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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-23

it true what she says?" reiterated
Patience.
"Yyes; but"
Quick as lightning, Miss Eldridge
pulled the diamond cluster from the
fair finger OF her left hand, as if it
stunS her.
''Take this to bear them company!"
she said. 81 accept no divided hon.
agel AS for you, Miss Murray
turning to Kate-''you have acted like
woman of spirit, and 1 honor and
respect you for it.
The male coquet sneaked out of the
Moreland House, feeling excessively
cheap and small, while Kate and Pa
tience cried in each others arms-for
they both liked him far better than he
deserved.
"Never mind, ]ear," said Kate;
''it's like having tooth out-hard, but
wholesome!"
eve shall get over it in time" sob
bed Patience; ''for of course one cau
never marry man whom one des-
pises."
Mr.. Appleton Arkwright secured a
new boarding house at once. He did
not care again to meet the pretty
school l-teacher who had turned so un-
expectedly upon him. But he had
lost his heiress; and Miss Murray has
the satisfaction of feeling that in this
particular instance she has vindicated
her sex,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-23
Oil Your Harness with Coal OIL.

/ have for years been using the
clear, refined coal oil to oil my work
harness with, and find it cheaper and
better than any other harness grease
/ ever used. / need not wash the
harness when / grease it. am not
compelled to put it on the barn floor,
unbuckle, get ii all mixed up in hang
ing it around on poles or anything
that comes handy when [ grease it.
This extra work is avoiding by using
coal oil. have n galvanized tub or
barrel which holds twenty or twenty
five gallons; fuse no wooden vessel
for your oil-you lose too much-I
tried it. In this L put ten or fifteen
gallons of coal oil. into which I dip
the harness, about two minutes, clear
under the oil and let the leather soak
full Then rinse it out, let the oil
drip off into the tank and hang it
back in its place. All harnesses can
be handled in this way, except collars
and cushions, which will take up too
much oil and consequently take the
hair from the horses shoulder in the
course of time. To these the oil
should be applied with a rag. In
fifteen minutes one man can thoroughly
oil four set of harness they should
be oiled at least once month. Fruit
and Farm.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-23
DEADLY RUNNING FIGHT.
Eagle Killed by Locomotive Engineers
Pet Cat.

That famous cat which has been the
constant companion of an engineer on
the Delaware and Hudson road for
some years narrowly escaped an in
glorious death.
For a week past the engineer and
fireman had noticed large eagle sit
ting in hemlock tree near the tracks
at South Windsor, n. Y. Whenever
it saw the cat it would flap its wings
and show signs of anger. The cat
would sit upon the running board of
the locomotive, paying no attention to
the huge bird.
On Saturday morning when the train
left Lanesboro the cat crawled out
upon the pilot of the locomotive and
prepared for an enjoyable sun bath.
Rounding a curve near South Windsor
the engineer noticed the eagle sitting
IN his accustomed nook in the old hem
lock tree. When the locomotive was
Just opposite the tree the eagle, with a
low scream, dashed down upon the
locomotive and fercely attacked the
cat, which at once put up good
fight
For several seconds there was bat
tie royal. The eagle made half a dozen
attempts to carry away the cat bodily,
but each time the cat would make a
savage onslaught on the bird with teeth
and claws, and the air was full of
feathers. AS the train dashed ahead
the two men in the cab looked upon
the strange battle with much appre-
hension, fearing the result. The
whistle was blown, but neither COM
Blatant noticed the sound in the least.
The engineer armed himself with
bar of iron and started out upon the
running board to aid his pet, but be-
fore he reached the scene of action the
cat had torn great hole in the eagles
throat, and the bird was in its death
struggles. 1t was carried into the To-
comotive tender, where it died in q
few minutes. The cat crawled into
the cab, considerably the worse for
wear, but still in the ring. The cat
no longer ventures outside the cab, -
New York Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-23
Joseph having authorized the Buda-
pest University to confer that degree
on the Queen of Roumania

