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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-12
ONE WAY To BEG MONEY.
Sits In Hotel Writing Rooms and Writes
Ii tiers to Guests Opposite Him.

Ii tiers TO Guests opposite Him.
A novel method of securing a liv-
ing without labor has been described
by the house detective of the Audi.
torium Hotel. The detective is on
the lookout for q man who is sys.
tenn atically working on the sympathies
of the guests of the Auditorium and
other leading hotels for good in.
come. This man, who is continually
seen busy writing in the writing rooms
of hotels, is of middle age and slender
build. His clothes show the effects
of wear and general appearance OF
the shabby-genteel characterizes him.
When his hat is removed, shining,
bald crown speaks of long experience
with the world. AS he writes with
nervous haste, it is noticeable that he
has been used to such occupation,
and his soft, shapely hands show no
signs of hard labor.
Invariably this shabby gentleman
seats himself opposite some prosper
GUS traveller who is attending TO his
business correspondence. He writes
a long letter, pausing many times to
think Of proper phraseology. Then,
watching his opportunity, he passes
the letter across the table with q
deprecating gesture and remains with
his head bowed, his soft hands cover
ing his face, while the traveller reads
the letter.
In well chosen language, the letter
tells tale of misfortune. In touch.
ing words the writer depicts his fall
from afliuence to poverty through
circumstances beyond his control.
Invariably the letter ends with an
appeal of 81 with which to buy the
victim of misfortune a days food and
lodging, and often the dollar is quietly
slipped across the writing table by the
traveller who is touched by the silent
appeal.
No words are spoken. There is
nothing of the rough manner of the
uncouth mendicant in the beggars Is
appeal. When he receives money, he
gratefully bows his thanks and leaves
the writing-room as silently as he
entered.
How long this shabby sharper has
been living off the stream of travel il
Chicago cannot be told, but for the
last six months hotel people have
been on the lookout for him. So silent
and smooth are his methods, however
that no one has yet caught him in the
act of working his peculiar game, and
he still passes in and out of the lead
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-12

Polo played without the regulation
sticks, merely by the substitution of
cycles for horses, is new game
among riders, though 1t requires no
small amount of skill. 1t is obvious
that the latter form of game IS pos
sibly only. for expert wheelmen or
wheelwomen. When the bell is struck,
not with stick, but always with the
front wheel, it means that the wheel
must be lifted clear of the ground to
give it the necessary play, and that is
a feat beyond the average rider. The
rules for the new game are the same
as those of the stick polo, and the
player must always, on penalty of O
foul, keep his cycle to the left of an
imaginary line drawn from the op-
ponents' goal TO the centre of the
bali. g., must keep the ball on his
right hand side. Then, to make q
sharp stroke, the front wheel is lifted,
the left hand brought sharply back
and the ball is struck with the rim and
tire of the hinder part of the front
wheel. 1t sounds like perilous feat,
and is somewhat, though not more SC
than the game played with sticks. In
practice for either falls are frequent
and inevitable. The rule about keep.
ing on one side of the ball is evidently
framed in order to avoid as far as pos.
sible such disastrous collisions as
would ensue from crossing right
athwart arider.-Waverley Magazine
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-12

coming events cast their shadows
before" The New York Tribune, con-
trolled by Whitelaw Reid, ex-Paris
peace commissioner, and until recently
a thoroughgoing Mckinley organ, has
lately been pouring hot shot into the
Mckinley camp, because first, of what
It calls the presidents betrayal of the
civil-service merit system by his re-
cent order turning over some ten thou
sand offices to the spoilsmen, and, Sec
ond, because of his failure to confirm
the sentence of the court-martial in the
case OF Capt. Carter, convicted of rob-
bing the government OF a million or
SO dollars by means of corrupt con-
tracts. The Minneapolis Tribune, the
Portland Oregonian and a number OF
other prominent Republican newspa-
pers have declared that it may be nee
essary for the Republican party tc
nominate another than Mckinley fol-
president next year; while Harper's
Weekly, an enthusiastic supporter OF
Mckinley in 1896, now says: eve
wonder if Mr. Mckinley knows what
some good men-not gold Democrats
or Independents, but old-time Repub-
licans-are saying OF him. They are
saying that he has done more harm to
the country than Mr.. Bryan could have
done. No one can regret more than
ourselves that this is fact. We are
not prepared to assent to it, but it is
certainly worthy nf Mr. MoIyip1av,c CO.
rious reflection, He is alternating the
friends who made his election possible
and whose support may be absolutely
necessary to bis party next year. There
can be no question that the tide of Re-
publican opinion is steadily setting
against the denomination of Mckinley
and little question that he will be out
of the race before the Republican ma.
tional committee meets"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-12
JULIUS HINES & SON
BALTIMORE, md. Dept. sis


