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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-01
The Ethics of WearInass.

In lecture at Cambridge, England,
on the subject of "Weariness, Pro-
fessor Michael Foster said undue ex-
ertion was exertion in which the mus
cles worked too fast for the rest of the
body. The hunted hare died not be-
cause he was choked for want of breath,
not because his heart stood still, its
store of energy having given out, but
because poisoned blood poisoned his
brain and his whole body. SO also the
schoolboy, urged by pride to go on
running beyond the earlier symptoms
of distress, struggled on until the
heaped mp poison deadened his brain,
and he fell dazed and giddy, as in
fit, rising again, it might be, and
stumbling on unconscious, or half un-
conscious only, by mere mechanical
inertia of his nervous system, falling
once more, poisoned by poisons of his
own making. All our knowledge went
to show that the work of the brain,
like the work of the muscles, was ac-
companied by chemical change, and
that the chemical changes were of the
same order in the brain as in the
muscle. If an adequate stream of pure
blood were necessary for the life of the
muscle, equally true, perhaps even
more true, was this of the brain. More
over, the struggle for existence had
brought to the front brain ever
ready to outrun its more humble help
mate, and even in the best regulated
economy the period of most effective
work between the moment all the
complex machinery had been got into
working order and the moment when
weariness began to tell was bounded
by all too narrow limits The sound
way to extend those limits was not so
much to render the brain more agile
as to encourage the humber help
mates, SO that their more efficient CO.
operation might defer the onset of
weariness New York Press
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-01
A Remarkable Career,

A remarkable autogrsphy goes with
a damage suit for $4,000 filed at Wash
ington, d. G. The complaint is against
Washington street railway. The
complainant is Henry johnson, who
says he was badly cut and bruised by
the car starting while he was getting
off. Attached to the complaint is the
affidavit of johnson that he was born
in Georgetown on Christmas day in the
year 1900 was hired out to General
Walter Smith, who comm anded the
militia at the battle of Bladensburg /;
was captured by Captain Patrick, and
was present and saw them burn the
Capitol, and when he was seventeen
years old he went with Commodore
Porter as a cabin boy ON four years
cruise. In 1924 he went as footman
with his old mistress to meet General
Lafayette. and escorted him to Gen.
eral Smiths in Georgetown was with
General Macon in Florida during the
four years war with the Indians; had
waited on General Scott, Gaines and
Jessup; lived with General Totten,
and waited on Daniel Webster, Clay
and Calhoun when living with Mr..
Nicholson at Georgetown Heights.
Was with Captain Herndon on the
George Law, that was burned, and
when the women and children and
crew were off he stood close to Cap
tain Herndon at the wheelhouse, and
he said to him; "You go and shift for
yourself, and he begged the captain
to come with him, when he replied :
"No must stand by my ship" Then
strapping himself to a door he was
thrown into the sea and saved, and
saw the ship go down with the captain.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-01
The Cats Ate the CrIcket,.

There is man in Harlem who has
a much respected aunt. The aunt is
wealthy and eccentric. She came to
live with this Harlem resident, and
having been reared in the country and
having recently come from there she
missed the rural hum of insects and
the agricultural noises of country
residence.
Being anxious to please his rela-
tive and make her reconciled to city
life this Harlem man hired number
of boys to secure crickets for him. He
bought twenty cans of crickets and
turned them ont to pasture in his
back yard. For several nights the
cheerful chirping of the crickets
proved very soothing to the aged aunt
The various cats in the neighborhood
joon became aware of the unusual
number of crickets in this back yard.
Jats are fond of crickets, and now the
Harlem man has cats and no crickets
n his back yard. He says that all the
cats in Harlem have made his ward a
trysting place and the aunt threatens
to move back into the country. New
York Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-01
TOmbs of the Danish Kings.

In the resting place of the old kings
of Denmark, the Cathedral of Rokes-
kid, recent visitor notes that there
is column against which number of
monarchs have been measured, and
upon which their different heights are
recorded. One of them is Peter the
Great, and we learn by this means
that the shipwright Gar measured no
less than eighty Danish inches, equiv
alent to something like six feet, ter
incn. in our measurement. Only one
other of the sovereigns was taller, and
that was Christian l of Denmark, who,
according to this authority, was just
trife over seven feet English. The
Gear, Alexander III, is about six feet
one inch, and is about couple OF
inches taller than Christian TX OF
Denmark, and about four inches taller
than King George of Greece, neither
of whom, nevertheless, is what would
be called short man. 1t is worth
noting that in the same ancient cathe'
dral where this column is to be seen,
Saxo Grammaticus, the Danish hlsto-
rian from whom Shakespeare borrowed
practically the entire plot OF Ham
let" lies buried. London News.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-01
WISE WORDS.

