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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-06
NIntrim Onial Inhihitions,

Don't marry polished girl-she
might reflect too much.
Don't marry a tennis girl she'll be
on to all your rackets.
Don't marry a girl who plays pool
she knows too much about pockets.
Don't marry musical girl-she
knows too much about notes and bars.
Don't marry a bright girl-she
might go out when you most needed
her.
Don't marry grass widow-you
might have to cure her of hay fever.
Don't marry a melancholy girl-her
sighs might prove heaviness to you.
Don't marry girl who cries-damp
powder is awfully disappointing.
Don't marry a ''peach"-she might
not be easily preserved.
Don't marry lazy girl, unless you
are in the tire-repair business.
Don't marry an Industrious girl-it
might prove too great temptation for
you.
Don't marry vain girl, unless you
are anticipating breezy times and will
want ITO know which way the wind
blows.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-06
A Story of General Grant,

Stuart Robson tells the following
story in which the late President
Grant occupies prominent place: 81
was playing some years ago in we'll
known theatre outside of New York.
The first act was over and 1 was chat
ting in the wings with my manager
when boy rushed in on the stage to
tell us that General Grant and his
family were in one of the boxes. A
flush of gratified pride mounted to the
managers face, followed by look of
agonized doubt. as he evidently re-
fected that perhaps the General had
'dead-headed' into the box. Did you
send him box?' he asked me, and on
my replying in the negative he pulled
card from his pocket and, scribbling
a line ON it, told the boy to take it to
the box Office and bring back an an
swer. The boy rushed off, his head
full of the General, and returned in a
few minutes with the card, which he
handed to Mr.. Manager. A ghastly
look crossed his face as he read it,
and without word he handed it to
me. The first line read, in rather
shaky managerial chirography; Did
General Grant pay for his box?' while
underneath appeared: NO, but my
son, Fred Grant, did-U. S. Grant,
New Orleans Times Democrat.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-06

OF four drachms powdered aloes and
one drachm common salt, which will
promote action.
AS the horse begins to improve. and
will partake of food, begin with Cruel,
then advance on the mashes, boiled
oats or green food, but no corn until
he is pretty well recovered. In the
feed may be given two ounces pow
dered gentian, one ounce icorice root,
this divided into six equal parts; this
will be strengthening s.d otherwise
helpful. I. Baird, in Agricul-
tural Epitomist.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-06

1t is many years since the report of
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue
was invested with as great degree of
interest as attends it this year. That
interest will not be confined to the
United States, for the report tells of
probable addition of $1OO, 900, 900 in
round numbers to the internal rev.
enue receipts as the result of the pas
sage of the war-revenue act of this
year. The internal revenue receipts
for the fiscal year ending June 80 last
amounted to $170, S66, S19, which repre-.
sented all increase of over SIS, ZOO, ,OOC
over the estimates submitted a veal
ago, and the receipts for the current
fiscal year are estimated at about
$270,000,000. This is after making
allowance for reduction of the
volume of the receipts from the level
reached in the first three months ot
the current fiscal year.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-06
Mango and Dist ernper in Horses,

The want of proper grooming, and
want of sufficient food, starvation in a
word, are the chief causes of mango.
The disease is very contagious, hence
it is essential that all animals suffer-
ing from it should be isolated.
Blankets and other clothing should
be soaked or boiled in solution of
soap and carbolic acid; also, the sad
die, harness and grooming utensils
should be washed with warm water
and soap, and it would be all the bet
ter to follow this with an application
Of corrosive sublimate diluted in water,
ten grains to the ounce of water; then
air and dry them thoroughly. To fol-
low this washing by sprinkling of sui
phur on the parts coming next the
horse, is highly recommended. Some
OF these precautions may seem un-
necessary, but where the disease has
been of long standing the infection is
difficult to eradicate.
Among the many remedies for this
disease we find the following recon-
mended as equal to the best, if not the
very hest: Sperm oil, six ounces; oil
OF tar, three ounces; lac sulphur, two
ounces; mix these well and apply by
means of brush. The skin of the
horse, however, should be well washed
before the remedy is applied. The
remedy should be applied again at the
end of the second or third day. Thus
the treatment should be continne! un-
til cure is effected.
The first steps in the treatment of
distempered horsesssis to keep them
warm and comfortably sheltered; and
if in severe weather, have the chill
taken off ssthe water they drink; and
their bowels kept open by giving them
cruel. For the swollen glands be-
meath the ears, and the tumors that
form there, a poultice of poplar bark.
slippery elm, linseed and lobelia, equal
parts, moistened with vinegar and
water, should be used. And to give
relief to the passages of the head and
throat, pour slowly small quantity of
tincture of lobelia and vinegar on a hot
stone OF shovel, and have the horse to
inhale the steam. This should be con-
tinued at short intervals to cause the
pus to discharge from the nostrils.
When the tumors are ripe, which is
indicated by becoming soft where the
matter forms, they should be lanced,
and relief will generally follow. And
to facilitate and increase the discharge
from the tumors, the bandages on them
should be kept moderately tight; and
they should be sponged occasionally
with cold infusion of bay berry bark.
If the bowels become inactive, which
often occurs. give injections composed
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-06

