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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-09
Hodgllins' Disease.

Hodgkins' disease, which caused
the death of Yale student, is a curl
Gus, but, fortunately, comparatively
rare affection. 1t is characterized by
the appearance of glandular tumors,
first appearing in the neck and arm
pits and extending in groups through
out other portions of the body. Young
adults are the most frequent subjects.
The malady is always associated with
impoyerishment of the blood and tho
relative increase of its white cells, also
with marked enlargem snt of the spleen
and changes in the bone marrow, and
generally ends fatally within two years
after the first appearance of symp-
toms. The swellings, which are at
first isolated, vary from the size of a
bean to that of hens egg, and final
ly multiply and coalesce, forming an
almost continuous chain of growths,
those encircling the neck being often
larger in circumference than the head.
The early removal of the primary
enlargements is sometimes beneficial
and occasionally curative, but, as q
rule, the fundamental error of nutri
tior, which is at the bottom Of all the
trouble, is scarcely possible of correc-
tion by internal remedies. The pre-
disposing causes of the disease are not
hereditary in character. In n fair
proportion of cases the inltiatory
swelling of the glands is caused by
some comparatively trivial ailment.
such as an liberated tooth, an indamed
throat or running" ear. Life is
terminated by exhaustion. Some
times, however, death results from
suffocation or from starvation in con-
sequence of obstructive growths in
the throat. New York Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-09

the Lords Prayer, while Blakely
moaned and muttered and howled. r
heard the miner again, but 1 dared
not look up.
'Halloa, Blakelyl' he said.
where's that gold Of mine?'
81 heard it again and again through
that long, bideous night. Death play
ing at cat and mouse, and lay there,
shivering one minute and sweating
the next, while Blakely's screams and
cries for help and for the priest rose
shrilly above the noise of the rain and
the thunder. At last l heard the
miners voice sound out with shout
of vindictive triumph:
" Come, Blakely, comet
"There was a long, long series of
howls, and L heard Blakely struggle
and gurgle and choke, and then it
was all still, and the hut grew warm
er. When L dared to look up the
storm had dribbled off and it was
dawn. That" said the old elephant
hunter, 'was one shape Death took
in passing"
Nobody spoke. The fire was fail
ing, but nobody moved to revive it.
The moon was on the ragged reef OF
topmost peaks, and the shadows were
closing in about tho party, while
iaclzals yelped and whined dismally in
their unseen depths. The old hunter
bent forward to relight his pipe with
an ember, and just then there was {,
weak cry of pleasure from the bu.1le
OF blankets under the wagon. Yhe
men started up and Paget stopped to
pGss his azLG under Isdale's shoulders.
Ihe boy was struggling to sit up and
the freight showed his face, his eyes
kindled with joy. He stretched out
his arms, oblivious of Paget, of all of
us.
"Judy, Judy!" he said quite clearly.
GIVE been looking for you this side
ever so long. How did you get
across. Stay there-I'm coming
I'm coming. It's not deep, but it's
cold-so cold!"
''He dropped back and Paget COW
cred his face as the others stood
about, uncovered.
Two days afterward Penby and his
Kaffir rode into camp, after two weeks
absence, with medicines and the mail
he had been sent for. There was O
letter with deep black border for
Isdale.
"Of course" said old Hannen.
"She's dead. Judy was dead before
him. He saw her on the other side."
New York Sun.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-09
The Weakest Link.

Like chain, road is no stronger
or better than its weakest link. In
highway there are many links which
may be poor, weak or defective.
Whatever or wherever the cause of
inferiority may be, the efficiency OF
the whole road is thereby reduced to
level with that of its most inferior
part. If drainage is inadequate, and
water accumulates, sheavy hauling
results; if there is single steep
grade, tho size of load that can be
transported is materially reduced; il
the connection between points is in.
direct, due to square corners, much
time is wasted; if care and repair are
irregular and unintelligent, money and
labor are spent in vain. The remedy
is, lay out the course of the road ju-
diciously, build it scientifically and
care for it constantly. ly.-Good Roads
Bulletin.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-09
The Ravages of Narrow Tires,

