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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-03-12
TO KEEP GATES LEVEL.

A gate that Says is an eyesore on
farm, and makes the place look as if
there was no one to take care of it.
Besides this, it is source of inconve-
nience to those who must use it and is
always likely to be left unfastened.
The following idea, communicated by
some practical and ingenious CORE
spondent of the Farmers Voice, is
worthy the attention of those who
would like to cure the evil at moder-
ate cost:
Take two pieces of three by four
scantling, one piece four or five feet
long, according to the height of the
fence, and the other twice the length
of the first then let the boards into
the uprights their thickness, and be-
fore mailing them dovetail brace in
to the notches already cut, running
from the top of the latch end to the
bottom of the hinge end. This brace
can be made of three-fourths strip of
board, and should be about four inches
wide. After putting the gate together
put on battens and nail them firmly to
the scantling; also nail battens in the
centre, and for these wrought nails
should be used. To give a support, a
three-eighth rod of iron should be
fastened at the top of the hinge scant-
ling and extend down to and pass
through the top of the latch end, with
a nut upon the end, so that the rod
may be drawn tight After Tightening,
cut the end of the rod off even with
the nut. The rod support may be
used upon a picket gate, as well as up
on one of boards.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-03-12
Signs Of Eighteen Ninety-four.

Tho OLD saying; "A green Christina,
makes fat graveyard" is often verified, and
1t further says, that the year will bring forth
much sickness, wherein pains and aches
rheumatic complaints, soreness OF joints and
limbs will abound. In the olden times there
were lew preventives for pain, few cures for
complaints. 1t is not so now. Even old
Santa Claus has learned thing or two. In
many Christmas stocking was found bot
tie OF st. jacobs OIL, the best known, surest
remedy for all such troubles. All years have
their propheses, and no year is without its
record of surprising cures wrought by this
wonderful medicine.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-03-12
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
ative; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevcrs
and permanently curing constipation.
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
rists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-03-12
EDUCATION OF COWS.

Is there such thing as educating
COWS to be rapid mixers? And can
all cows be educated thus? asks the
Farming World. When boy the
writer worked on dairy farm, the
proprietor of which had the reputation
of being rapid mixer He broke in
n number of heifers each year, and al
ways MIXED these himself. His claim
was that it was this early training
largely that made the difference in the
time required for milking. His method
was simply to begin milking as soon
as seated, and continue rapidly and
nninterruptedly until all the milk was
drawn from the udder, and to do no
stripping. The last part of the milk
was sometimes drawn by pressing from
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-03-12
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
HOW TO TREAT CHAMoIs SKINS.

Considering what q useful thing q
chamois skin is, it is astonishing that
there is so much ignorance as to the
proper way of keeping it in order and
lengthening its term of service. Cham
ois skin should never be left in water
after being used, but should be wrung
out and hung up to dry, being spread
out carefully, so as to leave no wrin-
kles. They should not be used to
wipe off colors, as paint stains form
hard spots, and it makes the skin wear
out sooner.
Chamois was never intended to wipe
the face and hands with, which makes
the skin become greasy. Never put a
chamois skin into warm water; any
thing above lukewarm water will curl
it up, making it become thick, tough
and useless. To bring back chamois
that has been ruined by grease or
paint, or used as towel until it re-
sembles a dirty old rag, the following
is recommended: Take a bucket of
clean water which has been made fair
ly but not too strong with ammonia !;
soak the skin in it over night, and next
morning rinse it out in pure water,
after which use pure white CASTLE
soap and water freely. The whole OPP
GRAFTON, aside from the soaking, need
take no longer than a quarter of an
hour, and it makes the skin in reality
better than it was before, having freed
it from impurities. New York Mer.
curry.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-03-12

The latest wrinkle" in the art Of
Irritation is imported from Cairo. 1t is
called LIE Jeu du Yoile."
If the veil is dropped completely
sver the face before the lady leaves
Tour sight, it indicates Il am pleased
with you-but be careful"
II on the contrary the veil is raised
30 as to expose the lips, this indicates
"a kiss" in metaphor unfortunately,
and if the veil is lifted entirely off the
lace the intention is defiance and re.
sentiment at the cavaliers imperti.
nonce.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-03-12
COLD BRIDLE BITS.

