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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-16
THEY WANT TO TELL
These Grateful Women Who Have
Been Helped by Mrs. Pinkham.

Women who have suffered severely
and been relieved of their ills by Mrs.
Pinkham's advice and medicine are
constantly urging publication of their
statements for the benefit of other wo-
men. Here are two such letters:
Mrs. LIZZIE BEVERLY, 25S Merrimac
St., Lowell, Mass, writes:
{" 1t affords me great pleasure to tell
all suffering women of the benefit have
received from taking Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. lean hard
ly find words stoexpressmyg gratitude for
what she has done forme. My trouble
was liberation of the womb. Twas un-
der the doctors care. Upon examine
tion he found fifteen very large ulcers,
but he failed to do me good. took sew
eral bottles of Lydia E. Pnkham's s Vege-
table Compound, also used the Sanative
Wash, and am cured. Mrs. Pinkhams
medicine saved my life, and 1 would
recommend it to all suffering women" :"
Mrs. AMOS TRoMBLEAY, Ellenburgh
Ctr, N. Y. writes:
~ took cold at the time my baby
was born, causing me to have milk
legs, and was sick in bed for eight
weeks Doctors did me no good. /
surely thought would die. l was al
SO troubled with falling of the womb
could not eat, had faint spells as
often as ten times day. One day a
lady came to see me and told me of the
benefit she had derived from taking
Lydia e. Pinkham's medicine, and ad-
vised me to try it, 1 did SO, and had
taken only half q bottle before was
able to sit in a chair. After taking
three bottles L could do my own york.
am now in perfect health"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-16
The Grocer's Books.

''That's the way I've kept my
accounts all my life, and my aunt be-
fore me-" said an illiterate grocer to a
county court Judge recently, while
holding up slate upon which were
chalk marks which conjured up
memories of our earliest school days,
with noughts and crosses. "The
circles are shillings, and a stroke is
sixpence; when the money is paid
rub tie marks out" ''It looks" re.
marked the Judge, 'like an Egyptian
inscription. And in this way you have
kept your accounts on the door,"
Eyes" promptly replied the litigant,
"and have never before had dis
pute over sixpence." In giving
judgment for the plaintiff, the Judge
remarked that people should deal at
shops where accounts were kept in
more orthodox fashicl, and then dis
putes would not arise. e.-Chambers's
Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-16
PEOPLE TALKED A6OUT.

Queen Victoria's S favorite soiig is said
to be "And ye shall walk in silk at
tire"
The late Nine. Carnot was fond Of
busying herself with the garden and a
greenhouse built by her late husband
The duke of York is the only men,
ber of the British royal family who
can dance a genuine sailors hornpipe
He learned the steps when he was a
young cadet.
There lives in Sedalia, Mo-, an old
gentleman who was tutor to the late
King Alfonso XII. of Spain. His name
is Col. Van B. Wisker, an American,
born of English parents.
Pierre Lott is to go to India with
Sarah Bernhard. The actress intends
to shoot tigers and elephants and the
author expects to keep an interesting
journal, from which he will make a
book.
The duke of Buccleuch possesses
landed estates which are perhaps the
most considerable in the United King
dom. He owns something like 500, 900
acres, which represent a revenue OF
some G225,000 year.
Frank A. Vanderlip, assistant secre-
terry of the treasury, began life an ap-
prentice in a machine shop, giving his
few spare moments to the study OF
stenography, having mastered which
he became a reporter and later finan-
cial editor.
Emperor William uses the largest
visiting cards of any member of Eu-
ropes royal families, They are OF
heavy card, six inches long and four
inches wide. On the upper line is the
single word Wilhelm" and on the Sec
ond line are the words "Deutscher Kai.
ser und Koenig Won Preussen."
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-16


