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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-03-14
Parishioners.
ROUTE OF PARADE.

The parade will form at st. AIMS
church at 1.30 p IN. and march over the
following route: To Luzerne street, to
Ridge, to Walnut, to Birkbeck, to Front,
to Washington, to Carbon, to Centre, to
Chestnut, countermarch on Centre to
Luzerne, to the church, where the socie
ties will be dismissed.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-03-14
BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS.
PARAGRAPHS GATHERED FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE REGION.

Synopsis of Local and Miscellaneous Oc-
currences That Can BE Read Quickly.
What the Folks of This and Other
Towns are Doing.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-08-09
A ROUGH SHAVE.
Tho Natives OF Jamaica Use Broken

Tho Natives OF Jamaica Use Broken
Bottles for Razors.
The natives of Jamaica have no need
to buy soap, for the woods abound with
plants whose leaves and buds supply
very we'll the place Of that indispen-
sable article. Among these is the soap
tree, so called, though it is more q
bush than q tree. It's bulb when rubbed
on wet clothes, makes a beautiful lath-
er, which smells much like common
brown soap. The Jamaica negroes
some of them who are great handles in
their way, make soap out of a cocoa
nut oil and home made lye; and fine
soap it is, smooth and fragrant. This
cocoanut oil soap Is used for shaving
When a man wishes to shave ne starts
out with his cocoanut shell cup and
his donkey tail brush and bottle. II
Is never any trouble to find an empty
bottle in Jamaica, even in the noun
tains. At least twenty generations OF
thirsty people have lived Ehere, and
thrown away the empty bottles. The
man carries no mirror, because he has
none to carry. Not one negro cabin In
q dozen has cheap looking glass. But
nature supplies the mirror as we'll as
the soap. The man goes to a conven-
lent pool in the mountain stream
where the water is still, and there Is
his mirror He breaks his bottle on g
stone and picks out u good sharp piece
Then he fathers his face profusely and
begins to scrape away with his piece
Of glass, which works almost as well
as a sharp razor. The men rarely cut
themselves In this operation. "At first
says q writer, II trembled for them
but afterwards l tried the method fol
myself, and soon became almost an
expert at It,"
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-08-09
Castlx PnultrY Houae.

A poultry establishment costing over
$4,000 has Just been completed at Up
lands, the country place Of Mr.. Robert
Garrett. The buildings were all con-
structed under the direct supervision Of
Mrs. Robert Garrett, who, like many
ladies in this country and in England,
has become interested in poultry cult
ure.
The poultry house is all under one
roof, and is over $50 feet long. 1t has
three turret towers, one at each end
and one in the center. One Of the
towers will be used for choice fowls, a
pigeon loft being in the second story.
The feed will be kept in the other end
tower. A reception room, well fur
nished and equipped with library Of
poultry literature occupies the first
story of the centre tower, the second
story being the bedroom of the poul-
try keeper. On the right Of the center
tower are accommodations for brooding
1000 "broilers" at one time. Brood
ers" are devices for providing warmth
for artificially Matched chickens, ar
ranged so that the chickens may run in
and out at will. There are also out
side yards in which the chickens may
exercise and obtain fresh air. Com
partments for brooding pens of thor
oughbred poultry stock are on the left
of the center tower. The house is con-
structed of wood and the floors are all
Of cement.
A heavy brick ornamented structure
for the incubators is In the rear of the
poultry house. AS SOON as the young
chicks are well dried after emerging
from the eggs they are taken from the
incubator and in lots Of 100 are put in
the brooder apartments.
A building especially arranged for
fattening, killing and dressing poul-
try Is connected with the establish
ment Ducks and turkeys have sep
arate house in the rear of the main
building.-Baltimore Sun.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-08-09
The Manufacture of wild Men.

here are many curious trades in T.
vo,lI, but the most strange must su-c
f. be the artificial manufacturer 81
Id men" Yet a well-kpown Enc
,sn doctor in China has just certi!c
.raA, his own personal experience tr;,
MS art is regularly practiced in til
l0wery kingdom. First youth is .Sic
aocd, then bit by bit he Is flayed
,'..l. aad the skin of a dos or a bef 2
~. ,tc3 piece by piece upon him. His
voeol chords are next destroyed by the
acton OF charcoal TO make hirl dumb,
,n.i the utter degradation Of the mental
r.cuities is effected by keeping hira
81. ,nrcd in a perfectly dark hole foT
q lumber OF years. In fact, by treat
trg him like a brute for a sufficiently
long time he is made into one. At last
To Is exhibited to the entirely credu-
cue Chinese as wild man of the woods
2rd his possessors reap rich harvest.
.ta PRIESTS, 1t seems, are adopts at the
,rt When a kidnapper. however, is
.a4gnt by the people he is torn to
.a,cl. and when the author get
i'm they torture him and promptly be-
END hi,N
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-08-09
AS 70 PETTicoAT GOVERNMENT

