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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-01-14
Eeared the Bicycle Fever.

The salesman in the bicycle store
stepped forward to greet the prospective
customer.
"Can l show you anything in wheels
that is right up to date?" he inquired
Yes" was the reply, "and what's
more, you can sell it to me, If you work
it half way right. I've held out as
long as I could. I've vowed l never
would make spectacle Of myself for
the neighbors to scoff at; but I've
caught the infection. / want to go
spinning along with the rest of them"
Everybody comes around to 1t in
time" said the salesman, with an en-.
couraging smile.
~ know 1t. I've seen strong-ninded
men whose intellects are fitted to crap.
pie with the problems Of our social sys.
tenn get excited in discussing whether
rat-trap pedals are better than the
other kind. And when l find myself
weakening so far as to want to ride
one Of the things I'm worried half to
death pondering how far the attack is
going. So, before we go any further
with this transaction l want you to
promise me something"
1--WE will give you any reasonable
guarantee"
LET me feel your blceps. That's a
pretty good muscle. l hope I'll never
have to call on you, but, as l said,
there's no telling how severely the NAL
ady may strike in on the best Of us.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-01-14
GOSSIP.

Tho women of st. Paul, MINI, are
taking steps to erect q soldiers monu-
ment in that city.
Mrs. G. G. Bradford has added 600
members to the suffragist clubs since
her arrival in Idaho.
The Queen Regent of Spain is al
excellent swimmer, and has often as
tonished her subjects by her prowess
IN this art.
1t is asserted in England that bicycle
manufacturers have employed high
born womon to sell wheels on the
usual commission.
The Empress of Japan and hor Indies
have taken to the bicycle, and use
maze of walks made on purpose for
them IN the secluded part of the i'm
perial gardens.
Several prudent young ladies in
Atchson, Kan, have formed society,
and each has solemnlY pledged herself.
not to marry man whose salary is
less than her own.
Kaiser Wilhelm's S artistic tenden ,ies
have broken out in clothes. He de.
signed the hunting costume which the
Empress wears when she accompanies
him on his shooting trips.
The University of Bonn, Germany,
has opened all its departments to
women who are properly prepared and
have obtained the professors consent
to their attending his lectures.
The Princess Henry of Battenberg
still deeply mourns the death of her
husband, 1t was with difficulty that
she could be induced to remain at
Balmoral during the visit of the Gar.
In the past seven years Miss Mona
Selden, an ex-school teacher OF Friend
ship, N. j., has supported herself in
good style by raising frogs. Her
profits for the first year were over
$1,000.
A ''cold foot club" has been organ
lied by some young women i'll Muncie,
Ind. They sit around an open fire,
with their feet elevated on hassocks,
and enjoy what they call "corn
roast"
Thu Sultan of Turkey has forbidden
women physicians to attend upon his
subjects, and DIR. Grace Kimball, who
had established herself with success IN
Turkey and worked there for fourteen
years, has now returned to London.
At the Sanitary Congress in New
castle recently DR.. e. b. Turner read
a paper on "lhe Sanitary Aspect of
Cycling for Ladies'" in which, rs q
medical man, he approved rational
dress, though he said speaking'as..a mere
man, he thought it excessively un-
graceful.
The Manchester EnglanD Guardian
says that the "Woman's International
Congress at Berlin, just concluded,
has been striking contrast to tho
noisy and i'll managed meeting which
took place in Paris few months ago.
1t appears to have been well arranged,
and the subjects of discussion were of
q practical character"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-01-14
Some Humors or Marriage.

