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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23

Lavender blue and The deeper iris
purple blue are two very fashionable
colors just at the moment both in
dress and millinery.
Jackets for summer wear are cut
quite short over the hips, some being
little more than basques. As rule
they close single breasted, have fly
fronts and strapped seams.
The leading outing gowns of holland
are capital suits to wear when one runs
into town for days shopping, or to
take luncheon with the father, brother
or sweetheart held captive in the city
by business. Linen suits are cool,
pretty, becoming and much lighter
than serge or fannels
The side-closing blouse waist is
something new, pretty and becoming.
The opening is frequently outlined
with an accordion-plaited frill, or q
lace rutlie, and the full front is trimmed
with bands of insertion, if washable
materials are employed for the waist,
or passementerie, braid or gimp, if
the garment is made of wool or silk.
Girdles and belts, with sash ends
all made of ribbon, are shown in the
shops IN great variety. Ruffles of lace
ed9lng, set on two or three inches
apart across the ends for the entire
length, are one mode of decoration; {;
others are of fancy striped ribbon,
without the lace, arranged in deep
pointed girdles, boned to keep them
in place.
A very smart little travelling gown is
of dark blue canvas made over bright
green silk. Around the skirt at the
hips are two rows of bright green silk.
The sleeves are banded with green silk
set four inches apart The bodice is
blouse and fastened on the left side
with square bap. A yoke of plated
linen finishes the gown in an extreme
ly pretty and cool manner
Tissue paper is indispensable for
properly packing up summer ward
robes. The full puff fronts of sum-
mer gowns and the puffs of light, thin
sleeves should be carefully stuffed
with rolls of tissue paper, and the
collars and cuffs of pretty shirt waists
should be carefully wrapped. Even
ing slippers and shoes should always
be pulled out with tissue paper and
carefully wrapped outside.
Plaid3 are used as garnitures, waists,
vests and sometimes as deep points at
the hens of skirts. A handsome dress
of suiting has plain skirt and square
necked bodice of Victoria plaid. The
square neck is filled in with chiffon,
and the collar and either side of the
front of the square yoke are trimmed
with the most elaborate rufles of very
soft seml-transparent lace A bow OF
plaid ribbon is worn at the belt and
there is skirt ruching of the plaid that
shows at every movement.
A charming frock is an embroidered
and perforated white cloth made up
over q foundation of dull yellow silk.
The skirt has row of embroidery and
perforation some eight inches deep,
making the favorite apron curve, added
to by a flounce of yellow lace, the hem
of the skirt being quite plain. The
entire blouse bodice is embroidered
with sufficient open work to show the
yellow lining, and is hung from q
square yoke of lace laid over yellow
silk, a founce of lace edging the yoke.
The sleeves at the elbow have an odd
little puff of lace, showing the brighte,
lining.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23

Eight Hundred Thousand Seeds From One.
One of the most wonderful exam
pies of vegetable growth and fecun-
dity is illustrated by the Asiatic penn
perion. A single seed planted on the
grounds of the Berlin Botanical Soci-
ETY. propagated vine which grew to
be as large as a mans body in nine
weeks. 1t grew to total length OF
nearly nine hundred feet and ripened
over eight hundred thousand seeds.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23
HEARTS,.

Mans hearts an inn;
Its guests are for day.
Night falls, bugle calls,
Saddle and away.
Mans hearts an inn;
Its guests are for n night.
Eve sup, stirrup-cup,
Soon as morn is white.
But woman's hearts q home;
Its master sitteth by
Ftre-light and hearth bright,
Forever and for aye.
Post Wheeler, in New York Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23

The ordinary farm boiler, or set
kettle, is unhandy from the fact that
the contents after each boiling must
be laboriously dipped out The cut
shows boiler that avoids this Difficult.
ty, for the boiler itself is made OF
sheetiron (the heaviest to be obtained)
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23

stick can be placed as near to the
boulder as is practicable and as it
rises to the perpendicular it of course
lifts the stone. The hight Of the prop
will depend upon the size and depth
of the stone. The knack of knowing
how" to do such things often saves a
vast amount Of work. American Agri-
culturist.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23
The New Orleans Item aExiously
asks; "Is it Klondyke, Klondike or
Clondike?" Unquestionably it is.

