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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-03-02
A CRUEL PRACTICE,

No more cruel thing is thoughtlessly
done, day after day, winter after win
ter, than the putting of frosty bit
into horses mouth. At least 1 try
to think that only the thoughtless
could be guilty al such an inhuman
practice. Yet what child does not
leasn at an early age the penalty
OF contact between tender flesh and
cold iron on biting winters dayP 1t
is possible that any man whose baby
fingers have clung to frozen iron until
perhaps the skin was torn from them.
can SO far forget the sting as to force
the same biting iron into the moist.
tender mouth of brute, as sensitive
to suffering as he himselfP "Can't
take time to warm bits" "only hurts
minute; )" "they don't mind it ;".'do
hold them against the horses body
sometimes" are some of the excuses
and makeshifts we hear, but they are
poor ones at the best. Whatever is
worth doing is worth doing well, and
1t really takes no extra time to thor
oughly warm the horses bits.
III the team is to be harnessed early
IN the morning, it must be fed before
breakfast, and the brides can be
brought to the kitchen fire to grow
warm and comfortable for the horses
while the master is ministering to his
own comfort.
Thoughtlessness causes the same
suffering as heartless cruelty. New
England Homestead.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-03-02
A BAD WEED,

The burdock is bad weed, from
the multiplicity of its seeds and the
readiness with which they are dis
tributed by the wind and BY passing
animals or persons. Cutting the bur-
dock down when tits beginning to form
blossoms will usually kill it, as at this
stage of growth the root has but little
vigor left. But when these large bur-
docks are piled for burning there
should be plenty of dry wood in the
heap, so as to make hot fire. If the
weeds are burned alone some of the
seed will fall down to the bottom of
the burning pile and escape de.
struction. In a slow fire made from
green weeds there IS q stratum of car
bonic acid gas at the bottom of the
heap in which nothing will burn. -
American Farmer.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-03-02
SHOULD COWS DE cARpEp.

Most certainly cows should be kept
clean, and they cannot be without being
frequently carded and brushed. One
who tries it the first time will not
need to think about the matter. The
way the cows will turn their heads and
neeks and stop eating to enjoy the
scratching of the skin and the final
brushing will tell an lntelligible story
of how they like it, AS the skin is an
excretory organ and throws off large
quantity of waste matter, as may be
known by the odor of a close stable,
If 1T is not kept in healthful action by
this carding and brushing, this matter
Is retained in the blood and cannot
help but get into the milk, where it
makes that strong odor which has been
called the animal odor. 1t is, how
ever. only the odor of dirty skin, as
is SO well known to apply to human
beings who are not cleanly in this di-
rection. Cows should be we'll carded
and brushed before every milking.
The udder and teats should not be
neglected either, as these may badly
need washing at times. New York
Times.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-03-02

Although it is true that in com.
parison with some other countries,
notably the United States, Germany
has fewer medical practitioners, their
number grows every year at much
faster rate than does the population
as a whole. Since 1887 the physi-
clans have increased from 1864 to
23,O99, or 81 per cent, which is over
three times the increase of the Nation.
In some portions of Germany there is,
though, still great deficiency in doc
tors, especially in Bavaria, where
there arc but 2559 of them,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-03-02

That the sea as vocation is losing
its charms for the American sailor is
manifested very plainly in the last re-
port of the Commissioner of Navipa-
tion, laments the Chicago Times
Herald. More than nine-tenths of
our mercantile marine is composed of
foreigners, principally Scandinavians.
Those daring Norsemen still love the
sea and cling to it, and they may be
found in the merchant vessels and the
natives of every Nation Of the world.
But the American sailor has practi-
cally disappeared. Tho men who in
1872 made the American flag the pride
of the ocean and carried it triumph
antly into every corner of the sea, the
men who made the names of the Con-
stitution, the Macedonian and the
Constellation glorious forever, are
no longer being recruited from the
merchant navy.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-03-02
USE POTASH IN THE FALL.

1t is important in manuring Or
chards, that the potash fertilizers ap-
piled be mixed with the soil and 90
down deeply enough to reach the roots.
There is no danger that potash thus
applied in fall will be wasted by leach
ing. Fruit tree roots go down as deep
Iy as most underdrains as any one who
has dug underdrains in orchards must
know. The feeding roots sometime in
the course of the fertilizer downward
will seize it and turn it to use. Potash
is in especial demand for bearing
trees, though it also has an excellent
effect in promoting a strong and
healthy growth of foliage. on which
Irolificacy largely depends. Boston
Cultivator.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-03-02
VictOria's Family.

