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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-09
THE FLAIL.
Its Sound Has Departed from Nearly
All the Farms.


The sound of the fail has departed
from nearly all the farmsteads and the
calling of the thrasher has gone with
it, says Notes and Queries. Yet for
some time after harvest was over there
was no more familiar sound in the
country places than the "thud! thud!"
of the fails as they fell upon and beat
out the grain on the barn-thrashing
floors. There remain, however, some
sayings in which like the thrasher"
occurs, but the use of these grow less
and less. A short time ago some
friends were in country place where
9 part of the thrashing is done with
she fail. A couple Of the implements
were hanging on the barn wall and a
heap of straw was on the floor. The
use of the fail was explained and
demonstrated for the benefit of those
who had never seen this weapon" OF
husbandry. Incidentally 1T may be
mentioned that the sayings, Sings
like a thrasher" and works like a
thrasher," came from that occupation,
and are "as old as Adam" 1T looks
easy enough; that can't be very hard
work." said one of the company, re-
mark which led to the fail being put
into his hands for try at the 'easy
work" One swing was enough for
the amateur, for t'other end" caught
him "a friendly whaek" which probably
he will remember to the end. Tt also
doubtless impressed upon his memory
that working like a thrasher" as he
had done had not led to Singing like
a thrasher." you'll get good fail
ing" Has any reader seen the fail
employed as an effective weapon
When used by an old hand there is no
standing against it.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-09
The American Manufacturers.

The idea of an exhibit of American
products and manufactures in St. Pet
ersburg in 1901 is fayorably received
and commented on in manufacturing
circles. Russia is the most inviting
field for American trade extension now
in sight. That great empire is in the
early stages of prodigious development,
and a grand market is being created
there for the innumerable devices and
appliances for multiplying production
and decreasing its cost, as well as fog
developing the splendid resources of
the nation. An exhibit such as indi-
Gated will give the Russian an oppor-
tunity of seeing and of inquiring into
the utility of American machinery and
of American wares of all sorts. In
the natural order of things America
will be feeling for a broader market
for her products within the next two
years, and Russia will be an important
outlet for the surplus manufactures Of
the republic. Organized steps will
soon be taken to promote the st. Pet
ersburg project for American trade ex-
tension, and congress will be asked to
help it along with substantial appro-
priation. If the exhibit should lead to
practical results in the way desired,
similar exhibits can be made in South
America and in other parts of the
world where the people have need Of
the things which the United States can
fprnish.-NeW York Letter.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-09
Women of the Orient,

A recent visitor to the Philippines
says that some of the women of the
island are remarkably pretty, having
big, languishing eyes and an abun-
dance of long hair. This they fasten
up with big gold pin and then adorn
with flowers. They do not wear hats,
but use sunshades, and do so very CO.
quettishly; they wear very dainty
shoes, but do not wear stockings. They
are distinguished by grace of figure
and movement, though according to
our ideas not especially by refinement
of habits, for both women and chill
dren smoke huge cigars and indulge
in betel chewing. 1t is their custom
to keep the thumb nail of the right
hand very long, as this assists them in
playing their favorite instrument, the
guitar. The use of the fan originated
in China and sprang from the follow
ing incident: A royal princess, very
beautiful, was assisting at the feast of
lanterns, her face covered with a mask,
as usual. The excessive heat COM
PEELED her to remove it, and in order
to guard her features from the common
gaze she moved it quickly to and fro
in front of her face, thus simultaneous
ly hiding her charms and cooling her
brow. The idea was at once adopted
throughout the kingdom.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-09
BRITISH ANTIQUARIAN FINDS.
Undoubted Traces of Roman Architec-
ture in Scotland,

