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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-18

The widow of the late Presiden.
Barrios has only the jewels and other
personal matters held in her posses
sion at the death of her husband. The
vast estates of which the president
had possessed himself during his
brief career have reverted to his
creditors. Such seems to be the for
tunes of all Central American dicta-
tors
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-18
Mans Expenhltnres in Life Time.

A resident of Kent, Md, who has
kept Il careful account of his expendi-
tures, calculates that during the
eighty-four years Of his life he has
consumed 2S,50O loaves OF bread at
cents per pound, value SS56.SO; 26,SSO
pounds of beef at cents, $1,34O; 1928
pounds of vegetables, eggs, fish, etc,
at cents, $15456, and 1l,76O gallons of
water, tea, coffee, beer, wine, etc, at
an average cost of l cent per gallon,
$1176O; total, S2,46S.96. He also fig
ures that of the 3O,66O days of his life
10.OS0 have been spent in sleep, 10 .92O
in work. and $3.50 ir eating and pleas.
ure seeking.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-18
Saved by His Powder Horn.

An old sea captain affirms that he
had an exciting experience twenty
two years ago on one of the smaller
islands in the Philippine group.
During n voyage from San Francisco
to Hong Kong, reports correspon-
dent of the st. Louis Globe-Demo-
crut, his crew mutinied. They gave
him some food and water, gun and
flask of powder, and putting him
into a small boat, set him adrift.
After thirty-eight hours on the
ocean, the captain reached an island
and was promptly seized by savages,
who conducted him inland. Except
that he was forbidden to go to the
waterside, he had the freedom of the
island and was we'll treated. But af-
ter he had been eight months with
the natives he learned, naturally to
his dismay, that they I aimed to do
him the honor of sacrificing him to
their god at their next great festival
Protestations were useless. He
had just one chance for his life, and
at night he made several secret visits
to the ghastly spot on the mountain
side where sacrifices were made. AS
his "turn" drew near, he tried to tell
his captors that he had communed
with inferior spirits, and discovered
that their gods forbade Ills death.
But although the savages listened re-
spectfully, preparations for the cere-
mony never stopped.
On the morning OF the fatal day he
was aroused at an early hour by two
attendants of the medicine man, and
hurried toward the sacred mountain.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-18

The average young man thinks he
is in position to marry if he has $3.50
in the bank and steady job. Hope
is great factor in love affair. After
the man is forty he wonders how he
ever did it, and when heIeats pie at
night and has the nightmare he always
imagines that he is marrying again on
$3.50. O.-Atchison Globe.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-18

Cows that are impectly milked from
whatever cause, either careless or i'm.
perfect milking from the fault of the
mixer, soon degenerate into worthless
animals. The milk that remains in
the udder from imperfect milking is
that which is held by the small pouches
or milkvesicles high up in the bag,
and will form curd which will excite
Inflammation and destroy the secret
ing function of its mucous lining, or
cause the adhesion and complete clos
ure of the cavity or pouch.
1t is the experience of every dairy
of twenty-five or more cows MIXED
promiscuously by three or four milk
ers, that contest is always waged for
the privilege of milking ''old Rose"
because she milks easy, and a shun-
ming disposition displayed by all in
reference to eight OF ten others that no
ones cares to milk To be able to
milk the hard ones with patience and
skill is the qualification that should
and must be attained by successful
dairyman.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-18

A map recently issued, designed to
show the trolley roads of New Eng
land, indicates that one may go al
most the whole way from Boston to
New York by these lines. The chain
is practically complete after one gets
about fifty miles away from Boston.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-18
TALES OF PLUCK
AND ADVENTURE.
NaNNaNNS009
Face to Face With the Dalton Gang.