One day Mistress MacPhairson was
trotting home from her grocers with
some spiritual comfort tucked under
her apron, when she ran up against
her friend, Mistress Macleod, and felt
called upon to explain. "I waur just
beyont at Muster MacTavish's store.
He keeps tn very best ham in a tn
land. Our John loves bit O. guild
ham, We ken, and is ay yammerin'
aboot tn ham at ither shops bein'
over fat and saut." "Oor Tam tn
same" said Mistress Macleod, "and so
I'll gang and gle MacTavish a trial
now" Five minutes after that Mrs.
Macleod went to the obliging grocer
and asked for "a pund of ham" what
kind o. ham," inquired Muster Mac
Tabish. "Oh, gle me the same kind
that Mistress MacPhairson always gets
here" "a RIGHT" returned the grocer,
with a cunning leer. And then, bend
ing over the counter, he said in high
ly significant whisper. "Whaur's yer
bottle ?"-Weekly Telegraph.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-16
WHAT THE LAW DECIDES,

Game killed on an Indian reservation
by a tribal Indian and transported by
wagon to the nearest railway station
off the reservation and there delivered
to carrier to be shipped out of the
state is held, in Selkirk VS.. Stevens
(Minn.), 40 L. r. A. 759, to be subject
to the game laws of the state.
On second trial in an ejectment
suit taken by the defeated party as
matter of right under the terms of
statute allowing it, it is held in Slau-
son VS.. Goodrich Transportation COM
pany (Wis.), 40 L. r. A., S25 that rul-
ings upon the admissbility of evidence
made on the former trial have no bind
ing force With this case are collect
ed the authorities on the effect of a
prior decision on statutory new trial in
a real action.
A promoter who transfers to a cor
poration land purchased by him before
the corporation was formed is held, in
Milwaukee Cold Storage company VS..
Dexter (Wis.), 40 l.. r. A. S37, to be
not subject to any liability to the cor
pOIdllOH lOl lAlG dliOhII lGCtiNtu ny
him in excess of what he paid, if he
made no representations or false
statements about the matter, and all
the subscribers had opportunity to as
certain the conditions and value of
the land and know the price charged,
although he did not disclose to them
the amount which he paid
The doctrine that the placing of cleo
tric wires known to be dangerous at
a place where others are lawfully enti-
tied to be constitutes negligence, is ap-
piled in Perham VS.. Portland General
Electric company (0re.), 40 l.. r. A.
1893, to wires strung over a bridge
where workmen in repairing the bridge
come in contact with them, and 1t is
also held that the apparent perfect in
sulation Of the wires amounted to an
invitation to risk contact with them.
when the wires are placed where per-
sons in performing their duties may
come in contact with them.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-16
A CLOCK FLOWERBED.
The Flowers Planted Close at tho Hours
That They Represent.

The phenomenon of certain species
of flowers opening and closing at par
ticular hours las been utilized by an
Ohio landscape gardener during the
last summer to add an unique decor
alton to the grounds of John D. Rookie
feller's country seat at Tarrytown,
n. Y. 1t consists of howerbed
which can be used as a clock. The
bed is circular and divided into twelve
parts. Each part contains a figure
composed of a flower, which opens or
closes at the corresponding hour.
Thus the two-space is occupied by au
II, made of hawkseed, which closes at
2 p. m. precisely. The hands, o:
course, are stationary and merely Or
namental. They are composed OF the
common yellow dandelion, which
opens at $50 a. m. and closes at $50
p. m. They point to arrangements o.
flowers representing these figures.
There has been difficulty in finding
flowers to suit the various hours, and
in some cases the figure has been
made up of more than one flower.
Among those that have been used are
the snow thistle, that closes at l p.
M. the SOW thistle, that opens at 5
a. IN. and begins to close at II, but
does not fully close until noon; the
yellow goats beard, which opens at 4
q. m. and closes at 4 p. m., with such
accuracy that in some of the poorer
districts of Scotland-where there are
no clocks-the children are dismissed
from school by it; the blue chicory,
which opens at a. M, turns white at
sunrise and closes at noon; the morn
ing glory, poppy, water lily, pimper.
mel and marigold opening at a. M,
7 a. M. s. a. IN. and 8 a. M, respec-
lively; the star of Bethlehem, which
closes at IL; the passion flower, which
opens at noon; the beauty of night,
which opens at 8 p. In. the evening
primrose, which opens at s; the white
lychnis, opening at 6, and the blue
convolvulus at 2 a. m.
The clock is so arranged that from
a distance it looks like an ordinary
fowerbed, but on close inspection
none could mistake it for anything
other than what it is.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-16
THE FORTUNE OF WAR.
How, In Spite of Invention, Mortality is
Decreasing.

