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Evening journal., 1897-08-19
THE HARLAN REUNION.
Wilmington Members Of the
Family at the Gathering.
PRETTY EAST SIDE WEDDING
COLONEL r. M. FLOYD GIVES AN.
OTHER CHINESEDINN NOTES
OF INTEREST TO HOME FOLK
ABOUT THEIR VISITING AC.
QUAINTANCEs AND FRIENDS.

All communications intended for inser
ton In this column should be addressed to
Society Editor, care of the Evening Jour
nal. communications should be written
on one side OF the paper only.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-04-05
A Fatal Button.

A strange malady has broken out
among the lower classes in portions OF
Mexico and IL the State OF Guerrero.
Doctors of the city have been entirely
bafAed in their diagnosis and are pow.
erless to alleviate the suffering or to
prevent the spread of the disease,
which has proved fatal in a large mum.
Der of cases.
The symptoms are described to be
languor, followed by the appearance
of II bright yellow button upon the
forehead, denthly sickness and vomit.
ing, accompanied by exhaustion and
collapse.
The disease is not allied to yellow
fever, according to the physicians,
and Its symptoms more nearly ap
proach the mysterious mala1y known
IN Asia Minor than any other. 1t /.
stated that the people of Aleppo, Ase
Minor, are all attacked by the disease
at least once during their lifetime, ano
all newcomers to the city are attacked
within few days, but the disease
curious as it is, is rarely ever fatal il
the far East.
In Mexico it assumes malignant
phase. The State and National Boards
of Health are bestowing much atten
tion upon it. DR.. Demetrio Maiai, o
the City OF Mexico Board of Health
is Investigating the epidemic. New
York journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-04-05

to hit an Indian. Do look fright.
encd?"
"You aso as white as ghost.
ma'am," 1 answered, as i turned to
her.
''But I'm all right" she smilingly
said, land here they come"
So they did. With every pal nted
warrior yelling at the top OF his voice,
the entire band charged lis at once,
taking in the whole circle. 1t was not
until they got close up that we could
see anything to shoot at, and every
few seconds the sergeant cried out to
US to hold our fire. 1t was over in Il
minute. They did not expect to find
us intrenched, and we knocked them
over like ninepins.
l believe we killed or wounded full
score, and it took the fight out of
them SO thoroughly that not rifle
was fired at us again until afternoon.
Then, soon after two O'Clock. and
without the slightest war arning, we were
charged again, and for three minutes
it was n wild melee. We fired into
their very faces as they sprang upon
the defenses, and two warriors were
shot down inside our fort, and both
by the coloners wife. 1t was their
final and supreme effort. and we'll it
was for US that it was thus. When we
had beaten them off Sergeant Gregg
and another man lay down, four men
were badly wounded, and they had
cut our animals out of the gulch and
run them Oft. Had the attack lasted
u minute longer, or been renewed, two
men and a woman would alone have
opposed it. Aud among the queer
things of that last dash was the be-
havior of the coIonel's wife. With my
own eyes | saw her shoot down the two
warriors who leapcd the breastwork,
and ] believe she killed two or three
more outside OF it, and yet. when tho
attack had been repulsed, the little
woman fell over in dead faint, and
for ten minutes we believed her dead
from a bullet. When she came back
to life she had a fit of weeping, and
when that was over she turned to and
attended our hurts and was ready for
another brush.
We put in another night right there,
not knowing that the Indians hal
drawn OF, bat soon after sunset next
morning were relieved of all anxiety
by the appearance of n scout, who
passed on and sent rs aid from the
fort. The colonePs wife did not get
down to the railroad, for that was the
OnpD1np Of n war which laStel for
months, but there was no blame at.
tached to any OF the living who re.
turned with her. On the contrary, the
old martinez of colonel took each
one of US by the hand, breaking over
military etiquette" once more in his
lite, and said:
you did well, my man, and here's
my hand on it, and [ won't forget
you !"-- Buffalo Times.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-04-05
Artificial Silk,

