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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-01-11
one double red, and the other q soft
single white flower.

one double red, and the other soft
single white flower.
As Annie was viewing these little
luxuries with commendable pride, and
gradually plucking up spirits, she sud-
denly bethought her of her stockings.
She did not remember of picking them
up, and as she only had three pairs, il
was important that none of them
should be misplaced. Therefore she
began to search diligently, and was
beginning to get tired and puzzled in
the useless search, when a loud RAP
which she had heard once before at
the door caused her to glance hastily
in the glass and then timidly open the
door to the knocker. 1t was noon.
The whistle had blown just q few
minutes before, and instead of going
to his dinner, here was Mr.. John Dart
standing at her door.
"Won't you come in?" asked Annie
with downcast face.
"That's what came for" responded
John, honestly, and in he walked.
Then he turned around, and taking
her hands in his own in the time hon
ored and approved fashion, he said:
81 have been thinking of you this
long while, Annie, and now I feel l
cannot wait any longer. You are alone
in the world, and l am almost SO, al
though uncle is very good. Let us
make each other happy, and have a
pretty little home like this, With
glancing around the room-"with
posies in every window"
Oh, of course, Annie said "Yes"-
who wouldn't? And when the quarter
OF one whistle blew, John (who was
very punctuaD went from room thirty
two to the factory as one walking on
air -mayhap his empty stomach had
something to do with the lightish feel
ing, but he never thought of that, of
course. Annie sat and laughed and
cried to think how happy she was, and
spent the remainder OF her holiday
until evening building air castles, un-
til John came back and began to put
solid foundations to the same by means
Of his pocketbook.
They were married two months after
ward, and the next day John gave his
wife small bundle rolled up in white
paper and tied with blue ribbon. Full
of wonder, Mrs. John united the rib
bon and beheld-her lost red stocking
"Why John!" she exclaimed, in
stincti7ely running her hand down to
the toe. But there were no holes
only two or three dainty little darns,
and it is safe to predict that Johns
socks will never lfer.-Chicago Inter
Ocean,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-01-11
Where the Deaf May Hear,

Many an old lady goes to church Of
Sunday and sits through the service
in frame OF mind devout to degree,
but never hears a solitary word OF the
sermon.
There is preacher in Syracuse, Rev.
George B. Spalding, d. D., who has
changed all that. DR.. Spalding is pas.
tor of the First Presbyterian Church,
religious body made up in the main
of wealthy folk to whom money is no
particular object.
Moved at first by the lamentations
of some of his aged parishioners that
they could not hear his preachments
- DR.. Spalding was newspaper man
before he joined the clergy, and is a
practical soul withal-he arranged,
for the better delivery of the Gospel
to those deaf brethren and sisters,
speaking tubes which ran from largo
metal receiver-really megaphone-
Immediately in front of him on the
pulpit, down under the flooring of the
auditorium and up into the pews.
The megaphone is built into the
front of the pulpit, so that when read
ing or speaking the doctor addresses
it directly.
So successful did the clergyman's
device prove, that speaking tubes were
put into every pew in the great audi
torium. Any person. who is hard OF
hearing and happens to be visitor to
the church, will find means at hand OF
hearing the sermon.
One deaf old lady, who went to DR..
Spalding's church the other day, hav.
ing heard Of the speaking tube system,
burst into tears when she put the trans
mitter to her ear and caugh tthe sound
of the preachers voice. She said it
was the first sermon she had heard for
over quarter OF century.-New
York Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-01-11

1t is curious fact, says the Golden
Penny, one which does not appear to
have received the amount of attention
it deserves, that very large proper
tion, perhaps the maj ajority, OF our great
est men have died childless, and Of
those who had childrena large number
predeceased their parents. But few Of
the greatest names in literature,
science, or art are to- day borne by di-
rect descendants. The families of
Chaucer, Shakespeare, Spenser. Mil
ton, Co wiley, Butler, Dryden, Cowper,
Goldsmith, Scott, Byron and Moore
are all extinct. There is no direct
descendant living OF Sir Philip Sid
ney, Sir Walter Raleigh, or Sir Fran
els Drake, Cromwell Hampden, Monk,
Marlborough, Clarendon, Addison,
Swift, Walpole, Chatham, Pitt, Fox,
Burke, Canning, Dlsraeli, Bacon,
Locke, Newton, Day, Gibbon, Mac
auley, Hogarth, Joshua Reynolds; all
these are "reminiscences, no one OF
them being borne by descendant.
And in those cases where the name is
yet extant it Is borne by collateral
relative, or has been adopted by q
distant connection.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-01-11

