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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23
New Rails for the B. G o.

The new S5-pound steel rails that
the receivers of the B. &s o. purchased
several months ago, at an exceedingly
low figure, are now being delivered at
the rate of 5000 tons a month. AS
fast as it comes it is being laid, and
If the weather continues good at least
10000 tons of it will be in the track by
Christmas. Nearly a million cross
ties have been bought in the last year
and placed in the track ready for the
new rail. Ballast trains have been
kept busy up and down the line, and
the work has progressed with such
rapidity that when the new rail is
down the tracks will be practically
new from Wheeling to Baltimore.
There are lots of good rail in the old
tracks, not heavy enough for the new
motive power, which will be taken up
and laid on divisions where traffic is
not as great as it is on the main line.
About ten thousand tons of new steel
will be laid on the lines west of the
Ohio river this fall, if weather permits.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.


We would advise buying new
churn rather than trying to sweeten
the old one after five years use. After
so long time exposure to sudden
changes of temperature, as from cold
water to scalding hot, the churn is
sure to have cracks in it which will
harbor impurities that it is hard to
find germicides to remove. A very
small particle of cream lodged in the
crevices of an old churn very quickly
swarms with bacteria. In caring for
churns it is far too common to use
scalding water first. This sets the
albumen in milk, which is deposited
in thin film which scalding water
will not remove. The true way is to
thoroughly wash out the inside of the
churn so as to remove every particle Of
milk, which by churning has been
made into an emulsion. and is finely
divided as the butter fats are separ.
ated from it. Then use water moder.
ately warm at first, and increasing in
heat until the hand cannot comfortably
be borne in it, This will be tenn
perature of 16O TO 165 degrees, and
will clear out all traces of bacteria, so
long as the inside is free from crew
ices. When a churn begins to show
crevices it is time to throw it aside and
ret q new one
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23
A Mercurial Monarch.

To those who are accustomed to
look upon Oriental potentates and dig
nitaries as the impersonification of re-
pose and decorous gravity, most Of
them being so impassive that it is per-
fectly impossible to interpret their
feelings, the King of Sam is perfect
revelation, says correspondent. He
is literally bubbling over with enthus-
iasm, excitement, curiosity and de-
light and impresses everybody that
has met him since his arrival in Eu-
rope as being the jolliest little fellow
imaginable. He is always smiling
when he is not laughing outright,
never bows without q smile of such
broadness that it is almost full
fedged grin, and dashes off his hat
with such grand and vehement ges-
ture that he almost knocks over the
people nearest him. He can do moth
ing calmly, and managed, by his an
tics, to keep the somber and unhappy
looking King Humbert in altogether
abnormally good spirits throughout his
entire stay at Rome. He made per-
feet show CT himself at the capitol.
He ran from statue to statue, looking
at them all round, in front, at the back
and even underneath. When he saw
the capitol Venus his enthusiasm knew
no bounds, and he actually jumped,
shouted and slapped his thighs with
admiration. In fact, he is so lively
that the stately biased officials of the
various courts of Europe, where he is
visiting. are in great state of pertur-
baton. He has already been nick
named "King Quicksilver, owing to
the rapidity with which he does every
thing, even his speaking of the Eng
lish language.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23

