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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-07
KISSED SHELLS FOR LUCK.
Brooklyn's mmunition Passers at santi-
ago Fight Were Sentimental.

brookiyn's Ammunition Passers at Santi-
ago Fight Were Sentimental.
Much has been written of the action
of men in the fleet during the battle
at Santiago. One story of the action
of the Brooklyn's crew was told the
other day that illustrates the way the
men below decks work during battle.
In the ammunition room of the
Brooklyn they were stripped to the
buff. There must be nothing in the
magazine that is liable to cause fric-
tion and a spark. The men could
hear the shots of the Spaniards and
knew when the ship was struck.
They could hear the roar of their own
guns, but could not see anything,
When the six-inch guns were
working at their hottest and the men
were passing shells to the hoist there
was q slight pause. Then the shells
came on deck regularly again.
When the engagement was ended
and the stark naked gang came on deck
to see the Christobal Colon's finish
somebody asked "What was that wait
about?"
ooh, those Indians" said Lee,
petty officer. CATER they had creased
the nose of the shell somebody said
everybody must kiss it for luck, and
we did. That caused the wait of half
minute. After that they kissed
every she'll"
After the first few shots no shell
left that room in the fight without the
gang hugging it, telling it to go out
and do its work. The crowd talked
to the shells as if they were human.
1T was: "Go up and do them!"
sect up there, old six-inch, and plug
a hole in her Remember the Maine!"
The six-inch shells of the Brooklyn
did great work. The boys believe it
was the send-off they got IN the am
munition room that helped to do it,
New York Press,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-07
A True Flying Machine.

French military authorities have o
high opinion of M. Ader's flying ma
chine, recently tried at the camp Of
Satory. The Avion, as the machine
is called, is said to be true flying
machine, with large wings like those
of q bat, made of silk on bamboo
frames. They are worked by steam.
condensing engine of great power for
its weight and size. The weight of
the motor is about seven pounds per
horsepower. The total weight of the
Avion is about 100 pounds. The rest
of the machinery is of hollow steel,
rigid and light.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-07
New Power in Warfare.

1t is we'll knowh that nitrate oil
amyl possesses the power of causing
insensibility very quickly in human
being breathing its fumes. The effect
is equivalent, temporarily, to a
paralytic stroke. 1t is very cheap and
plentiful, and Edward Weston, the
electrician, proposes to use shells
filed with the chemical instead OF gun.
powder. He argues that few gallons
of this nitrate dashed on the deck oi
war ship would soon render the crew
helpless,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-07

ut Is rather curious that no good
demonstration has been given during
the war of the value of the expert
mental craft which the Government
has been interested in. The ram
katahdin has had no opportunity to
show its merits, and the submarine
boat has also been ignored. The
gesuvius, it is true, had chance at
Santiago, but it does not appear that
the results were at all decisive as to
tons"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-07

A new phase of philanthropy has
appeared in Allegheny, Pa, in move
ment for the cheer of the sick in hos.
pitals. 1t is proposed to establish an
association for the loaning of pictures
to be hung on the walls of the hos
pitfalls, the pictures to make the tour
of the hospitals, and then to be re-
turned to their owners. One of the
first to respond offered sixty OF the
pictures from his home. In an ac-
companying letter he remarked that
many persons spend a part of the
year out of the city, and during that
time the pictures would do much good
in the hospitals without in the least
depriving their owners of the enjoy
ment of them. 1t is beautiful char
ity, akin to that Of providing flowers
for the hospitals, and may be widely
copied if arrangements can be made
for insuring the safety of the pictures
while out of their owners possession.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-07
Shortened Lives.