Queen Victoria has had nine chill
dren. seven of whom are living; forty
one grandchildren, of whom thirty
three are living, and twenty three
great-children, all of whom are living.
Her Oldest great-grandchild is the
Princess Feodore, of Sake Meiningen,
seventeen years of age, whose mar
riage is now under discussion. As
the Queen is in good-health, she may
yet live to see great-9reat. grand
child, which no sovereign of England
ever did.-New York World.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-03-02

Do not allow the farm to remain o
waste of bare land. Plant trees every
year, few or many at time but plant
some at all events, and make up your
mind to go right into the business in
the spring. Trees add to the value,
appearance and homelikeness of any
farm. Give them only the care the
farmer expects to expend upon corn
and potatoes, and they will do well.
Strange it is that an otherwise good
farmer who will tend his corn crop
assiduously will set out tree only to
utterly neglect and forsake there
after. The tree to do we'll must be
fed and cultivated like any other farm
crop. Then it will respond freely
and generously both by growth
and by fruit. The plum and pear,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-03-02
CRIMSON PINE TREES.

The very latest material for winter
blouses is satin velvet or silk plush,
printed in Oriental designs, which
have richness and beauty unat-
tainable in foulard or nuns yelling,
SO fashionable during the summer. 1t
IS almost impossible to render by
words to the mind what the eye dis.
covers in this delightful new fabric.
The Persian designs, where blue and
gray predomlnate, are most distingue,
the pine being Reproduced in every
size and tone. In one of those de-
signs where the pattern is picked out
in crimson, and one overlays the
other, stripe of the cream ground,
edged with fretted blue line, is most
effective. In others the fan tail OF
the peacock is reproduced with its own
exquisite colorings, shaded with vio-
let on red ground, with green trac-
cries. This may sound gaudy, but it
1t does not look so; on the contrary,
such is the innate knowledge of the
use and happy blending of brilliant
hues by the Orientals, that it is agree
able, not startling, to the eye. There
Is a softness, however, in the designs
carried out in different tones of the
same color, such as peacock plue, sage
green, and even reds, into which
amalgamating shades of blue and plum
are cleverly introduced, that one must
admire even while wondering. Com
mercial Advertiser.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-03-02
ASPARAGUS CULTURE IN A NUTSHELL.


There are many who are very fond
OF asparagus, but will not grow it be-
cause of the time which expires before
the plants will furnish q crop.
"Where land is plentiful-and on
most farms there are many acres that
yearly go to waste-this should not
be, for in planting small bed and
taking care OF it there would not be
more than one or two whole days in O
year spent upon it, and at the end of
the third year the planter would be
richly rewarded for his labor.
First of oil have your land in good
shape, and don't be afraid OF the ma
nure or fertilizer. Purchase your
seed from some good house, as the
seed is the foundation upon which
your future bed will rest. Sow it
thinly In rows one foot apart during
the months of April or May, according
to the weather, and keep down all
weeds. To procure good strong
healthy plants thin out the seedlings
to three or four inches in the rows,
saving only the strong ones.
One year can be gained upon this
system by buying from you scotsman
year-old plants, which should be set
out in spring in rich sand loan,
which has been plowed at least eight.
cen inches deep and has had a liberal
amount of we'll rotted manure worked
into it. If your soil is of stiff clay,
add plenty of sand to it and also some
sifted coal ashes, which will serve to
loosen it up. You should also make
some preparation for undertakings.
Every fall good dressing. of coarse
manure should be applied after the
tops have been cut, and in the spring
this should be forked in.
In cutting the crops never cut tho
roots too closely, as they need the ben
eft of at least little foliage, or else
they will weaken and die during the
cold season. New York Witness.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-03-02

Electricity is now used to detect
paste diamonds from the genuine. A
small disk of aluminium is attached to
the spindle of small motor. A clamp
with small fiat spring, provided with
an adjustable screw, holds the article
to be tested. 1t is then mo1stened
and placed in contact with the rapidly
revolving aluminium disk. II the stone
is a genuine one, it will be left intact !;
if it is bogus it will show brilliant me-
tallic marks. New York Telegram.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-03-02
The most interesting physician of

