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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-06
Tor the Finger-Nails.

Even manicuring has it's fashions,
its phases and its reactions. Highly
manicured finger nails are not at all in
favor just now. 1t was all very we'll
when the fad was comparatively new
to go to extremes about pinking and
polishing your fnger-tips, but now
that it has had time to season, moder-
alton is to be observed. Nails so
blushing and apparently so well pol
ished that you can see your face in
them are no longer good form. Hand
mirrors at the chatelaine are preferred
The thoroughbred digit is all that is
dainty, but it never attracts attention
through artificial means. But little
coloring is used, the polish amounts to
hardly more than natures gloss, and
the pointed cut has gwen way almost
wholly to the less obtrusive crescent
There are also variations in the
technique of manicuring. Where the
file With the sand-paper board as finish
was formerly used for pairing the nail,
the sand-paper board is now used ex-
clusively. Everything tends to make
the manicuring process less of surg
ical operation. The cuticle knife is
rarely used nowadays, the slender oar
shaped orange-stick accomplishing the
same purpose with less of force and
friction. Cuticle scissors are dispensed
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-06
The New Gauzes.

A frock of one of the new gauzes is
a peculiar shade of blue--something
between harebell and indigo. 1t is
strewn with blurred red and yellow
blossoms, the red and yellow melting
into the blue, of course, and not spoil
ing the general tone. The skirt IS
made over two underskirts, one of
wkite mousseline and one of blue taf-
feta, and is finished at the bottom
with deep founce of black Chantilly.
Lines of black lace are laid over the
material at intervals of five inches
apart all the way around the skirt,
running from waist to hem. The
bodice has the same lines of lace, but
here there are insertions, showing the
white mousseline beneath. A deep
collar of rich cream white lace is
edged with long points, which also
form epaulets. The pattern of the
lace is set off by light tracery of gold
thread. A simple stock, covered with
the cream lace, deep frills of cream
lace at the wrists and a ceinture of
blue taffeta fastening in the back,
with big fiat rosette of light blue
velvet and buckle of steel and dia-
monds complete this odd and pretty
costume.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-06
Ingenious Imitation Feathers.

The demand for feathers for millin-
erypurposes has developed the skill
of New York artists to such an extent
that they are able to initiate many ex-
pensive and rare kinds OF plunlage
with the cheapest and commonest
kinds of feathers. The tools en-
ployed are known as curling scissors,
alkali, feather workers paste and var
ious dyes. The most ingenious ap-
plication of these counterfeits was
the making of an artificial bird upon a
frame which was life-like in its natur-
alness and yet which was manufac-
tured of feathers taken from ordinary
BARNARD fowl
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-06
Ia, God proanction.

Russia holds the third place amcng
producing countries. Gold Is only
found in large quantity in the Ural
mountains and east and west Siberia
the very limited output of washed gold
In Finland is not of any Importance.
1t is only natural that the Russian
government should do all in its power
to advance the gold-mining industry.
Its plan is to train up staff Of mining
engineers, and to let these experts visit
North America, south Africa and Aus
tralia. 1t is also proposed to attempt
a second extraction of gold from some
of the vast quantities of residue, ETC..
in the various mining districts.-Phila-
delphia Record.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-06
Ladies and the Paris Exposition.

anu the faflS ExpOS1tlOn.
The ladies of the country are de-
manding share in the honors and re-
sponsibilities at the Paris Exposition.
They want separate organization
and $150,000 of the $3.50, 900 that is to
be appropriated for the representation
OF our government. They want their
own commissioner-general and staff,
and object to being mixed up with the
men folk. They have a committee in
Washington composed mostly of New
York women led by Mrs. Ledyard
Stevens, of that city, and command a
good deal of social and political infu-
ence. They have seen the President,
the Secretary of State, Judge Day,
and members of the appropriation
committees of both Houses. But thus
far they do not seem to have made
much of an impression. The Presi-
dent inclines to an arrangement by
which there shall be a woman's board
under the commissioner-general, but
thinks that two organizations would
result in friction and confusion. The
Appropriation Committee is of SINH
lar mind. They are perfectly willing
to authorize the commissioner-general
to appoint woman assistant, but
they do not see any practical use in
having two separate and independent
organizations. The ladies, however,
will insist upon offering an amendment
in the Senate if the Appropriation
Committee refuses to comply with
their wishes.-William E. Curtis, in
Chicago Record.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-06
HIS REFUGE,

Amt no use ter scol' him
Don't keer whut he do:
Knows two ans III hol' him
} Safe enough fun you.
Oar whar he a-runnin',
Bad ez bad kin be;
Cuddle down 50 cunnin'-
Shake his curls at mel
She so smilin' 'bove him
Fol' him ter her bres';
Knows his nanny loves HIM
Don't keer fer de res
Feel lax l could poun' himi
But, fer all he done,
Wen her aims is roun' him
He de same sweet onel
Amt no use ter scol' him,
Way his nanny do!
Knows her AIMS III hol' him
Safe enough fun you.
Atlanta Constitution
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-06

