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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-05
Safety Elevators.

An improved system has been adopt
ed in respect TO the new elevators for
the Library of Congress. They are
built with a special view to safety, and
in addition to safety catch are pro-
vided with what is termed the air cllsh-
ion-the latter not real cushion, mas
much as it is not soft, nor is it made
and put in position, being formed only
when the elevator is dropped TO the
bottom of the shaft, and thus all wear
and tear ON the cushion Is avoided. The
principle Is very simple: AT the bot
tom of the shaft Is a well about thirteen
feet in depth, the sides of which are
80 arranged as to come at the top with
I'm the sixteenth of an inch of the side
Of the elevator, this space gradually
growing larger until there is q distance
of an inch and a half between the ele-
yator and the shaft. When the elevator
Is dropped from the roof it pushes be-
fore 1t quantity of air, and, dropping
into the well, the air is compressed, and,
escaping very slowly, allows the ele-
yator To settle easily.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-05
Foods,

The foods Of the various classes OF n
nation were often regulated by law In
the past. Two Roman laws. passed
about 160 B. c., regulated the costs of
feasts at private houses, stating how
much was to be eaten, and forbiddine
the fattening of fowls. Julius Caesar
was very strict with regard to foods.
and used to send his soldiers to confis.
cate forbidden luXuries offered for sale
In the market-places, and to private
houses to see that the legal dietary was
properly observed. These diet laws
were probably necessary In ancient
Rome remembering the gluttony of the
Romans. Coming down to the Middle
Ages, laws of Charles VI. of France
and of Edward III. of England decreed
the diet of the French and English ac.
cording to their rank, both as to quality
and quantity. The Parliament of Scot.
land in 1888 passed a similar law. In
addition to these the laws regarding
dress were particularly severe, and it
Is curious to notice thai some of the
English sumptuary laws remained in
force, nominally, until about thirty five
yeak~ ago.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-05
New Mineral S Substance.

Manjak is n new mineral substance
found In the Island of Barbados.
which Is used as an intensifier of the IL
Illuminating power of coal gas. Its I'm
portance to the electrician, however
lies in the fact that it possesses many
Of the properties Of an ideal insulator
for electric wires. 1t is of black color.
and has high luster and bright. con-
choidal fracture, resembling in appear
ance newly broken pitch. 1t is found
very near and sometimes upon the sur
face of the ground in seams varying
from one foot to two feet in thickness
running usually at an angle of about
sorty-five degrees, and in close prox-
Unity to rocks. 1t is supposed to have
been formed by the drying up and con-
solidation Of petroleum Oil, which is
found in abundance in the same locaIi
ties and is often seen oozing out of the
ground or floating down the streams. In
composition it is not unlike Trinidad
pitch, the Utah 'giloonite" and the
Mexican "albertit." The ANALYSIS of
the best quality manjak is stated to be
moisture, 2.66; volatile organic matter.
T0.S5; non-volatile organic matter,
26.97; mineral matter, 0.1S
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-05
When to Cut Hay.

There has been much discussion
relative to the proper time to cut hay,
and there are many mistakes made on
both sides of the line, more, no doubt,
on the side to too late rather than too
early cutting. The stage at which the
plant contains the most nutritive mat
ter is when it is nearing maturity,
and before any considerable portion of
its substance has entered into the
seeds. We have found it a
good plan to begin rather early,
for we are sometimes thrown
back by wet weather, or other causes,
over which we have no control, and if
we wait until the grass or clover is
just right, before beginning, the last
cutting may be little more than Il
mass of woody fiber. 1t is claimed by
some that in cutting before maturity,
we endanger the stand, as they have
noticed that where grass was well
ripened before being cut, the stand
was more enduring. Probably this is
simply the result of the matured seeds
shattering of, taking root growing-a
rather expensive method of seeding
Agricultural Epitomist.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-05

Although minute diamonds can be
made with the aid Of the electric fur
mace, none large enough to be employed
In jewelry have yet been produced. But
rubies of large size, and as fine in color
and appearance as the best natural
gems, have been made. A certain
method of detecting artificial rubies Is
by examination with Il microscope. The
natural gem is always filled with min
ute cracks, invisible to the naked eye.
but perfectly discernible with high
magnifying power. The artificial ruby
has no cracks, but, on the other hand
IS filled with minute bubbles, or gas
holes
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-05
Motive Power of the Future.

