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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-02
Always Paid Promptly.

Two teachers of languages were dis
cussing matters and things relative to
their profession. ''Do your pupils
pay up regularly on the first Of each
month";" asked one of them.
"No. they do not" was the reply.
"I often have to wait weeks aud
weeks before l get my pay, and some
times l don't get it at all. You can I
well dun the parents for the money"
"Why don't You do as / do? I al
ways get my money regularly"
"How do you manage it?"
"It is very simple. For instance, I
am teaching boy French, and on the
first day of the month his folks don't
send the amount due for the previous
month. In that case give the boy
the following exercise to translate and
write out at home: 4 have no money.
The month is up. Hast thou any
money? ] need money very much.
Why hast thou brought no money this
morning? Did thy father not give
thee any money? Has he no money
in the pocketbook of his uncle's great
aunt?' This fetches them. Next
morning that boy brings the money, ;,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-02

There are few people. who thor
oughly realize the value of water as O
beverage, or who know how to obtain
the greatest advantage from it, The
effects produced by the drinking of
water, as pointed out by Health, vary
with the manner in which it is drunk.
If, for instance, pint of cold water
be swallowed as large draught, or if
it be taken in two portions with q
short interval between, certain de-
finite results follow-effects which
differ from those which would have
resulted from the same quantity taken
by slipping. Slipping is a powerful
stimulant to the circulation, thing
which ordinary drinking is not. Dur
ing the act of slipping the action of the
nerve which shows the beats of the
heart is abolished, and as conse-
quence that organ contracts much
more rapidly, the pulse beats more
quickly, and the circulation in various
parts of the body is increased. In
addition to this, we find that the pres
sure under which the bile Is secreted
is raised by the slipping of fluid. And
here is point which might we'll be
noted by our readers: A glass of cold
water, slowly slipped, will produce
greater acceleration of the pulse for
time than will glass of wine or spirits
taken at draught. In this connec-
tion it may not be out of place to
mention that slipping cold water will
often allay the craving for alcohol in
those who have been in the habit of
taking too much of it, and who may
be endeavoring to reform, the effect
being probably due to the stimulant
action of the slipping.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-02

ders. Among other things I pruned
the trees heavily and manured them,
mot wisely, but too WE'LL" As con-
sequence, they were thrown strongly
into wood growth. Several Aniou
trees about nine inches in diameter
took on tremendous wood growth,
but yielded very few pears, hardly a
fraction of bushel each.
Casting about for remedy, I ran
across an account of a Frenchman's s
method of promoting the growth of
bloom buds and adopted it. 1t con-
sisted in breaking off, in early July,
about two-thirds of each newly grown
shoot on all trees that were making too
much wood growth. The method was
very successful. recollect that two
trees which never had yielded more
than,a bushel of each of pears, after
three years of this treatment produced
between six and seven bushels each of
pears of the highest quality.
In 1877 / had between thirty and
forty bushels of Anjous, which was an
average crop. The quantity stead
lily increased till 1884, when I had
over hundred and thirty bushels of
first quality Anious. The Anioos were
the only trees systematically treated
to this summer pruning, and the in
crease in their product was very much
greater than that of varieties not so
treated. There were Bartletts, Clapps,
Clairgeaus, Sheldons, Duchess, Law
renee and Seckels in the orchard.
They received the same care as the
Anjous, but got very little summer
pruning; they made satisfactory
gain in product, but it was not nearly
equal to that of the Anjous. Not all
varieties were equally suited to this
treatment, notably the Seckel, Law
renee and Sheldon. Some did not
need it, as they set more pears than
they could carry properly, and needed
to have the crop thinned.
I believe that liberal manuring,
thorough cultivation of the soil, and
the removal of two-thirds of the new
growth in early summer will go long
way toward rendering pear trees
fruitful. 1t can be done very rapidly.
The shoots can be broken by the hand
with great ease. Any man of common
intelligence can be taught to do the
work. Cutting is no better method
than breaking, if it is as good. %. f.
Rogers, in Country Gentleman.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-02
Tho Reward of yalor.

