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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-17
African Grass Fires.

In q recent number of Science
Progress Mr. Scotb.Elliott tells how
African grass fires change the aspect
of the vegetation OF thereGion. These
aununi fires prevent the accumulation
of leaf mould that would improve the
soil. One curious effect OF the annual
fires is to causo many herbGceous
plants to send up bare stems, except
for the flowers, often several feet IN
height, Immediately after the first
shower of the rainy scGsoD, the stems
only beginning to bear leaves after
the rains have we'll set in. The flow
ering time OF many trees, shrubs and
herbs is entirely changed. Another
curious fact is the manner in whlcA
certain trees manage to protect them
selves against the fires. The most re-
markable ofthose are tree Euphorbias,
which come ont OF the fires with ap-
parontly no injury, except, perchance,
few slightly charred branches. Mr..
Scott-Elliott procured the barks of
several kinds that Withstand the fiery
ordeal, and an examination o{ them
by Professor Farmer shows that they
all have certain amount OF Summy
degeneration OF the bark cells, togeth-
er with no inconsiderable amount of
sclerotic cells. Professor Farmer con-
cludes that cit seems not impossible
that these two facts may be connect
ed with the resistance OF the plants to
the fire"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-17
Death From Fright.

A remarkable case of death from
fright was that of the Dutch painter
Poutman. He was at work i'll his
studio, where there were a number of
deaths heads and skeletons, when he
happened to fall asleep. During his
sleep there was slight shock of earth
quake, and when he woke up suddenly
he saw the skeletons and skulls dane
ing around in the greatest confusion.
He at once became panic stricken, and
rushed across the room and threw him
self out of the window onto the pave
ment below. He died few days af-
ter, not from injuries received in the
fall, but from the nervous shock given
by the dancing skeletons, though the
eGpso OF their feftiyity WIS explained
MIN. Black and White.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-17

Lady Burton's will is curious
document. She gave orders that after
her death q doctor should pierce her
heart with a needle; she was then to
be enbalmed in curious way and
placed by the side of her husband in
the tent at Mortlake. She had bought
vault, however, and left directions
that in case revolution should break
out in England that aimed Mt tho
desecration of the dead, her body and
her husbands shall be placed in the
vault. The strangest provision, how
ever, in view of the loyal manner in
which his wife stood by Sir Richard
Burton during his lifetime, is that by
which Mr.. Coote, Secretary of the Ma
tional Vigilance Society, the English
Anthony Comstock, is made literary
trustee for Burton's works, and is
directed not to allow an indecent or
coarse word to be issued in connection
with the publication of his books. 1t
was by Mr.. Coote's advice that she
burned her husbands Scented
Garden, fer which she had been Of
fered $50, 900, and another work for
which $4,000 was to be paid.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-17

The number of foreign estates await.
ing American inheritors does not di.
minish, though the inheritors never
enter in and possess them, remarks
the New York Tribune. They vanish
on approach like the end of rain
bow showing where the pot of gold is
buried. The last one to turn up is
appraised at $4,000, 900, and is
claimed by representatives of the
Holt family, resident here. It dates
back about two hundred years, the
nest egg having been laid by a Lord
Chief Justice of the rcigns of William
III. and Queen Anne. 1t lay in tho
pickle vat of chancery something like
one hundred and fifty years, and then
heirs-at-law began to appear, but tho
only thing certainly known Of them is
that none of them ever got anything,
and nobody has yet succeeded in 10.
eating any of the property. Still the
present American claimants are GER
tain it is there, and their lawyer us.
sures them that they have a good case.
They will, no doubt, be called upon to
advance some money to carry on in
vestigations, and when that is spent
they will be asked for more. SO long
as enough is forthcoming to keep the
cogs and sprocI cts of the acting attor
ney well oiled, the property will con.
tinue to present IN alluring aspect,
but after that it will go into tho
eclipse of chancory again, and romail
occulted for another hundred years ol
SO. Perhaps another crop of fool
may turn up by that time ready foi
another grab at the Fortunatui
purse of the old Chief Justice, and /
so, unless things change materially II
the interval, they will find plenty o.
lawyers to encourage them.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-17
HUMOR OF TIE DAY.

