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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-12-07
THE UNSPEAKABLE TURK
Punishments Inflicted by Him on
Armenian Prisoners.
! Few OF the Tortures Which Are Not
Quite So Horrible In Their E1-
treme BurbarIty as to he
Unprintable.

The following is an account taken
from the British consular reports of the
various tortures and punishments in
hicted on the Armenians by the sultnn
of Turkey. Some of them are SO horri-
bic in their extreme barbaritythat they
are unprintable:
The twitch is made Of two pieces OF
wood with a cord passed through one
end and forming IA loop. This used to
be employed in England to hold re
fructory horse if it was necessary to ad-
minister medicine. When an Armenian
is safely in prison and will not speak
out the twitch is applied in exactly the
same way until the cord cuts into the
flesh and the blood spurts.
Two pieces of fiat board with a couple
Of notches on each side of the board, are
fastened together just like a pair OF
nut crackers and then used to com press
certain parts of the body.
Eggs are boiled hard, and while in
tensely hot are inserted under the ann
pits and between the legs of the oh
stinate Armenian. His arms and legs
are bound tightly and the eggs changed
when they begin to cool.
Washers are the little tongs used ~
lift pieces Of charcoal from open fires in
rnangols. These tongs are made red
hot and applied to the body in the same
way that Edward ii. was done to death
in Berkeley castle.
At the Turkish prisons in Constnnt-
nople the chair torture is in daily force
as applied to recalcitrant Armenians
who will not speak out regarding the
whe rea bouts of their fellow country
men who are wanted" by the officials,
There is a cell in every prison, in
which is pit capable OF holding water.
An armchair is placed in the pit and
the back of this chair is made to lean
forward by means of screws. An Ar
menian is put into the chair, and band
of iron, the ends of which go through
the holes Of the chair, is fastened across
his abdomen. The water is then lei
in and the chair screwed forward until
the mans head and shoulders are forced
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-12-07

ly ruined the shape of her fingers and
given to what was originally a long.
slender, well-formed hand an unnatural
thickness and blunted the fingers, be-
sides running the mills.
The practical value of Mr.. Barclays
invention having been demonstrated,
the wonder is that it was not thought
of before. In appearance this "exer-
ciser," as the inventor calls it, re-
sembles a small, oval-shaped rubber
bulb, which just fits into the hand. \
short rubber tube extends from one end
of the bulb to a rubber band which is
fastened about the wrist. This band
is double, and the outer band is pune
tured with numerous small holes which
allow the air within the bulb to escape
when the hand is closed.
When the hand is opened the air is
drawn into the bulb, and the exercise
consists in opening and closing the
fingers of the hand, the muscular action
required to force the air from the bulb
giving the necessary exercise.
On the same principle that a person
who sits all day finds rest and relief in
a walk, so the exercise Of one set of
muscles in the hand rests and brings re-
lief to another set which may he over
worked, and no i'll effects are felt.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-12-07
UNLUCkY INTERVIEW.
Country Preacher Gets II Practical Insight |
Into Chicago Affairs.

Country Preacher Gets II Practical Insight
Into Chicago Affairs.
Rev. w. A. Harris came to Chicago
the other day from Gruy's Lake. III.
and was W andering along the street
gripsack in hand, and thinking of the
downright wickedness OF city folk.
when he was accosted by coloretl man.
81 have leah, sab, di'mon' ring.
w'ich I'll let you have dead cheap" thu
colored mnn said, addressing the coun
try parson.
"A diamond ring. Ell? Where did you
get it, and why do you wish to sell
it?"
"Well, boss, I'll tell you de faclt.. an
they is I'm hawd up-I need money
boss"
Let me see your ring the preacher
said, shifting his carpet-bog from the
tired to the rested hand.
"Tll let you see it, suah. Come over
heah an I'll show yuh what it'll do
And the black man led the way TO tho
window of Michael Fewer's saloon, 1928
West Madison street. There he BEGAN
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-12-07
BOON FOR TYPEWRITERS.