Love gains every time it is tested.
Home is the fortress of the virtues.
The truthful man is dead been dead
1 long time.
The real ruler of the man is within
him, not without.
The man who throws stone at an
other hurts himself.
1t is time wasted to argue with a
doubt. Kick it out.
It's the youngest man who thinks he
has the least time to spare.
The whisper of slanderer can be
heard farther than thunder.
There is no good quality which does
not become vice by excess.
A woman is seldom quite SO happy
as when she is thoroughly miserable.
Finding fault with another is only a
roundabout way of Dragging on your
self.
Some people are kept poor because
they will not believe it Is blessed to
give.
The man who is afraid to look his
faults squarely in the face will never
get rid of them.
No man is perfectly consistent. He
who is nearest consistency steers the
crookedest course.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-01
MANY USES FOR SODA.

Tinware may be frightened by dip
ping damp cloth in common soda
and rubbing it well.
Very hot soda in solution, applied
with soft flannel, will remove paint
splashes. Use soda in the water to
clean paint and glass instead of soap.
Strong, tepid soda water will make
glass very brilliant, then rinse in cold
water, wipe dry with linen cloth.
Ceilings that have become smoked
by kerosene lamps may be cleaned by
washing off with soda water.
For cleaning oil paint before repaint-
ing, use two ounces of soda dissolved
in quart of hot water, then rinse off
with clear water.
A lump of soda laid on the drain
pipe will prevent the pipes becoming
clogged with grease also, food the
pipes once week with boiling water,
in which little soda is dissolved
Wash white marble porches, bath,
etc, with mop dipped in boiling hot
water and soda. A good deal of soda
should be dissolved in the water.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-01
Sewing in Public Schools.

The course of study in sewing IN the
Boston public schools is interesting
for an amateur Of sewing to consider:
To read of ''thimble, emery, SCISSORS
set off neatly as articles OF study and
and to gaze upon printed curriculum
of "basting, backstitching, overcast
ing, half backstitching and combina-
tion of one running and one half back
stitch, is to realize most intensely
the advantages Boston offers to her
daughters. In the fourth year are
taught, among other things, stocking
darning, straight and bias feliing'
whipping and sewing on ruffies, hem,
stitching, blind stitching, tucklng II
not taught previously, gathers over
handed to band, sewing on hooks
and eyes and buttons, eyelets, loops,
and in the fifth year there is system
OF dress cutting by which girls are
taught to take measures, draught, cut
and fit a dress waist. Boston Tran
script.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-01
RECIPES.

Pigeon Cutlets-Stew birds twhole)
in stock; cut up, dip i'll egg and
crumbs mixed with cayenne, thyme,
parsley and lemon peel. Fry in deep
lard and thicken stock for gravy.
Goose and Onion-Stuff with a mix.
ture of three hot mashed potatoes,
stirred with one tablespoonful of but
ter, little salt and pepper, one table.
spoonful of powdered sage and three
chopped onions. Serve with apple
sauce.
Salt Mackeral-Soak over night.
Wrap in cloth and simmer twenty
minutes in water to cover. Melt lit.
tie butter, and cream and chopped
parsley for dressing; or add lemon
juice, vinegar, gooseberry sauce, OF
currant catsup.
Drowned Oysters on Toast--Mix
yolks of two eggs with little -four.
Season twenty-four oysters and dip in
batter. Brown in hot butter. Then
add oyster liquor to -four, stirred in
the butter, simmer three minutes, add
oysters again and serve on toast.
Polatina--Take one cup of stewed
tomato and the gravy left from roast
beef. Let them boil, and season with
cayenne and salt Slice two onions,
soak them in cold salted water, drain
dry, and fry in deep lat. Cut about a
pint of cold roast beef into the thin.
nest possible shavings. Have the
platter as hot as possible, lay the
shaved beef on it, poW on the boiling
sauce, and garnish with the fried
onions.
Saratoga Potatoes--Cut raw pota-
toesi in slices as thin as waters with a
thin, sharp knife; lay them in cold
water over night, a bit OF alum Will
make them more crisp; next morning
rinse in cold water and dry with a
towel. Have ready kettle of lard,
hotter than for fried cakes, and drop
in the potatoes, a few at time. They
will brown quickly. Skim out in a
colander, and sprinkle with salt, OF
Law them on n double brown paper in
the oven till dry. If any are left over
from the meal they can be warmed in
the oven and will be just as good for
another time.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-01
TO FRY FISH.

