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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-21

At the recent water sport exhibition
in London of the Hex and Scottish
Swimming Clubs several startling
feats were shown. The hardy Scots
aroused great enthusiasm by showing
how company of hardy Highlanders
conld swim across a stream in action
and keep their rifles in readiness for
work. But the crowning feat was the
twin brothers diving act, done by two
members of the Hex Club, evenly
matched in height and weight. The
distance dived was not excessive, but
it required nice judgment for the two
young men, hand in hand and clasping
each others bodies, to leap at exactly
the same moment. turn in air with the
same curve and descend, beautiful
picture of harmonious repose, plump
into the tank.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-21

Mysterious disappearances of chill
dren are becoming so common as to
occasion little surprise The daily
press frequently chronicles such occur
rences. In many cases these kid
naping crimes are executed by those
who have some real or fancied person
al interest in the child, but in others
the motive plainly is revenge or extor-
tion. There are few crimes in the
whole calendar of moral depravity OF
fendishness which can be compared
with this, and no effort should be spared
to wipe it out completely. The laws
provide no adequate punishment for
either kidnapers or blackmailers, but
the limit of the Law is the least pen
atty which. should be imposed whenever
one of these social harpies is convicted.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-21
Indians as Tireless Runners,

General Crook is credited with hav-
ing declared that ON one occasion he
saw an Apache lope 1900 feet up the
side of u mountain without showing
the first signs-o of fatigue, there being
no perceptible sign of increase of
respiration. Captain Fl. l.. Scott. of
the Seventh Cavalry, has related some
astonishing feats performed by the
Chiracahua Apaches forming Troop L
of his regiment. He tells how nine of
these Indians, after hard days
work, by way of recreation pursued
coyote for two hours, captured the
nimble brute, and brought it into
camp; how, on another occasion, the
scouts gave chase to deer, ran it
down some nine miles from camp, and
fetched it in alive. Old-timers in the
Rocky Mountains declare that in the
days before the Atlantic and Pacific
Railroad was built the Puma Indians
of Arizona would recover settlers
stray horses along the overland trail
by walking them down in the course
of two or three days. After this one
may begin to believe that "Lying
Jim" Beckwourth, whose remarkable
adventures early in this century are
preserved in book form, was much.
maligned man, and that he spoke no
more than the truth when he said he
had known instances of Indian run
ners accomplishing upward of ITO
miles in one day.-Chicago Chronicle.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-21

Some time ago, writes volunteer,
I spent week with garrison battery
in south coast fort. On the last day
the sergeants sat down to an excep.
tionally fine dinner, the crowning
glory of which was large plum pud.
ding. I had made the pudding two
days before, had it boiled, and now,
re-heated, it made its appearance
amid the welcome shouts of my brother
warriors; and 1 naturally felt bit
proud of it, for hadn't been ships
cook for nothing.
"Seems mighty hard" remarked the
sergeant-major, as he vainly tried to
stick his fork into it. "Have you
boiled US a cannon ball, Browney?"
cor the regimental football?''
asked another.
"Where did you get the -four from p
questioned Sergeant Smith.
"Where from?" I retorted. "From
Store No. 5, of course"
'"Ihe deuce you did" roared the
quartermaster sergeant. "Then, hang
you, you've made the pudding with
Portland cement"
And so it proved. That pudding is
now preserved in the battery museum.
Weekly Telegraph.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-21

arms, stiAing her words with kisses
upon both brow and cheek.
Then came the story of his flight
from home. He told her how an old,
benevolent gentleman had found him
roaming about and given him shelter.
But cold and hunger had done their
work, and he succumbed to a long ill
ness. Later, when no information
could be obtained of his parents, he
was taken abroad by his benefactol
and educated as his son. Upon his
return to America he had entered the
partnership of the firm, and at the
death of his foster parent inherited
wealth in no small degree.
A chimy iingling upon the fool
broke the silence that followed.
"What is it?" queried Mr.. Brown
els it the gold piece?"
eyes," murmured his mother, re
covering the coin; eve can now keer
it between US, Walter, for it has giver
you back to me and I am returned tC
you"-Nancy Z. Johnson, in Boston
Post.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-21

