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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-27
BIGGEST YOKE OF. OXEN.
Stand Seventeen Hands High and To-
gether Weigh 1900 Pounds.

Stand Seventeen Hands High and To-
gether Weigh 1900 Pounds.
The greatest yoke of cattle ever seen
in this country is owned by j. d.
Avery, of Buckland, Mass. They are
named Joe and Jerry. Their age lis
eight years and they measure ten feet
in girth. They stand seventeen hands
high and their measurement mftip
to tip is fifteen feet eleven inches.
There is not difference of ten pounds
in weight between them, and the two
together tip the scales at 1900 pounds.
They hold the worlds record for one
pull, having drawn 1,061 pounds of
stone, loaded on dray, on level,
just eight feet in one draw. They are
models of ssymmetry in build, are ex-
tremely kind and docile and beauti-
fully colored. The best of care is de-
voted to them, one man spending sew
eral hours every day in grooming and
cleaning them.
In speaking of his handsome yoke
of oxen Mr.. Avery said: "The oxen
have not by any means reached their
limit; they have gained in weight
some seven hundred pounds the past
year and are capable of carrying an
other thousand pounds. Unlike
other large cattle, their flesh is dis
tributed very evenly which adds very
much to their looks, and they stand on
their limbs as straight as pair Of
calves.
""They are remarkably intelligent
and well trained. They are very &C
tive and can easily walk q mile in
thirty minutes. They are colored,
like all pure Holsteins, black and
white. Their coats are as fine and
glossy as q thoroughbred racers.
They are still worked moderately
when at home. Their yoke was made
to order, and probably is the largest
yoke ever worn by any team. 1t is
seven feet in length and weighs 200
pounds.
'Their crowning glory is their mag
nificent set of highly polished horns.
For size, quality, mating and beauty
combined their equal does not exist in
the world. 1t may be of interest to
know that their feed consists of eight.
to twelve quarts of corn and oats
ground together, two quarts of flax
meal and from six to eight quarts of
bran each day, with an occasional
change, to suit their appetites. -
Philadelphia Times.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-27
Long-pistance Electricity.

1t is proposed to deliver electrical
energy equivalent to 4000-horse power
in the car house at Los Angeles, CAL,
from Santa Ana, q distance of eighty
miles, under pressure of 33, 900 volts.
The power station is in Santa Ana
Canyon, twelve miles from Redlands.
The current will be generated at 1000
volts and transformed up to 33, 00O.
The Santa Ana River furnishes the
power. The water is to be directed
from the stream by canal fume and
tunnel work along the side Of the can
yon to point where suddenly it falls
through 2200 feet of pipe distance OF
750 feet to the water wheels.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-27

The failure of Decker, Howell & Co.,
prominent brokers of Wall street,
New York City, occasioned by the rise
in sugar, recalls the fact that this firm
failed in the Barring panic" of Novem-
Der 11th, 1890, with liabilities of $12,-
100000. The New York correspond
ent of the Philadelphia Ledger fur
nishes the following interesting and
concise history of that event: "The
incident is notable in the history of
the street as one of the cases of phe-
nomenally rapid recovery of financial
standing and for one of the biggest
fees ever paid to a lawyer. Decker.
Howell & Co. We're Mr.. Wizards
Brokers. The panic swamped them.
William Nelson Cromwell, their assig-
nee, succeeded in Strengthening out
their affairs, paying their. creditors in
full and getting them in condition for
a new start in business in sixty days.
The statutory fee received by the as.
signee was $3.50, 900, and so pleased
were the creditors with his work that
they afterwards presented to him q set
of silver plate, valued at 500, 600, as a
Testimonial. 1t remains to be seen
whether so happy result all around
twill follow the present complications.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-27

dians the yarns of gold without limit.
The Indians brought samples of the
rock and sand and did well in trading
them. A party of forty men banded
to go back with the Indians. Berry
was one of the forty. Each had an
outtit-a years mess of frozen meat
and furs. 1t was early spring when
this first batch of prospectors started
out over the mountains and the snow
was as deep as the cuts in the sides of
the hills. The natives packed the
stuff to the top of the Chilcoot Pass.
1t was life and death every day. The
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-27
WISE WORDS.

