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Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1894-12-07

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ban~nobsridsn gsisGidaft. ia man
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5rsus balten; bic Serr.n isboa, bic
9umeraoen Gsorg Wilhslms auf ben
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tnurmeltsn: Gr muB tpiebsr beirut6sn,
ooer er LIT p~srloren.
limb bic Ssrrsn bsbisltsn rsat! N6sr
elmer fol6en 2Ofung Der ihpe6enotn
Srdge bate man ii9 bod ni6t pers
isben.
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molten ben blausn 5immsl, uno Elm
hefttssr Sibpsitrpinb f6leuberts bon
3eit gu ,3eit feline Regsni9ausr Hat
i4eno auf bas qflaitsr Der sut:n altsn
RsiibsnsTtaot Sannoosr unb ssgsu Die
grobeH SPECIALIZATION Der @iua bes
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bduisr 4ues, umIhdttet bon ben 9Gus
men einss aIt.s partss unb uusaeItat=
tst nit BEN Glanse oss feft6sgriinbstsn
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emporssarb.it.t. Seine 9Gter tparen,
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estpeien. bensn aber cine ~finansisns
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ihdsts.
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Baron 9sors Wil6slm bon SaIsnbera
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Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1894-12-07

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Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1894-12-07
Ste grippe

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CDct Ettu- z. lat.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-06-04
WISE WORDS.

Cupid is not calculator.
Life is too short to get square.
No man can buy the sunshine.
Love is II spontaneous combustion
The world is the tramp's treadrnill
Economy was not born i'll the poor
house.
The fools do not say all the silly
things.
Many absurdities are accepted as
axioms.
A genuine holiday must be honestly
earned.
The king can do no wrong without
everybody knowing it,
Pessimism is an evidence of sour
stomach or of inherited taint.
All things come to the way of him
who does not expect too much.
A house that is divided against itseli
cannot stand outside interference.
He who has schooled himself to 81
lence has set his world wondering.
1t can never be that everybody else
is wrong and you alone are right.
Much harm is done by people who
think they are doing what is right.
A man who really loves horses and
dogs loves women and children next.
1t is pitiable to see II poor man
'gauged' wrong for u small income.
The man who is sometimes too busy
to hear the whistle blow is seldom out
of work.
People talk little ills into great
ones, but seldom talk little goods into
great ones.
1t is hard lines to win u woman with
bonbons for year and feed her on
bread and butter for lifetime.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-06-04

are alone. 1t is a curious fact which
may be commended for observation and
study to the students of sociology, that
two lovers who can sit in parlor q
whole evening without making noise
enough to keep the mice in their holes,
can go into IA public hail and by their
catter cause the people in three rows
of seats to become inwardly profane.
Why the tender passion assumes svmp.
toms so diverse in different places and
at times so inopportune is not even to
be con .ectured; it is Cne of those mys.
teries of which the universe is full,
and which must be received in the
arms OF faith without even so mu h as
an effort at explanation.
After the terrors of Courtship have
been endured for a season the misery of
a proposal is in order, and if there wel
no other OBJ 'ection to getting MARI led
than tho necessity of making a pro
posal, this of itself would seem to be
sufficient to diminish the number oil
MARI lages 10 Per cent in single year.
10 a man not in love asking a woman
to marry hlm seems t. be very simple
and easy ma tor, but to the lover, torn
to pic es with anxieties for which
tacre is no valid reason, a proposal ir
u veritable slough of despond some.
how or other, though, he must strup.
gle through it, and generally does SO.
in the most absurd and ridiculous man.
ner, making himself an object of ridi.
culo to the lady, who, in later years. II
she accepts him, rarely fails to remind
him how cheap and insignificant he
oked when, with sheepish aspect and
hesitating words, he asked her to do
him the honor of looking after his raj.
ment until death should them part.
Men never talk about thoir proposals
for no matter how carefully they may
have prepared for this momentous oc-
casion, a proposal. like a fall down
stairs. or a death in the family, alwa3a
comes with shock. and the studious
preparation goes for naught. Blessed
therefore, is the man who does not
nave to propos ose, for there are lev
cases where the twain understand each
other so fully that proposal is SUI
perhulty. They simply take the whole
thing Tor granted, aud, with the most
ertect confidence in each other, re.
gard it as settled.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-06-04