Joseph having authorized the Buda-
pest University to confer that degree
on the Queen of Roumania.
A mouse which ran down the aisle
OF the Castle Square Theatre, Boston,
caused a panic among the women,
whose screams frightened the rest of
the audiAlce in other parts of the
house.
Fourteen Of the prettiest girls in La
Grange, Ga, were put up at auction
and sold, the receipts going to the con-
struction of woman's library. 1t is
said that several marriages may grow
out of the affair.
The Hon. Ella Scarlett, the Oldest
daughter of Baroness Abinger, widow
OF third Baron Abinger and daughter
OF the late Commodore Magruder, u.
5. N, is completing course of medi-
cal studies at Dublin.
The will OF Mrs. Sarah Russell, of
Boston, widow of Charles Theodore
Russell, and mother of the late Gov
ernor Russell, bequeaths sum of
money for the endowment of free bed
IN the Cambridge (Mass.) Hospital, to
be known as the Russell bed"
Miss Leila Mckee, President of the
Western College for Women at Oxford,
Ohio, is native of the blue grass
region of Kentucky. She is a tall,
handsome woman, with dark eyes, an
expressive face and graceful carriage.
She talks like typical Southerner.
At ladies' night at the London
Microscopical Society recently 104
ladies sat about high-powered instru-
ments and listened to lecturer. All
were expert microscopists, and sew
eral were possessors of titles and prom
inent figures in the social life of the
British capital.
Mrs. Stevenson, widow of the novel;
ist, brings the news from Samoa that
the estate of Vailima, on the improve
ment of which much money was spent,
is offered for sale for $40, 200. That
Stevenson loved his island home his
Vailima letters amply prove. 1t was
a place of pilgrimage while he lived,
but since then it has reverted to much
OF its former loneliness.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-23

Two Of the very latest types of the
new woman were discovered by q
Pittsburg Dispatch reporter in the
woods back of Wallis station, on the
Pennsylvania Railroad, last week.
These two women-or rather girls, as
the oldest does not appear to be over
twenty years of age-have broken in
on the occupation immortaliZed by
Abraham Lincoln. They split rails
and make pit posts and caps for the
Spring Hill Coal Company, whose
works are between Wilmerding and
Wallis.
Annie and Mary Wilson are the
names of these two new women. They
are sisters. When the reporter made
their acquaintance they were swing
ing an eight-foot cross-cut saw through
an oak tree with apparently as much
ease as some women ruiz typewriter.
They do all the work Of telling the
trees, saving them into proper lengths,
and finally with their axes splitting
them into pit posts. They are assist
ed to some extent by their younger
brother.
They came from Indiana, where it
is common thing for women to work
in the timber. "The work is not hard
when you get used to it," one said,
''and then we can make more split
ting rails and making pit posts IN one
day than we could in week working
in a kitchen. What's the difference,
so long as the work is honest, how
one earns living?
Although / work hard every day,
rain or shine, never get sick. I was
never sick in my life. The people
around here all talk about us, but we
don't care for that We are earning
good living and don't owe any one a
cent"
By this time the tree was sawed
through and ready to split into posts.
One of the girls set an iron wedge into
one end of the log and with large
maui weighing about twenty pounds
drove it in, splitting the log from end
to end The operation was repeated
until the log was split into sizes for
posts. Then the axes were brought
into play and the posts trimmed up
and shaped.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-23

The rupee is coined as freely in In
dia to-day as it was before the Govern
ment closed the mints. When the
mints were open, more rupees were
coined by private coiners than by the
Government. The savings of the
natives are made in silver bracelets,
rings and other ornaments. When it
became necessary for them to turn
part OF their resources into money
they did it by employing q native
coiner to turn the metal into rupees.
1t is country of vast distances, and
the natives could not send their orna-
ments to Government mint perhaps
1000 miles away. The native coiner
Travelled from place to place and hut to
hut, just like country tinker. He
was glad to work all day turning sill
yer bangles into rupees, weight for
weight, for perhaps one rupee as his
reward. And very good rupees they
turned out, too. They are current
everywhere, and nobody questions
them. Of course, the practice is ille-
gitimate, and when the mints were
first closed the Government tried to
put a stop to it, but not with much
success. Now it is winked at by the
authorities, for the situation in India
to-day is too threatening for any in
reference which is not absolutely ne
cessary. 1t is probably the first case
On record where counterfeiting has
been tacitly sanctioned by Govern
ment.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-23