Perhaps the most dramatic reward
Lord Charles Beresford ever got for
valor, was few years ago One bit
ter cold night, when his ship was off
the Falkland islands, there was a cry
Of "man overheard" The sentry had
disappeared beneath the floating ice.
Though clad in heavy garments, Lord
Charles instantly seized coil of rope
and leaped into the sea. 81 went
down and down and down." said Lord
Charles, when relating the incident,
until began to think that the other
end of the rope was not fastened to
anything. At last grasped my man,
the rope became taut, and began to
ascend. The ships corporal helped
US both out" Fifteen years after
ward Lord Charles was speaking at a
political meeting in support of Lord
Folkestone's candidature. The hall
was packed, and suddenly there was
scuffie at the back. ''Chuck him
out" cried some one; but Lord
Charles invited the man to come up to
the platform, and they would listen
to what he had to say. The man
struggled forward in great excitement.
He only wanted to shake hands with
his rescuer. He was the sailor who
had been saved by Lord Charles from
the icy sea off the Falkland Islands.
st. James's Gazette.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-02
DON'T WORRY, DEAR.

Don't worry, dear; the bleakest years
That clog the forward view,
Each Trims to nothing when it nears,
And we may saunter through.
The darkest moment never comes,
1t only looms before;
The loss OF home is what benumbs
Not trouble at the door.
Don't worry, dear, the clouds are black,
But with them comes the rain
And stiaed souls that parch and cracb
May thrill with sap again.
The burden bear as best we can,
And there'll be none to bear:
Hard work has never killed man,
But worry did its share.
Don't worry, dear; don't blanch, dom
yield,
But dare the years to come;
Nor give the enemy the field
Because we beat his drum.
These little woes that hover near
Are nothing, though they gall:
We know that life is love. my dear,
And life and love are all.
Samuel Merwin, in Youths Companion.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-02

j. NJ. Ingling, of Illinois, writes:
Any soil which will grow crop of
corn will produce strawberries, but of
course clay sub-soil of reddish color
is best. I prefer timothy or clover
sod. Plow five inches deep very early
IN March. Drag or roll, as this as
sists in rotting. Work until this is
like garden. With light marker
having three runners three feet apart,
[ lay the land off crosswise. Then
beginning on one side, stretch No.
IA plain wire. Insert brick layers
ten-inch trowel to its full depth, and
pull slightly toward yourself, pick up
plant with left hand by the leaves and
with downward forward sweep drop
in at back of trowel with thumb and
forefnger, firmly holding the heart of
crown. Withdraw the trowel and as
you do so press the ground firmly
about the plant, pulling it up slightly.
This excludes all air and firms the
plant. When first row is set move
wire forty-two inches and repeat. /
set every third plant a fertilizer, or
one fertilizer and two female plants.
AS soon as plants are set, if no rain
has fallen, run roller over them and
follow with light harrow.
Cultivate crosswise twice before
runners bother, then do all cultivat-
ing lengthwise, drawing runners in
until you make perfect or solid row.
Keep the field clean. I work plants
each week until September. when
with small Diamond pillow and rolling
coulter / narrow each row down to
twelve inches. In ten days 1 work
soil back to row. From first to mid
die of October I haul mulch and cover
six to eight inches deep, and the field
is ready for winter. 1 have followed
this system ten years and have no
cause to change my method. Nearly
every berry grower has his particular
ways. I set plants in row as stated,
then all pickers have rows exactly
alike.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-02

The War Department is busy nova
days over the problem of condensed
diet for the starving Klondikers
These investigations have elected the
information that beef tea and extracts
in capsules are of no use for rations
for the army or for the Klondike suf-
ferers. They are palatable and slim
ulating, but contain practically no
nou1shment. A quantity of flour
will be sent to Alaska, but not wheat
-four. Whole wheat flour and dry rye
-four will be preferred, because they
are more nourishing. Among the most
interesting of the foods selected are
concentrated vegetables, especially
carrots and onions, which have addi.
tIonG value as antidotes to the scurvy.
There are carrot chips, cooked and
evaporated to absolute dryness, which
come from California, while Germany
sends onions in compressed tablets,
four inches square and one-third of
an inch thick, One of these tablets
makes six ample portions, expanding
in bulk greatly when boiling water is
poured over it. The material is used
like fresh onions.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-02
Uncle Sans Coaling Island.

