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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-19

The farmers real taxes are not those
which he pays into the town treasury,
but the most burdensome tax is the
unnecessary expense which he must
meet wherever he does his work at n
disadvantage. If he insists on cut
ting grass with scythe where o NOW
ing machine could be used, he is
taxing himself by as much as the in
creased labor, but it doesn't seem like
taxes because it isn't called by that
name.
If he goes twice to town instead of
once with given load, his tax is very
materially increased, but in spite Of
this, he too often objects to paying
out the dollar that might bring him
two in another way In view of these
facts, it is refreshing to receive letter
from farmer, who says that he be-
lieyes in the extensive building Of
permanent highways for the reason
that such means of communication
would decrease the farmers taxes
rather than increase them A. W.
Bulletin.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-19

A method Of growing crystals Of
unusual lustre and transparency has
been described to the French Academy
by p. de Wateyille. The small crys-
tai is mounted in such manner that
it can be continuously rotated several
times in second while growing in the
saturated solution. Alum crystals
grown in this way at fifty degrees sue
cessively lose their dodecahedron and
cube faces, and at lee. have only those
of the octahedron. Especially fine re-
suits were obtained with potassium
and ammonia alums, copper sulphate
and sodium chlorate.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-19

Harper's Weekly says: A new law
ia Massachusetts, makes the possession
Of the skin or feathers Of any birds
which is protected by the laws of that
State punishable by the same penalty
as is imposed for killing the birds
This seems to mean that the guileless
maid who buys her feathers of milli-
aer runs as much risk of fine or i'm
prlsonment as the hard-hearted man
wlth'a-sun who goes out and pots the
bird. In State where q schoolmas-
Ter is less comprehensively abroad
Than in Massachusetts, this law might
make trouble, but the presumption is
that in the Bay State every schoolgirl
IS ornithologlst enough to know which
birds are protected citizens, and which
are aliens and safe to wear. The os-
tensible purpose of the new law is to
preserve the birds which eat the bugs
which feed on the crops of Massachu-
sets, but the promoters of the law are
not likely to grieve if it goes beyond
that and discourages the wearing of
feathers in hats altogether.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-19
First White Child,

The first child of English parents
born in America was Virginia Dare,
the daughter of Ananias Dare and
Eleanor White, members of one of the
bands of colonists sent out to the
newly discovered country by Sir Wal
ter Raleigh. /
AThis event took place on August 1S,
1887, and, appropriately enough, one
of the counties on Roanoke Islands is
called Dare County. While Virginia
was the first English subject born in
the then distant land, a number of col
onists had settled in America two years
previously; but they returned to Eng
land in 1886.
In order to commemorate this settle
ment, memorial has just been erected
on the site of old Fort Raleigh, on
Roanoke Island. This memorial bears
an inscription stating that: "On this
site, in August, 1856, the colonists
sent from England by Sir Walter
Raleigh built the fort called the New
Fort, in Virginia. -
1t was peculiarly appropriate that
the first child born in America should
be christened in the name of the State
which owed its own title to the desire
to pay courtly compliment to the
Virgin Queen of England.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-19

Relief work for the poor of San
Francisco, undertaken in the early
spring, and recently completed, had
some novel and interesting features.
IA the first place the money used came
from public contributions aad not
through an appropriation, no pre-
cedent being established for future
worriment, and no political favor be-
ing bought. Then the expenditure of
the money was watched over by COM
mittee of citizens, chosen because of
their business ability. This commit
tee, to give aid without encouraging
pauperism, distributed the money for
labor honestly done, paying only cur
rent wages. In engaging labor it
avoided the politicians, being guided
largely by the advice Of the Associa-
ated Charities, the Salvation Army
and the police. Its purpose also was
to make the labor of permanent bene-
lit to the general public, thus render
ing some substantial return for the
money contributed. The work done
was in the construction of a needed
and substantial boulevard, and the en-
ire amount contributed was expended
i'll this line, the administration officers
serving without compensation. Sey-
eral hundreds of deserving men with
dependent families received aid with
no loss Of self-respect.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-19

