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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-23
Moistening and Soaking Feeds.

Soaking grain feeds for cattle and
hogs is quite generally recommended
and the tests made by numerous ex-
pertinent stations seem to support this
general opinion. In nearly every case
where pigs were experimental with
the animals ate more of the wet food
and made larger gains on it. 1t must
be admitted, however. that the addi-
tional gain was usually due to the
larger amount of feed eaten and not
to its moist condition. The Kansas
station soaked shelled corn for five
steers until it began to soften. An
other lot of five was fed dry corn.
Those given soaked feed ate 2S2 BUSH
els, while the others ate 900. The
first lot gained 164 pounds more than
the others, difference of $3.50 in
favor soaking. From this the station
concludes that it pays to soak corn for
steers if this can be done for six cents
or less. Soaking wheat for pigs is
quite generally recommended.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-23

In accordance with the plans formulated
two years ago by the Receivers to place the
Baltimore q Ohio railroad in tirst-class ply
scal condition, considerable work is being
provemcnts are being made with view to
using 70 ton locomotives on all portions of the
line, and since July $3.50 tons of 10 pound and
lob tons of S5 pound steel rails have been
laid on the Central Ohio, Lake Erie and Chi
cago divisions. About II miles of new side
tracks have been constructed, fine telegraph
towers erected, a new freight depot built at
Mansfield, Ohio, an interlockng plant in
stalled at Plymouth, Ohio and five water
stations to expedite freight traffic, con-
structed. Further improvements of a more
extensive character are being planned, in
order to materially increase the ton mile
haul
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-23
ANSWERS To PREVIOUS PUZZLES.

25.-A Drop Vowel Quotation-Be
ashamed to die until you have won
some victory for humanity.
ga Double Acrostic-Primals,
John Greenleaf Whittier; finals, 1.-The
Goldsmith of America" 1, Jurist; 2,
oldish; 8, horologe; 4, nutmeg; 8,
Gonzalo; 6, reveal; 7, errand; s,
egress, 8, Nahum; 10, lazuli; IL,
erect; -, afresh; 13, fiasco; II; Wy
cliff; Is, Hygeia; 16, infrm; II, tenn
pie; IS, talker; 10, Illimani; 90, ex-
otto; 81, Ramona.
27.-Five Beheadments--H-a -arbor,
STRAY, tour, SLATE, spine.
2S.-A Diamond
ELI
B L I N &
I N K
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-23

"The family doctor should din it in.
to the mothers head oil OF the time,
that the health of the children lies in
the feet. No child should be allowed
to go out into the snow or rain, or
when the walking is wet, without rub.
bers. When children's rubbers cost
only 25 or 30 cents pair, nobody can
plead expense as an excuse. Many q
fond mother who has lost o child,
weepingly lays it all to the inscrutablo
dispensation of Providence, when the
whole trouble was the child had no
rubbers." - American Journal of
Health.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-23

Persian colors are obtained to
great extent in the softer shades. Whole
gowns are made of the material with
the shawl effect. and one with pale
blue ground. the figures in soft tones
which blend with 1t. is lovely. A blouse
Of delicate shade Of silk, with a mar
row front of some soft white material,
has long lapels and standing collar of
silk in Persian colors, with a charm
ing effect.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-23

Quartermaster Murray of the auxil-
iary cruiser Yale (now the Paris) was
among party Of bluejackets who went
aboard the Reina Mecedes a few days
after the battle of July in search of
relics. The wreck of the Spanish
cruiser had already been stripped Of
nearly everything portable b" curiosity
seekers, even her fgurehei- having
been sliced up into splinters to serve
as mementos; but Murray and others
of the Yale's crew found a box of un-
used 7-inch shells, which they carried
off in triumph.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-23

TwENTY-FoUR HOURS

TO New Orleans or to Jacksonville via the
queen & Crescent Limited trains from Gin
Florida-Queen & Crescent Two Fast Vesti-
ouled trains daily Cincinnati to JAG k sonville
queen t Crescent Route and Southern Ry
indies. Asheville- Only Through Car Line is
via Queen & Crescent Route and Southern
R'y from Cincinnati. Cafe and observation
Grains. Queen IL Crescent Route from Gin
cinnati South,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-23

Michigan pays a bounty for the
heads of dead English sparrows. 1t
has recently paid out over s., 900 to a
crowd of Indiana sharpers who had
killed the birds by strewing poisoned
wheat about the streets of Indiana
cities. The carcasses were shipped to
Southern Michigan towns and the
bounties collected as on birds killed in
Michigan
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-23
STATE OF ONO, CITY OF TOLEDO, /, a.