Tact is very often the knowledge Of
when it is better not to tell the whole
truth.
The shiftless man is always away
from home when a good opportunity
knocks.
Some men learn enough in six
months travel to bore others for. @
h1etlme. u.ar-,
Do good and cast it into the sea; if
the sea does not recognize it the
Creator will.
Nothing can make people go blind
any quicker than filling their eyes
with gold dust
A man likes to refer to himself as an
idiot at times, but it makes him mad
if anybody else agrees with him.
Slander has buzzard's eye, a
VOLTS nose, a viper's tongue, a bats
wings, a leopard's claws and ravens
voice.
Genius sometimes seems to be that
sort of gift which gains unmerited
sympathy for recklessly disregarding
itself.
We learn wisdom from failure more
than from success; we often discover
what will do by finding out what will
not do.
If people could see their obituary
while they are still living, it would en-
courage them SO much that they might
live longer.
Resentment seems to have been
given us by nature for defense only; it
is the safeguard of justice and the se-
curity of innocence.
1t is strange that, of all possible
tasks, simply to be what We are
should prove not the easiest, but in
tinitely the hardest.
There is a class of people who think
they are too poor to buy hannels for
the winter who will spend their last
cent having their fortunes told.-The
South West.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-27

Italy takes the lead of European Ma
tions, with an average annual crop of
murders of 2479, ratio per 10000
deaths of 294; Spain follows, with a
ratio of 1913, and 1900 murders; Aus
tria, ratio of S.S, and 600 murders;
England, ratio of IL, and 377 mur-
ders.
In England, in the reign of Henry
VIII, there were II, 400 persons hanged
or beheaded; in one year 800 beggars
were executed for soliciting aims. In
1920 no less than forty-six persons
were hanged in England for forging
Bank of England notes, some of which
were afterwards asserted to be good.
Capital punishment was abolished in
Italy in 1876, and murders increased
forty-two per cent.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-27
GOLD DUST WITH LOVE.
NUGGETS AND ROMANCE IN THE
PLACERS OF THE kLONDlkE.

Clarence j. Berry, Only Recently a Poor
Farmer, Now the Barney Barnato of
the Fields-wedding Trip of Fifteen
Months Was Worth n Million a Month.
Clarence J. Berry is the Barney Bar
nato of the Klondike. He took $780,
900 from the top dirt of one of his
claims IN five months. He kept it all
but S22, 900, which he paid to his min
ers. He did not have to give his
wife even so much as pin money. She
had pan of her own. She would oc-
casionally get time from her sewing
and mending to drop around to the
dump. She sifted out $4,000 or so
in her spare moments. This was her
amusement in the strangest years
honeymoon that is recorded. The two
started fifteen months ago as bride and
groom. She was the devoted sweet
heart of poor Fresno farmer. They
have returned to San Francisco with
all kinds of gold dust, nuggets and
coin. They have millions in sight, and
behind the millions is a prettyromance
Berry was a fruit raiser in the south
ern part of California. He did not
have any money. There was no par
ticular prospect that he would ever
have any. He saw life of hard plod-
ding for bare living. There was no
opportunity at home for getting ahead,
and, like other men of the Far West, he
only dreamed of the day when he would
make a strike and get his million. This
was three years ago. There had then
come down from the frozen lands of
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-27

The observations of Professor Golu-
boff, of Moscow, have convinced him
that appendicitis is not only con-
tagious disease, but that it sometimes
occurs in epidemics. 1t was unusually
prevalent in Moscow last year. To il
lustrate, Professor Goluboff mentions
that in small boarding school where
in several years there had not been a
single case of appendicitis, he treated
seven cases within two months.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-27

< Says the Philadelphia Call: These
evidences of wealth, particularly the
irresistible fascination of gold, have
started a tide of emigration to Alaska
that will cover her barren wastes with
the evidences Of civilization. Cities and
towns will spring up. Railroads and
other means of transportation must
follow, and Alaska will not be long in
seeking admission to the Union,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-27
THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE.
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS.

- College Confidence - His
Choice-The "Git Thar" Faculty-As
He Understood It-Reasonable Prefer
ence-Too Infiammable-A Precaution.
They say the airship's coming soon.
Right welcome will it be.
To all mankind t will prove boon,
But specially to me.
I'll only have to get on board,
CT will take me anywhere,)
Merrily then I'll steer it toward
My castle in the air.
Puck.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-27
The Chicken Was Loaded.