In the Paris Museum of Natural His
tory at present there is to be seen the
only living captive specimen of what
African explorers have called the "pris-
on bird" The popularity OF this
feathered beauty is that he is the most
tyrannical and jealous Of husbands,
imprisoning his mate throughout her
nesting time. Livingstone watched the
birds habits while in Monpour, and in
his subsequent observations referred to
the nest as prison and the female
bird as a slave. The nest is built in
the hollow of tree through an open
ing in the bark. AS soon as 1t is COM
pleted the mother bird enters carefully
and fearfully and settles down in 1t.
Then papa walls up the opening, leav-
ing only just space enough for air and
food to pass through. He keeps faith
full guard and brings food at regular
intervals without fail. The female
thriyes under her enforced retirement.
But IL the prison bird is killed. or in
any other way prevented from fulfill
ing his duties, the mother and her little
ones must die of starvation, for she
cannot free herself from bondage. Nor
mally the Imprisonment lasts until the
chicks are old enough to fly. Then the
male bird destroys the barrier with his
beak and liberates his family. "It is
charming" writes Livingstone, "to see
the joy with which the little prisoners
greet the light and the unknown
world "
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-12

From the Coldwater (Mich.) Sun: 1t
Is interesting to note that in McKin
ley's tumble of politics, one of its sec
tions will keep on telling a given lie
after the other sections have been
called off and muzzled. The latest in
stance lies with the state department,
which is the natural breeding place of
liars. Col. DENLY, one of the peace
commissioners at Manila, cabled over
a roseate dispatch twenty-four hours
after the correspondents 'round rob-
In" had shown up the rottenness of the
whole situation, in which he claimed
that everything was all right, that the
islands were being rapidly pacified, and
that the volunteers were eagerly re-
enlisting-in fact, had to be restrained
to keep from falling over themselves in
order to get into the new regiments.
That, of course, is what might be ex-
pected from DENLY. He is, or was, a
Cleveland gold Democrat, pompous and
windy, whom Cleveland sent as min
lister to China. There about his first
official act was to get his son appointed
as secretary of legation and second
son showed into fat job in the Chi
nese imperial customs service, which
is controlled by an Englishman named
Sir Robert Hart, the agent and tool of
the British government Naturally
from then on DENLY drew his breath
according to the wishes Of Sir Robert
Hart and the British government. He
now has no difficulty in finding things
exactly the way Mckinley wants them
found.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-12
THE NATURAL RATIO.
1T IS ALWAYS THE CONNER
ClAL RATIO.
The Fictitious Ratio of Sc to Tells
the Story of How the Producer Has
Been Mulcted for tho Benefit of the
Money Sharks.

Horace Boies has been interviewed
again, and he informs the public that
he is "bimetallist." He would have
to be that or quit being Democrat.
The principles Of Democracy declare as
positively for gold and silver as the
basis for the nations monetary system
as they declare against high protection
and its products, which are Industrial
monopolies and discriminating laws in
the interest of capital combinations.
But Mr.. Boies is mistaken when he
says the coinage ratio Is not essential.
He seems to be under the impression
that the ratio should conform to the
commercial value Of the metals in the
arbitrary way. The history Of coinage
II gold were demonetized and silver
made the only metal money of final
redemption the present difference be-
tween the coinage value of gold and the
commercial value of silver bullion
would be reversed. The arts and
sciences and mechanics could not find
use for nearly all the gold production,
and the market price for it would cer-
tainly be made by surplus in its anx-
fety to sell. But having a fixed value
for coinage purposes, and its coinage
being free and unlimited, naturally and
necessarily its bullion value would be
Its coinage value. The same thing
would be true of silver, but of no other
metals, because gold and silver are the
only metals that possess all the con-
stitutional and other requisite qualities
for money metals. The experience of
commerce and money changing for
thousands of years proves this to be
true. But merely possessing the requi-
site qualities does not make either one
of the metals legal tender money. That
is done by the fiat of the government
coming it, and the fiat fixes the quality
and the quantity-that is, fineness-
that shall constitute legal tender for
specified purchasing and debt-paying
power. Less than 80 cents worth of
silver, bullion value, now has 100
cents worth of debt-paying and pur-
chasing power because the fiat of the
government makes 1t legal tender for
that many cents, and the government
Itself receives 1t at that value. After
all, therefore, 1t is the fiat of the gov
ernment and not the qualities them
selves which the metals possess that
makes them money. Hundreds of years
of experience shows that the difference
in the quality of the metals produced
fuctuates from fraction below to a
fraction above sixteen pounds of sill
yer to one pound of gold.
The ratio OF production is 16 to l.
Therefore that is the natural CONNER
cial ratio. Thirty-two to one is the
bankers ratio. The difference between
the bankers ratio and the natural COM
mercial ratio represents the amount
subtracted from the purchase price of
wheat and other products of the farm,
by an act of government (1S73) hos
tile to the producing millions and
friendly to dealers in money, bonds
and interest
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-12
1t has Enriched Many.

