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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-04

Self-supporting women have harder
time to live comfortably and respect
ably than any other class in the com
munity. Four sisters of this city, who
lost both parents and were thrown
upon the world, constitute good ex-
example of what bright minds can do
under the circumstances. Each went
to work, and, being intelligent and
courteous, got ahead. Getting ahead,
however, with woman, does not
mean very much. With three of the
sisters it meant rising from 81 to 81
week in their salaries.
With the fourth girl, who was born
lame, it meant building up little
dressmaking and needlework business,
which paid about the same. Out of
this their board cost S. u week, and,
what with clothing and the lame sis
ter's medical bills, there was never
anything left at the end of the year.
One Of the sisters studied shorthand
and typewriting in the night time, and
secured q machine (the hardest way in
the world) bypaying for it in copying
matter sent to her in the night time.
Working four and five hours every
night, it took four months before the
machine was paid for. After she be-
came proficient there was slight i'm
provement in the family affairs.
She secured position at $40 per
week, and rose until she was getting
$l9. Upon this they put money aside,
and when, by rigid economy and hard
work on the part of all, they had 800
saved, they took large and handsome
flat in Brooklyn, near the park, fitted
it up on the installment plan, and Sc
cured four friends to come and board
with them. They did not make it a
matter of friendship, but of business.
They offered to give better accom-
modations and fare to their friends for
the same price they We're paying, or to
give the same accommodations and
fare for a dollar less u week. The
friends accepted the latter, and the
eight girls settled down in their fiat.
The lame one became housekeeper and
dressmaker for the rest, and the type
writer became the treasurer and man
ager.
The first year they paid for all the
furniture and also all the expenses.
The second year they had better
time, and put by 5000. The third
year four of them purchased bicycles,
and even then put little in the bank
in addition.
The past year was equally success
full. In the meantime they have ac
cumulated little library of 500 vol
umes, and are altogether as happy ,
family group as can be found in tn,
Greater New York. New York Mai
and Express.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-04

The spider is good example of the
living barometer. Close observation
of the work on its web castle will soon
enable one to forecast the weather.
When high wind or heavy rain
threatens, the spider may be seen
taking in sail with great energy-that
is, shortening the rope filaments that
sustain the web structure. If the
storm is to be unusually severe or of
long duration, the ropes are straight
ened as well as shortened, the better
to resist the onset of the elements.
Not until pleasant weather is again
close at hand will the ropes be
heightened as before. On the con-
trary, when you see the spider run
ming out the slender filaments, it is
certain that calm, fine weather has set
it, whose duration may be measured
by their elongation.
Every twentyfour hours the spider
makes some alteration in its web to
suit the weather If these changes
are made toward evening, just before
sunset, fine, clear night may be
safely counted upon. When the
spider sits quiet and dull in the middle
of its web, rain is not far off. If it be
active, however, and continues SO
during shower, then it will be OF
brief duration, and sunshine will fol-
lou
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-04
Money StopS II Train.

A few days ago an engineer of O
Boston and fMaine train, while run
ming between Winchester and Mont
vale, with an empty engine, discov-
cred what looked to be money, whirling
in the suction caused by the locomo-
tive drivers, says the Boston Herald.
He stopped The machine, ran back q
few feet and picked up $50 bill.
Near by were two $40 bills. The en-
gineer then started for Winchester,
and the engine was rolling along at q
good clip when large bill book, wide
open, was seen beside the track. The
engine was stopped and the wallet cap
tured. 1t contained valuable papers
and the name of the owner. The
money and papers were returned to
the proper person with not cent miss
ing. A few hours later the man whose
property had been restored by the
honest engineer made his appearance
and handed package up to the knight
of the throttle. 1t contained half pint
of cheap whiskey. Railroad men who
heard of the case are wondering if
poor whisky is the proper reward for
honesty. Some of them claim that
the offering Of liquor to an engineer
is an insult that should not be over
looked.
1t seems that the owner of the
money lost it from passing train,
and he had no definite idea as to where
the incident occurred
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-04

