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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24
SOMETHING NEW IN STEEL.

Alleged Discovery That Is Expected to
ReVolutionize "A Great Industry.
Just as Americans begin to feel that
they are upon the verge of developing
superiority to Great Britain, not only
in shipbuilding, but in the steel trade,
in which such number OF valuable
foreign contracts have lately been
taken by our manufacturers in the
face of British competition; and just
as nature seems to encourage the
American aspiration by showing that
the English coal mines will be ex-
hausted within another fifty years,
science seems to be coming to the aid
of the Britisher, and may be about TO
open new fields of competition in
steel in which America must take part
if she is to maintain her hard earned
prestige
The discovery has been demon
stra' ed in London, and is being made
much OF by the English press, that the
ability to produce perfect steel by
casting it in vacuum made by liquid
hydrogen with process that it is not
proposed to make public, has at last
attained practicability. A company
has been formed with q capital of
thirty thousand pounds to experiment
tally develop the process and if the
plan is as successful as Professor De-
war, the discoverer, presumes it will
be, the air bubbles that now cause
flaws and weakness in steel will be
done away with and n metal will re-
suit such as the world has never seen.
To say that this means possible
revolution in the steel trade is to put
it mildly, and if the English govern
ment can control the process, as it is
now minated may be the case, then
American scientists and those of other
countries will be put upon their met.
tie to get even with the Britishers.
Liquid hydrogen, which is the
great agent now discovered, is de.
scribed as clear, colorless, trans
parent and ve"y volatile fluid, nc
clearer than pure water, but only one
fourteenth the density of water. In
its lightness it is out Of all proportion
to any known liquid. A piece of paper
when placed in it sinks. The differ
ence between liquid hydrogen and
liquid air is as great if not greater
than the difference between the ordin.
ary temperature and liquid air. Liquid
hydrogen places temperature at with
in twenty degrees of absolute zero,
which is represented by 494 degrees
Fahrenheit and 273 degrees Centigrade
below zero. The boiling point Of
liquid hydrogen is 252 degrees below
zero, at which it is capable of enor.
nous pressure.
The discovery must affect every
problem of physics and chemistry.
Its possibilities are illimitable. II
may revolutionize the methods that
have been laboriously built up during
the last three hundred years.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24
An Unhappy Name.

I remember hearing the following
story from the late Canon Bardsley,
author of English Names and Sur
names" There was once a woman
"a little 'crackey,' l think" said the
canon, by way of parenthesis-who had
a son whom she had christened
What" Her idea seems to have been
that 1hen in after days he was asked
his name, and kept saying What"
amusing scenes would follow, which
was likely enough, especially II the
boy was careful to pronounce the as
pirate. Such a scene did, ! believe,
occur once when he went to school,
and was told, as a newcomer, to stand
up and furnish certain particulars.
"What is your name?" asked the
teacher. What" blurted out the boy,
amid the laughter of the class. What
is your name?" asked the master
again, with more emphasis. What"
replied the boy. your name, sir!"
roared back the infuriated pedagogue.
What, What" roared back the terri
fed urchin. The sequel 1 forget, but
l believe it one Of those cases in which
the follies of the parents are visited on
the children of the first generation
Notes and Queries.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24

Sometimes an umbrella seems to
arouse suspicion, even when it is in
honest hands. Thus a London paper
tells a painful tale of young man in
street-car, who carried an umbrella
which had been his birthday gift.
On the seat facing him was lady
with precocious boy, evidently about
five years old. The youngster regard
ed the young man with attention for a
few moments, and then his eyes wan
dered to the umbrella. He gazed at
it in silence for a second, then he
wriggled in his seat, clapped his hands
and shouted:
go mamma, don't that look like
papa's umbrella?"
"Hush, hush, my child" said the
mother
"Papa was looking for his umbrella
this evening, mamma" continued the
boy.
Eyes, yes, but he found it," said
the mother, hurriedly, as the CONVEX
sation was becoming of interest to
other passengers.
'Why, mamma" continued the
youngster, "you know he didn't.
You told him that he didn't know
enough to keep an umbrella. Why,
mammax-"
At this stage the young man left the
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24