look out for counterfeit dollars"
shrieks n Wisconsin contemporary
That's bad policy, suggests the Chi
rago Times-Herald; better look out
lor good ones.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23

Japanese soldiers rank among the
best gymnasts in the world. Every
Japanese barracks is provided with q
gymnasium.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23
Rules For Chicken Raisers,

L. IL. oucops, III tHe oultry heeper,
gives few rules that should be often
referred to by chicken raisers:
Ten hens in house 10x10 feet are
enough. The yard should be at least
ten times as large as the floor of the
house. Ten weeks from shell to mar
ket is the time allotted broiler chick.
Ten cents pound is about the aver
age price of hens in market for the
whole year.
Ten cents should feed chicken ten
weeks, and it should then weigh two
pounds.
Ten months a year is usually the
highest limit of time during which q
hen will lay.
Ten hens with one male is about the
proper proportion.
Ten quarts of corn, or its equivalent,
should feed hen ten weeks, if she is
Of large breed, but ten quarts for
three months is fairer proportion.
Ten pounds is good weight for
males of the larger breeds, one year
old.
Ten eggs is the average number to
each pound.
Ten focks, each consisting of ten
hens, are enough for an acre.
Ten chicks, when just Matched,
weigh about one pound.
Ten hens should lay about 1000 eggs
during the year. This allows for some
laying more than 100 eggs each, while
others may not lay so many.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23

Before we can think of picking eu-
cumbers ws must grow them, and that
is not always ON easy matter, especial
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-23
NIOultinr.

From July to Decemberis is the moult-
ing or shedding period for the poultry.
1t takes about one hundred days from
the time hen first commences to moult
until the process is completed. Some
hens will commence to moult much
earlier than others, thus finishing be-
fore the cold weather sets in. This is
very desirable, as hens seldom lay
during the moult. or the larger part of
it, therefore if they commence early,
thus finishing early, it will be a deci-
ded gain, for then they can be gotten
in u laying condition before cold
weather, and we all know what that
means. "he feathers are composed
largely of nitrogen and mineral mat
ter. The first process is the loosening
stage, when the feathers loosen and
drop out, at times leaving the bird
almost naked, thus cold and disease
from exposure) are apt to follow.
Hens should be carefully housed if the
weather is at all cold or damp. When
the new feathers commence to come
in it causes great drain on the
hens body, especially of such sub
stances as goes to furnishing nitrogen
and mineral matter. Corn, wheat. etc. 4,
furnish the hen principally with car
bon Cfat), etc, while grass, bugs,
worms, etc, furnish the nitrogen and
mineral matter. Thus we see that the
foods best adapted to the moulting sea-
son are the heterogeneous foods. 1t
will be seen from the above that at this
period the hens should have unlimited
range, so shat they can themselves
gather good supply of such articles
as they need. The Epitomist.
Lifting Large Rocks Out of the Ground.
Field boulders are usually buried
either wholly or in part in the surface
of the ground. 70 pull such a boul-
der out of the ground requires an enor-
nous amount Of power, unless much
hand digging is given beforehand
The sketch herewith shows way to
lift the stone as it is dragged out by a
team of horses or oxen. The inclined
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-05-06
Historic Trees In New York.

