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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-04-18
Oldest Church In Europe.

The Oldest church in Europe is that
of st. Pudenziana, at Rome. About
the middle of the first century O GER
tain Roman senator had house on
this spot He was o Christian con-
vert, and it is said distant relative
to st. Paul, who lodged with him from
A. d. Al to 80. For the religious
uses of himself and guests, he built
small chapel in this house, and when
he died in 96, and his wife year
later, his daughter added baptistery.
A church was afterwards erected on
the site of the original house of Pu-
dens, and consecrated in 109 or 145.
Canon Routledge, in his history of St.
Martins Church, Canterbury, claims
that that venerable edifice is the Oldest
church in Christendom. He describes
it as occupying the unique position of
being the only existing church that
was originally built as a church dur
ing the first four centuries, and has
remained a church till the present
day. It's font is the very one in which
Ethelhert was baptized by st. Angus
tine, as mentioned by the Venerable
Bede. Bits.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-04-18

From Sydney comes curious story
of the wreck of the brig Minora and
the saving of the captains life, though
he was the only man on the vessel
who couldn't swim a stroke. The
other five made a gallant struggle for
life, bat they went down exhausted,
while he clung to plank for twenty
four hours and was picked up in an
exhausted condition. His case fur
nishes no argument against the value
of knowedge of swimming; it simply
serves to show the irony of fate, which
often dooms to death the man who is
the best equipped for saving his life.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-04-18
New Corn Product as Horse Feed.

In some tests made recently at the
Maryland experiment station to de-
termine the value of cornstalks from
which the pith had been removed, it
was shown that this fodder fed to
horses as q substitute for hay was
eaten with q relish after the animals
became accustomed to it and was
better digested than timothy hay.
After the pith has been removed from
the cornstalk what remains is ground
fine. The blades and husks may be
included and they may not. Horses
in the habit of consuming mixed feeds
take more readily to this ration than
those previously receiving nothing but
whole feeds. Horses which ate this
new corn product continuously for
i've months consumed more OF it at
the end of the time than at the begin
ming. This is satisfactory evidence
that the feed is good for horses and
cali replace hay.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-04-18

If farmers who delight in owning
and working large areas could see the
crops taken from small plots by the
truckers near New York City, they
would receive an object lesson in in
tensive farming which would be eff,
fectual. On Long Island and in New
Jersey especially, there are dozens OF
patches, not farms, which, with the
aid of few hotbeds, are made to pay
high rents and support large families.
The soil is kept to the highest point
OF fertility, every inch of it is
thoroughly cultivated and every advan-
tage is taken of the lay Of the land.
From the first day that the weather
will permit the soil being worked un-
til the ground is finally used for celery
blanchins, it is constantly employed
IN crop production; it is no unusual
sight to see half dozen men indus
riously at work ON an acre or two of
ground. 1t is the same principle the
florist applies to plant and flower
growing. If his benches yield but one
crop of plants or blossoms during the
year, his business is failure. Every
square foot of it must yield two or
more crops for profitable years work.
Orange Judd Farmer.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-04-18

The worlds railway mileage at the
present time is equivalent to more
than seventeen times the length of the
equator. In more exact figures, the
worlds railway mileage, according to
the latest verified returns, aggregates
433, 956 miles, or 1851 miles moro
than in 1891. This enormous mileage
is distributed among the various SUBJ
divisions of the globe in the following
manner: Europe, 155,284 miles;
Asia, 26, 800 miles; Africa, S169 miles;
America, 229, 722 miles, and Australia,
13, $50 miles. From the foregoing
table it appears that America not only
heads the list in the building of rail
ways, but that the mileage represent
ed by the various railway systems on
this side of the globe more than equals
the combined mileage of the various
systems on the other side. But while
America is credited with the greatest
railway mileage, the greatest percent
age of gain belongs to Africa. Since
1891 the railway mileage of the dark
continent has increased 25.2 per cent.
With respect to the other subdivisions
the showing is as follows; Europe,
OF per cent; Asia, 22.1 per cent. ;
America, 8 per cent; Australia, 1877
per cent. For the entire world the per-
centage of gain is 9.S per cent. Sixty
years ago the worlds railway mileage
aggregated barely more than one
thousand miles, and yet to-day the
globe is interlaced with perfect net
work of iron rails. What surprising
wonders has the nineteenth century
brought TO psssl
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-04-18