During the bitter, cold weather in
winter much suffering is thoughtlessly
inflicted on horses by putting cold
bride bits into their mouths. If the
person who does this will apply his
tongue to piece of iron on a frosty
morning he will understand at once
what the suffering to the poor brutes
is. To slightly warm the bits before
putting them into the horses mouth
would require only small expendi-
ture of labor. This can be done by
rubbing them with a blanket or other
cloth moment or two if other means
of warming are not at hand. The ben
efcial results in the gentleness of the
animal will amply compensate it
Detroit Free Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-03-12
German
Syrup

simply state that..I am Druggist
and Postmaster here and am there
fore in position to judge. l have
tried many Cough Syrups but for
ten years past have found nothing
equal to Boschee's German Syrup.
I have given it to my baby for Group
with the most satisfactory results.
Every mother should have it. ]. H.
HOBBS, Druggist and Postmaster,
Moffat, Texas. We present facts,
living facts, of to-day Boschee's
German Syrup gives strength to the
body. Take no substitute. o
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-03-12

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls tatarrh Cure.
f. CHENEY & Co., Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known +. J. Che
ney for the last l5 years, and believe him per-
tectly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obliga-
ton made Ey Their firm.
WEST & TRuAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio.
wALDIyG, RINvAN e. MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, OHIO.
Ha is Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blool and mucous sur.
faces of the system. Prize, Toe. per bottle. Sold
by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-03-12

shOrtened It also prOmOUeS UHb sVVI tVIUII VI
an abundance of nourishment for the child.
Mrs. Dora A. GUTHRIE, of Oakley, Orcrton
Co1' Tam. writes: when ] began taking
your Tavorte PrcscTiPtion' cSr,sI was not sI able
SontL Now do all my housework, washing,
Cooking, sewing and everything for my family
Of eigh1' / am stouter now than have been
in six years. Your Favorite prescription is
tt nroyed SO with me. ! never suffered as little
Win any OF my children as | did with my last,
and she is the healthiest we've got Have in:
duocd several to try 'Favorite Prescription
and il has proved good for them"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-03-12
BANKING UP THE HOUSE FOR WINTER.

BANKING UP THE HOUSE FOR WINTER.
In exposed, bleak situations farmers
and others find it very beneficial to
bank up the north and west sides of
their dwellings, as means of keeping,
not only the frost out. of the cellar,
but adding warmth to the rooms ad
joining the banking More particu-
larly is this advisable in old houses
that have not been provided with
covering of building paper, and in
which the cellar wall is more or less
dilapidated and open for frosty sir to
enter. A cleanly plan is to drive
down stakes eighteen inches from the
wall, attaching boards to foot or
more in height, filling in the space
with clean straw, hay or even corn
stalks, which should be firmly trodden
down and the whole covered with loose
boards. This looks better than half
rotten manure piled along the wall
for the chickens to scratch away.
There is also no staining of the
painted surface with which it may
come in contact. American Agricul-
turist.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-03-12

21GB = Lbs. Oats From Ono Bus. Seed.
This rem ,r&able, almost unheard-of, yiel
La Crosse, Wis, by FRANK Winter, of Mon
tana, who planted o1s blshel Of Great North.
ern Oats, carefully title AMI irrigated same,
anil believes that in 1891 he N grow from ono
buslel of Great Nlrhern outs thrse hundre
bu ,heis It's wonderful oat. Ir you Will.
CUT THIS OUT AND SEND IT with Sc postage to
the above firm YOU will receive sample package
of above oats and their mammoth farm seed
catalogue. A
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-03-12
RECIPES.

