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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-12
Monday, Aug. 0.

Senor Canovas del Castillo, the prime
minister of Spain, was assassinated at
Santa Agueda, Spain, by an Italian an
archist. The assassin was arrested. He
gave the name of Rinaldi, but his name
is thought to be Golli-No clew to the
murderers of Moses e. Banks of Corn
ing, N. Y, was found-Tbe body Of
fireman killed in the recent elevator
explosion was recovered from the Chi
cago riVer-In the race of the New
York Yacht club the Vigiant won the
prize for Sloops and the Colonia the
prize for schooners-The week at the
Nashville exposition will be devoted
largely to military xercises-Meet
ings We're held throughout the day at
East Northfield and were attended by
large numbers of people-Four per-
sons We're seriously hurt in a railway
smash at Coney Island-More addi-
tions We're made to the aquarium col
lection of fish by a member of the New
York university biological expedition
who returned. from Bermuda-Mrs.
Charlotte Craft of Highland, N. Y,
slashed with a hatchet the hand of a
burglar who threatened her with re-
volver and put him to fight-Noth-
ing was discovered which throws any
light on the murder of Henry F. Reed
and his sister in North Adams, Mass
THE Rev. George Whitfield Mead
advocated the building of a $1,0OO,000
palace of religion and pleasure for
workingmen-Spee were made by
the czar and the kaiser at state ban
quet in st. Petersburg, the burden of
which was the maintenance of the
peace of Europe-The German pro
posal to administer the finances of
Greece has been accepted by the other
powers of Europe-It is asserted that
the Russian government will prohibit
the export of wheat. owing to the bad
harvests throughout Russia - The
news of the assassination of Premier
Canovas was discussed with great In
terest In Washington. Secretary Sher-
man and Senator Morgan expressed
their views on the probable conse-
CHARACTERIZATION Mckinley attend
ed the Presbyterian church in Platts-
burg, N. Y, and heard Secretary AL
gers pastor preach.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-12
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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-12

John w. Foster, the gentleman who is
credited with having written the in
structons to Ambassador Hay that were
signed by Mr., sherman, has returned
from his sealing mission to Europe, lie
says it was successful; Prof Elliott, of
the Smithsonian Institution, says it was
a flat failure. Which of them is right
will not be known until after the inter
national conference, which meets in
Washington next October, shall have
been held.
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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-12

The United States monetary commits
sioners were informed that Great Brit
ain would not be ready to reply to the
proposals made on behalf of this coun-
try and France before October--Par-
Lament prorogued until Oct. 23. The
queens speech referred to the Greco
Turkish war; the jubilee, the famine
in India and other topics-Frederlck
Madison was elected to parliament in
the Brightside division of Sheffield, as
successor to the late A. ]. Mundella-
The Tennyson memorial beacon, on the
isle of Wight was unveiled by the
dean of Westminster-An unusually
large number of deaths have occurred
recently in Bombay-Trouble has
broken out on the frontier between
Turkey and Persia, and both govern
ments have dispatched troops to the
scene-Presdent Mckinley was enter
tained by the Vermont State and Game
league and made a short speech
Secretary Sherman returned to Wash
ington from his vacation at Amagan-
sett, N. Y.-The state. department has
taken steps to carry out the reciprocity
provisions of the new tariff law-Ob-
jections to the proving of the wills of
Joseph Richardson of New York were
Ultu III lIle surrogate COuTl--E v.
Debs addresses large bodies of miners
Mrs. Lillian Reynolds sued Guy
Reynolds, a Fayerweather heir, for
dissolution of their marriage on the
ground of bigamy-A Georgia mob Sc
cretly lynched a negro and then report
ed that the victim has escaped-Gam-
bling at Saratoga is livelier now than
1t has been for twenty years-An au-
topsy showed that Mamie Mccarthy
the 17-year-old girl who died after be-
ing given shelter by Brooklyn friends
Wednesday. had starved to death
Joe Patchen paced the fastest mile
ever known on the grand circuit at Co
lumbus. O.-The strike at Fulton mills
in Atlanta was renewed, the white OPP
eratives demanding the discharge of all
negroes employed-The deposition of
a lawyer who declares that Mrs. Angel
admitted to him that she was never
married to Jay Gould was filed
Larned won the tennis tournament in
the international contest held in Hobo
ken, N 1.-The report that John Jacob
Astor had given $4,000 for the purchase
of Elmwood in Cambridge, Lowell's old
home, was denied in Boston-Con-
gresham John H. Walker made a reply
to the statement of certain members of
the Brown university faculty in regard
to President Andrews case.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-12
Tuesday, Aug. 10.