For the first few days after the
steam rollers are taken off the new
highways "they are Dreams" says the
Springfield News, "the best thing on
earth, smooth as table, and yet
yielding and elastic. Then the mar
row tire begins to put in its work,
cutting them like a knife, first disin-
tegrating the surface, and later on
knocking the foundations to pieces.
Once the surface is disturbed, the
rain does the rest, even il the con-
stantly passing narrow tired vehicles
did not help it out.
"As long as narrow tires'are allowed
for heavy loads, no such thing as q
satisfactory macadam roadbed is pos
sible. The case is much worse with
dirt roads. The knife tire cuts
through quicker, and the water tears
them to nothing quicker. There is
no reason why dirt roads should not
prove satisfactory in country districts
if wide tires for loaded teams were
required, with wheels which do not
track. The sooner State law is
enacted to carry out this idea, the
sooner will taxpayers have relief, and
good roads be in sight.
'.But do not let our Legislators forget
for moment that wide tires without
q provision that the back wheels shall
run in different track from tho for
ward wheels is only half the battle, if
as much as half. Six-inch tires, with
the rear wheels running right behind
the forward ones, would only smooth
one foot of the road on trip. Make
the wheels run in different tracks, and
we will have two feet rolled each trip.
Allowing for teams passing each
other, each keeping to its side of the
centre line, and we find four feet
rolled, and, making due allowance for
teams not taking their extreme right.
unless required, it is reasonable to
expect that nearly the whole road
bed would, in turn, receive its share
of rolling instead, as now, of being
out deeply and disastrously with every
trip"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-09
A New Jersey Estimate,

The annual report of the State Read
Commissioner of New Jersey makes
the following statement of the cost Of
haulage on various roads, and shows
very s.concisely where the advantages
of good surface and light grades come
in. He says:
"It costs 81 cents per bushel to
ship wheat from Chicago to New York,
distance of 900 miles; it costs three
cents bushel to haul wheat on level
road distance of five miles, and on
sandy road it would cost nine cents
per mile to haul it. The saving on n
bushel of wheat with good roads for
distance of five miles would be equiv
alent to that of 600 miles of transport
tation by steamer or canal boat, or
375 miles by railroad. One mile of
good roads would make saving equal
to seventy-fiye miles of railroad trans
portation. Thus every mile of good
roads places the producer seventy-fve
miles by rail nearer to the markets. 1t
is estimated that the cost of hauling
500, 1000, 900 tons of farm produce to
market is 50 per ton, or just about
1000, 900, 900; it is also estimated
that about sixty per cent. of this last
amount, or 100000, 900 would be
saved each year if farmers were able
to do this hauling over good roads,"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-09
Distanced by Europe.

Americans must feel some disap.
pointment, since their country has
long been famous for its quickness
and skill in adopting mechanical and
scientific discoveries for business pur-
poses, when they realize that Eu-
ropean cities are far surprising any Of
ours in the use of horseless vehicles.
Until we have better roads and better
street pavements we must submit to
the humiliation of being distanced by
Germany, France and England in one
of the most interesting and important
phases of modern progress. 1t is one
of the penalties we pay for make-shift
highways and for the folly which per-
mits the use upon them of destruc-
lively narrow tires. = Cleveland
Leader.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-09

To protect and preserve the high
ways by withdrawing them from pub
lie use at times when they are likely
to be injured by heavy travel is cer-
tainly unique, method of providing
for the public welfare, but this is what
the Kentucky statutes say:
"Any corporation, company or in
dividual who may, by unusual use of
road, materially damage the same,
shall repair all damages caused by the
use of such road or roads. The super
visor or overseer of roads shall, at any
time when necessary, notify said COR
poratiors, companies or individuals Of
their duty as provided in this section;
and should the said parties so notified
fail, in a reasonable length of time, to
be filed in the notice, to make such
repairs, such parties shall be deemed
guilty of obstructing the public roads
and shall be subject to fine of not
exceeding $100, to be applied to road
purposes"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-09
Salt.