ElwoodS. Leary, a lawyer of Newark,
N. j., will be a model husband if he
keeps the pledge he has taken, pre-
diets the New York Press. He had to
choose between it and a suit for di.
vorce. He promises to cease abso.
lutely the use of spirituous and malt
liquors of every description; to spend
his evenings in his wife's company al
home or elsewhere, at her pleasure,
and to give to her all the money he
earns.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-04

1t is always best to cut barley while
it is still green, and the grain is in
the milky stage. But if the straw has
been beaten down by rains, early
cutting is especially necessary. The
chief danger with fallen barley is that
rust will attack the straw, after which,
instead of growing heavier, the grain
will rather decrease in weight. So
soon as grain is cut the danger of rust
attacking it has past, because when its
stalk is severed from the root the
leaves and stalks contract, and close
the pores through which the rust en-
ters the plant. But if the weather is
fine, barley that has fallen down will
often fill we'll and make a good crop.
1t is grain that ripens more quickly
after it comes into head than any
other.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-04

There is always an abundant supply
of stories of the expertness of Hindoo
lugglers and acrobats, says the Boston
Transcript. One who moves about
perched upon single long stick is the
latest novelty. This performer is
mounted on bamboo pole about fifteen
feet high, the top of which is tied to a
girdle worn around his waist. A smal,
cushion is fastened few feet down the
pole, which acts as a leg rest. The
acrobat hops around large space in
the liyeliest way, uttering cheerful
shouts, and accompanied by the tap
ping of d curious drum. He also exc
cutes sort of dance, and goes through
little pantomime. 1t is marvellous
feat of equilibrium. To walk on pair
OF stills as high as this would be per-
formance worthy of exhibition on our
variety stage. But to hop around on
one is quite another thing.
The same man can do many other
wonderful things. He appears abso-
lutely perfect in the art of balancing.
He can balance very light stick on
LILO ho'e anu heaFy one on MS cnln,
and then throw the heavy one into the
air with his head and catch it on the
end of the light. When balancing
these two sticks, end on end, he will
make one revolve in one direction and
the other in the other. He puts one
hand on flat circular stone, throws
his feet up into the air, and balances
stick on each of them. At the same
time he revolves rapidly on the pivot
formed by his arm and the stone.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-04

Russia will have a new labor law
after January l. The working day is
fixed at maximum of eleven and a
half hours; for Saturdays and the days
preceding holidays it is ten hours, and
on Sundays and holidays there is to
be no work. Workmen who are not
Christians will net be compelled to
work on the days held sacred by their
sects. For night work eight hours
will constitute days work.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-04
How to Make "a Melon Patch,

I try to select the poorest spot of
ground available. In the fall L plow
a deep trench where I wish to plant
my melons. Then I collect all the
weeds and briars which have been cut
on the farm, place them in this trench,
tramp them down as solidly as pos
sible and then plow back the ground
so that it forms a ridge over them.
This I leave until spring. AT the
proper time plant the seeds on this
land without further plowing.
Wier, of Indiana, in Agriculturist.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-04

Light brocaded satin corsets.
Shaded stripes in waist silks.
Long, narrow link sleeve buttons OF
gold.
Brown kid shoes for ladies and chill
dren.
Tan'and grayish-blue cloth jackets
for fall.
Gray ostrich feather boas and col
larettes.
Petticoats of plaid and checked taf-
feta silk
Bands and corsags garnitures of let
and steel.
Narrow panels of mohair or silk braid
for skirts.
Silk petticoats trimmed with ribbon
edged ruffies.
White linen shirt waists for tailor
made gowns.
Knife-plaited silk neck ruffies end
ing in jabot.
G'reenish-gray lizard skin and seal
travelling bags.
Golf hosiery showing wonderful
green and red effects.
Small toques having wings or quills
and knot of velvet for travelling.
Sets of black mohair braid vandykes
for basque and skirt of woolen goods
Bicycle suits of cravenetted serge or
mixed gray and brown covert for hard
wear.
Turnover batiste collars and cuffs
having deep hem and vine of en-
broidery.
Ladies' handkerchiefs having a tiny
vine of embroidery; others with very
slender initial.
Boys sailor suits of blue serge O,
flannel with black or white braid and
white collar and vest.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-04
WAITING.