The assassin of Premier CanovaS con-
fesses the act was one of revenge for
the execution of the Barcelona anarch-
ists-The police of North Adams,
Mass. have under surveillance Harvey
Lanfair, who, 1t is believed, will be able
to throw light on the murder of Henry
F. Reed and his sister in that city
Prince Ferdinand Of Bulgaria Is the
guest of the sultan at the Yildiz kiosk
-Abu Hamid, on the upper Nile,
was captured by a column of the An
glo- Egyptian expedition. Two British
officers were killed in the lighting
The Chilean cabinet has resigned
Several thousand Armenians, 1t is re-
ported, crossed from Persia into the
vilayet of Van in Asia Minor, killed 2OO
men, women and children and commit
ted other atrocities-William g. Read
Jr., a broker and head of the firm OF
Read, Parsons & Co, of New York
killed himself in the Edison building
where the firms offices are-lt was
announced that the American Air Pow
er company and the Compressed All
Power company had been consolidated
Famine is making very hard the lot
CT the striking Pennsylvania coal min
ers. Secretary Warner Is flooded with
appeals for aid. The situation Is prac-
tically unchanged--Th South Coast
left San Francisco for the Alaska gold
fields so heavily and unevenly loaded
that there are grave fears as to her
ability to make the trip-The annual
meeting of the American Association
For the Advancement Of Science began
in Detroit-Secretary Sherman sent a
dispatch to Minister Taylor expressing
the sorrow of the president for the as
sassinatiOn of Premier CanoVas -
President Mckinley reviewed the
Twenty first infantry at the Hotel
Champlaln and took luncheon with ex-
Governor Woodbury. in Burlington, VT,
Mr.. Moody talked about the Bible
at Northfield, Mass.-Puhlic Works
Superintendent Aldridge of New York
awarded nine contracts for improving
the Erie canal-The Jamaican su-
preme court dismissed the appeal of
Captain Murphy of the flihustering
steamer Laurada--Festlvities and re-
Views Of the troops In honor of the
emperor and empress of Germany con-
tinue at ST. Petersburg.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-10-21

dren to have . scalded arm dressed and
as the child screamed and struggled, and
took up all their attention until the opera.
ton was successfully accomplished, the
first part of the interview passed of
without any feeling of awkwardness ON
either side. As soon, however, as the
girl found her arm bandagcd and releas-
ed, she darted to the door and made her
escape like wild thing, without word
of thanks to either of her benefactors.
They looked at each other and laughed.
Poor little thing! She isn't much
tanner than squirrel. She was rushing
about the road crying. and it was q hard
task to persuade her to come with me at
all" said Alma, moving in her turn to-
ward the door.
But Frank stepped hurriedly across the
room before her.
Il wish, Mrs. Crosmont. now that you
are here, you would do me the pleasure
of looking into the drawing room. I have
made some changes there. / should so
much like to hear what you think about
them"
Alma hesitatcd and then turned back
with smile.
Il will see it, certainly, if you WISH"
she said. gently.
So Frank led the way into the drawing
room. which had been indeed transform
cd The violent colors, the tatting anti
macassars, the wax flowers under glass
shades of Mrs. Peele's regime, had disap-
peared, while in their place were harmo-
NOUS tints and soft fabrics, and bowls
full of freshly cut flowers.
"Why. DIR. Arnathwaite, am hurt for
nj M = nES
woman must have helped YOU" said AL
ma, as she looked with admiration round
the pretty room.
"Some woman has helped me-" said he,
in meek, small voice.
She was not curious, or perhaps she
didn't hear.
And Go you always have the place
filled with these beautiful fowers?"
Always"
''Ah, you pass your evenings here, OF
course?"
"Never. scarcely sit here an hour in
the week.
Then why all this extravagance with
beautiful flowers, which only get wasted?
Arc they for visitors?!'
For enc visitor. / wanted the room to
be always ready for that one whenever
she-shoud-come."
Oh, they were so quiet about it--as
quiet as mice-she with her tremulous
whisper, and he with his husky ejacula-
tion, and Frank knew that Alma was only
carrying out her destiny, aud that, like
the heroine of the opera that her father
had nursed in his heart of hearts for years
before she was born, she had come out
victorious from her contest with the beau
ty Of the senses, and that, having found
the love she had longed for, her fancy
had no need to reach out to shadows for
comforts, for her soul had found rest.
THE end)
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-10-21
The Cake Walk.