Lettuce Salad-Lettuce forms good
crisp salad that is easily obtained at all
times, and it should be found upon
the table once or twice week from
early spring until frost; and there are
numerous methods of preparing it in
appetizing manner. Ii the lettuce
seems withered soak it in cold water
an hour before using, or half its flavor
will be lost, and an otherwise tempt
ing dish will be spoiled. Many pre-
fer to eat it only with little salt, as
one would radish, and for this the
tender bleached inner leaves of the
head should be used. Chopped
coarsely and covered with o dressing
of sugar and cream it is delicious
sprinkle little sugar over the top to
give tempting look and in dishing
be sure to give each one gt,od sup
ply of the cream.
Hot Lettuce Salad-If lettuce be-
comes too wilted to make q tempting
dish when served cold, pick the leaves
over carefully, wash and place in a
vegetable dish and cut across few
times. Fry small piece of ham un-
til well Drowned, cut in very small
pieces; then pour into the frying-pan
with the ham, half cupful of good
vinegar, half a cupful of water and a
pinch of salt. Let it boil up and pour
quickly over the lettuce. Cover close
ly and serve hot.
Lettuce With Cold Dressings-Two
ways OF preparing the lettuce with
cold dressings are as follows: Take
the yoll1s of two hard boiled eggs, two
tablespoons each of sweet cream and
sugar, a, teaspoonful each of salt and
prepared mustard and half a teaspoon
full Of pepper. Rub together and let
the dressing stand for five ten minutes,
add half a cupful of vinegar and pour
it over the lettuce. Garnish with thin
slices of picked beet or hard boiled
egg.
Wash the lettuce, chop and place in
the salad bowl. Slice three or four
hard-boiled eggs over the top. Take
one cupful of vinegar, (either sweet or
sour, three tablespoonfuls Of sugar, a
teaspoonful of salt, dash of pepper;
mix thoroughly and pour over Fine
shredded cabbage is excellent with this
same dressing.
Lettuce and Lemon-Wash the let
tuce and chop rather fine. Slice lem
on very thin after peeling, removing
all the seeds. Mix the sliced lemon
thoroughly through the salad, with two
sliced hard-boilded eggs; sprinkle a
handful of sugar over the top and serve
very cold.-St. Louis Star.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23
What to Eat on Hot Days.

During the hot months" writes
Mrs. S. L. Rorer in the Ladies' Home
Journal, "the diet should consist
largely of dainty, cold, lean meat,
green, succulent vegetables, and fruits.
1t is popular fallacy that the free
use of sub-acid fruits during hot
weather causes disturbances of the
bowels. No diet is moro healthful
than ripe fruit provided it lis properly
masticated and swallowed before OF
after bread and butter, but never
with it.
"The lighter wheat preparations,
such as farina, wheatlet and gluten,
should be substituted for the heat
giving oatmeal for breakfast. Cook
enough one morning to last two, as
they are just as palatable cold as they
are hot. While fried food may seem
little out of place in warm weather
there are certain little dishes that may
be utilized for breakfast. Cornmeal
or hominy croquettes, or even rice
croquettes, may be made the day be-
fore and simply fried at serving time.
Squash and cucumbers may be dipped
and fried. In the chaing-dish one
may have Clipped beef, cream or
fricasseed barbecued beef, cold NUT.
ton warmed in little tomato sauce,
and dishes of eggs, such as omelets,
scrambled eggs, creamed eggs or
poached eggs.
''Fruit should be served in flat
dish, with, if the weather is particu.
larly hot, little chopped ice sprinkled
over it. Fruit that is very acid should
not be served too cold. Powdered
sugar and cream should accompany
the fruit course. In the place of chops
or steaks we may have egg plant,
broiled or fried tomatoes, panned to-
matoes, dainty omelet with peas,
omelet with asparagus tips, or with
parsley following the fruit. Corn
oysters and corn fritters may also take
the place of meat. Coffee, tea, choco.
late and milk are, of course, in sum.
mer, as in winter the breakfast bever.
ages"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23
Gladstone's Denial.

There was a report not long ago that
Mr.. Gladstone was learning to ride the
bicycle, and its contradiction is the sig
nal for Mr.. James Payn to drop into
poetry:
Mr.. Gladstone denies he has taken to
hiking;
Nor are we surprised it was not to his
liking.
Though from Office and power he be Q
receder,
He will ne'er be Wheeler who has been
Leader.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23
CASTLES.

