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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-01-02

ccrted shoulder-pushing of the players.
The game is played on a regulation foot
ball field, but only 40 yards of the
"gridron's" length is used. The ball
is placed on the center line and the
players group themselves on either side
of it. The center plays directly behind
the ball, with guard and tackle on
each side of him. Two forwards play
"otf-side" to brush the opposing players
away from the ball, and the captain, or
full-back, stands at some distance be-
hind his men, directing the play by a
code of signals.
The pushing is done with the shoulder
entirely, and advances are made by sci
entitic twisting from side to side. Ow-
ing to the rapidity of the game, which
requires much the same eXertion as a
tug-of-war, the periods of play are
usually not more than two minutes in
length. When time is called the side
having advanced the ball into the 9th
er's territory scores one or more
points. One point is scored if n five
yard advance has been made, two points
ii a ten-yard advance, and so on, until
finally, if 20-yard advance has been
made, thus carrying the ball across the
goal-line, it counts five points. Team
play and scientific manipulations are
the great requisites for pushball.
The only pushball in existence is the
one now in use at Harvard. 1t is owned
by Mr.. NJ. G. Crane, of Newton, Mass,
the inventor of the game, and was con-
structed nj a cost of S2nn
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-01-02
live QUESTIONS
E'REELAND TRIBUNE.
IN THE

Commencing with Monday,
January l3, 1896, and continu-
ing through the year, the TRI-
BUNE proposes to publish a
series of able articles upon
subjects of vital and general
interest to our readers. Emil
nent thinkers and writer's of
national reputation on Social,
Economic and Industrial Prob
lens have promised contribu-
tions upon topics of universal
interest. The list of authors,
and the comprehensive group
of "Live Questions" that will
be treated by them, can be
seen on this page, and will, we
confidently believe, merit the
hearty interest of readers who
are already interested in these
themes, and are anxious to
receive the most rational opin-
ions obtainable.
All articles will be prepared
in an inquiring and scientific
spirit, and will be non-sectional
and non-partisan. Vigor and
simplicity of statement will be
aimed at, and all phases of re-
form thought will be fairly and
impartially presented. Upon
subjects about which there is a
variety of candid opinions, all
sides will receive an equal op-
portunity to be heard, that the
truth may, if possible, be ar
rived at.
This is the first cooperative
attempt upon the part of able
writer's to thoroughly discuss
all the interesting phases of
social and industrial life for
the masses who would be the
beneficiaries of substantial re-
forms, and the arrangements
made by the TRIBUNE give US
the sole privilege of publishing
the articles in this town. They
can be read in no other Free
land paper, and those of our
readers who are not subscribers
should have their names placed
on the list without delay.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-01-02
NEW ATHLETIC GAME,
1t Is Called Pushball and Is Worry PopuIai
at Harvard.

The new game of pushball, which has
lntely been introduced and played at
Harvard, has some of the essential fea-
lures of football, but possesses many
original points. The ball itself is a
great curiosity. 1t is constructed in
much the same manner as football-a
rubber bladder covered with strips of
leather--only it is perfectly round.
When inflated it is six feet three inches
in diameter, and weighs 12O pounds
1t can be moved with very slight pres
sure-indeed, good wind will send it
rolling across the field at lively rate.
Pushball, says Leslie's Weekly, is
played by two teams of eight men each
The main purpose of the game is, as in
football, to advance the ball into the op-
ponents' territory and finally across the
goal-line, and this is done by the con-
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-01-02
An English Archdeacon's roast.

Archdeacon Denison is said TO have
once proposed toast in the following
terms: Lest there should be anyone of
this vast assembly who should feel him
self left out in The cold, lest there should
be anyone who should be able to go away
and say: My health was not drunk |
am about to propose toast which
think will include everybody 1t is
this:
Here's a health to all those that we love;
Here health to all those that love us:
nere's health to all those that love them
1hat love those that love them that love
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-01-02
FREELAND, PA, JANUARY .. 1896
A Temporary TariT job.

