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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-22
wnere I-In7crs Are Clumsy

. 9The countries where the long finger
nail Is most affected are Siam, Assam,
Cochin China and China. The ap-
proved length varies from three or four
to twenty-three inches. A Siamese ex-
quisite permits the nails on his fingers
to grow to such an extent that his
hands are practically useless. The ar.
istocrats who affect these nails CAN
not write, dress themselves OF even
feed themselves.
The Siamese hold the long finger nall
In the same reverence we hold the
family tree. Many of them never have
their nails cut from the day of their
birth. On the first finger the nail is of
moderate length-three or four inches
while on the other fingers the nails
grow occasionally to two feet. The
thumb nail, which is also allowed to
grow long, after reaching certain
length curves around like a corkscrew.
In both China and Siam the owners
of long nails wear metal cases over
them to preserve them, made of gold
or silver, and jeweled. While long
nails are not regarded as singular in
China, they are rarely met with except
on fanatics and pedantic scholars.
Among the fakirs in Hindoostan
peculiar custom is that of holding the
hand tightly clenched and in one posi-
ton so long that at last the nails grow
through the palm, emerging at the
back of the hand and growing thence
almost to the wrist When the wasted
muscles refuse to support the arm any
longer it is bound in position with
cords.
In Nubia the long nail is regarded as
Indicative of good breeding. The aris-
tocrats constantly subject their finger
tips to cedar wood fire to insure q good
growth.
The inhabitants of the Marouesas
6lands are among the most expert tat
sooers on earth, and not even the crown
af the head, the fingers and the toes
Are exempt from the needle. The
hands are ornamented with utmost
care, all the fingers having their own
pattern, so the hand would look as
though incased in tight-ftting glove
were 1t not for the finger nails of enor-
nous length which complete the hand
adornment of the wealthier natives.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-22
Protect the Tnnds.


That the toad is beneficial to the
farmer and particularly to the gar
dener is admitted by everyone who
has observed its habits. Additional
facts have been secured by recent OBJ
servations at the Massachusetts Ex-
pertinent Station which show eleven
per cent. of the toad's food is COM
posed of insects and spiders bene-
fetal OF indirectly helpful to man, and
eighty per cent of insects and other
animals directly injurious to culti-
waited crops OF in other ways obnox-
ious to man. The toad feeds on
worms, snails, SOW bugs, common
greenhouse pests, and the many
legged worms which damage green
house and garden plots. 1t feeds to
some extent on grasshoppers and
crickets and destroys large numbers
of ants. 1t consumes considerable
number of May beetles, rose chafers,
click beetles or adults of the wire
worm and potato beetles.
To all agriculturists the toad rem
ders conspicuous ssry;aa, but garden.
ers and greenhouse owners may make
this animal of especial value. Every
gardener should aim to keep colony
of toads among his growing crops and
the practice of collecting and trans
ferring them to the gardens is com
menlable one. While the sense of 10.
cali;y is strong in the toad and it viii
Often return over considerable dis
tances to its original haunts, yet il
may be induced to remain in new
quarters if there is sufficient foot
supply. Many farmers provide toads
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-22
A PLOT FOR a NOVEL.
One offered Ready Made for the Des-
perate Literator.

