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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-06

nominations, it is said, which ordain
women preachers.
Mrs. Victoria Conkling Whitney.
President of the Woman's Suffrage
Society of st. Louis, is trying to have
the Street Cleaning Department of that
city put in charge of women.
The school board of Valparaiso,
Ind, has decided not to employ mar
ried women as teachers. 1t requires
from applicants pledge that they will
not marry during the school year.
Miss Jane E. Harrison, upon whom
the University of Durham, England.
is about to confer degree, has gained
recognition as Greek scholar and
lecturer on Greek art, especially Greek
vase painting.
1t is not fashionable in Japan for
women to be seen an entire evening in
the same costume. Consequently the
theatres have three tiers of boxes so
arranged that the amiable little crea-
lures can change their dresses and
ornaments in seclusion.
It is said that Santa Fe, New Mex
leo, is the only city in the country with
board of trade composed only of
women members. They attend to all
matters of business relating to the
good order of the city and its sanitary
condition, receive and welcome strang-
ers and entertain all celebrities.
Aunt Mary is an old colored woman
OF Houston, Texas, who has read the
Bible through three times, but is un-
able to read anything else. That she
can actually read the Bible, however,
and does not speak the text from
memory, is positively asserted ly her
mistress. This colored woman is also
woman OF means, owns several pieces
of real estate and wardrobe valued
at 5000.
A South American woman is quoted
as saying that some time ago, in the
absence of water, of which there was
a great dearth at the time, she washed
her face with the juice of watermelon.
The result was SO soothing that she
repeatedly washed her face in this
manner, and her astonishment was
great few days later ON seeing that
there was not freckle left on her
previously befreckled cheeks.
DR.. @. A. Wood, who makes eve
troubles a specially, has discovered
that all kinds of face wells produce dis
turbance, weak sight, headache, verti-
go or nausea. The dotted wells are
the worst, and those with double
thread mesh are much more injurious
than those woven with single thread.
In the wells without dots or figures
vision is made defective in direct pro-
portion to the number of meshes to
the square inch.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-06

Insurance against unemployment
is an experiment begun in America
during the current year according to
the Argonaut, 1t isa private enterprise.
Its dues are heavier than those of
similar European societies, but its
benefits also are much larger. As in
the case of the European societies,
voluntary unemployment, or non
employment for any cause within the
control of the beneficiary, makes all
benefits voidable. This excludes the
striker. As it is to the interest of the
non-insurance companies to help their
benefciaries to get work, q company
in Chicago supplies to its benefciaries
The services of two employment bu.
reaus without charge.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-06

A patrolman arrested N. e. Thweat
on Decatur street for being drunk and
for disorderly conduct, and when he
caught hold of the colored man he
threw his right hand behind him
and attempted to draw a pistol. AS
quick as lightning the officer reached
for his own pistol, and when the coll
ored man saw that the officer meant
business he threw his weapon to the
ground. Thweat was placed under
arrest and his pistol picked up from
where it had been thrown. At the
police barracks Thweat talked about
getting away, and it took some trouble
to keep him quiet. He contended
that he did not mean to shoot the
officer, but only meant to hide the
pistol in his trousers leg. When the
pistol, which was heavy bulldog,
was examined it was found to be
loaded with six cartridges, but instead
of lead they contained wooden bull.
lets.-Atlanta Constitution.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-06

One of the reports of the Educa-
tional Department in England has q
special table devoted to the subject of
the admission of women to university
life. Inquiries have been instituted
as to the arrangements made for wo-
men students at 1G2 of the universities
of the civilized nations in both hemi-
spheres, and 139replies were received.
The questions asked were: Are wo-
men admitted as members of the uni
versities? Are they admitted on the
same terms as men? Are they admit
ted to lectures? Are they admitted to
examinations? Are they eligible for
university degrees?
1t is significant of the advanced
Liberalism of Scotland and Wales that
their five universities have no answer
but Eyes" to make, save as regards
certain medical courses in the north
country. Australia, India and Can
ada also answer EYES," and Toronto
proudly says, "No advantage is grant
ed to men which is not open to wo-
men" New Zealand gives practically
the same reply. France, Belgium,
Holland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden,
Switzerland, Greece, Italy, and, of
course, the United States, have almost
unbroken columns of "Yes." The
great sinners of Europe are Germany,
Austria and Russia. New York Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-06
Selecting Cows For the Dairy.

