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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-31
HER OLD SPINET
Within her old spinet lies hid

Within her old spinet lies hid
So many quaint, dead melodies,
think II she but raised the lid,
Or idly touched the yellow keys,
Their ghosts would throng the quiet room,
Like the faint perfume OF rose
That died in some forgotten June.
Within her old spinet Is laid
What memories of vanishe> timesl
In this same seat, in stiff brocade,
One sang, perchance, her gallant rhymes.
wonder il the powdered beau
Who bent to murmur his applause.
Felt the same passion that know.
Sweetheart, within your old spinet,
l, too, methinks, will breathe my pain,
So. when some idle day you let
Your hands stray DER the keys again,
HAPPY they'll whisper back to YOU
The story OF one long forgot,
Who worshiped where he dared not sue.
-Theodosia Pickering Garrison, in Life.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-31
POST-MORTEM VIEW.
a Castilian Expert Writes OF Urited
States Varships as Mere Tubs.

a Castilian Expert Writes OF United
States Varships as Mere Tubs.
1t seems almost incredible that the
Spaniards should ever have considered
Cervera's fleet superior to anything we
could send against it, yet such seems
to be the case. If they believed the
comparisons of the two navies made
by their newspapers they are logically
correct in their conclusion.
These articles, says the Chicago
Chronicle, written by Spanish naval
experts, appeal strongly to a credulous
people and represent our warships as
absolutely valueless, while their own
are simply marvels. A. &c Canta, the
most popular naval writer in Spain,
makes a remarkable comparison in La
Illustration Nacional of Madrid that is
quite sufficient to inspire his country
men with confidence.
He admits that the United States has
the larger fleet, but shows that it is
practically valueless. 1T is manned
by the dregs of an almost worthless
opulation-criminals and released
convicts. For the most part these are
Foreigners without the slightest pa
triotism. The crews, being animated
by motives Of Stupidity alone, are des-
titute of that pride and enthusiasm
that control Spaniards." For these
reasons, Mr.. Canta concludes: 1.-The
result is, therefore, that if our navy
Is inferior to the American navy in
quantity it is greatly superior in quail
ty, since our sailors, in addition to
their transcendent bravery, which is
universally acknowledged, possess dis
cipline, enthusiasm and confidence
which the Yankees are far from hav.
ing"
Having demonstrated the utter
worthless character Of the sailors who
man our ships, the rival of Weyler and
/ Munchausen in the art of lying goes
on to compare the ships Of the two
navies, describing that of Spain as
made up of ships faultless in construc-
ton, armored and armed to suit the
queen regents taste, marvels of speed,
veritable things of beauty.
Words almost fail him when he
MAKES SanSuinary attack upon our
ships. He declares that the battle
ships Indiana, Oregon and Massa-
| chusetts, which he calls CRUISERS Of
the first class" cannot so to sea with
anything like full coal bunkers. If
they should the waves would wash
over them" They are only suitable
for coast guards. The recent sailing
record of the Oregon somewhat dis
credits this criticism.
He says the battleships California
and Pennsylvania are under construc-
ton, which will be news to Americans.
He declares the Texas to be woefully
deficient. Her machinery is bad-be-
yond repairing-her torpedoboat tubes
are useless. She is a bad lot"
The only American ship of which
he speaks kindly is the Brooklyn. He
says she is fast and "can, therefore, re-
fuse to fight at ALL" point which the
Spaniards in the Caribbean appear to
| appreciate
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-31
Brain Weight of Men and Women.

Sir William Turner shows that
among civilized races men have the
advantage over women in internal ca
pacity of the Uranium and in weight
of the brain itself. While the average
brain weight of the European male is
from forty-nine ounces to fifty ounces,
in the female it is only from forty
four to forty-fve ounces. The differ
ence in size aud weight begins at
birth. Nor is the inequality confined
to European races. 1t is observable
among savages, though in a lesser de-
gree. Man is not only the larger and
stronger animal, but is fitted with a
larger and more powerful supply of
brains.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-31
A Treak OF Nature.

