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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-01-14
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

Schnebile, the new explosive, is
composed chiefly of chlorade of pot
ash.
Hiram S. Maxim has already ex-
pended $500 upon his flying ma
chine.
Astronomers claim that there are
over 17,500,0 900 comets in the solar
system alone.
A bat can absorb and digest in one
night three times the weight of its
own body. Bats never have more than
two little ones at time.
General Mercier, French Minister
of War, has authorized the use in the
French army of the recently dis
covered anti-diphtheric serum.
The width of the Atlantic could be
reduced one-half by lowering its depth
6564 feet. By lowering it three miles
one could walk from Newfoundland to
Ireland.
A scientist proves that typhoid and
cholera bacilli or germs will live many
weeks in a vacuum, ind can endure
some five or more months of complete
dryness.
There are ten miles of pneumatic
tubes in the streets of Chicago. They
are used to deliver messages from the
telegraph offices and Office of the As
sociated Press to the newspapers and
City Hall.
Simultaneous photographs at points
distant from each other have already
yielded information as to the height
of meteors above the earth's surface,
this being shown to be from sixty-fve
to forty-five miles.
According to DR.. Chalmers's re-
searches, the mean duration of life at
birth-based upon the mortality ex-
perience of Glasgow during the ten
years 18S1--'90-is 1914 years, 35.2 for
males and 81. for females.
Professor Agassiz indicates the
growth of reefs at Key West, Fla, at
the rate OF six inches in one hundred
years, and adds that if we doubled
that amount it would require seven
thousand years to form the reefs in
that place, and hundreds of thousands
of years for the growth OF Florida.
OF the hundred thousand plants
catalogued by botanists only one
tenth part have appreciable odors. OF
fifty specimens of mignonnette, that
of our garden is the only scented one,
and, of a hundred varieties of the
violet, only twelve have the exquisite
perfume that is SO popular. In gen
eral the proportion of fragrant to
odorless flowers is about one per cent.
Any one living exclusively on pota-
toes would consume forty grammes of
potash salts per day, which explains
why we always require salt whenever
we eat potatoes. All vegetable foods
are rich in potash; and it is fact
that people In the country districts
use more salt than the inhabitants of
towns and cities, where more meat is
eaten. In France the country people
use three times more salt than the
town people.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-01-14
Dancing by the Mile.

An average waltz takes one over
three.quarters of mile, a square
dance makes you cover half mile,
and n galop equals good mile. Count
up for yourself how much the girl
with well-filled programme traverses
in an evening. Twenty dances is the
average, you know. OF these about
twelves are Wales. There at once are
nine miles. Three galops and she has
gone twelve miles. Five other dances
at half IL mile apiece bring her to
fifteen miles, to say nothing of the in
termission stroll and the trips to the
dressing-room to renovate ones gown
and complexion. Appleton Post.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-01-14
Unrecogizcd Languages.

Young people are prone to form Ian
guages for their own use; and of 100
specimens of the kind published by the
"Am Ur-quell," German folk lore
journal, II large portion are those of
boys and girls; while others We're col
lectcd from thieves, peasants, and Sc
cret societies. For example there is
Medical Greek used by medical stu
dents; Dog Latin" or the speech of a
baby learning to talk; Crane Ian
Euage,' used in Denmark; "Sa-la Ian
GuaSe," used in China; "Robber Ian
guage, "B-language, Language of the
Cats Elbow and so on. Many of
them are the ordinary language of the
neighborhood, modified by the insertion
of syllablcs, n plan which schoolboys
often follow. A case IN point is the
"Gibberish, or Hog Latin, of American
children" for instance, "Willus yoovus
govus withusmeevusT for "Win YOU
go with me" Others again are formed
by replacing the letters of word by
others, as in the "Tut language" of
Texas. and the Guitar language of
Hungary.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-01-14
Insurance Fraud Holmes seems to
have adopted very bad policy indeed.

a dispatch from Austin, Texas, says
there but failed to materialiZe. Per
haps the reporters and detectives We're
delayed somewhere.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-01-14

The French government has deco.
rated Kate Field for her eminent liter
ary abilities BY some strange over
sight 1t always overlooked Emerson,
Longfellow, Hawthorne, Whittier
Holmes, Lowell and others of the lesser
literary lights of this country.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-01-14
Electric Cooking for Royalty.