Prof. Park of Andover figures rath-
er amuslngly In the "reminiscences of
the late Prof. Schaff, just published.
In 1912 Schaff, being privat-docent at
Berlin, introduced Park to his German
friends, among the rest to Kahnis. He
relates that, under the continuous pelt-
ing of Parks questions, Kahnis finally
exclaimed in despair: God forgive
Christopher Columbus for discovering
american
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-06

A novelty in dress trimmings is a
fine fawn-colorel batiste embroidered
ell over in minute design of chenille.
This is used for cuffs, collars and
revers on silk waists. Oriental en-
broidered insertions, set in between
groups of tucks, form another mode of
trimming. Waists of plain silk in
medium and light colors are striped
up and down diagonally across the
sleeves with velvet ribbon Of darker
shade.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-06
Crete's woeful Condition.

Crete has lost through political dis.
turbances Of recent years olive trees to
the value of S10,00O,OOO. 1t will take
forty years to restore the orchards to
full-bearing condition, and in the mean.
dime 100000 Mohammedans and 3OO,.
900 Christians will have to starve.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-06

Encouraging.-Myrtle-Oh, dear!
wish l could think of some new way
to say no. I've had to refuse so many
men lately that l am positively be
coming weary of the old way of de
clining. Allce-I wouldn't worry about
that, dear. The fellows probably en-.
Joy the joke just as much as IL you
said something original each time
Chica 90 News
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-06

Aliens Foot-Eas a powder for the feet. It
cures painful, swollen, nervous, ,smarting feet
and instantly takes the sting out Of corns
and bunions. It's the greatest comfort dis
covery OF the age. Aliens Foot-Ease makes
tight or new shoes feel easy. 1t is a certain
cure for sweating, callous and hot, tired,
aching feet. Try ii today. Sold by all drug
gists and shoe stores, 25c. Trial package
FREE. Address Allen S. .Olmsted LIE Roy NY,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-06

If you want to test which is the best
summer color, black OF white, put
both hands in the sun, one covered by
a white, the other by black chiffon
net, and note the result.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-06

Clean blood means a clean skin. Ne
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar-
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all i'm
Danish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets,-beauty for ten cer.as All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed. z 25c. SOC.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-06

Misress-Do you call this sponge
cake? Why, it's as hard as it can be.
New Cook-Yes, mum; that's the way
a sponge is before it's wet. SoaR it in
your tea, mum.-Boston Traveller.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-06

ST. VITUS' DANCE. SPASMS and all nerv-
Gus diseases permanently cured by the use of
FREE Sl0O trial bottle and treatise to DR..
r. H. Kline, Ltd, 93l Arch Street, Phila, Pa.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-06

Mangosteens from the Moluccas are
now sold in the London markets. They
are said to taste like combination of
strawberry, nectarine and pineapple.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-06

At the StroZzi palace, in Rome, there
Is book made of marble, the leaves
being of marvellous thinness.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-06

In some parts of China the punish
nent for murder is sleeplessness. The
culprit is kept awake until he dies
Under this treatment a person lives
nine or ten days.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-06

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething. softens the gums, reducing in.
hammation, allays pain, cures wind collie. 25c
q bottle
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-06

Fits permanently cured No fits or nervous
ness after first days use of DR.. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. 81 trial bottle and treatise
free DR.. II. KLINE Ltd. 94 Arch st. Phila., Pa.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-06

The British income tax was first i'm
posed by Sir Robert Peel in 1S41, wher
1t was fixed at 5d on the pound.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-06

The speed of our fastest ocean
steamers is now greater than that of
express trains on Italian railways.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-06

Shoes made of porpoise leather are
absolutely impervious to water.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-06
To Cure a Cold in One Day.

The average life of women who work
for a living is SO years.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-06

A novel and simple cure for the head
ache is announced. 1t is for the suf
ferer to walk backward for about tel
minutes
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-06

Piso's Cure is wonderful Cough medicine,
Mrs. w. PICKERT. Van Siclen and Blake
Aves-, Brooklyn, N. Y, Oct. g, lS0A.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-06

Educate Your Bowels with Cascarses.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever
toc, 25c. II G. G. G. fail, druggists refund money
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-06
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life lwsy.

To quit tobacco easily and forever. be mag.
netic. full Of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To-
Bac, the woDder-worier, that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, SOC or ii. Cure guaran-
teed Booklet and sample free Address
Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago or New York
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-06

]. G. Simpson, MARQUES, w. Va, says
case of catarrh." Druggists sell it, 75c.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-06

To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c or 25o.
II c. c. c. fail to cure, druggists refund money.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-06

The Tolstoi communal colonies are
increasing in Russia.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-06
PraYera for Columhus.

