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The morning times., 1896-11-23
THE JEWS.

An examination of Christianity is alb
solutcly Impossible without an investiga-
ton into Judaism, lis lanruage, liturgy
literature andlawS. Jesus OF Nazareth was
jew, his apostles We're Jews the thics
taught by them Were Jewish ethics The
maNitns taught by Jesus We're maxims
taught by Jewish rabbiS. The ideas taught
by the Jews in that time We're the self
same ideas taught before the possibility
OF universal Christianity ever aruse-
Rabhi Noorsanger, Hebrew San Francisco,
Cal
The morning times., 1896-11-23

Jesus Christ was Il revelation not only of
God To man but of man to himself. Before
the coming of Christ maR never dreamed
of himself as a priest or Il king Thcs.
two root ideas of civil and religious liberty
are essentially and exclusively Christi IN
Rev. J. W. Magruder. Methodist, Gin
cunati @.
The morning times., 1896-11-23
NEW NATtoNAL TuEATER.

NEW NATIONAL TIEATER.
~ Every Evening. Wed. and Sat Mats
SPECIAL THANKSGIVING MATIN EE
A. NJ. Palmer and Edwin Knowles Magnifi.
cent Production
The morning times., 1896-11-23

Man is first natural, and behind nature
is the fact Of a great spirit that creates
oil natural things. Man finds in the
natural life the things that lead up TO his
spiritual life; his surroundings affect his
spiritual life. We are tight when we
try to make our surroundings better. -
Rev. J. c Wilson, Cungrcgatioualist. Brook.
lvn n Y
The morning times., 1896-11-23
SITUATIONS wANTED-MALB
SITUATIONS wANTED-FEMALE

W a STED- WIsBIGg To do at home,
or any Kind of work Out-by the day.
Cali or address Is + st Sc. Refs
Do23-sr
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-27
Suggestibllity of Crowds.

The spontaneous phenomena which
the Germans call Massenpsychosen-a
word denoting state of mind shared
by mass of people at once-are moth
ing more than natures experiments in
suggestibility conducted on a large
scale for our benefit. The panic is u
familiar illustration. The terrifying
suggestion which each man could
easily brave alone becomes so intensi-
fed in being reflected upon him from
thousand frightened faces that he
gives way and becomes for the time
being an unreasoning, struggling ami
nal. During every great strike such
phenomena are common. A crowd
gathers, the spirit of disorder is
abroad, and the soberest of citizens
feels his fingers fairly itching for mis-
chief. A stone is thrown, another, and
then another, and in few moments
every man is vying with his neighbor
to see how much damage he can do. In
these cases the frequently repeated
suggestions given by the words, and
still more by the deeds, of others
overcome the results of years of train
ing in orderly habits, and when the
excitement has subsided many a par
ticipant in the late riot may fall to
wondering "what in the world poe
sessed him." The colloquial phrase,
like many other, enshrines truth.
He was indeed possessed-not by any
evil spirit, to be sure, but by myriads
of delicate physica! impulses, which,
streaming in through eye and ear.
prompted him with almost irresistible
force to violence. Popular Science
Monthly.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-27
DinicMlt Rhymes.

In tho Sunday journal of June 81
was given a list of words for which il
is either impossible or nearly SO tc
find rhymes in the English language.
"Thin buck too" was given as the
only rhyme for "Timbuctoo. There
is better one, however, which was
originated by clergyman some years
ago in verse written during the
progress of social game:
"If were cassowary,
On the plains of Tlmbuctoo,
/ would eat u missionary
Hat and boots and hymn-book too"
The only rhyme for "scalp" is ''alp.'
1t would require much thought to con
meet these words with good effect, but
Byron has certainly done 50 in the
following passage from "Child Har.
old"
"Above me are the Alps.
The palaces of Nature whose vast walls
Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps
And throned Eternity in icy halls
OF cold sublimity, were forms and falls
The avalanche-the thunderbolt of snow!"
There is also the case of Dean Swift
who was at one time most anxious tc
find a rhyme to Bettsworth-the name
of friend. One day, while remon.
strating with workman, whose claim
for wages he disputed, the man ex.
claimed: otis what my two-days
sweat's worth |" Dean Swift had found
his rhyme and gladly paid the claim
without further parley.-New York
Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-27
Gold in The Coin.

