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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16
First Map to Bear alaska,

The map of James Cook, 177S, was
the first to bear the name "Alaska, -
which was a corruption of the India
Al-ak-shack, or endless Land" The
United States began to treat with
Russia for the acquisition of Alaska
under Presidents Polk (1S45 to 1S49)
and Buchanan 1S57 to 1861, and the
matter was opened again in 1866 by
Seward, who was then Secretary OF
State, and closed the transaction on
March 81, 1867, Russia ceding all
claim to Alaska for the consideration
of $7,200,000.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16

According to the Boston Traveller
recent events point to the falling be.
kind of the Latin races in the march
of civilization. Old abuses with them
seem to linger, abuses which have
been stamped out long since by their
sturdier Saxon brethren. France in
the Zola trial has shown the world
defects in her Judicial and administra.
ton systems that the English trial by
jury would not have permitted even
two centuries ago. Spain, in attempt.
ing to crush Cuba, shows the same
crude methods which disgraced Alva
in the Netherlands. In the desire for
better observance of international law
and freedom of trade, too, our Latin
brothers seem to be sadly lacking. II
recent events count for anything, they
seem to point to the future supremacy
of the Anglo-Saxon.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16

Luther Hoffman, of New Jersey,
writes: l have basement that covers
32x85 feet. This winter I have forty
eight head of cows in it that [ am
milking and feeding. have no trou-
BILE concerning ventilation. Basement
is eight feet high. The north side is
banked nearly to top OF wall. There
are two driveways and at the end of
each 1 have small windows which
can drop from the top. When 1 laid
the foundation used three-inch round
tile pipe every six to eight feet just
under the sill. These need not be
closed except in case of blizzard.
On the west end there are large win
dows, but 1 seldom open them, the
pipes furnishing enough cir.
On the south l have double sash
windows. The top sash is hung with
weights so l can drop them from one
inch to two feet. according to the
weather. The front is ell windows
except the space occupied by doors. I
also have three hay chutes, which ex-
tend from stables out through the
roof. These 1 open or close according
to weather. When cattle can be out
all day, 1 often leave ell ventilators
open and sprinkle the wet spots with
fresh slaked lime.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16

1t is an almost universal complaint
that peach trees 60 not last as long as
they used to do. We do not believe
that this is on account of the weather,
because late winters certainly have
not been so destructive as many that
occurred thirty to forty years ago.
The increase OF borers and of fungous
diseases, in which we include The yell
lows, are, we think, mainly RESPONSE
BILE for the change. By keeping
borers out and dressing heavily with
potash manures, peach trees may be
made much longer lived than they
used to be. One of the secrets of the
longevity of old-time peach trees was
that they We're never severely pruned,
and never produced heavy crops. The
old-time thirty-year-old peach trees
had tall trunk with very h..le top.-
Boston Cultivator.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16

Little John Victor Thompson was
born under a whole constellation of
lucky stars. His first piece of good
fortune was in being born in Chicago.
He could not have made wiser
choice of a birthplace. His second
morsel, or, rather, large mouthful, of
good fortune came when he was adop-
ted by the Thursday Club. Thirty
nine Young ladies, each of whom has
pin money to spare, were looking
about for some charitable work to do.
They saw young Thompson and
adopted him. They will send him to
school, perhaps to college, and start
him on an honorable career. Thirty
nine mothersl That is a privilege
which very few boys enjoy, and John
Victor knows it.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16

The advantage gained by the use OF
bell glasses over melon and cucumber
vines is gradually gaining recognition
in this country, where it bids fair to
be of greater service even than in
foreign countries where it has long
been practiced. To ripen a musk
melon in August in our northern
states is feat not often accomplished,
or even in early September. How
ever this has and can be done if na-
ture is thus assisted: A twelve-inch
bell glass placed directly over the hill
at planting time has a two-fold advan-
tage; that of fastening termination
and preventing the rotting of seeds in
rainy weather. As soon as the seed
lings appear the glass must be raised
gradually; those which I have in mind
ultimately resting upon common
bricks turned on edges. These form
an excellent support. Three bricks to
glass leave ample space for the vines
to run out-a privilege quickly availed
OF. Daily watering is of course in
order save in cloudy weather.
An idea of the difference in growth
may perhaps be best obtained by notes
taken July 10, '97. Side by side are
four hills of cucumbers planted on the
same date. Twelve-inch bell glasses
We're placed over two of the hills and
gradually raised as described. A
growth of two feet only had been
made by the open air plants against
five in the glass capped hills. With
such strong sun-stored root-gr owth
melons can but steal march on the
ordinary cantaloupe calendar. Other
glass devices may perhaps be less ex-
pensive and answer the purpose as
well.-G. A. Woolson, of Vermont.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16

