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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-07-30
MODEST REQUEST.

81 don't ask you to remove your
hat, miss" plaintively spoke Tie little
man in the seat behind her, "but if
you will kindly refrain from wabbling
your head will take it as q favor. I
am used to the high hat. but am not
accustomed to the wabble, and it con-
fuses me and obstructs my view of the
gentleman in the orchestra who per-
forms on the kettle drum"
"Sir %
''Thank you, miss, don't mind the
high hat, but confess the wabble did
bother me little. Ever so much
obliged. can see him quite distinctly
now"
"Sir, ="
81 beg you won't apologize, miss.
1t was entirely inadvertent on your
part, am sure, and"
''If you say another word I'll call
the usher"
"Bless you, miss, that will not be
necessary l am acquainted with all
the ushers. Any of them would be
glad to oblige me by asking the
gentleman who operates the kettle
drum to move little to the right, SO
as to give me better view of him,
but can see him with perfect ease,
now, thanks to your having quit"
"Usher |"
"I'll call him for you, miss. Here,
Jerryl"
II am entirely capable of calling
him, sir I am going to ask him to
bring the manager of the hall!"
81 assure you, miss, that will not be
necessary, either. The manager is my
son-in-law. He will merely instruct
the usher to-ah, thanks !''
For the young woman, trembling
with indignation, had removed the
hat.-Chicago Tribune.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-07-30
n Large Band.

The largest British regimental band
Is that Of the Royal artillery at Wool
wich, while the finest is generally al
lowed TO be the band Of the Coldstream
guards. The Belgian Guides regiment
numbers more than 100 members. The
great continental powers recognize the
military band as an essential adjunct
of every regiment In Austria and
Spain 1t is said that they frequently
number as many as eighty performers,
and forty is common number in Rus
sa, Italy and Belgium. England is
still the only country which has adopt
ed n systematic government method
of educating her military bandsmen
and bandmastcrs.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-07-30
FISHING SEASON OPEN
WH'EEFR25 F25 THE
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THE fishing season, which has just
lngnllX commenced nrnmisnS nc-

TIIE fishing season, which has just
legally commenced, promises, ac-
- cording to old experts, to be one
where general observance of the game
laws has led 20 a marked Improvement
in the quality of the sport There is to-
day more and better fishing in Michi-
gan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota and
other Western States than there was
twenty years ago, and piscatorial en-
thusiasts about this time form many
plans for n jaunt in pursuit of the
gamy bass, the elusive pickerel and the
ferocious muskellunge. Those who are
simply home anglers, cannot complain,
either for 1896 is turning out "a great
year for fish"-perch, trout, suckers,
redhorsc, and even the dogtish being in
large evidence in lake, brook and coun-
try stream.
The black bass, however, are the lure
that sportsmen have to follow, and the
black bass are biting now. In n thou
sand lakes reached by railroads divcrg-
ing from Chicago, Indianapolis, st.
Louis and Minneapolis, the whrr of
the reel is heard, while along streams
like the Fox River, which flows on its
way i'm straight north and south line
to the Illinois and the Mississippi, there
is fishing that would delight the heart
of an IHaak Walton. Loosely drawn
fish laws almost ruined these streams.
Fifteen years ago many of them were
completely fished out. In the early
spring thousands of fishermen would
invade the spawning beds, and the
seine drew tons of fish from the clear
Wntcrs. Thon the government took
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-07-30

Charles Frederick Robinson Hay
ward, n Denver editor, wrote learnedly
of the drama and could kecnly analyZc
every phase of the actors art. But
his shortest criticism will probably ou:-
live any other written by him. 1t was
as follows: George c. Min, the
prcacher-actor, played Hamlet at the
Academy of Music last night Iid
played it till twelve O'clock The only
other critism that seems to class with
this cmanated from Lcadville, where Il
performance of "Richard ILL.," by a
transforming troupe was chronicled
under the glaring head line of MANY
Lives Lost"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-07-30
The XerOgraph.

