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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-11-23
Ecscued by a Human Chain.

scows are moorel at the pier at the
foot OF East Ninety-ff III street to carry
away the earth an stone hauled there
by carts belonging to Contractor Pat
rick Martin. 70 reaca the pier the
carts descend an inclined roadway
that runs along the elge of the stone
bulkhead between Ninet ty-fourth and
Ninety fifth streets, Tao bulkhead
wall is about ten feet above the water
level, and there was railing along it
to prevent the carts sliding into the
river until Friday, when it was carried
away by balky horse, which backed
overheard and was drowned. The
driver, Patrick Kearney, came to the
surface bleeding from u cut four
inches long in bis head. John Jor.
dan threw him rope, but Kearney
was too weak to hold on to it. Other
workmen rushed off in search of n
boat. Kearney was barely able to
keep afoat. Jordan threw himse elf on
his face on the pier and tried to reach
him, but the water was fully twelve
feet below him.
"dere, you fellows" he shouted,
"come ana hang on TO my feet"
Three or four men grabbed him
without realizing. what he intended
to 10.
Lower me until can reach him, +"
jordan commanded. and they lowered
him down the bulkhead, but still he
could not reach the drowning man.
Then John O'Brien, another sturdy
'longshoreman, came to the rescue.
81 can hold Jordan" said he; "you
hang on to me-" and the men on the
pier lowered O'Grien, who clung to
Jordan's legs, with the latter's feet
tucked under his arm. A third man
was found neces, ary to complete the
chain, and Joseph Smith, the biggest
man in the crowd, grabbed O'Brien's
legs and was lowered in turn. Jor-
dan was now within Kearney's reach,
and he grabbed him by the shoulders
and held his head above water until
the men who had gone in search of o
boat rowed up and rescued the drown.
ing man. Kearney's rescuers were
dragged back on the bulkhead, pretty
well tired out by their exertione.
Yesterday morning another horse
backed off the now unprotected gang.
way. The driver. John New, jumped
of the cart when he saw that he could
not prevent it tumbling into the river.
The horse was drowned. New York
Sun.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-11-23
Facts Recorded in Wool.

"The sheep from which that wool
was cut" said wool commission man
on Michigan street, didn't have
enough to eat during February and
March. How can I tell? Why, there
Is weak spot in the wool which was
made during those months. Anything
which affects the growth of the sheep
whether prolonged dry weather in the
summer or disease or want of food in
the winter, will show in the wool just
as accurately as the heat or cold is
shown in thermometer"
"The wool business" he continued,
SIS like every other; 1t Is full of little
details that are surprising to an out.
slider. You ask any wool dealer who
has ever handled New England wool
and he will tell you the clippings of
sheep from the same breed on opDo.
site sides of the Connecticut River, one
In New Hampshire and the other in
Vermont, differ from each other. On
one side of the river is a granite soil
and on the other a limestone soil, and
the difference in grass grown on these
two soils makes n difference in the
wool. Now, the rich black prairies of
Illinois make a wool from the same
family of sheep which is quite a little
coarser than the wool of the sheep
grown on the finer grass Of Ohio and
Pennsylvania. The fiber of the Illinois
wool is not so clear dense or strong as
that produced in Ohio" Free Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-11-23
TreacIlerY of the Turks.

The Mushir, Syrian revolutionary
paper, published in Cairo, Egypt,
gives an account of an alleged act of
treachery of the Turkish authorities
in the Lebanon toward the Druses,
who have been carrying on a success
full rebellion against the Turkish Gov
ernment.
The Druses had defeated the Turk
ish Government in set battle and
several skirmishes, and had captured
two field guns and quantity of rifles
and ammunition. The losses of the
Turks killed in battle were estimated
at 5000, and 1000 more by sickness,
exposure and hunger, while the losses
of the Druses were 1900 men killed in
battle.
A truce was effected between the
warning parties, and the representa-
tives OF both met to draw up peace.
The Druses made the following de.
mands: That their chiefs who had
been previously exiled from the Hau-
ran District, including Shibel-el-
Atrash, be brought back and restored
to liberty; that the Druses be ex-
empted from paying taxes for seven
years; that Bedouins and Circassians
be excluded from the Hauran, and
that any of those people who entered
there might be killed by the Druses.
The Turkish representatives offered
to accept these terms, and on their
side demanded that the Druses give up
2500 rifles and also the two mountain
guns they had captured from the
Turkish troops.
The Druses agreed to these PROPOSE
tions, and the Turks asked that the
remaining Druse chiefs come and sign
the agreement. The chiefs came and
were immediately arrested by the
Turks, who proposed to send them to
Damascus, and thence to CONSTANT
nople. The Druses, however, had
suspected some trickery on the part Of
the Turks, and had posted strong
force in the neighhorhood. This force
Immediately attacked the Turks, killed
about 500 of their soldiers, vnd res
cued their chiefs. New York Times.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-11-23
Gludness Comes

