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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-03-19
FARM FENCES.

The growing scarcity of timber in
some parts of the country, and it's en-
tire absence in others, make the fence
question n more serious one year by
year. Only in the newly settled
heavy -timbered land do we now see
rails split for fences. Wire in some
form is almost universally used for
this purpose. The woven wire fenc-
ing which is made in various widths
answers every purpose of fence, but
it is too expensive for general use.
Wire and picket fencing does very
well, but it is liable to be broken by
unruly animals, and once q rent is
started it is soon of little use to turn
stock. Barbed wire, which composed
the original wire fences of the West,
is cruel, and many horse has been
ruined by being caught on the sharp,
knife-like points.
There is way of making wire
fence, however, that is free from the
objections that have been brought
against the others. Plain, smooth
galvanized wire, No. 10 or No. IL, may
Do obicpShou tlShbiy, uui lustcueu W
wooden posts, with n single six-inch
board at the top. Instead of the board
a common ''two by four" spiked to the
posts may be used. From five to seven
wires are needed. according to what it
is desired to fence against. The lat
ter number put four inches apart near
the ground, and farther apart toward
the top of the post will keep hogs,
cattle, sheep or horses within the in
closure. The railing or board at the
top is often used on barbed wire fences,
as the animals can see it more plainly
than they can the wire alone, and
there is less danger of their running
against it. Wire fences of any kind
should be thoroughly braced and very
tightly stretched, or they will soon
sag and get out of shope. New York
Tribune.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-03-19

OF late years have lost all trace OF
my old and oddly malformed friend,
George Leppert, whom l first met at
Iitfin, Ohio, in 1884. George was u
Bayarian by birth, and came to this
country twelve years ago, settling at
Baltimore, where he followed the trade
of wood-carver. Should you happen
to meet him on the street you would
notice nothing peculiar either in his
gait or general makeup, unless it WAS
that the right leg of his trousers was
something near twice the size of the
left, and too full to wrinkle besides.
This lopsided appearance was caused
by remarkable malformation, Mr.
Leppert being the not over proud pos
SCISSOR of two right legs and one left;
or, IN other words, of three perfectly
formed lower limbs. / often remarked
that should nature, through some of
her odd freaks, choose to increase my
normal supply of legs by fifty per
cent. would do my best to play the
$1OQ-a-week fiddle in dime museum
before the setting of the sun on the
day following the addition of the ex.
ira member to my anatomy.
He often told me that when he was
a small boy in his Bavarian home he
had perfect use of all three of his legs,
but when | saw him last-in 1887-the
extra member was slightly paralyzed,
probably the result of being bound to
Its companion, an operation that was
necessary in order to get both into
one trousers leg. When I last heard
from him, in 1891, he was at the Belle.
vue IN. ~ Hospital, undergoing
treatment for rheumatism. st. Louis
Republic.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-03-19

Russia has decided to spend n quar-
ter of billion in the improvement of
her navy. This is pretty expensive
outlay in pursuance of plan to keep
the peace: but the leading powers of
Europe are not stopping at expense.
England will have to meet these fig
ures, and France can be relied upon
to slide several big war ships into the
water 1t looks to the Detroit Free
Press as though the test of modern
naval improvements was not far off,
and 1t may be followed by very mate
rial changes in the map of the eastern
continent.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-03-19
Poisoned Arrows,

Poisoned arrows have been in use
it on the authority of both Strabo and
Aristotle that the ancient Gauls poi
soned both their arrows and the shafts
of their spears with a preparation Of
vegetable poison extracted from what
is now believed to have been species
of hellebore. The Scythians went q
step farther and used the venom of
serpents intermixed with the virus of
putrid blood, the latter being one of
the most active and incurable of the
poisons known even to-day.
The natives of Japan, the Amos,
prepare their arrow poisons from a Sc
cretion of the bamboo, and the same
may be said of the Aborigines of Bor-
neo, Java and New Guinea.
In Central and South America the
"Woorara" poison was the terror of
the early explorers, as well as of the
modern scientific expeditions. Analyses
Of several specimens of arrows rubbed
with this poison prove it to be mix
ture of rattlesnake venom, putrid
blood and juice from the plant or tree
which produces the strychnine of
commerce.
Among the North American Indians
the Sioux, the Apaches, Comanches,
tho Bannocks, the Shoshones and the
Blackfeet were the chief tribes which
used poisoned war implements. The
Sioux obtained their supply of venom
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-03-19