Almost all persons die of disap-
pointment, personal, mental or bodily
toll or accident. The passions kill
men sometimes even suddenly. The
common expression "choked with
rage" has little exaggeration in it, for
even though not always suddenly
fatal, stong passions shorten life.
Strong-bodied men often die young,
and weak men usually live longer than
the strong, for the strong use their
strength and the weak have hardly any
to use-the latter take care of them
selves, the former do not.
As it is with the body, so it is with
the mind and the temper-the strong
are apt to break, or, like the candle,
run; the weak burn out.
Man, of all animals, is one that
seldom comes up to the average. He
ought to live 100 years according to
the physiological law, but instead OF
that he scarcely reaches an average of
four times the growing period. The
reason is obvious-man is not only
the most irregular and most intemper-
ate, but the most laborious and hard.
working of all animals.
He is always the most irritable, and
there is reason to believe, though we
cannot tell what an animal secretly
feels, that, more than any other ami
NAL, man cherishes wrath to keep it
warm, and consumes himself with the
fire of his own rehections.-Pearson' s
Weekly.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-07


tacles half an inch or so higher on his
forehead.
"Life, uncle. I ought to be so
happy, aud I am SO miserable!"
"Fiddlesticks" said Mr.. Poyns-
ford, uneasily. "You are rich, aren't
you?"
eyes, uncle!"
"And pretty?-that is, you'll pass
in a crowd?"
Il suppose so," half smiled Estelle.
And you've plenty of friends, good
health and tolerable spirits?"
"Yes!"
"Ihen," brusquely demanded Uncle
Poynsford, whats the trouble?"
"Uncle," began Estelle, "you'lI
laugh at me, L know, but I sometimes
think I should be q great deal happier
if 1 were poorl"
"Stuf-and-nonsense" said Uncle
Poynsford, comprehensively. "Is the
girl crazy?"
''No, uncle, only tired of seeing
people put on hollow smiles and arti.
fetal sweetness-of hearts that are
proffered only because I an rioh-oi
devices to pass the ieaden-winged
hours away-of roses and sunshine
altogotherl Uncle, have nothing to
cry about, and yet II must cryl'
And Miss Estelle dissolved into
tears-forthwith-a modern Niobe.
Uncle Poynsford got up and walked
uneasily about the room. gtaer.
"You'ro hysterical," said he,
"that's all. Til call the doctor!''
'I'm not hysterical and I won't see
the doctor-I'm only wretched!'' re-
torted Estelle.
"These women-these women!"
groaned poor old Poynsford. ST
never made more sensible resolution
in my life than when I resolved to
live and die an old bachelor-but I
might just as we'll have q daughter OF
my own as niece left to my guardian
ship. Oh, these womenl What shall
I do with Estelle2" - ~
There was one good clement in
Miles Poynsford's characteristic never
did anything like anybody else-and
when he set himself to work to con-
slider the question of Estelle's droop-
ing health and morbid fancies, one
might be quite certain that there
would be no halfway measures about
~. ~ Dx
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-07
THE MOTHERS KISS.

Folks, they talk bout mother lovln' hel
children-well,
Amt got nothin' to say bout that-nothin'
at all to tell;
But l know, wherever life has known ol
pleasure and peace and joy,
There's nothin' like that of q mother an
her kiss on her lrst-born boy.
Course, he's the purtiest feller q mortal
has even seen,
An never kiss as sweet as his when his
lips to the mother lean;
An you can't never git sich pleasure, an
you won't never git sich Joy
AS that which comes to the mother with
the kiss of her first-born boy.
F. l.. Stanton.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-07

Professor Martin, the Swedish sa-
want, has discovered in the Kremlin at
Moscow, Russia, a large portion of
the Swedish war booty captured by
Gustayus Adolphus. 1t appears that
the majority OF the silver vessels and
ornaments kept in the treasury at the
Kremlin are presents made at differ
ent times by various kings Of Sweden
to the czars of Russia
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-07
ouinine manufactured In Java.

Java has been always the principal
producer of einchona bark, but the
manufacture of quinine in that coun.
try is of only recent origin. So far
there have been shipped from Java to
this country 49,30O ounces of quinine
worth 81, 995. The single factory
upon the island, however, is running
steadily, and there is every Indication
that the industry will assume large
proporti ons
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-07