With better understanding of the
w transient nature of the many phys
ical ills which vanish before proper eff
forts-gentlo etforts-pleasant efforts
rightly directed. There is comfort in
the knowledge that so many forms of
sickness are not due TO any actual dis
ease, but simply to constipated condi.
ton of the system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt
ly removes. That is why it is the only
remedy with millions of families, and is
everywhere esteemed so highly by all
who value good health. Its beneficial
effects are due to the fact, that it is the
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness, without debilitating the
organs on which it acts. Itis thereEore
all important, in order to get its bene-
fetal effects, to note when you pur'
chase, that you have the genuine article,
which is manufactured by the California
Fig Syrup Co. only, and sold by all rep
utable druggists.
If in the enjoyment of good health,
and the system is regular, then laxa-
tives or other remedies arc not needed.
If afflicted with any actual disease, one
may be commended to the most slSillful
physicians, but If in need of q laxative,
then one should have the best, and with
the well-informed everywhere, Syrup of
Figs stands highest and is most largely
used and gives most general satisfaction.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-11-23
A Fireman's Brave Deed.

"Big Charley" Wilkins of Nyack,
N. T., stalwart fireman of the north
ern express of the Northern Railroad
of New Jersey, saved woman's life at
the entrance to Bergen tunnel on the
Erie road the other morning. Coal is
strewn all along the tracks near the
mouth of the big tunnel, and poor
residents in the vicinity are in the
habit OF gathering there in the morn.
ing to pick the coal for use in their
homes. Just as the express from
Nyack reached Bergen curve, near the
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-11-23
Believes Not in Education.

Prince Czartoryski, member of the
Austrian Upper House, recently told
the Galatlan schoolmasters that iIlit-
eracy, for which Australian Poland is
notorious, has favorable influence on
character and understanding. The IL
llterate, he declared, to be for the most
part well behaved and sensible, while
history shows that enlightenment is
not essential to happiness and prosper
ity.
Take care of the pennies, and some
body else will take care of the dollars
for you.
The principal part of Kaffirs religion
consists in singing and dancing.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-11-23
Mortality in the Far North

A great many people actually te.
lieve that signing tle roll of a vessel
which is bound North on voyage of
discovery is equivalent to almost any
thing but death, pura and simple.
That this is e great mistake is proven
by some recent exhaustive figures on
Arctic exploration in general. From
these it appears that ninety.seven out
OF each 100 who have gone North tx.
ploring have returned III safety to
civilization, :.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-11-23
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life
Away.

II you want to quit tobacco using easily and
forever, regain lost mannood, be made well,
strong, magnetic, full OF new life and vigor,
take Eo-To-Bac, the wonder-worker that
makes weak men strong. Many gain ten
pounds in ten days. Over 10000 cured. Buy
No-To-Bao from your own druggist. Under
absolute guarantee to cure. Book and sample
free. Address Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago
OF New York.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-11-23
STATE OF OHIO, CRY OF TOLEDO, :.

LUCAS COUNTY, oe'
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he "a the
senior partner OF the firm of l.. j. CHENEY &
Co, doing business in the City of Toledo, County
and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case OF CATARRH that cannot be
cured by the use HALLS CATARRH CURe
FRANK J. CIIENEr
Sworn to before me and subscri bed in my
49,, presence, this eth day OF December
I sEAL{ A. d. 1880. A. W.GLEAsoN,
80 Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally. and
acts directly on the blood and mucous snrfaces
Of the system. Send for testimonials, free.
+. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halfs Family Pills are the best.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-11-23
Memory.