Prof. 7. l.. Hacker, of the Mime
sofa Experiment Station, says: We
must first determine what we want the
animals for, and then select those which
are adapted for that particular pur-
pose. At the university we keep a
careful account of the cost of keeping
each COW of the herd, with view of
determining the cost of pound of
butter made from the milk of each
COW. The cost varied from eight to
twelve cents pound, some animals
costing fifty per cent. more than others
in producing pound of butter. We
divided the herd into two classes and
found that the division that cost the
most to produce butter had tendency
to put on flesh more than the others.
In order to be doubly sure that our
conclusions were correct, we made
second test with the same result.
Now, why was this? / examined the
two classes individually and found
that the spare built COW, with deep
body, was the best dairy COW. In both
divisions all breeds of cows were repre-
sented. What we wanted to find out,
if possible, was how to be able to tell,
without making a mistake, the animal
that would make butter the cheapest.
Careful investigation developed the
fact that it took one pound of food to
maintain 100pounds of animal weight,
so that animal that weighed 900 pounds
would digest eighteen pounds of feed
required nine pounds to support her.
self and should return the remaining
nine pounds to her owner.
We must feed the COW just what she
needs to maintain and produce the
greatest possible amount of milk; select
her food for her, for if you turn her out
where she has access to straw pile or
other coarse fodder she will fill her
stomach with food that she does not
need, and it will occupy the space in
the stomach that should be filed with
nutriment to produce milk. There is
another thing have noticed, and that
is, that in examining Jersey herds we
find the ANIMALS are generally advanced
in age. Large COWS are not as good
for the dairy as they have to carry too
much weight, and it has tendency to
wear them out and they put ON beei
and break down and wear out.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-06

China is by no means unlikely to be
the next place where the gold fever
will break out, remarks Self Nature. 1t
is known that there are large deposits
OF the precious metal in the Celestial
Empire, and when the Special Am
Sssador of the Chinese Government
was recently passing through Canada
on his way to the jubilee celebrations
he applied to the authorities of the Do.
minion for information regarding its
laws relating to mining, as well as the
methods adopted. The reason for
seeking this information, which is now
being prepared, was conveyed by the
Ambassador, who said that the Chinese
authorities intend to give a good deal
of attention to the development of the
mining industry. The people who
desire to be in the forefront of the
movement had better, perhaps, con-
slider the advisabilty of taking tickets
to Hong Kong rather than to Klon-
like
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-06
Woman For Game Warden.

Once again new and startling oc-
cupation has been found for the new
woman. 1t is that of game warden,
and the woman who distinguished her
self by making this brand new depart
ment is Mrs. Warren Neal, of Neal,
Mich. This woman was appointed
game warden for Grand Traverse
County not long since, and from the
appearance of things she will attend to
the duties of her office in business
like manner. The duties of game
warden are of such nature that many
men would not care to undertake to
fill the place; but Mrs. Neal is a
plucky little woman, and she has no
fear whatever of not being able to
overcome all obstacles. A game war
den is supposed to travel all over the
county and keep a sharp lookout for
violators of the game and fish laws.
AS Grand Traverse County, of which
Mrs. Neal has control, is densely
wooded and has many lakes, she will
be kept very busy seeking out and
bringing to justice yiolators of the law.
Mrs. Neal handles a gun like an ex-
pert, rows boat, and is skilful
woodsman, and she knows every inch
of the territory she has to patrol. In
order to make her way through the
dense growths in the forest land as
easily as possible, Mrs. Neal has
adopted a costume modelled after the
much-reviled bloomers. Philadelphia
Inquirer.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-06
A Curious Garment.

