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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-07
For a Great College in China.

DIR. John Freyer, professor of Orien-
tai languages and literature, of the Cali
fornia State University, has arrived
from China, where he has been in con-
sultation with high government Off
cials about the founding of great col
lege at Shanghai for the education of
Chinese in Western art, science and
literature.
DIR. Freyer declined an offer to be-
come the president of the institution,
but consented to assist the project. 1t
is intended that the institution will be
an educational center, where the favored
youth of the empire may go to gain
knowledge of the Occidental civiliza-
ton. There is now ut Tien Tsin an
academic institution, but it is planned
to have that at Shanghai of q much
higher standard.
As the nucleus of the Shanghai Uni
versity, normal training school is
now in operation with thirty pupils,
who are preparing to become instruc-
tors.-New York Mail and Express.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-07
A Mine Toreman's Ordeal.

John Kendall, who was recently the
foreman Of a mine at Rossand, British
Columbia, lately underwent an expert
ence that has left him physical wreck.
His nerves We're shattered and it will
be months before he regains his former
strength,
1t was about three weeks ago that
Kendall and four other men lighted
the short fuses under eight charges of
giant powder in the True Blue mine
and then jumped into the basket to be
hauled to the surface and out of harm S
way. The basket raised few feet and
then stopped. Soo2 it began settling,
and it looked as though the five men
would be blown to atoms when the
tremendous charges of powder were
exploded. When the basket was with
In four feet of the bottom of the shaft
the fuses could be heard sputtering.
and the men knew that only few sec
onds would elapse before the blasts
were discharged.
Kendall jumped from the basket and
began pulling the fuses from the prim-
ers, which were to explode the pow
der.
Kendall had extinguished five of
the fuses nearest the bottom of the
shaft when he heard the preliminary
sputtering that betokened an immedi-
ate explosion several feet away. He
stumbled towards them and fell, ex-
tinguishing his light. Then there was
nothing but the splitting fire to guide
him.
fortunately" he says in describ-
ing his actions, "the two shots had
been put down close together. was
able to seize a fuse in either hand.
providence was with me again, for
neither blast exploded as I drew the
fuse from the primers. What hap
pened after that L do not know of my
own knowledge. A great darkness
came over me. They say they found
me doubled up at the bottom of the
shaft, with the fuses of the last two
holes clinched tightly in my hands. t"
1t was afterwards discovered that
the stopping of the ascending basket
was due to the engineers carelessness.
lie had forgotten to open the water
cocks In the cylinders, and as a conse-
quence the slide valves choked and
would not act.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-07
Plant Cow-Pcas.

The yearbook of the department of
agriculture for 1895 has good deal to
say in advocacy of the planting of cow
peas-often called the south cornfeld
beans-for the renovation of exhausted
soils. These peas have wonderful
power of increasing the fertility of old
coils by supplying them with the nitro
gen they need. The cowpea is for the
south what alfalfa is to the west and
red clover to the north. 1t is really
bean and exists in many varieties, but
all kinds benefit the soil they grow in.
In recent years scientific observers
have found that certain bacteria living
in the roots of these leguminous plants
take nitrogen from the air and soil, Just
as higher animals take oxygen from the
air. As nitrogen is indispensable to
fertile soil, peas, clover, ETC., accom-
pllsh for the farmer cheaply what fer
tlllzers do atgreat cost. Atlanta Jour
nal,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-07
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS,
How to Blanch Vegetables.

Blanching a vegetable is accom-.
plished by giving it a boiling bath. 1t
is a common process in French
kitchens, where care in the preparation
of food for cooking process is more
minute than in others. A measure OF
spinach. after being carefully picked
over and washed, is immersed in
large wooden or earthenware bowl
filled with boiling salted water, and
left for five minutes. The salt water
is then poured off and cold water
turned over it, after which it is care
fully dried, minced and cooked, to be
served with butter, salt and pepper
and bit OF boiled egg.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-07

