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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-09-21
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

Ninety-four per cent. of the street
railroads in the State of New York are
now operated by electricity.
The latest works on anthropology
say that it cannot be proven that any
race of giants ever peopled the globe.
The only covered, four-footed
member OF the animal kingdom which
lays eggs like fowl is the native
beaver of Australia.
The human brain, according to
Cuvier, is the one-twenty- eighth part
of the body; that of the horse but the
one.four- -hundreth part.
Soil brought up from depth of
326 feet in vault in one of the Bel
gian mines is said to have grown weeds
unknown to the botanists.
G. G. Parsons, Bessemer, Ala, gays
that it is impossible for a bee to carry
and store poisoned honey. 1t would
kill her before she got to the hive.
Professor Metericht, the Paris
meteorologist, calculates that q hot,
bright day in midsummer sees not less
than $3.50, 00G, 900 tons OF water evap-
grated from the surface of the Medi-
terranean Sea.
The pathological museum, for which
Professor Virchow has been collecting
material for the last forty years. Is at
last to be built in Berlin, the Govern
ment having voted the necessary
tunns for the structure.
1t is said that DIR. Max Wolf, of
Heidelberg, who has discovered a
number of asteroids, has never direct
ly seen an asteroid. His discoveries
have been made from Photographic
plates, while stars are shown as points.
There seems to be some difference of
opinion as to the location of the cold
est spot in the world. ssDr. Myer says
that at Hide, Siberia, eighty-five de-
grees below the zero of Fahrenheit is
considered nothing out of the ordin
ary.
Drs. Brissaud and Marie, two
French authorities on nervous dis
eases, cite Prince Bismarck as one of
the few instances of very bright mind
found in very tall body. They say
that the healthiest persons are rather
under than above the middle height
and that the children who come out
best at school examinations in France
are those whose bodies have grown
slowly.
W. Fl. Lloyd, of Duluth, Mimi, an
officer of the Northern Pacific Rail.
way Company, has invented method
of telegraphing diagrams and drawings
which deserves notice. 1t consists in
telegraphing by predetermined signs
the positions of a series of points on
sheet OF paper cross ruled into squares
and then joining the points thus laid
down on a similar sheet of paper at
the distant station by lines, SO as to
reproduce the original figure.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-09-21

The meeting of the United States
League OF Building and Loan Associa.
tions in Philadelphia calls attention to
the marvellous growth of these associa-
tions during the last few years. At
the present time there are no less than
$500 building and loan associations,
with ] 500, l56 shareholders and S496, q.
92S, 40o assets. The yearly income of
these associations is estimated at
5000, 600, ,O00. Fifty years ago build
iIg and loan association was regarded
With distrust and there were few so
venturesome as to purchase stock.
To-day there are millions of homes in
this country which could never have
been built without the money fur
nished by these associations. There
are State leagues in most of the States
and United States league to which
the various State organizations send
delegates. 1t was the latter which re-
Gently met IN Philadelphia.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-09-21

Rousseau johnson lives with mis-
family in Hatton, through which
Dutch Fork of Benson Greek passes.
Mr.. Johnson's little frame house sits
on gentle slope fifty yards from the
creek. About o'clock Tuesday
morning he was awakened by water
creeping over the bed on which he,
mis- wife and three small children
slept. They all jumped out, johnson
and his wife grabbing the children.
The water in the room was up to their
waists. Mrs. johnson held both the
children, while her husband jumped
through the kitchen window on the
upper side of the house and then lift
ed them through. The rain was fall
ing in torrents and they sought shell,
ter in the woodshed. The wat2r rose
rapidly and they had to leave, going
to the henhouse, ten feet distant, and
further up the hillside. They re-
manned there until o'clock in the
morning with the water up to theil
ankles, Mrs. Johnson holding month
old baby in her arms all the time. As
soon MS daylight came johnson made
his way to the house of a neighbor,
where he received q horse and wagon
and hauled his family away. Louis
vile Courier ournal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-09-21
WISE WORDS.
Loafing is not rest.

