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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-20
GOSSIP OF CYCLEOOM.

A soft tire is almost as treacherous as
quicksand. 1t goes back on one when
everything seems all right. Coastlng
rough hill, turning sharply a corner
or out OF car track will wrench it of
frequently and sometimes punctures it.
County road commissioners in Penn
sylvania are allowed to devote one
tenth OF the road taxes for the construt
zion of paths for the exclusive use of
wheelmen. They are not compelled by
the law to make these paths, but the
wheelmen see to that.
In London, when scorcher is arrest
ed, if he is riding a very high-geared
machine, that as evidence against
him. The authorities over there are
wise enough to know that no rider cares
for an so or 80 gear, unless he wants to
scorch.
Arthur Zimmerman, who was cham
pion for 1892, 1893 and 1894, will reenter
the lists next year. He has signed
contract with the management of the
Princess Park track in Paris to ride in
competition races and record trials from
March to Septem ber 80, 1898.
The bicycle lift" is the latest imsg-
mary disease attributed to cycling. 1t
is alleged to be due to involuntary con-
traction Of the leg muscles, resembling
the equine string halt" No doctor
ever reported case of the kind, but the
story goes well with the yarns about
the bicycle face, eye, hand, foot and
back.
1t is the general opinion that city au-
thorities will soon enforce the use of
brakes on all wheels, and therefore in
ventors are at work again. At least
three varieties of brakes have been put
out which operate by lever roller COM
ing in contact with the chain when the
rider back pedals, the lever driving
spoon against the tire. Another style
operates by pressing button on the
grip, thus raising lever attached to
a friction band on the crank axle.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-20
THE DELAWARE, SUsQUEHANNA AMI
i SCHUYLKILL RAILROAD.

lime taDle III erect April 10, loJi.
Trains leave Drifton for Jeddo, Eckley, Hazlc
Brook, Stockton, Beaver Meadow Road, Roam
and HaZleton Junction at ~, W Il IN, daily
except Sunday; and 03 a m, 2 81 m, Sunday.
Trains leave Drfton for Harwood Cranberry,
Tomhicken and Deringer Mt > 30, 90 a III, daily
except Sunday; and O3 IN, 23o p III, sun
day.
Trains leave Drifton for Oneida Junction,
Harwood Road, Humboldt Road, Oneida and
Sheppton at 90 NJ, daily except Sun
day; and 03 a IN, IS p IN, Sunday.
Trains leave Hazeton junction for Harwood,
Cranberry, Tomhicken and Deringer at . 5 a
m, daily except Sunday; and 90 m ~ p m,
Sunday.
Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Oneida
Junction, Harwood Road, Humboldt Road.
Oneida and ShepptOn at 32, II 10 M, Al p m,
daily except Sunday; and 81 In, IL p IN,
Sunday.
Trains leave Deringer for Tomhicken, Gran
berry, Harwood, Hazleton Junction and Roam
at 25, 10 p IN, daily except Sunday; and o 81
m, D VI p III, Sunday.
Trans leave Sheppton for Oneida, Humboldt
Road, Harwood Road, Oneida Junction, Halle
ton junction and Roam at 7 IL Il IN, Il 40 ~
p m, daily except Sunday; and s Ii m, 8 A
pm, Sunday.
Trains leave Sheppton for Beaver Meadow
Road, stockton, Halle Brook, Eckley, Jeddo
and Drifton at % p m, daily, except Sunday;
and IL Il IN, a p IN, Sunday.
Trains leave Hazleton junction for Beaver
Meadow Road, Stockton, Halle Brook, Eckley,
Jeddo and DriftOn ut 3 45, 26 IN, daily,
except Sunday; and 10 10 m, 40 p M Sunday.
All trains connect ut Hazleton Junction with
electric cars for HaZleton, Jeanesvile, Auden-
ried and other points on the Traction Com
pany line.
Trains leaving Drifton at 80, 90 m make
connection at Deringer with p. X. X. trains for
Wilkesbarre, Sunbury, Harrisburg and points
west.
For the accommodation of passengers at way
stations between HaZleton Junction and Der
niger, train will leave the former point at
35O p III, daily, except Sunday, arriving at
LUTHER C. SMITH, Superintendent.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-20
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: /:
FREELAND, PA, JANUARY 20, 1898
A Friend Of the ,Possum.

