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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-09-11

81 wonder who that regular army
officer is?" said an amateur Sherlock
Holmes, of this city, indicating a
middle-aged gentleman who had just
emerged from st. Charles street
store. GLOW do you know he's a
regular army oficer?" asked an ad-
miring friend, sit strikes me that his
appearance is distinctly unmilitary."
Permit me to say" responded the
amateur sleuth, CHAT you are q very
superficial observer. You evidently
overlooked the fact that when he felt
in his trousers pocket just now he
raised the bottom of his coat instead
of brushing it aside. The movement
was most unnatural for a civilian, and
proved cenclusively that he was in
the habit of wearing a side slashed
military blouse"
did you base your conclusion en-
tirely on that triaing circumstances"
asked the other, with some scorn.
"Ohl no, replied the analyst airily,
''it was cumulative, entirely cumu-
lative. l had already observed that
lie carried his watch in his outside
breast pocket, u habit common to Off
GERS, and that he made an involuntary
movement toward his larboard hip as
he brushed past lady in the door,
way. OF course, he was pushing aside
an imaginary sword, and when ne
paused and started again with his left
foot [ was certain he was in the SER
vice." "You said he was regular,
believer" Certainly, those things
are in the habit of years" "Your
sagacity does you great credit" said
the amateurs friend. eff / hadn't
bought my groceries from that gentle
man since '92 I'd agree with you on
the spot. New Orleans Times Demo-
GRAFT
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-09-11
A Thrifty Western DnmseI.

A spirit of thrift was shown py
young woman who entered a car
with snndry boxes and bundles. An
other young person came in at the
next station and recognized her
"Oh, my, who is to be married?
Nobody, and me last of ALL"
"Then what are the flowers for?'
"A funeral; our teacher died, and
we girls put together to get this
wreath"
Poor thing, did she know she was
going TO die?"
81 don't think so;" then, after a
pause, she added cheerfully, "but
she does by this time" all being said
in most unconscious way.
How much was the wreath?"
1.-TWO dollars and sixty cents. L
only had two twenty five"
Did you pay the difference?'
Dear, no. made him give it to
me for two dollars, so 1 saved my own
quarter 1 put in, but I'm going to
make the girls think 1 paid two
sixty"
"Well, that's right; the wear and
tear is worth quarter surely. OBJ
server.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-09-11

the four hogsheads of molasses, l
found my profits were a little more
than $1,000. The Captain never for.
gave me.
'One summer a few years ago I
spent vacation on farm not far
from Monsey, N. Y. The owner of
the farm had two daughters, one
musically inclined and the other very
much infatuated with her own charms
of face and figure. The first wanted
a piano and the other pined for dia-
mond ring, but the agriculturist was
too hard up at that time to buy them,
although he wanted his girls to have
such things Now, never lose
chance to make trade, no matter
where I go or how insignificant the
values involved, for, as I said, swap
ping is a passion. So as / had on my
hands at the time about twenty five
cheap pianos which had Eeen seized
by client on Judgment held against
q bankrupt manufacturer, and plenty
OF jewelry, / offered to supply the
girls if he would trade me twenty
acres of land for piano and diamond
ring. The land was worth $50 an
acres and the piano and ring were
worth less than-but never mind
that. Suffice to say that the dicker
was made and lost nothing. Next
spring I built fancy little Queen
Anne cottage on my land at cost of
$500, and then snapped it off for a
small steam yacht, which I sold some
tune ago for $4,000, so you see how
easy it is to make swapping pay when
you know how.
There is one professional snapper
in New York who started out less than
five years ago to trade, principally in
secondhand typewriters. When he
had accumulated ten or twelve he
hired young man at 80 week and
a small Office in an old-fashioned
building where rents were cheap, and
opened typewriter exchange, selling
the machines for two and three times
as much as they cost him and renting
them out at So month. He built up
q fourishing business in very
short time, as he continued to add to
his stock, and to-day he has big
branch establishments in several large
cities. His income from typewriters
alone must be something like $40, 900
a year"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-09-11

entrenched themselves for the defence
of Omdurman; but early in the day
the gunboats accompanying the army
of the sirdar, General Kitchener,
shelled the ridge so vigorously that
the Khalifa's troops were forced to
abandon it in haste, with some little
loss, and retire toward their capital.
Meantime battery of howitzers,
under Major Elmslie of the Royal
Artillery, had been landed on the
other or east bank of the river, With
orders to gain position on the mills
and shell the town, directing its fire
particularly against the Notifications,
the Khalifa's palace, and the famous
tomb of the Mahdi. Much interest
attached to this battery. The howit-
zers were very effective, and the fifty
pound projectiles fred from them
were charged with the new explosive,
lyddite.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-09-11
"HE WAS COMING on FAST"