and Mohammed Ben Ahmed swung
out into space. Spasms shook the body
Of the murderer; then all was silent,
and everyone thought that it was all
over and well over with Mohammed
Ben Ahmed. He was left suspended
about quarter of an hour, after which
he was cut down, placed on a litter,
and carried to the criminals cemetery.
After the grave-digger had finished
his labors, the body was placed in the
unhollowed trench, and few shovel;
of dirt were thrown upon the quiet
form. Suddenly the still form began
to show signs of life, and at last sat
up with great difficulty, and coolly
remarked to the digger: "Before you
bury me give me something to drink"
The unexpected resurrection so af-
frighted the sexton that he dropped his
shovel, and fled tofthe prison at Bardo,
I where he informed the director of his
weird discovery.
From 8 o'clock until IL Mohammed
| Ben Ahmed remained in the shallow
| grave exposed to the burning rays of
| the sun. Then he was removed to the
hospital for convicts at Sadlki, where
| he was taken care of. He was soon
| out of danger, and was transferred to
the galleys of La Ghulettc, where he
| is doomed to hard labor for life, which
Is looked upon as a commutation of
sentence. The grave-digger was so af-
fected by the shock given his nerves
that his life is in danger.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-01-11
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

The brain OF an idiot contains much
less phosphorus than that OF O person
of average mental powers.
"a clever Parisian has invented q
machine which can split one human
hair lengthwise into thirty-six strips.
Many of the so-called "vegetable
ivory" buttons used on dresses are
made of potatoes treated with sui
phuric acid.
In ffty-six Austrian cities, with
total population of $3.50, 1874, the av-
erage mortality last year was 1853
per thousand.
A steel fly wheel twenty-five feet in
diameter and requiring $50 miles of
wire in its construction, has been
made in Germany.
Pictures have been obtained by the
Roentgen rays through eight and one
half inches of iron plate by Herr Dor
mann, of Bremen.
bM. Maingauit, the famous anato.
mist, discovered that by forcing air
into the larynx of dead animal
sounds could be produced very similar
to those Of the voice during life.
DIR. Dawson Tucker has discovered
that the Roentgen ray exist in nature,
namely, in the ordinary glow worm,
whose light penetrates thin sheets of
aluminium and other substances.
The prime of life of q man of regu-
lar habits and sound constitution is
from thirty to fifty.five years of age;
of q woman from twenty-four or
twenty-five to about forty years of
age.
A petrifed fish found by DR.. New.
berry at Delaware, Ohio, weighed
twenty-five pounds, and is as perfect
in form, position of fins, scales, etc. :,
as though it had died but yesterday
instead of 1000 years ago.
A new and very efficient insect pow
der has been introduced in Europe.
1t consists simply of pyrethrum flow
ers, to every hundredth part of which
is added one part of naphthalin by
weight. The naphthalin must be in
very fine powder and intimately mixed
with the py rethrum.
1t has been accidently discovered
that certain beetle has mandibles of
such strength that it can cut metal.
Some Brazilian specimens were tenn
porarily placed in glass jar with
pewter top, and in less than forty
eight hours they had cut holes in the
metal large enough to protrude their
heads.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-01-11
spread, for no PROGRESSIVE farmer
would let suspected tree stand for