LUCAS COUNTY. ''
FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that he is the
senior partner of the firm of +. j. CHENEY Sc
Co. doing business in the City of Toledo,
County and state aforesaid, and that said
firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case of cATARRD
that cannot be cured by the use Of HALLS
CATARRH CURE. FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
(-~l presence, this 9Th day of December,
isEAL A. ID. 1896. A. w. GLEASON,
t~l Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
OF the system. Send for testimonials, free.
II. j. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-23

Leipsic University refuses to accept
time spent at the University of Fret
burg, in Switzerland, in the count for
its degrees. on the ground that the
teaching there has deteriorated below
university standards since the Domini-
can monks have obtained control. The
other German universities are likely to
follow the example of Leipsic, and will
refuse to recognize the Freiburg de-
grees as well.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-23
Henuty Is blood Oeep.

Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar.
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy, liver and driving all i'm
Danish pilnples, 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, 1899-02-23
SO.-A Pied Verse.

Eth voley wont saw withe thiw pelap-
sloomb,
Dan eth treag slem hoeread
krar dashwos vowe no reith realia moods,
Thos hugroth thiw delong arthed.
-Felgonwoll.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-23

General Wheeler has consented to be
present at the Utica IN. W soldiers
banquet, to be given January %. He
will respond to the toast, THE Ma
TONS Welcome"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-23
Putting Straw With Cornstalks.

Farmers who are putting into the
barn or stack cornstalks which are too
damp to keep we'll can insure safety
by occasionally throwing forkful of
dry grain straw in the middle of the
stack or NOV. This will absorb some
of the moisture and prevent the stalks
from heating to excess. We always
liked to have the cornstalks go
through enough fermentation to soften
them, and if put up while there is
still some sweet sap in the stalk, they
will do it. The cattle eat them more
readily, and they are also more nutri-
tious. In severe, cold winter, when
cornstalks have been repeatedly froz-
en-, all the juices are dried out of them
and they are very poor feed for any
kind of stock.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-23

The Prince and Princess of Wales
will be absent from England from the
middle of February to the middle of
April. Part of this time will be spent
in visit to the King and Queen Of
the Greeks.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-23

An American named Mohun, accom-
panied by five trained electricians, has
just left Brussels to extend the tele-
graph in the Kongo country from its
present terminus at Stanley Pool to
Stanley Falls, and thence in two diff
ferent directions to Lake Tanganyika
on the one side and to Rediof on the
Nile on the other. The work is to cost
about S5O0,0O0, and it is expected that
it will be completed in 1900.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-23
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke yovr 1,,s su,,.

To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mar.
netic. full OF life, nerve and vigor, take No.To
Bac, the wonder-worlSer. that makes weak men
strong All druggists, Soc or 81. Cure guaran.
teed. Booklet and sample free Address
Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago or New York.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-23

My first is in mouse, but not in rat;
My second is In dog. but not in cat;
My third is in trial, also in treasure;
Ny fourth is in health, but not in pleasure;
My fifth is in ear. but not in mouth;
My last is in north, but not in south;
My whole is of the greatest worth,
For it is the dearest name on earth.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-23
AGRICULTURAL TOPICS
CLAW Soil For Pears.