The Pennsylvania Railroad ma.
opened large new warehouse in Jer.
'ey City, and is prepared to give ex-
septionable facilities and quick trans
portation to Southern garden truck
sold in New York. The New York In
dependent is of the opinion that Sin
The present condition of agricultural
depression everywhere the action of
he Pennsylvania Railroad in facili-
tating the handling of garden truck
tor city consumption, might be fol-
lowed with advantage in other parts
# the United States"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-06-04
RECIPES.


haru ulngerpreao-one cuplul OF
sugar, one OF pu'ter' one-thlra OF
cuplul OF molasses' halt cupiui o,
sour ihl'h OF cream' one teaSpoohiui
o! salera,us' one 'aolespoohiul OF
ginger hour enough 10 roll. non
thih, cu' IN oplohg pieces ana oake
quichis' cure iilus' DC 'aNeh tna' 700
mucn hour Is not mixed IN Win tne
oou9n' al, hihos ol cahes 'hae are
ioiieo shoui' ii"Se no more iiour Vh"n
Gu ~
oneese ~ : isiseis axe one'Iuar'eI 4 u
~ IN pouhu ., 81 pun '"S'o anu ron l. OUT
'nih @ 'neh 'ahe ,s Two ounces OF Iarme,
san cheese' haii 'easpoohiui Oh
ohyenno "n'' pins Vi Sai' MA these
an', spi innie q, 'Ae 1nocse over he,i ehe
pas'o, 'u.n ;nn sn1 o1neI neii over IL una
ouS ~ wv WIN .. " 'naip Ahiio nun al lhcn
"i'o "i'i any loh8lu yo" Please pahe
~ ,:..i a du'oN o'sn "'o serve not Sii"Erhs ,r
n...o si"'td =, oiie1S9 ';IS1 osei 'ne,n ii hs
,n onoh aI otha 30 pn?u ;'h. ~ FISH, ofoSS'
inS o"0ii o'noi ~ ! iS i' angles.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-06-04

lCcS nc usually receive much comfort
from the tan object of his regard, for
II thefc Is one thlng woman delights
IN more than IN all sorts, kinds and
h9ltIohs OF hhery, IL Is to keep two
or lhfee aulhli ers on the tenter hooks
Vi GNPectatloh' cach alternately hoping
anu learlhB' ana each AFRAID TO open
el5 ho,th TO her on the subject for
tCai vi nearing IIat 1atal no, which he
can not put oeileVe would end all the
happiness that lie mas Tor him, and
SSen cloIhe the heavens IN hguratlve
oiack tnaI Would, ne 1ancleS, aptly
portray MS feelings. 10 hint to him
thaJ ne Is mistaken, and that, II ro.
luSeI, aI the ehd OF twelVe-month he
"ould PropanlV DC just as devoted to
7oili1 hef glri' ne regards as an In.
antt, as TO nm, Tor the moment at
Yea 81, inc world contains but one
Woman' ana she Is the deity at whose
ho4 ms little universe fairly trembles.
Mhile TO lovers Themselves their
business Il OF the most momentous
con }equence' TO people who are not in
IoNe' or having Deen 80, found their
complaint speedily and permanently
cured oF 1natrlmohN' 1t Is tr1yiality
ehdurahle only because 1t Is so funny.
for IL Is not TO be denied that to the
world at large the lover Is source of
lnihite qulp ana jest, a standing butt
OF Jokes ana hnmOr Nor Is the fact
without reason. for, as a rule, lovers
carry on their business SO openly that
even the nhobscrVant can not fail to
| ie9 Wnat uhey are about, and to be
amused or annoyed accordingly, as
temperament or caprice may indicate,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-06-04
Chaptec on Conr.shIr.