The zerograph, an instrument in mp.
pearance very much like an ordinary
typewriter, is being used in England
for transmitting or receiving telegraph
messages. One machine is employed
at each end OF the line. In sending a
telegraphic message no special train.
ing is required. The operator de-
presses in turn the keys OF what APP
pears to be an ordinary typewriter
keyboard, with the usual arrangement
of the letters. The depression of n
key closes the connection of II local
battery of from five to ten small &C.
Cumulators, which causes u current to
flow, not only actuating the printing
and linking mechanism of the trans
hitting instrument, but also closing
the line circuit, which in its turn com
plGtes the local circuit of the receiving
instrument. The two machines are
thus simultaneously actueted, and as
the operator presses the key he not
only prints the message on his own
instrument, but makes an exact re-
production upon the receiving instru.
ment. AS soon as the end OF line is
reached the machine automatically
moves the paper forward, aud, releas.
ing spring, causes the paper roller ia
move along ready for the first letter to
strike ut the commencement of new
line. The machine is thus perfectly
automatic in its action, and may safely
be left to take care of itself ut the re-
ceiying end, the message MS received
being printed on the roll OF paper
without any attention being required
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-07-30

A writer in the Wisconsin Agricul-
turist says that the remedy for de-
preston of the farming interest in
America is to reduce the cultivated
area by one-half, and correspondingly
Increase the labor and capital expend-
cd on the remainder.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-07-30
PITY HIM.


Great drops of perspiration stood
on the young mans brow.
81 have It'll" he exclaimed sudden
ly, as q way out of his perplexity
seemed to open before him.
''But mol" he added despairingly
moment later. "That will not do,
either !"
He rose and walked to tho window.
The gay, thoughtless multitude
passing and repassing outside, intent
upon its own pleasures and oblivious
of the suffering, the headache and the
desolation that blight SO many human
lives, seemed merely to mock his mis-
cry and deepen the gloom that per-
vaded the apartment.
He turned away from the window
with q groan, threw himself into q
chair, learned wearily on the little
table in front of him, and buried his
face in his hands.
'I cannot! Oh, cannot!" he mur-
INJURED in broken voice. 81 give it
up!"
He was campaign poet, trying to
find rhyme for Mckinley and
Hobart. Chicago Tribune.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-07-30

day. Altogether he has had TO do with
the handling of over $4,000, O,000O0O in
cash. This stupendous sum represents
far more than the sum total of the for.
tunes of all the millionaires in America
and Europe combined.
Mr.. GlIpin is young man and is con
tent with the modest salary of $1,000
He has been in the clearing house since
1878.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-07-30
THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE
tTUNNYMEN OF THE PRESS.

Lost In the Shufiie-In Bicycle Shop
Wills Exact State OF Health-rhe
! Instalment Plan, Etc., Etc.
Up from the cradle came wall.
At first pensive coo,
Into a weird, vociferous wall
OF mournfulness it,grew.
His sorrow, in a vein prolix,
He struggled to reveal,
''My fathers talking politics;
And mother rides a wheel.
They say I'm cross, I'm simply sad
At being sighted so.
wish the baby-carriage fad
Could somehow get show,
How can you blame one in my fix
For setting up squeal?
My fathers talking politics,
And mother rides wheel"
Washington Star.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-07-30

Madrid SPAIN schools are so bad
that the German residents of the city
have united to establish school where
their children may obtain as good an
education as in more civilized parts
Of Europe for reasonable outlay of
mapay
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-07-30

Canada is evidently forecasting an
nexation to The United States by the
recent victory there of the Liberals
over the Tories, remarks the New York
Mail and Express.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-07-30

England's freight rates are too high
to allow her to compete with Germany
and Belgium in the iron industry.
BESIDES this, Germany's laborers have
technical training far above that of
the Englishmen. England sees this,
and. for some time has admitted it.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-07-30
HIS EXACT STATE OF HEALTH.

= Mamma-''Don't you feel we'll
enough to go to school?"
Bobbie-"No, mamma; I just feel
we'll enough to ride my bicycle. -
Harper's Bazaar.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-07-30
Inventions forwarded.