Says the Raleigh (N. C.) News and
Observer: In the past twenty years it
has cost the State to transport the
convicts to and from the penitentiary
the sum of $3.50, 600. How much bet
ter it would be if all the counties would
follow the example of Mecklenburg
and Wake and use the convicts on the
public roads.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-23
Fashion Notes.

Hompadour scrolls appear on satins,
and trellis patterns on silks.
Garniture of old black Mechlin lace
is exquisite on gowns of white chiffon,
Rows of velvet ribbon, also tucks,
are edged with narrow silk novelty
fringes.
A sash and ends and tucked yoke
of sky-blue glace taffeta trim q gown of
mauve cashmere.
The gilt buckle, very long and mar
row, seems to be the favorite pattern
for belts and for hats.
A tiny silk fringe edges cross tucks
or bands of velvet ribbon trimming the
front of skirts and waists.
The new mode of shaking hands is
merely meeting of palms and gen.
tie swing from right to left, for an in
stant.
Black velvet ribbon rosettes CEN
tered with cut-steel buckles are used
to head a lace bertha ruffie around
low neck.
Foulards are being made with plated
skirts, and white satin squares are APP
pliqued upon the bodices and bordered
with guipure.
Currant red of purplish cast ap-
pears in taffeta for Innings and petit
coats; red silk petticoats are quite
fad nowadays.
Epaulets or sleeve caps and the top
OF collars are often edged on velvet
trimmed gown with velvet ribbon
loops, like a fringe.
A belt of black velvet will be worn
with many ight-colored even
ing dress, fastening it in front with a
gold or rhinestone buckle.
Neck fancifuls combine everything
possible in decorative fxings, fur,
chiffon, jet and ribbon frequently being
employed in one French conceit.
Small buckles are used on collars of
silk or velvet folds, one back and
front, with the lace ruff appearing
only at the sides, OF in the back as
we'll if becoming.
Neat black gowns are relieved by
collar and belt of black satin fastened
with gilt buckles, row of small gilt
buttons down the side opening and a
scroll braiding over the waist front of
black satin ribbon edged with gilt
soutache.
An exquisitely pretty hat is made of
velvet. The brim is moderately wide,
rolled up at one side and completely
covered on the upper side with thick
ostrich plumes. Ends of the plumes
fall over each side of the brim at the
back, and upright feathers are sup
ported against one side of the crown.
The new poke bonnet is q dream
when it frames pretty face. 1t is o
rare specimen just at present, but it
is here, made of velvet, both shirred
and plain, with medium high crown
and medium wide brim, which dis
appears entirely at the back, and
trimmed with feathers and rose or
two tucked inside next the hair.
A beautiful dress for bridesmaid
is of net lace. Through the meshes
Of the lace are run daisy ribbons,
forming diamond-shaped figures about
ten inches long from point to point.
Three Or four rows of the ribbons are
put in, crossing at the points in basket
fashion. At the lower edge of the
skirt, where the last row of diamonds
finish, are clusters of loops of the rib
bon, which may be further embellished
with Jewels or fancy beads.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-23

Those who neglected to treat their
seed wheat, and as result have
smutted crop on hand. should be very
careful to thresh it only when
thoroughly dry, for then the smut
will be blown away as dust, whereas
if the crop is damp when threshed the
smut balls will be broken and the
smut will adhere to the grain, dis
coloring it and rendering it impossible
to get the wheat in good milling con-
dition, and this means a greatly re-
duced price. We must not think of
sowing smutted grain without first
treating it thoroughly with approved
fuugicides. The Epitomist.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-23
Manure For Orchards.

