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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-08-26

The New York Independent re-
marks: Most people know, or ought
to know, that no such code as the
"Blue Laws" was ever enacted. 1t
had no existence except in the mind
of Samuel A. Peters, whose General
History of Connecticut" has been
called ''the most uuscrupulous and
malicious of lying narratives. Peters
manufactured these "Blue Laws, as
he did many other astounding state
ments. Some of the early statutes of
Connecticut were severe; but it was
never a legal offense there for man
TO kiss his wife on Sunday though
so much has been said about the ''Blue
Laws that intelligent people some
times act as it they believe there used
to be complete code of legal inter
ference with the minutest acts OF per.
sonal liberty. 1t only shows how long
a falsehood will persevere, if embod ed
IN taking words
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-08-26
TRANSPLANTED WEEDS.

Weeds should not be hoed during
wet weather. The moisture do their
leaves will prevent them from drying
up. while the roots against the moist
and ioosened earth will get root hold
and send out new fibres. Aweed once
or twice transplanted is almost as diff
ficult to kill as a perennial. The
only way to kill such a weed is to
cover it while wet with moist soil.
Then the sap in the weed will cause it
to rot, and this will effectively check
new growth of the root.-Boston Gull
tivator.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-08-26
Flight With a Shark.

Charlie Applebee, a well known
fisherman of Saybrook, Conn, has
had an adventure with d shark. He
had net set for weakfsh out on the
Oyster River flats, and late in the day
went out in small boat to overhaul
it. He found the net twisting and
squirming around in the water, both
ends hopelessly tangled and snaried to-
gether. He knew that he had mighty
big fish of some sorj, but did net sus-
pect that it was a sea pirate.
He began to pull ths net over the
side Of the boat. AMI tca big fish came
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-08-26
a Yacht Thumped by a Whale.

John S. Mason, Harry Buckley, and
Mr.. Packard, of Providence, have had
an exciting experience with gigantic
whale off the Isles of Shoals.
Mr.. Mason, while at Portland pur-
chased the cutter yacht Pristis, and
was returning with it to Marblehead.
Messrs. Buckley and Mason were asleep
below about midnight, when the boat
received blow that stopped her head
way. Going on deck, they saw a
gigantic whale off the stern.
Mr.. Packard, who was ON the watch,
was paralyzed with fear, but finally
found voice to tell his story. He felt
the jar, and, looking up, saw the whale
come up directly beside the cutter.
Turning, it struck the boat, and later
the tender, which was trailing. When
the crew anchored at Marblehead the
tender, which received the hardest
blow was covered with oil. The escape
is regarded by the crew as miraculous,
for had the leviathan struck the craft
fair blow it must have demolished it.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-08-26

Allow four or five inches space for
each plant.
Every surplus plant, or cane, takes
food and moisture from the soil.
Dig out and burn affected plants,
root and branch, us soon as disease
appears.
A Wisconsin sheep breeder advocates
feeding grain to sheep ten months in
the year.
Look closely for orange rust and
other disease on raspberries and
blackberries.
Every dead branch or weak cane
furnishes an abiding place for bug,
parasite and disease.
Cut out bearing canes of raspberry
and blackberry Immediately after
fruiting, and burn them.
Allow nothing in the fruit garden
detrimental to health, growth and de-
velopment OF both plant and fruit.
Pistilate varieties make plants rap
idly. To secure vigorous vines and
large, nice fruit remove all surplus
runners.
Tho man who st;oLs 10 ro;s;r, fr.4
closs cattlo and bogs and does + with
oood indr,ront VII GnJ i roasnroi,I,,
nnroG+"hioo - ''> =
an low" SWINE preeuer says that
attaol, nr tLn,nn, - ohont ,ronti,Iano
ror broo1;na ,a,,rrnsos
ohiy careful account VIII tel now
many Blo1erieS tue G@" supply pur-
Sn"Ses on 'iie i"rin. heeP an account
ior "hi'e' aho 1leh inc mems VIII be
more "Pprecia1ea'
40 iioV ic' the CHICKS roost on small
.t rooS.S ,''f "nilo tney arc young IL tney
1 aoo'' ,S ooiore 'hoIr breasts peeome lirm
1 nh. nnr'en9u' tneY VIII De sure to
"ueo ciooN9u 're''S' "ohes'
The New York Experiment Station
has been mnking some practical tests
with COWS, as to the amount of water
IneS ti"nA' ~ was iounu 'uat duflng
.%o'".ion' .I'. " 'ne iniiA giving period,
'no gsei"So per month was lo0o
pUThu'' ,r,,u
II, nno s"ocess ",l: oI many " man IN the
pou''iy BUSINESS po,n cothhefclaiiy
"" "ho,n 1om ronnrS 'an1re a. S'a ',nnupoine IN
| SHOW recOfus, Is uue TO women, who
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-08-26