|
Decreasing.
A remarkable thing IN connection
| with warfare is that tne ratio of casu-
alties is constantly decreasing, the
only exception being the American
Civil War. The following gives the
names ara dates of some of the princi-
pal battles, together with the style OF
weapons used and the number OF
killed to every 1000 of the combatants
Cannae (B. G. 216); swords and bat.
tleaxes; 500.
Hastings Ca. D. 1866; swords and
battle-axes; 170.
Bannockburn "a. D. 131N; swords
and arrows; 300.
Crecy "a. D. 1346); swords and ar
rows; $50.
Italian troubles "a. d. 1850; muz.
zle-loading rifles; 90.
American Civil War, muzzle and
eech-loading rifles; 70.
Franco-P -Prussian "a. d. 1S70-71);
breech-loading rifles; so.
British-South African "a. D. 1871;
breech-loading rifles: GA.
British-Egyptian "a. D. 1855;
breech-loading rifles; /.
In the Crimean War the British
fired 15,000,0 900 shots and killed 81
600 Russians, or one man to every 700
shots. The French forces in the same
war fired 29,000,000 shots and killed
5l, 600 Russians, or one man to every
$50 shots fired. The Russians, on the
other hand, fred As, 900, 900 shots, at
both English and French and sue
ceeding in killing $4,000, or one SOL
der to every $40 shots which they
fred.
War, after all, is not so dangerous
game as the majority of people i'm
agine. The bullets of one army hit
the enemy in safe places so times out
of every 1O3. or every 1O3 shots
which strike some soldier 43 will
lodge in the legs from the hips dowr
to the feet); 33 shots will lodge in The
arms (from the shoulders to the tips
of the tingers); the abdomen receives
IL bullets, the chest and back IL, the
neck one bullet and IL shots strike
some part of the soldiers heads.
1t is further proved by official fig
ures that when soldier has been
wounded, even seriously, his chances
OF ultimate recovery are very high.
On the basis of table compiled by
the German War Department, out OF
every 116 American soldiers wounded
in Cuba or Porto Rico SO Will eventu-
ally get entirely we'll.
OF the remaining II out of the 116
wounded soldiers, 6 are found to die
of their injuries on the ground before
they can be removed, and an average
of IL die after reaching the hospital
So that the chances of the wounded
American soldier returning home alive
were 80 out of 116.-London Daily
Mail.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-16
The Economy of Rubbers.

Rubbers are prodigious money
savers--ln two ways: they save shoe
leather and doctors bills. The best
shoes in the world soon crack and go
to pieces if you wear them in the rain
and snow and slush. A pair of So
shoes with rubbers will outwear a pair
of $l2 shoes without rubbers. And
as for doctors bills, a 50-cent pair of
vubbers would have saved many a
hundred dollar doctors bill, to say
nothing of the discomfort of being sick
and the danger of pneumonia or con-
sumption or grip.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-16
The Power of Growing Plants.

The United States Department of
Agriculture has, by experiments, found
that the force of growing pumpkin
was sufficient to lift two and one half
tons, provided the weight is so placed
as not to interfere with the growth or
natural development of the vegetable.
In London, paving stone which
weighed 500 pounds, and which was
wedged in on all sides by other stones,
was lifted up by mushroom. The
growth of big gum tree at Cinerias,
Honduras, moved the walls of con-
crete church, three feet in thickness,
eighteen inches in seventeen years.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-16

''What kind of a ring was ito" asked
the detective.
81 judge it was welding ring, F" re-
piled the man who had found the prop
erty believed to have been stolen.
WAS there an inscription on the
inside of it?"
"Yes."
"What was it?"
''It was so worn that nothing could
be made of it, even with u powerful
magnifying glass"
"Then it wasn't a wedding ring, {"
briefly commented the detective.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-16

There is a new song going the
rounds of the press and it runs as fol-
lows; "We don't want to buy at your
place, we don't want to trade there
any more; you'll be sorry when you
see us going in some other store.
You can't sell us any stale goods, we
have opened wide our eyes; we don't
want to trade at your store, because
you don't want to advertise. West
Plains (Mo.l journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-16

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case OF Catarrh ChA6 cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
f. CHENEY & Co., Toledo o.
We. the undersigned, have known +. j. Che
ney for the last ID years, and believe him per-
fectly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able tp carry out any oblisa-
ton made by their firm.
WEST Il TRUAX, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio.
Druggists Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is Ia ken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price, 15c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Halls Family pills are ~" best.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-16
Debts OF Cities.