Queen Victoria will use electricity
for cooking purposes. The necessary
apparatus has been installed ut Os-
borne, in the Isle of Wight. 1t is,
however, only used for the most deli
cate dishes. Atlanta Constitution.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-01-14

The authorities of Indian Territory
complain that they can not hire good
Indian policemen to be shot at by the
Cook gang for less than $1o per month.
Ii Is worth the money.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-01-14

In Italy the Senate consists ofpr1nces
of royal blood, and an unlimited num-
ber of members appointed by the King
for life. In 1890 there were 355 mem
bers.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-01-14
an ODD NElGHB0R.
DY CHARLES c. ABBOTT.
Fl e II E

IL IA IL u WAS IL
strange silence
everywhere, as is
not uncommon in
tn @ month of
August, for now
the promises of
summer have been
made good, and
the world is at
rest. Not a leaf
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-01-14

Awoman of Calais, Me-, has won re-
nown by mending broken doorhinge
with hairpin.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-01-14

Dying anarchists are very brave in
their utterances-by cable.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1895-09-08

"EmpIeo con exito la Emulsion de Scott
en- Ia escrofula, el raquitismo, las enferme-
dades dc los organos respiratorios todas las
afecciones que dejan tras de 81 una gran de-
bilidad constitutional" Dr.. CAsrRILLo, Va
lencia, Venezuela.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1895-09-08

"He obtenido los mejores cesultados en-
mi cllnica civil con ell enpleo de la Emul-
sion de Scott en- los tuberculosis cscrofulo-
SOS, Ell todas las Intermediates que dejan
tras de 81 empobrecirnento de las fuerzas."
Dr., MUElz FERRE1RA Mococa, Sac Paulo, Brasil.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1895-09-08

He enDlcado desde hace muchos amos
tanto en- Italia, como en- Bolivia, la :. Emul.
sion de Scott de aceite de lligado de baca-
lao { hipofosftos, y siempre he obtenido
excelentes resultados
DR.. ToMMAs1, La Paz, Bolivias
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-11-28
A Monster Book.

The Chinese department OF tho
British Museum library contains, says
writer in Cassell's World of Won
ders, q single work which occupies no
fewer than 5000 volumes. This WOE.
derful production OF the Chinese press
was purchased few years ago for
$4,000, and is one of only small num-
ber of copies now in existence. 1t Is
an encyclopedias of the literature of
China, covering q period of twenty
eight centuries-from 1000 b. @. to
100 A. ID.
1t owes its origin to the literary
proclivities OF the Emperor Kang-he,
who reigned from 1862 to 1922. In
the course of his studies of the ancient
literature of his country, Kang-he
discovered that extensive corruptions
had been allowed to creep into mod
ern editions, and he conceived the
idea of having the text of the origin
ais reproduced, and preserved in an
authoritative form. This was II
mighty conception, truly, and in its
execution it remains unique down to
the present time. For the purpose of
carrying out the work Kang.he ap.
pointed commission of learned men
to select the writings TO be repro.
duced and employed the Jesuit mis-
sionaries to cast copper types with
which to execute the printing.
The commission was occupied for
forty years in its great task. Before
the work was completed Kang.h he died,
but he had provided that his successor
should see the book completed, and he
faithfully carried out his trust. The
book is arranged in six divisions, each
dealing with particular branch of
knowledge. The divisions are thus
designated: First, writings relating
to the heavens; second, writings re-
lating to the earth; third, writings
relating to mankind; fourth, writings
relating to inanimate nature; fiith,
writings relating to philosophy sixth,
writings relating to political economy.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-11-28
POPULAR SCIENCE.