A curious garment came into this
port recently on one of the trans-At.
lantic steamers. 1t was petticoat on
very pretty young woman, and its
novelty consisted in the fact of its
being made of some two dozen golf
stockings sewed together in the shape
of skirt. Keen Custom Bouse IN.
spectors, seeing the unusual bulk of a
rather slender young woman's outfit,
made the discovery.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-06
How to Clean Furs.

"The ancient idea that really good
furs will last forever is fallacy, and
many an owner of n fine sealskin Jacket
or fine ermine cape will soon be as
tonished when she looks at her furs
for the first time since their long sum
mer seclusion, to find that they look
very shabby after lying in camphor
chest for six MONTHS" said New York
furrier.
eff dealer has had charge of such
articles during the off season they are
kept in good condition, because he has
every convenience for cleaning and
taking care of furs. But if the owner
has taken them into her own keeping
she will no doubt be glad at this time
to learn how her treasures may be
renovated and made to look 'as good
us new
"Ermine and sealskin are best
cleaned with soft flannel. Rub the
fur delicately against the grain, and
when it has been thoroughly lifted and
reversed, dip the flannel into common
flour and rub lightly any spots that
look dark or dirty. Then shake the
goods well and rub the fur with q
clean dry flannel until the -four is all
removed.
"Sable, chinchilla, squirrel and
monkey skin may be very effectually
cleaned with hot bran. Procure q
small quantity of bran meal and heat
it in an oven until it is quite warm.
Then rub it softly into the fur and
leave the goods for five or ten min
utes before shaking to freeit from the
bran.
mink may be cleaned and fresh
ened with warm eornmeal, and, like
the other short-haired furs, may be
done without removing the lining
But the long g-haired :goodsi are best
ripped apart and freed from stuffing
and lining.
'"Those who may not care to go to
the trouble of taking fur garments
apart will find that TIE simple remedies
1 have mentioned will go a long way
toward making the jackets and capes
look clean, even if not ripped apart. I"
Washington Star.
Gossip.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-06

For the first time in thirty years
Rosa Bonheur has exhibited this sea-
son some of her pictures in the Paris
Salon. These exhibits comprise four
pastels; and the fact that they are
dated 1897 shows the remarkable en-
ergy of this most Industrious woman,
who is now in her seventy sixth year.
She lives i'll great seclusion all the
year round near Fontainebleau, ana
the reason given for her not exhibit
ing in Paris heretofore is that all her
pictures are bought even before they
finished. Woman's Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-06
A Toronto gentleman explains in

A Toronto gentleman explains in a
current review just "what the British
possessions in America would do in
the event of prolonged war between
England and the United States" 1t
would be valuable article, the Chi
cago Times Herald confesses, were it
not for one fact-in the event of
prolonged war between England and
the United States there will be no
British possessions in America.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-06

" What is the Maine girl to do with all
ihe luck that must come from having
found on one days outing two six-leaf,
forty five five-leaf, and eighteen four
leaf clovers? A greater Klondike
should be within her range of discov-
cry. Already she is being over
whelmed with offers of marriage from
superstitious suitors who have tired Of
farming and numbering.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-06
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL,