Uncle Sam has ever been careful to
keep secret the movements of wal
vessels in commission so far as posi-.
BILE, and with this end in view he has
just shipped cargo of 140O tons OF
bituminous coal from this port to Dry
Tortugas, one of the most southerly
islands Of the United States, situated
100 miles from the coast of Florida.
There the ships in South ern waters
can now take on their coal, avoiding
the run to Key West, where their
movements soon become known to the
world. In war times the island was
well known to privateers and blockade
runners, but since then it has only
been used as quarantine station. Ter
small islands, all of coral formation,
comprise the Tortugas. -Phi!adelphi,
Record.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-02
FAST FIRE HORSES.
The Quickest Ones in the World Are in
Kansas City.

"hSa5 WY
F. S. Dellenbaugh writes of 'The
Quick Horse in ST. Nicholas, his ar
ticle telling of the training of horses
for the fire department. Mr.. Dellen-
baugh says:
The quickest horses in the world
were at one time in Kansas City, at
the headquarters Of its fire depart
ment, directly under the office of the
Chief, Mr.. George G. Hale. To Mr..
Hale's genius, more than to any other
factor, the quick horse owned his first
development; for Mr.. Hale is the in
ventor of the earliest swinging -har-
ness-which made the quick horse
possible. When Mr.. Henry NJ. Stan
ley and his wife were in this country,
they witnessed an exhibition drill of
Qhe Kansas City Fire Department.
The drill SO impressed the visitors
that an account of it was published in
London journal, and this English
article brought an invitation to Mr..
Hale to visit England as the represen-
tatlve of the American Fire Service
at the international Fire Tournament.
Mr.. Hale and picked corps went
to England, taking with them the re-
markably quick horses ;'Joe" and
Dan" and they became world-fam-
Gus. AS the quickest Harvesting time
OF the London Fire Brigade is one
minute, seventeen and one-half sec
onds, and the Kansas City horses were
harnessed in one and three-quarter
seconds, and were out of the engine
house in less than eight seconds, there
could be no competition. In Kansas
City, four fine bays were harnessed to
the hook-and-ladder truck almost as
quickly as even Joe and Dan could
jump into their harnesses. 1t was q
pretty sight to see these four we'll
kept horses spring to their places at
the stroke of the gong, and in two or
three seconds stand ready to run with
the apparatus. Joe was killed by an
accident; but Dan, with a new mate,
is still in service, and as quick as
ever.
The record for quickest time from
the engine-house to the throwing of
water on the fire is held by Kansas
City company. In this instance the
horses were harnessed, run of 2194
feet Ia little less than half mile) was
made, and water thrown from the
hose in the wonderfully brief time of
one minute, thirty-one and one-half
seconds.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-02

The Justification of wine, for many
years growing industry in Germany
now is to be made alegalized industry
as we'll, writes W llf Won Schierbrand.
The product is to be known under the
name of 'Kunstwein. The govern.
ment Is to get tax of twenty marks
for each hectoliter, and the stuff, prop.
erly labeled, is to be sold openly. The
Federation of Husbandmen stands
sponsor for this queer attempt to make
the wholesale defrauding of the public
lega act, The bill lalready has been
drawn up.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-02

"Of course we won't have any regu
lar house cleaning at this time of the
year." she said, "but we might as vel
straighten things around a bit and
change the arrangements a little. l
can see how the house could be made
to look much more attractive. To.
morrow I'll get scrubwoman and 0
man to help move the furniture, and
What are you doing, John?"
81 am merely wrapping up my slip
pers, my dressing gown and one OF
two other things to take to the office, >
he replied.
''To take to the Officer" she ex.
claimed.
"Oh, that's all right; I'll bring them
back" he fastened to explain. "You
see, 1 don't want to have to hunt fol
them after you have put things tc
rights. Chicago Post.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-02