Smith was telling Jones about q ro-
nance in his life. Smith having been
a bachelor, aged forty or in excess
thereof, before he had fettered him.
self by chains matrimonial. Jones,
on the contrary, had begun young,
and there was much Joy and verdure
in his life, and he did not look at the
world and the men and women of it
with cynic's eye.
"And, remarked Jones, in response
to the story Smith was telling. "you
say that you and Brown courted the
same lady for ten years?"
Exactly. That is to say, it may
have been month or six weeks shy
of that, but, to all intents and pur-
poses, it was ten years"
"How remarkabler'
"Rather."
"And which was the lucky man?"
"Oh, Brown, of course. If You
knew me you'd know that L was never
around when the lucky numbers were
being drawn"
"You are to be pitied really you
are, my.'dear Mr.. Smith," said Jones,
iaJiuS Lilo manu- Oh tuc Obuer man
shoulder tenderly.
'Thank you, am sure;" and Smith
brushed an incipisnt tear from his
eye.
'I don't want to be inquisitive, or
open any old wounds" continued
Jones, "but may ask as friend how
long ago it was that Brown married
the lady?"
"He didn't marry her." said Smith,
with emphasis.
Didn't marry her?" exclaimed
Jones. "Why, didn't you say that he
was the lucky MANI"
"Of course I did. I was the man
who married her." And Smith looked
at the simple-minded and guileless
Jones with an eye that made the
goose-hesh stand out on his bones and
sent the creeps up and down his back.
Washington Star.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-04-18
Tho Worlds Sugar Output.

According to figures which have re-
Gently been complied by leading statis-
ical authorities, the total sugar produc-
tion of the world last year aggregated
1885, 900 tons. OF this amount A.
925, 900 tons were manufactured from
beets and 2, 100000 tons from sugar
cane.
In the manufacture of beet sugar
Germany easily leads the list. The
total output of the empire last year ag-
gregated 1925, 900 tons. With re-
spect to other countries engaged in the
manufacture of beet sugar; the figures
are as follows:
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-04-18

A Chicago paper complains that
Sl30,000,000 worth of property in
that city is held by absentee land
lords. And the worst of it is that
many of these absentee landlords
make their home in New York, thus
helping to swell the population of the
latter city. How to keep Chicago
people in Chicago is apparently live
question in the Western metropolis.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-04-18
The Cycle Stile,

The bicycle stile is a development
of touring amid country fields and
other rarely visited sections. A mar
row section 10 cut out of the fence,
somewhat il the shape of cross.
The space corresponding to the arms
of the cross is for the passage of the
pedals, and the frame and wheels are
pushed through the upright opening.
The handlebar must go over the stile.
A number of these stiles may be seen
in English fields, and a few are to be
found in America. New York Times.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-04-18
CHEER UP.

What's the use of looking clum7
Cheer up;
Brighter days will surely come,
Cheer up;
Tho the storm-kinS holds full sway,
Tho the torrents pour to-day.
Every cloud will clear away;
Cheer up.
No use Of shedding idle tears,
Cheer up; e.
Don't give way to foolish fears
Cheer up;
'Aint no use of feeling blue
If the sun don't shine on you,
Sobs and siShs will never do:
Cheer up.
II misfortune be your share;
Cheer up;
Time will tighten every care;
Cheer up;
With the Sprlngtime's gentle rain
Buds the fairest flowers again,
Songs birds sing sweeter strain;
Cheer up.
p. L. McCarty, in Boston Traveller.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-04-18
CURIOUS FACTS,

