal. Wonder if they
goin' to company keepin' again? Kind
o singular he should be here tonight.
Folks says it was him who brought the
handsome black walnut desk in par
son study. Strange how extravagant
i0iks will he Specially young folks.
I'm! what's that they're sayinY A
hTe~ and IL our direction Now, !
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-11-30
The Price of Interviews

1t appears that Mr.. W. S. Gilbert is
not the first or the only distinguished
Englishman to ask compensation for an
interview. The New York Suns CORE
spondent in London once upon time
wrote to Mr.. Gladstone asking him for
an interview on the Irish question, and
in the course Of a conversation which
followed with Mr.. Gladstone's secreta-
~ it was learned that fee Of $500
would be expected in payment for the
interview. it being understood that Mr..
Gladstone should write it himself and
thus make it authoritative. Lord Rob
erts fixed the price Of 500 for an in
terview upon the threatened war be-
tween England and Russia on another
occasion. Boston Herald
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-11-30
Burnt wood peoorauon.

The kind of wood you should use de-
ponds greatly upon the size and oharao-
ter of your decoration. For the frieze Of
a room or large panel to go over a
chimneypiece soft wood would be best,
for it would allow Of bold treatment Of
lines. But if you were intending to or
nament a jewel box hard wood would
be best, because it lends itself to the
most delicate work. You can make
upon very hard wood line as delicate
as the finest produced by an etcher with
his needle upon the copper plate.
Burnt wood decoration is rather slow
work 1t is more allied to carving or
etching than to painting. ! go over and
over my work, as the etcher bites and
rebites his plate. deepen tone here
by returning, or l work it off with my
emery cloth or sandpaper and reburn it.
This is a little secret of technique which
l have never told before
The burning of wood seems to be one
of natures arts. The japanese employs
the hotAiron for permanently tinting his
bamboo; even the savage uses it for
tracing designs upon his wooden domes-
tic utensils. Yet, although it is so sim
pie that the aborigines employ it upon
the handles of their weapons, 1t is sus-
ceptible Of being carried as far as any
medium of expression we have in the
graphic arts. Think how wide, too, is
its scope-from the delicate traoeries
for a dainty jewel box to the bold frieze
or panel of a spacious library or altar
decoration. Art Amateur.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-11-30
An American Song.

A good story was told on the ship by
a Boston man who was in Antwerp
while the preparations were in progress
for the exposition. Representatives OF
all nations were there preparing exhib'
its from their respective countries. In
the evening all the visitors were in the
habit of gathering in large hall on
the grounds to listen to the band play.
Out of compliment to the visitors the
national airs Of tho different countries
were played and received an ovation
from the group of that nationality in
the hall. The night that our Boston
friend attended the band performance
this playing of national airs was on the
programme. All were played, but not
a thing that could be twisted into an
air for the bird Of freedom. A delega.
ton Of the Americans went up to the
leader and told him that they felt
sighted; kat their country had not
been recognized With profpSe apollo
gies the leader said it was clearly an
oversight and promised to give them
the American air at once. He distribut-
ed the music, and, waving his baton, the,
band broke loose, not with any familiar
patriotic air, but Tho Man That Broke
the Bank at Monte Carlo. Amaze
ment among the Americans finally gave
way to visions of Old Hoss Hoey and
his song, and when the band finished
the tumultuous applause from the Amer
lean delegation elected an encore
Washington Star.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-11-30
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