/
Face to Face With the Dalton Gang.
Rey. r. B. Foster had long been
known as champion of law and tenn
perance when the little incident hap
pened which is told below, He en-
tered Kansas in the early days with
John Brown.
Soon after the war he moved into
Western Kansas with his family, and
for twenty years stood for righteous
ness and temperance, taking an active
part in the battles for prohibition in
that State.
When Oklahoma was thrown open
for settlement, he saw q chance to
throw his fighting weight against
wrong, so he entered the Territory as
Congregational minister and stood
for prohibition.
About twenty miles from where he
was preaching the notorious gang of
bandits, known as the Dalton gang,
had their rendezvous. For four
years Mr.. Foster had poured forth
volley after volley of facts and figures
into the camp of the enemy of all good
-intemperance. About this time
desperate deed was committed by one
VI 'ne Dai'on eane Al u saioon iear
to express himself publicly upon the
relation between the liquor business
and lawlessness and crime. Not many
aayS al.ei wa, mulo no reserved an .i., ih'lla
,ion iioli VIC iuaaine lnei Vi 'ne WI
iaes' VIZ Da,'on 49,, ~"I 10 ArnS, W oome
IN ,,nu ~. ueiiset M ouitn u yuiy ora'ion.
yno u.uei SUI ptise anu ai,oonior'
Vi Tl rhe enViie n,p eans, no aoGepVeu. .,
ino lawns n: "eio 'neto III iu'l
hu.nuoi' Dinnei was eaien rather
duieViy. az 7. ~. VI ,eauer caileu
" 1no "01 I eiiig,S W Vi ooi "Nu "nho"nceo 1'
l'oV' II o'Vel 10 Ino speaAef y! 'ne
Uuy. W T5i InIeuso eAoi'omens prevAileu'
na' "our' ~, uo 'He Su'Jeo' "a LIS ofa,
.'oi naS mou,.' ne suy "oulu
re uare oeato tiie non III his oen' tne
Dai'on ,.,, III LIS iuii Almost oea'niihe
guinness pieFalle, wneh he "nhounceo
ms suoJec'- 1h'eihperance .he Oniio
os 0Ilan' unu L""iGSsness T :, 'he Ohiia
VI y, ,Tin3einnoe' 1, Ine LWo Grea'
,t. ntiia ;, n"O 4hen"ce o"f rfee lhs'i-
rpi. III - L,
Ing writer was III 'iie auuiehce' ano
he Sd" hanus' hs though invoiultariiy' NV ly
grasp .Ieil re'oivers; Inc speaker
sa.u sun. c;4:h al'eS "nu oen''eihen' fel-
low oitlNehS'-l Hlh very giao OF an
oppofsuhi'y 10 ae'afess tuis auoience
upon .ne Supls1S ol Jaw anu oroer'
peeaese my worus shali pe approprla.e
", W 'nis asSenioiy, anu PropaDly he" 10
INC liosV VI you' ,-.,
a fei-naireu' lt! nery-'enpereo young
; Man, 5S sis'ins Ius' III rom ol me, Turned @
us ne"u " i1an @ ol soile my years
VI uee' anu suiu' nov oare ne! III
very oain anu uisnlneu niahner 'ne
speaker went Oh 70 SNOW now we very
gang oelore hilh hau l's neauquar'ers
~ ~ u s"looh' anu many Al NOV Iios., o1
'ueir iawi1ss Sonenies were ha'cheu
ouU rom Drains eAe''eu ny liquor:
ne sho"eu now 'ne very SUCCESS VI
'hav oan.' Vi inei "o,oo " sVi,huia'e
'awlessness III lne l"nu. anu US d
,epupi!e was Posslole oniy "noh6
law "a w-apluins anu .in !h'eiiisenU peopie'
tnese men were 'rai,ors 10 Vnelr coun-
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-18
Recipes.l