"Small fish should swim twice, once
in water and once in OIL" Perch,
brook trout, catfish and all small fish
are best fried. They should be cleaned,
washed well in cold water and immed-
stely wiped dry, inside and outside,
with clean towel and then sprinkled
with salt Use oil if convenient, as it
is very much cheaper than either
dripping or lard. Never use butter,
As it is apt to burn and has tendency
TO soften the fish. See that the oil,
ard or dripping is boiling hot before
putting in the fish. Throw in crnmb
If bread if it browns quickly it is hot
enough and the fish will not absorb
my grease. New York World.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-01
Gas For Cooking.

While electricity is trenching SO
seriously upon the field of gas light
ing, any recent application of gas
winch leads to an extension OF its con
sumption is OF Importance to gas pro-
"ocers' Some foreign companies seem
70 nave done this quite successfully in
az least one direction. At the recent
dundee meeting Of the North British
Association OF Gas Managers one mem.
Der, Mr. j. Ballantyne, of Rothesav.
stated that the company had gained
an increase of consumption of al least
forty PEE cent. in about six years. dine
to cooking by gas among its CUSTOM
ers. The gas company furnishes the
cookers to its patrons at rental of
ten per cent. of the list cost price per
annum, which charge also includes
putting them in, taking them away
and keeping them in order. About
eleven per cent. of the customers are
supplied. His and other companies
have not only found this profitable
part of their market, but it has the
added advantage of being nearly day
hight consumption, thus tending to
cqnalize the demand on the plant. -.
Engineering Record.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-01
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS,
CARPET SWEEPING.

With little care you can sweep the
iirtiest carpet without raising much
OF dust by placing outside the door
Of the room to be swept pail of clear,
cold water. Wet your broom, knock
1t against the side of the bucket to
get out all the drops, sweep q couple
of yards, then rinse off the broom
again. Continue this until you have
gone over the entire surface. If the
carpet is very much soiled the water
should be changed several times.
Slightly moistened Indian meal is also
ased by the oldest housewives. Snow,
if not allowed to melt, is also excellent
As dust settler.-St. Louis Republic.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-01

'o4'N' summer
hotel-though = was summer no
longer; there was an autumn scent IN
the soft alr.
But Lucy Nlnslow was staying here
still, with her brothers wife and her
little nephew; therefore Arthur Craig
Stayed on also.
She was sitting in the hammock,
with little Reginald beside her. Reg
inald always was beside her. their
foudnass for each other was great. 1t
had been a source of atiliction 10 Craig
all sumner.
He told himself that he wasn't jeal
ous of Reginald, but if fellow could
get chance to see "a girl alone once
week or so, it would he relief. Late
ly he had particularly wished to see
Miss Winslow alone.
"Hello, Arthur said Reginald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-01

lu Brazil not one per cent. OF the
male or female servants will sleep IN
their masters house. They insist on
leaving at the latest by o'clock in the
evening, and will not return before 7
OF III the morning.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-01

RTHUR CIR AIG
tossed his cigar
away and strolled
around to where a
red and -blue ham
mock was slung be
tween two o II k
trees, in the big
lawn which was the
greHt attraction of |
the select summer .
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-01
USING cHLoRoFoRM, ETHER AND NApHrHA.

The best of the detergents for deli
cate colored silks is chloroform-but
it must be very carefully used, as aside
from the risk of inhaling too much of
the vapor it is infammable. If used
at all it ought to be done out doors.
Lay the spotted surface right side
down upon folded clean cloth, pour
on chloroform enough to wet it thor
oughly, then dab it over with soft
cloth also wet in the liquid. After
minute slip the spot onto fresh space
of cloth, pour on more chloroform and
again dab it with the cloth held firmly
over your fingers. Turn it over quickly
and wipe off the right side with II fresh
soft cloth.
Ether can be used in the same way
with quite the same precautions.
Both ether and chloroform are too
expensive save for the most delicate
and costly fnery. For ordinary things
naphtha used III the same manner
answers excellently well. 1t leaves
more of a mark than the anesthetics
and has much more persistent odor.
Whatever you use test it on bit of
stuff, since nobody can say certainly
what the effect will be without know
ing the chemical reaction of the colors
it is to encounter.-Chicago Record.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-01
REGINALD,
EY EMMA A. OPPER.