few days ago. They were bathing,
and were making use of q small raft
anchored near the shore.
Suddenly they discovered that the
raft was adrift and had carried them
far beyond their depth. 1t had been
calm under the lee of the bluff, but as
soon as the raft began to drift the
strength of the wind was apparent. 1t
was driving the raft straight off shore,
and the girls saw death waiting for
them on the wide expanse of the lake.
They screamed for help, and their
cries were heard by three young men,
Charles Surplus, William Murray and
Frank Anderson, the last named being
a brother of one of the imperilled girls.
The three men rushed to the shore.
No boat was available. There was
nothing to do but swim to the rescue.
Fortunately, all three were powerful
swimmers. They plunged in, and
gained the raft without much trouble.
But getting the clumsy structure
back to the shore was another matter.
The wind was pulling hard, and the
waves began to be high. A fearful
struggle ensued, the three young
rescuers pushing and pulling at the
raft, and seeming to gain not an inch.
Just as their task seemed hopeless a
lull in the wind favored them. They
began to make progress, and before
another strong gust came they were
near enough to be somewhat shielded.
They worked hard under the stimulus
of hope, and at last had the raft in
shallow water. All three were utterly
exhausted, and the girls were fainting
from cold and terror. q
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-07

Many inquiries are being made rs
to the possibility of getting into the
Klondike country during the coming
fall and winter, states the New York
Tribune. The answer may be unhesi-
tatingly given. 1t would be folly to
attempt to get in at such times. Those
who are now on their way may get in,
though it is believed that not moro
than half of them will. To attempt
the trip after this month would be al
most as hazardous as a journey to the
North Pole.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-07
Hair OIL Rarely Used Now.

"It is rare thing nowadays for a
customer to ask for hair oil, remarked
a barber to Star reporter, "though
twenty or thirty years ago it was
equally rare if customer did not.
There were hundreds of oil prepara-
tions or hair tonics, as they were
called, in old-fashioned days, though
l think bears grease or BEARS oil was
most in demand Pomatums were
also much used and sold, for in those
days BARRIERS sold all the hair prepara
tions. AS time passed along this
trade, which was very profitable, went
to the drug stores. In all hair pre-
parations castor oil was the grease
used. For the so-called tonics it was
'cut' with alcohol and colored with
alkanet or cochineal and perfumed.
In latter days about the only grease
called for or used by customers is
vaseline. To tell the truth, after
forty years experience in the barber
business, L don't know of anything
that will make the hair grow. l know
this, though, when BARRIERS controlled
the hair tonic and hairdressing pre-
parations trade, there was more money
in the business than there is now, for
many is the week made good wages
fixing up and selling hair tonic. We
often sold gallon of it in day. Now
you can't sell gallon in six months. :"
Washington Star.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-07

Much interest is taken in French
naval circles in the discovery of COM
position which is alleged to have the
marvellous property of rendering ves-
Bels invisible beneath the rays of cleo
trio searchlights. 1t is stated that at
the naval maneuvres off Brest tor
pedo-boat No. 61, representing the
enemy, succeeded in traversing un-
seen the luminous zone produced by
the electric projectors, having been
coated with the new composition.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-07

Communities have their whims; In
eggs New York will not use brown
shelled eggs to any great extent; while
ii there is common perceptible differ
ence in quality compared with white
shelled, the buff-shelled are richer and
far superior to any other, if we expect
the rare Offering of turkey eggs. Now
Boston promptly takes all the dark
shells sent realizing economy with
true New England tact.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-07

The new Dutch Cabinet is com
posed of statesmen whose names can
only be described as singularly appro-
pirate to their respective offices. Thus,
the Minister of War reioices in the
patronymic of Van Dam; the Minister
Of Justice is a Professor Drucker
t"drucker" being the Dutch for some
one who presses down heavily; the
Minister of Finance is Baron Gold
stein, while the Minister of Foreign
Affairs goes by the peculiar name of
Van Oldnailer; the Minister of Canals
and Waterways is Mr.. Lily; the
Minister of the Interior is a stout
nobleman of the name of Jonkheer
van Roll; the Minister of Marine is a
Scotchman, an Admiral Macleod, while
the Premier reioices in the exceeding
ly English name of Pearson.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-07
Man Was Shaken Like n Rat.

