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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-07-13

She was standing on the front porch
reading the story paper, which had
Just come in the mail.
Madam" said Meandering Mike.
"lid ] see you brush away q tear jes
now?"
'opos'n did" she returned. "It's
no business of yours"
II spoke in kindness, lady. You
amt treatin yerself right to cry an
read both at once It's double strain
on yer eyes, an you might as well
listen to my hard luck stories, an save
yer eyes exclusively fur de weeps. If
you likes touchin' stories, lady, here's
yer chance to have 'em brought to yer
door, an you needn't pay two dollars
a years subscription in advance.
neither. It's de chance of yer life,
lady, to trade off cold victuals for
pathos. Washington Star.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-07-13
slcNoR ToRRELLo THE LION tanner

Signor Torrello was tanner OF lions
His name in the Bible was Brown
He could make the fierce brutes jump the
rope, walk the wire,
And turn somersaults and lie down
Signor Torrello
Was quite a gay fellow,
And rapidly winning renown.
Signor Torrello one day met maiden
Who charmed by his soul-stirring art,
Stood in front of the cage and applauded.
the lions
AS each played its wonderful part
Signor Torrello,
In words that were mellow,
Laid siege to the fair maiden's heart.
Signor Torrello could look at lion
And cause it to cover in fear,
But the look that gave Leo the chillS had no
terrorS
For the lady who's figuring here
Signor Torrello-
Alas. the poor fellow
Was conducted around by the ear.
Signor Torrello no longer tames lions,
The beasts turned against him one day;
The look that once charmed them had
ceased TO be potent.
They roared and refused to obey!
Signor Torrelo,
Unfortunate fellow,
All bloody was hustled away!
Signor Torrello, subdued and discouraged,
Now works by the day with his hands
And is badgered for losing the look that
made lions
In terror obey his commands
Signor Torrelo,
Alack how he fell! o
His case AS its own moral stands.
S. E. Kiser, in Chicago Times Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-07-13
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The snow flurries were binding the
eyes of the passing throng, but Pietro
stood valiantly at the curb, holding out
his plaster images for sale. 1t seemed
bitterly cold to the muffled, skurrying
crowd, but it was warm and balmy to
Pietro. Though the hands which held
out the little white image of the wing
ed victory or bust of Beethoven
were blue and stis, and the narrow
shoulders of the thin frame were dou
bled together in an attitude of cringing
subjection, yet the eyes of Pietro were
looking far beyond the brilliant shops
of Fifth avenue. In his imagination
he was wandering in the Elysian fields
with his Beatricia where the sunlight
gilded the meadows and the smile Of
nature shone everywhere.
o valiant heart of Pietro! For two
years now he had nodded plaster casts
md images and sold his wares on
street corners and boarded the meager
gain to be able to get back to his Bea-
tricia On the banks of the Tiber he
had left her, picking grapes with the
pen and girls in the Roman vineyards,
ind he had come to seek an El Dorado
before he claimed her as his bride.
For one long, sad year of separation
jhe wrote to him. She upbraided him
Dor his slowness in winning the wealth
they had dreamed of. she scolded him
jor only luke-warm affection, she
wounded his sensitive soul with re-
Ieated attacks on his loyalty and love-
and gradually these criticisms, ema-
mating from the restless, passionate
soul of the young girl, tender but sell
fish, giving much but demanding more,
crushed the ardent spirit of the young
italian, and he drew his love within
the recesses of his heart and brooded
Dver it, and ceased to pour out the
foul's desires in the little message
which he sent occasionally across the
water.
Finally, when she believed her love
coo little appreciated, she ceased alto
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-07-13
HUMOROUS.