In Rome, Finland and Java wona",
Supremacy Is au Old Story.
1t is only among people Of modern
civilization that the supremacy o.
woman Is regarded as a novelty. II
Rome under the empire there wac
singular institution where a tribunal
of women were established to decide
questions regarding luxury and eli
quette. The Emperor Heliogabalus
consulted this assembly frequently
They decided questions Of precedence
the nuIS Der and state of females Ct
court, upon the style of carriage the
emperor should ride in, whether seIac
chairs should be ornamented with sill.
yer or ivory, and contested the rights
Of man with an intelligence worthy
of the present time. It was veritA1le
senate of fashion, was approved OF by
wiser men than Heliogabalus, and was
re-established and maintained by his
successors. There occurred in the
reign of Henry VIII. curious case OF
a woman who acted as judge. She
was Lady Anne Berkeley, of Glouces-
tershire, who appealed to the king to
punish a party OF rioters who had en-
tered her park, killed her deer and
burned her hay racks. His majesty
granted her q special commission to try
the offenders, and, being armed with
this authority, she appeared in court
heard the charge, and, on verdict OF
guilty, pronounced the sentence. This
question of woman's supremacy does
not always signify an advanced state
Of society, as will be seen f-cys the feI
lowing account of q small state in
Java, between the towns OF Samarang
and Batavia, known as the kingdom OF
Bantam. In regard to It's form Of gov
eminent and the manners and GUS
toms of It's inhabitants it far exceeds
t. widest dreams of feminine minds
F.om time immemor;aI Bantam
IL gh TRIBUTARY to Holland, LAS been
go, ned by women. The sovereign
is c man, but that is small matter
as he himself, says the Detroit Free
Press, is subject to u council OF three
women. High dignitarieS. officers, sol
diers and all the court attendants are
without exception women, who see
that the men are employed IN agri-
culture and commerce. The kings
body guard is composed OF a corps OF
women soldiers, who ride astride their
horses like rnen and handle short
sharp lance with dexterity. They
carry rifle, too. with ease, and aim
and fire with accuracy at full gallop
The eldest son of the king succeeds
to the crown; but, if the king dies
without male heirs, hundred women
specially appointed meet and select one
of their own sons by vote and proclaim
him the legitimate sovereign. In sew
eral villages of Finland the woman
has authority, for religious sect ex-
lists there whose deciples are forced
when about to marry to take vow tc
submit to the woman for their govern
ing head, whose duty it is to see that
the men behave themselves, and tc
punish them if they tranSgress. SINH
lar are the purifcants of Liberia, who
also recognize the supremacy of
woman.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-08-09
Wheat Fed to stock.

Chas. l.. Hyde, OF Dakota, has sent
out the following circular on the
amount of wheat fed to stock within
recent months. The Farmers Review
does not vouch for the figures, nor has
1t any opinion TO express on their ap-
proximate accuracy. We reproduce
them merely as the opinion of one man.
We do not even know the source OF his
estimates. The circular is as below:
/ submit below an estimate OF the
wheat fed to live stock in the United
States from July /, 1894. to April i,
1895, compiled from extensive returns
from farmers, live stock breeders and
feeders and grain dealers covering the
entire country. These returns nave
been received during the latter half OF
March, and tho final figures have been
compiled as conservatively as the re-
ports received would uossibly warrant
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-08-09

According to a recent order of Secre-
AIRY Morton farm census will be taken
by the statisticians of the department
of agriculture every year on March 1 for
The purpose Of ascertaihing the amount
If grain and other produce in store. The
instructions call for exact information
as to the amount Of wheat, corn and
BATS in the hands of farmers, in country
elevators, warehouses and mills, and in
commercial and private elevators on
hat date, and the amount of flour in
mills and warehouses and in the hands
Of agents, commission merchants and
wholesale dealers.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-08-09

