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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-31

An actor tells Of a tragic experience
ne mad recently while playing to an
audience in little town in southern
Texas In one of the scenes of the
play, in which he acts the villain, he
hides himself in barrel, that he may
listen to a conversation between the
hero and heroine whose future we'll
being he is trying to destroy. In the
town hall there was little if any
property" material a barrel would
do to conceal himself in, so a hired
hand" was sent out to find one He
succeeded. He slipped in the barrel
with ease. The man and the woman
appeared, and while they were in the
midst OF an animated conversation
there came a howl from the barrel that
fairly shook the rafters. This was fol-
lowed by the eavesdropper crawling
out with his hands to his face, and
he in turn was followed by a swarm
of wasps. The wasps got among the
stage people and those in the audience,
which created SO much confusion that
the show was broken up
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-31
Ever Ready For Duty.

1t is told that telegraph operator
at Springfield, Mass, was kept at his
post of duty for many hours receiving
special news. After losing two nights
sleep, he was relieved from duty to
get some rest. He went to his room
at the hotel, and soon was fast asleep.
When the time came for him toreturn
to his instrument, he could not be
awakened Loud pounding on the
door did not result in arousing him.
An operator then, with his knife
handle, tapped springfield" on the
door, in imitation of the clicking of
the instrument At once the sleeping
operator spraug from his bed, and was
soon ready to continue his work.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-31

Eight young women were recently
admitted to the bar in New York City.
The logical sequence of women at the
bar is women on the bench. The
woman is doubtless now living whose
portrait will grace the newspapers of
some not far-olf year as that of "the
first woman judgein New York" And
the logical sequence of women at the
bar and on the bench will be women
iD the jury-room.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-31
Earlier Scouts Were Originally Hunters

Earlier Scouts Were Originally Hunters.
The earlier scouts, like Kit Carson
and Jim Bridger, were originally
trappers and hunters, born and reared
in Missouri, Tennessee and Kentucky,
who had fondness for adventure.
They had pushed their way across the
border of civilization of those days
and had gone upon the plains of Kan
sas, Nebraska and Texas for big game
and excitement. The Mexican war
in 1913 and the movement of troops
through Texas and along the Rio
Grande brought scouting into the
army service. When the era of OK
teams and trains Of excited gold-seek-
ers headed toward California began in
1849, there was great demand for
scouts at very profitable wages. Hun
dreds of young men with smattering
of plains life, an expertness in fire.
arms and little knowledge of In
dians' ways, became professional
scouts. No emigrant train would
leave st. Joseph, Mo-, or Leaven-
worth, Kan, on its journey of four or
five months to the Pacific Ocean,
without an accompanying scout or
guide for at least q part of the way.
As the chain of army garrisons was
extended out upon the plains the War
Department employed more and more
scouts for the troops, and scouting be-
came sort of science of the plains in
which there was competition in expert
ness. During the Apache and Sioux
wars in 1877, 1878 and 1879 the Gov
ernment had about 1900 scouts on its
army payrolls. Then the Indians,
who had adopted white mans ways,
became scouts, and the pursuit of the
white man waned st.-Chicago
Record.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-31

How to be happy though the host
esss of large dinner party is what
young woman, at the rate of from So
to $5 an evening, is showing number
of wealthy women. This young
woman, in looking around for means
of bread-winning, decided to become
professional bearer of dinner party
anxieties. What she does is to man
age dinners or wedding breakfasts or
large lup cheons, and though she
neither cooks nor waits on table, she
fulfils most important mission.
She stands before the hostess in all
worry. A half hour before the meal
is served she appears in the dining
room and sees to it that the butler has
got the table set. Then she dons
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-31
The Popularity of Novels.

