davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1898-12-16

He-Don't you believe that In the
majority of divorce cases the woman
was to blame?
She-Of course. l do. She should
never have Observation-Disclosures
Record.
, 1898-12-16
The Man to Talk To.

Judge-I don't want to see you here
again.
Prisoner-I wish you'd say that to
the policeman.-Somerville Journal.
, 1898-12-16
Hardly Ever Quiet.

Dollie-Was 1t Il quiet spot where
you kissed MollieY
Chollie-No; 1t was on the MOUTH
Chicago Journal.
, 1898-12-16

Good nature is the very air of a good
mind, the sign of a large and generous
soul and the peculiar soil in which vir-
tue prospers.
, 1898-12-16

If we accept a secret, we shout lock
it up in our hearts, and then throw
away the key.
, 1898-12-16

That man may safely venture on his
way, who is so guided that he cannot
stray.
, 1898-12-16

Opportunities improved are fragrant
fowers-neglected, they are thorns of
regret.
, 1898-12-16

Little Harry Mamma, what's a
Bacchannalian reyel?
Mamma-That's a polite name for
those social events your papa's club
gets up every little while.
, 1898-12-16

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, sof.ens the gums, reducing infiamma.
ton, allays pain. cures wind collie, 2c a bottle.
, 1898-12-16

The shortest life is long enough if
it lead to a better, and the longest
life is too short if it do not.
, 1898-12-16

The true reward of a workman is
not his wages, but the consciousness
of having done a good job.
, 1898-12-16

Some people are terribly stuck on
themselves wEo have no reason 10 b..
, 1898-12-16

The Last Word, of Course.

She-Are you a vegetarian?
The Poet-Yes, off and on.-Puck.
, 1898-12-16

The cheapest of all things is kind.
ness, its exercise requiring the leasf
possible trouble and se~lf-sacrifice.
, 1898-12-16

When people become good to you.
look ont.
, 1898-12-16

After a man has made a good record
for himself, it is time enough to hunt
up the pedigree somebody has left
him.
, 1898-12-16

He that wants money, means and
content Ks without three good friends
, 1898-12-16

Genius may be swifter than perse
verence, but the later wins in the
long RIM.
, 1898-12-16

Miss Tommey-Mr. Bunting is a sim
gular man.
Miss FilkIns-How so?
Miss Tommey-He says he doesn't
like golf.
Miss Filkins-But lots of men don't
like golf.
Miss Tommey-Yes, but Mr.. Bunting
says he don't care who knows It,
Judge.
, 1898-12-16
Beauty is Blood Deem,

The love of life should win us to the
Life of Love.
, 1898-12-16

After six years. suffering l was cured by Pr
SOS Cure.-MARY THOMSON, 29E Ohio Ave-,
Allegheny, Pa, March 10, 1894
, 1898-12-16

What men want is not talent; it is
purpose; in other words, not the pow
aoh.eve. but the will to labor.
, 1898-12-16
A Possible Remedy.

"Cyrano should have married"
"WhyT'
at might have improved his nose
to have it held down on the matrlmon.
ial grindstone ."-Chicago Record.
, 1898-12-16

To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
netic, full Of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To-
Bac, the wonder-worker, that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, SOC. or 81. Cure guaran-
teed. Booklet and sample free. Address Ster-
ling Remedy Co.. ChicaZo or New York.
, 1898-12-16