Chollie- Willie thinks only of him.
self. Fweddie Yes; he's 50 thought
less.
Nell-George proposed to me last
night on one knee. Bell-That man
would stoop to anything.
Nell-This tea caddy used to be-
long to my grandmother. Belle
Gracious! did she ever play golf?
Sillicus-Why don't you get mar
ried? Cynicus-What's the use2 I
already have a parrot and phono-
graph.
She-Before we were married you
used to tell me l was the light Of
your life. He-Yes; and now L have
to pay gas bills.
''For mercy sake, how many pan
cakes have You had, Georgie?" ''Mam-
ma, you know I've onl., learned to
count as far as ten"
'It's always in damp places that
mushrooms grow, isn't it, papa"
"Yes, my boy" SIS that the reason
they look like umbrellas, papa?"
Mrs. Buggins i hear you are break
ing in a new servant girl. Mrs. Mug
gins-Not exactly; she's doing all the
breaking that's necessary herself.
There was young fellow out west.
Who found that hard work was pest,
SO he traded his wheel
For an automobile,
And now he is taking a rest.
A school teacher lately put this
question "What is the highest form
of animal life?" "The giraffe" re-
sponded bright member of the class.
Hoax-Why do you suppose that
fellow at the corner table eats so much
ketchup. That's the second bottle
he's had. Joax-Maybe he's de-
tective.
"Does your wife take to horticul-
ture, Billy?" "Yes, indeed; she gets
out every fine day with the hoe and
chops the head off something I've
planted"
Blobbs-Borrowell says you were
out the other day when he called.
Slobbs Not exactly. L was in just
exactly the amount he wanted to
touch me for.
Visitor (disappointeD - SO Mr..
Smith is away on his wedding journey?
l am very sorry to hear that. House
keeper-Yes, isn't it too bad? The
poor young man.
"Well," said the camel in the cir
Gus parade, ''theres some comfort for
me, after all. " "What do you mean?"
asked the elephant. "My hump is
pretty bad, but it might be worse.
don't ride bicycle"
"Have you got the countersign?"
asked the sentinel. 'Well," replied
the raw recruit, who had left de-
partment store to enter the army,
"when left the counter it was This
silk twice less than COST"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-07-13

One would imagine that with tho
modern facilities for travelling the
hunters had long ago discovered all
the game birds and their haunts in
every corner of the world. But, to
the surprise of everybody, brand
new partridge has just turned up. 1t
is called the Siberian partridge 1t
is found in the mountains of southern
Siberia, although Manchuria is be-
lieved to be its real home. 1t feeds
upon little wild nuts which give to
its meat peculiarly delicious flavor.
The birds are killed IN the winter,
and, after n thorough freezing, they
are packed and sent by rail to Liban
on the Baltic. From there they are
sent to London, where they are sold
for something less than 81 brace.
As many as $50, 900 brace have already
reached the London market. - New
York Sun.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-07-13

Peddler Opening his pack)-I have
here, madam, an improved rat-trap,
which
Woman of the House-We are never
troubled with rats.
(which can also he used for crack
ing nuts"
"We never use nuts of any kind. I"
cor as coffee roaster. adjusted
In this manner it"
"We always buy our coffee roasted. :"
"Just so. Reversing the wires that
form the upper portion AMI bringing
down the side flaps thus, we have a
device TO. holding eggs when cook
ing"
"We never eat eggs"
"And by holding these wire loops.
as you see me doing now, it makes a
handy arrangement for holding small
mirror ="
Haven't the slightest use for such
a thing"
"While, by adjusting another small
mirror in this position and another at
this angle, as you will notice, and
placing it in kitchen window, for
example, it has the curious effect OF
enabling the observer, seated at one
side of the window and entirely out
of sight, to see distinctly through any
window opposite and to note what is
going on inside, and all ask for this
most useful ana comprehensive inven-
ton is one-half dollar, which is only
about one-half ="
"l'll take it. ."-Cassell's Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-07-13
Nothing Spectacular in Modern War,

What struck one of the special COR
respondents with Lord Methuen's s
force invalided home was the uncanni-
ness of the whole thing. There is no
pomp of war, no stirring music, no
gay uniforms, and, strangest thing of
all, no visible enemy. What you see
from the standpoint of the British
staff is a number of men clad in khaki
lodging their way up the hill, making
for cover wherever possible. Two or
three OF them suddenly drop, perhaps
one gets up and presses forwa d
again. The others lie where they fell,
dead or sorely wounded. AS the
Beers always fire from cover and use
smokeless powder. there is nowhere
sign of them. That he speaks OF as a
circumstance more than all others
tending to demoralize the men. =
London Leader.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-07-13
An Ancient English Charity.

