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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23

The British empire in India com.
prises 1,558, ,254 square miles, with
subject population of 254,OOO, 900, and
revenues close to $500, 900, 900 Ter
ritorially its rule extends over an area
as large as Europe with Russia left
out, and the population ruled is larger
than that of the entire continent.
From Peshawur, under the Himalayas,
to Cape Comorin is distance of 1000
miles, all Of which is traversed by rail,
spreading its branches over the entire
peninsula, rendering easy the concen-
tration of troops at any desired point.
This prodiSious empire is the growth
Of 297 years, the first East India Com.
pNny having been chartered by Queen
Elizabeth in 1900. 1t held power for
2jS years, its authority being trans.
ferred to the Crown Just after the sup.
preston of the Indian mutiny in 1858.
The country has been the spoil of a
succession of invaders since it ap.
peared in history Alexander's in.
cursion was only one in Il series of al.
most forgotten forays As early as
the seventh century of our era the
Arabs began to make predatory ex.
peditions as far as Bombay and
Scinde, but it was not until the
eleventh century that they established
permanent footing there. Then "the
mighty Mahmoud ah-breathine
lord, established himself at Lahore.
and became the first of line of AT.
CHAN kings who reigned in India for
more than five hundred years. In the
interval came Genghis Khan and
Tamerlane, the latter laying waste the
greater part of the peninsula, and
finally, in 1926, the descendant OF
these great chiefs, Baber, overthreW
the last Of the line of Mahmoud and
founded the Mogul empire, which
famed sunlike in the forehead of th,
Eastern sky for something more thar
three hundred years, its last bean
Pickering out in 1857 England has
ruled the land with more power ant
steadiness and benefcence, remarks
the New York Tribune, than any O
the rest of its conquerors, and if sht
finds new mutiny on her hands, &C
cording to some current indications
she possesses means to deal with it
and is not without the advantage o
experience.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23

Contrasting cloth bands, cut bias
with perfectly even edges and stitched
on near each edge will figure promi-
nently as trimming on cloth and
heavy woolen materials. The sleeves,
bodice, front, epaulettes and skirt of
a design are so treated with excellent
effect. 1t gives the arms round ap-
pearance without using much material.
The vest and collar are of silk laid
in cross tucks, every third one being
rufiied. Belt and collar wings of vel
vet. The peculiar scarf effect given
to the waist front is new idea. 1t
requires of silk II yards, and seven
yards of forty-inch goods for the
gown, with the cloth bands extra.
Braid or velvet ribbon ribbon could be
used in place of bands.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23
The Queens Chief Dresser.

Mrs. Macdonald was for many years
Queen Victoria's chief dresser. She
was the widow of one of the Queen s
footmen, and her bereavement came a
little after that of Her Majesty. 1t is
one of the curiosities of human nature
that this coincidence of sorrow should
have drawn together these two women,
so widely apart in station. However,
the fact is undeniable, and to the day
of her death, in the midst of the re-
cent jubilee celebration, Mrs. Mac
donald enjoyed to remarkable de-
gree the intimate confidence of her
sovereign.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23

The French mohairs are finer, softer.
and silkier of surface than they have
ever been, but in dark colors or black;
they are no longer considered dressy
gowns, to be lined with colored silks
and decorated in various ways, but are
relegated to the reign of utility fabrics.
Last year they had an astonishing in
ming, and were lined with mauve,
cerise, green, blue, and ether rich
silks, and worn on dress parade. Bril-
liantine is much liked by matronly
women. 1t is very popular still for the
reason that it looks cool, it has a silky
finish, it hangs well wears wonderfully,
and always appears ladylike. The silk
Innings, the pretty bodice effects, and
the dainty sleeves now worn, would,
however, make even dress of sack
cloth attractive. Just these minor but
potent details Of the toilet are what
have made Partisan dress famous the
world over. French women are aware
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23