spread, Tor no progressive farmer
would let suspected tree stand for
an hour after it had been noticed.
The foundation of peach orchard is
the nursery, in which pits from the
peach orchards of Tennessee are plant
ed At one year old these Seeding
shoots are taken up and set out in the
orchards in squares Of twenty feet,
giving los trees to the acre. In the fol-
lowing spring they are ready for bud
ding. Buds are taken from bearing
trees which have demonstrated the
quality of their fruit. A branch is cut
from the tree, and from this branch
bit Of bark Is cut In the shape of a
daggers blade. carrying with it Just
one leaf bud. With pointed knife a
perpendicular slit is cut in the bark of
the Seeding, almost at the ground. This
slit is about an inch long and at the
top of it, at right angles, another cut
Is made through the bark, extending
n quarter of an inch ON each side of
the perpendicular slit. Into this cross
cut the point of the dagger-like piece
of bark Is thrust and pushed down
ward until it is snugly housed by the
loosened bark, leaving only the bud
protruding. On each side of this bud
the bark Of the Seeding is wrapped
and in few weeks the incisions have
healed, leaving the bud growing.
The year following the budding pro-
cess the pruner passes through the
young orchard and cuts away the whole
top of the Seeding, just above the
shoot from the bud, and the buds
growth is thinned to one straight shoot
At one year old this shoot will pro-
duce peaches They are not allowed
to grow, however but are pulled off
before the pits in the fruit begin to
harden. The next year they are allow
ed to bear few peaches, in the third
year they bear a few more, and in the
fourth year the orchard Is paying
profits to the grower. After this year
nothing else is grown in the orchard,
but from May 1 to Aug. Is, twice a
week, the ground is stirred by n
"weeder," which loosens the soil to
the depth Of an inch or more. A man
with one horse and this "weeder" cul-
tivates twenty-five acres day on an
average. Between crops bonedust and
potash are sown broadcast over the
ground, the influences of which arc
manifest directly in the fruit, show.
ing jutciness and color.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-01-11
An Idea in Parachutes.

An Italian aeronaut named Copazzs
has invented two balloon attachment,
which are said to have fully realized
the expectations formed of them. The
oneis an enormous parachute stretched
over balloon, and the other folded
parachute hanging under the basket.
If the.aeronaut finds that his balloon
is rising too fast he opens the folded
parachute, which Immediately acts as
huge air brake and effectually re-.
tards progress.
On the other hand, should the air
vessel explode through expansion. fire,
or any other cause, the top parachute
come into action and descent may be
made without the slightest inconveni.
ence.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-01-11
A SONG OF RAIN.

The cuckoo scurries to and fro;
From green to white the naples blow
The longed-for rain is coming!
Set every tub beneath its spout,
For there'll be little stirring out
When all the roofs are drumming!
Forth creeps the thirsty. wrinkled toad;
The dust goes wtirling down the road;
The slender birehes shiver.
Uncertain little flurrles break
The CLASSY surface OF the lake,
And scud across the river.
Now darker grows the drifting SKY,
And robin, with startled cry,
Wheels round the roofess dwelling.
The trees begin to toss and lash;
Far off, there CLEANS forkei fash,
Followed by thunder's swelling,
Hark! It's the rustic Of the drops
Among the tossing maple-tops-
The first cool dash and patter
The air grows wondrous soft and sweet
With smell of woods and grass and wheat,
And marshes all a-spatter!
Now thunders down the mighty food,
That turns the dusty roads to mud,
And sets the caves to spouting.
Hurrah! the silver ranks have come,
With tempest-flie and thunder-drum,
And swollen torrents shouting!
james Buckham, in Youths Companion
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-01-11
HIS TIME HADN'T COME.
Consequently This Algerian scoundre1
Arose from His Grave.

Hanging, when done officially, is ex-
pected to result in the death of the
man hanged. 1t does not always have
that termination, however, and Ameri-
can history records few instances in
which men who have been hanged and
pronounced dead have been resusci
tated and lived long and more or less
useful lives thereafter. A similar case
occurred recently in Tunis, Algeria.
MohammOl Ben Ahmed ell Habibi was
sent to the gallows for assassinating
fellow ''religionist" at Bizerte, near
Tunis, Algeria, quartering two of his
children, and firing on the guards COM
missioned to arrest him.
When the day Of his execution ar
rived n great crowd of Arabs had gath
cred near the gallows to witness the
last writhing struggles of the doomed
man. Finally the victim was led forth.
The hangman seized him and put the
silk rope around his neck. Immedi-
ately the assistant loosed the strap
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-01-11