ture III SCOtianu.
An exceedingly interesting antigua
rian find" has been made at Kirkin-
tilloch. While some workmen were
engaged In cleaning the moat at the
Peel number Of ancient stones were
unearthed. The attention of McGregor
Chalmers of Glasgow was directed to
them, and he has now made an inves-
tigation of them, with the result that
he has discovered that some bear I'M
doubted traces of Roman architecture.
They are distinctly marked by dag
onal lines and other markings peculiar
to Roman artisans, and had been used,
1t is believed, in the construction of
fort in the Antonine wall. Other
stones bear markings, etc., which show
them to be of the medieval period,
and are believed to belong to Comyn's
castle, which was demolished by King
Robert the Bruce. The burgh commits
sioners of Kirkintilloch have resolved
to raise private subscriptions in order
10 defray the expense Of a complete
and thorough investigation by experts.
The chalk diggers at Bailey, White &
Co.'S works at Swanscombe, Kent,
found a human skeleton imbedded in
he limestone. 1t was that of short,
very thick-set man, and the men in
the laboratory, who have some expe-
rience of these finds, think he was
probably a Roman. A careful search
was made for coins or weapons or any
thing that could give clew to the pc
fiod or nationality of the skeleton, but
nothing was found except some fints,
rudely shaped, with some kind of split
ting or chipping implement. The
skeleton must have been where it was
found for many hundreds of years. 1t
was in the heart of chalk hill which
bad never been excavated before.-Pall
iall Gazette.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-09
More Magnificent Than Niagara.

A correspondent writing in The
Spectator says the Gersoppa falls, on
the Sharavatti river, in South Kanara,
India, are larger and more magnificent
than Niagara. He says: "The river
is 250 yards wide; the clear fall is $50
feet. The Gersoppa falls in the rainy
season are incomparably finer than
Niagara in every respect. The roar Of
the falling waters is simply terrific;
the whole earth shakes, and the thun-
der is so great that it completely
browns the human voice. When 1 Wis
tied Niagara and told my American
friends about Gersoppa they replied
with polite incredulity, We never
heard Of Gersoppa.' I replied, Make
your minds easy; the people at Ger
soppa have never heard of Niagara
If Niagara could see Gersoppa she
would wrap her head in a mist"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-09
YOUTH
With Financial Genius That Dooms
Him to Millionairedom.

Him to Authorization.
New Orleans Times-Democrat: my
roommate is a chap of extraordinary
financial genius" remarked railroad
clerk of this city. "He is a native of
California, and five or six years ago
he spent season on a sugar planta-
ton in Hawaii. He was engaged at
lhe time, and while he was there
he corresponded regularly with his
fiancee. Afterward they quarreled and
the match was broken off, but the poor
girl thought his letters were beauti-
full, and treasured them religiously.
Quite recently he saw in a paper that
Hawaiian stamps of the period Of his
stay there had become very scare and
valuable, and he Immediately sat down
and wrote to his old sweetheart de-
manding his letters. He said he was
sotn to be married and felt it his duty
to destroy 'em; appealed to her bet
ter feelings and all that, and, to make
4 LING story short, she sent them back.
They were yellow with age, and had
suspicious stains that looked like tears,
but he wasn't moved a bit. He prompt
ly cut off all the stamps, sent them
to New York agency, and yesterday
he got check for SAP. Our landlady.
who knows about it, says he is a per-
feet brute, and will come to a bad end
| am afraid so myself. l think he is
doomed to become a millionaire"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-09
Railroading in Java.

A gentleman who has been travel.
ing in Java thus writes about the
Dutch colonial railways. He says
'"Trains are used in Java not on az
count of their speed, but on account
of the long distances one has to cover.
If you are in hurry and you haven't
more than five miles to go-walk
You may find some difficulty in keep.
ing up to the train if it is going down a
stiff gradient, but you will more than
make this up on the fiat, and you'll
romp past it on coming to the slight
est ascent. 1t is solemn fact" he
continues, "that once in the course of
a mile walk along highway running
parallel with the railway line, 1
caught up to and passed a 'snell' lex
press train). Toward the end of the
walk I entered a shop to purchase
some cigars, and only after had been
in the shop ten minutes did the train
again pass me. "-Pinang Gazette.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-09
An Unfair Advantage.