The tottering walls, the crumbling arch,
The columns, the works of art,
Are mingled with briars and weeds and
CRIME
A fitting counterpart,
In telling the tales of the long ago,
or the castles where lord and liege
The legions dened but that fell before
Old Times relentless siege.
But the cornerstones were deeply laid,
Below the rage of the storm
And mark the spot that will tell the tale
To the ages yet unborn.
But nothing remains of the loves and hopes
OF the princely dwellers there
No pillars are left no fragments are found
OF their castles in the air.
Yet the castles OF Love, and the temples OF
Hope,
And Ambitions gorgeous goal,
Have aisles as broad and domes as high
AS the concept of the Soul.
Delusions may come and illusions may 60,
The mirage may bring despair,
Yet cheer to the soul, and Joy to the heart,
Are castles in the air.
They take us away from the plod and the
grind,
Away from lfe's wearlsome road,
And promise that somehow, In days to
come,
We shall bear us lighter load.
Hopes anchor is fastened within the veil
or the faith abiding there;
We smile at care and Danish grief
From our castles in the Dir.
Our castles may vanish, but never decay,
Like the castles we have seen,
With moss-covered ruin-the jeer OF the
winds,
And the sport of the Ivy green.
But grander and higher we build anew
So high that we seem to be where
The songs of the angels fill the dome
or our castles in the air.
Will Cumback, in indianapolis Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That
Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the sense of
smell and completely derange thewhole system
when entering it tn rough the mucous surfaces.
Such articles should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputab BILE physicians, as the
damage they will do is ten fold to the good you
can possibly derive from them. Halls Catarrh
Cure manufactured by l.. j. Cheney q Co.,
Toledo, o., contains no mercury, and is taken
internally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. In buying
Halls 'atarrh Cure be sure to get the genuine.
IL is taken internally, and is made in Toledo,
Ohio, by f. J. Cheney IL 20. Testimonials free.
~ Sold by Druggists; price, 75c. per bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23

twenty-five years ago scientists pre-
dicted that abundant coal fields woulc
be found on both sides Of the British
channel, and the predictions have been
fulfilled. Besides the great Kentish
fields discovered several years ago and
yielding bountifully ever since I'M
mense tracts Of coal have been recently
found between Calais and Cape Girls
nez. The French discoveries were the
result of those in England, biologists
being sure that the same bolt of coal
extended under the water from one
country to the other. This last discov-
cry is Of the greatest impartancs to in
duStrial France
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23

Camphor Is now exclusively a
product of Japan, since the annexation
f Formosa to that country. The cam.
phor tree thrives only in particular 10.
.alities, where the average yearly tenn
perature is above 15 degrees @. 1t is
.ound in Shikoku, Kinshiu and q por.
don of Izu and XII provinces. A cam
shor tree grows at the rate of about
,ne and a half inches a year and at
.ains great size, forty feet in circum.
ference not being unusual. The guam
.ity of camphor produced by tree IL.
.reases as the tree grows older. and
Is much as eight pounds of caInphor
mas been obtained at one time from
rees between so and $50 years old.
Crude camphor Is made by steaming
The thin chips of the wood in q wooden
:ask set over an iron pot, the camphor
in a gaseous state being conveyed
through q bamboo pipe to set of two
rectangular wooden receptacles placed
pne within the other. In these the
stream is condensed and thescamphol
solidified. The chips are steamed fol
twenty-four hours and then replaced
by fresh chips, this process continuing
for from ten to fifteen days. When
the receptacles become thoroughly
cooled the solid camphor, deposited in
the lower compartments Of the upper
receptacle is scraped off and put into
a dripping tub, where it is left for three
lays to separate water and oils from the
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23
Cheering Indication.

The fact that S14,225, the largest
amount ever paid at one time into the
conscience fund" of the United States
Government, has been received within
the last year, is cheering indication
that some men are growing better in
stead of worse.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23
Shake Into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot Ease, II powder for the feet. 1t
cures painful, swollen, smarting feet, and in
stantly takes the sting out of corns and bun
ions. It's the greatest comfort discovery of
the age. Aliens Foot Ease makes tight-it-
ting or new shoes feel easy. 1t is u certain
cure for sweating callous and hot, tired, ach-
ing feet. Try it to-day. Sold by all druggists
and shoe stores. Bv mail for 25c. in stamps.
Trial package FREE. Address, Allen s. Ohm
sted, LIE Roy n. Y.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23
No Inducnrncnt.

Castleton-How few girls go in bath
ing here this season!
Dillback-Yes. The grand stand
back of the bathing beach has been
washed away.-Judge.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23

Who are injured by the use of coffee Re-
Gently there has been placed in all the grocery
stores new preparation called Grain q, made
OF pure grains, that takes the place of coffee.
The most delicate stomach receives it without
distress, and but few can tell it from coffee
IL does not cost over one-quarter as much.
Children may drink it with great benefit. l5
cts. and % cts. per package. Try it. Ask for
Grain-O.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23
Corpses on a Ship.