At the Kentish village of Biddenden
recently the ancient custom of distrib-
uting the Biddenden maids charity
was performed after the morning SER
vice. The charity consists of a gift
of bread and cheese to poor residents
and a roll stamped with the effigy OF
Eliza and Mary Chulkhurst, the Bid
ing to tradition. Eliza and Mary Chulk-
hurst were born in 100, jointed to-.
gether by the hip and in this stata
existed for thirty-four years, when
one was taken i'll and died. The other,
refusing to be separated, died six hours
afterward. By their will the charity
came into existence.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-07-13

salted OF smoked during the year
was, roundly, so, 900, O0Opounds. Thus
great salt fish trade has grown up
subsidiary to the fresh fish trade.
In the salt fish trade of the United
States there is probably used in a
year about 500,0 quintals of salt
Goldfish, hake, haddock, cusk and pol
lock, besides 100, 900 barrels of salt
mackerel and 100, 900 barrels of salt
herring. The amount OF smoked her.
ring consumed aggregates 1000, 900
pounds. In addition to this there is
good deal of picked salmon, shad
and other fish of minor Importance
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-07-13
Manganese in Chinese Vegetables.

An extraordinary thing which has
been noticed is that nearly all OF the
vegetables of Chinese origin have
considerable proportion OF manganese.
Professor Blasdale has found that the
great color characteristic of mangan-
ese was always present in greater or
less degree upon igniting the ash of
the Chinese vegetables. The water
chestnut, or INA hal" shows the
largest quantity. This is well
known food in Chinese quarters. 1t
has sweet chestnut flavor and is
juicy and watery in consistency. 1t
has thick, tough, brown outer skin.
Within it is white, and when grated
yields quantities of starch. 1t is eaten
either raw or boiled. 1t does not re-
semble the chestnut in any sense.
being little bulb, and growing at the
bottom of a collection of long marsh
grass stems. A considerable propor-
ton of Chinese vegetables are pro-
duced from swamps.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-07-13

gether to write Pietro had been wait
ing and watching and counting the
days for the letter which she owed.
Weeks went by, then months. and no
word came to tighten his labors and
his loneliness. The first sharp pain of
disappointment gave way to q long.
dull, ceaseless agony that filled his
heart to the brim and made it throb
wildly at times within the tender
walls. oh, beloved Beatricia." he
would cry out in the wakeful watches
of the long night, have you forgotten
your Pietro?"
The plaster Venuses and Mercurys
and Sacred Marys stood side by side
along the shelves of his shop, gazing
down on him from their classic gran
&eur with cold, IMPLYING eyes. Some
tiTes at night he thought that he saw
the imperious Milo shake her head dis
dainfully when he cried aloud. Mer-
curry sneered, and a dimpled Cupid's
head, by Praxiteles, broke into amused
mirth. Once in his grief he knelt be-
fore a Mary, which he had himself
nodded that very day, and he prayed
wildly and despairingly, and, as if in
compassion, it seemed to him that the
Eacred lips Of the image moved to
intercede.
He lived alone. Others in Little
Italy" sought know him and draw
him out of himself. He was hand-
yome youth perhaps % years of age,
end many of the American born young
italian girls cast amorous glances at
him. He did not even notice them. He
looked far beyond them and saw a
little dark-eyed girl. with clear,
white, transparent skin, more beauti-
mi than the day-a cameo with but
2le merest blush of pink.
"He no gooda, he no gooda," shout
I'd the mob of merrymakers, tossing
back their heads in unbridled, mock
another when he passed silently, and
then raise their eyebrows significantly
and smile with knowing, conclusive
smiles as they touched their foreheads
with finger,
Pietro scarcely knew of their pres
ence. He used to hear their uproar-
ious laughter, but it did not attract
him. He had no respect for them.
Many were but provincial born, and
he, why he, Pietro Gonzales, had been
born in Rome itself, above the shop
where Gonzales the elder had chiseled
lhe heads of prelates of the Vatican
jom the finely veined, dazzling white
libs of marble from Italy's own hills
and had been a true artist in his day,
and had loved art and labored for it
in the pure joy of creating. Money
to him was nothing. He did not know
how to earn 1t well, or to keep it. Art
was everything. He deemed it worth
the sacrifice CT his son, whom he
forced to go to America in order to
extract fortune from the new world
But Pietro was beginning to learn
that fortunes are slow in coming, even
n young, thriving provinces. and his
art was more than the art of chiseled
marbles or of plaster casts. His love
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-07-13

Queen Wilhelmina was taking her
usual afternoon drive with one of her
military officers when she saw in the
wood at the Hague two children, one
eight, the other ten years old. seated
on bench crying. Her majesty asked
what was the matter. One of the
children, still weeping, told the queen
they had lost their mother, and there
was no one to look after them.
"Well," said Wilhelmina, I'VE must
so and see your father" The children,
with much hesitation, explained that
they had been sent out by their father
to beg. The queen, after consider
ing moment, ordered the coachman
to take them to an asylum, and walked
back to the palace with the officer.
London Chronicle.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-07-13
Two Kinds of shooters.