Scarcely week passes without bring
Ing news Of some couple who have
found it necessary to emigrate TEN.
porarily generally into Wisconsin, but
sometimes into Indiana, in order to get
married.
1t Is one of the curiosities of the law
that In one and the same place-here In
illinois, for example-it arrays all sorts
of difficulties about the process of get.
ting married, while leaving the way to
getting unmarried comparatively unob.
Btructed.
Beofre youthful couple who sigh
profoundly for an opportunity to be,
come disenchanted with each other can
enter upon the Disseminating process
they must, II of less than q certain age,
get the consent of their parents and
comply with certain conditions about
license or banns, and all this at the cost
of some money and trouble and embar.
rassment. It's all well enough. The
law ought to stand guard over mar.
riages, only 1t might well take more
pains to see that they are prudent. II
does nothing In that way now. But ii
pays so much regard to the prcjudces
and obstlnacy Of certain people who are
not directly concerned at all as to drive
the industry out Of the State into com.
munities where the theory seems to be
that marriage concerns nobody but the
contracting pair.
The oldest part Of the whole affair is
that parents should persist in the obso.
lete notion that they have a right to
say something about 1t. They ought to
have learned by this time that there are
some things which we can do for Others
and some things which each one of us
can do for himself or herself alone
They ought to have found out that II
Is no more possible for them to choose
or reject a wife or husband for their
son or daughter than it is possible fol-
them to digest the dinner that son or
daughter may eat.
AS to having their consent asked OF
being consulted about the matter In ad
vance, why-that's preposterous. They
should be grateful If they learn about
it in time to provide for themselves
proper wedding garmcnts.-Chicago
Chronicle.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-01-14
woMEN's VOICES.

The voice of the average woman
about US is not pleasant; it is not
round and fute-like. A harsh, strident
quality is taking the place OF the low,
soft, rich quality which belongs to
them, and which all might have if
they sought it. One reason is the
lack of proper training as girls grow
up, and another is the odd habit many
have of taking each other down, not
waiting for the completion of SEN
tences, but piling up unfinished SEN
tences and unconscionsly raising the
voice in the effort to do so. Detroit
Free Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-01-14

A well-known travelling man was
gracefully poised against a New York
hotel register.
You may not believe me-" he said,
"but when l was down in Kentucky, in
October, | stood on bit Of high ground
In Breathitt County and threw stone
into the Kentucky river then without
moving my feet, though | turned my
body slightly, l threw another stone
seven miles down the river"
"Rats!" lnterpolated party who had
heard commercial traveller stories be-
fore.
"It's true BILL" insisted the narrator
ut was just seven miles from where
the first stone struck the water to
where the second one hit, and I'm not
q baseball player, either"
After some discussion the CONNER
cial traveller held up his hand and swore
to his story, and then explained that 1t
Jackson. in Breathitt County, the Ken.
lucky river swings around a bend for
seven miles and comes back to within
sixty-eight feet of Itself, and q man,
standing on the narrow ridge separat-
into the river to the right or left thus
making n throw of seven miles up CT
down the river, as the case may be.
This is the true state of the case.
Were you ever introduced to dis.
agreeable man who did not remember
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-01-14
Carelessness.

Much Of the food given to animals is
wasted in the careless manner in which
1t is handled, hay being thrown into
loose racks or narrow troughs, or even
on the floor Of the stalls In excess of
the actual requirements, a portion be.
ing trampled. A saving can also be
made in grinding the grain during the
winter when labor is not so high, and
1t will consequently be more digestible
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-01-14
Sea Signaling by Flags.

The flags to be hoisted at one timo
in signaling at sea never exceed four.
Ut Is an interesting arithcmctical fact
that, with eighteen various colored
flags and never more than four at n
time, no fewer than 79, 642 signals can
be given. Cincinnati Inquirer.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-01-14

"Come, old man." said the kind
friend "cheer up. There are Others"
81 don't mind her breaking her en-.
gagement so very much," said the de,
spondent young man. But to think
that l have got to go on paying the
installments on the ring for year to
come yet. That is what Jars me" In.
Annapolis Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-01-14
A WOMAN SANITARY INSPECTOR.

At recent meeting of the vestry of
st. Georges, Southwark, London, Miss
A. Elliot, of Lancashire, was appointed
Sanitary Inspector to the vestry by
twenty-five votes to sixteen. There
were twenty-five candidates and she
the only woman.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-01-14
Beware OF OintIn for Catarrh Chat

as mercury will surely destroy tho sense of
smell and completely derange the whole system
when entering it through the mucous surfaces.
Such articlea should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputable physicians as the
damage they will do is ten fold to he good you
can possibly derive from them. Halls Cntarrh
Cure, manufactured by +. j. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo, o., contains no mercury and is taken
internally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. In buying
Halls Catarrh Cure be sure to get the genuine
Ohio, BY +. j. Cheney & Co. Test monials free.
Sold by Druggists, price 7lc. per bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces infamma-
tion, allays pain cures wind collie. 2jc Il bottle.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-01-14
THE ROSE AND THE THORN

Iseek my garden for the rose
That blossomed in the early morn
But 10! the twilight CLEANS disclose
A bud of all its petals shorn,
And meath it frowns the naked Thorn.
George Ii. Conrad, in the Angelus,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-01-14
MRS. KRUGER's CARRIAGE.