Notice is hereby given that we. G.. II. Mason
and J.W. Clemens, County Drain Commissioners
of the Counties of Shiawassee and Clinton,
State of Michigan, will, on the 18th day of
August, A. ID. 1895, at the farm of Il. II. Sparks,
in the township of Middlebury, at one o'clock
in the afternoon of that day. proceed to receive
bids for the construction Of a certain drain
known and designated as "the Alder Creek
Drain" located and established in the town
ships of Ovid, Clinton County, and Middlebury
and Sciota, Shiawassee County, and described
Us follows, to wt
Commencing at point situated 1860 chains
west and 81 sd chains north of the west quarter
post of section 2S Il. Z N II. f.. being at point
0.40 chains west of the Meridian line in the
township OF Ovid Clinton county. Said point
Is witnessed by an Elm q" S., G83fo h, % links
and an Elm pa N, $40 T. "a links.
Number l. From thence south 10, west
1866 chains thence s, 4O%0, 900 chains
to the Meridian or county line between Clinton
and Shiawassee COMMITTEES at point l.28 chains
north of the southeast corner of the II n 4
of section "a II = N RI w and there is 465 chains
OF this drain on this description OF land owned
by j. Ledgyard the following stations are locat
cd on this land:
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-08-09
A.. oah Death Announcements

The following death announcement
appeared tho other day in the Frank.
ische Tagespost, Nuremberg: THE life
principle OF our dear wife and mother
ended to-day, in the fifty-flth year OF
its existence. The material will be
given back to earth in the graveyard
on Saturday"
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-08-09
S3,130,000
Total A.. 4. .


There were in 1894, 400 1000, 900 BUSH
els less corn produced than in 1893,
800, 900, 900 less than in 1891. Kansas
produced 100, 900, 900 less and Nebraska
140. OOO, 900 less of corn in 1894 than in
1893. Over MI - Of the United States
during the L.. saint months corn has
been worth m,r.,c s:,n'l for pound than
wheat. 1t is g.. personal opinion that
these figures more likely under esti-
mate the actual quantity of wheat fed
than they over estimate it. They have
been obtained with much labor and
care,
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-08-09
After Every Game of Chance,

At the opening of the Wayne county
Circuit court in Lyons, NJ Y, Judge
Adams instructed the grand fury to
indict all persons who allowed nickel.
in the lsat 100 years has becA 80 great
upon their premises; also church mem.
hers and all others who conducted fol-
whatever purpose lotteries and draw
ings.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-08-09
Entertainments noinw.

Luella stood thoughtfully watching
the heavy downpour of rain, and in
quired Of her mother as to where all
the rain went, who answered: Into
the earth" Then" said Luella, "the
hell people do get drink sometimes"
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-08-09

No II. Thence continue 67Ho, W % chains,
thence $ $50, w 6.75 chains, thence coz, W 4.29
chains thence 59Ho, W 7.50 chains, thence W
30 links to the west line of section 80 at point
II SO chains north OF the southwest corner and
across the W u W 4 OF said section owned by
G. Valentine and there is 24.S0 chains of this
drain on this land and the following stations
are located thereon:
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-08-09

5. Thence continue 23k0 W 1.76 chains,
thence 16', o 1.84 chains, thence $50, @ 2.1S
chains, thence S 20, e 240 chains These last
courses are on the line between the east and
west parts OF the y of the W 4 of section 33
in said township N II @ hereafter further de-
scribed, and these stations are on the line the
drain being the line:
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-08-09
Science and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. bene

Science and Farmfng.-Science bene-
dts only those who keep up with the
procession" 1t has injured the major
lty of farms, perhaps, simply because
the minority follow its teachings and
he rest do not. The slow, inaccurate,
old fashioned ways will not do any
more, and they who pursue them are
left in the iurch, and science has done
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-08-09

Ono 70. Thence continue west 30 links, thence
SIC, w 4Ol chains thence 461o, W 6.S2 chains
thence south 800 chains TO the south line of
section 32 in said township N II e, o Ia point
s.15 chains east OF the southwest corner and
across the south Y of fractional section No 32
in the township OF Middebury, Shiawassee,Co,
Michigan, owned by A. ii. Warren. and there is
IA rs chains OF this drain on this description OF
land and the following stations are located on
this land:
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-08-09

No. 10. Thence 27Ko, W 5.45 chains thence
s $40, O 7.94 chains, thence s62Ko, W 1863 chains
thence s 671a0, 2.57 chains to the west line OF
chains south of the north west corner and there
is 10. 60 chains of this drain on this land owned
tod &c LINN
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-08-09

No. 49, Thence continuing south $50 chains,
thence 3Oo, GIL chains TO the meridian or
line between Shiawassee county and Clinton
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-08-09

