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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-29

Mr.. William p. Winter, retired car.
penter, has entered heart and soul in
to the wizard business with remark
able results. In a cosy little yard
| back of Mr.. Winters home grows o
peach tree that has produced annual
crops of luscious fruit for number of
years. Two years ago Mr.. Winter
grew tired of the conventional cover
ing of the peaches in his limited or
chard, and determined at least to pro-
duce peach minus that Objectionable
nap or down.
He began series Of experiments,
and that year produced a peach clothed
in the ordinary raiment of the banana;
but, not satisfied with the result of
his startling assault on nature, he has
succeeded in producing crop that
looks for all the world like tree of
apples. The skin of the fruit is per-
fectly smooth and of dark red hue,
shading gradually into yellow that
Mr.. Winter claims is a remnant of the
banana skin.
Next year." said he, "I will have
an orange skin on them"
The method employed by Mr.. Winter
to produce these startling results is
profound secret, and he is preparing
to copyright the scheme. Grapevines,
as well as peach trees, tremble before
the skill of the ex-carpenter, and
among the curious things that thrive in
the rear of Mr.. Winter yard is vine
Of this sort that bears at this time ripe
grapes, as sweet as honey, and un-
usually large, half-ripe grapes, bios
SONS and buds, which Mr.. Winter ex-
poets to ripen by Christmas. .-Balti-
more American.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-29

4 medical man in London lost his
dog; it was not beauty, but hand
some enough to be stolen, and it was
great pet of his wife, He hit upon
En- ingenious device for recovering it
at cheap price. He put the follow
ing advertisement in the paper: 'Lost,
small black dog from May Fair street.
1t is of no value even to the owner,
butkind-hearted persons who may have
been moved to take it in are warned
not to do so, as the animal has been
much experimental upon for scientific
purposes, and may become inyolun-
tarily source of great danger" The
dog came back the same day, in time
tor 2lternoon tea.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-29
AN AUTUMN MORNING.

The irost's agleam where the dew was drip
ping
Just in the space of a day agone;
The rose-deep edge of the sun Is slipping
Through mellow mesh Of the autumn
dawn.
Song of neither the thrush nor the linnet
Rises and sweeps in broken flow;
Only the breeze on a sweetbrer spinnct,
Shivers pensive adagio.
The frOst's agleam on the path follow:
Scarlet velvet the witch-hazel spreads
Adown the slope of the old mill hollow,
Where dertangles its lustrous threads
What is there left of the summers story
The faded roses, the daisies lost
What of her opulent glow and glory,
Quenched in the film Of an autumn frosti
Deep in the fringe Of its willow cover,
Where iavelin- points of sun are thrust
The stream that sung to IA summer lover
Echoes the song of an ended trust.
Hattie Whitney, in Woman's Home Com
panion.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-29

Fl. A. Wilcox, of Uxbridge, has for
several years made specially of
squashes. He says: SIN 1894 L thought
L should not be able to attend to them,
so did not send for seed until June,
and did not finish planting until July
L. On September %, after a light
frost which killed the vines, L har-
vested from forty eight hills of Hub
bard and Essex Hybrid, three one
horse loads in bulk-from one and
one-half to two cords i'll all. Single
Hubbards weighed twenty pounds,
and Hybrids as high as thirty-one
pounds, in eighty-six days from seed.
This crop was raised on old pasture,
which had not been ploughed for thirty
odd years, and which / considered
worn out. 1t was mapured with fresh,
coarse horse manure, broadcasted and
ploughed under, and about a pint Of
high grade phosphate worked into
each hill. consider the Essex Hybrid
the best main crop squash, although
some consumers and some dealers will
have nothing but Hubbard. The mar
rows for fall use, and the Fordhook,
Cocoanut and Lows Bay State have
been satisfactory. With me the Essex
Hybrid is the best cropper, and the
Hubbard next. As most of this crop
WAS retailed from milk wagon aI from
two to three cents a pound, / found it
profitable. New England Farmer.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-29
Vibration on Railways and Its Effect on
HaaIth