The head of Hon. j. c. +. McCook. OF
Chattahoochee, is level on the 'possum
measure, says the Columbia (Ga)
Ledger. We, too, are 'possumists," :"
but no pessimists, and we tremble with
wrath and sadness at the present "slo-
ration" OF this king of meats, and pray
for the time to come when the law will
cloak him with bettey constitutional
franchise and privilege at the festive
persimmon tree-a longer lease on life
and liberty, as in case Of the dove and
quail. Equal rights to 'brer' 'possum
and no special rights to the bird"
Let the 'possum family increase and
develop, and Christian religion and the
democracy of our fathers do the same
thing. The 'possum favors the most
distinguished writer, William Shake
speare, the world ever produced, and
this fact alone ought to be sufficient
for our civilian to honor in some degree
him and his whole family. The last,
loveliest and the best" plea for this
"brer" is, he is bashful, timid, unas-
suming and sweet like the winsome
girl, and God bless your soul, we are
"'possum rights" folks over here in
Russell, world without end. Free
'possums at the rate of sixteen in the
future to one Of the awful past, is our
platform and sentiments.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-20
FLORAL HINTS.

You will find COW manure, old and
rotted, the best fertilizer for roses.
Sword ferns need soil of leaf mold,
with little salt mixed in. Keep them
in shade, water we'll and provide good
drainage.
a western exposure for plants is not
desirable one; southern one is best,
An eastern one is quite as good for
many kinds of plants, but have your
plant windows face south when pos
sible.
After towering and as soon MS the
foliage ripens let the soil in which
your freesias have grown become dry
and remain so. Do not disturb the
roots in amy way until it is time 10 start
the plants into growth again. Keep the
pots in dry, frost-proof room.
Do not allow yourself to he imposed
upon by ignorant persons who tell you
that to turn plant in the window will
prevent its towering. 1t is absolutely
necessary that plants shculd be turned
from time to time in order to make them
shapely. and turning them in no way in
terferes with their Towering.
The violet is not an easy plant for
the amateur florist to attic empt TO grow
for profit. As conditions differ SO under
which it must be grown would advise
all who care to attempt its culture to
visit their local florist and learn from
him about the soil, method of planting
protection, and so forth, needed in that
particular ocality.-Ladies' Home Jour
nj
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-20

The other day, says the Indianapolis
sentinel, South side teacher was dis
coursing to her pupils about the evils
OF becoming addicted to slang, when
she paused and asked them to give her
an example of slang phrase. The
school went into commissions when a
yonngster in knee pants yelled prompt.
ly; You're not SO hot. There are
other babies on the pile" The teacher
did not call for any more examples.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-20

Davis Cullen, of Sticklersville, Del.
who for nearly ten years has been treat
ed for consumption by the doctors, in
a coughing fit the other day brought
up tooth which he swallowed almost
ten years ago. 1t had stuck in his wind
pipe then. The physicians now say that
it got down into his lungs and that it
is the tooth which has caused what they
treated as consumption.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-20

a town council in Ohio has passed
an ordinance providing that no girl
shall linger near the railway station ua-
less she has in her possession a railway
ticket. the object being to prevent firta-
tions with commercial travellers. The
railway expenses Of drummers in Ohio
are bound TO be higher from this time
forward
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-20

\ man with the habit of talking to
himself got very angry at himself in
Portland, Me-, and while walking on
the street began calling himself all
sorts of names half audib!y. He let out
one of them just as a stranger came up,
and the stranger, not knowing his fail
ing, let drive and b!ackened his eye for
him.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-20

1t is reported that a young lady of
Shoholah, Pa, walked through the
woods ono day recently wearing hat
ornamented with feathers from a
pheasants tail. Some hunters saw the
feathers and fired at them. They were
poor shots, luckily for Miss Lavigne.
Most of the pellets were stopped by her
corsets, but she was severely wounded
nevertheless. This should serve as a
warning to young ladies who are fond
of bird plumage in their hats.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-20
RAILROAD TIMETABLES
T EHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD.
IL November IA, 1897.
ARRANGEMENT OF PASSENGER TRAINS.
LEAVE FREELAND.

