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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-12
swiftly. The he spurted q. the guard,

swiftly. The he spurted a.lhe guard,
"And If You say word"
"I'll be hanged first, was the fierce
reply. Then there was a silence, un-
til she dying man spoke again, very
slowly and with an effort.
81 suppose you wonder why I
tried to escape. Well, it was q mad
ness, l think. I can't explain it my
self. But / was out there with the
blasting outfit to-day, when suddenly
L looked up and saw the figure of
woman against the skyline, on the
slope of the granite mountain. She
had on big sunbonnet, and to me,
IN my sudden madness, she was the
image of Mary Horton as I used to
watch her coming from the district
schoolhouse in the long ago. I reckon
1t was really one of the guards wives;
but l didn't think of that then.
saw that figure, and-all of a sudden
everything gave way in me-all but
the longing for her. I forgot the
years-the place, everything. There
was Mary-out there on the noun
tain; if I could reach her and tell
her how miserable I was; if 1 could
but kiss her once; but once speak to
her And then, started forward
madly, running at full speed, in
kind of frenzy-and-now-I-am-
here"
He noticed the anguish on the
guards face, and went on, looking
up smilingly at him
"Oh, you did your duty. you know.
How were you to know the madness
that was in me? For it must have
been a-madness. Yes, surely, it
must have been. And SO, you have
all promised me that you-will say
nothing? All, thank you, thank you.
1t makes it so much easier for me, if
I can think that she will never know.
It-might ight-worry-her--5
His breath went from him in q gem
tie sigh, and the eyes closed. The
doctor stepped forward, and put his
head down towards the mans heart.
1t had ceased to beat.
"Dead!" he said briefly.
A tear glistened on the guards
leathery cheek.
'He vas white" he said thickly,
"clear through" Then he put his hand
to his cheek and wiped away tear.
"When an army soldier dies"
he went on, looking at the sergeant.
"Yes," said the sergeant, "go on;
he deserves it."
Over in the guard-station they list
ened to the shots and looked up.
"What's that?" asked a lately ar
rived guard.
ga convict has escaped" was the
| answer.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-12
WISE WORDS,
Out Of debt out of danger.

Sup "a NSDb Oue Va udhSci.
Slander is the revenge of coward,
and dissimilation his defense.
Life is too short to be wasted in
petty worries, hatred and vexation.
Chance opportunities make us known
to others, and still more to ourselves.
He is young enough who has health,
and he is rich enough who has nc
debts.
The only failure man ought to
fear is failure in cleaving to the pur-
pose he sees to be best.
Self-knowledge is that acquaintance
with ourselves which shows us what
we are, and what we ought to be.
A false report does not last long,
and the life one leads is always the
best apology of that which one has
led.
Great efforts come of industry and
perseverance; for audacity doth almost
bind and mate the weaker sort of
minds.
The moral courage that will face
obloquy in good cause is much a
rarer gift than the bodily valor that
will CONFRONT death in bad one.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-12

The incident of st. Paul ard the
viper and the stories of ZinZendorf
and Brainerd and their serpent visitors
are read by every one with the thrill
OF interest always felt where q human
life is at stake. We can imagine the
effect upon those who were eyewit-
nesses OF the fact, and saw these men
escape withouta o wound.
Near the middle OF the last century
David Brainerd left his mission among
the Indians at Stockbridge, Massachu-
sets, and travelled southwark to the
forks of the Delaware" He had
heard of n savage tribe in the heart of
the New Jersey forests, and yearned
to bring them under Christian ineu-
ences.
With his pocket-Bible, his tent
cloth and few simple utensils for
preparing his food strapped in bum
die on his back, hepushed on through
the wilderness till he found himself
IN the neighborhood of the Indian vii
laSe. He was not tired, and mount
ing his little shelter-tent on sticks, he
camped under the trees to rest and to
fortify himself for the new undertak
ing that lay before him. What peril
was near him from savage hands he
could not know, and like his Master
in "a solitary place apart" he talked
with heaven until he felt refreshed
and strong.
When he finally reached the wigwams,
he was all astonished man. His faith
and hope had made him bold, but he
little expected when he faced the en-
emies OF his race that "whole VIII
lage" would come out to meet him rs if
he had been long-lookcd for friend.
Led by the chief, the Indians vel
coined him as their guest, and seemed
almost to reverence him rs q prophet.
He stayed among them and preached,
winning the hearts and the faith of
the untutored natives, until he gathered
a church of between seventy and eighty
Christian Indians.
Brainerd never knew, until they told
him, the secret of his welcome. The
sayages had discovered the white
stranger in the woods, and party of
them had waited to steal upon him and
kill him as soon as he entered his tent.
Peering between the folds of the can
vas, they saw him on his knees, pray
ing.
Ignorant wonder held them back,
and their wonder turned to awe when
they saw rattlesnake crawl over the
strangers foot and pause beside him,
with its head raised as if to strike; but
it only gazed at him moment, flick
cred its red tongue, and glided out of
taa tent on the opposite side. The
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-12
Passing of the Oldest Coin,