There are many interesting facts
connected with salt which it is well
sometimes to remember, To begin
with the name itself, curious fact is
to be noted. Salt was form erly re-
garded as O compound resulting from
the union of hydro-chloric Tor, as it
used to be called, muriatic) acid and
soda, and hence the generic term of
salt was applied to all substances pro-
duced by the combination of base
with an acid. Sir Humphrey Davy,
however, showed that during their ac-
ton on each other both the acid and
the alkali underwent decomposition,
and that, while water is formed by the
union Of the oxygen of the alkali and
the hydrogen of the acid, the sodium
of the former combines with the chic
rine of the latter to form chloride of
sodium, and this term is the scientific
designation of salt, which, paradoxical
as it may seem, is not salt. AT one
time nearly the whole of the salt used
as food and for industrial purposes
was obtained from the sea, and in
many countries where the climate is
dry and warm, and which have q con-
venient seaboard, a great quantity of
salt is still obtained. Il Portugal
more than 250,00 tons are annually
produced, and the same quantity ap-
proximately is obtained on the Atlantic
and Mediterranean coasts of France.
Spain has salt works in the Balearic
Islands, the Bay of Cadiz and else
where, which turn out annually 300,-
900 tons, and even the small seaboard
of Austria produces from 10000 to
100, 200 tons.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-09

The annual report for 1897 of the
Consumers League of New York,
just published in Harper'a Weekly,
gives the leagues "White List of
the retail houses which approach
nearest to the leagues standard in
their dealings with their employees.
The list includes thirty-six names of
firms, among which are to be found
about dozen of the large dry-goods
concerns, though several of the big
gest are not in it. The leagues
purpose is to make consumers feel re-.
sponsibility for producers, and by
the influence of its members to better
the condition of working-women and
shop-girls in New York. Its members
undertake to favor houses which use
tneir working well, and shun
those which don't. A fair house, ac-
rording to the leagues standard, is
one in which equal work gets equal
pay, irrespective of the sex of the
worker; in which adults get at least
six dollars week, paid weekly; in
which fines 60 into fund for EN-.
ployees' benefit; and in which cash
girls get at least two dollars week.
The hours of fair house are from
eight to six, with three-quarters of an
hour for lunch, and one half-holiday
week for two months in summer.
Fair houses also comply with sanitary
laws, provide seats for saleswomen las
required by law, use employees
humanely, show consideration fol
fidelity and length of service, ant
employ no children under fourteen
years old.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-09

Perhaps it is owing to Lord Kelvin's
paper at Toronto, in which he showed
that the existing fuel of the world
would only last 500 years, that ihe
Canadian Government has changed
lt2 policy with regard to the timber of
Manitoba and the Northwest. The
heavier belts are to be withdrawn
from settlement, and young trees to
be saved for the future. Guardians
will be appointed to take care of the
reserves, especially in the Turtle and
Moose Mountain regions. Fires and
the cutting of young trees by settlers
will be prevented as fan as possible
Roads are also to be made through the
reserves between the lakes.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-09
Good Roads and the Mails.

If country roads were generally i'm.
proved by the modern plan of road
building there would not be much de-.
lay in providing free delivery through
the more populous parts of the coun-
try. One reason why England de-
livers mail from house to house in the
country, as well as in the city, is be.
cause the country roads are in so fine
condition that the work of delivery is
greatly expedited. If there were Eng
lish roads all through the Middle and
Eastern States it would not be great
undertaking for this Government to
establish free delivery in those Sec
tions.-Syracuse IN. W Post.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-09

A writer in the Shoe and Leather
Reporter from Lynn, Mass, notes this
peculiar incident: \ manufacturer en-
plcying cutters by the piece reduced
the prices for cutting. The workmen
accepted the cut. The manufacturer
then gave them stock to cut that cost
him two to four cents per foot more
than the kid he had been using. What
was the result? The men, under the
reduced scale of prices, using the bet
ter grade of stock, earned more wages
the first week under the new schedule
than during any week for months past.
The manufacturer did not put any
thing into his pocket by making the
reduction. He made it go toward
purchasing better grade of upper
stock, with the result above noted.
Previous to the cut the men had to cut
spongy and very unsatisfactory
grade of skin, but under the new az
rangement they are provided with
stock that does not require planning
and stretching, thereby consuming
much time in the endeavor to get out
satisfactory uppers. This was case
where the men displayed common sense
in accepting the reduction.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-09

