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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-17
INDIANS IN NEW YORK.
Handful of Mohawks and Iroquois Live
In the Big City.

Mr.. Jacob A. Riis writes an article
for the Century ON "Merry Christmas
in the Tenements." Mr.. Riis says:
Within hail of the Sullivan Street
school camps o scattered little band,
the Christmas customs of which have
been trying for years to surprise.
They are Indians, handful of Mo.
hawks and Iroquois, whom some ill
wind has blown down from their Ca
madam reservation and left in these
West Side tenements, to eke out such
living as they can weaving mats and
baskets, and threading glass pearls on
slippers and pin cushions, until, one
after another, they have died off and
gone to happier hunting grounds than
Thompson street There were as
many families as one could count on
the fingers of both hands when | first
came upon them, at the death of old
Tamenund, the basket maker. Last
Christmas there were seven. l had
about made up my mind that the only
real Americans in New York did not
keep the holiday at all, when, one
Christmas Eve, they showed me how.
Just as dark was setting in, old Mrs.
Benoit came from her Hudson street
attic-where she was known among
the neighbors, as old and poor as she,
as Mrs. Ben Wah, and believed to be
the relict of warrior of the name of
Benjamin Wah-to the Office of the
Charity Organization Society, with q
bundle for friend who had helped
her over rough spot-the rent, 1
suppose. The bundle was done up
elaborately in blue cheese-cloth, and
contained lot of little garments which
she had made out Of the remnants of
blankets and cloth of her own from
younger and better day. "For those"
she said, in her French patois, "who
are poorer than myself" and hobbled
away.
I found out, few days later, when
took her picture weaving mats in her
attic room, that she had scarcely food
in the house that Christmas Day, and
not the car fare to take her to church,
Walking was bad, and her old limbs
we're stiff. She sat by the window
through the winter evening and
watched the sun go down behind the
western hills, comforted by her pipe.
Mrs. Ben Wah, to give her her local
name, is not really an Indian; but her
husband was one, and she lived all her
life with the tribe till she came here.
She is philosopher in her own quaint
way. SIT is no disgrace to be poor"
said she to me, regarding her empty
tobacco pouch; but it is sometimes
great inconvenience" Not even the
recollection of the vote of censure that
was passed upon me once by the
ladies' of the Charitable Ten for sur
reptitiously Supplying an aged couple,
she special object of their charity,
with'army plug, could have deferred
ne from taking the hint.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-17

"John, said Mrs. Wisely to her
liege lord the other evening, ST want
to have very frank talk with you.
Do you realize that the boys are old
enough now to observe and are begin
ming to form their characters?"
''Of course L do. Great boys"
eyes, and we want them to be great
men. They naturally look mp to you,
John, more than to anybody else. For
their sakes you must be careful in
what you do and say. You fell over
chair the other day and used some
very improper language, / heard
Willie repeat it when he stubbed his
toe in the back yard"
'The little rascal. He didn't"
chuckled the father.
'Yes, John, and they pretend to
smoke cigars and pour drinks from an
imaginary decanter. Can't you set
them better example?"
Say, little one, 1 heard Amy play
ing keep house one afternoon lately.
When callers were announced she
sent out. word that she was not at
home. When she did consent to re-
ceive any one she combed them down
to beat the band before they were ad-
mitted. One was an old crump, an
other was an intolerable bore, and
third better a good deal be at home
cleaning house or looking after her
children. You couldn't have done it
better yourself"
81 see what you mean, sir. No use
Of rubbing it in. But wait, DEAR" in
a softer voice 'Let's both do better.
It's for their sake's you know"
"I'll go you And they shook
hands.
As John left that evening he
slipped up on the front steps and
made the air blue Around the cor
ner he lit his cigar. Mrs. Wisely had
some animated gossip with neighbor.
And yet the children seem to thrive.
Detroit Free Press,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-17
Tattooed From Held to Foot.

A human picture gallery came to
light at an autopsy just held on fish
erman OF Toulon, France, named Fen
onil, who was tatooed from head to
foot, there being absolutely no free
space on his body. On the chest was
picture of General Briere de l'Isle;
on the abdomen the bust of woman
and an inscription in Gothic letters,
"Compagnie Barbot"; on the left breast
cross of the Legion of Honor; on the
right the bust of a woman and a Grim
inal condemned to hard labor; on the
right a bunch of fruit; on the left a
bunch OF flowers-the two forming
species of epauletes; on the right arm
the head of priest and pigeon hold.
ing letter in its beak; on the left arm
a squirrel, a crocodile, Il Chinese and
the bust of woman; on the forearms,
roses, pansies, sword, woman's head.
clasped hands, etc. Savannah News.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-17