One of the oldest coins of Europe
will shortly disappear. The Austrian
"kreuzer" was withdrawn from COM
mercial circulation on June 80, 10
accordance with the convention es-
tablishing a copper currency of equal
value for all parts of the empire. 1t
will be received at public banks in
payment or in exchange for new
money until December 81, 1899, but
from the first day of the coming CEN
tury it will no longer be legal tender.
The "kreuzer" has been in existence
since the fifteenth century, taking it's
name, of course, from the cross which
it bore in common with many other
coins. 1t circulated freely in North
as well as South Germany at one time,
but for some twenty-five years has not
been current beyond the Austrian
frontier. Chronicle.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-12

Oh the Fourth of July a young man
Of Stockton, Kan, took his best girl to
a picnic. There she accepted so many
attentions from another young man
that the first young man became en-
ragged and went home, leaving the girl
to get back to her own house as best
she might, She hired hack, for
which her father paid seventy five
cents, and then the old man sent the
bill to the sulky young suitor. He re-
fused to pay, and the old man sued
him in Justices court, alleging that
having taken the girl to the picnic it
became his duty to see her safely home
at his own expense. Both sides have
hired lawyers, and the case will be
fought to finish.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-12

A member of the Volksraad of the
Orange Free State, South Africa, rec
ommends Sunday observance as an
effectual cure for the rinderpest. Re-
Gently in the course of the debates on
the new Sunday Observance Act of
that State, he assured the members
that if they only passed a stringent
Sabbath law ''rinderpest and all other
plaques would vanish, and the land
would be one flowing with milk and
honey" The new act, by the way,
prohibits goods trains, except per-
ishables, pleasure trains, and all
games, the latter under penalty of
$50 or one month"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-12
FIELDS OF ADVENTURE.
THRILLING INCIDENTS AND DARING
DEEDS ON LAND AND SEA,
Fighting With Whales-Thc Experience
of Captain Rose of Hatteras-Secrct
ofa MissIonary's sWelcome-Unharmcd
by u Eattler-The Cadets Rescue