One of the most profitable woods is
sandal wood. The East Indian Gov.
ent has had monopoly on the
sandal wood trade, to the enormous
profit of the stockholders, for several
hundred years past. The method OF
preparing the wood tree for market is
interesting. After the tree has beer
felled it is allowed to lie for few
weeks, during which time, on account
of it's pungent odors, it is assailed as /,
delicious morsel by myriads of the
voracious white ants of India, and
these greedy colonies soon leave moth
ing but the heart, which is the sandal
wood of trade. Sandal wood cuts
beautifully under the chisel, and
specimens bearing rs, 900 impressions
to the square inch have come from ths
engraver's tool.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-12
DYING TWENTY-FIVE YEARS.
Ginnt Poplar In Maryland Has Lived
Two Centuries or More.


From the Baltimore Sun: The old
est and largest tree in Talbot county is
dead. 1t has been dying for twenty-five
years or more. The tree is a NAM
moth tulip poplar in field of Poplar
Hill farm, near the public road leading
and half from Easton. The farm has
been named for the tree for at least
200 years and is the property of Mrs.
Edmund Law Rogers, born Platter. of
Baltimore, and was part of the orig
inal Platter grant made in early
colonial times. Scientific men who
have from time to time visited this
tree have said that it would take at
least 1000 years for this species of
poplar to grow to such size in this To-
cality. 1t stands alone, a picturesque
feature of the landscape, in an open
field, and can be seen for miles from all
roads and from the water courses.
The wonderful size of the tree is in
the magnitude and height of its trunk
Approximately it is $50 feet high and
twenty feet in diameter. The head is
comparatively small ana the nrSt lin b
is 200 feet from the ground, and it car
ries Its diameter symmetrically all the
way up. From its top at night, for
many venturesome and agile climbers
have assembled 1t, the light in Sharp's
island lighthouse can be plainly SEEN
A horse and carriage behind it cannot
be seen from the nearby public road.
The lightning has not spared it. 1t is
scanned and gashed and split by the
many bolts which have also knocked
huge limbs from its top. Tradition
says that 200 years ago, which is as
far back as tradition claims to have
known the tree-it is named in land
deeds $50 years ago-it had lightning
marks on 1t, and even then showed
signs of failure. Three years ago it
was struck four times in one summer.
This fierce attack undoubtedly has
tened its end. Well the giant tree is
dead. The old poplar Of Poplar Hill
probably saw the beginning of the
twentieth century and died just before
the beginning of the twentieth. 1t was
the Mount Shasta Of the Talbot land
scape.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-12
A United Party.

From the Jacksonville Qll.) Courier:
The great Democratic party is more
firmly united than ever before in the
history Of the organization, The grave
perils which threaten the republic are
fully realized by the masses Of the peo-
pie, and they look to the Democratic
party as the medium for relief. They
will not be disappointed. The hosts
are organizing to make supreme eff
fort for the preservation of the repub-
lie founded by the patriot fathers from
the hands of the imperialist goldite
conspirators. And the people will win
this time.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-12
the most ably edited in the four state,

the most ably edited IN the Tour states
OF the northwest corner of the country
with apologies to the Butte Inter
Mountain. 1t was due to the efforts of
the Oregonian more than any other
cause that Oregon gave her electoral
vote to William Mckinley in 1896. SUBJ
sequent events have no doubt caused
the Oregonian to change the estimate
it placed upon Mckinley three years
ago. All must admit that when a news
paper of the Republican standing and
general ability Of the Oregonian goes
back on the man 1t helped elect, there
must be some ground for it. 1t is ap-
parent Mckinley will not have the cor
dial support of the Oregonian next
year.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-12

That books do not necessarily pro-
mote intelligence is proved by the fact
that Italy turns out twice as many
publications as the United States
every year. In the number of books
published annually this country is sur
passed by Germany. France, Italy and
Great Britain. the countries ranking in
the order named
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-12
Beauty Is blood Deep.