There is scarcely farmer i'll this
country who uses any fertilizer for his
orchard, simply because he has al
ways been taught that the old orchard
would take care of itself And what a
mistake! 1t needs the same care and
attention as the land devoted to other
crops. Why not renovate the old
orchard? Cut down the worthless
trees. Plow the whole area, SOW to
white clover and timothy, put on
about 200 pounds of muriate of pot
ash, and 200 pounds of dissolved bone
per acre. Keep the orchard trimmed
and each year apply chemical fertil
izers in about this proportion per acre !:
Nitrate OF soda, 100 pounds; ground
bone, 200 pounds; muriate of potash,
300 pounds. By little systematic
work and study every farmer could
materially increase his profit with a
little extra work, and perhaps little
outlay of money. If the old orchard
is hard and unproductive, first put it
i'll fit condition for the growing of
crops and the trees.
Cover the hardest spots with ma
nure. Get humus in the soils, and
with an application Of potash and
phosphoric acid, one can feel sure that
good harvest will result.-C. w.
Burkett, i'll Hoard's Dairyman.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-17
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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-17
Origin OF Popular Games.

1t is quite astonishing how many
games were originally Invented and
are to-day practiced by people we are
accustomed to think Of as sayages. The
Canadian game Of lacrosse originated
among the North American Indians.
Wallace tells us how in Borneo one wet
day he thought TO amuse his Dyak
boys by showing them cats cradle. but
he found that they not only knew It,,
but knew more intricate figures than
he. The Maoris of New Zealand ac,
tually have a sort of pictorial history
in cats cradle figures OF twisted fiber.
The Sandwich Islanders play kind
OF draughts. The South Sea peoples
nearly all are adopts at kite flying.
Polo comes from Persia and Is played
magnificently by wild hill tribes from
Northern India
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-17
WHY Timothy Runs Out.

As contrasted with clover, which is
only biennial, and dies as soon as it
perfects its seed, timothy may be called
a perennial. But it is the least per-
sistent of all the grasses grown, except
on land that is inundated by an annual
overflow. The timothy root always
rUr,s near the surface, and is. there
fore, much injured by winter freezing.
Not even letting the fall growth re-
main as winter protection will keep it
from being thus injured. Usually, on
upland, the timothy roots exhaust the
surface soil after two or three years
growth. Even il they did not the sod
is likely to be destroyed by white
grubs, the progeny of the slick beetle,
which lays her eggs in timothy sod,
and the first feed of its young is usually
the bulb at the surface of the ground
from which timothy roots proceed In
many fields we have seen the sod so
entirely eaten out by these grubs that
the plants for yard square or more
could easily be pulled up by the hand.
The thinning off of birds by sports
men or for ladies' hats has greatly in
creased the white grub nuisance. For
this reason we should not try to keep
timothy sod more than two or three
years, though if it is a meadow that
cannot be easily put to other use, it
can be done by putting on coat of
manure everyssother winter. If the
grubs eat out the sod, SOW some more
timothy seed this fall, or else prepare
to plow it to be planted with some hoed
crop next May and reseed She follow
ing spring.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-17
Blighted Celery.

G. A Woolson, of Vermont, writes
1t is mistake to suppose that blighted
celery is not worth putting in for win
ter use. For four years the blight
has besieged my garden; rotating the
crop makes but little difference; not
a decent head natures. Plants set
early in Jnne grow well for month
or six weeks perhaps, and then the
blight appears; active growth ceases,
then it stands in spite of fertilizers or
irrigation.
But about the first of October /
trim up the plants, leaving only the
the heart leaves. A shallow trench in
the cellar is well watered and the
roots, with as much soil as can be con-
veniently left on, are placed in the
trench; more water is given and sand
or other light and dry soil is worked
carefully in and about the plants,
leaving only the tips exposed. Finer
celery have never had than such
roots furnished in January and Feb
ruary. Ii the long white brittle
stalks are cut off squarely--not too
close--a second crop has been ready
by April. This is lighter, of course,
than the other, but dainty luxury
for the season. At the present writ
ing-November "a marked growth
is already noticeable in plants not
three weeks in the cellar.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-17
WISE WORDS.
Culture never made q saint