A woman came out of tailor's es.
tablishment on G street Wednesday
morning and 1 could not but turn to
stare at her. On her left forefnger
sat an imperturbable green parrot.
There was faint suggestion of frosty
sting in the sunny air and Master
Parrot was fortified against it. He
wore a coat, or blanket, or
whatever you like to call it, of green
velvet, made of two pieces, just the
shape of turtles shell. One piece
hung over his chest. The other pro-
tected his back, and the two pieces
were joined to q kind of collar. A
bicycle stood at the curbstone. The
lady placed the utterly self-possessed
bird on the handle bar, mounted and
rode away. I said to myself that OBJ
viously there was woman who was
well, who had been having "Miss"
on her visiting cards since hoop skirts
were in fashion, but when 1 asked
the very next woman met about it,
she told me that the parrots mistress
not only has husband, but real
live baby, too. Washington Post.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-06
GENIUS.

Far out at seattle sun was high,
While veer'd the wind and fopp'd the
sail
We saw q snow-white butterfly
Dancing before the fitful gale,
Far out at seal
The little wanderer, who had lost
His way, of danger nothing knew;
Settled awhile upon the mast,
Then hutter'd DER the waters blue,
Far out at sea!
Above, there CLEAN d the boundless sky;
Beneath, the boundiess ocean sheen;
Between them danced the butterfly,
The spirit-life of this vast scene.
Far out at seal
The tiny soul then soar'd away,
Seeking the clouds on fragile wings,
Lured by the brighter, purer ray
Which hopes ecstatic morning brings,
Far out at seal
Away he sped with shimmerlng gleel
Scarce seen-now lost onward bornet
Night comes-with wind and rain-and he
No more will dance before the morn,
Far out at seal
He dies unlike his mates, ween;
Perhaps not sooner, or worse cross'd-
And he hath felt, thought, known and seen
a larger life and hope-though lost.
Far out at seal
Richard Hengist Horne.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-06

Men now living can remember wher
Rowland Hill effected the adoption OF
the "penny post" in England, and the
vast progress it marked in human in.
tercouse and information. To-day we
stand upon the threshold of penny
post era, not only throughout the
British Empire, but in all the English
speaking world. 1t will be a time of
mighty forward movements toward
that intimate intercourse and sympa-
thetic mutual knowledge that are the
essential prelude to the brotherhood
of man.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-06
Poultry Notes,

The runs should be spaded up once
year anyhow.
Introduce new blood among the poul.
try once year.
Fewer eggs will be gathered if the
hens are crowded.
Buckwheat, oatmeal and milk are
good for laying hens.
Give lime for growth of bone and
for eggshell material.
A little cayenne pepper in the food
often stimulates laying.
The usual causes of roup are cold,
dampness and exposure.
Good leghorn hens may be kept IN.
til they are five years old.
The flavor of eggs depends very
much on food given the hens.
Feed ducks and turkeys always
where you wish them to roost.
A laying hen should have her food
and drink at regular intervals.
1t is essential that confined fowls be
supplied with plenty of gravel.
If the hens show an inclination to
pull feathers, feed them salt pork.
Corn isla fatteping food, but can
nearly always be given at night to good
advantage.
Fresh eggs are heavier than the old
ones, therefore when put in water the
older ones will float higher.
When the floor of a poultry house is
earth, the top should be removed once
year and fresh earth put in.
1t is good plan to mix the meal fol
the fowls with boiling water, for this
partially cooks it and makes the food
better.
1t is considered by many that over
feeding fowls on corn is the cause OF
apoplexy. When chickens fall off the
roost at night they are generally af-
fected with this disease.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-06