A race horse gallopipg AZ full speed
clears from twenty to twenty-four feet
every bound.
The atmosphere IS so clear in New
Zealand that IL is said objects can bo
seen by starlightat at distance OF seven
miles.
Science declares that in proportion
to the weight of the whole person tho
weight of woman's brain is gre eater
than that of man.
II the Atlantic Ocean would have q
layer of water 6000 feet deep removed
from its surface il would only reduce
the width of that body of water ono-
half.
Electricians say that there is no
safer place during a. thunder storm
than a trolley car. The wires aud car
pole make the best kind of lightning
rods.
There are many reasons in favor OF
the supposition that Mars is more
likely to have been inhabited in past
ages than at the present time, in spite
OF its atmosphere or water or clouds.
No parental care ever falls to the lot
OF a single member of the insect tribe.
In general, the eggs of an insect arc
destined to be Matched long after tho
parents are dead, so TINT most insects
are born orphans.
Surgeons say tho lungs of old peo-
pie at Pittsburg are much darker in
color than similar organs of folks in
more favored cities. They attribute
this blackish hue to the inhalation of
the soot-laden air OF the Smoky City.
Such is the clearness of tho ntmos.
phere in the vicinity Of Arequipa,
Peru, that from the observatory, $3.50
feet above the sea, black spot one
inch in diameter, placed on a white
disk. has been seen on Mount Char
chini, distance of eleven miles,
through thirteen inch telescope.
Appointment geologist, who has been
looking into the formation of the bed
of the Ohio River, forty-three miles
below Pittsburg,@ . says the old river
bed is 800 feet above the present water
level, and he finds there stones of
Canadian granite, whose nearest home
now is on the Canadian side of Lake
Ontario. In the glacial gravel hc came
across n rough arrow head, which he
attributes to the glacial period, per.
haps 300, 900 years ago.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-11-28

ing hampers Of savory viauds, with
the yellow shine OF oranges and the
sound of nuts dropping on the floor.
"We've brought r7r set Of new
china, Aunt Nancy" said Harry Wild
-"white, with gold sprigs. and an
old-fashioned gold band around the
edge. Sarah Soames sent it as a re.
membrauce."
"And n new table.cloth, Aunt
Nancy" added jamie, "and dozen
napkins, l hemmed 'em myself on the
machine"
"Wby.y." cried one of the children,
"Aunt Nancy is crying!"
"No, ain'tl" said Aunt Nancy.
eyes, be, tool Only / meant it
amt because feel bad. Because l
do believe I'm the happiest old woman
in the State this dayl And 1 shan't
set down to my Thanksgiving dinner
all alone, and my folks hpin' forgotten
the old creetur up in the woods, and
-Thar's the pumpkin a-bilin' over I
Quick, Janie-take the pot OIL"
The Widow Wyman was laughing
and sobbing in the same breath, as she
stirred the boiling mass with huge
wooden spoon.
And as she knelt beside her wooden
bedspread that night, her prayer was |:
'Lord, make me thankful enough
for all Thy mercies on this blessed
Thanksgiving Evel"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-11-28
The MocEIng Bird i,anyr,

Tue most remarkable thing al
mocking bird is its way OF layi1
n range. In the autumn 1t goes
and establishes itself for the @l
patch of ground that will yiel|
ries and other food enough to
til the following spring. The 4
determined respecting boundarl1
as much accuracy rs II MINING
pector would use in taking ont
Perhaps it may be only MY
square, or it may have II leng1
breadth of as much as 100 yard
space depends mainly upon "a
supply in sight; but the mochl
is a great glutton and wants teI
the quantity that would ne ne
to keep him alive. Having
his range, the owner Will a'
with his life, and no other run
bird is allowed to enter it'-A
leans Times-Democrat.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-11-28
The .TnjunY ana the Nuseet.