During the present century several
money grants have been made by the
whose labors were deemed of advan-
tage to the public. To DIR. Jenuer, for
his discovery of vaccination in 1902,
S50,000 was given, and in 1907 $4,000.
DIR. Cartwright received $4,000 and
Mr.. Crompton $4,000 for their various
mechanical inventions; Mr.. Palmer in
1918, $25,000 and an annuity of $4,000
for his plan of conveying the mails;
and Mr.. Harrison for his chronometer,
$4,000. Since that time many grants
have been made to Arctic explorers and
others.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-07-30
THE INsTALMENT PLAN.

s'Now, I'm engaged at last; it took
Mr.. Darlington three nights to pro-
pose"
els he SO bashful?"
''Not at all; he shutters. Chicago
Record.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-07-30

The best plan to establish reputa-
tion for being eccentric and original
nowadays is to firmly refuse to ride q
wheel,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-07-30
IN A BICYCLE SHOP.

"Where's your repair Department."
! "What's the matter with your
wheelp"
"Wheel's all right. Matters with
me-
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-07-30

Helps Russian Hebrews to Einigrate.
Baron Hirsch's widow has donated $780,
OOO, 900 to promote the emigration OF Rus
sian Hebrews to Argentina.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-07-30
OvERsTOCKED.

SIS there much poetry sent in to
the editor?" the caller asked of the
office boy.
"Pootry?" replied that intelligent
young man. "The editor has poetry
to burn. Omaha Bee.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-04-24
"WOOEED.o

MT. Meek is the owner of woolen mill in Iowa. A few years ago he be- came convinced that free wool was what he most needed, so he became 9 Democrat and an advocate of tariff reform" He got what he wanted and now he doesn't want it. His mill is closed and he is trying to sell his water power The Burlington Hawk-Eye makes the following pertinent remarks: If an Iowa woolen mill runs at a loss with free wool" for raw material and ''the markets of the world'' open for it's output, and at the same time the Iowa wool growers are also heavy los CTS by the depression in the value of both sheep and wool, it will be necessa
 ry for some one to sit up nights and labor with the voters of Iowa to. con- vince them that Democratic reform tariff is the kind of thing for which they are hankering.
 A recent issue of the Textile Journal noted that in the preceding week twen- ty-five mills were compelled to shut down, reduce the hours of operation or
 suspend some of the hands employed. It called attention to the fact that at other mills there were strikes on be-
 cause of enforced reduction of time or wages, and that there are still idle mills which have not recovered from the first blow to the woolen industry. This authority states that there are two-thirds of million of spindles idle l in New England alone, that wages have been reduced from to 10 per cent, and that those engaged in this industry are patiently awaiting the results of l the presidential election to improve l business and restore the day of steady
 wages and home comforts to the thou. l sands of idle operatives.
 l It is evident that those engaged in l the woolen industries who were per
 suaded to vote for free wool were de- 1 cidedly wooded"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-04-24
EXCUSES.

Tt is queer' said Mrs Blocher, "that man can take enough interest in his wife's letters to open them, but not enough to mail them. ."-Indianapolis Journal.
 Teacher--Now, Tommy, tell these bad boys who went off on their bicycles last Sunday why you did not go with them. Tommy--My wheel busted an couldn't
 'To Date.
 Don't you think, Harry you could induce one or two boys to come to Sun day school?" q could bring one" he replied. "De udder fellers in our alley kin lick me''-Life.
 Willie (with wry face)-Mamma, did the Lord make quininer Mamma presume he did. Willie--Well, it was mt the Lord that put that awful taste in 1t, and I'll bet l know who it was!--- Chicago Tribune.
 T hope you have been very careful about the new minister's qualifica- tions,' said the deacon's wife. Yes" replied the deacon; i've made him de- fine exactly what he means by a few words more Exchange.
 'T hardly know how to begin, sir,' said the would-be son-in-law, as a starter. Permit me to help you out" :" said the old man. The words were po- lite enough, but the young man thought he saw glare and got out unassisted. Indianapolis Journal
 "Miram," said Mrs. Corntassel, you orter pay more 'tention ter finance" " Which kind, Mandy" Why, how many kinds is they?" 1.-TWO. Gittin' money fur the guv'ment an gittin' money from the guv'ment. Wash ington Star.
 Head Master Addressing the class)- How simple and yet sublime is the beautiful and detailed description which Pliny the younger gives us of the house in which he lived! Solomon (aside to his neighbor)-Most likely he wanted to sell it--Weiner Luft
 A Thoughtful Creditor.-Hobson- Wilkes, you remember that fifty I loan ed you two years -" Wilkes-You are not going to press a friend for pay ment, are you? Hobson-Certainly not. Take your time. only wish to borrow it for awhile.-Harlem Life.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-04-24
BICYCLES AZ RAGG4GE