My dear" said prim aunty to q
newly engaged niece do YOU know
ried:"
!, Yes, aunty," was the rert rejoinder.
be-" ~
From the standpoint of youth and
oeautY, the girl was undoubtedly right,
tot Whatever may be the side issue; of
bangs ana toilet powder, of gold en-.
ofoldercd dresses, ham-shaped sleeves,
ana inc cNtraYagant costumes that tho
lfbltcta OF fashion declare shall be
worn b5 the beauties of he daV, there
san he no doubt that the ultimate end
ana ann OF each and every adornmcnt
Is ior the young lady at least, nothing
more nor less than matrimony In his
curious book on Natural Selection. -"
Darwin shows with great circHm.
stantlailty and force how important is
the part played by brilliant and clab-
oratcly displayed plumago in tho i'm
pfoNement OF successive generations of
the teathered tribes, and also how dis
tlnet species have originated from the
preference. crhaps unConsciOusly dis
played, by male birds for elegantly
adorned females. An equally interest.
ing disquisition will perhaps some day
be written by the student OF sociology
TO show how important in the social
world is the influence of fashion, and
how the course of individual ives is
sometimes changed by a bow of ribbon
u hat or the arrangement of a cor
sage bouquet.
Interesting as all these things are to
women, they are none the less so to
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-06-04

, men, Tor no matter how strcuously the
after may protest their Indifference to
ialrS ant ClpatOry on mat im0ny, il is
4 settled historic fact that whenever n
woman j. married man is found en-
tcrlng the holy estate OF matrimonv at
the same time, to say nothing of the
additional circumstance that the men
usually do the cOurting, and, save in
very rare and exceptional cases, women
are rover married until urged to
change their condition by members of
The stcrner sex If, however, young
gentlemen, or even old bachelors, fully
'eal!zed the load of responsibility they
were incurring in undertaking seri.
| 1usiY the business OF getting married,
there i littio doubt that bear move
nent in matrimonial stock would at
onco begin, which would sweep away
more than one margin which has al
realy been advanced to the broker.
For getting married, both in the
preparatory and in tho final stages of
ne process, is, in the opinion of a St.
Louis Globe Democrat writer, undoubt
'aIY very solemn thing. In the first |
pace there Is the cOurting, for, save in |
france, whore everything is MANAGED |
oy the parents, or in Iceland, where a
go-bctWeCu attends to the business, or
IN IlmbuetOO, whore girls are bought |
and sold like sheep, the Young lady
must be courtcd, and courting /, OF ii.
self serious matter, involving no lit.
lie sacrifice o., time, disregard of rer.
5onal comfort, and occasionally a lib
eral pccuniary outlay. As far as time
5 con ccrncd, the expenditure is made
with some degree of chcerfulness, for
'ourting, like virtue, is its own re.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-06-04
AN OLD SEWING MACHINE.

Blessed is the plant lover that can
count among her possessions an old
sewing machine, exclaims Anna Lyman
in the New York Independent. Mine
was gathering dust and cobwebs in
the garret, when the happy thought
suggested itself to make it into
plant stand. The top works and large
wheel underneath were soon taken
away, and here was q strong, pretty
looking table on iron legs with cas-
ters, the last being invaluable on zero
nights to wheel my establishment
nearer the stove. A box was made,
six inches high and somewhat larger
than the stand. This was half filled
with sand. Here learned florists
secret. You notice they put their pots
on sand or soft earth and not on
dry shelf or table, as we amateurs
generally do. SO my geraniums and
other plants we're put down on the
sand, and the air was kept moist, as
plants like to have it. Tradescanti
was stuck in around the pots, making
q shaded carpet. The old fashioned
green Virginia creeper has gone out,
and lovely colored leaves take its
place-striped, silvered, pink, white,
gray, bright as flowers, My stand was
grand success all winter, and hope
to get hold of another old sewing ma
chine to make fernery for my north
window. In the summer it will be
moved to the piazza, and can have
geranium in bloom, or some other pot
plant, and it will be grand place for
the chrysanthemums later. If | want
stands or vases for my plants, | am
pretty sure to find some discarded
thing in garret or cellar that answers
the purpose.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-06-04

boy '"alking on rotten ice, who takes
step after stop in dismal uncertainty
whether at each the thin crust may
not give way beneath bis feet and let
him through, To be sure, he might
make rush and so end tho suspense,
but somehow or other he prefers the
suspense. In every matter other than
love-making certainty is infinitely to
be preferred to doubt; but one of the
curious cranks to which lover is sub.
icctel is that of preferring his own
.uspicions and fears to the best.esta
Iished knowledge that any one else can
Etvo him. In other words. he wants
to be miserable, and generally gets
what he wants. Nor, in this respect.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-06-04