Good veins of emery have been found
in the sapphire mines in the Yogo dis.
trict, Montana.
A Dutchman of Weert has found a
way of spinning thread from peat,
which is woven into clothing. The
fabrics thus made are comparatively
cheap and intended for ordinary use.
At recent meeting of the Institu-
tiou of Civil Engineers in London, the
opinion was expressed that the coming
material for ship-building is nick ell
steel, but that before it can be extern
sively used, further deposits of nickel
must be discovered.
French experts in the desert of
Sahara are expressing apprehensions
at the gradual diminution of the fertile
oases. 1t is known that the large oases
were much larger in the time of the
ancient Romans, and that they are be-
ing constantly reduced in size by the
encroachments of the sand dunes. The
problem is how to stop these.
According to Herr Levinstein, the
action of the rarefied air ON the animal
organism is to produce a very strong
fatty degeneration OF the heart, the
liver and the muscles, while death sets
in through the want of oxygen. The
experiments from which these facts
were ascertained were performed on a
rabbit at thirty or forty centimeters
pressure.
Diving operations at a great depth
have proved successful off Cape Fin
nisterre, all the silver bars from the
steamer Skyro, which sank in thirty
fathoms in 1891, having been brought
TO the surface. The working depth
Tor the divers was never less than III
teet, and was often more. Dynamite
was used to blow away the deck. The
value of the silver was $4,000.
The only United States dry dock
now available for the largest battle
ships of the white squadron is that at
Puget Sound, on the extreme north
western boundary, which is the largest
in the Western Hemisphere. 1t is $50
feet long, and over ninety-two feet
wide at the gate, with depth over
;he sill of thirty feet. Ships of twelve
thousand tons can be docked in it.
The lightest substance known is said
70 be the pith of the sunfower, with a
specific gravity of OOPS, while elder
pith-hltherto recognized as the
lightest substance-has specific
gravity of 0.09, reindeer's hair o. l and
cork 0.24. For saving appliances at
sea, cork, with buoyancy of one to
five, or reindeer's hair with one of one
to ten, has been used, while the pith
of the sunhower has buoyancy of one
to thirty-fve.
One would hardly look for new forms
Of animal life in vast, dark cavern
like the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky.
Yet as matter of fact, no less than
seven such forms inhabiting that par
hcular cave, and hitherto unknown to
science, have recently been described.
The fact that these creatures are very
minute does not detract from their
scientific interest, while, on the other
hand, it must increase our admiration
Tor the skill and industry of the natur-
alists who do not allow even micro.
scopic life to escape their ken, although
hidden in places where no ray of sun
light ever penetrates.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-06

"Here, Harry, is a dime for you"
said Mr.. Harper to the little brother
of the one he loves. "Have you ever
heard Miss Bessie say anything about
me when 1 wasn't here?"
"Oh, lots of time, - replied the sweet
child.
"And what does she say, Harry?"
"She says she's always glad to have
you come here when she's feelin' all
wore and tired"
"And," continued the delighted
young man, "does she ever explain
why she likes to have me come at such
times?"
eyes. She says you're so easy she
can go to sleep and still keep you
guessin'. ."-Cleveland Leader.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-06

Mrs. Wilton-"'I have not heard
from your daughter since she married
a foreign count"
Mrs. Bilton-"She is very un,
happy"
Mra- W.-"Too bad; but such
matches usually are unfortunate"
Mrs. B.-'1ndeed they are. You
see the poor girl knows so little Of
foreign languages that she drops bacl,
INTO English every time she gets mad,
and then her husband can't under
stand a word she says. New York
Weekly.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-06

"What patient man that Hanford
is?"
'Is he patient? I never noticed
it,"
Eyes; he inflated his tires with a
hand pump this morning without
swearing that he would throw the
thing away and kick his wheel to
pieces rather than ever to try to do it
again. Cleveland Leader.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-06
Looking Before Leaping.

LADY, wish you would call at
the office of Mr.. Oldrich, 999 Fashion
avenue, contrive to have some con-
versation with the venerable gentle
man, and so far as you are able, ex-
anime into his physical condition.
1 desire to know how long he is likely
to live"
Physician-"Certainly. Are you
his wife?"
Lady-"No, but 1 have chance to
be. New York Weekly.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-06

After making numerous trials of
various wraps and washes to protect
tree from rabbits, mice, borers and
sunscald, find that wrapping with
burlap is the most effective. This ma
terial will last two years.-Samuel
Edwards, of Illinois.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-06

"What do you think will be the eff
feet of that politicians latest utter
ance?"
SIT depends on the individual"
replied Willie Washington. "Peo-
pie who like him will call it "a praise
worthy STEP, and those who don't will
refer to it as "a shrewd move. %
Washington Star.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-06
A Change of Heart.

He-"I think shall have to preach
bicycle sermon tomorrow advising
all my parishioners to ride wheel"
She-'Why, Joseph, it was only
three weeks ago that you denounced
the wheel most thoroughly
He-"Yes; but remember, my dear,
that was while was learning to ride"
-Harper's Bazaar.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-06

American bicycles are appreciated
in other countries besides our own.
During the past season the number
of those exported was four times as
large as that of the season previous.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-06

A new York scientist declares that
it is entirely possible for a young
woman to marry and live well on two
dollars week. The modern young
woman, however, exhibits no inclina-
tion to make use Of all her possibili-
fias
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-06
To Now That Hedge.

