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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-08-04
A CHANGE OF AMBITION.

Horatius at the bridge, and he
Who fought at old ThermopylD;
Great Samson and his potent bone
BY which the Philistines were slone;
Small David with his wondrous aim
That did for him OF giant frame;
j. Caesar in his Gallic scraps
That made him Lord of other chaps;
Sweet William, called the Conqueror,
Who made the Brlton sick of war;
King Hal the Fifth, who nobly fought
And thrashed the foe at Agincourt;
Old Bonaparte, and Washington,
And Frederick, and Wellington,
Decatur. Nelson, Fighting Joe,
And FIrragut, and Grant, and oh,
A thousand other heroes l
Have wished [ were in days gone by
Can take their laurels from my door.
For | don't want 'em any more.
The truth will out; it can't be hid;
The doughty deed that Dewey did,
In that far distant Spanish sea,
Is really good enough for me.
The Grammar's bad, but, oh my son,
l wish I'd did what Dewey donel
John X. Bangs, in Harper's Weekly.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-08-04

There is a strong and growing sem
timent in the Administration and in
Congress in favor of making the Amer
lean Navy the strongest in the world,
and it seems apparent that atimmediately
our war with Spain is over begin.
ming will be made, comments the St.
Louis Star. 1t is estimated that our
navy could be made superior to Great
Britain's within two years at cost Of
one billion dollars.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-08-04
German Experience with the Grip.

An extensive investigation as to the
spread of the grip in the German
Army, assuming, as it did, the form
of an epidemic, has given deiniteness
to medical opinion as to its being dis
ease that owes its origin to certain
miasmatic external causes, while, on
the other hand, there is not assume
to be any sure evidence of the infu.
ence of weather, climate, wind or soil,
OF the season of the year. To the
contrary, indeed, the number of those
cases in which the spread and the
mode of spreading of the ailment is
attributable to human intercourse was
considerably increased by the expert.
ence of the last epidemic. But au.
thorities are still in state of doubt as
to whether the infection is carried
directly from person to person, OF
whether the infectious material is
carried by the intervention of inani.
mate objects through the air. Of the
real germ that causes the disease
there is no precise knowledge. Reasons
are given, however, Cor believing thai
inanimate substances may house the
real germs of the disease and convey
them far away; and if, therefore, deaG
substances can thus contribute to the
spread of the disease germs, such {
fact may perhaps explain the appear
ance of the disease upon ships on the
high seas.-New York Tribune.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-08-04

The bill providing for national
commission for the arbitration of dis
putes between railway companies and
their employees, recently passed by
both Houses of Congress, appears to
the New York Independent to be q
very creditable measure, and while By
no means so radical as has been all
yocated by many parties, it is free
from the very serious objections which
attach to any proposition for consul.
sorry arbitration. Briefly, the bill
provides that either railway companies
or employees may request the Chair.
man of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission and the Commissioner oi
Labor to endeayor to settle n pending
dispute amicably by mediation be
tween the contending parties. In
case the endeavor falls, each party tC
the controversy is to name one arbitra
tor and the two so appointed shall
select third, and the board so chosen
shall make an award within twenty
days from the time the third arbitra
tor is selected. The award shall con.
tinue in force between the parties fol
oAe year, and the employer shall moi
dismiss nor shall any employe dis.
satisfied with the award quit work
under three months without giving
thirty days notice. The only force
relied upon to cause either party tc
take advantage of this system and tc
abide by the results is the force oi
public opinion, which is, after all, the
real force behind laws of every sort
1t is believed that few railway com.
panies or labor organizations would
venture to encounter the public dis.
approval that would follow its re-
fusal to submit its case to arbitration
or the still stronger expression of pub.
lie sentiment that would follow a fail
ure to accept The results of an arbi.
tratlon.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-08-04

The Oregon is the queen of battle.
ships She has broken all records
for distance, for sustained speed, for
coal endurance. 1t is an impressive
fact that she had to leave two cruisers
behind because they could not keep
up with her. 1t is interesting that
nearly every ship built at San Fran
cisco turned ont the best of her class,
the San Francisco, the Monterey, the
Oregon, the Olympia, The contract
price of these ships was higher than
on the Atlantic, though the actual
cost of building is not much more.
The builders seem to put the:7 excess
of profit into superior work.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-08-04
CURIOUS FACTS.