Device Intended to Prevent the Hand
from Becoming Cramped.
At last champion has arisen who is
to care for the tired fingers OF the pret-
ty typewriter. Many people seem to
think the typewriter girl takes life
easy, without giving a single thought
to a sort of paralysis Of the fingers
which is sure to come if the keys of the
machine are hammered long enough
But now Robert Barclay, an inventor of
Green Bay, Wis, has contrived a simple
little machine which. when used by the
typewriter, counterncts the effect of
the work on the machine and so pre-
vents that form of paralysis, of which
cramped fingers and numbness of the
hands are the first invariable symp-
toms.
Many a pretty typewriter, otherwise
a perfect type of womanhood, bemoans
the fact that her daily work over the
keyboard of the machine has apparent
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-12-07
go AND HAVE 1T MOVED"

three weeks, owing to it's cnving in be
fore he completed it, nearly buryng the
orator.
Some time after the well wa. fin.
ished he complained OF headache. a
trouble he seldom had. In week or
two after the headaches started the
became so severe that he called upon
physician and was given medicine
which did no good. Another visit re-
suited, and the doctor concluded to cx-
anime the head and see where the
trouble lay. Mr.. Dean, go and have it
moved, was his comment. The dirt
from the well had fallen upon oats. and
the result was good crop starting in
the unkempt hair OF the preacher. He
had the hair cut, the only time. it is
said, that he allowed such an opera ton
after he was grown"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-12-07

Helen Keller, the girl who is blind
and deaf and who is without the senses
of smell and taste, has passed the Har-
ward examination and will enter the
annex to the university, Radcliffe, at
younger age than most freshmen.
This girl, singularly afflicted with
burdens is conspicuously endowed with
genius. What matchless perseverance
and patience must this maid possess
thus to surmount obstacles that seem
to tower miles above the possibilities of
human endeavor.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-12-07
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
FREELAND, PA, DECEMBER :, 1896

Nebraska began to make beet sugar
just eight years ago. In 1895 her prod
uct amounted to 100000 pounds. and
the Industry is growing rapidly. The
state from beets, sorghum or o:her
bounty of five-eighths of cent per
pound upon sugar manufactured in the
state from beets, sorghum or O ther
sugar yielding plants grown in it, but
no money can be paid upon sugar pro-
duced from beets for which as much as
five dollars per ton has not been paid to
the producer, nor upon sugar produced
from beets raised by a manufacturer.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-12-07

scratching the plate glass to prove his
claim that the article which he en-
deavorcd to sell was the genuine article
"Oh, it's suah 'nuff di'mon', sah," he
said.
At this juncture the saloonman ap
peared at the door and pounded the in-
offensive minister with bung starter.
That stopped the dicker for the pur-
chase of the diamond" ring.
A policeman took all hands to the
l'esplaines street station, where JUS
tice kehoe dismissed the charges.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-12-07

the resignation of DR.. Colborn in 1858,
head master of Rugby school.
DR.. Temple, who was chaplain to the
queen, gained some notoriety in 1860
as the author of the first of the seven
Essays and Reviews" which caused so
much controversy soon after their APP
pearance.
At the general election OF 1865 DR..
Temple took an active part in Warwick
shire in support of Mr.. Gladstcne's
measure for the disestablishmento of the
Irish church, and the premier nom
mated him to tho bishopric of Exeter
in succession to the late DR.. Philpotts--
an appointment which caused consider
able commotion in clerical circles. The
confirmation of DR.. Temples election
took place December S, 1860, at the
Church of ST. Mary -Le-Bow, Cheapside,
when Bishop Trower, representative
of portion of the clergy who were
opposed to DR.. Temple because he was
the author of one of the "Essays and Re
views" instructed counsel to oppose the
election. Counsel was accordingly heard
on both sides, and DR.. Temples election
was confirmed by the vicar-generaI. DR..
Temple received episcopal consecration
at Westminster December 81, 1869, to-
gether with the bishops-elect of Bath
and Wells and of the Falkland islands.
DR.. Temple published Sermons
Preached at Rugby Chapel in 1s5s-G0"
in 1861. In April, 1883, he was elected
hampton lecturer at Oxford for the en-
suing year. On the death of DR.. Jack
son in January, 1885, DR.. Temple was
appointed bishop of London and was
succeeded at Exeter by DR.. Bickersteth.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-12-07
ENGlAND'S NEW PRIMATE.


Bishop Temple of London Appointed
Archbishop of Canterbury.
Rt. Rev. Frederick Temple, bishop OF
London, has been appointed archbishop
of Canterbury and primate of all Eng
'and, in succession to the late DR.. Ben
son.
DR.. Temple is the son of an officer in
the army. He was born November 30.
1921, was educated at the grammar
school at Tiverton, and, proceeding to
Oxford, became scholar of Balliol col
lege and took his degree of b. A. in
1912. He was elected fellow and math-
eInatical tutor of his college, and huv-
ing been ordained in 1S46, was appointed
principal of the training college at
Kneller hall, near Twickenham, in 1s4S.
This post he resigned in 1855, and after
having held an inspectorship of schools
during the interval was appointed, on
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-12-07
HIS HEAD ACHED.
Pain Caused by n Crop of Oats Growing
in His Hair.

