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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-22
Bob took it out and waved it above

Bob took it out and waved it above
his head.
Old man Love could not, from where
he stood, hear O word; but he sur
missed what had been said, and the
sight of the document was like as the
red flag to the bull.
Il dare ye to marry EN-" he
screamed. 81 dare ye to do !" And
In an ecstasy of rage and anxiety he
forced his pony down into the foaming
creek, among the whirling drift, where
he was promptly pitched off by the
terrified creature, which instantly re-
turned. Pearsall, at the risk of his
own life, had to fish him out, receiving
plenty of abuse for his pains, and re-
turning it with biting irony.
In two minutes time the shallower
arroyo was fordable, though the creek.
down which big drifts continued to
come, was not. Bob sat May on her
pony, mounted his own, and prepared
to ride out. The sight of the Justice
a plains cupid, with boots, slicker
and cowboy hat-preparing to take
charge of the pair, was too much for
oid hun Love, anu, ulslnouhteu us he
was, he plunged in a delirium of rage
into the creek, sputtering and yelling:
"Stop! Hold on! You just dare !"
May hesitated, frightened, but Hank
Pearsall yanked her father out again
and set him on dry land, snorting:
"Doggone ye! 1 pulled ye out
onct beforei What fer CANT ye stay
out Huh? When ye try buckin'
agin a boy like that, backed by a
Texas norther, you're agoin' to git left
don't ye know it? That kids got a
double cinch on Proverdunce? Bet
We he had this hyer storm staked out |!
Go it fellerl Go it gal I'm with We
every time--Pm fer vel Yer the right
sort wouldn't hender ye fer all the
old snake bit fools in Texasl I'll jist
gether up the scraps o. this ole eejit
an tote 'em back to the ranch"
And as May and Bob rode off, tat
tered, beaten, draggled, but oblivi.
ously blissful and jaunty, faint hail
followed them:
Goodbye, kids wish yer Joy
Come on, ole calamity !"-New York
| Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-22

The wages of train-robbery do not
seem to the San Francisco Chronicle
TO be large enough to make the pursuit
attractive. Within the last three
months there has been an epidemic of
this crime, but in nearly every csso
the robbers have been run down and
either captured or shot Even where
bloodhounds are not used the fugitive
is placed at terrible disadvantage,
as he is usually seeking to escape from
men who know every trail and hiding
place. Before the day of the telegraph
the criminal had some chance of elud-
ing pursuit, but in the present day Of
instant communication his lines are
not cast in pleasant places. II would
make curious exhibit were one 70
bring together the profit and loss Of
train-robbery in single year. II
would be found that the men who ey-
pend rare skill for weeks iu PLANNING
q crime seldom realize anything for
their pains, An honest, plodding dsv
laborer makes more in year than one
of the higher class criminals who risks
life and liberty dozen times for
petty gains
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-22
HINTS FOR HOUSEWIVES.

Flatirons should be kept as far re.
moved from the steam of cooking as
possible, us this is what causes them
to rust.
Sandwiches can be made some hours
before needed if kept in cool place
snugly covered with damp cloth.
They should be piled closely upon q
dish.
A towel rack made with several
arms fastened to half circular centre,
which in turn fastens to the wall, is q
convenient place for drying dish
towels.
When drawn butter separates or de-
composes from standing too long, add
tablespoonful of cold water or q small
lump of ice and beat until it becomes
smooth.
In making lemonade strain the juice,
and to improve the taste allow a half
dozen oranges to every dozen lemons.
If desired few thin rounds of banana
may be added.
Rapid boiling is the general rule for
vegetables and all scum that rises
should be removed. When done drain
at once, or the vegetables will lose
much of their flavor.
The water in which green peas has
been boiled should not be thrown
away. 1t has fine favor--the very
essence of the peas. A little stock
added, seasoned to taste, makes an
economical, delicious, wholesome and
appetizing soup.
In boiling chickens for salad put
them to cook in cold water and let
them come slowly to the boiling point.
This process makes them more tender
and blanches the dark meat-usualIy
reIected-so it may be mixed with the
white. The dressing should not be
added to the salad until serving time.
II mixed long before serving it be-
comes watery. New York World;
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-22
HOW TO MAKE HOMEMADE CAKES.