Teacher-Johnnie, do you know what
memory is?
Johnnie Chaffie-Yes, sir; that's what
you forget wlth.-Texas Sitter.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-11-23

mouth of the tunnel, at 8.15 o'clock,
Fireman Wilkins, leaning ont of the
cab OF engiAs 20S, saw woman, ap-
parently fifty years old, standing on
the east tracks right ahead of the
train. She was bareheaded, and had
been busy picking mp coal on the track,
and had been startled by the sudden
approach of the. train, which was spin
ming along at the rate of twenty miles
an hour. Wilkins slapped Engineer
Helmke, who was at the brake, on the
back, and pointed to the woman.
'By Jove," he cried, "we're liable
to hit her."
At that instant the Hackensack mail
train, scooting along at speed OF
thirty miles au hour, shot out of the
tunnel, and the woman Strengthened
up from her STOPPING position and
stepped over to the west track, along
which the mail train was speeding.
The woman didn't see the train until
she was on the track. She looked first
at one train and then at the other, and
stood stock still in her perilous posi-.
tion.
Engineer Helmke and Fireman Will
kins saw at glance that the woman
was completely bewildered, and so
frightened that she was utterly unable
to get out of danger.
".5low up a little" cried Wilkins,
"and I'll jump for her. It's the only
thing to do now
The engineer reversed the wheels of
the express, and it glided by, just
grazing the woman, who stood tremh-
ling on the other track. Wilkins
sprang from the cab just ahead of her
and landed on lot of broken stone
and was nearly thrown from his feet
ky the insecure footing. Engineer
Doremus OF the Hackensack train saw
the big, .broad shouldered fireman
jump Mt the very instant he rounded
tho cure. He yanked open the whistle
valve, and the engine let loose shrill
scream of warning, while ho put on
the dir brake and reversed the engine
as quick as lightning. Wilkins ran to
the woman, and lifting her bodily,
held her up in his arms as he stood IN
the narrow and rough path between
the tracks. The mail train shot past
with the driving wheels grinding the
reverse way on the tracks. Its i'm.
petus was SO great that though all
brakes were on, it traversed distance
twice the length OF the train before it
slowed up and stopped.
The passengers on both trains, star.
tied by .he whistles of the engines,
crowded to TIE car windows and watched
the daring act with thrill of excite
ment. They praised the pluck of the
big fireman. The nerves of the res
cued woman were completely uustrung
by fright. Wilkins carried her across
the tracks and out of danger. Both
Engineer Doremus and Fireman
Schmall of the mail train said that
Wilkins had undoubtedly saved the
woman's life, as it would have been
impossible to stop the train in time to
avoil running her down. Fireman
Wilkins jumped aboard the cab OF his
engine without waiting to get the name
OF the woman.
'The thing was to save her." he
said, nonchalantly, sit didn't matter
what her name was. Besides, she was
too frightened to talk"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-11-23

.FlTSstopped free and permanently cured. No
Ats after first days use of DIR. KLINE's GREAT
NERVE REsToREh. Free 81 rial botteand treat
Use. Send 10 DIR. Kline. Dl Arch St., Phila.. Pa.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-11-23

Mrs. Winslows Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces in1amma-
tion, aliays pain; cures wind collie. PC bottle.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-11-23
JOYS OF MATERNITY.
VIGOROUS MOTHERS AND STURDY
CHILDREN ADMIRED.

ghy so Many Women Are Childless-A
Problem That Has Puzzled Physicians
for Centuries.
Reproduction is law of nature and
no picture of joy and happiness can
equal that of the vigorous mother and
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-11-23

CAsCARErs stimulate liver, kidneys and bow
els. Never sicken, weaken or gripe. 10c.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-11-23

The Hethelthorn in Norfolk is the old haw-
thorn spoken of in an act 1900.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-11-23

The sheep is in its prime for the table
when it is about four or five years old
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-11-23

Piso's Cure is the medicine to break up
children's coughs and colds.-Mrs. NJ. q.
BLUNT, Sprague, Wash, March 8, "a.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-11-23

WHEN bilious or costive, eat Cascaret.
candy cathart!c, cure guaranteed. l0c., 25c.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-11-23