What the geranium is to tie living
room window garden, the glaaiolus IS
to the outdoor garden. Such display
as have had of this flower this sea-
son! L planted several hundred bulbs
among the border plants, aud for Il
month past people have been stop.
ping TO stare at and admire my free
Hover show. And it has been worth
coming long way to see, assure
you! II seems rs if every bulb has
put up from two to four flower stalks,
and such colors! Scarlets, crimsons,
pinks, ilacs, mauves, cherries, car
mines, violets, yellows, in endless
shades and combinations. No two
stalks seem to give flowers alike. 1
can't help wondering if the milliners
did not get some ideas here for their
daring color combinations for hats and
bonnets. No two plants were Just
alike as to flower, it seemed. We cut
the great stalks laden with gorgeous
bloom for tall vases in the house, for
church decoration, and for gifts to
friends, but the supply seemed mex
haustible. .-Eben E. Rexford, in How
to Grow Flowers.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16

the rascal read out the document that,
as lawyer, he had cleverly forged.
I saw it all now. He had asked me
if had his uncle's will, and | had said
no. He must have searched the old
mans papers and found none. and, feel
ing safe, Philip had forged a will in
his own favor, and artfully, too, max
ing one about which there could be no
dispute; for he provided legacIes to
friends, and the residue, which proved
to be over hundred thousand pounds,
in equal moieties to his nephews,
Samuel and Philip Hemsley.
I sat and laughed to myself as
heard him read this piece of forgery,
which was all in due form, clever from
the mans cunning in contenting him
self with half, knowing that if the will
were otherwise it might have been dis
puted, when now it would be taken as
perfection; and there, all the time,
sat with the genuine will in my pocket,
from which he was cutting himself of
by this act, while [ rejoiced to think
how the villain was being forced as it
were by fate to do justice to his brother
Sam.
What would you have done-given
the scoundrel in.o custody as forger,
made terrible upset, and caused no
end of trouble about the property?
Perhaps you would. did not, for
went home, after satisfying myself
that the false will was in due form, and
destroyed the real one.
Yes, I know what you will say-that
it was a felonious act, and that
ought to have been struck off the rolls.
Perhaps 1 ought to have been, but !
pondered on the fact that, instead OF
the whole hundred thousand pounds
going to villain who would stoop to
forge, half Of it went to truly deserv-
ing man; so I left the punishment to
higher powers than those of man, and
kept my secret, which is a secret still,
for 1 have only given fictitious names,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL,

A bar of soft metal is used on Dres.
den electric lines instead of the trollel
wheel, and is claimed to wear the wire
less and to be more convenient.
A remarkable object that "rather
resembles some obscuring medium
than nebula," is the unique discov-
cry in the constellation of Perseus
lately made by Rev. T. E. Espin.
1t has been discovered that the de-
posits of gilsonite-a species ofasphalt
found in Utah will yield substance
which can be used to paint ships bot
toms, and which will protect them
from corrosion, seaweed, and bar
nacles in a remarkable degree.
The Medical Department of the
French War Office has just published
some medical statistics of the army
during the year 1895. The total num-
Der of admissions to infrmary and
hospital is given as 313, 579, answer
ing to a general sickness-rate of 631
per 1000 eflicients.
German figures credit various woods
with the following .enting capacities!
Linden, l; fir, 0.99; elm and pine,
O.9S; willow, chestnutand larch, 0.97;
maple and spruce, 0.96; black poplar,
O.95; alder a1d white birch, 0. "a; oak,
0.92; locust and white beech, OIL;
and red beech, 0.90. Modern scier-
tific research gives us another sur
prise in the showing that the soft
woods have greater heating power than
the hard.
The mud from coal washing is util-
lied by Friedrichsthal engineer. He
finds the mud to consist of two por-
tions-one being chiefly clay and ithe
other particles of coal-and he sepa-
rates them by drying and sitting, the
clay passing through as fiue dust,
while the fine coal is retained by the
sieve. The coal confirms little ash
and is adapted for various purposes,
while the separated dust has proven
not wholly useless.
The new form of incandescent eiec-
trio lamp recently devised by Pro-
fessor Nernst, in which magnesium
oxide is used instead of carbon fila
,ment, requires that the conductor
should first be heated by either Bun
sen flame or the spark from an induc-
tion coil. Professor Nernst proposes
to embed a certain filament in the rod
of magnesium oxide which will afford
a path for the current when the rod is
cold and communicate heat to the sur
rounding material SO as to raise it to
the conducting temperature at which
light is emitted.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16
AGRICULTURAL TOPICS,