The New York Sun says:-The ca
BILE cars are not alone responsible for
new ailment which has lately made
its appearance. A medical journal
which has published an account of the
new ailment attributes it chiefly to
the trolley, although in both cases the
active participation of the patient is
necessary. According to the investi.
cations Of physician, this new trou-
BILE consists of fracture of one of the
bones of the spine caused by striking
the back of the seat in street car.
He finds that most persons rise in
their seats before they have reached
their destination or before the car has
come to full stop. In many cases
they are thrown back on their seats
when this happens or against the back
of the seat, and this violent contact
is likely to break one of the small
bones in the spine. Luckily the result
is not nearly 50 serious as it sounds
and is much more likely to be incon-
venient than dangerous. AS the in
vestigations which proved the exist
ence of the new ailment were made in
a Western town where transportation
was chiefly by means of the trolleys,
the same effects might not have been
expected here. But the physician
found that the trouble was likely to
be caused by any quickly moving We.
hicle quite independently of what the
motor power was. So persons suffer
ing from unexplained backaches may
discover that they stood up too soon
while those who have so far escaped
may take warning and keep their
seats, in the words of the conductor,
until the car stops.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-07
THE MERRY SIDE OLLIE.
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS.

The City Huntsman-Had n Substitute-A
yVoman's Reason-Ins and Outs-Her
Early Training-A Friendly Oner-AbIe
to Worry Along, Etc, Etc.
Mary had little lamb,
1t freely ran n bout
Until a city hun tsman took
His gun and sa untered out.
He saw the lambkin where 1t played,
And nervously "let go"-
He'd Shut both eyes, and so OF course,
The poor thing was laid low.
And then the hunter hurried back
Into the city, where
He still relates the thrilling tale
OF how he killed bear.
Chicago News.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-07
The Heaviest Thing in the World.

The heaviest thing in the world is
the metal osmium, the blush white
metal with violet luster, which Mr..
Smithson Tenant discovered ninety
years ago in the residue from dis
solved platinum ores This metal has
a specific gravity OF 22,477, that of
gold being 1926, lead II 1857, iron
7.79, and lithium, the lightest, only
O.594. The French chemist, Jolly,
determined that osmitum is likewise
the most infusible of metals. 1t could
never be made to yield to the oxy-
hydrogen flame which makes platinum
and iridium run like water. But
Jolly has been subjecting osmium to
the exclusively high temperature Of
the electric arc which Moissan has Of
late employed successfully in the
manufacture of diamonds.
Under this fierce heat the rare
metal, ruthenium, which used to be
deemed all but infusible, readily
melts. But osmium remains re-
fractory, there being apparent only
the faintest traces of fusion. On this
account osmium cannot be prepared
in sufficient quantity to make it very
useful in the arts. But its alloy with
iridium, which defes the acids, is of
some value, nothing better having
been found wherewith to tip gold
pens. Being on-magnetic, its en-
ployment for the bearings of the
mariners compass has been advocated.
Popular Science Monthly.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-07

The Boarder (irascibly) = GLOW
many more times, Katy, must I tell
you that want my toast we'll Drowned?
This is hardly more than yellowed!"
The Maid (innocently)-"Sure, sor,
ut was brown whin TUX ut aft the
shtove tin minutes ago. May be a.
settin' in the sun moight have faded
ut since. Sure the sun-loight do be
dreadful har-r-rd on colors, sor."-.
PUCK.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-07

Jack-"Come. old man, cheer up.
What if she did break the engage
ment; she's not the only fish in the
swim"
Tom-"Oh, I don't care anything
about her breaking the engagement,
but you see I've got to so right on
paying installments on the ring for
the next six months That's where
the icy breeze comes in. Chicago
News.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-07

Old Gentleman-"Do you mean to
say that your teachers never thrash
you?"
Little Boy-''Neverl We have
moral suasion at our school,"
Old Gentleman-"What's that?"
Little Boy-"Oh, we get KEEP in,
and stood up in corners, and locked
out, and locked in, and made to write
one word thousand times, scowled OF,
and jawed at. and that's ALL"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-07

with what gracefully sweeping
motion she handles FAM"
Yes, she used to keep the flies OF
the table in her fathers Omaha lunch
room. "-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-07

'I regret to Observe" said Skill
ton, ''that there is to be another
yacht race for the Americas cup"
"Regret? Why it indicates that
England and the United States are
coming together againl" said Jones.
''Thats just it," said Skillton.
1--WE are beginning to get along so
nicely, and now all the old troubles
will be reopened. ."-Harper's Bazaar.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-07

"Please, sir, can't you help me?"
asked the seeming mendicant; 81 am
sick and in need of few dimes"
''If you are sick, why don't you so
to the hospital?" answered the sub
stantial citizen.
II thought little change would do
me good" was the plausible reply
Kansas City Star.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-07
Able to Worry AIors.