George Smith of Blaine, Me-, while
drawing water for his cows, lost tin
pail in the well. He had let his eldest
daughter, girl of II, into the we'll by
line to recover the pail, when he
saw that his cattle had entered field
of potatoes that had been newly
poisoned. In his desire to save his
COWS from death he forgot all about
his daughter. When he came back
half an hour later she had wept her.
self into commissions and was making
desperate effort to cling to the
stones in the well to escape drowning.
Smith has promised her an $S5 organ
if she will stop talking about the
event--New York Sun.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24

The improvements that are being
made to the Baltimore and Ohio South
western Railroad between Parkers-
burg and East st. Louis are being
pushed rapidly to completion. Seven
teen thousand tons of So ID. steel rail
have been placed in the track and
there are still $4,000 tons to come, de-
livery being delayed on account of
rush of orders at the mills. The com
pany has also put in 125 miles of gravel
ballast and expects to get out 200 miles
more during the season and it is hoped
by fall that the track will rank as the
best in the west. A great many grade
reductions and changes in line are also
being made between Cincinnati and St
Louis. The purpose is to make a uni
from one half of one per cent. grade be-
tween Cincinnati and st. Louis, as
well as to eliminate a large amount of
Objectionable curvature. AT one point
for Instance, the line is to be shortened
mile and a half, $50 degrees of cur
Vature eliminated and seven bridges
abandoned,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24
ANNAPOLIS CADETS.
Now on Their Summer Trip In Foreign
Waters.

Now on Their Summer Trip In Foreign
Waters.
One Of the most pleasant things
about being an Annapolis cadet is the
chance they have Of going on summer
cruises. The second class men are now
aboard an old-fashioned sailing vessel,
such as was used by our navy before
we had steam warships. These young
men are required to do the work Of
common sailors; in fact, they do every
thing there Is to be done on the boat.
They started in June, and will return
In September. They stop for week
or so at Plymouth, England, and ar
rangements have been made for them
to spend few days in London. Then
they sail for Lisbon, Portugal, and the
boys are wondering how Spain's neigh
bors will receive them. After that they
go to Gibraltar, and then home again.
OF course there is good deal of fun
to be got out Of the trip, and great
deal to see; but 1t is a part of their
four years course at the naval acad-
envy, and they have to work hard
scrubbing decks and taking in sails,
and the slightest disobedience is pun
ished. Before they left this country
they stopped off Hampton Roads for a
few days and went through lot Of
drilling, including the "deserting Of the
ship" In this drill the crew puts pro-
visions in the small boats, launch them
and row away toward land, just as they
would have to do If the ship took fire
or were in a sinking condition.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24
PEARLS OE THOUGHT.
Affections are the roots of life.

AuectlonS are the roofs OF lie.
The love that is not split, is spoilt.
Large doors swing on very small
hinges.
1t is not the length but the depth of
life that tells.
The more perfect the trust the more
perfect the peace.
There is no mortal whom pain and
disease do not reach.
The grace of sympathy is pu,shased
at the cost of suffering.
"Half mind" is never worth half
as much as whole one.
He who drifts to ruin, will get there
just as surely as he who drives.
Our children have liberty born in
them, but law they have to learn.
Reason is the glory of human ma
ture. He is next to the gods whom
reason, and not passion, impels.
Drudgery is as necessary to call out
the treasures of the mind as harrow
ing and planting those of earth.
Ignorance is blank sheet on which
we may write; but error is scribbled
one on which we must first erase.
If you have good health be happy,
for you have nine-tenths of all that
nature has ever given to any man.
Many an act of duty or selfsacrifice,
at first sight supposed to be impossi-
BILE, has, by continued contemplation,
become so attuned to the disposition
that it has been performed with ease
and even with pleasure.
The willingness of young men to
give or receive money on the mere
turn of chance is a token of the
decay of manliness and self respect,
which is more alarming than almost
anything besides. 1t has an inherent
baseness about it which shows a base
| soul.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24