Those who ride bicycles will be in- terested in a suit which has been brought against the Missouri Pacific railroad to test the question whether railroads shall be permitted to dtscrim- mate against bicycles as baggage The New York legislature took action com polling railroads in that State to &C., cept bicycles as baggage and carry them free up to the point where the weight of the travellers other commodi- ties passed the limit prescribed for each passenger In many States it has been the custom to carry bicycles free, but unchecked, the wheelmen paying some small fee to the baggagemen for keeping watch over their property. Lately, however, several roads have fixed a special tariff for carrying wheels, refusing to consider them as baggage in the ordinary sense and put ting them in the list of articles of freight.
 The new bicycle law of New York is much appreciated by wheelmen. The only hostile criticism of it thus far made is made by the Railroad Gazette, which says that it is unjust to the passengers who do not carry wheels with them The Gazette believes that all kinds of baggage should be sub jected to at least nominal charge for the reason that revenue from this source will enable the roads to reduce fares and thus directly benefit travellers who do not trouble the baggage men with trunks. The bicycle law, the Ga zette says, will postpone the day of re- duced fares, and as most if not all the roads are charging the full legal rate they cannot advance the ticket rates and make discount to the passengers who do not offer bicycles as baggage Consequently those who escape tine bi- cycle fever will be taxed indirectly fol the benefit of the wheelmen. Another objection urged is the possibility of de- lay at stations where fifty or more wheels are to be loaded
 These objections Go not strike us as very weighty ones, but they are prob ably as weighty as any that can bt made.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-04-24
4 SorND MONEY rlRrr.

The sound money declaration by the Connecticut Republicans is enthusiastic cally commended by all who were look ing to them to do the right thing, and 1t is generally acknowledged that their declaration Is the strongest ani best that has been made by any Republican convention so far.
 It Is now plain that the great con, vention at St. Louis will not wobble or straddle in it's all-important utter ance concerning the gold standard. The Republican party will have the courage, the good sense and the hon. esty to be outspoken for the single standard and against the free coinage of silver. Every State convention so far held, except that of Utah, which is ! one of the distinctively silver States, has made sound money deliverance. These platforms vary in expression, but in every case their meaning is un- mistakable. From Maine to Oregon and from North Dakota to Florida the Republicans utter the same sentiments, not because the politicians would have it so, but because the people have so willed.
 1 Thus one great danger is already practically out of the way. The Re- publican party will in this matter show it's fitness to govern. as it has often shown it in other emergencies.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-04-24
Riding for 8 Fall.

It was perfect day for wheeling. Even the slightest breeze that took the curl out of their bangs, as they sat on the piazza of the O'Shun House, seemed to invite Florence and her cha peroning aunt to go for a spin But that good fellowship necessary to an enjoyable trip did not exist, because Florence had a well-founded suspicion that her dear aunt had that morning intercepted letter from Fred Lums- den, and the aunt was feeling that her wholly unprejudiced lecture on the evanescence of misplaced love and the durability of American dollars was not being properly appreciated. It is prob able that in spite of the glorious weather nothing more exciting than an ordinary family quarrel would have happened had it not been for the effer- vescing energy of Fred. who appeared on the scene in that unexpected way peculiar to true lovers.
 Good morning. ladiesl" he called
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-04-24