Handsome is as handsome does, and
handsome often does rs handsome
pleases.
We may not be able to teach an old
dog new tricks, but lots OF us learn O
great deal while trying. Puck.
"'T is better to laugh than be signing"
In poetry sounds very nice;
But laughing will not pay the coalman
And so it won't cut any ice.
Don't let your troubles blind you to
the fact that your neighbours SYM
pathy is two. thirds curiosity. --Atchi-
son Globe.
The wealth of our language is shown
by the fact that chang it up" and
''challz it down" mean precisely the
same thing.
Miss Huggins-'My father is very
good at reading faces" Mr. Kissam-
''Then L had better not print any
kisses there"
cone swallow may not make a sum-
mer," but it may have occurred to you
that one grasshopper makes more than
dozen springs.
The more delighted girl is when
young man calls on her, the longer
she stays up stairs to primp up before
she comes down. The South West.
A man doesn't fully realize tho re-
sponsibilities OF life until he is called
upon to open can OF salmon with II
pair of scissors. The Southwest.
Doctor-'If you bind salt pork on
your face it will cure tho toothache."
Patient-"But, doctor, won't it give
me pork chops?" ?"-Detroit Free Press.
As to some OF our statesmen, it is
doubtful whether they lack the cour-
ago of their opinions, or the courage
to admit that they haven't any
opinions. ns.-PucE.
jim 5enn-"Why do they call
money the long grcenY" Joe Cose
-"Negatively, / suppose; because
Philadelphia North American.
Proprietor -"Where is the book
keeper?" Onice Boy-"Ho isn't in.
His wife sent him word that the baby
was asleep, and he's gone home to see
what it looks like. Standard.
"Where are you going, my pretty
maid?" "Going a.walking, kind SIR"
she said. "May l go with you, MY
pretty maid?" "l don't walk with
stick, kind sir, she said. Wrinkle.
lIoax-"Whatl You buying BIZ
cycle? thought you detested them.
Joax-"So ! do, but I've been run
over long enough. Now I'm going TO
have my revenge. - Philadelphia
Record.
He-"When l am married I'll make
a practice of coming down to dinner
every evening in dress suit" She
"And after you've been married awhile,
I've no doubt, You'll come down to
break fast in one. Truth.
Invention Enthusiast -'I under
stand that Keely has constructed n
cylinder thab viii stand n pressure of
$500 pounds to the square inch"
Pretty Girl twho hasn't been hugged
for year)-" "Huhl / don't think
that's much. New York Weekly.
"Your son, 1 believe, made somo
experiments while at college?" eyes,
he discovered what he calls his 'scien-
tlIlc paradox. w nav IS tHe nature
OF ib?" "He succeeded in demon
strating that debts are expanded by
contracting them" - Washington
Times.
President Rox-"Bub your account
is already overdrawn, 50 | don't SEQ
how we can honor your further de-
mands." Sho-"But | see lots of
people depositing why can't you give
me some of theirs? They've already
paid in much more than I've drawn
out. "-Standard.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-17
A New SilIeMalN Game.

a now game has been originated by
the little girls of Brooklyn which
throws all the other sports OF its kind
into the shade. 1t is called "PlaYing
Statue" and IS all the rage. A num-
Der of Ias.ics get together, and, tax.
ing their stand on the sidewalk, pro.
coed to pose in tragic OF comic atti-
tudes, according to the programme
called out to them 10y the little stage
manager, This important official oc-
cupies position on a neighboring
doorstep. The Delsarte craze Is prob
ably responsible for this new juvenile
game, and the damsels vino have been
acquiring poses a5 great cIpenli.aro
of ducats and muscle will have to LOOK
TO their laurels. as their small rivals
initiate thom to perfection. Some big
girls little sister is, no doubt, re-
sponsible for this charming sidewalk
novelty, ,-Pittsburg Dispatch.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-17
BLOWS.
Tho giant powder in the blast

The giant powder in the blast
Is blowing up the boulders;
The maiden with pneumatic sleeves
Is blowing up her shoulders.
$F
The baker to the kitchen maid
Is blowing up his erumpets;
The milliman in the lower hall
Is blowing up the trumpets.
The gentle zephyr from the South
Is blowing the narcissus;
The cook who thinks she knows 1t all
Is blowing up the "missus."
The father, down upon his knees,
Is blowing up the fires;
The daughter in her bloomer suit,
Is blowing up the tires.
-Yonkers Statesman.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-17
LOVES POWER.