Annoyance and temporary discom-
fort are small items in the schedule Of
ills chargeable to vibration and noise
on railways and the unceasing and ter
rife racket of many of our cities. The
noise of the elevated railways has
caused commissions in children and what
is equivalent to nightmare in adults.
One lady of somewhat delicateorganiza-
ton has frequently sprung from her
bed on the approach of train, and
found herself standing upright in the
middle of the floor when she awak-
ened. 1t seemed that the engineer
on this train had sweetheart liv-
ing in that neighborhood, and he
managed so that the locomotive made
series of peculiar noises whenever
he approached the dwelling of his
inamorata. This was the only train
that so affected the sufferer, and she
was obliged to leave the neighbor-
hood ON account of it. In ordinary
railway travel speed is the most i'm
portant item to be looked after, and
the noise attending the great rapidity
with which the train moves is really
a secondary consideration. Medical
scientists who are giving attention to
this subject are beginning to demand
for their patients, especially those who
find it necessary to take long jour-
neys for their health, accommodations
in which due regard is had for quiet
and freedom from that vibration which
affects the nervous system. Special
routes are mapped out, and certain
lines are avoided because of the irri-
tation by the clatter and swinging
of the trains New York Ledger.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-29

soil, one of which has had lime
sprinkled over it, are placed side by
side, and allowed to dry in the sun,
the one which has no lime on it will
bake, become hard and crack, while
the other piece on which lime has been
sprinkled will become more porous and
friable and crumble easily when sub
mitted to slight pressure. The lime
has permeated the pores aud brought
about this condition, which is desira-
BILE in soils and which adds so much to
their productive capacity.
On an average it will be found ad-
visable to apply lime about once every
five years. From thirty to forty
bushels per acre of air slaked lime
would be sufficient quantity. 1t is
best to broadcast the lime over the
plowed surface of the field. Do not
work it into the soil, as it will soon
permeate of its own accord.
Besides its action in improving the
physical condition Of the soil, referred
to above, the lime also liberates some
plant food, notably potash. If potash
previously existed in the soil in an in
soluble state, the lime will make it
available as plant food 1t would be
poor policy though, to continue to ap-
ply lime alone, since the soil would
soon become exhausted of its natural
supply ofplant food which the lime has
liberated. An economical plan, there
fore, would be to keep up the soils
natural supply not only of potash, but
also Of phosphoric acid and nitrogen
as well, since these are the elements
which usually become exhausted first,
and which the farmer has to renew in
the shape of manures, etc.-M. J.
Shelton, in Home and Farm.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-29

A special service for old people was
held in Philadelphia Methodist Epis-
copal Church on recent Sunday
morning. The sermon was from the
text, Cast me off in the time of my
old age; forsake me not when my
strength faiIeth.' A general invita-
ton had been issued to the old felix's
of the congregation and others were
aSked to spread the word among the
aged and inGrm OF the whole commun-
ity. Carriages were sent for those who
were unable to walk to the church. and
special arrangements were made for
their comfort throughout the service.
Great, comfortable, easy chairs and
rockers for the old people surrounded
the pulpit, in semicirrle. and on two
tables were several bouquets of fall
flowers, which were afterward dis
tributed as souvenirs of the occasion.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-29

The training OF a sheep dog is a mat
ter of considerable importance to the
shepherd. The American Sheep
Breeder gives the following hints:
begin training in the most cautious,
natural way at two months old, or as
soon as the puppy is able to follow you
among the sheep. If he comes of good
stock he will take naturally TO sheep,
as duck does to water. and will be
very quick to interpret your wish and
ambitious to execute it, Your main
trouble will be to restrain and teach
him moderation. Like all puppy kind
he will be impetuous and inclined to
hurry and worry the sheep too much.
Deal gently with him. Don't whip
him or show your displeasure by dra-
matte tantrums, yells, and threats.
IF of the right sort the young dog
will catch your meaning with a word,
motion of the hand or head and even
the expression of your face The young
collie is intelligent, trGctable, and i'm
pressionable to wonderful degree,
and anxious to please beyond any
other animal Common sense. patience,
and moderation on the part of the
shepherd, will soon make his charge n
valuable shepherd dog.
Especially do not allow different
persons to be mixed up in his train
ing. Do that yourself, and the little
fellow will soon come to understand
you and your flock. Good blood in
the puppy and good sense in his man
agement are the main things to con-
slider"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-29