Color is subservient to taste in but
ter.
Quality is of more Importance than
quantity.
Bad water will make impure, un-
wholesome milk.
1t is uncleanly to wet the hands
while milking, and should always be
avoided.
To improve the milking qualities of
dairy herd, use bulls only from the
best mixers.
Dairy heifers should always be han
died familiarly from the first and there
will be no trouble.
The chief advantage of the creamery
system is cheapness Of product from
the saving of labor.
No dairyman can make uniformly
good butter unless his cows are fed
literally with wholesome food.
Dairying has one advantage in that
its products are always in the line of
food, and hence always in demand.
Proper management of the dairy
gives the farmer continuous income.
something he does not have with most
lines Of farming.
Feeding and general care and man.
agement have as much to do with in.
creasing the product of the COWS as
breeding OF blood.
If the air is warmer than the cream,
the purity of the cream and the fine
flavor of the butter will be impaired
by exposure to it.
After cream becomes sour the more
ripening given it the more it depreciates,
and the sooner it is skinned and
churned the better.
The milk cans, pals and other yes.
sells should be kept clean by first wash.
ing in tepid water and then scalding
thoroughly in boiling water.
Clean pastures, with good clean
water and proper care, is the surest
preventive of bitter milk. Weeds,
especially ragweed, cause bitter milk.
In majority Of cases kicking COWS
are made SO by cruelty and harsh words.
To have gentle COWS it is essential TO
treat them kindly from the time they
are calves. Agricultural Episomist
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23

Women who wear jewels have just
discovered that, in order to get the
best effects from the stones, they must
wear only those that match their eyes.
The girl with hazel orbs that have q
tint of yellow is devoting herself ex-
clusively to yellow topazes and emer-
aids. The blue-eyed women are buy
ing turquoises. Solitaire diamonds
are only allowed the black-eyed dam
sells. Brown, rose and yellow-tinted
brilliants are all the especial property
of the matron or belle of several sea-
sons, whose glance is deep and dark
as midnight. To brown-eyed women,
red gems are recommended. The
red-haired woman, if her eyes are
blue, can wear opals with perfect i'm
punity.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23
Concerning Skirts.

The amplitude of skirts is somewhat
modified and their stiffness very much
so. The fulness is all carried around
to the back, the front and the sides
being smooth, straight and carefully
fitted.
In cutting out skirt the edges of
sthe breadths should always be first
ruled with ruler long enough to go
from top to bottom, for any irregularity
in the seams of skirt spoils its ap-
pearance and prevents it from hanging
well. In basting the seams lay the
two edges together on long table,
the bias edge uppermost, if straight
and bias edge are to be joined, and
baste them while they are lying fiat
If the goods are very thin, like gauze
or muslin or any sort of light silk,
baste at the same time narrow strip
of paper along the seam. Stitch
through the paper, which will prevent
the machine needle from gathering the
material.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23

ly where the blight Qeaf-blight,
bacterial blight is a sure annual visi-
tor. This disease often perhaps
usually, here and in many other local
ltles) sweeps through the patches, first
taking plant here and there, and con-
tlnuing its attacks until every plant in
the patch, long before the end of the
season, has succumbed. The way is
to plant on strictly new soil, prefer-
ably some sandy or mucky loan, rather
moist than otherwise, but thoroughly
drained. Persistent spraying with
Bordeaux mixture seems to have good
effect in keeping foliage healthy, and
If Paris green is added to it. in keep
ing the beetles in check. Good culti-
vation and repeated hoeing are abso-
lutely necessary, but the vines in
these operations, as we'll as in picking,
should be disturbed as little as pos
sible. 1t is the large number of
marketable pickles which is wanted
rather than large size the individual
pickle. The size most in demand is
three inches in length. The more
promptly we pick the three-inch size,
the more pickles the area will furnish,
and therefore the greater the returns
and profits. An experienced grower
says in Michigan Farmer:
''The larger the number grown on
a given territory the more profit, hence
they should be picked very close. The
bulk of the crop should be of the
smallest or medium size. Those over
looked can be utilized, but the fewer
the better, and none must be allowed
to mature. Care must be taken to dis
turb the vines as little as possible; in
this regard children with their bare
feet are preferable to grown people,
and our experience leads us to believe
that children can, quite as easily as
grown-ups, be taught to pick them
clean"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23
Bullets of Solid Gold.

Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain,
Secretary of State for the colonies, has
received dispatch from her maiesty's
high commissioner at the Cape stating
that in the fighting at Fort Martin,
near Hartley, South Africa, on Satur-
day, the noted chief, Mashingombi,
was slain and between 400 and 500 of
his followers were taken prisoners.
The Government forces occupied all
the positions at Marbles Kraal, where
they captured more than one hundred
prisoners.
A dispatch from Fort Salisbury says
that the British forces took the ma
tives completely by surprise. When
a charge was made upon the stock
ades the natives fed to their caves, in
which they were afterward captured,
Mashingombis main cave being de-
stroyed with dynamite. Mashingombi
was wounded during the attack and
died soon after being taken prisoner
Two bullets made of'solid gold were
found after the fight.-Washington
Star.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23
California's Gold.

Come down to the hard realities OF
arithmetic and the scales and Cali
fornia will turn out probably three
times as much gold this year as the
whole of the frozen Northwest. Prob
obly no part of the world will be more
the gamer than California by these
discoveries. An increase in the pro-
duction of gold is of little benefit to
the world at large. The gold-finders
create a new effective demand which is
mostly supplied by producers in their
immediate neighborhood. The real
gain to the world by the placers of
California lies in the development of
the agricultural, horticultural and in
dustrial resources of this magnificent
region, which otherwise might have
lain dormant for another half century.
We cannot look for any such gain to
the world by turning attention to the
bleak, inhospitable shores of Alaska
1t is true there are great industrial
possibilities in the fisheries and the
coal mines, and these no doubt will
feel the stimulus; but the country as
u whole will never make good resi-
dence property. The Californians who
go there will all come back to us to
spend their money when they have
made their everlasting fortunes.-Sa
Francisco Examiner.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23

An Oklahoma City enterprise has
been ruined by the gopher pest. 1t
was thought that the rapidly flowing
North Canadian River could be used
to operate all the mills that could be
placed on its banks at Oklahoma City,
The fall was nearly thirty feet and it
was expected that 1000 horse power
would be developed. A canal five
miles long was constructed, at an ex-
pense of $40, ,000 1t was diked part
of the way and the river was crossed
twice. The canal is twenty-five feet
wide and four feet deep. and when
four inches of water was let in at the
head gate an electric light plant and a
large Touring mill were run with ease,
but an unsupported enemy soon caused
disaster to the enterprise. The banks
of the canal were of porous, sandy
soil and gophers attacked the dixie,
the holes which the animals burrowed
widened into crevasses and the sandy
dikes were easily swept away, causing
constant and expensive repairs.
Finally the entire canal became
wrecked, and farmers are now plowing
up the right of way and the canal is
gone.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23
They Would Have "Dixie."

Two hundred North Carolina noun
taineers are in the city on an excur-
sion.
On Wednesday evening, learning
that the Marine Band would give its
usual public concert on the plaza of
the Capitol, they gathered in a body
TO hear the music. They listened with
every evidence of delight to the splendid
playing of Fanciulli's band, but some
how or other the Minnehaha gavotte
and the Lohengrin wedding march did
not quite fill the full measure of their
happiness. They wanted something
that they knew
"Play Dixie" shouted a long -whis-
kered mountaineer to the dapper leader
of the band.
Fanciulli turned around. "Eet ees
not on re programme" he said with
his fine italian accent and with de-
precating smile. So the next number
on the programme was rendered.
'Play Dixie!"
This time the appeal came not from
one, but two score of the North Caro-
lima visitors. Fanciulli shook his head.
Again the band footed according to
the programme.
"Play Dixier
All the two hundred throats and
well-developed lungs shouted the in
sistent demand There was no mis-
taking the determination of the crowd
They would have Dixie or they would
know the reason why.
Fanciulli surrendered. Dixie was
played and against the white dome OF
the Capitol there echoed yell which
must have been heard many miles
south of the Potomac Washington
Post.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23
Clover Seed.