Now that it is stated that dollar
wheat may no longer DO expected be.
cause OF competition of Argentine,
Russia and India with the United
States, attention is called by the New
York Independent to the fact that the
lverage number of bushels per acre
raised in the United States is but
'welye or thirteen, about half the
average in England Agriculture in
%reat Britain is more intensive, more
careful methods and more forliIizinc
material being used, with the result OF
a much larger crop II American
farmers are to meet stcady compoti-
ton hereafter it will be no surprise il
by means Of improved methods in
machinery and i'll farming they raluco
expenses by increasing production.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-06-04
A Railroad of Curves,

The first railroad west of the ALLIE
ghanies was built from Lexington to
Frankfort, Ky, in 1881. The road
was laid out with rs many curves rs
possible, the engineers declaring that
this was an advantage. The cars were
in two stories, the lower for women
and children, the upper for men, four
persons being seated in each compart-
ment. The cars were at first drawn
by mules, but after time a locomo-
tive was made by Lexington me-
chanlc. The tender was big box for
wood, and hogshead was provided
for water, which was drawn in buck
cts from convenient wells. In place of
cowcatcher there two poles in front
fitted with hickory brooms for sweep
ing the track. Lancaster Eagle.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-06-04

Florists are constantly looking for
such plants as produce flowers that
will live long after being cut from the
parent stem, and also for those that
Hover in early spring before their
caves appear, and thus present
masses of uubrollcn bloom. Stpdonts
'f the subject say that Japan mny bo
depended upon to furnish some shrubs
ii the latter sort, and there are n few
native wild shrubs, notably that pop
alarly known as the spiccwool, tina
4eem to promise great possibiIities.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-06-04
It's Uses Are Manifold.

In the slaughter of cattle very little
II any of the carcass is wasted. The
blood is caught and sold to make
albumen for sugar retineries, or tt
fern cheap substitute for hard rub
Der, out of which buttons are made.
When the meat is dressed the contents
of the stomach are dried and baled as
manure, and the stomach itself is pre-.
pared as tripe. The hide goes to the
tanner, the head is skinned and
denuded of flesh for the sausage.
maker, the horns go to the comb
maker who knocks out tho pith anC
sells II to the glue manufacturer, who
Is ever ready to bay any OF the refuse
from any part of the steer. The shin.
bones make the best Of bone handles
and the rest of the hony structure is
lsed for iertiizing purposes. Every
scrap of the animals skin, including
the pate, Is Il ed in one way or another
and the refuse of the tanneres be.
cones an important part of the income
OF those establishments.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-06-04
TO DEFY THE MOTH.

If you wish to defy that unpleasant
little animal, the moth, in packing
away your furs and woolen garments,
here are few suggestions to follow:
First, beat out all the dust from tire
garment and let it hang in the open
air and sunshine for n day. After this,
shake very hard, fold neatly and sew
up closely in muslin or linen cloths,
putting small lump of gum -camphor
in the centre of each bundle. Wrap
newspapers about all. In addition to
these precautions, secure as a packing
case whisky or alcohol barrel but
lately emptied and still strongly
scented by the liquor, Have close
head and fit it in neatly. Then set
away in the garret. New York World.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-06-04

direction Of hor house, SO much the
better, for he finds his mental opera,
tions much quickened by that circum.
stance, When he gets back he is tired
to death, it is true but that is a mere
trihe; only his muscles have given out,
his mind is AS fresh u, eYer
II his miseries ended with the ach-
ing Of his tired limbs, however, ne
would be singularly hIcst But they
do not for one Of the penalties of being
in love is the fact that the man who i
courting somebody is never exactly
certain about his footing. He is like q
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-06-04
A Rhyme for "Massachuscits,o