In large cities the making of cake is
almost a lost art. There are many
reasons for this, first and foremost Of
which is the bakery. Then there are
the women's exchanges. where people
fancy they can buy just such cakes as
dear grandma used to make, but oh,
what delusion and snare they
prove ''The test of the pudding is
in the eating" but the test of bought
cakes, either at bakeries or exchanges
should be left entirely to their appear
ance, for there alone is their merit. l
have friend who makes the most de-
licious cake / ever tasted. One of the
best and easiest made of her almost
endless variety of cakes is what she
calls luncheon cake. This is how it
is made:
One cupful of sugar, one half cup of
butter, worked to fine cream one
egg one cupful of sweet milk; two
cupfuls of flour; three teaspoonfuls of
baking powder. Flavor with grated
nutmeg. Bake in shallow pan we'll
lined with buttered paper.
Sometimes she frosts the top of this
cake and decorates it with English
walnut meats. Then she calls it re-
ception cake. Another of her cakes is
what all children love. She calls it
sponge cake.
One large cup of sugar, four eggs
beaten to foam, three tablespoonfuls
of milk, two teaspoonfuls of baking
powder, one large cup of -four, flavor
with lemon.
This makes a small cake. 1t should
be baked in shallow, square pan, and
eaten fresh
Another of her cakes is rich and de-
licious; she calls it wedding cake.
Two pounds of sugar, two pounds Of
granulated sugar, twelve eggs. Beat
whites and yolks separately. One cup
of New Orleans molasses, three table,
spoonfuls of cloves, one tablespoon
full of mace, two tablespoonfuls of
allspice, one nutmeg grated, a quarter
of pound of citron cut in little
pieces, four pounds of dried currants,
two pounds of flour and one heaping
teaspoonful of baking soda.
This must be thoroughly beaten and
mixed and baked four hours in a slow
oven. To frost it beat up the whites
of four eggs to n stiff frotb, add pow
dered sugar as long AS you can blend
it nicely, also add the juice of one
lemon. Spread this over the top of
the cake nearly an inch thick and
around the sides half that thickness.
Here you have cake fit to set be.
fore king. 1t will keep for months.
st. Louis Republic.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-22

1t has been decided by an English
court that it is not lbellous to call n
lady woman. This recalls the fact
to the New York Tribune that in n
Western town a couple of years ago a
young woman who worked as clerk
IN drygood store threatened to sue n
newspaper for libel because it referred
to her as saleswoman and not as r
saleslady. She did not carry out her
intention, however, as she was ad-
ylsed that she had no case.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-22
SELECT SIFTINGS.

Portugaps royal crown is worth
Be-, 5000
An Arctic owl was recently captured
in Freeport. Me.
A man in Norway, Me-, raised nine
large pumpkins from one seed.
A Philadelphia hat dealer says his
least profit is in selling silk hats.
On an average n locomotive engineer
travels 20, 900 miles in the course of a
year.
j. A. McBrayer, of Anderson, Ky,
has killed 237 rattlesnakes in seven
years.
A bald eagle was shot off the steeple
of the biggest hotel in Seward County,
Kansas.
In the year 760 A. D., Pope Paul I.
sent the only clock in the world as a
present to Pepin, King of France.
Needles were first made with every
rude machinery in 1915. At that date
workman did we'll if he turnc6 nut
ten day.
Roman colonial coins bore number
of banners corresponding to the num-
ber of the legion whose veterans had
occupied the country.
One variety of the India rubber tree
(Ficuselastics) has leaves of the deepest
green, each provided with narrow
border of very bright red.
The loftiest volcano is Popocatapetl,
Mexico. Its crater is 1000 feet deep
and three miles in circumference. The
mountain is 1874 feet high.
The longest wooden bridge in the
world is trestle work over Lake Pont-
chartrain, New Orleans. 1t is of
cypress piles and twenty-five miles
long
The dogs which Chinese epicures are
said to be most fond of are peculiar
species of canine noteworthy for the
entire absence of any disposition to
bark.
The mountain of FujisIan, in Japan,
is actually in motion. 1t is IL, 400 feet
above sea level, yet the power of the
winds in those quarters causes it to
sway from side to side.
One of the largest wire cables ever
made has been completed by Liver
pool firm. The rope has n continuous
length of four and one-half miles and
weighs over twenty-five tons.
Not less than fifteen hundred (1500)
people were trampled to death in the
crowds which gathered at the fete
given in celebration of tho marriage
ofLouis XVI. of France, June 81, ITO.
In computing the age the Chinese
always reckon back two years from the
celebration of the first birthday or,
in other words, as though the person
had been one year old at time of birth.
Mount De Angus, otherwise the
"water Volcano" is situated about
twenty-five miles south of the capital
of Guatemala. 1t takes spells of vomit-
ing immense torrents of pure, cold
water.
Gagged lions and tigers, pumas and
jagusrs take no notice of the men and
women passing in front of them, but
let dog be brought anywhere near
the cage and they show their savage
nature at once, and spring up, glarine
out savagely.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-22
A Freak OF Lightning.