said she, "and I have failed. Please
don't look SO cruelty at me. All l ask
is little money to take me back to
Elmville. I can get housework to do
there, or / can work in the factory.
But oh, this cruel city is killing me !"
She burst into tears; but Mrs. Pier"
son Garrick did not relent one whit.
"This is all nonsense, Isola," said
she. II have already told you that
we can do nothing for you. Why
don't you go to the intelligence bu.
reaus or the employment agencies?
Mr.. Pierson and myself have all we
can do without providing for all our
penniless relations. And l beg you
will go away at once. This is dear
Cornelia's at home day, and l can't
have her nervous system upset. /"
"Hellol what's all this?" spoke
deep voice, and Cousin Ben appeared
from between the rich Roman por-
there's. "Who is this girl? Not Isola,
Alfred Persons daughter? By Jove !
I believe she has her fathers very
eyes! And what are you bullying her
for, Louisa? Turning her out ofyour
house? Then, as sure as the world,
I'll go, too. Come here and kiss me,
Isola. I've held you on my knee many
Il time when you were a baby. I'm
your Cousin Ben, and your father was
the best friend [ ever had in the world.
And I've looked for you've hunted
high and low, and these people have
allowed me to believe you were dead
Yes, Louisa" in answer to Mrs. Gar
rick's pleading glance, 81 did go out,
but | returned after paper | had left
behind me in Persons study, and SO
heard it all. / couldn't believe that
woman could have been so false and
cruel. Little Isola, will you come %
me and be my adopted daughter?
owe more than that to your fathers
child"
And Isola ran, sobbing, into his
arms.
That was the last of all the dark
days she had endured Nothing was
too good thenceforward for Cousin
Ben's adopted child.
But Mr. Pierson Garrick shrugged
his shoulders. He was one who al
ways laid the blame of things on other
shoulders.
"You have outmanaged yourself
Louisa, said he. Saturday Night.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-03-19
WASTE OF GOOD FODDER.

An enormous quantity of corn fodder
is grown each year, but not one-third
of its feeding value is procured.
Hundreds of thousands of acres of
stalks are allowed to stand in the
fields until December or January until
the grain is husked, and then the
cattle are turned in the field to get
what they can. Usually they find
only blades whipped off by the wind
and blown away, and the stalks bent
and the upper part-the best portion
ruined, and even the husks weather
beaten so as to be of little value.
Such feed as remains is of poor quality.
The greater part of it is rotting on
the ground, There is hardly better
or cheaper stock feed than corn fodder,
yet most farmers treat it as though it
had little or no value Farmers Guide.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-03-19
Remarkable Little Magnets.

A magnet which the great Sir Isaac
Newton wore as set in his finger ring
is said to have been capable of raising
'46 grains, or about $50 times its own
weight of three grains, and to have
been much admired in consequences of
Its phenomenal power. One which
formerly belonged to Sir John Leslie,
and which is now in the Royal So
clety S collection at Edinburgh, has
still great powers Il weighs but lit
tie more than Newtons curiosity
even 81 grains yet it is capable q
supporting 1860 grains, and is, therei
fore, the strongest magnet OF It's size
III the world ST. Louis REPUBLIC,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-03-19
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

The English language contains forty.
one distinct sounds.
When oxygen is in liquid state il
is strongly attracted by powerful
electro magnet.
The beef extract factories in South
America make one pound of extract
from thirty-four pounds of meat
A cubic foot of new fallen snow
weighs five and one-half pounds on the
average, and has twelve times the bulk
of an equal weight of water.
1t is strange, though true, that in
Asia and Africa, where grass will not
grow, the most beautiful flowers and
shrubs flourish to perfection.
In filing band saws, tie a string
where you begin to file, and then you
can tell when you get around, and
therefore all the teeth will be sharp,
and you will not file any of them twice.
DIR. o. V. Thayer, of San Francisco,
has successfully used the solar cautery
burning glass-in removing facial
discolorations of the skin of large area,
also in removing tattoo or India ink
marks.
At the two large abattoirs of Lyons,
France, the guards protect the AMI
mails to be slaughtered from seeing
anything connected with the slaught-
ering of other animals; a terror is
found to have an injurious effect upon
the secretions and flesh of dumb
creatures.
Refined crystalized sugar, whether
made from the beet or the sugar cane,
is almost chemically pure and sac
charose, and is the same substance in
both cases. Few articles of food are
SO generally free from adulteration as
granulated-not powdered or coffee
crushed-sugar.
The rate of mortality of London is
shown by recent report to have
steadily decreased with the introduc-
tion and perfection of adequate means
of disposing of the sewage of the city.
At the end of the eighteenth century
the annual average mortality was est
mated at fifty per 1000, and in 1892 it
had dropped to TO-. per 1000.
In South America among the noun
tains the evergreen oak begins to ap-
pear at about $500 feet, and is found
up to the limit of the continuous
forest, which is about 10, 900 feet. The
valuable cinchona tree, from which
Peruvian bark is obtained, has a range
OF elevation on the mountain slopes
running from 1900 to $500 feet.
In the process of extracting gold
from its ores molten lead is used in
stead of mercury. The lead is melted
on shallow hearth and the powdered
ore is fed at one end and carried for
ward as film over the surface of the
lead by means of an agitator moving
over it, 1t is thus brought to the
other end, where it escapes through
hopper. In order to prevent oxida-
tion of the lead the chamber is kept
filled with carbonic oxide from gas
producer
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-03-19