JUST try 1Oc box of Cascarets, the finest
liver and bowel regulator ever made.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-11-23
::

Have been cast by thousands OF sufferers
from impure blood, and their verdict has
settled the question of the great curative
power OF Hoods Sarsaparila. Every mail
car brings in these letters OF praise for
Hoods sarsaparilla. They tell the same
wonderful story Of health restored, pain and
suffering relieved, and happiness brought
back They prove
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-11-23

'ature makes
but few
mistakes,
and every
thoughtful
person must
admit that a
cause exists,
why so many
women are
childless.
The subject
battles the
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-11-23

- her sturdy child.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1896-07-16
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion OF the ear.
There is only one way to cure deaf
ness, and that is by constitutional
remedies. Deafness is caused by
an lnfamed condition of the mucous
lining of the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube gets infamed you
have a rumbling sound or imperfect
hearing, and when this Is entirely
closed deafness is the result, and un-
less the inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to It's normal
coLdition, hearing will be destroyed
forever; nine cases out of ten are
caused by catarrh, which is nothing
but an lnfamed condition of the mu-
cous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dol
lars Reward for any case of Deafness
(caused by catarrh) that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send
for circulars.
F. J. CHENEY g. CO., Toledo,
Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls family pills are the best.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1896-07-16

was dropped. This attracted lit
tie attention at the time because
nOneof these dollars had been IN
circulation for generation; and
in fact, only eight millions OF
them In all had been coined from
the foundation Of the govern
ment up to that time. Owing t.
the discovery Of new mines the
worlds production of silver be-
gan to steadily increase, and the
price consequently to dec inc,
and the EurOpern nations were
in self defense compelled to close
their mints against further free
coinage Of the deprecated metal
While silver was nigh the mine
owners cared nothing about the
mint, but when 1T got 80 low
that a pound of gold would buy
seventeen pounds of silver in the
market these gentlemen began
to clamor for d r, stOratiOn OF the
privilege of selling to the Amer
lean people through the M ut at
the old ratio of sixteen to one.
Il was then that they discovered
that the act of 1873 was q crime.
"As a cOnces ion to them the
Bland law was passed, under
which nearly tour hundred bills
lions million silver dollars W re-
coined, the Treasury, however.
buying the bullion for this pur"
pose at its market value. In
1890 the Sherman law was passed
compelling the Treasury to buy
14O tons Of silver every mouth
and issue notes OF payment
This produced the panic OF 1898,
aud then was repeated. As u
result of these laws we have
col ed or issued nearly six hum
dred billion dollars Of silver.
Despite all these purchases by
the Treasury the price of silver
steadily fell. To-day it takes ~
bout thirty pounds If silver t"
buy a pound of gold, but the FRI e
coinage advocates demand that
the gOvernment-that is to say
the peopIe-shall TAX sixteen
pounds of silver as the equiva"
lent of "a pound OF gold When
the 37l IA grains OF silver that
go to make a big dollar we're
worth more than a hundred celts
the mine owners sold their pro-
duct in Europe, Now that 81
IA grains are worth about fifty.
three cents they insist that the
government shall stamp it into d
dollar and shall open the minta
to all the silver IN the world al
this ratio of sixteen to one'."
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1896-07-16

Candidates for Office are not aware
that we will take their announcement
for office. 1t is the case and an an
nouncement that would cost you FIVE
dollars in any other paper will go in
to our columns for just half that a.
mount plarked down.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1896-07-16
SIXTEEN TO ONE.