A table in n house was apparently
set Sc, on fire by lightning, although the
llghtnlng itself did not strike the
house. The explanation offered is that
sparks from inducted currents from
the lightning discharge passed between
the hne metallic threads which were
woven into the fluffy material of cot
ton and wool used for ornamenting the
table and that the sparks set the cot
ton on fire. Electrical World,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-22
Canning Rug Repairers.

There are in this city two Armenians
who make living by repairing Orien-
tai rugs. This work requires a special
tact, because these rugs are all made
by hand, each bit of the warp being
tied to the woof with the fingers. Fre-
quently they are obliged to cut a full
width piece out of the middle of rug,
and Join the edges, and unless they
break into figure the new joining is
hardly noticeable. New York Sun.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-22
Deer Hunting On n Bjcycle

An Oregon man claims to be the frs,
person to go deer hunting on bicy.
Gle. The inflated tire on his wheel al
lowed of his travelling swiftly and
noiselessly over the ground strewn with
pine needles and before he peddled
many miles he came upon an unsus.
pecting deer quietly browsing inst
ahead of him. He killed the animal
and returned to the hotel with it sluno
over his shoulders. Chicago Herald
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-22
THE KINGS

A man said unto his angel,
'NIy spirits are fallen through,
And cannot carry this battle;
o brother what shall do2
"The terrible Kings are on me,
With spears that are deadly bright,
Against me so from the cradle
Do fate and my fathers fight
Then said the man TO his angel
"Thou wavering, foolish soul,
Back to the ranks What matter
To win or TO lose the whole,
GAS judged by the little judges
Who hearken not well, nor see?
Not thus by the outer issue
The wise shall interpret thee.
"Thy will is the very. the only,
The solemn event OF things,
The weakest Of hearts deiying
Is stronger than all these Kings.
"Though out of the past they gather,
Minds doubt and bodily pain,
And pallid thirst of the spirit
That is kin to the other twain,
"And grief, in cloud OF banners,
And ringletted vain desires,
And vice, with the spoils upon him
OF thee and thy beaten sires,
"While Kings Of eternal evil
Yet darken the hills about,
Thy part is with broken saber
To rise onthe last redoubt;
TO fear not sensible failure,
Nor covet the game at all,
But fighting, fighting, fighting,
Die, driven against the wall r.
-ouise Imogen Quincy, in Boston Pile
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-22
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.


DoUGHNUTs IN RHYME.
One cup OF sugar, one cup of milk
Two eggs beaten fine as silk
Salt and nutmeg Qemon'll do);
OF baking powder, teaspoons two.
Lightly stir the flour in;
Roll on pie board, not too thin
Cut in diamonds, twists or rings.
Drop with care the doughy things
Into fat that briskly swells
Evenly the spongy cells.
Watch with care the time for turning,
Fry them brown, just short of burning
Roll in sugar serve when cool.
Price-a quarter for this rule.
Ladies' Home Journal
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-22

Otto Wells, full-blooded Conan
che, who entered the Carlisle PENN
Indian School in a blanket RS boy
pupil, stood up in dress suit at the
school the other day to be married to
Miss Parkhurst, an Oneida girl. So
far as Lo is concerned civilization is
not failure.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-22