st. Paul, Mimi, has pretty and
useful annual custom which Is worthy
of imitation elsewhere. Each fall, at
the close of the flower blooming sea-
son, the plants that have blossomed in
the parks during the summer are given
to those who may apply for them, and
are thus made to do duty in brighten
ing the homes of many who could not
afford to purchase such things. The
city, Of course, loses nothing by the
transaction, as the plants if not thus
disposed Of, would be killed by the
frost, new stock being set out each
lpring. During the fall of 1896 from
the largest park in the city over 1870, E
900 plants were given away. In addi-
tion, the smaller parks furnished
many thousands additional. In the
principal park the employees superin-
tend the annual distribution, but in
the other parks the people are allowed
by the police to help themselves. 1t
is flower mission on municipal
scale,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-01-11
Sale OF Bmsts in Paris.

Nicholas II. is first in the sale OF
busts In Paris just now, the place
usually held by Napoleon I. After
them come Beethoven, Mozart and
Chopin, Moliere, Racine and Corneille,
Pasteur and Victor Hugo. When he
was prisoner at Clairvaux the Duo
d'Orleans' bust sold well. There is
very little demand now for Gambetta
and General Boulanger. Carnot leads
Felix Faure, who runs neck and neck
with Louis XIII.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-01-11

The Yolkssten records striking
mark of sympathy conferred upon DR..
Leyds, Secretary of State of the Trans
vaal republic, by his colleagues.
Hearing that he has been forbidden
by his doctors to touch cigar or pipe
or to drink glass of wine, the mem
bers of the Chamber, headed by their
President, have unanimously resolved
to leaves their pipes at home, and
smoking has been equally forbidden
in the Government offices.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-01-11

In the present dullness of the lum.
ber trade the people who have bass
wood to sell enjoy more than the or.
dinary share of what business there is
going in this market, says the Chicago
Times, Herald. This is due to the fact
that the molding factories use bass.
wood for picture frames, and Chicago
is the greatest picture molding center
in the world.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-01-11
A NeM Telen,iOnp.

A Russian electrician named Kill.
ischewsky has perfected telephone
which practically disregards distance.
At recent test between Moscow and
Rostoff, 800 miles, talking, singing
and instrumental music at one end oi
the line were distinctly heard by lis.
teners at the other. An experiment is
to be made by land wires and Atlantic
cables in talking between London and
New York.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-01-11

The Baltimore News believes that
the time is not distant when the use of
the typewriter will be taught in the
public schools. 1t says there is reason
to expect this innovation. The type
writer has become an indispensable
appliance in the business world and as
our system of popular education is
being made more and more practical
we may lcok for it soon to embrace
instruction in typewriting. The pro-
gress Of the typewriter has been mar
velous. 1t has been only little more
than twenty years since the first ma
chine of this sort was placed upon the
market, and it was several years later
before there was any general use of
typewriters. Now there are scores of
typewriter factories in the United
States and the number OF the machines
they turn out is enormous. 1t is COM
paratively easy for man or woman
who is an expert typewriter to get
employment. This invention has been
q great boon to the great and growing
number of women who have to sup.
port themselves and others. There is
now hardly business house of any
pretension which does not employ one
or more typewriters and they are
almost as common in the offices OF
professional men. The use of the
typewriter increases daily. 1t has
been found great saver of time aud
by it correspondence is conducted far
moro satisfactorily than by the old
method. All the business colleges and
commercial schools of the country
teach typewriting ard it may not be
long before those cities which have
the best equipped public schools will
employ teachers OF typewrlting for
those pupils who care to receive in.
ztruction Of that kind.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-01-11
japanese Postage Stamps.

