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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-30

Long boas are fashioned at the necl;
and belt with jeweled pins in the form
of clasp.
Narrow ruches of lace are suppressed
ing the black chiffon frills used to edge
collars, epaulets and revers.
Aluminium gray, red plum and ab-
bess violet, which is a mixture of blue
and violet, are fashionable colors.
This is to be fur season for both
the tots and the grown-ups, when all
kinds of furs will be worn, either as
entire wraps or as garnitures.
Plumage trimmings and feathers are
much in evidence, and there is de-
mand for tufts of osprey, aigrettes and
the beautiful tails of birds of para
disc.
In novelty hosiery. plaids are con-
spicuous. The quality is exceedingly
fine, and according to hosiery importers
the demand for high-grade goods was
never greater.
| Toproduce an appearance of slender
ness where it does not exist, and to
emphasize slimness where it is natural,
appears to be the aim OF all dress
makers at present.
Color combinations in millinery are
somewhat quaint, but very pleasing. A
dark blue velvet hat has plumes of sill
yer gray, with fans of velvet in blue,
and an aigrette in gray and white.
Feathers of all sorts are used and
made up into plumsge, and birds are
among the most popular trimming.
The birds are in all sizes, some of them
extremely large; indeed, there are
those that appear to be almost the size
Of ON ordinary barnyard fowl.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-30

Large wide Rubens hats of black
velvet, with broad dropping black os-
trich feathers on crown and brim are
very effective accompaniments to cos
tunes of black velvet.
Toques and bonnets are, of course,
always in order for. the no longer
youthful.
In the trimming Of some of the new
round hats, the velvet has been gath
cred, and then the gathering threads
cut, while the Fuckers still remain in
the velvet.
AS to ribbon trimmings, the new
styles are black and colored velours,
also the basket-work weavings in self
colors. Some ribbons have the sur
face well covered with Oriental bro
cades, and shot glace ribbons with
borders are to be seen abundantly.
Striped velvets, bright silk plaids,
chenille and sequins also figure exten-
sively in the decoration of hats.
Various shades of red and 'cerise
still hold popular favor, and we have
become so used to seeing this brilliant
color in millinery, that it no longer
attracts undue attention. Some
French round hats of sunburnt straw
like ecru Milan-are trimmed with
wreaths of Jacqueminot roses and
foliage, with high loops of wide satin
ribbon in the same rich red.
Others of dark reseda straw are
bound and trimmed with velvet of
amaranth red, and with clusters of
velvet damask roses without foliage.
Birds and feathersl Yes, thousands
of them, despite the "bird law"
Birds of all sizes, from the turtledove
TO the blackbird, are used, and; when
too large to be put on entirely. the
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-30
The Strangest Sight.

What is the strangest sight ever
saw? A sand-hill crane dance on the
shore of the Indian River in Florida.
There were ten birds of the average
size and one overgrown fellow. The
latter acted as master of ceremonies.
In fact, he led the dance, even as
'Lish Dyer leads in New York. Eight
formed into square, making four
couples, and all the figures of the
quadrille were presented. They went
forward and back, swung partners,
crossed over, chased" in superb
style, bowed to partners, right-and-
lefted to places, and, indeed, went
through the entire performance in a
weird and ghostlike manner. Once
in awhile the two odd chaps would slip
into the centre and execute flourish,
which the master of ceremonies sud
denly terminated with vicious flap
of the wings, driving the intruders
back to their places as wall flowers.
Could anything funnier be imagined?
The saud-hill crane is four feet long,
with a wingspread of seventy or
seventy-two inches. Its legs are
like pipe stems, three feet in length,
and loosely iointed about the middle.
1t was q dance never to be forgotten,
and was worth going all the way to
Florida to see. The birds wore uni
forms of leaden-gray. - New York
Press
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-30
Pigs Need Sunlight.