Fighting With Whales-Thc Experience
of Captain Rose of uatteras-Secrct
ofa MissTonary's Observation-Disclosures
by IA Eattler-The Cadets Rescue.
Captain Antoine Rose, of the whaling
schooner Joseph A. Manta, has arrived
at Provincetown, Mass, his home,
having been obliged to leave his vessel
on account of sickness, the result of
exposure while fighting whale.
The schooner reached the Hatteras
whaling grounds on April "a, and tire
next day, soon after daylight, the man
in the crows nest at the mainmast
head raised whales, and in five
minutes the boats were away to the
chase. The irons were soon to the
hilt in lively young twenty five
barrel whale.
After few moments tussle the fish
started to sound, taking the line over
the bow at racehorse speed, making
things smoke in the chocks. Suddenly
the line kinked, and in the twinkling
of an eye the remainder of the rail
was out of the tub, catching with
snap for an instant on the stem of the
boat, just long enough to tear it out
and wreck the boat The boat
steerer's knife flashed in the air, and
the monster was free, taking the line
with him.
All attention of the crew was turned
to the boat, which was quickly filling,
and it was quick work to save their
own lives. The mast and the six oars
were lashed across the gunwales to
keep her from capsizing, and she
slowly began to settle. Higher and
higher rose the water, until it reached
to the shoulders of the men as they
stood on the seats.
There they stood four long hours,
balancing on their precarious foot
hold, hanging to life by thread,
until their vessel could be worked up
to them from her distant position on
the horizon.
When rescued some of the men
were nearly dead. One poor fellow
was unconscious, and it required an
hour of hard work and quantities of
hot coffee to bring him back to life.
The next day, nothing daunted by
their rough experience, the boats were
away again in the chase, and soon had
monster as long as the vessel spout
ing his life blood. At 5 O'Clock that
afternoon their prize was safely
moored head and stern alongside the
little schooner, and the work of get
ting her out of the rough waters OF
the Gulf stream began.
They worked steadily until 5o'clock
the next morning, but their efforts
were unavailing, as heavy gale had
sprung up and was blowing with
hurricane force. Barks and schooners
could be seen on all sides lying hove
to under bare poles.
In order to save the vessel Captain
Rose was obliged to cut the warps and
let the eighty-barrel prize, worth
fully $4,000, drift away. The long ex.
posuro in the cold water and hard
work aggravated an old strain, am
Captain Rose began to grow sick an d
WAS obliged to work the vessel in to-
ward the land for assistance.
Sighting tug off Long Island, the
captain took passage for land, and
sent his vessel to sea again in charge
of his first officer, and has spent the
last five weeks in the New Bedford
Hospital.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-12
A Ouick-.fitted Syyede.

An Ordnance Sergeant stationed at
ono of the Pacific coast artillery posts
went suddenly insane few years ago.
His mind had been disturbed for some
time by the hard-heartedness of
young woman who declined to marry
him. On the day that his wits went
completely awry he made for the
magazines with the intention, as he
quietly announced to young Swedish
recruit whom he met on the way, of
blowing them up. The Swede's eyes
stuck out at this, but he was one of
the tribe of quick thinkers.
SAY tank Ay'li go alang an halp,"
said he to the crazy Ordnance Ser.
geant, whose eyes cleaned with in
sanity.
The Sergeant made no response.
and tho Swedish recruit walked after
him. The Sergeant opened the door
OF one of the main magazines, that
held many thousands of pounds of
black smooth-bore powder, and start
cd to break out big box of it. The
Swede saw that the crazy man actually
intended to blow up the magazine.
When he was convinced of this he
picked up q shellbar, waited for the
insane man to turn his back AID
banged him over the head with it.
Thea he carried the crazy Ordnance
Sergeant on his back to the guard
house. The Swedish recruit was q
Corporal the next day.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-12
Signs For Bicycliennes.

To pick the seed ball of dandelion
and blow away every tiny piece of
fluff at the first effort means that you
must turn back at once, as you are
badly wanted at home. tits supposed
to be lucky to see black cat in your
path, provided yon don't frighten it
or send it away. To ride over or in
jure black cat is declared to be at
tended with serious consequences.
To pass novice in distress and not
offer to help her means that you will
be in similar need of assistance before
the day is out. On the other hand, if
you curtail your ride and dismount
to offer your help you will meet the
friend you most like before your ride
is oyer.-London Cycle.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-12

History notes the fact that Bahia
Nipe, the third large harbor of Cuba
occupied by the United States, was
the scene of the first landing of Col
umbus on the shores of the greatest of
the Antilles. 1t was at Nipe bay that
the voyager took his caravels aftel
sailing southwark from San Salvador,
and, after moving from that point west
ward for some distance he turned, be.
lieving, 1t is narrated, that he had en-
countered the shores of Asia and could
not hope to sail entirely around that
great continent So he went back
eastward and thus made his way back
to Spain to tell Of his wonderful dis
coveries. Nipe bay thus connects it.
self with two widely separated stages
of the history of Cuba.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-12
Towed Six Miles by a swordflsb.