The miners were a.talking. Itv
nfter the lunch hour during the rece
in the last day of their convention
Pioneer Hall. They we're looking ,
picture of Suffers mill.
"Do you see that cabin there BY n
tree?" asked Captain George "
Thomas. "Well, that is whore live
when ] was the custodian of the lr,
nugget found by Mgshall. l kar
Marshall well, and many and mnv
the time he told me OF his disc1ves,
In fact, that is about all l ever Ina,
him TO do. Marshall always claira
that discovery as his own, lat il .hI
nugget had not been forced on him \
would never have found it, Or al
thing else.
Zone day young Indian-1 tpoI
him well--was working in the G,I
above the mill when he picked IN n
little piece of shining metal that stst,
the exodus to California. The InliI
carried it around in his pocket iof
day or two and then gave it TO ,IlI
shall. He did not know what it "A
and proceeded to test it with his iee,
The only result was the impression !
two solid eye teeth. He was nbou,
throw it aside as worthless when l
Indian suggested that he send 1t
General Sutter, who was then at Z
barcadario, the present site of Sa
mento. Sutter tested it and sen,
back with the information that it '
gold and was worth 81 or SS. Sove]
other nuggets were found in the aua
but the original l had in my pos
sion for several months, and wien
returned il to Marshall IL still had
imprint of his teeth.
THAT is the story of the discoyarr
gold in California as related to me
both Marshll and the Indian, but vi
any one sought to give the Digger
credit that was due him Marshall vol
brush aside all such claims With
declaration, 'Iniuns don't count
they did there's probably thoald
of 'em that seen gold here before
one did.
"When Marshall was dying Of
vation the Legislature refused to
bill appropriatiug $500 Tor bis
lief, but after his death n costly mo
nent was erected to his memory
was not Marshall but Marsh
memory that the State desired to
petuate. San Francisco Chr5al
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-11-28
A 1imcless Town.

The old proverb says that time
made for slaves. 1t is certainly
that il was not made for Alsacian
the following story told by n tray
lately returned from Alsace be d
Says he: "On my return from
chen, / looked upon the beautIial
lagos of the Lewen Valley, and d
q tourist who likes to poke bis
into everything, l turned, by cha 7
into the church of Kirchberg.
coming out l took out my watc
regulate it by the clock in the CD
tower. But there was no clock
seen. Hence l went into the Vi
inn, and there asked the time.
my host could not oblige me. 4
tell you exactly, for, you see, be
I'VE have no use for clocks. u
morning we go by the smoke
from the chimney at the parsona
on the hill. The parsonage peop
very regular. We dine when d
is ready. At A p. IN. the whist
the train coming from Massma
tells US that the time has come
another meal, and ut night we
that it is time to go to bed whed
dark. On Sunday We 90 to q
when the bell rings, Our parse
very easy going man. and he
mind beginning half M nour
or later. "-Harper's Round Tab
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-11-28
The Wheel as a Llle.Sayer.

To the Russians belongs the credit
of first utilizing bicycles as sort of
out.riding bodyguard. The recent
discovery of several plots to assassin
ate the Gear has aroused to the ut
most the ingenuity of the military,
whose especial work in life is to secure
the safety of the autocrat. In the
past whom the Gear made ajourney by
railway it was thought sufficient to
send ahead locomotive and tender
to make sure that the road was free
from loose rails, misplaced switches,
dynamite bombs and such other him
ORANGES to the imperial pi ogress. But
the certain information that the
Socialist, Anarchists and Nihilists who
prevade Russian society from bottom
to top, to the very eide of the Gear
himself, are once more actively en-
gagged in their thoroughly righteous
scheme to overthrow the absolute mon
archy that makes virtual slaves OF tens
of millions of men, has made necessary
the most rigid precautions. Therefore
the imperial train is now always pre-
ceded by one or more military bicyclers
of proved loyalty to the Gear. Such
out.riders precede the train at dis
tance no greater than is absolutely
necessary to prevent their being run
down by the locomotive. The guard
from his perch on the comparatively
lofty wheel commands an adequate
view of the neighboring country, and
can signal to the train following at The
slightest sign of danger.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-11-28
THANKS KsGlvfr;G.
Sweet was the song Of the robin.