Mrs. Blank found herself in rather
embarrassing situation one day when
she was dining for the first time at
the home of minister. Opposite her
sat the minister's little boy, sharp
eyed little fellow of years. While
his father was asking a somewhat
lengthy blessing the lady elevated her
eyelids slightly and caught the eye of
the little fellow opposite her. The IN
slant his father said amen" the boy
pointed an accusing finger toward Mrs.
Blank, and cried out, shrilly, "She
peeked, papa! She !"-Harper' s
Bazaar.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-09

In Arabia the Arabs sometimes flno
in the sandy deserts a kind of fungus
which apparently resembles the mama
of the Bible, and which serves as food
ter is to be had. 1t appears upon the
sand after every rain, sometimes in
little heaps. 1t is of a grayish color,
and the separate masses are about as
big as peas. 1t has a sweetish taste,
and is nutritious.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-09

The use of track tanks by which loco
motives of high speed passenger trains
may take water without stopping is al
most universal on the larger Eastern
roads, where fast expresses are the rule.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad has
number between Washington and
Philadelphia and intends to equip the
entire Main Line in the future.
This decision was recently arrived at
through the use of passenger locomo-
tives equipped with water scoops, on
fast freight trains. 1t was found that
much time was saved, danger from
stopping being reduced to minimum
and cost of running lessened. The
Transportation Officials made some cal
culations and the figures showed a saw
ing of no small sum, If track tanks are
used for slow freights on the divisions
where business is very heavy.
The extra stops for water take much
time and the wear and tear on equip
ment is no small matter, and if five
stops on each train can be eliminated
between Cumberland and Baltimore,
where trains are the thickest, the saw
ing will be quite large.
If the experiment on this part of the
road proves successful, track tanks
will be installed on every division be-
tween Baltimore and Chicago AS a
starter, the so new Vauclain Compound
Engines recently ordered will be fitted
with water scoops.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-09

Fossil bacteria were found first by
Van Tieghem in 1879, in the remains
of plants. For long time the germs
found in the Egyptian mummies were
the Oldest known bacteria. Recently
Renault has been working on the sub.
ject of fossil bacteria, and he found
the Oldest specimens in Devon. They
are, however, found in different per.
iods and are well preserved in detail.
Bacteria were also found in the re-
mains of animals.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-09
GIVE YOUNG MEN A CHANCE.

Has the young man of today any
chance under the present tendency to-
ward industrial combinations? We
have been discussing the trust ques-
ton" from the standpoint of the pro-
ducer and consumer. We have been
considering its possible effect upon the
future of political parties. Lawyers
and politicians have also studied the
question in its multitudinous legal
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-09
STATE OF ONO, CRY OF TOLEDO. 81.

FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he is tho
ssnior partner of the firm of L. j. CHENEY d
Connty and State foreSafd snG aSd tba soid
firm Will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case of CATARRB
that cannot be cured by the use of HALLS
CATARRH CURE. FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
t-- presence this 9th day of December,
SEAL A. ID. 1885. A. w. GLEASON, s
t0-) Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
OF the system. Send for testimonials, free.
+. J. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 15c.
HaIs Family Pills are the best
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-09
Wished No Flowers After DEATH,

Elizabeth Wennagel, of Paris, was
an enthusiastic lover of mission work.
Before her death she made a request
that no flowers be sent for her grave,
but that the sum which her friends
wosld spend in this way might be
given to the missions. AS result Of
her wish the sum of 1919 was received
Rt the Bureau of Missions.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-09
Slaughter OF Birds.

