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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-11
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

A mole will starve to death in a day
or two if not fed. This greediness
makes it most valuable ally against
| insects.
Wasps are the most inveterate
enemies of flies. Reaumer says that
he has known one wasp to kill one
thousand flies in day.
1t rains on an average 20S days in
the year in Ireland, about $50 in Eng
land, at Kozan about ninety days, and
in Siberia only sixty days.
At sea level an object one hundred
feet high is visible a little over
thirteen miles. If five hundred feet
high it is visible nearly thirty miles.
The mole's fore limb is enormously
muscular for digging. in which they
work with front paws turned edgewise
toward the sun and palms outward,
working from the median line toward
either side.
The records of eighty y-eight years
show that tornadoes have a width OF
ten to 10, $50 feet, length of track Of
three hundred yards to two hundred
miles, and velocity of progression Of
seven to one hundred miles an hour.
Rinderpest being a cattle disease,
DIR. Koch has found out that it does
not attack birds. He tried to inoculate
hens, pigeons, guinea fowls, crane,
an eagle and secretary bird with the
bacillus of the disease, but it did not
affect them.
Many of the streets of Paris are
lined with trees. If a tree dies another
of the same kind, age and size is
brought from the State forests and put
in its place. The cost is tremendous,
but Paris is the most beautiful OF
modern cities.
The mole's entire body is so shaped
that it easily works forward in bur-
row. It's nose is pointed and shaped
very much like hoof. He tapers off
behind so as to offer minimum OF
resistance, and to his exquisitely soft
fur the soil does not stick, so that
while at work in making his burrow
his body is always perfectly clean.
The British Government has adopted
DIR. George Stoker's method of treat
ing suppurating ulcers with oxygen
gas. A very large number of men
working ON the Mombasa and Uganda
Railway have been incapacitated by
ulcers of the leg. The Foreign Office
has sent to Mombasa twenty complete
equipments for treatment. The result
will be watched with close interest.
Mr.. Douglas, of Harvard College
Observatory, has determined the
period of rotation of Ganymede, the
third satellite of Jupiter. He proves
it to be seven days, five hours, that is,
nearly equal to its period of sidereal
revolution. This confirms the state
ment of Herschel, that the satellites
of Jupiter always turn the same face
to their planet as the moon does to the
earth.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-11
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She-So you don't like that hat just
In front of us? How would you like it
trimmed? He (savagely)-With lawn
mower.-Tit-Bits.
The Captain (boisterously)-Com
old man, brace up! What's got into
you? Passenger-If you don't put me
ashore you'll very soon see.-Life.
"Poor, motherless girlr' he exclaim-
ed, and turned sadly away. What he
wanted was motherless girl who
should be in moderate circumstances,
at least.-Puck.
Scotch.-McSporran Qeaving home)--
Moo, Janet, dinna forget to max Ieetle
Sandy TAX his glass e'e oot when he's
ma lookin' at aething.-New York
Truth.
She-Oh, James, how grand the sea
is. How wonderful. / do so like to
hear the roar of the ocean. He-So
do /, Elizabeth. Please keep quiet
Lustigen Blaetter.
Cholly Ricketts, neutrality-suspicious.
me, dearest, and l shall enter a mon
astery and be monk. Maude Sum.
merfiirt-Monastery. Don't you mean
a menagerie ?-Puck.
Joking aside, madam, two girls
have gone insane from love of me-
and you say you really cannot love
me" mo, baron" Third case of in.
sanity"-Fliegende Blaetter.
Old Millyuns-Young man. nv
daughter tells me you kissed her last
night. Percival Tootles-Well, if she
wants to go Dragging about it, that's
her privilege.-Chicago Record.
Weary Willie-Ef you he'd million
dollars, Fields, wot would you do wit
1t? Flowery Fields-Wy. 1 wouldn't
do nutt'n' wit it'd jest rest easy and
let it do sutt'n' wit me.-Truth.
Everybody seems to be on an equal.
ity in Klondike," said the shoe-clerk
boarder. "Yes," saitF the Cheerful
Idiot, "one man can cut as much ice as
another up there. e."-Indianapolis Jour
nal.
MIR. Gotrox-What would you expect
me to do for my daughter if YOU mar
ried her? George Goodthing (slightly
embarrassed)-You be
willing to die for her, would your
Judge.
Paw" asked the little boy" "what
Is brain-worker?" "a brain-work
err" said the old man, :" is a man who
has to spend all his salary in dressing
up to the position he holds .'-Typo
graphical Journal.
Isaacstein-Dot vas quyeer tina
vot happenedt to Rosenbaums shtore,
Dere vas a burglary undt a shmall
fire der same night. Cohenstein-Yes;
Rosenbaum toldt me dot he came oudt
shoost even.-Puck.
Papa" said Billy, tearfulIy, after a
playful romp with the good-natured
but rather rough st. Bernard puppy,
Il don't believe Bingo knows what
Kind of a dog he is. He plays as If he
thought he was a little pug."-Bazar
Young Lady-You are a wonderful
master of the piano, hear. Professor
Won Spieler (hired for the occasion)-I
blay aggompaniments zometimes
Young Lady-Accompaniments to
singing? Professor Won Spieler-Ag.
compartments to gonversations.-Tit
Bits.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-11

