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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-11-23
MESDING AS A TRACE,

Ono OF the charitable activities OF
publics spirited women in London that
is said to be doing much good is a
"mending guild" The probabilities
are that there will be one in New York
soon. Mrs. Il. S. Balm nbridge, Super.
intendent OF the Woman's Branch of
the New York City Mission, thinks
well of it, and intends to organize
guild right away.
The intention is to furnish work, iu
the way of mending and plain sewing,
for that class which is always SO pitt
fully prominent iu large cities-that
of persons who have been reduced in
circumstances, and yet have SO much
pride that they cannot take employ
ment which would be welcomed by
others who always have been accus.
toned TO laboring for others. These
reduced women are not lazy. Indeed,
they are eager for work. But they
do not know how to procure it, and
consequently are in state of destitu
tion that is worse than any endured
by their sisters whose wants are moro
often brought to the notice of the
public.
In hundreds of families in New York
there is ''mending basket" that is
never less than full and running over,
There are garments of all kinds that
seem to become ragged without rhyme
or reason, and that never yield to the
attacks OF needle AMI tbreal to any
satisfactory extent. Yet tie house
wife is anxious to SEQ the heaps OF
torn clothing reduced, anl is willing
TO pay reasonably 10! help. She
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-11-23

Says the American Agriculturist {:
"We believe none of the reports to
the savings banks commissioners Of
our Middle States classify the occupa-
tions of their depositors and borrow
ers. 1t would be highly interesting
to have these facts, as without them
it is not possible to tell to what ex.
tent agriculturists avail themselves Of
the savings banks.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-11-23
GOSSIP.

The Woman's Exchange in Philadel-
phia had receipts OF nearly $35, 900 in
the year ending February 1, 1875, and
Is free from debt.
Mrs. Julia Bradley. of Peoria, ILL.,,
has left by will over $4,000, 900 for
polytechnic institute to be associated
with the Chicago University.
Mayor Doran, OF st. Paul, Mimi,
has appointed Mrs. S. V. Root, promi-
nent in society, special police officer,
possessing full power to make arrests.
Muncie Ind.) young women have
cold feet club whose newest and most
popular amusement is a "corn roast"
1T which the chilly members are
warmed around fire.
Miss May Abraham, the new English
superintendent of factory inspectors,
is beautiful woman of the Semitic
type. She began her career as Lady
Dilke's private secretary.
AT the last meeting of the convoca.
tion OF the Law Society of Upper
Canada, held in Toronto, the legal
committee were directed to frame rules
providing for the calling of women to
the bar.
Even in India the new woman is be-
ginning to appear. Miss Cornelia So
rabjee, b. A., barrister at law, of Puma,
has formed business partnership
with X. p. Gadgill, barrister- at law, of
the same place.
Miss Eliza Talcott, who has been a
missionary in Japan for twenty five
years, and acted as nurse in the
Japanese army during tho war with
China, is visiting her old homo in
Rockville, Conn.
Mrs. Beck Meyer, a scandinavian
lady who represented three Scandna.
Wan countries at the international
Woman's Congress at the Worlds Fair,
is at present special lecturer at Stan.
ford University, California.
The death is announced from Paris
of the Countess de Barck, who, under
the Second Empire, occupied q brill.
liant position at the court. Owing to
succession OF financial misfortunes,
she had been reduced almost to pov-
erty.
1t is not generally known that tho
late Lady Tennyson was herself quite
poet. She set to music many of her
husbands songs and it was she who
wrote the music of the words which
were sung at Tennyson's funeral and
which he dictated on his death bed.
In remem bra nee of the heroic deeds
of Miss Edith L edingham, memorial
is to be raised in West Ham Cemetery,
England, where she is buried. She
was second stewardess on board the
stermship Iona, which caught fire in
September last off Clacton. on-Sea.
Miss Ledingham tried to save the life
of Il child which was in the cabin, but
lost her own in doing SO.
Mrs. Hendsh, who is known in the
West Us the Queen of the Chuckawalla,
has made 81, 900, 900 solely by her own
efforts. Her mines yield her thousands
of dollars q month. She is her own
geologist, prospector and superinten-
dent, and attends to all the details OF
her business herself. She has beau
tiful homo at Riverside, CAL, aad is
said to be woman OF charm and cul-
ture.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-11-23
vfCToRIA'S DAINTY HAND.