tunity, but opportunity To enjoy the
sensations of travel under certain con
ditions and within the limit of the tel
escope." At the top of the tube the air,
mechanically exhausted, wiz give the
travellers an opportunity to experience
for brief moment the sufferings which
genuine aeronauts must undergo. on
the downward way the balloon will be
gradually slower in descent prior TO the
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-08-26
Dents the Ferris Wheel.

The FeronM Mege Telescope" as It is
termed is one Of the projected unique
attractions of the Paris Exposition of
1900. In it, through mechanical appli-
ances and scenic effects, visitors will be
projected in n balloon through space,
and subsequently in boat TO the
depths of the ocean and the center of
the earth. The building proper, as plan
ned by the two originators, French ar
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-08-26

According to DR.. Paul GARNER,
Chief Medical Officer of the Partisan
Prefecture of Police, lunacy has in
creased thirty per cent. in Paris dur
ing the last sixteen years. The rela-
ton of this increase to the increase in
population during the same time does
not appear.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-08-26
Fate of "a French Spy in Madagascar.

An English correspondent, writing
from the seat of war in Madagascar,
says: "Ihe commander of the Hugcn
sent Sakalava with forty-fve francs
to bribe the people at the Hova port
of Ambodivalube cat the Bottom of
the Mountnin1 to show him over the
battery, which is on the '
beach and mounted with guns.
BY mistake ne addressed himself to
the Captain of the port, who, being
only in 'lemba' at tho time, was not
distinguishnble from any one else.
Having shown the Sakalava everything
to his satisfaction, the Captain had
stone tied on to the spy's neck, sent
him out to sea in a canoe, and had
him thrown overheard in sight OF the
French man wars boat, which was
behind the bluff waiting for him. The
same day were shot seven ENJOYS of
the French, sent to steal cnttle on the
plain. Many spies are caught and
most Of them are shot"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-08-26
FOR LAUNCHING LIFE BOATS.

Improved Appliances Adopted at
Boulogne, France.
The society 10 aid ship wrecked sail
ors at Boulogne France, has recently
adopted two improved life-saving ap-
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-08-26

The farm mortgages of the country
do not equal those upon city lots. The
figures are: : for the former. 50, 209,-
14S, 431; for the latter, So, $40, ,531,-
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-08-26
A Federal statute makes it crime
to deface or mutilate United States
coin.

New York City has school popula-
tion of 239, 756 Of that number 50,'
O69 are classified as truants.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-08-26
JEALOUS OF CHICAGO.
PARIS PLANS SOMETHING TO
RIVAL THE WHITE CITY.

\ Telescope Through Which Visitors
to the Exposition of 1000 Will
Travel and Take In the Moon and
Planets on the Way,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-08-26

Showers of blessing are not likely to
fall upon the church. except when the
preacher has an overfowing cup.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-08-26

In Massachusetts, the foreigners and
their children constitute fifty-siz per
cent. of the entire population.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-08-26

Austria has tax on all sorts of do.
mestic animals but cats, and now it is
proposed to tax them,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-08-26
MILKING.

Under the head of milking may be
comprised the cleanliness of the ami
mails and the manner and time of milk
ing. The introduction of separators
practically revealed the necessity for
cleanliness in II COW stable. At the
termination of the process of sepnra-
ting n peculiar slime is to be found
adhering to the sides of the separator.
Its color varies from gray to green,
brown, and even black. When exam
lned under the microscope, germs,
portions of plants, hair, SCOT, linen
have been discovered. and when ex-
posed to the air for short time it
putrefies rapidly. 1t consists in reality
of dirt, and. MS such, must injure the
quality of milk and butter. In order
TO keep the milk as free from the dirt
as possible, the COWS ought to be
rubbed down with straw whisk on
their right hind quarters and udders
before they are MIXED in the morn
ing. During the day it is necessary
to currycomb and brush each animal.
The best kind of brush to be used is
one made rather more open than an
ordinary horse brush, but of the best
hog bristle. The animals are first
scraped ever with the currycomb and
then brushed. In addition, the udders
of all cows ought to be washed and
dried before milking, and The mixers
ought to dip their hands in cold water
after milking each animal. Care must
be taken to completely empty the
udder when the COW is milked. In
large establishments where several
mixers are employed it is advisable
to select one or two of the more care
full persons to strip the cows after they
have been MIXED. BY this means the
carelessness of some OF the mixers
may be corrected. Each mixer should
have his own stool and pail marked or
numbered, and should be held respon-
sible for the cleanliness of tho same.
The milk ought to be poured from the
pail into tho milk can through Il
double hair stra;ner, and the milk
cans ought. if possible, to be placed
outside the COW house. connecticut
Farmer.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-08-26
TESTS OF AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.