The best pear orchards are grown
on heavy soil with clay as the sub
soil, into which the tap root of the
pear will sink beneath all ordinary
fluctuations of temperature in the air
above. 1t is this even temperature
that saves pear trees on clay soils to a
great extent from the blight which is
so FREQUENT where the soil is sandy or
gravelly. 1t is not, of course, an ab-
solute preventive, but we have always
noticed that the pear trees which
lived longest and longest continued
productive were grown on clay soils.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-23

BY mixing a harmless powder, SUBJ
nitrate of bismuth, with the food, the
movements of the stomach may be
seen by means of the Roentgen rays.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-23

Among the Christmas presents re-
ceived by Secretary Long was a model
of the Harvard. made by a student
who was i'll in the Harvard University
Infirmary
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-23

Cornelius Vanderbilt drinks no in
toXicating liquor except a little claret
with his dinner
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-23

The largest organ in the world is in
the Cathedral of Seville, Spain. 1t has
So pipes and ITO stops.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-23

DR.. Seth Arnold's Cough Killer is won-
aerful medicine for Weak Lungs IDA
BARRows. Deer Grove. ILL.,, March 2l, 1893
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-23

Ihave found Piso's Cure for Consumption
an unfailing medicine.-F. r. LoTz, 1906 Scott
St., Covlngton, Ky, oct. l. 1894.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-23

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, sottens the gums, reduces intiamma-
tion, Gllays pain. cures wind collie. 25c bottle
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-23
Children Will Not Die
or Group, whooping-cough and membrane
Gus Group, If Hoxsie's Group Cure is ussL.s
so cents. A. p. Hoxsie, Buffalo, N. Y.

Fits permanently cured. Motifs or nervous
ress after first days use of Dr. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. S2 trial hottie and treatise
free. DIR. II. KLINE Ltd ,93l Arch st. Phils, Pa
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-23

OF about 80 recognized coaling sta
tions in the Pacific, Great Britain
owns at least u and the United States
six
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-23
~ PUZZLE DEPARTMENT.

Sse,KsXssS4sGSASSiGk Soi9k<AlcAsoSsESssssssAiSSMS
The solutions to these puzzles will aD.
pear in succeedipg issue.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-23
Christmas H0|idQyS Are Over |!

Now, Boys, for some good, hard WORK |
want few car loads of choice, large Walnut
prepared to furnish them, address me at
Barnesville, Ohio. ). II. WATT.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-23

Don't think that tact removes diff
culties: it simply goes around them.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-23
The originality of some wags Is all
picked up IN the street.

Educate Your Bowels with Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
lOc 25c II C. G. c. fail, druggists refund money.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-23

Guaranteed tobacco habit cure makes weak
men strong, blood pure 50c, 81. All druRgiSts
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-02-23
To Cure A Cold in One Day.

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets Al
Druggists refund money fit fails to cure. 25t
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-11-30

Hon. Myron H. McCord, Ex-Governor
Of New Mexico, in a letter to DIR. HART
man, from Washington, d. G., says:
Dear Sir-At the suggestion of friend
was advised to use Pe-ru-n ma for catarrh,
and after using one bottle began to
feel better in every way. It helped me
in many respects. was troubled with
colds, coughs, sore throat, etc, but as
soon as had taken your medicine I
began to improve and soon got we'll. I
take pleasure in recommending your
great remedy to all who are afflicted
with catarrh.-M. a. McCord.
The spring presents much moro
favorable opportunity for the perma-
nent cure Of chronic catarrh, especially
old, stubborn cases. Now is the time to
begin treatment. Insist upon having
Pe-ru-na. There are no successful sub
stitutes for this remedy. Send to DIR.
Hartman, Columbus, Ohio, for free CO.
tarrn book.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-11-30
send. l22, 900 WORD. a minute.

Chicago, Nov. PA successful test
OF the new system Of rapid telegraphy
recently invented by Anton Pollak and
Jose Virag, of Budapest, was made
Wednesday between Chicago and Mil
waukee. The speed of 900 words an
hour was acquired, and this, the in
ventors assert, will be increased as
soon as certain parts Of the device can
be perfected. The possibilities of the
invention are almost beyond concep-
ton, say some of those who have Civ
en- the subject study, and it is their
belief that it will completely revolu-
tionize the present system Of teleg-
raphy. In short time an effort will
be made to conduct test between
Chicago and Buffalo, New York, the
Western Union Telegraph company hav-
ing. ~iven the free use Of their lines for
the purpose.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-11-30
ion of Judge Woolson, and some of the
reasons for my dissent are stated be-