When the hen il broody, remove
her to new and clean nest at night.
fall, and put some china nest eggs un-
der her, and darken the nest by plac-
ing cloth or board in front of her.
Ii she sits quietly all day, it will be
safe enough to put the clutch Of eggs
under her the next night.
Feed her only dry food whilc sit.
ting, and always have fresh water
where she can get it when she comes
of. While she is off, see that the
eggs are all right, and any have been
broken in the nest, it may be neces-
sary to wash the others, as anything
which closes the pores kills the
chicken.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16
A Pupil's Impudent Impromptu.

In public school of Olympia,
Wash, where pupils are asked occa-
sionally for impromptu poetical reci.
tations, one reluctant boy recently
ordered to show his ability at rhym-
ing for the benefit of the School
Boards visitors astounded all pres
ent, and secured punishment for him
self later by declaiming:
God, o! God, supreme on high,
Look down on this committee,
Who chose such foolsNto teach our schools
In this our capital city.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16
Speaker Reeds Little Joke.

Speaker Reed recently wished to
see a political friend on some very i'm
portant business and telegraphed him
to come at once to Washington. The
friend took the first train, but wash
out on the road soon stopped him.
Going to telegraph office he sent this
message: "Washout on the line; can't
come" to which in due time he re-
ceived the following reply from the
Maine statesman: Buy new shirt
and come anyway"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16

Fifty years ago there were few per-
sons employed or gaining livelihood
by the utilization of electric energy.
Now in Europe and America there are
more than million.-yery likely two
millions in the world. In 1927 George
Stephenson started his first railway
train possibly with dozen employees.
Now in the United States there are
nearly 500, 900 railroad workers.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16

Amherst, Mass, with a population
of 1900 has public library OF 1000
volumes, which is open to all comers
for thirteen hours every day. In adj
dition, the citizens have also access
to the college library, of 10000 vol
umes, and to two other free libraries,
containing 1900 and 23O0 volumes re.
spectiyely. Only ten towns in the
State of Massachusetts, are now with.
out free public libraries.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16

A Berlin paper has ascertained that
intoxication by means of ether has be.
come almost epidemic in Lithuania,
owing to the fact that ether is cheaper
than brandy and less of it is needed
to get drunk on. Many families have
been ruined by the habit, which has
also found victims even among school
children.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16

There is a common notion that Amer.
lea is the only country in which there
has been a rapid growth of cities.
The Americans are so accustomed to
consider that their country is in all
respects vastly superior to all others
that they give very little attention to
what is done elsewhere. But the de-
sire of human beings to crowd together
in cities is one Of the striking peculiar
tiles of the present age, and, as re.
suit, there has been an enormous
growth of cities in every country.
Take, for instance, the city of Berlin.
In 1858 it had about 440, 900 popula-
tion. In 1898 its population is l, 50O,-
900. In 1861 the population of Liver.
pool, including Birkenhead, on the
opposite side of the river Mersey, was
about $50, 900. In 1889 it was 940,.
900 and to-day is over one million
souls. The city of London is another
interesting example. In 1861 the
population embraced in the registrar
generals district was 1000, 600 and q
little over. In the same district, in
1896, the census showed AL, 900.
1t would be difficult, even in the
United States, to find more rapid
growth of the population of cities than
that stated above; but it is more the
vuie than the exception.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16

The Hong Kong Press tells of a
professional beggar who has built
quite fine three-story tea-house just
outside the South Gate. AS the only
three-story building in the city, it is
m object of great pride to the natives,
whose charity helped so largely in its
erection.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16