81 have heard many stories about the
lack of cleanliness Of the eccentric
preacher and politician. Henry Clay
Dean, who served in congress from my
ttate," said c. r. bone, OF Des Molne..
tc Washington Star reporter, but the
best was related to me a short time ago
by man who knew him well and who
vouched for the truth of it, Dean went
to Iowa in the early days Of that state
and settled on small farm. The first
year he raised a considerable quantity
of oats and assisted in cutting and plac
ing them in his barn. After the oats
had been disposed of Dean started 10
dig a well, task that occupied two or
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-12-07
RAILROAD TIMETABLES
HE DELAWARE. SusoUEHAYHA AMI
.SCuUYLKILL RAILROAD.

Time table in effect December 15 1895.
Trains leave Drift0n for Jeddo, Ecklcy, Hazie
Brook. Stockton. Beaver Meadow Road, Roam
and Eazletou Junction at o 30, 9 % q m, 4 Is D
Sunday.
Trains leave Drifton for Harwood, Cranberry,
toiihlcken and Deringer at 30 a III, y IN, daily
except Sunday; and 7S a III, 2 3S p III, sun
day.
Trains leave, Dlifton for Oneida junction,
ilaTwood Road, Humboldt Road, Oneida and
Sheppton at UO IN, 10 p IN, daily except Sun
day; aud 0i a M, IS p III, Sunday.
Trains leave Hazeton Junction for Harwood
ranberry, Tomhcken and Dcringcr at % a
Th, dsily except Sunday; and So Il III, ~ p IN,
Sunday.
Trains lcqyo Hazlcton Junction for Oneida
Junction, Harvood Road, Humboldt Road
Oneida and Sheppton at q ~, IL 10 III, 40 p M
daily except Sunday; and I 81 Ill, w IN,
sunday.
Trains leave Dc,ingcr for Tomhcken, Gran
berry, Harwo'd, llazlcton Junction, Roau
Beaver headow Road. stockton, Halle Brook,
hcEley, JeGdo and Drifton at 2 70. $40 p m,
daily except Sunday; and v ~ IL, so, p In,
sunday.
Trans leave sheppton for Oneida, Humboldt
kond, harwood Road, Oneida Junction UnzIe-
ton junction and Roam at IL IN, u ~, 6 rs
p m, dnily except Sunday; and SO a III. 344
= N, sunday.
Road, Stockton, Iinzle Brook, Eckley, Jeddo
aud Drifton at 20 p m, daily, except sunday ;
and w m, a p IN, Sunday.
Trains leave HazctOn junction for Beaver
Meadow Road, Stockton, Halle Brook, Eckley,
Ieddo and Drfton ut 3 on, D Al, : 20 p IN, daily
except sunday; and 10 0S q IN. 5 3o p m, Sunday
All trains connect at ilazleton Junction with
electric cars for Hazletun, Jeunesville, Auden-
ried and other points On the Traction Cum-
psny's line.
Trains leaving Drifton at 90 a IN, Hazleton
Junction NJ ~ IN, and Sheppton mt IL H.
connect at Oneida Junction with Lehigh Valley
trains east and west.
Train leaving Drfton at 80 IN makes con-
nection at Deringer with p. r. X. train for
Wilkesbarre, Sunbury, Harrisburg and points
west.
For the accommodation Of passenger. at way
stations between Hazcton Junction and Der
point al 3 so p III, daily, except Sunday, arriy-
Ing AT Dernger at 5 % IN.
LUTHER c. SMITH Superintendent
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-12-07

y Philadelphia boy smoked cigar
cites, on wager, against time. 1t
took him only half an hour to absorb
poison enough to kill him. He died in
a few hours. Death followed as surely
as if deadly weapon had been used.
1t is none the less suicide when fatal
result follows a long use of cigarettes.
Such suicides are not rare. Insane aSy-
lums and graves bear witness to the in
sidious and destructive power of this
habit.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-12-07
Horse Killed by a Mouse.