The most interesting physician of
the present time in Europe is Herr
Asst, the shepherd doctor, who pre-
scrlbes for thousands of patients at
Radbruch. He diagnoses disease by
examining a lock of the patients
hair, and his universal charge for ad-
vice is about quarter of a dollar.
Clients wait patiently the whole day
through to see him, even in bad
weather, and if by the time he retires,
near midnight, they have failed to
have an audience with him, they take
up their posts uncomplainingly the
next morning. The waiting line is
like that for symphony tickets in Bos.
ton. The doctors patients are re-.
ferred to by the skeptical as CASTS
sheep"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-03-02

well grown, pay we'll. Set them out
in rich soil at intervals Of twenty
feet in either direction. Never let
them get hungry. Stir the soil con-
stantly through the summer, and you
will never regret the day you under
took fruit culture. Some of the best
and most profitable market pears are
Anjou, Rose, Sheldon, Clairgeau and
Lawrence. For desirable plums plant
Abundance, Burbank, Refine Claude,
Lombard and German Prune. Fruit
trees will stand lots of stable manure,
especially while they are making their
growth, but after fruiting has begun
they need potash and phosphoric acid
in far greater quantities than nitrogen.
Hence the wisdom and utility of EN-.
ploying unleached wood ashes and
finely ground bone for their fertiliza.
tion. Mix them in proportion OF one
ton of ashes to five hundred weight Of
bone, scatter liberal quantity broad
cast over the entire area of ground
covered by the tree roots, and expect
good crops of fruit. Never allow any
fruit tree to bear too heavily. When
overloaded, thin out some of the
surplus fruit. The remainder will
grow enough larger to moro than
make up the difference, while speci.
mems of fruit will be far finer. Cole
mans Rural World.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-03-02

Nut culture Is now receiving con-
siderable attention in the Atlantic
States, especially in New England.
"Why not have several of the varie-
ties of the nut-bearing trees in lieu of
comparatively worthless forest growth,
especially along our roadsides," asks
she New York Witness.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-03-02
CHESTNUT CULTURE.

Chestnut culture is receiving in.
creased attention. The possibilities
OF grating improved varieties ofIchest-
nut on Seeding natives should be en-
phasized. 1t is better to graft the
straight Seeding chestnut than sprout
from an old stump. The trees grow
faster and better, and larger pro-
portion of the CRAFTS thrive. This may
be done when the buds are swelling,
whl'e some prefer waiting until the
leaves are out. American Agricultur-
ist.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-03-02
The Samoan uWar -

The Samoan "war" of 1889 was the
result of quarrel between a native
and German, in which the Germans
nose was broken, Inside of twenty
four hours Germany had demanded
$1,000 for that broken nose, and $40, /.
600 for the depredations committed
on German plantations the year be-
fore. st. Louis Globe.Democrat.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-03-02
Kitty Saved Them All.

At fire in Mr.. Tasker's boar ding
house, Intervale, N. j., last October,
cat was seen coming out with kit
ten in her mouth. Depositing it in
place of safety she few back into tho
burning building and brought out an
other. Back and forth the poor
mother ran until every one of the lit
ter was saved. Who could have done
more ep-Our Dumb Animals.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-03-02
A Mussel-OpeHing Contest.

Mussels being more plentiful than
oysters at Marseilles, they had mus.
sel-opening contest there recently, in
which the man who won first prize
opened 1913 mussels in five minutes.
The American record for opening
oysters is 100 in three minutes 3, sec.
onds. New York Sun.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-03-02
A SEREN ADE.

Sleep, love, the world is sleeping
Why should you wake2
Sleep, love, the stars are keeping
Watch tor your sake
Dream, love; dreams insistence
Twine round your heart
Dream, love; in dreams no distance
Holds us apart.
Watching, stand aud trem5le,
Waking, I sigh;
but dream resemble
With dawn to fly.
Exchange.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-03-02

Canada has larger trade with the
United States than with Great Britain,
and the imports from the latter de-
creased 81, 500, 900 last year, and from
the former increased 81 100000.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-03-02

The Calcutta Qndia) Guardian calls
for Buddhist missionaries to 90 to
Europe and teach the benighted peo-
pie there the elements of religion and
morality.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-03-02
GOSSIP.