Scientists have recently been inves-
tigating the belief, now many centuries
old, that the volcano of Stromboli is u
weather prophet. For two thousand
years the inhabitants of the Lipari ISL
ands, between Sicily and Calabria, and
the mariners on the adjacent waters
have looked to the burning mountain
for advance information regarding wind
and weather. By day the gigantic
plume of vapor by its shape foretold
the coming wind; and by night the
glare of the subterranean fires striking
upward ON the clouds gave warning of
storms that were brewing. DIR. Ber-
CERT, the distinguished scientist, who
has been studying the volcano, accepts
and explains the popular belief. He
says that if moist masses of air blow
over Stromboli its plume of vapor will.
be greater and will thus foretell rain.
In the night this larger cloud will re-
fleet greater amount of light. Thus
the belief that Stromboli was prophet
is justified by modern science.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-19

The average cost Of an oil we'll at
Summerland, CAL, all complete, is
about $780, The running expenses
are $40 per month for each we'll. An
ordinary well will yield four barrels
per day, or 100 barrels per month.
One hundred and twenty barrels are
worth $125, leaving balance of Sl1O
each month on $500 investment.
There is more oil in California than in
Pennsylvania.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-19
A CIeanIy German Custom.

Many persons of fastidious tastes
probably ere this have been shocked
by the habit of bakers and their help
and salespeople of handling loaves OF
bread with their unwashed hands. To
avoid this in future baker in Han
over, Siemens 10y name, has now dis
covered a simple method. AS the loaf
issues from the baking oven it is in.
closed in a jacket of paper, tied at
both ends. The paper may now be
soiled, but the bread inside is only
handled at table or on being purchased.
This simple continuance to do away
with what really is very ancient nui.
sance finds universal favor in Germany.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-19

This is certainlyan age of hurry and
hustle, and things are now done
"while you watt" which formerly were
subject to greater deliberation. Marv
Shaw, wealthy widow Of Indiana, re.
lates the Detroit Free Press, is right
up to the times, too, and when she
called on lawyer of Shelbyville and
announced that she wanted to get mar.
Sied before she went home, she Gre
ated some surprise, especially in view
Of the fact that she had no idea of who
she wanted to marry. She was good
client, however, and the lawyer sailed
out in search Of groom. He found
one in the person Of William Dounard,
a gardener, who was willing to with
all his Worldly goods endow" thewidow,
especially as she would bring q for
tune Of $4,000 into the partnership,
while he had not cent to his name.
After brief examination, the widow
pronounced the lawyers choice salts
factory, and a minister was sent fer,
who soon made the pair one. Then,
leaving substantial chec,, in the law
yer's hands for his promptitude in the
case, she left for her home with her
new-found lord and master. She is
sixty-fve years old aad Dounayd only
thirty eight.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-19

1t has been discovered that an act OF
the Colorado Legislature in regard to
negotiable instruments repealed the
statute establishing as holidays the
Fourth of July, Thanksgiving Day,
Christmas, New Years, Washington's s
Birthday and Memorial Day, leaving
only Arbor Day and the Saturday half
holidays as legal holidays.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-19
flTH AND POINT,