Do the little brown twigs complain
That they haven't Il leaf to wear?
Or the grass when the wind and rain
Pull ut her matted hair?
Do the little brooks struggle and moan
When the ice has frozen their feet2
Or the seoss turn gray as a stone
Because of the cold and sleet?
Do the bNds that the leaves left bare
To strive with their wintry fate,
In a moment of deep despair,
Destroy what they cannot create?
Oh, nature is teaching us there
To patiently wait, and wait.
Boston Transcript.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-04

Much Of the baled hay that comes to
market is musty. Most farmers when
they bale hay think it need not be
very dry, as the bales are small But
the amount of hay packed in them is
always sufficient to get up violent
ferment unless the hay is properly
dried before it is put into the bale. If
there were more care used in baling
hay the price for it would be much
better than it is, as the hay itself
would be better worth it.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-04

Most Kansas counties pay a bounty
on wolves killed. Yet wolves in that
State have in year killed only 1850
sheep, according to statistics collected
by member of the State Board of
Agriculture, while the 155, $40 dogs
owned there have killed 1894 sheep.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-04
AGRICULTURAL TOPICS,
To Drive or Flies.

Many mixtures of cotton seed oil,
GOAL oil, etc., have been tried as a
remedy for the pestiferous flies which
harass cows. Perhaps nothing has
proved more successful than fish oil,
to which is added a little carbolic acid.
1t is best applied with broad, fiat
paint brush. 1t is especially obiec-
tionable to flies, and probably is a
chief constituent of many of the patent
remedies. Atlanta journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-04
His BROTHERS
KEEPER.
ny GwENDoLEN ovERToN.

HEN a man who is
yet young arrives at
the conclusion that
life holds nothing
more for him and
that he can only de-
vote himself to the
good of others, there
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-04

Women load and unload vessels in
some of the Japanese ports.
At an army wedding in England the
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-04

There are $4,000 artists in Paris,
moro than half of them painters.
Sharp County record., 1897-12-10

$1,000 Ou Il year is being mace ~ Jodn i
G oodwin Troy, y,N.Y.,ut work for US. Reader,
Won mnv not make rs much, but we can
teach you qui, niy how .o,wn rom % TO
a day at the start, aud NOR" as you &c
on. Both sexes, all ages. IN any rart m
America, you cGn commit nee at home, CIV
ing all your tmr,ur sl,arc mUmrnls only to
the work. All is new. Great pay ~ ~ lor
every worker. We start yvu, furnishing
everything. EASILY, SfEEnlLY learned
FREE. Address at once
sTINSuS 4 TO-, PORTLAND. CAlhE
Sharp County record., 1897-12-10

He was a man of simple habit
and evidently from far distance
and he had wandered into a large
city museum. The attendant
found him looking with interest
at meteorite, and he asked the
attendant what it was. "That,"
said the attendant sis a meteor
ite." "Hum. Where'd it come
from?" "It fell from the sky"
"Fall near here?" "No it fell on
a farm out in the country"
anybody hurt?" "No, there
was nobody about when it fell"
might have been, thought"
eyes" "Hum." The man of
the simple habit thought a
moment. SWELL" he said
finally the Lords kind, but it
does seems if sometimes he was
m i G h ty keerless. Boston
Budget.
Sharp County record., 1897-12-10
Memphis Route.
Kansas City, Fl. Scott &
Memphis R. R.

The best line to Kansas City, the
West and Northwest. Palace
Sleeping Cars and Reclining Chair
Cars seats free on all through
trans. Entire equipment first
class. Close connections at Union
Depot, Kansas City. The only
line with through service from the
West to the South and Southeast.
Entire tram runs through from
Kansas City to Birmingham Ala,
and to New Orleans, Send tor
map and Timetable folder. Write
for Illustrated papers and pamph'
lets, with county map, descr'p
tive OF Missouri, Kansas and Ark
ansas, mailed free. Address
J. 4. LOCKWOOD,
J. j. Fletcher,
Traffic Manager,
Kansas City.
Sharp County record., 1897-12-10
Postal Banks i'm Ireland.