So pronounced is the success of ar.
tificial silk that English mills are TAX
ing it up, and large amount of
machinery now idle is to be put to
work weaving it. There has been a
good deal of question rs to the rela'
tive strength OF the natural and arti-
fetal product. Experiments have
been made which show that the latter
has about eighty per cent. OF the for
mer, but the manner OF working is
quite different. Those who have
worked with the artificial fiber are
surprised at the exquisite colors pro.
duced. They take dye much more
readily than the natural silk. Another
popularity is the extremely rich and
high luster of the fabric. OF course,
the cloth made from artificial fiber
will be less durable than the genuine
thread of the silkworm, but it i:
promised in much less expensive
grades, and when once the factories
and mills are fully at work, it is
claimed that prices will be wonderfully
reduced, so much so, indeed, thai
everybody can afford to wear silk.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-04-05

The latest thing out is the music
cure, which is being exploited in Nun.
ich. a harp is attached to a rocking
chair in such a way that when the pa.
tient rocks the harp twangs, and there
you are. This may be ali very we'll in
its way; but what is really wanted is
n cure for the misguided people who
think they can play on pianos, hhrps,
flutes and things, though they really
can't. The New Yorl; Tribune main.
tains that if the Munich music cure,
by the way, should be attached to the
rockers of the American summer
resort hotel, the summer hegirG
to Europe would be greater than
ever, though we don't believe that
Munich would reap much advantage
from it.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-04-05

flashed in and out of the water, bent in
curves with the strain.
Gradually the stroke became moro
feeble, and the oarsman saw the gap
between boat and dam grow less. The
lost inches grew to feet, the feet to
yards, and finally, with cry OF de-
spair, man and boat were swept over
the dam and on toward the Passaic
Falls.
Billson, seeing the futility of bat
tling with the current, sprang from
the fragile she'll and struck out for the
rocky shore. To counteract the effect
of the current he swan up stream,
and. struggling hard, was able at last
to clutch a rock and cling to it, thus
finding temporary safety. He was by
no means saved, however. A sheer
descent of eight feet OF rocky wall was
between him and terra frma. Cap
tain Stewart Taylor, of Truck No. 8,
saw Billson's danger, and. calling to
William Kinnane, Foreman Kearney
and Engineer Nichols, of the Pump
Hose, hurried to the assistance of the
exhausted man.
Billson was fast losing strength, and
how to get at him was a problem.
Finally Taylor suggested that they
form human rope and reach out to
him. Kinnane agreed to be the saliva
tion end of the rope, and he was &C.
cordingly lowered.
Kearney and Nichols came next, and
Captain Taylor acted as anchor on the
wall. Kinnane seized the helpless
oarsman and cried "All right |" Slowly
Taylor backed away, pulling with all
his strength, while a number of spec.
tators who had arrived on the scene,
lent willing hands. 1t was risky work,
but Billson was gradually pulled up.
and after being wrapped in blanket
was taken to his home.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-04-05
Pianos Catch Cold.

Half the pianos of this country
catch winter colds exactly as we do.
They get hoarse or have cough or a
stiff note or some similar complaint
which cannot be cured by home reme-
dies, but which requires tedious and
expensive doctoring. In order to pre-
vent these avoidable ailments piano
should be kept in moderately warm
room where the temperature is even,
say sixty or seventyoegrees the year
round-not cold one day and hot the
next. The instrument should not,
however, be too near the source OF
heat. 1t should be kept closed and
covered with a felt cloth when not in
use, particularly in frosty weather.
Always place the piano against an in
side wall, and little out from it,
Philadelphia Telegraph.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-04-05