Electricity as a motive power on
long distance roads is likely to be in
troduced, according to the reports,
much sooner than has been anticipat-
ed. The successful experiments of
the New York, New Haven and Hart
ford road, recently referred to, have
demonstrated the practicability of the
third rail system. The adoption of
that system by the Manhattan Elevated
system in New York City gave fresh
impetus to the movement, and now it
is reported that the managers of sew
eral other important railroads running
into New York City, among them the
Erie, the Pennsylvania and the Long
Island railroads, are all preparing to
introduce the new system upon their
roads. The Long Island directors, it
is said, are enthusiastic over the sub
ject, believing that in a very short
time the public would see the intro
duction of the third rail system, or
something equally as good, over the
entire western half of the island. The
Pennsylvania, it is we'll known, has
been experimenting with electricity on
one or more of its branch roads for
some time past, and the Erie proposes
to equip some of its branch roads with
electricity as soon as possible. There
seems to be no end to the possibilities
of electricity, and the prediction that
it would be the great motive power of
the future seems to be near its realiza-
tion.-Trenton IN. J.) American.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-05

1t is the nature of hen to scratch,
and when breed is bred to size
where the hens will not scratch, they
begin to quit laying eggs.
Every healthy and productive hen
scratches, and he who expects to keep
hens and prevent them from scratch
ing must devise some means to get
them to scratch where no damage will
be done. 1t is much easier to do this
than it is to keep dog to drive the
hens out of the garden and away from
the flower beds, or the wasted energy
of throwing clubs at them. Besides,
flock of hens that are chased by
dog or frightened by throwing clubs at
them will not lay so well as those kind.
ly treated. If poultry keepers would
remember that tame hens are the most
profitable ones, there would not be so
many focks in the country that make
n bee-line for the nearest hiding place
when dog or man comes in sight.
One plan is to let hens have free ac,
cess to the garden at all times at this
time of the year, though they will not
be allowed there when peas and to.
matoes begin to bear They do not
scratch in the garden because we keep
some small grain scattered in the grass
around the run, and they do their
scratching there. When they are let
out of the house in the morning they
are fed, and as soon as they havs fin
ished their breakfast they take tour
of the garden and dooryard, and stray
cut-worms, cabbage butterflies and
other insect enemies of the garden are
picked up. Then they take walk
around the open fields adjacent, and
finally come back to scratch some of
the small grain out of the grass. Idle
hens are not worth keeping, and when
they scratch in the garden and flower
beds they are nuisance, and if they
are given something they like to
scratch for, where they can get it
easily, they are not going to dig up
the garden for what they may possibly
find. Hens do not scratch for amuse-
ment, and will scratch where they find
food with the least work.-The Silver
Knight.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-05
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

A new speaking tube for steamers
has the pipe insulated by waterproof
textile covering which makes it easy to
hear speech in the engine room from
distance of 800 feet.
One of the most curious results of
the investigations made by doctors in
the Russian jails is the statement that
each group of criminals has its own
peculiar color of the eye.
Anthropologists have ascertained
that the Andaman Islanders, the small
est race of people in the world, average
less than four feet in height, while few
of them weigh more than seventy-fve
pounds.
Evidence. of the complexity OF
cathode rays is found by M. H. Des.
landres in the fact that when a ray is
turned aside by neighboring body it
is divided into several unequally dev-
lated rays.
"Growing pains" are a myth, says
DIR. Irving s. Haines. The pain means
Potts disease of the spine, and the
ignorant or lazy doctor does not find
it out until the limp or the hump on
the back appears.
Paris and Marseilles are now con-
nected by telegraph lines entirely un-
der ground. They are placed in iron
pipes, and buried four feet beneath
the surface with manholes 5000 feet
apart. 1t cost 81, 000, 900 to bury the
wires.
Chelsea district in London utilizes
its street refuse by separating the rags
and paper, which are converted into
brown wrapping paper, while the rest
of the refuse is burned in the furnaces
of the reducing works and the residuum
is used in briokmaking.
The Illinois Central Railroad is
about to experiment with electricity as
motive power, with a view to its
adoption ON all the suburban lines of
Chicago. 1t is said that both the third
rail and overhead trolley systems will
be tried exhaustively before decision
is come to on equipment.
From records extending back to
1859, nj. Camille Flammarion finds
that the rainfall of Paris has gradually
increased about three inches, being
now little more than twenty-five
inches year. The amount of differ
ence seems to indicate that the increase
is real and not due to greater accuracy
of observation.
The director of the gas works at
-les-Bains, France, has perfected q
simple system of automatically light
ing and extinguishing gas jets from
any distance. The burner is closed
by steel plate, which is magnetized
and drawn aside while an electric cur
rent is passing through it, the escap-
ing gas being ignited either by a spark
from the plate or the incandescence of
n suitable material. The plate falls
back over the burner on being demag-
netiZed.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-05