From the Philadelphia Record.
No one is likely to be deceived with
the ruse of the tariff thinkers in framing
a two-years limit to their horizontal bill
as a temporary measure of "revenue
only The Republicans are confident,
of course, of electing their candidate for
the presidency next year; they will have
control of the senate, and they have
little fear that their Overwhelming
majority in the house will be succeeded
by Democratic majority in the fifty
fifth congress. In these conditions the
temporary tariff bill for revenue
would remain a permanent tariff for
protection, unless in the triumph of vic
tory the duties should be screwed M
still higher for the sake Of more ''rcv-
enue.' AT any rate, the pleasing pros
pect is afforded the manufacturers, work.
ingmen and merchants of the country
OF renewal of tariff agitation in con-
gress at the end of the two years, no
matter what might be the result OF the
elections. The Republicans are pledged
by the terms OF their bill to 20. at least,
through the motion of revising the
tarf when the limit fixed in this bill
shall have expired. The Democrats, at
.te sadie time, Will not cease to protect
aE,.n-J measure so crude and iniqu.-
.a ul-- Of its features.
-N".. a. Republicans elect two
a."-s 0. .r.-'Ua'.n.- iu succession
. r.. n. p-.nomouom in the
'.. . Jhrir party. Since
-l.r secured Il majority in
on.. aue' nou,es-namely, in 1850, in
ls,s and in ls04 They were turned out
in l-5i because of their tariff OF 1883 in
the Keifer congress-; they were turned
out in 1892 on account of their Mckinley
tariff; and who shall say that they are
not preparing for like fate in 1896,
with this new tariff menace as warn
lag To the people Of what may be expect
al from Republican success?
AS If the authors Of this new tariff
ob had themselves misgiving in re-
ari to- lis political effect, they seek to
"Nuril.ate pubIic opinion with the false
..'".,r hat IL is a temporary measure,
b., the embarrassmcnts
buV, no matter what
LAY s. save result OF the elections for
the next house and 70. president, they
have in the secure possession of the
senate the assurance that their temper
~ j b would be a permanent feature
.' h' 'fssni in the guise of Il
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-01-02
THE ARMENIAN RELIEF FUND.
A Large Amount To Be Raised by
Boston Business Men.

Boston, Dee. Representative
business men last night decided to take
immediate steps toward raising $500
600 in New England to aid the Red
Cross society in its Armenian relief
work, A committee headed by Gen. C.
A. Taylor will issue the appeal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-01-02
TO DISCUSS BOUNDARIES.


Washington, Dec. 2s.-Mr Barrett,
rep. Mass, introduced in the house
yesterday joint resolution requesting
the president to invite the several
governments possessing territory on
the American continent to join the
United States in conference to be
held in Washington next year to dis
cuss boundaries and arrange for sur
vcys in the near future.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-01-02
HELlOGRAPH SIGNALS.
Can BE Read Easily at Distance of Fully
Seventy Miles.

Instantaneous communication be-
tween two persons 20 miles apart with
out the use either of the telegraph OF
the telephone seems to those who do
not know of the process to be impos-
sible, yet recently it was easily accom-
plished by members of the United States
signal corps stationed in Denver, Col,
and upon Longs Peak, which is three
score and half miles from the city;
and, moreover, it is noI an unusual
achievement. An instrument called
the heliograph was the means where
by the apparently impossible feat was
performed. The heliographing outfit
consists of a mirror, shutter, a tele-
scope and tield-glass. The mirror
and shutter are mounted on tripods, for
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-01-02
ACabo Died BraycIy.

Havana, Dec. 2s.-Acabo, the insur.
gent chief who was shot at Cienfuegos
Thursday by order of the authorities.
died bravely. The execution took
place at o'clock in the morning.
Aeabo before being taken to the place
of execution recommended his family
to the care of his friends in the locality
of his home.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-01-02

Chicago, Dec. @s.-H. NJ. Green OF
the well-known firm of H. NJ. Green &
Co., has been notified by the committee
ON bucket shop prosecutions to appear
next Tuesday before the directors of
the board for trial on the charge of
bucket shop trading and sending out
fictitious memorandum of purchases
and sales.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-01-02
Manufacture of Chloroform,

Pure chloroform is now successfully
prepared by electrolytic method. A
constant current is passing through n
salt solution in an enamclcd vessel by
means of lead electrodes. This lib
crates chlorine, which reacts on a
stream of acetone diffused into the
vessel, and the chloroform produced is
thus collected hv distillation
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-01-02

WOMAN suffrage in Massachusetts
has reached a stage of acute alarm
among the men-how acute may be
gathered from the fact that the Mas.
sachusetts Man Suffrage association
has opened headquarters in Boston and
has issued a strong manifesto signed by
one hundred prominent men of the
state.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-01-02