The first shell from the lyddite bat
terry was fred into Omdurman just as
the English battalions, making their
way through the mimosa copses on the
bank of the Nile, reached the foot of
the Kerreri ridge, Radmore, a news
paper correspondent, hearing the
heavy report of the gun, and feeling
sure that a good view of what was
going on in the direction of the town
would be obtained from the top of tho
Kerreri ridge, hastened on in advance
of the troops, and ran as fast as he
could to gain the summit.
After a ten minutes scramble over
thorns, stones and gullies, he reached
the crest of the hill, where the dervish
camps had been placed. Many white
cloth tents and nuts, with the still
smoking embers of camp-fres inside
a low earth-work, here marked the
enemy's abandoned line of defence.
Shells from the guuboats ont on the
river had burst all about the place,
and as Radmore went on he saw many
dead.
But the view from this point was
not quite what he wished. Beyond
and to the right, few hundred yards
farther away, portion of the ridge
rose higher than the place where he
stood, and heran on, OBVIOUSLY, among
the thorn clumps and rocks to reach
the highest point.
Meanwhile, several vedettes and ad.
vanced skirmishers from the lancers
had climbed up close in his rear, and
passed over the crest to the other side
of the ridge. Radmore continued
moving to the right, and presently
got to the top, but at an exceedingly
rough spot amidst dry thorns and
stones. Four or five kissing vultures
rose heavily from beside a dead body
just before he gained the summit, and
he also noticed another body lying
face downward between two stones
q strapping Baggara who, Radmore
coniectured, had been hit by frag.
ment of a shell, and had crept here
to die.
Gruesome scenes like this were toe
cDmmon in the Soudan to claim more
than passing attention. Without G
second glance at the bodies, Radmore
directed his attention southwark TO-
ward Omdurman-
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-09-11

Sometimes advertisements are funny
enough to deserve gratuitous circula-
ton. The following are from Eng
land, but they will be appreciated by
readers in this country:
Two menageries recently arrived in
border town, one of which was un-
der the management of Signor -,
and the other under that of his wife,
travelling respectively on their own ac-
count. Here they decided to unto
their forces, and the fact was inti-
mated on the bill thus:
lowing to the arrival Of my wife,
my collection of ferocious wild ami.
mails is considerably augment"
This was the work of foreigner. It
is thought to have been fairly out
done by q native who hung out the
following from travelling exhibition
of waxwork
"The public is invited to see Her
Most Gracious Majesty, Queen VIC
toria, in waxwork, as large as life. and
other curiosities."
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-09-11

gilded pinnacle of the tomb. Within
few minutes another struck the
dome, tearing an enormous hole. Then
third, entering the shrine near the
cornice of the northerly wall, exploded
within, making, in fact, an utter
wreck of the interior, although Rad
more could not see the effect at the
time.
Meanwhile other shells were falling
on the river walls, each, as it explod-
ed, tearing away great gaps in the
masonry. Nothing appeared capable
of resisting the prodigious force of the
lyddite, Radmore could see first a
sheet of yellow flame blaze out, then
flying stones, dust and smoke.
Wherever a shell burst panic fell; the
soldiers Cf the garrison ran away on
all sides, perhaps to escape the fumes
of the explosive as much as its vio-
lence.
But now Radmore's attention was
recalled by an event much nearer at
hand. He felt scratching under his
right leg, where he sat on the loose
earth and twigs beside the stone, and
glGncing down, saw two scorpions.
When he jumped up one of them fast
ened itself viciously to the leg of his
trousers. At the same instant he felt
a sharp stab, as if a penknife blade
had been thrust into his leg. He was
stung before he had time to move or
brush the venomous creature awayl
A scorpion wound is serious mat
ter, and sometimes proves fatal, to
say nothing of the pain, which is in
tense. Radmore thought no more of
the lyddite battery, or what was going
on in Omdurman, but'promptly turned
his attention to his emergency pack
age" such as every soldier carried
during this campaign. Among other
useful articles, these packages con-
tain small vial of ammonia designed
for just such wounds.
Scorpions are abundant in the Sou
dan. 1t is recommended in the case
of such bites to make little cut at
the place to promote flow of blood,
and then rub in the ammonia. Rad
more did so as quickly as possible.
Hot wires seemed to run along the
nerves of his leg; the pain wss fright
full. Vertigo nearly overcame him i;
and worse still numbness began to
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-09-11