Tt is curious fact that the books
which have had the most influence in
England have nearly always been
works of fiction, and it seems prob
able that this will always continue to
be so. The only way in which the
public pulse can be efficiently felt is
by means of an examination of the
free library returns from the various
most important centres in the coun.
try From an inquiry of this sort we
learn that fiction still holds the first
place in the affections of readers. The
novel is still most powerful influence
for evil or for good. At least sixty
five per cent. of the books which are
taken from libraries in the ordinary
course of events are novels.
Mail,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-31

Parliamentary rule less and less
seems adapted to the Latins, say the
New York Commercial Advertiser.
They simply do not know how to
handle that instrument of govern
ment. 1t is not so much that they
are ready for it as that it does not
suit their temperament. The success
of it and its growth among the Teu-
tonic races has inspired the Latins 90
adopt it in part, but less and less is it
successful with them. Italy and Bel
GUM add occasional illustration to
the constant demonstration of France.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-31
American Horses For the London BUS.

Few of the million passengers or
more who make their daily journey in
a London bus OF street car know that
the horses which draw them are near
ly always American OF Canadian.
Great Britain, the "horsiest" corntry
in the world, buys more than twenty
thousand horses from the United
States every year. Nearly all ofthese
are heavy draught-horses. The truth
is, since the coaching era came to an
end the British farmer has neglected
the harness horse in favor of the hum
ter, and still prefers to rear "some-
thing that can gallop and jump"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-31
ARCTIC BASEBALL.
The Point Barrow Whalers Played the
Game in Odd Costumes.

Game in odd Costumes.
The nine months that the American
whalemen, who were recently ice-
bound at Point Barrow in the Arctic,
were compelled to lie in idleness,
while not enlivened by social gayeties,
were far from mcnotonous. With
lumber brought up from San Francisco
there had been built on shore com"
modious one-room house, whose most
conspicuous articles of furniture were
big stove, that roared day and night,
billiard-table and number of
benches and chairs. This was the
club-room of the sixty or seventy Off
GERS Of the fleet, and here they COZ
gregnted to play billiards and whist,
or sit about through the long Arctic
evenings, while the wind howled out
side, smoking and spinning yarns of
many seas, or Of boyhood days at New
Bedford, New London and Marthas
Vineyard. There were veterans who
had whaled on every ocean, and had
been in nearly every port on the
globe; men who recollected we'll the
raid of the cruiser Shenandoah, when
she burned the fleet on the coast of
Siberia thirty years before, and who
had been in the Point Barrow dis
aster, when nearly score of ships
were crushed in the ice-hoe The
sailors and tiremen of the fleet did not
have the privilege of this house, but
contented themselves with games and
amusements of their own. They had
an orchestra that played long and
vociferously, and there was an
amateur dramatic troupe that gave
entertainments during the winter.
But it was on the great national game
of baseball that officers and men most
depended to break the tedium of their
long imprisonment and furnish the
necessary outdoor exercise.
All the whalemen were dressed in
the Esquimau fur costume, only the
face being exposed, and on their
hands wore heavy fur mittens. These
clumsy mittens, together with the fact
that one was apt to fall on the ice un-
less he gave large part of his atten-
tion to keeping his feet underneath
him, made good catching practically
Wtlb Jnt Iul6,
and the man who caught and held the
ball received an ovation, not only from
the whalers, but from the hundreds of
Esquimaux who were always crowded
about the rope. With the ball frozen
as hard as a rock, no one was apt to
repeat an experiment of catching with
bare hands. One of the centre fielders
was a corpulent Orkney-Islander
whose favorite method of stopping a
hot grounder was to lie down in front
of it. The Esquimaux considered him
the star-player of the fleet Sliding
was the only thing done to perfection,
the ice offering excellent facilities for
distinction in that line; and there
was always wild cheer when a run
ner, getting too much headwaY,
knocked the baseman off his feet, and
both came down together. The scores
were ridiculously large, seldom less
than fifty on side, and sometimes
twice that. On the smooth ice good
hit meant home-run.- Harper's
Round Table.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-31
And he was the man.