A young pig is much like flower;
it must have plenty of sunlight to
make it develop and grow into useful
ness. Many fine litter has been
seriously injured for the lack of it. A
writer i'll Wallace's Farmer makes the
following sensible remarks: "Where
farmers have hog house in which, "a
number of brood sows are having their
litters, we advise putting in cheap
sash on the south side, which can be
done every easily and, at present
prices, at small cost. A brood SOW
should never be allowed to produce
litter in a dark place. The north side
of building is no place for her at all.
Choose the south side, or the east if
nothing better can be done, and let
there be plenty of glass windows to
admit the sunlight. In the summer
time these windows can be removed
and their place taken by some kind of
screen, or, if nothing better, coarse
gunny sack, which will admit the mir
and keep out the flies if pigs are to be
kept in the building. A little atten-
ton to this matter of light will save
plenty of money and prevent serious
disappointment"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-30

The French War Department has
begun series of experiments with
horseless carriages to test their value
in time of war. A number of engi-
neers are engaged in testing them in
every way, going off the public roads
into lanes and by-paths or across
plowed fields. Very full notes are
taken as to the consumption of oil or
essence speed attained, and all the
slight incidents of the route.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-30
Kaleidoscope Money.

In Washington, Treasury officials
are discussing Kaleidoscope money.
The idea comes from Australia, where
the bills of different denominations are
different colors. Secretary Gage ex-
amined new design for 81 note
which will be green. Designs for other
notes have not been completed, but
suggestions are coming in fact. Among
them are to put the 81 bills in pink,
the So in blue, to indicate that feeling
when they're gone; the $40 in red
flame color, as showing the possessor
has money to burn; the $40 in rich
royal purple, the $50 in stripes as q
warning that the petty larceny limit
has been overstepped, and the $10C
notes in luxurious cream color.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-30

A calamity has fallen upon Boston,
and soon an appeal for pecuniary aid
may be expected. The calamity is
without precedent in that city, al
though it is common enough in some
other places. There are 5000 children
without a school in which to say their
lessons, and all because the funds Of
the School Board have run out and
necessary repairs cannot be made on
the school buildings.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-30
Heavy Seeds the Eetter.


The Year Book of the United States
Department of Agriculture for 1897,
now being distributed, contains an i'm
portant paper on the supremacy of
large, heavy seed which commends it.
self to the careful consideration of
every farmer desirous of increasing his
crop yields. The experiments with
heavy and light seed of various grains
and vegetables on which this paper is
based demonstrated very strikingly
the superiority of the plump, sound,
heavy seed. The plant and root de-
velopment of the young seeding from
heavy seeds was larger, more uniform
and better in every way than from
light seeds. The seedlings from
heavy seeds always showed more vigor
than those from light seeds. In the
experiments with barley, for instance,
four different sizes and weights of
grains were taken, and corresponding
gradations were noted in the seed
lings therefrom. This interesting
paper concludes with the statement
that numerous Investigators, both in
this country and in Europe, have
found that heavy seed wheat, oats,
etc, produce heavier crops in the field
than lighter seed of the same variety
sown under similar conditions; and
there seems no room for doubt that, in
the majority of cases at least, the Sc
lection of large or heavy seed will re-
pay the planter for all the money ex-
pended.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-30

The Boston Herald thinks it is singu-
lar that in the search for parallel to
the death of Henry George the in
stance of Daniel Webster has not been
mentioned. There is no perfect par
allel to Mr.. Georges death. Some of
onr exchanges have gone so far as that
Of Horace Greeley to seek it, though
MIR Greeley died after the voting was
all over. Daniel Webster died at the
height Of the campaign of 1852, when
there was ticket of electors in nomi-
nation for him in Massachusetts, to
which he had assented, if not as a test
Of his strength, with a view to lessen
ing the vote of the regular Whig can.
lidNte for the Presidency. He was
not living when the vote was taken,
hut the ticket was kept in the field,
md was supported by those who put
it there, after his death
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-30