The following letter on the
benefits of postal saveings banks
is from Thomas Burke, a trade
unionist in Belfast, Ireland:
"Of all the reforms now need
ed in America, the. postal saw
ings bank should come first.
Such an institution gives absolute
security to the masses in depbsit-
ing their savings; it encourages
thrift; it also gives a permanent
lesson in political economy;
furthermore, it creates that true
spirit of independence and self
respect which it is impossible to
find among a people under the
present system of savings banks
aud loan associations. In speak
ING with some of the labor men
here on the subject they have
expressed surprise that you have
no postal banks in America.
They wonder that such an ener-
people should be without safe
places to deposit their savings.
They further said: "Give the
American working people gov
ernment security for their de-
posits and they will outstrip the
world as regards the amount of
their savings. In this country
nearly every child has an ac-
count in the postal banks. This
is taught them in the schools.
They buy stamps with their
pennies and place these stamps
on a card. When they have
twelve stamps-that is, 1 shilling
they open an account in the
bank and keep their money
there until they are able to work,
and it is surprising to note the
amount of their accounts. For
instance, l know of one young
man about "a years old who has
been saving since childhood.
His account amounts to 81, 900 or
$4,000. He is a compositor.
could fill a volume on the bene-
fits of postal savings banks. y
Chicago Record.
Sharp County record., 1897-12-10
TWELVE REASONS.

The St. Louis Republic
gives a dozen good reasons
why newspaper readers should
read this paper. Here they ar e
l. The Republic Is the grea
est newspaper published.
2 1t has a cable news service
over the entire civilized world.
which no other st. Louis paper
can secure.
3! Special correspondents in
all the large cities and capitals
Of Europe.
4. News Bureau in New York
City and Washington, D. G.
s. Special correspondence in
7. Publishes daily the mark
ct reports of theworld.
8. Issues a magniiice,.t color
ed magazine cover with the
Sunday paper.
3. More rotedwriters and ar
fists contribulesto the Republic
than any other paper.
10. Issues an unequaled four
page comic with each Sunday
paper free.
II. Publishes pages of inter
est and value to w0maukiud.
II. Its 10 cent Dress Pattern
Department is the most popular
featrre ever introduced dv a
every city and town inth e " es.
tern Uuited States.
9 Member of the Associated
Press, the greatest news gath,
Serer in the world.
newspaper. Thousands patro.
,nize it.
The daily and Sunday St.
louis Republic is 6 dollars u
,year. 3 dollars for six months
and 100 for TIN eomonths. The
Twicea' Week Republic is !
doll IA year-!04 papers, two
each week,
Sharp County record., 1897-12-10

co'fo"'. .~.'aan. a..9
Sharp County record., 1897-12-10
hatstops Neuralgia Dr. Miles Pain Pills.

WANTED!-An agent in
every town to sell the POST
Dispatch. The Post Dispatch
contains from s to IA pages
daily and from 3S to so Sunday.
The Sunday Post Dispatch is
the biggest and best Sunday
paper outside Of New York City.
Besides its $4,000 words of spec
ial telegraph it contains q u to
l6-page magazine section, This
is a big budget Of bright, in
teresting articles arranged in q
most artistic mannea. Write for
samples, Big money for agents.
Nearly q hundred per cent prof
it, Don't think your town is too
small but write for particulars
and try IT, Address at once
Post Dispatch,
st. Louis, Mo.
Circulation dept.
Sharp County record., 1897-12-10
n LITTLE MONEY

n vested in the great Lead and
Zinc mlnlng region of Missouri aud
Kansas .GnIpua, Empire Citv.
Joplin, Webb CITY, LortrrvIIIe-.is
very likely TO make you u fortune,
mat 'S u common experience III lhM
rich INNING section. New mineral
strikes are beng made dMly,
Good miocral lands are vet cheqp.
No other mines of any character
offer ~ sure roNd to wealth
The Kansas Guy, Fort Scott and
Memphis raIlroNd is the ouly hnr To
all o. these great mining camps. .
For map 0od time table rol0oG ad.
d.
Sharp County record., 1897-12-10

a smile on his face, and on his
table was a bright and affection
ate letter written to the little wife
in Atlanta, who was then making
preparations for our Sunday din
ner, which was never to be.
Sharp County record., 1897-12-10
Snap shots i'm south
MISSOURI"
south