The following mixture, containing
nitrogen, phosphoric acid and soda,
has proved destructive to all grubs
and worms that either live in the
ground or go into it in order to pass
through the pupa state, and come out
as full fedged flies to work their
devastation on fruit and foliage, and
to .lays their eggs for the perpe-
tuation of their kind:
800 lbs. quick lime.
800 " common salt.
900 pow'd phosphate lime.
100 " nitrate of soda.
The quick lime should be Stacked,
the salt then mix ed with it and al
lowed to remain for twenty days for
chemical changes and combinations to
take place, in the meantime shovelled
over three or four times to have it in
timately mixed. Then mix with it
the powdered phosphate of lime and
nitrate of soda. The mass is then
ready for use and will cost about SO. 90.
Use one thousand pounds of this
mixture per acre, spread broadcast on
orchard; it can also be used on lawn,
meadow or pasture in the same quanti-
ty.
The use of this mixture not only in
creases the quality of fruit, but also
gives the fruit better flavor, higher
quality and larger size, and puts the
trees in vigorous condition for future
yields.
The ingredients can all be easily
procured in any quantity at market
prices, and the mixing can be done on
the farm. It does not deteriorate in
quality by keeping. Andrew Fl.
Ward.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-23
Berlin Ladies Use Canes.

The latest freak among the Berlin
elegantes is to use canes. One can
notice scores of fashionably dressed
women strolling down Unter den
Linden any fine day with gold headed
or jewel-mounted or silver -incrusted
canes, many of them entwined with
Huttering silk or satin ribbons.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-23
Gossip.

The Australian federation conven-
ton has rejected proviso favoring
female suffrage.
The Montana State Land Depart
ment Eempleys two women to draw
township plots in different land offices.
Miss Susan Randall, daughter of the
late Samuel j. Randall, of Pennsyl-
vania, is a clerk in the Friends Library
in Germantown, Penn.
Carmen Sylvia, Doctor of Philosophy,
It will be hereafter. Emperor Francis
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-23

Many grand old man and weather.
beaten marine has commanded the
fine steamers of the Louisville and
the Cincinnati Mail Line Company
during its long and successful exist
ence, and none of them in their day
and generation ever dreamed that the
time would come when a woman
would walk the roof of steamer in
the same line, monarch of all she
surveyed"
But the time did come, and it came
yesterday. The H. X. Bedford ar
rived from Gin Gnnati last evening in
the service of the company, under
charter, and returned again, and it
was novel sight to see a woman on
the roof in command of the boat.
She was Mrs. Mary B. Green, who,
with herhusband, Capt. Gordon Green,
owns the steamers Bedford and Ar
gand-she in command of one and he
in command of the other, and both ex-
perienced boatsmen, commanders and
pilots.
Mrs. Green is a regularly licensed
master and pilot and her experience,
fine judgment and business ability
place her among the successful people
of the marine fraternity. Mrs. Cap
tain Green met with cordial recep-
ton here upon the occasion of her
first visit and trip in the Mail Line
service, and Commodore Laidley GER
tainly appreciates her services and
abilities or she had not pulled the
biggest string on steamboat in his
famous line.-Louisville Courier
Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-23
A stamp That Represents $4,000.

OF the $50 United States stamps
which have been issued, the values
have ranged from one cent to $4,000.
Five dollars is the highest value
among postage stamps, but newspaper
stamps reach the hundred dollar mark,
while a revenue stamp may represent
$4,000.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-23
AGRICULTURAL TOPICS.


The wanton destruction of our most
beautiful native song birds to orna-
ment ladies' hats is doubtless respon-
sible for much of the great increase in
the most pestiferous insects. Ii birds
had been protected by law, as they
now are in this State, their increase
would have kept pace with that of
insects. and would prove their most
efficient check.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-23

Recent Statistics show that there are
in the United States 10, 500 divorced
persons, Of whom Al, 582 are mon and
35, 21S are women.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-23

4 wealthy and -blooded Eng
lishman has just married a poor
American girl. Its long lane that
has no turning" comments the st.
Louis Republic.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-23
THE KLONDlKE.