The Hartford journal declares that
moneyed men of to-day have their per-
sons as well guarded as the Gar of
Russia, to protect them from the
murderous cranks which now lnfest
the whole country.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-22

Over seventy-two per cent, of the
population of India are of the Brahm-
anic religion, nineteen per cent Mus
sulmans, three per cent. of Animistic
or aboriginal forms of worship, and
O.80 per cent, are returned as Chris
tians.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-22

! According to the New York Mail
and Express nearly four thousand chill
dren in that city nre refused admission
to the public schools for lack of ac-
commodation.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-01-22
ROM LANCE OF A RANCH,

vi course tney
were F.; that's what
t h e y h a d bee N
learning ever since
Bob, n STRIPPING of
twenty, had come
out from Tennes-
see to the Texas
Panhandle with the
family.
In those day S
May was a bright
n boiraI b,nL ,&
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-02
D. o. P. BOLTERS.

Louisiana has been solidIy Demo
cratic, or Lottery, for years. Her peo-
pie shed tears regularly because they
couldn't beat the Republicans nation
ally and give the dear people tariff re
form. They even wanted to give them
free trade, but said they: I'VE will
reform the tariff, and then we will go
another step, and keep stepping until
the whole iniquitous burden is wiped
out. They said, 1T is unconstitution
al" they said anything-everything.
Well, they beat the Republicans at
last and the Democratic party was
turned into the sugar trust. If the
party and the trust didn't fuse, they
agreed to ''co operate" The sugar
trust knocked the bounty on Louisiana
cane sugar higher than a kite ever
goes, and put 45 per cent. tariff on beet
sugar. Now Louisiana Democrats are
mad. They held two big mass me, t.
ings last week and voted to join the
Republican party in the next election.
Poor Democrats! You don't know
what you want and when you get
what you said you wanted you swear
you won't have it and go off and affili
ate with your enemy. The outlook
now is that Louisiana will be the first
State to go Republican in the South,
for those sugar planters and manufac-
turers are as mad as blazes. Poor
Dems! They know not what they
want, even though they got it.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-02
STATE FAIR NOTES.

Col ]. 81. Holt, Chief Marshal of the
State Fair, has appointed corps of
100 assistants from every section of the
State, all of whom have accepted the
appointment and have notified him
that they will be present at the Fair.
Among the greatest attractions en-
gagged to be at the Fair grounds is Hurd
& Berry's World Museum, embodying
numerous novelties and curiosities.
The race programme this year has ex-
cited more attention than ever before.
The purses offered aggregate 90, 600.
The fields of running horses will be
larger and better than any ever seen in
North Carolina. Mr.. w. J. Garter, the
turf editor of the Richmond Times, has
been engaged to act as Starting Judge
in all races.
More than 300 farmers in the State
have expressed by letter their intention
of making exhibits at the Fair in all
the departments.
- The poultry exhibit this year will be
special feature. The Society has over
300 new and improved wire covered
exhibition coops, all of which have
already been engaged. Besides these
a number of exhibitors will supply
their own coops. The exhibition of
game fowls will be superb, and the dis
play of pet stock will be something
that will please and delight everybody.
Numerous additions and improve
ments are being made at the Fair
grounds to supply accommodations
and space applied for by exhibitors.
A new feature of the Fair this year
will be practical lectures and essays on
economic subjects by competent speak
ers in Commons Hall at night. DR.. II.
B. Battle, Director of the State Expert
ment Station, will lecture on "Fertili-
zers;' r. B. Lewis, "Dairying;" ]. w.
Sanders, "Green Manuring;" Prof. w.
F. Massey, 'Grasses;" Baron d. Allin-
ges, "Green and Forage Plants;" w.
8. Barnes, Poultry Industry" Gov.
Elias Carr, ''Silos and Ensilage;" E. B
@. Hambley, ''Stock RAISING" Col. j.
s. Cunningham, Farm Economy"
Arrangements are being perfected
for coed theatrical attractions during
the week. Social features will be lively
and exhilerating, including germans
and balls every night, elegant recep
tions, &c.
The dates of the Fair are October %,
"a, 25, 26, and the railroad rate is one
fare for the round trip.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-02
s. II. BRIGHT, Sec'y.