According to the figures just given
out there are 1854 women in New
York City who couldn't tell their age.
In England one of the most impor-
tant advances is the opening OF the
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-03-02

The recent order of the President
consolidating postoffices will add to
the facilities of smaller offices and will
apply to $1,000 postmasters.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-03-02

Under the most favorable auspices
electric heating is twice as expensive
as steam.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-06-28
THF SECRET ORDERS.
MASONRY.

An interesting event in Masonic cir
c!es last week was the comforting Of the
Thirty-Third degree Of the Ancient
and Accepted Scottish Rite upon Bro.
James McCahon. Bro McCahon was
elected TO receive this honor by tho
S1preme Council Of the Southern Jur-
isliction. at Washington, last OCTOBER,
in recognition of his personal worth
ard of his eminent services to the cause
of Freemasonry. As he was unable 70
he nresent to receive the degree at the
regular meeting in Washington Guy,
the Tieut. CIR. Commander was authoriz-
Cd to omen a special session Of the SUI
preme Council here in wheeling ana
conduct the ceremony. Brother Long
was assisted in the work by James H..
Buchanan. 33d degree; Geo. 7. BalInal
33d degree: and Arthur b. Wigley, 5"d
degree. of Pittsburg, together Win an
of the Masons who have attained that
rank and ignity in West Virginia" me
work was done in the Masonic Hall on
Tuesday evening, June Is, the ilSI Oh
officers being as follows
Ven. CIR. Com. Odell S. Long, 800 d.,
w Va: Lieut.. CIR. Com. James |. Buch-
anan. SOD d., Pa; CIR. Prior John w.
Morris 39d d.. w. Va; OR. Chancellor
Geo. p. Balmain, 33d d., Pa; CIR. Min.
of State Kephart d. Walker, 33d d., w.
Va: CIR. Constable John NJ. Birch, SSd
d. W. Va: CIR. Equerry Thomas NJ OAR
ran AID D.. w. va: Or Herald Arthur
B. Wigley, 39d d., Ia.
The ceremonies are said to have been
very solemn and impressive and very
Smoothly and successfully conducted.
On Monday evening Wheeling Com
mandery No. l, held its regular month
" COaclave with fir attendance OF
its Knights present, at which time the
officers who were there, were installed
into their Office by Past Grand Com
mander Odell S. Long, assisted by Past
Grand Commander Sir Hugh Sterling,
as Grand Marshall, and Past Command
er Sir James McCahon, as Grand Cap
tain General. The officers who were
not present on that occasion will be
installed at next conclave.
On Tuesday evening Wheeling Lodge
No. 3 held its customary cOmmunica-
ton. con the eve Of st. Johns day.
for the installation Of it's officers. when
the following brethren were installed
into their Office by Past Grand Master
OdeII S. Long. assisted by Junior Grand
Warden Joseph Hall, Who acted as
Grand Marshall J. w Ewing. Senior
Warden: D. 2. Phillips, Junior Warden
Daniel Dinger, Senior Deacon; j. F.
Cartright, Junior Deacon; T. R. Jen-
rfnes Steward. All the other officers
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-06-28
PIEDMONT INDUSTRIAL.

The DAYS Coal & Coke Company Is
erecting q large electrical plant at their
Thomas mines. These mines viii here
after De illuminated the cars drawn in
and out of The mines and much of the la
Dor performed by electricity. By the
use OF electricity it is expected that he
cost of mining coal viii be greatly re-
duced ard facilitated and by the excel
lent light danger of accidents will be
reduced 20 a minimum. This company
is doing very large business.
a portable engiceand saw mill is be-
ing erected at Pine Swamps, a few miles
south OF Piedmont, by Mr.. NJ. Y. Ping
ley.
The building for the new mill Of the
WeS. Virginia Paper Company, al this
place. Is nearing comp elton. The
building is 100 by $50 feet in size and
when completed will double the capaci-
~ of their output of paper. The vari-
GUS plants of the Piedmont Pulp and
Paper Company are among the most
valuable paper industries in the United
States.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-06-28
SHIELD OF HONOR.