The cake walk proper had its origin
among the French negroes Of Louisiana
more than century ago. There is lit
tie doubt that it is an offshoot of some
Of the old French country dances. 1t
resembles several Of them in form.
From New Orleans 1t spread over the
entire south and thence to the nOrth
1t was found Of convenience to the
plantation Negroes They were not
welded by license, ami 1t was seldom
that the services of preacher was
called in. At cake walk man
might legitimately show his preference
for a woman and thus publicly Calm
her for wife. In effect the cake walk
was not different from the old Scotch
marriage, which required only public
acknowledgment from the contracting
parties. So this festival became in
some sense wO0ing. an acceptance OF
rejection and a ceremony. This ex'
plains its popularity with the blacks,
outside Of Its beauties, with the accom-
paninDent of music, which is competent
at all times to command negro support.
Cake-walking has improved as do most
things that are constantly practiced.
1t has lost it's old significance in &c
South. Negroes now get married.
when they marry at all, In white folks
fashion. 1t has become, however, q
pantomimic dance. Properly perform
ed 1t is beautiful one. The cake IS
not much Of a prize, though the negro
has q sweet tooth.-Chicago Chronicle
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-10-21

the side of the structure, with c,oso,-
woven mats hung ut the outer 49,,
inner openings, writes Alice C. F1etoha.
in the Century.
The discipline Of the children ~
village was delegated to certain moa
called Pe-wet-ta-tc-pats (the whipners,
They were appointed by the chiefs
and inspired n wholesome awe in ono,
relsome and disobedient bows ana
girls, and, indeed, in the whole juyenlo
populations; for when any children In
Il lodge We're reported as needing nm
ishment, all the little folk were forcoa
to share in it. The hour for this er.
ercise was just at dark: and when tbo
wcll-known step Of the whipper wax
heard approaching, and the mat was
lifted and fell behind him, every youn.
ster began to howl in anticipation 81
approaching woe. The last one to liz
down on his face and receive his
thrashing was the really guilty ono
that lie might have the benefit of pro.
longed anticipation. The hubbub in finn
lodge ut the hour of discipline is casio,
to fancy than to describe. Parents 80
an innocent child frequently contryca
his absence at this time: lie would he
sent upon some eriand, perhaps r.
catch pony. and til" little fellow
would gladly plunge through snow and
travel far to be beyond the reach of tbe
rod. If. however. Il really guilty child
abscnted himself the whipping WAS
administered on his return. TIM,
many Il boy. in his wrath, resolved r.
thrash the grandchildren of the pe-wc,
ta-te-pats when lie grew up TO be =
man and was himself the whippcr. ~
not to he wondered OF. There may
have been little philosopliiZny in the
Nez Percc's mode Of discipline. but h.
copied the methods of Nature and his
rules were as indiscrimina1ing as her
laws.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-10-21
The Metric SyStppn.