toration to the Christians of the towns
of Jaffa, Nazareth and Bethlehem. In
the Church of the Sepulchre he
crowned himself King of Jerusalem,
claiming the title by right of his wife,
Iolante, daughter of the latin EN-
peror of Constantinople. In 1910
Richard, Earl of Cornwall, who,
though an Englishman, became King
of the Romans and German Emperor,
headed an expedition to Palestine,
and, by treaty with the Mohammedan
ruler of Syria, obtained terms even
more favorable to the Christians than
Frederick II. had secured. In 1874
Rudolph of Hapsburg, having gained
the imperial crown, pledged himself
to join in a crusade, but troubles in
Germany detained him and he failed
to fulfil his vow. Thus we see that,
In his visit to the Holy Land and III
his declared intention to promote the
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-21

and bears the badges of general and
the cords of the guards. The trousers
are tight-ftting, and have broad red
stripes, and are worn with high yellow
boots. The scabbard of the sabre is
of brown leather. The light-colored
helmet is adorned with the Prussian
eagle in front. The photographs
represent His Majesty alone, on foot
and on horseback, in company with
General Won Piessen, Grand Master of
the Horse; Count Wedel and Adihtant-
General Won Scholl, who are also in
tropical uniform, and, lastly, His Maj.
esty alone in British uniform.
The Holy City, and all of the cities
and villages of the Holy Land which
the German imperial party included
in its itinerary, made elaborate prep
arations to receive their august guests.
Roads throughout the country were
repaired and hundreds of new ones
are in course of construction. One of
the principal and most historic roads,
leading up Scopus and over the Mount
of Olives, has been transformed into
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-21

O beautiful carriage drive. This was
done to please the German Empress,
who was anxious to reach this holy
site without fatigue. In the times Of
Titus, with his war hosts, it was moth
ing but narrow mule track. Along
this road David flew from Absolom,
and to reach this spot, where the
Saviour wept over Jerusalem, it has
been climbed for centuries by Romans,
Moslems and Christian knights.
Great improvements were made to
Jaffa Gate, through which the Kaiser
and his party enter the city. A wide
carriage roadway has taken the place
OF the narrow passage between.it and
the tower of David.
The Church of the Redeemer is now
completed. 1t is a magnificent struc.
ture, whose spires tower high above
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-21
WISE WORDS,

Brutes leave ingratitude to mau.-
Colon.
Slight small injuries and they will
become none at all.-Fuller.
We cannot always oblige, but we
can always speak obligingly.-Vol-
taire.
No one will dare maintain that it is
better to do injustice than to bear it.
Aristotle.
What is often called Incidence is
the unconscious consciousness of in
capacity.-H. @. Robinson.
All wish to possess knowledge, but
few, comparatively speaking, are will
ing to pay the price.-Juvenal.
Everything without tells the indi-
vidual that he is nothing. Every
thing within persuades him that he is
everything. .-Doudan.
Nothing more completely battles
one who is full of trick and duplicity
than straightforward and simple in
tegrity in nother.-Colton.
What right have we to pry into the
secrets of others? True or false, the
tale that is gabbled to US, what con-
cern is it of rs?-Bulwer.
1t is the mind that makes the body
rich; and rs the sun breaks through
the darkest clouds, SO honor peereth
in the meanest habit. it.-Shakespeare.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-21

methods is required. Under the Sc
leucid sovereigns Syria was the seat OF
a splendid empire, and it continued to
be populous and opulent province
under the Roman sway. Antioch was
one of the four chief cities of the Ro-
man dominion. Later, under the ON.
myad Caliphs, Damascus was the capi-
tai of Islam. For many centuries
after Greece had -decayed, and the
sceptre had passed from Rome to Con
stantinople, the vast peninsula now
known as Anatolia was the most dense.
ly peopled, most fourishing, and most
highly civilized part of the Mediter-
ranean world. Under favorable cir
cumstances it might regain much that
it has lost. If, through an arrange
ment with the Sultan, the Germans
were permitted to undertake the task,
they would undoubtedly be able,
through the construction of railways
and the stimulation of industry and
trade, to regenerate the whole of west
ern Asia from the Tigris to the Bos-
phorus. The suspicion that William
II. has designs in this direction has,
naturally, excited jealousy in Paris
and st. Petersburg. France has long
considered that she has species of
pre-emptive right to Syria, and has,
more than once, assumed tutelary
role toward the Christian inhabitants
of that country. Russia, from her
coign of vantage in Armenia, contem-
plates the prospect of absorbing Ana
tolia from the northeast, and has no
desire to see her path obstructed by
German :nterposition. The Russian
censor allows the well-known ST..
Petersburg paper, the Novoye Yremya,
to declare that 'the political signifi-
cance of the German Emperor's trip
to Palestine is beyond all doubt. He
evidently desires to familiarize himself
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-21
Ready to BE Thrilled, and She Was.