Judging from q recent article in a
leading English magazine, the politi.
cal Job is not rs unknown in Great
Britain as some of our fellow country
men would have us suppose. There is
Mt present scheme on foot to build
over and remodel large portion of
Westminster, the district of London
in which Parliament House is situated.
New streets are to be opened and old
ones closed; houses are to be pulled
down and new ones erected. A bill
has been prepared which Parliament
is expected to pass that will give the
promoters of the scheme the right of
eminent domain in the section to be
improved; and while the bill contains
provisions for the preservation of his
toric churches and other like cdlfces.
it places no res strictions on the sort of
buildings that are to surround them,
or the sort of streets that are to ap-
proach them. The region contains a
large tenement district, and it is osten-
sibly to clear out this district that the
undertaking isplanned But the tene-
ments are not especially unhealthy
and considerable sections not covered
by tenements are included in the
scheme.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-09

During the last fifty years Great
Britain has been at war more fre-
quentiy than any other nation. The
total number of large and small wars
waged daring that time amounts to
about fifty, or one a year.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-09
Tires.

If our political providences insure
that only wide tires for heavy loads
shall be used on the new roads they
will be permanent blessing. But if
the old style of tires is permitted to
tear them to pieces it will not be many
years before we have nothing but the
tax bills to remember them by.-Pitts-
burg Disnatch.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-09
Rope Skipping and Meningitis.

A New York school girl died re-
Gently from meningitis, brought on
from over-indulgence of rope skipping.
This fact may be of interest to
mothers of sundry small maidens too
much addicted to practice which is
healthful enough when moderately in.
dulged in.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-09
WHY AND WHEREFORE.

The trouble, I think, with us all
Is the lack of high conceit;I
If each man thought
He was sent to the spot
j. To make it n bit more sweet,
How soon we could gladden. tho world,
How easily right all wrong,
II nobody shirked
Aud each one worked
To help his fellows along.
Cease wondering why you came;
Stop looking for faults and flaws;
Riso up to-day
In your pride and say:
II am part of the first great cause;
Howe yer full the world.
There is room for an earnest man;
1t had need of me
Or would not be
am here to strengthen the plan"
Ella Wheeler Wilcox, in Forum.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-09
Four Hundred Thousand Cats.

There are said to be 400, 900 cats in
London, of which half are ''unat-
tached," and live largely. on' 'refuse.
In one district near very large and
famous brewery in London the sport
ing cats go regularly as soon rs the
brewery gates are open to hunt rats in
the brewery "stores."
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-09
a "Bad Roads NIap.n

A "bad roads map" of Illinois is be-
ing prepared by the State Division, l..
A. W., to be sent to the Legislature
and all the newspapers in the State.
Such map would be an ''eye-opener"
in almost any State in the Union
Il. A. w. Bulletin.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-09

When the farmers can be brought to
see that good roads constructed with
State aid mean money in their pock-
cts, as has been demonstrated in New
Jersey, good roads will become as
common as bad roads are now. .-Phila-
delphia Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-09

The government cultivation of cof-
fee in the Dutch East Indies is fall
ing off so rapidly that other means
have been ordered for raising reve-
nue.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-09
! know not whence I came,

! know not whence came,
I know not whittier go,
But the fact stands clear
That l am here
In this world of pleasure and woe, -.
And out of the mist and murk -
Another truth shines plain.
1t is in my power
Each day and hour
To add to its joy or its pain
know that the earth exists,
1t is none of my business why,
I cannot find out
What it's all about
would but waste time to try.
Ny life is brief. brief thing;
am hero for little space,
And while L stay,
would like, if [ may,
To brighten and better the place.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-06-09

HEY wrapped Is
d al g in Il i s
blankets when
they had out
spanned, an d
placed him un-
der the wagon
to shelter him
from the night
d @ w 8. III Q
moaned a little,
but seemed I'M
conscious as to
who was about
him and where
he was. They
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-09