If the farmer wants crop of clover
seed, he should cut the first crop as
early as possible, says Hoard's Dairy
man. The clover plant is biennial.
That means that it takes two years for
it to blossom and seed. Now, if the
first crop is allowed to stand until it
blossoms, and the seed commences to
form, there will be but very little seed
in the second crop. The point is, to
turn all the seeding instinct and power
of the root into the second crop.
Hence, the necessity of cutting the
first crop much earlier than is usually
done, when it is cut for hay alone.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23

and rests upon the top of the brick
work, so that it can be raised and re-
moved. 1t has a handle at one end
and lip at the other, SO that it can be
emptied directedly into pals or tubs
or car, be pulled off the brickwork
upon wheelbarrow and wheeled away
to the barn or hog house. A light
cover sets upon the top when over the
fire. If the boiler is to be used out of
doors, it should be made of galvanized
iron to prevent rusting. If the boiler
is very large,a an iron rod can be placed
across the middle of the opening in
the brickwork to support the bottom
of the boiler. This arrangement will
be found convenient where food is
often boiled for ck.-New York
Tribune.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23
Roentgen rays, like electric wf

Roentgen rays, like electric waves,
are dangerous things to fool with,
notes the New York Tribune. The
temptation to handle mysterious forces
without knowing fully their ways, is
strong, but should be resisted. There
has been altogether too much reckless
ness displayed even by scientists, in
subiecting delicate organs of the hui
man body to the influence of this pow
erful and apparently dangerous form
OF energy.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23

Women in England have the local
government franchise in counties and
boroughs on the same conditions as
men, and recent return shows how
relatively unimportant their vote is.
In the counties and boroughs of Eng
land and Wales there are altogether
5,326,S7 local government electors;
of these only 729,7 1853 are women
that is to say, women form less than
one-seventh of the electorate.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23

If an egg is broken the hens will eat
it, and it is by eggs being broken that
the hens learn the vice, as they never
eat eggs unless they first find one
broken. The only way to prevent the
hens from eating eggs after they once
begin is to make nest with top,
compelling the hen to walk in to reach
the nest, and have the box raised ten
inches from the floor, so that the hen
cannot stand near the box to eat the
eggs. When she goes on the nest she
cannot do any harm, as she must come
off and stand up to eat the eggs.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23
At the Royal Agricultural Society

At the Royal Agricultural Society
horse show in Manchester recently the
Judges made some remarkable blum
ders, 1t took them four hours to fin.
ish the various classes, and there were
only sixteen entries in the lot. The
award for hackney stations was Off
cally announced as being given to an
animal that proved to be coaching
brood mare.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23
Ten million dollars worth of et

Ten million dollars worth of eggs
were bought in foreign countries by
the United Kingdom the past six
months, 3 steady increase over one
and two years ago. France furnished
more than any other one country, fol-
lowed by Belgium, Germany, Russia
and Denmark in the order named.
What a chance for the American hem!
exclaims the New England Homestead.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23
A Brides Sensible Trousseau.

Isabel A. Mallon writes of ga
Brides Moderate Trousseau" in the
Ladies' Home Journal. 'The girl
who has fortune at her command
needs no suggestions" she says, "but
the girl who has to think out the wis
dom of every dollar spent on her trous.
seau is the one who asks for advice.
Taking it for granted, then, that you
will live more or less social life, hay
ing your day at home and visiting
your friends, and going occasionally
to hear good music, you can decide
exactly what you will need. First Of
all, freshen all the gowns you possess,
then you know their possibilities; then
1 would advise one handsome silk
dress, combined, perhaps, with velvet,
and having, to go with it, two bodices
-one for wear when you are visiting,
the other to be used when rather more
elaborate dress is required. Have
one simple, but smart-looking, wool
dress for street wear; if required, you
might better omit your visiting cos
tune than this. A black skirt, either
of MORE, silk or satin, will be useful,
since with it can be worn any number
of elaborate bodices. Then you will
want, also, comfortable wrapper, to
wear in no place except in your own
room; two pretty, well-ftting, house
dresses; q coat suited to the season;
wrap that is little more elaborate,
if you can afford it; but do not make
the mistake, so often made, of buying
clothes that are not suited to your po-
sition in life, or, what is equally as
bad, of buying such an elaborate ward
robe that it will go out of fashion,"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23

"There is sapopular impression, "ob-
serves the San Francisco Chronicle,
''that labor is cheap in the South, but
report from a veteran horticulturist
who has been experimenting with tea
culture at Summerville, S. c., rather
upsets this theory. The report states
that the minimum cost of picking q
pound Of tea is eight times as much in
South Carolina as in Asia"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23