One million five hundred and thirty
eight thousand seven hundred and thir-
ty-eight is the precise number of birds
estimated by the British consul in
Venezuela to have been killed last year
to provide aigrettes fcr ladies' hats.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-09
UNITY OF PURPOSE.
DEMOCRATIC PARTY is IN
FIGHTING TRIM.
Never in Better Condition for National
Battle--Platform Already Made and
Bryan as Good as Nominated-Re-
publican Press Confounded

While Republican editors are raking
their brains to make trouble in the
Democratic party and stirring up fac
tional strife by the publication of false
reports on this subject and that, the
Democrats and their allies are quietly
forming lines for the final battle for
bimetallism in 1900. Just a few of our
friends are disturbed by the false
hoods purpoeely printed in Republican
papers. AS matter of fact, the Dem
ocratic party was never in better con-
dition than it is today. Those who
year ago set out to destroy its princi-
pies have been silenced. Secret con-
claves and the like have been held and
would-be dictators have done their
worst but they have found the face,
the heart and the conscience of De-
mocracy turned toward the rising sun.
Not even in the far East burst the
tongue of treason give utterance to
even doubt of the eternal truths that
find expression in our platform.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-09
He Wasn't.

From the Indianapolis Journal:
Startled Housewife-Get away from
here, you scarecrow. Dismal Dawson
Il amt no scarecrow. l jist traded
clothes with one, that's all.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-09

suffering, and a good deal Of backache,
but | thought all women had these
things and did not complain.
81 had doctored for some time, but
no medicine seemed to help me, and my
physician thought it best for me to go
to the hospital for local treatment. 1
had read and heard so much of your
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-09

Restored and the eyes cured by using Find
ley's Eye Salve. No pain, sure cure or
money back. 25c. box. All druggists, or
by mail. j. P. HAYTER, Decatur, Texas.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-09

Fits permanently cured No fits or nervous
ness after first days use of DIR. KhHe's Great
Nerve Restorer. So trial bottle and treatise
free. DER H. KLINE, Ltd. .93l Arch st. Phila. Pa
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-09

nv GAVE little thought my health writes MRS VIM "
BELL, $50 N Walnut ST., Canton, O., to Mrs. Pink.
ham, % until found myself unable to attend o my
household duties.
~ had had my days Of not feeling monthly
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-09
Lost Sight

Fifty years ago six-year-old children
were employed in New England mills.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-09

A few years ago there We're as many
as 33 vegetarian restaurants in London.
To-day there exists only about six.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-09

The occupants of a balloon a mile
high command q radius of ninety-six
miles
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-09

From Maine to Mexico, and from the
sands of Florida to the strands OF
Washington, there is complete unity,
and Bryan and the Chicago platform is
the cry.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-09

All the talk about new-found poll
cies and new presidential possibilities
comes from Republican papers. 1t is
a noticeable fact, however, that these
organs of Republicanism never make
it clear to their readers just why they
want the Democrats to abandon the
Chicago platform. 1t certainly cannot
be that they are anxious for the Dem
ocratic party to win. Oh, no! They
merely want it 10 forsake the only is
sue on which it can win. Should the
Democratic party adopt some sort of a
negative platform, such as the elm
ination of the ratio, meaningless
planks against the trusts, etc., the Re-
publicans would carry nearly every
state in the Union. That is what the
Republican papers are driving at every
time they lyingly assert that this Dem
ocrat and that Democrat is in favor of
abandoning 16 to l. They have been
SO utterly regardless of the truth in
this respect that they have even
sought to place Bryan in a false posi-
ton.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-09

The most powerful incandescent
lamp ever manufactured was shown at
recent electrical exhibition. The
lamp has two filaments in parallel.
The lamp bulb was over two teet long,
and it succumbed after three nights
work to the heat of the flament,
which is said to have softened the
glass at the neck.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-09

believe Piso's Cure for Consumption saved
my boys life last summer.-M ALLIE DoUa-
Lass, LIE Roy, Mich, Oct 20. 1894.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-09