II 7 were blind, and thou shouldst cntor'
Fer so softly in ehe room,
/ should know it,
l should feel it.
Something subtle would reveal it,
And glory round thee centre
That would Tighten up the gloom,
And my heart would surely guide mo,
With Loves second-sight provide me,
One amid the crowd to find,
II l wero blind!
II I were deaf, and thou hadst spoken
Ere thy presence l had known,
should know it,
I should feelit.
Something subtle would reveal it,
And the seal at once be broken
BY Loves liquid undortonl.
Deaf to other, stranger voices,
And tho worlds discordant NOISES
Whisper, wheresoeer thou art,
Twill reach my heart!
Josephine Pollard.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-17
The Poison OF Fatigue.

Experiments have shown that fatigue
causes u chemical change in the blood,
resulting in the production FapoisoD
resembling the curare poison, which
certain savage tribes use FOR arrows.
Arrow poison, however, is OF vegetable
origin. When the blood OF q tired
animal is injected into the nrtese1 oi
fresh one, the latter exhibits all the
symptoms OF fatigue.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-17

Georgia has already become the
peach orchard of the world. Within
a few years the number of peach trees
in the State has grown until the orch
ards count their trees no longer by
hundreds and thousands but by hun
dreds of thousands.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-17
This little Glrl EntS Eraa.

James Gardner, worker in the
iron mines at Besscmer, Mich, has u
three-year-old daughter who has ao-
CURED II taste for iron ore, which sho
eats with agidity. When kept from
the mines she scrapes her fathers
shoes and eats the scrapings with rel.
ish. Doctors do not un lerstand tho
case. Despite her strange diet the
Shild Is healthy apd Bright.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-17

What's ones meat poIsoneth an
other. Because Town Clerk Collins,
of North Anson, Me-, heorkoned to
Cupid's hints and eloped, other people
~ North Anson who wish marriage
licenses have got to wait for n special
town meeting to name new clerk.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-17

How much more important Paris is
than any other French city is shown
by their populations. Paris has about
$500, 200 inhabitants and of the two
cities that come nearest ber-Lyons
and arseilles-neither has quite
800. 600
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-17

Over 1000, 900 people in the United
States have taken out regular life in
surance policies, which are now in
force.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-17
And Flaribol Rose became FIoribel

And F'loribol Rose became Floribel
d'Orviilo; and, at their marriage.
above them swayed TO and fro a canopy
OF pale, emerald foliage, with here and
there an oval bud OF purest white.
For there were but few buds left when
Miss Floribel leaned to pluck the one
she sent to the city in answer to Leon
ards love letter, for most OF them had
gone to comfort the sick and the sor.
rowful ones of earth. New Orleans
Times Democrat.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-17

A nice old lady put $17OO into a
Maine savings bank in 1872. Tho
other day the administrator drew ont
$5140.92. But what good did that do
the nice old lady?
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-17
A BRIDE ROSE

he lived in n little
country t o W n .
Such u very little
town that, after
you went up the
dusty street, ON
which there was
Il line OF low,
squat buildings
bearing legends
ON their several
" pot + n 1nrbno4,p
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-17

The American Anti-vivisection So
ciety has declared that hydroph20i ola
is myth.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-08-17

The hospital wards were full, but
the in crest had so centred about the
pretty pallid child, lying patiently on
her pillow, awaiting the coming of the
surgeon, that crowd of nurses and
attendants stood near, waiting to an
ticipate her slightest wish. Through
the long ''aisles of pain" had huttered
bevy of brightfaced, sweet-voiced
women, and the whole atmosphere
bore witness of their gentle ministra-
tions, for on each pillow there lay u
blossom fresh and fair, and by each
cot there stood bunch Of flowers,
some rare, all beautiful.
1t really seemed by process of
''fitness" that the bud which lay with
in reach OF the little wasted hand,
resting SO quietly on the quiet breast,
was as fair as a pearl, and it seemel,
as did the child, an emblem of purity
and peace.
The day had been set for an opera
tion, to perform which celebrated sur
geon was coming from distance. The
operation was to be done IN the inter
cBts OF science; hence the cost had not
been matter of consideration other
wise the child, being daughter of tbs
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-08