The county OF Herefordshire, Eng
land, possesses a remarkable freak OF
nature-two trees have Joined together
about ten feet from the ground by
what appears to be single branch. A
closer examination shows, however
hat the connection has been formed
by branches growing from both trees;
these two branches having met, and
N the course of time, grown together
It is probable that these twin trees are
unique in England; at any rate, from
the manner in which the curiosity has
been grown they must be very rare.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-31
ODDS AND ENDS.

Shells as they are known in the
present day were not used in the navy
until the latter part of the eighteenth
century.
The ink plant of New Granada is a
curiosity. The juice of it can be used
as ink without any preparation. At
first the writing is red, but after a
few hours it changes to black.
The cries of sea birds, especially sea
gulls, are very valuable to sailors in
misty weather. The birds cluster on
the cliffs and coast and their cries warn
boatmen that they are near the land.
Early man used to be able to wag
his ears as an indication of pleasure
or to brush away flies from under his
back hair, but as the muscles were not
brought into continual use they be-
came rudimentary.
The Belgian government offers a
prize of $4,000 for the invention of a
match paste containing no phosphorus
and not otherwise dangerous to health
in its manufacture. OF course, other
points are required, but the object Of
tHe oHer 10 " hiu way " w away
with a dangerous employment.
Among proposed applications Of
power at long distances from its source
is the lighting of the interior passage
and chambers of the great pyramids
by electric currents generated at the
cataract Of Assouan, several hundred
miles away. The same power is in
tended to operate pumping stations and
cotton mills along the Nile
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-31
Remember the Gloucester.

"Snr," said the second officer of the
great Spanish battleship, "a hostile
ship is visible on the horizon" Can
you make her out?" she is an Am
erican, sir" "Ah, a battleshipi Clear
ship for action! We will give her a
stiff fight" "Sir, it is not a battle
ship. II is an auxiliary cruiser, one
of those Yankee pleasure yachts has
tily transformed into a war vessel"
The commanders face blanched as he
replied: Then there is no help for us.
Run the ship on shore, beach her, and
blow her up."-Pittsburg Chronicle
Telegraph.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-31
The Risk of Being Murdered.

About 1000 murders occurred in
England and Wales during the last
period of five years for which facts
are available. There were, during the
same time, nearly 160,0c0,00O persons
of all ages exposed to the risk of being
murdered, that is 30,O0O0OG in any one
year. The yearly risk of being mur-
dered is, therefore, only the very
small degree of probability expressed
by the odds of one to 10000, and II
a lifetime be counted as lee years, the
chance of being murdered some time
is only one in 1900.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-31

terview he said:
Il had been sufferer of rheumatism
for number of years and the pain at times
was very intense. tried all the proprie-
tary medicines l could think or hear OF, but
received no relief.
81 finally placed my case with several
physicians and doctored with them for
some time, but they failed to do me any
good. Finally, with my hopes of relief
nearly exhausted l read an article regard
ing DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale Peo-
pie, which induced me to try thom. / was
anxious to get rid of the terrible disease
and bought two boxes of the pills. began
using them about March, 1897. After | had
taken two boxes | was completely cured
and the pain has never returned. / think
it is the best medicine | have ever taken,
and am willing at any time to sign my
name to any testimony setting forth its
good merits"
(Signed) ADAM VANGUNDY.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this
Goth day Of September, A. ID. 1897.
FRANKLIN G. FUNK, Notary Public.
Mr.. Vangundy's statement ought to be
regarded as the criterion Of the good merits
of these pills. What better proof could
person want than the above facts.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-31

Country roads in China are never
bounded by fences, but are entirely
underlined. While the farmer has the
right to plough up any road passing
through his land, drivers of vehicles
have an equal right, and they exercise
it, to traverse any portion of the coun-
try at will
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-31

with disease,
m Il II y of
them W it h
+ h o u m q =
tisn. Such
q su nerer
W as Adam
V a n gundy,
who now re-
s | d C 5 at
Bluffs, Ill.,,
where he has
been justice
of the peace
and was the
! first presi-
dent of the
ard of
trustees. In
Il recent in
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-31
The Rush For Gold.