An Ohio lady visiting Boston for
first time has been doing the sights
81 had my greatest thrill down at
Copp's Hill burying ground" she
said ''Yes, that's just the place for
the historic emotions" commented
her interlocutor. She smiled. Gas
soon as my sister-in-law and I got
into the place." she said, 81 found
myself almost stepping upon grave
with an inscription on a queer little
iron-cover sort of tomb. I jumped
back, feeling the way you do when
you step on a grave, and read the in
scription, just three initials, no name
or date. Isn't it pathetic?' I said to
my sister-in law. oh, don't know
she answered. 'B. w. w. means
Boston Water Works. '"-Boston
Transcript.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-21

A notable gift for purposes of edu-
cation, says Harper's Weekly, was
that of $3.50, 900 lately made by Mrs.
Emmons Blaine of Chicago to estab-
lish Teachers college in connection
with the University OF Chicago. This
Teachers college is an experiment,
and Mrs. Blaine's gift, as appears,
provides not for its permanent estab-
lishment, but merely for its mainte-
nance for five years, period which is
thought to be long enough to test the
idea and determine how useful it
is. The new experimental college is
described as an outgrowth of the uni
yersity extension movement in the
United States being an attempt to or
ganize college work in science, litera-
ture, and art in such a way that per-
sons engaged in the active work of
teaching can get the full advantages
of a college training If it succeeds,
1T will form new link between the
public schools of Chicago and the
university.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-21

After less than two years trial of a
law making life Imprisonment, in.
stead of death, the penalty for murder
IN Colorado, agitation has begun for a
revival Of the death punishment. Ad-
vocates of the gallows assert that its
Punishment from the state has resulted
ip an epidemic of crime. They point
TO the wauton disregard of life in the
San Juan counties and in the Cripple
Creek district, but disregard the other
fact that in the more important coun-
ties of the state, where civilizing in
huences accompany settled condi-
tions, there has been no increase in
the number of murders, but rather a
decrease of crime generally. While
this decrease, probably, is not the re-
suit of the abolition of the death pen
atty, it is more than an offset to the
crimes committed among the lawless
element which forms so large a part
of the population of a mining district.
Friends of the new law will meet any
attempt at repeal by proposing fur
ther amendment to the law taking
away the pardoning power in cases of
conviction for murder, thus insuring
that every person sentenced for life
shall pay the full penalty.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-21

the surrounding domes. 1t has cost
more than l 200, 900 marks 1890, O0Oj,
containing in its corner stone Qaid in
1889 document written by the
present Emperor of Germany, elo-
quently extolling the desire of "my
royal grandfather to accomplish what
is only now possible" referring, of
course, to the instance of King David,
who wished to build the Temple at
Jerusalem, but was forced to hand it
over to his son Solomon. The docu-
ment also declares that this church
"shall stand as monument to the
faith opened to evangelical Christen-
dom through the reformers, and as
visible witness to the unity of faith
in which the evangelical churches of
Germany are bound with each other
and all outside"-a clear indication of
the purpose matured five years ago in
the Kaiser's brain to stand as the
Pope of Proee-tantism.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-21