Metric standards OF weights and
measures have been adopted by TWEEN.
ty-one countries, Great Britain and the
United States being the only prominent
exceptions. Before another year Great
Britain will, in all probability. have
passed an act legalizing the system in
the United Kingdom and providing for
the preparation Of table of equiya-
Tents between the metric and the i'm.
per;al standards. This will leave the
United States in a conspicuous minor.
ity among nations.
The British act, it should be noted il
merely permissive, and the choice be-
tween pounds and kilos remains free
to every merchant; bur, even so, 1t il
a concession to the metric enthusiast.
in that it will lead to Il more careful
teaching Of his system in the schools
and to a wider use of it IL dealings
with other nations. The metric sys.
tenn has much to conquer before It b..
comes universal, but it is making r.pid
strides toward ultimate success. Its
standards unquestionably facilitate the
keeping Of accounts, and give one q
great deal in common WITH the rest of
the world. With our decimal money
system we have good start made
upon the metric gradations, and our
arithmetic classes have always paid
more attention to the French standards
than corresponding classes III English
schools.
1t may be fifty, in may be one hun.
dred years before the metric system
becomes the established method Of adj
justing weights and measures in all
civilized nations. The change is grad
ually bein. effected, however, and not
rapidly enough to entail confusion or
sudden great cost. American scien
fists have long asked for compulsory
bill from Congress-. and it is likely that
we shall at least go as far as parlia-
ment in this change before many more
sessions are ended.-Boston Journal.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-10-21
The Blue Glass Craze.

About twenty years ago somebcdy
gave to the world the information thar
blue rays were health rays, and that TO
sit In the light falling through blue
glass would cure you Of almost any
thing you happened to have. Hail the
Louses one passed had q blue g.ass
window. There were even blue glass
sun parlors, and invalids basked 10 the
CHASTITY light. and many Of them re-
gained their health, till somebody
proved the blue glass idea to be utter
nonsense, when, Of course, they az
covered that they hadn't really been
he.ped at all.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-10-21
WHIPPED culLTYAND INNOCENT

A Singular Mode Of Punishment
Among the Nez Perce Indiana.
The Nez Perez Indians during the
winter formerly lived In communal
lodges. which were from 100 to $50 feet
In length and 20 feet wide. Twenty or
more families occupied one Of these
long lodges; their fires were about 10
feet apart, and between every two flres
% elongated entrance projected from
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-10-21
Egg q. okin9.

In the cooking Of eggs the custom y
ancient shepherds In the FAR east ~
to place raw one In q sling. wnicp
was then whirled round snd round un'
I'll the heat produced by the rapid =
don cooked the egg Within
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-10-21

When Burns was in love with High
land Mary the twain went to brook,
stood on either side, clasped hands and
swore on little Bible to be sternally
true. Mary Camobell would doubtless
have kept the vow. but judging from
the subsequent conduct Of Burns, his
doing - was highly improbable
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-10-21
CHAPTER XXv1.

In the meantime Lady Kildonan was
lying utterly unconscious both Of the
death Of her accomplice and victim and
of her condemnation, pronounced by her
own lips hundred times in the delirium
Of brain fever. Her husband, who during
these long days and nights was scarcely
ever absent from her bedside, used to sit
listeriny to her and watching her with a
grave. .atent face, which expressed no
sentiment harsher than the deepest pity.
When the crisis Of the fever was past,
and the SICK woman's bodily health be-
gan slowly to mend, it dawred upon both
her husband and the young doctor, who
had sever exchanged q word since the
night Of the accident except upon the med
ical aspect Of the case, that her mental
recovery was not proportionately raId.
She would lie for hours together awake
and quite still, with her eyes fixed upon
her husband In sort Of vague surprise
ut his presence. with which mingled no
shame, no annoyance, no deep interest.
Yet she knew who he was, and replied to
bio questions II voice which grew
strungee every day, but which acquired
- dsep1e meanins q ths dine ws0k On
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-10-21
Musical Association,