perate Literator.
A novelist in Boston-do not laugh,
there are novelists in Boston, yes, and
actually living here-said to us the
other day, IF could only find plotw
Here Is plot for him free of charge,
and the story is a true one:
In 1879 lady-a real lady-came
Into Birmingham, England, with a
handsome equipage, and desired the
landlord of the inn to get her a hus-
band, being determined to marry some
body or other before she left the town.
The man bowed, and supposed her la
dyship to be In a facetious humor, but
being made sensible how much she was
In earnest, he went out in search of q
man that would marry a fine lady
without asking questions. After many
ropulseS from poor fellows who were
not desperate enough for such a ven
ture, he met with an excise man, who
said he could not be in a worse condi-
tion than he was" and accordingly
went with the innkeeper and made q
tender of himself, which was all he
had to bestow on the lady, who imme-
diately went with him to one who gave
them q license and made them man
and wife, on which the bride gave her
spouse 1900, and without more delay
left the town and the bridegroom to
find out who she was or unriddle this
strange adventure. Soon after she was
gone two gentlemen came into the
ne l, u
traced her so far upon the road and,
finding the inn where she had put up,
they examined into all the particulars
of her conduct, and on hearing she was
married gave up their pursuit and turn
ed back.
Truly noble dame, one worthy of a
full length portrait In the gallery con-
structed by Thomas Hardy.
Why did this noble dame offer her
self to the first conner? And why were
the respectable males of the town SO
backward? There was no hint of scan
dal. Who were the pursuers? Did she
wish by one sudden marriage to escape
one deliberately contrived and repug-
nantf Was the excise man a petty
fellow In spite Of his abject condition?
Did she ever see him again2 Did she
ever regret that she had not braved
the world and lived with him7 Per-
haps the memory of her apparition
haunted him; perhaps 1t reused him to
doughty deeds. It's pity that Mr..
Hardy has not accounted for her action
and her fate with his grim irony.-Bos-
ton Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-22

The Philippine native, like all the
kindred Malay races, cannot do any
fighting, as a rule, except at close
quarters, slashing with his heavy
knife. The weapon is much the same,
be it called machete, or bolo, or kam-
pilin, or parang. OF kreese; the plan
of action is the same-to rush in un-
expectedly and hack about swiftlya
without tha slightest attempt at self
preservation. 1t is a form of fighting
known to British troops in the SoudarI
and to AMERICAN troops in the Indian4
infested woods, aud it takes lot of
stopping. Quickness of eye and hand
can only be acquired by long and hard
practice, and these poor Spaniards do
not get that, or, at least, not until the
time when they ought to be using
these accomplishments. The rifle
butts should bs oil fully occupied; ;
they are deserted. The Spaniard is a
proud, plucky, high-mettled, long
enduring, tenacious, desperate, heroic,
hopeless incompetent.
The Mauser rife, too, in hard work
is found to be mistake. 1t has q
case of five cartridges, which have to
be all used before any others can be
inserted. That is to say if soldier
has occasion to fire three cartridges
he must go on and waste the other two
or else leave himself to meet posi-
BILE sudden rush with only two rounds
in his rifle. Nine times out of ten he
prefers to be ready with a full charge,
and so his ammunition is wasted.
Moreover, it is an unhandy weapon to
work in hurry. Perhaps it may be
the fault of the men, or their misfor-
tune, in being undrilled, but they are
very often knitted while in the act of
reloading their rites. New York
Times. .-. .'-.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-22
Marketing Early Potatoes.

Marketing Early Potatoes.
To those who are unfamiliar with po-
tato growing, the high prices which
early potatoes command might seem to
make 1t an object to dig large part Of
the crop and market it while the price
Is up. But there are several drawbacks
in marketing potatoes early. The
weather is hot, and while the skins of
potatoes are tender, they will rub off
their Jackets If handled freely, and the
potatoes are then almost sure to rot.
Hence they are never sent far or In
large quantities. In digging potatoes
early there is great waste, as only q
few of the largest are of marketable
size, and those that will sell would
grow still larger II left a few days
longer in the hill.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-22

Clean blood means a clean skin. Nc
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 cents. All drug.
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, lOc, 25c, Soc.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-22

Would-be Purchaser Ito boy left
for the moment in charge Of stand)-
"Say, sonny; what are you selling or
anges for o-day?"
Boy-"Why, oranges, O. course.
Do you s'pose I'm sellin' EN- fer kok-
ernuts? ?'-Puck.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-22

Henrietta" said Mr.. Meekin, "do
you think you'll miss me?'
She looked at him in surprise and
tueried:
"Whenp
"When I have gone to war"
"Mr. Meekton," she answered, T
ave had reason for resenting q great
many things, but l am willing to own
that If Spanish craftsmanship is such
that you are missed In the war rs often
rs / will miss you at home there won't
be J risks for you whatever!
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-22

Mr.. Meeker-"But, Philipena, you
don't go the right way to work with
me. You should appeal to the good
and noble in me-"
Mrs. Meeker-"You wish me, then,
to be silent. Life.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-22
Origin of Goldfish.