IL November IA, 1897.
ARRANGEMENT OF PASSENGER TRAINS.
LEAVE FREELAND.
9 0j, s As, IS u III, 30, 2 80, 3 10. 25, 7O7 pm
for Drifton, Jeddo, Foundry, Halle Brook an,
Lumber Yard.
s O5, 45 9;5 a IN, 35, $40, Is 25 p IN, Black Dia.
mond) for Weatherly, Mauch Chunk. Allen
town, Easton. Philadelphia and New York.
7O7 p IN for Weatherly, Mauch Chunk, Allen.
town, Easton and intermediate stations.
81 35 a IN, $50, . p and : Oi p IN, for Halle.
ton, DelanO, Mahanoy City, Shenandoah, Ash
land, Mt Carmel, Shamokln and Pottsville:
Is, 10 81, IL 81 Il III, "A p III, for Sandy Run,
White Haven and Wikesbarre.
SUNDAY TRAINS.
s3s, 10 81 m for Sandy Run, White Haven
and Wilkesbarro.
10 43 am and IS pm for Jeddo, Foundry,
Halle Brook, Stockton and Hazleton.
IL 43 III for HaZleton, Delano, Mahanoy
City, Shenandoah, Mt. Carmel, shamokin and
/ IS m for weatherly, Mauch Chunk, Allen
town, Easton, Philadelphia and New York.
ARRIVE AT FREELAND.
72s, 925, 10 81, Il 81 a m. IL 5s, 2sO, S5l,
524 and d 0l IN, from Lumber Yard, Halle
72s, 925, 10 81, IL 81 am, L. 5S, 22O, 35l, 524
IN, from Hazleton.
925, 10 81 III, II IS, 6 OF, p m, from Phila-
delphia, New York, Easton, Allentown, Mauch
Chunk and Weatherly.
935 am, 2 80, 707 pm, from Wilkesbarre,
White Haven and Sandy Run.
72S, . %, 10 81 a III, ~, "a p m, from Delano,
Mahanoy City, Shenandoah, Ashland, Mt. Car
mel, Shamokin and PottsvIlle.
SUNDAY TRAINS.
s3s, 10 81 a IN and IL 5j m, from Hazleton,
Stockton, Lumber Yard, HaZle Brook, Foun-
dry JeddO and Drifton.
10 05l m, IL 55 p III, from Philadelphia, New
York Easton, Allentown, and Mauch Chunk,
10 81 "A m, from Pottsville, Shamokin, ut.
Carmel Ashland, Shenandoah, Mananoy City
and Delano.
10 43 a III, from Wilkesbarre, White Haven
and Sandy Run.
Agents.
CHAS S. LEE, Gen'l Pass. Agent,
Pha, Pa.
ROLLlN II. WILBUR, General Superintendent.
A. W. Err, Asst G. p. A.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-20

Most people would rather not handle
snakes, but those who do find certain
fascination in the pastime. Sometimes
it also serves useful purpose, as inthe
case of Kansas City man, who habtu-
ally carries two Or three snakes with
him in various pockets of his dress. One
day he went to county fair and pick
pocket tried to rob him. The'rogue hap
Pened to get his hand into pocket
where reposed a bull snake, and the way
he screamed brought all the police on
the ground to the scene, and the pick
pocket was ANONYMOUSLY captured
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-20

A Kansas City man took refuge in
blacksmith's shop during violent
windstorm. The shop blew down and
injured him and he sued the owner for
damages. The defendants attorney
argued that the Lord was responsible
for the hurricane and his client ought
not to be blamed. The court decided
that the Almighty had nothing to do
with the insecurity of the building and
was not party to the suit, and that
the owner must pay $1,000 damages for
injuries inflicted.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-20
G. HORACK,
Baker & COnfeCtiOner.
Wholesale and Retail.
CENTRE sTEEET, FREELAND.
PLEASURE CALENDAR.

January 22-"The Midnight Mistake. "
four-act drama, by the Juvenile
Dramatic Company, at Yannes' opera
house.
January 22.-Lecturc, "From the Cider
Barrel to the Drunkard's Grave" by
Captain Branston at st. Paul's =. NJ.
church. Admission, - cents.
January 29.-Dancing school at Yannes'
opera house, 7.3O to 1.3O p. IN. Ad-
mission, "a cents.
Educate Your Bowles with Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
10c. If c. g. G. fail, druggists refund money.
CASToRIA.
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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-20

Subscribe for the TRIBUNE.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-20
Saturday, Jan. IL.