DO you need any help?" asked tho
izard.
81 think not" replied the snake.
Il can.pull off this event without your
assistance. Thanks"
And presently he finished shedding
MS skin.-Topeka Kan Capital.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-07

The Gar OF Russia wants peace
and the reduction of armaments.
Russia keeps 500, 900 men under arms.
Why does not the Gar tell half a
million soldiers to go home and go to
Mork2
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-07

He-"And am I to understand that
your refusal is final?"
She-"It is"
He-"Then life no longer has a
charm for me; I shall hang myself.
She-"Will you grant me favor?"
He-"Certainly. Name it,"
She-"Discontinue your existence
elsewhere; papa objects to your hang
ing around here. Chicago News.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-07
At Last -!

First Veteran-"I tell you, these
modern improvements in long-rauge
guns aud chilled-steel proiectiles have
made war good deal riskier than it
was in our day"
Second Veteran-tYes; 1 see that
somebody has invented gin now
which, at a Thousand yards, will go
clear through small pocket Bible
carried over a mans heart. Judge.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-07
Human Popularity.

A German biologist says that the
two sides Of face are never alike; in
two cases out of five the eyes are out
Ut line; one eye is stronger than the
other in seven persons out of ten, and
the right ear is generally higher than
the left
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-07

Papa" said Tommy Tredway.
"Now, Tommy" replied Mr. Tred-
way, Il shall answer only one more
question to-day. So be careful what
you ask"
eyes, papa"
"Well, go on
"Why don't they bury the Dead
Sea?"-Harper's Bazaar.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-07

"She sent my letter back unopened"
"Why?"
She said the postmau who deliv-
cred it kicked her dog Chicago
Record.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-07

HE married into one OF your best
families, did he not?"
mot exactly; his wife married out
OF one OF our best families. "-Detroit
Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-07
Had a Substitute.

Dixon-'Is your friend Smithson
deep thinker?"
Hixon-"No, indeed. He's mar
ried. Chicago News.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-07

Lawyer Goodly-"What's wrong,
old chap"
Uglimugge-"I won kiss from Miss
Purtiest. She won't pay up"
Lawyer Goodly-"Never mind, old
man; I'll collect it for you. Truth.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-07
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HER UNCLE'S RUSE.

T'S such a puzzle
such a strange,
strange riddle!"
said Estelle Rex
ford, dreamily.
'What is ?" asked
Uncle Poynsford,
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-06-25
simple Cure For RheumatIsm.

Have you sprain, have you rneu-
matte painsp Then try the metallic.
therapeutic treatment, and just bind
big sou pieces on the afflicted spot
saws London Vruth's Paris CORE
spondent. Mrs. Crawford declares
she has cured herself of rheumatism
by this very inexpensive application
A clean copper sou is simple rem
edy truly, and then, as she says, It I
SO easyl Some people are more A.
fected by iron. zinc or geld. and Il
the latter case q $40 piece would MAXI
the choicest sort of gold cure for fas
tidious sufferers who like everything
| 70 be tip-top, even if it is miserable
lpoultice, Boston Herald.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-06-25
POPULAR SCIENCE.