Goldfish are Of Chinese origin. They
twere originally found in large lake
near Mount Tsientsing, and were
brought to Europe In the seventeenth
century. The first in France came al
a present to Nine. De Pompadour.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-22
The WAY to Win Her,

Auctioneer-"Our man out there in
the crowd bids up dollar on this an
tique bureau, but the women don't
seem to get Interested"
Manager of Sale-"Tell the idiot to
bid up quarter Of cent. Detroit
journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-22
Feeding MilIet.

Millet, both hay and grain, is fat
tening food, and when fed to either
horses or COWS wheat bran OF mid
alings should formTa part of the ra-
ton. This is especially necessary
with cows; otherwise the millet will
serve to fatten rather than to increase
the flow of milk. If only the hay is
fed the ration should be only about half
feed and the meal made up with clover
hay. In feeding the millet hay to
horses the objection that it has bad
effect on the kidneys may be removed
by cutting up the hay, wetting it with
warm water and mixing two quarts of
wheat middlings and tablespoonful
of linseed meal with the hay. This
makes a nutritious feed and one that
will leave no bad effect on the horses.
The same mixture may be fed to cows
with advantage.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-22

When riding wheel, making you wonder for
a few minutes whetheror not you are to get a
fall and a broken neck? Wouldn't you have
given a small farm Just then for some means
of driving off the beast? A few drops of am
monia shot from q Liquid Pistol would do it
etfectually. and still not permanently iniure
the animal. Such pistols sent postpaid for
fifty cents in stamps by New York Union
Supply Co, l35 Leonard St, New York City.
Every bicyclist at times wishes he had one.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-22

The new British battleship Implaca-
Bile is to cost over $5,000,000, the largest
sum ever spent in the building Of a
man-of-war. The armor plates alone
will cost S750,000 and the guns nearly
as much
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-22

Miss Bookleigh-''Did you ever
read hCw in the war of 1912 the press
gang went about?"
Miss Gayleigh-"No, dear; but how
lovely it must have been to live in
those days. New York Word.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-22

A huge sundiai made entirely of
plants and flowers adorns the South
Park Chicago. The standard which
casts the shadow is also decked with
flowers, and is made to resemble a gil
gantic ear of corn,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-22

Coal Dealer (anxiously)-"Hold on!
That load hasn't been weighed. 1t
looks to me rather large for ton."
Driver "Tain't intended for ton.
It's two tons"
Dealer-"Beg pardon. Go ahead"
New York Weekly.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-22

"Amie, DEAR" said her dulcet-
toned rival, "these latest photo
graphs of yours make me think of
Tom. They're just like him"
why, you old darling Where's
the resem blance?"
"They tlatter You So"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-22
Oratory.

"And is Rockford so r1uch Of an or
ator?"
''Man, he could describe a board
ing house dried beef supper in such
language that your mouth would
water with desire. ."-Cincinnati En-
quirer.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-22

She-'An editor has to have great
command of language, does he not?"
He-"Oh, yes. He frequently or
ders four OF five thousand words. -
Indianapolis journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-22
Rest For MIIking Cows.