In nmoody silence, with moody brow
and folded arms, the young man stood
before her
He was a returned soldier, a vol
unteer officer, honorably dis
charged from the service of his coun-
try.
He had come back, as he supposed,
to make the dear girl happy who had
hung upon his neck when he bade her
goodbye to go to the wars.
But the dear girl had received him
coldly.
A hustling commercial traveller had
taken advantage of his absence and
supplanted him in her affections.
"So" he said at last. "You have
no remorse for your faithlessnessl"
"None Whatever" she replied.
"You prefer that chap with the
sample case to me, do you?"
Rather"
He drew himself up stifly.
"Miss Grenadine Corkins," he
said. 81 leave this house forever. L
leave it," he added, picking up his
hat, "drummcred out, but not
drummed out!'
And rs he marched out of the room
with military step, the heartless girl
called out, LEFT! leftl left leftl"
after him. Chicago Tribune.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-09-11

A farmer entered a watchmaker's,
and stood hesitatingly about for some
time. At last he hedged up toward
the counter with the following re-
quest:
81 say, could one of you fellows go
out in the country about five miles and
repair a watch?"
"Why cannot the watch be brought
here?" Was the reasonable reply.
"Well, you see, it's this way" said
the farmer. The watch belongs to a
sick man, and he has to have it beside
his bed to as to tell when to take his
doses"
"Then the watch must be going all
right" said the jeweler
yes the watch runs, cause the fell
Ter makes it run. He says he's getting
tired of poking the wheel with a pin,
and wants one Of you fellers to come
and put 1t straight"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-09-11
wild Cats on Sable Island.

Where cats have run wild ON isolated
islands they have become very wild
and powerful. On Sable Island, off
the coast of Nova Scotia, they were
introduced about 1880, and rapidly
eXterminated the rabbits, which had
been in possession for at least half
century. In one of the harbors of
Kerguelen Land, a barren and desolate
bit of Antarctic terra frma to the
southeast of the Cape of Good Hope,
cats escaped from ships have made
themselves at home on little islet
known as Cat Island, which has been
used as wintering place for sealers.
Here they live in holes in the ground,
preying upon seabirds and their
young, and are said to have developed
such extraordinary ferocity that it is
almost impossible to tame them even
when captured young. On Aldabra,
two hundred miles northwest of
Madagascar, cats have completely
exterminated an interesting species OF
rail peculiar to that island, which,
being unable to fly, had no chance Of
escape.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-09-11

At little informal married women's
luncheon out III lexington the other
afternoon, given by the hostess in
honor of her ''guest from the West'
"a dainty, languorous, black-eyed
woman under thirty-the converse
tion switched to the subject of large
families. 1t appeared that most of
the lunchers came from prolific fami-
lies. Each appeared anxious to give
her family's large tribal record for
considerable distance back, and none
noticed the alarmed countenance of
the hostess as the talk progressed.
The hostess made many Intellectual
efforts to signal the conversation to O.
standstill; likewise, she unavailingly
endeavored to sidetrack the large
family theme. But it was no go, and
1T was finally up to her ''guest from
the West" to put forth the numerical
contributions of her ancestors to pre-
vious censuses. When the question
was put to her directly she exhibited
nary finch, but smiling languidly,
remarked:
"I am the youngest of twelve
daughters and eighteen brothers"
Impossiblew exclaimed all the
women except the hostess, who con-
templated the figures ON her fan with
q drawn, dreary smile.
''Not at ALL" replied the guest.
"You are perhaps unaware that I was
born and reared in Salt Lake City"
"Oh" blankly exclaimed the other
women. "Quite sol"
Then the hostess experienced no
difficulty in shifting the current of
talk into the weather channel. WASH
ington Post.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-09-11
THE DERVISH AND THE
WAR CORRESPONDENT.
AN ADVENTURE IN THE soUDAN.

A grand view was here presented.
He could see the town plainly with
the naked eye, the distance being
hardly more than ten miles. On the
plain below, between the ridge and
the northerly suburbs, and about a
mile and a half from the river, were
the thousands Of white tents of the
Khalifa's camp. He could see, more
over, long lines of white-robed infan-
try moving inland to the northwest,
as if to outhank the English advance.
Across the river, on the hills of the
east bank, and mile or two farther
south than the Kerreri ridge, the po-
sition of the lyddite battery was
plainly revealed by white puffs of
smoke and the reports of the guns.
They were firing shells into Omdur-
man. Radmore hastily seated him
self on the ground, with his back to a
large stone, uncased his field glass,
and put it to his eyes.
Now he could discern the buildings
of Omdurman in detail-the palace.
the rampant of the river walls, and
conspicuously the white dome of the
Mahdi's tomb. In shape, this some
what resembled the tomb of General
Grant at New York. Here the Mahdi
had been buried, and his tomb was
believed by the dervishes to possess a
magical power to Withstand the Chris
tians.
The first shells fell in the town near
die river, throwing up spurts of
broken brickwork; but soon better
directed shell carried away the whole
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-09-11