TESTS OF AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
Bulletins No. and No. 7 of the
Utah Experiment Station contain in
teresting results from tests of draught
of farm wagons, plows, moving ma
chimes and harrows, as measured by n
seif-recording dynamometer.
The conclusions as stated in these
bulletins are as follows:
That Golfers add to draught of
plows by some fifteen per cent. That
trucks or wheels under the end of the
plow beam decrease draught by about
fourteen per cent. add uniformity to
the furrow and lessen the work of the
plowman.
When the traces are not in line with
the draught of the plow the draught
is increased.
Lengthening the hitch slightly de.
creased the draught. A share badly
sharpened increased the draught
thirty-six per cent. over new share.
A dull share drew harder than a sharp
one, but not as hard as a badly sharp
AnA1 AhA-A Dra,, ah+ AAn-a-A4- .-.iLi.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-08-26
THE FIELD OF ADVENTURE
THRILLING INCIDENTS AND OAR
ING DEEDS ON LAND AND SEA.

An Indian Fighters Wonderful Es-
cape - An Elephant Tragedy
Eisherman's Fight With a Sharlk.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-07

Waco. Tex, Jan. G.-Anbther chap
ter Is added 20 the story Of the shock
Ing crime Of inccat and rape CHARGED
against John Stewart and told I'm these
dispatches last nlrlT
Minnie Tannehill, the 13-year-old vic
tim OF her brutal s,epfatAer, IS sflgu
for her age. "A mere child. As she LETT
Justice GallaGhers Office last night
for the Home, whore County Attorney
Taylor decided TO place her. in order
to remove her from the influence OF
the mother who Is shown to have aided
the father in his awful crime. she call
ed TO her dog and child like, insisted
on taking the animal with her. She
exhibited every indication Of childish
ness, Characteristic Of one Of even
much more tender years.
County Attorney Taylor gave her o
cents for car fare for herself and the
officers who escorted her to the home.
As she reached drug store at the cor
ner of Fourth and Franklin streets.
where the party waited for the car. sine
requested the officers to spend the 20
cents for cocaine at the drug store and
walk TO the institution. The request
led 10 the discovery that the child was
addicted to the use OF that Destructive
drug. IL appears that she was given
the drug to further the design OF her
brute stcp-father, and that from nor
first repugnance 10 It, the child has
become a victim to g. She was placed
In the home, where she will be taken
care OF for the time being. The cnse
against Stewart appears a greater
atroelty as Investigation Is made.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-07

Tho Ostaslatohcr Lloyd, an authority on
Chinese matters, In AN article on tho man
nor OF loyomaking In tho Flowery King.
dom, publishes the following lottcr from u
man who desired the daughter OF "a neigh
Dor as wife for his son;
"On my knees beg you not to lespiso
this cold and common request but listen
TO tho words Of the matrimonial agent and
give your honorable daughter to my slave
Of son, so that the pair bound by silkcn
threads, may have the greatest joy. In tho
beautiful springthnO | shall offer wedding
presents and give a couple OF goose, aud
let us hope for long and continuous for
tuno and look forward through endless
generations TO tho fulnllmcnt of genuine
love, May they sling OF plenty and have
every Joy. On my knees beg you to con.
slider my proposal favorably and throw tho
nirrorliko glance Of your eyes on these
lines
10 this letter the father OF tho bride re.
piled that he would "attond 20 tho portion
OF his poor md poverty stricken daughter,
that she might not be without bodolothes,
cotton clothing, hairpins and earrings
Therefore II was to be hoped that tho cou.
pie would have constant fortune"
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-07

OF Stock Exchange Matters shows
1894 Not So HAD.