tsest OF lows.
1t is, we think, fault of some of
the best breeds of mixers that they
cannot be easily dried off, even when
they approach the time for dropping
their calf. An interval of at least a
month, and six weeks is still better,
should be left to the COW, in which she
should have an entire rest. Milk is
not good for food for varying periods
before parturition, depending much
on the age and condition OF the COW
and the kind of food she receives and
digests. A COW thin in flesh may re-
quire eight or even ten weeks rest be-
fore beginning milking again. While
we believe that young heifers after
their first calf should be kept in milk
until within month or six weeks be-
fore the next calf is due, it is rather
to get them into the habit of long
milking than because the small
amount they give will be worth the
extra feed and labor required to Sc
cure it.
Unless to supply milk for household
use in winter there is little advantage
III milking tue COWS tHat caiNeu III Ine
spring longer than January of the fol-
lowing year. From eight to twelve
weeks with comparatively little grain
feed will leave the COW in better cen
dition for next year than will crowd
ing her stomach with grain, so as to
force milk production until near the
time her next calf is due to be
dropped. This last will possibly in
crease the milk flow when the COW
springs her bag for the coming calf,
aud thus cause garget, which is an
evil that the best mixers are always
most likely to suffer from.
Until near the time of parturition
the COW should be fed enough grain to
make her gain in flesh. But for two
weeks before she calves this grain feed
should be withheld, lest it stimulate
the milk flow too much. After the
calf is a week old, and the danger of
inflammation has past, the grain feed
ing may be resumed, taking care not
to give grain feed in such quantities
as to fatten the COW rather than in
crease her milk fow.-Americau Gull
tivator.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-22

Benham-'J made the mis- take of
my life when 1 married YOU"
Mrs. Benham-''You made the
mistake of both our lives. Town
Topics,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-22
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 5Oc or 81. Cure guaran.
teed. Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago Or New York
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-22

it all troublesha gone. My monthly
sickness used to be so painful, but have
not had the slightest pain since taking
your medicine. l cannot praise your
Vegetable Compound too much. My
husband ald friends see such change
in me. | look so much better and have
some color in my face
Mrs. Pinkham invites women who are
i'll to write to her at Lynn, Mass, for
advice, which is freely offered
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-22

The embroidered coat worn by q
French Academician costs 500f, the
white cloth waistcoat 25f. and the
striped trousers 10f. The plumed hat
and box are down for 19f., and the
sword, with scabbard, for 49f Total,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-22

The Chinese have devoted themselves
for nearly 1900 years to the artificial
propagation of fishes, shellfshes, fowls,
pearls and sponges.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-22
On Duty.

Inquiring Person-"What time did
the hotel catch fire?"
Fireman-"M Midnight"
Inquiring Person-''Everybody get
out safe?"
Fireman-"All except the night
watchman. They couldn' wake him
up in time. Tit Bits.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-22

The bicycle craze has decreased the
consumption of cigars in America by
about 100000 a day. The decrease
since the craze set in has actually been
700, 900 900 a year,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-22

Guest-"What cheap lot of china
she uses?"
Other Guest-"Yes; she's determ-
ined to make the servants pay for all
they break. detroit Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-22

The largest enclosure for deer is said
to be the Royal Park in Copenhagen,
of 1920 acres.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-22

The ancient MeXicans used wooden
swords in war that they might not kill
their enemies.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-22
FALL DRESS COODS

Australian Fiecce-.The lightest, warmest fab.
ric kn9wn for dresses wrappers shrt-%aists, etc'
prepaid. Send six cents in stamps to the
Textile Novelty Co., rs Elm ST., New York,
for samples OF their entire line. If you unable
10 find these goods in your retail store We viii
supply you from our mill direct.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-22

Nearly all lions are "left-handed." A
famous explorer says that when one
desires to strike a forcible blow the
animal almost always uses the left
raw.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-22

The American colony in Paris,
France, decorates the tomb of Lafay-
cite each Memorial Day.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-22
A Permanent Strawberry Bed.

On many farms the strawberry bed
has been allowed to run wild and
form complete sod. AS rule. it is
best to plow under such bed and
make new one, but sometimes this
is the only available spot for the pur-
pose and with proper management no
crop of berries need be lost. At any
time after the bearing season is over
and before the ground freezes in the
fall, secure a good one-horse break
plow that will turn narrow furrow,
eight inches being sufficient. Have
the cutter we'll sharpened and then
set stakes where you want your rows
of strawberries, and plow the ground
between the rows, throwing the earth
away from the rows. Be careful to
keep your burrows straight and plow
to within about three inches of the
stakes. Now begin on the opposite
side and do the same and block Of
strawberry plants six inches wide will
be left standing for each row.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-22

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softeDs the gums, red duces inhamma-
ton, aliays pain, cures wind collie 25c a bottle.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-22

Piso's Cure for Consumption has no equal
as a Cough medicine.-F NJ ABRoTT 3S3
Seneca 1t, Buffalo, n. Y, May .. 1885,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-22
Full.