Once more the great West is awake.
The years of idleness and depression
that followed inevitably upon the I'M
natura, booms of few years ago have
given way to a healthiness of growth
and development that will yet make
OF the trans Mississippi section the
empire that Napoleon predicted when
he threw down his pen after signing
the Louisiana treaty. Mines that had
been filled with water for many a
month have been pumped out and are
in operation again. Mills that have
been idle are once more humming with
machinery and alive with the men and
women who are making their new
livings there. Towns that had lost
all hope are awake. Lands in Illinois,
Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and
every other Western state are in de-
mand at prices that are pleasing to
the holders, who have been gludging
paying taxes with no return for a
good many years. Farmers who have
been disgusted and discouraged in
turn are beginning to find life worth
living, says a writer in the Philadel-
phia Saturday Evening Post.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-09-11
WONDERFUL TWIN CHICKENS.
Queer Case Reported From Il Farm in
Massachusetts.


A rather unusual sight was witnessed
recently during visit to a poultry
farm near the "Heart of the Common
wealth" says the Boston Transcript.
Two chickens from the same egg are
herH, and as they have already lived
five weeks and are apparently as well
as any of the others the chances are
that they will grow up and become
healthful members of poultry society.
The owner says he has already re-
ceived an offer of $25 for the pair, but
prefers to keep the chickens. His at
tention was called to them first when
he saw two bills trying to break out
through the shell. The egg contain
ing the twins was carried into the
house, the shell was carefully removed
and the two infant chickens were given
the first sight of the world. They
were wrapped up in cotton batting and
were placed in the oven of the kitchen
stove and kept there for some time.
For the first three weeks they were
not allowed to go out of doors, and
were fed on matted milk and brandy
served to them from medicine drop.
per. The little fellows are now strong
and are able to look after themselves,
and run about in large yard with 100
or more of their relatives.
popularity about these chickens,
which, by the way, are of the variety
known as Buff Brahmas, is their ex-
treme exclusiveness. They have moth
ing whatever to do with the others
and are constantly together. Where
oEe is seen, the other is sure to be
within foot or two of it. If one of
them is picked up or separated from
the other both start to calling to each
other, and keep this up until the one
which has been taken up has been
placed on the ground. Then they i'm
mediately ''ioin forces" and start off
on foraging trip.
The owner of this remarkable pair
of chickens says that he has written
to the publishers of two poultry maya
zines, and has received word that he
has been particularly fortunate in
keeping these twins alive as long as
he has. Instances of two chickens
from one egg have been reported be-
fore, but it has never been proved, so
it is said, that they lived more than
seven or eight days.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-09-11

The Philadelphia Inquirer, regard
ing American imports into Germany
says: "Since she has discovered that
the American can outsell her in her
own markets she has had a very much
lower opinion of Brother Jonathan
than she ever had before If we want
Germany's firm and enthusiastic
friendship, all that we have to do is to
reverse the balance as it shows pres
ent on the books"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-09-11

The San Francisco Argonaut, com.
menting upon the growing tendency
of American colleges to confer de-
grees upon distinguished individuals.
says: 'There are about four hundred
chartered colleges and "uniyersities
in America enjoying the right to con-
fer probably more than in
all the countries of Europe combined.
Many Of them, receiving more honor
than they can bestow in the conferring
of their degree, get what advertising
they can from generous indulgence in
the practice. After aIman has received
a degree and uses it (which he does
not always do in America), its source
is readily forgotten; but the school
comforting it secures transitory notice,
and its real purpose is served.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-09-11
Plymouth Colonv,s First Building.

The first building used as a church
in Plymouth colony was the fort. The
first meeting house was built there in
164S. In other New England settle
ments, the first services were held in
tents under trees, or under any shell.
ter. The first Boston meeting house
had mud walls, thatched roof and
earthern floor. 1t was used until
1910. The old church at bingham,
Mass, still standing, was built in 1851
and is known as the sold Ship"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-09-11

That toy originally designed for
amusement may develop into means
Of ofinstruction, is shown by the cinema
tograph, It's moving pictures have been
employed in Berlin to tolllusirate difficult
surgical operations. tits proved that
these vivid and accurate illustrations
are a valuable aid to students, being
superior to the most elaborate de-
scriptions. The scientific uses of
photography are many, but this is an
innovation that, with characteristic
enterprise, will probably be adopted
by medical instructors in this coun-
try.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-09-11

The Toronto Mail and Empire
quotes A. A. Bruneau, a Canadian
member of Parliament, as follows:
Il am glad to tell you that the
Dominion of Canada is now ruled by
French Canadians.
Eyes, French Canadians are now
the leaders of Canada, and | will tell
you their names.
'"rhey are Sir Wilfrid Laurier,
Joseph Israel Tarte and A. A. Bru.
neau
'"rhe old-timers are passed away,
and new era has arrived.
"The French Canadians are now
the rulers of Canada"