1t is told of Col. Hare, who is now
the commander of the Thirty-third
regiment in the Philippines, but who
formerly led the Seventh cavalry, that
when he first arrived in Manila he was
asked by Gen. Otis how many sharp
shooters he had in his command.
well, general" said Col. Hare, after
doing a little mental arithmetic, 81
1865 crap-shooters New York Tri-
bune.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-07-13
OUR SUPPLY OF SHINGLES.
Comes Largely from the Forests of New
brunswick and Quebec.

Comes Largely from the Forests of New
brunswick and Quebec.
Formerly all shingles made in the
east were split from blocks and shaved
by hand with draw knife. Those
used in Maine, New Hampshire and
part of Massachusetts were pine or
shaved cedar, Is inches long. In
other states 1S-inch shingles were
used. In the shingle machines then
made, the saw struck the bolt at the
end, saving lengthwise OF the block.
This made rough surface on the
shingles, which was said to hold the
water and make them rot quickly. In
1868 there began to come into use
machines made in Gardiner and Ban
gor, Me-, which cut the block on
the side instead of the end. The
shingles sawed in this way had sur
face almost as smooth as if shaved
and were of the same thickness. These
machines caused q revolution in the
manufacture of shingles.
AS the demand increased and cedar
became scarce in southern Maine,
manufacturers began to move toward
the great northern forests.
The Phoenix mill in Fredericton,
New Brunswick, was changed from a
long lumber mill and 16 machines
were put in that cut 224, 900 shingles
day. In 1888 this mill passed into
tho hands of an American company
from Calais, which erected mill at
Edmunston, New Brunswick, with
seven machines. The logs for the
PhInix mill are cut in Aroostook
county, Me-, and driven down the st.
John River. In May, 1888, the first
shingle mill in northern New Bruns-
WICK saving ior the American market
oeSan operating at Daihousle. Inc
owner now mas mlIls at Caoano and
No1re lame Gu Lac IN quebec.
Inc cedar forests temaining IN this
part OF the continent are IN Aroostook
county, Me-, the northern counties OF
Ne" brunswick ana the counties OF
lemlscoua'a' hlmouskl bonaVenture
ana 1aSpe' IN Quebec. Here cedar
grows large and there are more trees
TO the acre than further south. 1t Is
iouna on the hlgh iand as wen as IN
ele s"ainps' In nova ocotia ceuar
Goes not grow. In southern New
brunswick there IS not enough lett TO
supply ties lor the local raiiroads.
Inc locations named are the last OF
tIe ceuar forests ana these are pelhS
rapidly denuded TO supply shingles
ana raliroad tles' ana IN lew years
an VIII De cur oooa CEDAR ianas
snouid soon become valuable as the
area Is SO limited.
In 1883 the first quality OF shingles
sold IN Boston for $3.50 a 1000, in
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-07-13
A ROMANCE OF THE PEERAcE.
Strange Tale of Fire, Hired Assassinss
Thefts and Poison.