Loafng is not rest.
Envy is dog that bites before bark
ing.
4 The man who loafs is least satisfied
with his pay.
Good fortune does not always travel
in a carriage.
If all our wishes were gratifcd, how
poor we would all be.
When we measure others we make
ourselves the standard.
On the day we have done no good
we have done much evil.
When the world can't understand q
man it calls him crank.
Truth often knocks at the door of
him who has ears to hear.
1t costs about as much to be stingy
as it does to be extravagant.
Character is something that stays
when everything else is gone.
How easy it is for lazy man to
prove that luck is against him.
We sometimes pray for more grace,
when what we need is more grit.
Our trials do not weaken us. They
only show us that we are weak.
A self-made man generally spoils his
boy in trying to make him like him
self
No man who gives as much as ne
ought to give, ever wants his money
back.
The things which do the most to
make us happy cannot be had for
money.
Don't try to stop the wind. Have
your ship ready to be helped on It's
way by it.
When one man is heating furnace
for another, he never thinks about the
price OF coal.
1t is hard to understand why un-
assuming people are SO apt to wear
squeaking shoes. - RAMS Horn.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-09-21

StGtistlcianS are never at loss for
something 10 do, estimating the earth's
population at 400, 100000. One IN.
genious fellow has figured that the
brains of the human race weigh ! ,922, :
712 ions. This gives an average weight
OF forty nine ounces per capita. Ac.
cording to the observations of physi-
ologists, the average weight of brain in
an adult male is forty.eight ounces,
and in q female forty-three ounces,
while at birth it is said to be about
fourteen and twelve ounces, respec-
lively. Something, however, must be
deducted from the above estimate, as
q child's brain at the nge OF seven
years averages about forty ounces, and
beyond the age Of forty years the
weight slowly but steadily declines at
the rate of about one ounce IN ten
years. Moreover, the brains OF idiots
are generally much below the average,
some weighing less than sixteen ounces.
A German biologist has calculated
that each human brain contains 3OO,-
00G. 600 nerve cells, 5000, 900 OF which
die and are succeeded by new ones
every day.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-09-21
Is Paper Furniture Coming!

just at present an experiment is
being made at building all the furni-
ture of unpretentious form Of com.
pressed paper. This does for the
living rooms what aluminium has done
for the Extraordinarily decreases
the weight to n point where o child is
able to move the largest piece. 1t is
not proposed in this process to detract
in the least from beauty of shape or
grace and elaborateness of ornaments
tion, but to lessen the price as we'll as
the weight. The first products in the
way of paper furniture were finished
in enamel paint, and double Colonial
bed of paper, with all its clothing
its pillows and mattresses-was lifted
about by q sixteen-year- old girl. "But
will this new material wear?" is the
query sure to be asked by housekeep-
ers who are hopefully testing the new
pressed paper and aluminium batntubg
and finding them much to their liking,
Philadelphia Ledger.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-09-21
HEART, MY HEART!
Heart, my heart! 50 fond to linger,
Come away!

Heart, my heart! 50 fond to linger,
Come away!
Once with beckoning finger.
Sweetly once she badc thee stay:
.s Once what heavenly bliss was thine,
Once her love. ani poured like wine;
Come, OH come! make no delay!
Here are those bright looks she gave thee,
Hers alone!
What can lingering save thee?
This sweet touch or that soft tone?
Love no fearful claim can make:
Hers to give and hers to take;
Yes, the kisses all her owa.
Oh, the wealth that back she closes!
Lips divine!
Cheeks, nay only roses;
Eyes that Hesperus outshne!
All her sweetness takes she how:
Back into my bosom come,
Heart, my heart for thou art mine.
Out, alas! do remember;
Hers thou art!
Given some fond December,
Never from her breast to part.
Bitter, bitter is thy lot,
To be hers that loves thee not.
Mine no longer. breaking heart.
M. Chose, in the Academy.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-09-21
Died Under Peculiar Circumstances

A ten -year-old girl of GAINESVILLE,
Ohio, died recently under peculiar cir
cumstances. She was bright girl,
read every line she could find, and af-
ter the st. Louis cyclone was the VIC
tim OF nervous prostration. She read
everything about the calamity. Dur
ing thunder storm that prevailed at
GAINESVILLE recently she said there was
another tornado coming, and soon
suffered another prostration, from the
effects of which she died.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-09-21
About Opening Letters.