At a meeting Of Zane Lodge NO. l, ,:
G. H. on Friday evening last. the foi
lowing officers were elected for the en-
suing term: s. NJ Edw. CRUDE; w"
NJ. Edw. O'Neill; J. NJ, Chas. Schoe-
mion: Recording Secretary, Lee K. Har-
rison: Financial Secretary, Richard
Dunn; Treasurer. S. L. Hane; Conduct
or. Henry Heyman; Charline T. ID. Pat
ton. The meeting was an interesting
one. a large proportion Of it's members
being present and much interest was
manifested. The installation OF officers
will take place next Friday evening.
On this occasion all members are re-
ouested to be present. The sick and
death benefits paid by this order It Is
claimed. cost members less than any
other insurance that can be taken out.
Zane Lodge is receiving applications
weekly. Mr.. Lee r. Hamm. cores
bonding secretary Of Zane Lodge No. !,
will be pleased TO furnish application
blanks and will render the necessary
information to get in the order; the
cost of same has been reduced half OF
what It was. so If you want to join the
Shield of Honor, now is the time to do
so
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-06-28

evening. The strikers say that on COM
mission they could not earn moro than
81 per week.
The Newspaper Mailers' Union, OF st.
Louis, has entered upon a five years
contract with the publishers of that city
The scale calls for $3.50 for As hours
per week, with a rate of $3.50 for single
issues.
S. Paul and Minneapolis papers were
printed for ten days despite the strike.
Then political and business pressure
forced the papers to arbitrate, and most
of the men returned 10 work pending
settlement Of difficulties.
At a meeting of the Hamilton, Ont,
Trades and Labor Council, the secre-
tary read letters from six candidates
for the House OF Commons, in which
they al stated that they would support
an allen bill contract labor law.
Milwaukee trades unionlsts withdrew
support from the street car workers
because the strike aided a union COM
pany that wants a franchise. The trades
uniOniStS want a municipal road, and
are holding many meetings TO push the
matter
San Francisco hackmen, who struck
for the reinstatement OF the leaders in
their successful strike, have returned
70 work. The leaders advised this step.
All hackmen are now organizing, and
81 a day vii. be demanded,
There are in New Orleans fifteen or
twenty firms engaged in pants manu-
featuring. They employ about 5000 OPP
eratives, chiefly women and girls. BY
statements made to both Senate and
House committees. they have been COM
PEELED to reduce their force one-half by
reason OF the penitentiary competition
in pants manufacturing.
The Southern Wholesale Grocers AS
cociation is the largest commercial or
ganization in the South. 1t comprises
twelve states, and is cO-extensive with
the late Southern Confederacy. There
are now about three hundred members,
and most of them will, in all probable
itv. attend the coming convention.
For a street car franchise at Balti-
more a company offers the city $4,000
to be paid within ten days after the ap-
proval of the ordinance. The company
also binds itself to pay the nine per cent
park tax on its gross receipts, to give
free transfers to city and suburban
lines. to use grooved rails and to cover
cutters on the route with iron gutter
plates.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-06-28
AROrT FATRMONT


FaiTmOnt. w. Va, June 27.-The coal
and coke trade in the FairmOnt region
is looking up. The most OF the mines
are working steady and some have TO
work ten hours a day and even longer,
10 iii their orders. The prospects are
for a good summer work in, this busi-
ness; il is very hard TO tell just when
there Will be a hitch.
The MOnOngah Mines. The West
Fairmont Mines and the WOrthingtOn
Mines. three of the largest in this sec
ton. together with several smaller
mtues have uncommon good work. The
prices of choice coal remains the same.
Coke Is not quite as much in demand
as the mine owners would desire.
Col. A. p. GOedecke, manager Of the
Remington Coal and Coke Company,
has secured a large contract and will
begin TO ship coal July 1sJ. The con-
tract will give his men all the work
they can do for the next year, and every
one in that vicinity is in good spirits in
consequence Of the COlOnelS good for
tune.
The ConnellSville region in Pennsyl-
vania, reports a rather 6iscOuraging
price OF coke. and say the consumers
have cut their orders down as low as
possible. Upwards of 400 ovens have
been put out of blast
The situation is much better here
and the largest drawback is the rail-
road rates which often vary.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-06-28
l O. o. n.

Wildev Rebekah Lodge No. :, win
meet on next Wednesday evening, ana
good attendance is expected, especially
the members Of III staff. as there Is
work on hand. One candidate VIII oe
led into the mysteries Of the beautiful
work of this Degree besides this there
are three candidates g he ballotted for
and the newly elected officers Will De
installed at this meeting.