FFOHt Wt ItW63, BtIVS, IW.
The rush Of gold seekers to the Klondlke
brings thrilling memories to the "forty
nners'' still alive, of the time when they
girdled the continent, or faced the terrors
of the great American desert on the journey
to the land of gold. These pioneers tell
some experiences which should be needed
by gold seekers of to-day. Constant expo
sure and faulty diet killed large numbers,
while nearly all the survivors were afflicted
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-31

1t is said that many people in Maine
are so offended at the advertisements
painted on boards and barns along the
country roads that they refuse to deal
with the firms which so adVertise.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-31
Deauty Il n.ood Deem.

Clean blood means a clean skin. Nc
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar.
tic clean your l:ood and keep it clean, by
purites from the body. Begin to-day to
Danish pimplea, boils, blotches, blackheads,
and that sickly bilious compexion by taking
Cascarets,-beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, l0c, 25c, SOC.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-31

Isabel Ouida Upton" is the fancIful
name of little girl. Her initials be-
ing 1. o. u, it is presumable that she
is "a child of promise. Tit
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-31
THE BRIDES BARGAIN
BY HELEN FORREST GRAVES.

ELL me, did you
see the bride come
home last night?''
sal d Mrs. Bay
berry.
sd i d n t I,
thought" said Miss
Drusilla Beames.
81 waited at the
train, Just a-pur-
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-31

The firm of Yowles & Burns, Patent Attor-
neys, No 2{l Broadway, y. V, whose adver-
tiscncnt Will appear in our next issue. urp-
cure patsnts either on cash or easy u til
mcnos. Write for terms. Sales Etgo-i isls /.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-31
Don't Tobacco spit and Smoke Your life AWAY,

To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
netic. full Of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To-
Bac, the wonder-worlser that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, soc or 81. Cure guaran-
teed Booklet and sample free Address
Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago or New York
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-31

London is much healthier in summer
than in winter. In the third week of
January 2,021 deaths were notified,
while in the third week of June the
humber was only 1193.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-31

When riding wheel, making you wonder for
a few minutes whether or not you are to get a
fall and broken neck? Wouldn't you have
given small farm just then for some means
OF driving off the beast? A few drops of am
monia shot from Liquid Pistol would do it
effectually and still not permanently injure
the animal. Such pistols sent postpaid for
fifty cents in stamps by New York Union
Supply Co., 1876 Leonard St, New York City,
EVERY bicyclist at times wishes he had one
Scientists have demonstrated that
the purest air in the cities is found
about 25 feet above the street surface.
This goes to prove that the healthiest
apartments are those on the third
floor
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-31

Among the Chinese a coffin is con-
sidered a neat and appropriate present
for an aged person, especially if in bad
henlth.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-31

The Arabic streets of Spanish To.
ledo, which have been described as a
Skeleton city" are now lighted by
electricity.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-31

Rusliin's ca books bring him in $20,
coo year, Swinburne, who writes very
little makes 5000 a year by his poems
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-31

Sir T. ]. Lipton's little fiutter to cap
ture the Americas Cup is to cost hin,
between e50,0O0 and a60,000.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-31

Vienna has burglar who has been
convicted of breaking into 800 houses.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-31

She-Well, how did your shares in
the Donae gold mine tu.n ou.? He
Oh, I-er-Ive lost all interc-t in them.
Punch.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-31

could not get along without Piso's Cure
for Consumption. Railways cures Mrs. II. c.
MOULToN, NeedEam, Mass. October ~, lsVl.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-31

More than $l,25OOOO has been paid in
royalties for Moodys hymns.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-31
To Cure A Cold In One Day.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
Druggists refund money fit fails to cure. 25c
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-31

The number of sheep in the world
is estimated at $50. 100000.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-31

Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever
t0c. 25c. II C. C. G fail, druggists refund money
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-10-31

iSac tOs fi1ty GENTS.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure. makes weaa
men strong, blood pure. 50c, 81. Ali druggists
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-03-16
RAMAPO MOUNTAINEERS.
A Strange Race of People Inhabiting
Wild Hills.