The new Japanese stamps, which
were issued on September 18th, were
for the first time in that country
adorned with heads of prominent per.
sons. The original intention was to
make the stamps commemorative OF
the war with China, but the late Prime
Minister Ito rejected the samples on
the ground that it would not be we'll
to constantly remind the Chinese Of
their defeat. -
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-01-11
Eskimo Mother and BabY,

The Eskimo are very fond of their
children. There are seldom many of
them in one family, and those that are
are very well taken care OF, according
to an Eskimo's notion, which, of
course, quite fits an Eskimo baby.
They seldom cry, and lie around and
suck blubber with great contentment
all day long. Sometimes q very fond
mother will make for her baby queer
kind of candy. There is certain
grent bird which the men shoot when
ever they get chance, and which has
bright red feet. The mother will cut
off these feet, and draw out the bones,
and by blowing into the skin initiate it
to its utmost capacity. Then she will
fill the little red case with marrow,
and tie it up for an extra good gift to
her baby. The youngsters like this
queer candy Gs we'll as our children
like chocolate creams, which, to be
sure, are not half so pretty to look at.
When an Eskimo baby dies, his
father and mother grieve over him
very sincerely. One Arctic traveller
tells of mother who brought her
child with her to the United Statea.
1t died on the voyage, and the mother
was unconscious for more than day
afterward. The baby was buried in a
little New England cemetery, and, &C.
cording to Eskimo custom, his play.
things were laid on the grave. Among
other things was little tin pail,
which sailor had given the child,
and some naughty little American
child stole it from the grave. The
mother was inconsolable. Chicago
Times Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-01-11

Jacob II. Schiff has given the
Columbia University, New York City,
$1,000, to be XII -@n as the students
loan funl. Under certain conditions
the money is to be loaned to students
in need of temporary accommodation.
to enable them to pay their way
through the university.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-01-11

The latest number of Peterman's
MIttellungen says that "the interior
of north Greenland will hereafter be
known rs Peary Land" The compli-
ment to the American arctic explorer
has been heartily approved by foreign
geographers.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-01-11

An Early Misunderstanding" said
the boys father, 81 suppose that you
are going to hang up your stocking next
Christmas" "No, I'm not" was the
reply after some thought. "'Why not?"
Because" he answered, looking his
father straight in the cyec "you
couldn't put bicycle in my stocking"
Washington Star.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-01-11

A genius for figures has worked out
The problem of how much gold there
is in the ocean. He places the amount
at s12O, 900, 900, 600, 900, 900, but he is
quite silent as to how it is to be got
Dnt
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-01-11
ANNIE'S ROOM.
BY VINCENT BELL.

L was about five
minutes after the
second and las
whistle had blown
at Darts shoe fac
tory when Annie
Velga came run.
ming down the
street, pan ting
and red of face.
John Dart, stand
ing on the steps
taking with two
strangers, smiled
as she came up,
and said, in slight
ly s u r pri S g d
tones
"You are late
this morning, Miss
Nelga-something
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-01-11
The B,cycIe DID IT,

The old cobblestone pavements are
passing away, and the bicycle has done
more to produce the welcome change
than even letters to the Rewspapers.--
Boston Transcript.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-01-11
One of the most encouraging signs
OF the times is the growth OF free liz
braries.

Many paupers have lived to be a
hundred years old, but there is no
record of a millionaire having attained
that age.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-01-11

A Chicago man by suit at law has
recovered 500, 900 from fellow who
beat and robbed him. The ordinary
hold-up victim is lucky if he RECEIVERS
consciousness.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-05-11
A RIVER EXCURSION
To charlssion to be Run by the Wheeling
Physicians, who will Attend the Meet
InEOfTheIr State society.

To Chnrleston "a he RIM bV the Wheeling
p,,,.t.,., ,,hO ,vnI Nt,.rd IN. Meet.
"r,,.,, $500
mgr l"s'' S'"'s
The physicians OF WheeHnS' mem
beers OF the Ohio county medical society
AID NJ N. state socIs,y have made
-.
partial arrangements Tor the ohaFter-
ing OF the packet w. ]. Cummings, and
erpect 10 take a party OF about
,,. A., -, 80 10. 9, ,,ra-,os-
se'eh'S -lNe ii"i'l Gus e,'' "
ton. down the ONO and up the Great
Kanawha, next week, on the occasion
a, tho orr,,,. ,r,aa,Irp, ~ m. x,nte med
- Wv 'l''''"''' '''
ich society
Capt. Mack Gamble owner OF the
Cummingu, which IL soon to be placed
in a local trade after having been re,
fitted and glysr complete overhaul
ing on the Marietta docks, mas maze