The Rejected One-"I have q rival,
then?"
The Girl-"Ha ardly that. I have
promised to marry him. "-Philadel-
phia North American.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16

The Swiss canton of NeUenburs has
sanctioned a plan for q universal life
insurance in which all the natives
over eighteen years old may partici-
pate. In case of death, sum vary
ing from 1000 to 5000 francs is to DO
paid to the heirs.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16

The French press is fumins glori'
ously against the United States, sad
is furious against England, which has
blocked, once for all, the chances of
European coalition against the United
Staten.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16

She-"Yes, it is the province of
woman to suffer in silence"
He-"In silence? That must be
suffering, indeed. Cincinnati En-
luirer.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16

"Tell the class what an island is,
Sammy"
"Yes'm; an island is body of land
surrounded by United States battle
ships. Chicago Record.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16
A Wolnan's Reason.

"Poor Mollie has lost her reason"
"That oughtn't to worry woman.
She can say because. '"-Indianapolis
journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16

He-"They say dreams go by con-
traries. Do You believe it?"
She-''Yes, think they do"
He-"Alas, I dreamed last night
that you had promised to be my wife"
She-"And I dreamed that I had
refused you. Chicago News.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16

Beagle-"Old Foxlcy in dead. He'll
be long remembered by the people of
this town."
SpiSts-"Why, did he leave many
public bequests?"
Bea gle-"He left debts to the
amount of $50, 1000" Boston Tran
script.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16

First Deaf-Mute "He wasn't SO
very angry, was he?"
Second Deaf-Mute-"He was so
mad that the words he used almost
blistered his fingers. indianapolis
Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16

Mrs. Homespun-"What did the
doctor say was the matter with you,
Silas?"
Silas-"I fergit what he called it. t"
Mrs. Homespun-"D'ye mean to
say you paid him 50 and didn't git no
good out OF it?"-Truth.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16
Proof.

Minnie-''What frauds these beg
gars are. I met a blind man who
said, please give ne penny, beauti-
full lady"
Mamie Eyes, he said that to make
you think he really was blind. "-In-
dianapolis journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16

Optician-"My dear sir, your case
as hopeless"
Customer-"And am I doomed to
blindness?"
Opticlan-"It is inevitable. I think
you'd better look a. my beautiful line
of artificial eyes at once. Jewellers
Weekly.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16

Simpkins-"I thought you said
Breezy was welded to the truth?"
Timkins-"So I always thought"
Simkins-"Well, if he ever was,
he's q wiiower now. Tit Bits.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16

"Whata hold Maud seems to have
on all her rejected suitors."
"Why shouldn't she, tho artful
thing? She always tells man, when
she refuses him, that she is afraid to
marry handsome man, because she
would be SO jealous. Cincinnati En-
0uirer.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16

Wouldn't you prefer to live in an
apartment with an elevator; it raises
one so quickly?"
eyes, but not nearly 50 quickly as
it raises the rent. Brooklyn Life.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16

Nervous Old Lady Ito deck hand)-
"Mr. Steamboatman, is there any fear
of danger?"
Deck Hand (carelessly)-"Plenty of
fear ma'am, but not lit OF danger"
Harlem Life.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16

"My wife and her neighbor used to
be inseparable, but they don't speak
now."
whats the trouble?"
"She persuaded my wife to buy q
silk gown that turned out to be part
cotton. detroit Free Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16
Enpr-y,

Jobson-"Just see how hard Dob
son is working at beating that carpet"
Mrs. Jobson-"Yes. Mrs. Dobson
sets him at work at something of the
kind just after he reads the war news
in the paper. brooklyn Life.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16
Clothes More Important Than Beauty

A strange girl recently came to
Atchison as bride. ''Is she good
looking?" we asked an Atchison wom-
an who had seen her. ''I didn't
notice." the woman replied, "but she
is well dressed. "-Atchison Globe.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16
Justice Without Arercy.