The steam yacht Chetolah, N. Y. Y.
G., owner A. j. Wise, put in at Sea
Cliff, l.. l., recently with swordfish
on board measuring thirteen feet ten
inches long and weighing 625 pounds.
The fish was caught thirty-fve miles
southeast of Block Island. He gave
the party an exciting chase, towing
the yachts gig and small boat six
miles before he could be killed.
Mr.. Wise and a party of friends
went cut on the Chetolah from Green
port on swordishing trip. An offer
OF a $40 bounty was made to the sailor
first sighting big fish. About the
middle of the afternoon one of the
sailors caught glimpse of the mon
ster, and the yacht was quickly got
into position from which the skip
per, j. ". Matthews, who is an ex-
perienced swordfisherman, could har-
poon him from the bow of the Yacht.
AS soon as Mr.. Matthews had made
his mark the party got into the gig
and tho small boat, and n thrilling
pursuit ensued, which lasted an hour
and half before the fish received its
death blow.
1t took five stout sailors to work the
tackle which hois.c the fish to the
deck of the yacht. A box was hastily
put together and tao fish was packed
in ice in order to give the ladies of the
family and their friends chance to
see it.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-12
Washing Quilts.

During the warm months the thin
quilt takes the place of heavier bed
covering. They require frequent wash
ing to keep them clean, but this is not
a difficult task when one has n good
washing machine and wringer. Put
one or two quilts lowing to the size)
in the machiue, heat enough soft water
to cover them until it is almost boil.
ing hot, and when you have made
good suds, pour the water over the
quilts and wash them. Pass them
through the wringer, empty the water
out of the machine, and replace it with
q clean suds prepared like the first.
Wash through this and rinse through
two waters, adding little bluing to
the second. Hang them on strong
line, folding one edge over just enough
to hold it, and put clothes pin every
ten or twelve inches. A bright day
should be chosen for this work, and
if gentle breeze is blowing, they will
look nicer when they are dry.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-12

Consul Smith at Moscow has made
a report to the State Department in
regard to the education of children in
Finland. "About thirty eight per
cent, of the population of Finland" :"
he says, "can read and write. There
are 1400 schools, supported in part by
the Government; twenty-one of these
are intermediate schools. Each of the
4G6 districts has an inspector besides
a board of directors. Children COM
mence school at the age of ten; from
seven to ten they receive instruction
at home from the parish priest. Co.
education has been most successful in
these schools. In Finland women
share in all industries, and are espe-
cially capable as teachers. Both men
and women teachers receive careful
instruction and preparation. They
are treated with the greatest defer
ence, nor arc their duties confined to
the school room; they exercise a
supervision over the selection of books
sor home reading, and during the
summer vacations they accompany the
children on excursions, giving them
lessons from nature"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-12
AN OLD FAMILY PORTRAIT.

II you could think, if you could speak.
Iwonder how your voice would soundl
And what opinion you would hold
or those who idly crowd aroundl
Why are your eyes, with passive gaze,
Fixed on us as we laugh or weep,
As though you seemed to stand aloof
And mystic self-communion keep
Can all we say, and all we do,
And all we are or might havo been,
Be naught to you, as though we were
Unknown, uncared for, and unseen?
'Tis ages since the artists brush
Upon q snowy canvas drew
Your features; then revered and loved,
Now only known by name to few.
1t may be ages since you left
To enter on your endless trance;
But day by day we love to build
Around your face some fresh romance
H. N. NJ, in Chambers's Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-12

Several object lessons have been
presented for the consideration of
nations in the war. One is that
America can strike swiftly and strike
hard. Another is that spirit of gem
erosity toward conquered foe which
is as much a tradition here as the love
of freedom. The one lesson is warn
ing; the other is an example which
will certainly bear fruit in future wars.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-12
Keeping Meals Warm.

When it is necessary to keep meal
hot for belated conner, do not set the
plate holding the food in hot oven,
thus discoloring the china as we'll as
drying the food; instead, place the
plate upon the fire over a pan of boil
ing water, covering the plate with u
pan that will just fit over the edge of
the plate. The food will keep hot, and
there will be enough steam from the
boiling water in tho lower pan to keep
the plate moist and prevent the con-
tents becoming dried.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-12

1t was Schley who discovered Ger
vera in Santiago Harbor. Itwas Schley
who discovered Cervera as he started
on his dash to destruction. When
Schley discovered Cervera's ships on
May 80 he said: 81 have got them,
and they will never get home" And
prophet Schley had the pleasure and
the honor of bringing about the fulfil
ment of his own prophecy.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-12
How to Clean q Straw Hat.