In Brazil q single pineapple has
never attained greater growth than
seven pounds.
A captive bee striving to escape has
been made to record as many as 15, $40
wing strokes per minute.
A servant on a farm near Cambria,
in northern France, has lived seventy.
one years with the same family.
Coins bearing the names of en-
perors who existed over two thousand
years ago are still in daily circulation
in China.
The elephant beetle" of Ven
ezuela is the largest insect in the
world. A full-grown one weighs about
half pound.
A curious fact has been noted by the
Arctic travelers-snow when at very
low temperature absorbs moisture and
dries garments.
A set of the works of Aristotle, the
Greek philosopher, printed on vellum
and of the date 14S3, brought $4,000 at
recent sale in England.
There is hospital for trees on the
banks of the Seine in Paris. Trees
which grow sick along the boulevards
are taken here to recover.
A Teplitz old lady of ninety-nine
has committed suicide by holding her
head down in a tub of water because
she did not want to live to be a hun
dred years old.
The most expensive drug is physos-
tignine, an ounce of which would cost
nearly 100000 1t is prepared from
the Calabor bean and is used in dis
eases of the eye.
1t having been decided to levy a
house or hut tax of $1.25 on each
owner in Sierra Leone, the natives are
pulling down their huts and living un-
der trees rather than pay it.
The OWLS eyes have no muscles by
which they can be moved; but extraor-
dinary hexibility in the muscles of the
neck enables the owl to move his head
with incredible rapidity in any direc-
tion.
1t is interesting to know lust at this
time that in the United States Senate
three are twelve Senators who served
in the Union army, and twelve who
served in the Confederate army. There
are fifty-seven Representative who
served in the Union army and thirty
who are -Confederates.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-08-04

the police who make arrests@and has.
tinado the culprits at the judSe's coMl
mand. 1t is justice in its primitive
state administered on the rapid tran.
| sit plan.
''What is the matter?" inquired the
Arab magistrate.
"Your Wisdom, this man has robbed
that Turco," replied the officer.
"Turco, how did the thing hap.
pen?" inquired the judge.
"Your Wisdom, this man loaned
me seven francs on my gold watch.
returned him his money, together
with five francs as interest, and now
he refuses to give me my watch"
"How did you get gold watch?"
"Your Wisdom, it is present from
my dying father"
''Did anyone see you paying the
money!"
"Your Wisdom, this holy Arab was
present.
"Arab, is it true what the Turco is
saying?"
"Your Wisdom, he has spoken the
TRUTH" replied the Arab. "Yussuf
introduced the complainant to me
with the remark that he was one OF
the few honest men we have in this
town"
"Yussuff, do you deny the accusa
ton made against you?'
"Your Wisdom, L do deny it"
"Did you take twelve francs from
the complainant?"
"Your Wisdom, did"
"For what?"
"Because loaned it to him."
''Without any pledge?"
Eyes, your Wisdom, without any
pledge"
"Officers, go to Yussuff's house,
and bring here all the gold watches
he has," said the Judge.
The officers went and soon re-
turned, bringing about thirty gold
watches, which they spread before
the judge.
"Look and see if your time piece is
there" said the magistrate to the
Turco.
The cunning Turco advanced, and
without any hesitation took, not the
best, but the third from the best.
The judge, who had eyed sharply
the action of the Turco, seeing him
discarding the costliest watch to take
another inferior in value, felt con-
vinced of the justice of his claim to
the object of his selection. He said
to him:
"Take it and go. Remember that
present from a dying father is II
sacred thing, not to be polluted by
the hands of this money lender, who
is a thief, a.usurer and a liar. Col"
Mohammed Ben Brahim did not
wait for a second invitation to take
what did not belong to him; he
bowed low to the Judge, kissed the
Arab on the shoulder and departed.
Then the Judge said to Yussuff:
''For lying to me, for exacting
usurious rates of interest, for trying
to rob poor soldier of sacred me.
mento from beloved father, you
shall get fifty strokes on the soles of
your feet, and if in two hours you
have not paid five hundred dollars
fine, you shall get one hundred more.
Officers, execute the sentence"
Everybody applauded the justice of
the judges decision. No, l am mis-
taken, not ALL There was one who
did not. Can you guess who?
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-08-04
Plenty to Do.