Perhaps it is little bit late to make
the discovery, but l find from time
immemorial We have been directing
all our letters on the wrong side. The
direction ought to be on the back IN
stead OF what is now called the front
of the envelope. There would be
much fewer mistakes about opening
letters belonging to others if this were
the case-in fact, it would be we'll
nigh impossible for it to occur. Peo-
pie with large amount of correspon-
dence frequently put all their letters
face downward and then proceed to
snip the envelopes; then they go
through them again and take the let
ters out, and sometimes find they have
shipped an envelope belonging to some
one else. All this might be avoided
if we wrote the address on the side the
envelope is fastened. 1t would also
have another advantage, the stamp
would be absolutely Cancelled by being
torn across when the letter was
opened. This would efrectually put
an end to the nefarious Vaccinations
of those people who are said to be able
to remove the official obliteration in
order that the stamps may be used
again. do not suppose my sugges-
tion will Immediately change the uses
of century, but fancy there are not
a few of my readers who may be in
clined to think that the idea is worth
trying. London Graphic.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-09-21

DIR. Matthew Woods, who has been
in quest Of ''hydrophobia" for twenty
years, and who during two summers
personally visited every case reported
in Philadelphia, asserts that he never
saw the disease either in man or anil
nal, and although he has questioned
many physicians on the subject, he
has not yet found one who has. At the
Philadelphia dog pound, where, on an
average, over 5000 vagrant dogs are
taken up annually, and where the
catchers and keepers are frequently
bitten while handling them, not one
case of hydrophobia has occurred dur
ing its entire history of twenty-five
years, in which time about $50, 900
dogs We're handled DIR. Charles W.
Dulles, lecturer on the history of
medicines Mt the University of Penn.
sylyania, who has performed the al
most incredible task of investiga-
ting, either personally or be CORE.
sPondence, every case reported in the
newspapers for the past sixteen years,
shows that hydrophobia is extremely
rare, SO much so that he inclines to
the view that "there is no such spe-
cific malady," having, "after sixteen
years Of investigation failed to find
single case on record that can he CON
cIusiyely proven to have resulted from
the bite of a dog or any other cause. ;"
The request of the American Anti
Yiylsectiou Society that newspapers
exercise great care in reporting sup
posed cases Of hydrophobia is reason.
able and timely. The letter has per.
sonal endosement of such eminent
pbysiclans as Theophilus Parvln, OF
Jefferson Medical College; Thomas
q. Morton, of the College of Physi-
sicians OF Philadelphia Charles X.
Mills, of the University of Pennsyl-
vania, ana others equally eminent.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-09-21

William Rufus King, born April 6,
17S6, died April is. 1855, was Vice
President OF the United States who
never served in that capacity, and one
who took the oath of Office on foreign
soil-something which can be said OF
no other executive officer who has
ever been elected by the people of
this country. King was an invalid,
but his friends urged him to take sec
ond place on the ticket with Pierce in
1852. Both were elected, but Mr..
Kings health failed so rapidly he was
forced to go to Cuba early in 1858,
some two and half months before
inauguration day. Not having re.
turned to the United States by March
4, Congress passeda special act author
izing the United States Consul at
Mantanzas, Cuba, to swear him in as
V1ce-Presdent at about the hour when
Pierce was taking the oath of Office at
Washington.
This arrangement was carried out to
a dot, and on the day appointed, at a
plantation on one of the highest hills
in the vicinity of Mantanzas, Mr..
King was made Vice-President of the
United States amid the solemn ''Vaya
vol oon Dios' (God will be with you),
of the creoles who had assembled to
witness the unique spectacle. Vice
President King returned to his home
at Cahawka, Ala, arriving at that
place April II, 1858, and died the fol-
lowing day. His remains were laid
to rest on his plantation, known as
Pima Hillo
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-09-21
Immense Rose Bush.