Christmas cards first came into
fashion in 1916.
The highest recorded price for IN
orchid IN London is 800 guineas.
More than third of the French
Crown jewels have been bought by
Americans.
Diamonds are not dug out of the
ground, but are generally found in
narrow crevices of rocks.
Opium eating has become habit
with the Kaffirs in South Africa. The
Chinese are the chief purveyors of the
drug.
Alaska has q seacoast of 26,OOO
miles, exceeding that of the remainder
of the United States two and half
times.
The finest equestrian statue erected
in Great Britain was that Of Charles I.
at Charing Cross, facing Parliament
street, London.
The Chinese dictionary, compiled
by Pa-cut-she, LOO years B. G., is
the most ancient Of any recorded in
literary history.
Dulwich. now populous district of
London, still has tollgate across
one OF its main streets, at which tolls
are collected regularly.
John H. Stotsenberg of New Albany,
Ind, has one of the finest collections
of Bibles in this country. They range
in years from 149S to 1870.
En0Iond ,,roJroo, ,nn,ou-. .I.a
$40 to each acre, Scotland little less
than $40, but the product of Wales
amounts to over $40 per acre.
In 1916 the value of bushel of
wheat in England was equal to that of
pound of nails. To-day q bushel of
wheat will buy ten pounds of nails.
The Rev. Edward Allen of Tiverton,
Devon, who has just celebrated his
one hundredth birthday, is said to be
the oldest clergyman in the Church of
England.
While the Bishop Of Sodor and Man
was watching the cutting down of one
OF his trees recently, the tree fell
upon him, knocking him down. 1t
catching on railing saved his life.
Swans, shirts, canaries and trousers
were among the personal effects Sir
Robert Peel's creditors auctioned off
at Drayton Manor, England, and the
whole lot brought only little over
$500.
There is tree in India and Africa
from which butter is made. The fruit
grows to the size of a pigeons egg.
Inside the fruit are seeds, which are
pressed, and from the oily substance
very good butter is manufactured.
The office of groom-in- waiting to
the Queen. which recently became
vacant by the death of General Sir
Henry Lynedoch Gardiner, is worth
about $1,670 a year with about six
weeks of annual duty. There are
eight waiting in the House.
hold, who were formerly changed with
the Ministry, but now their places are
permanent.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-04-18
Use of uumus-Forming Material.

The claim of Southern farmers that
clover, cow-peas, weeds and other
green manurial plants turned under
dry, rather than green, give better re-
suits, is we'll founded.
Green manuring has been practised
for centuries in Europe and for some
years in our Northern States, and
valuable results have accrued from
such course. But for the last few
years farmers and scientific men have
differed upon the plans of turning
under these green crops.
Our best Southern farmers fare al
most unanimous in preferring to turn
under the crops when dry than when
green. Necessity may have at first
brought about the plan. Of turning
under the crops after they had become
matured or dry. and this necessity
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-04-18

The statement is made by Chief Bon
ner, of New York City, that recent
fire only confirms the theory that there
are no such things as fire-proof build
ings. Considering the number of
these high structures his suggestions
as to what must Le done in the way of
preparing for blazes in these giant
piles ought to be attended to at once.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-04-18

There can be no doubt that the In
dians who granted the San Carlos
railroad franchise as soon as the pro-
moters had stocked their tepees with
beef, flour and coffee, are getting
civilized. Some of them will go to
the Legislature yet, predicts the San
Francisco Examiner.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-04-18
Countries,
Total

During the past year several beet
sugar mills have been erected in vari-
GUS parts of ;the country, and there is
every reason to believe that the United
States will soon be as extensively en-
gagged in the manufacture of sugar
from beets as she is now from sugar
cane. With the resources which this
country possesses there is no reason
why we should not manufacture all
the sugar which we consume ATTAIN
ia Constitution.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-04-18

According to State Engineer Adams's
report, New York's commerce, from
being seventy eight per cent. of the
country's business, has fallen to thirty
seven per cent. This means, get
nearer raw material, interprets the st.
Louis Star.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-04-18

The use of q roller in road making
was first suggested by Cessart in
1885, and first adopted by Polin-
ceau and Morandiere in 1885. The
first steam roller was constructed by
the French engineer Ballaison.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-04-18
Countries

In the manufacture of sugar cane
sugar, Java holds the first place, fol-
lowed by the United States. Java
manufactured 100000 tons of sugar
last year, and the United States 345,-
600 tons. AS to the output of the
various countries engaged in this in
dustry the following table gives the
latest figures:
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-04-18
More wine is used in Paris in three
months than the entire product of the
United State3 amounts to.