Novelties in advertising are not linn
tied to America. In some of the for
eign cities enterprising firms watch the
papers carefully for records of births
and promptly send the mother pres
ents of soap or toilet articles. One
London house, keeping its records
carefully, waits till the child is few
years old and then sends out-the sex
being noted-the following: Madame,
as your little child's birthday APP
proaches, and, thinking that you may
require some present for her in com
memoration of the event, we enclose a
catalogue of our toys"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-29

A "stereoptieo-musical aggregation"
from San Antonio visited a neighbor-
ing Texas town. To entertain the in.
habitants they impressed an old grand
piano which had lain long unused in
the public hall. The professor,
opened the lids and found that the
keys responded pleasantly to mis-
touch. He launched into Wagnerian
melody, and the pianissimo prelude
gently awakened colony of wasps
that had built a nest in a recess of the
instrument during the months of its
idleness The pianist plunged into
fortissimo and was startled to find the
rumble and roar of his basso-profundo
notes accompanied by strange, high,
angry hum. In another second, with
a vicious whir of wings, the yellow
jackets were out and upon professor
aggregation, and audience. There
was bowling stampede for windows
and doors; and in current history it is
written that the San Antonio train,
which was tagged at the crossing that
night, carried away little band oi
men who looked as if they had had an
unvictorious encounter with thrssh
ing-machine.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-29

On all the new ships of the navy the
American shield has displaced as fig
ure-head the designs carried on the
older vessels. This is carved out of
solid brass, with the stars and stripes
and the shield proper fitted close
around the slender bow, while scroll
work extends backward on either side
for distance of four or five feet. The
New York, the Minneapolis and the
Philadelphia have possibly the most
elaborate designs, some having cost
four thousand or five thousand dollars
each.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-29
Cows Swim to Pasture.

A milkman of North Bath has per-
haps the most unique pasture OF
Maine. 1t is an island, and when the
tide is high the cows have to swim for
it. The Bath Enterprise says that
the COWS have become so accustomed
to this that they will strike out with.
out moments hesitation, and re.
marks: ''It makes spectacle worth
looking at when the fifteen COWS all
plunge into the water and swim 70,
their feeding ground"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-29

Grating the Apple is the subject OF
Bulletin G5 of Kansas station, which
contains many photographs of trees,
one, two and three years from the
graft, taken up with AL their roots in
tact, showing the root systems and
unions resulting from various methods
of grating.
The controversy which arose several
years ago over the relative merits of
whole roots and piece roots, and long
or short root pieces, long or short sci
ons, and grating low or high on seed
ling stock, ETC., led the Kansas station
to enter upon a series of elaborate ex-
periments, which have been carried
through the intervening years. Judge
Wellhouse, of that State, the most ex-
tensive apple grower in the world, has
also experimental for many years in
the same line, and this bulletin gives
the results reached by him also.
The conclusions arrived at are as
follows: Whole root gratis possess no
advantage over piece roots. On the
contrary, unless the whole root stock
is very hardy, severe winter freeze or
drouth may kill it. Especially is this
true where the graft is set above
ground on the Seeding stock In the
colder, extreme Northwestern States
the hardest trees are made by graft
ing hardy scion of ten inches long
upon a short bud. The short root
piece keeps the hardy scion alive until
it throws out good root system of its
own, like cutting, and these roots
strike deeper than the lateral systems
of whole roots. Judge Wellhouse finds
the two-inch root piece best, but at the
station pieces five inches long gave
slightly better results than those half
that length.
The longer the scion, up to two feet,
the stronger the growth, probably be-
cause of larger leaf surface; but the
difference is not sufficient to cover the
extra expense on large scale Prob
ably eight to twelve inches are best.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-29
The Oldest Plow-Mal<cr.