"Some idea of the formidable char.
acter of our pension expenses may be
gathered" notes the New York Inde-
pendent, "from the fact that the total
payments, including expense of adj,
ministration, etc, amounts to 50, 49,
753,a70 in the past thirty-two years,
from and inclusive of 1866. These
enormous expenditures were on ac
count of the Revolutionary War, the
War of 1912, the Mexican and Indian
Wars and the Civil War. The cost Of
modern wars is truly prohibitory."
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-02

From an article on "How to Handle
Breeding and Laying Ducks" by
James Rankin, in Farm Poultry, the
following is taken:
Too often the health of the young
bird is injured by the improper feed
ing of.the mother bird during the lay
ing season.
The food should consist of the
proper ingredients, and quantity just
what the bird will eat clean, and no
more. Grit is absolutely necessary,
and is one of the essentials. We not
only keep it, together with cracked
oyster shells, in boxes constantly by
them, but mix it in ther food.
They must have something during
their confinement during inclement
weather to enable them to assimilaie
their food. One ingredient which we
consider of the greatest Importance is
green food, which should compose
nearly one-fourth of the whole. We
have some two acres of rye, eighteen
inches high. This is cut three -eighths
of au inch long and mixed with the
food.
When there is prospect of snow we
cut large quantities of this in frozen
state and pile it up on the north side
of a building. 1t will not heat in this
condition. Should this be used up,
and the ground still be covered with
snow, we have several tons of fine
clover rowen stored for the purpose,
which we consider next in value to
the rye, so that we are never out Of
that material for feeding.
We also grow about thousand
bushels of turnips, which we steam
until they are soft, and mix them in
the food. This the birds relish
highly.
The first point is to start in with
good breeding stock. Birds that
have been inbred until their constitu-
tions are completely debilitated are in
no condition for reproduction.
Strains that do not begin laying
until March OF April are more or less
improbable, because when their
young are ready for the knife the best
of the spring market is gone, and the
grower must take reduced price for
his product. In this, as in many
other cases, "the early bird catches
the worm" :"
My formula for feeding breeding
and laying birds, when fertile eggs are
desired, is as follows: For breeding
birds Told or young, during the fall,
feed three parts of wheat bran, one
part of Quaker oat feed. one part corn
meal, five per cent. of beef scrap, five
per cent. OF grit, and all the green food
they will eat in the shape of corn
fodder cut fine, clover or oat fodder.
Feed this mixture twice day, all
they will eat.
For laying birds, equal parts of
wheat bran and corn meal, twenty per
cent. of Quaker oat feed, ten per cent.
of boiled potatoes or turnips, fifteen
per cent. of clover rowen, green rye
or refuse cabbage chopped fine, five
per cent. of grit. Feed twice day
all they will eat, with lunch of corn
and oats at noon. Keep grit and
ground oyster shells constantly by
them.
We never cook the food for our
ducks after they are week old, but
mix it up with cold water.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-02

The New York Journal breaches an
editorial sermon on "rhe Danger of
Getting Too Big" saying: A boy, ap-
parently unusually robust and vigor-
Gus, died suddenly in one of New
York's suburbs the other day of
curious complaint. He was nineteen
years old, six feet two inches high,
weighed about 200 pounds and enjoyed
unusual muscular strength. But,
strangely enough, he grew too big.
In proportion as height and weight
increased the vitality which animated
his enormous frame decreased. He
became bigger and weaker He died
of too much size. The instance is a
sad one and it teaches its lesson.
Other bodies than mere individual
human bodies disintegrate when they
outgrow the vital spark which gives
them force and animation. The party
which has an overwhelming majority
in the National House of Representa-.
tives, for example, seldom holds it be-
yond one Congress. The party which
carries a State Legislature on the eve
OF Il Senatorial contest usually is rent
in twain by rival ambitions created by
its very bigness. The biggest major
ity in city election doesn't neces-
sarily insure the longest domination
of the party winning it. The trust
with the most enormous capital is not
infrequently the one which goes most
quickly to the wall. In brief, it is not
well to develop a body too big for the
soul. One cannot rely upon mere size
in politics, pugilism, fnanciering or
any other phase of human endeavor.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-02
The Unforgett,ng Dogs.