A delicate bit of sculpture is a
model of Queen Victoria's hand,
which is still a very handsome one,
and is said to have signed more i'm
portant State papers and been kissed
by moro important men than the.hand
OF any other Queen that ever lived.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-11-23
TIE NEWEST THING IN LUNCHES.

The latest clad" is to issue invita-.
tlons for a meal called "brunch.
This means n repast at IL o'clock n.
M, which is sup .oscl to bo the nil..
day time between breakfast and lunch.
Fashion may be foolish, but it is quite
safe to state that if the free lunch had
not been knocked out by the Raines
law such an epicurean idea would
never have been thought of.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-11-23

The German law now requires that
contracts for futures in agricultural
products be made q public record,
and subjects all dealers in futures to
n substantial tax. The law is intended
to entirely suppress speculative deal
inrs in produce.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-11-23

The common belief that fine white
bread contains less nutriment than
coarse brown broad is q mistake. So
says NJ. Girard. the eminent French
oh ap,;eI
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-11-23

Professor Graham Bells claim that
he "can talk million miles on sun
beam" sounds to the Chicago Record
like moonshine.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-11-23

can't remember it until you get to
town"
Deed I'll do JUS 'zackly as you
say, Miss S'bylla."
After the child had gone Sibylla sat
for while with her hands clasped
above her head. The sleeves falling
back showed her two perfectly mould
ed arms. Then she took book from
the table, and, opening it, stared at it
absently for few minutes.
"Come here, Lefty" she said, clos
ing the book and holding out n hand
toward where her sister sat quietly
sewing at the other side OF the room.
She drew Lefty close to her and laid
her head against the younger girls
arm. 81 want you to kiss me-" she
murmured.
Lefty flushed with pleasure, and
taking the beautiful head between her
hands kissed Sibylla's mouth.
81 am not going to marry Julien,
Lefty. have just broken the en-
gagement"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-11-23
An effort will be made to cultivate
the sugar beet in the South.

Texas is harder on shoe leather ''per
capita" than any other State in the
Union,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-11-23
TWO HEARTS NEGATl0NS,
DY FRANCIS NJ. LIVINGSTON.

lBlLLA ASHLEY
sat at her desk
and scanned a let
ter she had just
finished. 1t was
written in a fine,
dc cided hand, on
pale gray paper.
| n rom n n C e s
which Sibylla had
read, the compo.
sition of such let
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-11-23

Captain Julien Booth had risen at
dawn and had spent the morning rid
ing slowly through country lanes med
itatins on the step he was about to
take.
"It may be the act of brave man
or OF a coward" he adsaid to himself
score OF times that day.
When in the early spring he asked
Sibylla Ashley to marry him he loved
her passionatelY, or thought he did.
He loved her SO no longer, or believed
he did not. The charm of her wonder
ful beauty was as potent ~ ever; but
the imperiousness of her manner, the
directness OF her speech which had so
fascinated him at first, had ended by
making him uneasy. She had been SC
accustomed to homage and obedience
from every one, that he feared she
would exact from him more than he
could give. He had growing fear
that she was lacking IN womanly ten
derness. He had ended in believing
that they would be miserable together,
and had made up his mind to tell her
so and to abide by her decision.
In the woods that morning he had
gone over all that he would say. lie
had prepared for every consequence of
his determination-for her bitter
scorn, for her cool contempt, for her
superb, disdainful silence and for
but no, that thought was dismissed at
once. The man did not live for whom
Sibylla Ashley would shed tear.
Then he had laughed aloud at this
rehearsal of tragedy-the Staying OF
their happy love life. Booth rehears-
ing Othello is not absurd, but Othello
rehearsiug herself i
He would tell her that he was ready
to stand by his promise; and then he
tried 10 imagine the look in Sibylla
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-11-23