Spiral growth in plants is one OF the
mysteries yet to be worked out Dy
naturalists.
A huge eel Of the Ftp Islands, nj
teen feet long, is reported to have 9
peculiar throat formation, causing II
to whistle when excited.
French Gniana Is said to have the
most violent thunderstorms in the
world. The thunder is almost deafen.
ing, and the peals come in quick sue
cession.
A proposal has been made by a
French chemist to obtain easily as
similable iron tonics from vegetables
by feeding the plants judiciously with
iron fertilizers.
The gradual cooling Of France is
proved by it's vegetation. The italian
poplar, common in early French etch-
ings, is now seldom seen in the coun-
try, while the lemon has disappeared
from Languedoc and the orange from
Roussillon, and the northern limit OF
many plant species has shifted far to
| the southwark.
Ocean waves have on number OF
occasions dashed over the tops Of
lighthouses which are $50 feet high.
AS a wave in the open ocean is accom-
panied by depression as deep as the
wave is high, ship in the trough Of
the sea encountering such waves
would be banked by hills Of water, j
the term may be used, 300 feet high
The Russian Government has decid
ed to adopt the metric system. TIT
United States and the British Empire
will thus soon be the only important
countries which have not adopted the
decimal system Of weights ana meas
ures. An imperial commission hal
also been appointed at st. Petersburg
to consider the best means OF aban
doning the Russian calendar in favor
of that which prevails in other parts
Of the civilized world.
| Competition in the use Of the x
rays seems impending in England
The Treasurer of st. Thomas's Hos
pital, in London, has written to th
London Times protesting that where
as some beggarly fifty-seven cases
the use of X-rays in the Liverpoo
Hospital were considered worthy 0
mention, no account had been take
of the 416 similar cases at st. Thomas'f
which had involved the appointmen
of an assistant operator.
Three Of the best New York Centri
men testify that they would never III
der any circumstances reverse thel
engines in order to bring the train
a stop. When they had to stop thel
train in. the shortest possible distance
J they shut off the steam and apple
the air, and did nothing else; the1
was only one quicker way to stop
! train, and that was to run into som'
} thing. They agreed that upon rever'
, ing, the back pressure in the Cylinder
was SO great as to lock the drivers en-
! cause them to slide, thus losing Il
braking power Of the locomotive
, Neither did they approve Of sandin
the tracks, for nothing seemed to
gained by it.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-06-25
The Pilgrlms' Church Doomed.I

Consul Listoe, of Rotterdam, re-
ported to the State Department in
Washington TINT the church from
which the Pilgrim Fathers departed
in 1920 is in danger of being sold and
torn down. It is the Herformds
Kirke reformed Church) at Delft
Haven. The pulpit. altar and some
Of the Bibles used by the Pilgrims are
still in the church. The church REQ
ord gives an account Of the departure
ofthe Pilgrims. The congregation IL
poor, Consul Listoe says. and without
help may not be able to retain the
building. Here is an exceptionally
fine chance for some wealthy American
to distinguish himself by buying the
ancient edifice, transporting It to this
country and erecting it near the f.
nous Plymouth Rock and the Pill
grims' landing place. New York
Journal.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-06-25

1t was at one time supposed that in
sleep the brain was richly charged
with blood. This is now confessed to
be an error. Sleep ensues when the
brain is largely .denuded Of blood,
when cerebral anemia is established.
To partly empty the brain Of its blood
supply, to keep the head cool, the
body sufficiently warm, and to send
the blood rather to the lower extrem.
ities-this is the physical problem o.
the sleepness.
During sleep great number OF the
bodily functions continue quite nor
NAL without interfering with sleep it.
self, and, therefore, sleep is not SC
like death as some of the poets have
imagined. Man asleep is not so pro.
foundly different from man awake,
the two chief points of difference
however, being these: A greater IN
drawing of oxygen and exhalation O
carbonic acid and complete Vase
motor rest.
With heavy sleeper there should
be no thick curtains, but with ligh'
sleeper curtains are essential, as sun
light plays upon the optic nerve ant
rouses that attention which it is thu
one object of the sleeper to keep Il
suspended animation.
Perfect or nearly perfect health j
the first condition Of sound sleep
But scarcely any one is quite healthy
The one great thing to do is to fatigu
the attention; not only to tire out tn
body, but to fatigue the active mind
| to quiet the vaso-motor centre and 9
drive the congested blood from tn
| brain. Quiet and regular habits,
certain monotony Of light evening oe
cupation, will tend in this direction
whlie . great variety Of evening 81
gagements is generally fatal TO the VIZ
| tim Of insomnia. It is unwise to 6
| to bed on either an empty or . yer
full stomach; q slight meal before res
is the wise course. New York Work.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-06-25

Kaiser Wilhelm has applied through
his Ambassador to the English Censor
of Plays to have stopped song that
is being sung nightly in the London
music halls. The lyric which offeada
His Imperial Majesty is entitled the
MAILED Fist Of Germany" 1t be-
gins in this fashion:
Fifzsimmons met the Kaiser,
And they warmly Rugged and kissed.
Old Fitx he had his gloves on,
Bill had mailed flst.
The Kaiser be grew Nasty
They had q blooming row.
The Kaiser hit Fltxsimmons
: Where Is the Kaiser p0Ws