Stark is a bicycle crank, isn't he?"
should say he was. When it rains
he stays home and runs his CYCLIC
meter. cleveland Plain Dealer.
The difference between the astrono-
mer and the chorus girl is that one
studies the stars and the other under
studies -them.-Philadelphia Record.
First Bicycle Girl-"Oh, yes; I,
often fall OF, but 1 always land ON nv
feet" Second Ditto-''I think you
said you were from Chicago. Boston
Transcript.
'"Theselak excursions seem so Lone
some" Lonesome? Why, 1 am
with you" eyes, 1 know, but I
couldn't bring my wheel along. Chi
cago Record
Fuddy-'I understand that Wigley
spends most of his evenings here at
your house?" Duddy-''I had an i'm
preston that it was my evenings that
he spends here Boston Transcript.
There's the bicycle face and the bicycle
back,
With its queer, altitudinous curve;
And the bicycle tongue in the middle hung,
And the scorchers bicycle nerve.
Queensland Wheel.
Watts" Getting little rest out
your way since the piano girl took to
the wheel, aren't you?" Potts--"Naw.
Her bicycle suit is louder than than
the piano was. indianapolis Jour-
aal.
"What made you quit the club,
Billy?" ''Reason enough, can tell
you. 1 worked five years to be elected
Treasurer and then they insisted on
putting in cash register. Detroit
Free Press.
Barrow-"That's a dandy wheel
you have there, old man. I'll take
little spin on it some day. By the way,
what kind of wheel do you think L
ought to ride?" Marrow-"One Of
your own. Brooklyn Life.
ST told her L was afraid to kiss her
while we were on the tandem for fear
we would both fall off," "What did
she say?" "She said she hoped +
didn't call myself an experienced
wheelman. Chicago Record.
Gent (solicitously)-"Sir, I have
here some indestructible pieplates.
Mr.. Hall Bedroome (grimly)-"Well,
YOU have come to the right house to
sell them. That's the sort of pies
Mrs. Skinner gives us. II Puck.
Mrs. Eastlake-"You visited Venice
while you were in Europe, I hear,
Mrs. Trotter?" Mrs. Trotter-"Yes,
indeed, and we were rowed about by
one of the chandeliers for which that
city is noted. "-Harper's Bazaar.
Fuddy-"They say you have lik-
ing for Miss Spontel." Duddy-
"Nonsensel The woman is insuppor-
table" Fuddy-''That's just it. You
won't have to support her. She's got
enough for two. boston Transcript.
Gobang-''I think I'll do quite
little shooting this summer. 1 wonder
what the close season is?" Buckshot
-"Well, in your case, old man, I
fancy if you applied to the legislature,
they'd throw the whole year open to
you. Truth.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-19
A Rabbit Club.

The people of Wolf Valley, Texas,
have organized rabbit club. The
club pays one cent for each cottontail
scalp, and two and one-half cents for
each jack rabbit. The organization of
this club is a necessity. Rabbits have
ruined all fruit trees this winter which
were not protected by oak bushes. If
something is not done to destroy these
pests the formers will suffer great loss.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-19
GOOD ROADS NOTES,

We clip from Dun's Review the fol-
lowing:
"St. Louis-Business has improved
in all lines this week two to fifteen
per cent. Groceries are in the back
ground, but promise improvement
soon with better roads"
Memphis-Since the waters receded
and country roads have improved,
trade and collections have been
better"
Moral-Good roads and good busi-
ness are synonymous terms.--L. A.
w. Bulletin.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-19
Presidents Mansion Not whitewashed

Colonel T. A. Bingham, Superinten.
dent of Public Buildings and Grounds
at Washington, in answer to an Agri.
culturist subscribers inquiry as to
how the whitewash was made that was
used on the White House years ago,
says that not within the recollection Of
the office has the exterior of the Execu.
tive Mansion been whitewasheS.
White lead and linseed oil is used
when painting the mansion. -Ameri.
can Agriculturist.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-19

A maidstone is advertised for sale in
a recent issue of u scientific paper.
The advertiser offers to prove its eff
cacy to any prospective purchaser.
Whether the advertiser or the pur-
chaser is to undergo bite from a mad
dog, in order to prove the merits of
the stones, is not stated.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-19

OF the 122 honor pupils in the gram
mar schools Of Chicago only twenty
five were boys. The girls of the re-
quired degree of scholarship necessary
to obtain this distinction outnumbered
the boys in the ratio of nearly four to
ona
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-19

lSS SIANDE1 L
was a pink and
white English
girl, very tall
and shapely.
The Mexican
girls, who or
dered out their
carriages if they
had q block to
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-19