Shoes made of porpoise leather are
absolutely impervious of water.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-06

sent free, Klondike Map
From Gold Commissions official survey Ad.
dress Gardner 81 Co.. Colorado Springs. Colo
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-06

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. !
Druggists refund money If it fails tocure. .
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-06

There are $50 glaciers in the Alps
said to be over five miles in length.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-06

Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes wei
men strong, blood pure Soc, g. All druggis,
The age-herald., 1898-09-21
The Spread of the Fever.

IT cannot be said that the fever in the state of Mississippi is very theateninS or virulent In all, about 1l5 cases have oc- cured, chiefly in Lafayette county. Of the seven deaths in the state one occurred at Winona, one at Jackson and five at Tay- lors. No one has died at Orwood The patient at Waterford is recovering. At Jackson one patient has died and the other is recovering. At oxford none are crii- cally ill. There is really very little to be alarmed over in the state, except, of course, at Orwood and Taylors, where the disease has nearly run it's course, and where 1t is closely watched and rigidly confined.
 But it is more what is feared than what has occurred or really exists. All fear that the disease readily finds this year con genial soil and that a general epidemic in the state is imminent. The state is full of quarantine restrictions, and railroad travel and railroad transportation gre greatly disorganized. Many trains have been discontinued, and traveling in the state is well-nigh impossible unless one has a satisfactory health certihcate-a sort of passport issued by men who are prores- sonally wise.
 At New Orleans the epidemic Is well es- tablished It was admitted yesterday that nine cases had occurred ill or near that city and in Mississippi it is believed many more cases have existed there. In fact. Mississippians claim to be able to trace ali their troubles to the Crescent City, and they really think that the infection has existed there, causing more or less cases generally of mild type, all the season.
The age-herald., 1898-09-21
Troops For Birminqham.

It is quite probable that Birmingham will yet secure a camp of several thousand sol- diers. The Commercial club yesterday took the matter of securing a camp in hand, and will lay it properly before the authori- ties at Washington.
 Birmingham offers many superior ad- vantages for a camp. Besides beautiful sites for the camps, it offers pure water in abundance, a health record which is not surpassed by any city of its size, and facili- ties for furnishing any number of arc lights and everything else necessary for the camp. The locating of several thousand troops here means the expenditure of many thousands of dollars in the city.
 The committee appointed to meet Secre- tary Alger at Huntsville today and invite him to visit the city, will probably be suc- cessful A personal inspection of the city s advantages by the secretary will greatly strengthen the possibility of securing the camp. Should Secretary Alger accept the invitation to visit Birmingham he will be extended a welcome in keeping with his position.
The age-herald., 1898-09-21
.noNoRs FoR GEN. WHEELER

From the Chicago Record.
 One of the men who has come out of the war with a good title to popular favor is General Joseph Wheeler of Alabama of Ex- Confederate fame. General Wheeler was one of the valiant fighters at Santiago and at all times he has manifested a keen inter est in the welfare of the soldiers under his command.
 The people of the entire nation are glad to do honor to General Wheeler and all will rejoice at the esteem in which he is held by the voters of his state. At the demo- cratic convention of the Eighth Congress sional district of Alabama on Saturday General Wheeler was unanimously noml- mated for congress for the ninth term of service. The nomination is equivalent to an election, but T special honor to GeR- eral Wheeler the republicans and populists of the district will decline to put nominees in the field in order that the Santiago war rior may have the unanimous vote of his district. This is a graceful and we'll deserved tribute to a good congressman and brave and efficient commanding officer.
 General Wheeler is expeced to be present at the peace jubie when the people of Chicago will have an opportunity to mani fest their appreciation of him.
The age-herald., 1898-09-21

worthily and islander their opponents, thus increasing their general disfavor.
 The Provincials, who are approximately equivalent to archdeaeons, are mainly re- sponsible. They are utterly beyond the control of the archbishop, who denies possessing much power
 The total number of Spanish priests in the Philippines before the war was about 1000 but lately every departing steamer has taken fifty or hundred of them away and now barely five hundred remain.
 A native priest privately stated to the correspondent that the reason the arch bishop hopes for the expulsion of the friar orders is that they have grown too power- ful for him, and that he wishes to strength en himself. Several responsible Spaniards assured the correspondent that they would refuse to remain here if Spain was re- instated in the control of the island Many of the Spanish soldiers refuse to serve again, and Spanish officers are utterly dis gusted with the rottenness of Spain's gov ernment and prefer to become American subjects.
 The annexationists have a majority of seventy-one in the national assembly, but the discussion of the subject has not been finished.
The age-herald., 1898-09-21
The Price of Cotton.