On West One Hundred aud Fifty
ninth street and st. Nicholas avenue,
Washington Heights, stand number of
remarkable trees. They were formerly
the grounds surrounding the old Jumel
mansion, which is now known as Earle
Cliff. They are Egyptian cypress, and
have history, like everything pertain
ing to this remarkable mansion and its
grounds. They were sent as present to
Napoleon Bonaparte from the sultan of
Egypt as gift OF honor, but arrived in
Havre, France, after the battle of Wa
terloo. Stephen Jumel, who was in
France at the time, and a personal
friend of Napoleon, succeeded in gain
ing an audience with the emperor the
night before he was banished to the is
land of st. Helena. Napoleon presented
these trees to Jumel, who brought them
to America on the clipper ship Eliza,
which he had chartered with the hope
of aiding Napoleon to escape to this
country. These trees, when brought
here, had their native earth still cling
ing to their roots They were planted
as described above, where they flourish
ed and grew to "a large size, spreading
out their peculiar branches wide over
their adopted sofia mute reminder of
the decay of empires as well as people. -
New York Times.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-05-06
Congressmen and Brides.

A man who has been defeated for re-
election is not i'll fit frame of mind to
legislate for his people. There is sting
in defeat that tends to engender the
feeling of resentment which often finds
expression in the vote of such members
against wholesome legislation. That
same feeling often produces such a want
of interest in proceedings as to cause
the member to be absent nearly all the
second session.
Congressman are not usually men of
means. Their congressional career has
resulted in the destruction of their
clientage or business. To defeated
member who has relied upon his salary
for support the future looks dark and
gloomy 1t is then some are open to
propositions which they would never
think of entertaining if they were to go
before the people for re- election. 1t Is
then that the attorneyship of some cor
poration is often rendered and a vote is
afterward found in the record in favor
of legislation of "a general or special
character favoring the corporation. If
an affirmative vote cannot be had, 1t is
often just as important that the member
should be absent If there is ever time
in the history of the man when he will
directly or indirectly accept bride, it
is then. There is less chance of detec-
ton. He is no longer "a political factor.
His political enemies no longer watch
his course The opposition newspapers
no longer criticise his conduct-"the
secret is his own and it is safe. J."
There are many upright men in con-
gress who would not be influenced by
defeat. But in as large body as the
house of representatives there must al
ways be some who would yield to temp
tation. 1t is fact that nearly all, if
not all, of the legislation that is claimed
to have been passed by corrupt influences
was enacted during these second regular
sessions of congress- Hon. j. +. Shat
roth In North American Review.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-05-06
A Bomb Loaded with Men.

A new bomb has been invented that
is an extremely curious affair.
1t is called IA pioneer bomb and is
made to be fired from cannon like an
ordinary cannon ball. The curious part
Of it is that instead of carrying lead
and explosives it is to have men inside.
The idea of the invention, explains
The Great Round World, is to fire sol
diers into the enemy camp. The bomb
opens the moment it touches the ground,
the men spring out and begin to fight
the enemies within reach.
A shower of these bombs would very
seriously Inconvenience an enemy, it is
to be supposed, for they would not
quite know what to make of such as
founding cannon balls
The bomb is so arranged that there is
no sudden jar or shock to the men in
side. 1t is covered with number of
rubber tubes filled with air, like the
bicycle tires. These rubbers prevent the
men from any injury which might be
caused by reaching the ground so sud
denly. The bomb bounds along like a
rubber ball once or twice, and the sol
diers are said to be quite comfortable
inside. Chicago Record
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-05-06
Not an Agnostic.

A colored gentleman who occupies
the proud position of janitor in public
building has as his guest an uncle,
who is Baptist minister in Georgia
town.
"Uncle Nose, said the nephew, ode
reason why hab done got ter de top OBJ
de wurl is dat don talk no stock in
dem foolishness dat used ter hab down
in Georgy. Now all dem signs an super
stitionistic notions am done gone. -
II dunno, Dave" said the reverend
uncle. Il hope yo ain done los none
OBJ yo' 'ligion, while disquisitioning
wild de white folks. Oh co Sc, dom be-
lebe in no signs dat ain 'cordin ter Scrip
tur, but dey is sumpfin boat dem
Now, dar am de lef' hin foot OBJ de
grabeya'd rabbit. !"
Il didn' mean no SIGH ting as dat,
Uncle Nose" interrupted the nephew.
II mean dem signs an superstitions Oh
co'se, de lef' hin foot oh de grabeya' d
rabbit brings luck. Everybody knows
dat, but dat ain no sign, jess fac +,
laik II dawg crosses yo' path some one
gwine do yo' wrong, or anything dat
ebery man knows am So
Glad ter heah yo' say dat, Dave /
was sure 'fraid yo' got ter be one o.
dem agnostics," replied the uncle -
Washington Star
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-05-06
Dickens ms Critic.