zone of the beautiful traits in the
makeup of Washington messenger
boys" said railroad man who lives
in Washington, sis their tactfulness
| think otherwise. They are chock
full and loaded down with tact-with
the copper on. To illustrate:
"My wife went over to New York
city few weeks ago to attend the
bedside of a seriously ill relative, who
was not expected to live. This morn
ing 1 was sitting in my Office, wonder
ing why didn't get letter from her
by the first mail when a tousle-headed
messenger boy joggled open the
door.
'Where'll I find de office O. Mr..
-" he asked mentioning my
name.
fright here, son., said L. You're
talking to him.
"'Well, said the kid, measuring
me up with the probable expectation
that I'd do a stage back fall, I've
got death message fer you, an they
tole me at tn office that it was i'm.
portant.'
"Nice, mild, tactful way of putting
it, wasn't it? He just left it up to me
to wonder, while / was ripping the en-
velope open, whether the message
announced the death of our aged rela.
tive or the decease of my wife. II
happened to be the former, but Lam
inclined to believe that that boy
would have been just bit ettel
pleased had it been the latter. -
Washington Post.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24
BOGUS ANCIENT MANUSCRIPT.
The Alleged Treasures Were Faxed" In
| Central Asia.

Central Asia.
Orientalists will do we'll to be on
their guard in connection with Central
Asian manuscripts, which have OF late
provided them with such an endless
subject of discussion, says the Scots
man. 1t was Capt. Bower who first
discovered the existence of some ex-
tremely ancient manuscripts during
his great journey across central Asia,
and DR.. Sven Hedin brought back
rich collection for the ediflcation and
justification Of orientalists. Since
then the supply of ancient manuscripts
has been very great, but it is stated
that the gravest suspicion is now cast
upon the authenticity Of very large
proportion Of these so-called relics Of
antiquity.
An English officer who is now en-
gagged in some exploring work in Gem
trail Asia has discovered that there
exists in Khotan a regular manufac-
tory of the manuscript relics, and so
large Is the output that he believes
that at least 95 per cent Of the manu-
scripts which have reached Europe
from central Asia during recent years
are spurious. The process of manu-
facture has been explained to him, and
so impressed is he with the difficulty
of distinguishing between the genuine
and the counterfeit that he has him
self adopted rule of never under any
circumstances buying any ancient book
offered to him for sale. Meanwhile
there is much searching Of hearts
among the owners Of the manuscripts
which have already found their way
into European collections.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24
Mrs. johnson
Saved from
Insanity by
Mrs. Pfs9kRaHes

menced to have spells with my spine.
Every month I grew worse and at last
became so bad that 1 found l was
gradually losing my mind.
"The doctors treated me for female
troubles, but 1 got no better. One
doctor told me that would be insane.
was advised by friend to give Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a
trial, and before had taken all of the
first bottle my neighbors noticed tho
change in me.
81 have now taken five bottles and
cannot find words sufficient to praise it.
advise every woman who is suffering
from any female weakness to give it q
fair trial. I thank you for your good
medicine. MRS. GERTRUDE NJ. JOHN
SON, JoNEsB9R TEXAS.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24
HE LOST HIS PENCILS.
But the Reporter Wrote His Story with
an Electric Light Bulb.