A few days ago the family of Ed
Fay concluded to kill chicken to
cook, and found this invoice in. its
gizzard: Twenty-four BIB 22-caliber
cartridge shells, two gravel stones,
two glass beads, bit of glass, and q
pin. The shapes of the cartridges had
undergone modification while in the
chicken:@Topeka CKansasl Journal. y
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-27

+ A genuine hearty laugh is an aid to
digestion, stimulus to the circula-
tion of the blood and positive beauti-
fer. The whole system is benefited
by a cheerful, merry laugh, and ones
friends are attracted by the bright,
wholesome nature that ripples out in
sunny music like happy woodland
etrenm
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-27
WORLDS YOUNGEST cYcuST.
A Seventeen Mont Old Chicago Boy Who
Rides a Wheel.

This is the picture of Harry W. Slim
ing, the tiniest cyclist in the world.
He is only seventeen months old and
rides what is probably the smallest
wheel ever built for practical riding.
His mount weighs So pounds, has a
frame u inches high. and the dame
ter of the wheel is ten inches. 1t is
perfect in equipment, all the parts
having been made especially for the
diminutiye machine. Even the lamp
is midget.
Under the guidance of his father or
some friend of the family the little fell
low pedals along Chicago boulevards
with solemn and dignified air, TAX
ing no heed of the attention he is at
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-27

Governor Black, of New York, said
in Syracuse at a recent meeting of the
representatives, of institutions en-
braced in the University of the State
of New York that if educators should
enter politics there would be no harm
to them, but politics would be much
more clean and pure.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-27

Wife-"Here's a wonderful case of
endurance. A fellow sat in the rigging
of wrecked vessel three days and
didn't seem to mind it"
Husband-"He had probably been
used to riding on an anatomical bicy-
Gle saddle. Truth.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-27

"I am told your wife would rather
cook than eat"
The other man glanced nervously
over his shoulder. "What she cooks,
yes," he replied in hoarse whisper.
Detroit journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-27

Out of the 400 young men graduated
from Harvard College this year not a
single one intends to take up the study
of theology.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-27
Occasionally observing a
tracing.

tracing. Occasionally observing a
scorcher flash by crouching over the
handlebars, Harry tries to do likewise,
to the huge delight of the spectators.
He is learning the pedal mount and Is
already making feeble tries at simple
tricks
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-27

Chalumeau has just returned from a
fishing expedition.
"Well," his friends ask him, "did
you catch anything?"
81 missed my twelfth fish," answers
Chalumeau, who thus spares himself
the humiliation of telling that he
missed his first as we'll. lie Figaro.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-27

Bridget has kitchen full of her
company.
Mistress from the head of the stairs)
-"Bridget"
Bridget-"Yes, ma'am."
Mistress-"It's 10 o'clock"
Bridget-"Thank ye, ma'am. And
will be SO koind ez to tell me whin it's
12?"-Pick- -Me-Up.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-27
Wife worrying
Obvious.

He-"Where have you been?"
She-''Downtown, looking over
some bonnets
He-"Looking over some bonnets,
did you say?"
She ''That's what I said"
He-"Then they were not theatre
bonnets ?"-Yonkers Statesman.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-27
Untrue.

She-"Harry, you said something
last evening that made me feel so bad"
He-"Why was it, dearest?"
She-"You said was one of the
sweetest girls in all the world"
He-"And aren't you, darling?"
She-"You said 'one Of the sweet.
est Oh, Harry, to think I should
live to know that L have to share your
love with another. Boston Tram
script
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-27

Thacher-''What is meant by 'in-
consistency?"
'Pupil-''That would be if person
was to ride one make of wheel this year
and different make next year. -
Puck.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-27
As He Understood 1t.