ST thought you told me, Wilson,
that you intended to do business Just
the same after you had moved into the
suburbs. I know you have plenty,
but / always thought you one of those
men who insist upon dying in the
harness"
"You wero right about it, my old
friend. I believed that it would be
impossible for me to avoid spending
at least two or three hours day on
change, but my time is completely
taken up and 1 haven't looked at a
market report for a month"
Wouldn't believe it if any one else
told me. How do you exist?"
81 am having young trees set out,
getting garden ready, superintend-
ing the building of barn, watching
continued kick with the assessors,
who seem to think that my property is
worth all ] paid for it.
"You'll soon have all that off your
hands. 1 was afraid you might have
left us permanently.
ooh, I've only commenced. 1 have
Jersey COW, pointer pup, tandem,
two Berkshire pigs and kodak, be-
Sides"
"Never mind. The COW, the pup
and the kodak are enough. I'll just
tell the boys that it's all off so far as
trade with you is concerned. You
have three fads that will keep you
busier than n coon IN n bee tree. -
Detroit Free Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-08-04

Patti once went on an excursion
with party of Americans, among
whom was young chap who could
play on banjo and sing ''coon" and
''rag-time" songs like a professional.
He did not intend that the great singer
should judge of the quality of his art,
but by accident she had chance, and
to the young mans Joy she fell hilari-
ously in love with every rag-time
melody he sang. This was a secret
between the two until one evening
Patti consented to sing for the COM
pany. Several listeners went mildly
insane when the great artist, after a
little preparatory "patting," sang
Mamie, Come Kiss Your Honey
Boy. New York World.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-08-04

curious and sluggish creature is
the tautawa, nine-inch lizard, whose
home is in New Zealand. The little
imitation saurian has the reputation
of being the LATEST creature ever
created. He is usually found cling
ing to rocks or logs along the shores
of rivers and lakes, and has been
known to remain in one position per-
fectly motionless for many months.
How the creature manages to exist is
u mystery.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-08-04
Great Wrecks and Loss of Life.

Among the most serious steamship
wrecks of the last twenty years and
their attendant losses of life are the
Eurydice and Princess Alice 900 and
650) in 1878; Victoria (7O0), 1881;
Cimbria (4O0) 1888; Serpent (270),
1890; Utopia (574), 1891; Reina Re-
gente (40O, 1895; Elbe (352), 1895;
Salier (2S0l. 1896: Kuang-Pin (500l,
1896
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-08-04

A story is told to the effect that when
the Society for the Prevention OF
Cruelty to animals proposed to estab-
lish branch in a leading city of Spo'n
the municipal body courteously ~
cepted the proposal and offered to hold
a grand bull-fght at once to furnish
the funds.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-08-04

Green garnets are more valuable
than diamonds because they are so
exceedingly rare. They are of an un-
surpassed rich shade far beyond that
of an emerald, and are very brilliant.
On the other hand, red garnets are SO
common that they ctst next to moth
ing.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-08-04

)ID MohammedBen
Brahim was q pri-
vate of the Third
Regiment of Turcos,
Arab infantry in the
French service. He
was tall and raw
boned, fearing moth
ing, believing but
LITTLE in MohoD,n,nf1
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-08-04

Westminster Abbey would lose its
.eputation if Gladstone's name were
not to be found there among England's
glorious dead.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-08-04

The average amount of sickness in
human life is nine days out of the
year.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-08-04

Australian eggs now sell in Londo7
in large quantities.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-05-26

A startling incident, Of which Mr..
john Oliver, OF Philadelphia, was the
subject, is narrated by him as follows
Il was i'll IL most dreadful condition.
My skin was almost yellow, Dyes sunkon,
tongue coated, pain continually in back
and sides, no appotito-gradually grow
ing weaker day by day. Three physi-
clans had givon mo up. Fortunately, a
friend advised trying 'Eloctric Bittors,
and to my great joy and surprise, tho
first bottle made decided Improvement.
continued their uso for three weeks
and am now we'll man. know they
saved my life and robbed tho grave Of
another victim. No ono should fail to
Try them. Only 80 cents por bottle at j.
w. Bells, Walhalla, w. j. Lunnoy's, Sc
meoa, tnd Il. Is. H,umoru'tuns, West
minister, drug stores.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-05-26