Sweet was the song Of the robin,
Blithe was the hum OF the bee,
In the day when the Drift ofthe blossom
Was light as the foam Of the sea.
Then deeply was cloven the furrow.
And gayly they scattered the seed.
Who trusted that rainfall and suns hine
Would surely be given at need.
The robin hath flown to the troplc,
The honcy-be5 nittcth no more.
The rcapcr hath garnered the harvest
And the fruit and the nuts ar, in store.
The flame hash died out on the naples,
We tread on the loose-lying leaves,
And the corn that was sturdy and stalwart
i gathered and bound into shcayes.
Aud swec,er than music OF sprngtimc,
And fuller Of jubilant mirth.
Are the strong-tidcd chorals o'erlowing
From hearts where thanksgiving has birth.
The songs Of the home and the altar,
The gladncss Of children at play,
Apd the lear love Of households united
Are blending in praises to-day.
For nasturc-lands folded with beauty,
For plenty that burdened the vale.
For the wealth Of the .eeming abundance.
And the promise too royal to fail,
We lit TO the Maker our anthems,
But none the less cheerily come
To thank Him for honor and fruition,
And the happiness crowning the home.
Oh, the peace on the brow OF the father,
The light In the mothers clear eyes,
The lift in the voices Of maidens
Who walk under dream-curtained skies.
The dance in the feet Of the wee ones.
And the sparkle and shine in the airl
Tho year has no time like Thanksgiving
A truce to our iretting and care.
Sweet was the song Ct the robin,
Blithe was the hum OF the bee,
In the day when the drift Of the blossom
Was light as the foam Of the sea;
But sweeter the silence Of autumn.
That maketh space for the strain
OF the joyance of home, when the harvest
Is gathered from hillsi lc and plain.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-11-28
4 New Bicycle Tire.

A new bicycle tire, when :
be an Improvement over those
eral use, has been invented q
ented by Miss E. $. HutchI1sI
Rapids, Mich. In the middI1
rim OF an ordinary style P'I
rubber tire is a groove, into
fitted a smaller tire OF leatnd
it is claimed. is much more
than the present style oi
tires while equally elastic and
New York Sun.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-11-28

with you, Aunt Nancy" said he; "and
my wife is outside in the carriage,
with an eighteen.pound turkey, and
real old-fashioned suet.pudding that
she baked herself, and batch of
mince pies, aud six pounds of Cali
fornia grapes. Come in, Poll" open.
ing the door to admit a rosy. faced
young lady, with teeth like pearls, and
the prettiest of dimples in her cheeks.
"And we, too, Aunt Nancy" said
CHEEKY voice, out of the gathering
dusk.
"Sakes alive" said the Widow Wy.
man "it ain't jamie Greyson? 1t
can't bel"
"Yes, it !" cried the CHEEKY voice /;
and in came tall, pretty girl, leaning
on the arm OF q stalwart young man.
"And here's my husband, Caleb Car.
ter. We couldn't spend our first
Thanksgiving anywhere but with you,
auntie, dear, and here we are. And
Caleb has brought our dinner along
pair of grouse, with red currant jel-
ly, and cranberry-pufs, and oranges,
and nuts, and raisins, and all that
sort of thing. Bring in the basket,
Caleb, dear. And there's new black
silk dress for you, Aunt Nancy, and
pair of gold spectacles, and Grim
son.and.black blanket shawl, and a set
of real English lace for you to wear to
meeting tomorrow.
And with this Janet hugged the
old lady until she nearly choked
her, aud kissed her until she was re-
vived again.
While all this was transpiring, there
came fresh cannonade OF knocks
against the door, and the widow made
haste to open it.
There stood stout, middle.aged
man, all wrapped up in mufliers, which
were already beginnin & to be powd'
cred over with show, and stout,
middle-aged woman at his side, and
three children, all stout, but not mid
dle.aged, ip the background.
swell, never!" cried the Widow
Wyman, staring until she seemed to
become all spectacle glasses. "It-
ain't-never-John's folks?"
johns folks il was, come to ,pent
Thanksgiving at the old homestead.
"Such big turkey, Aunt Nancy !
squeaked one of the children, unable
longer to contain himself.
Sand Lice jelly, and East India pre-
serves, and cake as big as car
wheel, all covered over with frosting I
, added another. "oh, my, don't
/ wish it was tomorrow.
Sand set of furs for you, Aun
Nancy, and new carpet for the par
l lor, cause pas gone into the carpe
: and oil-cloth business" supplementet
' the youngest and stoutest of all, pre-
. ceeding to the construction of be
: wildering series of summersets in tn
: middle of the floor.
The Widow Wyman sat down help
y lessly, and looked around at the poo
little roasting piece OF pork. a
r powdered over with sage, and the pc
g of pumpkins stewing on the fire
Il while in the back kitchen, by the ligt
of dip-candle, jamie and Johns viii
. and tbe rosy.faced bride were uppacl