When dead bodies are entered as
cargo on a ship, they are recorded on
the invoices as "statuary" or natural
history specimens" to allay the super
stitious fears of the crew.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23

miss Grabbs declares her girl
friends can't deny that her attachment
to that gentleman with title was a
case of love at first sight"
That's very true" replied Miss Cay.
enne. "She saw him first. ."-Washing.
ton Star
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23

AS1YNGSSySEGa IHequartef-Doat
syss1 sssNgS for the hands,
"Sibeery," the
night men called it from the time it
had been so christened by Joe Shep-
herd in fit of melancholy and despair,
was anchored in little sandy cove on
the Canadian side of the river near the
Point. The gouge in the shore line
here was due wholly to the removal of
sand by ''sand sucker" q contrivance
fitted up by the Canadians to get sand
for their new locks at the 500. How
ever much the night men said they
disliked the constant wheeling and
pufiings OF the sucker, and the un-
couth machine itself, which they
claimed had set fire to their last years
quarter-boat and compelled them to
crawl out of sound sleep in the mid
die of the forenoon, leaving watches
and clothes behind, still, in reality,
they did not object very much to the
sucker after all. It was their only re-
taxation, their only excitement in the
lonesome hours of their quarter-boat
life.
y, u,
Joe would remark, when about 10
o'clock the men came down from their
hot rooms to sit in disconsolate groups
in the shade of the house on broken
anchor chains and dredge machinery.
'Might jest about as well be Canuck
and run sand-sucker, he would
grumble on, peering through clouds
of smoke from his corn-cob pipe out
into the clear water, where, forty or
fifty feet away, the long pipe of the
sucker was feeling about on the bot
tom and pulling Il steady stream of
sand and water up into the big scow
which served as a sort of stomach for
it. And then some late conner would
appear with suspenders dragging, and
after contemplating the progress ofthe
pumping, would call out to the imper
turbable sand-sucker men, "That's
right, fellers, dig away; you need sand,
you fellers dol" And, in spite of Joes
expostulating snort that the night crew
needed sand, too, this continued to be
the regular daily Joke which the for
saken party on Sibeery hurled at her
majesty's subjects on the sucker.
1t was a strange sort of regimen
which prevailed on the dredge When
there were places to be filled anybody
who offered himself was accepted. No
questions were asked 1t was, how
ever, expected that no one would get
drunk while on duty What one did
when off duty was of no consequence.
The great channel between Duluth
and Buffalo was strictly international,
and anybody could help dig it, be he
Jew or Gentle, white or black. Per-
sonal history counted for nothing, for
pedigree and past life were never made
subjects of study on the river. The
river is one place in this democratic
land, at any rate, where, as the poet
says, "There amt no ancient history
to bother you nor me-"
The makeup of the night crew was
remarkable, and it had some striking
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23

If sprig of parsley be dipped in
vinegar and eaten after an onion, no
unpleasant odor from the breath can
be detected Home Doctor.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23
MRS. ELLA M'GARVY,
Writing to Mrs. Pinkham.

She says:-I have been using your
Vegetable Compound and find that it
does all that it is recommended to do.
1 have been a sufferer for the last four
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums reducing intlamma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie sc. "a bottle.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23

Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first days use of DR.. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. 81 trial bottle and treatise free
Dr. II. IL. KLINE, Ltd. 93l Arch ST., Phila., Pa.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23

We think Piso's Cure for Consumption is
the only medicine for Coughs j ENNIE PINcK-
ARD, Springfield, Ills, Oct. l, 1894.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23

IfafIictedwith sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thomp-
sons Eye-water. Druggists sell at25c per bottle.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23
REFORMATION
OF SHEPHERD.
By r. CLYDE FORD.

REDGE No. 4 was
s t att o n e d one
summer on the
ra n 6 o between
Bay Mills a n d
Point aux Pins.
The quarter-boat
for the hands,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23