RTHUR CRAIG
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1894-03-06
PEN. pgNolL ANp nRusA.

Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox does not hgsi-
tate to acknowledge that she has consulted
scores of people gifted with occult pow
ers."
Agnes Repplier, us II representative liter
Rry woman, divides her time between her
essays and n large and interesting family
of cats, which she ndores.
Howells is preparing "reminiscences Of
writers whom he has intimately known
and in this way will make "a kind OF his
tory OF American literature for the last 80
years.
DIR. Conan Doyle says that for 10 years
he wrote constantly and received scarcely
any recognition at NIL, but when hc began
with Sherlock Holmes" he was at once
brought into notoriety.
Sarah Grand, author OF "The Heavenly
Twins, is singularly absentminded. Sh0
one tlay lost her pen, and visitor who hap
pened in found her looking after IL among
the letter ''p'sp in French dictionary.
Louise Chandler Moulton said to n late
interviewer: ''IIow many books have writ
ten alt0gether3 I hardly know. The work
nearest TO my heart, however, is my verse.
1t is the Inevitable part-that which ex-
presses the real me-
Reinhart, the celebrated artist, dresses
with great care, has curly hair which iB new
er combed, n small nustAchc and marked
ly Grecian profile. lie Is u medalist of the
Paris salon and is occasionally Eeen on the
streets of New York, in which city he has
his studio
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1894-03-06
MAIDS AND NATIONS.

mrs, Herman oslrichs has a very white
skin and wonderfully glossy black hair.
Ellen Terry told Boston reporter that
the progressive woman Us more in danger
Of wearing ont than rslsting out.
Mrs. Emma c. Isangeaour has Just been
elected q member OF the board Of directors
of the Yolo county (Cal savinGs baulS
Mrs Hicks Lord has a stomacher. repre-
senting large diamond sun, In the center
of which IS a splendid star emerald SUR
rounded by rubies, The rays are OF dia-
mouds.
Ars Rshecca Ann I.ichner Of New May,
Ills, is said 20 be the oldest woman IN tho
state She WAS hor,, Dec, Is, iT75, aud there
fore is Iii years old. She is OF Norwegian
descent
Sarah Hosmer, \ worker in an English
factory, supported n student in the Ness
torian seminary and ont OF her earnings
sent five native preachers for five years to
preach the gospel in the Far es,st
Mrs. Alice Wordsworth is one OF the reign
Ing attractions of the nobility and gentry
tu England, Mrs. Wordsworth Is n teacher
who gives lessons in skirt dancing and
other fancy tcrrsiohorean spccinlties.
Lady Frances wolseIey, the heiress to
her fathers title, is tail. graceful girl,
with a round, lovablc face, dark eyes aud
magnificent hair which curls prettily round
her brow and softens her high, broad fore
head.
Isabella Sparks Kress is the name OF n
young woman in Brooklyn, who is known
as the Gospel Nightingale She Is the
widow of an army officer who has given
herself up to the work of singing evan
gelist.
Mrs Harriet Lane johnson, who preside
ed over the White House during the adj
ministration of President Buchanan, has
purchased the old Travis mansion in Wash
ington and will make her permanent home
at the capital.
Mrs l.. a. Dessar of New York has as a
gift from her father an ivory fan OF ~
sticks, ON each of which Is an oil painting
by some OF the most prominent artists. AS
a work of art and artists it is beyond APP
preciable valuation.
The first woman mayor In the British em-
pire Is Mrs. Yates of oDehimga, New Zea-
land. Her husband, Captain Yates, former
ably bc raised to the magisterihl bench,
when her title viii be ''her worship
Mrs. Martha Miller of Chicago, the pIo-
neer in systematic prison reform, was first
moved TO her work by a knowledge OF suf-
feririgs undergone by a man for deed he
did not commit. This was in st. Lonis in
1854, and she has since continued her Efforts
in this field.
Mrs. w. II. Slocum, daughter of Moses
Williams of Boston, Is worth $500, COO. aud
Miss Elizabeth Brigham of Boston enjoys
share in the use OF her late brothers large
estate, which, when the last legatee shall
have died, Will endow hospital to be call
ed by the name OF its founder.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1894-03-06
CROWS ANp scEpreR.