Despite oft reiteration, the state.
ment that there is $50 worth of gold in
a $50 gold piece, and its consequent
demonstration of the unimportance of
the Government stamp in giving the
coin value, is frequently called in
question. An interesting and author
ltative answer to this oft repeated in
quiry has been obtained by the Balti-
more Sun from r. e. Preston, the Di-
rector of the Government Mint. The
questions and the answers of Mr..
Preston are ms follows:
what do you give for gold?"
Answer-The Government pays for
gold at the rate of $2O.67 per ounce
fine, or $500 per ounce standard 90
fne.)
'Is there a charge for minting, AMI,
if so, how much is it?"
Answer-The Government makes no
charge for coming gold.
SIS there q charge for the copper
used to prepare gold for the mint?"
Answer-When the bullion deposit
ed is not suitable for coinage, and re-
quires parting and refining, charges
are made for these operations equal to
the expense incurred in eliminating
the base metals and parting the gold
from the silver when the two metals
are combined. There is also charge
OF two cents per ounce for copper re-
quired for alloy. Upon gold bullion
of standard fineness-that is, contain
ing 9 gold and L copper--no charge
whatever would be imposed.
'Will the mint give 81 for 1922
grains of pure goldY"
Answer-The depositor of gold bull
ion is allowed 100 cents for every
1922 grains Troy of pure gold his de-
posit may contain.
"What is $40 gold piece worth in
the market if melted into lumpf"
Answer-Twenty dollars (S2O), if it
has lost nothing in the melting.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-27
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

Gas made from sawdust is used to
illuminate the streets and houses of
Deseronto, Canada. The sawdust comes
from the lumber mills in the neighbor-
hood.
Threads of shredded steel are used
in Germany as a substitute for sand
paper. 1t is said to work more quickly
and uniformly than sand paper, and
does not clog.
Only about two minutes are required
for the blood to course through the
heart. thence to the lungs back to the
heart, and then through the entire
body, and return to the heart.
A Partisan inventor is endeavorins
to perfect a photographic watch. If
he is successful, the world will soon
see watch which, by touching a
spring, will whisper the time In your
ear.
The report of the Railroad Commls-
sioners of New York State shows that
in 1890 twenty-slx per cent. of our
street railways were electrically
equipped, and in 1895 about ninety
four per cent.
A ton of Atlantic water, when eyap-
GRATED, yields eighty-one pounds of
salt; ton of Pacific water, seventy
nine pounds; the water of the Dead
Sea, more than twice as much-1S7
pounds to the ton.
How much water shall we drink?
From one-third to two-ifths as many
ounces as there are pounds in our
weight. Thus person weighing 16S
pounds would drink thirty-six to sixty
four ounces, or 81 to four pints daily.
An aerial cable railway will soon be
built to the summit of the volcano
Popocatepetl, near the City of Mexico,
5000 feet above the sea. 1t is de.
signed both for the shipping of sulphur
from the crater, and for the accommo-
dation of tourists.
Essential oil of garlic has been used
to cure consumption by DR.. Sejournet,
of Revin, in the Ardennes. Mixed with
two hundred times its weight of steril.
lied olive oil it was injected under the
skin, producing marked improve.
hdOAp IL bho oiAbSch DdJlCuIS Ou WHO'LL
it was tried.
In Siam there is species cf small
black ant differed by mounted "geu-
erals" Among the working troops
monster ants-elephants as compared
with the Others move at regular in,
tervals, and on each of these ants sits
or rides one OF the small ants, evi.
IDENTIFY in command.
1t is said that new soporifc, to
which the name pellotin has been
given, has been discovered in a Mexi
can cactus called anhaonium. The
native Mexicans eat slices of the plant,
which they call "pellote." Its hynotic
alkaloid has been separated by Dr.
Hefter, of Leipsic. One grain of pei
lotin is equal in it's effects to 49, grams
of trional and thirty-one grains oi
hydrate of chloral. 1t is effective il
quieting delirium tremens only il
large doses.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-27
STYLES in Mems Shirts