In battle with vicious stallion
near PetGluma recently, Cornelius
Frederlckson, young man employed
on the ranch of W. A. Lewis, at San
Antonio Creek, came near losing his
life. At the Lewis ranch there are
several San Francisco horses, among
them being the running stallion Zue.
lin, now owned by Jules Carnage, Mr.,
Lewis son-in-law. The animal ap.
peared as gentle as kitten, but the
owner had warned the farm hands that
he was subject to vicious spells. How
ever, he appeared so docile that the
warning was forgotten. Friday morn
ing Frederickson saddled the animal
and took him out on the road for an
exercise gallop, another farm employe
named @. Meyer riding another horse.
Frederickson returned to the ranch
first, and, blanketing the horse, led
him around to cool him off. Just as
Meyer rode up Zuelin reared and his
blanket slipped. As Frederickson
reached to adjust it the horse plunged
at him, caught his arm, and, shaking
as terrier shakes rat, threw him
to the ground. Then the vicious beast
commenced to paw the PROSTATE man
with his front feet, keeping q good
hold on the arm with his teeth, en-.
deavoring to kick him and biting him
fearfully, lacerating the flesh in
shocking manner. The cries of the
victim attracted Meyer, who drove the
animal away.-Healdsburg (Cal.) En-
terprise.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-07


The Committee of Ten from the
great colleges, which is appointed to
consider standards of requirements in
entrance English, and to secure, if
practicable, uniform entrance examina.
tions in that subject recently appoint
ed, to further its work, a sub-commit-
tee OF fifteen, headed by DR.. Nicholas
Murray Butler. This committee. in
order to ascertain the opinions of we'll
known English masters on the best
books for additional reading in Eng
hsh, sent out list of forty-three
books, to which was appended this re-
quest: "Please mark with cross the
books in the following list that you
have found desirable, with a double
cross those that you have found espe-
cially desirable, with circle those
that you have found unsatisfactory
with double circle those that YOU
have found especially unsatisfactory.
Those who received this list replied
readily, and as a result this committee
has indubitable expert testimony on
the best books for preparatory read
ing. The balloting resulted in the
ranking of the books as follows: /.
Merchant of Venice; 9, julius Cesar;
B. Vision of Sir Launfal; 4, Sketch
Book; 5, Silas Manner; 6, Ivanhoe; 7,
Eyangeline; 8, As You Like It; 9, Sir
Roger de Coverly Papers; 10, Macbeth;
IL, Lady of the Lake; 10, Bunker Hill
Grafton; 13, Ancient Mariner: IA.
Courtship of Miles Standish; Is. Mar.
mion; 16, L'Allegro; II, II Penseroso;
1S, House of the Seven Gables; 10.
Cancellation With America; 90, Twice.
Told Tales; 81, Essay on Milton and
Addison; %, Vicar of Wakefield; 90,
Princess; "a, Midsummer NIGHTS
Dream; 25, Comus; 26, Life of Sam.
uel Johnson; ~, David Copperfield;
%, Paradise Lost, Books /. and III. :,
20, Sohrab and Rustum; so, Lycidas;
81, Tales of Traveller; 80, Twelfth
Night; 33, Essay on Burns; "a,
American Scholar; 35, Last of the Mo.
hicans; 36, Pope's Iliad; 81, Wood.
stock; SO, Second Essay on Chatham;
80, The Abbot; 40, Life of Nelson; Al.
Flight OF Tartar Tribe; AZ, Palamon
and Arctic; 43, History of the Plague.
OF these books Merchant of Venice
alone received no unfavorable ballot.
The History of the Plague ranked low.
est in favorable ballots, and at the
same time received 123 double crosses.
the largest number of negative ballots
cast for book. The low ranking of
the Second Essay on Chatham, which
always seemed to be favorite with
the masters, will no doubt surprise
snany.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-07