San Francisco has an immense roso
bush, which looks like an enormous
bouquet. At the top of one side hang
clupters of pure white roses. Ia the
middle at the top are red roses,
blooming in profusion. Pink roses
hang in gay garlands OF the top on
the other side. All over the bush are
branches of roses of other lines and
color. The delicate La France, the
white Nine. Planties. two varieties of
Homer roses, the Pauline. Lebeau, the
Black Prince, the CastiIlian and the
white Lamarque lend variety and at
test their prolific blooms to the viril-
ity OF the stock upon which they were
grated.
The owner Of this rose bouquet is
H. L. Barker, who is connected with
the State Bureau of Mining. Once
there were thirteen distinct varieties
OF roses on the bush, but the tea roses
grated on proved to be short lived,
and only the harder varieties have
survived. There are enough now,
eight in all, to make the bush curl
osity. Mr.. Barker's explanation is
that he likes to experiment with
plants, and this rose bush is about
fifteen years old. Branch after branch
has been grated on. The original
stock is the June or cabbage rose.
The width Of the top is not less than
twenty-five feet, and the height equals
the width. There are many stocks or
trunks spr.nglng from the roots.
Carbon is plentifully supplied to in
tsnsify the color of the blossoms. =
San Francisco Call.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-09-21
How to Eat Bananas.

The banana yields more food to the
acre than any other plant, and yet it
disagrees with no end of Northern
stomachs. This is because we eat it
the wrong way. But the wife of a
missionary to the tropics tells the
glad tidings from heather shores of
how to eat banana. When you have
stripped off the willing rind, just
scrape off the stringy and hairy coat
that lies beneath the rind, and you
may eat your banana without tasting
it all the rest of the day.-st. Louis
Star Savings.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-09-21
ooNso11NG TO THE PATIENT.

Mourning goods, please" she said
to the foorwalker at Sanger's en-
porium.
''Yes, madame; this way, if you
will" and then adding, feelingly,
"death is q SAD thing, madame"
SIT is, indeed !" she responded. "T'll
not make any purchases this morning.
I only wanted to see the latest things
you have in the mourning line; my
husband is very sick man. "-Texas
Sitter.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-09-21
Silver More Durable.

A gold coin passes from one to
another 1000, 10000 times before
the stamp or impression upon it be.
comes obIiterated by friction, while a
silver coin changes between $780,
100000 times before it becomes en-.
tirely defaced.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-09-21

"Johnnie !" said Mr.. Chaffie to that
hopeful youth, 81 did not know until
to-day that you were whipped at
school last week"
''Didn't you know it, pa? 1 knew
it all the time. "-Texas Sitter.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-09-21

In plea for the mines bill, which
,he British Government has been
somewhat dilatory in passing, the Lon
don Chronicle makes the statement
that $1,000 miners are killed in Great
Britain and mere than 100, 900 injured
every year. Since 1851 As, 219 miners
have been killed and 4,5OO,O00 in
iured.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-09-21
PROOF OF ABILITY.

"Young Jones is a pretty bright
fellow"
Didn't he deliver the valedictory
at his college commencement couple
of weeks ago."
eyes; and he's begun to revise his
opinions already"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-09-21
KNOWING.

Blobbs-"What nonsense it is for
newspapers in their accounts of we'd
dings to describe the brides being led
to the altar"
Slobbs-"How so?"
Blobbs-'Why most of the girls
could find their way in the dark. p
Pearson's Weekly.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-09-21

Mother-"Ella, you have been play
ing all the afternoon with these toy
soldiers. That's not proper amuse-
ment for big girl like you"
Daughter-"But, mamma. am not
playing with the soldiers. / picked
out the officers and played with them"
Texas Sitter.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-09-21
NOTHING MEAN ABOUT HER.

Mabel Emily steams her hus-
bands letters open every chance she
gets"
Maude-"Oh, well, she isn't mean
about it. She seals them up
again and never blows him up
Truth.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-09-21
IN SUPPORT OF A THEORY.

HE house party at
Westwood were
dawdlinS o v e r
their coffee on the
moonlit piazza.
1t was a merry
crowd; everybody
knew everybody
else, and there was
much laughter and
talk, but suddenly
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-09-21

Says the Chicago Dispatch: 4
French scientist claims that he can in
fuence the course of bullets in battle
by electricity. That's nothing, when
compared with what Spain is doing
right along in Cuba. Weyler is doing
all his fighting by telegraph.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-09-21

In Sweden the education of journal
ism is treated as junction of the State.
Under this system the young scribe
develops his "nose for news" at the
expense of the taxpayers. In the
United States he has to hustle for
himself, but he gets there all the
same
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-09-21
TIE SUMMER AEr SCHOOL.