I'm Eflp vi funIEE Make fortune quickly,
hU Tun hluHuihE. stock for sale Millions in
~ it. Write for prospectus LONDON AND KLON-
Dixie GOLD MINING CO, Charleston, w. Va.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23

nervous tina
l was uiser-
able. 1 had
also given
up in des-
pair. when /
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23

electric light he presented q strange
appearance, as seen from tug or
passing barge, his tall, gaunt figure
bending over the lever, which he
pushed forward or backward at o mo-
tion from the cranesman till the crane
groaned or creaked. Occasionally his
hand would reach up to the whistle
signal, and a hoarse, believing blast
would warn some passing steamer
where it was to go. Sometimes, too,
he would sing at his work, for he had
good voice. His favorite song was
kind of river lyric:
can the waters sweep on
AS we dig away
AT the bottom of the river bed;
An the boats creep on
AS we list away
That's how we earn r bread.
"Rattle an creak o. the crane,
An up With % anchor post;
On with the work again,
'Tjs dreary life at most,
'Tis dreary life at most.
I'M the days sweep on
AS we work away
Wherever falls the lead;
An our lives creep on
Till our hearts Gi way
That's how we earn r bread.
sRattle an creak o. the crane,
An up with e anchor post;
On with the work again,
'Tis weary life at most,
'Tis weary life at most"
If the night crew had stopped to
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-29
Saved by q Button.

The fact that Policeman Lytle, of Con-
the intervention OF button. Shot squar-
ly in the breast by burglar. the nervy
officer tells the story of his fierce battle
with thievipg thugs and exhibits a
smashed and broken button to confirm
his statements.
About two o'clock last Tuesday morn
ing Officer Lytle's attention was attracted
to movements in Groff>s store. He paus-
ed to investigate and ia a very short time
knew the store was being burglarized.
He secured his revolver and stepped
across the street to investigate and, If
possible, make capture.
He had just reached the pavement in
front of the store, in which, through the
windows. he could see by the electric
light two burglars, when a man sudden
ly sprang in front of him from around
the corner OF the building, where he had
evidently been hiding, with the peremp-
tory order, 'Hands up" followed by a
vile name, and fired.
They were very close, only four or Eve
feet between them. The bullet, a y cali
Der, hit the policeman squsrely in the
breast, going through two thicknesses of
a very heavy overcoat and would have
killed him, but happened to strike but
ton on his undercoat which stopped it.
Lytle was stunned. but called for help.
In the confusion the three burglars es-
ciped. AS they ran Lytle tried to fire
after them, but his revolver snapped.
They had large bundles of goods put up
ready TO take away with them, clothing,
dress goods, Shoes. etc. The policeman
didn't recognize any of the burglars. He
has a slight wouEd in the breast, but is
in no danger.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-29
Giazt Harvester.

This season, in the great wheat grow
ing section of the San joaquin valley, a
giant harvester has been in use which
cuts. threshes and sacHs the wheat grow
ing on 100 acres daily. The machine,
when all its sickles are in use, cuts the
enormous swaih of - feet. says Harper's
Weekly. Eight or ten men are able 10
handle it easily, and it turns out from
|, 400 TO l,SJO sacks of wheat in a 10 hour
day.
The machine is arranged with a CEN
trail body, which is the regulation 26 foot
harvester. on each side of this main
sickle is I3-foot sickle. When the ma
chine began work this year, the traction
engine. which was built especially for it.
pushed this enormous harvester through
the heavy grain of the islands of the San
Joaquin river as easily as team of
horses would draw wagon on road.
When, however, the softer ground was
reached, the weight of the machine
proved to be so great that the wheels
sank into the soil, and the traction en-
CINE could not do its work as rapidly as
il should have done; hence there was
great loss of power. To remedy this, the
side sickles had 10 be removed.
The output of the machine in this new
from is 60 to so sacks per day. Next
season the owners will use it on upland
only, where they will be able to employ
all three of the sickles, thus making it
the largest harvester in the world
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-29
Back From the Grave

We can not come, but we can often stay
our progress thither Disease, like
everything else, must have a beginning.
All chronic maladies tend to shorten life,
and render il species of martyrdom
while they last Malaria, kidney COM
plant, chronic indigestion, rheumatism
all have small beginnings, and may be
stayed at the outset with Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters. This excellent tonic
and alternative is adapted alike to the pre-
vention of disorders of the system and to
their removal, and its early use can not
be too strongly advocated. To renew ap-
petite and insure tranquil rest, there is
no surer and pleasanter means than the
Bitter. The effects of overwork and ex
haustion, mental or physical, are coun-
teracted by it, and the busy merchant,
the tired clerk or operative, and the
brain weary student, author or newspa-
per man, derive from It's present relic
and future energy.