After Sibylla had been left alone she
sat for awhile and wondered how Jul
len would receive her letter. Perhaps
he would come out in the evening. She
hoped he would not. SibylIa wanted
to hear no entreaties; she dreaded q
scene. 1t would he SO much better if
Julien would write n sorrowful, manly
note and accept her decision. Then
they could meet after that as friends.
OF course, he would be unhappy for
long time; she expected that. 1t made
Sibylla herself feel little sad, now
that it was done. But that would soon
pass.
She wondered how far Chrissy was
on the road, and if Julien would be at
the hotel when she arrived. She went
down stairs and walked on the lawn as
far as the gate, where she had SO often
parted from him. She saw the rain
clouds gathering and returned to her
room. She tried to read but could
not. She heard the sound of horses
hoofs below the window and looking
out her lips turned pale. Julien was
riding up the drive. He must have
galloped all the way from the town,
she said, as she hurried from the win.
dow to her mirror.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-11-23

Ashley's eyes when man told her, in
effect, that he did not want her, but
would take her if she insisted.
That flash of lightning which almost
blinced him rs he reached the Ashley
gate was pale in comparison.
For o moment he thought of riding
by. He wanted to postpone the in.
terview-he needed moro time for
thought.
Then he threw his head up and his
shoulders back as he turned his horse
and rode through the gate.
at is the act of brave man or of q
coward; l shall not make it the act of
O cowa d." he said.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-11-23

grandfather's, and he never lent il?
How ridiculous!
Swiftly she crossed the room and
opened the door. cullen, I cannot
let you go in the rain," she said.
Captain Booth was at the front
door. He did not trust himself to
speak, but waved his hand without
turning his head. The door closed
behind him, q tremendous clap of
thunder shook the house. Slbylla ran
back into the parlor, threw herself
upon sofa and burst into tears.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-19
WATCHES.

1000 of all grades at half the whole
sale price. The best will surely go first
Hope you will be one of the fortunate ones
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-19

assert that games similar to those played
by school children are enjoyed by the an
imals
During the night the burros throw their
dignity TO the winds They forget their
Old age and their inhrmities and are
youngsters once more With the first
glimmcr of the sun over old Mount
Badly, whose shining white face has
been laughing down upon all these jokes
and pranl1s the burros become old and de-
Crepit once more. AT 3 o'clock he returns
body, and when, at 4 o'clock, his master
comes to call him for another days work,
he awalIes and climbs up on his three
legs. Then his master wonders If he Is
new man at the business, and why the
rope he tied so tight the night before is
now so loose.
when he reaches the plaza with his wood
on his back some two or three hours la
ter, would think for one instant that he
had ever been other than what he is then
"a poor old, thin bag of bones with his
eyes barely open, infrmity, Old age, de-
graduation, long suffering, patience ana
overwork written in the lines of his griz-
Fly old face.
There is something sorrowful. some
thing pitiful about the look of this fraud.
It appeals to you, no matter how often
you have seen him, and no matter IL you
do know it is all deception. His ears
are so tired that they fall down over his
neck, he joys along as II the next step
would be his last, and then finally, when
he stops, with starvation written on his
face. to appropriate an old tin can. your
heart goes out TO him.
Then tho Mexican or the Indian driving
him makes a bargain for his wood. The
driver calls out to the burro to stop. The
animal does so, and at the same moment
he falls with a grunt to the ground.
Every moment you have expected him to
drop dead in his tracks, and now you
rush forward thinking 10 find him dead.
But it's all deception. He is not in the
least tired He Is simply playing with
you, to see how much he can fool you.
He is the most artful scoundrel alive the
wariest diplomat, the smartest, most agile
fraud in the whole country.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-19
The ANGLO -AMERICAN IMDROGLIO.
It May Prove the Beginning of highlands
Decline and Fall

of the Mastery Policy
The
, eel FOibI Digniaed
ed Moderate Arroga Not Good
Fan Armed Peace America
nism the United
Source
vlzation
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-19
TIE TRANsVAAL BOER.
His Present Character and Past
achievements.