Nod. Thence south 77ko, g g. 10 chains, thence
$ 72o, e 30l chains, thence So, o 9.23 chains
thence 7J4o @ 1921 chains thence 35a10. 432
chains, thence UA0, c 4.S5 chains thence 161a0
7.25 chains, thence 6la4o, LOS chains, thence
$40, 1.53 chains, thence 36Ho, W 1.1S chains,
thence 204o, W 1894 chains, thence 4lA0, W
81 chains thence 2340, w 133 chains to the
east and west quarter line OF said section 2S at
n point % SO chains east of the west a post,
and across the a of section % TIN II IL
owned by George Hathaway and there is sos
chains of this drain on this description of land
and the following stations are on the land:
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-08-09

thence $50, W 1866 chains, thence 35ho, @ 1924
chains, thence $50, l.16 chains to the west
line of section 2S in II 7 N II T. at point 2. Q
chains north of the west quarter post of said
section and across the south q Of section 20 in
said township of Middlebury Length OF drain
on this description Of land is 1881 chains and
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-08-09

And there is 5.12 chains on this last line.
No 8. Thence south 21Ho, e2.O0 chains, thence
21Ao, W 1.30 chains toithe old channel which is
the line between the west part and the east
These two last courses are all on the said west
part Strengthening to the old channel These
stations are on these courses
6 g 10 5 e 8 8 N to 8 3
And there is $50 chains on this part of said
west part. From here the drain follows the
line.
No9 Thence $50 w $40 chains, thence s
thence 46Ho, e $40 chains, thence s 1872, W
2.95 chains thence 800, W 2.20 chains, themes,
~, w203 chains, to the east and west quarter
liue of said section 33 Mt u point 27.33 chains
east of the w quarter post and across the 4,
W "a these last courses arc on the line between
the west part owned by Charles Valentine and
the east part owned by Il. Rideout and there is
$3.50 chains along thetlinesbetween these lands
and the following stations are on the line
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-08-09

No 15 Thence S 624, LA chains thence
C 1.13 chains TO the upper end and ut point 248
chains east OF said county line and on the south
line of said n 81 acres of section Il Mr. e as
afore said owned by S Dehaven and across the
southwest corner of said description and 1919
chains south of the line said section 8, said
upper end of this drain Is witnessed by an Elm
S" 42o @ IS links and the following stations are
in this part of the Alder Creek Dram:
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-08-09

No. IA. Thence south along said county and
Town line S.S2 chains on the line between the
asst described land and the a of the n OF
section 80 Il N Il W owned by A. II. Warren
md the following sections of this drain is on
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-08-09
August 18th, 1895.

county, Sciota and Ovid townships at O point
757 chains south of the northwest corner OF
fractional section In in II N II e and across
the north 50 acres of said section owned by s.
Dehaven and there is $40 chains of this drain
on the north part OF this description of land and
the following sections are located this land:
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-08-09

And there Is $40 chains of this drain on said
line from here the drain is all on the west part.
No. 6-Thence 12o, W $50 chains to the old
channel, again which is the line, again the fol
lowing stations are all on the said west part
4 4 i !: !! j! s ) ): i
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-08-09

No. z. Thence 3ie $50 chains, thence
15o, 1882 chains to the south line of said Il
The last two courses are on the line between
the west part, Sc acres of said description owned
by John Smith, and the east part, go acres,
owned by r Rideout. The following stations
a,ni1 linz.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1895-08-09

No. 3. Thence continuing $50, @ 1.07 chains,
thence south 75h degrees. east 1.56 chains,
thence 4STo, 200 chains to the east and west
quarter line of said section % Il I'm II @ at q
point 4.65 chains east of the west quarter post
and across the w of the a said section
% and there Is 554 chains of drain on this de-
scription OF land owned by T.. Sparks and the
following stations are on this land:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-12
PRETTY GIRL MISSING.
Lottie Langerman, from Sweden for
San Francisco, Cannot BE Found.