Among the cities of the United States
San Francisco has the least and Phila-
delphia has the greatest debt. The
debt of San Francisco is $133 ,917O1.
and of Philadelphia 56,S72, 1892. In
the bonded debt per capita Boston is
the highest, with s97.33, while San
Francisco is the lowest, being 3S cents.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-16
Beauty Is Blood Deep.

Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar-
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
purites from the body. Begin to-day to
Danish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets,-beauty for ten cents. All drug.
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, l0c, 25c, SOC.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-16
Hoods Pills cure sick headache. s5c.


There is fish found in Hudson bay
which absolutely builds nest. This
1t does by picking up pebbles in its
mouth and placing them in a regular
way on a selected spot on the bottom
of the bay, where the water is not too
daap
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-16

Indiana possesses half of+he window.
glass producing facilities of the nation,
produces, over one-third of the plate
glass and a fourth of the flint and
green glass, and stands first among
the seventeen glassraroducing States
of the Union.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-16
No-To- Bac for Fifty Cents,
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure. makes we
men strong, blood pure. soc, 81 All druggis

Japan with a population of $4,000 600
has 220 towns that have more than
200 Inhabitants. In 1856 the number
of such towns was III. Osaka has in
creased from $50, 600 to $4,000 inhabi-
tants in ten years. Yokohoma from
$4,000 to 100000, Kobe from 10000 to
$4,000 Toxic has now a population of
| 300 00c
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-16

Italy exported last year q, 900
ancient and modern works of art
valued at 100000. More than one-half
of them went to Germany.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-16

The number of laborers at work on
the Simpson railway tunnel is S31.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-16

To Cure Constipation Forever.
Iake Cascarets Canuy Cathartic. loc or 2oc
II q O. G. fail to cure, druggists refund money
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-16
Patronlzing a Pct Grocer,

There are nearly 5000 stitches in a
pair of hand-sewn boots.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-16

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething. softens the gums. reduces in famma.
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie 2jc a bottle
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-16
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life arav

TO Quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
netic. iuii OF lie, nerve and vigor, take No-To
Bac, the wonder-worker that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, soc or al. Cure guaran.
teed. Booklet and sample free Address
Sterling Remedy Co. Chicago or New York.
The present population of New
Mexico is estimated at 2S3,000, includ-
ing about $4,000 Indians.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-16
To Cure A Cold in One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Qunine Tablets. All
Druggists refund money ifit fails to cure. DC.

Just prior to the November shower
of meteors the enterprsing District
Messenger and Theater Ticket Com
pany of London extensively advertised
that it had arranged, in the event of
the meteor showers taking place late
at night and being visible, to arouse
from their slumbers all those who
might desire to witness the display.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-16

On Armish Rock, in the Hebrides,
lighthouse without any light has
been established. 1t is some five
hundred feet from shore. On the
shore a light is established, and it's
rays are projected to the structure on
the rock. There they are received by
mirror which reflects them in the
desired direction.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-16

Piso'sC Cure for Consumption has no ooual
as Cough medicinc.-F. NJ A BBoTr. asa Sen.
eca St., Buffalo, N. Y, May o, 1891.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-16

DR.. Seth Arnold's Cough Killer the best ever
used in my family THOMASM. BUTLER. Cor
10th and Locust SITS, Phila., Pa, Nov. - 1891.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-16

\ million acres in 20 States have
been offered as fields for forestry eN-
perimental work, and of this amount
over 10000 acres are now under Gov
ernment management
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-16
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY,

It has long been known that the
eyesight of savages is from twice to
six times as keen as the normal Euro
pean's. Recent examinations of
nearly so, 900 school children is Bres-
lau by Professor Cohn has shown that
thirty-two per cent. could see twice
or three times as sharply as the others.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-16

The churches of the United States
have taken 1,600 Chinese into member
ship.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-16

Educate Your Bowels with Cascarets
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever
ioc. 25c. If c. c. C. fail, druggists refund money
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-16