CORRESPONDENCE of the London Times.
Among all the white men now thronging
johannesburg and other parts
of the Transvaal in search
of gold, how many can say
with truth that they know anything Of
the Dutch farmer? Not one man in hun
dred. They will sneer at him, laugh at
his cultural tongue and his heavy, I'M
cooth ways rail at his government; but as
for taking the trouble to acquire his Ian
guage and find out something of the in
ner heart of the man. they viii not do it
in their feVerish search for fortune they
have not the time.
And vet this farmer of the wilderness,
rough and uncouth, and often surly and
SUSPICIOUS as he is has great and stir
ring history behind him in South Africa,
of which he is and has right to be proud
He and his have struggled, and trekked
and warred and been massacred, and have
suffered in blood and purse and pastoral
wealth these go years past. / doubt
whether even an equal number of Eng
lish peasants, farmers, soldiers and set
tiers, If they had been planted at the
Cane in 1862 as the early Dutch were,
would have emerged from the long strug-
gle 80 little spoiled, and having lost to
little of their national characteristics.
The Dutch Afrikanders are still of pure
European blood, they still cling with the
simplest and sublimest faith to the literal
teaching of their Bibles, still cherish with
deep affection their wives and families.
still go about their herding and hunting
and trekking In the old slow. uncopquer-
able, dogged spirit of their ancestors, still
turn their faces north. and as their pas
lures grow small and crowded, trek for
new lands with undmmed hope and vigor
For my part, whenever / shake hands
with enc of these great slow-moving,
heavy-flsted Beers, / forget his uncouth
ways. his oddities, his lack of the thin
veneer of modern culture, and think to
myself-this man, despite his unpromising
exterior, is one of a band Of heroes who
have made great and interesting history,
who have endured manifold sufferings,
whose bones litter the silent veldt in ev-
cry distant nook and corner Of South
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-19
THE DISCOVERY OF aUININE
And the Boon 1t Has Proved to the
Manufactured Regions of the
World.

From the New York Independent.
In a company of prominent physicians
zach was asked to write the six remedies
that he would take on board ship for a
VOYAGE round the world, if his life were
to depend on the number who should re-
t11~n alive. The first entry was opium
unanimously Endorsed. At the second
entry the vote was tie between ''mer-
clIrv'' and "quinine;" and now that BIZ
chloride of mercury has been found to
probably that would have second place
Unanimously, and the third would be un-
hesitatingly given to the various extracts
~ tbe bark of the several varieties of
fbe cinchona. Of which the most familiar
is ouinine. a name derived from that used
nv the Peruvian Indians. who call the
trees kina The generic name was given IN
,51emorv of the Countess of Cinchon, who
was the wife of the Spanish viceroy. She
had been cured of a fever by it in 1888. The
advertisements in Peru-were said
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-19

Teacher: Now, Jimmy, what do we
learn from the Monroe doctrine?
Jimmy That the other fellows wrongl
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-19
JEW EL.RY.

1000 Sterling and Plated Stick Pins,
1Oc; same were SOC. 80 Heart Pins at
15c; were 35c. 800 pairs of Fine Rhine
stone Earrings at 81; were So. so; 200 Fine
Rhinestone Scarf Pins at SOC; were 81.
500 Best Quality Roll Plated Watch Chains
at 81; were 50 to SIS. 75c Solid Gold La
dies Band Rings at 75c; were $2.25.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-19
DIAMONDS.

1000 Fine Marquis Rings, clustered
with Rubies, Sapphires, Emeralds, etc;
were $40 to 500; now $40. Thousands of
other articles in this department at same
proportion of value
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-18
THE CITY OF THE DEAD,

They do neither plight nor wed
In the city of the dead,
In the city where they sleep away the
hours;
But they lie, while DER them range
Winter blight and summer change,
And a hundred happy whisperings of
flowers.
No, they neither wed nor plight,
And the day is like the night,
For their vision is of other kind thar ours.
They do neither sing nor sigh
In that burgh of by and by,
Where the streets have grasses growing
cool and long;
But they rest within their bed,
Leaving all their thoughts unsaid,
Deeming silence better far than sob or
song.
Though the robin be awning,
Though the leaves of autumn march a mil
lion strong.
There is only rest and peace
In the City of S~urceaSe
From the failings and the wailings meath
the sun,
And the wings of the swift years
Beat but gently DER the biers.
Making music to the sleepers every one.
There is only peace and rest;
But to them it seemeth best,
For they lie at ease and know that life is
done.
Richard Burton, in Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-18
HUMOROUS.