Chicago has the oldest plow INA aker
in the United States. His name is
David Bradley, and he is at the head
of big manufacturing company ON the
west side. Mr.. Bradley first worked
at the business in Syracuse, N. Y, in
1882. In 1885 he came to Chicago,
which then numbered about 2500 in
habitants and a camp of several thou
sand Indians, to help erect the first
iron-foundry established here. Mr..
Bradley was the first man to bring
pig-iron into Chicago. In connection
with the foundry which he helped
build was a machine-shop, and the
establishment soon began along with
its other business the manufacture oi
plows. Mr.. Bradley, by the growth
of his business, was finally forced to
build little town Of his own, which
is known as Bradley, Ill. Mr.. Brad.
ley has passed his eighty-fifth birth.
day, but is still hale and hearty, and
thoroughly enjoys the prosperity which
hard work has brought him. The
active business has been surrendered
to his sons. Chicago Tribune.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-29

Here is an opportunity for John
Bull and his inevitable umbrella,
though he may not covet it. A Ger
man professor, in giving his expert
ence as an explorer in the wilds of
Africa, says that the best protection
against tigers and lions is an umbrella,
as the beasts are especially afraid Of
one when opened suddenly upon them.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-29
A Curious SnperstitIon.

Among the superstitions of the
Seneca Indians was one most beauti-
full. When young maiden died they
imprisoned young bird until it first
began to try its powers of song; and
then, loading it with caresses and
messages, they loosed its bonds over
her grave, in the belief that it would
not fold its wing nor close its
eye until it had flown to the spirit
land and delivered its precious bur-
den of affection to the loved and lost
one. St. Nicholas.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-29
BULLETS OF PURE GOLD.
AN OLD WHALER'S EXTRAORDINARY
STORY OF ALASKAN RICHES.

Captain John Reynolds, of Omaha, Gives
an Account of Native Who Used
Gold Bullets for His Isine-A Very
High Ledge Full of the Precious Metal.
Captain John Reynolds, of Florence,
suburb of Omaha, Neb., has con-
tributed story OF Alaska riches that
is more extraordinary than are the
startling reports from the Klondike.
The captain, writes a correspondent of
the Chicago Record, is n Nebraska
character of much fame. He is an old
whaler who has sailed all over the
globe and in his wanderings made two
expeditions through Bering Straits in
to the Arctic Ocean. On the first of
these he met with an adventure which
il replete with romance and which
reads like tale from Mexico or Peru
in their balmy barbarian days Of gold
and silver.
''In August, 1S79," he said, eve
sailed from New Bedford on a long
voyage. Our vessel was the first
to pass through Bering Straits into the
Arctic Ocean. We went first to the
Azores, then to 1eneriffe, the Cape
Verde Islands, Falkland Islands,
through the Straits of Magellan to Ju-
an Fernandez and the Sandwich Isl
ands, and thence up into Bering Sea.
During the whaling season as
many as thirty men deserted the ships
for the gold fields of Alaska at the
Yukon. Our ship was beset with ice
at Cape Prince of Wales and while we
We're there an old native came aboard.
We were breaking up some boxes that
day and he asked us for the leaden
labels which Were on them. We asked
why he wanted them, and he showed
us an old-fashioned Russian gun which
he treasured very highly and said he
wanted the lead to make bullets for
it, In our idle curiosity, having little
to do while lying there, we questioned
him as to where he usually got his
bullets for it, and he told us there
was place 'one sleep lone days
journey away where he found the
material for bullets. We were anx-
ious to make little trip out into the
interior and one day started off with
him as our guide.
eve travelled about forty miles up
the country through q valley easy to
traverse, and at length reached a ledge
at which the native stopped and began
picking up pieces Of gold. The ledge
was full of it and crumbling away
Here was the old fellows bullet field.
He was shooting gold bullets from
his old Russian gun. The party of us
carried away thirty-nine pounds of
the ore and when we had it assayed
in San Francisco, it turned out 5000 a
ton.
Captain J. n. Knowles, a wealthy
resident of San Francisco, fitted out
q ship and sent it back in charge Of
one Of my crew, Swede, to investi-
gate. As near as we could learn he
loaded his schooner with sixty or
seventy tons of the ore and started
back. That was the last heard of him,
and it is supposed that his ship went
down in heavy gale. Since then no
one has visited that place and yet it is
as rich as any mine discovered in
Alaska, and far easier to reach than
is the Klondike. The ledge was 800
feet high and was crumbling away
when we were there. It is only forty
miles from the coast and there are no
difficulties whatever in reaching the
place"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-29