Referring to statement in the Bos-
ton Globe that there is no rhyme for
Massachusetts, and the attempt OF a
Massachusetts, man TO show that there
is, correspondent of the New York
Tribune submits rhyme which he
thinks wholly beyond criticism. 1t Is
rs follows:
man named Heath
Has. of false teeth,
just got him two brand new sets.
Now, Tribune, dear,
Pray find just here
rhyme ID Massachusetts.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-06-04

The President not unfrequently
makes his appointments Mt large to tho
military and naval academies from
among the sons OF army and navy
officers. Much as the officers of the two
services grumble at grievances real
and imaginary it commonly happens,
notes the Detroit Free Press, that they
are glad to see their sons appointed to
the academies.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-06-04
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
TO MEND TABLE LINEN.

Table linen is best mended with EN-.
broidery cotton of number to corre-
spond with the quality of the cloth.
Under the ragged edges of the tear
baste piece of stiff paper, and make
a network of fine stitches about an
inch beyond the tear. Thin places and
breaks in linen may be run with flax
or embroidery floss. and towels should
be mended in the same way.-New
York Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-06-04

In spite Of the fact that New Yorks
requirements for medical license are
the highest in the Union, it is the
ooast of the Mail and Express that tho
Empire State heads the list of doctors
with II, III licensed practitioners.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-06-04
MISERIES OF MATING.
THE SUFFERINGS MEN UNDERGO
WHILE COuRTlNG.

Lovers and Their Ways-The Jo,,ns ,,o,,o
at Their ENpense-Destness and Blind
ness Are Undisguised Hlessincs-pre-
P''ihS to Engage Father-in- Law.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-06-04

One of the pioneers of California is
Won Zip Nong, who came from Hong
Kong i'll n sailing vessel in 1874.
Birmingham age-herald., 1894-09-01
PROVIDENCE.
But the others Declared That It Was Only
 Drummer's Tale.

But the Others Declared That It Was Only
 Drummers Tale.
 "You know" began the drummer as a soft and tender smile played oyer his face, II was in St. Louis about two years ago and wanted to get cheek cashed. Like any other fool Iwent to the bank alone, though knowing I would have to be iden- tified. The teller threw the check back at me, and handed him my card, a lot of old letters, tho strawberry mark on my left arm, and all that, but it was no go I must get some one to identify me, though I didn't know soul in all that town. Do any of you believe in Providence"
 One impulsivo individual said he did, but the others maintained a discreet si- fence.
 Well, I went out on the street and wandered up and down, wondering what I should do. In the midst of the rush caught sight of familiar face, and soon had the man by the arm.
 Say You remember me, don't yous' I asked.
 "'No, sir
 Never saw me before?
 "'Ncver'
 !" But you are in error Didn't you used to live in EImira, N. Y.P'
 
 "'Lived on Cherry strect?'
 "'Yes sir
 Had q daughter named Maud"
 '' Sir who arc you?
 :" Had daughter named Maud Don't you remember that on certain occasion you came homo and found young man sitting up with her and booted him out doors?
 ".Ah! 1 do remember
 "'Well, I am the booted young man of the dim past. Come down to the bank and identify mo as Dobbs.
 '' With the greatest of pleasure
 Gentlemen, continued the drummer as he heaved a sigh, it is needless to add that l got my money, and that the old man had a cocktail with me.
 But 1t was funny you should admit that he booted you out of his house," pro- tested one of the audience.
 ''How funny2 was there, and I was booted. Why conceal the fact? He was the girls father. I don't belong to any church, but I do seek to be good man, and ask you if tho hand of Providence was not in tP I spark girl. Her father comes home and boots me. Years elapse, and just when want $250 on a check to get out of St. Louis run across the boot CT, and he helps mo out If not Provi- dence what is ftf"
 Its blamed old drummer's yarn" growled two or three mon in chorus, and then all rose up to drink another lemon- ade-Detroit Free Press.