'To drink like fish," But alcohol
invariably causes him to float wrong
side up. One per cent. of most deli.
cate amylio will kill a sporting gold.
fish in one hour and thirty minutes.
Twenty per cent. will act like prussic
acid. It has been calculated by q
deep thinker that pint of tanglefoot
will do shark, and quart of forty
rod whale. Boston Journal
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23

that these little details form the essen.
tial features of really perfect toilet.
1t is not always the money spent on
costly fabrics and garnitures that
proves most effective, but the number.
less little points of finish which every
well-dressed woman insists upon in
planning and carrying out the success.
ful and artistic costumes and toilets OF
to-day New York Post.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23
PlTH AND POINT.

She-"And when did you first see
the light of day?" He-'I believe il
was at night"
Jack-"Oh, I suppose she has her
faults" Toni thought you were
in love with er?"-Puck.
IT can't see' why you object to young
Softly: I'm sure he is constant.
"Worse than that. He's perpetual"
Truth.
Berger seems to be spending his
vacation in town." eyes, he spent
all his money on outing clothes. De-
troit News.
Count-"My love for you is as deep
AS deep as" Constance-"Papa'
pocketbook, dear count. "-Philadel.
phia North American.
Jack Dashing-''The entries are:
Slowcoach, 105 pounds" Miss Askins
lher first Observation-Disclosures! Is
that all that horse weighsY'-Puck.
Jones-"I wish old Richman would
give me tip on Stocks" Smith
IF he did you'd be wishing you could
tell whether it was straight or not."-
Puck.
Drummer: "By whom was the play
presented in the Town Hall last night?"
Squam Corners Merchant-"It wasn't
presented-it was perpetrated. -
Puck.
First Dog -"This hot weather makes
me nervous" Second DoC-''Me. too.
Heat seems to drive some people crazy,
and they develop mania for shooting
dogs. Puck.
Mrs. Distrait-''Dear me, this
chicken salad seems very stringy!"
Miss Frankly-"Goodness gracious, I
don't wonder! You're eating it through
your veil. Truth.
'What does that man Sticky do for
q living?" ''For board and lodging he
does the hotels aud for clothes he does
his tailors. Outside of that he does
the best he can. Detroit Free Press.
81 think it's absurd to say kissing
is dangerous" gushed Mrs. Lillyton.
"What possible disease could be spread
by the simple act?" Marriage,
madam, grunted Grumpy. -Philadel-
phia North American.
''To save me, L can't tell which
Jones girl want to marry" "What
is the trouble?" "One makes such
delicious strawberry shortcake, but
the other one looks so lovely on her
wheel. Detroit Free Press.
Wallace-"So your partner fell in
the river and rose no more? Do you
think the shock of getting wet was too
much for him?" Perry Patettic-
NAV. Guess the disgrace of it broke
his heart. Cincinnati Enquirer.
Mrs. Eastlake-"You visited Venice
while you were in Europe, L hear,
Mrs. Trotter?" Mrs. Trotter-''Yes,
indeed, and we were rowed about by
one of the chandeliers for which that
city is noted. ."-Harper's Bazaar.
Ethel-"Well, Jimmy didn't blow
his brains out, after all, because you
refused him. He proposed to Miss
Golightly yesterday" Maud-''Did
he? Then he must have got rid of
them in some other wayw-London
Punch.
"Am I to take this medicine inter-
nally or apply it externaHy?" asked
the lady customer of the drug clerk
who was filling her prescription.
Whichever pleases you, madam; the
stuff is perfectly harmless. Detroit
Free Press.
"I have come to have serious in
terview with you," announced the
would-be son-in-law. The old gentle
man fell right in with this idea, and
made things SO serious that the young
man was glad to escape without his
hat.-Detroit Free Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23
The Fall of Rome.

The extravaganza of the Roman
ladies of high rank was one of the
prime causes Of the fall of that mighty
empire. Lola Poppea, who cut wide
swath in Nero's time, was the happy
possessor Of a gown said to have cost
nearly $1,000. 900.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23

A Madrid paper says that "the
Americans are merely vulgar venders
of bacon" Spain will have all she can
do to save hers without inviting Uncle
Sam into the Cuban controversy.