IN ad In the paper ls worth two on
ur store front.
ADVERTISE NOTES.-The T, tak4s ava
nu'es 10 uiSahpoint a customer--five
ars 10 reassur him.
ne man WING adyertises frequently
kept busy stockino nm his STORE and
ring up a stocking.
AdVertisins " a business Is as nee
'ary as olls2S2 engine, and the latter
lulres 1t contlhU
An advertiseml la act like q
compass, Its positive end
directly tbe advertiser's
IRE.
t is the menh forward and
tie plain col Aeir advertise
'nts and pVahe received
every cent pended by their Gus
ina WIN the day.-Yonkers IN.
Herald.
'ea'eihen's VI ruth and fact r the
,st important Factors IN tho sc,enca
o"ei au'ei Using. Suppose a rep
apae nie,en 7ho, by truthful adj
r.isiis' mas ga I'D the confidence of
pupiie' amy article at a spe-
Il price, the neN,snanor roodor knows
: iac's are as Slated. 1t make no diff
renee whether tho articles advar.
are oaieal fils'' or not. The mere
nouncement hv tho marchant
'oueh Tue eOi INNS of the newspa-
RS, is a guarantee RI tba customer
,nver Times-Sub
4 man who eXloo+. 20 srooood r,,st
ihe auNeresins Ia special study. Any
| 'hins "on ". The people are &C
sobd, bright advertis-
mus anu oney Eill Ignore absolutely
= hihu INA. ueeH to be good enough.
many o.hel larts, advertising has
.gressed steadit1 ond overv vaar
es a large numH.or ~ nroao,en+ man
the prof%ss,on The standard
continuaiiy icing raised, and the
ople iook ior aid will tolerate moth
: put "nae Is reilly worth reading
It in Advertising
Keeping consta1+lv Of n is +ha kav
successful auNe.irtising. You cannot
UT mucn "nu VIII. A business career
at goes by fits and starts will NOT ma y
well in the loDIo run 40 a business
loiiows d couifse mapped out for 1t
IL Keeps ihcieshg its advertising as
e business oenialds it until the maxi
um Is reached. 1bara &c a maxinnm
: a sniail puSine1s beyond which 1t IS
19ahcy to go. Have you
plicy because some
eause you meant to
This will bear
, 1898-12-16

Educate Your Bowels with Cascarefss
Candy Cathartic, cure constipat on forever
l0c., CSC. II c. C.. q. fail, druggists refund money.
, 1898-12-16

A wolf may lose his teeth but never
his inclination; so it is with an EVIL
speaker.
, 1898-12-16
Knocks Coughs and Colds.

DR.. Arnold's Cough Killer cures Coughs ano
Colds. Prevents Consumption All druggists.25 t
, 1898-12-16
To Cure Constipation Forever.

Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic, loo or 25c.
TIC. G. C. fail to cure, druggists refund money.
, 1898-12-16
A Foregone Conclusion.

~oHc
What a tall girl Brigham's daughter
has grown to be! She must be six feet
at least"
Eyes, but she's a mighty nice girl and
the little fellow that's going to marry
her will be a lucky chap"
"Who Is hep
81 don't know"
But you just spoke of him as a little
fellow"
We'll, being a tall girl, she wouldn't
marry any but a little fellow, would
she:'
II you cannot speak well do not speak
at all; employ the time in making good
resolutions.
, 1898-12-16
Not to BE Too Well Done.

There is a happy mean in everything.
It is said hat a shrewd old lady heard
her married daughter say:
IF my husband doesn't do such and
such a thing. he'll find himself in hot
water"
My child, said the old lady, "a man
is like an egg. Kept in hot water a lit
tie while he may Boil soft; but keep him
there long;-and he hardensl'
"Ah! young lady, l was young and
beautiful myself once, and then l new
err refused a poor woman"
We'll the result isn't exactly encour-
aging"
, 1898-12-16

No To-Bac For Fifty Gents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure makes weak
men strong, blood pure. QUO, IL. All druggists.
, 1898-12-16

J0V ~Nss9. Dvdu-HHu-
and kissesT"
1t depends upon the cheese. 1t
bar out the kisges.-New York
n Orld.
, 1898-12-16

No Endorsements of physA
prominent citizens. Send for Omce
hours 8 A. M. to l 2. NJ.
, 1898-12-16
FIG SYRUP co.

SAN FRANoIsoO, Cal.
LOUISVILLE. KY. NEW YORK, N. Y.
, 1898-12-16

RED-One bottle-Positive
II in "a hours. Postpaid, 81 90
Z Co, a46 Greenwich ST., NY
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-03
Cultivation of Grasses.