Beef Fritters-Make be tier OF ono
cupful of flour, one pint Of milk and
three eggs. Chop lean cold roast beef
very fine, season witk salt and pep
pei. and stir into the batter. Drop
by spoonfuls into boiling lard and fry
rich brown.
Chicken Soup-Take the bones you
removed in making the pressed
chicken, crack the larger ones. place
over the fire in quart of cola water
and let boil one hour. Strain out the
bones by passing through a colander.
Return to tho fire, season and add
one cup rich milk.
Ice Cream Cake Beat to q cream
three-fourths cup butter and two cups
sugar; and cup rich milk. Sift two
large teaspoons sugar twice with two
cups pastry flour and one small cup
corn starch. Add to first mixture,
and slowly fold in the whites of seven
eggs, beaten stiff. Bake in layers.
For filling: Have pint of cream
whipped stiff, to which has been add
ed one tablespoon gelatine soaked two
hours in tablespoon cold water, and
dissolve in tablespoon boiling water.
Sweeten flavor, spread between two
layers and then frost the top, or cover
with powdered sugar.
Peach Sponge-Soak half box OF
gelatine in half cupful of cold water
until it is soft. Pare enough soft ripe
peaches to make two teacupfuls of
pulp, after they have been rubbed
through colander, and sprinkle half
cupful of sugar over it. Boil one
oupful of water and half a cupful of
sugar together fifteen minutes; add
the gelatine, stir till dissolved; add
the juice of one lemon, strain it, over
the prepared peach pulp and stir we'll
together. Set the bowl in a pan of
cracked ice and beat with an egg
beater for five minutes. Add the
whites Of four eggs beaten stiff, and
beat the whole until in begins to
thicken. Pour into wet moulds and
set in cold place for several hours to
harden. Serve cold, with whipped
cream.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-18
OVERHEARD.

! A V Y C h al n s
were about his
ankles, h a IL d =
cuffs upon his
wrists and the
brand of crime
was on his fore
head, on his
dark fea tur e S,
and in his fierce.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-18


T am asked whether I think the
eight-frame hive is large enough to
accommodate the breeding capacity of
the average good queen. Emphatic
ally l will say no. Neither do think
that the bee-keeper who makes any
tests at all, no matter who he is OF
where he is, would answer the ques.
ton in any other way. My expert
ence is that about one-third of the
queens are crowded in ten-frame
brood chamber, and that not over one
tenth of the colonies can be sufficient
ly accommodated with breeding.room
in an eight-frame hive; while perhaps
only two or three per cent. of the
healthy queens would find this hive
too large.
Perhaps many people will disagree
with me, who have never used any
thing larger than an eight-frame hive,
because they Judge of the possible
strength of colony by the experience
that one may get with such hive. I
beg leave to say that it is next to i'm
possible to judge fairly of this ques.
ton without first giving trial to
large brood chambers the year round.
1t is useless to expect as populous
colony for either spring, summer or
winter, on an average, in small hive,
or in n large one. A greater cluster,
larger space, and q greater amount
of stores are bound to produce, With
o queen to match. more satisfactory
colony.
There is one item which we have
not considered L have often heard
ii said that the size of the hive was
question of locality. Whether there
is point in this remains to be tested.
1t is quite possible that, in countries
where the winter changes suddenly,
and in very few days to summer, the
prolifcness Of queens may have but
little chance of becoming fully devel-
oped. If such were the case it would
indicate that northern countries could
better adopt small hives than south
ern latitu6es. But in my mind this
is debatable. A strong, large colony,
wintered in cellar, ever so far north,
if safely wintered, ought to be able to
develop the prolificness Of its queen
within very short time; and as it
tckes only twenty-five days for the
worker bee to hatch, space Of two or
three months would be much more
than ample to repopulate hive to its
utmost. Are there very many locali-
ties where the height of the honey.
flow does not last beyond sixty to
ninety day after the opening of spring?
@. P. Dadant. in Gleanings in Bee
Culture.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-18

An international Congress of Wom:
en- is to be held in London in June.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-05-18
Too Much Furniture.

rr,,
Ihere are h"ny girls VINO. py, 'ne
way, are eNceea'ngiy happJ' whose
married me Is one iong seuay oil 'he
sciehce OF economy with IT'S various
o1ancnes Oh ways ar means ana
no" W lnnhe ne. '"o ehus meet ana
.ne posslplil'y OF 81 doinG the outy
Oh 20. lhere ls ns'' however the
seuoy OF economy IN money matters
a.ohe' ouG there are also tne economy
oi iapor, 'ne ECONOMY Oh 'lule ana 'he
econohy Oh heai'h 10 oe cohslaereo'
men we s,af' housekeeping ana
Deeih 10 puy lhe necessary lufnl'ure
lor our iuVule oweilihS places, we
Women one anu al; nave 'he same III
tense eesire 10 MAKE ou, MONIES as
uonu - oi:ui auu pieasan' W iooA upon Y
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-12-06

