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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-12-12
No Patriotism in China.

AS for the patriotism of the Chinese,
if it ever existed, it is unquestionably
thing of the past At the time of
the war with Japan, China had two
squadrons, the main or northern squad
ron, with headquarters at Port Arthur
and Wei -Hai-W Wei, and the southern
squadron, composed of fine Armstrong
cruisers, of gunboats and torpedo boats.
AS it was clear that the Japanese would
carry the war into Manchuria and to-
ward the Gulf of Petchili, the southern
squadron was ordered to proceed north
ward and to reinforce the northern
fleet. Far from obeying, the COM
manding admiral and his officers de-
cided that, being great deal safer in
the south, they would quietly remain
there, and go up river, the entrance
of which could be defended by torpedo
mines, which they hurried to lay
Why, in the name of Confucius, should
they have exposed themselves for the
sake of defending the northern
provinces?
About the same time, the Chinese
government being in need of money to
carry on the war, decided that small
tax would be imposed upon the tea
plantations, most of whose proprie-
tors are wealthy. or at least well-to-do-
people. But these patriotic citizens,
in order to avoid paying that small
tax, begged the foreign merchants to
take the plantations in their names!-
Illustrated American.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-12-12

chances of getting such caec..
honored at short call was remote, un-
less the person Offering it could satisfy
the bankers it was all right. How to
do this set the plotters wondering, un-
til they hit upon the grand scheme of
getting your wife to change the
check"
And I then -ecounted to MIN our ad.
ventures ard their result.
''The kidnapping idea was in,.o-
duced in order to frighten your wife,
and the finger, which was that of some
one else adorned.with one oflyour rings,
which your secretary found in your
bedroom, was calculated to further un-
nerve her.
Madam" I concluded, turning to
Mrs. Cox, with q slight evidence of
justifiable pride. .'I congratulated
you upon coming to Scotland Yard.
You have provided me with the only
really interesting case I have had for
years ."-Tit-B
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-12-12
Thrifty Firemen.


The fire engine house, No. Is, al
Sixteenth and Bell streets has in addi,
tion to two hose reels and trucks ano
prancing horses the essentials of q
dairy and chicken farm. At No. 1s
there are always mich COWS in plenty
and chickens in profusion. This en-.
gine house is on the north side of the
stock yards and abuds on the she'd
where spectators at the yards house
their cows that are in milk. This ex,
plains the dairy end of the story. The
fremen have only to step from their
back door into the COW shed to obtain
all the fresh milk that they and ,thei,
families need and in tho summer time,
they indulge in great quantities of ice,
cream.
On the south side of the engine,
house is chicken coop and last sum.
mer the firemen raised 800 chickens
by the aid of two incubators. Now
they have hens enough in their primi-
tive coop to furnish two dozen eggs q,
day. At night as the firemen sit about
the glowing stove drying their clothes
after "run" they prepare chicken,
stew of fowls from their own coop with,
milk from the placid bovines of the
spectators sheds. kansas City Star.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-12-12

General Roy Stone, Acting Presi-
dent of the National League for Good
Roads, believes that he has found a
way to make postal savings banks and
good roads promote each other. His
plan, in brief, is that postal savings
banks shall be established, and that
the Postoffice Department shall invest
the deposits. in county bonds for the
building of good roads. The scheme
as favored by the League of American
Wheelmen, road improvement associa-
lions generally, and many educational
institutions. c. W. Stone, member
of Congress from Pennsylvania, has
embodied it in a proposed amendment
to the Postal Savings Bill.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-12-12
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL

A naturalist recently asserted that
man is descended from the angle
worm.
A German chemist has discovered
that alcohol is among the y-products
which can be obtained from coke-oven
gases.
A physician, who has given much
thought to the subject, says that so
long as the cyclist can breathe with
the mouth shut he is reasonably safe
from heart strain.
Last year 1908 persons bitten by
mad dogs were. treated at the Pasteur
institute in Paris, of whom only four
died. Since 1885 the number of cases
treated Is Is, $40 and of deaths one
hundred and forty.
According to dispatch from Mel
bourne, in Australia, Professor David
states that the results of coral borings
in the atoll of Funafuti show the
soundness of Darwin's theory of the
formation of coral reefs.
Hats and coats can be left ON a new
hook without danger of theft, a slid
ing bolt being fitted with lock and
key, by which the garments are
clamped tightly, and cannot be re-
leased until the owner inserts the key
to draw the bolt.
Checks can be indelibly marked to
prevent raising, by a new protector
which has number dies to mutilate or
break the fiber of the paper, which at
the same time forces ink into the
mutilations so it cannot be erased
without destroying the fiber.
The Massilon (Ohio) Bridge Com.
pany has received an order for the
construction of a cantilever bridge
562 feet long and eighteen feet wide,
which is to be built by the New York
Dredging Company at Honda. on the
Magdalena River, in Colombia, South
America.
The Borchardt automatic pistol is
cited as an example of rapidity in COM
plicated mechanical movements. As
eight shots have been fred in one
third of second, one-twenty fourth
of q second will suffice for advancing
the firing bolt, exploding the charge,
extracting the cartridge and reloading
and cooking for the next shot.
An inventor has hit upon method
of putting stone soles on boots and
shoes. He mixes waterproof glue
with suitable quantity of clean quartz
sand, and spreads it over the leather
sole used as a foundation. These
quartz soles are said to be very fexi-
bic and practically indestructible, and
to give the foot firm hold even on
the most slippery surface.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-12-12

The mineral production of the
United States for 1897 is put by the
Engineering and Mining Journal at a
total valuation of $762, ,061, JOG, of
which $257, ,451, 172 is for metals and
S504, 609,93 for non-metallic sub
stances. The gold production is esti-
mated at $50, 49S, $50 and the silver at
66, 6,117, 900 ounces, worth $33, 55S, 900
against So, 4S8, $40 ounces, worth $780,
245, ,991, in 1896. The gold product
is placed considerably under that of
Mint Director Preston, who puts it at
SCI, 100000. With the exception OF
the Southern States, whose yield is
snconsiderable, every State and terri
tory ill the Union that produces gold
has increased its output. Mr.. Pres
ton has shown himself a very con-
servative statistician, as he under
estimated the 1896 production by $1O,-
100000. The difference between him
and the Engineering Journal is quite
considerable, but as both show big
gain over previous years and as bigger
gains are in sight for 1898 and an in
definite term thereafter, the public can
afford to rest easy until the full stats.
tics are obtainable
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-12-12

1t does not speak well for the Paris
police that fifty-three murders should
have been committed along the Sein e
within three months and yet the first
arrests are now made. According to
Gaboriau and other romance writers,
the French police track and overhaul
criminals with the instinct of the
bloodhound, but in real life their work
does not compare with the work of
English or American detectives, who
do not have the help of the admirable
French registration system.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-12-12


Fried Cucumber-Boil n good-sized
cucumber till nearly soft in milk and
water favored slightly with onions.
Remove and drain dry, cut it up into
slices when cold and brush each slice,
which should be about third of an
inch thick, with egg, and dip in bread
crumbs, after which fry in butter till
amber brown. To be served in the
center of hot dish with mashed potato
round.
Fricassee of Beans-S Steep one pint
of haricot beans for night in cold
water, then remove them, drain and
put on the fire with two quarts of soft
water. When boiling allow the beans
to simmer for another two hours.
While they are cooking thus put on in
another saucepan two ounces of butter,
an ounce of parsley (chopped) and the
juice of one lemon, and when the but.
ter has quite melted throw in the
beans and stir them round for a few
minutes. To be served in casserole
of rice.
Vegetable Aspic Molds-In the bot.
tom of some very small molds lay al.
ternately small pieces of chill, chervil
and hard-boiled white of egg. Cover
these well with liquid aspic, then ado
a further layer of chopped parsley and
finely chopped yolk of hard-boiled
egg. Having mashed this also in as.
pic, put in another layer of small
squares of cheese and few capers, an0
SO continue the operation till the molds
are quite full When set on ice turn
out of the molds and serve on lettuce
leaves with mustard and cress and
chopped aspic jelly.
Carrots a Ia Creme Take large
bunch of very small new carrots
scrape them, tie them loosely in
piece of coarse muslin and put into a
saucepan almost full of boiling water,
to which has been added small lump
of beef dripping and two ounces OF
salt. In about twenty minutes they
will be tender, when remove from the
hot water and plunge for moment in
cold. Next melt an ounce of butter
in saucepan and stir into this des.
sert spoonful of flour, small quantity
each OF pepper, salt and cayenne, also
little nutmeg and half teacupful of
cream. Remove the carrots from the
muslin, put them into the saucepan
with the other ingredients and let
them simmer in them for few min.
utes, then serve very quickly while
hot.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-12-12
An ExtraordinaryS Similarity.