Thefts and Poison.
In few weeks romantic story
will be told to the House OF Lords by
a schoolmaster who claims to be Wis
count Kenmure, and who seeks estates
in Kirkcudbrightshire. At present
the residence known as Kenmure
Castle, New Galloway, is occupied by
woman whose mother was the sister
of Adam, the last Viscount kenmure,
who died in 1S47.
The memorialist, John Gordon, in
his pleadings, recites a curious tale.
Viscount Kenmure who joined the re-
bellion in 1715, and who was beheaded d
on Tower hill the following year, left
two sons, both of whom died unmar-
ried. His widow, nee Mary Dalziel,
shortly afterward married her foot.
man, John Lumsden, and their chill
dren took the name of Kenmure. In
several ways, according to Mr.. Cor
don, did she attempt to oust her hus-
bands brother John from the position
and the family possessions to which
he had succeeded. On one. occasion
she tried to burn Kenmure castle at
an hour when her brother in-law, his
wife and his child were asleep in the
Baliol Tower. During that night a
box containing deeds, the property of
the Viscount, mysteriously disap-
peared. 1t was reported that Mary
Dalziel had stolen the box. On the
other hand, she swore that it had
been burned.
John Gordon, Viscount Kenmure,
afterward went to France, and while
in Paris he was attacked by two
masked men. Being sliilful swords
man, he succeedc | in killing both
These two men had been engaged by
Mary Dalziel to kill himl In order
to see their work done thoroughly
she braved the channel passage and a
long journey on horseback. This
plan having failed, she represented
that the nobleman was guilty of fraud,
and lie was thereupon put into prison
and remained in chains for eleven
years.
On the Viscount's return to Ken
mure from France, Mary Dalziel
visited him and drank wine with him
at one OF the feasts given in his honor.
The glass he drank from, however,
was poisoned by her and he died.
The Viscount left two sons, one OF
whom, William, was drowned while
boating in America. He was unmar-
ried. The other, James, found that
Mary Dalziel had taken possession OF
of kenmure Castle, and had spread
the story that she had bought
it from his father, her brother-in-law,
John. Eventually the rest of the
property going with the title was
seized by other people, and these
succeeded in keeping James out of
his rights. One OF Mary Dalziel's
children by her second marriage to
the footman Lumsden forthwith
usurped the title OF Viscount Ken
mure in 1924, and on his death, in
1910, was succeeded by his nephew,
Adam Gordon, the last Viscount.
In 1S47 the plaintiffs grandfather
began to move in the matter, claiming
to be the only male heir to the title
and estates, as the nearest male heir
to the man who was beheaded on
Tower hill. John Gordon, the pres
ent claimant, pleads that he estab-
fishes his right to the title and Ken
mure estates through the relationship
he can trace to John Gordon, who
was poisoned by Mary Dalziel. Lon
don Chronicle.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-07-13

Sprottle-So poor Howles is dead.
What loss to literature
DimIey-Loss Why, now I can
have his complete works be Ind j.
Brooklyn Life.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1900-05-26
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TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS

in India.
Turkey ls patching up her old
warships.
Corbett and Jeffrics are to fight
at Coney IslaEd.
| Gold has been found in the beds
of Alaska lakes.
Coffee interests suffer by the revo-
luton in Colombia.
The Paris Patrie predicts strife
between America and Germany.
Russians and Chinese have had
several collisions in Manchuria.
New charts cf American insular
possessions are being prepared.
The House passed an inquiry reso-
luton about Japanese immigration.
Porto Rico may have delegate
to the National Democratic Conven-
ton
The Japanese claim the sole right
to own land in their Corean settle
ments.
Stevn saws the Beers will fight
1T the Vaal, in Pretoria and in the
mountains.
Mount Lassen, a volcano in North
crn California, is reported to be
active again.
A strange race of beings little
above the apes were discovered in the
heart of Africa
Only 5,G00 men are added to the
United States Army by the re-
organization bill.
Extensive embezzlements by Unit
ed States postal officials at Hava-
ma are reported.
Scores of Chinese are to be de-
ported from San Francisco by Port
Collector jackson.
The British West Indian regiment
will go to the gold coast to deal
with the Ashantees.
A scouting party of Americans
was surrounded in Panay by Fill
pinos; losses. sixteen men.
The Boer commander at MAIZE
/ king fears he may be cut off, and
wants to raise the siege.
Three thousand Chinese have at
tackled Wei-hai-wei and been beaten
off by small British force.
The brothers Rockefeller have
luarreled and Frank has left the
, Euclid Avenue Baptist Church.
The Beers have moved their head
5 quarters in the Thaba nChu district
rom Ladybrand to Clocolan.
West Australia gold fields petition
| Tor political separation from other
4 West Australian settlements.
The United States has a soft
nosed projectile that will pierce
Krupp armor or any other kind.
3 Martinique Island, off the south
2 coast of Luzon, has been quietly
5 occupied by the American troops.
Aguinaldo has reappeared and is
organizing a force in Northern Lu.
zon. General Young is in pursuit
The United States, with the as
sent of Mexico, will establish a coal
ing station at La Paz, Lower
a California.
A new French shell which vii
, envelop the enemy's guns in smoke
viii be supplied to the French arm,
and navy.
The ambassadors to Constantine
pie decided they would make tn
: payment of indemnity to foreigner
/ separate question.
Former Vice Consul Wildman say
> the Filipino insurgents are far, from
conquered and that they are inaugu
u rating a reign of terror,
f If break between America anC
o the Porte occurs, our interests il
Turkey may be turned over to tn
care of the German Government.
The Havana postal frauds shoy
y nLStn l,tlinn q money short nnn A hon