Not many men would care for the
experience of Henry Holcomb, of New
York City, as human bee hive. Hol-
comb was wheeling in New Jersey
when he noticed few bees buzzing
along in front of him. At first he
thought the insects were trying to pace
him, and he laughed aloud at the idea,
but soon the buzzing grew louder, and,
glancing over his shoulder, he beheld
the hees--hundreds of them-chasing
him at full speed. 1t then became q
case of Henry Holcomb pacing the
bees, who wanted to make honey of
him, he thought. Faster and faster
he pumped the machine, but the bees
rapidly overhauled him. Soon the
queen bee landed on the back of his
neck, with her courtiers and ladies in
waiting. They crawled into his ears
and nestled in his hair. Whole colonies
of bees crawled down into the neck of
his sweater and perched on his shoul-
der blades. They piled up in layers,
until the people who saw Holcomb fit
by thought he was wearing q knapsack.
Finally he rode up to the house of
David Aldrich, bee tanner of Wilbur,
N. j., who placed sheet on the
ground, stood Henry and bee hive in
the center and then beat a tune on a
dishpan. One by one the bees dropped
off and crawled into the hive. At the
end of five minutes Holcomb was en-
tirely clear of insects-and he es-
capped without single prod.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-11

We orrer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F. j. Che.
ney for the last 10 years, and believe him per-
fectly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obliga-
tion made by their firm.
WEST &c TRUAX, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio.
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-11
INDIANS OF NEW MEXICO.

Prof. Starts Magnificent Specimens g
of Men and Women.
PROF. Frederick A. Starr head of the
anthropological department of the Uni
versity Of Chicago, has returned from
New Mexico, where he has been pre-
pairing a probably new and valuable
contribution to chronological science.
The trip was made primarily to OBJ
tain life masks of Pueblo Indians,
while 1t was yet possible to get them
in such numbers and from such indi-
viduals that the casts would be charac-
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-11

Ask your grocer to-day to show you pack
age of Graln-o, the new food drink that takes
the place of coffee. The children may drink
1t without injury as we'll as the adult All
who try it like it. Grain-0 has that rich seal
brown of Mocha or Java, but it is made from
pure grains, and the most delicate stomach re.
coives it without distress. One-quarter the
price of coffee. 15 cts. and Is cts. per package
Bold by al grocers.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-11

There would seem to be some sense
in the application of the X-rays to the
discovery of gold in the Klondike re,
gion. There will no doubt be many
people there who will stand in need Of
an "X" now and then, and il they can't
get that 'raise" for even a smaller
sum will be acceptable.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-11
Density of Deem Water,

So dense is the water in the deepest
parts of the ocean that an ironclad, II
1t were to sink, would never reach the
bottom.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-11

Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first days use of DIR. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. 81 trial bottle and treatise free
DR.. X. 81. KLINE, Ltd, 93l Arch ST., Phila.. p
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-11

For Whooping Cough, Piso's Cure Is sue
cessful remedy.-M.P DIETER, " Throop Ave-,
Brooklyn, N. Y, Nov. IA, 1894.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-11

A duck shot by Edward Jackson, OF
Atchison, had a nine-pound fish In its
esopha gus.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-11
Tricks of Horse Traders.