The nomination of Attorney General
McKenna to be associate justice of the
supreme court was considered in execu-
tive session of the United States senate,
and action was postponed for one week.
In the open session Mr.. Hoar proposed
a constitutional amendment changing
inauguration day to April so In the
house the agricultural appropriation
bill was passed--A poll of the senate
shows 81 senators opposed to the Ha-
waiian annexation treaty, IS in favor of
it and 3 in doubt. Sixty-one affirma-
tive votes will be required to ratify the
convention. long debate is antici-
pated-President Mckinley requested
congress to appropriate $473,15l.26 TO
pay the Bering sea award to British
subiects---The president appointed e.
a. Hartshorn assistant appraiser of mer-
chan1ise in the district of New York
Robert S. Taylor of Indiana and John
W. Fries Of North Carolina members
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-20

RnEls,9 hfEhrs. RsSsyt Ear, n
I'R "'f.itrr, Oc'aus Itantt, Sttgk,,
otnsi,. = bt.t Story writers III the va
to A!eLLCkE'S durlag IT,. coming yeal
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-25
sPAIN'S NEW SQUADRON.
Commander Dimes With the Queen
and Receives Her GOd-sDeed.

Commander Dimes With the Queen
and Receives Her GOd-Speed.
New York. Feb PA dispatch to the
World from Madrid says
The Queen has invited to lunch with
the royal family Capt villamiI, command
er of the Spanish squadron, about to start
for Cuba. He had called al the palace
to take leave of the Regent. After lunch
the Queen talked a long time with Capt.
Nillamil, inquiring into all the details OF
the contemplated cruise Then her ma
jesty gave Capt ViIamn two photographs
One of her daughters Inc Princess AS
turias and Infanta Maria Theresa. the
other of herself and the King, upon which
she had put in her own handwriting: To
Don Alfonso Villamil. from Alfonso ana
Christina. May God protect him in his
journey
Capt. Villamil afterward went to the
ministery of marine to take leave of Ad-
miral Bermejo, with whom he had long
interview
He left for Cadiz. where he will spend
three days to complete preparations for
his departure
THE squadron will be composed of three
tropedo destroyers, the Pluton, Terror and
Furor, and the torpedo vessels Rayo, AL
cor and Ozor. These craft will be accom-
panied by the steamer City of Cadiz, con-
veying coal and provisions. The vessels
will stop at the Canary Islands and also
at Porto Rico before reaching Cuba.
1T Is officially announced that there is
no hurry for their joining the cruisers
Oquendo and Vizcaya at Havana
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-25
PALMA BACK FROM KEY WEST.
Regards Outlook Favorable for soIu-
ton of Cuban Question.

Regards Outlook Favorable for soIu-
ton of Cuban Question.
New York, Feb PAT. Estrada Palma
of the Cuban junta arrived home to-day
after a trip Of several weeks which in
cluded visit to Washington and Key
West.
He said that he found the most hopeful
conditions existing for Cuban independ-
ence.
At Washington everything was fayora-
bic for an immediate solution of the Gu
ban question.
He found at Key West that the large
Cuban colony there was in mourning over
the death OF the sailors Of the Maine.
Cubans in all sections that he had Wis
tied. he said, were more hopeful of the so
luton of the difficulties now existing.
Senior Palma refused 10 discuss the
Maine disaster or express an opinion on 1t.
lie said that the government had entire
charge Of finding out what caused the ex-
ploslon, and until the report of the court
Of inquiry was made public he would have
nothing to say.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-25
LONG LEARNS NOTHING LURlD.
CONTINUED from First Page)
the further probability of the wreck hav-
ing been due to some outside force.

the further probability of the wreck hav-
ing been due to some outside force.
The further this investigation pro-
crosses the more untenabIe becomes the
theory which the Spanish government has
addueed to show a combination of acct
dental causes. II is evideTre the Spanish
case will be based on the claim that fire
preceded the explosion.
Capt. Sampson and his colleagues of
the naval board may have outside evil
dence offered regarding a torpedo float
producing the explosion.
Said one diver who had been engaged
IN the work of getting bodies out from
under the hatch:
God may be merciful to the men who
blew those poor fellows 10 eternity; the
United States should not
Ihis was long before Secretary Long 5
order prohibiting the officers from talk
ing. This diver evidently thought the
explosion was not an accident. He had
an experts capacity and opportunity for
judging.
The Havana public is not permitted to
know the intensity of public sentiment
IN the United States. Only meager details
are permitted to be known of what hap
pens in Washington. Congress is watch
ed with excessive anxiety by palace off,
claIs' but the populace knows nothing of
what is liable to happen
Evidence of i'll feeling toward Ameri-
can people and exulting over the Maine
disaster does not lessen.
The Maine inquiry dwarfs interest in
CUBAN politics, but recent developments
carry official confession of the failure of
autonomy"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-25
CRUISER MINNEAPOLIS AFLOAT.
Necessary Repairs to Her Bottom
Have Been Completed.