Hedges can be easily trimmed by
moving machines with q new cutter
bar. which rests on fitting frame and
can be raised to any height and set at
any angle desired.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-06

"Were you knocked speechless when
you ran into that ice wagon"
mo; but my wheel was knocked
spokeless. The Wheel.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-06
Health of Plants.

1t is impossible for plants to thrive
unless they have plenty of earth.
There must be ample room in the pot
or tub for the expansion and susten-
ance of the roots.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-06

''You

''You consider this garbage question
an important one, do you not?"
my dear sir, it's the burning ques-
tion of the age. Chicago Post.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-06

Perry Patettic-'Please, mister,
could you help the victim of wash
out?'
Mister-''Of washout?"
eyes, mister. amt had nothin'
but wotter to drink for two long weeks"
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-06
Chemical Reason why Fall Flowing is
Better Than Spring Flowing.


Better Than Spring Flowing.
To prepare the ground for the seed
it should be deeply plowed in the
autumn and cross -plowed, as the land
cannot be plowed in the spring with
out exposing large surface to the
strong drying effects of the spring
winds and thus occasioning the loss
from the soil by evaporation of guam
tity of water proportioned to the in
crease of surface exposed. By the
reciprocal action of the atmosphere
and the soil the latter keeps up its
store of available nutritive matters.
The silicates soluble with difficulty
slowly yield alkalies, lime and mag
nesia in soluble forms; the sulphides
are slowly converted into sulphates
and generally the minerals of the soil
are disintegrated and mixed under the
influence of the oxygen, the water, the
carbonic acid and the nitric acid of the
air. Again, the atmospheric nitrogen
is assimilable by the soil in the shape
of ammonia, nitrates and the amide-
like matters of humus.
The rate of disintegration, as well
as that of nutrification, depends in
part upon the chemical and physical
character of the soil, and partly upon
the temperature and meteorological
conditions.
Moreover, the soil lying in rough
interfurrows has been subjected to the
action of frost; it is in its upper lay
ers so broken up and divided in all
directions by the powerful expansion
OF the water, when converted into ice,
as to be reduced to the condition of
the greatest possible fneness-recog-
nized and so much desired by the far
mer under the term mellowness.
1t has consequently attained that
degree of pulverization and porosity
which, with an adequate degree of
moisture, affords solid standing
ground for the young plant, while at
the same time enough air for the de-
velopment of the germ can penetrate
the surface of the soil, and in the up
per layers nutritive material for the
young plant dissolved by the moisture
of the winter is always present. 1t is
therefore in accordance with reason
not to plow the land at all in the
spring, but to put in the seeds with
out further preparation than prey
ious narrowing.
The vigorous development of plants
depends far less upon the weight and
size of the seed than upon the depth
to which 1t is covered with the earth,
and upon the stores of nourishment
which it finds in its first period of life.
Andrew HI. Ward.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-06
THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE.
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE
FUNNY MEN Or THE PRESS.

a Taking Young FelIow-Easily Defined
The Discourteous Intcrruption-Fired
Back--Parts of speech-A Genuine
Delight-IIis Sphere OF Activity, Etc
He took her fancy when he came;
He took her hand, he took kiss;
He took no notice of the shame
That glowed her happy cheek at this.
Hetook to coming afternoons;
He took an oath he'd neer deceive;
He took her fathers silver spoons,
And after that he took-his leavei
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-06

what is counting danger, Uncle
Simon?"
"Any kind of court:ng."
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-06

"There's the wood pile" significant
ly suggested the housewife when
Meandering Mike applied for re-
past.
MADAME, he replied, "dis here is
one O. de mos melancholy coinci-
dents dat ever happened. I'm de
President of de 'Sociation of Wander
ing Woodchoppers, an it amt been
morn two minutes since I declared
general strike"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-06

Japan's war vessels, great and
small, are to cost fifty million dollars,
and it will require vast sums to keep
them in commission.