The wealth of Greater New York is
almost beyond belief. Its real estate
and personal property are assessed at
the enormous, the almost inconceiv.
able sum of 81, $500, 600, 900. Compare
this with the assessted value of all the
property in the richest States of the
Union, as follows: Massachusetts, 81, :
154, 200, 900; Pennsylvania, 81, $50,
600, 900; Ohio, 81, 900, 900, and
Illinois, $50, 900, 900.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-30

head is combined with artificial wings.
All kinds of feathers find a place
duck and cock feathers, wings of swal.
low and owl, feathers of parrots,
blackbirds, pheasants, and, above all,
ostrich plumes. The price of the lat
ter advances continually, sure proof
of the demand for the article. The
winter models show full amazones in
unheard-of lengths. They are put on
lying full length, or partly around the
crown, or dropping over the brim.
Ostrich plume tips are enriched with
all kinds and sizes of spangles.
Where the brim is broad enough q
long feather boa may be used instead
of a plume. These boas are in several
colors, black, white, silver gray, white
and gray, white and black, castor and
beige. The last two tints are very
fashionable Housewife.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-30

The New York Tribune thinks it is
certainly something of tribute to
American educational institutions and
scholars that when, some years ago, n
graduate of Harvard went to Oxford
and applied for admittance there to
make special study of Shakespeare
for year, lie was told: go back to
Harvard and Professor Child. They
ran teach you far more there than we
ean here" 1t seems, however. that
this opinion had been expressed be
lore, even Mt time when Harvard and
American colleges had not nearly at
tained their present standard, for the
elder Edward Everett. in letter dated
as far back as 1918, said, writing from
Oxford: II have been over two
months in England, and am now visit
.ng Oxford, having passed week in
Cambridge. There is more teaching
and more learning in our American
Cambridge than there is in both the
English universities together, though
between them they have four times
cur number Of students.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-30

Build your own boat!'' is the in
struction given to Klondike explorers
who would cross some of the waters
that intervene between them and the
gold fields. In one sense every man
is obliged in this world not only to
paddle his own canoe" but also to
build his own boat. There are some
things that each human being must do
for himself. Free transportation
across life's difficult stretches cannot
be expected to be always at hand. In
dividual enterprise is continually
called for.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-30

Lady Ernestine Brudenell- Bruce has
forwarded some correspondence which
has passed between herself and the
Board of Trade with reference to an
application recently made by her to be
examined for yacht masters certif-
cate. On August IL last Mr.. Howell,
the Assistant Secretary to the Board,
wrote that the admission of ladies to
examination for certificates of COM
potency is not contemplated by the
regulations, and that the Board regret
that they cannot permit q lady to be
examined for yacht masters certificate.
To this her ladyship replied that, as
the certificate is purely voluntary and
only entities her to command her own
property, she would submit that the
position was somewhat different to her
applying for an ordinary certificate of
competency to enable her to serve in
any ship, and therefore she consid-
cred it unfair to be debarred by rea-
son of her sex from obtaining certifi-
cate which could not be of any pecuni-
ary benefit to herself, and the nom
possession of which would not prevent
her from holding command of her
yacht. Mr.. Howell having again de-
clared the inability of the Board to
give effect to Lady Ernestine's wishes,
the latter replied to the effect that, as
there is no rule or regulation which
stipulates that n lady may not present
herself for examination, she would be
obliged if the Board would favor her
with their reasons for refusing to al
low her to obtain the voluntary certifi-
cate for yacht master; and on Septem-
Der the Board of Trade replied, stat
ing that they had always considered
and held that masters certificate
clearly implies that it is confined to
men.-London Times.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-30
Gossip.