The island of Cuba contains en-
area of 45s,8s1 square miles, being
5000 less than that of Alabama. Its
forests are of vast extent. There
arc 100000 acres of the lard still
wild and uncultivated, and of these
100000 are uncleared forest. There
are over 200 ports of all sorts along
the coast lines, and at great many
of these troops can be landed if pro-
perly protected by warshipa.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-05-26
N.Y.IE STIR ATM

is Otter tho cause of headache, dizziness,
nervousness and dimnoss of vision. This
can bo cured in many cases by tho correct
fitting OF his Crystallizcd Lenses to tho
eye. Call early, ho positively remains
but few days, as ho has othcr engage
monts for later days.
CAUTIGN.-I would caution tho public
against buying spoctaclcs from pcddlers,
going from house to house with u lot of
Spcctaclcs, representing thom to be
lIawkcs's, or selling tho same grade of
goods. lIawkcs's Spcctaclos arc NEVER
pcddlcd. Many Of tho inferior glasses
that flood tho market arc positively in
furious to the oyo.
THE GREAT WARRIOR AND STATESMAN.
Mr.. A. X. II wkes--Dcar Sir When
require tho uso of glasses | wear your
PantiscOpic Crystallizod Lenses. In re-
spcct to brilliancy and clnarnoss Of vis-
ION thoy aro spuorior to any glasses I
havo over used. Respectfully,
FITZHUGH LEE,
Consul General to Cuba,
ONE OF OUR GREATEST STATESMEN.
Mr.. A. X. Hawkes--Dear Sir Tho
Pantiscopio Glasses you furnished mo
somo time since havo giyon oxccllont SAT-
isfactiOn. i have tested thom by use,
and must say thoy aro unsurpassed in
clearncss and brilliancy by any that I
havo over worn. Respectfully,
GEN. JOHN B. GORDoN,
EX-GOvornor of Georgia.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-05-26
Union Meeting
At West Union, S. G., on Friday ant
Saturday, May 9th and 28th, 1893.

At West Union, S. c., on Friday and
Saturday, May 9th and 28th, 1893.
FRIDAY.
Introductory sermon by Rev. w. IT,.
McAiister at ii O'ciOok.
lat Subject: Is q church member in
full fellowship when he declines to con-
tribute to tho expenses of tho church /?
e. 7. Wood and j. III. Farmer.
I'd. How to avoid and resist tompta-
tion 200 w. Shelor and j. +. Martin.
..... SATURDAY.. ..r
1st. What is tho true purpose of
church discipline and how may it sue
coed ? Il. M. Elrod and l.. G. Craig.
I'd. What is the Bible doctrine OF for
giuoness II. l.. Symmes and j. II.
Earle.
Sunday school mass meeting Sunday
morning, to be arranged by the Union.
Song service Sunday afternoon, led by
O. II. ID. Burns.
). III, STONE,
Chairman Committee,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-05-26
EYES|GHT TESTED FREE

by ono Of tho most renowned and SUCCESS
full as well as roliablo Opticians in the
United States. Mr.. Hawkes. has tho mo-
dorn appliances for scientific adjustments
of glasses to the ego. Thoro is no Opti-
clan in tho United States who enjoys tho
confidence of the people more than Mr..
Hawkes.. His namc is q familiar word
throughout a section of country inhabited
by over twenty-five millions of people.
MI Hawkes. has probably adjusted
glasses to tho eyes of moro people of na-
tional and international fame than any
other Optician living. This firm was
established in 1870.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-05-26

The man who, is always discover
ing faults in his neighbors can see
some one worse than his neighbors
by taking peep into the mirror.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-05-26
DON'T Neglect Your Tivcr.

Liver troubles quickly result in serious
complications, and the man who neglects his
liver has little regard for health A bottle
Of Browns Iron Bittcrs taken now anS then
will keep the liver in perfect order. If the
will cure it permanently. Strength and
vitality will always follow it's use.
Browns' Iron Bitters is sold by all dealers,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-05-26
ROBBED TIE GRAVE.

CONTINUED ON FOURTH PAGE.
The National tribune., 1898-04-21
At FORT DonELSoN.
Gen. ]. II. Thayer's Contribu-
ton to the History of that
Battle.