Avoca, Ia., is making some exten sive
road improvements.
A Road Improvement Association
has been organized at Lima, O.
The Legislature of Massachusetts
has appropriated $500, 900 to be used
in road building in various parts of the
State.
Goodroads throughout this Common
wealth are absolutely necessary. am
for the Good Roads bill and all that it
means, and will be until it becomes a
law.-Representative Ebenezer Adams,
of Pennsylvania.
Bad roads caused the death of E. E.
Brown, at Deposit, N. Y, recently.
Mr.. Brown was driving heavy wagon
through the streets of that town when
the wagon caught in a rut throwing
him to the ground, and the wheel
passed over his head, injuring him SO
severely that he died in a few hours.
Convict labor in road building is be-
ing employed in Duval County, Flor
ida, and in North Carolina. In the
latter case twenty-one and half cents
per day per head is said to cover the
cost of food, clothes, medical atten-
dance and guards, compared with
twenty-eight cents per day for main
tanning the same prisoners in Jail.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-19
SOME TIME.

Some time we all shall know
Each other, aye, as we ourselves are
known;
And see how out of darkness light has
grown.
And He-who loves us So
Despite our wilfulness and blind COM
plant
viii show us how His kind and calm re-
straint
Can mold human soul into saint.
Some time our eyes shall see
The silver lining to the darkest cloud
While silvery echoes follow thunder loud.
Some time our hearts shall be
Content, forgetting all our restless mood,
And knowing everything has worked for
good
The how, and when, and why be under
stood.
Lillian Gray.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-19

81 want you," she said, slowly.
And the doors changed behind them.
Edith Wagner, in the Argonaut.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-19

Some time we shall know why
Our sunniest mornings change to Moons OF
rain;
And why our steps are shadowed so by
pain;
And why we often lie
On couches sown with thorns Of care and
doubt,
And why our lives are thickly hedged about
With bars that put our Ioftiest plans to
rout.
Some time we shall know why
Our dearest hopes are swept so swift away,
And why our brightest flowers first decay;
Why song is lost in sigh
Why clasping fingers slip so soon apart
Estrangement, space and death rend heart
from heart,
Until from deepest depths the teardrops
start.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-08-19

The movement in favor of good roads
which has at last really begun to agi-
tate rural communities all over the
country involves many contributory
issues of considerable Importance. For
instance, associations which have un-
dertaken the task of improving the
country roads are generally advising
farmers to make use of broad tires
upon their wagon wheels, instead of
the narrow tires which cut and rut
soft road so deeply.
1t IS not easy to induce the farmers
to follow this advice, because it i'm
plies and requires at the outset the re-
pairing of the road. Broad-tired
wagons could make little or no progress
over some of the muddy and rough
roads which are too often found not
far from the busiest and most thriving
cities. Narrow wheels cut their way
through more easily, but only at the
cost OF exhausting the horses which
draw the wagon, and of still further
injuring the road as thoroughfare.
If the highway could but be i'm
proved sufficiently to bear the heavy
tires, the wheels would act like minia-
ture road-roller. and assist in keeping
the road in good condition instead OF
tearing it to pieces.
As an immediate result, access to
markets would be made much more
easy, draught animals would gain in
efficiency and length of service, and it
would be possible to transport larger
loads with greater ease and convent
ence than is the case at present.
The farmers and the rural commu-
mites which they control hesitate to
take the first step because of the i'm
mediate expense involved. 1t ought
not to be hard to convince so intelli-
gent portion Of the community that
real economy, both of labor and money,
would be gained by improved road
beds and the use of broader tires
The Youths Companion.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-09-18

We understand that some of our
citizens have circulated in the pa
IRISH rumors that there was yellow
fever in st. Martinville, which was
kept hidden. We cannot see the
idea of circulating such rumors
when there is not a scentilla of
truth in it. Such rumors can do
good to no one, and can do a heap
of harm, in soaring the people un-
necessarily.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-09-18
The st. Martinville Board @