Culture never made q saint
Under the direction of reason in
'tinct is always in the right
Character is diamond that is pol
shed ON the stone of suffering.
What furniture can give such finish
20 room as o tender woman's face?
A FOOLS heart is in his tongue; but
. wise mans tongue is in his heart.
Be something that will warm aching
hearts-something will cheer hopeless
lives.
A man who comes to the front as a
man, is always little to the front as
boy.
The men think Of pumpkin pie when
there is frost, and the women think
,f poetry.
A poor man with sunny spirit will
get more out of life than wealthy
yrumbler
The passionate are like men stand
ing on their heads; they see all things
ihe wrong way.
Don't put too much confidence in a
log because it wags its tail; that is not
the end it bites with.
The most serious mistake man can
make is to blunder and then try to ex-
,use himself by explaining it.
What uniformity of opinion exists
among men that good husbands are
made by letting men have their own
way.
Something happens every day to
convince q. man that he lets people see
200 much of him to add to his popu-
Iarity.
One of the most pitiful sights in the
world is that of woman moved to
tears when she has left :.her handkcr.
chief at home.
1t is the man who knows how to
create opportunities who is never
known to fail because he didn't have q
chance to succeed.-The Southwest.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-17
IHemlock for Farm Building..

The farmer of the United States
has gotten beyond the point where he
wants the cheapest thing, simply be-
cause it is cheap, but he, like every
sensible man, wants the most possible
for his money, with due consideration
to a reasonable profit to everyone
legitinately engaged in manufacture
or trade. Economy in buying de-
pends not so much on the actual price
as upon the peculiar adaptability of
the thingspurchased to the purpose
for which it is intended.
The wider acquaintance the lumber
buyer or consumer has with varieties
of woods-with their peculiarities of
strength, durability, workable quail
ties, etc.-the more economically he
will buy. Having such knowledge,
he will find sometimes that the more
costly article is really the cheaper, or
he may find that the cheap articles
may. for certain uses. be as satisfac.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-17

Black is the accepted color for
mourning throughout Europe; it e1-
presses the total deprivation Of Joy Oh
account of the loss sustained. Ip
Shakespeare's time the stage was
draped in black during the perform
ance Of tragedy. White is the en-
blem of hope, the Chinese color for
mourning. The ladies' of Rome and
Sparta also dressed in white during a
period Of mourning Mary Queen OF
Scots was called the white Queen"
because she mourned in white over
the death of her husband, Lord
Darnley. Black and white striped,
expressive of hope and sorrow, is the
mourning color of the South Sea
islanders. The ancient Egyptians
mourned in yellow. Pale brown, the
color of withered leaves, is the Persian
mourning. In Syria and Armenia
skyblue is the mourning color, in.
dicsting that the deceased has gone to
heaven.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-17

A relic just acquired by the Paris
Military Museum is the wood and iron
leg of General Dumesnil, who lost one
of his own legs at Wagram, and re-
placed it with contrivance of timber
and iron springs. When the General,
at later day, was summoned to sur
render fort near Paris, his reply
was: "Give me back my leg, and you
can have Vincennes." The old Napol-
comic veteran survived until 1899.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-17
A Huge Ereight BilI.

do not know that many are aware
that the annual freight bill of this
country amounts to more than $500.
100000 year. 1t is Il tax, and the
most burdensomc tax which this coun.
try knows, upon our industries and
upon production. Its meaning. brought
home, is that each family in the United
States pays on the average $50 year
for freight alone. If Commissioner
Wright's statistics are correct-that
the average income of each laborer In
this country is not more than $500 Il
year-then each head OF family must
set aside on the average the results
share of the freight.
The people of the West have learned
This economic lesson we'll They have
seen their wheat carried over the great
lakes at an average charge of less than
| mill per ton per mile, when the rail
road rate from their farms to lake
transportation or 10 market was from
| cent to IA cents per ton per mile. They
know that ii all the freight in The Uni
ted States could be carried as cheaply
as is wheat from Duluth to Buffalo this
burden would be cut down to one tenth
of what 1t now is
Such considerations as these ought
to make it plain, even to wayfarer
or Congressman. that the freight
question is worth little attention.
Review of Reyiaws
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-17

A man in Pennsylvania Is trying to
make the deepest hole in the world
He has now bored to depth of 5000
feet, and the machine continues tc
delve deeper every day. Before fall
the bottom of the drill will have reach.
ed depth of over 10000 feet. or near.
y two miles. The work II under the
supervision of Prof William Hallock,
Of Columbia College and 1t is being
done for very strange purpose. Deep
holes are usually bored for water or
for gas or oil, and sometimes to pros
pect for minerals of various kinds, but
Prof. Hallock is mining for heat. As
every one knows, the interior of the
earth is burning, fiery furnace, and II
Is Prof. Hallock's theory that II he can
make a hole deep enough he can oh
tain a constant flow of steam. which
can be utilized for operating machin
cry. Already Prof. Hallock's hole.
which IS being bored near the city OF
Pittsburg, is the deepest In the world
The next deepest is a salt well neai
Leipslc, in Germany, which measures
5,740 feet in depth. 1t viii be inter,
esting TO watch this wonderful expert
ment. If ii is successful the time may
come when manufacturers will get all
their power from the boundless fur.
naces at the center Of the earth, when
our cities will be lighted from the
same source, our houses heated, and
our railroads, street cars and steam.
ships operated from the same source
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-17
LaOemakinR Machine.