The English newspaper people are
complaining that the American Span
ish war did not prove a source of
profitable revenue to them. War cor
respondence from Cuba to one London
evening paper cost $500, and the re-
suits did not pay bare expenses. And
30 it seems to have been all around.
One editor has mourned that the
smashing of the Spanish fleet off San
tiago failed to move the circulation of
his paper by single copy. Moral
They do not know how to work these
things over there.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-06

There is no better barometer of bus
ines conditions than the state of the
rail-making industry, observes the
New York Commercial Advertiser.
When crops are abundant and factories
are busy the railroads are among the
first to profit and they take advantage
of increased earnings to improve thei
roadbeds, carrying stock and the like
This is the meaning of the contracts
which have just been placed for 50O,-
900 tons of steel rails for roads in this
country. For several years these
roads have spent very little money in
betterments. They could not do so,
for business conditions would not ad-
nit of it. Even substantial roads
were forced to cut down dividends in
order to make ends meet, while weak
or roads ceased 90 pay dividends alto
gether or vent into the hands of re-
ceivers. All this is now passed. The
better class of roads have not only in
creased their dividends but are now
improving their property, and other
roads report increased earnings. The
result will be that the service of the
railroads of the whole country will be
greatly improved and all of them bet
ter enabled to Withstand a period of
depression when next one shall come,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-06
Torpedo Boats Wear and Tear.

So injurious is life on torpedo
boat that years continuous service
will mentally and physically incspaci-
tate man. This assertion is made
on the authority of Lord Charles
Beresford, but that the strain on any
one serving on these crafts is very
great is shown by the fact that to one
months service the British naval
regulations allow one week off. Aus
tria is endesroring to mitigate the
hardship OF service on these boats,
and life on one built for the Austrian
navy, and tried on the Thames re-
Gently, was demonstrated to be pleas
anter than on those of the English
navy,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-06
MILK That Will Keen.

Clean milk, cooled as soon as
drawn and kept in cool place, will
stay sweet longer than new milk that
has been carelessly cooled and handled
and kept in dirty dish. Thus old
milk is sometimes fresher as far as
practical keeping qualities are con.
cerned than new milk. This is a
point which should be better appre-
ciated by those who carry ON milk
routes. Lowering the temperature
puts the bacteria to sleep and pre-.
vents their getting so mum erous as to
do any harm for some time. On the
other hand, warm milk is exactly the
material in which bacteria which cause
sourness like to grow and multiply.
Thoroughly strain and cool the milk,
and keep it cool until delivered to the
consumer, and milk will nearly al
ways keep as long as it is wanted to
keep. This care in straining and
cooling is important in winter as well
as summer.
Cooling cannot be properly done by
setting large cans into cold water, be.
cause the bacteria have already gained
somewhat of start before the milk
in the middle of the can is cool. Yet
this method is much better than none.
Those who have any considerable
quantity of milk will find it profitable
to buy an aerator. r.-Massachusetts
Plougnman.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-06
Tho Diving Spider.

There is nothing new in the DIVING
bell. Long before man thought he in.
vented it, the water spider knew all
about it.
The water spider shins down a reed
dragging his diving bell with him, ant
anchors it under water on a level keel
so that the air it contains keeps the
water out,
When this air becomes foul, the spi.
der swims to the top, captures bubble
with a flirt of its tail and carries fl
down to the bell for future reference
There the spider lives in snug com,
fort and no storm di-turbs his lowh
home.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-06
Effect of Tuberculin.