An ambitious young lawyer paid his
first visit to q country court, not fa1
from New Orleans, not long since.
He went to represent big railroad in
suit brought by countryman to re,
cover the value of an OK which de,
parted this life in vain attempt tc
hold up the limited mail. The ques.
ton before the court was one of iden.
tification, and the countryman ha6
testified that he knew the OK by his
color and the fesh-marks. The youna
lawyer rose and with dignity said.
'If your. Honor please, there can be
no question that this witness has
sworn falsely when he testified that an
OK can be recognized by its color.
was stenographer before I became
lawyer, and for two days, your Honor"
drawing out his note-book), ST have
taken detailed description of every
OK that passed the hotel, and I am
prepared to swear as an expert that
all oxen look alike to me-" "You are
trifling with the dignity of the court,
sirl" sternly said the Judge, "I will
fine"
"Hold on, Judge" said the clerk,
'there hain't been but one yoke OF
oxen in this town in a week. Old Man
Henley's been a-haulin' wood, and the
lawyers been countin' the same oxen
over and over" Judgment for the
plaintiff" said the Judge, and the
lawyer took his departure, a saddes
but wiser rman.-Argonaut.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-12-12
WISE WORDS,

Guilt has hard pillow.
Truth wins no easy victories.
Zeal is the dynamite of appeal.
Trials are blessings in disguise.
Fanaticism is Faith turned sour.
Spiritual hunger is heart prayer.
Adversely is Gods pruning knife.
Suspicion is the scent of cunning.
You can't bury character in the
grave.
Before faith can rest it must stand
test.
A shaggy camel may bear smootI
burden.
Pleasure soon pals when it cost
nothing.
Flattery serves as gas in the balloon
of pride.
Purity opens the way to world o
gladness.
Friendship may soon die, but en-
nifty never.
Boosting is blowing off the steam
self-conceit.
Storm-tried faith is better than fair
weather belief.
Whispers and runaway teams make
the break-ups.
Blaming others is poor way t,
justify yourself.
Reputation is like an ecl-a slipper
thing to handle.
Dependency unnerves man, hopt
invigorates him.
Elbow grease makes the wheels O
fortune move easier.
Morality is often used as the per
fume bottle of society.
Truth and facts always agree. ElroI
and lies are associates.
Education has been substituted for
conservation in the modern pulpit.
Slander is the moral hydrophobia-
those who are bitten generally run
mad.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-12-12

For the second time a woman has
won prize debate at Cornell Univers-
ity, the '94 memorial prize being
awarded to Miss Abigail Laughlin, '9S.
Another fair orator won the Woodford
medal several years ago. By holding
their own in these mere conspicuous
competitions, as well as by the rank
they attain in examinations, the women
students at Cornell continue to Justify
by their works the principle of coed
ucation of the sexes.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-12-12
A New Wrinkle For Foundrymen.

One of the New York printing ma
chine builders, says Engineering. has
succeeded in producing extremely ac-
curate gear-wheel castings by the
simple device of using machine-cut
metal pattern, and baking the mold in
core oven before the pattern is re.
moved Under these conditions the
metal mold expands lie the clay
tends to shrink, with result that
on cooling, the patterA can be with
drawn, leaving behind it a perfect
mold. Wheels cast in this way show,
it is stated, the tool marks on the
original pattern, and customers have
accepted them as machine-cut wheels.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-12-12
Homemade Flavoring Extracts.