Carriages are apparently great
luxuries in the Transvaal Republic,
for news has come that Mrs. Kruger,
wife of the President, is soon to have
one for the first time.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-01-14

biIbstopped free and permanently cured. NJ
ets after first days use of DIR. KLINE's GREAT
NERyE EREsroRER. Free So rial bo tie and treat
ise. Send to DR.. Kline. e31 Arch ST.. Phila.. Pa.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-01-14

To make 1t apparent to thousands who think
themselves i'll, that thoy are not afflicted with
any disease, but that the system simply needs
cleansing, Is to bring comfort homo to thsir
hearts, as costive coalition is easily curel
by using Syrup of Figs. Manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Company only. and sold
BY oil druggists.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-01-14

Dobbins' Floating-BoraS Soap is 100 per cent.
pure. Made of Bora1. 1t floats. Costs YOU same
as poorer floating soap. Worth more. If all is true
you need it. Order one cake of your grocer, you'll
want box next.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-01-14

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an A No. |
Asthma medicine.-W. r. WILLIAMS, Anti
och, ILL.,, April II, 1884,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-01-14
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your EiYs

II you want to quit tobacco using easily and
forever. regain lost MANHOOD, be made we'll,
strong, magnetic, full OF new life and vigor,
makes weak men strong Many gain ten
pounds in ten days. Over 40oOO cured. Buy
No-ro-Bsc from your own druggist Under
abso ute guarantee to cure. Book and sample
Tree. Address Sterling Remedy Co.. Chicago
or New York
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-01-14
RIM giirng ]

Noises In tho ears, sometimes a roaring.
buzzing sound. or swapping like the rc-
port OF pistol, arc caused by catarrh,
that exceedingly dlsagreeabe and very
common disease Loss of smell or hear
Ing also results from catarrh. Hoods
Sarsaparilla, the great blood purifier, is
peculiarly successful remedy for this
disease, which it cures by purifying tho
blood. If you suffer from catarrh, try
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-01-14

.CAsCARErs stimulate liver, kidneys and bow.
els. Never sicken, weaken or grippe. 10c.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-01-14

Football was a crime In England during
the reign of Henry VIII.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-01-14

Umbrellas were introduced into America
from England In 1772.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-01-14

fast; then that bearing down feeling
Her doctor says, "chccr up, you have
dyspepsia; you'll be all right soon."
But she doesn't get "all right" She
grows worse day by day, till all at once
she realizes that distressing female
complaint is established.
Her doctor has made mistake.
She has lost faith in him; hope van
ishes; then comes the brooding, NOR
bid, melancholy, everlasting BLUES.
Her doctor, if he knew, should have
told her and cured her, but he did not,
and she was allowed to suffer. BY
chance she came across one of Mrs.
Pinkham's books, and in it she found
her very symptoms described and an
explanation Of what they meant. Then
she wrote to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn,
Mass, for advice, feeling that she was
telling her troubles to q woman.
Speedy relief followed, and vigorous
health returned.
Lydia u. Pnllham's Vegetable Com
pound instantly asserts it's curative
powers in all those peculiar ailments
of women. 1t has been the standby
of intelligent American women for
twenty years, and the story recited
above is the true experience of hum
dreds of women, whose letters of
gratitude are to be found on file in
Mrs. Pinkham's library.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-01-14
A Crooked River.

There are in Paris 5000 women who are
heads OF mercntile houses
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-01-14

=, JUST try 10c. box of Cascarets, the finest
liver and bowel regulator ever made.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-01-14

WHKH bilious or costive, eat a Cascaret
candy cathartc, cure guaranteed. 10c.. &c.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-01-14

Elephants are fond of gin, but will not
touch champagne.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-01-14
An Important Differences.