Clean blood means a clean skin. Nc
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all i'm
Danish pimples,, boils, blotches, blackheads
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets, beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, l0c, Csc, soc.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-12

Many cities in Europe are sowing the
problem of the destruction of iron gas
and water pipes by electrolysis by
substituting for them pipes made of
glass. AS glass is almost a perfect
non-conductor Of elect icity, there II OF
course no electrolysis. Further ad-
vantages are the saving of electricity
and the absence of danger of shock
from wandering currents.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-12

There is more Catarrh in this section of the
and until the last few years supposed to be
incurable. For a great many years doctors
local remedies, and by constantly failing Ia
cure with local treatment pronounced it in
durable. Science has proven catarrh to be
constitutional disease and therefore requires
constitutional treatment Halls Catarrh Cure
manufactured by +. J. Cheney d Co., Toledo
Ohio, Is the only constitutional cure on the
market 1t is taken internally in doses from
~ drops to a teaspoonful. 1t acts directly on
the blood and mucous surfaces of the system.
They offer one hundred dollars for any case
1t fails to cure. Send for circulars and testi-
monials Address FL. CHENEY& Co, Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-12

Various devices have been used in
Europe for the ventilation of tunnels.
In some cases oil-burning or electric
locomotives have been substituted for
the trip through the tunnel and in other
cases artificial ventilation has been
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-12
Findley,s lsye saIve Cures

Sore eyes in 8 days; chronic cases in 80
days or money back. All druggists. or by
mail, 25c. per box. j. T. HAYTER, Decatur,
Texas.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-12

Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first days use of DIR. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer 81 trial bottle and treatise
free. DIR. Il. II. KLINE, .93l Arch St.Phila. Pa.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-12

The mail matter that comes to To-
peka from Manila sometimes numbers
as high as 1000 pieces day.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-12
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Away,

To quit tobacco easily and forever. be mag
netic. full of life, nerve and vgor, take No.ro.
Bac, the wonder worker, that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, soc or 81. Cure guaran.
teed Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago or New York
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-12

Miss Mercedes de Laski, one of the
latest London debutantes, is six feet
three inches in height.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-12

Alcohol was first distilled by the Ara
plans. and when we talk about coffee
ana alcohol we are using Ara bic words.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-12
No-To-Bac for FIFTY Cents

Macon, Mo-, has been suffering from
a house famine for several months.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-12

Piso's Cure for Consumption has no equal
as a Cough medicine.-F. NJ. ABBoTT, 3S3 SEN
eca St., Buffalo, n. Y, May 0, 1894.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-12
Halls Family pills are the best.

One of the minor, but yet very con-
siderable, demands for iron and steel,
or recent origin, is that entailed by the
use of metal tubing in mine shafts.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-12

Educate Your Bowels with Sascarees.
Candy Cathartc, cure constipation forever.
iOc. 25c. II c. G. c. fail, druggists refund money.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-12

writing to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn. Mass.
Mrs. CORA gibson, Yates. Manistee
Co., Mich, writes:
"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM-Two years ago
/ began having such dull, heavy, drag
ging pains in my back, menses were pro-
fuse and painful and was troubled with
leucorrhea. | took patent medicines
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-12

Lake Superior is remarkable for the
fact that it never gives up its dead.
There are three varieties of the dog
that never bark-the Australian dog,
the Egyptian shepherd dog, and "lion-
headed dog of Thibet
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-12
CAPABLE
MOTHER
HOOD

and consulted a physician, bu
not become pregnant.
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my troubles and asking for az
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South Monroe ST., Balti-
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ing Lydia E. Pinkham's
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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-12

n CAPABLE mother must be healthy mother.
The eexperenceof maternity shoudnot be approached
without careful physical preparation.
Correct and practical counsel what the expecant would
be mother this by
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-12

To Cure Constipation Forever.
rake Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 10o or CSC
Z. e. Z. fail to cure, druggists refund money
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-12
Wild Excitement on a Carette.

Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
men strong, blood pure. Soc, 81. All druggists
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-12
Dr. Rcurds Essence Of Life Sase Ss. ,1s Isss s.ns ns.

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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-22
NOTICE TO

To Patrick W. Murray and the estate or
Nicholas Ayers, your heirs, executors.
administrators Inc assigns: "
You are hereby notified that the UNDER
signed, your co-owners, in accordance
with the provisions Of section 1924 of the
Revised Statutes of the United States.
expended in labor and improvements on
OF which is recorded in Book e." at page
1873, Of the records &C lode claims OF said
the Lottie quartz O d mining claim. sitr-
ate In the Summit Valley mining. district,
Silver Bow county, Montana. the notice
county, the sum ct one hundred (s10V,
dollars in the yea:' 1896. '97 500. yS s1OO.
'99 500. in representing the said lode
claim for the saj3 years. said payment
covering the portion of the representa-
ton of said claim. wk:ch belongs to your
interest and that of the undersigned,
And If within ninety DAYS after the COM
pletion of the service Of this notice BY
publication. you fail or refuse to pay thu
undersigned your proportion Of the said
representation work, your share (P. w.
Murray $100. and the estate Of Nicholas
Ayers $25, for representing work in the
year 1899. according to your interest in
the said mining claim, that your Inter-
est in the said lode claim will become
the property of the undersigned in ac-
cordance with the provisions Of said Sec
ton 1924 of the Revised Statutes of the
United States.
MICHAEL WARD.
Butte. Mont, June /. 1899.