There are tricks in all trades, but
horse trades appear to have more than
their share. A new dodge in that line
Is reported from Philadelphia. The
proprietor of an uptown hotel in that
city patronized largely by agricultur.
lists was very anxious to sell horse to
n friend from the country, but the lat
ter had some doubt as to the animals
speed. The two agreed upon n GER
tain day for a drive in the park, and
in the meantime the hotel man had not
been idle. They were bowling along
at pace which was scarcely calcu-
lated to create any excitement when a
park guard, who had previously been
fixed" arrested the owner of the
horse for driving faster than the al.
lowed 800 gate. He willingly paid his
fine of $5, and his companion was 20
impressed by the occurrence that he i'm
p:ediately purchased the horse
President Faure of France goes
about with a guard of soldiers to pro,
tect him from bomb throwers. This
may not be comfortable for the Presl.
dent, but 1t certainly must now and
then afford the bomb throwers a sense
Of amusement which in people who are
not bomb throwers would cause q
smile.
The Washington bee., 1897-03-27

Refined, energetic ladies
as agents for good-selling toilet arti-
cleS. Must De well recommended.
Apply between the hours )f Q a. n.
and6 D. III. Tuesdays and Thursdays
II Florida Avenue y ".
The Washington bee., 1897-03-27
THEY SAY.

THEY SAY.
You cannot run paper on prom
ises.
You must DO your duty beyond
all doubt.
There are five candidates for beg
ister Of the Treasu V.
Only one will be appointed.
Speaker Reed is vety quiet.
Senator Allsin stands 10 show OF
being appointed.
His efforts are all in vain.
Deception runs high in some
people.
Ex-Consul Astwood thinks there
should be a change in the Record
er's Office.
The BEE thought SO IN '95.
Negro democrats who had col
ored republicans removed should
receive a similar dose.
There shonld be revolution in
politics.
A certain Georgia politician is
working in vain for place.
He might as we'll go home.
Capt. Lyons of Georgia will be
the first man appointed.
Ex-Governor Pinchbsck expects
place.
Fifty tons Of applications, with
IS many Endorsements, are on hle.
Speech-making at the White
House is to be abolished.
Secretary Porter is quaint man.
No eolOred appointments have
been made IS vet
The colored press is not in it up
to date.
The boys are still scrambling for
&n Office.
Don't be 81 armed when you hear
the shouts Of men.
They are only ofhee-seekers.
Great are the deeds Of good men.
Ii has been decided TO appoint q
colored man Recorder of Deeds.
Secretary Gage is fine gentle
man
Rev. Bishop johnson is a hustler.
When will eolored prosecuting
officer be appointed:
Some Cabinet officers think it
strange for man TO ask for place.
Who made greater efforts 20 be
plsced in the Cabinet than some OF
the Cabinet officers.
How do you like the new Com
miSsioners
Always live in hope, even should
Won die in despair.
Be OF good cheer. : better dsy is
coming.
Don't forget your duty to your
fellow man.
The Holmes House is the most
popular in South Washington.
The BEE is the leading Afro
American journal in the country.
Mrs. Ida B. Wells Barnett is
xomsn who should DC the idol of
the American press.
She is brave and honest in her
convictions
The Police Court viii have s new
Judge very soon-
Do You want a live paper:
The BEE is the peoples rdvocste
in this age, which Is s recorder Of
events OF sll Afro-Americans. s
true rsce standard that sll celored
Americans honor
Ofice-seekerS look very SAD ST
times.
Major Brsekett hiss been sp-
pointed chief of the Appointment
Division Of the Treasury Depsrt-
ment.
Ohio is strictly in Il, and the
original Mckinley msn is getting
his share.
Thomas h Garter mas a cinch on
being made messenger st the White
House.
Anew Recorder Of the Land Of
fee viii be sppointed-
he viii come from Connecticut.
Bishop Arnett VIII not De the
eolored President.
The people viii become satisfied
The age-herald., 1897-08-04
Rivers That Flow Backward.

Near Argostoli, a. town on one of the Greek islands, four little torrents of sea water, rolling an average 55 gallons q second penetrate into the Assures of tho cliffs, flow rapidly inland and finally grad ually disappear into the crevices of the soil.
 Two of these water courses are suffi- ciently powerful to turn all the year round the wheels of two mills constructed by an enterprising Englishman This seems at first sight absurd on the face of it, but it is quite easily explained. The hills of the island are of soft, calcarcous rock, full of fissures and suck up water like immense sponges.
 In consequence the pools in their subter ranean cayerns are always lower than the surrounding sea, so, to restore the balance, these little brooks, fed by the waves, are always descending inland. The curious yet natural result of the constant evapora tion of the sea water is that gigantic masses of salt crystals are constantly forming in the caves. --Strond Mara2ine.
The age-herald., 1897-08-04
BOTH GOT AWAY
Two Birmingham Inmates of the Insane
 Asylum Succeeded in Escaping