Is a magnificent book of sixty or
more photo,engraved views of
varied scenery IN South Missouri
From these views an accHrate
knowledge can be obtained as to
the productions and general
topography of that highIy'favored
section that Is now attracting the
attention of home se.&crS and III
vrstors the country over.
Address ]. Z. LOCKWOOD,
&. p. A. Memphis Route,
Kansas City, Mo.
Sharp County record., 1897-12-10
TINE OZARK IS

IlE LAND or BIC RED APPLES, rs
An attractive and interesting book
handsomely illustrated with views
of south Missouri scenery, lucIud.
ing the famous Oldm rrm' farm or
5000 Acres IN Howell Co. /, per,
,alos to irut raising in that great
'rut belt Of America, the southern
''o9' Of d. 02ot. aul .. ua,
of uuu ,ro .. . u.s.,
Sharp County record., 1897-12-10
JaCksOn's IaimbIess Cot
ton.
(Ths Atlanta toasi!.st!,r.l

created more talk throughout the
cotton growing world than all
other varieties combined. There
has been over five thousand peo-
pie from nearly every state in
the union to visit the farm of Mr..
Jackson near this city and they
are unanimous in their opinion
that it is the most wonderful and
productive cotton in the world.
Not a limb on it, it grows from 6
TO IA feet high, planted from 6 to
10 inches apart, rows from 3 to 4
feet wide and has from 40 to 100
bolls, to the stalk, so anyone can
see why it will make from 4 to 5
bales per acre. The staple is
white and silky and much longer
than commen cotton, and brings
a much higher price, and it can
be ginned on all ordinary gins.
Yesterday a very prominent
farmer from Mississippi said:
81 have often heard cotton was
king, but l never realized it SO
fully until today, when standing
in the five-acre cotton patch on
Mr.. Jackson's farm"
Every farmer that goes to see
it is impressed with the idea, not
whether he wants to buy these
seed, but the fact he must do it
to protect himself and make a
success of raising cotton at pres
ent prices. This cotton patch is
guarded day and night, but
evp behold the beam in les
come ana see this wonderful cot
ton.
A syndicate of New York men
have bought most of this cotton
and they propose to plant every
one of their seed.
J. w. Smith, who is Cashier of
The First National Bank of
Gainesville, Ca, has for sale
some of the Jackson Limbless
Cotton seed at the following
prices: Two hundred dollars per
bushel, seven dollars per pound
They also put them up in pack
ages of 200 select seed to each
package, at one dollar per pack
age, packages for $500, thirty
five packages for S25. seventy
five packages for $4,000, one
hundred and sixty packages for
$4,000. All seed are put up
with full directions for planting.
He has adapted this plan of dis
tributing the seed, so the mer-
chants can order for their custo-
mers or anyone can make sixty
dollars profit by selling 100
packages. With each box con-
tanning 160 PACKAGES of seed, he
puts in one large photograph of
the jackson cotton patch, with
negros picking it, and circulars
giving the history about this
wonderful cotton and testimonials
from r. 7. Nesbit, the Com
missioner of Agriculture of
Georgia and j. S. Newman,
formerly of the Agriculture de-
partment Of Ala, now Of South
Carolina they both having ex-
amined this cotton in the patch.
All seed will be delivered free
at the above prices, so send for
what you want at once, you can
send check or p. o. Order or
Registered letter to j. C. Mayfield
Manager, Atlanta, Ca, Box 743.
If your or Ter is received after all
seed is sold your money will be
returned free of cost to you. The
seed will not be peddled out and
parties wanting these seed can
get them by ordering them direct
from j. c. Mayfield. He has ar
ranged with Mr., Jackson's son to
su3erintend the packing and
Shipping of these seed.
There will no doubt be faker's
noddlinp COTTON snnd nlnin,inn