With. many others. 1 deeply regret this
decision of the supreme court. The rev.
enue lost to the federal treasury by the
income tax decision must be made up.
Ihe additional revenues should come
from tariff purely revenue i'll character,
imposed upon few articles not of prime
necessity. Believing, as | do, that gold
and silver find equal recognition in the
constitution of the United States; that
by their joint in effecting exchanges and
performing the other functions of money
we have prospered in the past and that
the evil days now befallen us are in no
small measure the result of the demoneti-
zation of silver, l have no hesitation in
maintaining my party allegiance and cast
ing my vote for Bryan and Sewall, the
nominees of the democratic convention
| deeply regret that many of those with
whom 1 have been associated in former
contests now oppose the election of the
candidates made in accordance with the
time-honored methods and usages of the
democratic party. Without questioning
their sincerity, the inquiry is significant,
what is there in the attitude of the demo-
cratic party upon the monetary question
to justify its abandonment by those who
have long shared in its councils and who
have been the recipient of its rewards
and its honors? | am firmly persuaded
that in the present contest the interests
of all the people are bound up in the sue
cess of the democratic party, whose creed
upon the pending vital issue was the liv-
ing faith of the founders of our govern
ment. Now, as in the past, its appeal
is to the patriotism, the sense of justice
of the American people. Its candidate
for the presidency is the able and elo-
quent statesman whose words have
changed the respondent, given hope and
inspiration to his cOuntrymen and whose
Inauguration will be the earnest begin
ming of better days to the republic"
When he had finished an adjournment
was taken until p. m.
At the afternoon session Senator H.
d. Money of Mississippi was selected
for permanent chairman, j. B. White of
West Virginia, secretary, and Jefferson
Pollard of Missouri, reading clerk. In
taking the chair Senator Money paid a
high tribute to w. j. Bryan and said he
was worthy to be ranked with Lincoln
and Grant.
The committee on permanent officers
reported .he following: G. +. Black,
Pennsylvania, president; Lawrence Gas
kon, District of Columbia, secretary; W..
A. NJ. Clark, Montana, treasurer.
The report was adopted and the officers
elected by viva voce vote.
Mr.. S. G. LawOrth of st. Louis and J..
w. Kelly of Indiana made addresses.
In it's report the committee on reso-
lutions indOrsed the Chicago platform
and ticket. Monopolies and trusts and
the single gold standard were denounced.
The action of many of the great cor
porations and railways in cOercing their
employees to support any party candidate
was condemned and the attention of
the government officers was called to the
alleged abuse. A recess was then taken
until 1880 o'clock.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-08
STORMS IN JAPAN.
Big Loss of Life and Property by Wind
and Rain.

San Francisco. Sept. 30.-The latest
from the orient, by the steamer China, is
that further severe storms have occurred
and that the natives of Kobe suffered
severely and railway communication be-
tween Toxic and Yokohama is not
yet completely restored. In HiOgo
and Gifu prefectories enormous damage
has been done to property and large
number of lives lost by floods. which
followed upon the heavy transforms.
River embankments have been broken
down. thousands of houses demolished,
bridges washed away, roads destroyed
and growing crops devastated.
Hon. J. #. Connolly, the United States
consul at Kobe, was a passenger on the
China. He states that the lower part
of the town is in ruins and reeking with
smells of decay. Many of the bodies
of victims drowned in the overflowed dis
tricts were still lying unburied among the
ruins and wreck. The people are in a
sorry plight and they are staring famine
in the face.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-08
PUGILISTS IN SOUTH AFRICA.
A Letter From Kid Mccoy From
Johannesburg-Oth Pugs There.

Buffalo. Oct. IA local paper prints
a letter by Kid Mccoy to Frank
Ernes' hacker, under date of August 80
from johannesburg, South Africa, thus
giving proof of where the middleweight
has hidden himself of late. He wrote:
"The country is overrun with fighters
and / think that after October fighting
will take back seat or be stopped. Bill
Hennerman and Bill Dougherty. two
Australian middleweights. fight Septem.
ber 8 for the middleweight championship
and $250O side. l fight the winner
for $4,000 a side on October 3. Then !
shall return to Gods country. Denver
Ed Smith and George Goddard will have
hard fight some time in October
Smith and l intend to return later. Upon
my return / will post $1,000 and challenge
any middleweight, Creedon preferred
and if he does not accept l will give
Ryan another chance"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-08
DAMAGE IN SHAMOKIN, PA.
Two Lives Lost and Great Damage t,
Property.