r. Lamson- -Scribner, agrostologist
of the Department of Agriculture, has
submitted his third annual report for
the fiscal year ended June 80, 1897.
The work of this division, as au-
thorized by Congress, is the investiga-
tion of grasses and forage plants, EN-
bracing all points relating to the nat
ural history, geographic distribution,
uses and adaptabllity to special soils
and climates. The law also author
ICES the establishment and mainte-
nance of experimental grass stations
and the employment of necessary labor
and purchase of supplies for carrying
them on.
There are at present two grass gar
aens maintained by the division-one
on the grounds of the Agricultural
Department and the other ut Knox
vile, Tenn. The one on the depart
ment grounds covers less than an acre.
During the past year seeds of between
400 and 500 varieties have been sown
in this garden, the greater proportion
Of which germinated and attracted
public attention, particularly in the ex-
hibition of grasses suitable for lawns.
The seeds used were procured through
the collections Of field agents and by
exchanges of foreign countries.
The grass garden at Knoxville,
Tenn, embraces about seven acres of
ground. More than 200 varieties of
seeds were grown there during the
past year, a considerable portion of
which are perennials, and their further
development will be watched with in
terest.
The field work authorized during
the past year embraced an investiga-
lion, first, of the grasses and forage
plants of the Southwest; second, of
the Northwest, and third, of the Gulf
States. Assistants were sem to these
sections to secure information in re-
gard to the existing forage condition
Of the cattle ranges by direct observa-
ton and by consulting with the vari-
Gus raisers of that section,
The demand for new and improved
forage plants which will grow and
thrive on Western farms is constantly
increasing, and it is of Importance,
the report states, that the valuable
grasses which are disappearing from
the prairies, meadows and pastures,
as the result from over stocking,
should be given fair trial with the
foreign species which are constantly
being introduced in order to show
what they will do under cultivation.
There are many valuable grasses
among the several hundred indigenous
species.
With view of carrying on the in
vestigation along this line, by testing
the qualities of native grasses and
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-03

Speaking Of the last achievement in
India of the gallant Gordons, " Black
and White says: ''Not the least of the
splendid anecdotes with which the
Gordons have enriched military history
comes to their fellow-countrymen this
morning, and the name of the piper
who, shot through both feet, sat and
played his friends on to victory will
long be a cherished memory. Let
your boys hear that story; they will
be the better for it,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-03

skins stitched together to fit frame.
work of poles, are carried with them
wherever they wander. and are SO
constructed as to be divided by COM
partments into living and sleeping
quarters. There is one large living
room in the family tent, and o rear
portion is divided into series of
sleeping rooms four to six feet wide.
The tent is shaped like a huge box,
open at one side; ordinarily it is twen-
ty feet long by twelve feet in widtA.
The whole affair is great improve
ment on the transportable habitations
of other nomadic peoples.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-03

Dressing and Packing Geese and Ducks.
| An Illinois subscriber asks the best
way to dress geese so as to have all
the down nicely off. The subscriber
also asks how to pack so as to get a
good price for them.
Kill by bleeding in the mouth or
opening the veins of the neck; hang by
the feet until properly bled. Leave
feet and head on; do not remove mtes-
tines nor crop.
For scalding the water should be as
near the boiling point as possible,
without boiling; hold the bird by the
head and legs and immerse and lift up
four or five times, as it requires more
time to penetrate and loosen the
feathers than in chickens.
Some parties advise after scalding
to wrap them in blanket for the pur-
pose of steaming, but they must not
be left in this condition long enough
to cook the flesh. Two OF three min
utes is the time recommended.
Do not undertake to dry pick geese
and ducks just before killing for the
sake of saving the feathers, as it causes
the skin to be very much inhamed, and
is a great injury to the sale. Do not
pick the feathers off the head; leave
the feathers on for two or three inches
on the neck. Do not singe the bodies
from the flames will give them an oily
and unsightly appearance.
After they are picked clean they
should be held in scalding water about
ten seconds for the purpose of plump
ing, then rinsed off in clean cold water
and hung in cool place until the ami
NAL heat is entirely out of the body,
for they should be thoroughly dry and
cold, but not frozen, before packing
for shipment.
Pack snugly in boxes or barrels, but
use great care to avoid bruising the
flesh or breaking any bones; boxes
holding 100 to 200 pounds are prefera-
BILE; straighten out the body and legs,
80 that they will not arrive very much
bent and twisted out of shape; fill the
packages as full as possible to prevent
moving about on the way; barrels an
swer better for chickens and ducks
than for turkeys or geese; weigh the
package before packing; when con-
venient, avoid putting more than one
kind in package; If more than one
kind in package, mark kind and
weight of each description on the pack
age; if but one kind in the package
mark in plain figures on the cover the
number and kind of birds within, the
total weight of package and net weight;
mark shipping directions, your name
and address, plainly on the cover.
They are then ready for transport
ing. Mark name and address of firm
to which they are to go plainly on
cover, and send full advice and invoice
by first mail after the goods are shipped
Fat, heavy stock is always preferred
Farm, Field and Fireside.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-03
THE GREAT MYSTERY,