"I feel like store with bargain
sale," groaned Tommy, as he ap-
preached from the direction of the
pantry, the immediate surroundings
of his mouth being suspicious dark
red.
whats the matter, my dear?"
"Jam inside. Detroit Free Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-22
The Snapshot Again.

Miriam-"Did you take the picture
OF the young man on the mantel?"
NIildred-"Yes"
Miriam-"Friend of yours, I sup
pose?"
Mildred-"Well, he was before +
took the picture. "-Yonkers States
man.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-22

The Park Commissioner was order
ing a statue.
81 suppose" said the sculptor,
'that you want the warrior mounted?"
eyes, yes, of course" replied the
spokesman. ''He ought to be
mounted, unquestionably; but just
now you'd better confne your work
to the figure of the man, and wen tell
you later whether to put it on a horse
or a bicycle"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-22

Fits permanently cured No fits or nervous
ness after first days use of DR.. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorcr. 81 trial bottle and treatise
free. DrR.H. KLINE, Ltd, ,93l Arch StPhla, Pa
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-22

Cawker-"My wife always buys two
stamps at time so that she can get
cent change out of the nickel"
Cumso-"What does she want with
the cent?"
Cawker-"She saves them eli until
she has five, and then she pays her
street car iare with them. Atlanta
journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-22
To Cure A Cold In One Dav.

Take Laxative Bromo Qunine Tablets. All
Druggists refund money ilit fails to cure. &c.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-22

The Bank of England contains silver
ingots which have lain in it's vaults
since 1896.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-22

Educate Your Bowels with Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever
ioc, 25c. II G. G. c. fall druggists refund money
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-22

No-To-Bac for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure makes weah
men strong, blood pure. 60c, 81. All druggistA
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-09-22

Take CaScaretS Candy Cathartic. 1Oc or 90
II G. G. G. fail to cure. druggists refund money
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-17
CHILLY FOR POPS.
Mass Meeting at the Expo Some
thing of Frost.

The mass meeting of the PopuIists
at the exposition building last evening
was not a monster by any means. The
great hall, which has often been found
inadequate to hold the crowds that had
gathered there, seemed like a place
too big to know what to do with itself.
The people present numbered about
100 at a liberal estimate The mar
quet was fully occupied; and half the
seats on the stage We're occupied, and
there were a few scattered throughout
the building. Altogetheri it was not an
inspiring sight which, met the gaze of
the local leaders, who have worked un-
ceasingly for the past month to arouse
interest in their cause, and this meet
ing particularly I
National Chairman Butler, Senator
Dubois and Gen Weaver were tho
speakers of the evening
AT the conclusion of Gen. Weaver,s
remarks, Maj. j. M. Bowler stepped tn
the front of the platform and offered a
resolution, which was adopted. indors~
ing the verdict of the jury in the Times
libel suit.
Prof. T. J. Cation then offered tho 70,
lowing resolution:
resolved, That we send to the NOR
distressed butchered Cubans, who are fiebt'
ing. starving and dying in the most saerad
cause ever battled for-that of human lin
erty-most sincere assurances OF orr symnn-
thy and earnest desire to aid and ra1ie,.o
them anu Iello'e
Resolved, That we also send tn brutal
tyrannical Spain and to its cowardiv and
sychophantic ally the present administra
ton, assurances of our dfeapprovai datasta
uon and horror that their joint crueIties and
barbarisms inspire anu
Inc resolution was adopted enthusi-
dStlcally and the meeting disDersed