The first public schools were opened In
1645 In Massachusetts.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-01-14

IfafIlicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thomp
son IS Eye-watcr. Druggists sell at 25cper botll
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-01-14

Were you ever introduced to dis.
agreeable man who did not remember
you rs lonC as he lived?
The Yale expositor., 1897-07-02

er influence, greater professional sue
cess than those men who break the
statute. Observance OF the law Of God
pays not only spiritually and eternally,
but 1t pays in hard dollars, or bank
bills.
Another powerful temptation or the
legal profession Is to artificial stimu-
lus. No one except those who have
addressed audiences knows about the
nervous exhaustion that sometimes
comes afterward. The temptation to
strong drink approaches the legal pro-
fession at that very point. Then a
trial is coming on. Through the ill
ventilated court room, the barristers
health has been depressed for days and
for weeks. He wants to rally his en-
e-gy. He is tempted to resort to arti-
fetal stimulus. 1t is either to get HIM
self up. or let himself down, that this
temptation comes upon him. The
flower of the American bar, ruined in
reputation and ruined in estate, said
in his last moments: This Is the end.
am dying on borrowed bed, coveredl
with a borrowed sheet, in house buEtI
by public charity. Bury me under
that tree in the middle of the field,
that may not be crowded; l always
have been crowded"
Another powerful temptation of the
legal profession is to allow the absorb
! ing duties of the profession to shut
| cut thoughts Of the great future. You
know very well that you who nave so
| often tried others, will after while
| be nut on trial yourselves. Death viii
sey~e on you a writ OF eJectment, and
you will be put off these earthly prem
ises. On that day, all the affairs OF
your life will be presented in bill OF
particulars" No certiorar! from a
higher court, for this is the highest
court. The day when Lord Exeter was
tried for high treason; the day when
the house OF commons moved for the
impeachment of Lord Lovat; the days
when Charles I and Queen Caroline
were put upon trial: the day when
| Robert Emmett was arraigned as IN IN
su-gent; the day when 9lennerhasset
was brought into the court room be-
cause he hal tried to overthrow the
United States government, and all the
other great trials of the world are
nothing compared with the great trial
in which you and | shall appear sum
moned before the Judge of quick and
dead. There will be no pleading there
1.-The statute of limitations" no turn
ing states evidence" trying TO get OIL
yourselves. while others suffer: no
moving for a nonsuit." The case Will
come on inexorably. and we shall be
tried. You. my brother, who have SO
often been advocate for others. VIII
then need an advocate for yourself
Have you selected him? The Lord
chancellor of the universe. any
man sin. we have an Advocate-Jesus
Christ the righteous. 1t is uncertain
when your case will be called on. BE
ye also ready"
The Yale expositor., 1897-07-02
THE TRADE REVIEW.
Dun 4 co. and Brsdstreet Disagree rs
to- Improvement In business.

Dun a Co and Bradstreet Disagree as
To Improvement In business.
r. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review
OF Trade says:
There is no step backward in busi-
ness, although the season of midsum-
mer quiet is near, Improvement con-
tinues. gradual and prudently cautious
as before, although in many branches
evident where no signs of 1t appeared
a few weeks ago. Great changes before
the adjournment of congress are hard
ly to be expected, but removal OF un-
certainty is with reason expected TO
bring into operation buying forces
which have been restricted for months
Failures for the week have been
ZIG in the United States, against III
last year, and "a in Canada against "a
last year"
Bradstreet's report claims that the
Improvement in business is not such
as to warrant the glowing reports sem
out by Dun e. Co.
The Yale expositor., 1897-07-02
p.pew and the scotehman.

Scotchmen do not like to be remind
ed of the saying that 1t requires a sur
eical operation to make them see
Joke. and. as a matter of fact. they are
as susceptible to the influence OF most
good stories as anybody else. DR.. De-
new. however, seems hardly to believe
this. though he has many warm friends
among Scotchmen. including Ian Mac
laren himself. Once at Scotch din
ner the doctor said that II the jokes
uttered by him that evening were not
instantly appreciated they surely would
be by the time the next annual dinner
was held.
II don't think that's a very funny
thing to say" was the growing COM
ment of a handsome old Scot sitting
near by.
oh" said Depew, that's all right.
You'll see the fun Of 1t year from
now."-Exchange.
The Yale expositor., 1897-07-02
JAPAN WANTS THE ISLAND.
Asiatic Nation Casts Covetous Eyes
on Hawaii.
THE RESULTS MAY BE SERIOUS,
Subjects OF the Mikado Would BE Bar
red from Citizenship In the United
States In the Event of Annexation
Strong Protest Is Made.