Indian Pudding--Scald one quart OF
milk, thicken with one cup of meal,
two eggs, one spoonful of flour, one
cup Of malasses, salt and ginger to
taste. When cool add one pint of cold
milk; do not stir it. Bake slowly for
two or three hours.
Noodles for Soup--To one we'll
beaten egg add pinch of salt and
flour enough to make a very stiff
dough. Roll thin, dredge with -four
and let stand for an hour. Make it in
to roll and cut into thin slices. Mix
together to loosen and dredge with
-four.
Popovers-Two eggs, one cup of
milk, one cup of -four, one teaspoon
full of salt. Beat the eggs very little
lust sufficient to mix them, then add
milk and salt, then the flour; mix un-
til smooth and put into the hot grease d
pans, Bake in quick oven twenty
minutes,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-03-12

We never saw anything that compared
I'd from Messrs. J. Kerwin Miller & Co,
Pittsburgh. Pa Every one can and should
get them. Send cents for postage to 5i3
Smithfield Street
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-03-12
MOTIF E1 .

auQ UuOS5 soon 10 Do
come mothers, should
know that Doctor
Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription robs child
birth Of its tortures,
'terrors and dangers
to both mother and
child, by aiding nat
ure in preparing the
system for par
turition. Thereby
"laborn and the
period of conflne-
ment are greatly
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-03-12
Faithful NIaoris.

Why so hoarse2 Use Hatoh's Universal
Cough Syrup. - cents at druggists,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-03-12

A wonderful stomach corractor- Bee cha "a
Pills. Beecham's--no others. rs cents a box.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-03-12

Gold alloyed with 20 per cent. of
aluminium takes ON a brilliant ruby
tint
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-03-12

a ton of diamonds is valued at $35, ,OOO
100.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-03-12

New Zealand sends frozen mutton
England
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-03-31
when srussulman and Hindoo Fight.

The odd feature in these riots is
their immediate cause. This is al
ways reported to be cow killing"
but Mussulmans kill oxen all the
year round for food, and so do the
Europeans. The grievance is not that.
but a display of the old feeling of as
cendancy on the part of the Mussul-
mans. who on the day of their fes-
tival kill a COW close to a temple in
token of high religious defiance.
Then the Hindoos, who do not
mind about the killings during the
rest of the year, turn out armed, and
there is a battle royal. which but for
the English would in "a hours de-
velop into a religious war. The Eng
hsh, however, tell the police to fire
impartially on both sects, and the
police, though they are themselves
Mussulmans and Hindoos, do it with
delight, and there are peace and good
feeling for the ensuing year.
If that is not a state of affairs tc
puzzle Englishmen, there is no such
state. But Irishmen would under
stand it at once. The armed police
in Ireland in religious" row plays
just the part 1t plays IN India, only
being English in discipline and anna
ment, it takes fewer hves.-Londor
Spectator.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-03-31
A womAN's CONCLUSION.


said n might 20 back apsin
To the very hour and plaoe Of my birth
Might have my life whatcvor chose.
And live II IN any part Of tie earth.
Put perfect sunshine into mysky.
Banlsh the shadows and sorrows Of doubt
Have all OF my happiness multiplied
And all Of my suilerings stricken out
II ] could have known In the vars now gone
The best that woman comes y know;
Could have had whatever will make her blest
Or whatever -he thinks viii nake her So
Yea. ! said, II a miracle such asthls
Could be wrought for me. at my bidding stiff
could choose to have my past As ii Is
And let my future come as II will.
would not make the path have trod
More pleasant or even. more straight OF
wide,
Nor change my course the breadth OF a hair.
This way or that way. 10 either side.
My past Is mine. and take Il all
Its weakness. its folly, II you please
Nay. even my sins. II you come to that.
May have been helps. not hindrances
II l saved my body from the flames
Because that once burned my hand.
Or kept myself from greater sin
BY doing less-you viii understand
II was better suffered n little pain.
Better sinned for a little time.
II the smarting warned me back from death,
And the sting Of sin withheld from crime.
Who knows its strength. by trial will know
What strength must be set against in.
And how temptation Is overcome
He learns who has felt its power within
So let my past stand just as II stands.
And let me now. as may, grow old.
am what am, and my life for me
Is the best-or IL had not been. hold.
Phoebe Cary.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-03-31