Ailsike clover appears to be a good
pasture plant, but not profitable for
hay.
A Missouri stockman believes he has
succeeded in breeding family of
Herefords without horns. For eight
years he has been following up expert
ments along this line, aud ut length
announces that he has attained the de-
sired result. He calls his new breed
of cattle Polled Herefords. He has Mt
present herd of twenty heifers
and two bulls that were born hornless.
They present the markings of tho
famous and beautiful white faces, but
they are larger and are sparer about
the hips. The stockman contends
that his new bred of Polled Herefords
make better beef than the horned
species.
Horses? Yes, there are too many of
the kind. There are too many ugly,
lightweight trotters that cannot trot,
and ought to be made into fertilizing
material; too many others that are
neither big enough for draft, nor
spry and handsome enough for driv-
ing; far too many bony-faced, loose
iointed, fat-footed, fop-eared, sway
backed, stupid brutes that are more
like an oldfashioned Texas COW after
a hard winter than like graceful, in
telligent, neatly built horse-ah, that
is different! A prominent firm of
dealers writes: eve never saw time
when sixteen hand high, full made,
stylish, well-broken coach horse with
good action would sell for more money
than he will now"
You can raise without trouble 100
bushels of carrots or parsnips to the
acre. You can sell these to town
horse keepers at good prices, or you
can feed them TO your own stock.
They constitute for all animals, with
the exception of ensilage for milk
cows, the best possible change from
dry grain feed. d.-Connecticut Farmer.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-05
THE MERRY SIDE Or LIFE.
CTORlES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS.

Not Original PacI<ages-How Extremes
Met Where Honesty Gets Left-H
Science In the Home-Tryin9 Conclu-
sions-Sure to woriS-Thc Season, Etc.
'I always like your jokes" she said, "they
are so full of life"
Then added, with incisiveness that cut him
like knife
"And still your wit and humor, sir,
really don't begrudge.
Your jokes are always full Of Life and
Punch and Puck and Judge"
Chicago Times Herald
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-05
Lions Affected by Weather.

A popularity noticed by the keepers
out at the Zoo is that bad weather af-
fects Hons just as it does human be-
ings. A rainy day will make them limp
makes them happy as crickets. Bad
weather, however, does not prevent
them remembering when meal time Is
at hand, and they are us restless as
young kittens till their food is forth
coming.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-05

A civil engineer, mechanical engineer
or architect, in the employ of the Ger
man railways, must, on an average,
wait till he is thirty eight ora forty
years old before his position is per-
manent. The average time they are
employed on temporary work before
they are permanently appointed is
twelve years.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-05
A Cat Loses Her Kittens and Aaopts Rat

On Saturday A. B. Ste vens, of Cairo,
N. Y, drowned litter of kittens that
were only few hours old belonging
to n pet cat. On Sunday u nest of
young rats were found and one of
them was given to the cat to eat. The
cat has adopted the. rat and is now
caring for it with as much diligence
Gs if it was her own.-New York Sun.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-05
The Things They Say.

Edith-"He told me I was so inter-
esting and 80 beautiful.
Julia-"And yet you will trust your.
self for life with man who begins de-
ceiving you even at the commence.
ment of his courtship. ."--Tit-Bits.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-05

Carbohydrates the matter,
Johnnie? You have lovely black
eye."
Johnnie-"Sister Jennie almost
pounded the life out of me-
Gilhooly-"What did ysu do to her
to provoke her?"
Johnnie-"Nothing at all. She got
a note from her feller telling her that
he couldn't take her to the theatre this
evening, and 1 happened to come in
the room just after she had read the
letter, so she took it out on me. New
York World.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-05

Mrs. Grimm-"My goodness have
just been reading an item about man
who traded his wife for shotgun.
What in the world do you suppose
made him do that?"
Old Grimm-"Probably the gun was
warranted not to kick. Puck.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-05

A military bicycle recently patented
is fitted with an extension arm pro-
jecting in. the rear, with piece of
canvas rolled over the handlebar,
which can be unrolled and strung
from the handles to the end of the arm
for useias stretcher.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-05

Mamma-''I don't want you to play
with that Jones boy. He isn't fit COM
pany for you"
Johnnie-"All right. When he asks
me to play with him I'll tell him you
said he amt fit company for me, and
he'll tell his mother. Puck.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-05
Caught.