The COUNT have been invited to
tin wedding"
The Baron-"Ahl The girl is being
married for her money?"-Puck.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-27

among the first in. He staked claim
forty, above the Discovery, which
means that his property was the forti-
eth one above the first Aladdin. 1t
was agreed that each claim should
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-27

"What, in your opinion, is the most
pleasing decoration for wheel?"
ga pretty woman. Judge.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-27

IT know why the proprietor of this
hotel makes our board-bills SO high"
"Why?"
$50 that we can't jump them. -
.Harper's Weekly.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-27

Friend-'Does your town boast of a
baseball team?"
Suburbanite-"No. We used to
boast of one; but we have to apologize
for it now. Puck.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-27

Bilkins-"I hope I'm not in the way,
Miss Tompkyns.
Miss Tompkyns-'Why, Mr.. Bill
kins, how can you suggest such a
thing! You know I believe in even
numbers. Polly and Charley make
two; Jack and make four; you and
the dog mako six. We are all paired
off nicely. THE Yellow Kid.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-27

Too Infanmable.
Jack-"She used to be an old fame
of yours, did she not?"
Arthur-"Yes; but that was when I
had money to burn. Puck.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-27

Glasgow. Manchester and Birming-
nam are still.the foremost industrial
centers of Europe.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-27

IHe 'NIt IhHr' FHcUIIy.
Groober-''Was it Joglin's ability
that got him that $4,000 position?"
Hoover-"Yes; his ability to get it. !"
-Roxbury Gazette.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-27

Miss Girton-"And do you like
Browning?"
Oxonian-'Well, to tell the truth,
I'd as soon read time table. -
Punch.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-27
He Knew His Worth.

Young Lady-You are a wonderful
master of the piano, l hear"
Professor Won Spieler (hired for the
occasion blay aggompaniments
zometimes."
Young Lady-"Accompaniments to
singing?"
Professor Won Spieler-"Aggom-
paniments to conversations. Tit
Bits,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-27

The Wife-"Doctor, can you do any
thing for my husband?"
Doctor-"What seems to be the
matter?"
The Wife - Worrying about
money"
Doctor-"Oh, 1 can relieve him o.
that all. :"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-27

The chief
Stockholm the Industrial
wooden budngn the world
greatest industry Sweden
the exhibition grounds adorned with arising height
about 100 meters The cupo itself is surrounded by resembling
lifts
be grounds
viron. much fol beauty
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1897-09-27
College Confidence.


Miss Girton-"And do you like
Browning?"
Oxonian-"Well, to tell the truth,
I'd as soon read timetable. -
Punch.
A Precaution.
''I know why the proprietor of this
hotel makes our board bills SO high"
"Why?"
$50 that we can't jump them"
Harper's Weekly.
A Poor Specimen.
Friend-"Does your town boast of a
baseball team?"
uburbanite-'No. We used to
boast of one; but we have to apologize
for it now. Puck.
An Illustration.
Thacher-"What is meant by ''in-
consistency?"'
''Pupil-"That would be if person
was to ride one make of wheel this year
and different make next year. -
Puck.
Reasonable Preference.
'I am told your wife would rather
cook than eat"
The other man glanced nervously
over his shoulder. "What she cooks,
yes," he replied in hoarse whisper.
Detroit journal.
Injured to Hardship.
Wife-"Here's wonderful case of
endurance. A fellow sat in the rigging
of wrecked vessel three days and
didn't seem to mind it.
Husband had probably been
used to riding on an anatomical bicy-
Gle saddle. Truth.
Easy to Cure.
The Wife-"Doctor, can you do any
thing for my husband?"
Doctor-'What seems to be the
matter?"
The Wife - Worrying about
money"
Doctor-"Oh, 1 can relieve him o.
that ALL"
Obvious.
He-"Where have you been?"
She-'Downtown, looking over
some bonnets.
He-'Looking over some bonnets,
did you say?"
She-""That's what I said"
He-"Then they were not theatre
bonnets?" Statesman.
How He Got Around 1t.
Chalumeau has just returned from
fishing expedition.
"Well," his friends ask him, "did
you catch anything?"
81 missed my twelfth fish" answers
Chalumeau, who thus spares himself
the humiliation of telling that he
missed his first as we'll. lie Figaro.
Time Serving.
Bridget has kitchen full of her
company.
Mistress from the head of the stairs)
-"Bridget!"
Bridget-"Yes, ma'am."
Mistress-"It's 10 o'clock"
Bridget-"Thank We, maam. And
will be so koind ez to tell me whin it's
12?'-Pick-Me-Up.
Paired of.
Bilkins-"I hope I'm not in the way,
Miss Tompkyns.
Miss Tompkyns-'fWhy, Mr.. Bill
kins, how can you suggest such a
thing! You know I believe in even
numbers. Polly and Charley make
two; Jack and make four; you and
the dog mako six. We are all paired
off nicely. THE Yellow Kid.
He Knew His Worth.
Young Lady-You are wonderful
master of the piano, hear"
Professor Won Spieler (hired for the
occasion)-'I blay aggompaniments
zometimes."
Young neutrality-suspicious. to
singing?"
Professor Won Spieler-"Aggom-
paniments to conversations. Tit
Bits,
Untrue,
She-"Harry, you said something
last evening that made me feel so bad"
He-"Why was it, dearest?"
She-"You said was one of the
sweetest girls in all the world"
He-"And aren't you, darling?"
She-"You said 'one Of the sweet.
est Oh, Harry, to think I should
live to know that L have to share your
love with another. Boston Tran
script
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-12-04
places where he could have done