Other little bits of evidence cropped
up, and in the end the miserable crea-
ture confessed to the deed. 1t was
some story of tiendish and impossible
jealousy, and of awful, ungovernable
temper; but the details have escaped
my memory.
One curious fact remains, or,
perhaps, two facts. One is that fro N
the day the villain confessed his deed
the ghastly tragedy in the glass was
never again enacted. The other is
that, from that day to this, have
never either cared or dared 10 sleep
in a room where long glass faced my
bed.-The Sketch.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-31

her big apron, and as guests file into
the dining room she takes her stand
by the pantry's dumb waiter to see
that every dish comes up exactly on
tune, piping not when it ought to be
hot, chilled to the marrow when the
chill IS necessary, and, furthermore,
she tastes it to see that its flavor is
exactly what it ought to be. Having
quick wit, resourceful mind and a
knowledge of French cookery, she
takes care that no dish passes to the
table that is not above reproach.
Where she stands in the pantry there
IS heard none of the crash and grind
OF dinner party machinery; no long
waits between courses elapse.
Now, this may seem sinecure, but
grateful hostesses look upon her work
as exalted modern philanthropy, for
even If the butler is new man, the
cook possible traitor to her trust,
and the caterer apt TO play tricks
with ices and sorbets, so long as the
dinner manager is at the pantry helm
nothing can go wrong. With all the
ease of an unfettered soul the hostess
can give her whole mind to her guests.
If she is hostess new at the busip ess
she can send for the manager before
hand and have her dinner all planned
for her, every detail considered, even
to the color of the flowers and the
pattern on the tablecloth, and the
very latest surprise in an epicurean
delicacy worked up for the envious
delectation of her guests. But this
is an extra.-New York Sun.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-31
Care of the Complexion.

If you begin in good time you NAV
prevent freckles by using the following
lotion two OF three times a day instead
of washing the face. Get one ounce
of simple tincture of benzoin and add
to it, drop by drop, quart of elder
flower or rosewater, stirring all the
time. The addition of fifteen drops
tincture of myrrh and few drops of
glycerin is an Improvement. An
other good wash to be used in the
same manner is made of equal parts
of fresh lemon juice, rose water and
rectified spirits. Mix thoroughly and
leave until the next day, then strain
through muslin, when it will be ready
for use.
Once the little brown spots have
made their appearance the following
is excellent for driving them away:
Powdered borax, two drachms :;
chlorate of potash, one drachln; rec
titled spirits, three drachms; glycerin,
one-half ounce; rose water, six
ounces. Apply with a soft sponge
several times a day.
For winter freckles, or those which
are inclined to remain all the year
round, more powerful remedy IS
needed, and the following will be
found delightfully."- effective:
Take of the above lotion 100 parts.
Add to that sixty parts of glycerin,
ten parts of hydro-chloric acid and
eight parts of chlyro-hydrate of am
monia. Your druggist can easily mix
it for you in these proportions. Ap-
ply night and morning with small
paint rush.-Chicago Record.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-31

A Chicago banker who accepted de.
posits after his bank had become in
solvent has been fined more than
$4,000 and sentenced to work it out at
the rate of $1.5O day. AS this will
require him to work about eight years
and half, he will have ample time to
reflect on the sinfulness of fraudu-
lently using other peoples money.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-31
A Queer New Guinea Village,

In New Guinea the village OF
Tupuselei is most remarkable. The
houses are all supported on piles and
stand out in the ocean considerable
distance from shore. This is to pro-
tect the villagers from the attacks of
the dreaded head-hunters, always
looking out for victims. Other vii
lagos in this queer land are perched
up in trees for the same reason.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-31
Where False Hair Is Secnred

People who wear false hair will be
interested in the announcement of a
strange discovery made at Antwerp,
Belgium. In that city bale of human
hair, weighing 172 pounds, was stolen
from railroad station. 1t was after
ward learned that the hair had been
clipped from the heads of lunatics and
convicts in public asylums and
prisons.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-31
: THE FACE IN THE GLASS,
Observation-Disclosures 1s.sss..%sAKsEs%.8IsSNIA

JACK, I really
don't think 1 can
bear that ward
robe where it is,
with the long glass
just opposite my
bed. L know I
shall have night
mare. d o 20 u
think it could be
moved?"
L hesitated and
murmured som e =
thing about the
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-31