reasons for my dissent are stated be-
low:
1t is TO be presumed that congress
made its laws with reference to the
business of the country, and did mot
intend to make enactments impossible
of execution. To tax the implied
transfer of chattel mortgages, where
it has become the practice to go into
the open market and sell the notes Sc
cured thereby, would render it neces-
sary TO tax each and every transfer
Suppose the mortgage should secure a
half dozen notes, and each note should
be Endorsed by the original holder to a
separate party, and each indorsee, dis
posing of his interest, should again in
dorse 1t over another until each note
should pass through the hands of six
different holders, would it not be very
difficult, if not impossible, to collect
tax from thirty-siN different transfers
of the same instrument, and how is the
$1,000 exempt from tax to be appor-
toned among all the transfers?
Again, take the instance of the
bonds issued by corporations in this
country, vast in number and vast in
amount. All of these bonds are Sc
cured by mortgages or deeds of trust.
There is no doubt that each transfer
of bonds carries with it the security
pledged therefor. Then, according to
Judge Woolson's doctrine, in a ease
where man buys one thousand dol
lars worth of bonds secured by mort
gage the mortgage is transferred to
him pro tanto. and a tax accrues as q
transfer therefor. Is such construc-
the law possible of execution? To state
the question is to answer it. All laws
must be reasonably construed.
], therefore, rule that congress in
tended only to tax the express assign
ments and transfers of mortgages, land
not those that We're merely implied or
by operation of law, and that the
transfer or assignment of a mortgage
TO be liable to stamp tax under the
terms of schedule A, act of June 10,
1898, must be made in writing and
signed by the assignor.
Please inform the gentlemen above
named of the terms of this ruling.
Respectfully,
G. w. Wilson, Commissioner.
f. E. Kellogg,
Collector Internal Revenue,
Kansas City, Mo.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-11-30
WILSON vs. WOOLSON.
Commissioner Of Internal Revenue
Disavows Judges Decision.
is a VERY IMPORTANT RULING.
Relative to the Stamping of Transfer of
Mortgages Passing by Operation
ofLaw on Assignment
of Notes.

The commissioner of internal reve-
nue., G. w. Wilson, has, since the ruling
of Judge Woolson in the case at Keo-
kuk, relative to the stamping of trans
fers of mortgages passing by operation
of law, given a decision exactly the re-
verse of that given by the judge. The
decision, which is published in the last
issue of Treasury Decisions" has been
received by Deputy United States Col
aector S. L. Vest, and is us follws:
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-11-30
Revolving Gas.

Riverton, Nov. 25.-The Tibbetts in
cest case now in court at Sidney, is
one of the most revolving ever known
in this county. The prominence Of
the defendant, O. H. Tibbetts, To-
cally noted politician and editor, makes
the case all the more deplorable. Ac-
cording to the testimony of the 49,
year-old daughter of the accused, her
father has been criminally intimate
with her for period of two years.
Tibbetss wife's sister comes forward
with further testimony of a revolving
and damaging character and the de-
PENDANT retaliates by accusing the
whole outfit, daughter, wife and sis
ter-in-law, of vileness and conspiracy.
Public sentiment is divided on the
question Of the guilt of the accused.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-11-30
Prisoners Cremated.

Jellico, Tenn, Nov. ,24.--(By Associa-
ted Press.) -Granyille Neill and John
w. Hoe, who We're arrested and placed
in the town calaboose here for drunk
enness last night, were cremated in a
fire which destroyed the Jail and sew
eral buildings near it at an early hour
this morning. The marshal made for
the men in the cell in which the con.
fiagration started. The cries of the
men aroused those living in the vicin-
ity, but efforts to free the prisoners
were unsuccessful.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-11-30
The Provision Market.