A shirt that opens in the front is
less likely to break across the bosom
than one that opens in the back only
and one that opens in the front only
(many shirts are now made to open
front and back, too) fits best; the
buttonholes in the collar band and
the eyelets, or other openings in the
bosom for studs, afford sufficient play,
while the YOKE OF the shirt remains
firm and smooth. The shirt that opens
front and back has the advantage that
the studs can be put in place before
the shirt is put on; in putting on and
taking off the shirt it is opened at the
back; the stud need not be removed
until the shirt is sent to the wash.
With this freedom from handling the
shirt is likely to remain longer in suit
able condition for wear.
The proportion of shirts made to
open in front, either front and back
both or front only, is all the time in
creasing.
More and more shirts are now being
worn with cuffs attached. -Philadel-
phia News.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-27

The finding OF gold watch and
chain IN can of tomatoes by an In.
dianapoiis woman brings out re-
markable story. The find was re-
ported and the circumstances noted in
the Indianapolis News, and the next
day young woman who is employed
in cannery appeared at the office and
identified the watch and chain.
She lost them, she said, two years
ago, and while employed at the fac.
tory. She did not know how she lost
them, and advertised at the time for
several days. She says this would have
discovered the property if it had not
been sealed in can in a storehouse.
She had long ago bought new one.
The lost one was dearer to her, how
ever, both because it was prettier and
because it was given to her. Her
theory is that the watch and pendant
chain dropped from her belt into one
OF the elevator buckets, was carried to
the filler and went through the filler
to the can. The bow, or ring, which
connects watch and chain was not
found, and 1t is believed that this part
was not solid gold, and was, therefore,
eaten by the acid OF the tomatoes. The
handspring was broken, but every
thing else kept intact during the two
years handling of the can, and the
watch is again as good as new and is
keeping good time
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-27

man Taylor said he had promised his
wife that he would come home early
The others jeered. This did not daunt
old man Taylor. He sinkered his spoil
about his honest old frame and saying
''adois" left the cabin of the flatboat
and carefully picked his way overheard
into about twenty feet of water He
was fished out and rolled on barrel
by the other players to get the water
and the money out of Kim. When they
mt last were towed back to town and
found the entire village awaiting them
at the levce, they began to hate Vest
for the jocose role he had played
They at once laid for the coming SEN
ator with siXshootcrs. Now, If there
is one thing about Vest more than an
other, it is the fact that he's what they
call out West 'gun-shy." Vest won't
stand for artillery a moment. SO he
fed westward and went so fast he
simply burned up the region lying be-
tween Kentucky and Missouri. After.
ward Vest grew up with the country,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-27
Music Of insects.

Sir John Lubbock says that the
house fly, which produces the sound
T, vibrates its wings 20, 100 times a
minute, or 335 second; and the bee,
which makes the sound of A, as many
as 26, 900, or over 430 a second. On
the contrary, tired bee huns on E,
and vibrates its wings only 800 times
a second. Marcy has succeeded in
confirming these numbers. He fixed
fly SO that the tip of the wing just
touched a cylinder covered with
smoked paper moved by clockwork.
Each stroke of the wing caused per-
ceptible mark, and there were actually
336 strokes in second, agreeing al.
most exactly with the number inferred
from the note produced. Mature.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-27
THE GREAT NURSERIES.
LOUISIANA. MO. EoCKPoKT, ILEs,

Visited by Gov. ColmaD, Ex-Sec'y Acri.
and the Hort. Ed, Judge Miller.
"Oh, how Insignificant all my fifty years
OF nursery business seems, ali combined.
when compared with this stupendous estab.
lishment, where they count by millions. "
said Judge Miller, that veteran horticulture
ist, as he, in company with the writer, were
being driven to the various departments OF
this vast nursery
In an experience of over forty years we do
not remember to have passed through an es-
adjustment where so large number OF
hands were employed whose duties were so
thoroughly systemized, and where business
capacity OF higher order was manifested.
1t is not in the soil of every farm that one
finds qualities essential to the growth of the
different kinds OF Nursery st ock. hence 1t has
devolved upon these gentlemen, who were
born to the Nursery business, to select from
among the hills and valleys Of the two Pixies
such portions as are adapted to their pur-
poses. But in this very fact of selection of
soil we see their exceeding care for tie fu-
ture success of their stock
Missouri and Illinois have no more worthy
institutions than the Stark Nurseries and
surely no better or more representative men
than the proprietors. The business is grow
Ing on their hands as it deserves TO grow
They have system OF 40 600 acres of COM
mercial test orchards located in great fruit
growing regions.
The caavassing force is being increased.
5000 fine outfits ready. Stark Nurseries al
ways have room for more active workers be-
'ause they have millions CT Stark trees to
Iell.-lColrlan's Rural World
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-27
VESTS GTART IN LEE.
His Joke on q Crowd of Poker Players
Drove Him West.