But tne hepOrter wrote story Win
an Electric Light Bulb.
.'Did I ever tell you about the time
that L wrote story with an incan-
descent light bulb?" said the police
reporter to few of his professional
friends
"No? Well, it's a fact, just the
same, and all had to write with was
one of these glass globes"
The hearers moved uneasily and one
was heard to say something about
taking another draw. The police re-
porter was undaunted, however, and
went on:
"This is no pipe dream. I was
working on the Brooklyn Eagle and
had been sent down to a small inter-
ior town on one of the hottest stories
you ever heard about-double murder
with a good mystery end dead peo-
pie both prominent, and suspected
murderer prominent citizen.
81 pulled into the station at exactly
IL o'clock and of course went into the
station, the only telegraph office in
the town, to tell the operator that I'd
have some stuff to file not later than
l o'clock in the morning. He was an
agreeable fellow, and he said he would
go home and get two hours sleep and
be back in time to handle my story.
1 jumped in the town and in an hour
was back to the telegraph office, which
the operator had left open for me.
81 peeled off my coat and vest and
| - Il 10 10 ,t1 af
my life. My hand sought my upper
vest pocket, where carried my pen
ellis, and, jumping Jupiter! had lost
every one of them. I remembered
that had them little while before
when taking some notes, but they
were gone now.
81 then began to gaze around the
office. The operator had plenty of
ink, but nary pen or pencil could 1
find. 1 was in beautiful hole.
Within an hour of filing time and not
a thing to write with. I just thought
and thought, and in doing so hap,
pened to look again at the operator s
desk. There lay pad of thin paper
and between the first and second
sheets was a piece of carbon paper.
The way out OF my difficulty came to
me like flash.
''In the little office were three in
candescent lamps. 1 turned the key
and put out one, unscrewed it, and in
another moment had the pad of paper
with its carbon sheet in front of me-.
At the big end of the bulb was pro-
truding point of glass. I took the
globe in my hand, holding it like q
stylus, and marked on the top sheet:
The Eagle, Brooklyn, N. Y Imag-
inc my Joy when 1 lifted the upper
carbon paper to find that it had taken
the impression perfectly. Then 1 went
to work and at l o'clock when the op-
orator arrived, had a starter for him OF
a thousand words"
''Did you finish the story that
way?" was asked.
Eyes. The operator offered me
writing material, but the novelty OF
the thing had taken hold of me. So
l ran the other 1900 words out in the
same way"
''Then, drawled the court recorder,
'you walked up" - Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24

How They Catch Scorchers in London,
A great many communications have
recently been sent to the London
papers saying at the Kingston police
always catch the wrong person when
they attempt to stop the wheelmen
from furious riding. The policemen
have contradicted these accusations.
There seems to be a mistake some-
where. Possibly the true explanation
may be found in what is said to be a
true American story" printed in the
London Mail. This story, says The
Mail, has great bearing on the case
at hand. There is certain time when
the vision of the officer loses the real
offender and he never gets him within
the range of his eyes again. Here is
the story, which is said to explain
matters: "a gentleman was leaning
out of railway carriage window to
kiss his wife, who was on the platform
bidding him good-by. The train, how
ever, moved on with that celebrity for
which American trains are famous in
anecdote; so fast, indeed, that the
chas g salute was bestowed on por-
ter at the next station. The sugges-
tion is that, as the cyclists travel so
fast i'll Kingston, the police do not
catch the scorcher, but the slow rider
who is coming up Just behind him."
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24

There was game OF baseball the
other day at one of the local ball parks
between a local team and picked
nine. A clerk in one of the dry goods
stores got the afternoon off and took
his girl, who was not a connoisseur Of
a ball game. In the second inning the
ball came skipping into the grand
stand and the umpire called foul"
"Say," said the wise girl, why did he
call that ball fowl7 1 didn't see any
feathers on It," Didn't teltyou that
1t was a picked nine?" he replied.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24
Howl THAI

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot bs cured BY
Halls Catarrh Cure ~
We the undersigned, have known +. j. Che
ney for the last 10 years, and believe him per
iectlS honorable In all business transactions
ton made by their Arm.
Ohio.
WALDINo, KINNAN g. MARVIN. Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Hsil's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces OF the system. Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold
oy al Druggists Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24
A Mouse,s Uncomfortable Situation.

julie Lill witnessed scrimmage the
other day between couple of chicken
hawks at great elevation. The
racket proved to be over a mouse
which one of them was carrying, finally
being compelled to drop it, when the
bird that had been doing the scrapping
swooped down on the mouse and sue
ceeded in catching it before it had
fallen 30 feet. Preston Plain Dealer,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24
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
purities 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, 1899-08-24