women are wearing more and more
mannish haberdashery every day, and
they are buying it at the mems stores.
David Bles, a noted painter of Hol.
land, has just completed a portrait of
young Queen Wilhelmina, VIII poses
in her..robes of state.
The autumn is the season of fedora,
ton meetings. The last Pennsylvania
State Federation meeting was a gath
ering of fifty odd clubs.
A most enthusiastic yachtswoman is
the Marchioness of Londonderry, who
has her own little boat on Carlingford
Lough, which she often sails herself.
The Princess Of Wales's favorite
flower is the lily of the valley, and the
largest grower of these flowers in
Great Britain has his gardens near
Sandringham.
The Denver Womans Club is wrest-
ling with the question of ways and
means to raise funds for the auditorium
it is to build, probably with the aid of
the "button scheme" the sale of lapel
buttons.
Miss Marie McNaughton, whose
mother was born in Akron, n. Y, is
French translator to the Bureau of
American Republics in Washington.
The position pays her salary of
$2500 year.
There are ten young ladies in the
present Cabinet circle. The Postmas-
ter-General has three daughters in So
ciety, the Attorney General has three
and Secretaries Long, Bliss, Alger and
Wilson one each.
The Baroness Burdett- Coutts has
the absolute disposal of her property
with the exception of her share in
Coutts's banking house. This large
slice of her fortune will ultimately pass
to her nephew, Mr.. Money.
"Gyp," the Partisan authoress, who
is really Countess of Mirabeau, a
great-grandniece of the Mirabeau of
French Revolution fame, has just
bought the old Chateau de Mirabeau,
near AK, built in 1868 by the founder
of the house of Mirabeau.
The Baroness de Hirsch has re-
Gently given $1,000 to the Sunday school
of the Hand to Hand congregation, of
New York City; $4,000 to the Russian
night school in Baltimore, $4,000 to
the Lebanon Hospital and 500 to the
Jewish Maternity Hospital, of Phila-
delphia.
The Connecticut chapters of the
Daughters of the American Revolution
have undertaken to rescue bypurchase
Putnam's 'Wolf Den" property in
Pomfret, and to make it a public park.
The movement was started by the
Elizabeth Porter Putnam Chapter, of
Putnam.
Golf accessories are constantly in
creasing in number and variety. A
pretty little golf scorebook is covered
with leather, the natural color, and
having designs of golf clubs and balls
burned in it. Bonbon dishes are of
cut glass, with silver edge, and the
tongs are pretty little silver golf clubs.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-30
Cheaper Than Stable Manure.

Professor H. E. Van \Deman says
in the Philadelphia Record that crop
of clover or COW peas plowed under
every two or three years in the orchard
will stimulate growth sufficiently, and
as it would take twenty loads of stable
manure per acre to do the same the
former is the cheaper. He thinks
also that 900 pounds each of muriate
of potash and dissolved bone or phos-
phate rock per acre should be applied.
But this will not be necessary every
year until an orchard is bearing heavy
crops and shows signs of impoverish-
ment,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-30

But weary men and women
At morn and eve did pass
Beside the way unshaded,
Amid the sunburnt grass;
Their step was slow and heavy,
Their garments bore tho soil
OF the hard worlds grim work day
They walked the way OF Toll.
C-~s-
So close against our pleasure
Is the undertone of Care,
OF those who, all unsheltered,
The heat aud burden bear,
And the fair summer memory
Sweet harvest to me yields,
Yet ever lives the picture
OF the path across the fields!
Harper's Bazaar.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-30

A great deal of hay is sent to market
full of weeds. While it is true that
some of these, as the white daisy
when cut early, will be eaten, there is
no weed that grows in meadows that
has the nutrition which hay has, and
many weeds are positively injurious.
The worst of feeding weeds with hay
is that many of the weeds have seeded,
and when they go into the manure
pile they go wherever the manure pile
is carried
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-30

Edwin s. Hunt, of Essex, Conn,
has cannon ball which was found
where the old Saybrook fort was once
located, just north of the Valley Rail
road station at Saybrook Point. The
ball was fred from British ship in
the river during the War of 1872.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-30
To Destroy CaterpilIars.

A farmer writes to an agricultural
paper: Every year 1 hear of caterpil-
lar destroying whole orchards and
there is nothing so easy to dispose of.
l bore hole in the tree deep enough
to reach the sap, fill it with sulphur
and plug it up. The sap takes the
sulphur to every branch and twig and
the caterpillars disappear at once. I
have never known a tree to be injured
by it and have used it for years.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-30

Professor Simon Newcomb, in speak
ing of the wonderful star called 1880
Groombridge, says its velocity is
about 200 miles a second, and that $50
far as our knowledge goes, there is no
force in nature that could ever set il
in motion at such a rate, and no foroo
that can ever bring it to o pause"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-30
Rapid Comm nication

The Greenwich Observatory has
been put into telegraphic communica.
tion with that of the McGill College,
Montreal, and the signals can be flashed
between the two places, q distance Of
$500 miles, in three-quarters Of 9
second. s.....--.-...-.-...>---. .-s...-..---..>-
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-30

A suggestion from Tennessee, that
the body of General Sam. Houston be
removed thither for reinterment, has
aroused indignant and vehement pro-
tests in Texas.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-30
A Curious Stone.