Shamokin, Pa, Sept. 30.-A terrific
storm passed over this section of the
state last night and caused over $500, 600
damages All telegraph and telephone
wires and hundreds of trees were blown
down. and dozen or more buildings
were either blown down or unroofed in
Shamokin and Mount Carmel. Railway
trains are delayed by these and other OBJ
structions that were blown across the
tracks. A block of eight dwelling houses
erected by +. d. Baker at Springfield
were leveled to the ground. Barns and
hundreds of outbuildings were over
turned in all portions of the town. The
hotel, the Burke block, the Wolverton
building, the Pennsylvania roundhouse
and many other buildings in Shamokin
were unroofed.
The Paterson breaker is almost total
wreck, but the debris was saved from
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-08

the flames by the downpour of rain that
followed the wind Superintendent Vim
cent places the damage to the colliery al
$4,000. Fourteen old dwelling houses
and twenty board shanties occupied by
the mine workers were also blown down
and five of the former were consumed
by flames. Two of the tenants were
killed, several injured and eleven cattle
were crushed to death against the dis
mantled barn.
The killed are:
James Hanlon. crushed by debris OF
his house; died in few hours.
Minnie Cline fractured skull from
jumping from second story window.
At the Colbert mine the fan and en-.
gine house were demolished throwing
400 hands out of employment.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-08
AFFAIRS AT LEADVILLE.
Mine Operators Are Building Stockades
Around the Mines.

ators are preparing for the worst. Fences
are being built around all the principal
mines preparatory to resuming work with
non-union miners. The stOckades to
enclose the hex group of gold mines, in
Guiding the Little Johnny, the cOnstruc-
ton of which was begun by large force
of workmen this morning, will be mile
in circumference and bullet proof in
every part. All the families of the union
miners living in buildings erected on the
Ibex company's grounds will be evicted
TO put stop to guerilla warfare on the
hills at night it is proposed to place two
flashlights at points so that the country
around can be swept and the guerillas To-
Gated
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-08
CAPT. HART ARRESTED.

Philadelphia, Sept. 30.-Capt. John
Hart was today held in $4,000 bail on
the charge of violating the neutrality
laws in sending to Cuba loaded with arms
and ammunition the steamer Laurada for
the insurgents. Capt. Hart had learned
that a colOred woman named HOwley,
who had shipped on the Laurada, had
made an affidavit charging him with a
violation of the neutrality laws. and he
went to the marshal's Office and surren-
dered He was released on bail.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-08
AN ENpuATIC RESOLVE.

Floresville, Tex, Oct. 3.-(Special.)- =
At mass meeting of Wilson county
populsts here today the following reso-
luton was adopted:
"Resolved, by the populists of Wilson
county. in mass meeting assembled. That
we demand that our electors declare
openly for Bryan and Watson, and that
any elector who declared for Mckinley
will not receive our support.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-08
WILL CONVENE TODAY.

Omaha. Neb., Sept. 30.-Tomorrow
evening the gold standard democrats OF
Nebraska will hold their state conven
ton in Omaha. 1t is the general opinion
that this convention will not only nomi
nate an electoral ticket, but will also
name full state ticket and make a
vigorous fight throughout the state. -.
John r. Ames of Lincoln and X. >
Beatty have been mentioned in connec'
ton with the gubernatOrial nomination
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-08
CRUSHED IN HIS SKULL

Marble Falls, Tex, Sept. 30.-(Special)
This morning, in Sullivan & Fields
quarry, at Granite Mountain, while NOV
ing some heavy pieces of granite from the
lodges with steam derrick, the chain
hold slipped, and flying back struck Tom
Turner on the head, crushing in his
skull. He will die. Henry Smith was
struck on the knee and had the bone
fractured.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-08
MUssULMANS CONVICTED.

COnstantinOple, Sept. 29.-Delayed in
transmission 1.-The extraordinary tri-
bunal today convicted the first mussul-
mans for the murder of Armenians and
prisonment. At the same time, how
ever. Armenians suspected in the out
break were condemned to death.
The mission of Artin Pasha to recon-
cile the Armenians is not making any
progress.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-08
GRAIN RIOTS.

Simla Sept. 30.-Serious rioting has oc-
Cured at Delhi in connection with the
rise of grain, and the military authorities
have been warned by the newspapers to
urge prompt government assistance for
the poor classes. Grain riots are also re-
ported at GanO and Nagapur.