Could we but know
The land that ends our dark uncertain
travel,
Where lies those happier hills and mca-
dows low.
Ah! il beyond the spirits inmost cay.l,
Aught OF the country could We surely
know,
Who would not go?
Might we but hear
The lowering angels high, imagined,
chorus,
Or catch. betimes, with wakeful eyes,
and clear,
One radiant vista Of the realm before us
with one rapt moment given to ses and
hear,
All, who would fear?
We're we quite sure
no find the peerless friend who let us
lonely.
Or there, by some celestial stream, as
pure,
To gaze in eyes that here were loyellt
only
This weary mortal coil, were we quite
sure,
Who would endure?
Edmund Clarence Stedman.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-03
WISE WORDS,

Chairs are cheaper than backbones.
No true woman is either a man wor-
shipper or a man hater.
On the shoulders of the young and
hale Poverty sits but lightly.
He who knows the weakness of his
own wings is sure of successful flight.
Before submitting to the inevitable
it is wise to be sure it is the inevitable.
In giving thanks for your blessings,
don't forget the criticisms you have
received.
The world is full Of human mile
stones, since 1t is more easy to point
than to plod.
1t is better to gay n little worse thaa
you mean than to mean little worse
than you say.
One song sung amid storm is bet
ter than whole concert when the
sun is shining.
Anyone can start an organization,
but it requires skill and patience to
keep it growing.
People whose eloquence reveals ras-
cality are always said, by the rascals,
to "talk too much.
Experience is hard block to whit
tie, but every shaving is Of priceless
value to the whittier.
Like a fair and symmetrical face,
behind which there is no heart, is
beautiful flower that lacks perfume.
When one knows that he doesn't
know anything, it is worth more to
him than all the rest that he does
know.
There are human beings who arc
proof against both commands and per-
suesions, and we call them mulish;
but this is libelous, for even mule
can be persuaded sometimes. New
York Independent.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-03
FACTS ABOUT FURs.
Skin of the Ordinary House Cat is Known
as "Roof Sable"

Skin of the Ordinary House Cat is Known
as "Roof Sable"
Fur garments in this country are
lower in price and better in quality
than abroad, and their finish, as well
as style, is faultless.
Fine furs, such as foxes, chinchil-
las, sables, ermine and sea otter, are
brought to this country free of duty,
so that If these furs are purchased
abroad no duty is saved. These furs
are dressed and prepared by Ameri-
can workmen in 80 superior manner
that European furriers intrust their
curing to American firms.
Seal garments are cheaper to-day
than for long time, notwithstanding
the scarcity of seals.
Sables of all descriptions and from
all countries will form an important
part of the fur business during the
present season, and a little common
sense, practical information on this,
the noblest of furs, will not come
amiss.
Sables lead for fashionable fur trade.
All is not sable that is so called. Sa-
bles from 50 to $3.50 apiece are entitled
to that name.
Japanese sable is of greenish gray
color and has bright yellow throat.
1t is worth about $3.50. The next
in price. Hudson Bay sables, are light
brown in color and have a pinkish
brown throat. According to color
and lustre they range in price from
81. to $50, and more for silvery
specimens.
The skin of the Persian lamb is
dyed in this country as lustrously
and well as abroad, and garments Of it
are purchased cheaper in this country
than anywhere else in the world.
Persian lamb for garment purposes
began to find popularity with the ap.
pearance of electric seal, or brown
dyed rabbit fur, from which the hair
had been eliminated by machinery.
1t takes a good furrier to tell at
glance the difference between the real
seal and its imitation, whereas the
real Persian lamb garment is easily
recognized by even inexperienced
eyes.
The American skunk, one of the
most reliable furs, is sold under the
name of Alaska sable.
The skin of the ordinary black
house cat, figuring under the cogno-
men of genet, is humorously termed
''roof sable" by the trade. .-Cloaks and
Furs.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-03