In the five years of life between the
ages Of twenty and twenty-five the NOR
tality Of unmarried men is liza in 1907
600. and of married men only 597. From
twenty-five to thirty the numbers re-
spectively are 1896 and sos. These
figures are derived from the death regis
ter of Scotland, but the proportion Of
the bachelor to the benedict death rate
is believed TO be about the same in this
country Taking the whole Of the mar
ried men and the whole Of the unmar-
RED men from the age of twenty to the
close Of life. it is computed that the lives
Of the former average 5915 years, while
those Of the latter average only forty
years-a difference of 1919 years in ia
vor Of married men; that is, marriage
increases the average duration Of mans
life by one-half. lacking six MONTHS
Philadelphia Press.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-03-31

A woman at least 80 years old was
selling popcorn and candy on a ferry
boat the other day. when 4 man who
had invested a nickel in her goods
bluntly inquired:
"Aunty, are you a widow
II am, sir, =" was the prompt reply.
Perfectly free to marry again,
are your"
Yes, sir"
I'm case the right man came along
/ suppose suppose
What dye mean, siri" she de
manded as he hesitated. If you in
tend to make a proposal, go ahead
if it's another cake of sugared pop
corn yer want, here's the samel I'm
a business woman, sir, and l have nc
time for supposin casesi"-Detroii
Free Press.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-03-31
SHOOTING STARS.
How the beautiful Ethereal Pyrosechsic
Displays Are Produced.

How the beautiful Ethereal Pyrotcchafc
Displays Are Produced.
Many people have probably noticed
the phenomenon known as falling or
shooting ssars Although they are
so frequent. however, the true ex-
PLANTATION Of them Is not very widely
known. The stars themselves are so
far off $50 far indeed that the ordi-
nary mind cannot grasp the idea of
their distance) that we cannot as
<ribe 10 them the long trains of light
that we see so frequently in the heav-
ems There have been many ex-
plantations given at one time or an
other, but the one now generally &C
ccpted as the result Of close invesd-
gacion is that the phenomenon of
shooting stars must be attributed TO
bodies entering our atmosphere. The
stars that we see have no connection
with shooting stars"
But, independently of the great
planets. there exist in the planetary
regions myriads of small bodies
which circulate about the sun in
groups of zones. Some Of these zones
intersect the elliptic or earth's orbit
and are encountered by the earth in
its annual revolution. 1t is these
small bodies entering our atmosphere
that produce what are called shoot
ing stars. There are several periods
of the year in which these zones of
small planets are so encountered, but
the two chief periods are from about
the 10th and 18th of August and
about the same time in November
In the first of the two periods the
phenomenon has been called St
lawrence's rain, on account of his
festival falling on the 10th of August.
These brilliant lights were POLITICALLY
looked upon by the Irish Catholics as
the burning tears of the venerated
saint
Few people, however, are so fortu-
nate as Humboldt, the great explor-
er. who on the 18th of November,
1899, while in Brazil was witness of
a remarkable exhibition of shooting
stars. He relates that the number
of luminous bodies traversing the
sky was so great that one would have
thought it was some magnificent dis
play of fireworks at a prodigious
height
, The average height of these bodies
; at the time of their entrance into oul
atmosphere is about 20 miles and a
the time Of their extinction 80 miles
Their velocity is about 35 miles a sec
ond. Their weight has also been as
/ certained and has been found to var,
r from two ounces to two hundred
t weight. The smaller ones, by tn
great rapidity of their motion. ar
/ soon converted into heat of sufficien
r strength to change them into incan
descent vapor, and these we see a
S shooting or falling stars. The large
e ones resist the action of the atmcs
k phere much longer. and some of then
/ even complete their fall, perhap
burst and spread masses of meteori
iron over large areas.-London Til
Bits.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-03-31