"I notice that your boy mows the
lawn every three or four days. How
do you get him to do it?" "S-sh-hl
Don't let him hear. His papa threat
ened, when he bought the mower, to
punish him severely If he ever dared to
take 1t out of the basement" Chicago
Times-Herald
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24

"Another remarkable story is told
of man who was driving over the
divide north of Dodge City, when q
shower came up. He was riding
blackboard, which has bottom made
by fastening cleats between the axles
with spaces o. half an inch between
the cleats. The water fell so fast that
it could not run through the bottom
of the blackboard as fast as it fell.
Rushing down the side of the divide
the water struck barbed wi fence
and damned up until the water ran
over the top wire of the fence. This
was because the rain came so fast that
it couldn't get through between the
wires of the fence. On the same trip
the traveller says he saw jack rabbit
drown while it was jumping through
the air.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24
Are You Using Aliens Foot-Ease :?

It is the only cure for Swollen, smarting,
Tired, Aching, Burning, Sweating Feet,
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Aliens Foot
Ease, powder to be shaken into tho shoes.
Sold by all Druggists, Grocers AID Shoe
Stores, Csc. Sample sent FREE. Address,
Allen S. Olmstead, Leroy, NJ Y.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24

"I had female trouble of all kinds,
had three doctors, but only grew worse.
1 began taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills
and used the Sanative Wash, and cam
not praise your remedies enough
Mrs. EFFIE PERKINS. PEARL, LA.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24

In 1879, as all the world will remem-
Der, Sarah Bernhadt went to London
Tor the first time, appearing in "Phe-
dre.' She at once established her po-
sition in that country and was not only
success on the stage, but the lion
ess' in chief OF the London season,
every fashionable hostess seeking the
privilege of her acquaintance, and no
party was considered complete with
out her presence.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24

Traces of gold have been found in
the province of Puerto Principe.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24

have received
from the use of
Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegeta-
BILE Compound.
Soon after the
birth ofmy first
abi1J 7 nou,.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24

Educate Your Bowels with Sascarets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
soc, 26c. II c. G. @. fail. druggists refund money.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24

Kamchatka may soon become as
popular resort as the Klondike, as
gold has been discovered there in
promising quantities.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24

In Madagascar silk is the only fabric
used in the manufacture of clothing.
1t is cheaper than linen in ireland.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24

The toll of an ordinary ship passing
through the Suez Canal averaged
about $4,000. The distance is ninety>
two miles,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24

No-To-Bac for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
men strong, blood pure. Soc, 81. All druggists.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24

The telegraph will be extended 1000
miles south of Khartoum by the end
of the year.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24
"Honor IS Purchased
by Deeds We Do. -

am entirely cured of fhemorrhage of lungs
by Piso's Cure for Consumption.-Lo
LINDAMAN, Bethany, Mo-, January 8, 1884.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24

Mrs. .Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums, reduces nfiamma1
tion, allays pain, cures wind collie. 25c bottle
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24

'"The eastern correspondent is equally
at ease in dealing with the intervals
occurring between showers, which the
fertility of his imagination and the ex-
treme elasticity of his conscience per-
nit him to describe as 'droughts.
Whatever portion of his vocabulary
has not already been exhausted in de-
scribing the cyclone is at once avail
able for writing up the drought
Through him wondering world
learns of the alleged Kansas ferry
man who was to haul water ten
months in the year in order to keep
his boat running; of the families who
each morning are compelled to run
their wells through clotheswringers
that they may obtain water for cook
ing purposes of neighborhoods where
it is so dry that water is wet only on
one side, and where fish, to allay thirst
and rince the dust from their throats,
swarm out on the prairies and lap the
boiling dew from the buffalo grass.
He it is who says this distressing
scarcity of moisture is forced upon us
by the corporations that have cornered
the water supply to put into their
stocks, and to such an extent that far
mers have to soak their hogs over
night in order to make them hold
swill.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-08-24

In an exciting battle with a lot of
copperhead snakes, on Richard Ed
wards farm, near Shamokin, Pa,
Hugh Jenkins killed seven of them.