A WEALTHY farmer of Viedersburg,
Ind, has been married to his present
wife four times and divorced three
times. His wife is now after another
divorce. They have probably become
SO accustomed to counting that they
can't get aloaS without it,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-01-02

WHEN one Simpkins cut his throat in
Stamford, Conn, the other day the
gentleman in front of whose house the
deed was done retained sufficient pres
ence of mind to yell: Get off the side
walk" He didn't want it all 'mussed
up"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-01-02

EARLY cold weather has been report
ed from very many states. Georgia
had an exceptionally early frost, and
Kansas had the earliest in the recol-
lection of many old residents. The
mountains in the northwestern states
We're esnow-capped earlier this year than
for a number Of years past.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-01-02

Few people have any idea of the trade
done in Rockland, Me, in Angora cats.
Orders are received for them from all
parts of the world. The other day one
was sent to Texas. What they want
of an Angora cat in Texas it would be
hard to surmise.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-01-02
SUBJECTS.

Lessons from the Last Census.
Proportional Representation.
Society and the State.
The Formation of Trusts.
The Remedy for Trusts.
Constitutional and judicial Obstacles to 1,
form.
The Evils of Restrictive Law.
Is Liberty the Solution of Social ProblemsP
Direct Legislation.
Why Socialism is Popular.
The Science Of Legislation.
Industrial Cancellation
Is the State Just to Woman?
Is the State Just to the Workingman2
Present Day Phrases of Reform.
Natural Taxation.
Social Effects of Natural Taxation.
Natural Taxation and the Church.
Public Owners Of Monopoies.
support of the State from Fran chises
Government Ownership of the Telegraph.
Government Ownership of Railroads.
Socialism and Social Reforms.
Speculation in Food Products.
Speculation in Land.
How To Make Farming Pay.
Land Speculation and the Recent Crisis.
The True Functions of Government.
The Grant of Corporate Power
The Cause of Hard Times"
The Remedy for Hard Times"
The Sympathetic Lockout
The State Dispensary System.
The Guttenburg System.
Prohibtion-Pro and Con.
Free Coinage of Silyer-Pro and Con.
Foreign lmmigration-Pro and Con.
How shall we Employ the Unemployed2
what shall we do with our Criminals?
Causes OF Large Fortunes and Low Wages
Home Rule in Taxation.
Etchics of Natural Taxation.
The Incidence of Taxation.
Taxation of Personal Property.
Railroad Pooling.
Taxation of improvements.
Cause and Cure of Involuntary Poverty
Justice the True Charity.
Railroad Stock Watering.
The Etchics of Money.
Election of U. S. Senators by Direct Vote.
Thomas Jefferson on Natural Rights.
The Victor and the Spoils.
The Naturalization of Railroads.
Spoliation of the Social Body.
Cause and Cure of Strikes.
The Fundamental Question.
Public Libraries.
Special Privileges.
The Detroit Plan.
The Relations of Poverty to the Social Evil
Natural Wages
Relation of the Church to Social Problems.
The Ethics of Speculation in Land yaiues
Government Banking.
Capital Punishment-Pro and Con.
Scientific Money.
Competition VS.. Cooperation.
Labor Commissioners.
Evils of the Gerrymander.
Justice as a Cure for immortality
Should the Patent System be abolished?
True and False Patriotism
Would the Single Tax Theory Result in Con
tiscation2
Social Discontent-Its Causes and Remedies.
The Telegraph as Part of the Postoffice.
Impartial Suffrage.
The Ethics of Free Trade and Protection.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-01-02
CONTRIBUTORS.