80, say, Proudly, I was very sorry
to hear that you had lost all your
money"
'Lost all my money" "snorted Proud
ly, and he produced roll that filled
his fist.
"Let me take twenty till tomorrow,
old man. Detroit Free Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-05

Gobang-'I think I'll do quite o
little shooting this summer. L wonder
what the close season is?"
Buckshot-"Well, in your case, old
man. I fancy if you apply to the Legis-
lature they'd throw the whole year
open to you. Truth.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-05

'Bridget, there's napkin missing. :"
eyes, mum, I've taken it to boil the
pudding in"
''To boil the pudding in!'
"Well, mum, it was only the dirty
one. Pick Up.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-05

"Im going to invest in thermome.
ters, declared Chumpley with know
ing look.
"What in the world do you want to
put your money in thermometers for?"
"They're bound to rise soon. This
depression can't last"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-05

First Dentist-''The fact is, I've got
gentleness down to such fine point
that all my patients go to sleep while
I'm pulling their teeth"
Second Dentist That's nothing!
Mine are beginning to have their pho
tographs taken while L operate, be-
cause they always have such pleasant
expressions on their faces. Puck.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-05

"Papa," said Sammy Snaggs, as he
paused, pencil in hand, "how do you
make Greek CROSSE"
Mention the concert of Europe to
him." replied Mr.. Snaggs. -Pittaburg
Chronicle Telegraph.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-05
Where Honesty Gets Left,

James-"The rain falls alike on the
just and unjust"
Jones-''True, but the unjust man
is generally provided with the just
mans umbrella. Fun.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-05

''I'm writing to Belle"
''Because you have something spe'
cial to say?"
"No; because I have nothing special
to do. Puck.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-05

Mrs. Newmarket-"Have you any
nice cocoanuts?"
Huckster-"Yes, mum; here's one
full of milk"
Mrs. Newmarket-'Is it ster.
ilized?"-St. Louis Star.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-05

''Did her husb band come up to her
ideal?"
"No;-her ideal came down to
him. Puck.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-05

Wife-"How people gaze at my new
dress. I presume they wonder if I've
been shopping in Paris
Husband-"More likely they Won
der if I've been robbing bank. -
Tit-Bits.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-05

"Gracious, Jack, what immense
shirt studs you wearl"
''Well, you know how buttonholes
act. Tn going to keep up with them
if it takes dinner plate. Chicago
Record.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-05
VIII Buy Their Machines OF Us.

Three REPRESENTATIVES, of the Russian
government who have been sent to
this country to study farming, forestry
and cattle raising problems in America
are now in Chicago. st is our inten-
ton to abandon the machinery now
used by u.s." said one, "and buy our i'm.
plements exclusively from America"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-05

She-"Did the Count turn out to be
an impostor?"
He-"Not muchi Why, her father
had to borrow money to pay his debtsl"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-05

Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first days use Of DIR. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. So trial bottle and treatise free
DIR. Il. II. KLINE, Ltd, 93l Arch St., Phila., Pa.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-05
Shake Into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot Ease, q powder for the feet; II
cures painful, swollen, smnrting 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 tght-ht-
cure for sweating, callous and hot, tired, ach-
ing feet. Try it to-day. Sold by all druggists
and shoe stores. BY mail for 25c. In atamps
Trial package FREE. Address, Allen S. olm-
Bted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-05

To start an ostrich farm in Cali
fornia one needs q capital of at least
SIS, 600.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-05

When a man first appears without
his mustache. he has sort OF immod-
est look. as if he had left some Of his
clothes off.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-05
Try GraIn-Oi Try Grain-oi

Ask your grocer to-day to show you a pack
age of Grain-o, the new food drink that takes
the place of coffee. The children may drink
it without injury as well as the adult All
VINO try 1t like it. Grgin-O has that rich seal
brown of Mocha or Java, but it is made from
cetYes IL without distress. One-ouarter the
price of coffee. u cts. and IS cts per pac kage.
Sold by all Grocers.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, soltens the gums, reducing inilamma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie &c a bottle
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-05

Pisos Cure is the medicine to break up
children's Coughs and Colds.-Mrs. NJ. G.
BLUNT, Sprague Wash, March s, 1894.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-05

Conductor T.. d. LoOmis, Detroit, Mich
says: 'srhe effect of Halls Catarrh Cure is
wonderful Write him about it. Sold by
Druggists, 75c.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-05

Say nothing; it is the only way to
avoid being misquoted.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-02-13

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great cause, sometimes ito die for them.
The miracle We study today. was not
meant for the apostles safety, but for
their heartning and for the bracing of
all generations of Christians, by show
ing at the first confieb&iah the evil pow
er, that the Lord was with His church.
It's strengthening power is. to be felt when
no miracle is wrought. If His servants
are not delivered it is not that He lacks
angels, but that 1t is better for them and.
the church that they should lie in prison
or die at the stake" prison doors can
not shut Gods angels, nor shut in His
saints. Delivefance win come, if by
their liberation, God can make better use
of His servants"
In the apostles subsequent attitude
before the council we learn how to stand
up for jesus" Every Christian Is a wit
ss-bearer. Let US, like the early Chris
tians, fill our cities and our nation with
this doctrine" SO will we bless man
kind in our day. l...l4,1
JOHN N. LYLE.
Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-02-13
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