A doctor of Blackburn, England. has
lost valuable horse in a remarkable
way. The animal was feeding in it's
stall when mouse ran along the edge
of the manger. startling the horse so
terribly that in its mad struggle to
escape it fell heavily and broke It's
back,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-12-07

Senator Cullom, the gentleman who
was candidate for the Republican
presidential nomination because of a
fancied facial resemblance to Abraham
Lincoln and who has been mentioned
for the cabinet, has set up as financial
oracle. He said; The Republican
party will settle the silver question
within the next four years to the salts
faction of everybody" When asked to
state how this wonderful settlement was
to be brought about the oracle repied;
Just what plan will be followed can
not say, but feel sure it will be set
tied" Now isn't that convincing.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-12-07
I EHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD.
IL November l6, 1896.
ARRANG EaENT OF PASSENGER TRAINS
LEAVE FREEIAND


LEAVE FREELAND.
05, As. 936 a m, 40, 81 2S, SO D IN, for Maucb
Chunk, Allentown, bethlehem, Easton, Phila-
dephis and New York.
sos: s45. 90 an, ! 40, 23t, 3 2s. : 90, SIS, 81
III, for Drifton, Jeddo, Foundry, Halle Brook
and Lumber Yard.
Is p IN for Hazle Creek Junction,
20. p III for Mauch Chunk, Allentown, Beth
o3s m, 234, 90. 8 81 p m. for Delano Ma
hanoy City, Shenandoah, Ashland, Mt. Carmel,
Shamokin and Pottsvillc.
9T am, 40, 234, 36, 81 m, for Stockton
72s, lO5l Ii 81 a IN, 20 IN, for Sandy Run,
white Haven, Wilkesbarre, Pittston, Scranton
and the west.
SUNDAY TRAINS.
10 80 m and | 38 pm for Jeddo, Foundry,
Halle Brook and Lumber Yard.
s3s; 10 so IN for Sandy Run, White Haven
80 p IN for Hazeton, Mauch Chunk Allen
town, bethlehem, Easton, Philadelphia and
10 60 IN for Hezlcton, Delano, Mahanoy
City, Shenandoah. Mt Carmel, shamokin and
Pottsvlle.
ARRIVE AT FREELAND.
$50, T2s, 0 20, 10 81, II "a q m, 12 IS, . 90 90
sos, 70s M, from Lumber Yard, Foundry,
72S, 0 20, 10 81, II 81 IN, L. 5s, go, son m.
from stockton and Hazeton.
Is, o 20 10 81 g m, 229, 80 m, from Delano,
mel, Shamokin and Pottsville
e2D, l05l m, IL IS, sos, p m, from Phila-
delphia, New York, Bethlehem, Allentown,
and Mauch Chunk.
i0sp m from Weatherly only.
,,.,,5 y 20 IN, "a, 2S 6o1 p m, from Scranton,
Wilkesbarre and White Haven.
SUNDAY TRAINS.
s3s, 10 80 m and l2 IS m, from Hazleton,
stockton. Lumber Yard, Hazie Brook, Foun-
dry, Jeddo and Drifton.
10 80 m, IL 81 I'm, from Philadelphia, New
YORK; Eethleht IN, Allentown, Mauch Chunk,
and Weaiherly.
10 80 IN, from Pottsville, Shamokin, Mt
carmel Ashland, Shenandoah, Mananoy City
10 30 IN: from Wilkcsbarrc, White Haven
and Sandy Run
For further information inquire of Ticket
Agents.
CHAS. S. LEE, Gen' Pass. Agent,
Phia., Pa.
ROLLlN II. WILBUR, Gen. Supt East. Div.
A. W. NUNNEMACHER, Asst @. p. A.,
South bethlehem, Pa.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-12-07

Two evangelistic workers are travel,
ing through Maine in a carriage ornn-
mented with Bible texts and having an
adjustable platform from which exhor-
tations are delivered. Handy racks
hold all sorts of tracts. and the wagon is
equipped with sleeping accommodu
lions for the workers.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-12-07

H0ndbillS.

Did the idea ever strike you
to issue Handbills occasionally,
thus getting an advertisement en-
tirely by yourself2 We have un-
common facilities for doing this
class of work, and are proving our
capacity for it every month By
turning out numerous catchy pro-
ductions for shrewd advertisers in
this line. We will write a Hand
bill or an ad Of any kind for any
person who hasn't got the time to
do it himself, and will guarantee
satisfaction, along with the best
printing and the fairest prices to
be had in the region.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-12-07

A five-year-old boy of Kenton coun-
ty, KY, fell head foremost into the
sandy bottom of we'll 40 feet deep
few days ago and had managed to climb
nearly ts the top of the well when he
fell back. He started to climb again,
however, and succeeded in getting out
safely. There is pluck for you.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-12-07

For two months certain writer die
tated literary notes to phonograph.
At the end of this period, when he
wished to put his work in manuscript,
the machine was thoroughly out of or
der, and the too trustful author had to
mourn the waste of the entire two
months time and eloquence.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-12-07

Plains in the neighborhood of Bidde
ford, Me, are thronged with people
picking blueberries, which they dry,
after fashion learned of the French,
and save until winter, when the ber-
ries are soaked out, like dried apples,
and are said to be then very good.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-12-07
First White House whiskers,