This year the spirit OF giving has
been strong in our men and women
who are blessed with an abundance of
this worlds goods, and by the end of
the year we shall probably see that
something like $4,000, 900 has been
devoted to charity and education by
liberal-minded, big-hearted Ameri-
cans
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-31

Notwithstanding the fact that there
is nothing new under the sun, the
United States Patent Office granted
nearly 25, 900 patents last year to peo-
ole who had hit upon new idea.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-31
THE QUESTlONER,


o a
And to it she said: And being eternity
Whose flesh hath hsomed such fair There
low breath
Dosth thou reside to-day? Pehaps-eternity '1
Albert Paine in Life
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-31

Not less than 1000, 900 persons at
tend the seventy-three branch Chau-
tauaua assemblies every summer.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-31
! NEWS AND NOTES ;
) FOR WOMEN. )
An Adjoining and Adorable Bow.


L have pattern for the most adorn-
ing and adorable bow you ever saw.
If you like the idea after my descrip-
ton will send it to you. 1 have just
made myself one to wear over some of
my untrimmed skirts, and [ feel so
dressed up when I put it on that !
don't care if never have another
ruftle. In the first place. there is a
narrow belt of n oire ribbon to 90
around the waist. Then about three
inches from the front on each side is
piece of the moire ribbon (which
should be at least six inches wide)
which reaches down to the knees.
They are there tied in front IN a large,
full bow. The ends are trimmed with
plissed chiffon rutfles and come quite
down to the bottom of the skirt. Go
to work and make yourself one. Edith
Lawrence, in the Ladies' Home Jour-
nal
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-31
The Great -Grandnieoe of Washington.


Miss Mary Washington Bond is no t
only the descendant of George Wash
ington, but she is as we'll one of the
most beautiful girls in New York
society. At the Charity Ball last
winter she was considered the most
beautiful woman present.
Miss Washington Bond is the great
grandniece of George Washington,
and the great granddaughter of Cen
eral Samuel Washington, the brother
of President Washington.
Miss Bond has some rare relics
which once belonged to her illustrious
great-granduncle, and has also many
old portraits of the Washington family.
This fair descendant of the "greatest
American" is tall and slender and
blonde, and in every way is worthy
of her ancestors. Her miniature is
IN the famous collection of Beautiful
American Women of Society" belong
ing to Peter Marie, of New York. -
Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-31

There IS more wealth in the United
States than in any other country in
the world. This fact would be dis
creditable rather than honorable if
the men Of wealth in the United
States, or T. great proportion of them,
did not use their money for noble
purposes. In no nation is SO much
given to charitable and educational
institutions. This record for the past
six years will astonish most of our
readers, Here it is:
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-01

annals Of state dinners.
While in Washington. Admiral Dewey
Will be the guest of Mrs. Washington Nc
Lean. the mother OF John L.. Mclean, the
Democratic nominee for governor Of ONO
is a friend whom Admiral Dewey has
known for many years. Mrs. Mclean Is
preparing "A carriage which will be used
10 take Admiral Dewey up Pennsylvania
Avenue the night OF his arriyal and dur
ing his trips about the city the next day.
1t viii cost over sl.o0o to put this equip
page in readiness and it will be drawn by
tour horses.
Tiffany & Co. of New York. have
shipped 10 the Navy Department The LOCO
medals which were authorized By Con-
gress for the Officers n crews OF tle
various vessels taking part in the fight
al Manila. for which an appropriation Of
$1,000 was set aside.
The medals Were designed by Daniel c.
French. the uolei sculptor. The one
made for Admiral Dewey bears his name
and he inscription "C. $. $. Olympia
III is probable hat this medal will be
pinned on the breast Of Admiral Dewey
when he receive his sword at the east
front Of the Capitol Tuesday noon.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-01
OLD C0NPANY'S
POWER CAUSED II
EIectrolytic Damage on Broad Street
Not Altogether the Tracion Co,
AN IMPORTANT DISCOVERY
Current Flowed from Richmond Rail
way aud Electric Company's Tracks
Into Traction Company's Tracks.
That Early Morning Test.