Two Birmingham Inmates of the Insane
 Asylum Succeeded in Escaping
 Two B'rmine ham patients have escap- ed from tIhe insane hospital at Tuska- loosa. According to the information which reached this city yesterday the escape was effected Saturday night but in what manner is rot known. The escapes we're Kenny and Charlie Jide. Both were sent up from this city on the charge of grand larceny.
 Kenny was convicted of having stolen a horse and buggy from the House lv- cry sta ble, while Lide was sent up for stealing clothes. Both we're adjudged in- sane.
 While in the county jail it is said they acted queerly, and that Kenny made two attempts to commit suicide.
 Both are said to be addicted Co the use of morphine As matter of fact, it is sad that the doctor ordered so much for them each day.
 They have not been apprehended.
The age-herald., 1897-08-04

low in Jantiary and 15 below in February, with possibilities, in the Klondyke region. of from 32 degrees below zero in Novem- Der and ranging to 50 or 50 degrees below till about March 1. When it is considered that fuel is scarce and high, the huts in which the gold hunters will live rudely constructed. and food unless supplies are brought with them, only to be obtained at extravagant prices, the prospect Is not an encouraging one. Cold and hunger and the diseases incident to lack of fresh meat and vegetables are the sentinels that challenge atl corners to the Kiondyke al the beginning of the winter. If it be true, as reported, that coal has been dis covered near the Klofi6 2 region, the hardships of the miners will be greatly alleviated. ard it may even be possible in that case to mine all the year. The Can- adian government is also planning to open up an overland route establis hing posts about every fifty miles, thus aiding the forwarding of supplies and permitting commur.catie tien by telegraph and postal route, which will add greatly to the con- ventence and security of the miners
 Several Birmingham gentlemen arc dis cussing the prospects of going next spring. This will be a wise conclusion, as the overland route will then be con- pleted
The age-herald., 1897-08-04
TOO HoMErY TO LIVE.

James Meyers of Kingston, N. r., has been suffving for the past six months from a peculiar monomania. Ho has been committed to an Insane asylum after hav- Ing tried to commit suicide because he be- feYed himself to be the homelIest man liy- Ing and wished to die. MT. Meyers is 6s gears old.
 About six months ago he moved to Kingston to live with his sister, Mrs. J. Gardiner Miller, and his actions were so peculiar that he was adjudged Insane and committed to an asylum. He improved under the treatmeHt to such an extent that he was soon discharged as cured. He had enjoyed but a short time of freedom when he began to shun his companions and re- fused to be seen on the street in daylight, and when going out at night would be- come very indignant if people looked at him. His malady increased daily until he confined himself entirely to the house. He would sit by himself and brood, oontinu- ally asking tho family if they didn't think he was getting homelier, and even at times believing himself to resemble some animal. He would shut himself in his apartments days at time, often jump
The age-herald., 1897-08-04
NOTICE TO BRIDGE CONTRACTORS.
tsnes us.ls Think of Men.

The cat was a solitary roamer whose companions were the trees of its native forests. It found home in the hollow trunks and safety among the branches. How do we know that the cats ancestors were dwellers in tho forests? Because every kitten takes to a tree as readily as a duck to water; also because nearly all forest dwellers are ms tiled in color, so that they may not Do conspicuous among tho light and shadow beneath the trees. While I was considering what was the probable view held by cats about human beings it was suggested by one ingenious friend that probably they regard man as kind of locomotive tree, pleasant to rub against, the lower limbs of which afford pleasant seat and from whose upper branches occa- sionally drops tidbits of mutton and oth- CT luscious fruits. We may laugh at the theory, but it has quite respectable string of facts behind it to back it up. If the Kanakas argued from the pig to tho horse, why should not tho cat pass from tho fla nilar tree to the unfamiliar organization called man?
 The cat, in spite of the domestic charao- ter 1t has acquired, is in reality the least tame of our animal servants. As far as it's duties arc concerned, man has taught it practically nothing. North American Re- vie
The age-herald., 1897-08-04
HERE FOR SAFE KEEPING The Decatur Rapists Again In
 Jefferson County Jail. THEY WILL HANG SEPT. 7 They Assert Their lnnocence-A History of the Brutal Assault on Little Nell
 lie Lawton at Decatur