Charles Dickens had great love for
music and particularly enjoyed songs aud
ballads, anything pathetic in the strains
Of which quickly moved him.
He had his own ideas of the way in
which songs should be rendered, and when
occasion offered he made them known.
One day member of his household was
singing II ballad, when suddenly the nov
elist, who had apparently been deep in a
book at the farther end Of the room, got
up, saying, you don't make enough of
that word -
He seated himself at the piano and illus.
rsted his idea Of the way In which the
word 20 which he referred should be en-
phasized and did not rise until the phrase
had been sung to his satisfaction.
After that, whenever the song which
became favorite with him was sung, he
listened with his head "a little on one side
until the had made sure that his instruc-
tions had not been forgotten that time. -
Youths Companion.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-05-06
Wolseley's Close Call.

On one occasion Lord Wolseley's life
was saved by Prince Victor of Hohen-
lohe, known as Count Gleichen. 1t was
in the Crimea, when young Wolseley,
badly wounded, was passed by the sur.
geon as dead. Undisturbed by the sur
geon's remarks, Prince Victor tried Ia
extract jagged piece Of stone which
was sticking i'll the wound, and the
prince succeeded i'll restoring Wolseley,
for, after a little brandy had been
poured down his throat and more as
severations from the surgeon that
was dead, he sat up and exclaimed, IN
more dead than you are, you foolp'-
Liverpool Mercury.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-05-06

Mr.. Valentine Prinsep, the well
nown English artist, is very jolly
Briton indeed, and is fond of telling
amusing stories about himself and his
profession. Even his name proves a
source of mirth, aud he likes To relate
the blunders its oddly has occasioned.
Once when going to dine at IA fashion
able mansion, he was accosted by tho
butler:
what name, sir?'
"Prinsep."
Great was the big artists amusement
when he was then announced loudly
and pompously as Prince Hepp!
Mr.. Prinsep's favorite anecdote is one
often told, but always good, of which
he claims to be the original narrator.
Moreover, it is true one. An old coun-
try couple, SO he relates had strayed
into the Manchester Art gallery, cata-
logue in hand, and were wandering
from room to room looking at the pic
lures, which were numbered anew, one,
two, three and SO OH in each division.
instead of continuously throughout the
whole exhibition. The two old people
BtOppeu III awe ana auInlrdUlOH DeIOre
MADDOX Browns heroic picture, the
death of King Lear. f"
"Wha's this un, Jinny?" asked the
old man.
"A'll see, large. All see, eff yen
give me a minute.
The old lady hastily turned to the
catalogue division of another room, and
read off the number corresponding to
that of the picture before them. 1t
CHANGED to be that of Landseer's famous
picture of collie fallen over cliff,
and just reached by the anxious shep-
herd, who calls the result of his exami-
nation of the poor beasts injuries to
his comrades on the rocks above. She
read off the title of the picture to her
husband:
"There's Life In the Old Dog Yet.
Looking compassionately OH the pic
tured form of the aged and forsaken
king, large failed to perceive anything
wrong in the name.
So there is, gal, so there isl" he ex-
claimed, in a burst Of pity; adding,
with dropped voice and shake of the
head at Lear, ''but not much, not
muchp'-Youth's Companion.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-05-06