Editor National Tribune: The following
appears in Harper's Pictorial History
page 232, of the edition comprising two
volumes in one:
Tuesday night before Grant left Fort
Henry, the steamer Minnehaha, with Col.
Baldwin and his regiment, the 57th H..
on board, came up to the Fort with rein
orcements following after, on transports.
Grant ordered them through Baldwin to be
turned back to Paducah, whence they
were to start under the convoy of the gun
boat fleet for Smithland, then up the Cum
berland to a point a few miles below Donel-
son, where they were to land the reinforce
ments that went on steamers. The Mime
haha started down the Tennessee at mid
night and reached Paducah early the ne xt
morning, having met transports on the
way loaded Nth troops"
just before this time my regiment, the
LIST Ntb., was encamped near Sedalia, Mo.
Gen. Halleck, who had succeeded Gen.
Fremont i'll command of the Western De-
partment, telegraphed Gen. Pope, then in
command of the Middle District of that
State, to send one of his best regiments
to st. Louis by train Immediately.
Pope gave me the order to execute. Reach
ing st. Louis on a Sunday afternoon and
reporting to Halleck, he directed me to
place my regiment on board of one oil the
great Mississippi steamers, the White
Cloud, and proceed with all possible dis
patch to Fort Henry to reinforce Grant.
The National tribune., 1898-04-21

trOplc. The country around Moro Castle
Is rocky. To bind and carry the fascines
was OF itself a work of incredible la Dor. made
possible only by the aid of African slaves.
Sufficient earth to hold the fascines firm
was gathered with difficulty from crevices
IN the rocks. Once, after drought of IA
days, the grand battery took fire by the
flames, and, cracking and spreading. where
water could not follow it nor earth stifle II.
was wholly consumed.
The climate spoiled great part of the
provisions. Wanting good water very many
died in agonies from thirst. More fell vic
Tins to putrid fever, of which the malic-
nifty left but three or four hours between
robust health and death. Some wasted
away with lOathsome disease.
over the graves the carbon crows hover
ed and often scratched away the scanty
earth which rather hid than buried the
dead. Hundreds of carcasses foated on
the ocean. And yet such was the enthu-
siasm OF the English. such the resnIute
zeal OF the sailors and soldiers, such the
unity OF action between the feet and the
army, that the vertical sun of June and
July, the heavy rains of August, raging
lever and strong and well-defended fort
resses, all the obstacles of nature and art.
were surmounted and the most decisive
victory OF the war was gained"
The cut given above shows the verse of
a memorial medal struck in bronze by
Spain to commemorate the restoration of
Cuba to the Spaniards by the general
peace of 1863
The National tribune., 1898-04-21
NE TOOK HAVANA ONCE.
Siege Resulting in the Hauling Down of
the Spanish Flag from Castle MORO.

Siege Resulting in the Hauling Down of
the Spanish Flag from Castle MORO.
In 1862 soldiers from the American colo
MES which afterward became the Unite d
States captured Havana under English
leadership, and men of Massachusetts
hauled down the Spanish flag from Moro
Castle.
The story is well worth recalling, be-
cause it shows how bravely and success
fully our ancestors fought against Spain.
The following is from Bancroft, Vol. H.:
Assembling the feet and transports at
Martinique and off Cape st. Nicholas, Adj
miral Pococke sailed directly through the
Bahama Straits and on the 9th of June
came in sight of the low coast around
Havana. The Spanish forces for the de-
Tense of the city were about 4,6C0; the
English had II 900 effective men and were
recruited by nearly thousand negroes
from the Leeward Islands and by / 800 from
Jamaica. Before the end of July the
York and New England; among these was
Putnam, the brave ranger of Connecticut,
and numbers of men less happy, because
never destined to revisit their homes.
"On the 18th of July, after siege of 20
days, during which the Spaniards lost a
thousand men, and the brave Don Luis de
VelascO was MORALLY wounded, the Moro
Castle was taken by storm. On the 18th of
August the Governor of Havana capitu-
lated, and the most important station III
the West Indies fell into the hands of the
English. At the same time nine ships of
the line and four frigates were captured in
the harbor. The booty of property belong
ing to the King OF Spain was estimated at
$40 DOC, 600.
"The siege was conducted in midsummer
against a city which lies Just within the