The price of cotton at interior points Is below cents. The farmer, in other words. is receiving less than that sum. In some places he does not receive much over $2O a bale. Once in the winter of 1S94-95 cotton did go a tri1e lower, but except in that year cotton never brought lower prices than it is bringing today. The belief is widespread that the new crop will prove to be exceptionally heavy. This however, can not be determined before November. Many troublesmay still come to it that will cut short the outturn. But if to the stocks carried be added another great crop, new record of low prices may be made.
 But in the great crop year, 1S94-95, the staple went to a bottom price, and then began to climb upward An early frost or any considerable damage to the crop would start prices upward. All in all it is more than probable that the lowest prices of the entire season will be recorded in the next twenty days These prices are based in part on the large surplus from last years crop, and upon an expectation of a crop equalling, if not exceeding, that of last year. Cotton mill buyers are holding off. They are doubtless willing to take in 4-cent cotton.
 If the crop has been overestimated-in other words, it is crop of ten million bales, instead of elevn millions or more, prices will soon turn, for the world is pre- pared to take more cotton goods than it ever took in a single year in its entire his ss-p. Consumption is alert and active, and the present bearish tendency in the cotton markets may be changed very suddenly and very thoroughly. While some predict that cotton will yet sell at cents in in- -4efior towns yet all admit that an upward turn may come at any time. and that higher prices will almost certainly be established after Christmas.
The age-herald., 1898-09-21
Birmingham and Atlanta.

The Atlanta Journal puts the elevation of this city above tlde-water at 5OO feet. talk ing to itself an elevation of ], 100 feet. As a matter of fact, the greater part of Atlanta is about 950 feet above the sea, and there is land in the city of Birmingham of equal if not greater, elevation. A driveway will soon be laid along this elevated ridge, and doubtless 1t will become a favorite resi- denee portion of the city. There Is no ma terial difference between the highest ground in Birmingham and the highest ground in Atlanta. Both are divides. Birmingham is the divide between the Warrior and the Ca- haha rivers, and it lies higher than the surI ounding country. There are hills after hills all around this city, but as rule they are lower than the city itself. Neither in latitude nor in elevation has Atlanta any material advantage over this town.
 Tn one respect it is sadly deficient It is built on a stiff clay that Is neither porous nor fertile. Birmingham Is built on chert and dolomfte Water does not stand in pools in or near the city. It cannot stand on chert There is not pool of wateH
The age-herald., 1898-09-21
OUR GREAT MILITARY NEED

From the New 1Ork WOrlQ.
 We must abandon the happy-go-lucky system under which our war department has always been conducted. We must have a general staff such as every armed state in Europe maintains, if we are to be ready when the next war comes.
 Take, for example, the general staff of the German army, the most perfectly or gani: { in the world. It is a large body of selected officers-the best in the army from ma or-generals to young lieutenants. Its functions are to see that each depart ment of the service is organized and effi- cient, that all are prepared to act together on the instant that every item of informa- tion for which a commanding general might call would be accurately and instantly forthcoming. The general staff knows every day where every gun, every car trdge every uniform is. It knows precise ly how many railway cars, carts horses, etc. there are at every station. It knows how many troops can be concentrated at a given point within given time. Best of all it keeps the several departments quartermaster,- subsistence, medical, etc., in perfect, touch with each other so that each will respond at once upon call. All this Is what is called mobilization"
 What a differnce it would have made if we had had some such effective means of mobilization as this at the outbreak of the Spanish war! How disastrous the lack of it would be to us if some stronger nation than Spain should suddenly force us into war! It should never again be possible for an incompetent war secretary to blunder and bungle at cost of delay, waste, suffer- ing and death.
The age-herald., 1898-09-21
NOT A VOTE AGAINST WHEELER

From the Chicago Times.
 Patriotism had a field day in the Eighth congressional district of Alabama on Sat urday when the democratic primaries were held to select a nominee to succeed Gen. eral Joseph Wheeler in congrss.
 Usually three primary elections are held for the purpose of naming congressional there was only one Democrats, republi- cans and populists vied with each other In expressing their choice for the only candi- date in the field. This candidate was Jos eph Wheeler himself, and the vote in favor of his renomination was unanimous.
 Few public men ever have such a splen- did tribute paid them by their constitu- ents as the hero of Fl Caney received, and the unanimous verdict recorded at the primaries will be repeated at the general election.
 When the war broke out Joseph Wheeler, the eX-confederate soldier, put aside all thought of sectionaism and party and put on the uniform worn by his foemen in 1S61-5. He was no longer General Joseph Wheeler the eX-confederate soldier and democratic political leader, but General Joseph Wheeler of the United States army. a nonpolitical patriot.
 His constituency has proved to be no less patriotic than himself in putting aside all political considerations and giving him a unanimous vote.
 For one day there were no democrats. republicans or populists in the eighth con gressonal district of Alabama. They were all doing duty as American patriots.