ON THE ROAD TO DREAMTowN.
Come here, my sleepy darling, and climb
upon my knee,
And To- all in a moment, trusted steed
twill be
To bear you to that country where troubles
are forgot
And Wen set of for Dreamtown,
Trot,
Trot,
Trot!
o listen Bells OF Dreamland are ringing
soft and low
What a pleasant, pleasant country it is
through which we go;
And little, nodding travellers are seen in
every spot,
All riding of to Dreamtown,
Trot,
Trot,
Trot!
The lights begin to twinkle above us in the
sky.
The star-lamps that the angels are hanging
out on high.
To guide the drowsy travellers where danger
lurketh not,
AS they ride off to Dreamtown
Trot,
Trot,
Trot!
Snug in a wild-rose cradle the warm win
rocks the bee
The little birds are sleeping in every bus
and tree.
| wonder what they dream Of? They dream
and answer not.
AS we ride by to Dreamtown,
Trot
Trot'
Our journeys almost over. The sleep
towns in sight
Wherein my drowsy darling must tarry over
night.
How still it is, how peaceful, in this delight
ful spot.
As We ride into Dreamtown.
Trot,
Trot,
Trot
-Eben f. Rexford, in Independent.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-03-19

The New York journal of Commerce
and Commercial Bulletin. which keeps
a daily record of the fires in this
country, and is deservedly high au-
thorlty on all questions Of insurance,
reports the total losses by fire in the
United States and Canada in The veai
1888 Mt Sl56, 445, ,S75, against $l32,
7O4, 100 in 1892. In but one month oI
1898 did the total Of fire losses sink
below $40, 000, 600, and that was in
February, when the returns of the
journal of Commerce place the figures
at 9,9l9, 800. The same paper reports
235 fires in December of greater de.
structiyeness than $1,000 each. II
says that the underwriters attribute
much of the loss to careless installa-
tion OF electric light and power
plants. Under these circumstances it
ought to be the occasion of more than
insurance interest to learn that the
electric risk is being Investigated by
experts who are gathering particulars
OF all the fires traceable to electricity.
Electricity is a good servant vino will
bear lot of watchino.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-03-19
Saws the New York Ohserrer

Says the New York Observer "The
poor we have always with us-and the
lazy. To discriminate between them
is somewhat OF task. In some cases
the woodpile marks the division.
They go to the right or left according
to their disposition. Some of the
hungry go right to work, while by
others the opportunity to labor, and
so earn breakfast, is left severely
alone. If the newspapers are to be be,
lieved, and we see no reason for doubt.
ing their statements, then while in
Chicago the unemployed number tens
OF thousands it is hard to ge. men to
labor at fifteen cents an hour on canal
work. When men were recently asked
for from Milwaukee by Chicago busi-
ness firm, the answer came that while
there was plenty of steady work in the
Wisconsin woods for willing men at
fair wages, the men were not to be
had. There was work, and there were
workers enough, but the men were shy
and refused to be introduced. "
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-03-19
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Strain the milk before the cream be-
gins to rise.
Medium sized hogs now bring the
largest prices.
The milk is largely affected by the
physical condition of the cow
1t requires about twenty five pounds
of milk to make pound of butter.
There is scarcity of beet sugar
seed in Europe owing to the drought.
The number of sheep killed by dogs
To make dairying a success, dairy
man must be worker and business
man.
Experienced butter makers say that
too much washing spoils the flavor of
butter.
The great food crops of the world
are wheat, corn, oats, rye, rice and
potatoes.
There is a good market for trotters
now, but only at prices consistent with
the facts in the case.
Colts in training, if well cared for,
grow better and keep in better health
than when running at large.
1t is established that horse whose
individuality is strong enough to
create family type will also fix the
color with great uniformity.
First-cla fancy animals, suitable
for driving and carriage horses, sound
and well broken, are reported as
scarce and bring good prices.
Prices running well into the thou
sands are no longer given for road
horses unless the speed and other quail
ties are of an exceptional character.
Many trotting horses, owing either
to natural defects of temperament, to
bad training or to imperfect prepare
tion, are exceedingly difficult to con-
troll.
The winter is the time to build the
intended silo, as it can be done with
less interference in other work. Have
the silo ready and complete for crop
of corn next season. A silo soon pays
for itself.
Sloppy food is not advisable as a
continued diet for pigs. Give change
occasionally. The hogs are very par
tial to whole corn, fed dry, and will
eat it from the trough, either shelled
or on the cob.
Currant and gooseberry cuttings
should be about five or six inches long,
and planted two thirds their length in
open ground. They will root more
quickly if cut week or two before
using and packed in damp moss. 1t
is well to keep them partially shaded.
The Sharpless strawberry has been
tested over large part of the coun-
try and does well in almost every To-
cality, but in spite of its excellent
record it sometimes fails. The Jessie
is fine berry when it succeeds, but it
should be tested well before planting
extensively.
Turnips are easily kept by pitting,
if not put in too thick. Make the pits
long and about three and half feet
high. Cover with straw and about
six inches of earth. Ventilators should
be placed about every ten feet The
pit is best made in sheltered place.
where the snow will not be blown off.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-03-19
The First Iron Bridge.