The secret of raising ginseng has
been discovered at last. 1t is being
grown on Missouri soil and cultivated
by Missouri farmer. China has an
unlimited demand for the ginseng
root, and, because of its scarcity, pays
the handsome price Of So so for SIN
gle pound of it. Heretofore the mar
ket has been supplied from certain
sections where the herb grows wild.
Repeated attempts to cultivate it have
proved n failure. But, according to
Waldo Parks, a guest at the Laclede
Hotel, Spencer Brown, farmer down
in Texas County, is cultivating an acre
OF ginseng. 1t natures in six years.
From the product of that acre he ex-
poets to realize the modest sum of
800, ZOO. He will limit the product so
as to keep the price up.
Mr.. Brown says that the ginseng
fourishes in rich limestone soil,
shaded from the sun. It requires
eighteen months to germinate and six
years for full growth. He is making
no secret of the discovery, but explains
its mysteries to any one.
By the Chinese ginseng is consid-
cred medicinal ingredient of wonder
full powers. A liquor is distilled from
it which is supposed to cure all dis
eases. They have never been able to
find the secret of its culture, and have
depended upon the wild roots found
here and there for their supply.-St.
Louis Republic.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-29

When the River Nile is high enough,
at the time Of its annual overflow,
dams in its banks are cut, allowing the
water to flow in canals which carry it
into the country. From the canals
bitches and cutters distribute it
among the farms, which are divided
into squares by ridges of earth a few
inches high. The peasant regulates
the flow of water with his feet. By a
skillful use of his toas he makes an
opening in ridge OF closes it up, and
thus causes the water to go where it
is needed.
This was very ancient way of irri-
eating the land, and Moses probably
refers to it when he contrasts the
rains and dews of Palestine with the
artificial watering of Egypt, "For
the land where thou goest in to pos
sess it is not as the land of Egypt
from which ye came out, wheke thou
sowest thy seed and wateredst it with
thy foot, as garden of herbs; but the
land whittier ye go to possess it is a
land of hills and valleys, and drinketh
water OF the rain of heaven" Deut.
XII, 1912. Mission Band Lessons.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-29

Near the western border of Dupont
Circle, in Washington, ID. O., stands
a tree that goes to sleep promptly
every night at Z o'clock. The tree is
known as the Albizzia Julibrissan,
having been christened so by an Ital-
ian botanist in honor of the Albizzi
family in Florence. The tree, how
ever, is an original of Japan, and is
known there as the japanese silk tree,
probably on account of the silky ap-
pearance Of its blossoms. Soon after
T o'clock in the evening general mo-
ton is noticed in the foliage, quiver
or trembling of the bipinnate leaves.
Each leahet begins to stand up on
edge and pairs with the one opposite.
They clasp each other tightly and then
close up with the other on the petiole,
30 that each becomes a coverlet over
half of the preceding one. The en-
tire transformation takes place in
about twenty minutes, and usually at
about 7.30 the respiratory organism of
this tree hangs limp or droopy on the
branches.
Small branches kept in dark room
promptly close at Up. m.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-29
Lime.

The proper and iudicious use of lime
is often an item of profit on the farm.
Lime enters into the composition of
plants and is an element necessary to
their growth. The fact, however, that
there is nearly always sufficient sup
ply of lime in the soil to serve as plant
food proper, renders it seldom if ever
necessary to apply lime to make up a
deficiency. On the other hand, the
aim in giving the soil dose of lime is
usually to improve its physical condi-
ton. If the soil is sour, lime will
sweeten it; if it is light, lime will make
it more compact, if it is too compact,
lime will loosen it. An object lesson
rs to the effect of lime upon soil is il
lustrated in the following simple ex-
pertinent. II two pieces of heavy clay
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-29

The statue to Frederick Douglass,
which the Park Commissioners will
place in one of the public squares of
Rochester, n. Y, will probably be the
first public statue ever erected to a
colored man in the United States.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-29

Chicago is justly proud of her new
public library. 1t has taken ten years
to build and the actual cost was
$1315.07 less than the $4,000, 900
originally appropriated.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-11-29
ALL'S WE'LL
THAT ENDS WELL,
sronr or 4 RoMAxce IN nnAE LIFE.

HERE is a = e W
daughter-i -in-law at
the home of the Van
Andens i'll the vii
lage of Islip, L. I.
All agree that she is
winsome and that
young Frank Van
Andeu made no mis-