To oblige subscriber we ap-
pend the history of the term l6
to l and have no desire to pub,
lish or state anything in a politi
cal sense but as a statement OF
facts. Our paper is not and will
not be in any sense an exponent
of any political doctrine but as
in this case on the request of any
subscriber, we shall try to ex-
plain and make clear to our read.
ers the conditions as we under4
stand them.
The ratio of silver to gold in
1887 was 14.94; IN 100, 14.81;
in 1900, 1858; in 1850, 1870; III
1890, 1915; in 1896 about 1910.
Pittsburg Post: "The Pure
silver in the big dollar weighs a
bout sixteen times as much as
the pure gold IN the gold dollar.
The exact weights are 1922
gra ns of gold and 371.25 grains
of silver. Hence sixteen to one.
"When the mint wa founded
Hamilton and Jefferson agreed
that a pound of gold was worth
in the markets about fifteen
pounds of silver, and according~
" the ratio for the coinage ut
first was made fifteen to one.
Anybody could bring as much of
either metal as he pleased to the
minis and have it stamped into
coins. This free and unlimited
coinage of both metals is called
bimetallism and the country is
said to have a double standard of
values. The bullion in either
case was intrinsically worth as
much before being coined as it
was afterwards but the govern
ment's mint stamp was a guar
antee of the weight and hueness
of the metal and made it legal
tender.
Subsequently it was found
that fifteen pounds of sill,
YER were not worth as much as a
pound OF gold, and in order 10
conform to the relative market
value of the two metals Congress
decided that the silver dollar
should thereafter weigh sixteen
times as much as the gold dollar.
In doing this Congress went to
another extreme and put too high
an estimate on silver. The Eu
ropean nations composing the
Latin Union make their coming
ratio fifteen and One.half to one,
and the owner of silver here
would not exchange sixteen
pounds of it for a pound of gold
because he could obtain the same
thing in Europe for fifteen and a
half pounds of his silver. In
other words, the quantity of sill
yer in a dollar was worth more
than one hundred cents, Conse-
uuently holders of silver bullion
ceased to send it to the United
States minis and the silver dol
lars previously coined were
boarded.
"When the mint laws were re-
vised in 1878 the provision for
the free coinage of silver dollars
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1896-07-16
o the jangle! curse the jangle
Of the COW bells in our city
How they make us moan and mutter
Imprecations, is pity.


Could we only see the fellow
That devised those cursed bells
We would make him roar and below
With the most dlaboIical instru-
ment of torture and perdihon ever
devised by a humanitarian for the
comfort and ease of his fellow man.
But that is not all. Let one stroll
in the beautiful moonlight with his
sweetest and dearest upon his arm;
lot them expatiate upon the intrica-
cies of the clouds as they hover a
bout the angelic moon; let them even
proceed further and gaze with ad-
miration upon each others faces, and
mayhap then. at this interesting mo-
ment, beloved by the gods and men,
there will appear the skeleton at the
feast. 1t is not necessary to go to
minute description. That slippery,
soft mass would itself be a sufficient
demonstration of a fact that would
knock all the poetry out of Venus
di Medici.
And so 1t goes. The COWS own
us who ought to own them. They
tear down our shade trees, destroy
our fences, chew up our gardens and
commit all the deviltry that is posi-
ble-all of which Is done with sang
frold and sweetness which savOrs of
the abode of the angels. 1t may
look so to the disintereSted observer
but to the man whose garden she is
engaged in mastigating, she embodies
all that is mean on earth, and the
| pleasanter she looks over the matter,
the more he is enraged.
The COW as a milk machine Is >
blooming success, but as a Ways and
Means Committee on Pierian harmO-
MES she is a flat-footed failure-this
is not a ioke-it is too serious a mat
! ter. May the Lord deliver us from
the multitude Of COWS that now be-
siege US.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1896-07-16
The Owners of Our Town,

The Jackson Wing is on a strike
in regard to the COW question, and
says the bovine usurps the rights of
anybody and everybody in that city.
The Wing has our sympathy for the
cow plague, but as we are like suf-
ferers our sympathy is not hard to
excite. Sequachee has very little va
cant land but that little is possessed
by-we were going to say the Devil
by the omnipotent and omnlvorOus
cow.
There are fat COWS and lean COWS,
and COWS with one horn, and COWS
with two horns, and cows with a
horn in the wlnd,-if you want it so.
There are brown COWS, and black
COWS, and yellow COWS, and red cows
and white ones, and COWS with spots
and COWS without 'em, who chew,
chew, chew as if the salvation of the
whole world depended on it.
Every blessed COW wears a bell.
If a cow had two necks, her enter
prising owner would put on two, ana
the more the merrler. Now place
forty big and stupid COWS in solid
phalanx, each one decorated with the
instrument of torture her owner has
ornamented-her with, and you can
imagine the beautiful symphony of
sound which reaches from earth to
heaven, and undoubtedly much furth-
er.