yeloped that the mosquito, or certain
species of mosquito, the anopheles, is
unquestionably the agent, II not the
direct cause, of the wide spread of ma
laria through all the tropical countries.
Major Ross report says: I'VE have
found (a) that local species of mesqui-
toes carry malaria. 90 That these spe-
cies breed In few stagnant puddles
For many scientific reasons we have
come to the conclusion that the truly
malarlal fever Is caused solely by the
mosquito probably entirely by the
anopheles species. We estimate, then,
that most of the malarial fever can be
got rid of at almost no cost, except OF
IA little energy"
In the course of his investigation he
has studied the mosquito most thor
oughly. His treatment of the insect Is
quite remarkable. The most striking
machine which he uses to facilitate his
research Is guillotine which cuts the,
insect into sixty distinct and separate
sections so small that every minute de-
tail can be studied under the micro
scope.
In order to do this the body Of the
insect Is hardened by successive treat
ments with various kinds Of acids and
spirits. 1t is then plunged In melted
wax. When this wax cools 1t sets hard
around him and enables the keen blade
of the guillotine to cut him into the
most minute shavings, each of which
can be mounted and then examined
under the microscope.
In this way the minute stomach Of
the insect is studied carefully, and the
deadly microhe which he keeps there
discovered and examined.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-12-06

very often, as she watched the years
go by and noted that her boy had no
taste for work, but continued to ape
the military officers who were station
ed in the vicinity during the recon-
struction days. And even when the
officers went home and left the South
to civil law, 'Rastus continued to avoid
work as his forbears We're wont to
avoid the patrol, and play ''sojer.'
And so the years went by. 'Rastus
grew to manhood, big, black and stall
wart, with the reputation Of being .de
LATEST, no count niggah" in all that
section.
raded ON the Glorious Fourth or march
ed with solemn tread on Memorial day
that 'Rastus' dull eyes lighted up. Then
he Strengthened up and actually moved
quickly, keeping step with the drum
and initiating the uniformed men
marching along with rhythmic step.
And the day that the Tenth-the brave
colored regiment-went through 'Ras-
tus' home town was the greatest day
in the black mans history. 'Rastus
was at the depot and eyed the black
troopers as they sauntered to and fro
on the depot platform, and his dusky
face seemed almost inspired.
After the train had gone 'Rastus was
nowhere to be seen.
A few days later 'Rastus' mother re-
ceived a letter-the first one she had
ever received-and 1t told her that her
boy was at last real "sojer," recruit
In the Tenth.
The smoke lay thick above the lines
of the american army, stretched out
around the base of Sa- Juan Hill.
Stretched out in a long, thin line at
the front lay the famed "Rough Rid
ers." awaiting the signal to sweep up
the hill In the face of n fire whose like
had turned back seasoned veterans of
many wars agone.
Back of the Rough Riders lay the
thin, blue line of volunteers, whose
black powder made them easy marks
for the Spanish sharpshooters, and In
the rear. eyes and teeth cleaning, and
breath coming in labored gasps be-
tween thick lips, lay the black line OF
the Tenth.
History was about to be made, and
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-12-06
---------------------
VELOCITY OF FALLING.
In Vacuum All Fall A1ike-Not 81
in the Atmosphere.