"Seems to me I've seen your face
BEFORE" said the Judge, peering
through his spectacles.
eyes, your Honor; you have" re-
piled tie prisoner. "I am the pro-
fessor who gives the young lady next
door to you lessons on the piano"
"Seven years!' came from the
Judge, quickly.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16

Mr.. Dukane-'I couldn't sleep a
wink last night"
Mr.. Gaswell-"You had insomnia, +
suppose?"
Mr.. Dukane-"No; insomnia had
me. "-Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16

URIOUS cases in
my pr of e s sio n?
Oh, yes, plenty. I
often smile to my
self when I find
the novelist taking
up old family in
cidents and work
ing them up into
stories; and then
I think of what
plots I could have
furnished if they
had not been fam
lily secrets of Il
private and thor
oughly confidential
character.
1 remember one
case that, changing
the names, it will be
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16
THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE.
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD EY THE
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS.

The Age of Germs-OutcIassed-HIo
Acute-A Waste of Moncy-Comforts
Cost-Open to Doubt-Unpardonable
Equal to the Occasion-proof, Etc.
Little Miss Muffct
Sat on II tuffet,
Eating Of curds and whey;
4 micro5e espied her
And slipped down inside her,
And she had influenza next day.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16

An act of Congress in 1872 abol-
iSAed logging in the navy.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-16

Is true freedom but to break
Fetters for our own dear sake,
And, with leathern hearts, forget
That we owo.manklnd debt?
No! true freedom is to share
All the chains our brothers wear,
And with heart and hand to be
Earnest to make others free.
james Russell Lowe
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-03-21

| Bargain L
We have our usual complete as
sortment Of Muslin Underwear at
prices lower than ever. Corset
covers 10 to so cents. Night
Robes SOC to 200. Pants 25c to
1.5O, Skirts soc to 1925. 3 and 4
piece Sets, beautiful goods, at 400,
$50 and 7 90.
Bargain j
A carload of Granulated Sugar,
Medium and Fine, will be sold at
slight advance above the CARLOAD
price, for cash.
Bargain X
rs Handsome Decorated Toilet
Sets-1O pieces in each seat
200 each.
Bargain -
10 doz Towels at sc each.
u 81 &c g.
90 " 1Oc /"
Bargain M
$50 yards 36 inch Black Serge,
all wool and beautiful goods, at 26c
per yard, worth 81 cents.
Bargain N
An elegant line Of Dress Garni-
lures, all fresh and new.
Bargain o.
rs Pairs Portieres, including
some choice styles Of Tapestry, at
800, 400. $50, AS, 600 and
100 pair.
Bargain P
Fruit of the Loom Bleached Cot
ton 6 cents, Lonsdale Cambria &c,
all other qualities and widths at
equally low prices.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-03-21
BIRTHS.

In Glover, March Is. daughter to Mr.. and
Mrs. Carroll A. Bickfo~d
In Irasburg, March Is, a daughter to Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Hunter.
In Glover, March g, a daughter to Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Bean.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-03-21
DIE

In Albany, March l. Mary Mccartney, aged
"a years.
= In Attleboro, Mass, Feb. 25 Mrs. Ida Bos-
fridge, eldest daughter of John Stanley, aged
38 years.
In South Barton, March Is, Mrs. Emeline
Hoyt, aged 83 years mos.
Swing open wide, We pearly gates,
Let earth tired pilgrim in.'
In Glover, March 10, Ida Walcott. wife of
Carl Bean, aged % years.
In West Glover, March 10, of consumption
Mrs. Myra Jameson, wife of Ernest Baker.
In Glover, March 9, Mrs. Mary G.. Clark aged
SO years.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-03-21

A CARD.-We, the undersigned, do here
by agree to refund the money on a 5O-cent
bottle of Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar
f it fails to cure your cough or cold. We
also guarantee a 25-cent bottle to prove
satisfactory or money refunded.
BARRON & HAMBLET, Barton.
81. G. PIERCE.
D. w. HILDRErH, Barton Landing.
HI. S. WEBSTER, g
A. E. ANDERSON, Glover.
M. B. CHAFEY, Albany.
IT. URIE, Craftsbury.
A. PADDOCK, No. Craftsbury.
@. w. WHEELER, Irasburgh.
J. FRANK RUGGLEs, West Burke.
w. 81. Tibbitts, Coventry.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-03-21
MARRIED.

March 16 at Congr parsonage, by Rev. R. L.
Sheaff Mr.. Leon A. Lyon and Miss Lin
ME A. Twombly, both of Glover.