NEW YORK, Dec. u.-Superintendent
Frederick Alexander, of the Sailors Home,
called on Deputy Commissioner McSweeny.
Of the immigration department. to-day. in
regard to the case Of pretty immigrant
girl named Lottie Langerman, who, he
claimed. had been abducted somewhere be-
tween New York and San Francisco. Lot
tie. he said. is eighteen years old. Swede.
and well educated. She arrived here in No
vember, and gave her destination as the
home Of her relative, Miss Johnson, No. 81
Sacramento street, San Francisco. AS the
young woman had money, friends in the
West and a ticket for San Francisco. the
Ellis island officials passed her and she
started on her journey West. Before go
Ing she telegrapheds that she was about to
start. This is the last that has been heard
of her for three weeks. Miss Johnson be-
came worried and asked an acquaintance
Of the Langermans and Johnsons to start
an investigation. This acquaintance, Peter
Holland. is a sailor. who shipped from New
York to San Francisco in the bark Pet
tingill Holland went to the Union Pacific
railroad Office and the police Office In San
Francisco, but could learn nothing of the
missing girl. Then he wrote to Superin-
tendent Alexander, giving all sne facts and
a description and photograph of the girl
The Ellis island officials have started an
investigation. and viii endeavor to trace
the girls movements from the time she
left this city.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-12
TWO SHAKERS ELOPE.
Daniel Oxford Runs Away from Leb-
anon with a Young Woman.

LEBANON, n. Y, Dec u.-Daniel Of
ford, one of the Lebanon family or Shak-
ers. has eloped with young woman who
has been a member OF the family for some
time. and it is believed they have been
married and are now living in New York
city. The couple disappeared a week ago.
but Ii was not until to-day that the fact
Of the elopement was made known. the
Shakers having been very careful not TO
talk on the subject. To-day. however. they
admitted the fact. but stated that there was
no reason for Chords flight beyond the
wish to marry the young woman who ac-
companied him. His accounts are all right.
and he had a perfect right TO leave the
community IL he saw fit Oxford had been
a resident OF the community for more than
forty years, being left there when a child
Some years ago when the famous Elder
Evans died. Oxford succeeded him, and he
has always been looked UP 10 as leading
man in the community
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-12
LAST OF A SCANDAL.
The Colt Divorce Case and Suit
Against Van Allen Discontinued.

PROVIDENCE. r. l., Dec. 1.-THE last
act of the famous Colt case closed this
morning. when J. NJ. Ripley, counsel for
Mrs. Elizabeth NJ. Colt in the divorce pro-
ceedings brought by her husband, ex-Attor.
ney-general Samuel p Colt. formally dis
continued the petition brought by his client
in the appellate division OF the Supreme
Court Following this, Samuel ColweIl. at
torney for Colonel Colt. read a statement
signed by the latter stating that. as the
reasons for the suit brought by him against
]. j. Van Allen, of Newport, for alleged alien
alton OF Mrs. Colts affections, had been
misconstrued, this case was also discon.
tnued. In his statement Colonel Colt de-
MES that any charges OF unbecoming con-
against Mrs. Colt in the suit brought
against Mr.. Van Allen. The statement was
signed by the ex-Attorney- general in New
York on Dec z.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-12
RUNNING RACES.
Ladies' Handicap at Inglesfde Wit
messed by $4,000 People.

me8SeO ~ lS,OOO IcOplcs
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 11.-Wednesday
has been designated as ladies' day at Ingle-
side and over twelve thousand people gath
cred at the track the attendance being
augmented by the splendid card furnished.
The best race of the season was the La
dies handicap, at seven furlongs, the high
est class horses at the track being entered.
The starters were Bright Phoebus, Liber-
tine, Sister Mary Victor. Handsome and
Magnet rTsctor and Sister Mary alternated
as favorites, but they finished fifth and
sixth respectively, with Magnet, who was
selling at the longest odds. winning easily
by three lengths, with Bright Phoebus Sec
ond. Magnet is owned by ID. A Honig and
has defeated many high-class horses in the
East 1t was disastrous day for favorites,
Potentate being the only one to win. the
five other races being captured by long
shots. Summaries:
First Race-Six furlongs. Emma d., l01
ct. Sloan, to j, won; Rico. 10l (McIn-
tyre). 6 to l. second; Morven, 101 (E. Jones)
to I, third. Time, 1:l6iz.
Second-Six furlongs. Miss Brummell 1W
ct. Sloan). to 5. won; Rummell. 1oi Pig-
gotD. even, second; Tonino. lVi tChorn). 80
TO l. third. Time. Iii.
Third-Six and one-half furlongs. Red
Glenn. 101 (Coady). 10 to 1. won; Captain
Skedance. IS PiggotU 10 /. second: Lis
more. 10i lMartih). to l. third. Time. lie.
s 10 seven Rpgp, Mag
bus. 1ls (Miller). 10 to !. second; Hand
some. los Bergen). s to 1. third. Time. :zslz.
Fifth-Seven furlongs Potentate 100
Grimm. to s. won: Moderocio. 10, tChorn).