From its first appearance in India
to the present time-a period of two
years-plague has claimed over 100,-
900 victims, but cholera in 1896 alone
caused All, 779 deaths, smallpox car
ried off 141 !, 443 people, and "fevers"
showed the enormous mortality of
4,57S, S,944. Dysentery and diarrhea
are entered for $40, 1S9 deaths, and
while q separate return is not made
for phthisis its prevalence and fatality
are known to be extreme.
Professor Noevius, in Wiedemnn's
Annalten, claims to have discovered
still another gas which is present in
the atmosphere. The evidence is not
very strong and is entirely spectre
scopic, but should stimulate further
investigation in the same direction.
After eliminating all lines due to
electrode matters, number of lines
common to the blue argon spectrum
and also to the nitrogen spectrum
were discovered. and the supposi-
ton is advanced that they are due to
an unknown gas which remains as an
impurity in the preparation of argon
and also in the preparation of
nitrogen. A coincidence with one Of
the lines of crypton was noticed, but
in other respects the lines seemed TO
be unlike any previously noted.
Leprosy is disease of the Chinese,
according to the results of an i'm
portant investigation in China and the
Pacific Islands by Mr.. Sidney B. j.
Skertchly, and the black races are
quite free from it. In no place has it
been found where there had been no
Chinese lepers to introduce it. 1t is
not distributed throughout China,
whole provinces being free from it,
but it has its centre in Kwantung and
Fokien provinces, spreading with
diminishing intensity in all directions,
and in Hawaii it has a new form of
unparalleled virulence. Neither to-
Biography, climate nor geological con-
ditions appear to influence its distri-
button. 1t has followed coolie emf
grafton, and its spread can only be
stopped, so Mr.. Skertchly believes,
by suppressing the coolie traffic from
the infected provinces.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-16
Farms for Sale

Send stamp. get full description and pricr
of 40 cheapest farms in .Ashtabula Co. O
Best state in the union; best county in tn
state. H. n. BANCROFT.
jefferson, Ashta bula CO., Ohio.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-12-28
RHINEHART.

Dan Kimball was doing business in
Woodbine Monday.
Ed Copeland left Friday for Okla
homa to spend Christmas.
W. j. Gommels was doing business
in Chapman one day last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Il. G. Hohinger spent
Christmas day with Mr.. HIS parents
A. B. Murphy who joined the army
at Fort Riley few weeks ago spent
Christmas day with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. +. Murphy.
The Christmas entertainment al
the M. II. church was well attended
l.. Z. Murphy drove to Chapman
Tuesday.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-12-28
DONEGAL.

H. &. Hoffman Of Talmage spen,
Thursday and Friday with bis par
ents.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Isitt are re.
ioicing over the arrival Of a baby
boy, born Sunday, Dec. "a.
The Baptist Christmas entertain
ment was well attended and the pro.
gram was well rendered.
Mrs. h. Hoffman called on Mrs. c.
s. Hoffman on Christmas.
Henry Musser and sen and Mrs,
Graybill went to Sedgwick to spend
the holidays with their mother, Mrs.
Shirk.
Harry Stauffer and family spent
Christmas with Mr.. and Mrs. David
Rock Of Navarro.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1899-12-28
So rPHEN.

Th Christmas tree at Sutphen's
Mill church was enjoyed by all who
attended. The tree was loaded with
presents for old as we'll as young. A
short program was given by the
Sunday school children
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Clemmons ate
Christmas dinner with Mr.. and Mrs.
Wood.
MISS Ethyl Clemmons and Florence
Craydon visited with friends and
relatives Christmas day.
A crowd Of young people drove to
Aida last Monday night to attend the
lecture given by Rev. Scholes'
John Loader spent Christmas in
Wakefield.
Bert Wood visited with friends in
Wakefield Sunday.
The Wilson boys received several
bumps and bruises one day last week
while on their way to junction City.
Their horses became frightened at
some dogs and ran off the culvert,
upsetting the wagon and throwing
the occupants to the ground.
Mrs. S. +. Wood and daughter May
were in Abilene doing their Christ
mas shopping last week.
Herb Heath and Sol Wood have
formed partnership for the purpose
OF buying cattle.