1t is strange, maryels the New York
Tribune, that American business men
persist in packing goods carelessly and
unlntelligently for export to Mexico
and South American countries, inas,
much rs they are constantly told that
they are thereby hurting their market.
The United States Consuls in Mexico
have again called attention to this
matter, but their warnings will prob.
ably be UNDECIDED. If the American
merchants don't want the market OF
the Western Hemisphere, very we'll.
But if they do, then it is surely worth
their while to pay attention to the
idiosyncrasies of the people whose
trade they seek.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-04-05

Actors who edo" "spans of life"
and "human bridges" might have re-
ceived valuable instruction had they
been in the vicinity OF the Passalc
Falls, in Paterson, N. j., on recent
afternoon when Frederick Billson was
saved from being carried over the
roaring cataract by the efforts of four
men who formed a living life line.
Billson is member of the Excelsior
Boat Club and an expert oarsman. The
Excelsior club house is situated just
above the Passaic Falls, and when
Billson entered his shell the water was
high and swift, and swept toward the
Society Dam, which is about one hun
dred feet above the falls. With diff
Guilty Billson turned the shells bow up
stream, and, after pulling some dis
tance, turned about. He had mis-
calculated his strength and soon re-
allied it. He was unable to gain @
foot.
Inch by inch the frail craft was
swept back, Notwithstanding the al
most superEuman efforts of the desper-
ate oarsman. The slender sculls, which
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-04-05
EQUAL AT L Asst.

Out of the world the beggar man went
Tonight, when his quota of days WAS spent
Friendless, with nobody left to love him,
Watched alone by the stars above him.
The life that at birth had welcome and rest
That was luled to sleep on mothers breast
Alone. unconscious. gnspei away
lis ebbinS breath Nom u bed OF hay.
Naucht cal now distress him,
NauGht can JOY or please,
NauGht can curse or bless him,
Naughi can soothe or tease.
No more sad or merry,
Done with tears and mirth;
Take the spade and bury
Him in nother earth
Out OF the world the rich man went
Tonight, when his quota OF days was spen'
Many tear for him, many moan,
Not one moment they left him alone.
Love and gold around his head
Smoothed the folds OF his silken bed;
But little reckel he, aud little ne cared
As out Of his body his spirit Jared.
Eaucnt can now distress him.
Naught can pain or please,
Naught can curse or bless him,
Naught can soothe or tease.
No more sad or merry,
Done with tears aud mirth;
Take the spade an! bury
Hin in mother earth!
Tonight, on the edge OF the spirit land,
Two souls, outgoing, lonesome stand.
Neither has silk AMI neither has hay,
And neither has even his body OF clay.
Equal at last, and each alone,
Aud before them lies the vast unknown.
They stretch out hands until they meet,
Aul together pass on 10 the Judgment Seat
Nau-ht can now distress them,
Sau5ht can JOY or please,
Naugh: can curse or bless them,
NauSht can soothe or tease.
No more sal or merry,
Done vita tears and mirth;
Take the spade AMI bury
Them in mother earth,
Blanche Nevin. in New YORK Indepen lent.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-04-05

Since 1920, when immigration stu
tistics first began to be kept, there
have come into the United States to
live l7,5lt,G92 foreigners, or almost
exactly the present entire population
o: Spain ard half million more than
the entire population OF England in
1851, and over four times the present
population OF Scotland. 1t might also
be remarked that this is 1000, ,00C
more people than there are in all Asi.
attic Turkey, and about eight and cne'
half times the present population of
Greece.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-04-05

A correspondent of London paper
laments the 'swaggerinG nomencla.
fure of the British Navy" Another
correspondent suggests that such
names as Bouncer and Insolent, which
have crewhile adorned the list, should
be replaced by something in differ.
ent tone-the Ritualist, for instance
or the Thoughtful Radical. Some
wears ago classical poet in England
likened the lronclad to a rhinoceros
and it is rather a wonder that the Ad
miralty have not before this adopted
the name of that powerful and self-as
serting animal. These are his lines
o Concentration OF brute force,
Rhinoceros of the deeps!
o ugly DeIos, on whose shores
No soft Lltona sleeps
Scant room in thee for birth or love
Mid Monsters furnace born,
The iron-throated guns above,
Below tho ripping horn.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-04-05