Indications multiply that the gold
fields of Alaska will turn out to be-
richer than those of the Klondike re
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-04-18

T codrse they
don't want me, "
said Rosabel
Raymond, sadly.
Nobody seems
to want me. No
home seems to
be open to me
a n y W h e r 9 j..
When papa died.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1898-06-02
The Star Was Lost,

The story is told of a green hand
on board a coasting vessel who
could not learn to steer by the
mariner compass. 1t was a clear,
starlight night, and the captain told
him to head the vessel toward a
particular bright star which he
pointed out.
This was done, and for a short
time all was right. But before long
she was veering wildly from her
true course and rushing rapidly be-
fore the wind.
Alloy there at the wheel!' roared
the excited captain. Port your
helm What do you mean9 Where's
the starr"
Its awl right, captain" timildy
replied the nervous helmsman. Il
lost the star, but found another
brighter and better than the one
you. showed me-" - London An
swers
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1898-06-02
Preaching and PracticinR.

The Boston Transcript tells a
school story which enforces the les
son that preaching is of little use
without practicing. In a school in
Boston not far above the primary
grade the teacher was one day read.
ing a story the subject of which was
borrowing. She supplemented the
reading with some remarks of her
own, which she closed with this
parting admonition:
Above all things, children, when
you have occasion TO borrow, never
forget to return the borrowed arti-
Gle. Do not put the person who was
kind enough to accommodate you to
the trouble of sending for it.
While she was still speaking a
knock was heard at the door.
Come in, said the teacher as
soon as she had finished her SEN
tence. A pupil from another depart
ment entered and stood waiting.
We'll, what is it, pleasei" said
the teacher.
Miss Blank says" the visitor
called out in voice loud enough to
be heard all over the room, twill
you be kind enough to send back
her blotting pad which you borrow
ed the other dayl"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1898-06-02
How Sir Henry Irving Takes Palma

During the Merchant" Sir Henry
would coach me up in my part in
The Bells, which we played on
Saturday nights to give Miss Terry
a rest. The anomaly of Shylock
conversing with servant of Portia
did not matter, as the act drop was
down. If genius be the faculty of
taking pains, Irving must be gen
Jus, for if it were the last perform
ance of a play and he saw something
that would improve it he would
adopt it. Months after we had been
playing the Merchant" he called
me and said, 1T would be better,
Ganthony, if your spurs jingled
little more as you entered and cross.
ed the stage" accordingly had
two metal disks put in each, the
sound from which should have sat.
listed all the requirements of dra-
matte art. The company was very
promo to say, Look at the men the
guy nor has to work for him." for
getting that men must be selected
like anything else, and what they
do must be criticised by a superior
intelligence, or a superlative pre-
sentiment of stage plays is impossi-
BILE.
When a poacher's hut was set for
the first time, with all the windows
beautifully painted, Irving rammed
a piece of straw into one of them
and said, That's BETTER The bro
ken window gave character, as did
the ornate furniture in the following
set of the interior of mansion,
the appropriateness of which was
as critically examined. Random
Recollections.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1898-06-02
OUR LADY OF the SHOWS

Out OF the sun. out C. t..e blast.
Out OF the world alone passed
Across the moor and through the wood
10 v here the monastery stood
1Bere neither lutte nor breathing fi;e,
Nor rumor of the world Of life,
Nor condolences low and dear
Shall strike the Me1i.ctiYe car.
Aloof, unhelpful ard url,ind,
Inc prisoners of the iron mind,
Where nothing speaks except the bell,
The pnfraternal brothers dwell.
And ye, o brethren. what If God,
when from heaven 5 top he spies abroad
And sees on this tCimsu.cd stage
Inc noble war of mankind rage
What if his vivitying eye,
Y monks should pass Jour corner byf
For still the Lord is Lord of might.
In deeds, in deeds he takes delight:
The pillow, the spear, the lnGen barks,
The field. the founded city marks.
He marks the smiler Of the streets.
The singer upon garden sea,S
he sees the climber in TIE rocks.
10 him the shepherd folds his flocks,
For those he loves that underprop
With daily virtues heaven 5 top,
And bear the failing sky with ease.
Cnfrowning carya;ides.
Those he approves that ply the trade,
That rock the child. that wed the maid,
That with weak virtues, weaker hands,
Sow gladness on the peopled lands,
And still with laughter, song and shout
Spin the great wheel of earth about.
But yc? DYE who linger still
Here in your fortress on the hill,
With placid face, with tranquil breath,
The unsought volunteers of death,
Our cheerful general on high
With careless looks may pass you byl
Robert Louis Stevenson.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1898-06-02
Europe's Two Gayest Capitals.