Wrapped in q robe of everlasting snow,
Where icy blasts eternal revel hold,
Where gaunt pines shiver in the piercing
cold
Whore mellow summer noontides never
glow.
And sleety crags no spring-time ever
know
Thus, like a miser, in his freezing fold.
The Arctic King has gathered heaps of gold
To lead deluded wanderers unto woe.
SO in his radiant diamond palace there.
Amid white splendors of his thousand
thrones.
Where keen auroras glitter, blaze and glare.
And like n Wandering Jew the wild wind
means;
He smiles Mt wretches in their last despair,
Who dig for gold among their comrades'
bones.
About my home I see the spring-time
bloom,
The sheaves of summer or the autumn
fruit;
To make me glad. the robin lends its lutte.
The lilies blossom, lincs breathe perfume,
The red leaves futter, golden asters loom
Around me; tones of loved ones, never
mute,
Are sweeter than the viol or the flute
Through June-time gladness or December
gloom.
The daffOdils their golden treasures pour
BY lapfuls 10 my children as they play:
The vines with clustered rubies at my door,
GLADDEN. my good wife through the live
long day:
SO in this humble nest. my wealth is more
Than all the gold and silver dug from clay
Walter Malone, in Harper's Weekly.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-23

In Massachusetts nearly two hun
dred miles of State roads have been
built under the direction of the State
highway commissioners.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-23
BY HELEN FORREST GRAVES.

ATE MURRAY was
only a teacher-only
a teacher in Madame
Morelli's French and
English Day a Il d
Boarding School, at
n salary 50 nnaoo.,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-23

was there ever such n curious coinci-
dence" cried Mrs. Hayes. "Then,
of course, you know Appleton Ark
wright?"
"Know ?"-Kate colored like n
whole cluster of apple blossoms. 81
-yes-that is, sit opposite him at a
table"
''Isn't he fine fellow?" cried out
Mrs. Hayes, effusively. "It's he that
has brought me to town, partly. He
is engaged to be married to a dear
friend of mine-Patience Eldridge-
and L have some to New York to select
her trousseau. The wedding is to be
next month"
The deep crimson surged over Kate
Murray's neck, cheeks and brow.
Engaged! Appleton Arkwrightl
1t can't be possible!" she spoke, al
most before she knew that she was
uttering sound.
ooh, but it is" nodded Mrs.
Hayes. cts quite a long standing
affair. Patience is an hemess, and
her uncle wished her to be quite sure
of her own mind before anything was
irrevocably settled. She's dear love
of a creature-not pretty, perhaps,
but the sweetest, most sensible girl L
ever knew We are staying at the
Moreland House. Mr.. Arkwright is
to spend this evening with us. Won't
you come, too? 1t will be SO pleas
ant, as you are acquaintances.
Kate hesitated an instant.
yes" she said, at last; 81 will
come"
But strange, curious glitter had
come into the brown liquid depths of
her eyes-an unwonted hardness
around the exquisite curves of her
deep red mouth, as she turned away.
so that is the end of it all !" she
said to herself, with short, hard
laugh.
Miss Murray was none of your senti-
mental heroines who dissolve into
sudden grief. There was plenty Of
heartbreak in the recesses of her inner
being, but you saw no foutward traces
Of it. She went through her school
duties just as usual, although her
heart felt cold and dead within her,
like a lump OF ice, and the whole
world seemed changed. But when
she got home, she went straight to her
desk, took out certain little journal,
gilt-edged, and tied with ribbon, in
whose pages she had written out her
heart. Deliberately she inscribed the
one word, "Finis," underneath the
last entry, and tearing it into a score
of pieces, opened the window and
flung it ont to the keen February air,
like a flock of futtering doves.
"And now for my revenge" said
Kate, quietly to herself. "Mr. Apple
ton Arkwright shall discern that I
have not forgotten all the delicate lit
tie attentions he has shown me of late.
He shall learn, also, the truth of the
good old rhymes:
1T is well to be merry and wise;
1t is we'll to be honest and true;
Ii is well to be off with the old love,
Before you are on with the new!"