Those who favor and those who op-
pose the wearing of corsets will both
fin ammunition for their verbal war;
fare in two recent incidents, one of
which occurred in New York and the
other IN Newark, observes the Wash
ington Star. A popular German ac-
tor, who has for many years played
female parts, died suddenly and his
death is now said to have been caused
by his wearing stays. He had taken
ON flesh to a large extent during the
summer vacation, and in order to
make any sort of a figure on the stage
1T was necessary for him to lace to an
extraordinary degree. The pressure
OF flesh on his heart, due to tight lac
ing, was what brought about his end.
So much for those who oppose the use
of artificial aids to the female figure.
But there is another side to the story.
or, to be more precise, another story
Recently in Newark a didn't 't-know-it-
was-loaded fool fired pistol point
blank at young woman. The bullet,
for of course the pistol went of, struck
the unfortunate girl in the breast. But
she lived, and the doctors say that the
bullet hit corset steel and that this
happening saved her life. With these
two bases for argument, there would
seem to be no reason why the friends
and the enemies of the corsets cannot
manage to get farther apart than
ever.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-21

dent, not only by reason of the mem
Drable chapters of history which the
visit recalls, but also on account of
the possible political consequences.
William II. is not, by any means,
the first Emperor of Teutonic stock
to set foot in Palestine. For nearly
two centuries the expulsion of the in
fdel from the Holy Land was held to
be the sacred duty of the heads of the
Holy Roman Empire. In the Second
Crusade the Emperor Conrad organ
lied the great expedition which cost
the loss of many thousands in the
march across Asia Minor; ultimately
reaching Ptolemais, he laid siege to
Damascus in 114S. 1t is true that
the siege ended in catastrophe, but
the German bearer of the cross
had, at least, done his best to
succor the Christian kingdom of
Jerusalem. About forty years later
the Hohenstaufen Emperor, Frederick
I. (Barbarossa), led German host to
Constantinople, and thence acr oss
Anatolia, but he was not fated to see
Syria, being drowned in Cilic ian
river. His grandson, Frederick H.,
was more fortunate. Proceeding by
sea from Italy to Ptolemais, he OBJ
tanned, in 1929, the surrender of til e
whole of Jerusalem, with the exceptio n
of the Mosque of Omar, and the res.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-21

that William II visit to the Holy
Land has been prompted by motives
that appeal to modern rulers mind
more strongly than do sentimental as
sociations. There is Near East as
we'll as q Far East which awaits Euro
ropean colonization and exploitation.
The present condition of the former
region presents dismal contrast to
its former prosperity, to revive which
only the impact of Western energy and
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-21

security ancl welfare of his fellow
Christians in that country, William
III. is recurring to duty which was
recognized by the German Fmpercrs
for almost two hundred years after
the Christian kingdom of Jerusalem
was foul ded by Godfrey of Bouillon,
Duke of that very Lorraine which in
our day has been restored to- Ger
many.
It is generally believed. no owever.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-21

with Asia Minor, the theatre of the
German colonization movement in the
near future. All recent efforts have
tended to impel German emigration to
that quarter"
Forty new photographs of the EN-
peror William h-%e been taken in the
tropical uniform which he wears on
his journey to the East. The uniform
is OF . thin light brown material. The
coat 10 comfortable and little loose.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-21

Golf is expanding its influence. 1t
takes no note of cline and attacks age
as well as youth. They who know
best tell us that with a clear day, a
breeze that inyigorates but does not
interfere, a field well adapted to the
exigencies of the occasion, it is 4 game
which the gods of Olympus would
have been glad to play.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-21

1t appears that the Chinese en-
peror's unpopularity was partly due
TO his edict against wearing queues.
Many countries have been disturbed
by slight causes, but it remained for
China to make an international issue
of hair cut.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-21

HRISTE N DOM
looks on the visit
of the Emperor
William II. to
the Holy City Of
J e ru s al e m to
d e die q t g til g
P + o t e s t q n t
Church of the
Redeemer as an
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-21

Between 1870 and 1897 the deaths
per thousand from consumption in
Philadelphia decreased from 3.42 to
1876.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-21
! THE PHANTOM WILL.

\ r 1 E r RICE.
ards stood looking
from the kitchen
window of the New
England farmhouse
that had sheltered
her for the past fif.
teen years. Her un-
Gle and aunt, the
Winthrops, b a d
adopted her when
she was eft a n
orphan two years
of age, and they
had never regretted
it, for she had been
a Joy and comfort
to them in their
home, while theii
only child, a son,
h a d brought t:
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-21
THE GOLD COIN.