Lewis Thompson, Walter Neville and Rosa Buford, the three negroes who are under sentence of death for criminally assaultlng hetle Nellie Law.on nsar De- catur, are confined in ehe county jail in this city. They were brought here early yesterday for safe keeping.
 The three prisoners seem to possess the average intelligence of ldhe race amid ap- pear unconoerrsd as 70 their approaching doom. The woman is the most sensitive of gt'e three and appears at times quite troubled.
 After her triad in Decatur Monday all three were sentenced to pay the penalty of death on Sept. '. They were then placed on board fast freight train aind Drought to Birmingham by Sheriff Ryan.
The age-herald., 1897-08-04

So strong and unwavering was the tes- timony of the youthful victim that the defendants attorneys were compelled to give up all hope in their fight to save the prisoners necks.
 The most sensa tional feature in th cases was the charge of Judge Banks on opening court. His declaration that this is aJwhite mans goyernfnert; white mans town; white mans court, that would be run by white men; and you ne- groes had better go home and stay thera, has already become famous. II attracted worldwide attention at the time and is now a matter of much discussion.
 AWAITING THEIR DOOM
 The convicted prisoners have given no notice of appeal.
 They will remain in the county jail unitil Sept. ', next, whsy once mare they will journey to Decatur to pay the full penal ty of the law.
 The death watch will be placed over them some days before that date and will be maintained until the departure for Decatur and the gallows.
The age-herald., 1897-08-04

were organized and they vowed ven- geance against the brutal fiends.
 Before the lynehers could get posses sion of the three negroes the officers suc- ceeded in arresting them. They were confined in the Decatur jail, but, owing to the expressed determination of the people to mob them. the prisoners were taken to Huntsville.
 TROOPS IN HUNTSVILLE.
 It was thought they would be safer in the Huntsville jail, but there, too, threats of lynehing were made.
 A party of determined men from De- -catur took possession of a freight train, but were side-traeked and the engine cut loose few miles from that place.
 Governor Johnston was. appealed to and Company K, of Birmingham. was ordered to Huntsville to protect>the pris- oners.
 They went there and no serious trouble was experienced. However, it was thought best to hold the prisoners in the Jefferson county jail, and they were brought to this t.ty.
 They were kept here until last Mon- day night a week ago, when they we're taken back to Decatur for trial.
 THEIR TRIALS AND CONVICTION.
 A special grand jury was convened to investigate the case.
 Judge J. J. Banks, of this city, pre- sided ovsr the special term of court and ordered the jury to return true bills against the prisoners.
 Indictments charging rape were found in each case.
 The trials began last Friday and in each instance, quick verdicts of guilty were returned with the punishment fix ed at death.
The age-herald., 1897-08-04

Once inside the county jail they were se- curely locked up in the quatan The de- parbment Although they stoutly pro- test that tth,ay are innocent of the crime, .hey are not very talkaSiye.
 THEIR HORRIBLE CRIME.
 Rosa Buford was the temporary pro- teog5s of Nellie Lawton. 12-yeer old girl in Decatur, during the absence of her father. She had two irl.imalte frlends in Lewis Thompson and Walter Neville and the three concocted a hellish plan to commit an assault on the innocent Little child.
 Some weeks ago, during the temporary absence of Mr. Lawtcn, Rosa Buford had little Nellie Lawton under he'd care and her two maia friends were also there at the sama time.
 While there the devflish purpose of the two male brutes was accomplished with the assistance of Rosa Buford, who is only about IS years old
 When the facts in the case became gen. orally known in Decatur great indigna- ton was aroused. Searching parties
The age-herald., 1897-08-04

few slgns demolished and fences blown down was about the extent of the dam age.
 Al frolicsome bolt of lightning per- formed some queer antics at the resi- dence of MT. Sam Galloway, the Louis vile and Nashville ,roadmaSter, on Eighth avenue. In the hallawy upstairs it made holes like rifle balls of a large calibre in the ceiling and in bedroom adjoining the paper over the mantle had the app arance of having been visited by a swarm of rodents Fortunately, the members of the family were all on the ground floor and none injured
 Lightning struck a wire on Eighth avenue and burnt out the fuse in an electric car, at the same time shocking the motorman on an approa ching car A large plated glass window in H. Low enthals store was demolished