One of the most curious stones in
the world is found in Finland. 1t is o
natural barometer, and actually fore
tells probable changes in the weather.
1t turns black shortly before an ap-
preaching rain, while in fine weather
it is mottled with spots of white. II
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-30

Twenty-Five of the counties of
Georgia We're named for men who had
oeen Governors of the State, all of
snte-war times.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-30

Many farmers when they butcher q
COW throw away the hoofs as worth
less. They ought always to be used
to make meats foot oil. Put them in a
kettle with plenty of water and boil
until all the oil is extracted. A set of
four feet will usually make pint of
the oil, which should be skinned
from the surface as it rises in boiling.
Boston Cultiyator.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-30
sss5sS s6;;
s THE EBLUE DRYAD.%
Sex 2szs
was her

TOFFLES was her
name, a familiar
abbreviation, and
Mephistophel e a II
was her nature.
She had all the
usual vices of the
feline tribe, in
Guiding a double
portion of those
which men are so
fond of describing
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-12-30
AGRICULTURAL TOPICS.
Keeping Hubbard Squash.

To keep Hubbard squash perfectly,
a dry room should be secured, where
the temperature can qe kept always
above freezing. Dryness is even more
important than warmth. Squash
quickly mildew and rot when exposed
to moist ar either cold or warm.
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-12
WESTBROOK.

F. H. Freeman, principal of the High
school is moving into the Cloudman
house on Main street.
Mr. Ernest Brewer and family have
moved to their summer cottage at Will
lard
Mrs. Philena B. Mayberry, widow of
the late William Mayberry, died at her
home on Main street yesterday, aged 81
years and days. Mrs. Mayberry was
born in this city and has always lived
here. Her maiden name was Babb. Sh
was the daughter of Zebulon and Lydia
Babb She leaves one son, George May
berry, of this city, and two daughters,
Mrs Mary Phinney of this city, and Mrs.
George Whidden of Melrose, Mass. The
funeral will be Thursday afternoon at
O'Clock Rev. G. G. Pheland will ofici-
ate. She was the oldest native of West
brook.
/: Harry Roberts and Frank Spring of this
city left for Washington, d C., yesterday
They will be away about two weeks.
Master Clifford Ward of Church street
will celebrate the fifth anniversary of his
birth by giving a party to his young
friends in the neighborhood this after
noon
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-12
DEAF HIS

In this city, May IL. Emma A. E., wife oil
Richard Galley, aged AS years.
Funeral Thursday afternoon ar 2 o'clock, at
her late residence. No. IA Smith street.
In this city May IL, George W., Jr., son OF
George w. and Elvira B. Tenant aged 1e
years months.
his late residence, No. Sherman street.
In this city, May IL. Chester Edmond son OF
Clarence A. and Mabel w. Morgan, aged /
month 16 days.
O'Clock. from parents residence, No. So Hamp-
In this city, May II. Margaret, wife of Tho
mas Foley. aged 81 years.
IFunerai Thursday morning at $50 O'Clock
from her late residence, No. s York street
Requiem high mass at st. Dominic Church al
y o'clock.
Samuel Jack, aged 85 years months
In Lancaster, N. H., May O. Mrs. Sarah E.
shaw. wife of the late Rev. f. Z. Shaw. form
erly of Portland, aged 81 years.
In Blainfeld. N j., May 10, Marilla Shirley
city and youngest daughter Of Solomon Thomp
son and Mary Jane Shirley of Deerlng Maine
at the old home, in Deering.