A story showing the love and devo-
ton of dumb brutes comes from Mil
ford, where two little white dogs,
whose master, Edward McDade, was
drowned more than year ago, still
may be seen every morning trotting
through Milford and Oldtown to the
ferry landing where their master went
into the river, and then going back the
four miles home, after satisfying them
selves that he has not returned Lew
iston Me- journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-02
Cattle, when killed in Massachu-

Cattle, when killed in Massachu-
setts, as a precautionary measure,
cost somewhat more than the animals
would fetch at the butchers. In the
annual report of the State Cattle Com
mission, made to the Legislature yes
terday, it is shown that the number
of cattle paid for as tuberculous during
the year was 5275, and the amount
paid for them was S179, s67.52. Over
$500 was paid for 160 animals in
which no LESSONS of the disease were
ound. Quarantine, killing, and burial
expenses and arbitration brought the
average amount paid for condemned
cattle up to S34. u per head.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-02
Sleeps Less Than an Hour n Day.

w. Clemens Christie, of Cincinnati,
must hold the worlds record as cham.
pion sleep abstainer, for he does not
take more than six hours of sleep a
week-less than one hour day.
He is veteran of the late war, o
harness maker by trade His face is
ruddy and entirely free from wrinkles.
Although he is fifty-six years old, he
does not look or act more than thirty.
five. He works at his trade day and
night, and is never ill or inactive from
the brevity of his sleeping periods.
"This thing of sleeping is merely q
habit, Christie says. 'There is moth.
ing strange about it, and any one can
do without much sleep if he cares tc
try it. With me it is merely matter
of business. L generally have suf.
fcient work on hand to keep me busy
nearly all the time, both night and
day, and, in consequence of this, put
the greater part of the time that other
people lose by sleeping in working.
''No, there is no secret about it, nor
do / take any precautions or drugs to
keep me awake. My idea lies solely
in eating instead of sleeping. 1t is
my belief that a good meal is just as
much restorative for tired nature as
deep sleep would be. Eat instead
of sleep, say I, and you get along just
as well.
81 venture to say that there is moi
another man in the country who habi.
tually feels as well and as bright as
do every morning, though he sleep all
night, and I never close my eyes"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-02

In order to assist in getting fallen
horses to their feet from slippery
streets, the Department. of Public
Works, New York City, is placing
boxes filled with sand upon the side
walks within few inches of the curb.
where they may be opened in an
emergency and the sand carried to
where it is needed. This is an excel.
lent and humane idea, and will be wei.
coined by all drivers in wet weather.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-02
The Modern Shark,

The modern shark is deterioratIng.
In ages gone by there were ferocious
sharks, such as would make mouth
full of you without blinking, seventy
feet in length. Plenty of their teeth
have been found which are five
inches long, whereas the biggest of
the teeth belonging to sharks that
exist at the present day are one and
half inches long.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-02

Some years ago I came into posses
sion of pear orchard of about FIVE
eighths of an acre. 1t had been badly
neglected, and took it in hand to
make it produce an income. My
knowledge of the subject was gained
from books. and 1 made some blum
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-02
Powder Mill Bricks.

Bricks made of plaster of paris and
of powder mills. In case of explosion
they offer slight resistance and are
broken to atoms.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-01-02
They Think in Millions.

The London Bankers Clearing
House was established 1875 years ago,
and last year nearly $4,000, 900, 900
passed through it. London's daily
bank business averages $125, 900, 900.