1t was stated yesterday On the author
dy o. Il svAuen4an "no e'a.lis ~ SH~@"
,uo eau tne. .nv 4vYof1 u Gne'nee-
-...-.4, ,.~ c4o.,..O~. ,~S~.H "4. "'~~
.4e, ".I.e Dne s.ve'es, e4ec,fo'y "e 49,
-sv nas Deon niVusnt On DiO~~ s..0ee
90. ruAHu4haOle 49, Soy, tne pnaeica4 a..
.ynt was 20. altogether the I4scton Coin
pany > power, but emansted from tha1
company's bonded track, 10 which, 1t Will
he shown. excess power or the Richmond
Railway and Electric Company's sys-
TEN had flowed.
FAIRLY MORNING DISCOVERY.
TN discovery OF this striking fact, 1t
is said. was made on the night last week
on which the Traction Company's cars
were kept running after hours for the
purposes OF experiment. Mr.. Schoen per
sonallv conducted that test. 1t is stated
tnat the vOltmeter he used for the pur-
nose disclosed that the current was posi-
tive on the fractions tracks until the
Richmond Railway and Electric Compa-
uv's power was shut off. about midnight.
when the instruments indicator at once
swung from the positive 10 the negative.
PUZZLED THE EXPERT.
This discovery explained, 1t is said. the
puzzle with which the expert had to
erapple at the outset OF his in~vestigation'
namely. that while the TRACTION Com
panys tracks were unquestionably bond
ed. vet the greatest damage appeared TO
have been wrought under those tracks
The apparent mystery, it Is stated. was
explained on the night the early morn
ing tests were made. The current OF the
other company flowing along the Trac-
tons tracks alternated between the track
and the water and gas pipes underneath
producing the damage.
WHERE LEAST DAMAGE.
Another point that will be made evident
in the report is that the least amount OF
damage from electrolysis appears to have
been wrought west Of First street and
north Of Clay.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-10-01

never even wounded ono. 4 little further
on he managed To- Kill one out OF anothsr
band. but il rolled over the steep, almost
cut wall OF the valley. and fell into the
stream far below. Like a fool ! attempted
to climb DOM after IT.. and presently
found myself on a piece OF icy slope where
I could go down no further without losing
my hold and falling as the sheep had. n
where for a time ~ seemed a. II ] would
be unable 10 climb back TO tho TOP. lt
took me fully an hour 10 cut foot-and-hand
holds IN the ice anG regain the bank where
the boys stood anXiously watching my
efforts.
"But II we c0uldn't have ~big-h0rn. az
which our hooi0o drew the line. We were
permitted TO cat wolf for Louis shot ono
that venturel too near us. and u wasnt
nad. Midway between Fort Benton ana,
Arrow Creek we knew was a ranch. and
certified with generous portions or
broiied wolf steak We finally reached H..
and were made welcome by the owner.
For a week. though. ] was so sore and
used No from, tramning through tho deeo
snow tina ] could hardly move.
zone day there came a chinook wind, the
snow melted and disappeared. and tho
rancher hitched up his team and drove MS
10 the Fort. That evening. after supper.
We counted up our worldly possessions and
found that between the three % "a We had
eight dollars and six bits. Give Il 10 me
! said. and I'll play IT,
'"What you going 10 play7 asked Pete.
'faro?'
".No. I replied. faro Is too square q
game. I'm just naturally going o. Buck
against this Haif-and-Half game. and sea
if can't down it.. IL can. our hoodoo Is
broken
Tho H~alf-and-Half game. you know.
is simply this: The dealer takes half of
your pile the first pay. and haif the Sc
cond. 4 man has about one nance IN "a
million OF winning anything az Il. But.
strange as 10 mag seem. / won seven
hundred dollars i'm a few minutes, anf
broke tho dealer and our hood0o. ] gave
Pete his share and with the balance LOUIS
and I bought some horses and a wagon.
cot some goods from our merchant and
we made a big trade before spring
y. Y. sun.