-.In battle musicians are always
Kept in the rear" That's not fair.
Many of them richly deserve killing
Chicago Record.
-Next.-'I wonder what part of q
mans costume the new woman will
adopt nrxt?" Probably the frock
coat.'-Detroit Free t'ress.
She (ishing)-"I know, Alfred, I
have my faults" He-"Oh, certainly"
She (angrily) Indeed? Perhaps
you'll tell me what they are ?"-Tit-Bits.
-Flora-"Chollie told me last night
that he believed 1 could break a mans
heart with my smile" Laura-"Chollie
was just talking. \ mans heart is not
like a mirror."-Cincinnati Enquirer.
THE natural history class will now
write down the names of IL arctic ami
mails" said the teacher in monotonous
tones. Little Johnnie dashed off the
following and handed his slate proud
" to the teacher: six seals, &ve polar
hears and one walrus."-N. Y. Evening
Sun.
Papa (busy with his accounts)-"I
wish you wouldn't read aloud, Rachel
You disturb me-" Miss Rachel-"This is
the morning paper, papa. I'm reading
Notes on Society,"" ~Papa-"So am L,
child. and I've got some here that are
awfully hard to collect."-Chicago
Tribune.
THAT last load of coal you sent"
said Mr.. Slopay, with a most impressive
manner, twas more than half slate"
Perhaps you may remember" retorted
the coal man, with much spirit, that
you said, after you had ordered it, just
slate this, will youP'"-Indianapolis
Journal.
The latest device of a Paris paper
FOR attracting readers is the engagement
of two eminent physicians to attend
g~ratuitously upon its yearly subscrib-
ers. Recently the manager of the paper
gave notice to n of the physicians mot
to prescribe for y any more: his sub
scription has expired" The doctor
replied: so has X."-Tit-Bits.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-18
e INVENTIONS.
Pirates in the World of Discovery Who
Thrive Upon Stolen Ideas.

As Thomas y. Edison watched the
pumping of air from a glass tube in his
laboratory a day or two ago a man said
TO him:
You patent every little thing you
discover, don't you, Mr.. Edison?"
Il do" said NJ. Edison. And do
you know why l do ito"
Il suppose you do it SO you will REAP
the benefit of your discovery" was
the reply.
Il thought you'd say that" said Mr..
Edison; t" and l don't suppose you viii
believe me when l tell you it isn't so.
But it isn't so, nevertheless. discover
"a great many things that l would be
very glad to give to the public for
nothing. but l don't dare. l patent
these things to save myself from de-
Tending lawsuits. There are a lot of
sharks in this world who are continu-
ally on the lookout for new things. and
when one of them hears of something
new he hustles to the patent office to
see if it is patented. If it isn't he
claims it as an original discovery and
files his claim. Then he will turn right
around and, like as not, begin suit
against the very man who invented the
things for making or using it. The
inventor will say: But l discovered
this thing first; / am the inventor He
is referred to the patent office, where
he finds the official claim of original
invention. The fact that the papers are
filed long after he made his discovery
does not help him, for all the other man
does is to hire n fellow to swear that he
made the discovery a month or two
prior to the date the inventor claims.
1t sounds ridiculous, probaly, but il
is n fact, that there are often races be-
tween the inventors and these sharks
to reach the patent office, the sharks
having had early information about
the inventors discovery. There are
many such races, and thousands of
dollars depend on each one. What ]
say is literally true. l patent things,
and no doubt, many other inventors
patent things, just to save defending
laws:rits."-N. y. Sun.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-04-18

Emperor William is something of q
tartar when it comes to himself be-
ing discussed. Leze majesty in Ger
many is a curious thing. y man in
Cologne last fall was discussing the
American constitution. He had just
returned from America and was elo-
quent in our praise. Then going on to
discuss the kaiser, he began: AS for
the KAISER" and stopped, realizing
his danger. But he was overheard and
denounced to the police, arrested, tried
and sentenced to three months i'm
prisonmant for what he was evidently
going to say. At Danzig Il man was
called upon to appraise a plaster bust
Of the empress. He said the bust was
o worth a mark. He shared the fate
of the first individual. Last summer
at Bonn a man in a pleasure party said:
What a fool that kaiser is" He was
arrested and taken to the police sta
ton, but was able to prove that he had
been speaking of a nan named Kaiser
instead Of the emperor. y common
mode of c~oncealing their views from
servants, who r perhaps, spies, is for
persons when talking of the kaiser &c
call him Herr Muller. Speech Wa
freer under Louis the Great in France
200 years ago than in Germany to-day
under William.-Chicago Newa