A New Hampshire woman who had
always made favoring extracts for use
in her own family began some thirteen
years ago to manufacture the extracts
for sale, using the same process, that
ofmaking them directly from the fruits
themselves, instead of from oils, that
she had used when making the ex-
tracts on small scale. The result
has been that she had not only re,
gained vigorous health from the out.
of-door employment necessary in gath
ering and overseeing her materials,
but she is building up a constantly
enlarging sale for her extracts through
out New England. Philadelphia
Times.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-12-12
Death of a Scottish Centenarion.

The death has taken place at Ferry.
den, near Montrose, of Mrs. David
Watt, who, during her whole life of one
hundred years and four months, was
resident in that small fishing village.
Her husband, fisherman, persisted
from the effects of exposure to severe
storm about fifty years ago. Mrs.
Watt has no fewer than 269 descend
ants--12 children (6 sons and
daughters), 80 grandchildren, It's
great-grandchildren, and 2 great-great
grandchildren. Pail Mall Gazette.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-12-12
| ouSE!,CLD AFFAIRS.


Strange as it may seem, baked pota-
toes are still occasionally seen on the
table in a covered dish. Served this
way, they become soggy almost at once.
After pricking them with fork, as
they are being taken from the oven,
they should be laid on folded napkin
on platter. the napkin folded SO that
one corner will cover the potatoes, in
order to preserve their heat without
condensing the steam from them.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-12-12
Sweeping and busting,

In the course of series of papers
on Cookery For Girls" continued in
the Woman's Home Companion, Sallie
Joy White gives these simple rules TO,
orderly housekeeping:
begin at one side and sweep to.
ward oneplace. Hold tine broom close
to the floor. Sweep with short strokes,
and let the broom take tho dust along
the floor instead of tossing it in the
air.
81 wish every girl would learn the
rule for busting by heart. Idare say
you have all seen the aimless way in
which the majority of girls-and wo.
men, too, for that matter-dust room.
They seem to think there is no such
thing as systematic way of doing it.
Dust the room thoroughly. Begin at
one corner and take each article in
turn. Dust from the highest things
to the lowest, taking up the dust in the
cloth, but not brushing it off on the
floor. Shake the duster occasionally
in suitable place, and when through,
wash and hang it to dry"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-12-12

Instead of the old sign, Give Dol
lars fine for riding or driving across
this bridge faster than a walk, " will
be one, at each end of the new Milan
Bridge at Topeka, Kan, reading, mo
restriction. One of the tests of the
bridge was the running of teams
across the same at full speed. Only
another evidence of the advance of
practical ideas in science.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-12-12
Put Flowers on Your Table,

Set flowers on your table-a whole
nosegay if you can get it, Or but two or
three, or n single flower, a rose, pink,
a daisy. Bring few daisies or but
tercups from your last field-work,
and keep them alive in little water.
Preserve but bunch of clover, or q
handful of towering grass-one of the
most elegant of natures productions
and you have something on your table
that reminds you of Gods creation,
and gives you link with the poets
that have done it most honor. Put a
rose, lily, or violet on your table,
and you and Lord Bacon have GUS
tom in common; for this great and wise
man was in the habit of having flowers
in season set upon his table, we be-
lieve, morning, noon and night-that
is to say, at all meals, seeing that they
were growing all day. Now here is a
fashion that will last you forever, il
you please-never change with silks.
and velvets, and silver forks, nor be
dependent on caprice, or some fine
gentleman or lady, who have nothing
but caprice and changes to give them
Importance and sensation. Flowers
on the morning table are especially
suited to all. They look like the
happy wakening of the creation; they
bring the breath of nature into your
room; they seem the very representa-
tive and embodiment of the smiles of
your home.-Detroit Free Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-12-12
%I How She Described 1t,
Dear Hubby:


L write this in a great hurry, SO that
you may get it in time to start for
home on the first train. Isn't it dread.
full! The nasty fire company Just
ruined all my newest gowns, what
were not burned, and to make matters
worse L am living with the Rushtons,
who, as you know, have the worst
children on earth. They just worry.
the life out of meas if it were not
enough to suffer the loss of my lovely,
gowns. Isn't it dreadfull 1 suppose
we'll have to live in hotel for while.
but do come at once. Your distracted
wife, Edna.
2. ST. forgot to mention about our
house burning down. but guess you
could have guessed it from reading my
letter. E.-New York Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-12-12

So rapid has been the change in the
English language that the English to-
day bears no more resemblance to the
English of 1000 years ago than it does
to German.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-12-12
THE SONG OF SIGNS.