The figures given in the London
Coal and Iron Trades Review show
that of the worlds pig iron product of
1898, 78a per cent. was converted in
to steel. To 1868 only four per cent. of
the worlds pig-iron product was ap-
piled to the manufacture of steel.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-09

good health. I wish others
to know of the wonderful
good it has done me, and
have many friends taking it
now. Will always give your
medicine the highest praise. I"
Mrs. A. ToLLE, 1916 Hill
ton ST., Philadelphia. Pa,
writes:
"DEAR MRS. PINKHAM-
i was very thin and my
friends thought l was in con-
sumption. Had continual
headaches, backache and
falling of womb. and my eyes
were affected. Every one
noticed how poorly l looked
and I was advised to take
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound. One bottle
relieved me, and after tax
ing eight bottles am now a
healthy woman; have game
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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-09
THOUGHT
LESS
WgaAyE:W

vegetable Compound that I made up
my mind to try it. Twas troubled with
falling of the womb, had sharp pains in
ovaries, leucorrhea and painful menses.
l was so weak and dizzy that 1 would
often have severe fainting spells. 1
took in all several bottles of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
and Blood Purifier and used the IS
Sanative Wac1, and am now in s
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-09

But the Republican press is not max
ing Democratic issues. The Chicago
platform will be practically readopted
next year, with fuller and even clear
er stand on the money question than
was taken in 1896. The national bank
ers' trust must be abolished utterly.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-09

The Anglo-American alliance that
now exists is one of the direct results
of the Republican victory of 1896
This, like the British financial system
that has been forced upon us, is a bur-
den as well as an insult to the inde-
pendence of the American people. The
Democratic party will undoubtedly
take a decisive stand against the al
lance. We are not so sure but that
were it not for this alliance the Fill
pinos never would have fired on our
forces 1t has resulted in our sending
an army of $4,000 men to Luzon.
This army is being used by England as
sort of scarecrow to frighten the
Russians, who have no doubt but that
there is an alliance between England
and the United States. While our
American ambassador to England de-
nies that there is one, it is noticeable
fact that British statesmen are ex-
plotting it. In any case, our old friend
Russia is being menaced in the far
East, and the Republican administra-
tion is responsible. And other ma
tions are being insulted and bullied by
England on the strength or the under
standing that she has this country az
an ally. Some of them are conse-
quently beginning to feel an emnity
toward us. A dirty international mud
die had been stirred up. Only by the
return to power of the Democratic
party can matters be Strengthened out.
Bulletin.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-09

The Republican party will be in a
difficult position to make a campaign
about standing for the American prin-
ciple of bimetallism, because since the
adoption of the Janus-faced st. Louis
platform the party has gone on record
for gold alone. 1t was the uncertainty
of what was meant by the financial
plank of that platform that kept
enough of the agriculturists of In
diana, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Iowa
and Wisconsin Chat had always been
Republicans) in line to give them to
Mckinley. There will be none of this
uncertainty next year. On the money
issue alone the Democratic party can
carry the country.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-11-09

But there will be other issues on
which the party has yet to speak. 1t
is fair to presume that the trust issue
will be met in the right way-that is,
by stand promising the government
ownership of all the means of trans
portation and communication. No
cheap denunciation of trusts, without
the offer of a specific remedy will be
tolerated in the next national plat
form.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-09-14

That there are five thousand
theatres in America, and that
one million and a half people at
tend them each weekday night,
spending seventy millions of dol.
lars year on theatre-going, are
the surprising facts with which
Mr.. Franklin Fyles, the dram
attic editor of the New York Sun,
will open an important series in
next issue of The Ladies' Home
Journal. The series will be
called ''The Theatre and Its Peo-
pie, and will run through se'' en-
numbers of the magazine, lavish
ly illustrated with pictures made
by twelve different artist. The
articles will treat of every phase
of the theatre, the play and the
actor. from the inside; and will
tell how a theatre is managed; !;
the actual money which plays
have made; how an actor is train
ed and what the actors are actual
ly paid; how a play is written
and what the authors receive:
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1899-09-14

Senator Morgan, of Alabama,
prophesies that expansion will
be the salvation of cotton and is
about to start a crusade in the
south to spread the new gospel.
He say: ''Liverpool has built on
American cotton at the expense
of American growers, while Man
chester has thrived at the ex
pense of American spinners.
Why should the United States
continue to enrich those British
cities? Why should the price OF
cotton growing in Alabama and
Texas be fixed by men in Liver.
pool? Manila offers the key for
escape from this commercial
thraldom. There at the very
door of Asia is an American city
with splendid harbor, and the