of Stock Exchange Matters shows
1894 Not So HAD.
London. Jan. e.-The review of the
year at the stock exchange shows that
on the whole with the exception OF the
values OF securities of dcfaultlng
South American government and Amer
lean railway securities prices distinct
ly advanced
The latest prices were generally the
highest OF the year. while all first-
clRss stocks are go high that the re-
turn TO investors az present value IL
exceedingly small During the week
the markets were fairly buoyand and
active. The Paris settlement causes
heavy realizations In tho mining mar
ket. and a consequent decline In val
uca, but the activity Is uuimpalrcd
Home railway and foreign securities
were firm. A feature OF the market
was German rentea. They appear
likely TO touch 100 Argentine secur-
tiles were depressed Nenrly all de-
clared reduced dividends. and prices OF
stocks accordingly fell
No rescue Of the market Tor American
securities from the existing stagna-
tlon Is looked for until the currency
problem is settled. II IL believed, how
ever, that the coming year will show
an Improvement. The following prln-
clpal declines were made in American
railway securities:
Reading flrsts and Erle seconds. .:
milwaukee,, "a; l. y NJ, I: and Gem
trail Pacific. Norfolk and Western pre-
ferred and Reading "a. Small and
fractional declines We're made In others
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-07
BUDGET OF NEWS FROM WACO,
INTERESTING TALK ON THE cor.
ToN question.
DIR. Lee smith brought Hack From
MISUNDERSTANDING Chapter In a
shocking crime-A search OF the
JAN Discovers Tools OF Escape.

Waco, Tex. Jan. 6.--capt. Henry
Hammond, the representative OF the
United States Agricultural department.
whose visit to Waco and It's object
was mentioned In The Gazette today,
talked Interestingly about the history
and culture OF cotton 10 the Gazette
correspondent today. Capt Hammond
resides at Beech Island, $. c. He Is
wen advanced In years, his hair and
beard closely resembling In color the
great staple to the cultivation and
study OF which his life has been de-
voted. He talks us readily of the cul-
uvation OF cotton so and so years ago,
and his experience at that time as
would a young farmer OF today Dis
GUESSING the agricultural departments
hAnd book of cotton, which will shortly
be issued, he says II will be the most
complete and valuable treatise on the
great staple Of the South that has ever
found Its way into print. The book
WIN consist or seven chapters. prepared
py as many experts respectively. Upon
the subject OF varieties OF cotton S. NJ.
Tracy OF Siarkvllle. Miss. an emin-
ent authority, has collected IN to the
present time 200 specie ems OF different
cotton. 200 varieties. which will be
DISCUSSED fully. Tho subject Of his.
tory, culture. statistics, analysis OF
soils and fertilizers will be clabmately
treated. The wonderful fertility "
Texas soil has greatly Impressed Capt.
hammond who frankly admits that ii
Is equaled nowhere else
while we raise probably as much
cotton to the acre in parts OF South
carolina aud Georgia." he said, there
Is NOT nearly as much In It for the
farmer In the latter states IN order
TO do this much fertillZlng matorIAl
must be- used and labor performed ON
The land, while In Texas tho richness
OF the virgin soil Is sufficient for great
crops The difference in cost In favor
OF Texas is probably from IS to 50 per
bale. That is Texas great advant-
When Capt Hammond's chaptcr In
the forthcoming book IL read II viii
Undoubtedly be "A great testimonial for
IrNas, and of great benefit TO the
state Capt, Hammond left for Honrue
ioday where he wishes to visit mo
urge planationi IN that uoirhbor.
hood, and from Texas ne win 20 TO
Louisiana and thence to Alabama.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-07
THE MILITARY SAUSAGE.
Links of Bologna Stay $50 Useful In vari.
Gus Maya In Wartime,