Opinions still differ as to whether
the tuberculin test has an injurious
effect upon healthy COW. Many un-
prejudiced and careful veterinarians
and scientists maintain that where it
is properly employed, the effect is not
injurious; on the other hand, the com.
plant is still made among Massachu.
setts farmers that their herds which
have been tested with tuberculin DUR
ing the past two or three years have
in some cases "gone 10 pieces" mean.
ing thereby general breaking down
of health and milking power. This
complaint is loudest among those who
have expressed the greatest prejudice
against the test, and it may also be
partly due to the use Of foul syringe
and improper methods. 1t is admit.
ted on all sides, however, that quite O
number OF the COWS in a given herd
which do not react to the test now are
pretty certain to do 80 six months or q
year hence. OF course there is no
means of knowing whether in such
cases the test favored the development
of the disease, or whether the COWS
would have become infected if they
had not been tested. The extreme
claims formerly made for tuberculin
are no longer uttered by sensible men
among either the profession or the
laity, who are all agreed as to the far
larger Importance of proper care OF
cattle, with plenty of good air, pure
water and every reasonable sanitary
precaution against disease. New Eng.
land Homestead
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-06
HUMOR OF THE DAY.

Long drawn out-The naval secre-
tary interviewed.
Bell-"And so they were happily
married?" Nell-''Yes; each one of
them married somebody else. Tit
Bits.
Shelf think must have hit the
csddie." He-"Naturally; you were
not aiming to hit him. st. Louis
Republic.
Mommer-s'Billy, where are all
those huckleberries? Did you eat that
plateful?" BilIy-''No, mommer; I
ate it emptyl"
Doctor-''Do you take bath regu-
larly? Once week, suppose?" Pa
tient-"Lor' bless you, no, sir.
hain't so dirty as all that"
''Let me show you something"
"What is it?" "a kaleidoscope rep
resentation of Johnny going through
a new pair of shoes. ."-Chicago Rec
ord.
''Why did Josephine dismiss her
suit for damages?" "The man proved
that he ran into her bicycle because
he was looking at her. Chicago
Record.
Mrs. Kinks seems like very fussy
woman" "Fussy? Say, if she built
house she'd insist on having all the
nails manicured. "-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Groom (very wealthy)-"Why
did you marry an ordinary chap like
me?' The Bride-'I haven't the
slightest idea Mamma managed the
whole affair. Harlem Life.
Mrs. Bronson-"The Sillibys have
reached an agreement with the owner
of their fiat house." Mrs. Marble.
"So?" "Yes. Their children are to
be allowed to visit them once week"
Life.
Emily-"I am so unhappy. I be-
gin to see that Arthur married me for
my money" Her Dearest Friend
"Well, you have the comfort of know
ing that he is not so simple as he
looks"
''That woman tried to beat me
down on the price of quinine. "What
did she say?" ''She said 1 ought to
MAKE it ten cents cheaper because she
had to pay her little boy to take it,"
Chicago Record.
Tenaut-"You call our flats the
Klondike because they are so cold in
winter and so hot in summer, I sup
pose. Ha, hal" Landlord" "No, be-
cause there's no such money in them
as people think. Detroit journal.
Husband-"Anything you want
down town to-day, my dear? Shall
order some more of that self-rising
flour?" Wife-"We have plenty left;
but I wish you would stop at an in
telligence office and order me a self
rising servant girl"
"Am thefirst girl you ever loved?''
she asked him, more as matter OF
habit than anything else. 81 cannot
tell lie," said he. "You are not.
You are simply the best of the bunch"
Being a modern maid, she was con-
tent with that.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Mr.. Buyer-"Mr. Green, there
seems to be something serious the
matter with the horse bought of you
yesterday. He coughs and wheezes
distressingly, and think perhaps he
is wind-broken. What would you ad.
wise me to do?" Jay Green promptly
-"Sell him as quickly as you can;
did. Tit Bits.
These two converted savages were
speaking of a third; nothing is to be
gained by repeating names here.
"He'd sell his soul for dollarp' ex-
claimed one. "And that's way below
cost, if there's any truth in the sta.
tistical reports of missionary expendi.
tures!" replied the other, evidently
much disturbed. d Detroit Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-06
Green Food For Fowls.

Fowls in winter confined in hen
houses lack the variety of food which
they had in summer while allowed q
wide range. AT this season they re-.
quire more condensed food than in
summer, and grain should be their
principal ration. But they will eat
more or less green food also, and we
never found better way than to hang
up cabbage head by the roots, al.
lowing the head to come near enough
to the ground so that by jumping they
can bite out mouthful. The infer.
ior heads OF cabbage that would other.
wise be thrown away can thus be put
to good use.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-06
A Great State.