In a Vacuum All Fall Alike-Not So
in the Atmosphere.
The old-time query as to which of
the two, a pound of lead or a pound of
feathers, dropped from the same height
at the same time, would first reach the
ground, seems ever new. Some one
propounded it to the wise man Of the
Scientific American last week, using
instead Of lead and feathers an ounce
and a tone. of iron. And this Is how
the wise man responded:
"This matter was put to the test of
experiment by Galileo at the Leaning
Tower of Pisa In the seventeenth CEN
tury, with two balls of lead, weighing
one and ten pounds respectively. The
followers of Aristotle had taught for
centuries that the balls would fall in
proportion to their weights, the heav-
ier one falling the faster Calico point
ed out the fact that the lighter one
would reach the ground first because
the air would resist the fall of the
larger one more than 1t would that of
the smaller. He had previously dem
onstrated the law of falling bodies that
the velocity under the action Of gray
ity is independent of the mass Of the
body. Experiment confirmed his posi-
tion. The small ball reached the earth
first. In vacuum all bodies fall with
the same velocity through any distance.
AS practical statement, it may be
taken as true that small dense bodies
will conform to the theoretical laws,
falling any distance less than 200 feet,
in the atmosphere. But with an ounce
and Il ton there would be perceptible
difference The ounce ball would fali
the faster Facts like this are now
adays demonstrated by even elemen-
tary students in almost every class IN
physics in the country"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-12-06
'RASTUS.
~~~Oo~~~~~~

'R Wonderful nc days ss'- when is,,'s sAsr, err
man marched to the sea, and
his birthplace was In the contraband
camp amidst the smoke of burning
plantations and the rumbling sound of
marching feet. Small wonder, then,
that from his earliest walking days
'Rastus was filled with the martial
spirit.
While other pickaninnies were play
ing with mud pies, 'Rastus was parad-
ing with a crooked stick for a gun and
filling the air with his fierce commands
to an imaginary squad Of faithful black
soldiers.
"'Pears lax de debble wus in dat
'Rastus," said his fond nanny, as she
watched his military evoluti0ns In front
of the cabin. He dun gotter noshun
in dat brack skull dat he's gwine t
be a sOjer."
And 'Rastus had exactly that notion
concealed In the active little brain be-
meath the kinks of his thick hair.
dat 'Rastus boy he don't appeah t
be wuth shucks," said 'Rastus mother
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-12-06

make investigations with respect to DR..
Patrick Manson's theory that the mos
quito is the main means of transmit
ting the malarial microbe, which has
created such Il dire havoc within the
ranks of the English army. Major Ross
went to India to study the conditions
best in their natural state, taking with
him machines of the greatest delicacy
with which to pursue his investiga-
tons.
AS result of his labors he has de-
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-12-06
Swiss Funeral Customs.

In Switzerland death is attended by
a custom which calls upon all charitable
and Christian people to show their sym
pathy. A notice edged with a wide
black line appears in the daily papers
setting forth the day and hour when
sympathizers must assemble before the
house of the deceased. At the time
named little cloth-covered table sup
porting a good-sized jar is stood before
the bouse-table, cloth and jar all being
of the same somber, ebony hue-and
into the latter small mourning cards
bearing the name and address of their
owners are deposited. The day the
funeral takes place is the day selected
for the exhibition of the jar. No ladies'
are allowed to follow at a Swiss fun
eral.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-12-06
A LlFE.lESSON.

There, little girl; don't cry,
They have broken your doll, know;
And your tea-set blue.
And your playhouse. too,
Are things of the long ago:
But childish troubles vii. soon pass
by
There, little girl; don't cry.
There. little girl; don't cry.
They have broken your slate, know;
And the glad, wild ways
OF your schoolgirl days
Are things of the long ago;
But life and love will soon come by
There. little girl; don't cry,
There. little girl; don't cry.
They have broken your heart, l know
And the rainbow CLEANS
OF your youthful dreams
Are things of the long ago;
But heaven holds all for which you
sigh
There! little girl; don't cry!
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-12-06

pictures of three peasants--brothers-
who are, beyond doubt, the three old
est members of a single family alive.
The family name of the three remark
able old mems Koyalenko. Michael, the
eledst, is 120 years old, the same age as
was Moses at his passing" The second
brother is only two years younger,
having already celebrated his 118th
birthday. The youngest Of this re-
markable family has seen 112 sum-
mers and winters. The venerable
brothers are still strong and healthy,
and have lived In the same place all
their lives. There is no question of
doubt about the correctness Of the ages
given, for every Russian must have his
papers" IN which the date Of his
birth is officially entered, and without
which he cannot live in any part Of the
empire.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-12-06

But few people want the things that
are to be had for the asking.