NOW Auu tueu h song OF tune SO
touches the soul that the hearer feels
rather than listens. Almost fifty years
ago the present writer heard Jenny
Lind sing in the oratorio of the "Mes.
siah," and he remembers to this day
her rendering of II Know that My
Redeemer Liveth." A writer in the
Chicago Advance tells an anecdote to
show how wildly music associated
with an exciting experience is recalled
years after 1t touched the soul:
At our State fair, thirty years ago, n
battered veteran was going about the
grounds, playing a snare-drum for
such as would listen to him and re-
spond with their pennies. He was far
out of the tide of prosperity, with thin
cheeks and poor clothes. His drum,
the companion Of earlier days, was his
only visible friend, unless l include his
fife, which stuck in his coat, but had no
part in the music.
He was accosted by a stranger, a
farmer Of mature years, we'll feshed
and dressed, who looked as though sue
cess had come to him early and stayed.
LEND me your fife for minute, will
you" said he. Perhaps these people
would be more generous with you If
they had whistle with your drum. I
used to play little. and haven't alto
gether forgotten It."
He struck up an old war melody,
and the drummer fell in briskly, more
than doubling the effect on the by
ISLANDERS. The two men played one
tune and then another, and were Just
getting under way with third when
suddenly the drummer dropped his
sticks and cried to his partner:
Weren't you at Lundy's Lane?"
II was" said the fifer
II knew 1t, knew it!' said the other
That's fifty years or more ago,
reckon, but I've never heard that tune
played like that since heard you
then"
After that the battered veteran and
his comrade Of the old war Of 1912
played together, and the people poured
copper and silver into the veterans hat
until there were above fifty dollars Of
1t. The tune, and that particular play
ing Of it, had become such a part Of the
old mans life that even q half -century
of misfortune could not drown 1t. It
was playing In him yet
In the earliest windmills the means
adopted for presenting the sails to face
the wind was to have the mill afloat
and turn it bodily In the water as re-
quired. It was next mounted ON q piv-
Ut post, and turned bodily ON this by
hand. This is known as the German
method. and is still used. After this
the mill was built with a stationary
body. in shape generally frustum Of
a cone, either circular or polygonal In
plan, somewhat Of lighthouse form. and
surmouuted by rotating cap, which
carried with 1t the sails and their shaft,
having bearings within the cap-a
Dutch invention Of the sixteenth cen.
tury. This cap was at first slowed
round by hand as required. and It was
not until early in the present century
that the automatic turning mechanism,
now so generally used, was invented
and applied.
When Burns was in love with High
land Mary the twain went to brook,
stood on either side Clasrnd banda and
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-10-21
CHAPTER XVII.

It was the beginning of August when
Alma, who, with the recovery of her
health and spirits, began to feel her nat
ural feminine coquetry awakening. decid-
ed that the first ice Of their decorous es-
arrangement might now be broken. One
scorching afternoon. when Armathwaite
returned home. tired and dusty from his
days work, he was informed by the SER
want that little girl was waiting to see
him in the surgery, and that Mrs. Cros-
mont was with her. Franks heart leaped
up. He seized clothes brush and began
to brush himself violently, a. much to
gain time 10 conquer this horrible chok-
Ing nervousness AZ because he was reluc-
tant to enter her presence with the work
aday dust of the roads upon him. When
he entered the surgery he was particu-
larly calm and sedate, with rising young
medical practitioner with character to
keep up writ large all over him.
Alma was sweet and grave and tran
quill, but had brighter color in her cheeks
than Fran. had ever before seen there,
and h tho front Of her dress she wore q
white rose, which the young man chose
fatuously 10 think was very good dsn.
So had bsDuSht ono q th1 Village dail-
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1897-12-02
An uuIuckx Helmet.

A curious circumstance was connect
ed with. Younghushand's death. After
the battle of Cawnpore he had pur-
chased at auction a very smart helmet,
whicltdhid .bcen the property of Lieut..
salmondsof the jGwaIor. cavalry, who
had been killed at Cawnpore. This
helmet a good deal excited my envy
and admiration, as | had not possessed
a decent head-dress since tie muiing
began. / had asked a friend to buy it
for me at the auction of Salmond's
effects. But poor. Yormghusband out
bid him. At his sale | was again out
bid. and the helmet fen to the nod of
Lieut.. Hayelock, a nephew of the gen.
'eral. lie. 100, was killed while wear
ing it. and fui1ior subsequently said a
fourth officer had bought it and had
been killed. 1t was a strange coinci-
dencc. and as these deaths occurred
quickly one after the other, l ceased to
wish ! Had 'lJeen its possessor.-Gen.
Sir Hugh Golf, in Old Memories.