Boiling water from street lamps is
the latest scheme to which the slot
system has been applied. The machine
takes the form of handsome street
lamp, with large base, which contains
a cistern holding forty gallons of water.
Cold water is fed into spiral coil and
pre-heating chamber above the that,
and is there converted into steam by
the heat. The steam is then expelled
by its own expansive force down the
base, where it heats the water in the
cistern by circulation through an iron
coil, so that the steam does not actual
ly come into contact with the water to
be ssupplied to the public. The
directors of the company claim that
not only could they utilize the waste
heat of the lamp in London, but that
at l cent q gallon they could pay for
the gas and for the water used, and
then leave large margin for profit.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-03

forage plants, the seeds which were
collected during the season of 1896
were put up in small packages and di-
vided into sets, which were distributed
to agricultural experimental stations
and individuals who expressed will
lngness to cooperate with the de-
partment in this work. There were
IN each OF the ten first sets seeds of
l35 species, and the first thirty sets
contained nearly 1000 packages. Ten
OF these sets were sent to foreign
countries from which valuable material
has been received in exchange. These
countries embraced New South Wales,
Victoria, Algeria, Cape Colony, Natal,
Northwest India, the Royal Botanical
Gardens OF Kew, England, and the ex-
perlmental station i'll Switzerland. A
total OF 2o0O;packages was sent to ex-
perlmental stations in this country
west OF the Mississippi River. Total
distribution amounted to over 5000
packages OF seed. 1t is expected that
the reports OF the cuitivations result
ing from this seed distribution will be
OF much practical value.
1t IS believed that much good may
be done and the work of the division
greatly promoted, if means are pro-
vlded Tor furnishing its correspond
ents, who Will report the results OBJ
tanned, with trial samples of seeds of
the grasses and forage plants in ques-
ton. by thus means the adaptability
OF these plants to special soils and
climates, as provided for by law in
the establishment OF the division, may
be determined IN a practical manner,
and III way which will be most help
ful to oil concerned.
1t ls further suggested that special
experiments be undertaken in selected
localities where the work, if success
ful, may prove immediately useful in
the propagation OF sand-and-soil bind
ing grasses, and those best suited for
the formation of turf. Many letters
have been received requesting infor-
nation as to the varieties of grasses
to plant on embankments OF steam and
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-03

Greater New York is the greatest
Irish city in the world, with popula-
tion of 275,000, 1t is greater Ger
man city than any but three or four of
the largest cities of the German
Empire, with 325, 900 Germans within
its limits. 1t has population greater
than that of any single State in the
Union, excepting only New York itself,
Pennsylvania, Ohio aud Illinois.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-03

Experiments in surface burial have
been made by Mr.. Z. Seymour Haden,
the pioneer burial reformer, at his
estate at Alresford, Hants, the results
of which he communicates to the
Times. Laying the body of calf,
pig or dog on the ground, he covers
it in every direction with single foot
of earth," and finds at the end of a
year that only the bones remain.
The whole process is without effect on
the purity of the earth beneath, or the
sweetness of the air around. Deep
burial, he demonstrates, retards the
complete resolution of the animal
tissue. He has found that bodies
buried two feet deep take two years to
disappear, while at three feet they
take three years and so on. He in.
vites those interested to make the
pilgrimage to his experimental brrinl
ground.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-03

Perhaps the most famous distribu-
tor of Bibles in the world was Deacon
William Brown, of New Hampshire.
He began the work in 1S49, and kept
it up till his death, few years ago, at
the age OF seventy-siX. During that
time no fewer than 120, 600 copies of
the Scriptures were given out by him,
and despite his age in the two years
preceding his death he canvassed 239
towns and visited over $4,000 fami-
lies.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-03

Much talk has been started at Louis.
vile among men interested in river
navigation by the discovery that the
dangers of the Ohio Falls, in the
avoidance of which much money has
been spent every year for nearly q
century, were probably V mere creations
of the Imagination. In all that time
it has been considered necessary for
every boat descending the falls to hire
a special pilot who knew just where
among the rushing waters every dau-
gerous rock lay, ready to wreck any
craft unfortunate enough to touch it.
The Government improvements now
going on have laid bare the bed of the
river at this point, and to the surprise
of the boat owners it is revealed that
none of the rocks about which they
have been so apprehensive exist.
Competent engineers say that any
barge or steamboat could have run the
falls in perfect safety, with no other
help than that of their regular crews.
Did the special pilots know this fact
all the time? They deny it with great
emphasis, but dark suspicious are
afoat in many minds, and at all events,
the glory-and profts-of the falls
pilots have departed forever.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-03
Twelve Years Dead and Unburied.

The late King Alfonso, of Spain,
who died twelve years ago, is still un-
buried. His remains lie covered in a
winding sheet on a marble slab in the
vault of the Escurial. Itisto be hoped
that disinfectants are used. He will
be inferred when the present King
dies, according to the Spanish custom,
which dates back to 170O.