People who have never been up in the
Ramapo mountains can have little idea Of
how strange a race Of people live back In
those high and rocky hills, miles from any
village and with not rod of road by which
their nuts can be reached by wagon. In
other words, it is not generally known that
within 50 miles OF Broadway there is
community, curious almost as can be
found in the remote mountain recesses of
Tennessee or North Carolina. 1t is sort
of lost tribe, or, rather, an amalgamatiOn
of two lost tribes. If one can imagine what
sort Of beings would result from more than
q century of intermarrying of American
Indians and Guinea negroes, with an Occa-
sional dash of white blood added to the
mixture he may form a notion of the people
that live back in the rugged hills that rise
about Suffern, Ramapo, SIoatsburg, Wood
bourne Tuxedo and other places in the
Ramapo valley. But it would take a pretty
brisk imagination to- picture some of the
queer specimens of humanity that have re-
suited from this mixture. Albinos of the
milkiest haired and plnkest eyed variety are
common, and the dime museums recurit
their curio halls in that line from among
these mountaineers. did the great and
only Barnum before them.
Back in the last century and during the
first quarter of the present century slaves
were common in that part Of New York
state and the adjacent region of New Jer-
sey. These slaves were treated no better
by their old Dutch masters than were their
fellow bondsmen in the south. They were
worked long and hard, and the lash was
not spared. Consequently runaway slaves
were many. These runaways invariably
sought the Businesses of the surrounding
mountains. 1t is a very difficult thing to
make ones way up and among the Ramapo
mountains, even at this day, and 1t was
almost an impossibility in the slavery days.
AS a result, when negro once succeeded in
hiding there he was as safe from recapture
as If he had gone to Canada, although he
might be within sight and sound OF his
masters home. Scores Of runaways In
time peopled the inaccessible hills. and in
the spots where they threw up their first
sheltering huts Of bark or fallen trees or
found refuge in caves their descendants
dwell today.
The woods had their Indian jewellers al
ready and tho two races mingled. These
are the strange people who are seen now
and then in the little villages along the
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-03-16
THE CAR WAS JUST SWITCHING
hut 1t Caused the Despair of n SleeDy
Lecturer in Search of Rest

Il have long made it a practice to sleep
whenever l get opportunity" said a
man who lectures. ''but a recent experi-
ence In Baltimore has made me shy of on
Portuhltles You see, l spend great deal
or time on railroad trains. and frequently.
IN order to keep engagements. / am forced
10 travel at night Now 1 have great diff
hculty in getting asleep on a sleeping car,
ana sometimes l toss around all night
Last week l lectured in Baltimore, and
after the lecture l found Il sleeping ear in
the railroad yard which was to be added to
the train bound for New York. Thai was
my opportunity. l bought section, hunted
up the porter, and asked if l might retire
with the expectation of not being aroused
before morning
THAT'S what the car is here for, col
onel, he answered. We don't pull out
till 1:SO in the morning and YOU can lust
go right to sleep
mat sounded inviting, and l retired I
fell asleep promptly. The movement of the
car aroused me. and, thinking that we had
been coupled on to the New York train, L
closed my eyes again. At that moment the
car ran into something on the track with
crash and stopped SO suddenly that my
mead was bumped against the end of the
berth. Undoubtedly smash-up, | thought
and l proceeded to get out Of my BERTH
The porter was sitting in the seat opposite.
For Heavens sake, what is the
troubles? l asked
Nothin', he replied. Just switchin.'
Back l crawled, feeling very cheap
Again 1 felt drOwsy, and once more the
car was bumped violently. then showed
along the tracks at a rapid rate and
shunted into the end of another train,
starting series Of crashes that sounded
one after another clear away up the track
The quiet that followed lasted 80 long that
1 began to doZe. Another bump harder
than the previous ones, aroused me, and
for the next five minutes 1T seemed as If
two engines must be engaged In shunting
my car back and forth for the fun of it,
l would feel the car slide along only to
come to an obrupt stop with lot of noise.
Then it would slide back to another crack
and stand still. For the next hour l was
tossed and bruised in my berth and l could
stand 1t no longer. l crawled out and
dressed as best | could under the crcum-
stances, made a flying jump from the car
on one of its shunting trips past the sta
tiOn. and went to hotel and spent the
night. The memory of that experience has
made me cautious about entering sleeping
cars that are loafing around the yard wait
ing to be coupled to a train. even If 1t
does seem to offer an opportunity to make
up sleep. The amount Of shaking up that
one man receives in a car that is Just
switchin' is surprising. New York Sun. =
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-03-16
HARVESTING THE RATS.
Trouble is All for the People in the
Last House on the street.