Hawaiians in Washington insist
that the reason for the protest OF ia
pan against Hawaii's annexation to
the United States is that Japan really
desires to acquire the islands herself.
At present there are $4,000 Japanese
in the islands, with large property
rights, and under the present condi-
tons they are entitled to become citi-
zens of Hawaii. In case of annexa-
ton these Japanese could not become
citizens of the United States. They
would lose the right to become citizens
and to vote, and the large interests
owned by Japanese citizens in the is
lands would be greatly jeopardized.
The Yale expositor., 1897-07-02

AS the result Of untiring efforts on
the part of the Harriet Beecher Stowe
Memorial Monument company bronze
statue to the memory of the great auth
Dress will be erected soon in Hartford,
Conn. 1t was not generally known that
a monument was contemplated until
the publication of letter in Febru
airy number of the Courant from her
son, the Rev. Charles e. Howe, pro-
testing against the erection of a mon
ument by the public. Mr.. Howe urged
that a scholarship in one of the col
leges for colored people throughout the
South would be a monument far more
in keeping with his mothers character,
and that her children would suitably
mark the grave at Andover. In reply
to this letter the committee maintain
The Yale expositor., 1897-07-02

According to the official statistics OF
our commerce the first consignments
of Egyptian cotton coming directly to
the United States were received during
the fiscal year 1884, AMI amounted to
174,346 pounds. From this small be-
ginning our direct imports rapidly in
creased until in the fiscal year 1896
they had reached no less figure than
43,574, 769 pounds. With the exceu-
ton of Egypt, the only cotton-produc-
ing country from which the United
States imports any considerable
amount is Peru. The Peruvian cotton,
like the Egyptian, owes its use in this
country to certain peculiarities Of quail
dty that make 1t better fitted for some
special purposes than our own vari-
cites, but neither the Peruvian nor the
Egyptian can properly be said to come
into direct competition with our ma
Give cottons. AS compared with the
Egyptian. however. the quantity OF
Peruvian cotton Imported Is very
small. The largest importation ever
recorded, that for the fiscal year 1893
amounted to only 3.411.619 pounds.
The Yale expositor., 1897-07-02
A THRILLING "REMINISCENCES
A Forty Miners Tale of Escape from the
Apaches.

Apaches.
From the Detroit Free Press: Bout
tn closest call / ever had" said the
long-legged man on backless chair In
front of the grocery. "wus when / wus
emigratin' to Californey in 40. There
wus bout fifty of us started together.
but didn't agree very we'll, so ten OF US
separated frum tn rest. an run exper-
dition OF our own. We got along all
right till we got among them Apaches.
They was soon hangin' on our trail
an one day they s'rounded us. They
wus fifty to our one an all we could
look for'ard to wus to die fightin'.
They KEEP a circlin' an a circlin' an
gittin' nearer all tn time, an us stanin
with cur backs together waitin' TIL we
could shoot to kill. Jist when We wus
a whlsperin' goodbye to each other
them red devils took to their heels
like tn United States army was arter
them. 1t wus an earthquake done 1t,
an we wasn't troubled no more"
"Wus they a volcaney there?" asked
the little man with high shoulders and
a WeaZened lace.
Nav, What'er you talkin' bout vol
caneys? I said earthquake"
81 heerd you. But / went through
that same deestrick that year. Them
Apaches got after us an we hustled
them up into tn crater of volcany so
as to stan 'em off. We built kin OF a
platform inside an they couldn't took
us in a thousand years II we'd he'd
grub. One 'mocnin' when we wus jist
about starved, that ole volcaney kim
to life, cut loose like dynermic ex-
plosion an We wus blowed ninety miles
to tn west afore we landed in san
bill Not a durn one of us had a
cratch." The long-legged man reached
for his weazel skin, took on a sickly
grin and said: "What'll you fellers
take?"