~ Sots
One Of the conspicuous figures in the
Chicago convention was Senator Vest,
Of Missouri. Vest, says a correspond
ent, is Il Kentuckian. He began dfe
by monkeying with a poker game that
was foreign to him. 1t was ut little
village on the Ohio River. Vest was a
poor boy and did not play poker. Draw
poker is only for very wealthy men.
That night "A game was raging in the
cabin of a fiatboat, which was moored
to the levee. The temper of the town
was fitful ana they indicted folk who
played poker. So the Judge and the
Prosecuting Attorney and others who
desired relaxation went down to this
flatboat so that the town would not
get onto their sinful curves and put q
crimp in them. Vest came sTolling
along about 10 p. m. where the fatbOat
rose and fell on the sobbing tide. He
perceived the poker game in its Grim
inal progress. Vest loved a good jest,
so he quietly made loose the lines of
the tlatboat and cast the poker game
adrift on the dark, shimmering bosom
of the river The malefactors played
on, little needing that they We're now
afloat. At 4 o'clock a. m. old man Tay-
lor had won SO in Mexican silver
money. Then he got cold feet. Old
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-27

In a weiI-known street in London a
beggar was often seen plodding about
with small dog. The dog was held
by a piece of chain and had round his
neck placard, with PITY the Blind III
large, red letters. Mr.. T, passing
one day, dropped siXpence into the
mans outstretched hand.
"Halloaw he cried, as he was turn
ing away, twas that a halfsovereign
gave you?"
mo, slr-no," answered the beggar;
"only siXpence."
80" said Mr.. T, you are not
blind, after all?'
"Bless you, sir, no." he replied.
"You see, the placard refers to the dog.
He's blind-not II
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-27
Illiterate Russian Conscriots.

About seventy-fve per cent. of the
Russian conscripts are illiterate. In
other words, out of $50, 900 men drafted
into the army every year, 200, 500 are
unable to read o. write. On entering
the army they are taught to read and
write, wherefore the Russian War Min
lister claims for the conscriptive sys-
tenn the credit OF being one of the
chief adjuncts to rudimentarY public
instruction.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-27
Butter as q Medicine.

English experiments have shown
that good butter is equal to cod liver
oil for consumptives and others need.
ing to be built up in flesh, and that it
Is much more easily digested,and.hence
it can be used in larger quantities.
Many stomachs too delicate to digest
cod liver oil at all readily digest large
quantities of buttertakep on thin slices
of stale bread.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-27

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. j. CHENEY & Co., Props, Toledo. O.
we, the undersigned, have known +. J Che
ney Tor the las Is ears, and believe him per-
tectly honorable in all business transactions
tton made by their firm.
WEST q TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
WALDINd, KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces Of the system. Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold
by al, Druggists Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-27

impediment in walking than otherwise.
The other ducks in the brood are of
normal appearance.
When it comes to swimming, how
ever, the three and four-legged ducks
show their superiority. They are like
so many extra paddles or oars to boat,
and they can make better speed than
their less favored brethren and sisters.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-27

stroys dependency, cures backache,
strengthens the muscles, restores the
womb to its normal condition, and you
are changed from a physical wreck to
the joy of your home and friends.
By the way-the leading druggists
tell us that the demand for Lydia E.
Pinlham's Vegetable Compound is
simply beyond their power of under
standing, and what is best of all, it
does the work and cures where the
best physicians utterly fail
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-27

Don't you rant to saUs MONEY, clothes time,
labor fuel, and health? All these can be saved
u you will trV Dobbins' Electric Soap. We say
Th" knowing If you try it once, you will
Always use 1t. Have your grocer order.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-27