The st. Martipville Board of
Trade will celebrate tomorrow
evening, the opening of the lake
bridge, they will 90 on the bridge
in a body with the brass band and
will have little frolic on the long
bridge, for which the Board of
Trade has worked for such a long
time. There will undoubtedly be
quite a large number of our peo-
pie who will attend this little cele-
bration. Those who desire to
make picnic, there is a pretty
little Island on which the bridge
passes, that is an ideal place for
such amusements.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-09-18
Catarrh Cannot be Cured

-
with LOCAL APPLICATIONS. az they
cannot reach the seat of the disease. Ca
tarrh is blood or constitutional dis.
ease, and in order to cure it You must
take internal remedies. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally. and acts d.
rectly Oh the blood aud mucous surfaces.
Halls Catarrh Cure is not quack me-
dicine. 1t was prescribed by one Of the
best physicians in this country for years,
and is regular prescription. It is
composed OF the best tonics known,
combined with the best blood purifiers,
acting directly on the mucous surfaces,
The perfect combination of the two in
gradients is what produces such wonder
fuI results in curing Catarrh. Send for
testimonials free.
FL. Cheney & Co., Props. Toledo. O.
Sold by druggists. price 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-09-18
RAILROAD TRAFFIC.

Since the 18th two trains have
been suspended on the Southern
Pacific, and since that date the
other trains are running only three
times a week, on Mondays, We'd
nesdays and Fridays. The train
on this branch will leave here on
those days at 4 o'clock p. M. and
will return between 6 and Z O'Clock.
The railroad company has sus-
pended all employees here except
the agent and watchman, the
others will only be paid when ac-
tually at work.
The people of st. Martinville
are indignant at the idea Of only
three mails a week when trains
are run daily on the main line,
and they have taken steps to sub
init the matter before the proper
postal officials; in order to have
the branch road to resume daily
trips in order to give tbs our daily
mail.
The people look upon the action
of the railroad as an imposition
which is entirely uncalled for; il
the trains are run daily ON the
main line there is no reason why
this branch should not connect
with them and bring us our mai
every day as in the past.
We hope that iii a day or two
the train on this branch will re
sumo it's daily trips.
To Cure Constipstioa Forever.
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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-09-18

The cotton worms have made
their appearance in almost every
part Of the parish and have rava-
ged the cotton that was not pow
dered with Paris Green. There
are a good number of planters who
have not used Paris Green and
today there remains nothing but
the naked sticks of what a few
days ago, was nice, promising
crops. The damage to the old
cotton is not very great, but the
young cotton is almost total loss,
and particularly in the overlooked
regions, where the cotton was
planted after the water had rece-
ded, and was yet young, the da-
mage is so great as to ruin the
entire crop. Paris Green has done
we'll in some places, in others il
proved failure. 1t may be that
the poison was not properly ap-
ply, or applied too late.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-09-18
Town Council.

Special meeting of the Town Council
held Sept. 10th 1897.
Present. Mavor Liable presiding, and
Eastin and Bienvenu.
Mr.. Bienvenu presented the following
which was seconded and carried.
Whereas some of our citizens have
been circulating false rumOrs that vel
low fever exist in this town, which is
not fact.
Be it resolved that any person circula-
ting such rumOrs who will not be able
to point out such cases Of yellow fever,
shall be fined not more than $50 or in
default thereof be imprisoned not more
than 30 days.
The meeting then adjourned subject
to call ALBERT BIENvENU,
Secretary Protein.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1897-09-18
Are You Weakt

Weakness manifests itself in the loss Of
ambition and aching bones. The blood Is
watery; the tissues are w.sting-the door is
being opened for disease. A bottle Of Browns
strength, soOthe your nerves, make your
blood rich and red DO you more good than
special course of medicine. For sale by
"All Dealers"