places where he could have done
better.
There is also oppo rtunity at this
season, as not at the season Of active
growth Of plants and constant stir
ring Of the soil, to look after re-
pairings and other like details;
matters that at that specially busy
season may have been passed.
In regard to all these affairs the
tendency is apt to be to still further
wait Thus the thing needed to be
done, gets added to an accumulation
results in a sample of the worst in
farming. s esS e. So
There is fine training in our
compelling ourselves to act for>the
greater part on the instant The
mending Of the broken gate and the
putting up Of the fence that is down
should not be postponed.
PERHAPS in the season Of fresh
fruits and vegetables, when the
farm garden ought to have been
Astounding in market products, and
there were few Of them or perhaps
none at all, it was purpo scd that the
like should not be the fact again.
Now is the season for making the
arrangements to insure that next
year all will be well on this score.
Get the ground ready. Take out
and spread the manure. Arrange
to have the trees and vines on hand,
if any are to be planted, SO that
they may be set out in good time to
be ready to grow when the spring
opens.
Those long engaged in farming
should welcome suggestions from
the young and 1mpressionable.
Thus the interest every way is main
tanned and renewed.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-12-04
Ward MEE TING.

In accordance with the call
issued by the Democratic Parish
Executive Committee, a number OF
the Democrats of the third ward
met in the courthouse Wednesday
at II O'Clock and selected II dele
gates to represent this ward In the
parish convention which is to be
held Saturday. Chairman Hahn,
of the executive committee, pre-
sided over the meeting and Homer
Mouton acted as secretary. Upon
motion the following delegates
were elected: I. A. Broussard,
Leopold Hirsch, A.. M. Martin, E.
G.. VOORHEES,, Julian Mouton, A. J..
Moss, Joseph Ducote, Paul L. De-
Clouet, Theolin Dupuis, Edmond
Mouton and John Hahn. 1t was
agreed that the delegates present
will cast the vote of the ward.
The parish convention which is
called to meet to-day will select
delegates to the State convention to
be held at Baton Rouge on Dec. 9,
when thirty-six delegates at large
will be nominated. 1t will also
choose candidate for delegate
from this parish.
The Gazette knows of no can
didate in this parish. There seems
to be no aspirants for constitutional
honors. Whether this poetic still
ness In our parochial politics is due
to the innate modesty of the local
statesmen or not, we are not in a
position to say, but the fact con-
fronts US that although we are on
the eve of the election no one has
offered his services to the people in
the present emergency. May be this
will be one of those rare instances
where the office will seek the man.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1897-12-04
Special Meeting.

LAFAYETTE, La, Nov. 20, 1897.
The City Council met this day
with the following members present:
Mayor Caffery, Councilmen Hahn,
II opkins, Martin and Davidson.
Upon motion DR.. Martin, the
secretary being absent, acted as
secretary.
DR.. Martin, as a member of the
Board Of Health, reported that the
board had adopted the following
resolutions:
Be it resolved, that we recon
mend to the City Council the adop-
ton Of the resolution adopted at
the health conference held here on
the 18TH inst, relative to second
hand goods from places where vel
low. fever prevailed lately, and fur
thermore that passengers will be adj
mitted hereafter without any GER
tifcates.
Thereupon the following was
adopted: Be it enacted, by. the
City Council that the above and
foregoing resolution of the Board
of Health be and are hereby
adopted, and that the same be e:,-
forced under the penalty of fine
not more than SIoo, in default Of
payment Of fine imprisonment not
exceeding thirty days.
80 CHAs. d. CAFFERy, Mayor.
G. A. MARTIN, Secretary, pro tenn