Hon. Carroll D. Wright.
b. 0. Flower.
Thomas G.. Shearman.
Frances E. Willard.
Hamlin Garland.
Henry d. Lloyd.
Bolton Hall.
Prof. f. NJ. Crunden.
Louis f. Post.
Prof. Edward w. Bemis.
William Dudley Foulke.
VIM. Lloyd Garrison.
Mayor Hazen S. Pingrce.
Senator William V. Allen.
Ernest IL. Crosby.
Lee Meriwether.
Rabbi Samuel Sale.
Stoughton Cooley.
Prof. James ii. billiard.
&. f. Stephens.
Byron w. Holt.
Judson Greneli.
Alice Thatcher Post.
Robert Boxer.
Katharine Lente Stevenson.
Judge 5. S. King.
f. Q. Norton.
Helen de Lendrecie.
Edward Osgood Brown.
Rabbi j. l.. Stern.
George G. Worth.
Josephine Rand.
Manuel j. brennan.
Rev. John w. Kramer.
George V. Wells.
Prof. Thomas E. VIII.
DR.. Mary Wood Allen.
John S. Crosby.
A. F. Broomhall.
A. II. Stephenson.
James c. Fernald.
E. Talmadge Root.
Mrs. e. Q. Norton.
w. +. Cooling.
Frances E. Russell.
John T. White.
E. Stillman Doubleday.
Rev. w. G. Todd.
j. II. Quick.
NJ. r. Levcrson.
Josephine Shaw Lowell.
j. A. Wayland.
r. Gratz Brown.
Harry C. Vrooman.
w. Il. Addington.
]. A. Gaynor.
j. II. Ralston.
James w. Bucklin.
II. Martin Williams.
John F. Baker.
Levi McGee.
J. s. David.
Prof. NJ. Ii. Chamberlin.
John Filmer.
+. b. Livesey.
N. o. Nelson.
DR.. J. w. Caldwell.
c. b. Fillebrown.
Bronson c. Keller.
Benjamin S. Terry.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-01-20
Became Good Friends.

The Rev Thomas Alexander, Pres
byterian minister, long resident in
Chelsea, and we'll known as a brother
Scot, vas most anxious to know Carlyle,
but had no opportunity of getting an in
PRODUCTION to him. One day, in the
Kings Road, he saw Carlyle coming in
his direction, and took advantage of the
opportunity by going up to the sage and
saying: Thomas Carlyle, / believer
Carlyle's reply was: ''Tom Alexander, I
known They became good friends. and
later Mr.. Alexander wrote to Carlyle
for a subscription toward a school build
ing fund, and Carlyle wrote back re-
ander replied that if he did not send him
five pounds he would sell his poetry to
a collector or publish it. The five pounds
We're at once forthcoming.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-01-20
Made a Rad RIunder.

An old friend of DR.. Oliver Wendell
Holmes once took a few friends to cal
upon him. Among them was a young
married woman who had never read any
of DR.. Holmes books, and insisted upon
her friends Coaching her little in
advance. Il told her about his works
therefore" said the lady, dwelling es-
pecially upon the 'Autocrat of the Break
fast Table as being, perhaps, the most
famous of Them Everything went
swimmingly till just as the company was
taking leave. Then the young married
woman broke out in pretty burst of
enthusiasm: ''Oh. DR.. Holmes, l must
tell you how much | have enjoyed your
books, and particularly the Autograph
of the Breakfast Table Her friend
and sponsor was ready to drop through
the floor. But her alarm was needless.
Holmes smiled in his kindest manner,
expressed bis thanks, and remarked that
many people thought the autograph
the best thing he had ever done.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-01-20
ELEPHANT KILLING.
The Demand for Ivory is Responsible FOL
the Big Animals Becoming Scarce.

CH0 Dig <AnAAdAS DOCOAuAA6 OOeSA I'VE
When we take into consideration the
large quantity of ivory imported annu.
ally, it is not surprising that those in.
terested in it should at times become
somewhat anxious about future supplies
An authority upon Indian matters some
few years back was particularly struck
by this thought, and wrote:
''It is reported that England alone i'm
ports 100000 pounds of ivory, to OBJ
tain which 10000 elephants have to be
annually killed, and the worlds supply
must, it has been estimated necessitate
100000 being annually slaughtered. 1t
may be safely assumed that, if this rule
of destruction continues, comparative
ly few years will suffice to exterminate
the African species of elephant"
The assumption is, fortunately for the
world at large, quite incorrect. AS a
matter of fact, our imports average
about the same year by year, but there
is very important factor which the In
dian authority just quoted has evidently
overlooked namely, that most of the
ivory that we receive is technically
known as dead ivory, that is, tusks
which have been taken from elephants
long since dead and stored up in the in
terror of Africa. Of live ivory, or tusks
taken from recently-killed animals, we
do not receive, comparatively speaking,
a considerable quantity. There is no
fear whatever of the supply being e1-
hausted during the next two or three
Observation-Disclosures Journal
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-01-20