Scrub the rim of the hat first with
the juice Of one lemon. Cut out an
oval piece of ca aboard the size of the
crown. Scrub the straw and rinse in
cold water. Put the piece of card
board inside the crown and lay the
hat upside down and press the card
board firmly into the crown. Turn
the hat down on piece of wrapping
paper, cover the rim with paper and
place heavy weights on the rim and
leave oven night to dry.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-12

1t is believed that some of the
camels imported in 1855 to run wild in
Arizona are still in existence. Indians
occasionally report having seen some,
and lately the international Boundary
Commission saw two with their spy
glasses on the Mexican border.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-12

Bulgaria is going to take effective
means to increase its population. For
every son born beyond a minimum
number So will be paid not only to
the father, but to the mother also. A
soldier showing dozen sons Will re.
ceive pension large enough to sup
port him, and besides decoration.
The same reward will go to his wife
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-12

There is no national feeling in
China. The different sections of the
country hate each other more cor
daily than they hate foreigners.
Such military and naval forces as ez-
ist are provincial rather than imperial.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-12

An engineer cadet, who is now an
assistant engineer on one of the
cruisers in Cuban waters, went ashore
IN Honolulu to weigh coal for his ship
one morning about five years ago. When
he returned aboard for luncheon all
hands were at mess, except q loutish.
moon-faced landsman, q former farm
hand from interior California. who had
been the butt of his mates as an inno-
cent of the rawest kind. This lands
man had bolted his dinner and was
leaning over the starboard rail. look.
ing no more stupid or inert than he
generally did. A big coal lighter was
moored alongside the ship, and the
cadet in order to get aboard ship had
to climb from the steam launch that
brought him off onto the lighter, and
then pull himself up on the fixed iron
gangway ladder to the gangway.
There was space of about two feet
between the coal lighter and the ship.
Into this space the cadet. missing his
hold when he attempted to clutch the
ladder, fell, feet foremost, with a
splash. The crew of the steam launch
heard the splash, but did not know
what had caused it. It was about
100 to l against the cadets saw
ing his life by his own efforts, for
when he came up his head was due to
bump against the bottom of the lighter,
and it is hard proposition even for o
good swimmer to keep his nerve un-
der such circumstances. The cadet
didn't keep his nerve, and he surely
would have been a goner had it not
been for the loutish laudsman leaning
over the starboard rail. The loutish
landsman proved to be the right man.
lie did not even kick OF his Govern
ment brogans before he let himself
fall into the space between the lighter
and the ship at tie exact point where
the cadet had gone done. The crew
of the steam launch saw this move
and wondered what it meant. They
did not know the cadet was under
meath the lighter. In about half
minute the moon-fnced landsman came
from beneath the lighter, and he had
the cadet along with him. The cadet.
his nerve gone, was very wild, and
clutched the landsman fiercely. The
landsman freed his right arm from the
grasp of the struggling cadet and gave
him jolt on the point of the jaw
with his big right fist that the cadet
declares he feels yet. The blow put
the cadet out of the game altogether,
but it saved his life. He would have
pulled his rescuer down with him had
he not been knocked silly, and this
was one of the times when an enlisted
man struck an officer without being
punished for it. The landsmau and
the cadet were hauled into the steam
launch by tho crew, and the ships
company proceeded to hunt up an
other butt for their humor. The
moon-faced landsman wasn't made to
serve in that capacity any longer.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-12

Servia, one of the smallest coun.
tries of Europe, has more centenar-
ians than any other country. OF a
population of 1,3OO, 900 there are SIS
persons whose age exceed one huu-
dred years.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-12
Door Drapery.

An effective door drapery for door,
way leading to room or hall furnished
in dark tones is composed of series
OF wrought-iron chains of graduated
lengths, those at the sides reaching
half way to the floor and shortening
toward the centre to form an arch
overhead. The chains are slender and
the effect is far richer than that of the
now so common bead portieres.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-12
Preserving Ribbons and Silks.

To preserve ribbons and silks put
them away in brown paper, for white
paper contains chloride of lime, and
frequently produces discoloration. A
white satin dress should be pinned in
blue paper, with brown paper on the
outside, sewed together on the edges.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-12

The captain of an Atlantic liner,
after many calculations, has come to
the conclusion that the general size of q
fog in the Atlantic is about thirty miles
in diam eter.