When the subject of government
ownership of railroads is mentioned in
the presence of many people great
army of officeholders is the first thing
to appear in their vision. These people
should bear in mind that the merit sys
tenn is contemplated to supersede the
spoils system, thus taking this army of
employees beyond the pale of politics.
It is far preferable that the people
should own the railroads than the rail-
roads should own the people. The les
son of the railroad ownership of the
present legislature of Virginia will be
kept fresh in the minds of our people
for many years.-PetersbaGrg Enter
41TiSe
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-02
YEoMANRY DYING OUT.

The home proprietors that, in 1850
numbered two-thirds of the population
of the United States, has at this date
run down to less than one half, and of
these a large proportion hold under
mortgages, while in the cities more
than two-thirds of the people live in
hired tenemente, says the Pensacola
Daily Times.
The principal results of the investi
CATION of farm and home proprietorship
has been given to the public by the
Census Office. 1t appears from the
statistics gathered in the report just
issued that of the IL. $50, 152 families in
the whole county at the date of the in
veatigation almost 46 per cent owned
their farms and homes. Of the fami
lies owning farms and homes almost
s9 per cent. had membranes, and ~
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-02
PoPULIsT POLICEMEN.

Under the above headlines the At
lanta Journal comments as follows:
There are Democrats on the force
and lots of them; there are also Popu-
lists"
"It may be news to many to learn
that on the police force of Atlanta
there are many who openly admit that
they are Populists and who preach the
true Populistic doctrine to all who
come within the range of their voice.
I'm fact it has been claimed that the
police headquarters is rapidly becom,
ing regular hot-bed of Populism, but
that is probably an exaggeration.
''It is undoubtedly true that there
are a great many Third party police
men in Atlanta.
'It is no unusual thing to run across
a knot of policemen off duty around
police headquarters talking politics in
a lively manner and among them there
can generally be found Third party
men who are not at all afraid to de-
nounce democracy in unmeasured
terms"
So it seems that our esteemed contem
porary has ''nosed around" and discOv-
cred that some of Atlanta's Finest" are
Pops. If it would continue the nosing
process it might discover among the
merchants on Whitehall, Alabama and
other streets, men who are of the same
faith, in fact it would not have to
'snose" more than a hundred miles from
the editorial rooms of the Journal be-
fore discovering men independent
enough to admit the same thing. At
LdntG Daily Press.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-02
EDITORIAL SUGGESTIONS.

The hop crop in Washington and
New York is reported good, but prices,
Ike that of nearly everything else, are
very low.
Much milk is injured by highly
laVored weeds in the pasture. Clean
PASTURES are a necessity in good milk
reduction.
The Russian thistle is eaten readily
COWS and sheep, but that is no
@ommendation. 1t will ruin a pas
Rfe if it gets into them.
In Arkansas, it is said, -four and
rea are made from the sweet potato.
"eshould suppose that such a product
'0uLd be rich and wholesome.
minneapolis bran made from hard
png wheat is spoken of by promi-
I'u' Ieeder as being superior to other
"als because it contains more protein.
lle hogs will give an account for all
~7 corn that is now given them. This
'ne time to begin to fatten swine
w. nave been kept until the second
NOW Is Your time to SOW wheat. If
~ can t sow all of your crop early
a0Fe the 18th of October-be sure to
- part of it in the ground by that
s,. .nen an organization has proved it.
~ heIp to the farmer, and does not
",'efe with his politics or religion,
ah it2 ''''- 0 0'10l l0A "0' ee
49, 1ue safest bank in which a farmer
No. ~ invest his money is the land. Not
~ sT'SSarIly more land, but in making
s1Sf and deeper and better in every
= mat which he now has.
~. >ue Iarm organizations should take
m, ,''al interest in the management of
h. agricultural colleges and expert
Ssa o.. stations. If they would, some of
49, ~ institutions would be more eff
sos Ne are reminded by writer of one
Sos ~ use of weeds, they insure a more
Rs 'Ough cultivation of crops; and yet
ssos 5lan who keeps his garden free OF
nIs SS would be very apt to give all the
~a'ation necessary.