NEW YORK, July S.-Peter Maher
defeated Joe Goddard in eight rounds
tonight at the Lenox Athletic club.
They had been scheduled to fight TWEEN
ty-five rounds with five ounce gloves.
Goddard had defeated Maher on two
previous occasions. and was the favor
lite among the sporting element prev
ious to the fight. A large number of
prominent sporting men were in at
tendance, and the usual preliminary
talks of proposed fights were INDUCED
In, but no match was made
Goddard administered lot Of hard
punishment to his adversary but re-
ceived terrific pounding while he was
doing so. Goddard was out a couple
OF times, but the bell saved him, and
when he quit, towards the end Of the
eighth round, he was scarcely able to
stand on his feet. At the same time
the fast work which both had gone
Through from the beginning had told
on Maher, and he was unable to land
a blow heavy enough to finish the
Australian.
In the first round after lively ex-
change, Maher hooked his right to the
head ard put Joe to the floor. God
dard's nose was bleeding when the
gong sounded.
GODDAftD . DEFENSE BAD.
In the second round Goddard's de-
Tense was bad. and Maher. got at him
frequently, but did no material dam
age. After some rough infighting in
the third, Goddard went down again
from a left swing in the face When
he got UP Maher sent him down again.
At the close of the fourth Goddard
got in couple Of lefts on the head
that staggered Maher
Round five saw Goddard again on
the floor and he stayed down nine Sec
onds. Maher repeated the performance
when Joe got on his feet, and the lat
ter again took a nine seconds rest be-
fore rising.
The next two rounds were full of
hard hitting on both sides, but in the
eighth Maher brought his man to his
knees.
The final round started lively, God
dard trying hard to reach Maher eff
fectively, but Peter landed hard on
head and face. Goddard was now I'M
able to defend himself and held his
head down with his arms crossed In
front Of his face. Ma.her went at him
but could not land a Knockout blow.
Goddard backed away and stretched
out his hands, saying as he did so:
This is more than nature can
stand" as he shook Makers hand.
The referee then awarded the bout
to Maher
Time of last round, two minutes, fif-
ty-EYe seconds.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-09
AMATEUR BASE BALL.

The St. Anthony Furniture Company club
defeated the Silver Creek team at Annandale.
Mimi, July 4, in the presence Of 1,50O peo-
pie, by a score of 8 to T. Batteries, Foster
and Maxwell. Features of game. Fosters
pitching and W. Johnson at second, taking
everything that come his way.
The Young st. Pauls would Hike a game
with the Kennedy Kids for Sunday, July II,
on the West side ball grounds.
Horejs Bros. defeated the Langfords by q
score Of 10 to 9. and the Dreis by a score OF
10 to s.
There will be rafting amateur game at
Lexington park today between the teams
from the Great Northern and Northern Pa
cihc general offices. The clubs are evenly
tween them, the contest should be close and
exciting. The game will be called at 3
o'clock
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-09
WASHINGTON PARK RACES.
Fine Weather and Fast Track Al
ford Excellent Sport.


CHICAGO, July s.-Weather fine: track
fast. 5r
First race, six furlongs and a quarter
Tartarian won. Abe Hurst second. Ferroll
third. Time. 1:17%..a - h.
Second race. five eighths of a mile-Souchon
won, Queen Of Song second, Rosea third.
Time. 1:01A. Z
won, Dorothy III. second. Rosa third.
Time, 2:33A. Z. RID
Fourth race three fourths of a mile-Don
0rsino won; Libertine second. Princess third.
Fifth race, one mile and a sixteenth-Al
Frescoe won, Nathanson second. imp. Mis-
trail III. third. Time. :44A
Sixth race, three-fourths OF mile-En-
chanter won Meller: second. Hindoonet third.
Time. 1:13k.
ToDAY's ENTRIES
First race. three-fourths of a mile, for
3-year-olds and upwards-Traverser 113; The
Manxman. 122; Hurry Burly. SO; Dave Waldo,
1903; Bangle. 1O3
Second race, mile and an eighth, for Swear
olds and upwards, five pounds below the scale
Macy, III; Hugh Penny, 116; Imp. liz.
Third race, mile and sixteenth, $1,000
added, selling, sweepstakes, for 3-year-o. ts
and upwards-Goodrich. 1922 David Tenny,
1866 Fonsovannah, 80; Boanerges 10Y; Mar
Fourth race. fve-sixteenths of mile. for
2-year-olds and upwards. selling allowances
Millie M, SO: J H C, los Yuba Dam, 49, War
rem Piont. 100; Incons.ancy 9s; Indra. los;
1o3.
Fifth race three-fourths of mile. for 2
III; Santello Ill; Spirituelle, 1903; Jolly Roger,
Ill; Ceanace. 10S: Doremus, 106.
Sixth race. fifteen-sixteens of a mile for g.
year-olds and upwards-Floroneso 50; Ber-
nardillo, 100; Muska,onge, 1903; The Tarcoon,
1O6; Dunois. 103 Found, 81; Pearl Walker
81; Uarda, los.