The first iron bridge ever erected
in the world, and which is in constant
use at the present time. spans little
river to the County of Salop, on the
railroad leading from Shrewsbury to
Worcester, England. 1t was built III
the year 177s, is exactly ninety-six
feet in length total amount of iron
used in construction, 378 tons.
Stephenson, the great engineer, in
writing concerning it, said "When
we consider the fact that the casting
of iron was at that time in its infancy,
we are convinced that unblushing
audacity alone could conceive and
carry into execution such an under
taking. st. Louis Republic.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-03-19
SOME ADVICE TO DRIVERS.

A driver gave his horse six quarts of
oats about two hours earlier than he
was usually fed. The harness was
being put on while the horse was feed
ing. The driver managed to get his
breakfast in the meantime. Shortly
everything was in readiness and the
horse was started on long drive. The
driver urged the animal with the whip.
AT the end of thirty miles the horse
began to ignore that instrument. He
went slower and slower finally he fell
dead. Post-mortem examination
revealed the fact that the oats had not
been digested. The lining of the
stomach gave evidence of having been
IN high state of irritation. 1t was
plain that the horses previous ac.
emulation of nerve power had been
largely exhausted in defending the
terrible irritation set up by the sharp
points of the undigested oats. Had the
horse been permitted to stand, or lie
down for an hour after feeding he
would have prepared not only a re-
serve of material TO sustain himself,
but the amount of nourishing material
accumulated would have helped him to
endure his exhaustive journey. Time
is required for the digestion of food
before beginning long muscular
strain. 1t must also seem clear that
when the effort at hard labor ends.
time should be given for rest before
taking food. Rider and Driver.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-03-19
Effects of Electricity on Lunatics.

1t is said that when the electric car
rent was turned on the circuits at
Long View Insane Asylum, at Cincin-
natl, Ohio, for the first time, the in
sane patients were much affected.
Ihey tossed their hands about, Tell
INTO each others embrace, danced with
glee and displayed an exaltation such
ms irrational animals sometimes do
when stirred by emotional music. I'M
provement in many of the patients
has been noted, due, it is believed, toi
the buoyant effect on the system of ths
surprise. New York Telegram,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-03-19
REQUISITES FOR A HORSE STABLE.

A horse stable should have thorough
drainage first, then solid, non-ab-
sorbent floor; next, the stalls should
be roomy, and the feeding troughs
should be made so that food cannot be
wasted. The best floor is one made of
cement concrete, of one part of cement.
two OF sand, and five of coarse gravel.
laid three inches thick, and when we'll
dried and hard, saturated with hot gas
tar. This makes the floor water and
vermin proof, and very durable, with
sufficient elasticity to prevent injury
TO the feet of the animals. The stalls
should be six feet wide, the floor slop.
ing one inch to n shallow gutter in the
rear, from which the liquid mass NAV
flow away into drain. The feedino
trough should have deep grain box,
if grain is fed, or if cut feed is used
the whole trough may be the full
length of the width of the stall. A few
bars fastened across the top of the
feed box will be useful to prevent the
horse from throwing ont the feed 40
some will do. II long hay is fed. this
should be given in rack above tba
feed trough, but on account of the
great waste in feeding long hay and
whole grain, the hay should be cnt
and the grain, finely ground. be mixed
with it. This avoids the loss by waste,
which is often one-half of the food
1t is desirable to have drain from
the stable to manure pit at dis.
tanee. where the liquid may be ab,