 pleats, which fit the sleeve closely over the shoulders, the fulness escaping to form puff over the elbow and being regathered at the forearm. The pleats cover back and chest, flowing loosely from the bust line to form blouse below. The silk Is so soft that it does not interfere with the fit of the coat, and so soft that the crushing of the coat does not hurt it a bit.
 Another handsome tailor rig Is that the artist presents here. It is made of light weight navy blue cloth, it's godet skirt having band of stout braid in blue and white mixture around the hem, with perpendicular bands at eith- CT side of the front. Over the latter are flaps of cloth edged with braid and ornamented with ivory buttons. The fitted bodice has tiny plastron and stock collar of blue moire, with an overlapping front that fastens with a button and Is edged with braid, the same forming the wide belt and trim ming around the armholes and on the sleeves. This design might be carried out, too, in smokey gray, brown or a heather mixture with good effect
 Handkerchiefs are very pretty this season. Yet these dainty affairs that are all sheer and soft color, and that have funny frills at the edges and in- layings of flowers done in lace seem rather a something to carry in a dain- ty hand, than handkerchief. They resemble the fancy muffs that are not bit of use to keep the hands warm, but that serve as an adjunct to dain- ty costume. So if you can afford it and will supply yourself with simply del- icate, clear white handkerchief for use, you may have the dainty ones for pret- ty show. FLORETTE.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-04-24
Advertising Rates.

Situations, Wants, Rents and other small advertisements, one Cent Word each in- sertion Five cents word for full week (soven times.)
 Display Advertisements-Per inch, one lh1 sertion. Sl. %; each subsequent insertion, 40 cents; one weeS, S3.2o; one month, SIC; one year, $40.
 Obituary notices, In prose or verse, l9 cents perline. Notices of births, Marriages, Deaths and Funerals, 50 cents each. Local notices, l5cents per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to their own immedite business {all matter to be uhoo- jectionable), and their contracts do EoS ln- clude Wants To Let, For Sale, etc.
 Dlscounts-0n two inchos or moro one month and over, 10 per cent; on four inches
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-04-24

amended to provide that children under sixteen years of age who cannot read or write the English language shall be sent to school until such a time as they may be able to do so, and that the provisions of the law be extended to children in mercantile establishments.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-04-24

All the merchants of Plymouth, Mich igan. have entered into an agreement to hereafter do business on a business basis. None of them will in future offer chromos, prize packages, or any other gifts in the effort to secure trade.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-04-24

The percentage of child employees in
 Illinois factories, which was 3.5 in 1893,
 when legislation was passed restricting their employment, fell to 4.5 per cent, in 1895, according to the recently issued report of the State factory inspector.
 In 1895 over 800 children under four teen years of age were discharged from employment and sent to school, and 279 employees were prosecuted for vio- lation of the law. In tenement-house or "sweat-sflop'' manufacturing, where is found the greatest difficulty in en- forcing the law, the number of child laborers increased from 721 in 1894 to 1907 in 1895, nearly all of the latter
 number being girls. two-thirds of whom coudl neither read nor write. The in spector recommends that the law be
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-04-24

There are some very wicked people in Chicago. One of them has feloni- ously emptied the poor-box in St. Johns Church, relieved some of the good churchmen of their overcoats, etc. pried the sacristy wardrobe open, and carried off three of the rector's embroidered silk stoles.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-04-24
FASHION NOTES.
OfTnllnr Cnt.

Ladies' tailors are striving hard
 against the current craze for elabo- rateness, and are putting out some very handsome gowns. One very stun ming tailormade street suit has frock coat that reaches to a few inches of the foot of the skirt, It is double breasted and buttons to the waist fitting like the proverbial glove. The sleeves arc so moderate as to suggest that the maiden really had her brothers coat made over for her. When the coat IS slipped off the bodice beneath is an h. dia silk stamped with cashmere de- signs and laid in myriads of tiny
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-04-24

Some of the truth about some of the Cripple Creek mining schemes is told by the Denver Mining Industry, an hon cstiy conducted mining journal, which has commenced a crusade against these bogus corporations. In @ late issue it said: For unmitigated lying, internal scoundrelism in mining company pro- motion, we have seen nothing equal to our present one. Colorado has be- come the Botany Bay of mining bunco steerers It offers a premium to every such theft, and says to him: Here is your field, and here is furnished every needed facility" He can incor- porate company for as many millions as he wants to, if he pays the State the legal fees, and have paid up stock, even though the consideration given in payment is a. shadow of a promise, and directors and stockholders escape per- sonal liability, except in aggravated cases of obtaining money under false pretences.