LAST mouse Oh the street.
A novel invention to rid housekeepers Of
rats and mice has Just been put upon the
market. The claimant for this unique
partner declares that at best an ordinary
trap is inhuman, since it kills more or
less quickly the poor little creature, and
possibly subjects it TO a greater torture
arising from the contemplation Of it's i'm
pending fate. And, after all, traps prove
Intellectual when they have been used a
few times, and matter how well they
are smoked or scaded, or what tempting
bait is within them, the shrewd little
mice are aware Of the fact that this road
has lured to death and destruction a num-
Der of their fellows.
The new invention has wide entrance.
AS soon as the small pest is safely In the
trap a rubber band, to which are fixed
bells and fantastic plumes, and tufts OF
cotton coated with phosphorescent paint,
Is clasped about it's body. The rat scamp
ers through the door which is left open.
and careers wildly through its corridors
Under the floor and through the walls.
The lights and tinkling bells strike terror
to the hearts of its friends and they pack
their clos an GO of their own accord.
This scheme is a little unpleasant for
ones next-door neighbor. but he has the
privilege Of using it also. The people in
the last house on the street would better
move if this new trap comes into vogue.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-03-16

Erie railway in RocKland and the adjoining
towns of Bergen and Orange counties and
whose homes are far back in the hills A
characteristic of these people is that the
names of the cid Dutch families in which
the original blacks were slaves have been
retained by them, generation after genera
ton. The most numerous family Of the
race goes by the name of De Groat but
there are De Freeses. Van Hoevens and
many other Des aud Vans.
In the summer time you might climb and
Chamber and stumble up the steeD sides
and over The 1ocky SUBMITS of the Rama
20 mountains all day and not see a solitary
sign Of habltat ton, although there would be
many on all sides of YOU They are so
deftly tucked in among the rocks and hid
den by the trees and foliarge that only one
acquainted with the ways Of the mount ain
GERS could find them. In the fall when the
trees are bare the nuts stand revealed 10
any who may rass that way, and such are
few, for although there Is no better rufied
grouse shooting anywhere than in these
mountain Businesses. the weary climbing
necessary to get to the haunts Of these
birds is more than the average sportsman
care to undergo. There is no ground that
might grow anything. about any of these
huts; not chicken a fowl Of any kind
not even pig. But there are dogs without
Emt-mongrel, woltsh looking dogs sucn
aes might hang about Indian camps and
always from one to half a dozen half max
ed eere, elhsh looking children who at
sight CT sound of stranger scamper to
cover i'll the hut. in the brush OF among the
rocks, disappearing completely as a
startled brood of young quail
How do these people subsist? They are
the best hunters AMI fisherman in that land
and game and trout are abundant all about
them. They hunt and snare grouse and
rabbits and catch trout for the market
during the season. The women and
children pick berries. For the products of
the forest streams and berry patches
these people obtain store goods ut the viii
lagos, both the luXuries and the necas-
saries-the latter being chiefly whisky and
tobacco; the former flour, meal and cheap
dress good. For their own home providing
the 'possum and the coon are plentiful at
their very doors and the chicken coops Of
the OutlayinS farms and villages are not
entirely inaccessible. Now and then a De
Groat or Van somebody or other will hire
out to do work by the day but he is looked
uEOn by his fellow mountaineers as a de-
Genrate. Some of the female children grow
to be extremely handsome and shape,y
young women. but it is rare that there are
any marriage among these people outside
OF their own race.-NeW York Sun.