t&sAfNs W hfNA'hhN ahAN A' t1'iht IN Nhfis
Gus Ways In Wartime.
In Tho Forum Edward Atkinson attrib.
utes tho success OF tho German forces In
tho Frnnco-prusslnn war to the German
army sausage, without which tho German
rifles would probably hayc failed to be Of
fectlyO ut the right timc and In tho right
place.
This was not because tho sausage was
used us ammunition for tho rifles, as one
might suppose, but, us he previously ~.
marks, because OF the rapid concentration
of the troops by forced marches which the
sausage mado possible"
Without entering into the question OF
the sausagc's effectiveness as projcctllo,
which Is subject too awful to contem.
plato at tho present time, ono may easily
see the value OF this favnrite luxury In
other ways, and 1t will not take long to
show tho possibilities OF the sausage on tho
march and as means OF defense.
Every man should he provided with
sausage about feet LONG, to DO worn about
tho body ns the overcoat or blanket Is now
worn--l. a., over one shoulder and the ends
fastened together by a strap. On arriving
nc place whore mud or any obstruction
makes tho roads impossible for the guns
and ammunition every man should throw
down his fWrgdEo and In u few moments
good corduroy road might be made, over
which tho heavy implements could easily
pass,
Had Lord Wolsoloy's army in the SD.
dan been provided with these sausagcs
think how much easier it would have been
to transport the boats norois the catnraots
OF tho Nilcl Every man would have used
his sausage ns roller, aud tho honts could
have been moved with very little effort.
The empty skin might make u worry useful
army balloon, und after lunch by tho aid
Of II small quantity OF metbylntcd spirits,
any man might make an ascent and recon
hotter the positieh Uf tho ouumy.
II, however, instead Of being made with
the ordinary skin, Herr Doves bullet
proof cloth wero used, the possibilities OF
tho sausage would be multiplied exceed.
ingly. For instance, whnt could be easier
than for n regiment 10 throw up In few
moments bullet proof breastworls, behind
which they might DO perfectly securei
Nothing could equal tho rapldity with
which change Of position could be effect
cd and an army thus provided could defy
the enemy with IMMUNITY, Kate Fields
Washington.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-07

The work of BurgIars---A SIystcrIons
Gravc--An Arrest

Grnvc--An Arrest.
Marshall, Tex, Jan 6--Last night
burglars broke into the grocery store
OF Mr., scully through tho back door,
but on search nothing was found miss
ing. Mr. scully keeps two dogs locked
up in his store at night and It is possI-
bic the burglars were frightened on
by them Mr.. H. b. Gregg, bgolslSeeper
for Mr.. Scully, thinks that possibly 1t
was someone who was hungry and
only took something TO eat, but no signs
are left II this was the case.
This morning a report that a grave
had been dug during the night ia a
thlcket near town caused considerable
excitement on our streets. investiga-
ton showed that near the corner Of
Il field ia a thicket near the Texas &
Pacific long trestle was a ragged hole
dug about three feet wide and four
and one-half or five feet deep, at the
bottom OF which in the wet dirt could
be plainly seen the print as II body
had been laid there. The bottom had
roots running through It. some OF which
were two inches through. Near this
hole and leading of are wagon tracks.
II Is the opinion OF all who saw the
place that the hole was dug to bury
u body and al the roots We're SO thick
and large they were afraid Of being
discovered II they cut them out. and
without cutting them ont II was impoe-
Blble to get II deep enough TO conceal
a body without making a rise in the
ground, and the parties decided TO take
II elsewhere. and put II IN a wagon and
carried It on. Officers went out with the
hounds. but were unable 10 start the
trail.
This afternoon about o'clock Consta-
BILE Ethridge arrested Il negro giving
the name OF Amos Reed, who answers
the description Of one Joa Ruben, con.
victed for murder. who WINS among a
on oct 10 last. He WAS carried TO fail
and he Shreveport officers tele-
graphei.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-07

All teaching in tho modern Japanese
system OF education IL conducted with the
utmost kindness and gcntcncss. Tho
tCnohcr is teacher only. Ho is not IN
tho English souse OF mastery, mastor
No Japanese tenchor ever loses his temper
10 do 10 would Disgrace him in heoyes OF
his boys and In the judgment Of his col
leagues. No such cruel punishment us
that OF forcing dull pupil to learn an adj
ditlonol task or N sentencing him 10
strain his eyes copying 400 or 300 lines Is
ever dreamed OF. Tho general policy Of
the educational authorities everywhere
throughout the ompiro Is to get rid Of
students who cannot DO perfectly well
managed without punishment and expul'
s ons nevertheless arc rare. -" Glimpscs oi
Unfamiliar Japan"
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-07

Waco, Tex, Jan. 6.-omccr Glasscock
arrived here this evening from Dan
vile. Ky, having Dr. w Lee smith,
the forger, In custody, Smith was
placed In jail. w. l.. Moody & Co.
bankers or Galveston, are out $1,000
through Smiths forgery Of the name
OF Reed Bros. to draft OfsSlOOO drawn
upon Moody & Co, as stated fully in
these dispatches a day or two ago. The
capture Of Smith constitutes a clever
piece of detective work by Captain
Van Han Of this city, who traned tho
foTger constantly since November S
over large portion OF the country,
Inhally running him down at Danyillc,