ANY ONE who has been benefited bv tba
use of DR.. Williams Pink Pills, will receive
information of much yaiue and interest by
writing to Pink Pills. p. o. Boz 1852, Phila, Pa
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-27

Mrs. Winslows Soothing Syrup for Children
.eething, softens the gums, reduces inhamma-
lion, allays pain: cures wind collie. 25c u bottle
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-27

The film of soap bubble is the $500, ,O0Oth
If an inch in thickness.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-27

could not get along without Piso's Cure
or Consumption. 1t always cures.-Mrs. E.
:. MouLToN, Needham, Mass. Oct, -, '9l.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-27

Four miles of SPIDERS web would weigh
only one grain.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-27

Strawberry PLANTS FREE. Absolutel.
choicest varieties. Send postal to AMERIoAs
GARDENING. p. o. Box 1897. New York lor facts
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-27
DUCKS WITHLeGS GIVE AWAY

They Nere DUTII III IIIIHOls, ana lan
Swim Exceilcntly.
Mr.. John Gordon, of Mount Vernon,
ILL.,, has a duck which has turned out
a queer brood of ducklings. One had
four perfect legs and feet, and the duck
ling uses them all in walking just like
any other quadruped. The other has
three legs, but the third leg is rather an
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-27
p n U 33

EHANKLIN COLLEGE, NEW ATHENS, o.
Il Total cost l4Oy Thorough, Cheap. Catalog free.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-27

NNulyHH and WHISKY habit cured Book sent
0HlUM FREE. DR.. b. NJ. wooLLEY, Atlanta Ca.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-08-02

are perforce, stay at homes, confined it may be to chambers or cot, while others roam through the groves or play on the sands of the beach. Too il and lan- guid to listen to stories, they may yet be frightened and interested by TOW of bobbing birds, or a couple of puppets chopping wood, on the mantle before them; and their pleasure is sure to be enhanced by the fact that these devices are homemade-the product of the skill and affection of loved brother or sister.
 In order to make the first mentioned of these toys, cut out the head, neck and tail from the wood of 0 cigar box The neck may be three inches long and the tail 215. From thicker block of wood whittle out a body which should be about the same length as the neck. Make one side flat and the other slightly con- vex, or rounded out" Pierce the neck and the tail with holes at the extreme ends, marked l in the diagram; also the points marked 9, about two eighths of an inch further along Make holes in the body as shown in diagram, corresponding to those marked ? in head and tail, and two more holes marked in diagram, in the body for the insertion of two strong pegs answering for legs. These pegs should be made of hickory or some other tough wood, and must be firmly set in the openings made to receive them. The proper length is about two inches. The stand, No, l, which may be five inches long, is pierced with two holes at one end, as indicated, to receive the ends of the pegs.
 A hole should be made at the other end for the insertion of a screw to fasten the toy securely to a support,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-08-02

are glued to the further side of the ax- handles, and fastened to the body, at the point indicated, with a. knotted string, as with the neck and tails of the birds.
 As the weight swings beneath the sturdy worl1men with barred arms al- ternately chop at the great log lying be- tween them; but they make no chips fly, and it will doubtless take them a long time to finish their job. Many other toys can be thus made-for example, d mule that talternately drops his head and kicks, and lifts it again resuming his ordinary attitude; or an orator who gestieulates first with one arm and then with the other. But space forbids de- tailed description, and with the limits here given, the working out of the de- tails must be left to the ingenuity of the boy who wields the jaclnife.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-08-02
LAWYER OR LOBBYIST.
A True Story Of the Use of Money in
 Politics.

A True Story Of the Use of Money in
 Politics.
 corporation was anxious to have an entirely legitimate bill passed by d leg islature. One of it's officials went to the state capital to find out why the meas ure was delayed. He was informed by a prominent member that the session was drawing to a close, and that it would be almost impossible to have the measure acted upon.
 ''Go to Mr. Blank, said the legislator. He will secure it's passage if anyone can do it."
 The legislator went to MT. Blank, who was well-known lobbyist, and was told abruptly that the job could be done. but that it would cost good deal of money. The lobbyist named sum which would suffice to secure the en- actment of the measure.
 "Pay me the money,' he said ''and will guarantee the passage of the bill" ,"
 The official returned to his home to consult with the counsel of the corpora tion, who was an eminent lawyer. When