Necessary Repairs to Her Bottom
Have Been Completed.
Philadelphia, Feb. 24.-The United States
cruiser Minneapolis was successfully float
ed out of the dry dock at the League Is
land navy yard at high tide this afternoon.
The floating of the cruiser was witnessed
by nearly 1000 people.
The Minneapolis had been in dry dock
since last December, partly to avoid the
ice in the river, and also TO have neces-
sary repairs made to her bottom.
Notwithstanding all reports to the con-
trary, there is no unusual activity at the
yard. Besides the Minneapolis, there are
now at League Island the cruiser Column
hia, the Monitor Miantouomah and the
Ram Katahdin, all out of commission at
present. There are also eight old mont
tors at the yard, all of them relics of the
civil war, but which could be fitted Up
quickly in case they were needed
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-25
INCREASE OF THE ARTILLERY.
of House Committee
to Report FavOrRbIy.

Washington, Feb. A-The increase of
the artillery force of the country by two
regiments, as provided for in the Senate
bill, was agreed to by the subcommittee
of the House committee on military affairs
to-day, and will be reported to the full
committee at the regular meeting to-mor-
row, without the change of a word.
The matter was the subject of an hours
discussion. in which Messrs. Hull, Marsh
Griffin and Cox cook part.
The provisions of the bill were taken up
separately, and il was the unanimous opin-
ion that it was better to put through the
measure as it stands rather than make
any changes that might be dictated in the
line of further strengthening the force.
The members of the subcommittee were
agreed that the artillery force is INSULT
Gent and that to continue the coast de-
lenses on the existing plans, would be no.
tably inefficient without material augmen-
tation in the force to man them. Some Of
the members go further than this, and
think that much larger increases should be
Immediately provided.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-25

stand back for civil law. Munyoff has
discovered laws which overcome the chief
diseases that affect mankind, and applies
such laws in an effective way.
Mr.. w. w. Casey, Hartford, n. c.,
writes; II suffered from indammatory
rheumatism for eight months. the pain
was intense. | was compelled to remain
in bed. and my knees and ankles were
swollen twice their natural. size. After
several of the best known physicians in
the South failed TO help me, 1 began
using Munyon's Rheumatism Cure, Three
bottles made a complete cure"
Mr. Frank Oppenheim 5 Whitaker
Street, Savannah, Ga. says; was
a sufferer from Rheumatism for long
time The stiffness. soreness, and lame
ness were often so great as to cause great
difficulty in using my limbs. Many DIFF
ferent remedies were recommended, but
none of them gave relief. Finally. / be-
gan to take Munyon's Rheumatism Cure,
and found almost immediate improve
ment BY continuing the pellets FOR
few weeks I was completely cured ! can
use my limbs as well as ever and thanks
TO Munyon's Remedies. I am entirely free
from Rheuu atism."
Munyon has a separate cure for each
disease, mostly 25 cents a vial, sold by
druggists. If in doubt. write Professor
Munvon. at Philadelphia Pa, and get
medical advice free.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-25
sUBTERRANEAN PASSAGES.
Present Authorities in Cuba Said
Not to Know of Them.

Present Authorities in Cuba Said
Not TO Know of Them.
Havana, via Key West, Feb. Pain
connection with the claim made that there
are mine galleries under the harbor of
Havana leading from the subterranean
passages and known to have existed for
years between Fort Cabanas and Moro
Castle and this port the Spaniards ex-
plan that for over a century subterranean
passages about two miles long and eight
feet at their narrowest diameter, capable
of giving passage TO d column of troops,
have existed from the navy yard of Cas-
tello del Principe, but the Spanards fur
Their assert that the existence Of This pas
sages is not known TO the present author
tiles or to those who have been in power
in many years past
The entrances and exits, 1t is added, have
been closed for years past by thick walls
now covered by debris and their exact To-
cation is said to be lost At the same
time it is admitted THAN ecords regarding
the subterranean passages can be found
In old documents contained in the archives
of Havana. Finally, the Spaniards in
sst that this passage does not go under
the harbOr at any point.
Under the surface here there seems to
be a deep feeling of unrest. No one believes
that autonomy is or can be anything but
a name end still more deep-rooted is the
belief that the United States win not
suffer the present condition of things to
continue much longer.
On Saturday last a party of about forty
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-25

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