The woman who still clings to car
pets on every floor and her sister who
strongly holds out for rugs and hard
wood have argued the question for q
number of years and the victory seems
inclined toward the housekeeper with
the bare, polished floor and loose rugs.
Carpets harbor dust, disease and
moths and even where concession is
made to carpets in the reception
rooms, above the first floor nothing
but mating will be found and the din
ing room and library will have bare
floors.
Mating is ideal for bedrooms and
may be kept in perfectly sanitary
condition if it is sponged over once o
week with salt and water or water and
sulphurlc acid. The latter is one of
the best of germicides and will not de-
stroy coloring.
Those who fancy mating cold can
use denim. An Industrious housewife
is just displaying rug she has accom-.
plished. She bought nine yards of
expensive denim and nine of cheaper
grade. Both pieces she put into tub,
scalded with hot soapsuds, dried and
ironed out. The lengths were cut
into three pieces each aud sewed to-
gether overland, the cheaper denim
nsed as a lining. This made two
squares nine feet each way, which
were basted together and quilted on
the sewing machine in small checks
with various colors of cotton-a row
of stitching in deep red, one of olive,
one of white and one of bright yellow;
then plain space the width of the
stitched rows, then more stitching,
etc. A fancy border OF the colors fin
ished it and when the rug was put
down over light gray mating the
effect was bright and artistic.
A square of denim with wide hem
stitched down answers admirably for q
bedroom rug. After a housekeeper
has once tried tearing up her carpets
and having her floors relaid with hard
wood, which will take a polish, or if
that is too expensive simply painting
and vanishing the floors and laying
down rugs, she will never again have
q carpet in the house. The rugs are
more artistic and moreover, if one
moves, there are no carpets to be rem.
dered useless by the change in the size
Dr shape of the rooms.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-07
FIELDS OF ADVENTURE,
THRILLING INCIDENTS AND DARING
DEEDS ON LAND AND SEA,

In n Terrible Situation, "Jake" Bennett
Saved the Life of His Sergeant in Pref.
erence to His Own-Nerve- Shattering
Experience of n Foreman in Nine
Jake" Bennett was about nineteen
years old, and was probably the most
awkward man L ever saw, writes an
eE-Confederate soldier in the Louis
vile CourierJo Journal. He was long
and angular, and had bony head
with strong jaws. His great white
teeth were always shown when he
smiled, and he always smiled when he
was in fight. In camp Bennett was
a slouchy, unprepossessing fellow, and
his feet, whi III were unusually large,
We're always in somebody's way. He
was shy and never intruded himself,
but when it came to riding and shoot
ing he was in his glory.
L have seen him many times ON the
back of fast horse, with the bride
rein in his teeth and pistol in each
hand, charging like mad and shooting
with remarkable accuracy. He had
the reputation Of killing three or four
men every time there was chance
He was then in charge of detail on
foraging expeditions and got in many
skirmishes along the road. Later he
was unanimously chosen captain on
account of his bravery.
Indeed, he was like unclaimed
lightning in hand-to-hand fight, and
it was in one of these that Bennett
distinguished himself. There were
about 1900 soldiers lying between
Alexandria and Liberty. We had no
chance on the field, and had to content
ourselves with harassing the enemy
and in cutting off their wagon trains
and makingit difficult for them to for
age. The two armies lay confronting
each other before the engagement at
Murfreesboro, and was sent with q
detail of scouts to waylay any that 1
could.
Being only 1So men all told, We de-
termined to take advantage of the hilly
road and the rocky hillside, which
were thickly covered with cedars.
Across the road We're number of
felled trees, and while we were all
mounted it was comparatively easy to
keep out of sight. While we were
thus ambushed a Federal wagon came
slowly along the road, guarded by
three files Of infantry. There were
eight wagons in the train, and we at
tackled them suddenly and boldly, re-
ahzing the necessity of quick work.
The fight was close and hot for few
minutes, but when the infantry came
rushing up we saw that the conflict
would now be between pistols and
guns.
At this point Benefits sergeant was
unhorsed and had fallen to the ground.
Just as he jumped up, however,
Federal soldier plunged at him with q
bayonet. At the same instant another
another soldier raised his gun to kill
Bennett. In this terrible situation
the alertness and courageous generos-
ity of Jake" Bennett prompted him
to shoot first the man who was attack
ing his sergeant and then the man who
was threatening his own life.
[ consider that this instance, where
man could so suddenly conceive the
idea to defend his fellow soldier before
himself, illustrates the innate nobility
and generosity of the man. The great
soul of awkward Jake" Bennett re-
sponded to the impulse, and his self
sacrificing act was the highest example
OF heroism that L Witnessed during the
war
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-07

Some oriental pastoral peoples
drink milk slowly, almost as if they
were chewing it, in the correct belief
that that makes it more digestible.
At recent meeting of the Paris
Academic de Medicine the doctors
were surprised by the receipt of a
pamphlet by pensioned officer, who
claimed to know, as result of wide
experience in army expeditions, that
liquors lose their injuriousness if
slipped that way, the saliva neutral
izing the effect of the alcohol. New
York Post.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-07
In the Jaws of an Alligator.