Thequeen OF Afehanistan has decided to
adopt European dress.
The Princess OF Wales has found It neces-
sary TO deny tho sensational statement that
she has decided to Withdraw from society.
The empress OF Austria has Just entered
upon her Gfty-seventh year. She is ia per-
feet health and says that Madeira, whero
she spent her last birthday, Is an earthly
paradise.
The German emperor has now turned his
attention TO sculpture, with results. IL IS
said, quite as untowRrd as were the conse-
quences OF his interference with science and
literature.
The Empress Frederick, mother Of the
present emperor Of Germany, has for many
years enjoyed the distinction of being the
most unpopular person In Berlin. She dis
likes Germans, and the Germans dislike
her.
The Emperor Francis Of Austria was
once present while Two of his sons were
quarreliDg violently, At last one of them
said, You are the greatest ass in Vienna. -
Hush, J" said the emperor, you forget that
am here
When progressing through the streets
to perform some ceremony, the Prince OF
Wales takes of his hat 10 times on an aver
age Ininute-that is, the almost incredi.
BILE number Of 200 times an hour. The
prince requires new brim to his hat every
fortnight.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1894-03-06
wEoDED WOES.

In Colorado wife was granted decree
because her husband cut on her bangs.
In Ohio divorce was recently granted
because "the defendant pulled this plRIntiR
out of bed by his Thiskers.n
a decree was granted In Massachusetts,
because ''the defendant keeps the plaintiff
awake most Of the night quarreling.5 y
An Indiana applicant testifed that ''my
wife would not walk with me on Sundays
and pulled tuft Of hair out OF my head"
a Virginia wife was set free because .'the
defendant does not come home until 10 p.
talking"
cause ''the defendant does not wash him
self, thereby causing the plaintiR great
mental anguish. - Philadelphia Press
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1894-03-06
Thev Must GO.

Beachlev COMMERCIAL COMPANY, and Twenty
htasand dollars worth of Dry Goods. No.
lions. Groceries. Queensware, Shoes, Hats,
Ladies' aud Misses Goats. &c, are now on
the ihe market Most of these goods have been
bought within tlie last few months and sTe
nice and new many cf them will be sold murh
below cost TO make Them gU 50 thai the busi-
ness may be eiused up 40 speedily a. possible.
AZ tae people are invited 10 call aud see. Goods
VIII be sold anly Tor Cash Produce.
NJ. L. KEEDI.
W. Z McDADE.
Receivers .oT
The BeacIley Commercial Company.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1894-03-06
Ten DAYS Trip 10 Washington
Redacs.I Ralss .. Ia B. c Q.


Everybody expects TO visit Wash
in9tnn some time; in fact it is q duty
that every one owes to himself. -
What Rome was to every soldier of
the Empire, what Athens was to the
Greek, Washington is aud should be
to every citizen of the United States
his glory, his pride, his Inheritance
his estate-it belongs to him. All
its magnificence, all its glory, all its
fame, its public buildings, its paint
fngs, its statuary, its monuments, its
gardens, its libraries, its museums,
its streets and its parks, and he ought
once in a lifetime to take look at
the property. When do you expect
to take look at it?
The best train service of the B. &
o. r. r. is at your service always.
but not reduced rates. they come
seldom. The third select excursion
to the National Capitol via the b. d
o. is announced for March 9Th, when
reduced-rate tickets will be sold from
points on its lines between Wheeling,
Pittsburgh, Parkershurg, Lexington
and HSgerstown.
We give below a list of stations in
this vicinity, showing time of trains
and rates OF fare.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1894-03-06

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Inauy novelties ~ nioderntc prices ia
Node de Paris ana album of Fnshionn onfy
cost IS 50 a year each, or IS cents u copy.
The French DTessmskes'' Is $500 per an
nun, or 80 ceuts q copy white SKA Mode .
the home fashion magazine above all, eOuIcs
AZ the vegy moderate price Of Si.50 q year, or
- eeuts q copy II you are unable 70 pro-
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