President Lincoln was the first 10
occupy the white house to wear beard
and Grant was the first to wear a mus
tache. 1t was reported at the time that
Lincoln in 1860 was induced TO allow
his beard to grow because a. little girl
10 whom he had upon request sent h..
photograph wrote him that he would
look much better If he would let his
heard grow.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-12-07

The inventor of the latest flying ma
chine insists that getting down to the
earth's surface after flight is quite as
important as soaring up from it. AS
the man said who fell from the top of a
ten-story building, it was not the fall
ing down which injured him, but the
stopping so sudde 1ly.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-12-07

Miss Christina L. Yates, of Oakland,
Cal, who is so years old, says she
is the Oldest wheelwoman in the state of
California, and thus far no one has
come forward to dispute her claim
She is said to be a fast and graceful
rider. The wheels the thing.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-12-07

The physicians of California are
much aroused over the spread of con-
sumption in the state. A general quar-
antine against inyaids is recommend
ed, This is undoubtedly due to the
great number of invalids that for many
years have been seeking health in the
golden state.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-12-07
To Prove thod CoGee.

The best way TO ascertain whether
coffee has been aduIterated is to pour
cold water ON it. lfpnre it will color tie
water very slightly; if mixed with
chlcory the water will take browuish
hue.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-12-07

4 farmer near Winston, Kan, has a
herd of nearly 100 head of hogs that
average $50 pounds each in weight, II
of them being so fat that they are stone
blind. The owner expects a number
CT them TO reach 900 pounds.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-12-07

A Choctaw belle out in the Indian
territory had two beaux and she didn't
know which she liked the better. so she
Hoped with both of them. The hair
fitting will begin later.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-12-07
WASHINGTON LETTER.

Washington, December 4, 1896.
The White House is about the only
place in Washington one can 90 without
meeting one or more senators and rep
resentatiyes. Secretary Olney has been
oyerrun with congressional callers, espe-
cially since the circulation of the rumor
that he had IL short time ago notified the
governor of Spain that this government
intends to bring about peace in Cuba if
the revolution was not put down in three
months, all anxious to know the exact
status of Cuban matters. Members of
the senate and house foreign committees
are said to have received some definite
information, but to all the rest it was
stated in general terms that no imme-
diate change was contemplated in the
policy of the administration towards
Cuba, and it is expected that the pres.
dents message will treat the matter in
same style. The other members of the
cabinet have also had numerous con
gressional callers, some on business for
their constituents and some merely to
pay Il friendly visit; but President Cleve-
land has not had much of his time taken
up by them and is not likely to have.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-12-07

There are all classes of men in most
professions, but the increase of men
who conduct their business upon the
green goods mans theory, that IA new
new sucker is born every minute in
the ranks of the patent solicitors has
aroused the honorable patent lawyers to
the necessity of taking some action that
will protect the inventors of the country
and their own profession from the de-
graduation and Generalization of the
methods adopted to cajole money from
the pockets of the inventors without any
attention of giving any equitable return
therefor. Under present laws and
rules the commissioner of patents can
do nothing to protect either the honest
patent lawyer or the inventor, except in
cases of the most fragrant nature.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-12-07

The presidents message is not ready
to be sent to congress. and the usual
precautions have been taken to prevent
its premature publication. If it be fair
to judge from the lack of curiosity as to
the contents of that document this year,
those precautions were hardly ncces-
sary. 1t VIII, of course, be printed as
matter of news when it goes to congress.
but it is doubtful wether an advance
copy of it could be sold to any paper
in the country, not because of the be-
lief that it will be any less interesting
than Mr.. CIeveland's previous messages,
but because of the knowledge that the
situation in congress is such that no
matter how wise or how important the
recommendations Of the message may be
there is no possibility of their being car
ried out by legislation at the present
session.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-12-07

Speaking of the probability that one
or more senators may be asked to join
McKinley'S cabinet a veteran Republican
senator said: "Well, everybody must
Judge for themselves, but the senator
who has been in Office for more than one
term who is willing to enter the cabinet
must either have been blind to what
went on under his nose or imagine that
he possesses the ability to make his eX-
perience different from that Of other
men who have tried the same thing
Many senators have been persuaded
into presidents cabinets, but | don't
believe there was ever one of them
who did not regret it. Senator Lodge.
of Massachusetts, who has been men
toned as cabinet possibility, says he
would not leave the senate for any posi-
tion in McKinley's gift. Lodge many
not have Il level head on everything but
on this subject he has. There is moth
ing in official life, except the presidency
better than senatorship.