"This is very good, Miss Bagley, but
you want to bring your background
out little more strongly"
81 know, Mr.. Crane; but don't you
think the frame will do that ?"-Har-
per's Bazaar.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-09-21
SOUND BUSINESS POLICY.

Mrs. Walker-'I don't see why the
doctors all recommend bicycle riding.
If it makes people healthier, it is
loss to the doctors" -"
Mr.. Walker-'I know; but they
figure that one sound, healthy rider
will disable at least five pedestrians
per week. Puck.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-09-21
NATURALLY.

Teacher -"Tommy, when was Rome
built?"
Tommy-"Tn the night"
Teacher-"How came you to make
such mistake?"t
Tommy-''You said yesterday Rome
wasn't built in a day" ."-Brooklyn
Life.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-09-21
ON THE TRAIN.

Rural Passenger-"Young man, I'd
like to get your views on the crime of
Seventy-three."
Cholly-"Aw - weally = aw i
there's so much cwiminal news in the
papers-I-aw-didn't notice any
thing about it, doncherknow !"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-09-21
PROUD.

sI owe no man Il cent" said he
proudly. They gazed on him with
wondering admiration.
"No man on earth. The only per-
sons owe are my landlady and my
washerwoman. - Cincinnati Enquirer.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-09-21
TIE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE,
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD By THE
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS.

Woman's Variability-A Bright Wo-
MANTLE Summer Art School
A Serious One-Proud, Etc.
Time works strange distraction
In the object of her zeal;
She's forgot to want the ballot
Since she learned to ride the wheel.
Washington Star.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-09-21

Tampa, Fla, is banking on becom-
ing the metropolis of the State. 1t
has now n population of 10000.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-09-21
A SERIOUS ONE.

Citizen Offering bonds)-"I own a
six-story fiat house in Harlem" )"
Magistrate-"rhat's all right. Any
incumbrance?"
Citizen swell, there's the janitor. )"
Puck.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-09-21
A WISE PRECAUTIoN.

''Large ears are sign of generos-
ity," observed the philosopher.
''That's true; but then most men
with large ears are sensitive about it,
and try to conceal them. "-Harper's
Bazaar.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-09-21
A BRIGHT WOMAN.

Miss Gowanus-'I envy the way
you can talk to Mr.. Caustique; he
never sits on any of your remarks"
Miss Gotham-"No; 1 make them
too pointed. Judge.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-09-21

Maud Askit-" (Which one of them
did you say you hated?"
Grace CARROT t-"Sh! they'll hear
you; I'll kiss the one 1 mean on both
cheeks. Puck
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-09-21
MORE GOLDEN THAN SILENCE.

Jawkins -"Why do you applaud
that rot?"
Hogg-"Hang it, if you would do
the same it would help us not to hear
it."-Truth.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-09-21

Since 1881. according TO Mulhall,
Great Britain's stock of gold and sill
yer has remained nearly stationary.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-11-11
English omosr-. Pas. and Pre..at.

The old fashioned captain was very often kindly and popular, and had excellent abstract intertisps as regards his soldiers, but Le Never took the trouble to get really sn rapport with them. Now tho captain knows his company as 6 specially active curate knows his section of the parish. Of course, some offio ITS are better than others in the work of getting a hold on their men, but, take the army as 8 whole, & very high standard is maintained in tiYis respect. Between the intelligence and knowledge of the British officer of the present day and of purchase times there can, of course, be nc sort of comparison. In cid days many of the men who bought com missions for their sons did so purely for social reasons Hence half the men who took to the army had no genuine vocation for soldering sS a profession, and could not be expect ed to work at 1t as If it were the real business of their lives. Besides, men who had bought 8 commission ss a sort of luxury had the feeling that they had a right to do what they would with their own. It is, indeed, not too much to say that the abolition of purchase did even more than its advocates dared to hope in the matter of improving the profes. sional capacity of the British o6cer London Spectator.