There maid he winds wilderness
And the fair
Where the earth lies cold meath the that
r-sad dsong she
(Song of sghs is has and be),--
l4oveis the King of all a o
A cruel tyrant of Kings, and he no
Aaron Mason Harpers Magazine
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-12-12

One of the largest domestic manu-.
facturers of incandescent electric
lamps has an output of over $500, OOO
year.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-12-12

The longest artificial watercourse in
the world is the Bengal Canal, 90C
miles, the next is the Erie, 1853.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-12-12

It is said that nations move by cy-
cles. A great many people move b.
cycles nowadays.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-12-12

old dress, cloak and hat of yours ready
for me, and room at my disposal, if
you please" Then to Chambers I
said in the same tone, "Pay particular
attention to Mr.. Stainer. He inter-
ests me-" And then 1 came away.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-12-12

Whether on account of improved
sanitary conditions or on account OF
the increased skill which physicians
have developed in battling with dis
ease, there is gratifying evidence of
marked decline in the death rates OF
our leading American cities during
the past year. As compiled by one Of
the leading medical journals of the
country, the death rates for the cities
of New York, Philadelphia, Chicago,
Cincinnati, Baltimore, Boston and
st. Louis, as disclosed by the figures
for the past year, are as follows:
Per 900 Inhabitants
ChlcaSo. o....'..'. 1900. ''''...'. l3.5
Philadelphia. ............... ....... lS.s
New York. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1875
st. Louis. ...............,.., ..... 49,
Boston,. Observation-Disclosures. ........... 49,
baltlmore' ''''''''''.. 80 III
Cincinnati. ............. ..........., . 49,
While there is quite a decided iii.
ference between the death rates OF
some OF the cities mentioned in the
foregoing table, the showing which
the record in its entirety evinces is
unusually gratifying. Although the
exact figures for this immediate sec
tion of the country are not accessible,
it may safely be affirmed that the
south will compare favorably with any
other section in point of healthfulness.
AS for Atlanta, there is no city in the
United States which possesses superio,
sanitary advantages.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-12-12
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RS. co IN S.
COX is in the
waiting room and
desires to see you
Immediately, sir, "
said one of the
men entering the
room where l was
in conversation
with the Chief at
Scotland Yard.
Collin s-Cox,
Collins s-Cox?" re-
peated the Chief.
"Isn't t h at the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-06-26
AmrnltIe. Of IournnlI.m.

The Tennessee editors are on the war
path Editor Vardaman. of the Green
wood Commonwealth. says OF Editor
Wright. OF the Vicksburg Dispatch:
we dislike to dignity and lend re-
spectability to that moral pervert and
cowardly liar. C. E. Wright. editor Of
the Dispatch. Vicksburg. by entering
into a controversy with him-knowing
him. as We do. to be a scurvy biped
without courage. conscience or convie-
tions-an irresponsible and unscrupu-
lous cur. At only for things filthy-a
scoundrel without the virtue Of courage
an assassin OF character without re-
morse. who would strike you In the
dark. and then hide his cancerous car
cass to avoid the just punishment
which his damnable deeds deserve"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-06-26

A queer case has just been decided
in Montana which shows that the soul
less railroad corporation does not run
things in that region. A warehouse
caught fire. On a side track near II
stood a closed car marked powder"
The local fire department thought the
car so close TO the FIRE as to present
danger of explosion, and could not
move II. and so the warehouse was al
lowed to burn down. The warehouse
people sued the railroad company for
the value Of the goods lost in the FIRE.
but the railroad people showed that
there was no powder in the car. and
no danger OF any explosion. Neverthe-
less the court held the railroad com
pany was liable. and Il was a United
States court at that.