Kansas is great State in a variety
of ways. Among the candidates who
were voted for at the late election oc-
cur the following names: Napoleon
Bonaparte, George Washington, An
drew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson,
Abraham Lincoln, John Bunyan,
Tom Corwin, Julius Caesar and Edgar
Poe. Nearly all of these were candi-
dates for the Legislature,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-06
A NEW YEAR.

Our other years have slipped slips the
Once with hands held
Him length
For home and books and happy children
All in the midnight and the frost
All In the dawnlight and the glow n
The is dead live the Knights
And ever it's with mrth and hope the reigns
What yet wait of grief tell
Another to
What lieth closest to hand; us a Is
Margaret L. Sangster,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-06
FARM AND GARDEN.
SN~NSN~SE@~~H
Origin and Nature of Soils.

SE~NENNN NIX
Origin and Nature of Soils.
Nothing is more common than the
soil under our feet, and yet how many
Of US stop to consider it. If you take
Up handful of soil and examine it
farefully you will see many mineral
fragments, which look like small stones.
That is what they are. All soils are
composed very largely of pieces of
stone. In gravelly soil these pieces
are large, some of them good-sized
pebbles, or even larger, possibly bould-
ers several feet IN diameter. If you
examine handful of clay you eppar-
emily do not see mineral fragments,
but under the microscope this same
clay does look like sand to the naked
eye. In fact soils are composed, mainly,
of these particles of varying sizes,
larger in gravel or sand, and smaller
in clay or loan.
The fertility of soil depends largely
upon the size of its particles. The
mineral food of plants (the portion of
the plant which remains as ashes after
it is burned) is formed in the soil by
the dissolving of the mineral frag-
ments. Naturally, which will dissolve
more rapidly, gravel or fine sand? Why
will pulverized sugar dissolve more
quickly than rock candy? Because
its particles are finer, and the liquid
has more surface to act upon. Thus
fine soil dissolves faster than coarse
one, hence plant food is formed more
rapidly.
But soils contain something more
than broken fragments of worn and
weathered rock. If we heat sample
OF soil to a red heat, we find that after
cooling it has lost weight. This loss
was partly water and partly organic
matter. All of our soils contain large
quantities of decayed and decaying
plants. This decayed material gives
to the soil its dark color. Muck soils
are dark colored because they have a
large amount of decayed swamp grass
and weeds. Clay soil has among its
very fine particles small quantity of
silicate of aluminium, which gives it
It's sticky or plastic quality. Loan
soils have more or less of this same
sticky material. The importance of
soil to animal and plant life cannot be
estimated. Without it we could not
exist. All forms of trees and all kinds
of crops would perish and all forms of
animal life, including man, would
perish with them. Only few MOSES
and lichens would remain.
Where does soil come from? How
is it formed? All soils are formed
from rock. Biologists tell us that at
one time the surface of the earth was
covered with nothing but solid rock
and water. Now how was the rock
changed into soil? Rocks decay when
exposed to the weather. Freshly
quarried stone has bright and angular
surfaces, while stone that has been ex-
posed to the action of rain and freezing
looks dull, and the edges are rounded.
All rocks absorb water. Even the
hardest granite will alb sorb a of a
pound for each 100 lbs of rock. When
the water in the stone freezes the ice
expands and breaks off small pieces of
stone. Rains come and wash this
material away and at the same time
wear away the surface of the rock.
Running water is good soil former
and soil mover. Every year the Mis-
sissippi River carries into the Gulf of
Mexico seventy-two sections of land
four feet deep.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-06

I was breakfast time
at Avondale, and
General Higgerson,
for the fifth time,
won d cred what
kept his daughter
as he fdgeted with
his paper a n d
stirre d his hot
coffee. Just as his
patience was at an
end the door opened
and admitted a tall,
handsome girl, with
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-06

Spain will find heap of consola-
tion in that 500, 100000 of good
American money, 1t is more cash
than she could have squeezed out of
Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines
in the next dozen years, even if she
had been permitted to retain her SOW
ereignty over those islands.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-06

The man behind the broom and
shovel is the hero Of Santiago and San
Juan to-day.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-06
3&s&sM3.I3.is.E;.SMEIiaEsEaiAEaEaEAIsEI
A ROMANCE OF THE CUBAN WAR,
BY HELOISE DURANT ROSE.
Observation-Disclosures

1.-THE incidents of this story are taken
from life-The Author1