pie congregate to witness his wonderful
and amusing performance.
A high platform is constructed on the
edge of the wharf, which is just wide
enough for the horse and two men. AS
the horse ascends to the platform he
seems to be in his delight and standing
at the top he losses his head around to
look at the crowd with very proud
air, and one can almost imagine him
saying in his egotism, s.Lool at me! I
am the only horse in the world that can
perform such feat
Everyone holds his breath as the word
"Go!" is said until he reaches the water.
Down, down, he goes and when he rises
to the. surface a cheer from the crowd
goes up, and he at once begins to swim
towards the shore, and as he reaches it
he leaps up among the crowd, a glossy
black, beautiful animal. His master,
who is waiting for him, grasps his bride
and Immediately starts him off on a run
and keeps him moving until he is thor
oughly dry
When the water is very cold he often
shows evident signs of weakening and
needs a great deal Of urging before he
will make the leap. At such a time one
cannot help but feel it to be a cruel
sport The cold water somewhat bewil-
ders him and he does not seem to know
in what direction he shall swim and
often finds himself under the dock At
such times a man rows out in boat and
leads him to shore.-San Francisco Ex-
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-01-20
PRESERVING WOOD.
A Cheap Process Now Being Employed in
Switzerland.

Switzerland.
A simple, effective and cheap way of
preserving wood from decay is practiced
in Switzerland in the preparation Of
posts for the telegraph service. A square
tank, having capacity of some 200 gal
Ions, is supported at height Of twenty
five feet above the ground by means of
light skeleton tower built of wood. A
pipe drops from the bottom of the tank
to within thirty inches of the ground,
where it is connected with a cluster of
flexible branches, each ending with cap
having an orifce in the center. Each
cap is clamped on to the larger end of
the pole in such manner that no liquid
can escape from the pipe except by pass
ing into the wood. The poles are ar
ranged parallel with one another, slop-
ing downwards, and troughs under both
ends to catch drippings. When all is
ready a solution Of sulphate of copper,
which has been prepared in the tank,
is allowed to descend the pine. The
pressure produced by the fall is sufficient
to drive the solution, gradually, of
course, right through the poles from end
to end When the operation is ended and
the posts dried the whole of the fiber
of the wood remains permeated with the
preserving chemical boston Transcript
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-01-20
Catarrh Cannot BE Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they can
not reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh
is blood or constitutional disease. and In
order to cure it you must take internal
remedies. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in,
ternally, and acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces. Halls Catarrh cure Is
not a quack medicine. 1t was prescribed by
one Of the best physicians in this country
for years, and is regular prescription. 1t
is composed of the best tonics known, com
bined with the best blood purifiers, acting
directly ON the mucous surfaces. The per-
feet combination of the two ingredients is
what produces such wonderful results in
curing Catarrh. Send for testimonials, free.
f. ]. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists. price 75c
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-01-20

hopes would be fulfilled. Her influence
has been turned this way, and some
day she may see all fulfilled, il there is
peace.
The Countess of Essex. Adele Grant of
New York, has no great fortune, but she
has husband who is a devotee of the
Queen. He was a page IN her majesty's
court, and has remained so devoted to
her that he would leave wife and the
bahv lord and sally out to war at the
first note. New York city is the love Of
the Countess of Essex. She once told a
friend that she dreams at night of Union
square and it's stately old picturesque
ness. To have her husband fighting her
beloved city would be a great grief to
her.
With the two Duchesses of Marlbor-
ough war is impossible. Consuelo, the
bride, would lose her great fortune quick
ly, as railroads would feel the crash
Immediately, and Lady Beresford would
suffer such impairment Of the HamerS-
ley income that her homes even would
have to be given Up.
But, aside from the financial interests,
which. however. cannot be ignored, these
women are particularly fond of their own
country. Either one would forsake
England for it, Neither Lady Beres-
ford, whose father was a war colonel,
nor Consuelo Vanderbilt, would suffer
their husbands easily to buckle on armor
against their brothers and parents here.
Their influence alone. if all expended in
their own peculiar way, would avert the
bitterest of feelings.
So those who cry peace need not fear
that they are in the majority. Across
the water are ten beautiful Amazons of
rank. who would struggle to maintain
the harmony which means to them more
than it can to any woman whose. loved
ones are all under one flag.
Constance Mortified