A man who now stands high In the
mercantile community related to me the
following little incident of his early
life:
At the age of 10 l entered the store Of
Silas Sturdevant as clerk One day,
shortly after my installment into the
office, was employed in sealing and
superscribing lot Of business circulars
several hundred of them. That was
long before the day of gluten. and |
used small red waters for securing the
missives. While / was thus busy Mr.
Sturdevant came into the counting
room, and when l observed that he was
watching me worked the best could,
hoping to get word of appreciation. BY
and by he spoke to me:
young man, don't you think half a
wafer would secure one OF those circu-
lars just us well as whole one?"
looked up, probably exhibiting as
much disgust as surprise.
IF you split your waters, he added
"you will accomplish all you desire,
and at the same time make a saving of
just one-half.
He turned away, and while l was
thinking what mean old wafer split.
ter he was, lady entered who had been
appointed one of a committee to obtain
subscriptions toward building an orphan
asylum. One public spirited man had
given the land, and now they wished to
raise 5000, 900. if possible, for the build
ings and necessary endowments. Mr.
Sturdevant said he had already been
consulted OH the subject.
Eyes" thought l, land guess that's
all it will amount tor
But he took the paper and wrote his
name, and then he said:
II will give So, 000."
could hardly believe my ears.
At that moment the merchant arose
to a stature of grandeur before me, and
in my heart | blessed him; for even
then / knew that the lesson of the split
waters, with its sequel, was to be the
initial Of my future success.
York Ledger
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-05-06
The PlOw.

Flowing was undoubtedly first done
with forked stick, the long arm being
harnessed, in some primitive way, to an
OK or team Of oxen, and the short arm
pointed for the purpose of penetrating
the ground. The pillow is one of the old
est of agricultural implements, and it
is curious fact that in oriental coun-
tries the same kind of pillow is used now
as was described by the writers of 1900
years ago. The pillow represented on the
Egyptian monuments of 5000 b. G.
may be seen in the valley of the Nile
today. Our patent office has over 10, 900
models of plows In Egypt, Syria and
India there is but one, and that the one
which has been in use for thousands of
years The pillow described by Virgil,
81 b. O., is in use in many country dis
tricts of Italy today. In 1913 patents
were taken out by David Ramsay and
Thomas Wildgoose for "engines to pillow
grounds, whether inland or upland
In the Scriptures blowing with differ
ent kinds Of animals hitched together
was forbidden on account of the cruelty
involved by the unequal draft imposed
upon animals Of different sizes working
in the same harness. In China the pillow
is a sacred implement, and models are
consecrated in the temples Of the gods
AS early as l849 steam plows were pat
ented in the United States.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-05-06

The sovereign who makes use Of his
crown most frequently is that most
simple, unaffected aud democratic of all
monarchs of Europe, King Oscar of
Sweden, who dons it each time that he
opens parliament at Stockholm or at
Christiania.
1t scarcely adds to his appearance,
for it comes down too far over his nose,
and somewhat gives one the impression
of derby hat worn on the back of the
head and pulled down over the ears
Indeed it is only the kings majestic
stature and dignified bearing that pre-
serve him from looking ridiculous when
he has got it upon his head. London
Letter
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-05-06
Grants Patent of Nobility.

During the years of his second adj
ministration President Grant was ac-
customed to spend his summers at Mont
that Of Hon. George M. Robson, secre-
tary Of the navy, whose family consist
ed of his wife, his Agar daughter
Ethel, and his Swear old stepson, Rich
ard Aulick, whose father had been a
commander in the navy.
1t was the custom of all war vessels
to fire a series of salutes as they passed
the secretary's cottage. These were con-
scientiously returned by young Aulick,
who had mounted a toy cannon at the
foot of the flagstaff in front of the house
One morning while the children were
playing with some companions they
were startled by the booming of guns
and rushing to the front yard they be-
held great smoke wreaths drifting away
from the United States ship Tallapoosa
Without further ado Richard applied
the fuse to his gun and acknowledged
the salutation. While thus employed the
kneeling boy suddenly felt three light
blows on his back, and looking up be-
held the figure of the president standing
beside him In one hand the nation 8
chief held lighted cigar, while in the
other the astonished boy saw a toy
sword belonging to his sister Ethel
Rise, Richard; dub thee knight, -
said the rugged old warrior, amid the
laughter of several friends who attended
him.
Then, returning his cigar to his lips,
he smiled grimly and resumed his way.
Atlanta Constitution.