Cyclones does some funny things"
began the man with the ginger
beard. The grocer almost showed
signs of interest, while the man from
Potato Creek stopped pounding his
heels against the counter and pre-
pared to listen. Il was ketched in
q cyclone when l was farmin in
Nebrasky that carried me about a
mile high" continued the man with
the ginger beard, but strange TO
say it didn't damage my clo'es none
that is, with one exception. After
they had picked me up an kinder got
me round agin, they took me home
an laid me on the bed. My wife she
begun pullin off my boots. She TUX
one off, and then she TUX the other
off. and then she says:
"'Why, paw, whatever has become
of your soclxsl l know as well as
I'm alvin tibet you put 'em on this
mornin.'
And so l did, but that there ex-
hibition of the resistless forces of ma
ture, as the paper called it, had
pulled off both socks without dis
turbin of my boots at all, and that
amt no lie neither"
The man with the ginger beard
then wandered out, and the grocei
said to the man from Potato Creek:
That there old man never comes
in here but what / always feel like
the store was liable to be strucl
with lightning or something. In
dianapolis Journal.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-03-31

Miss Edith Simcox saws that it is
TO be feared that posterity will never
know exactly what was the living as
pect Of George Ehot's face. Only a
very great painter could have seized
at once the outline and something of
the varying expression, and her re-
luctance to have her portrait ;aken-
her private person made to certain
extent public property in that way
has deprived us Of any such memo
rial Future generations will have
to draw on their imagination to con-
ceive q face cast in the massive mold
Of Savonarola, but spare and spirit
ualized into closer brotherhood
with the other Florentine of the
"Divina Commedia." The features
might be too large and rugged for
womanly beauty, but when the pale
face was tinged with faint flush of
tenderness or animation, when the
wonderful eyes were lighted up with
eager passion and the mouth melted
into curves Of unutterable sweetness,
the soul itself seemed to shine
through its framework with a radi
ance of almost unearthly power, SC
that O stranger, seeing her for the
first time, asked WHY he had never
been told she was l>-----L
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-03-31
stoO REwARD-sIoo.

The reader OF this paper will be pleased TO
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been sble to cure IN all us
stages, and that Is catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
Is the only positive cnre known to the medical
fraternity. Cutarrh, being a constitutional DIS
ease. requires constitutional treatment; Hall :
Catnrrh Cure Is taken internally, acting directly
on the blood and m ucous surfnces OF the system
thereby destroying the foundation OF the disease
and giving the patient strength by building W
the Constitution and assisting nature IN uoint
ifs work. The proprietors have so much faith
IN rs curative powers that they offer one Hun
dred Dollars for any case that y taiis 10 cure
Soud for list OK testimonials. Address
f. j. CHENEY 4 CO., Toledo, u
IL Sold lN drnggists. l1 cents.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-03-31

Robbie-Uncle Jacob, Mr.. Tarbox
said this morning that when he fell
from the roof he had eseven senses
knocked out of him. l thought there
were only FIVE senses.
Uncle Jake-Dere is seben senses,
honey; but eff dat man, or any uddah
man. had UNI all. dey's a merrikle.
Yaas, dere's seben OBJ um-hearin,
seem, feelin. tastin, smellin is de five
at some folkses knows erbout. Den
dere's boss sense, witch some mules
an some white folkses amt got, an
den. leassly. dere's common sense,
witch is so uncommon at it nevah
gifts to be plenty, an mighty few peo
pie has tat least in my time. -Har
per's Young People.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1894-03-31

Did you hear about Blaggins'
shooting excursionT said one mem
Der of the national guard to another.
you don't mean to say an anna
teur marksman like Braggins had the
nerve to go huntingP
Yes"
Hit anything"
Eyes. He got seven birds"
"Well, there's only one way to ex-
plain it"
How is that1"
He didn't know the gun was load
ed. Washington Star.