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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-17
To Kill sheep Gaday.

Persian insect powder blown forci-
bly, into the nostrils OF sheep or used
as an extract i'll alcohol is recommended
for sheep gaddy. The usual method
of removing these flies with a feather
moistened in oil or carbolic acid is
also quite successful. American Agri-
culturist.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-17
Deafness Cannot BE Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There is only one
tional remedies, Deafness is caused by an n
famed condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustaciiian Tube. When this tube gets in
famed you have rumbling sound or imper-
feet hearing, and when it is ehtirely closed
Deafness il the result, and unless the inham-
nation can be taken out and this tube re-
stored to It's normal condition. hearing will be
destroy, forever. Nine cases out of ten are
caused by catarrh, which is nothing butan in
famed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused by catarrhl that can
not be cured by Halls atarrh cure. Send
for circulars. free.
f. j. CHENEY & Co.. Toledo. y.
Sold by Druggists 7jc.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-17
VIII Imcnte n CnnitnI

Government proposes to found a new
city In Alaska known as "Weare" on
the Yukon River between the boundary
line of British Columbia and ST. Mi
chaels. 1t is intended 10 make it the
capital of the contemplated new terri
tory and locate the land office there.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-17
Mines Abandoned 5000 Years Ago.

The most ancient copper mines in the
world are those of the Sinai peninsula.
near the gulf Of Suez. They were
abandoned 5000 years ago. after hay
ing been worked for some hundreds of
years. The process used in the reduc-
ton of the ore is said to he similar in
principle to that used at the present
time,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-17
Fill Teeth with Glass.

The latest use for glass is instead of
gold as a material for stopping decay
ng teeth. 1t answers splendidly, and
y far less conspicuous than the yellow
metal. OF course, II is not ordinary
glass. but is prepared by some new pat
snted process which renders 1t soft and
nnllea hln
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-17

Edward Everett Hale said in lee
ture on the old streets of Boston the
other day; San old Bostonian regards
the straight, checker board streets of
other cities with contempt which is
not to be described, while the people
of other cities claim that Boston was
laid out by cows =
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-17
Do You Dance To- Night Z

Shake into your Shoes Aliens Foot Ease a
powder for the feet 1t makes tight or new
Shoes feel Easy. Cures Corns, Bunions, Chill.
blains end Sweating feet, At all Druggists
and Shoe Stores, PC Sample sent FREE
Address Allen s. Olmstead. Leroy, N v
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-17

A nd is the only cure for Chilbains, Frostbites.
Damp Sweating Feet, Corns and Bunions.
Ask for Aliens Foot-Ease. Powder to be
shaken into the shoes. At all Druggists and
Shoe Stores Pc Sample sent FREE. Address
Allen :. Olmsted. Leroy. Ny.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-17

'No man." said Uncle Eben, kin he
putfect. But it's only by trylu' ter be
so dat most oh us kin manage ter keep
mlddlin' respectable. Washington
Star
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-17

The Department of Labor of the
United States Government is about to
undertake an investigation into the
financial status of the gas works. water
works and electric light and power
plants throughout the country
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-17

Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first days use of DR.. Eline's Great
Nerve Restorer. 81 trial bottle and reatise free
DR. Il. II. KLINE Ltd. 93l Arch St. Phila.. Pa.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-17

More than 5000 species of plants are
cultivated, and most of these have
been broken up into varied forms by
the hand of man,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-17

Ihave fornd Plso's Cure for Consumption
an unfailing medicine.-F. K. LoT2, l:a5 Scott
ST., COyingtun, KY, Oct. l. 1894.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-17

The city of Cofon, Honduras, is the
oldest American city.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-17

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
ton. alays pain, cures wind collie. 25c ~ bottle.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-17

Washington's commission as Com
manderi chief of the United States
Army was approved by Congress June
II, l775, and on June 81 of that year he
set out ON horseback to take command
of the forces encamped about Boston.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-17
To Cure A Cold in One Day.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. &c.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-17

Rheumatism
Is permanently cured
By Hoods Sarsaparilla
Which neutralizes the
Lactic acid in the blood.
Thousands who were
Sufferers write that they
Have felt no symptoms
OF Rheumatism since
Taking Hoods SarsaparilIa
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-01-17

A$% A~J ~ n ~
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in it's
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in so
cent bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FlC SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. kr NEW YORK. M