a new idea in finishing railroad
cars has Just been introduced by the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
railroad, notes the Pathfinder. 1t
consists in covering the outside of the
car with thin sheating of copper, in
stead OF paint and varnish. The new
finish is put on more quickly and is
more durable than paint and varnish.
The copper may be oxidized before il
is put on or lett to the natural oxi
Gizing influence of the air, which soon
develops handsome color. About
1000 pounds of the sheet copper are
required to finish one car.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-04-05
First English Book.

The first book written in the Eng
lish language-that is, after the Saxon
had assumed a form we now call Eng
lish-was "The Travels OF Sir John
Vaudeville" This book is remark
able from the fact that it shows a clear
and correct idea of the shape of the
earth, and that it is possible to travel
round it and return to the starting
point from the opposite direction =.
thus anticipating the discovery OF Col
umbus by nearly century and half.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-04-05

A scholarship of American history
has been founded by the New York
Chapter of the Daughters of the
American Revolution. The sum OF
$3.50 per annum is to be devoted to the
purpose, and the student passing
highest in competitive examination
will be entitled to pursue, for two
wears, the highest course In American
history taught by Barnard or Colum'
bia College.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-04-05
The Cars Likin@s.

The Emperor of Russia does not
care much for the bicycle, but his
sisters are devoted to it. He likes
lawn tennis better and devotes much
time to 1t in snmmer at Peterhof. He
is fond OF art, and eminent Russian
painters are frequently invited to
bring their new pictures to his palace,
where he gives much time to their in
spection. He is no; talkative, and
usually expresses his thanks with q
smile or gesture.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-04-05
NEWLY THREsHED cHAFF.

Farmers who thresh oats by hand in
winter find that the oat chaff is much
more readily eaten by stock than is
the same straw and chaff threshed by
the machine some months before. 1t
is not altogether because the hand
threshing leaves more OF the grain
with the chaff, though that is quite
likely to be the fact. The ohaff new
ly threshed is in much better condi-
tion than old chaff can be. especially
if it has been exposed to the weather.
There is probably no part OF the straw
stack SO sure to be wet into as under
the carrier, where the chaf mostly
remains. 1t is apt to be tramped
solid in stacking, and as the chatf is
more porous than straw, it takes the
water from rains and rots quickly.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-04-05


A story with moral to it"-with
two morals in fact-is told by T. d.
Terry, grange lecturer, MS follows:
The horses in e certain place were
many of them ailing. They were not
doing well; hair looked rough, and
still they didn't seem to have any dis
ease. The doctor was puzzled for
some time. At last he happened to
find out that they did not believe in
sailing horses. 1t was common Gus
tom not to. Then the mystery was
solved. But, OF course, he did not tell
the truth, and TO go home and give
them salt regularly, and they would
be all right. That wouldn't have gone
down. SO he quietly fixed up o pound
or two OF salt in a package and colored
it with red clay aud told a man just
how to feed it daily, and how much to
a horse. Soon the horse was better,
and the doctors fame rose, and he
often took in So to So day for his
medicine, and hundreds of dollars in
TIE aggregate. Actually. one man
offered him 5000 for the recipe for
this Condition powder !"
Perhaps none of our readers helped
the doctor to get rich, but thousands
of them, probably, do not salt their
horses properly to keep them healthy.
This doctor friend has box in one
end OF the manger with salt always in
it. We use lump OF rock salt. The
horses lick a little, perhaps, several
times day. They should have it al.
ways before them. Although small
matter, it is large matter in helping
to keep the horse IN perfect condi-
ton. The Silver Knight.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-04-05
AGRICULTURAL TOPICS.
COAL TO BOIL SAP.