While A. NJ. Nicholson was prepar-
ing to ship some alligators to North
ern customer he became the victim of
painful bite from one of the largest
saurians, the reptile being about seven
feet in length. He got into the cage
and in some way the gator got him
by the foot and drove one of his large
tusks nearly through it. The circum-
stances which led up to and attended
the accident were quite exciting. As
usual, Mr.. Nicholson had tied the ga
tors mouth, as precautionary meas
ure, but when he went into the den to
drag him out the saurian writhed and
twisted about until he slipped his
lash, at which juncture the infuriated
gator was between his keeper and the
only exit from the den, so Mr.. Mich
olson climbed up the side wall and
watched his chance to put his foot
on the saurian's mouth, but as he at
tempted to do so the huge jaws flew
open and closed on his foot, the high
side tusk penetrating the shoe and
sinking deep into the flesh. Nichol-
son had the presence of mind to stand
perfectly still until the jaws gradually
relaxed their vice-like grasp, when he
suddenly jerked his foot away and
skipped out of the den. Had Nichol-
son forcibly attempted to release his
foot the reptile would doubtless have
rolled and floundered about until he
broke or dismembered the limb
Orlando (Fla.) Reporter.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-07
Raising Stock for the Dairy.


This subject is in season at all times
of the year, as under present condi-
tions dairying is being largely carried
on the year round.
AS usual thing, farmers should
raise enough heifers for the supply of
their own dairies. There are some
advantages in this over the practice of
purchasing COWS for the purpose as
needed. 1t should be found cheaper
and more satisfactory altogether.
The farmer should be careful in the
selection and breeding of his stock, so
as to get the best for the use to which
they are to be put. If he is making
butter, he wants breed or kind best
adapted for this purpose. He should
constantly work with this end in view.
Always keep pure-bYed male of sat
isfactory ancestry, and then if not able
to at once invest in pure-bred COWS,
grade up from the best ones on the
farm. In this way good progress can
be made, and, perseveringly continued
in, will result in fine working dairy
herd.
Select the most promising heifer
calves for raising at any time of year.
1t will require little better manage
ment for the best success in cold
weather than in warm, but the condi-
tions in either case should be made as
favorable as possible. The calves
should be kept dry, warm and COM
Portable at all seasons of the year. This
is very important where the best re-
suits are expected. AS usually, after
q few days or weeks old, SKINNED milk
is made use of, it will be found profit
able to feed this until several months
old-siX or more. 1t should be fed at
the temperature it comes from the COW,
and not in too large quantities at first.
A little Cruel made from wheat mid
dlings, or oil meal added to the milk,
will help make up for the fat removed.
After the calf gets old enough to eat
ground oats, or oats and bran, the
cruel can he omitted, as they should
do equally well on the other, and it
will require less labor. After the first
few weeks they will eat little hay,
and care should be taken to have a
supply Vi AllS Sui y -Cut lOT buo pur-
pose.
Last winter 1 saw an exceedingly
fine pen of calves, from three to six
months old, that were fed on skim
milk, corn ensilage and second-crop
clover hay. They had no grain, only
what was in the ensilage.
Winter and spring calves will do
finely when kept in comfortable
stable or pen we'll into the summer and
properly cared far. Calves dropped
in early autumn can be very easily
raised, usually more so than in cold
weather. If fed milk through the win
ter, and otherwise we'll cared for, they
will be large and thrifty the following
spring and ready for the pasture when
grass gets q good start.
The idea should be to keep the cali
in vigorous health and growing thrifty
from the first, until it is ready to take
its place in the dairy. For this pur-
pose it should be furnished with food
suitable for growth and development
for the dairy, but not for beef. The
right kind of food will do this, and not
injure the animal, either. Heifers
that are to become mixers at two
years old need extra care all along,
>ud particularly during the preceding
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-07
To Prevent Bursting Water Pipes.

To prevent water pipes from freez-
ing in cold weather an automatic cut
off is attached to the valve, consisting
of thin glass tube filled with liquid
which will freeze at higher tempera-
ture than water and break the tube,
thus relieving the pressure on the
valve and shutting the water off, at
the same time allowing the water to
flow from the pipes above as soon as
the faucets are opened.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-10-07
Expansive.

What large features she hasi"
Yes; / gdon't believe it would be
easy to stare her out of countenanne-
Detroit Journal.