Cincinnati, o., Nov. 25.-( price Cur
rent report 1.-The movement of hogs
the past week shows a slight reduc-
ton; western packers handled 465, 900
during the week, compared with 49,
900 the preceding week, and 100000
two weeks ago. For corresponding
time last year the number was $751;
900. From November / the number is
1,475,u0O, against 1,665,OO0 year ago
a decrease of 100000. The quality
averages fairly good. Prices of hogs
close about the same as week
ago;
The following shows the lowest,
highest and closing prices of leading
articles at Chicago for the week, for
deliveries indicated, with also the
closing week ago and a year ago:
Dec. pork. Dec. lard. Dec. sides
Lowest ). ..$7.95 $4.s21a $4.75
Highest 500. s.17A 400 4.s7A
Closing ). :. sos 4.s71a 4.s5
Week ago ). sos 4.s71s 4.75
Year ago j. 500 5.O2H 400
For current deliver, green hams IA
pounds selling at $7.621a@T.75, green
Shoulders $5.12h@5.25 per 100 pounds.
Sweet picked ham 16 pounds $4,000
s.s5, shoulders $5.esA@5.75-at Chi
cago.
E The weeks export clearancess OF hog
product compared with corresponding
time last year: ss.57
Past week. Last year.
Pork, pounds -. 1,o1s,OOO 1,1O6, 900
Bacon, pounds ...13,14O,OOO 1S,212,O0o
Lard, pounds ....10,2Oa, 900. 17,775, 900
Total products ...24,361, 900 37,Oo3,0
Special reports to the Cincinnati
Price Current show the number Of
hogs packed since Nov. i at undermen.
toned places, compared with last year,
as fo1l0Ws.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-11-30

A series of revival meetings are be-
ing held at Steamboat Rock.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-11-30
Pratt,s Collie TABLETS.

To cure Collie or Summer Complaint,
for impure drinking water, use Pratt's
Collie: Tablets. Finest remedy known.
Easy to take; no breakage in your Va
lise. Price, csc per box, at Clark 6
Mollison's drug store.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-11-30

w. w. Morrow, Of Union county, has
been spending a day or two in town,
keeping up his acquaintance and get
ting ready to start his campaign for
state treasurer. He was defeated in
1894 by John Herriott on account of a
peculiar combination OF circumstances
for which he was in no wise to blame
and In which he had no part. He has
not been doing any whining since, but
has bided his time, which his friends
think will surely be next year, Others
must think so--in fact. it must be a
pretty general idea,-for no other
name has been mentioned for the NOM
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-11-30

ination. Mr.. Morrow is one of the
straightest of politicians, man who
can always be depended upon, and he
is, besides, substantial citizen and
farmer. a man who has a good diges-
ton and is willing TO concede that
others are honest besides himself.
The rumor that Will F. Muse, of the
Mason City Globe-Gazette, is possible
candidate for state binder is a surprise
land is discredited. He. said nothing
about it when he was here the other
day, and it is thought unlikely that he
would, so soon after assuming a new
business undertaking, branch out into
such scheme as this He has. been in
Mason City but few months, and has
been in the concert business, travelling
all over the country, for several years.
Formerly he was connected with the
Ottumwa Courier and has a wide ac-
quaintance, in southeastern Iowa espe-
cially. He is a thoroughly goods news
paper man, but has not been particular
| ly active in politics, at least for some
years.
The republicans of Marion county
are confronted with the threatened
loss of their representative, Mr.. War
rem, after having had one of the hard
est fights in the state TO elect him.
The record of that county is going
to be hard to beat. Two years ago
White carried it by 474 plurality over
Shaw and this year Shaw carried it by
twenty plurality over White. The re-
publican representative was elected but
the democrats are trying to count him
out because the returns from one ward
IN Knoxville were not properly signed.
The matteris' now in the courts and
the republicans hope to have it adju-
Dictated in time to get their man into
the organization of the legislature.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-11-30

Des Moines, Nov. PIN. L. Temple,
of Clarke county, was in the city re-
Gently and his friends say that he will
have the solid eighth district behind
him in his race for the speakership-
that Mr.. Prentis, of Ringgold, is al
ready out of the way, and that ITEM
pie has more than twenty votes pledg-
ed to his support, and he has hardly
begun his, canvass. The speakership
contest may be expected to show pro-
nounced developments during the next
few days.