Under the old methods of tapping
trees enough were killed by the Sc.
we're gashes made to keep the fires
supplied that are needed to boil the
sap. But In most places coal is quite
rs cheap fuel as wood, especially if
thrifty maple trees have to be cut
down to feed the fires. A wood flame
is sure to be uneven, not furnishing
the steady regulated heat which is
needed to make the best product.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-04-05
John Adams's Home Restored.

Tt is designed in restoring the old
home of John and Abigail Adams at
Quincy, Mass, to preserve for future
generations good example of the New
England cottage of the last century.
The house is little less than 200 years
old, and in it more than century ago
John Adams and his bride began their
housekeeping. John Quincy Adams
was born there in 1767.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-04-05

OF the criminal population of the
New Yo:k State prisons 200l are now
serving their first term, 64S are serv.
ing their second term, 325 have
served more than one previous term,
while 147 are of confirmed and de.
cided criminal tendencies.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-04-05
Rescued From Beneath Thirty Five
rect of Earth.

John Gamble, OF Montague. will
have II thrilling story to tell to his
great-grandchidren of an experience
that befell him Saturday.
At o'clock that forenoon Gamble
was at the bottom of Mr.. Clapp's we'll
cleaning it out, when, without warn.
ing, the walls caved in. A force of
men at once rushed to the spot and
began digging. No one ever expected
to see Gamble alive again, yet each
man worked as ii his own life de.
pended upon his efforts. Along
through the darkness of the night they
toiled, and one by one the rocks and
spadefuls of earth were lifted from
above CANDLES resting place.
At . o'clock a. m. they were down
thirty-five feet with the digging when
the man at the bottom of the excava-
ton was astonished to hear groaning
from beneath his feet. With a shout
the men renewed their efforts and tore
the stones away. Gamble was found
in crouching position against the
lower stones of the well. The falling
walls had formed low arch just above
him, thus saving him from being
crushed and furnishing him space for
breathing. He was alive and conscious
but very weak, and was taken tenderly
up and restoratives applied. In q
short time he recovered and was
placed in bed. The bruises on his
body will disable him for few weeks.
| The yillaoe woe pever sn awfully
worked up, and many wept with JOY
when Gamble was found to be living.
Lewiston (Me.) Journal
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-04-05

Belgium, like Italy, has adopted the
twen y-fourday method OF marking
time for railway, post and telegraph;
and the old distinction OF o. II. and
p. m. is to be abolished.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-04-05

Japan has practically inexhaust-
ible supply of coal, but it is not liked,
because its combustion produces
dense volumes of smoke and makes it
disagreeable in factories and on
steamers.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-04-05

Australia had last year $3.50 miles of
railway open. The capital expended
on them has been $537, 900, 900; the
net revenue over working expenses is
o per cent.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-04-05
PLANTING BEANS AND POTATOES.


The rule to plant beans with the
eye down may answer with very late
planting, but it is not to be recon-
mended while the soil is cool and
moist in the early spring. The bean
is very impatient OF wet or cold, and
is more likely to rot with its eye
turned down thau when the eye is
turned toward lighr, air and warmth.
On the other hand, potatoes which
somebody has advised to be planted
with the cut side down ought always
to be planted exactly the other way.
The potato likes cool and moist soil.
and its roots grow all the stronger
while the shoot starts from under the
cut piece, and then turns upward to
the light. Twenty years or more ago
we made careful experiment IN
planting potatoes, having four rows,
two of which were planted cut side up
and the other two the reverse. The
rows were close toge her, and the po-
tatoas which had to start ind turn in
the soil before coming to the surface
had all the season stronger vines and
in the fall yielded more marketable
potatoes than did the others. The
vines also kept green longer, because
the roots starting under the potato
set got iirmer hold on the soil than
when they started nearer the surface.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-04-05

Verne is still busy writing two
romances year, though he publishes
only one. ie goes to bed at 8, is up
at 4, and from that hour until noon he
is at work.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-04-05

Germany charges Great Britain with
trying to disturb the peace OF Eu-
rome,