HE day was draw
ing to a close.
Though not dark,
the aid of artificial
assistance, for any
taxation upon the
sight, was fast be-
coming necessary.
Undoubtedly Mr..
Brown -ju n i o L
partner of the firm
of Brown, Bayle &
Co. Thought a s
much, for upon en-
tering the Office he
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-01-19
FREE FARM OF 100 ACRES.

Would You Like to BE Absolute Owne,
of Your Own Farm?
WOULD you like farm that pro-
duces upon an average of 30 bushels of
wheat per acre?
WOULD you like a farm that grows
from 60 to 80 bushels of oats per acre?
WOULD you like farm that grows
from 40 to 60 bushels Of barley per
acre?
WOULD you like farm that grows
more bushels of potatoes per acre than
any farm in Michigan?
WOULD you like a farm that pro-
duces all kinds of roots and vegetables
in abundance?
WOULD you like farm that pro-
duces the heaviest and fattest beef cat
tie that goes to the English market?
WOULD you like farm that pro-
duces butter and cheese equal to the
finest Danish?
WOULD you like to own a farm in
country where cattle are never
stabbed winter or summer?
WOULD you like to live in a country
where taxes are very low, the principal
taxation being for schools, and the
SoNeihhoht pays 10 pei CcHt VI lHdl.
WOULD you like to live in country
where every person is happy and con-
tented, excepting the doctors and un-
dertakers?
WOULD you like to be where each
OF your sons can get 100 acres free,
when they reach IS years of age?
If so, consult the advertisement OF
the Canadian, government free lands,
appearing elsewhere.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-01-19
OF CURRENT INTEREST.

Joseph Jefferson has at last answered
that hearty old conundrum as to when
an actor ought to retire. The question
was put to him in Cincinnati the other
night, and he replied: well, counting
the time for getting out Of costume and
the slowness Of hackmen, think an ac-
tor should retire at about HAS"
Members of congress are much an
noyed by visitors to the capitol, mainly
women, who have queer pleasure in
sitting in the seats of the most noted
representatives and have the greatest
delight in occupying the speakers
chair one brief moment in the hour be-
fore the house is called to order.
Fifty years ago, Mrs. Lucretia M.
Judson was favorite vocalist in Port
land, Me. She lost her voice soon after
her marriage, and for forty years was
unable to sing. While visiting friend
In North Castine, a few weeks since,
she unwittingly sang song when
asleep, and has frequently done so dur
ing subsequent slumbers. In her wax
ing hours she cannot MARBLE a dozen
notes.
Mr.. F. Abel Of Freeport, N. Y, wit
rows and skunk at Merrick. After
the first onslaught Of the birds the
skunk fed for hundred yards, but the
plucky little sparrows pursued him, at
tackled him in body, and in less than
minute he was torn to shreds.
A funeral procession in Chicago was
invaded by the horse and wagon of an
expressman, and the processionists had
the man arrested. To excuse himself,
he stated that his horse had once be-
longed to an undertaken, and always
endeavored to take part in every flu
neral that came in sight.
Some young men Of Irving, suburb
Of Chicago, have formed an anti-mar-
riage association. The member who
marries must pay $Q5 and give ban
quet to the members. To visit girl
twice in week costs 81 and 81 is as
sessed against those who fail to take
a girl home by the shortest route. The
members of the association expect to
enjoy many banquets in the near fu-
ture.
New Years Queen Victoria always
distributes gifts Of joints Of beef and
coal to the poor around Windsor who
make application for the presents. Most
of the beneficiaries are widows, and
man and wife have poor chance of
help; also those who get as much as Sc
a week.-Mrs. being, in the queens esti-
nation, sufficient to keep family
above want.
A pension has recently been granted
with $4,000 back pay to a woman who
never was in this country. She lives in
Norway and never left her native land,
but she gets a soldiers widows pen
sion from this government because her
husband was in the union army and
died in the service. Her name is Knud-
son, and her husband, Knud Knudson,
came to this country in 1861. He enlist
ed in company H, Fifteenth regiment,
Wisconsin volunteers, in January,
1862. He died while in the service, Oc'
tober 16 1863