THE streets are filled with beau.
tiful things, mostly German off,
GERS, writes Lillian Bell from Ber-
lin in The Ladies' Home journal.
THE only trouble is that they
themselves seem to know it only too
well, and as they will not give us
any of the sidewalk we are obliged
to admire them from the cutters.
The only way you can keep Ger
mans from knocking you into the
middle of the street is to walk side
ways and pretend you are examin-
ing the shop windows. Paris seems
city of leisure; Berlin a city of
war. The streets of Paris are quite
as full of soldiers as Berlin, but
French soldiers are not impressive.
They are understood and badly
dressed and badly groomed. Their
trousers are much too long. TO me
they seemed to need only belt at
the ankle to turn them into perfect
Russian blouses. But English and
German soldiers seem to be in per-
feet condition, as though they could
60 to war at a moments notice."
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1898-06-02
GEORGIA NEWS
AS IT HAPPENED.
Culled and Condensed from
our Exchanges.
ITEMS OF PITH AND POINT

The residence of E. R. Brad
field, in LAGRANGE, was burned
last week.
The Jackson planning mill, at
Dublin, was totally destroyed by
fire.
Albany has just sold to a Chi
cago firm $4,000 of 5 per cent.
twenty-five year gold bonds for
$25, 800.
William Vandiver, who lives
near Lavonia, lost all his out
buildings and nineteen bales of
cotton by fire Monday night. The
loss will amount to $4,000, with
no insurance.
The province of newspaper is
to furnish "all the news that's fit
to print. When it descends into
the gutter and deluges its readers
with salacious details which are
corrupting in their nature, it be-
comes public scavenger.
Mrs. Mary Molenor and Miss
Sophie Lynch, of Atlanta, have
entered suit for $1,000 against B.
II. Griffin and Bailiff J. J. Miller
for forcibly ejecting them from a
house which they rented from
Griffin.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1898-06-02
MARIETTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
COIOred Department. Closing Exer-
ciSeS.

The program was carried out We'd
nesday, May %, as announced in these
columns, except that at night the gram
mar grades exercises were held at the
school auditorium instead of Rogers
Hall.
Promptly at II 80 O'Clock the exer-
| cises of the grammar grades were be-
gun. Many parents and friends were
present-a much larger number than
| on any similar occasion within the last
two years.
The exercises consisted of recitations,
songs and dialogues, and though two
hours long, was interesting through
out, and all seemed highly pleased with
the entertainment afforded
The 9Th and 9th grammar grades IN
formally gave several choice and appro-
pirate memory gems, and also gave an
exhibition of their ability to read
music, and then sang beautiful
chorus
The per cent of attendance this year
has, perhaps, been higher than ever be-
fore in the history of the school. Up
on request for those to stand who had
been neither absent nor tardy during
the year, about Is pupils stood up. OF
those, II were from the 9Th grade, 6
from the third and from the 9th.
At the close Rev. Sterling, pastor of
NJ. E. Church. made some brief re-
marks. He urged all to get three
things-character and education and
wealth.
At night the auditorium was crowd
ed with parents and friends eager to
witness the Columbia Cantata given by
the grammar grades. Among the au-
dience were few white friends, who
expressed themselves as being we'll
pleased with the exercise. The large
audience were orderly and seemed
agreeably impressed Both teachers
and pupils have received compliments
from many of the best colored citizens
upon the success of the entertainment.
The receipts from the Cantata were
as follows:
DR.. G. NJ. Crosby donated $3.50. $ 80
Sale of Tickets ........ 1890
Door Receipts. ............ 9.55
Kindness Mrs. Geo. Dobbs' Ice
Cream service Observation-Disclosures. 1877
Amount, .................. $2772
The expenses will not exceed $500.
The balance due on school organ is
about 800; the remainder of the pro-
ceeds will be expended on books for
school library. l.. B. NORRIS, Prin.